Many years ago, I went through a tough time．One afternoon, I picked my girls up．It was late when we returned home．I went to unlock the door and found my key wouldn’t go in．I kept trying while my daughter went to get a flashlight．When she returned with it we found somehow the lock had been “stuffed” with sunflower seed shells．Thinking that one of the neighborhood children had been up to no good, I really didn’t give it much consideration．
I found all windows were locked up tight．So I returned to the back door．Oh my God, I will never forget the shock of that moment．The house was empty！Other than a few things remaining on the back porch, everything was gone！Then I heard a car pull into the driveway and found two policemen walking up．They inquired why I had broken into the house．They then asked me for proof that I lived at that address, so I asked them to wait a minute while I went to get my rent receipt and identification from inside the house．I explained the matter to them and showed them the door lock．
At this point they were not buying any of my story．I could tell from their actions and tone of voice that they thought I was breaking into an empty house for somewhere to sleep．
I asked a neighbor for the phone number of house owner and the officer made a call．The owner was quite shocked to hear my story．She said that my roommate had been going through an eviction（驱逐）process with the court when I moved in with her and had lost the case．She had been ordered to move by 10 am on that date．The court order had been issued the same day I had paid her 1/2 of the rent and a deposit of $300,000．
The owner was very kind and understanding but there was nothing she could do．The house had been rented already and the people were to move in the following weekend．
The officers let me go and I went to gather my girls into the car．They were both exhausted and old．Also very frightened, because they thought their mamma was going to jail．I had to pull over because the tears took control．I couldn’t believe it！Everything we owned was gone, I had used up all our money moving in and paying my “friend” our share of costs．I knew very few people in town, as we had just moved there recently．
I went to sit back in the car with the girls, I talked to the girls, explaining our situation to them so that they wouldn’t be afraid．During this time there was a “street person” with a bag, looking in the garbage for cans, bottles, and anything that might bring him some cash．But I didn’t pay much attention to him．I decided to get the girls something to eat for breakfast．We grabbed some bread, and chips and returned for a “picnic”．When we got there, I noticed that the man was not alone．He was with a small group of others like him and they were passing a hat amongst themselves．
I was busy setting up our little “picnic” when I heard a voice saying, “MaAm, please excuse… but…well…I overheard the situation you are in, and well… I and the fellows took up a collection for you and your little girls．It’s not very much, but maybe it’ll help a little．” I looked up at this man---dirty, needing a shave ----and saw the face of an angel．I started crying．The man tried to hand me $30．I folded his hand back over the money and just hugged him as tight as I could．I told him, “Thank you for your more than generous offer, but we are going to be just fine．” He didn’t believe me at first, but I convinced him that it was okay．
Later that afternoon I went to the market and bought the making for a barbecue and off to that little park．It didn’t take us very long to find those gentlemen and invite them to join us for lunch．I had a wonderful afternoon that day, sitting there with those old guys, singing songs．They had some of the most entertaining stories and they shared the dreams they once had．They shared themselves… from the heart．
The writer couldn’t open the door because ________
| A．she didn’t have the right key |
| B．there was something else in the lock |
| C．someone had changed the lock |
| D．the owner of the house refused her living there |
How did the writer come into the house？
| A．She came in with the help of the policemen |
| B．She came in by breaking the glass |
| C．She came in with the help of a flashlight |
| D．She came in from the back door |
When the writer came into her house, she must feel _____
| A．excited | B．confused | C．shocked | D．frustrated |
The writer was not allowed to stay at the house because ____
| A．she was cheated by her roommate and the house had been rented to others |
| B．the house owner was angry about her breaking the glass of the house |
| C．she hadn’t paid her share of rent |
| D．she was ordered to move out by the court |
The underlined sentence "At this point they were not buying any of my story."may mean__________
| A．the policemen didn't have enough money |
| B．the policemen didn't believe the writer's words |
| C．the policemen helped the writer to break the window |
| D．the policemen wanted to get the rent receipt |
Which of the following is WRONG according to the passage?
| A．The street person was poor and didn't dress well |
| B．The writer accepted the money the street person gave her |
| C．The street person didn't know the writer before |
| D．The writer got along well with the street person and his fellows |
C
Why are so many coin banks shaped like pigs? Why not dogs or cats or elephants?
Coin banks weren't always made to look like pigs. In fact, the name "piggy bank" may have come from a kind of clay and not from the animal at all.
The history of the piggy bank goes back to the Middle ages. At that time in Western Europe, metals were expensive, so a cheap orange clay known as pygg was used for everyday items such as dishes and jars. In fact something made from pygg clay was often just called a pygg. The first piggy bank may well have been a pygg in which a person put a few extra pennies to buy a treat on market day.
People have always had a hobby of saving pennies, and using a pygg as a coin bank became common practice. Potters (陶工) began making jars specially for saving coins, and eventually these jars took a pig-like shape. Modeling a bank to look like a pig may have been influenced by the name of the clay. The earliest Roman coin bank ever found was decorated with a pig. Because it was considered as a valuable farm animal in many countries, the pig was an appropriate symbol of wealth and prosperity.
These early clay banks were fragile and easily broken. As time passed, mining became less expensive. Iron, copper, and silver gradually replaced pygg clay in the production of household items. Although pygg clay lost its popularity, the habit of saving pennies did not. Today piggy 'banks are made of every material imaginable.
The familiar saying "A penny saved is a penny earned" is as old as the clearly piggy banks. Marry a child received his or her first coin bank accompanied by this wise advice. The modern-day piggy bank may have changed in sine, shape, and spelling, but it saves our pennies just as well as the first pygg did countries ago.
64. In the Middle ages, people used pygg to make dishes because ________.
A. it was preciousB. it stood for wealth
C. it had a beautiful color D. it was cheaper than other materials
65. What do we know about the pygg bank?
A. Its name might come from an animal. B. The first pygg bank looked like a pig.
C. It was designed for children at the beginning. D. The early piggy banks were easily damaged.
66. Why did pygg day lose its popularity?
A. Other cheap and solid materials appeared. B. It was inconvenient to carry it to the market.
C. It couldn't be made into other shapes. D. People had run out of this kind of material.
67. In the last paragraph, the author intends to tell us ________.
A. piggy banks nowadays are not practical B. piggy banks still play a part in our daily lives
C. piggy banks today are mainly made of iron
D. most children don' t have the habit of saving money
B
MADRID, June 25 (Reuters) --Spain's Parliament (国会) voiced its support today for the rights of great apes to life and freedom.
The Parliament's environmental committee approved resolutions (决议) urging Spain to obey the Great Ape Project (GAP), designed by scientists and philosophers who say our closest genetic relatives deserve rights hitherto (迄今) limited to humans.
"This is a historic day in the struggle for animal rights and in defence of our evolutionary comrades, which will doubtless go down in the history of humanity," said Pedro Pozas, Spanish director of GAP—Spain.
Spain may be better known abroad for bullfighting than animal rights but the new measures are the latest move turning once conservative Spain into a liberal trailblazer.
The new resolutions have cross-party or majority support. They are expected to become law and the Government is now committed to update the statute book within a year to outlaw harmful experiments on apes in Spain.
"We have no knowledge of great apes being used in experiments in Spain, but there is currently no law preventing that from happening," Mr. Pozas said.
Keeping apes for circuses, television commercials or filming will also be forbidden. Keeping an estimated 315 apes in Spanish zoos will not be illegal, but supporters of the Bill say conditions will need to improve.
Philosophers Peter Singer and Paola Cavalieri founded GAP in 1993, arguing that "non-human hominids" should enjoy the right to life, freedom and not to be mistreated. In an e-mail to friends following the Spanish parliamentary decision, Singer wrote:" Congratulations everyone in Spain who has worked so hard on this. That's wonderful and very exciting news!"
60. What is Pozas' attitude to the new resolutions?
A. He totally disagree with them. B. He pays little attention to them.
C. He doubts their truth.D. He strongly supports them.
61. Scientists set up the GAP to ______.
A. research the behavior of apes B. study the history of human beings
C. protect great apes' rightsD. save the endangered apes
62. According to Spain’s new law, it will be legal to ______.
A. keep apes in the zooB. conduct experiments on apes
C. keeping apes for commercial purpose D. involve apes in magic shows
63. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A. Should apes have human rights?
B. Spanish Parliament Extends Rights to Great Apes.
C. Great Apes Project founded.
D. Keeping ages for filming forbidden.
第三部分：阅读理解 (共20小题；每小题2分, 满分40分)
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。
A
The Kindle is coming! The Kindle is coming!
Amazon. corn will start selling its wireless electronic reader the Kindle in 100 countries, including China and most of Europe, from Monday, 19 October. The Kindle will cost $279 (189) globally. Amazon says 200,000 English-language books as well as over 85 newspapers and magazines will be available on the international device (设备).
The Kindle is popular with travellers who like the convenience of downloads and don't like carrying heavy books. Amazon says that for every 100 customers who buy a book in the US, some 48 now buy it as an e-book.
"Our vision for Kindle is every book ever printed, in print or out of print, in every language, all available within 60 seconds," Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos told the Irish Times, one of the newspapers that will be available on the device. The international Kindle version will store as many as 1,500 books, read PDF files and allow users to make annotations.
Forrester Research predicts that three million e-reader devices will be sold in the US this year, up from an earlier estimate of two million. That is expected to double next year. The research group says that Amazon will take a 60 per cent market share this year, followed by Sony’s Reader at 35 per cent. In July, Credit Suisse estimated that Amazon's revenues from the Kindle could reach $420 million this year, representing 8.4 per cent of the company's total income.
There are rumours that Amazon's next step will be to turn the Kindle into a device for tasks like e-mailing, texting and surfing the Web, thus competing with a tablet computer reportedly being developed by Apple.
56. The underlined word "revenues" in Paragraph 4 can be replaced ________.
A. users B. books C. income D. device
57. Which of the following is true.'?
A. The Kindle can be bought in China now.
B. We can use the Kindle to surf the Internet.
C. The books the Kindle offers are written in 20,000 kinds of languages.
D. This readers are sold in 99 countries of Europe.
58. From this passage we can infer _______.
A. Next year Amazon will sell 6 million readers
B. This year the company's total income reach 5000 million
C. In the US about 48% customers who buy a book use the Kindle
D. You can't deal with the information Amazon provides
59. Which one of the following will like the Kindle most9.
A. Professor. B. Students. C. Traveller. D. Businessmen.
第二节（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
71 ．She described all the things she had to do －one was to make her bed－from the moment she woke up until she flew out of the door for work．I suggested she experiment by not making her bed for two weeks．She was shocked, probably thinking I’d been raised by wolves in a forest．72．
Two weeks later she went into my office beaming．She had left her bed unmade for the first time in 42 years－and nothing bad had happened．“And you know what?” she said．“I don’t dry my dishes anymore, either．”
73 ．One was discovering that she had choices in her life that she had never seen before．The other was giving herself permission to be less that perfect．This story shows an important principle （原理） about managing time: No one can do it all．Each of us has to make choices and accept trade – offs．The problem is, many people choose in ways that put themselves and their health last．They take better care of their houses and cars than they do of themselves．74 ．
So what is the solution? There’s an easy way．Decide what you want in your life, and put that first．On a daily basis, that should include regular meals, enough sleep and time with your family．Exercise, leisure, friendships and hobbies should also be regular aspects of life．75 ．The choice is yours: whatever makes you feel good about yourself and your life．Take a nap．Take a walk．Take time to play the piano．Stop bringing your briefcase home from the office．Stop keeping your house as clean as your mother kept hers．Fill more of your time with want – to – dos instead of have – to – dos．
| A．This woman had made two major breakthroughs （突破）． |
| B．Above all, you needn’t do anything for yourself regularly． |
| C．They put everyone else’s needs ahead of their own． |
| D．However, she went along with my idea． |
E．Most people do not take time to relax themselves．
F．The point is to do something for yourself every day．
G．A patient came to see me about the stress in her life．
D
FOREIGNEXCHANGE
ACLASSOFTHEIROWN
| Name:SusanLane Age:22 Place:Reykjavik,Iceland,1994． Cost:$7,000 Organization:AFS Experience:“Ithinkitwasaturningpointinmylife．Ibegantounderstandmoreabout myownculturebyexperiencinganothercultureandseeinghowotherpeoplelive．” |
| Name:SaraSmall Age:23 Place:Crivitz,Germany,1996． Cost:$8,000 Organization:EFFoundation Experience:“IlovethetravelingandImadealotoffriends．IfoundtheEuropeanschool systemtobehardbutIamfluentnowinGermansoitwasworthit．Ididmissmyfamily andfriendsinAustraliabutIwouldlovetodoitagain．” |
| Name:LeanneSmythe Age:20 Place:Minnesota,America,1994． Cost:$6,000 Organization:SouthernCrossCultureExchange Experience:“Ilearnthowtobereallyresponsible．ItwasgreattobeonmyownandIgot onreallywellwiththefamilyIwaswith．Iwilldefinitelygobacksomeday．” |
| Name:DavidLinks Age:16 Place:Stuttgart,Germany,1996 Cost:$6,000 Organization:SouthernCrossCulturalExchange Experience:“IwantedtotrysomethingthatwasverydifferentfromAustraliainculture． InGermanyeverythingwasdifferentbutIsoongotsettled．ThefamilyIwaswithwere greatandIreallyfeelasthoughIhaveasecondfamily．” |
| Name:TomJennings Age:21 Place:Conflans,France,1995． Cost:$7,000 Organization:SouthernCrossCulturalExchange Experience:“ThereweretimeswhenitwasdifficultbutIlikedit,experiencingadifferent culture．Youjusthavetoplayeachsituationasitcomes．Ifthereisonethingyoulearn whenyouareonastudent-exchangeprogramitishowtotakecareofyourself．” |
| Name:LindaMarks Age:19 Place:ChonburiProvince,Thailand,1994 Cost:$3,500 Organization:RotaryInternational Experience:“It’slikearoller-coasterride,therearelotsofupsanddowns,butyoualways comebackformore．Ihadafewproblemsbuttherewasalwayssomeonetoturntoand thatwasgreat．” |
67．Thestudentswhorefertoboththegoodtimeandthebadtimeinclude______．
A．SusanLaneandSaraSmall B．LindaMarksandDavidLinks
C．TomJenningsandLindaMarks D．LeanneSmytheandTomJennings
68．Thewritingabovewouldprobablybe______．
A．therecordsofstudents’activities
B．theforeignstudents’namecards
C．thenoticeaboutavisittoforeigncountries
D．theadvertisementfromaninternationaltravelservice
69．Thestudentwhovalueslearninganotherlanguageis______．
A．LindaMarks B．SaraSmall C．TomJennings D．LeanneSmythe
70．Howmanystudentsmentiontheculturedifferencetheyhaveexperienced?
A．Three． B．Four． C．Five． D．Six．