Pali Overnight Adventures offers children and teens exciting experiences this summer. From broadcasting to street art， these are just 4 of the 17 highly unique camps being offered.
Broadcasting Camp
Become the next star reporter， news writer， director or producer. While running every aspect of our own news station， kids and their follow campers will create and host a broadcast airing each night at dinner for the entire camp. Every night it goes on the web， keeping parents and the world informed of the happenings at Pali.
Secret Agent Camp
In the movie Mission Impossible， Tom Cruise made being a secret agent seem like the coolest job ever. Campers who sign up for the 2﹣week secret agent camp can get to know about the life of real secret agents by learning strategies and military skills on the paintball field.
Culinary Camp
If your child enjoys being in the kitchen，then the culinary camp is definitely the right fit. Campers learn technical skills of roasting， frying and cutting， as well as some recipes that they can take home and share with their families.
Street Art Camp
This camp takes creative license to an entirely new level. Campers will share their colorful ideas and imagination with each other and work together to visualize， sketch and paint with non﹣traditional techniques to create the coolest mural（壁画）which will be displayed in public for all to see.
（1）How many camps does Pali Overnight Adventures offer this summer？
| A． |
2. |
| B． |
4. |
| C． |
17. |
| D． |
21. |
（2）What will campers do at the Broadcasting Camp？
| A． |
Create a website. |
| B． |
Run a news station. |
| C． |
Meet a star reporter. |
| D． |
Hold a dinner party. |
（3）Which camp will attract children who are interested in cooking？
| A． |
Broadcasting Camp. |
| B． |
Secret Agent Camp. |
| C． |
Culinary Camp. |
| D． |
Street Art Camp. |
第三部分阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Jordan Makes Basketball Hall of Fame
Last Monday, the former Chicago Bulls great was elected to the 2009 Basketball Hall of Fame class, adding another honor to his long list of accomplishments. With incredible acrobatic (特技的) moves and slam dunks(灌篮), Jordan was a 14-time NBA All-Star, a five-time NBA finals Most Valuable Player and the key figure on the 1992 US Olympic gold medal “Dream” Team.
Jordan retired twice during his 15-year career, and finished with 32,392 points, the third-highest total in NBA history behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Karl Malone. His career average of 30.12 points per game is the best in the league’s history.
Although his career boasts(拥有)many glories, Jordan said entering the hall was what he never imagined. “I don’t like being up here for the Hall of Fame, because at that time, your basketball career is completely over.” Jordan said during a news conference. “I was hoping this day was coming in 20 more years, or that I’d actually go in when I’m dead and done.”
According to the Chicago Tribune, as Jordan accepted a Hall of Fame Jersey(运动衣), he turned to his former competitors David Robinson and John Stockton, who were also among the class of 2009, and threatened another comeback.
“Every time I see these guys, I want to put my shorts on,” said Jordan, 46, whose age has decreased everything but his desire.
His father once said that passion was what made his son special. From the moment he started playing games, Michael had to win. Once, Jordan traveled everywhere and anywhere to feed that competitive urge.
“He doesn’t have a gambling problem.” His father said, “What he does have is a competition problem. He was born with that. The person he tries to outdo(超过)most of the time is himself.”
56．This passage is mainly about__________.
A．everything Jordan has achieved in his life
B．the contribution Jordan has made to basketball
C．how Jordan grew to be a popular basketball player
D．why Jordan deserves to be in the Hall of Fame and his reaction
57．From what Jordan said during the news conference, we know that he_______.
A．dislikes the honor because it makes him feel old
B．hates the new honor because it’s not worth much
C．thinks the honor has been given to him too early
D．is planning a comeback to show his basketball career is not over
58．Paragraphs 1 and 2 are written to__________.
A．analyze what basketball skills Jordan is famous for
B．show how popular Jordan used to be in America
C．introduce what contributions Jordan made to Chicago Bulls
D．explain why Jordan is considered a great basketball player
59．What can we conclude from the passage?
A．Michael Jordan’s continuous efforts to outdo himself made him great.
B．Michael Jordan thinks playing basketball is like gambling.
C．Michael Jordan has gradually lost his desire to play, as he has grown older.
D．However great a player is, there is an end to his best time.
When I was young, I wished for a good car and a big house. That was my idea of success. I took all the advanced classes and tried to do well in the exams with my mind set on going to a key school. I just knew that I would somehow become famous and be able to afford the car and the dream house. All the way through junior years, my mind was planning this beautiful future.
Then in the eleventh grade, many losses changed my mind. First, one of my friends died at 16. Soon after, my great-grandmother passed away, followed by my beloved fourth-grade teacher. These events left me not knowing what to do or where to go . Death had never touched me so closely.
After a long period of emptiness, it finally struck me: Life is not promised and neither is future success. Though I was attempting to achieve material success, I was not enjoying my daily life. I realized that finding inner peace, purpose and happiness will stick with me forever and that is real success.
Enjoying life's precious quirks ( 偶发事件 ) makes an ordinary person more successful than a wealthy person who isn't content and takes everything for granted. The summer before senior years, my attitude changed greatly. Instead of memorizing facts, I began learning skills. Instead of focusing on the future, I focused on today and the many blessings and successes that came with it.
I still get excellent grades, but now I devote weeks to studying instead of struggling for exams, and I think about the future with a deeper sense of meaning. For me, being successful means truly living life each day.The reason why the author changed his idea of success is that ________ .
| A．he can't afford his house |
| B．his beloved teacher was dead |
| C．he didn't know what to do or where to go |
| D．he lost a few beloved persons in a short time |
According to the author which of the following is the real success for a person?
| A．Being famous. | B．Truly living life each day. |
| C．Good car and big house. | D．Material achievements. |
What does the author want to tell the readers?
| A．The true meaning of the life. | B．The true meaning of studying. |
| C．How to achieve success. | D．His opinion about success. |
According to the passage, which of the following is true?
| A．The writer thinks that success is not promised. |
| B．His teacher died before the death of his grandpa. |
| C．The writer didn't do well in all the exams. |
| D．He didn't want to take all the exams. |
In learning a foreign language, one should first pay attention to speaking. It is the groundwork of reading and writing. You’d better try your best to speak. Don’t be afraid of making mistakes. But be careful not to let them keep you from improving the language. While you are doing this, a good exercise is to write – keep a diary, write notes, letters or articles, then if you can, ask someone to go through what you have written and tell you where is wrong . Many mistakes in your speaking will be easily found when you write. Through correcting the mistakes, you can do better in learning a language.
If you are slow in speaking, don’t worry. One of the helpful ways is by reading, either aloud or to yourself. The important thing is to choose something interesting to read. It can’t be too difficult for you. When you are reading in this way, don’t stop to look up the words if you can guess their meanings or if they have nothing important to do with the sentence. You can do that some other time.From the passage we know the groundwork is ___ while you are learning a foreign language.
| A．reading | B．writing | C．speaking | D．listening |
To improve the language, one has to .
| A．pay attention to speaking only |
| B．try not to make mistakes |
| C．correct mistakes only |
| D．keep a diary and write notes, letters or articles |
When you find some new words in reading, you shouldn’t ___
| A．guess their meaning | B．go on reading |
| C．stop to look them up in the dictionary | D．keep on reading the important sentence |
The best title of this passage might be .
| A．How to Learn a Foreign Language | B．How to Improve Reading |
| C．How to learn Writing | D．More reading, .Less speaking |
During my visit to China, I stayed in several hotels. I would like to say something about fire regulations(条例) in these hotels.
When I was in Beijing in a hotel, I checked the nearest fire escape to my room, as I usually do, I found that the exit(出口) out of the buildings was on the ground floor, chained and locked! If there was a fire, people wouldn’t be able to escape. In some other places, I did not find any notice about the procedures.
In most hotels in my country, there is a notice on the back of the door of every guestroom. In Japan the porter（门卫）actually points out the escape route when bringing your bag to your room. I hope Chinese hotels will improve their safety procedures. The foreigner suggests that ____________.
| A．all the exits should not be always chained and locked |
| B．all the exits should be always chained and locked |
| C．fire regulations（规程，规章）should be paid enough attention to in some hotels in China |
| D．the fire regulations should not be strict |
Nobody would get away if there were a fire in the building ____________.
| A．if the porter doesn’t tell people the escape route |
| B．with the exit chained and locked |
| C．before people found the notice about safety procedures |
| D．when too many people try to escape at the same time |
The nearest escape to the writer’s room in a hotel in Beijing was _____________.
| A．nowhere to be found | B．not far from his room |
| C．next to his room | D．on the ground floor |
In Japan a guest is told how to get away in time of fire when he ____________.
| A．arrives at a hotel | B．is traveling in the country |
| C．reaches the country | D．says hello a porter |
The climate of any place is the kind of weather. It usually has over a long period of time. The houses we live in, the clothes we wear, the foods we eat depend on the climate of the place where we live.
Climate is a pattern that is not nearly as simple as we think, and it is affected by many factors. The distance to the North or South Pole（极，极点，） or the equator (赤道) really matters a lot. If you live near either of the poles, you live in a cold climate, for the place where you live does not get as much or as direct sunshine as a place farther away from the poles. In places close to the equator, the climate is very hot, for they are the parts where the sunshines almost straight down.
Whether rain or snow falls makes a great difference to the climate. In hot, dry deserts, little rain falls, but in a hot rainforest, the amount of rainfalls is far larger than that in a desert, for there is a heavy rain almost every day, even several times per day. Though a rainforest and a desert may be the same distance from the equator, their climates are rather different from each other.
How much rain or snow falls are considered by some to be determined by the winds, the surrounding mountains and the currents(水流)in nearby seas and so on . In short, it is a very complex natural phenomenon（现象）.This passage mainly talks about .
| A．weather | B．different climates |
| C．climate and its determining factors | D．the difference between weather and climate |
The difference of the climates between a tropical (热带的)desert and a tropical rainforest affected by .
| A．the amount of rainfalls |
| B．the winds and the surrounding mountains |
| C．the currents in near seas |
| D．how much sunshine the two different places can get |
From the context, we can guess that the word “complex” is and it .
| A．a noun; means a simple thing |
| B．an adjective; means being easy to understand |
| C．an adverb; has almost the same meaning of “rather” |
| D．an adjective; means being difficult to understand |