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 |
Part I: _________________________
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Part II : ENGLISH SALON
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Mr. Jiu Chan at: 47129198 English Salon, your best friend! Join Right Now!Which of the following can be the best title for Part I?
A.Top English, your smart choice! |
B.If you want to learn English, we can teach you! |
C.Top English, the best English! |
D.We have what you want! |
Which of the following courses can be learned by the same person________?
A.Basic Studies and Standard Spoken English. |
B.Intermediate Spoken English and Basic Business English. |
C.Standard Spoken English and TOEFL Super Studies. |
D.Intermediate Business English and TOEFL Super Studies. |
If you work in a foreign firm, you probably take the course______.
A.Standard Spoken English |
B.Intermediate Business English |
C.TOEFL Super Studies |
D.Children's Weekend |
If you want to join the English Salon, you should at least________.
A.be a university graduate |
B.be a student learning English in the Top English City |
C.make more friends and know more about the culture of the English |
D.be an English lover or can speak English well |
Something roared like thunder. The earth shook a little and we heard the rat-a-tat-tat of gunfire. "Father!" Hassan cried. We sprung to our feet and raced out of the living room.
"Father! What's that sound? Hassan screamed, his hands outstretched toward Ali. Ali wrapped his arms around us. A white light flashed and lit the sky in silver. It flashed again and was followed by rapid sharp sounds of gunfire. "They're hunting ducks." Ali said in a hoarse voice. "They hunt ducks at night, you know." Don't be afraid.
A siren(汽笛) went off in the distance. Somewhere glass broke and someone shouted. I heard people on the street, jolted from sleep and probably still in their pajamas, with ruffled hair and puffy eyes. Hassan was crying. Ali pulled him close, clutched him with tenderness.
We stayed huddled that way until the early hours of the morning. The shootings and explosions had lasted less than an hour, but they had frightened us badly, because none of us had ever heard gunshots in the streets. They were foreign sounds to us then. The generation of Afghan children whose ears would know nothing but the sounds of bombs and gunfire was not yet born. Huddled together in the dining room and waiting for the sun to rise, none of us had any notion that a way of life had ended. The end came when Russian tanks were rolling into the very same streets where Hassan and I played, bringing the death of the Afghanistan I knew and marking the start of a still ongoing era of bloodletting.
Just before sunrise, Baba's car peeled into the driveway. His door slammed shut and his running footsteps pounded the stairs. Then he appeared in the doorway and I saw something on his face. Something I didn't recognize right away because I'd never seen it before: fear. "Amir! Hassan!" He cried as he ran to us, opening his arms wide. "They blocked all the roads and the telephone didn't work. I was so worried!"
We let him wrap us in his arms and, for a brief moment, I was glad about whatever had happened that night.Who is the author of the passage?
A.Hassan | B.Ali | C.Baba | D.Amir |
By saying “they are hunting ducks”, Ali ___________.
A.told the children the truth |
B.tried to calm the children |
C.played a joke on the children |
D.cheered the children up |
We can infer from the passage that__________.
A.there were thunderstorms that night |
B.Afghan children were used to the war |
C.that night was the end of people’s peaceful life |
D.people on the street shouted and broke the windows |
From the last sentence of the passage, we know_________.
A.the author was glad to see his father come home safe |
B.there was a chance that a world in peace was to come |
C.what happened that night seemed nothing to the author |
D.Baba’s arms gave the author temporary comfort and joy |
Health experts are calling for action to increase cancer care and control in the developing world. A medical research paper says cancer was once thought of as a problem mostly in the developed world. But now cancer is a leading cause of death and disability in poor countries as well. Experts from Harvard University and other organizations urge the international community to fight cancer actively, saying it should be fought in the way HIV/AIDS has been fought in Africa.
Cancer kills more than 7.5 million people a year worldwide. Almost two-thirds are in low-income and middle-income countries.
They discover cancer kills more people in developing countries than AIDS, tuberculosis (肺结核) and malaria (疟疾) combined. But the world spends only 5% of its cancer resources in those countries.
Felicia Knaul from Harvard Medical School was one of the writers of the paper. She was in Mexico when she was found to have breast cancer. She received treatment there and her experience showed her the sharp difference between the rich and the poor in treating breast cancer.
Felicia Knaul says, “And we are seeing how this is attacking young women. It’s the number two cause of death in Mexico for women thirty to fifty-four. All over the developing world, it’s the number one cancer-related death among young women. I think we have to again say that there is much more we could do about it than we are doing about it.”
Professor Knalul met community health workers during her work in developing countries. They were an important part of efforts to reduce deaths from the cancer. They were able to persuade people to get tested to prevent the illness. The experts say cancer care does not have to be costly. For example, patients can be treated with lower-cost drugs.What would be the best title for the passage?
A.Cancer – a leading cause of death in poor countries |
B.What should we do in preventing and treating cancer? |
C.What makes the first killer in developing countries? |
D.Experts urge more efforts to fight cancer. |
Felicia Knaul’s experience in Mexico shows that .
A.many Mexican women suffer from breast cancer |
B.there is not enough medicine for cancer there |
C.many Mexican women can’t afford medical care |
D.patients with breast cancer are treated differently |
From what Felicia Knaul says, we can draw the conclusion that .
A.breast cancer is a great threat to young women |
B.people don’t pay enough attention to breast cancer |
C.breast cancer is the second killer among women in Mexico |
D.patients can be treated effectively in developing countries |
Who plays an important part in preventing the cancer in developing countries?
A.The cancer patients. | B.The health experts. |
C.Community health workers. | D.Young women. |
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.The number of cancer cases is decreasing. |
B.HIV/AIDS is not being taken seriously in Africa. |
C.Over 7.5 million people die of cancer every year. |
D.It is very expensive to treat cancer. |
The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn't already know. I stood up to look around, when a gentle hand touched my shoulder.
I turned around to find a wrinkled, little old lady with a warm smile. She said, "Hi handsome. My name is Rose. I'm eighty-seven years old.”
"Why are you in college at such a young age?" I asked. She replied, "I'm here to meet a rich husband, get married, have a couple of kids and then retire(退休) and travel..."
I knew she was joking. I was curious what might have motivated her to be taking on this challenge at her age.
"I always dreamed of having a college education and now I'm getting one!" she told me.
We became friends. Every day we would talk nonstop after class. I was always interested in listening to this "time machine" as she shared her wisdom and experience with me. And Rose easily made friends wherever she went.
At the end of the term we invited Rose to make a little speech. She cleared her throat and began, "We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing. I’ve learned a few secrets to staying young, being happy, and achieving success. You have to laugh and find humor every day. You've got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die.”
“There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up. Anybody can grow older. That doesn't take any talent or ability. The idea is to grow up by always finding the opportunity in change.
“Have no regrets. The elderly usually don't have regrets for what we did, but rather for things we did not do……"When the writer and Rose first met, they began their talk in a_______ way.
A.serious | B.polite | C.formal | D.humorous |
Which of the following has the similar meaning to the underlined word “motivated” in the fourth paragraph?
A.encouraged | B.persuaded | C.taught | D.forced |
Rose went to college in order to _______.
A.meet a rich husband | B.make new friends |
C.get a college education | D.get a better job |
The writer considered Roses as a “time machine” because__________.
A.she always came to class on time. |
B.she make friends easily at college. |
C.she knew the difference between growing older and growing up |
D.she enjoyed a long life and had lots of wisdom and experience. |
From this passage we know Rose believed_________.
A.“The early bird catches the worm” |
B.“It is never too late to learn” |
C.“A bird in the hand is worth two in the bushes” |
D.“One false step will make a great difference.” |
It doesn’t matter when and how much a person sleeps, but everyone needs some rest to stay alive. That’s what all doctors thought, until they heard about Herpin. Herpin, it was said, never slept. Could this be true? The doctors decided to see this strange man themselves.
Herpin was 90 years old when the doctors came to his home in New Jersey. They thought for sure that he got some sleep of some kind. So they stayed with him and watched every movement he made. But they were surprised. Though they watched him hour after hour and day after day, they never saw him sleeping. In fact, he did not even own a bed. He never needed one.
The only rest that Herpin sometimes got was sitting in a comfortable chair and reading newspapers. The doctors were puzzled by this strange continuous sleeplessness. They asked him many questions, hoping to find an answer. They found only one answer that might explain his condition. Herpin remembered some talk about his mother having been injured several days before he was born. But that was all. Was this the real reason? No one could be sure. Herpin died at the age of 94.The main idea of this passage is that_____.
A.large numbers of people do not need sleep |
B.a person was found who actually didn’t need any sleep |
C.everyone needs some sleep to stay alive |
D.people can live longer by trying not to sleep |
The doctors came to visit Herpin, expecting_____.
A.to cure him of his sleeplessness |
B.to find that his sleeplessness was not really true |
C.to find out why some old people did not need any sleep |
D.to find a way to free people from the need of sleeping |
After watching him closely, the doctors came to believe that Herpin_____.
A.needed some kind of sleep |
B.was too old to need any sleep |
C.needed no sleep at all |
D.often sleep in a chair |
One reason that might explain Herpin’s sleeplessness was _____.
A.his mother’s injury before he was born |
B.that he had gradually got rid of the sleeping habit |
C.his magnificent physical condition |
D.that he hadn’t got a bed |
Herpin’s condition could be regarded as ______.
A.a common one | B.one that could be cured | C.very healthy | D.a rare one |