“Old wives’ tales” are beliefs passed from one generation to another. For example, most of us remember our parents’ telling us to eat more of certain foods or not to do certain things. Is there any truth in these teachings? Some of them agree with present medical thinking, but others have not passed the test of time.

Did your mother ever tell you to eat your carrots because they are good for your eyes? Scientists now report that eating carrots can help prevent a serious eye disease called macular degeneration. Eating just one carrot a day can reduce the possibility of getting this disease by 40%. Garlic(蒜) is good for you, too. It can kill the type of virus that causes colds.

Unfortunately, not all of Mom’s advice passed the test of medical studies. For example, generations of children have been told not to go swimming within an hour after eating. But research suggests that there is no danger in doing so. Do sweets cause tooth problems? Well, yes and no. Sticky sweets made with grains tend to cause more problems than sweets made with simple sugars.

Even though science can tell us that some of our traditional beliefs don’t hold water, there is still a lot of truth in the old wives’ tales. After all, much of this knowledge has been accumulated(積累) from thousands of years of experience in family health care. We should respect this body of knowledge even as we search for clear scientific support to prove it true or false.

67．The author develops the third paragraph mainly         .

A. by cause and effect          B. by order in space

C. by examples               D. by order in time

68．Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?

A. Eating garlic is good for our eyes.

B. Carrots prevent people from catching colds.

C. Swimming after a meal is dangerous.

D. Sticky sweets are damaging to our teeth.

69．What is the author’s attitude toward “old wives’ tales” in the text?

A. Objective.     B. Subjective.        C. Dissatisfied.        D. Curious. 

70．The phrase “hold water” in the last paragraph most probably means “      .”

A. to be valuable         B. to be believable

C. to be admirable          D. to be suitable

It’s parents’ worst nightmare. Their child doesn’t come home one evening and is missing for several days.    

    When a 14-year-old boy from Atlanta, Georgia disappeared earlier this year, his mother turned to her Smartphone for clues using an app（應(yīng)用程序） called Family Tracker that helped track his location.

    “You can see where your loved ones are without having to call or bother them. ”said Roberto Franceschetti of LogSat, the creators of the Family Tracker, which has more than 100,000 users and is available worldwide.    

    Parents can track the location of their child on a map, send messages, and even sound an alarm on the phone in a long distance.

    “We have an option for the sender to make a very unpleasant, noisy sound. It’s a loud alarm and we repeat that sound every two minutes until the person picks it up, ”he said.

    Parents don’t need to own a Smartphone to track their children. The service is also accessible through the web, as long as the phone that is being tracked is running the app.

    Family Tracker has an additional service that keeps records of all data from the app for a two-week period, which the company calls GPS breadcrumbs.

    “With a subscription（預(yù)定）, we keep all the locations where people have been on our servers. You can see where your kid has been for the past two weeks. You can find out where someone was at a certain time or when that person was at a specific place, ”Franceschetti explained.

    “When somebody gets abducted（劫持）, usually whoever does this throws the phone away or takes the battery out. We were hoping that our app would at least provide information on where the person was abducted or where they had been in the past. ”

    But will these types of apps let out personal secrets?

    “The advantages are huge compared to the disadvantages. Let’s not forget that the person always has to give initial permission—no one can be tracked unless they allow someone to do it. ”said Franceschetti.

64．According to the passage, all of the following about “Family Tracker” are true EXCEPT that __________.

  A. it can help parents know where their children are 

  B. all parents don’t need to own a Smartphone to track children

  C. parents can use all the services of the app for free

  D. it has little to do with letting out personal secrets

65．What can we infer from the passage?

  A. The app will enjoy a great popularity in the future. 

  B. The loss of children won’t be a nightmare for parents any more.

  C. The app will repeat the loud alarm continuously whenever parents track children.

  D. The app can keep records of information for more than half a month.

66．Which belong to the functions of the new app?

  a. track location      b. detect criminals      c. send messages

  d. protect privacy          e. send remote alarm    f. record information

  A. a, b, c, e            B. a, c, e, f                C. a, c, d, e                D. a, d, e, f

Like every other Olympics, the London 2012 Olympics will depend upon thousands of volunteers to help with the smooth running of the event. To show the importance of the role, London 2012 volunteers are to be called ‘Game Makers’. Lord Coe has said recently: “London 2012 is relying on brilliant Game Makers to help us create a great Olympic and Paralympic Games. ”

 Despite the hard-work and often unsociable hours required of volunteers, applications to be considered as a Game Maker were unprecedented（空前的） with all the 70, 000 available positions applied within days. But, for those still interested in helping out during 2012 and being in the middle of the action, there are still a lot of opportunities available.    

    If you were one of those who missed out on the chance of becoming London 2012 volunteers, you can now apply to be one of the 8, 000 London Ambassadors（大使）. This important role involves greeting fans from all over the world, welcoming them to the fantastic capital city of London and providing a friendly face as well as help, advice and a good old traditional warm British welcome. The view of London most visitors take away with them after the 2012 Olympics will mostly be down to the volunteers and ambassadors, so these roles play a very important part in the process of making the UK a great place to travel to.    

    Becoming a London Ambassador is a brilliant way to be involved with the London 2012 volunteers scheme and become a part of what should be an historic summer.

61．Why are London 2012 volunteers called “Game Makers”?

    A. They’ll decide whether the London 2012 Olympics are a success.

    B. They play an important role in the London 2012 Olympics.

    C. The London 2012 Olympics won’t be organized without them.

    D. They will work hard and effectively.

62．Which of the following can replace the underlined part “be down to” in Paragraph 4?

  A. be the responsibility of                          

  B. be under the control of

  C. be in harmony with                                

  D. be in charge of    

63．What’s the purpose of the passage?

A. To appeal to more volunteers.            

B. To introduce the London 2012 Olympics.

C. To show the importance of volunteers.  

D. To guide how to spend the historic summer.

Habits, whether good or bad, are gradually formed. When a person does a certain thing again, he is driven by some unseen force to do the same thing repeatedly, then a habit is formed. Once a habit is formed, it is difficult, and sometimes impossible, to get rid of. It is therefore very important that we should pay great attention to the formation of habits. Children often form bad habits, some of which remain with them as long as they live. Older persons also form bad habits lasting as long as they live, and sometimes become ruined by them.

    Among the habits which children should not form are laziness, lying, stealing and so on. These are all easily formed habits. Unluckily older persons often form habits which could have been avoided.

    We should keep away from all these bad habits, and try to form such habits as will be good for ourselves and others.

56． ____ are formed litde by little.

A. Good habits

B. Bad habits

C. Both good habits and bad habits

D. Either good habits or bad habits

57．The underlined word "them" in the first paragraph refers to "____"

    A. bad habits        B. good habits         C. bad children    D. other persons

58．Generally speaking, it's difficult for one _____ and easy for them _____ which should be avoided.

A. to form bad habits; to form good habits

B. to form good habits; to form bad habits

C. to form good habits; to get rid of had habits

D. to get rid of bad habits: to form good habits

59．Why should we pay much attention to the formation of habits?

    A. Because a man can never get rid of a habit.

    B. Because we are forced to do them again and again.

    C. Because habits are of great help to every one of us at present.

    D. Because it's hard and sometimes even impossible to throw away bad habits.

60．According to the passage, early rising _____.

    A. has something to do with success

    B. is an easily formed habit

    C. is such a habit as should have been avoided

    D. is such a habit as won't be kept

The story happened on a hot heavy rainy day.

    After class, I took a few bottles to go and   36   some water from the water room. Oh! There were so many people! I had to wait   37   the rain. My hair didn't get wet because I wore a hat, but my clothes  38  .

    When at last it was my   39   , I filled the bottles as quickly as possible. I began making my way back when I saw a boy   40   towards me. He   41   two umbrellas in his hand. He shouted hello and as he came   42   , I recognized that it was Tom.

    He   43   my classmate for nearly three years, but we never   44   more than ten sentences. He was silent, but I liked talking. We were quite   45   people and had nothing in common. I didn't   46   him and even didn't want to see him.

    "Hey! What's wrong?" His words   47   me out of my thought. "I saw you   48   in the rain, so I brought you this umbrella. But it seems a little   49   , your clothes are already wet,"

    On hearing this, I was so   50   that I couldn't say a single word.

"Don't just stand there. Let's go!" He said and held the umbrella for me. We walked towards   51   and this time we talked   52   .

    "I know you don't like me, but I want to   53   with you." he said, "You may think I am silent, but it is because I can't find the right   54   to say."

The rain finally stopped and we saw a rainbow in the blue sky. I said to myself, "It is wrong to  55  someone only by his appearance.

36．A. collect             B. drink C. move               D. hold

37．A. under                             B. in              C. at                     D. on

38．A. did                          B. got            C. is                     D. does

39．A. wish                       B. duty   C. job                   D. turn

40．A. come                             B. came C. coming             D. comes

41．A. had held                  B. has held C. was holding    D. holds

42．A. near                        B. nearly        C. nearer              D. nearest

43．A. has been              B. had been      C. is                     D. would be

44．A. shared                     B. talked        C. spoke               D. called

45．A. the same                  B. familiar C. strange          D. the best

46．A. hate                        B. ignore        C. like           D. forget

47．A. brought                   B. made C. got                   D. surprised

48．A. stood                       B. stand   C. standing    D. are standing

49．A. early                       B. frequent C. usual             D. late

50．A. moving                    B. move C. moved              D. moves

51．A. the meeting room     B. the park C. the playground D. the dormitory

52．A. nothing                    B. too much C. a lot             D. something

53．A. make friends     B. have words       C. have a speech D. shake a hand

54．A. times                       B. words       C. places              D. news

55．A. understand               B. see            C. judge         D. decide

—I was caught in the heavy rain, so I couldn’t be back by 7 o’clock.

    —__________! Janna was here to see you.

    A. Good luck      B. What a pity      C. Never do it again      D. Well done

Either you or one of your family members __________the opening ceremony next week.

    A. attends           B. attend      C. is to attend      D. are to attend

__________people relaxation and pleasure, but it can also increase their knowledge of any kind.

    A. Not only can travel give        B. Not only can give travel

    C. Not only travel can give   D. Not only travel gives

It was in the lab __________was in the charge of Professor Smith __________they carried out the experiment.

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

—Bad luck. My computer doesn’t work.

    —Why not turn to John? No one can match him in our class when it __________repairing computers.

    A. comes to        B. leads to          C. contributes to        D. attends to