Dogs have a very good __ of smell and are often used to search for survivors in an earthquake.

A. sense                B. view                 C. means                      D. idea

Don’t promise anything ______ you are one hundred percent sure.

A. whether                   B. after                  C. how                         D. unless

Everything was perfect for the picnic ______ the weather.

A. in place of         B. as well as          C. except for                D. in case of

Running a company is not ______ a matter of hiring people — they also need to be trained.

A. simply               B. partly                      C. seriously                  D. equally

Why are you so anxious? It isn’t your problem ______.

A. on purpose              B. in all                  C. on time                    D. after all

—Shall we go out for dinner tonight?

—______.

A. You are right            B. It must be funny       C. That sounds great     D. Have a nice time

    In the depths of my memory, many things I did with my father still live. These things come to represent, in fact, what I call __1__and love.

    I don’t remember my father ever getting into a swimming tool. But he did __2__the water. Any kind of __3__ride seemed to give him pleasure. __4__he loved to fish; sometimes he took me along.

    But I never really liked being on the water, the way my father did. I liked being __5__the water, moving through it, __6__it all around me. I was not a strong __7__, or one who learned to swim early, for I had my __8__. But I loved being in the swimming pool close to my father’s office and __9__those summer days with my father, who __10__ come by on a break. I needed him to see what I could do. My father would stand there in his suit, the __11__person not in swimsuit.

    After swimming, I would go __12__ his office and sit on the wooden chair in front of his big desk, where he let me __13__anything I found in his top desk drawer. Sometimes, if I was left alone at his desk __14__ he worked in the lab, an assistant or a student might come in and tell me perhaps I shouldn’t be playing with his _15__. But my father always __16__and said easily, “Oh, no, it’s __17__.” Sometimes he handed me coins and told me to get __18__ an ice cream…

    A poet once said, “We look at life once, in childhood,; the rest is __19__.” And I think it is not only what we “l(fā)ook at once, in childhood” that determines our memories, but __20__, in that childhood, look at us.

1．A. desire                    B. joy               C. anger            D. worry

2．A. avoid                     B. refuse           C. praise          D. love

3．A. boat                     B. bus             C. train            D. bike

4．A. But                      B. Then            C. And           D. Still

5．A. on                      B. off             C. by             D. in

6．A. having                    B. leaving          C. making          D. getting

7．A. swimmer                B. rider             C. walker           D. runner

8．A. hopes                   B. faiths             C. rights                   D. fears

9．A. spending                 B. saving              C. wasting           D. ruining

10．A. should                  B. would          C. had to           D. ought to

11．A. next                    B. only              C. other              D. last

12．A. away from              B. out of          C. by                 D. inside

13．A. put up                  B. break down       C. play with          D. work out

14．A. the moment             B. the first time     C. while              D. before

15. A. fishing net               B. office things     C. wooden chair    D. lab equipment

16. A. stood up                   B. set out            C. showed up               D. turned out

17. A. fine                         B. strange              C. terrible             D. funny

18. A. the student               B. the assistant      C. myself              D. himself

19. A. memory                   B. wealth              C. experience               D. practice

20. A. which                     B. who                C. what                D. whose

   Adrian’s “Amazing Race” started early when his parents realized that he, as a baby, couldn’t hear a thing, not even loud noises. In a special school for the hearing-impaired (聽(tīng)覺(jué)受損的)，he learned sign language and got to mix with other disabled children. However, the sight of all the disabled children communicating with one another upset his mother. She wanted him to lead a normal life. So after speaking to an advisor, she sent him to private classes where he learned to read lips and pronounce words.

   Later on, Adrian’s parents decided to send him to a regular school. But the headmaster tried to prevent them from doing so, saying regular school couldn’t take care of a special needs students. His parents were determined to take the risk and push him hard to go through his work everyday because they wanted to prove that, given the opportunity, he could do anything. Adrian made the grade and got accepted. It was a big challenge. The pace （節(jié)奏）was faster so he had to sit at the front of the class and really pay attention to the teacher, which wasn’t always easy. But he stuck to it and did a lot of extra work after school.

   The efforts made by Adrian and his parents paid off. Adrian graduated with good grades and got into a top high school. He also achieved a lot in life outside school. He developed a love for the outdoors and went to Nepal to climb mountains. He even entered the World Yacht Race 05/06--- being the first hearing-impaired Asian to do so.

   But none of these achievements would have been possible without one of the most important lessons from his mother.” “If you believe in yourself and work hard, you can achieve great results.” She often said.

1. How did Adrian communicate with other children in the special school?

   A. By speaking.                             B. By using sign language

   C. By reading lips                          D. By making loud noises

2. Adrian’s parents decided to send him to a regular school because          .

   A. they wanted him to live a normal life

   B. they wanted to prove the headmaster wrong

   C. he wouldn’t mix with other disabled children

   D. he wasn’t taken good care of in the special school

3. How did Adrian finally succeed in his study?

   A. He did a lot of outdoor activities.

   B. He was pushed hard to study every day.

   C. He attended private classes after school.

   D. He worked very hard both in and after class

4. Why is Adrian’s life described as an “Amazing Race”?

   A. He did very well in his study

   B. He succeeded in entering a regular school

   C. He reached his goals in spite of his disability

   D. He took part in the World Yacht Race 05/06

Below is a discussion on a website.

1. Who would miss his or her family most?

   A. Jaime       B. Jayne      C. Miko          D. Paola.

2. Which of the following people would feel most uncomfortable without the news media?

   A. Steve.       B. Jaime     C. Roger.         D. Tomas

3. How many of them mentioned that they would miss food or drink?

   A. One         B. Two      C. Three          D. Four

A Brown University sleep researcher has some advice for people who run high schools: Don’t start classes so early in the morning. It may not be that the students who nod off at their desks are lazy. And it may not be that their parents have failed to enforce (確保) bedtime. Instead, it may be that biologically these sleepyhead students aren’t used to the early hour.

“Maybe these kids me being asked to rise at the wrong time for their bodies,” says Mary Carskadon, a professor looking at problem of adolescent  (青春期的) sleep at Brown’s School of Medicine.

Carskadon is trying to understand more about the effects of early school time in adolescents. And, at a more basic level. She and her team are trying to learn more about how the biological changes of adolescence affect sleep needs and patterns.

Carskadon says her work suggests that adolescents may need more sleep than they did at childhood, no less, as commonly thought.

Sleep patters change during adolescence, as any parent of an adolescent can prove. Most adolescents prefer to stay up later at nigh and sleep later in the morning. But it’s not just a matter of choice –their bodies are going through a change of sleep patters.

All of this makes the transfer from middle school to high school—which may start one hour earlier in the morning  ---- all the more difficult , Carskadon says. With their increased need for sleep and their biological clocks set on the “sleep late, rise late” pattern, adolescent are up against difficulties when it conics to trying to be up by 5 or 6 a.m. for a 7:30 a.m. first hell. A short sleep on a desktop may be their body’s way of saying. “I need a timeout.”

1. Carskadon suggests that high schools should not start classes so early in the morning because ______.

   A. it is really tough for parents to enforce bedtime

   B. it is biologically difficult for students to rise early

   C. students work so late at night that they can’t get up early

   D. students are so lazy that they don’t like to go to school early

2. The underlined phrase “nod off” most probably means “ _______”.

   A. turn around               B. agree with others       C. full asleep          D. refuse to work

3. What might be a reason for the hard transfer middle school to high school?

   A. Adolescents depend more on their parents.

   B. Adolescents have to choose their sleep patterns.

   C. Adolescents sleep better than they did at childhood.

   D. Adolescents need more sleep than they used to.

4. What is the test mainly about?

   A. Adolescent heath care.                      B. Problems in adolescent learning.

   C. Adolescent sleep difficulties.             D. Changes in adolescent sleep needs and patterns.