—Where are the students? How could they keep us waiting for so long? 

—They started an hour ago and they________ be here in fifteen minutes, I think.

A. can                         B. would        C. must                      D. should      

       On seeing ______gift they wanted ，the kids screamed with ______delight.

A. /; a     B. a； the      C. the； /      D. the； a

   I like travelling and my dream of visit Beijing, the capital city of our country, come true during the National Day holidays this year. In October 1st, I went to Tian’anmen Square with my parents, there we watched the flag-raising ceremony. As I watched flag rising slowly, I sang the national anthem, feeling extremely exciting. Then we went to some other famous tourist attraction, like the Great Wall. Standing on the Great Wall, I felt very proudly. I thought of the old saying that “One who fail to reach the Great Wall is not a hero.” Although I was tired, but I really had a good time.

 —We 　　　 hope you will get a nice result on the National Games. 

—Thank you very much.

A. rapidly            B. properly              C. gradually               D. sincerely

With tourism developing fast, you’d expect greater understanding between the nations of the world. Not a bit of it! Superb systems of communication by air, sea and land make it possible for us to visit each other’s countries at a reasonable cost. What was once the “grand tour”, reserved for only the very rich, is now within everybody’s grasp so that modern travelers enjoy a level of comfort. But what’s the sense of this mass exchange of populations if the nations of the world keep ignoring each other?

     Many tourist organizations deliberately set out to protect their travelers from too much contact with the local population. The modern tourist leads a sheltered life, such as living at international hotels, eating food and sipping drink there. However, he stares at the natives from a distance. Guided tours to places of interest are carefully planned. The tourist is allowed to see only what the organizers want him to see and no more, and language also holds them back. So he is only too happy to be protected in this way.

     The sad thing about this situation is that it leads to the continuance of national stereotypes. That is, we don’t see the people of other nations as they really are, but as we have been brought up to believe they are. So when you set out on your travels, the only characteristics you notice are those which confirm your previous knowledge. You leave with the highly unoriginal and inaccurate impression that, say, “Latin peoples shout a lot”. You only have to make foreign friends to understand how absurd and harmful national stereotypes are. But how can you make foreign friends when the tourist trade does its best to prevent you?

28. Which of the following can best describe the “grand tour” now?

    A. At a reasonable cost.                        B. It is still reserved for the very rich.

    C. Travelers enjoy the first-class comforts.   D. It is accessible to everyone.

29. What can prevent tourists from better understanding another country?

    ①living in an international hotel          ②eating and drinking in an international hotel

    ③carefully planned places of interest    ④keeping the natives at a distance

    ⑤being unable to speak their language ⑥being too happy to be alone

    ⑦national stereotypes

    A. ①②③④⑤⑥⑦   B. ①②③④⑤   C. ①②③④⑤⑦   D. ③④⑤⑥

30. What is the author's attitude toward tourism?

    A. Neutral.          B. Negative.         C. Objective.       D. Critical.

31. The author wrote this passage to tell us _____.

    A. when traveling,  you notice characteristics which confirm your previous knowledge

    B. guided tour is disappointing

    C. the way of touring should be changed

    D. national stereotypes should be changed

I don’t ever want to talk about being a woman scientist again. There was a time in my life when people kept asking me stories about what it’s like to work in a field under the control of men. I was never very good at telling those stories because truthfully I never found them interesting. What I do find interesting is the existence of the universe, the shape of space time and the nature of black holes.

At 19, when I began studying astrophysics(天体物理学), it did not bother me in the least to be the only woman in the classroom. But while earning my Ph.D. at MIT and then as a post-doctor doing space research, the problem started to bother me. My every achievement—jobs, research papers, awards—was viewed from the angle of gender (性别) politics. So were my failures.

Then one day a few years ago, out of my mouth came a sentence that would finally become my reply to any and all provocations(挑衅): I don’t talk about that any more. It took me 10 years to get back the confidence I had at 19 and to realize that I didn’t want to deal with gender problems. Why should removing sexism be yet another terrible burden on every female scientist? After all, I don’t study sociology or political theory.

Today I research and teach at Barnard, a women’s college in New York City. Recently, someone asked me how many of the 45 students in my class were women. You cannot imagine my satisfaction at being able to answer, 45. I know some of my students worry how they will manage their scientific research and a desire for children. And I don’t take no notice of those concerns. Still, I don’t tell them “war” stories. Instead, I have given them this: the scene of their physics professor heavily pregnant (怀孕）doing physics experiments. And in turn they have given me the image of 45 women driven by a love of science. And that’s a sight worth talking about.

5．Why doesn’t the author want to talk about being a woman scientist again?

A. She feels unhappy working in the scientific field.

B. She finds space research more important.

C. She is not good at telling stories of the kind.

D. She is tired of the sexism in scientific field.

6．From Paragraph 2, we can infer that people would think the author’s failures were due to __.

A. her over-confidence as a female astrophysicist

B. her involvement in gender politics

C. the very fact that she is a woman

D. the burden she bears in a male-leading society

7．Why does the author feel great satisfaction when talking about her class?

A. Female students no longer have to bother about gender issues.

B. Her students’ performance has brought back her confidence.

C. More female students are going in for science than before.

D. Her female students can do just as well as male students.

8．What does the image(形象) that the author presents to her students suggest?

A. Women can balance a career in science and having a family.

B. Women have more barriers on their way to academic success.

C. Women students needn’t have the concerns of her generation.

D. Women now have fewer problems going in for a science career.

 The famous scientist, ____ a dinner party will be held tonight, is to arrive soon.

     A. in his honor   B. in whose honor   C. in which honor  D. in honor of him

 — Will my daughter be all right soon, doctor?

—Well, she _______ be, if she takes these tablets.

A. must                 B. may                            C．can                 D. should

If parents have children help with housework, the children will feel needed.          , they will learn to take care of themselves.

  A. On the contrary                      B. What^’s more

  C. That is to say                        D. In a word

Recently a really strange thing happened in a middle school in China’s Hubei Province. Over 600 students there took part in a “caring for an egg like a baby”   61   (active), in which they were asked to keep an egg close at hand for a month   62   breaking it.

“It’s hard for parents to bring up their children   63   many students just ignore it,” said Liu Kang, the school’s director. “They should   64   (teach) to be grateful to their parents, who have given them life but ask for nothing in return.”

Li Ming is one of the students. His egg didn’t break during the month, but he felt   65   (exhaust). “I now understand what great difficulty my parents have had   66   (bring) me up. I’ll do all I can to make their life easier and   67   (comfort) when I grow up,” promised the 13-year-old boy.

  68   (luck), about 450 students broke their eggs. Yan Yueming broke his egg after just five days, which made him frustrated. He said, “I can’t imagine   69   sad my parents would be if there was something wrong with me, their ‘egg’! It is now time I   70   (do) something in return for their love,” said Yan.

Some children are natural-born bosses. They have a strong need to make decisions, manage their environment, and lead rather than follow. Stephen Jackson, a Year One student, “operates under the theory of what’s mine is mine and what’s yours is mine,” says his mother. “The other day I bought two new Star Wars light sabers (剑). Later, I saw Stephen with the two new ones while his brother was using the beat-up ones.”

“Examine the extended family, and you’ll probably find a bossy grandparent, aunt, uncle or cousin in every generation. It’s an inheritable trait,” says Russell Barkley, a professor at the Medical University of South Carolina. Other children who may not be particularly bossy can gradually gain dominance when they sense their parents are weak, hesitant, or in disagreement with each other.

Whether it’s inborn nature or developed character at work, too much control in the hands of the young isn’t healthy for children or the family. Fear is at the root of a lot of bossy behavior, says family psychologist John Taylor. Children, he says in his book From Defiance to Cooperation, “have secret feelings of weakness” and “a desire to feel safe.” It’s the parents’ role to provide that protection.

    When a “boss child” doesn’t learn limits at home, the stage is set for a host of troubles outside the family. The overly willful and unbending child may have trouble obeying teachers or coaches, for example, or trouble keeping friends. It can be pretty lonely as the top dog if no one likes your bossy ways.

    “I see more and more parents giving up their power,” says Barkley, who has studied bossy behavior for more than 30 years. “They bend too far because they don’t want to be as strict as their own parents were. But they also feel less confident about their parenting skills. Their kids, in turn, feel more anxious.”

46. What do you think of bossy children like Stephen Jackson?

A. They make good decisions.                  B. They lack care from others.

   C. They have little sense of fear.               D. They show self-centeredness. 

47. What does the underlined phrase “inheritable trait” in Paragraph 2 mean?

   A. inborn nature                                        B. accepted theory   

C. developed character                                D. particular environment

48. What does the study on bossy behavior imply?

   A. Parents should give more power to their children.

   B. Parents should not be so anxious about their children.

   C. Parents should be strict with their children.

   D. Parents should not set limits for their children.

49. Bossy children may probably become       .

   A. relaxed              B. skillful                    C. hesitant                   D. lonely

50. What is the passage mainly about?

   A. How bossy behavior can be controlled.

   B. What leads to children’s bossy behavior.

   C. What effect bossy behavior brings about.

   D. How we can get along with bossy children.

No woman can be too rich or too thin. This saying often attributed to the late Duchess (公爵夫人) of Windsor embodies much of the odd spirit of our times. Being thin is deemed as such a virtue.

The problem with such a view is that some people actually attempt to live by it. I myself have fantasies of slipping into narrow designer clothes. Consequently, I have been on a diet for the better -- or worse -- part of my life. Being rich wouldn't be bad either, but that won’t happen unless an unknown relative dies suddenly in some distant land, leaving me millions of dollars.

Where did we go off the track? When did eating butter become a sin, and a little bit of extra flesh unappealing, if not repellent? All religions have certain days when people refrain from eating and excessive eating is one of Christianity's seven deadly sins. However, until quite recently, most people had a problem getting enough to eat. In some religious groups, wealth was a symbol of probable salvation and high morals, and fatness a sign of wealth and well-being.

Today the opposite is true. We have shifted lo thinness as our new mark of virtue. The result is that being fat -- or even only somewhat overweight -- is bad because it implies a lack of moral strength.

Our obsession with thinness is also fueled by health concerns. It is true that in this country we have more overweight people than ever before, and that in many cases, being overweight correlates with an increased risk of heart and blood vessel disease. These diseases, however, may have as much to do with our way of life and our high-fat diets as with excess weight. And the associated risk of cancer in the digestive system may be more of a dietary problem -- too much fat and a lack of fiber -- than a weight problem.

The real concern, then, is not that we weigh too much, but that we neither exercise enough nor eat well. Exercise is necessary for strong bones and both heart and lung health. A balanced diet without a lot of fat can also help the body avoid many diseases. We should surely stop paying so much attention to weight. Simply being thin is not enough. It is actually hazardous if those who get (or already are) thin think they are automatically healthy and thus free from paying attention to their overall life-style. Thinness can be pure vain glory.

83.  In the eyes of the author, an odd phenomenon nowadays is that____________.

A. the Duchess of Windsor is regarded as a woman of virtue

B. looking slim is a symbol of having a large fortune

C. being thin is viewed as a much desired quality

D. religious people are not necessarily virtuous

84.        Swept by the prevailing trend, the author_____________.

A. had to go on a diet for the greater part of her life

B. could still prevent herself from going off the crack

C. had to seek help from rich distant relatives

D. had to wear highly fashionable clothes

85.        In human history, people's views on body weight_____________.

A. were closely related to their religious beliefs

B. changed from time to time

C. varied between the poor and the rich

D. led to different moral standards

86. What's the author's advice to women who are absorbed in the idea of thinness?

A. They should be more concerned with their overall life style.

B. They should be more watchful for fatal diseases.

C. They should gain weight to look healthy.

D. They should rid themselves of fantasies about designer clothes.

Environment Awareness Week

Regal Convention Centre, Halls 1-4

24-30 March 2011 10:00 am-9:00 pm

Free admission for all!

Save the environment, Save our future

Our environment needs help. With the participation of more than 50 organizations, Environment Awareness Week is the biggest public education event dedicated to environmental protection and conservation. Don’t miss it! Come and know more about:

The Threats to Earth (Hall 1) – What is global warming? How serious is pollution? Learn about different environmental problems from our university students. Protect our environment!

The Search for renewable Energy (Hall 2) – can we get electricity from wind, solar energy, waves, rivers and underground heat? Get the answers from Solar Ace, Tefron, Touch Wind Resources and other participants.

The Quest for Fresh water (Hall 3) – is the shortage of freshwater worsening? What are Singapore’s solutions for treating wastewater? Hear from Flow Technologies, HydroMax Solutions and other participants.

The 3 Rs and Save Earth (Hall 4) – How can we REDUCE, REUSE and RECYCLE to cut down household wastes? Find out from the Global Gala Network, Green Earth Foundation and other participants.

For more information, please call Mr. Philip Koh at 65531188, send an email to Mrs. Daisy Soh at daisy_soh@ief.org or visit the events web at http://www.ief.org/caw

60. The main aim of Environment Awareness Week is to ________.

       A. educate the public on protecting the environment

       B. discuss global warming and other environmental problems

       C. explain ways for producing freshwater to save the environment

       D. learn about renewable energy sources that protect the environment

61. The organizer of the event is ________.

       A. Global Gaia Network           B. Clean Energy Agency

       C. Green Earth Foundation              D. Global Environment Fund

62. Which of the following statements is NOT true of the event?

       A. It will last a week and the halls will be open 11 hours a day.

       B. You can send an email to Mrs. Daisy Soh for more information.

       C. Each hall charges the same amount of money as the other.

       D. Lectures in Hall 1 will be given by university students.

Electric cars are dirty．In fact, not only are they dirty, they might even be more dirty than their gasoline-powered cousins．

People in California love to talk about “zero-emissions（排放）vehicles,” but people in California seem to be clueless about where electricity comes from．Power plants mostly use fire to make it．Aside from the few folks who have their roofs covered with solar cells, we get our electricity from generators（发电机）．Generators are fueled by something — usually coal, oil, but also by heat generated in nuclear power plants．There are a few wind farms and geothermal（地热的）plants as well, but by far we get electricity mainly by burning something．

In other words, those “zero-emissions” cars are likely coal-burning cars．It's just because the coal is burned somewhere else , so it looks clean．It is not．It’s as if the California greens are covering their eyes—“If I can’t see it, it’s not happening.” Gasoline is an unbelievably efficient way to power a vehicle; a gallon of gas has a lot of energy in it．But when you take that gas（or another fuel）and first use it to make electricity, you waste a nice part of that energy, mostly in the form of wasted heat—at the generator, through the transmission lines, etc．

A gallon of gas may propel your car 25 miles．But the electricity you get from that gallon of gas won't get you nearly as far — so electric cars burn more fuel than gas-powered ones．If our electricity came mostly from nukes, or geothermal, or hydro, or solar, or wind, then an electric car truly would be clean．But for political, technical, and economic reasons, we don’t use much of those energy sources．

In addition, electric cars’ batteries which are poisonous for a long time will eventually end up in a landfill（垃圾）and finally, when cars are the polluters, the pollution is spread across all the roads．When it’s a power plant, though, all the junk is in one place．Nature is very good at cleaning up when things are not too concentrated, but it takes a lot longer when all the garbage is in one spot．

25. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Electric cars are not clean at all

B. Electric cars are better than gasoline-powered ones

C. People have doubts about electric cars’ batteries

D. Gasoline is an effective way to power a vehicle

26. The underlined words “ be clueless” mean___________

A. know nothing   B. have confidence   C. feel excited    D. be pleased

27. The electricity we get from a gallon of gas may make our car run ________

A. not less than 25 miles            B. as far as 50 miles

C. as far as 25 miles                D. not more than 25 miles

28. According to the passage, electric cars__________

A. are more environmentally friendly

B. burn more fuel than gas-powered ones

C. are very good at cleaning up

D. are poisonous for a long time

House Sitting

In many countries of the world people do what is called house sitting. It means that if owners of the house are going away, they want someone to come into their home and look after the house and maybe pets while they are away.

In Australia, many people travel. After people retire, they might buy a van(房车) and travel all over the country.    36      

So if someone wants to travel or go away for some reason, they might want someone in their home to care for it and keep the gardens tidy. House sitters might have to care for pets. Also, quite a few people have swimming pools in their back yard and they need cleaning.    37    I feel it is a great way of seeing the country, because you go and stay in a new city, get to meet new people, and have time to go sightseeing in a new area.

     38      There are websites where you find the advertisements by people who want to travel, and by replying to the advertisement, you can make arrangements to go and look after their home.

There are some requirements to be a house sitter. You must be a trusted person, so that the home owner knows you will not steal anything. You must be able to go when the house owner wants you to go, so you need lots of free time.    39    You need to be good with pets, able to care for cats and dogs, or other pets they may have.

Some house sitting jobs are just for a few days or a couple of weeks while the house owner have a short holiday. Sometimes it is for much longer. We have had one house sit for six months, while the home owner travelled to Europe.

   40    Then you can travel to many different countries and stay there. One of the important things to get are references from the home owners where you have stayed. A reference is a written letter to say that you are trustworthy and have looked after their home well. You can show these letters to prospective house sitting jobs and they know you will do a good job.

A. I have done house sitting many times.

B. Besides, thousands of people do this all the time.

C. It is also possible to do house sitting in other countries.

D. Generally you have many opportunities to get a house sitting job.

E. You must take a little care over what your description says about you.

F. This is an international house sitting service for all city and country areas.

G. You must have a good car, so you can travel to different parts of the country.

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1. 5月15日，星期天，你和几位同学早七点在校门口集合，之后步行了半小时去参观动物园。

2. 天气很好，游客很多。你们喜欢猴子。碰到几位外国朋友，聊了一会儿，很开心。3. 但也看到了一些让你沮丧的不文明现象，如随地吐痰、乱扔垃圾、高声喧哗等。

4. 感想

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Rhythm of Life

Choosing the right time to sleep, the correct moment to make decisions, the best hour to eat—and even go into hospital—could be your key to perfect health.

Centuries after man discovered the rhythms(节奏、韵律) of the planets and the cycles of crops, scientists have learned that we too live by precise rhythms that govern everything from our basic bodily functions to mental skills. Man is a prisoner of time.

But it’s not just the experts who are switching on to the way our bodies work.   71    Prince Charles consults a chart which tells him when he will be at his peak on a physical, emotional and intellectual level. Boxer Frank Bruno is another who charts his bio-rhythms to plan for big fights.

   72    Sleep, blood pressure, hormone levels and heartbeat all follow their own clocks, which may bear only slight relation to our man-made 24-hour cycle.

Research shows that in laboratory experiments when social signals and, most importantly, light indicators such as dawn are taken away, people lose touch with the 24-hour clock and sleeping patterns change. Temperature and heartbeat cycles lengthen and settle into “days” lasting about 25 hours.

In the real world, light and dark keep adjusting internal clock to the 24-hour day.  But the best indicator of performance is body temperature. As it falls from a 10 p.m. high of 37.2℃ to a pre-dawn low of 36.1℃, mental functions fall too.    73  

The most famous example is the nuclear accident at Three Mile Island in the US. The three operators in the control room worked alternating(交替的) weeks of day, evening and night shifts.    74    Investigators believe this caused the workers to overlook a warning light and fail to close an open valve.

Finding the secret of what makes us tick has long fascinated scientists and work done over the last decade has yielded important clues.    75    For example, the time we eat may be important if we want to maximize intellectual or sporting performance. There is already evidence suggesting that the time when medicine is given to patients affects how well it works.

A.        The rhythm of life is a slight beat.

B.        The aim is to help us become more efficient(高效的).

C.        Jenny Hope claims to have tested their body clocks to the limit.

D.       This is a key reason why shift work can cause so many problems.

E.        Experts say every aspect of human bodies is influenced by daily rhythms.

F.        Many people study the state of their bio-rhythms before making their daily plans.

G.       Such a dangerous combination never gave their bodies’ natural rhythms a chance to settle down.

A. explore        B. originally         C. objective         D. themselves     E. prospect      F. strangers     G. frustrated    H. source    I. universal   J. traditionally     K. eco-conscious

Your age reflects your state of mind, which is something ___41___ despite different family, social or cultural backgrounds.

In Western culture, 21 was the age at which young people ___42___ received a key to their parents’ door, as a symbol of entering adulthood. Now, the age of 21 is a time when people ask ___43___: where to go from here?

The 21-year-old college students are thrilled at the ___44___ of starting their careers within a year. But in the current global recession, some have to scale down their ambitions. They will realize that being realistic, instead of ___45___, is the solution.

The age of 21 is also a time to step out of your comfort zone. It’s a time to ___46___ the outside world, when you are ready to do so. Being open-minded is not a task to be completed, or a fashion to be pursued. It’s a bridge to an/a ___47___ view of oneself.

Reaching the age of 21 encourages young people to shoulder responsibility for their own lives. Also, it’s a time when they begin to take the interests of ___48___ into consideration.

Whether traveling, partying or shopping, 21-year-olds remain ___ 49___while having fun. They value supportive relations between countries. They see a country’s rise as a new ___50___ of global stability in difficult times.

 ______ how mirrors produce image, we need to know what light does.

  A. Understanding        B. Understood             C. To understand      D. Having understood