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John Steinbeck once said, “All American believe they are born fishermen. For a man to admit to a distaste in fishing would be like speaking publicly against mother-love or hating moonlight”.
I can’t say I’m the biggest John Steinbeck fan. Actually, the only thing I can ever remember reading by him was “The Pearl” when I was in middle school, but I couldn’t agree more with the man when it comes to fishing. When I am on a boat in the middle of the lay Lake, fishing off the shores of the Florida Keys for tarpon or catching rainbow trout in the Shoshone River of Wyoming. Fishing is my life.
According to the American Sports Fishing Association, the fishing industry brings in more than $ 116 billion per year from fishermen across the country.
Though a beautiful picture to imagine, fishing is much more than that. Fishing is a way of life from many people and a way to escape everyday stress. Being a fisherman makes me a member of a wonderful group of people extending to all walks of life. Even President Bush can be found fishing on his farm in Texas with his good friend Roland Martin when the jobs gets too stressful.
I can remember fishing with my grandfather when I was 5 years old on his boat at Lake Michel. Although I didn’t understand what I was doing, I did know that my grandfather was happy and that made me happy. Since then I’ve spent the past 16 years on the rivers and lakes of Alabama.
After days of practice, before and after work, I slowly developed an understanding of fishing. My boss, Ric Horst, took me back to the Shoshone, and I managed to bring in a 19-inch cutthroat trout. Fishing with Ric was a life-changing experience for me. He not only showed me how to fish correctly, but also told me how fishing could be a way to escape your problems.
Since then, prime-time season seems to take forever to arrive.
Now, with the ending of February and beginning of March is sight, the excitement of heading out to Lake Tus caloosa or Lake Lurleen before classes and catching something has finally returned.

  1. 1.

    What John Steinbeck said in the first paragraph implies that ______

    1. A.
      American are believed to be the offspring of fishermen.
    2. B.
      it is unthinkable for an American to admit his dislike of fishing.
    3. C.
      all American are expert at fishing.
    4. D.
      those who dislike fishing would not love their mother.
  2. 2.

    The writer came to understand the real meaning of fishing ______.

    1. A.
      when he was reading “The Pearl” by John Steinbeck
    2. B.
      when he went fishing with his grandfather at Lake Mitchell
    3. C.
      after he had spent 16 years on the rivers and lakes of Alabama
    4. D.
      after he went fishing with his boss, Ric Horst on the Shoshone
  3. 3.

    According to the author, ______.

    1. A.
      people can get to know VIPs when fishing
    2. B.
      people can smooth away all the troubles by fishing
    3. C.
      fishing is a way of communication
    4. D.
      fishing is a way of life for most American people
  4. 4.

    What is the purpose of the writing?

    1. A.
      To describe the writer’s experience and understanding of fishing.
    2. B.
      To explain the reason why so many Americans like fishing.
    3. C.
      To make others understand the industry of fishing.
    4. D.
      To express his opinions about fishing in different time of the year.

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Even plants can run a fever, especially when they're under attack by insects or disease. But unlike human, plants can have their temperature taken from 3,000 feet away—straight up. A decade ago, adopting the infrared(紅外線)scanning technology developed for military purposes and other satellites, physicist Stephen Paley came up with a quick way to take the temperature of crops to determine which ones are under stress. The goal was to let farmers precisely target pesticide(殺蟲劑)spraying rather than rain poison on a whole field, which invariably includes plants that don't have pest problems.
Even better, Paley's Remote Scanning Services Company could detect crop problems before they became visible to the eye. Mounted on a plane flown at 3,000 feet at night, an infrared scanner measured the heat emitted by crops. The data were transformed into a colour­coded map showing where plants were running “fevers”. Farmers could then spot­spray, using 50 to 70 percent less pesticide than they otherwise would.
The bad news is that Paley's company closed down in 1984, after only three years. Farmers resisted the new technology and long­term backers were hard to find. But with the renewed concern about pesticides on produce, and refinements in infrared scanning, Paley hopes to get back into operation. Agriculture experts have no doubt the technology works. “This technique can be used on 75 percent of agricultural land in the United States, ” says George Oerther of Texas A & M. Ray Jackson, who recently retired from the Department of Agriculture, thinks remote infrared crop scanning could be adopted by the end of the decade. But only if Paley finds the financial backing which he failed to obtain 10 years ago.

  1. 1.

    Plants will send out an increased amount of heat when they are________.

    1. A.
      facing an infrared scanner
    2. B.
      sprayed with pesticides
    3. C.
      in poor physical condition
    4. D.
      exposed to excessive sun rays
  2. 2.

    In order to apply pesticide spraying precisely, we can use infrared scanning to________.

    1. A.
      estimate the damage to the crops
    2. B.
      draw a colour­coded map
    3. C.
      measure the size of the affected area
    4. D.
      locate the problem area
  3. 3.

    Farmers can save a considerable amount of pesticide by________.

    1. A.
      resorting to spot­spraying
    2. B.
      transforming poisoned rain
    3. C.
      consulting infrared scanning experts
    4. D.
      detecting crop problems at an early stage
  4. 4.

    The application of infrared scanning technology to agriculture met with some difficulties—________.

    1. A.
      its high cost
    2. B.
      the lack of official support
    3. C.
      the lack of financial support
    4. D.
      its failure to help increase production

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Every Friday we have a fire alarm test at nine o'clock sharp, and even though the sound is very noisy, I am so happy because when I heard that it reminded me today is Friday and tomorrow is weekend, it is the last working day of the week and I have two days off, it’s so excited!Sometimes we have a fire drill, when you hear the fire alarm, everybody have to run out through the fire exit.
One Monday at nine o’clock, the alarm was sounded and I was working behind the fish house and didn’t hear it. The department manager and staff were looking for me thoroughly, finally they found me and asked me to stop my job and follow them went out.
"I am busy, No problem! You leave, I work." I said.
"No, this is the law, everybody has to leave." The manager said.
I understood that if I insisted not to leave, they must carry me out. I went out with them together finally, no choice.
One afternoon, when I was working outside, the fire alarm cropped up（突然出現(xiàn)） sounding wildly, nobody knew what’s happening, some were standing and looking around, some were asking questions, some were running, I knew this wasn’t a test or drill, must be a real one. At that moment, one lady called me from a distance:"Jinglebell: leave your job, go out quickly."I joined the crowded flow of customers and staff going out. I asked somebody what's happened? And they told me this is a real one as there was some smoke on the shop floor.Finally I found out, actually there was no problem, that it was an electrician who used the equipment for the carpet and made a little smoke.
After that I asked somebody how to deal with the customer’s food in the restaurant in that case, because they went out to leave because of the fire, but hadn't finished their food. They told me that the customers who had bought food or drinks there could get a new one.
I don't understand, if in China, under that situation, everybody must carry a bucket（桶） or some other water containers to the fire spot, to fight the flames.
I agree with the English emphasis the human right, but maybe a very small problem could become a big problem while everybody had withdrawn from the shop, because the fire fighters could not come at once.
I was just thinking.

  1. 1.

    Despite the noise from the fire alarm, the author still feels happy because _____.

    1. A.
      the noise lasts too long
    2. B.
      the noise is not too loud
    3. C.
      the noise reminds the author of the coming of weekend
    4. D.
      the author often ignores it when working
  2. 2.

    If there is a fire breaking out in a restaurant, what will happen in China?

    1. A.
      people will go out to leave
    2. B.
      people will scream and cry in panic
    3. C.
      people will not leave until they finish their food
    4. D.
      people will carry a basket or some water containers to help put out the flames
  3. 3.

    What’s the author’s attitude to the human right?

    1. A.
      Approval
    2. B.
      Rejection
    3. C.
      Neutral
    4. D.
      Not mentioned
  4. 4.

    Why does the author think that a very small problem may become a big one while everybody had withdrawn from the shop?

    1. A.
      Because the author thinks the fire is dangerous
    2. B.
      Because the author thinks the fire spreads fast
    3. C.
      Because the author thinks the fire fighters could not come at once
    4. D.
      Because the author thinks the human right is important

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I recently turned fifty,which is young for a tree,midlife for an elephant,and ancient for a sportsman.Fifty is a nice number for the states in the US or for a national speed limit,but it is not a number that I was prepared to have hung on me.Fifty is supposed to be my father’s age,but now I am stuck with this number and everything it means.
A few days ago,a friend tried to cheer me up by saying,“Fifty is what forty used to be.”He had made an inspirational point.Am I over the hill?People keep telling me that the hill has been moved,and I keep telling them that the high-jump bar has dropped from the six feet I once easily cleared to the four feet that is impossible for me now.
“You’re not getting older,you’re getting better,”says Dr.Joyce Brothers.This,however,is the kind of doctor who inspires a second opinion.
And so,as I approach the day when I cannot even jump over the tennis net,I am moved to share some thoughts on aging with you.I am moved to show how aging feels to me physically and mentally.Getting older,of course,is obviously a better change than the one that brings you eulogies(悼詞).In fact,a poet named Robert Browning considered it the best change of all:
Grow old along with me!
The best is yet to be.
Whether or not Browning was right,most of my first fifty years have been golden ones,so I will settle for what is ahead being as good as what has gone by.I find myself moving toward what is ahead with a curious blend(混合)of both fighting and accepting my aging,hoping that the philosopher(哲學(xué)家)was right when he said.“Old is always fifteen years from now.”

  1. 1.

    The author seems to tell us in Paragraph 1 that         .

    1. A.
      time alone will tell
    2. B.
      time goes by quickly
    3. C.
      time will show what is right
    4. D.
      time makes one forget the past
  2. 2.

    When the author turned fifty,people around him         .

    1. A.
      tried to comfort him
    2. B.
      got inspirations from him
    3. C.
      were friendlier with him
    4. D.
      found him more talkative
  3. 3.

    The author considers his fifty years of life         .

    1. A.
      peaceful
    2. B.
      ordinary
    3. C.
      satisfactory
    4. D.
      regretful
  4. 4.

    We can infer from the passage that         .

    1. A.
      the old should lead a simple life
    2. B.
      the old should face the fact of aging
    3. C.
      the old should take more exercise
    4. D.
      the old should fill themselves with curiosity

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The Pacific island nation of Nauru used to be a beautiful place. Now it is an ecological disaster area. Nauru’s heartbreaking story could have one good consequence — other countries might learn from its mistakes.
For thousands of years, Polynesian people lived the remote island of Nauru, far from western civilization. The first European to arrive was John Fearn in 1798. He was the British captain of the Hunter, a whaling ship. He called the island Pleasant Island.
However, because it was very remote, Nauru had little communication with Europeans at first. The whaling ships and other traders began to visit, bringing guns and alcohol. These elements destroyed the social balance of the twelve family groups on the island. A ten-year civil war started, which reduced the population from 1,400 to 900.
Nauru’s real troubles began in 1899 when a British mining company discovered phosphate (磷酸鹽)on the island. In fact, it found that the island of Nauru was nearly all phosphate, which a very important fertilizer for farming. The company began mining the phosphate.
A phosphate mine is not a hole in the ground; it is a strip mine. When a company strip-mines, it removes the top layer of soil. Then it takes away the material it wants. Strip mining totally destroys the land. Gradually, the lovely island of Nauru started to look like the moon.
In 1968, Nauru became one of the richest countries in the world. Every year the government received millions and millions of dollars for its phosphate.
Unfortunately, the leaders invested the money unwisely and lost millions of dollars. In addition, they used millions more dollars for personal expenses. Soon people realized that they had a terrible problem — their phosphate was running out. Ninety percent of their island was destroyed and they had nothing. By 2000, Nauru was financially ruined. Experts say that it would take approximately $433,600,000 and more than 20 years to repair the island. This will probably never happen.

  1. 1.

    What might be the author’s purpose in writing the text?

    1. A.
      To seek help for Nauru’s problems.
    2. B.
      To give a warning to other countries
    3. C.
      To show the importance of money
    4. D.
      To tell a heartbreaking story of a war.
  2. 2.

    What was Nauru like before the Europeans came?

    1. A.
      Rich and powerful
    2. B.
      Modern and open
    3. C.
      Peaceful and attractive
    4. D.
      Greedy and aggressive
  3. 3.

    The ecological disaster in Nauru resulted from _______.

    1. A.
      soil pollution
    2. B.
      phosphate overmining
    3. C.
      farming activity
    4. D.
      whale hunting
  4. 4.

    Which of the following was a cause of Nauru’s financial problem?

    1. A.
      Its leaders misused the money
    2. B.
      It spent too much repairing the island
    3. C.
      Its phosphate mining cost much money
    4. D.
      It lost millions of dollars in the civil war.
  5. 5.

    What can we learn about Nauru from the last paragraph?

    1. A.
      The ecological damage is difficult to repair.
    2. B.
      The leaders will take the experts’ words seriously.
    3. C.
      The island was abandoned by the Nauruans
    4. D.
      The phosphate mines were destroyed

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I was 15. She looked like she was over 70. But on that day. I think she understood me more than anyone else.
Walking into the church that Sunday was hard. I had never let anyone see me cry. But I knew I would cry that day .My grandfather was suddenly ill .The doctors said he might not live much longer. Everyone in my family was crying .Grandpa was the sweetest man in the world .Why was he leaving us?
There weren't many people at church that day. One of them was an old lady sitting at the end of my row. She was smiling. I closed my eyes and prayed for my grandfather to get better. Soon, my eyes were full of tears. I opened my eyes and saw a hand in front of me. It was giving me a tissue(紙巾)。
The old lady was sitting next to me, smiling. She didn't say a word. She just gave me a tissue and a smile. I tried to thank her, but only tears came out. Then she took my hand. I looked into her eyes. They were clear and blue, and they make me feel peaceful. Her smile said to me :I am with you. Everything will be OK. I closed my eyes again. When I opened them, she wasn't there. I left the church but still couldn't find her. I never saw her again.
My grandfather died the next week. We all cried a lot. But when I thought of that old lady's warm smile, I felt a little better.
How did she know how I was feeling ? I wish I could see her again, to say thank you.

  1. 1.

    According to Paragraph 2, what made the whole family cry ?

    1. A.
      Grandfather's words
    2. B.
      Grandfather's death.
    3. C.
      The author's cry.
    4. D.
      The doctor's words.
  2. 2.

    The author went to church to _____.

    1. A.
      pray for grandfather.
    2. B.
      ask the old lady for help.
    3. C.
      avoid being seen crying.
    4. D.
      thank the old lady.
  3. 3.

    Whose hand does the underlined word "It" in Paragraph 3 refer to            

    1. A.
      Grandfather's
    2. B.
      The old lady's.
    3. C.
      The author's.
    4. D.
      Father's.
  4. 4.

    What do we know about the old lady ?

    1. A.
      She knows the author.
    2. B.
      She can't speak.
    3. C.
      She needs understanding.
    4. D.
      She is very kind.
  5. 5.

    What made the author feel better after Grandfather died ?

    1. A.
      The old lady's words.
    2. B.
      The old lady's smile.
    3. C.
      The old lady's eyes.
    4. D.
      The old lady's hand

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US college students are burdened, with credit card (信用卡)debt, according to a study published Tuesday, and the problem can be serious-ranging from more drop-outs, to future employment problems and even self-murder. The study, by Georgetown University sociologist (社會學(xué)家) Robert Manning, blamed credit card issuers for actively targeting students and colleges for allowing them to do so. "The unrestricted selling of credit cards in universities or colleges is so aggressive that it now forms a greater threat than alcohol or sexual diseases," Manning told a news conference in Washington. "If we do not quickly deal with this serious problem, the matter will continue to get worse, with social consequences far more tragic (悲劇的) than mere dollars and cents. "
Based on hundreds of face-to-face interviews and surveys with students, Manning concluded both the number with credit card debt and their indebtedness had been "underreported" in previous studies-which failed to reflect the "survival strategies" many used to deal with their debts. These included the use of federal student loans to pay off credit cards, effectively shifting the debt, appealing to parents for loans, reducing course work hours to increase time at paid jobs, or even dropping out altogether to work full time.
"Official drop-out rates include growing numbers of students who are unable to cope with the stress of their debts and / or part time jobs for servicing their credit cards, " the study said. "Students credit card debts are examined during the employment process and may be an important factor in evaluating future employees," it noted. O’Donnell and Manning agreed students should bear some responsibility for reckless use of credit, but said credit card companies also had to be held responsible for making it so easy for them to get into debt. Manning said one of the most troublesome aspects of the student credit card issue was "the seduction (誘惑) of college and university officials by the credit card industry".

  1. 1.

    Sociologist Robert Manning's study shows that     .

    1. A.
      the number of American college students using credit cards on campus is increasing
    2. B.
      more and more American college students meet with credit card debt problems
    3. C.
      more and more American colleges encourage students to use credit cards to make profits
    4. D.
      credit card issuers will run into debt for encouraging college students to use credit cards
  2. 2.

    The author's feeling towards college students with credit card debts is __.

    1. A.
      discouraged and negative
    2. B.
      pitiful and critical
    3. C.
      indifferent and disapproving
    4. D.
      negative and doubtful
  3. 3.

    The author implies all of following should be responsible for this problem EXCEPT      .

    1. A.
      credit card issuers
    2. B.
      college authorities
    3. C.
      parents of the students
    4. D.
      students themselves
  4. 4.

    The word "reckless" in Paragraph 3 can be replaced by        .

    1. A.
      inconsiderate
    2. B.
      frequent
    3. C.
      careful
    4. D.
      regular

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I’ve been writing for most of my life. The book Writing Without Teachers introduced me to one distinction(區(qū)別)and one practice that has helped my writing processes tremendously. The distinction is between the creative mind and the critical mind. While you need to employ both to get to a finished result, they cannot work in parallel no matter how much we might like to think so.
Trying to criticize writing on the fly is possibly the single greatest barrier to writing that most of us encounter. If you are listening to that 5th grade English teacher correct your grammar while you are trying to capture a fleeting (稍縱即逝的) thought, the thought will die. If you capture the fleeting thought and simply share it with the world in raw form, no one is likely to understand. You must learn to create first and then criticize if you want to make writing the tool for thinking that it is.
The practice that can help you past your learned bad habits of trying to edit as you write is what Elbow calls “free writing.” In free writing, the objective is to get words down on paper non-stop, usually for 15-20 minutes. No stopping, no going back, no criticizing. The goal is to get the words flowing. As the words begin to flow, the ideas will come from the shadows and let themselves be captured on your notepad or your screen.
Now you have raw materials that you can begin to work with using the critical mind that you’ve persuaded to sit on the side and watch quietly. Most likely, you will believe that this will take more time than you actually have and you will end up staring blankly at the pages as the deadline draws near.
Instead of staring at a blank start filling it with words no matter how bad. Halfway through your available time, stop and rework your raw writing into something closer to finished product. Move back and forth until you run out of time and the final result will most likely be far better than your current practices.

  1. 1.

    When the author says the creative mind and the critical mind “cannot work in parallel” in the writing process, he means                .

    1. A.
      one cannot use them at the same time
    2. B.
      they cannot be regarded as equally important
    3. C.
      they are in constant conflict with each other
    4. D.
      no one can be both creative and critical
  2. 2.

    What prevents people from writing on is                .

    1. A.
      putting their ideas in raw form
    2. B.
      ignoring grammatical soundness
    3. C.
      attempting to edit as they write
    4. D.
      trying to capture fleeting thoughts
  3. 3.

    What is the chief objective of the first stage of writing?

    1. A.
      To organize one’s thoughts logically.
    2. B.
      To get one’s ideas down.
    3. C.
      To choose an appropriate topic.
    4. D.
      To collect raw materials.
  4. 4.

    One common concern of writers about “free writing” is that                .

    1. A.
      it overstresses the role of the creative mind
    2. B.
      it does not help them to think clearly
    3. C.
      it may bring about too much criticism
    4. D.
      it takes too much time to edit afterwards
  5. 5.

    In what way does the critical mind help the writer in the writing process?

    1. A.
      It allows him to sit on the side and observe.
    2. B.
      It helps him to come up with new ideas.
    3. C.
      It saves the writing time available to him.
    4. D.
      It improves his writing into better shape.

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Frederick M. Hess is the director of education policy studies in American. He says that a long summer vacation doesn't make sense in today's world.
In a summer vacation, millions of kids spend valuable time sending messages, watching TV, playing video games and doing shopping in the mall. These activities are putting their futures at risk.
Summer vacation once made sense in the past when you didn't need an education to get a good job. But now things have changed. For today's students, academic(學(xué)術(shù)的) skills are important to students' future success, but such skills are affected in the summertime. Most American schools offer up to thirteen weeks summer vacation.
Summer vacation also causes challenges for today's families. In the 1960s, more than 60% of families had a stay-at-home Mom. Now two-thirds of American children live in households where every adult works. For these families, summer vacation can be more burden than break. Someone must watch the kids.
“A longer school year does not have to be hard and boring work. Instead, it should allow teachers to give richer and more imaginative lessons,” Frederick M. Hess suggested, “Schools would have more time to devote to athletics, languages, music and the arts”.
Summer vacation can be a grand thing. But in the 21st century, it may also be outdated.
Title: Long Summer Vacation

  1. 1.


    Theme
    		A   【小題1】     doesn’t make sense in today’s world.
    Basic 
    Information
    		Vacation length
    		 【小題2】  weeks in most American schools
    Students’ 【小題3】___________
    		·Sending messages and watching TV
    ·Playing video games
    ·Doing shopping
    Disadvantages 
    		Putting student’s academic futures at risk
    		Affect academic   【小題4】    
    Causing challenges for families
    		Make parents watch kids at home
    【小題5】___________
    		Students should study more imaginative lessons such as athletics, languages, music and the arts.
    Conclusion
    		Summer vacation can be both grand and outdated


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Have you ever heard of blogs (博客)? If you haven’t, you should have. It’s here, it’s growing and it’s having an influence on our life. Surf the Internet and you’ll find blogs everywhere. A blog, shortened from “weblog”, is a public Internet journal written by one person or a group of people. It is a website in which a person or a group can place news, personal thoughts, text, photos, video or audio files, or links upon which visitors can comment. A blog lets you post on the Internet without having to know web design or be technical. You are given an environment to make dated entries on the topic of your choice which are “published”, so other people can read them.
Authoring a blog, maintaining a blog or adding an article to an existing blog is called “blogging”. Blogging has revolutionized Internet publishing in the last several years because it gives everyone with Internet access the opportunity to become an online writer. Objects, such as “text and photos” in a blog can be called “blog posts”, “posts”, or “entries”. The person who posts these entries is called a “blogger”.
Now, somewhere around the world, a blog is created almost every 6 seconds. Because it’s great potential, Bill Gates views it as important as e-mail, BBS, and MSN. He’s trying to make blogs the important tools for future business communications.

  1. 1.

    A blog is __________ .

    1. A.
      a comment
    2. B.
      an Internet journal
    3. C.
      a design
    4. D.
      a link
  2. 2.

    A person can do the following things in a blog EXCEPT _______.

    1. A.
      talk to others
    2. B.
      give comments
    3. C.
      read articles
    4. D.
      enjoy photos
  3. 3.

    Who is a blogger?

    1. A.
      A person who posts letters.
    2. B.
      A person who writes articles.
    3. C.
      A person who posts text or photos in a blog.
    4. D.
      A person who is an online publisher.
  4. 4.

    From the passage we know that _________.

    1. A.
      Bill Gates will invent some tools for blogs
    2. B.
      blogs will be an important business communication tool in the future
    3. C.
      so far, only a few persons have created blogs
    4. D.
      blogs will replace e-mail, BBS and MSN in the future

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