It is now commonly known that AIDS is a deadly disease. It does great damage to human beings’ immune system, weakening resistance to disease and leading to death due to utter weakness. To this day, there are no existing drugs that can kill AIDS virus. It is a deadly battle between science and AIDS.
This is only one side of the story. Although it can not be cured, AIDS is preventable. For those who have not caught the disease, the knowledge of preventive measures seems to be the most powerful weapon at hand.
Since the discovery of the first AIDS patient in 1985, the number of HIV carriers is on an alarming rise in China and statistics show that young people are the more likely victims of AIDS. Nationwide there are 214 million people between the ages of 13 and 22, most of whom are students. If no measures are taken to protect these young people, it is almost certain that the threat of AIDS will be very real to them. There has been a great deal of misinformation concerning the transmission of AIDS.
One of the most misleading myths is that AIDS can be transmitted by casual physical contact such as kissing, shaking hands or sharing food container. Surveys and investigations conducted in some universities and colleges show that half of those people questioned are not clear about how AIDS is transmitted, not to mention how it is prevented.
This is the driving force behind the State Education Department’s decision to spread AIDS awareness information among college students and later to high school students and primary school students.
69．Why does the passage say that AIDS is a deadly disease?
A．Because it destroys the immune system of the human body.
B．Because the AIDS patients cannot resist the disease and will die.
C．Because the doctors now find no medicine to cure AIDS.
D．All of the above.
70．By writing “This is only one side of the story”, the author suggests tha
t_____.
A．although we can’t cure AIDS, we can manage to prevent it.
B．AIDS is very dangerous, but we should not be scared of it.
C．AIDS is not curable, but doctors should not give up fighting against it.
D．although the doctors cannot cure the disease, they can help improve the patients’ health.
71．What can be concluded from the surveys and investigations mentioned in the passage?
A．No college students know how people become AIDS victims.
B．5
0 percent of college students do not know how to prevent AIDS.
C．Many college students are not aware how people become AIDS victims.
D．Many college students did not mention AIDS prevention in the surveys and investigations.
72．What is the best title of this passage?
A．China Fights AIDS B．Young People—Most likely AIDS Victims
C．AIDS Information Is Necessary D．AIDS—A Deadly Disease
When I was eight years old, I had a big accident. I get scared even now when I think about that time. There were many people skating near my house, and seeing them skate so wonderfully, I couldn’t wait to have a try, just a piece of cake, I thought .
I went with a friend who was very skillful. He spent a long time teaching me how to skate , but I still didn’t learn much , which made him very angry. Finally , he left me and skated all around. I skated alone and soon got bored because I kept falling down so I took off my skates and just walked around on the ice in my shoes. It was cold and my feet were frozen.
Suddenly, I stepped on something that was not hard. What was it ? It was a weak place in the ice . When I stepped there, I sank under the ice. I thought that I was going to die, but I did my best to grab something to get out from under the ice. I would have climbed out myself by grabbing the edge of the ice, but at that time I was only a child of eight . I cried out.
Fortunately, someone helped me. He grabbed my arms and pulled me up. Those several minutes seemed a year to me. I thanked him. At that time, my friend came back. I was annoyed at him because he was supposed to take care of me, but he didn’t. He was embarrassed. When I took a taxi home, the taxi driver was surprised and asked what had happened. I didn’t want to say anything because I was tired and scared. Since then, I have never touched skating.At first the writer thought that skating _________________.
| A．was hard to learn |
| B．was only suitable to watch |
| C．was easy to learn |
| D．can only be done with support |
Why did the writer’s friend leave and skate alone? ___________
| A．He wanted to show off his skating skill before the writer. |
| B．He was disappointed at the writer’s performance. |
| C．He was too tired to go on teaching the writer. |
| D．He found he had no gift for teaching others to skate. |
According to the writer, if an adult sank under the ice, he would _____________.
| A．grab the edge of the ice and get out. |
| B．have courage to call for help |
| C．wait until people came to help |
| D．not like to accept others’ help |
What effect did the accident have on the writer?
| A．He broke away from his irresponsible friend. |
| B．He didn’t dare to skate any longer |
| C．He fell ill because of staying under ice too longer. |
| D．He lost interest in all kinds of sports. |
Annealing is a way of making metal softer by heating it and then letting it cool very slowly. If metal is heated and then cooled very quickly , for example by dipping it in water , it will be very hard but also very brittle(脆)---that is , It will break easily. Metal that has been annealed is soft but does not break as easily . It is possible to make metal as hard or as soft as is wished, by annealing it. The metal is heated, and allowed to cool slowly , for a certain length of time. The longer the heated metal takes to cool slowly , the softer it becomes . Annealing can also be used on other materials, such as glass. Annealing can make metal _______________.
| A．hard and tough (韧) | B．hard but brittle |
| C．soft but tough | D．soft and brittle |
Why do people put hot metal in water ? ____________
| A．To make it hard | B．To make it soft |
| C．To make it cool | D．To make it brittle |
As suggested by the text , how can glass be made less brittle ?____________
| A．It can be heated and then cooled quickly |
| B．It can be cooled and then heated slowly |
| C．It can be heated and then cooled slowly |
| D．It can be cooled and then heated quickly |
King’s College Summer School
King’s College Summer School is an annual training program for high school students at all levels who want to improve their English. Courses are given by the teachers of king’ s College and other colleges in New York . Trips to museums and culture centers are also organized. This year’s summer school will be from July 25 to August 15. More information is as follows:
| Application date ●Students in New York should send their applications before July 18,2007. ● Students of other cities should send their applications before July 16,2007 ● Foreign students should send their applications before July 10,2007. |
Courses ● English Language Spoken English :22 hours Reading and Writing : 10 hours ● American History : 16 hours ● American Culture : 16 hours |
| Steps ● A letter of self-introduction ● A letter of recommendation (推荐) * The letters should be written in English with all the necessary information. |
Cost ● Daily lessons :$200 ● Sports and activities : $ 100 ● Travels: $ 200 ● Hotel service : $400 * You may choose to live with your friends or relatives in the same city. |
Please write to :
Thompson , Sanders
1026 king’s Street
New York, NY 10016 , USA
E-mail : KC – Summer – School @ yahoo. com You can most probably read the text in __________.
| A．a newspaper | B．a travel guide |
| C．a textbook | D．a telephone book |
Which of the following is TRUE about king’s College Summer School? _____________.
| A．Only top student can take part in the program |
| B．King’s College Summer School is run every other year |
| C．Visits to museums and culture centers are part of the program |
| D．Only the teachers of king’s College give courses |
If you are to live with your relatives in New York, you will have to pay the school_____________.
| A．$ 200 | B．$ 400 | C．$ 500 | D．$ 900 |
What information can you get from the text ?
| A．The program will last two months. |
| B．You can write to Thompson only in English. |
| C．As a Chinese student , you can send your application on July 14,2007. |
| D．You can get in touch with the school by e-mail or by telephone. |
Rosa Parks was an African-American woman who began the civil rights movement by refusing to give up her seat to a white person on a bus . She stood up for what she believed was right , and her courage inspired countless others to do the same.
Born in Alabama in 1913 , Mrs. Parks grew up on a farm just outside Montgomery in a town called Pine Level . She was home-schooled until she was 11. She later attended the Industrial School for Girls in Montgomery. She briefly attended the Alabama State Teachers College for Negroes , but had to drop out to take care of her mother and grandmother when they became ill.
Mrs. Parks married Raymond Parks in 1932 . He encouraged her to finish her education . This was very uncommon at that time , especially for a woman. Less than 7 percent of African-Americans studied in a high school in the 1930s.
Mrs. Parks also succeeded in gaining the right to vote, which was very difficult for blacks under the segregation laws( 种族隔离制度 ) . In 1943, she began working as a secretary for the NAACP----National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Mrs. Parks made her historic decision on December 1,1955. She recalled in her autobiography(自传) ：
“When the driver saw me still sitting, he asked if I was going to stand up and I said , ‘ No, I’m not.’ Then he said , ‘ Well , if you don’t stand up , I’m going to have to call the police and have you arrested .’ I said , ‘ You may do that.’”
Mrs. Parks died on October 24,2005. “ She sat down in order that we might stand up,” said civil rights leaders Jesse Jackson. “ Her imprisonment opened the doors for our long journey to freedom.” From the passage we can infer that in Rosa Parks’ time black people ______________.
| A．were not allowed to take buses |
| B．only stood in the buses |
| C．were looked down upon |
| D．had no right at all |
From the second paragraph we know that Rosa Parks ____________________.
| A．began to learn at the age of 11 |
| B．studied at home until she was 11 |
| C．attended the Industrial School when she was 11 |
| D．graduated from the Alabama State Teachers College |
Rosa Parks didn’t give up her seat to a white person because ________________.
| A．she was tired after a day’s work |
| B．there were empty seats on the bus |
| C．she didn’t want to stand on the bus |
| D．she wanted to be treated equally |
In this passage the phrase “ stood up for ” in the first paragraph probably means “___________”.
| A．acted to protect | B．paid attention to |
| C．looked forward to | D．gave up to |
Many people go to school for an education. They learn languages, history, politics, geography, physics, chemistry and mathematics. Others go to school to learn a skill so that they can make a living. School education is very important and useful. Yet, no one can learn everything from school. A teacher, no matter how much he knows, can not teach his students everything they want to know. The teacher’s job is to show his students how to learn. He teaches them how to read and how to think. So, much more is to be learned outside school by the students themselves.
It is always more important to know how to study by oneself than to memorize some facts or a formula(公式). It is actually quite easy to learn a certain fact in history or a formula in mathematics. But it is very difficult to use a formula in working out a math problem. Great scientists before us didn’t get everything from school .Their teachers only showed them the way. Edison did not even finish primary school. But they were all so successful. They invented so many things for mankind. The reason for their success is that they knew how to study. They read books that were not taught at school . They would ask many questions as they read. They did thousands of experiments. They worked hard all their lives, wasting not a single moment. Above all , they knew how to use their brain. To work out a math problem, you need to know __________.
| A．only a certain formula |
| B．how to memorize some facts |
| C．only some facts |
| D．the method to work it out |
Why were many scientists so successful?
| A．They received good education. |
| B．They were very clever. |
| C．They knew how to learn. |
| D．They learned lots of facts and formulas. |
How did great scientists study?
| A．They read a lot of books and asked many questions while reading. |
| B．They did thousands of experiments. |
| C．They always worked hard and never wasted time. |
| D．All of the above. |