It was Monday. Mrs. Smith’s dog was hungry, but there was not any meat in the house. Considering that there was no better way, Mrs. Smith took a piece of paper, and wrote the following words on it “Give my dog half a pound of meat.” Then she gave the paper to her dog and said gently, “Take this to the butcher（屠夫）, and he’s going to give you your lunch today.” Holding the piece of paper in its mouth, the dog ran to the butcher’s. It gave the paper to the butcher. The butcher read it carefully, recognized that it was really the lady’s handwriting and soon did it as he was asked to. The dog was very happy, and ate the meat up at once. At noon, the dog came to the shop again. It gave the butcher a piece of paper again. After reading it, he gave it half a pound of meat once more. The next day, the dog came again exactly at noon. And as usual, it brought a piece of paper in the mouth. This time, the butcher did not take a look at paper, and gave the dog its meat, for he had regarded the dog as one of his customers(顾客). But, the dog came again at four o’clock. And the same thing happened once again. To the butcher’s more surprise, it came for the third time at six o’clock, and brought with it a third piece of paper. The butcher felt a bit puzzled. He said to himself, “This is a small dog. Why does Mrs. Smith give it so much meat to eat today?”
Looking at the piece of paper, he found that there were not any words on it!The little dog went to the butcher’s ________ altogether during the two days.
| A．three times | B．four times | C．five times | D．six times |
The butcher did not give any meat to the dog __________.
A. before he felt sure that the words were really written by Mrs. Smith on Monday
B when he found that the words on the paper were not clear
C. because he had sold out all the meat in his shop
D. until he was paid enough by Mrs. SmithFrom the story, we can know that the dog was very ___________.
| A．honest | B．kind | C．clever | D．foolish |
At the end of the story, you’ll find that __________.
| A．the dog was clever enough to write on the paper |
| B．the dog dared not go to the butcher’s any more |
| C．the butcher was told not to give any meat to the dog |
| D．the butcher found himself cheated by the dog |
Elephants don’t forget—at least,female elephants don’t.Elephant families are matriarchal. And the social knowledge gained by the oldest females is the key to a family group’s survival, according to a study published in April by Karen McComb,a biologist at Sussex University in England.
Elephants announce their presence by making a deep,long sound,a practice referred to as contact calling.An unfamiliar call may mean that an elephant from outside the family group is nearby.A stranger can cause trouble,interrupting feeding or disturbing the young.So an elephant matriarch signals the family to gather around her;then they all lift their trunks in the air to smell the unfamiliar caller.False alarms can disturb the group and take time and energy away from feeding,so survival may depend in part on getting it right. Working with Cynthia Moss,who founded the Amboseli Elephant Research Project in Kenya 30 years ago,McComb tested the social knowledge of 21 Amboseli elephant families with matriarchs 27 to 67 years old.She played recordings of contact calls to each family and found that the oldest matriarchs were much better at picking out unfamiliar calls.In fact,a group with a matriarch in her fifties was several thousand times more likely to form into a group upon hearing an unfamiliar contact call than when hearing a familiar call.However,families with younger matriarchs were less than twice as likely to gather together upon hearing an unfamiliar contact call as compared with a familiar call.And they gathered together a lot.Moreover,the social knowledge of older matriarchs translated into favourable results:Families with older matriarchs produced more baby elephants in each female-reproductive year.
This finding shows how difficult it is to protect the oldest members of elephant families. As elephants age,they continue to grow larger,as do their much wanted tusks .So the older—and wiser—a matriarch is,the greater the chance she will be killed.About 800 000 elephants have been killed by people in the past 20 years.
53.What does the underlined word “matriarch” mean?
A.An old member of an elephant family.
B.A female head of an elephant family.
C.A wise elephant.
D.A large elephant.
54.The research with recordings of contact calls shows _________.
A.how fast elephants form into groups
B.how important the age of a leading elephant is
C.how frightened elephants are when hearing a strange call
D.how frequently old elephants call other members of the family
55.The older a female elephant is,_________.
A.the stronger she will be
B.the poorer memory she will have
C.the more useless her tusks will be
D.the more likely she will be killed
56.We can infer from the passage that elephants may _________.
A.run into other elephant families
B.give wrong warnings to their mothers
C.run away upon hearing a strange sound
D.produce more babies by gathering together more often
The church seems cold this morning, even after all the people, friends and family, fill the benches. I sit here in silence, in shock and denial. This was not supposed to happen. What about our dreams, or our plans? We were going to raise our children, travel the world, and grow old together. I’m only 37, a typical housewife. I don’t know if I can do all this alone—two children, no father. What do I do or say?
The faces of so many people confuse me as they come to pay their last respects. Some have real sorrow; I can see it in their eyes. The others seem to just say, “I told you so.” Those famous last words: I-told-you-so. How I can’t stand them. And the pointing fingers as so-called family and so-called friends pick me out of the crowd for others to see. I want to scream and wake up but I can’t do anything but sit there. How can they be so blind? I fell in love with a man. Love knows no boundaries .
He was a good man, hardworking, caring and kind. He was retired from the Navy and a gentleman. He was sensitive to others’ needs, the kind of man that knew what to do or say, how to humor any situation and calm everyone’s fears. I remember our first child was a big surprise to both of us. I remember when I told him the news. He fell off his chair, saying over and over in disbelief, “But I’m almost sixty.” After a few months he started planning our next and even doing his famous little dance whenever he discussed the idea.
A man, thirty years older than I, lies in a coffin. Flowers, the American flag and his VFW comrades surround him, paying tribute（颂词）to him as the man he really was. And I sit alone here, with our two children, in silence, praying that this cold morning at church is only a nightmare and I will awake to his loving arms again.
49. What can we know from the passage about the writer?
A. She married a man much older than she.
B. She is going to give birth to their second child.
C. She lost her husband, who was as old as she.
D. She lost her father, whom she loved deeply.
50. From Paragraph Two, we can see ______.
A. the writer didn’t really love the man
B. some of her family members didn’t understand her
C. some of her family members and friends were blind
D. she thought her marriage to the man was a mistake
51. Which of the following can best replace the underlined words “But I’m almost sixty”?
A. I can’t believe it.
B. That’s a lot of trouble.
C. That should have happened long ago.
D. It can’t be my child.
52. Which of the following can’t be used to describe the writer’s feelings for the man?
A. Sad. B. Loving. C. Inseparable D. Complaining.
Avi Sadeh, a Psychology Professor at Tel Aviv University, said recently: “In real life, the daily struggles between parents and children are around these narrow problems of an extra hour, extra TV show, and so on,” he added, “Too little sleep and more accidents”.
To investigate the effects on children of adding or reducing an hour of sleep, Sadeh changed the number of hours slept by 77 fourth and sixth graders for five days during a week when the children were healthy and there were no special social events or school activities.
Sadeh and his colleagues found an extra hour of sleep can make a big difference. The children who slept longer, although they woke up more frequently during the night, scored higher on tests, Sadeh reported in the March/April issue of journal Child Development.
“When the children slept longer, their sleep quality was somewhat weak, but in spite of this their performance for study improved because the extra sleep was more significant than the reduction in sleep quality. ”Sadeh said. “Some studies suggested that lack of sleep as a child affects development into adulthood and it's more likely to develop their attention disorder when they grow older.”
“Previous research has shown children in elementary school need at least nine hours of sleep a night on a regular basis”, said Carl Hunt, director of the National Center on Sleep Disorders Research in Bethesda, “and high-school-age children need somewhat less, adding the results of insufficient sleep could be serious.”
“A tired child is an accident waiting to happen,” Hunt said.“And as kids get older, toys get bigger and the risks higher.”Hunt also said too little sleep could result in learning and memory problems and long-term effects on school performance.
“This is an important extension of what we already know,” Hunt said of Sadeh’s research, “adding sleep is as important as nutrition and exercise to good health. To put it into reality, parents should make sure they know when their children actually are going to sleep and their rooms are conducive to sleeping instead of playing.”
53. What is Child Development?
A. A new story.B. A popular book.
C. A periodical magazine.D. A TV programme.
54. How many persons are exactly mentioned in the text?
A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four.
55. The underlined phrase "conducive to" ( in the last sentence) could be replaced by ______.
A. helping to produce B. influenced by
C. full of D. acceptable of
56. The following statements are right EXCEPT _______ according to the passage?
A. There are some daily struggles between parents and children because of having nothing in common with extra rest time.
B. The children who sleep longer are weak in their study.
C. Lack of sleep as a child has great effect on their development into adulthood.
D. In General, children in elementary school need at least nine hours of sleep a night.
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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。
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41．Which position is the most suitable for a retired person ?
A. Part-time Shop Assistant.
B. Teaching Assistant in Hania’s Playschool.
C. Weekend Work in Rubberlast Group Ltd.
D. Teaching Assistant in the University of Bristol.
42. If you have good computer skills and recently have graduated from university (English degree), which jobs can you apply for?
A. Job 1, 2 and 7 B. Job 3, 4 and 6
C. Job 4, 6 and 7 D. Job 2, 3 and 5
43. Which is the only position that has a formal educational requirement?
A. Full Time Secretary at United Business Ltd.
B. Home Delivery Representative for Yorkshire Post.
C. Teaching Assistant at Hania’s Playschool.
D. University Positions at the University of Bristol.
44. How can you get more information if you are interested in the position of a full-time computer trained secretary?
A. By telephone B. By letter C. By Internet D. In person
Chemicals used for industrial processes often create dangerous forms of waste. The amount of these chemicals has risen heavily in the past few years, as more areas of the world industrialize and new products are produced. Over 80,000 different chemicals are used in industries world wide. Around the world hundreds of millions of tons of harmful waste are produced each year. Often, it is difficult and expensive to get rid of these chemicals or to store them in a way that does not endanger human life and the environment.
Every year, major health problems result from harmful waste. Sadly, it is often when someone has died or, become seriously ill that governments will take action and reduce levels of dumped harmful waste. In 1989, a school in New Jersey had to be closed because students there had suffered too much exposure to chromium. It was later learned that large amounts of chromium had been dumped nearby and blown over to the school area.
Research has been done to provide information on the effects of every chemical. Because waste chemicals often mix together, it will also be necessary to learn how the combinations of these chemicals affect human health.
Some governments have realized how serious the problem is and are making laws to get rid of harmful waste. They are also trying to limit the amount of waste industries are allowed to produce.
Not only governments but the public as well must form part of the solution. They can choose not to buy those products which require the production of harmful waste, attempt to affect policymakers, and produce less harmful waste themselves. Many scientists think that waste production can be cut. The waste can be reduced by at least one-third using existing technologies and methods.
57．What is mainly discussed in the text?
A The effect of every chemical.
B．Problems of harmful waste.
C．Chemicals used for industrial processes.
D．Events related to waste chemicals.
58．From the text we know that ______.
A．chromium can poison people when there is a wind
B．chromium pollution makes the local government close the school
C．Some governments don’t realize how serious the problems are until people suffer a lot from harmful waste
D．about two-thirds of the waste can pollute the environment
59．Which of the following least matches the solution the writer refers to?
A．Chemicals used for industrial processes should be banned.
B．People can make use of the existing technologies and methods to reduce the waste
C．Policymakers make laws to limit the production of harmful waste.
D．People choose not to buy products which may produce harmful waste.
60．The writer of the text thinks that ______.
A．governments should have forbidden the production of waste chemicals
B．mixed waste chemicals can always be stored without endangering people
C．industries must not produce waste chemicals which harm people so much
D．everyone can do something to help solve the problem of waste chemicals