Brian arrived at the San Francisco airport two hours before the flight to Paris. He was wearing three shirts, a jacket, two pairs of socks, a pair of shorts, and two pairs of jeans. He was carrying one small backpack, which was very full, but he didn’t have any other luggage. Brian needed to meet a man named Tony before he checked in for his flight. He found Tony near the Air France counter. Tony gave him a round-trip ticket and a small package. 
“Give this package to Jean-Paul at the airport in Paris. He will have a sign with your name on it. I think you can find him easily, “Tony said.” You don’t have any luggage, right?”
“Only this backpack,” Brian answered. “You said I could bring one carry-on bag.”
“That’s right, one carry-on bag is fine. Have a good trip.”
“Thanks.”
Is Brian a criminal（犯罪）? Not at all. He is an air courier. And he paid only $110 for the round-trip ticket to Paris. Air couriers get cheap airline tickets because they take important packages and papers to foreign countries. Businesses sometimes need to get packages and papers to people in foreign countries by the next day. Often, the only way they can do this is to use an air-courier company. It is not cheap for a business to send a package with an air courier, but it is quick. 
Every year about 80, 000 people worldwide travel as air couriers. The number of tickets for courier travel is growing by about 10 percent a year. However, air-courier travel isn’t for everyone, But if you have very little money, can be flexible（靈活的）about your travel plans, and don’t mind wearing the same clothes for a week, it can be a great way to take a vacation!
小題1:Why was Brian wearing so many clothes for his travel?

A．Because they were the uniform for air couriers,

B．Because that made him easier to be recognized.

C．Because his backpack had no room for his clothes.

D．because he did not have any luggage with him.

小題2:An air courier is a person who        

A．manages a business company in foreign countries

B．organizes international flights for tourists

C．travels around the world with cheap tickets

D．delivers papers and packages to foreign countries

小題3:Businesses choose the air-courier service because      

A．it costs less

B．it is flexible

C．it saves time

D．it grows fast

小題4:One of the disadvantages of traveling as an air courier is that he

A．cannot decide when and where to travel

B．cannot take any luggage with him

C．has to wear two pairs of jeans

D．saves little money from the travel

小題5:The author of the text mainly

A．describes the activities of a law-breaker

B．suggests an ideal way to travel

C．a(chǎn)rgues against the air-courier travel

D．tells us about a developing business

閱讀下面短文，從短文后所給各題的四個選項（A、B、C、和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
The position of children in American family and society is no longer what is used to be. The ___36___ family in colonial(殖民時期的) North America was mainly concerned with survival and     37   that, its own economic prosperity. Thus, children were ____38___in terms of their productivity(生產(chǎn)能力), and they played the role of producer quite early.   39  they fulfilled this role, their position in the family was one of subordination(附屬).
With the ____40____ of the society, the position of children in the family and in the society became more important. In the complex and technological society ____41____the United States has become, each ___42____ must fulfill a number of personal and occupational___43____ and be in contact with many other member. _____44_____, viewing children as necessary members of society means that they are ____45_____ more as people in their own right than as those of subordination. This acceptance of children as____46____ participants in the family is reflected in various laws _____47_____ the rights of children and in the social and public welfare programs.
This new ____48____of children and the frequent contact between the members of society has also ____49_____an increasing interest in child-raising techniques. People today spend much time___50_____ the proper way to ____51____ children.
Nowadays, the socialization of the child in the United States is a ___52____transaction(事務(wù)) between parent and child____53_____a one-way, parent-to-child training___54_____ . As a consequence, socializing children and____55____with them over a long period of time is for parents a mixture of pleasure, satisfaction, and problems.
36. A. poor           B. ordinary          C. happy             D. wealthy
37. A. except         B. for               C. beyond             D. through
38. A. supported       B. received          C. encouraged          D. valued
39. A. Until           B. After            C. Although            D. When
40. A. movement      B. achievement       C. development         D. requirement
41. A. that            B. where            C. when               D. what
42. A. parent          B. member           C. family              D. relative
43. A. purposes        B. promises         C. roles                D. tasks
44. A. Besides         B. However          C. Instead              D. Therefore
45. A. admired         B. regarded          C. made               D. respected
46. A. willing          B. equal             C. similar              D. common
47. A. enjoying         B. preventing        C. considering           D. protecting
48. A. view            B. faith             C. world               D. study
49. A. led in          B. brought in         C. resulted in            D. taken in
50. A. seeking          B. making           C. fighting              D. working
51. A. nurse            B. praise            C. understand            D. raise
52. A. one-sided        B. many-sided        C. round-way            D. two-way
53. A. more than        B. rather than         C. better than            D. less than
54. A. manner          B. method            C. program              D. guide
55. A. talking           B. living            C. playing               D. discussing

A volcanic eruption in Iceland has sent ash across northern Europe. Airlines have stopped or changed the flights across the Atlantic Ocean, leaving hundreds of passengers stuck in airports.  
Grirmsvom is one of the largest and most active volcanoes in Europe. What makes Grimsvom different is that it lies under a huge glacier（冰川） of ice up to 12 maters thick. The hot volcano heats up the ice above it, which then forms a layer（層）of water between the glacier and the volcano This layer of water puts pressure on the volcano, keeping it stable, As the water flows out from under the glacier, the pressure lifts. The lava（巖漿） from the volcano then comes up to the surface. This is exactly what happened today.  
Now, airlines have to make changes to their flights so as not to fly through the clouds of volcanic ash. According to KLM. one of Europe’s biggest airlines, airplanes cannot go under the cloud or over it. Going through the cloud can result in ash getting stuck in the airplane’s engines, causing damage to the plane.  
The eruption has also caused problems for animals in Iceland. The volcano left ash and sharp. Glass-like rocks all over the countryside. Farmers are keeping their animals inside to stop them from eating ash- covered grass to the sharp object.  
小題1:What makes Grimsvom different from other volcanoes? 

A．It is below ice.

B．It lies under the sea

C．It is the largest volcano

D．It is lava affects the airlines

小題2:What keeps Grimsvotn still? 

A．The slow flow of water

B．The low water temperature

C．The thick glacier

D．The water pressure

小題3:Which of the following is the result of the volcanic eruption? 

A．People stop traveling in Europe

B．Airlines suffer from the loss of planes

C．It becomes dangerous for animals to eat outside

D．Farmers have lost many of their animals

小題4:This text is most probably taken from_ 

A．a(chǎn) research paper

B．a(chǎn) newspaper report

C．a(chǎn) class presentation

D．a(chǎn) geography textbook.

Plants can’t communicate by moving or making sounds, as most animals do. Instead, plants Produce volatile compounds, chemicals that easily change from a liquid to a gas. A flower’s sweet smell, for example, comes from volatile compounds that the plant produces to attract insects such as Bugs and bees.
Plants can also detect volatile compounds produced by other plants. A tree under attack by Hungry insets, for instance, may give off volatile compounds that let other trees know about the Attack. In response, the other trees may send off chemicals to keep the bugs away ——or even  Chemicals that attract the bugs’ natural enemies.
Now scientists have created a quick way to understand what plants are saying: a chemical Sensor（傳感器）called an electronic nose. The “e-nose” can tell compounds that crop plants make When they’re attacked Scientists say the e-nose could help quickly detect whether plants are being Eaten by insects. But today the only way to detect such insects is to visually inspect individual Plants. This is a challenging task for managers of greenhouses, enclosed gardens than can house Thousands of plants.
The research team worked with an e-nose than recognizes volatile compounds. Inside the device, 13 sensors chemically react with volatile compounds Based on these interactions, the e-nose gives off electronic signals that the scientists analyze using computer software.
To test the nose, the team presented it with healthy leaves from cucumber, pepper and tomato plants, all common greenhouse crops. Then scientists collected samples of air around damaged leaves from each type of crop, These plants had been damaged by insects, or by scientists who made holes in the leaves with a hole punch（打孔器）. The e-nose, it turns out, could identify healthy cucumber, pepper and tomato plants based on The volatile compounds they produce, It could also identify tomato leaves that had been damaged. But even more impressive, the device could tell which type of damage ---- by insects or with a hole Punch ---- had been done to the tomato leaves.
With some fine-tuning, a device like the e-nose could one day be used in greenhouses to quickly spot harmful bugs, the researchers say. A device like this could also be used to identify fruits that are perfectly ripe and ready to pick and eat, says Natalia Dudareva, a biochemist at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind. who studies smells of flowers and plants. Hopefully, scientists believe, the device could bring large benefits to greenhouse managers in the near future.
小題1:We learn from the text that plants communicate with each other by____.

A．making some sounds	B．waving their leaves
C．producing some chemicals	D．sending out electronic signals

小題2:What did the scientists do to find out if the e-nose worked?

A．They presented it with all common crops.

B．They fixed 13 sensors inside the device.

C．They collected different damaged leaves.

D．They made tests on damaged and healthy leaves.

小題3:According to the writer, the most amazing thing about the e-nose is that it can___.

A．pick out ripe fruits

B．spot the insects quickly

C．distinguish different damages to the leaves

D．recognize unhealthy tomato leaves

小題4:We can infer from the last paragraph that the e-nose_____.

A．is unable to tell the smell of flowers

B．is not yet used in greenhouses

C．is designed by scientists at Purdue

D．is helpful in killing harmful insects

Planting trees around poultry farms can improve air and water quality -- and relations with neighbors. Research has shown that just three rows of trees near poultry houses can reduce the release of dust and ammonia(氨). They can also reduce the strong smell of ammonia gas.
The trees take dust, ammonia and odors in their leaves. They also provide shade from the sun, so they reduce cooling costs in summer. And they act as a windbreak, so they reduce heating costs in winter. Trees can also improve water quality around farms by removing pollutions from soil and groundwater.
Several years ago, people were objecting to the odor of poultry farms on the Delmarva Peninsula in the eastern United State s. Delmarva is where the states of Delaware, Maryland and Virginia come together. Two thousand farms there can each house an average of seventy-five thousand chickens.
Traditionally the farms used windows to provide fresh air in the chicken houses. Farmers rarely planted trees or tall crops around the buildings, so there would be no barrier to the airflow. But then farms began to use new ventilation systems. Instead of windows, the new systems used tunnel fans to circulate air. The fans directed airflow from the poultry houses toward the homes of neighbors.
Researchers began dealing with the problem in two thousand. They found that over a period of six years, planting three rows of trees reduced total dust and ammonia by more than half. And they found that smells were reduced by eighteen percent.
Farmers may think trees will take too long to grow and be effective. But some trees can grow quickly. At least one-third of the Delmarva farms have planted trees, technically known as vegetative environmental buffers. The idea offers a way to cut pollution, save money and energy, and make the neighbors happy.
小題1:The second paragraph mainly tells us ______.

A．planting trees as much as possible

B．the advantages of trees

C．how to reduce heating costs

D．why trees are received

小題2:The word “odor” in paragraph 3 means ______.

A．plant

B．smell

C．height

D．water

小題3:The farms on the Delmarva Peninsula used to use ______ in chicken houses to provide fresh air.

A．trees

B．tunnel fans

C．windows

D．poles

小題4:It can be learned from the last two paragraphs that ______.

A．three rows of trees are really good to the environment

B．researches began to realize the problem in 2000

C．most farmers show interest in planting trees

D．the trees growing quickly can be cut off in a few years

As societies develop,their members start to see things not so much according to what they need,but according to what they want.When people have enough money,these wants become demands.
Now,it’s important for the managers in a company to understand what their customers want if they are going to develop effective marketing strategies(策略).There are various ways of doing this.One way at supermarkets(超市),for example,is to interview(采訪)customers while they’re doing their shopping.They can be asked what they prefer to buy and then the results of the research can be studied.This provides information on which to base future marketing strategies.It’s also quite normal for top managers from department stores to spend a day or two each month visiting stores and mixing freely with the public,as if they were ordinary customers,to get an idea of how customers act.
Another way to get information from customers is to give them something.For example,some fast food restaurants give away tickets in magazines or on the street that permit customers to get part of their meal for nothing.As well as being a good way of attracting customers into the restaurants to spend their money,it also allows the managers to get a feel for where to attract customers and which age-groups to attract.
Another strategy used at some well-known parks such as Disneyland is for top managers to spend at least one day in their work,touring the park dressed as Mickey Mouse or something like that.This provides them with a perfect chance to examine the scene and watch the customers without being noticed.
小題1:The text is designed for ________.

A．managers	B．salesmen
C．researchers	D．customers

小題2:Which of the following can help managers get useful information?

A．Visiting customers themselves.

B．Giving customers free food on the street.

C．Visiting parks as ordinary customers.

D．Asking customers questions at supermarkets.

小題3:What does the word“this”underlined in the last sentence refer to?

A．Visiting Disneyland.

B．Wearing attractive clothes.

C．Acting Mickey Mouse.

D．Dressing up and walking around.

小題4:The main idea of the text is ________.

A．how to do market research

B．how to develop marketing strategies

C．how to find out customers’ social needs

D．how to encourage customers to spend more money

Last year more than one million Filipinos worked abroad as servants,nurses,sailors and in other difficult but low-paid jobs.Southeast Asians leave their poorer countries for their richer neighbours.
Many of these wage-earners return in the end.In the meantime,they send home huge amounts of money—in the Philippines’ case,over 10% of its GDP.Between January and November,the amount was up 18% on the same period of 2005.Poverty and unemployment are still high in the Philippines and other labour-exporting(勞務(wù)輸出) countries.They would be far worse but for this outflow of bodies and inflow of dollars.As for those Asian countries that import(輸入) labour,as in Europe,falling birth rates mean they are going to need more foreign workers.
On January 13th leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations(ASEAN) signed an agreement to help migrant(流動的) workers—with the realization that the flow of labour between their countries is a growing problem that they cannot blame on outsiders.A 2005 study showed that 8.4 million Southeast Asians worked outside their home countries,but this did not include the huge numbers of Indonesians doing so without papers.So the true total is probably rather higher.
Of the ten ASEAN countries,the Philippines,Indonesia,Myanmar,Cambodia,Vietnam and Laos export labour,Singapore and Brunei import it,and Thailand and Malaysia do both.Sziraczki of the UN’s International Labour Organization points out that,in the next ten years,the total labour force of the worker-exporting countries should grow by about a third.It makes sense to work on the problem before it gets out of control.
People in the receiving countries seem to be worried about competition for their jobs.Most Thais said their government should admit(準(zhǔn)入) no more foreign workers,and a few thought otherwise.Even in Singapore,just over half of people are against admitting more foreign workers.Malaysians think that the increase in foreign workers has worsened crime rates(犯罪率).
小題1:It can be inferred from the case of the Philippines that______.

A．the country is Asia’s main source of migrant workers

B．labour exports lead to a 10% growth of its GDP

C．the outflow of labour helps solve its social problems

D．the country both exports and imports labour force

小題2:The flow of labour is a growing problem because______.

A．there is a greater flow of labour than reported

B．more Indonesians work abroad without papers

C．some countries suffer from low birth rates

D．the ASEAN is against admitting foreign workers

小題3:For the labour-importing countries,the flow of labour may lead to______.

A．higher birth rates

B．lower crime rates

C．greater money inflows

D．stronger job competition

小題4:The writer of the text seems to______.

A．support the flow of labour between countries

B．report fairly on the question of labour flow

C．express his worries over the ASEAN’s decision

D．regard the outflow of labour as a serious problem

The Wal-Mart in Cleburne, Texas, was crowded. People were waiting in long lines at checkout counters to pay for small things that would be next-morning treasures under someone’s Christmas tree.
The woman standing in cashier Jeffrey Kandt’s line seemed to be living on the edge of subsistence（生計）. Her clothes were worn and her hands were those of a person who’d worked hard for what she had. She held a single item in her arms as she patiently waited to move to the front of the line — a Sony CD player. She had saved all year for this. With tax, the total would be close to $ 220.
As the woman got close to the cashier, she suddenly shouted, “Where’s my money? All of my money fro my son’s gift! Oh no!”
“Why my line?” Kandt thought as he watched the poor woman searching through her clothes. He was going to have to call his manager to avoid the sale but it would mean a long wait for the customers behind her. “I am going to go home late tonight,” Kandt thought.
Then an amazing thing happened. At the back of the line, a man took out his wallet, pulled out $100 and passed it forward. As the cash moved up the line, a twen5ty-dollar bill was added here, and a ten-dollar bill was added there. When the collection finally reached the registewr, Kandt counted $ 220.
Strangers had fulfilled a poor woman’s Christmas wish.
The poor in his line at the Wal-Mart in Cleburne, Texas, had come together on Christmas Eve, 2002.
小題1:According to the passage, the woman’s Christmas wish was to ______.

A．collect $ 220 for her family	B．buy her son a CD player as a gift
C．buy enough food for her family	D．organize a big party for her son

小題2:Which of the following statements is TRUE about Jeffrey Kandt when the woman couldn’t find her money?

A．He was impatient and wanted to go home.

B．He wanted to see whether the woman had money or not.

C．He wanted the woman to stand in another line.

D．He didn’t think about the customers waiting behind the woman.

小題3:What does paragraph 5 mainly talk about?

A．a(chǎn) description of a man standing in the line

B．the cashier, Jeffery Kandt

C．the collection of $ 220

D．a(chǎn) reason why the strangers collected he money

小題4:What can we learn from the passage?

A．The woman collected money by herself.

B．The woman seemed to be poor, but in fact had lots of money.

C．Strangers in the line volunteered to help the woman.

D．The woman had never ay money.

A senior United Nations Children's fund （UNICEF） official on May 29 praised China for its remarkable achievements in children's welfare（福利）.
A.H.M. Farook, UNICEF's operations area officer for China and Mongolia said, “China can be very satisfied to tell the whole world what can be done with limited resources to help its children to grow healthily and happily.”
China's child population makes up one fifth of the world's total.
“The reason behind the remarkable achievement is China's long tradition of caring for children both at home and in society," he said.
“What's more is that Chinese people have always given special attention to children who are in special need."
The UN official made the remarks when addressing a group of 50 children and staff from the Beijing Children's Welfare Home at the Shangri la Hotel, Beijing.
The hotel invited the orphans to share snacks（小吃）, sing, dance and play games at a park inside the hotel for a “Share the Sunshine" party, as a prelude（前奏） to celebrations to mark the Children’s Day.
The Beijing children's Welfare Home, set up soon after New China was founded in 1949, has at present more than 400 children.
A leading official of the welfare institution said that the children live a happy life and that the agency spends 400－500 yuan a month for an average orphan. An average Chinese worker earned 440 yuan a month during the first quarter this year.  
Gu Xiaojin, deputy secretary general of the China Youth Development Foundation （CYDF）, said people from all walks of like have contributed to the welfare of the Chinese children.
She said that CYDF set up the Project Hope in 1989, which walls on people across the country to donate money to help poor children to continue their schooling.
By the end of last year, she said, CYDF had collected nearly 700 million yuan in donations, which has helped the establishment（建立） of 2,074 Hope primary schools and enabled more than 1.25 million dropouts to return to school classrooms.
小題1:According to the passage, how can children grow healthily and happily?

A．They are offered best education and satisfying life.

B．They must have their own parents who are rich.

C．Both the society and their parents care for them.

D．They are allowed to take part in many activities like computer games as often as possible.

小題2:From the passage, we know the Beijing Children's Welfare Home spends at least _____ yuan on the orphans every year.

A．1,920,000

B．700,000

C．874,000

D．900,000

小題3:Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A．China's population makes up one fifth of the world's total.

B．The CYDE has used the money to help reduce dropouts.

C．The Beijing children's Welfare Home was founded in 1989.

D．An average Chinese worker earned 440 yuan during the first quarter this year.

小題4:China can get the remarkable achievements in children’s welfare because _______.

A．There are many children’s welfare homes.

B．The Hope Project has been very successful.

C．The Chinese governments have been working harder than before.

D．China has a long tradition of caring for children both at home and in society.

In modern society there is a great deal of argument about competition. Some value it highly, believing that it is responsible for social progress and prosperity. Others say that competition is bad, for it sets one person against another and it leads to unfriendly relationship between people.
I have taught many children who held the belief that their self-worth relied on how well they performed at tennis and other skills. For them, playing well and winning are often life-and-death affairs. In their single-minded pursuit （追求） of success, the development of many other human qualities is sadly forgotten.
However, while some seem to be lost in the desire to succeed, others take an opposite attitude. In a culture which values only the winner and pays no attention to the ordinary players, they strongly blame competition. Among the most vocal are youngsters who have suffered under competitive pressures from their parents or society.
Teaching these young people, I often observe in them a desire to fail. They seem to seek failure by not trying to win or achieve success. By not trying, they always have an excuse: “I may have lost, but it doesn’t matter because I really didn’t try.” What is not usually admitted by them is the belief that if they had really tried and lost, that would mean a lot. Such a loss would be a measure of their worth.
Clearly, this belief is the same as that of the true competitors who try to prove themselves. Both are based on the mistaken belief that one’s self-respect relies on how well one performs in comparison with others. Both are afraid of not being valued. Only as this basic and often troublesome fear begins to dissolve （緩解） can we discover a new meaning in competition.
小題1:The underlined phrase “the most vocal” in Paragraph 3 refers to those who ______.

A．a(chǎn)re against competition most strongly.	B．a(chǎn)re fond of competition very much.
C．a(chǎn)re satisfied with competition.	D．a(chǎn)re interested in competition

小題2:According to the passage, why do some people support competition?

A．Because they think friendly relationship needs it.

B．Because they think social progress and prosperity need it.

C．Because they think it can make us become cleverer.

D．Because they think it can deal with many personal problems.

小題3:We can learn from the passage that __________.

A．a(chǎn)ll the people have the same opinion about competition

B．Failure can make most people feel down

C．Both the true competitors and those with a desire to fail believe one’s worth lies in his performance compared with others

D．Competition can make every competitor successful

小題4:The passage manly talks about different opinions about ________.

A．competition

B．success

C．failure

D．friendship