His mother always keeps telling him to         his table manners.

A．care        B．observe         C．mind         D．notice

What terrible weather! It          heavily for as long as eight hours.

A．snows           B．snowed           C．is snowing          D．has been snowing

Some medicine, when wrongly          , can kill a person.

A．take          B．taking         C．taken          D．to take

Is it the years          you worked in the factory         have a great effect on your literary works?

A．that; where          B．when; that       C．that; that          D．which; that

I can’t believe you; I know that you are          a story again.

A．making up       B．making out        C．giving out          D．turning out

When I was twelve years old, my father took me to see Zig Zigler. I remember sitting in that dark hall listening to Mr. Zigler   1  everyone’s spirits up to the ceiling; I left there feeling like I could do anything．When we got to the car，I   2  to my father and said, “Dad，I want to__3  people feel like that．” My father asked me what I meant．I said to him, “I want to be a   4 speaker just like Mr. Zigler,” I replied   5  ．A dream was born．

Recently，I began seeking my   6  of motivating(調(diào)動積極性) others．  7  a four—year relationship with Fortune 100 Company  8  as a sales—trainer and ending as a regional sales manager，I   9  the company at the height of my career．Many people Were 10  that I would leave after earning a six—figure income．And they asked  11  I would risk everything for a dream．

I made my  12  to start my own company and leave my secure position after  _13_ a regional sales meeting．The vice—president of our company delivered a  14  that changed my life．He asked us．“If a god would   15   you three wishes，what would they be?”After giving 16   a moment to write down the three   17  ，he then asked us，“Why do you need a good?”I would never forget the   18  I felt at that moment．I realized that everything I had   19  in the past had prepared me for this moment．I was   20  and didn’t need a god’s help to become a motivational speaker．A motivational speaker was born.

1．A．rise                       B．throw                  C．put                     D．raise

2．A．turned to               B．tended to             C．turned down        D．glared at

3．A．get                       B．want                   C．make                  D．cheer

4．A．exciting                 B．motivational         C．sensitive              D．surprising

5．A．sadly                    B．a(chǎn)ngrily                 C．disappointedly      D．proudly

6．A．dream                   B．speaker               C．idea                    D．suggestion

7．A．After                    B．Before                 C．Because              D．For

8．A．ending                  B．completing           C．beginning            D．regarding

9．A．stayed                   B．left                      C．started                D．continued

10．A．disappointed        B．worried               C．surprised             D．delighted

11．A．if                        B．how                    C．why                    D．that

12．A．plan                    B．promise               C．decision              D．mind

13．A．a(chǎn)ttending             B．joining                 C．entering               D．holding

14．A．newspaper           B．book                   C．report                 D．speech

15．A．deliver                 B．offer                   C．supply                 D．provide

16．A．them                   B．you                     C．us                       D．him

17．A．dreams                B．wishes                C．messages            D．notes

18．A．energy                B．force                   C．power                 D．weight

19．A．searched             B．wished                C．expected             D．a(chǎn)ccomplished

20．A．ready                 B．disappointed      C．glad             D．busy

The first time I saw Carlos I would never have believed he was going to change my life. I had my arms full of books and I was tearing into the classroom when 1 ran into something solid. It was Caries

“My God，you’re tall，” he said.

    Of course，the class began to laugh. Angry．I walked to my seat without a word.

I glanced back to see if Reed Harrington was laughing with the rest That would be the last straw But Reed was studying chemistry and did not seem to be aware of anything else. I didn’t know why I considered Reed my friend. Maybe just because he was a good two inches taller than I. Anyway，every time I blew out my birthday candles and made a wish，it was for a date with Reed Harrington

“Take that seat，” Mr. McCarthy told the cocky newcomer Carlos，pointing to the only empty one，in the back of the room

Carlos grinned “But I need a couple of dictionaries.”Again the class laughed，but now they were laughing with Carlos，not at him. He had been here only 10 minutes and already he had them on his side.

It was the school elections that made me think of Carlos again. Reed Harrington was voted president and Carlos vice－president. “How come?”I kept asking myself,“How come this shrimp who’s only been in town for a little over a month gets to be so popular?”

So that morning，I stopped Carlos and said，“It doesn’t seem to bother you-being short.”He looked up at me , “Of course I mind being short. But there isn’t anything I can do about it. When I realized I was going to have to spend my life in this undersized skin，I just decided to make the best of it and concentrate on being myself.” “You seem to get along great,”I admitted, “But what bout me? Nobody wants to date a girl taller than he is.” “The trouble with you is you’re afraid to be yourself. You’re smart. And you could be pretty. In fact, you mi2ht be more than pretty.” I felt myself turning red…

1．The author was angry because           .

      A．the class made fun of her                     B．Carlos was too rude to her

       C．she had to carry many books                D．Reed Harrington didn’t date her

2．Which of the following about Carlos is NOT TRUE?

       A．He was popular.

       B．He was new in the school.

       C．He was shorter than the author.

       D．He was chosen president in the school elections.

3．We can infer from the passage that         .

       A．Carlos and the author have become good friends

       B．the author will be more confident

       C．Carlos always encouraged the author

       D．the author was tall

4．What’s the best title of the passage?

      A．How to be popular                               B．A tall girl

       C．Be yourself                                         D．Something about Carlos

THE Little Mermaid, a fairy tale by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen is well known. It tells of a young mermaid who falls in love with a prince. She wants to be with the prince so she gives her tongue to a witch, who gives her legs for her fish tail. But the story has an unhappy ending. The little mermaid never gets to be with the prince.

At the Denmark Pavilion (展館) at Shanghai Expo 2010, visitors will have a chance to meet the little mermaid. How so? In the form of the famous statue from Copenhagen.

Petersen Niels Lund Petersen, designer of the pavilion said that the idea was to find something for the Chinese and the Danish to share.

“Hans Christian Andersen is very well known in China. We were even told that his fairy tales are part of the Chinese school curriculum,” Petersen said to China Daily.

The brewer (釀酒商)Carl Jacobsen of Carlsberg gave the statue to the city of Copenhagen in 1913. the work of Edvard Erichsen, the statue, is one of the most well – loved in Denmark. About 75 percent of all tourists who visit the Danish capital go to see the Little Mermaid.

Visitors to the pavilion will find the Little Mermaid in the water from Gopenhagen’s harbor – just as she is in her home city. Two decades ago the harbor was filthy with pollution from factories. Today it is so clean that local people will sometimes take a swim in it. Visitors to the pavilion will be able to take off their socks and shoes and dip their toes in the water.

The pavilion will give visitors a sense of life in a modern Danish city. They can ride a bicycle in a Danish bicycle path, visit a park on the roof and have an organic picnic there, China Daily reports.

1．The statue of the Little Mermaid will be at Shanghai Expo 2010 because         .

       A．it was created by famous author Hans Christian Andersen

       B．the fairy tale of the Little Mermaid is part of the Chinese school course

       C．the Danish government thinks it can introduce people to the history of the country

       D．the designer of the Denmark Pavilion believes it will be something that the Chinese and the Danish can share

2．The underlined word “filthy” probably means          .

       A．dirty                   B．clean                   C．undeveloped        D．well – known

3．At the Denmark Pavilion, visitors will be able to do all of the following EXCEPT        .

       A．enjoy an organic picnic

       B．ride a bicycle along a Danish bicycle path

       C．see a film called The Little Mermaid

       D．dip their toes in the water by the little mermaid statue

4．With the pavilion, Denmark wants to         .

      A．show off the modern life there

       B．recommend its bicycle and food industry

       C．remind visitors to live an environmentally friendly life

       D．a(chǎn)ttract people to swim in the water from Copenhagen’s harbor

Modern scientists have made great development in building computers that can imitate logical thought. There are two schools of thought on artificial intelligence (人工智能). Supporters of “Strong AI” consider that all human thought can be broken down into a set of mathematical operations. They expect that they will one day be able to copy the human mind and create a robot able to both think and feel, with a sense of self – the stuff of classic science fiction. Supporters of “Weak AI” think a computer might seem intelligent, but it is not aware of what it is doing, with no sense of self or consciousness.

Now the development of life – like robots may be closer to reality than you think. Engineers have created robotic soccer players, and bees that act like the real thing.

Powered by a small battery on her back, humanoid robot Lola is a soccer champion. “The idea of the robot is that it can walk and see things because it has a video camera on top,” Raul Rojas, Ph. D., professor of artificial intelligence at Freie University in Berlin, Germany, told Ivanhoe. Using the camera on her head, Lola recognizes objects by color.

“Using this camera, Lola can locate objects on the floor, such as a red ball, go after the ball and try to score a goal,” said Dr. Rojas. German engineers have also created a bee robot. It can imitate the bee’s “waggle” dance which communicates the location of food and water.

“Later what we want to prove is that the robot can send the bees in any decided direction using the waggle dance,” said Dr. Rojas.

Robots like this could one day become high – tech surveillance (偵察) tools that secretly fly and record data.

1．Robotic soccer players mentioned in the text reach the level of         .

       A．“Strong AI” technology                        B．“Weak AI” technology

       C．being able to think themselves               D．having a sense of consciousness 

2．How does Lola tell different objects according to the text?

       A．By microwave.    B．By sound.            C．By smell.             D．By color.

3．The underlined word “this” in the last paragraph refers to “       ”.

       A．a(chǎn) bee robot                                          B．a(chǎn) robotic soccer player

       C．a(chǎn) been that can use the waggle dance     D．a(chǎn) surveillance tool

4．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text?

       A．A robot able to both think and feel only exists in science fiction now. 

       B．Scientists have created the robots that can play soccer better than men.

       C．Engineers have created robotic soccer players and bees that can replace the real thing.

       D．Scientists have made great development in recording data in the past few years.

As school starts again, there’s so much more for an American parent to nag (嘮叨) about, like homework, bedtime and lost hours on the Internet.

But in the age of digital childhood, Jacky Longwell, 45, of McLean, Virginia, often text – messages what she once told her children by mouth: Be nice to your brother; walk the dog; remember your reading.

This is the world of the modern family, in which even reminding children to do something has become electronic.

There are changes in how parents nag and in what they nag about and in how often of their nagging.

With technology, “you nag more, and you are a little bit more precise (具體的) with your nagging,” said Reginald Black, 46, of Woodbridge, Virginia.

For many young people electronic nagging is part of the experience of growing up.

Charles Flowers,17, a senior at St. John’s College High School in Washington, says his mother reminds him about everything from laundry, being on time to baseball practice and mowing the lawn by text.

When she uses capitals he knows she’s serious: GET HOME!

Some say technology has made nagging less annoying. Jacky Longwell thinks texts are less emotional than spoken messages and less likely to be resisted by teenagers.

“It’s not as painful for them to hear it by text. It becomes grouped with the friendly communication.” she said. “They can’t hear the nagging.”

She thinks a good way to do it is to mix friendliness with nagging. A parent can always start by saying hello.

Not all parents like the new electronic nagging. Joyce Bouchard, 51, a mother of four in Fairfax, Virginia, texts her 14 – year – old son but says that for many things – chores, homework – the old – fashioned way works better. Nagging by text has risks. She notes: “I always think, if you’re texting them something and they’re with their friends, they are getting a big laugh out of it.”

1．The main idea of the article is         .

       A．what American parents like to nag about

       B．why American parents like to nag their children

       C．that electronic nagging is becoming common in the US

       D．how American parents began to nag their children by text messages

2．The example of Reginald Black is used to show readers          .

       A．that her nagging is thoughtful

       B．that she likes nagging her children very much

       C．the kind of skills a parent needs to nag effectively

       D．how the amount and kind of nagging have changed with the arrival of the digital age

3．The underlined sentence “Nagging by text has risks.” Most probably means “       ”.

       A．Electronic nagging costs too much

       B．Nagging messages may be resisted

       C．Receiving texts is harmful to teenagers’ health

       D．Parents are likely to be addicted to nagging by text

4．We can infer from the article that         .

       A．it’s better for parents to nag in a friendly way

       B．if nagging is electronic, it is not annoying

       C．American parents generally don’t like to nag

       D．American parents like to use capital letters in messages