Mrs. Blake teaches English in a large school in the inner area of a big city on the west coast. Even since she was a young girl, she has wanted to become a teacher. She has taught eight years now and hasn’t changed her mind. After she graduated from high school, she went on to college. Four years later, she received her bachelor’s degree (BA) in English and her teaching certificate(证书). Then she went to teach in the secondary schools of her state. In the summers, Mrs. Blake takes more classes; she hopes to get a master’s degree ( MA ). With an MA, she will receive a higher salary and if possible, she hopes to get a doctor’s degree as well. The school day at Mrs. Blake’s high school, like that in many high schools in the United States, is divided into one hour each. Mrs. Blake must teach five of these periods. During her free period, which for her is from 2 to 3 P.M, Mrs. Blake must meet with parents, make our examinations, check assignments at all, Mrs. Blake works continuously from the time she arrives at school in the morning till the time she leaves for home late in the afternoon.How long is it since Mrs. Blake graduated from middle school?
| A．four years | B．eight years | C．twelve years | D．twenty years |
According to the article, which is the right order of the degrees a person can receive after going to university?
| A．a doctor’s degree – a bachelor’s degree – a master’s degree |
| B．a bachelor’s degree – a master’s degree – a doctor’s degree |
| C．a master’s degree – a bachelor’s degree – a doctor’s degree |
| D．a bachelor’s degree – a doctor’s degree – a master’s degree |
How many degrees has Mrs. Blake achieved so far?
| A．one | B．two | C．three | D．four |
Which of the following sentences is not true?
| A．Mrs. Blake teaches in the inner area of big city on the east of the United States. |
| B．Mrs. Blake has turned her wish of becoming a teacher into reality. |
| C．Mrs. Blake is still studying in her holidays in order to get higher degree. |
| D．The working hours in the school where Mrs. Blake works are similar to those of may other high schools in the states. |
Every two years, cities around the world make bids to the International Olympic Commission (IOC)to host the Olympic Games. Today, cities are selected through a much more rigorous (严格的） process.
Any city that wants to host the Olympic Games puts in its name to the IOC and is considered an “Applicant City”. For the next ten months, the IOC investigates the city on several points：
1. The city must prove that it is big enough to handle the Olympics. They also need to show that they can handle the high level of security needed at the games.
2. The city needs to convince (使明白）residents that the expenses of covering the Olympics (which may be covered by raising taxes)are worth it in city improvement and new jobs.
3. The city needs to maintain a highly positive media exposure to carry the games.
If the IOC decides that a city has fulfilled the three points above, the city is considered a “Candidate City” and goes into the second phase of the process. After submitting an application and an application fee, the IOC makes a final judging on which city is the best candidate for the coming Summer or Winter Olympic Games.
The costs for bidding for the games are incredibly high. Bid committees must pay an application fee to the IOC. Following these fees, the cities generally need to begin large construction projects like building the “Olympic village”， new sports arenas(竞技场） and stadiums, and transportation systems.
If the Olympics are so expensive, why do cities want to host the games? Cities bid for the Olympics for a variety of reasons ： the desire to show pride in their city and their country, the eagerness to be in the international spotlight for two weeks, the opportunity to bring new jobs into the community, and to build up tourism to that city. The point that the city must be big enough to handle the Olympics is probably because __________
| A．it makes sure that there will be enough people to watch the games |
| B．a huge number of tourists, athletes, journalists. and politicians will come with the games |
| C．there will be enough money to build sports arenas and stadiums |
| D．the Olympic Games was never held in small cities before |
Which of the following is the correct order to be a city to host the Olympics?
a. To build large construction projects.
b. To put in its name to the IOC.
c. To fulfill the IOC's points for bidding.
d. To succeed in getting the final judging from the IOC.
e. To pay the application fee to the IOC.
A. a, e，b, c，d
B. b, a，c, e，d
C. c, b，a, d，e
D. b, c，e, d，a Which of the following is NOT the result of hosting the Olympics?
| A．Raising the position on the international stage. |
| B．Promoting the development of tourism. |
| C．Creating more employment opportunities. |
| D．Strengthening the citizens' physical body. |
What is the best title for the passage?
| A．History of the International Olympic Commission |
| B．How the Olympic Locations are Chosen |
| C．How Expensive to Bid for the Olympics |
| D．Advantages of Hosting the Olympics |
Bored? Lonely? Out Of Condition? Why Not Try Camden Sports Centre TENNIS
Indoor and outdoor courts(球场）. Coaching from banners to advanced, every day～not evenings.
Children only—Saturday mornings
SWIMMING
2 pools 1 heated.
Olympic length.
Lessons available.
Women ： Tuesday and Thursday
Men ： Monday, Wednesday and Friday
Children ： Saturday
Family day ：Sunday
GOLF
9-hole practice course.
Professional coaching ； lessons must be booked in advance in the daytime. Evening practice. Minimum age(最小年龄）：9 SKIING
Dry slopes(斜坡）：3 levels. Instructors at weekends and Fridays. Daytime practice. 8 years upward. GYMNASTICS Maximum age(最大年龄）：18 Children aged 5-10，Mondays and Wednesdays 4:00 pm-6 ：00 pm
10-18-year-old, Friday evenings. In the Camden Sports Centre, you can do the following sports in the evening EXCEPT __________
| A．golf |
| B．tennis |
| C．gymnastics |
| D．swimming |
The Smiths want to go swimming in the Camden Sports Centre. They had better go on __________.
| A．Sunday |
| B．Saturday |
| C．Monday |
| D．Tuesday |
If you're 19 years old, you can't take part in __________ practice in the Camden Sports Centre.
| A．golf |
| B．skiing |
| C．swimming |
| D．gymnastics |
According to the passage, we can learn that __________
| A．an 8-year-old can take golf practice in the Camden Sports Centre |
| B．swimming pools in the Camden Sports Centre are smaller than the ones in Olympics |
| C．children can play tennis in the Camden Sports Centre on Saturday mornings |
| D．you needn't book them in advance if you want to take golf lessons in the Camden Sports Centre |
All over the world people enjoy sports. Sports help people to keep healthy, happy and help them to live longer.
Sports change with the season. People play different games in winter and summer. Games and sports often grow out of people's work and everyday activities. The Arabs use horses or
camels in much of their everyday life; they use them in their sports, too.
Some sports are so interesting that people everywhere go in for them. Football, for example, has spread around the world. Swimming is popular in all countries near the sea or in those with many rivers.
Some sports or games go back to thousands of years, like running or jumping. Chinese boxing, for example, has a very long history. But basketball and volleyball are rather new. Neither one is a hundred years old yet. People are inventing new sports or games all the time.
People from different countries may not be able to understand each other, but after a game they often become good friends. Sports help to train a person's character (性格）. One learns to fight hard but fight fair, to win without pride and to lose with grace(体面）. According to this passage we know that __________
| A．people began to play about 100 years ago |
| B．about 100 years ago people ran or jumped when they played |
| C．basketball has a longer history than volleyball |
| D．not all games have a long history |
The writer didn't tell us in this passage that __________
| A．basketball was invented in America |
| B．sports change with the season |
| C．games and sports often have a close relationship with people's work and everyday activities |
| D．football is played all over the world |
People enjoy sports because __________
| A．sports are interesting |
| B．sports help to keep people healthy, happy and help them to live longer |
| C．sports help to train one's character |
| D．all of the above |
From this passage we can see that __________.
| A．sports and games are unimportant things that people do |
| B．sports and games should be treated(看作） only as amusement(娱乐） |
| C．sports and games are only useful to the old |
| D．none of the above is true |
It is true that the first Olympic Games of modern times in 1896 were not open to women. Baron Pierre de Coubertin, who gave new life to the Games, was very much a man of his time. He didn't like women showing up for the Games. But since this time, things have changed. History shows that the number of women participating in the Olympic Games has been increasing over the years» since their first participation at the 1900 Olympic Games and especially in the last 30 years. This development is of social, political and cultural significance (意义）.
The progress is the result of the cooperation of the entire Olympic Movement and of proper measures that the International Olympic Committee (IOC)，International Sports Federations(ISFs)，and National Olympic Committees ( NOCs) have taken. Especially in the last 20 years, the IOC has enlarged the women's program at the Olympic Games, in cooperation with IFs and the Organizing Commit-tees for the Olympic Games ( OCOGs). This development was further strengthened (巩固）by the IOC's decision that all sports must have women's events. The IOC also started to work on increasing the number of women at leadership level in sports in 1981. Former President Juan Antonio Samaranch, who wanted to have women as IOC members, made a great contribution(贡献）.
Many sports volunteers have worked to increase the number of women joining in the Olympic Games. This progress has been made also thanks to the strong determination of women from different countries of the world who have worked to make sure women are fully represented in all sports.The underlined part “participating in” in the first paragraph can be replaced by __________
| A．getting close to |
| B．taking part in |
| C．calling for |
| D．taking over |
According to the first paragraph, all of the following are true EXCEPT that __________.
| A．women were not allowed to join in the 1896 Olympic Games |
| B．Baron Pierre de Coubertin was very famous when he was alive |
| C．many women have competed in the Olympic Games in the last 30 years |
| D．Baron Pierre de Coubertin tried his best to let women join in the Olympic Games |
What are the last two paragraphs mainly about?
| A．Why women were not allowed to join in the Olympic Games. |
| B．How more and more women were able to join in the Olympic Games. |
| C．What some organizations have done for women's rights. |
| D．What sports volunteers have done to enable women to join in the Olympic Games. |
It is implied in the passage that __________.
| A．women first performed in the Olympic Games about fifty years ago |
| B．it was IFs that decided to enlarge the women's program at the Olympic Games |
| C．Juan Antonio Samaranch didn't agree that women should be IOC members |
| D．women themselves worked very hard so that they could join in the Olympic Games |
Donald Arthur ticks off the marathons he's done in the last 12 years： New York City ( ten times)，Los Angeles, Alaska. . . 27 in all. His goal is to complete the tiring 26. 2-mile road race in each of the 50 states; he has 34 to go.
And yet it wasn't so long ago that Arthur couldn't so much as chew(咀嚼）his food without becoming very tired. “To walk a block(街区）could take me more than an hour，” says the 63-year-old retired bookkeeper, who lives in the Bronx, New York. Facing death from serious heart trouble, an enlarged heart he blames on decades of cigarettes and alcohol, Arthur had only one choice—his doctors told him：a transplant(移植）.
He recalls the unforgettable moment—6: 10 pm on August 2，1996—when he got the call that a donor(捐献）heart had become available. A 25-year- old man named Fitzgerald Gittens had died from a bullet intended for someone else. After five hours in surgery, Arthur had a new heart. Soon enough, he could walk up stairs without tiring.
That was just the beginning. A fellow patient told him about the Achilles Track Club, which helps people with disabilities to run marathons. Arthur contacted the club's president, who told him he could complete a marathon if he trained hard enough.
The club, he says，“ gave me a belief in myself. ” He joined its six-mile walks around Central Park, and then moved up to race walking to improve his endurance. Fifteen months after his transplant, he finished his first New York City Marathon.
In 2001，just before the Winter Games, Arthur carried the Olympic torch on part of its journey. But his most memorable run was the 1999 New York City Marathon, when he was accompanied by Mack Andrews, the brother of the man whose heart now beats in his chest. In how many states of the USA has Donald Arthur run the tiring 26. 2-mile marathon by
now?
| A．12. |
| B．27. |
| C．34. |
| D．16. |
What kind of people might join in the Achilles Track Club?
| A．People with disabilities to run marathons. |
| B．Sportsmen. |
| C．People who love marathons. |
| D．Football fans. |
When and where did Donald Arthur finish his first marathon?
| A．August 2，1996，Los Angeles. |
| B．November，1997，New York City. |
| C．1999，New York City. |
| D．2001，Alaska. |
Who is “the man” in the last paragraph?
| A．Mack Andrews. |
| B．A fellow patient. |
| C．His own brother. |
| D．Fitzgerald Gittens. |