Confucius(孔子) is the greatest teacher in Chinese history. He was born on September 28, 551BC(公元前) in the Kingdom of Lu, in today’s Shandong Province. When he was young, he and his mother had a hard life. At the age of fifteen, he began to learn music, and he did well in it. Then he went on learning other subjects. When he was thirty, he became a teacher. He started his own school. He believed everyone should have a chance to get education whether(无论) they were rich or poor. He had about 3, 000 students and many of them became famous.
Chinese see Confucius as the greatest thinker and also the greatest teacher. His most important ideas are kindness and good manners. He said young people should take care of the old. People should stop thinking of themselves and work for others. His ideas are around in people’s everyday life. Today people can still hear them, and they go far into east and south Asia.
Confucius was born ______.
| A．in Sichuan Province |
| B．on August 28 |
| C．in the Kingdom of Lu |
| D．about 1500 years ago |
Confucius was good at ______ when he was fifteen.
| A．music | B．Chinese |
| C．math | D．other subjects |
As a teacher, Confucius thought that ______ could get education.
| A．only the rich |
| B．only the poor |
| C．not only the rich but also the poor |
| D．neither the rich nor the poor |
Which of the following isn’t Confucius’ idea?
| A．Being kind. |
| B．Looking after the old. |
| C．Working for others. |
| D．Thinking of ourselves. |
The underlined word “they” means ______.
| A．good manners |
| B．Confucius’ ideas |
| C．Confucius and his students |
| D．Confucius’ students |
Suppose you are a football fan and have to work from 9:00a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on weekdays. Now you are reading the TV guide online of Sunshine Town TV(STTV) and looking through the TV programmes of Wednesday, November 21,2012.
| TV Channel |
TV Programmes Wednesday, November 21,2012 |
| STTV－1 |
14:05 TV Play: Come Back Home 16:05 A Glimpse(一瞥) of London 18:10 35－part Series: Love for the Pearl River 19:50 Approaches to Science 20:10 News STTV English Service 20:40 The World Football Cup (France vs. England) |
| STTV－2 |
14:30 The World Football Cup (America vs. Italy) 16:30 TV Play: True Feeling 19:00 Children’s Programmes 19:30 Animal World 20:00 Countryside Life 21:00 American Professional Basketball Matches |
| STTV－3 |
14:15 Sports Programmes (Cycling) 16:20 Science Age 19:00 Music Bridge 19:35 Film: Gone with the Wind 21:00 Chinese Programmes for Foreigners 22:03 TV Theaters |
Which programme would you prefer when you are free?
| A．STTV－1 The World Football Cup (France vs. England) |
| B．STTV－2 The World Football Cup (America vs. Italy) |
| C．STTV－3 Sports Programmes (Cycling) |
| D．STTV－2 American Professional Basketball Matches |
If your friend Tom likes countryside and animals, which channel will he choose?
| A．STTV－1 | B．STTV－2 | C．STTV－3 | D．None of the above |
Which of the following programmes takes the least time?
| A．Approaches to Science | B．Film: Gone with the Wind |
| C．Countryside Life | D．35－part Series: Love for the Pearl River |
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Are people less happy or happier when they get older? If your answer is “happier”, then you are right, based on a study published five years ago. It found that people generally become happier and experience less worry after age fifty. In fact, it found that by the age of eighty-five, people are happier with their life than they were at eighteen.
The findings came from a Gallup survey of more than three hundred and forty thousand adults in the United States in 2008. At that time, the people were between the ages of eighteen and eighty-five.
Arthur Stone in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Stony Brook University in New York led the study. His team found that levels of stress were the highest among adults between the ages of twenty-two and twenty-five. Stress levels dropped sharply after people reached their fifties.
Levels of happiness were the highest among the kids and those in their early seventies.
The survey also found that men and women have similar emotional patterns as they grow older. However, women at all ages reported more sadness, stress and worry than men did.
So why would happiness increase with age? One theory is that, as people get older, they become more thankful for what they have and have better control of their emotions. They also spend less time thinking about bad experiences.
Title: Relationship Between Age and 【小题1】
| The elements of the survey |
Time: 2008 Place: in the United States Researcher: Arthur Stone and his 【小题2】 Targets: 340,000 adults |
| The 【小题3】of the survey |
Generally people become happier and feel Adults between the ages of 22 and 25 have the 【小题5】stress. The kids and those in their early 【小题6】feel the happiest. Men and women have similar emotional patterns as they grow older. However, women feel sadder, more 【小题7】and worried than men do. |
| Conclusion |
Happiness 【小题8】with age. That’s because people become more thankful for what they have and control their emotions 【小题9】as they get older. It also |
Without proper planning, tourism can cause problems. For example, too many tourists can crowd public places that are also enjoyed by the local people of a country. If tourists create too much traffic, the local people become unhappy. They begin to dislike tourists and to treat them impolitely. They forget how much tourism can help the country’s economy(经济). It is important to think about the people of a destination country and how tourism affects them. Tourism should help a country keep the customs and beauty that attract tourists. Tourism should also advance(推进) the well-being (health and happiness) of local people.
Too much tourism can be a problem. If tourism grows too quickly, people must leave other jobs to work in the tourism industry. This means that other parts of the country’s economy can suffer.
On the other hand, if there is not enough tourism, people can lose jobs. Businesses can also lose money. It costs a lot of money to build large hotels, airports, air terminals, first-class roads and other support facilities needed by tourist attractions. For example, a major international-class tourism hotel can cost as much as 50 thousand dollars per room to build. If this room is not used most of the time, the owners of the hotel will lose money.
Building a hotel is just a beginning. There must be many support facilities as well, including roads to get to the hotel, electricity, sewers to handle waste, and water. All of these support facilities cost money. If they are not used because there are not enough tourists, jobs and money are lost.What is probably the reason if local people dislike tourists?
| A．Tourists come to enjoy the customs and beauty. |
| B．Local people lose jobs. |
| C．A lot of hotels are built. |
| D．Too many tourists cause traffic problems. |
What can we do to solve the problems caused by tourism?
| A．Make plans properly |
| B．Help the country’s economy. |
| C．Build fewer hotels. |
| D．Advance the well-being of local people. |
If tourism grows too quickly, ___________.
| A．businesses will lose money |
| B．other parts of the country’s economy will make more money |
| C．local people will be happier |
| D．more local people will work for tourists. |
Support facilities needed by tourist attractions includes ___________.
①public places②hotels③airports④roads⑤electricity⑥sewers
| A．①②③④⑤ | B．②③④⑤⑥ | C．①②③⑤⑥ | D．①③④⑤⑥ |
If the writer wants to add Paragraph 5 to the passage, he may tell us ________.
| A．whether people need to build more hotels |
| B．whether people need to plan tourism properly |
| C．how to deal with the problems above |
| D．how to prevent tourism growing too quickly |
American black bears appear in a variety of colors despite(尽管) their name. In the eastern part, most of these bears have shiny black fur, but in the west they grow brown, red, or even yellow coats. To the north, the black bear is actually gray or white in color. Even in the same litter(胎), both brown and black furred bears may be born.
Black bears are the smallest of all American bears, ranging in length from five to six feet, weighing from three hundred to five hundred pounds. Their eyes and ears are small and their eyesight and hearing are not as good as their sense of smell. Like all bears, the black bear is timid and rarely dangerous, but if attacked, most can climb trees or cover ground at great speed. When angry or frightened, they are formidable(可怕的) enemies.
Black bears feed on leaves, roots, fruit, insects, fish, and even larger animals. One of the most interesting characteristics of bears, including the black bear, is their winter sleep. Unlike squirrels and many other woodland animals, bears do not actually sleep through the winter months. Although the bear does not eat during the winter months, sustaining(维持) itself from body fat, its temperature remains almost normal, and it breathes regularly four or five times per minute.
Most black bears live alone, except during the mating(交配) season. They prefer to live in caves. Baby black bears are born in January or February after a gestation(怀孕) period of six to nine months, and they stay with their mother until they are fully grown or about one and a half years old. Black bears can live as long as thirty years in the wild, and even longer in some nature reserves.American black bears may have ___________ colours according to the passage.
| A．four | B．five | C．six | D．seven |
Black bears have a good sense of _________.
| A．hearing | B．smell | C．eyesight | D．taste |
Which of the following statements is RIGHT?
| A．Black bears sleep through the winter months. |
| B．Black bears can live up to 30 years old. |
| C．Black bears are the smallest bears in the world. |
| D．Most black bears live in a group. |
What does the underlined word “enemies” refer to?
| A．Black bears’ enemies. | B．Black bears. |
| C．Other large animals. | D．American bears. |
We cannot read the passage ___________.
| A．in a newspaper | B．on the Internet |
| C．in a book | D．in an advertisement |
A famous building in New York City is turning 100 years old. A year-long celebration is planned for Grand Central Terminal, which is usually called Grand Central station, the sixth most-visited place in the world.
The huge building has not changed much since it opened in February, 1913. About 750,000 people pass through Grand Central every day. Some just come to look at it, others to visit the stores. But most are there to catch the trains that enter and leave from the station. It is the largest train station in the world. There are 67 train tracks, all of them underground.
The main part of the building has large, arched windows, a jeweled four-sided clock and ticket windows. Grand Central has been seen in many movies through the years. Dan Brucker is with the New York Transit Authority, which operates the station. Dan Brucker has worked for the transit authority at Grand Central for 30 years. In all those years, he has not lost his interest in the building.
Justin Ferate, a historian, has been giving tours of Grand Central Station for 30 years. He says the station was designed to make travel a pleasure.
“Why people don't run into each other in Grand Central is simple: each block of stone in Grand Central is the length of your leg. Each block of stone in Grand Central is the length of your arm. Each block of stone is a different color, so it’s a checkerboard, based on you.”
A ten-year-long fight against plans to build a huge office building over Grand Central in 1968 helped create the modern preservation（保护） movement. Now, no one would think of changing the beauty of the station.How long has Grand Central been in service ?
| A．For 30 years. | B．For 10 years. | C．For 45 years. | D．For a century. |
A lot of people can’t ___________ in Grand Central.
| A．enjoy the beauty of the buliding | B．visit the stores |
| C．take the trains | D．see movies |
Which of the following statements about the station is WRONG?
| A．It’s in New York City. |
| B．It’s one of the most-visited places in the world. |
| C．It’s the largest train station in the world. |
| D．It has been changed much over the years. |
Both Dan Brucker and Justin Ferate ___________.
| A．have worked for the station for 30 years |
| B．have given tours of the station for 30 years |
| C．show interest in the station |
| D．create the modern preservation movement for the station |
Which of the following statements can we infer（推断）according to the passage?
| A．The station won’t be changed. |
| B．People will spend one month celebrating its anniversary. |
| C．More and more people will catch the trains in the station |
| D．The station will become larger and larger. |