Sure, human dads can play games with their kids and help with homework, but can they give birth? Daddy sea horses can! This Father’s Day, while you’re praising your daddy, you may also remember that some of the best dads in the world can be found in the animal kingdom:
Sea horses: The “Mr. Moms” in the sea, male sea horses, carry up to 2,000 fertilized eggs in small bags in their stomachs until they hatch. Even after the babies are born, they stay inside the bag until they are ready to live by themselves.
Darwin’s rheas: Thought your dad was overprotective? Darwin’s rheas, also known as South American ostriches (鴕鳥), are so protective of their children that they have even been known to attack small airplanes on the ground if they get too close to their home!
Marmosets: These little monkeys do everything but give lectures on how to give birth! Devoted dads assist during their babies’ birth. They also let Mom get some rest by taking care of the kids when she’s not nursing them.
Sand grouse: These pigeon-like birds live in areas where water is rare, so fathers fly as many as 50 miles to get water for their kids. After they dip their breast feathers in the water, they fly home and let their chicks suck the water from their bodies.
Fathers in the animal kingdom are not that different from our own beloved dads. This Father’s Day, when you are honoring your dad, honor animal dads, too, by practicing kindness toward all animals.
小題1: The underlined “they” in paragraph 2 refers to      .
A．fertilized eggsB．their stomachsC．male sea horsesD．baby sea horses
小題2: According to the passage, which animal is the most protective?
A．A sea horseB．A Darwin’s rheaC．A marmosetD．A san grouse
小題3:The passage mainly tells readers       .
A．how clever and brave animals are
B．how to honor animal dads on Father’s Day
C．a(chǎn)nimal dads are different from human dads
D．some interesting facts about male animals
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Water and its importance to human life were the centre of the world’s attention last week. March 22 was World Water Day and   36   the theme “Water for Life”.
There are more than one billion people in the world who live without   37  drinking water. The United Nations   38   to cut this number in half by 2015.
Solving such a big problem seems like a(n)   39  challenge. But everyone,   40    teenagers, can do something to help. A teenage girl in the US has set an example to the   41 of her age around the world.
Rene Haggerty, 13, was awarded the 2004 Gloria Barron Prize for her work—   42    discarded(廢棄的) batteries（電池）which pollute water.
In 2003, Haggerty went on a field trip to the Great Lakes Science Centre in Ohio. There she saw an exhibit about how   43  in old batteries harm the water of Lake Erie.
Haggerty learnt that   44   the batteries was an easy solution. “I think everybody can do it, because everyone     45     batteries, and it can make a big difference.” With these words, she began to   46     awareness in her area.
She   47   her county government and school board. She got permission to start a recycling programme in schools   48   the public library, hospital, and churches. With the help from her family, friends and local waste-management  49  , she gathered containers, arranged transportation, and made a(n)   50  video.
Over the past two years, she collected four tons of batteries and drew the attention of officials, who were in charge of a battery recycling programme but had made   51   progress.
When asked   52   she feels like a hero, Haggerty is quite __53 . “Not really. Well, maybe for the fish I saved!”
Every year the Gloria Barron Prize is   54  to young Americans aged 8 to 18 who have shown leadership and courage in   55   the public and the planet. Each year ten winners receive US $ 2,000 each, to help with their education costs or their public service work.
小題1:..
A．hadB．gaveC．wroteD．discussed
小題2:.
A．enoughB．safe C．muchD．polluted
小題3:..
A．a(chǎn)sksB．ordersC．hopes D．ensures
小題4:..
A．good B．strongC．importantD．unreal
小題5:.
A．especiallyB．sometimesC．evenD．seldom
小題6:.
A．boysB．othersC．studentsD．grown-ups
小題7:.
A．collecting B．sellingC．buyingD．using
小題8:.
A．thingsB．chemicalsC．waterD．a(chǎn)ir
小題9:.
A．makingB．recycling C．reducing D．handling
小題10:..
A．uses B．hasC．throws D．needs
小題11:..
A．tell B．increaseC．spread D．inform
小題12:..
A．talked to B．listened toC．heard fromD．thought about
小題13:..
A．a(chǎn)ndB．besidesC．a(chǎn)s well asD．a(chǎn)s good as
小題14:..
A．officials B．workersC．clerksD．experts
小題15:.
A．industrial B．a(chǎn)gricultural C．scientificD．educational
小題16:..
A．muchB．noC．someD．little
小題17:.
A．ifB．howC．whenD．why
小題18:.
A．proudB．glad C．modestD．worried
小題19:.
A．praisesB．helpsC．supportsD．honors
小題20:.
A．a(chǎn)wardingB．savingC．servingD．favoring

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In the United States, engineering is a profession that has been dominated（支配）historically by men. Even today, it's still true that few women become civil or chemical or mechanical（機械的） engineers, but that's something www.EngineerGirl.org aims to change. Young women who visit the web site can find out about a great career choice they might not have considered.
"Women are very much underrepresented in engineering and in engineering education programs and then of course, down the road, in the engineering workforce. So only about 20 percent of engineering undergraduate degrees go to women, and then only about nine percent of working engineers are women."
Mary Mattis is the National Academy of Engineering, says the EngineerGirl website aims to reach young women around ages 11 through 14, when they are just getting old enough to start thinking about their futures.
"We know from the research that middle-school girls are at a critical（關(guān)鍵的）point in their lives, and that it's a time when we need to reach them, both with an understanding, increasing their awareness of interesting fields in engineering, what a wonderful productive and exciting career you can have as an engineer. But we also need to reach them at that time because you have to take certain courses, and you can't start thinking about taking those courses when you're a junior in high school."
Engineering is a demanding course of study ---there is a lot of science and mathematics, for many girls and even boys, that can be challenging. But Ms. Mattis says that the EngineerGirl website stresses that engineering can also be fun and exciting.
"It's about designing things. It's about changing the world for people. It's about making a difference. And, in addition, you can make a good living, you can be independent economically by becoming an engineer. All of those things are messages that girls need to get."
While most engineers go into traditional fields such as mechanical and electrical engineering, the EngineerGirl site also highlights unusual engineering careers in fields such as sports engineering and --- believe it or not --- chocolate engineering.
"There's a section called 'why be an engineer,' and that talks about the many opportunities and increasingly different opportunities like with bio-engineering and environmental engineering, some fields that might appeal to girls who want to make a difference or have a meaning for their careers beyond earning an income."
Even if you are not a girl in the target age group, there’s a lot of interesting information on the site, including biographies（傳記）of some notable（顯著的）women engineers.
Title : Website（1）______ Girls to learn Engineering
Present （2）_____ for the engineering profession in the USA
The majority of men take up the profession throughout（3） ______, while only a small number of women work as engineers.
（4）_____ of the website
To  make  young  women （5）_____ of interesting  fields  in engineering and what productivity and（6）_____ the career of being engineers can bring them.
（7）_____ of being engineers
* It can be fun and exciting.
* It can（8）_____ the world for people.
* You can make a good living.
* You can gain economic（9）_____ by becoming an            engineer.
Other fields concerning engineering 
Various opportunities are talked about like bio-engineering and engineering (10) _____ to sports, and even chocolate

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In the 1880s, people drank John Pemberton’s tonic to cure headaches. It wasn’t a very popular drink, and he sold only about a dozen drinks a day. That’s why Pemberton was willing to sell the rights to his medicinal drink. The buyer, Asa Griggs Candler, paid just $ 2,300 for the rights to Coca-Cola. Today, Coca-Cola (or Coke) is worth billions of dollars. It controls 50 percent of the world market in soft drinks.
How did Coca-Cola become so popular? One answer is that Asa Candler was a very clever businessman. He was one of the first people to use mass marketing. How did he do this? First, he made his product unique. When he bought the rights to Coca-Cola, it came in ordinary bottles. It looked like every other drink on the market. To make Coca-Cola look different, Candler modernized the bottles. He also made an eye-catching logo for his products. When other companies tried to imitate Coca-Cola’s name, Candler took them to court.
In addition to the unique bottle and logo, Candler spent a lot of time and money advertising his product. He used advertising to make a powerful image of Coca-Cola in the minds of his customers. He gave away free bottles of Coke. He put the name of his drink on pencils, trays, Japanese fans, matches, and many other things. Then he gave the things to people for free. He advertised Coca-Cola in the newspaper and painted the words “Drink Coca-Cola” on the sides of buildings and barns. By 1902, Coca-Cola was the best known product in the United States.
Candler was also able to make memorable advertisements. They often had catchy slogans such as “The Pause That Refreshes.” He also used famous athletes to advertise his product. They helped people to think of Coca-Cola as a delicious drink for everyone.
Today, businesses all over the world use mass marketing, but the makers of Coke were the first.
小題1:Candler bought the rights to Coca-Cola from _______. 
A．the inventor of a medicinal drinkB．a(chǎn) well-known businessman
C．a(chǎn) doctorD．a(chǎn) carpenter
小題2: The underlined sentence in paragraph 2 implies that __________.
A．he invited people from other companies to attend a court ball
B．he shared Coca-Cola’s name with other companies after they went back from the court
C．he played basketball with people from other companies on the basketball court
D．he took legal action to those who wanted to copy Coca-Cola’s name
小題3: Candler used slogans to advertise his product. Slogans are _______.
A．popular musicB．free productsC．memorable phrasesD．simple things
小題4: By using mass marketing, Asa tried many ways EXCEPT _______.
A．making Coca-Cola look different
B．paying $ 2,300 for the rights to Coca-Cola
C．a(chǎn)dvertising Coca-Cola a powerful image in the minds of the customers
D．using famous athletes to advertise his product
小題5:The passage is mainly to _______.
A．explain that it is easy to use mass marketing
B．a(chǎn)dvice people to spend a lot of money and time on mass marketing
C．tell how Asa changes Coca-Cola into a worldwide business by using mass marketing
D．describe different ways of using mass marketing

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The Golden Gate Bridge, the first sight for many people arriving in the United States by ship, is a well-recognized landmark, which spans(橫跨) the Golden Gate Strait.
The idea for a bridge across the strait had been around for many years, but it was not easy to get the project started. The construction of the bridge finally began in 1933. The construction work set new standards for safety----workers were among the first required to wear hard hats, and an innovative（革新的） safety net saved the lives of nineteen men while the bridge was built. The Golden Gate Bridge was completed in 1937, which was finished ahead of schedule.
Joseph Strauss was the chief engineer in charge of the bridge project. However, he had little experience with the construction of suspension（懸浮）bridges. For this reason, other engineers, architects, and designers made great contributions to the design and construction of the bridge. For example, the bridge owes its art style and unique orange color to the architects Irving and Gertrude Morrow. Charles Alton Ellis was the main engineer on the project and did much of the technical work necessary to build the bridge.
Today, the Golden Gate Bridge has a main span of 4,200 feet and a total length of 8,981 feet, making it one of the longest bridges in the world. The bridge is 90 feet wide, and its span is 220 feet above the water. The towers supporting the huge cables (巨纜) rise 746 feet above the waters of the Golden Gate Strait, making them 191 feet taller than the Washington Monument. About 40 million cars cross the bridge every year. There are foghorns（霧角）to let passing ships know where the bridge is, and aircraft beacons（信號燈）on the tops of the towers to stop planes from crashing into them.
小題1:The purpose of the passage is to _______.
A．describe the construction work of the Golden Gate Bridge
B．introduce the Golden Gate Bridge
C．tell us the history of the Golden Gate Bridge
D．introduce the engineers in charge of the Golden Gate Bridge
小題2:Safety innovations during the construction of the bridge included ________.
A．hardhats and a safety netB．a(chǎn)ircraft beacons
C．foghornsD．a(chǎn)ll of the above
小題3: It can be inferred from the passage that _______.
A．Joseph Strauss was skilled in the construction of suspension bridges
B．it took the construction workers three years to build the Golden Gate Bridge
C．a(chǎn)bout 100 thousand cars cross the Golden Gate Bridge every day
D．the Golden Gate Bridge is the longest bridge in the world
小題4:The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 4 refers to ________.
A．towersB．cablesC．watersD．bridges

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Bernstein had been appointed Assistant Conductor for the New York philharmonic only a few months before that night. Just 25 years old, he was relatively inexperienced. At the last minute, Bernstein was told he was to take Walter’s place, so he didn’t have any time to rehearse（排演）. The music he was going to conduct was very difficult. Plus, the concert was going to be broadcast nationally on the radio. Despite all these pressures, Bernstein rose to the occasion and received a standing ovation（長久的鼓掌）at the end of the concert. The event made national headlines, and Bernstein became famous overnight.
Some people feel they do their best under the most stressful circumstances. What was it about Leonard Bernstein that made him do so well in such a difficult situation?
Perhaps Leonard Bernstein did so well because music was his devotion. The son of a man who supplied hairdressing products, Bernstein became interested in music at the age of 10. By the time he was a teenager, he was performing in public. He became a soloist of the Boston Public School Orchestra, and for 13 weeks in 1934, he played classics on the radio.
小題1:The underlined word “break” in the first paragraph means “__________”.
A．restB．chanceC．pauseD．gap
小題2:Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the second paragraph?
A．The concert Bernstein was to play at was going to be broadcast nationally on TV.
B．The music Bernstein was going to conduct was very difficult.
C．When Bernstein was told he was to take Walter’s place, he had no time to practice the performance.
D．Before his performance as a conductor, Leonard Bernstein had little experience.
小題3:Leonard Bernstein was successful at the concert because of __________.
A．the wonderful musicB．the stress of the circumstances
C．his devotion to musicD．Bruno Walter’s absence
小題4: From the last paragraph, we can learn that __________.
A．Leonard Bernstein was very clever
B．Leonard Bernstein’s parents worked hard
C．chances are important to a famous person
D．early interest led to Leonard Bernstein’s success
小題5:What might be the best title for the text?
A．Leonard Bernstein’s DebutB．Leonard Bernstein’s Life
C．A Young SoloistD．A Great Conductor

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People fell in love with Elizabeth Taylor in 1944, when she starred in National Velvet-the story of Velvet Brown, a young girl who wins first place in a famous horse race, At first, the producers of the movie told Taylor that she was too small to play the part of Velvet. However, they waited for her for a few months as she exercised and trained—and added three inches to her height in four months! Her acting in National Velvet is still considered the best by a child actress.
Elizabeth Taylor was born in London in 1932. Her parents, both Americans, had moved there for business reasons. When World War II started, the Taylors moved to Beverly Hills, California, and there Elizabeth started acting in movies. After her success as a child star, Taylor had no trouble moving into adult(成人)roles and won twice for Best Actress: Butterfield 8(1960) and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf ? (1966)
Taylor’s fame(名聲)and popularity gave her a lot of power with the movie industry, so she was able to demand very high pay for her movies. In 1963, she received $1 million for her part in Cleopatra—the highest pay received by any star up to that time.
Elizabeth Taylor is a legend (傳奇人物) of our time. Like Velvet Brown in National Velvet, she has been lucky, she has beauty, fame and wealth. But she is also a hard worker. Taylor seldom acts in movies any more. Instead, she puts her time and efforts into her businesses, and into helping others — several years ago, she founded an organization that has raised more than $40 million for research and education.
小題1: The producers didn’t let Taylor play the part of Velvet at first because they thought she ____.
A．was small in size B．was too young
C．did not play well enough D．did not show much interest
小題2: What Elizabeth Taylor and Velvet Brown had in common was that they were both _____.
A．popular all their lives B．famous actresses
C．suecessful when very youngD．rich and kind-hearted
小題3:Taylor became Best Actress at the age of          .
A．12B．28C．31D．34
小題4:In her later life , Elizabeth Taylor devoted herself to             .
A．doing business and helping othersB．turning herself into a legend
C．collecting money for the poorD．going about research and education work

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For much of the world, vegetarianism (素食主義) is largely a matter of economics: Meat costs a lot more than beans or rice, so meat becomes a special-occasion dish. Even where meat is more plentiful, it’s still used in control, and it often provides a side note to a meal rather than taking center stage.
In countries like the United States where meat is not as expensive, though, people choose to be vegetarians for reasons other than cost. Parental preferences(父母親的偏愛), religious or other beliefs, and health problems are among the most common reasons for choosing to be a vegetarian. Many people choose a vegetarian diet out of concern over animal rights or the environment. And lots of people have more than one reason for choosing vegetarianism.
Different people follow different forms of vegetarianism. A true vegetarian eats no meat at all, including chicken and fish. A lactoovo(乳制品)  vegetarian eats dairy products  and eggs, but keeps out meat, fish, and chicken. It follows, then, that a lacto(乳，乳汁) vegetarian eats dairy products but not eggs, and an ovo （蛋，雞蛋） vegetarian eats eggs but not dairy products.
A stricter form of vegetarianism is veganism. Not only are eggs and dairy products excluded (排除) from a vegan diet, so are animal products like honey. Some macrobiotic (養(yǎng)生的) diets fall into the vegan category. Macrobiotic diets limit not only animal products but also refined（經(jīng)過提煉的） and processed foods, foods with preservatives, and foods that contain caffeine or other stimulants (刺激物).
Following a macrobiotic or vegan diet could lead to nutritional deficiencies (營養(yǎng)不足) in some people. Teens need to be sure their diets include enough nutrients to fuel growth, particularly protein and calcium (鈣). If you’re interested in following a vegan or macrobiotic diet it’s a good idea to talk to a registered dietitian（營養(yǎng)學(xué)家）. He or she can help you design meal plans that include enough nutrients.
小題1:The underlined sentence in the first paragraph probably means ______.
A．there is usually a note beside the meat in a meal
B．meat often attracts people’s attention in a meal
C．meat is served only a small amount in a meal
D．meat should play an important part in a meal
小題2:Which of the following is NOT the reason for Americans being vegetarians?
A．They are environmentally friendly.
B．They are concerned about the rights of animals.
C．They worry about their own health.
D．They can’t afford to buy meat.
小題3: A vegan diet will include ______.
A．neither animal products nor diary products
B．diary products but no eggs
C．a(chǎn)nimal products like honey
D．processed food
小題4: According to the passage, the author would probably think that ______.
A．a(chǎn)ll the people should become vegetarians
B．teens should be careful to be vegetarians
C．vegetarianism is not a good thing for the world
D．vegetarianism can make a country develop faster

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You want to know about my staying in America, right? Well, to tell you the truth, it is really an eye-opening experience study here.
In China, I had English classes five times a week since fifth grade. However, I didn’t know how different textbook English could be from everyday English until I came to Hotchkiss School, Connecticut.
When I first studied English, I was told to say, “I am fine.” when people say “How are you?” But in the US, I found that people say, “I am good.” or “I’m tired.”
One day, someone greeted me with “What’s up?” It made me confused. I thought for a moment and then smiled because I didn’t know what to say.
Since then, I have discovered more and more differences between Chinese and US cultures.
To my surprise, US girls spend a lot of time in the burning sun to get a tan. However, in China, girls try every possible way to get their skin paler, or “whiter.” I also surprised by how hard-working US students are. In China, schoolwork is almost everything, so we study hard and that’s it. But here, a “good” student gets good grades, does a lot for the public and plays sports or music.
The kids here are so talented, I am starting to be sorry that I gave up playing the piano at an early age and that I have never thought about sports.
小題1: What does the word “tan” in the sixth paragraph mean in Chinese?
A．曬黑B．曬白C．能量D．保護
小題2: A good US student spends his/her time ________.
A．only in doing homework
B．only on sports
C．only on music
D．on studies, sports or music and public work
小題3:Which of the following is NOT true?
A．The writer is now in US.
B．American girls love to have white skin.
C．American girls love to have brown skin.
D．US students are talented and hard-working.
小題4: Which is the best title for the passage?
A．My Own Travel in the US
B．My Studying in the US
C．My Opinion about the US
D．My Studying in China

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