On the night of May 9, 2011, musician Gao Xiaosong ran his car into three other cars in Beijing.
But it wasn’t just a car accident—he was drunk(喝醉的).
Now, Gao has to go to prison (監(jiān)獄) for six months and pay a 4,000 yuan fine.
Gao is the first star to be punished under China’s new drunk driving law.
From May 1 on, drunk drivers will pay a fine, and be banned from driving for five years or even forever.
Drunk driving has become a serious social problem in China.According to the Ministry of Public Security (公安部), police caught more than half a million drunk drivers last year, a 68 % increase from 2009.
The new law sees drunk driving as a crime.
In the West, drunk driving is also a crime. In the US, for example, if the police catch a drunk driver, the driver will pay a fine, lose his or her license (駕照) and even go to prison. If the driver wants to drive again, he or she must do public service, and take part in educational programs.
You may think: drunk driving is a crime? Isn’t this law too unkind? But experts say, “Not at all.”
“It is to protect people’s rights to life and health,” Li Gang, lawyer in Chengdu, told China Daily. “Drunk driving is very dangerous. No matter what the results are, it should not be allowed.”
小題1:Mr. Gao ran his car into three other cars because _________.

A．there was something wrong with his car

B．he went home too late

C．he drank too much wine

D．the road was too crowded

小題2:What does the underlined word “fine” in the third paragraph refer to(指)?

A．Health.

B．Traffic.

C．Weather.

D．Money.

小題3:When did the new law come into use?

A．On May 1, 2010.

B．On May 1, 2011.

C． On May 1, 2009

D．On May 9, 2011.

小題4:What do experts think of the new law?

A．Drunk driving is a crime.

B．The law is not kind to drunk drivers.

C．Driving has become a serious problem.

D．The law is too strict.

小題5: Which of the following sentence is TRUE?

A．Li Gang from Chengdu doesn’t like the law.

B．In the US, drunk drivers will only lose their licenses.

C．There were more drunk drivers in 2010 than in 2009.

D．The law is to protect drivers’ rights to life and health only.

Everyone agrees that all the creatures want happiness and are afraid of pain and grief. The question, however, is “What is real happiness?” The desire for happiness has no meaning without understanding the real nature of happiness.
Generally, ordinary beings consider sensual（感覺(jué)的） pleasures as happiness, and their actions are directed toward gaining these. According to them, searching for happiness means searching for pleasures of the senses. The question, “What is happiness?”, does not arise（出現(xiàn)） in their hearts, because in their hearts they think of a life full of sensual joys as a happy life.
Some thinkers say, “Happiness does not lie in the objects of enjoyment; happiness or unhappiness lies in the imagination.” To prove their belief they give examples like the following one. A man has a two-storey house. When he thinks of those who have a house with three storeys or more, he feels unhappy. When he thinks of those who have just a cottage, he feels happy. Such happiness does not lie in possessions（占有物）, but in the imagination. They advise people to take inspiration from those who have few possessions but are quite happy. If you only consider people wealthier than yourself, you will always be unhappy.
If you want to be happy, they say, look at the poor. But it is unreasonable to hold that happiness lies in the imagination. And it is inappropriate to think that someone is happy if he only imagines himself better than the poor and the unhappy. This attitude also satisfies the sense of pride of possession. This can never be called happiness. Unless we find out where happiness lies, we cannot really become happy.
Some ask people to do this or that, and say, “This way your desires will be satisfied. That way you will get what you want and become happy.” People holding these views regard happiness as satisfaction of desires and unhappiness as denial(否定) of such satisfaction.
小題1:What kind of life can make common people feel happy?

A．Life without pain and grief.

B．Life full of sensual pleasures.

C．Life with desire for possessions.

D．Life full of imagination.

小題2:The underlined word “cottage” in Paragraph 3 probably refers to ________.

A．a(chǎn) house in one’s imagination	B．a(chǎn) modern building
C．a(chǎn) desired object	D．a(chǎn) small house

小題3:The author may agree that ________.

A．by comparing themselves with the poor, people will feel happy

B．people won’t feel happy without a desire for happiness

C．possessing wealth may lead to a sense of pride

D．people have to experience pain and grief before finding happiness

小題4:The best title for this passage would be “________”.

A．What Is Happiness?	B．How to Get Happiness
C．Happiness and Desire	D．Happiness and Imagination

For the past two years, 8－year－old Harli Jordean from Stoke Newington, London, has been selling marbles(彈珠)．His successful marble company, Marble King, sells all things marble-related—from affordable tubs of the glass playthings to significantly expensive items like Duke of York solitaire（獨(dú)粒寶石）tables—sourced, purchased and processed by the mini－CEO himself.
“I like having my own company. I like being the boss,” Harli told The Mirror.
With profits now in the thousands, “the world's youngest CEO” has had to get his mother and older brothers to help him meet the growing demand.
Harli launched Marble King after swapping（交換）marbles at school led to schoolchildren depleting(削減) his marble collection. Yes, he literally（確切地）“l(fā)ost his marbles.” Harli and his mother, Tina, turned to the Internet to find replacements.
Harli saw an empty space online: the marbles he wanted were hard to find. Within months, Harli had his own marble－selling website and orders started pouring in.
Tina says her son's obsession(迷戀) with marbles started when he was just 6.
“His obsession became so big we started calling him the Marble King, so when he wanted to set up a website it was the natural name for it，” she told The Sun.
“I never thought it would become so popular—we are struggling to cope with the number of orders at times.”
The 8－year－old boy has his sights set on expanding his business and launching his own brand of marbles.
“Sometimes his ideas are so grand we have to scale them back a bit. But his dream is still to own Britain's biggest marble shop and open stores around the world.” Tina told The Daily Mail.
“At the minute he is annoying me by asking about creating his won Marble King marbles, so that could well be the next step for him.”
小題1:Why did Harli's marble company become popular as soon as he launched it?

A．Because it was run by “the world's youngest CEO”．

B．Because it filled the gaps of marble business.

C．Because Harli was fascinated with marble collection.

D．Because his mother and brothers helped him a lot.

小題2:How many mass media are mentioned in the passage?

A．One.

B．Two.

C．Three.

D．Four.

小題3:Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined expression “scale back”？

A．make smaller

B．carry out

C．turn down

D．frighten away

小題4:What message do the last two paragraphs carry?

A．Conflicts often occur between Harli Jordean and his family.

B．Harli's mother and brothers are worried about Marble King's future.

C．Marble King marbles will be more popular with marble fans around the world.

D．The “Marble King” has great ambitions for his Marble King Company.

Once when I was six years old I saw an amazing picture in a book called True Stories from Nature about the primeval（原始的）forest. It was a picture of a boa constrictor(大蟒蛇) in the act of swallowing an animal. In the book it said：“Boa constrictors swallow their prey whole without chewing（嚼）it. After that they are not able to move and they sleep through the six months that they need for digestion（消化）.”
I thought deeply then over the adventures of the jungle. And after some work with a colored pencil I succeeded in making my first drawing. My Drawing Number One. I showed my work to the grown-ups and asked them whether the drawing frightened them. But they answered：“Frighten? Why should anyone be frightened by a hat？”
My drawing was not a picture of a hat. It was a picture of a boa constrictor digesting an elephant. But since the grown-ups were not able to understand it, I made another drawing. I drew the inside of the boa constrictor so that the grown-ups could see it clearly. They always need to have things explained. That's my Drawing Number Two.
The grown-ups' response this time was to advise me to lay aside my drawings of ba constrictors whether from the inside or the outside and devote myself instead to geography, history, arithmetic and grammar. That is why at the age of six I gave up what might have been a great painter. I had been disheartened by the failure of my Drawing Number One and my Drawing Number Two. Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.
So then I chose another profession（職業(yè)） and learned to pilot airplanes. I have flown a little over all parts of the world; and it is true that geography has been very useful to me. At a glance I can distinguish China from Arizona. If one gets lost in the night, such knowledge is valuable.
In the course of this life I have had lots of chances to meet with a great many people. And that hasn't much improved my opinion of them. Whenever I met one of them who seemed to me at all clear-sighted, I tried showing him my Drawing Number One which I have always kept. I would try to find out if this was a person of true understanding. But whoever it was, he or she would always say: That is a hat. Then I would never talk to that person about boa constrictors or primeval forests or stars. I would bring myself down to his level. I would talk to him about bridge and golf and politics and neckties. And the grown-up would be greatly pleased to have met such an intelligent man.
小題1:The writer drew his first picture in order to ________.

A．show the grown-ups what the book was about

B．frighten the grown-ups trying to enter the forest

C．remind himself of the adventures of the jungle

D．illustrate（說(shuō)明）a boa constrictor's act of digesting an animal

小題2:How did the writer understand the grown-ups' response to his second drawing?

A．He was actually only good at academic study.

B．It was a waste of time for him to keep on drawing.

C．He had difficulty in communicating with the adults.

D．He was good at anything but geography.

小題3:The underlined word disheartened in Paragraph 4 could most probably be replaced by ________.

A．discouraged

B．dissatisfied

C．discovered

D．disturbed

小題4:Which of the following statements is true?

A．The writer could have become a pilot if encouraged when young.

B．The writer finally changed his opinion of grown-ups.

C．The writer has been showing his two pictures to others ever since.

D．The writer felt nobody could have really understood him.

I was 230 pounds this spring and I decided to get down to a healthier 200.In a house full of food，including snacks bought for my 7­year­old sons，I had a hard time cutting calories. Then I noticed my neighbors were having diet meals (減肥餐)．I decided to do the same，knowing I would never be able to stick to a diet if I had to do the buying and cooking myself. I was looking for food that I could afford but I might take a diet more seriously if it hurt me in the wallet.
After online searches，I decided to compare the offerings of four companies：Zone Manhattan，Chefs Diet，Nu­Kitchen and eDiets. All four would send the meals to my door. Three send food daily，while eDiets sends a large package once a week. There were dozens of companies I could have chosen.Research suggests that the economic crisis has made diet programs less tempting.Consumers prefer do­it­yourself diets with foods bought from the supermarket.
Nu­Kitchen regards itself as the “personal chef”．I ordered the five­day plan ($230.53) and the taste was disappointing. I neither lost nor gained weight on the food.
eDiets promises “healthy，delicious meals sent to your door”．I ordered five breakfasts，five lunches and five dinners. My total cost was $119.70，or less than $25 a day. Overall，the food from eDiets was better than that from Nu­Kitchen.
Chefs Diet charged $380.99 for seven days，making it the most expensive of the four services.I never tasted anything terrible，but I never tasted anything that made me want to renew for a second week.
Zone Manhattan charged $349.80，with tax，for a week’s supply of food，or about $50 a day.I liked the food so much that I lost six pounds in the first four days on the diet.
小題1:When the author began to have diet meals，she________.

A．was 200 pounds

B．didn’t have any children

C．worked as a cook in a company offering diet meals

D．didn’t believe she could stick to a diet if she had to cook herself

小題2:What does the underlined word “tempting” in Paragraph 2 mean?

A．Attractive.

B．Expensive.

C．Delicious.

D．Useful.

小題3:Which of the four companies’ food cost the least daily?

A．Zone Manhattan’s.	B．Chefs Diet’s.
C．Nu­Kitchen’s.	D．eDiets’．

小題4:We can learn from the passage that________.

A．the author gained weight on the food from Nu­kitchen

B．the author would choose the food of Zone Manhattan

C．the food from eDiets was the worst of the four

D．Zone Manhattan sends food once a week

Miss Lovely began to work in our office last year. She thought she was 36 and hardly talked with us . Her house was a little far from our company and she had to go to work 37 every day.
Of course, she had to spend a lot of 38 on this, She decided to have her own car, and began to 39 how to drive two months ago . Now she was able to drive, but had to 40 a license before she could buy a car. It took her a week to 41 the traffic regulations. She was sure she would 42 the examinations.
It was finally time for her to take the examinations yesterday.  Miss Lovely didn’t come to work. We 43 she would drive her new car to our company this morning. But to our  44 she came here by taxi and didn’t tell anybody about it. None of us asked her the 45 but her face clearly showed she had 46 in the exams.
This afternoon one of our workmates told us 47 had happened to the girl when she was 48. Yesterday the chief examiner had asked her some questions, but she could answer only  a 49 .For example,“Would you run over a man or a dog if you see them both in the middle of the 50 ?”
“Of course  I’d run over the dog ,sir”, Miss Lovely answered without 51 .
“I’m sorry to tell you, Miss Lovely,”the examiner shook his 52 and said ,“you have to take the examination again!”
“I don’t think my answers were 53 ,sir”the girl said in a hurry.“I 54  run over a man, you know!”
“Ｉagree with your 55, Miss Lovely,”the chief examiner said with a smile,“but why not brake（剎車(chē)）？”

小題1:	A．old B．foolish C．clever D．kind

小題2:	A．by taxi B．by train C．on foot D．by plane

小題3:	A．time B．money C．energy D．room

小題4:	A．teach B．plan C．operate D．learn

小題5:	A．find B．a(chǎn)pply for C．look for D．make

小題6:	A．learn B．forget C．teach D．break

小題7:	A．take B．prepare C．explain D．pass

小題8:A suggested    B. described    C. thought      D. replied

小題9:	A．surprise B．joy C． anger D．pleasure

小題10:

A．name B．reason C． rule D．notice

小題11:

A．believed B．heard C．found D．failed

小題12:

A．why B．how C．what D．when

小題13:

A．ill B．a(chǎn)lone C．in D．out

小題14:

A．few B．several C．a(chǎn)ll D．lot

小題15:

A．room B．playground C．hospital D．road

小題16:

A．a(chǎn)sking B．thinking C．discussing D．a(chǎn)dvising

小題17:

A．foot B．nose C．ears D．head

小題18:

A．wrong B．correct C．right D．true

小題19:

A．can B．needn’t C．can’t D．need

小題20:

A．car B．opinion C．fact D．purpose

40 years ago the idea of disabled people doing sport was never heard of. But when the yearly games for the disabled were started at Stoke Mandeville, England in 1948 by Sir Ludwig Guttmann, the situation began to change.
Sir Ludwig Guttmann, who had been driven to England in 1939 from Nazi Germany, had been asked by the British government to set up an injuries center at Stoke Mandeville Hospital near London, His ideas about treating injuries included sport for the disabled.
In the first games just two teams of injured soldiers took part .The next year, 1949, five teams took part. From those beginnings, things have developed fast. Teams now come from abroad to Stoke Mandeville every year. In 1990 the first Olympics for the disabled were held in Rome, in the same place as the normal Olympic Games. Now, every four years the Olympic Games for the disabled are held, if possible, in the same place as the normal Olympic Games, although they are organized separately. In other years games for the disabled are still held at Stoke Mandeville, In the 1984 Wheelchair Olympic Games, 1,064 wheelchair athletes form about 40 countries took part. Unfortunately, they were held at Stoke Mandeville and not in Los Angeles, along with the other Olympics.
The games have been a great success in helping the progress of international friendship and understanding, and in proving that being disabled does not mean you can’t enjoy sport. One small source of disappointment for those who organize and take part in the games, however, has been the unwillingness of the International Olympic Committee to include disabled events at the Olympic Games for the able-bodied. Perhaps a few more years are still needed to persuade those fortunate enough not to be disabled that their disabled fellow athletes should be included.
小題1:The first games for the disabled were held ___ after Sir Ludwig Guttmann arrived in England.

A．40 years

B．21 years

C．10 years

D．9 years

小題2:Besides Stoke Mandeville, surely the games for the disabled were once held in_____.

A．New York

B．London

C．Rome

D．Los Angeles

小題3:What do we know about Sir Ludwig Guttmann from the passage?

A．He is an early organizer of the games for the able-bodied

B． He is welcomed by the British government

C．He is an injured soldier.

D．He is from England.

小題4:From the passage, we may know that the writer is_____.

A．in favor of holding the games for the disabled

B．a(chǎn)gainst holding the games for the disabled

C．a(chǎn) disabled person who once took part in the games

D．one of the organizers of the games for the disabled

I always think my spoken English is so poor that I can’t communicate with
native English speakers well. So after going to the college, I take as  36 English lessons as I can. 37  I am free, I go to English corners and  38  English lessons and lectures. To my surprise, I can understand most of  39 of the professors who come from Canada, and the USA. However, I haven’t had more  40  to talk to them in English.
Although I  41  English articles out aloud every day, I am not sure if I can make myself  42  by native English speakers. How I hope I can talk to  43  English speakers for  a while. I went to the English  44  as usual last night. Surprisingly, there were three foreigners sitting there. There , however, were several Chinese students around them, too. “I must not  45  this chance,” I said to myself.
“Hi, nice to meet you.” I  46  to one of them.
“Nice to meet you too.” He put out his hand. We  47  hands, what a warm hand! Then I  48 myself to him. When I told him that I had  49  English by myself for three years, he said that it was  50  and my English was so good. His words gave me a lot of 51  . At that time he hadn’t had dinner. He asked us if it was rude or 52  to talk to us while he was eating (a)  53  . We, said we didn’t 54  that, only
if he was  55  to talk to us. He smiled and began to eat his supper.

小題1:	A．much B．many C．some D．most

小題2:	A．As long as B．As much as C．As far as D．As soon as

小題3:	A．learn B．make C．take D．hold

小題4:	A．lectures B．ideas C．opinions D．suggestions

小題5:	A．energy B．courage C．time D．chances

小題6:	A．talk B．speak C．see D．read

小題7:	A．recognized B．understood C．heard D．realized

小題8:	A．many B．nice C．native D．local

小題9:	A．corner B．wall C．house D．club

小題10:

A．miss B．catch C．get D．pass

小題11:

A．laughed B．cried C．shouted D．smiled

小題12:

A．joined B．put C．waved D．shook

小題13:

A．explained B．introduced C．said D．told

小題14:

A．used B．wrote C．learnt D．taught

小題15:

A．impossible B．possible C．unacceptable D．unbelievable

小題16:

A．encouragement B．surprise C． responsibility D．glory

小題17:

A．polite B．impolite C．friendly D．lovely

小題18:

A．lunch B．breakfast C．meal D．rice

小題19:

A．care B．like C．love D．enjoy

小題20:

A．a(chǎn)nxious B．likely C．willing D．a(chǎn)ble

Everybody has had at least one experience from which he knows the meaning of life．This time, which took place several years ago, but seems as if it just happened．
On an afternoon several years ago, my brother-in-law opened the bottom drawer of my sister's dress and picked out a beautiful skirt．"Jan bought this the first time we went to New York, at least 8 or 9 years ago．She never wore it．She was saving it for a special occasion．" he said．I guess this was the occasion: it was the funeral (葬禮) of my sister, after her unexpected death．
He took the shirt and put it on bed, with the other clothes we were taking to the funeral．Then he closed the drawer and turned to me, "Don't ever save anything for a special occasion．Every day you're alive is a special occasion．"
I'm thinking about his words, and they've changed the way I live my life．I'm spending more time with my family and friends and less time in committee meetings．Whenever possible, life should be a kind of experience to enjoy, not to suffer．"Someday" and "one of these days" are losing their importance on my vocabulary．If it's worth seeing or hearing or doing,I want to see and hear and do it now．
Ever since that day, I have been trying very hard not to put off, hold hack or save anything that would add laughter and color to our lives．Every morning when I open my eyes．I tell myself that every day, every minute, every breath, truly is a gift．So cherish every day and find the true meaning of your life．
小題1:Why did Jan buy the beautiful skirt but didn't wear it?

A．She waited for a special occasion to wear it on．

B．She wanted to keep it for someone else．

C．She saved it till she grew up．

D．She would give it to herself as a gift some day．

小題2:What does the underlined word "cherish" mean?

A．Treasure．

B．Waste．

C．Own．

D．Save．

小題3:From his experience, the author learns that _______．

A．everybody can have a happy life through efforts

B．every day in our lives is worth cherishing

C．enjoying ourselves is the most important thing in our lives

D．everybody will have some things left to do after his death

小題4:What does the author write this passage for?

A．To show how to make good use of every day in life．

B．To explain the true meaning of his brother-in-law's words．

C．To tell people to cherish every day and find the meaning of life．

D．To encourage people to waste time and enjoy themselves in life．

小題5:What's the best title for this passage?

A．Every Day Is a Gift

B．My Sister Jan

C．What Is the Meaningful Life Like

D．The Most Important Time in Your Life

It was the summer of 1965. DeLuca, then 17, visited Peter Buck, a family friend. Buck asked DeLuca about his plans for the future. “I’m going to college, but I need a way to pay for it,” DeLuca recalls saying. “Buck said, ‘You should open a sandwich shop.’”
That afternoon, they agreed to be partners. And they set a goal: to open 32 stores in ten years. After doing some research, buck wrote a check for $1000. DeLuca rented a storefront (店面) in Connecticut, and when they couldn’t cover their start-up costs, Buck kicked in another $1000.
But business didn’t go smoothly as they expected. DeLuca says, “After six months, we were doing poorly, but we didn’t know how badly, because we didn’t have any financial controls.” All he and Buck knew was that their sales were lower than their costs.
DeLuca was managing the store and going to the University of Bridgeport at the same time. Buck was working at his day job as a nuclear physicist in New York. They’d meet Monday evenings and brainstorm ideas for keeping the business running. “We convinced ourselves to open a second store. We figured we could tell the public, ‘We are so successful, we are opening a second store.’” And they did—in the spring of 1966. Still, it was a lot of learning by trial and error.
But the partners’ learn-as-you-go approach turned out to be their greatest strength. Every Friday, DeLuca would drive around and hand-deliver the checks to pay their suppliers. “It probably took me two and a half hours and it wasn’t necessary, but as a result, the suppliers got to know me very well, and the personal relationships established really helped out,” DeLuca says.
And having a goal was also important. “There are so many problems that can get you down. You just have to keep working toward your goal,” DeLuca adds.
DeLuca ended up founding Subway Sandwich, the multimillion-dollar restaurant chain.
小題1:DeLuca opened the first sandwich shop in order to ____.

A．support his family

B．pay for his college education

C．help his partner expand business

D．do some research

小題2:Which of the following is true of Buck?

A．He put money into the sandwich business.

B．He was a professor of business administration.

C．He was studying at the University of Bridgeport.

D．He rented a storefront for DeLuca.

小題3:What can we learn about their first shop?

A．It stood at an unfavorable place.

B．It lowered the prices to promote sales.

C．It made no profits due to poor management

D．It lacked control over the quality of sandwiches

小題4:They decided to open a second store because they ___.

A．had enough money to do it.

B．had succeeded in their business

C．wished to meet the increasing demand of customers

D．wanted to make believe that they were successful

小題5:What contribute most to their success according to the author?

A．Learning by trial and error.

B．Making friends with suppliers.

C．Finding a good partner.

D．Opening chain stores.