An8yearoldgirlwasdraggedabout9-优题课

Dear Mom and Dad,
I’m afraid I have some very bad news for you. I have been very naughty and the school master is very angry with me. She is going to write to you. You must come and take me away from here. She does not want me in the school any longer.
The trouble started last night when I was smoking a cigarette in bed. As I was smoking, I heard footsteps coming towards the room. I did not want a teacher to catch me smoking, so I threw the cigarette away. Unfortunately, the cigarette fell into the waste--paper basket. It caught fire. There was a curtain near the waste --paper basket. It caught fire too. Soon the whole room was burning. The master phoned the fire brigade（消防队）. The school is a long way from the town and before the fire brigade arrived, the whole school was on fire. The master said that the fire was all my fault and I must pay for the damage. She will send you a bill for about a million dollars.
I’m very sorry for this.
Much love, Sarah
1 What did Sarah write to his parents for?
A. He was tired of studying, and wanted to leave school.
B. He told his parents what he had done in school.
C. He thought he was old enough to help them do something.
D. He missed them a lot for they hadn’t seen each other for a long time.
2 Where did Sarah smoke?
A. In the classroom. B. In the street.
C. In the dormitory. D. In the Dinning hall.
3 Why was the school master angry with him?
A. Because he was too naughty. B. Because he was too lazy.
C. Because he caused a big fire. D. Because he stole something at school.
4 According to the passage, the students should not ____ .
A. smoke because smoking is dangerous to them
B. dance because dancing would waste a lot of money
C. make friends because making friends would take them absent
D. wear expensive clothes because they would waste a lot of money

In China, more and more middle school students are getting shorter sleeping time than before. More students sleep less than nine hours every night, because they have much homework to do. Some homework is given by their teachers, and some by their parents. Also, some students don’t know how to save time. They are not careful enough while they do their homework, so it takes them a lot of time. Some students spend too much time watching TV or playing computer games. They stay up very late. Some students have to get up early every morning on weekdays to get to school on time by bus of by bike . It can be a long way from home to school. It will probably make them sleepy during school hours.
Schools and parents should cut down some of the homework so that our children can enjoy more than nine hours of sleep every night for their health. For children, they should make the most best use of their time. When they have enough time for sleeping .They will find it much better for both their study and health.
1 What make most students sleep less than nine hours every night?
A. Doing housework. B. Playing computer games.
C. Doing homework. D. Watching TV.
2 Who else gives children some homework to do except their teachers according to the article?
A. Their parents. B. Other students. C. Nobody else. D. They themselves.
3 How many hours of sleep is good for students’ health?
A. Only 9 hours. B. Over 9 hours. C. 8 hours. D. Less than 9 hours.
4 Which is the following is NOT true?
A. Some students are careless that they spent much time on the homework.
B. All the students stay up late for their homework.
C. Schools and parents should take care of children’s health.
D. Children should be given less homework.

第二部分阅读理解 (满分45分)
第一节　阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中，选出最佳选项。 (每小题2分)
When we think of Hollywood, we think of films and famous film stars. They are part of Hollywood’s history. Today people make films in other places, too. Not all famous film stars live in Hollywood. But Hollywood is still a very special part in Los Angeles, California.
You can easily see where Hollywood is in Los Angeles. There is a big sign on the hills. It says “HOLLYWOOD”. The white letters are fifty feet tall. You can see the sign from far away. The Hollywood sign is a famous Hollywood landmark (标记) in Los Angeles. Many postcards show this famous Hollywood landmark.
In the hills of Hollywood, there is also the Hollywood Bowl. This is an open-air theatre. It is one of the biggest open-air theatres in the world. It has seventeen thousand seats and a very different stage (舞台). The designer (设计师) of the stage was a great American called Frank Lloyd Wright. You can listen to different kinds of concerts at the Hollywood Bowl.
1The best title for the article should be “____”.
A. The History of Hollywood B. Hollywood
C. Famous Films and Film Stars D. Famous Hollywood Sign
2 We learn from the reading that ____ .
A. Hollywood is one part of Los Angeles
B. Hollywood is now a place only for travelers
C. all the films are made In Hollywood
D. “HOLLYWOOD” can just be seen from far away
3 The word “special” in the last sentence of the first paragraph means ____ .
A. unusual B. famous C. old D. new
4At the Hollywood Bowl ____ .
A. all postcards are made B. only 7000 people can get together
C. people can enjoy music D. you can hardly listen to all kinds of concerts

What do consumers really want? That’s a question market researchers would love to answer. But since people don’t always say what they think, marketers would need direct access to consumers’ thoughts to get the truth.
Now, in a way, that is possible. At the “Mind of the Market” laboratory at Harvard Business School, researchers are looking inside shoppers’ skulls to develop more effective advertisements and marketing styles. Using imaging techniques that measure blood flow to various parts of the brain, the Harvard team hopes to predict how consumers will react to particular products and to discover the most effective ways to present information. Stephen Kosslyn, a professor of psychology at Harvard, and business school professor Gerald Zaltman, oversee the lab. “The goal is not to influence people’s preferences,” says Kosslyn, “just to speak to their actual desires."
The group’s findings, though still preliminary (初步的), could change how firms develop and market new products. The Harvard group use position emission tomography (PET) scans to monitor the brain activity. These PET scans, along with other imaging techniques, enable researchers to see which parts of the brain are active during specific tasks(such as remembering a word).Correlations (相互关系) have been found between blood flow to specific areas and future behavior. Because of this, Harvard researchers believe the scans can also predict future purchasing patterns. According to an unpublished paper the group produced, “It is possible to use these techniques to predict not only whether people will remember and have specific emotional reactions to certain materials, but also whether they tend to want those materials months later.”
The Harvard group is now moving into the next stage of experiments. They will explore how people remember advertisements as part of an effort to predict how they will react to a product after having seen an ad. The researchers believe that once key areas of the brain are identified, scans on about two dozen volunteers will be enough to draw conclusions about the reactions of specific sections of the population. Large corporations-including Coca Cola, Eastman Kodak, General Motors, and Hallmark-have already signed up to fund further investigations.
For their financial support, these firms gain access to the experiments but cannot control them. If Kosslyn and Zahman and their team really can read the mind of the market, then consumers may find it even harder to get those advertising jingles-out of their heads when buying things.
1. Which of the following statements can be the best title for this passage?
A. Reading the Mind of the Market.
B. Influencing the Customers’ Choice.
C. Influencing the Style of Advertising.
D. Experimenting with the Way to Foretell
2. Why do the Harvard researchers use scientific technology in the experiments?
A. Because they want to find a better way to persuade people into purchasing patterns in the future.
B. Because they don’t trust the findings already done by other researchers.
C. Because they want to see how particular products can influence consumers and find out the most effective ways to advertise.
D. Because they think the marketing strategies can actually be changed after the experiments.
3. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
A. People sometimes hide their true feelings when questioned by the marketing surveyors.
B. Stephen Kosslyn and Gerald Zaltman are in charge of the experiment and think ill of the study.
C. Harvard researchers have found some relation between people’s brain and future behavior.
D. Many large companies finance the Harvard group’s further investigations.
4. What does “to speak to” in the 2nd paragraph mean?
A. To communicate with. B. To say to.
C. To talk to. D. To respond to.
5. The last sentence of the passage implies that ___________.
A. it is very likely that customers will buy unnecessary things just depending on the ads in the future.
B. in fact, the real purpose of Harvard group’s research is to attract more consumers into the market.
C. Coca Cola or the General Motors can exploit the findings of the experiments in their own marketing.
D. Consumers may find it more difficult to get out of the advertising jungle and it may cause them headaches.

Nine-year-old Barack Obama was looking through a magazine and he was shocked by a series of photos. The pictures were of a black man who destroyed his skin with chemicals that promised to make him white.
For the first time, the African-American boy began to doubt who he was.
However, now the boy who used to struggle with his identity doesn’t see it as a problem any more, but an advantage for his successful career. Last year Obama made history by being elected as the first black president of the United States. He defeated John McCain in a landslide victory.
Obama’s story starts in opposite corners of the world. His white mother was born in the heartland of the US. His black father grew up in a tiny village in Kenya. They met during college in Hawaii, but his father left the family when Obama was just two years old and his mother moved to Indonesia.
At 10, Obama moved back to live with his white grandparents in Hawaii. At his class, a white boy asked Obama if his father ate people. Out of embarrassment, Obama lied to his classmates that his father was a prince. “I kept asking who am I and I ended up trying drugs and drinking,” Obama recalled.
Things came to change after the young men made friends with those with a similar background at college. Their experiences back in Africa helped Obama to finally face up to his African origin. He worked hard to become a star at Harvard Law School and the third black senator(参议员) in US history.
At the beginning of his campaign for the White House, few people viewed Obama favorably. Many doubted his unusual background, which left him neither “black” enough nor “white” enough. But Obama turned his pain of growing up into a tool to make Americans believe: “There’s not a black America and a white America, a Latino American, an Asian America. There’s the United States of America.”
Barack Obama’s victory is “a historic victory that promised change and overcame centuries prejudice. His success accomplished Martin Luther King’s dream that a man be judged not by the color of his skin, but by the content of his character”, wrote ABC news.
1. The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 refers to _______.
A. who he was B. Obama’s successful career
C. making him white D. defeating John McCain
2.According to the last paragraph of the passage, which of the following statements is false?
A. There has been prejudice in United States of America for centuries.
B. Martin Luther King’s dream has already been realized.
C. All men are created equal, no matter he is white or he is black.
D. A man should be judged by the content of his character, not by the color of his skin.
3. We can learn from the passage that ________.
A. Obama’s parents come from the same country
B. the black man who destroyed his skin was Obama himself
C. Obama was once troubled by his identity
D. Africa is where Obama was born
4. Which of the following is the correct order?
a. being elected the first black president of the US
b. returning to live with his grandparents
c. becoming the third black senator in US history
d. going to college
e. joining in the campaign for the White House
A. b--d-c-e-a B. e-a-b--d-c C. a-b--e-c-d D. c-e-d-b--a
5. The best title of the passage would be _____.
A. The first president of the US B. Martin Luther King’s dream
C. A historic victory D. The history of African Americans