Toyota is the world's largest automaker, but its road to success has been long and filled with speed bumps（顛簸）.
1958：The company's first foray into the American market was the Toyopet in 1958. It was a flop.
1964：Toyota introduced their Corona line of automobiles and sales hit 6, 400 in 1965,
marking an increase in popularity.
1969：Toyota began importing the Corolla and in 1985 it would become the first Toyota built in the U.S.
1975：Toyota surpassed the popular German brand Volkswagen to become the top import sold in the U.S.
1986：The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ordered its first recall of Toyota cars due to "speed control" problems.
1988：The First North American Toyota plant opened in Georgetown, Ky.
1989：Toyota introduced the Lexus LS 400, the company's first U.S. luxury car. It was a major hit.
1997：Toyota debuted their Prius gas-electric hybrid car.
2002：The first consumer complaints emerged of the Camry's engine surging under braking.
2004：The NHTSA opened a defect investigation into 2002-2003 Camry, Camry Solara and Lexus ES models.
2006：Toyota "Americanizes" and opened a new plant in Texas to build full-size pickups
2007：Toyota surpassed General Motors to become the world's largest automaker.
2007：The NHTSA investigated pedal entrapment in some Toyota vehicles, which led recalls of floor mats on Camry and Lexus models.
2007：The NHTSA investigated pedal entrapment in some Toyota vehicles, which led recalls of floor mats on Camry and Lexus models.
Aug. 2009：An off-duty California Highway Patrol officer and three family members were killed when their rental 2009 Lexus ES speeds out of control.
Nov. 2009：Toyota recalled 3.8 million Lexus and Toyota models to remove floor mats that can trap pedals.
Jan. 2010：Toyota recalled approximately 2.3 million more vehicles with potential sticking pedal problems. On Jan. 26, Toyota stopped selling eight models involved in the recall.
Feb. 2010：Prius and Lexus hybrids are now being recalled for brake problems in 2010 models.
小題1:Which of the following brands belong to Toyota family？

A．Toyopet, Volkswagen, Lexus, Prius

B．Camry, Prius, Lexus, Georgetown

C．Corona, Prius, Lexus, Corolla

D．General Motors, Lexus, Camry, Corolla

小題2:The underlined the word in Para.6 probably means:

A．a(chǎn)ppreciation

B．sorrow

C．withdrawal

D．resolve

小題3:  We can infer from the passage that____________

A．Lexus LS 400 is a cheaper car

B．Prius may be a kind of environmentally friendly car

C．Corona became popular as soon as introduced to the US

D．Toyota’s plant opened in Georgetown symbolized its “Americanize” tactics

小題4: The purpose of this passage is to

A．a(chǎn)dvertise for Toyota

B．introduce Toyota’ s struggle in the US

C．uncover Toyota’s braking problems

D．display Toyota’s glory

小題5:What is the best title of the passage?

A．The world’s largest automaker	B．The rise of Toyota
C．Toyota meeting problems in the US	D．Toyota’s failure in the US

Sydney—Mobile phone has become a problem for middle schools. Some middle schools in Australia have banned（禁止）students from carrying mobile phones during school hours.
Mobile phone use among children has become a problem for the school this year. Several children have got mobile phones as Christmas gifts, and more students want them.
Mary Bluett, an official, said mobile phone use is a distraction（分心）to students during school hours and it also gives teachers so much trouble in their classrooms. Teachers were also saying that sometimes students might use phone messages to cheat during exams.
She said some schools had tried to ban mobile phones. Some parents felt unhappy because they couldn’t get in touch with their children.
Many teachers said students should not have mobile phones at school, but if there was a good reason, they could leave their phones at school offices. They also said there were many reasons why the students should not have mobile phones at school: they were easy to lose and were a distraction from studies.
Many people say that they understand why parents would want their children to have phones, but they think schools should let the students know when they can use their mobile phones.
小題1: Some middle schools in Australia have banned students from carrying mobile phones ____________.

A．because they are students	B．when they are at school
C．because they are young	D．when they are free

小題2: We know from the passage that some children get mobile phones from ____________.

A．the makers and sellers	B．some other strangers
C．their parents and friends	D．some mobile phone users

小題3: Some parents felt unhappy because they couldn’t        during school hours.

A．get in touch with their children	B．leave their mobile phones
C．help the teachers with their work	D．use their mobile phones

小題4:The underlined word “they” in the fifth paragraph refers to ____________.

A．many teachers	B．some messages
C．mobile phones	D．some students

小題5: The topic mainly talked about in the text is ____________.

A．why the students should not use mobile phones in some Australian schools

B．when the students of some Australian schools can use their mobile phones

C．whether the Australian students can have mobile phones at school

D．how some parents feel when their children should not carry mobile phones

We often hear the phrase: "You've a greater chance of being struck by lightning." It is used to describe something that hasn't got much chance of happening. However, the common saying undermines(掩蓋) the very real dangers of lightning.
Last Friday, at least 5 people were killed by lightning in Nepal(尼泊爾).
Lightning strikes are the second most common cause of deaths during natural disasters in the US. The first is floods. Around 400 people nationwide are struck by lightning each year, and of those, 73 people die. There are more people killed by lightning than by tornadoes and hurricanes.
Because lightning kills only one or two people at a time, its danger does not receive as much attention as other disasters.
So to raise awareness, the US has made June 22-28 National Lightning Safety Week. It aims to warn the public of the dangers of lightning and provide safety tips during thunderstorms.
"If you hear thunder, you are in danger of lightning," said Rocky Lopes, a disaster educator at the American Red Cross.
"Thunder means that lightning is close enough to hit you at any minute, so you should move indoors immediately and stay there until after the storm has ended. The single most important thing to remember is to seek a hiding place," Lopes said.
Summer is the high time for lightning storms, so when lightning strikes across the sky, remember these safety tips:
Stop working, fishing, swimming or playing in open fields.
If you can count less than ten seconds between a thunder and a lightning flash, take cover inside the nearest building.
Do not stand under a tree.
Get off bicycles or motorcycles.
Crouch down(蹲下)if there is no hiding place.
Avoid open spaces, wire fences, metal objects and electrical objects such as hair driers.
小題1:   The popular opinion about being struck by lightening is that ______.

A．there’s a greater chance for being killed by lightening than any other natural disaster

B．it is the most dangerous among all the natural disasters

C．the chance for a person to be struck by lightening is very small

D．it is impossible for people to be killed by lightening

小題2:The average death rate of being struck by lightening in US is about _______.

A．18%

B．50%

C．30%

D．73%

小題3:thunder in             the open air______.

A．just stand by your bicycles and motorcycles

B．quickly find a place to go inside

C．count ten seconds between a thunder and a lightening

D．don’t have a hair drier in your hand

小題4:According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A．There are more people killed by tornadoes and hurricanes than by lightening in US each year.

B．There are on average 5 persons killed by lightening in Nepal each day.

C．The death rate of being stuck by lightening is much higher than by other natural disasters.

D．The National Lightening Safety Week is made to warn the public against the lightening.

Some weird, wild and wonderful stories coloured the news in 2010:
★A Copenhagen bus company has put "love seats" on 103 of its vehicles for people looking for a partner. "Even love at first sight is possible on the bus," said a spokesman for the British owned Arriva company to explain the two seats on each bus that are covered in red cloth and a "love seat" sign.
★Shoppers at an international luxury fair in Verona, Italy, found a cell-phone-equipped golden coffin among the items on display. The phones will help "the dead" contact relatives if they have been buried alive by mistake.
★A man in New York came up with a disarming way to set off his latest bank heist , approaching the clerk’s window with a large bunch of flowers and handing over a hold-up note saying“give me the money!”
★ An Englishman who lost all his legs and arms in an electrical accident successfully swam across the Channel, a challenge he had been preparing for two years. The whole cost is 400 dollars.
★A set of artificial teeth made for Britain's war-time prime minister Winston Churchill known as "the teeth that saved the world" sold for nearly 18,000 pounds (21,500 euros, 24,000 dollars) at auction.
★A British woman caused an Internet hate campaign after she was caught on camera dumping a cat in a rubbish bin. She was fined 250 pounds (400 dollars, 280 euros) after pleading guilty.
★The BBC apologized completely and without any doubts after a radio presenter jokingly announced that Queen Elizabeth II had died.
★Two Australian men needed surgery after shooting each other in the bottoms during a drinking session to see if it would hurt were charged 400 dollars separately.
★ A Kuwaiti MP(議員) proposed state-aid for male citizens to take second wives, in a bid to reduce the large number of unmarried women in the oil-rich state.
小題1:What is special about the coffin in the second news?

A．It is golden	B．It has a cell phone.
C．It is a luxury	D．It has many items

小題2:What is the probable meaning of the underlined wordheist in the third news?

A．robbery

B．proposal

C．begging

D．raising money

小題3:Who has to spend 400 dollars to do the surgery?

A．A British woman who dumped a cat in a rubbish bin.

B．One who bought Winston Churchill’s artificial teeth.

C．An Australian man who shot in bottom to test the hurt.

D．An Englishman crossing the Channel without legs and arms.

小題4:From the last news we can infer that _________.

A．In Kuwait many men are eager to get married

B．A lot of rich single men lived in Kuwait

C．There are quantities of oil in Kuwait

D．There are many single women in Kuwait

BEIJING,Oct.14(Xinhua)——A total of 120 middle school students from 35 countries will attend the final of an international China language contest,to be held in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality from Oct.16 to 30.
The candidates,aged from 15 to 20,must be from foreign countries and not native Chinese speakers,said a statement issued by the Chinese language Council (CLC),the contest’s organizer,here Thursday.
All of the candidates have passed the preliminary contests(初賽)held in their own countries.
According to the organizer,the competition will have a top prize,five second prizes,10 third prizes and a dozen prizes for special talents.The organizer will also launch an online vote for“the most liked candidate.”
It was the third year China has held the contest.
“The competition not only tests the proficiency of Chinese language but also the candidates capability to communicate across different cultures.”the statement said.
All the candidates in the final will receive scholarships from the Chinese goverment.said Hu Hangyu,an official with the Education Bureau of the Chonqing Municipality,jointly organizing the contest.
They will also meet local Chinese students and live with Chinese families,Hu said.
“The competition is to meet the increasing demand for Chicese learning by foreign youngsters.”said Xu Lin.the CLC director.
The CLC has also hosted similar contest for foreign college students since 2002.
China has been working to promote Chinese language learning abroad over the past few years.According to the CLC,the.country had 282 Confucius Institutes and 272“Confucius Classrooms”in 88 countries and regions as of 2009 since the first one was established in 2004.
小題1:The text is intended to       .

A．show the popularity of Chinese language learning in the world

B．introduce an international Chinese language learning test system

C．make readers aware of the importance of Chinese language learning

D．report an international Chinese language contest to be held

小題2:The candidates must be       .

A．foreign college students	B．non—native middle school students
C．native Chinese students	D．students from Confucius Institutes

小題3:According to the text,the competition is       .

A．organized by the Chongqing Municipality government

B．mainly to test the candidates’Chinese language competence

C．held every three years in Chongqing Municipality

D．to provide foreign students with a chance to know China

小題4:What has China been doing to promote Chinese language learning abroad according to the text?

A．Thousands of Chinese teacher are sent abroad to teach the language.

B．282 Confucius Institutes are established in China to teach Chinese.

C．The Chinese language contests for foreign students are regularly held.

D．Many Chinese students are sent abroad for culture exchanges every year.

小題5:In which part of the newspaper is the text most likely to be found?

A．Education

B．Advertisement

C．Business

D．Entertainment

Human Capital - How what you know shapes your life
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Language: English ISBN: 9789264029088  Price: ?15 ￡19  1$10
This book explores the influence of education and learning on our societies and lives and examines what countries are doing to provide education and training to support people throughout their lives．
Economic Policy Reforms -- Going/or Growth, 2007 Edition
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Language: English ISBN: 9789264030473  Price: ?60| ￡75 |$41
Based on a broad set of indicators of structural policies and performance, Going for Growth 2007 takes stock of the recent progress made in implementing policy reforms and identifies, for each OECD country, five policy priorities to lift growth．
Climate Change in the European Alps -- Adapting Winter Tourism and Natural Hazards Management
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Language: English ISBN: 9789264031685  Price: ?24 ￡32$ 17
The first systematic cross-country analysis of snow-reliability of Alpine ski areas under climate change for five countries in the region: France, Switzerland, Austria, Italy and Germany．
OECD in Figures 2006--2007--Statistics on the Member Countries -- OECD Observer
-- Volume 2006 Supplement 1
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Language: English ISBN: 9789264022638 Price．; ?15 |￡20 |$10
A handy pocket reference containing key data covering the entire range of OECD
work including the economy, employment, health, education, migration, the environment, science and technolog y, public finances, agriculture, trade, and development aid．
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language-English ISBN: 9789264030954 Price: ?80 | ￡97|$55
OECD's twice yearly assessment and projections for the economies of the OECD area and selected non-members．This edition also looks at the rise in household debt．
小題1:Which of the following books was published most lately?

A．OECD in Figures 2006-2007．

B．OECD Economic Outlook．

C．Human Capital．

D．Climate Change in the European Alps．

小題2:We can learn from the passage that Alps is _______ ．

A．a(chǎn)n Austrian interesting place most attractive in summer seasons

B．a(chǎn)n European mountain belonging to three countries

C．a(chǎn) stadium for skiing lovers from five European countries

D．a(chǎn)n European mountain famous for its winter skiing

小題3:From the book with ISBN ____ you can get a wider range of information about OEC  D．
A．9789264029088                 B．9789264022638
C．9789264030954                D．9789264030473
小題4:You should afford _______ Euro dollars for a book to know about the recent progress in economic policies in the OECD countries．

A．60

B．15

C．55

D．80

小題5:All the five books are ______．

A．written in English

B．concerned about OECD countries

C．involved with education and economy

D．published by the same print

A woman decorating her Christmas tree Monday was shot in her left arm when a bullet went through her living room window．Police said the incident occurred at about 5:00 p.m. A .22 caliber shell（口徑的彈殼） casing was found across the street from the victim's home．Police did not find a weapon in the neighborhood．
Mrs．Wilma Johnson was treated at a local hospital and allowed to go home．A hospital spokesman said she should recover nicely．She is in her late 50s, divorced, and living with Bob, the older of her two adult sons．Bob wasn’t home at the time of the shooting．
Police will patrol the area more frequently as a result of this shooting．They don't know if the shooting was intentional or accidental．They are asking the public to help if they know anything．They interviewed the neighbors．One neighbor said he heard a gunshot, but in this neighborhood, he said, he was used to hearing gunshots．
The police also questioned Mrs．Johnson’s ex-husband, Joe, who lives three blocks away．Joe said if he was going to shoot at his ex-wife, he’d make sure he shot her in her butt（頭）．“That’s a target you could hit from a mile away as she is like a Tele-tubby.” he laughed．Despite such remarks, the police spokesperson said Joe is not a suspect at this time．
小題1:What was the woman doing when she was shot?

A．She was decorating her room．	B．She was cooking dinner．
C．She was sleeping in her room.	D．She was decorating her Christmas tree．

小題2:Where is Mrs. Wilma Johnson now ?

A．She is in hospital．	B．She is at home．
C．She is in another world.	D．She is in a funeral．

小題3:Which of the following is true according to the third paragraph?

A．Some neighbors saw the gunman by accident.

B．The police found the gunman soon after the gunshot．

C．There used to be gunshots in the area.

D．The gunshot happened by intention.

小題4:What was her ex-husband’s words “That’s a target you could hit from a mile away”?

A．His ex-wife was too fat	B．He still loved his ex-wife．
C．She was sensitive to anything.	D．He hated his ex-wife．

AIDS’ Threat to Asia Grows
NEW DELHI----Just a few years ago, Mala was a typical middle-class Indian housewife. She cooked, cleaned and looked after her two small children.
Last year, her life took a tragic turn. Her husband died of AIDS; she was found out HIV-positive and her mother-in-law took her children away from her, saying they would get the disease. “When friends dropped for a visit, she would introduce me, saying, ‘She is my son’s widow. She has AIDS,’” said Mala. AIDS is now described as “explosive(炸藥)” around the world. A study of a hospital in the port city of Durban in South Africa, where the world’s biggest and Africa’s second AIDS conference opened last Sunday, found that almost half the beds in medical wards (病房) were occupied by AIDS patients.
South Africa has one of the world’s fastest growing HIV infections, with 1,700 people infected daily, adding to the 4.3 million, or 10 percent of its population, living with HIV. Until now, Asia has been more successful in holding the AIDS virus than Africa, where the disease has killed about 12 million people.
AIDS is now threatening to surround many of Asia’s poverty-stricken countries. Countries in Asia, such as Cambodia, and Thailand, have HIV infection speeds over 1 percent. But the low speeds hide huge numbers of infected people, because of the population base.
In India, for example, 3.7 million are infected, more than in any other country except South Africa. In China, an estimated 860,000 people (the actual number may be a little larger), mainly drug users, live with HIV/AIDS. Gordon Alexander, a senior advisor for UN AIDS in India, estimates that the number hit by AIDS in Asia will climb about eight million over the next five years from about six million.
In many Asian countries, the battle against HIV is a social and cultural one against public discussion of sexual health put a nationwide media campaign into action to limit the speed of HIV through unsafe sex. Brenton Wong, an official for Singapore’s Action for AIDS, says the actual HIV incidence in the city state of 3.9 million people is at least eight times higher than official data. “Shame and deny is still very, very common so people are afraid to get tested and many times won’t even tell their families if they test positive,” said Wong.
小題1:We can conclude from the underlined sentence in the last paragraph that ______.

A．The official data always tell lies and cheat people to hide the truth.

B．3.9 million people in Singapore suffered from AIDS.

C．Singapore has a population of 3.9 million

D．The number of people infected with HIV is at least eight times larger than that of the AIDS patients in Singapore.

小題2:It is judged that there are ______ people hit by AIDS in Asia or so.

A．4.3 million

B．6 million

C．8 million

D．3.7 million

小題3:According to the passage, the main reasons that AIDS spread in Asia is through_______. 

A． blood

B．unsafe sex

C．love

D．drugs

小題4:Which of the following statements is not right?     

A．The battle against Aids in many Asian countries is against their culture and social customs.

B．Though the HIV infection in Asia develops with low speed, the infected number is still quite large compared to other continents.

C．India has the second largest number of HIV infected people.

D．Aids might affect the poverty-stricken countries more severely.

A
BEUING (Associated Press 美聯(lián)社) —China has a growing middle class, a tradition of expecting education and 21 million new babies every year. Selling educational toys should be easy.
While China may be the world’s biggest toy maker, many of the best are exported. Department stores here do not have enough toys of high quality. It is said that the demand for educational toys is low.
A US company, Baby Care, is trying to change that with a new way to sell toys in China.
Baby Care works basically together with doctors in Beijing hospitals.  People who join the company’s "mother club" can get lectures and newsletters on baby and child development at no extra cost, if they agree to spend 18 dollars a month on the company’s educational toys and child-care books.
"We want to build a seven year relationship with those people," said Matthew J. Estes, Baby Care’s president. "It starts during pregnancy (孕期), when the anxiety and needs are highest." Baby Care works on a one-to-one basis. Doctors, nurses, and teachers paid by Baby Care advise parents and explain toys that are designed for children at each stage of development to age six.
Baby Care opened its first store in China last June in a shopping center in central Beijing and another near Beijing Zoo. It plans to have 80 stores in China within six years.
It is a new model for China and develops a market in young children’s education and health that no other companies are in.
小題1:What do the first two paragraphs mainly tell us?

A．Educational toys and foreign toy markets.

B．Problems with China’s toy market and education.

C．Reasons for pushing sales of educational toys in China.

D．Baby population and various kinds of toys made in China.

小題2: Which of the following is a fact according to the passage?

A．Club members buy Baby Care products for free child care advice.

B．Doctors in Beijing help in making Baby Care products.

C．Parents are encouraged to pay $ 18 for club activities.

D．Baby Care trains Chinese doctors at no extra cost.

小題3: Baby Care is developing its business in China by ___________.

A．opening stores in Beijing hospitals

B．offering 18 month courses on child care

C．setting up children’s education centers

D．forming close relationships with parents

小題4:Which of the following would be the most suitable title for the passage?

A．Mother’s Club in China.	B．Baby Care and Doctors.
C．American Company Model.	D．Educational Toys in China.

   WASHINGTON—A chaotic scene unfolded near the U S．Capitol（美國國會大廈）on Wednesday after police shot and killed an armed man in what authorities described as a rush hour traffic stop that turned deadly．
U S．Capitol Police spokeswoman Sgt．Kim Schneider said the unidentified 35-year-old man sped away in a white car after being stopped a few blocks from the Capitol．The man drove the wrong way down a street and crashed into a police car in a heavily guarded area about a block north of the Capitol grounds，striking two officers with his car along the way，she said．    Police then opened fire after seeing the man hold up his handgun and refuse to put it down，said Schneider，who described the melee（人群）as“very fast moving”．“The officers felt they were being threatened-they were in fear for their lives，”Schneider said．
She did not know if the man ever fired at police．He was taken to a hospital，where he was pronounced dead．
The officers who were hit——one of whom was on a motorcycle——had minor injuries，Schneider said．
The late afternoon scare occurred as lawmakers were wrapping up a third day of hearings for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor．Police briefly closed up part of the Capiltol as a precaution，but the buildings were reopened about a half—hour later．Authorities said the shooting was not related to the Capitol．
Carol Lanigan，of Toledo，Ohio，described how she save a white car come flying down the street with two police cars chasing it．She said she heard about four or five shots．
“There were so many gunshots being fired，my family got down．”said Robert Drumm of Oklahoma，who was touring the nation’s capital with his family．
Numerous emergency vehicles came together quickly on the area．
Lanigan’s husband，Dale Lanigan，described a similar scene，saying that as the car sped past him the driver had one hand on the wheel and it looked like he was reaching for something．
小題1:What can be learned from the passage？

A．Three police officers were hurt in the shooting．

B．The shooting had something to do with the Capitol．

C．The Capitol was unprotected when the gunshot happened．

D．The gunshot case had nothing to do with the Capitol．

小題2:When the case happened，    ．

A．CaroI Lanigan heard five shots exactly

B．many emergency vehicles appeared in the area

C．Robert Drumm stopped to tour the nation’s capital by himself

D．Carol Lanigan didn’t come to the scene

小題3:Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word“chaotic”？

A．disordered

B．a(chǎn)ccessible

C．lifelike

D．a(chǎn)rranged

小題4:Which of the following is the best title of the passage？

A．A police accident near the U．S．Capitol

B．Defend the U．S．Capitol

C．Police chasing the peace breaker

D．Armed man was shot near the Capitol by police