A HALF - EMPTY BASKET

Once there was a poor farmer and his farm belonged to(属于) a rich man. One day he brought a basket of apples to the rich man’s house. On the doorsteps, he met two monkeys dressed like children. They jumped onto the basket to eat the apples and threw some on the ground. The farmer politely took off his hat and asked the monkeys to get off. They obeyed(服从) and the farmer went into the house. He asked to see the rich man. A servant took him to the room where the rich man was sitting.

"I have brought you the basket of apples you asked for," he said.

"But why have you brought a half-empty basket?" the rich man asked.

"I met your children outside, and they stole(偷) some of the apples.

24. Why did the farmer bring apples to the rich man? Because 

A. he was poor         B. he liked the rich man

C. his farm belonged to the rich man   D. the rich man’s children liked apples
25. What did the monkeys do when the farmer was on the doorsteps?

A. They jumped and jumped.      B. They played.

C. They ran away.        D. They ate some of the apples.

26. The monkeys left the basket because 

A. they had thrown apples on the ground

 B. the farmer had politely asked them to get off

C. they were afraid of the hat

D. the farmer was angry wit h them

27. How did the rich man feel when he saw the basket?   He felt _______.

A. pleased      B. unhappy      C. excited       D. moved

I have reached a point in my life         I am supposed to make decisions of my own.

   A. which                B. that           C. where           D. What

When Tom Szaky sees a juice container thrown away, he doesn't see rubbish, but he sees a pencil case. Sweet wrappers? A beautiful kite! But these are not the imaginings of a dreamer. For the 28-year-old CEO of Trenton, New Jersey-based TerraCycle, they’re a business model.

The fast-talking Szaky is leading the new industry of upcycling（升级改造）. Instead of recycling (shredding or breaking down materials and enabling them to be reproduced as other products), TerraCycle takes packaging headed for landfills（废物填埋地）and reuses it - more or less whole. TerraCycle’s 85 employees make nearly 200 products, sold at shops such as Petco, Kmart, Whole Foods Market, and Target.

Szaky’s $7.4 million company, now also moving ahead in Mexico, Canada, the United Kingdom and Brazil, is quite different from the business he founded with classmate Jon Beyer in 2002 as a freshman at Princeton University. The two entered a business competition with a plan to sell organic plant fertilizers made from worm waste. They lost the competition, but started the business anyway.

With their goal - to make products entirely out of rubbish - suddenly clear, Szaky knew the time was right to drop out of Princeton.

TerraCycle’s first product used dining-hall waste to feed the worms and thrown-away bottles to package the fertilizer. The result: a cheap, green breakthrough. Word spread, and in 2004, Home Depot began carrying the fertilizer in its Canadian stores.

To Szaky, waste does not exist in nature. TerraCycle is a “second chance” employer of, say, a piece of furniture, an ice-cream container. As Szaky points out, “The biggest problem with most green, fair-trade, and organic products is that they tend to cost more. At TerraCycle, everything is made from rubbish, and rubbish is free. People should be able to protect the planet without having to pay a cost for that right.”

28. What is Tom Szaky now?

    A. The CEO of TerraCycle.             B. An employee of Home Depot.

    C. A student at Princeton University      D. The manager of a food company.

29. How did Szaky get the idea of upcycling?

    A. From his visits to foreign companies.

    B. From his studies at Princeton University.

    C. Through shopping at big stores in America.

    D. Through the experience of a business competition.

30. What is the goal of TerraCycle?

    A. To make cheap and green products.

    B. To recycle waste materials in another way.

    C. To make products completely out of rubbish.

    D. To change worm waste into organic plant fertilizers.

31. What is the advantage of upcycling according to Szaky?

    A. The cost is kept rather low.       B. More materials are available.

    C. It has a large promising market    D. Its products are environmentally friendly.

go up   feel like      Absolutely     accustomed to           possessed     take risks   result in      take it easy      on the other hand   make sense

11. What annoyed his father was that he did _______________no work.

12. You have no right to _____________with other people’s lives.

13. If you want to make the kite _________,pull the  string  hard ,then release it slowly.

14. If left untreated ,the condition will eventually ________blindness.

15. Do you ____________sharing your experience with the rest of your group?

16. She was a person _______________having eight hours sleep a night ,so she is full of energy during the daytime.

17. Why did she do a thing like that ?It doesn’t  seem to _____________.

18. You have been working hard all afternoon ,Steve,sit down and _________for a few minutes.

19. He decided to give away everything he _______________to help the poor.

20. The parents wanted to go for a ride ,and ______________,the children wanted to stay at home and play with their friends.

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

       删除：把多余的词用斜线( \)划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词 2.只允许修改10处，多者(从11处起)不计分

My father go fishing alone every Sunday. This morning when we were got up, it was fine. Father decided to go fishing, so mother stopped him, saying that it is going to rain according to the weather forecast. She asked him to put off his raincoat, but he did not take her advices. When he got to the river, it was cloud. Soon the rain began to fall heavily and he was caught in in. After she got home, he was wet through.“Did you catch some fish?”asked my mother. “No, but I caught bad cold.”he answered. 

CONGRATULATIONS

We’ve organized the following information to help you prepare for your arrival at Boston College. Please feel free to contact our Admissions Office at any time over the coming months with any questions.

Your First Steps…

Please return the Acknowledgment Form sent with your acceptance letter to Dean Robert Howe, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, McGuinn Hall 221,140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467.

■For Ph. D. Acceptances and Master’s Acceptances with funding, we ask you to reply by April 25, 2008.

■For Master’s Acceptances without funding and Non-degree Acceptances, we ask you to reply by May 31, 2008.

■You should also contact your department to receive any department information.

Over the Coming Months…

Get informed about services around campus. We have provided links for you to the following offices.

■Student Services

After you return your Acknowledgment Form, you should receive a letter containing your BC Username and Eagle ID number. With this information you can reach email and Agora. In Agora, BC’s online community, you can update your student information, check your student account, and register for classes.

The Office of Student Services issues (发行) your BC Eagle One Card. This ID card acts as your campus library card and meal card.

Student Services’ website offers a complete listing of courses for the school year, as well as student forms and other important student information. The Office of Student Services also handles billing.

■Housing …

CLICK HERE for more information.

If we can be of any more help to you, just contact us. Congratulations again! We look forward to you joining our University!

25. The above page can most probably be read _________.

A. on the Boston College website       B. in the Boston College newspaper

C. on BC Eagle One Card         D. at Student Services

26. The information above is particularly useful for those ________.

A. who want to apply for Boston College

B. who want to know about Boston College

C. who’ve been admitted to Boston College

D. who’ve decided to pay a visit to Boston College

27. If you want to study for your master’s degree with funding, you will have to _______.

A. return your Acknowledgment Form by May 31, 2008

B. send back your Acknowledgment Form by April 25, 2008

C. email your Acknowledgment Form to Admissions Office by May 31, 2008

D. return your Acknowledgment Form to Student Services by April 25, 2008

With the development of society, it is common that many people are rushing all the way and all day, tired and sub-healthy.____16____ She described all the things she had to do--- one was to make her bed ---from the moment she woke up until she flew out of the door for work. I suggested she experiment by not making her bed for two weeks. She was shocked, probably thinking I’d been brought up by wolves in a forest.____17____

Two weeks later she went into my office merrily. She had left her bed unmade for the first time in 42 years--- and nothing bad had happened. “And you know what?” she said. “I don’t dry my dishes anymore, either.”

____18____ One was discovering that she had choices in her life that she had never seen before. The other was giving herself permission to be less than perfect. This story shows an important principle about managing time: no one can do it all. Each of us has to make choices and accept trade-offs(利弊权衡). The problem is that many people choose in ways that put themselves and their health last. They take better care of their houses and cars than they do of themselves._____19_____

So what is the solution? There’s an easy way. Decide what  you want in your life, and put that first. On a daily basis, that should include regular meals, enough sleep and time with your family. Exercise, leisure, friendships and hobbies should also be regular aspects of life. _____20_____ The choice is yours: whatever makes you feel good about yourself and your life. Take a nap. Take a walk. Take time to play the piano. Stop bringing your briefcase home from the office. Stop keeping your house as clean as your mother kept hers. Fill more of your time with want-to-dos instead of have-to-dos.

A. Most people do not take time to relax themselves.

B. The point is to do something for yourself every day.

C. This woman had made two major breakthroughs.

D. A patient came to see me about the stress in her life.

E. Above all, you needn’t do anything for yourself regularly

F.They put everyone else’s needs ahead of their own.

G. However, she went along with my idea.

The _______ explanations caused understandable confusion.

       A. temporary               B. confidential      C. ideal              D. contradictory

   假定你是李华， 是校报的英语小记者。最近，你校组织开展“创建绿色校园”活动。请你针对这一活动，以“Building a Green Campus”为题写一篇报道，内容包括：

   1.创建绿色校园的意义

   2.一些校园浪费的现象

   3.建绿色校园的建议并发出倡议

注意：1.词数120左右；

      2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Some colors people see late at night could cause signs of clinical depression.That was the finding of a study that builds on earlier study findings.They show that individuals who live or work in low levels of light overnight can develop clinical depression.Doctors use the word “clinical depression” to describe severe form of depression.Signs may include loss of interest or pleasure in most activities，low energy levels and thoughts of death or suicide.

In the new study，American investigators designed an experiment that exposed hamsters(仓鼠)to different colors.The researchers chose hamsters because they are nocturnal，which means they sleep during the day and are active at night.

The animals were separated into four groups.One group of hamsters was kept in the dark during their night－time period.Another group was placed in front of a blue light，a third group slept in front of a white light，while a fourth was put in front of a red light.

After four weeks，the researchers noted how much sugary water the hamsters drank.They found that the most depressed animals drank the least amount of water.

Randy Nelson heads the Department of Neuroscience at Ohio State University.He says animals that slept in blue and white light appeared to be the most depressed.“What we saw is that these animals didn't show any sleep uneasiness at all but they did mess up biological clock genes and they did show depressive sign while if they were in the dim red light，they did not.”

Randy Nelson notes that photosensitive(感光的)cells in the eyes have little to do with eyesight.He says these cells send signals to the area of the brain that controls what has been called the natural sleep－wake cycle.

He says there's a lot of blue in white light.This explains why the blue light and white light hamsters appear to be more depressed than the hamsters seeing red light or darkness.

32．Researchers use hamsters in the experiment because ________．

A．they are similar to humans in dealing with colors

B．they are easy to observe and study

C．they are sensitive to colors like human beings

D．they are active at night and sleep during the day

33．What sign shows that the hamsters are depressed?

A．They drink less sugary water.

B．They don't sleep well.

C．Their eyesight becomes worse.

D．Their energy level becomes low.

35．________ tends to cause hamsters to be depressed.

A．Dim light  B．Red light

C．Blue light  D．Darkness

35．What can help people who work late at night to avoid being depressed?

A．Not being exposed to dim red light when using computers.

B．Equipping their computer screen to put it more in the reddish light.

C．Living or working in low levels of light overnight.

 D．Going to see doctors of clinical depression regularly for help.

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（  ），并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用（＼）划掉。

修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Dear Zhang Ning,

I know you are now having trouble communicate with others, and you may often feel lonely. That’s why you are new here and people don’t know about you. But I think you can make it if you follow the advices below.

First, you should take active part in the discussions and show your own opinion about the matters and at the same time, learn to listen to another people’s views. Second, you should learn about your classmates likes and dislikes. Then you can have much in common with them. This way, you can get to know more different people and show him that you are just as friendly. Last but not least, I’m always here ready to help. We can take part in some activities together and I can introduce about you to others.

As time going on, people will know you better and will like to make friends with you if you could do as the above.

Yours,

Zhao Wei

Hope in my arms

Last year I was invited to participate in a carnival for Tuesday’s Child. An organization that helps children with AIDS.

All the children that had ___16___ at one particular room could paint a square on a piece of cloth Later the squares would be sewn together to ___17___ a quilt．The quilt would be ___18___ to a man who had devoted his life to the ___19___ and would soon be retiring.

The kids were given paints in bright colors and asked to paint something that would make the quilt ___20___. As I looked around at all the ___21___, I saw pink hearts, blue clouds, orange sunrises and red flowers. The pictures were all bright and ___22___. All except one.

One boy was painting a heart, ___23___ it was dark and lifeless. It ___24___ the bright colors that his fellow artists had used.

I asked why. He told me he was very sick and that his ___25___ was not ever going to get better. He looked straight into my eyes and said. “There is no ___26___ in my life.” I told him I was ___27___ and I could understand why he had made his heart a dark color. I told him that even though we couldn’t make him better, we can give ___28___, which can really help when you are feeling ___29___. I told him that if he would like, I would be happy to give him one. He crawled into my lap. I thought my own heart would ___30___ for this sweet little boy. He sat there for a long time. Finally he ___31___ down to finish his coloring. As I was getting ready to ___32___ home, I felt a tug(猛拽) on my jacket. Standing there was the little boy, ___33___. He said, “My heart is changing ___34___. It is getting brighter, I think those hugs really do ___35___.”On my way home I felt my own heart. It too had changed to a brighter color.

16. A. behaved    B. gathered    C. prayed    D. hid

17. A. fold    B. dry    C. spread    D. make

18. A. presented    B. sold    C. rented    D. thrown

19. A. education    B. ceremony    C. organization    D. neighborhood

20. A. expensive    B. comfortable    C. beautiful    D. loose

21. A. squares    B. colors    C. 1ights    D. kids

22. A. negative    B. puzzling    C. abstract    D. inspiring

23. A. and    B. but    C. for    D. or

24. A. filled    B. contained    C. 1acked    D. showed

25. A. business    B. sickness    C. skill    D. knowledge

26. A. effect    B. loss    C. justice             D. hope

27. A. sorry    B. crazy    C. ashamed    D. angry

28. A. hugs    B. smiles    C. prizes    D. lessons

29. A. cool    B. sad    C. energetic    D. proud

30. A. choke    B. drown    C. burst    D. wind

31. A. slowed    B. fell    C. slipped    D. jumped

32. A. leave    B. stay    C. head    D. flee

33. A. smiling    B. trembling    C. weeping    D. glaring

34. A. shape    B. color    C. weight    D. temperature

35. A. fit    B. hurt    C. fail    D. work

 The _______ the two friends have kept in with each other is becoming closer and closer.

 A. relation            B. tie                C. link              D. touch

The song that has meant the most to me since I was three, is called I Believe I Can Fly by R-Kelly. I chose this   21   because every time I listen to the song it   22   me that as long as I believe, I can be or do whatever I want in life    23   with a disability.

When I was   24   , I had to use a wheelchair and a walker because I have a disability named Cerebral Palsy. The   25   told my mother I had little chance of ever   26   but I was determined to walk because I   27   to remove that walker and the wheelchair. I knew that I had to believe in myself to realize my   28    to walk someday.

One day a doctor told my mother that he could do a surgery that would   29   me to walk. So I had my   30   surgery when I was three and one-half. But I   31   the cast because it was a half body cast, with a bar in the middle of my legs. I was a very   32   kid so being in a bed for six weeks, not being able to move, felt horrible. I   33   after all the pain and the crying it would be worth it in the long run.   34  , at the age of four, I got my cast off and I felt free when I finally   35   all the pain and learned how to walk.

The song says, “I see me   36   through that open door.” That’s what I felt like. I believe I could fly just   37   the song says. That day it felt like I was on cloud nine spreading my   38  . I knew from that day forward I had a lot of work to do, but like the song says, “There are miracles in life I must   39  , but first I know it starts inside of me, Oh.”

 Now my dream has    40  . And I think I am one of the miracles in life.

21. A. story       B. song             C. joke                 D. picture

22. A. answers      B. promises         C. requests         D. reminds

23. A. even    B. still        C. also         D. just

24. A. strong       B. old          C. little       D. honest

25. A. teachers     B. friends          C. classmates       D. doctors

26. A. walking      B. studying         C. playing          D. reading

27. A. refused      B. agreed           C. dreamed          D. learned

28. A. task         B. goal         C. item         D. tip

29. A. warm     B. force        C. order        D. help

30. A. last     B. next        C. first           D. other

31. A. disliked     B. offered          C. hid          D. kept

32. A. shy          B. active       C. clever           D. sad

33. A. explained   B. admitted         C. remembered  D. knew

34. A. Generally   B. Quietly          C. Luckily          D. Slowly

35. A. suffered from    B.went through      C. waited for       D. turned to

36. A. climbing     B. swimming         C. skating          D. running

37. A. like         B. along        C. for          D. through

38. A. hands        B. eyes         C. wings        D. clothes

39. A. miss     B. achieve          C. change       D. rescue

40. A. crowded in   B. worked on        C. ended up         D. come true

In time of war，different parties tend to________their political differences to fight against foreign invaders shoulder to shoulder.

A．pick up                               B．relate to

C．set aside                             D．give away

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下面画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

             2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Nowadays, the computer technology develops very fast that the Internet has become more and more popular .Some students  regarded it as a great helper. Because there has a lot of information on line, so you can surf the Internet for any information you need in a short time without working hard in the library. This is also very convenient to talk to others by using the Internet. Moreover, other students think that there is some information on line that is not good for students. In addition, spend

too much time playing games will not only have a bad effect on their studies but also do harm health. Therefore, we should make properly use of the Internet. It is of great important to separate good plants from wild weeds.

Hilton English Language Center

Information for New Students

CLASS TIME: 8:30a.m.—10:00a.m., 10:30a.m.—12:00a.m., 1:30p.m.—3:00p.m..

The Language Cen ter is open Monday to Friday. Each class has one afternoon free per week. On the first day, go to the lecture hall to check your timetable.

SELF-ACCESS: The language laboratory (Room 1110) is open Monday to Friday from 3:15p.m. to 5:00p.m. for all full-time students.

You can learn how to use computers for language games or word-processing（文字处理）. There are tapes for students to borrow to practice their English. Go in and ask the teacher to show you. If you plan to take public examinations, there are dictation and listening comprehension tapes for you to practice with. There are cloze exercises on the computers. Ask your class teacher for a list of past exam essays. Students can borrow tapes to take home but they must be returned after two days.

ATTENDANCE（出勤）：All students are expected to attend classes as it is required. Students who do not attend classes will be reported to OSS. Eighty percent attendance is required for students to receive their certificates（证书）when they finish their courses. It is also required by OSS for an extension to your visa.

BOOKS: If students are given course books, the books are their responsibility. If a book is lost, the student will be expected to pay for it.

If students wish to buy books, there is a bookshop in the college specializing in English books (Room 3520).

28.When do classes begin and end on a full day?
A.8:30a.m.—3;00p.m.             B.8:30a.m.—1;30p.m.
C.8:30a.m.—3:15p.m.             D.3:15p.m.—5:00p.m.
29.Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A.No teachers are in the language lab.
B.90% attendance is required for the students.
C.. Students can prepare for exams by listening to tapes
D Books can’t be taken out of the center
30.Timetable can be seen in _____.
A.Room 3520                 B. the lecture hall
C.the classroom                   D.Room 1110
31.The books which the students wish to buy are in the _____.
A.bookshop in the college                         B. library
C.street                           D.Classroom

Steps to setting your own rules—and keeping them!

Google “rules to live by” and you're met with thousands of search results. But how do you know which rules to follow？  16   Fortunately, here is a 3­step process to help you set your own rules. That way, you can actually follow your own advice and do what works for you.

Step 1.  17  This can be a goal you want to achieve or a quality you want to own. Once you've decided what you want, you must determine why you want it. Knowing your “why” will take care of your “how”．

Step 2.Evaluate what's not currently working. Once you know what you want and why you want it, it's important to look at what's not currently working in your life. If you want to eat healthily, you need to identify what you're currently not doing.  18  This will prevent you from repeating mistakes.

Step 3.Determine what your “ends rule” and your “means rule” will be. These rules should be a guideline that moves you towards your goals. A means rule is what you need to do to get started performing that rule.  19  An ends rule is what you would like your rule to be. For example, “I never miss a workout.”

But you can set yourself up to win by making your rule really easy to meet in the beginning. If you're unsure of what your means rule should be, ask yourself, “Would I need to motivate myself to do X？”  20 

Once you set your own rules, they become rules with no exception. Take action and they'll keep you on track with your goals.

A．Set a goal and determine to achieve it.

B．As an example, “I want to lose weight.”

C．Decide what you want and why you want it.

D．If you answer no, that's a good place to start.

E．Write down everything that isn't working, or hasn't worked before.

F．With so much information available online, it's easy to feel confused.

G．For example, “I always put my workout clothes on when I get home from work.”

Recent research has ________ the causes of the mysterious disease that has claimed thousands of lives.

A. cast light on  B. caught hold of  C. made sense of  D. laid stress on

Gemini Television is a large independent broadcaster（广播公司）. They have had success in television with mini-series and situation comedies. Recently the company has decided to move into film--making.

They have received some film projects from directors working in different countries.

(    ) 1. What are specially needed to produce Alien Attack?

         A. Two pairs of twins.

         B. Impressive fight scenes.

         C. Amazing special effects.

         D. Very romantic locations.

(    ) 2. Which of the following films may be turned into a series?

         A. Alien Attack.          B. Exit Strategy.

         C. Midnight Sun.         D. Hands up for Happiness.

(    ) 3. The four films mentioned in the text.

         A. are of the same type

         B. all have fight scenes

         C. haven’t decided on the actors

         D. are all intended for teenagers