﹣ Many boy students think physics is geography．

﹣ I agree．I' m weak in geography．

A. much difficult than B. as difficult as

C. less difficult than D. more difficult than

﹣ Do you like the weekly talk show，The Readers，on CCTV？

﹣ Sure．It' s a great TV program purpose is to bring the habit of reading back into the public．

A. which B. that C. what D. whose

﹣ Hey，man! Can you believe that？ Our Chinese Football Team beat the South African Team last night．

﹣ We haven' t beaten them for many years．

A. No wonder! B. What a pity!

C. Are you joking？ D. Guess what？

A tone﹣deaf（五音不全）teenager has surprised his family by suddenly being able to play music while after suffering a concussion （腦震蕩）．

Gordon，a high school student，now can play 13instruments _______he has never learned music．

As a small child，he loved sports，dreamed of playing lacrosse （長曲棍球） as a career， and had no _______in music．

"He really had no musical_______． " his mother told the reporter．"When he played lacrosse with a local team in Grade Six，he_______backwards and hurt the back of his head_______ the ground．"

"I remember_______ and then I felt really dazed （恍惚的），" he told the reporter．"I didn' t really understand something_______ had happened．"

The doctors told him he could return to the________.He did so，but unluckily he went on to suffer_______ couple of hard hits to the head，which sent him to the hospital again．

After that the doctors told him he couldn' t play sports any more，but there was one good side effect： his new﹣found____________．

"Now I can play many instruments，such as piano，guitar and violin．Music is the thing that gets me up in the morning，"he said．

1.A. so B. and C. because D. though

2.A. interest B. interested C. interesting D. interestedly

3.A. problem B. difficulty C. instrument D. talent

4.A. falls B. felt C. fell D. was falling

5.A. above B. below C. along D. against

6.A. getting up B. giving up C. to get up D. to give up

7.A. good B. bad C. wonderful D. boring

8.A. classroom B. hospital C. concert D. field

9.A. another B. other C. the other D. others

10.A. hobby B. illness C. habit D. skill

High school does not encourage students to know about the new things in life，but college sets the stage for it．I myself went through this ______process（過程）and found something that has changed my experience at college for the better： I discovered ASL﹣American Sign Language．

I never felt it necessary to learn any sign language before．All of my family members can hear，and so are all my friends．The ______ language was enough．Little by little，I discovered my ______ for ASL．

The _____began during my first week at college．I watched it carefully when the ASL club performed their translation of a song．Both the hand movements and the idea of communicating without speaking attracted me．What I saw was completely different from anything I had experienced in the past．This new form of communication just made me want more．

After that，feeling the need to ____ further，I decided to join one of ASL clubs．I only learned how to express my feelings ______ my hands about the letters that day．Although my process was ____，I wasn' t disappointed about it．I then tried my best to take part in those club' s meetings and learned all I could．

The following term，I decided to be a member of an ASL class．The professor was deaf and any talking wasn' t ____．I soon realized that silence was not unpleasant．_____，if there had been any talking，it would have caused to learn less．Now，I enjoy the silence and the _______ way of communication．

1.A. talking B. planning C. searching D. looking

2.A. body B. spoken C. written D. foreign

3.A. love B. question C. need D. goal

4.A. map B. trip C. story D. task

5.A. ask about B. know about C. worry about D. talk about

6.A. at B. on C. in D. with

7.A. ready B. slow C. common D. nervous

8.A. allowed B. welcomed C. turned D. repeated

9.A. Finally B. Besides C. Instead D. However

10.A. easy B. popular C. new D. quick

Little stream ran down from a high mountain through many villages and forests．Then it reached a desert，"I went through so many difficulties．I should have no problem crossing the desert，" she thought．As she started，she found herself slowly disappearing into the sand．After many tries，she still failed．"Maybe I can' t reach the ocean，" she said sadly to herself．

At this time，a deep voice said，"If a breeze （微風(fēng)） can cross the desert，so can a river．"

It was the voice of the desert．But the little stream answered，"A breeze can fly，but I can' t．" "That' s because you can' t give up what you are．Let yourself evaporate （蒸發(fā)） into the breeze，and it can take you across，" said the desert．"Give up what I am now？ No! No!" The little stream could not accept this idea．"The breeze can carry the vapor （蒸汽） across the desert and let it leave as rain．The rain will form a river again，" said the desert．"And whether you are a river or vapor，your nature never changes．" Hearing this，the little stream went into the open arms of the breeze．It carried her to the next stage of her life．

The course of our lives is like the experience of the little stream．If you want to go through difficulties in your life to head for success，you should also change the way you are．

1.The little stream planned to reach ．

A. the forest

B. the river

C. the desert

D. the ocean

2.The little stream before she crossed the desert．

A. didn' t meet any difficulties

B. was confident about herself

C. was worried about herself

D. knew well about the desert

3.At first，the little stream didn' t accept the desert' s advice because ．

A. she failed many times

B. she was afraid of the nature

C. she wasn' t able to change her nature

D. she wouldn' t change the way she was

4.The little stream finally crossed the desert by ．

A. evaporating into the breeze

B. forming a river

C. disappearing into the sand

D. changing her nature

5.What does the story mainly tell us？

A. The road to success isn' t always easy and smooth．

B. Whatever others say，we should always be ourselves．

C. To succeed，we should think about things in a different way．

D. To succeed，we should follow others' advice．

I'd planned to spend my weekend in the sun，planting flowers outdoors．But that was before the pair of crows （烏鴉）．Out of nowhere，they had set up their base camp in our garden．

We first discovered the crows on Friday morning．It was early，and the sound the birds made traveled through our neighborhood．I thought they' d go away soon．But，no．They were getting louder and probably made my neighbors angry nearly as much as us with the noise．I felt a little disappointed．

Then，on Sunday afternoon，I looked out of the kitchen window to see our dog Quatchi watching something on the ground．I found a small coal﹣black bird in the grass．Its eyes were milky，and it stayed perfectly still as my dog inched towards it．Only when Quatchi touched his nose to its head did it walk away．I grabbed the dog and locked him inside and came back with my camera．

I never thought that the young would be hanging out on the ground，growing and gaining strength as its parents guarded it from above．The second I saw this little bird I forgave （原諒） the crows．

To be honest，I' ve never been much of a bird person．I also have a healthy respect for birds．They' re basically living dinosaurs（恐龍）．

I wish they' d chosen another garden．There are only so many sunny days in Seattle，and I still can' t do any gardening out there．But I' m also thankful that I got to see this little bit of nature．It' s pretty amazing．

The experience has also strengthened my wish to create a beautiful garden that attracts lots of bees，butterflies，and yes，birds．They are welcome here．

1.The arrival of the two crows ．

A. angered the writer' s neighbors

B. made the writer' s dog mad

C. was harmful to the writer' s garden

D. broke the order of the writer' s life

2.Why did the writer lock her dog up？

A. She wanted to take some photos．

B. The parent crows were to attack the dog．

C. She wanted to protect the little bird．

D. The dog kept making loud noises．

3.The writer changed her thoughts to the crows when ．

A. she planted flowers in her garden

B. she locked her dog inside

C. she saw the little bird in her garden

D. she thought of living dinosaurs

4.After seeing the little crow，the writer ．

A. was interested to know its growing progress

B. fell in love with the pair of crows

C. planned to drive the crows away

D. decided to help look after it

5.The passage is mainly to ．

A. show an unpleasant situation

B. advise readers to protect birds

C. share a personal experience

D. ask advice on dealing with crows

Maybe a lot of thin people will be worried about their health if the inside fat matters．

Some doctors now think that the inside fat around important organs like the heart or liver could be as dangerous as the outside fat which can be noticed more easily．

"Being thin doesn' t surely mean you are not fat，"said Dr Jimmy Bell at Imperial College．Since 1994，Bell and his team have tested nearly 800people with MRI to create "fat maps" showing where people store fat．

According to the result，people who keep their weight through the food they usually eat rather than exercise are likely to have major deposits （堆積物） of inside fat，even if they are thin．

Even people with normal Body Mass Index （體重指數(shù)） scores can have surprising levels of fat deposits inside．Of the women，as many as 45percent of those with normal BMI scores （20to 25）actually had too high levels of inside fat．Men were nearly 60percent．

According to Bell，people who are fat on the inside are actually on the edge of being fat．They eat too many fatty and sugary foods，but they are not eating enough to be fat．Scientists believe we naturally store fat around the stomach first，but at some point，the body may start storing it elsewhere．

Doctors are unsure about the exact dangers of inside fat，but some think it has something to do with heart disease and diabetes （糖尿�。�．They want to prove that inside fat does harm to the body' s communication systems．

The good news is that inside fat can be easily burned off through exercise or even by improving your eating habits．"If you want to be healthy，there is no other way．Exercise has to be an important part of your lifestyle，"Bell said．

1.What is this piece of news mainly about？

A. Thin people may be fat inside．

B. How to deal with inside fat．

C. Inside fat leads to many diseases．

D. Thin people also have troubles．

2.What does the underlined word " organs"in the second paragraph mean？

A. 地位

B. 地方

C. 器官

D. 肝臟

3.Doctors have found ．

A. the exact dangers of inside fat

B. being thin doesn' t mean you are not fat inside

C. being thin is not dangerous at all

D. inside fat is the cause of heart disease and diabetes

4.According to the passage，which of the following is wrong？

A. Exercise can help to reduce the inside fat．

B. People can reduce inside fat by improving their eating habits．

C. Women have more chances to have too much inside fat．

D. Not all the people who look thin are really thin inside．

5.From the last paragraph，we can find that ．

A. it is true that inside fat can lead to disease

B. exercise plays an important role in people' s life for keeping healthy

C. thin people usually have inside fat even if they are thin

D. it is easier to burn off inside fat than outside fat

Sometimes，when you worry that you may fail an exam，you end up failing．Or during a seating arrangement （安排） in your class，when you are afraid to sit next to someone you don' t like，you end up sharing the desk with him or her．

This is what Murphy' s Law tells us： If things can go wrong，they will go wrong．But is it true？

Of the studies about Murphy' s Law，the most famous one is the buttered toast （烤面包片）phenomenon （現(xiàn)象）： One toast with butter falls，it lands butter﹣side down most of the time．

To prove this，Robert Matthews did a lot of experiments with more than 1，000British school kids in 2001．

In the first experiment，each student put a piece of buttered toast on a plate，let it fall off 20times and noted which side it landed on．Of almost 10，000experiments，toast landed butter﹣side down 62percent of the time．

But you may ask： Is it the butter that plays a role？ Here comes Matthews' second experiment．

This time，instead of butter，the toast had a letter "B" written on one side．It still landed 58 percent of the time on the B﹣side．

This proved that Murphy' s Law is true： If the toast can land butter﹣side down，it will do so．

Matthews did another experiment．When students threw the toast from a height of 2.5metres，the toast landed butter﹣side down only 47percent of the time．

"Toast lands butter﹣side down because humans aren' t tall enough to let it land any other way，" Matthews said．

根據(jù)上文內(nèi)容判斷正 （T） 誤（F）

1.According to Murphy' s Law，in an English class，if you don' t want to be questioned by the teacher，you may end up failing answering the questions．

2.In the first experiment of buttered toast，we know the toast landed butter﹣side down about 620times．

3.If the toast can land butter﹣side down，Murphy' s Law is true．

4.In the first two experiments，either the butter or the letter "B" plays a role．

5.The passage is mainly talking about Murphy' s Law depends on people' s mental state（心理狀態(tài)）．

日常對話

A：1.

B： Actually，I haven' t been sleeping well．

A：2.

B： I go to bed，but I just can' t get comfortable enough to stay asleep．

A： When do you get into bed for the night？

B：3.

A： Do you have a lot on your mind when you try to go to sleep？

B：4.

A： Do you ever meditate （冥想） or read before bedtime？

B：5.

A．My bed is really comfortable．

B．How have you been doing recently？

C．I usually watch a lot of television before I go to bed．Maybe I should try something else to help me quiet down．

D．I usually try to go to bed around 11：00or so during the week．

E．My mother is ill，and I think about her a lot．

F．Is there any reason why you can' t get enough sleep？

G．Why not go to see a doctor？