It's great fun to explore (探索) new places—it feels like an adventure, even when you know you're not the first to have been there. But make sure not to get lost or waste time going round in circles.
● Do the map reading if you're being driven somewhere. It'll be easier if you keep turning the map so it follows the direction you' re traveling in. Keep looking ahead so that you can give the driver lots of warning before having to make a turn, or you'll have to move to the back seat.
● Get a group of friends together and go exploring. You'll need a good map, a compass (指南针), a raincoat, a cell phone to call for help in case you get lost, and a bit of spare cash for emergencies (应急现金). Tell someone where you're going before you set out and let them know what time you expect to be back. The test is in not getting lost, not in seeing how fast you can go, so always stick together, waiting for slower friends to catch up.
● See if your school or a club organizes orienteering activities, in which you need a map and a compass to find your way. This can be done as a sport, with teams trying to find the way from A to B (and B to C, etc. ) in the fastest time, or simply as a spare-time activity. Either way, it's not only good fun, but a great way to keep fit.Sitting beside the driver, you should ________.
| A．direct the driver when necessary |
| B．look ahead to see where there's a turn |
| C．move to the back seat if feeling uncomfortable |
| D．keep looking at the map to find a place to go to |
Why do you need to tell someone your exploration plan before setting out?
| A．To get information when in danger. |
| B．To be saved in case of an accident. |
| C．To share the fun with him/her in exploration. |
| D．To tell him/her what's going on with the group members. |
Orienteering activities can ________.
| A．make people work fast | B．help people stay healthy |
| C．help people organize other activities | D．make people get prepared for sports |
The text mainly talks about ?
| A．the fun of exploration |
| B．what to bring for exploration |
| C．the way to use the map in exploration |
| D．how to prevent getting lost in exploration |
第二部分 阅读理解
第一节从A、B、C、D中选出最佳选项：（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）
Robert Spring, a 19th century forger (伪造者), was so good at his profession that hs was able to make his living for 15 years by selling false signatures of famous Americans. Spring was born in England in 1838 and arrived in Philadelphia in 1858 to open a bookstore. At first he prospered(繁荣)by selling his small but genuine collection of early US autographs (亲笔签名). Discovering his ability at copying handwriting he began imitating the signatures of George Washington and Benjimin Franklin and writing them on the title pages of old books. To lessen the chance of detection (被发现). He sent his forgeries to England and Canada for sale, Forgers have a hard time selling products. A forger cannot approach a respectable buyer but must deal with people who don’t have much knowledge in the field. Forgers have many ways of making their works look real. For example, they buy old books and use the aged paper of the title page, and they can treat paper and ink with chemicals.
In Spring’s time, right after the Civil War, Britain was still fond of the southern states, so Spring invented a respectable young lady known as Miss Fanny Jackson, the only daughter of General “Stonewall” Jackson. For several years Miss Fanny’s financial problems forced her to sell a great number of letters and manuscripts (手稿) belonging to her famous father. Spring had to work very hard to satisfy the demand. However, all this activity did not prevent Spring from dying in poverty, leaving sharp-eyed experts the difficult task of separating his forgeries from the originals.
41．Robert Spring spent 15 years ________.
A．running a bookstore in Philadelphia B．as owners of old books
C．selling real signatures of famous Americans D．as a forger
42．Why did Spring sell his false autographs in England and Canada?
A．There was less chance that his forgeries would be discovered there.
B．The prices were much higher in England and Canada.
C．There was a greater demand there than in America.
D．Britan was Spring’s birthplace.
43．After the Civil War there was a great demand in Britain for ________
A．Civil War battle plans B．southern manuscripts and letters
C．the signatures of George Washington and Ben Franklin D．southern money
44．Which of the following about Miss Fanny Jackson is TRUE?
A．She was Robert Spring’s customer.
B．She was an imaginary person created by Spring.
C．She was a little-known girl who sold her father’s papers to make money.
D．She was the only daughter of General Stonewall Jackson.
PENRICE
COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Cornwall County Counicl
We Need Two
ASSISANT HEADTEACHERS
From January 2006
L13—17(£44,703—£49,314)
Penrice Community College is a highly regarded and successful 11-16 specialist languages college. Following the recent appointment of a new headteacher we’re restructuring the leadership team to create two new roles.
One post will involve leading teaching teams with responsibility for developing curricula(课程) and time-tabling.
The other post will be leading student based teams and responsibility for student learing outcomes and the removal of barriers to student success such as poor attendance or disaffection.
Penrice Community College is:
·A school with 1,350 wonderful students
·High achieving with results well above average
·Mentioned twice in HMCl’s outstanding schools list
·A British Council International School
·Situated in a beautiful part of mid-Cornwall
All enquires for information and application packs should be made to Danielle Eyres on 01726—72613 or at secretary@penricornmvall .sch.uk
Closing date for applications is Tuesday October 4th at noon. Interviews will be held on Monday 17th and Tuesday 18th October 2005.
45．The underlined word “restructuring’ probably means ________.
A．formally telling sb to do B．Joining the two parts together
C．rebuilding sth and making it work again D．extending the size of sth
46．The purpose of the above passage is to ________
A．introduce the advantages of a school
B．report the appointment of a new head teacher
C．call on more students to go to school
D．advertise for new assistant headteachers
47．The two new posts are required to do all the following EXCEPT ________.
A．stop students missing classes B．get students interested in learning
C．lead students-based teams D．arrange new curricula
48．HMCI is probably the name of ________.
A．an educational organization B．a school leader
C．a political party D．a news reporter
Informal conversation is an important part of any business relationship．Before you start a discussion，however，make sure you understand which topics are suitable and which are considered taboo（禁忌）in a particular culture。Latin Americans enjoy sharing information about their local history，art，and customs．You may expect questions about your family，and be sure to show pictures of your children．You may feel free to ask similar questions of your Latin American friends．The French think of conversation as an art form，and they enjoy the value of lively discussions as well as disagreements。For them，arguments can be interesting-and they can cover pretty much or any topic-as long as they occur in are spectful and intelligent manner．
In the United States，business people like to discuss a wide range of topics，including opinions about work，family，hobbies，and politics。In Japan，China，and Korea，however，people are much more private．They do not share much about their thoughts，feelings，or emotions because they feel that doing so might take away from the harmonious business relationship they’re trying to build．Middle Easterners are also private about their personal lives and family matters．It is considered rude，for example，to ask a businessman from Saudi Arabia about his wife Or children．
As a general rule，it’S best not to talk about politics or religion with your business friends．This can get you into trouble，even in the United States，where people hold different religious views．In addition，discussing one’S salary is usually considered unsuitable．Sports is typically a friendly subject in most parts of the world，although be careful not to criticize fl national sport．Instead，be friendly and praise your host’s team．
69．The author considers politics and religion
A．cheerful topics B．taboo
C．rude topics D．topics that can never be talked about
70．Which is typically a friendly topic in most places according to the author？
A．Sports． B．Children． C．Personal feelings． D．Families．
71．Why are people from Asia more private in their conversation with others？
A．They don’t want to talk much with others．
B．They don’t want to have their good relationship with others harmed by informal conversation。
C．They are afraid to argue with their colleagues．
D．They want to keep their feelings to themselves．
72．What shouldn’t you do when talking about sports with colleagues from another country？
A．Praising your own country’S sports．
B．Criticizing your own country’S sports．
C．Praising the sports of your colleagues’country．
D．Criticizing the sports of your colleagues’country．
In 2004，the World Health Organization，WHO，warned of a possible outbreak of another serious disease which may be even more deadly than SARS．The WHO believes that it is likely that bird flu will spread to human beings in the next few years．If it does，up to seven millions people could die from the disease．
Diseases like bird flu are caused by viruses，that is，tiny things which change and be come more dangerous over time．When a new type of a common virus changes，it may be able to get past the body’S immune system．If that happens，humans are in great danger until a cure or treatment becomes available．
There have always been viruses and people always get sick，of course，but as we saw with SARS，the situation is more difficult today．People travel more than ever before，which means that disease can spread quickly and across large areas——in fact the whole world．
Scientists are already working on drugs that will prevent or limit the effect of a new virus，but the process takes time．It is just as important to make sure that countries，especially poor countries，are prepared to deal with the disease。New disease usually affect poor areas the most，so we must help develop health care in all countries．
73．The situation is more serious today because．
A．people travel more B．people don’t eat health food
C．there aren’t enough hospitals D．scientists can’t find a cure
74．From this passage we know．
A．bird flu will surely spread to human beings in the next few years．
B．a virus changes and become less dangerous over time．
C．SARS is 1ikely to come again in some years．
D．poor areas usually suffers more from Dew diseases than rich areas．
75．The possible title of this passage is
A．The Work of WHO
B．Scientists Are Working Hard on Drugs for Diseases
C．What Is a Virus
D．Virus Changes and Causes New Diseases Over Time
Dogs have long been used to find explosives and drugs．Now，a new study shows that man’s best friend can also help to find lung and breast cancer，researchers report in integrative Cancer Therapies．The findings show that trained ordinary household dogs can detect early—stage lung and breast cancers by smelling the breath samples of patients．
Researchers have found that cancer cells send out molecules different from those of healthy ones，and that might be sensed by smell by the highly sensitive dog’s nose．
For the study，five dogs were trained by a professional instructor to respond differently to breath samples of healthy and cancer patients．“The dogs learned to sit or lie down in front of cancer patient samples and to ignore control samples through the method of food reward，” McCulloch explained．
After a period of training，researchers tested the animals’ability to distinguish cancer patients from controls．The animals were given breath samples from 55 patients with lung cancer，3 1 with breast cancer and 83 healthy controls who were not included in the original training period．
McCulloch’s group found that the dogs were able to correctly distinguish the breath samples of cancer patients from those of the control subjects in about 90 percent of the cases．The dogs were also able to detecting early-stage lung and breast cancers．
“These results show that there is hope for early detection，”McCulloch said．The re-searches are planning to conduct further studies on the breath composition of cancer patients to possibly design an electronic device that can do the dogs’job．“A dog’s nose is so powerful it can detect odors（气味）10 000 to 100 000 times better than a human nose can．I hope people will be interested in doing this research，”McCulloch added，“It shows that there is definitely something out there．”
65．McCulloch and his group used in their research．
A．10 dogs and 55 people B．5 dogs and 86 people
C．10 dogs and 83 people D．5 dogs and 169 people
66．The underlined work “distinguish” means
A．to make somebody feel better B．to recognize differences of
C．to remember somebody forever D．to discomfort somebody
67．We can infer from the passage that．
A．dogs can smell signs of other cancers except the above two kinds
B．the final goal of the researchers is to design an electronic dog to detect cancer
C．dogs can detect odors 10 000 to 100 000 times better than humans can
D．dogs will soon be widely used to smell signs of cancers in hospitals
68．Which of the following would be the best title？
A．Special Noses of Dogs B．Dogs and Cancer
C．Dogs Smell Signs of Cancer D．McCulloch’S New Discovery