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In Denmark, parents are allowed to set up a new school if they are dissatisfied with the school in the area where they are living. Although these schools have to follow the national courses, they are allowed a lot of choice in deciding what to teach. Some of these new schools are called “small schools” because usually the number of pupils in them is only sixty, but a school has to have at least twenty-seven pupils.
Cooleenbridge School in Ireland, is a small school similar to the ones in Denmark, it was set up by parents who came from Holland, Germany, Czechoslovakia, England and other parts of Ireland. They came because they wanted to live in the countryside and to grow their own food. In June 1986, they decided to start a school. They managed to get an old, disused primary-school building and started with twenty-four children aged from four to twelve.
The teachers say, “The important thing in school is doing, not sitting.” And so the courses includes yoga(瑜伽), cooking, knitting(編織), kite-making, music, fishing, drama(戲劇) and environmental river studies, as well as reading, writing, maths and science.
40. What are the rules for setting up a new school in Denmark?
A. Parents are allowed to set up their own school.
B. The school has to follow the national courses.
C. The school has to have at least 27 pupils.
D. All of the above.
41. The writer tells about the Cooleenbridge School in Ireland because       .
A. it was set up by parents who are not people of Denmark
B. it was taken as an example of this kind of “small school”
C. there were only twenty-four children
D. the pupils there were aged from 4 to 12
42. What makes this kind of school special?
A. It is set up by parents not by government.
B. It is free to decide what to teach.
C. The number of pupils in it is only sixty.
D. It has to have at least 27 pupils.
43. “The important thing in school is doing, not sitting.” What the teachers say actually means       .
A. What we should do is teaching in the classroom, not sitting in the office.
B. Children should do more homework at home, not just sit in class to listen to the teachers.
C. Children should learn by themselves not rely on teachers.
D. Children should learn through practice not just from books.
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Despite the fact that companies believe celebrities had a lot of pull with regard to the buying trends of consumers,researches have discovered that this does not seem to be the case．British and Swiss researchers conducted a study showing that advertisements made by celebrities like David Beckham and Scarlett Johansson are not as effective as those by ordinary people．
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While the students said that both advertisements were beneficial,the one made by the student topped the celebrity one if students aimed to impress others with their purchases.More than half of the students，who admitted purchasing products that would impress others，said they were influenced by the student’s advertisement．Only 20％ said the celebrity one would affect their buying decision．
Professor Brett Martin，of the University of Bath’s School of Management，explained that the findings could be used not only in Germany,but in other countries as well．“Our research questions whether celebrities are the best ways to sell products，”said Prof Martin．“Celebrities can be effective but we found that many people were more convinced by an endorsement from a fictional fellow students．This is because many people feel a need to keep up with the Jones when they buy．”
46．Some companies think the celebrities endorsement ____________．
A．is popular with the consumers
B．can pull all the consumers into the shops
C．can affect the consumers’ purchasing
D．is as effective as an endorsement from common people
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C．An ad made by fictional common people．D．An ad with beautiful natural scenery．
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A．someone called Jones                                 B．common people
C．the Jones family                                        D．celebrities
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A．celebrities cheat consumers in advertisement
B．the researchers here are against celebrity endorsement
C．the student’s ads are mole reliable than those made by celebrities
D．company needn’t spend so much money on celebrity endorsement
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A．a(chǎn) local newspaper                         B．a(chǎn) science report
C．a(chǎn)n academic journal                     D．a(chǎn) textbook

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Ⅲ 閱讀（共兩節(jié)。滿分40分）
第一節(jié) 閱讀理解（共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分）
閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。
The idea about the phoenix goes back to Ancient Egypt, where we find the phoenix described as a handsome, eagle-like bird, with part-golden, part-red plumage, that spent most of its life in the Arabian deserts. It was rarely seen and according to one version of the story, only appeared in Egypt once every five hundred years, when it flew to Heliopolis, “city of the sun”, and deliberately burnt itself to ashes by settling on the altar(祭壇) flame there! However, it seems it did not really die because from those same ashes a young, fully formed phoenix was born and flew away, apparently back to Arabia.
It is pretty obvious that no one has ever seen or will see a living phoenix. The interesting thing is that we can find certain clues which may explain one aspect of the Egyptians’ idea. It may sound unbelievable, but some birds are apparently quite charmed by flames and small fires, especially members of the crow family. One zoologist actually proved this by setting fire to some straw near to a tame（馴養(yǎng)的） rook. Far from becoming nervous and backing away, the bird deliberately stood over the flames, with raised and vibrating wings. It didn’t get burnt, but the image it presented by its strange behavior was almost exactly like that shown in illustrations of the mythical phoenix!
Why birds should occasionally behave in this strange way is not clear. One idea is that they carefully use the heat of the flames to relieve the annoyance caused by their feather mites(虱) which all birds have. Whatever the reason, it is quite possible that the Ancient Egyptians saw birds behaving in this way, from time to time, and used it as the basis of their phoenix myth, adding fanciful details which closely linked it to their worship of the sun and their belief in resurrection.
Nowadays, the phoenix is much less important to us than it was to the Egyptians. But the logo of modern fire insurance companies, which employ the phoenix as one of their symbols, refers that in one sense the idea of it remains.  
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A. is a handsome and eagle-like bird living in Arab
B. used to be seen when the Egyptians held religious activities
C. has never really existed in the world
D. is the king of all kinds of birds
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A. the phoenix used to do so
B. they may get rid of the mites
C. they want to burn their feather
D. they can heat themselves
43. Which of the following statements is NOT correct?
A. The ancient Egyptians worshiped the phoenix.
B. The scientists have discovered why birds are attracted by fire.
C. The modern people still favor the idea of the phoenix.
D. The mythical tales about the phoenix were based on facts.
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A. Our company can protect you from being harmed by fire.
B. If your property is destroyed by fire, we will help you build it up again.
C. Our company will always be energetic and wealthy.
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In some modern countries it has for some time been fashionable to think that by free education for all — one can solve all the problems of society and build a perfect nation. But we can already see that free education for all is not enough; we find in such countries a far larger number of people with university degree; they refuse to do what they think “l(fā)ow” work; and, in fact, work with hands is thought to be dirty and shameful in such countries. But we have only to think a moment to understand that the work of a completely uneducated farmer is far more important than that of a professor; we can live without education, but we die if we have no food. If no one cleaned our streets and took the rubbish away from our houses, we should get terrible diseases in our towns.
In fact, when we say that all of us must be educated to fit us for life, it means that we must be educated in such a way that, firstly, each of us can do whatever work suited to his brains and ability and, secondly, that we can realize that all jobs are necessary to society, and that is very bad to be ashamed of one’s work. Only such a type of education can be considered valuable to society.
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A. education can settle most of the world’s problems
B. free education for all probably leads to a perfect world
C. free education won’t help to solve problems
D. all the social problems can’t be solved by education
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A. our society needs all kinds of jobs
B. our society needs free education for all
C. a farmer is more important than a professor
D. work with hands is the most important
62. The purpose of education is _______.
A. to choose officials for the country
B. to prepare children mainly for their future work
C. to let everyone receive education fit for him
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Once upon a time there was a wise man that used to go to the sea to do his writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach before he began his work. One day he was walking along the shore. As he looked down at the beach, he saw a human figure moving like a dancer. He smiled to himself at the thought that someone would dance on the beach. So he began to walk faster to catch up. As he got closer, he saw that it was a young man and the young man wasn’t dancing, but instead he was reaching down to the shore, picking up something and very gently throwing it into the ocean. As he got closer, he called out, “Good morning! What are you doing?’’
The young man paused, looked up and replied, “Throwing starfishes（海星）in the ocean.”
“I guess I should have asked, why are you throwing starfishes in the ocean?”
“The sun is up and the tide is going out. And if I don’t throw them in, they’ll die”
“But, young man, don’t you realize that there are miles and miles of beach and starfishes all along it. You can’t possibly make a difference!”
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A.dancing along the beach     
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C.picking up starfish for sale
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A.the gifts from friends      B.the strength of making decision
C.our own starfish            D.the ability to make a difference
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A.the wise man realized something new and important
B.the wise man thought it was foolish of the young man to throw starfishes in the ocean.
C.the young man had the ability to make a difference
D.it is necessary for us to save starfish on the beach
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A.how and where we can write a good article
B.everyone can do something for the future
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V.閱讀理解 (共兩節(jié)，滿分30)
第一節(jié)（共10小題，每小題2分，滿分20分）
Even if  you are a good high-jumper, you can jump only about seven feet off the ground. You cannot jump any higher because the earth pulls you hard. The pull of the earth is called gravity.
You can easily find out the pull of the earth. If you weigh yourself, you will know how much gravity is pulling you. 
Since there is gravity, water runs down hill. When you throw a ball into the air, it falls back down. Because of gravity, you do not fall off the earth as it whirls (旋轉(zhuǎn)) around. 
Then, can we get away from the earth and go far out into space? Now you can do it, because spaceships have been invented. Then spaceship will go so fast that it can escape (逃出) the earth’s gravity and carry you into space. 
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A. the pull of everything.           B. the force of attraction(吸引) among objects.
C. the force which attracts objects towards the centre of the earth
D. the force which attracts the earth towards the sun.
32. When you slip(滑) you always fall to the ground because________
A. the earth always turns round.                   B. the earth has gravity
C. the earth’s gravity is greater than your weight.     D. you are careless. 
33. Gravity is strong that_______
A. it can throw a ball into the air.           B. it makes you jump only seven feet.
C. it can let you fly away from the earth.     D. it can keep everything on earth.
34. Because of gravity,________
A. water flows everything.            B. we can go everywhere by ship. 
C. water always flows downwards.     D. fish can live in water.
35. We can get away from the earth by spaceship because________
A. the spaceship goes very fast.       B. the earth can’t pull the spaceship.
C. the spaceship has a strong force.    D. the spaceship can jump higher than others.

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The first MP4 player was born years ago. Soon many music fans were wondering how fantastic it is! If you have been into technology enough, perhaps you may have a knowledge of the MP4. If not, you do need to know something before buying one, even if you are familiar with MP3. MP3 is the CD-like disc with greater capacity. How about MP4? This small digital product will really enrich the joy from listening to music. You can even feel the “touch” of music to your soul!
Now, some similar digital products advertised as “MP4 players” are simply MP3 players, which do not play video and MPEG format (格式) and also lack other particular functions. These products confuse some buyers, as they may think the “MP4” players simply mean they can do more than MP3.
What is MP4?!
It is a multimedia container. It is not only used to store digital audio (音頻) and digital video streams, especially those of MPEG, but can also be used to store other data such as subtitles (字幕) and pictures. As a most modern container format, it allows streaming over the Internet.
With the help of a piece of MP4 video equipment, you can change various programs such as MPEG to MP4, ASX to MP4, AVI to MP4 and so on, which can be done very quickly and easily without any effect on the sound quality. By installing (安裝) DVD-MP4 software, you can transfer particular music from a DVD to an MP4 video file. It really excites your listening music experience. 
Then, there is MP4 advanced and you can set your own collection of all the programs — TV shows, games, and music. You can even see movies which are still running in cinemas. What else digital product could you possibly ask for? 
57. It is suggested here that you should ________ before buying an MP4 player
A. first be a music fan                                 B. have a knowledge of MP4
C. get familiar with MP3                                  D. buy a CD-like disc
58. From the passage, we can see that MP4 is ________ MP3. 
A. much bigger than              B. just as advanced as  
C. not so particular as              D. more functional than
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A. Storing digital audio and video streams.    B. Recording some movies in cinemas.
C. Playing TV shows, games and movies.      D. Transferring particular music from a DVD.
60. From the last sentence, it’s clear that the writer tries to tell us it is _______.
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第三部分：閱讀理解（共20 小題；滿分40 分）
閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)A、B、C、D 中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。
President Barack Obama had a big pat on the back for his young daughters on Tuesday，saying
they have taken swimmingly to life in the White House．
After more than a year at the US presidential mansion，Malia Obama，11，and Sasha Obama，
8，have made their dad proud with their ability to balance their private life with life in the public
eye，he told NBC television．
“The happiest thing about the past year and a half has been the girls’ adjustment．They have just been terrific．They’re doing well in school，”O(jiān)bama said．
“They’re not as constrained．They can wander around．Their Secret Service protection is a lot
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“Sometimes I’ve got 12 little girls screaming on the third floor of the White House．And they
made a great adjustment．”
The president also admitted he was concerned about how his daughters would cope with his
public life as they get a bit older．
“Now I get a little worried about them when they’re teenagers because I think that’s the time
when you’re already embarrassed about your parents，and then imagine if your dad’s in the
newspaper every day and people are calling him an idiot．I feel a little worried about that．”
““But on the other hand，Malia and Sasha have just turned out to be unbelievably well adjusted
kids，”O(jiān)bama said．
“The thing that’s most important to me is that they are so respectful of everybody and haven’t put on any airs．I attribute that directly to Michelle because she wouldn’t put up with any of that stuff．”
56．Accoding to this interview，_________makes him feel happy？
A．that he has a happy family
B．that his daughters can be accustomed to their new life
C．that he has two good daughters
D．that he succeed in his career as president of the USA
57．What can we infer from the passage ？
A．It is not difficult for little girls to deal with the life in the White House well．
B．Malia and Sasha don’t have many friends because they live in the White House well．
C．Obama is too busy to teach their daughter good manners．
D．There are some bad reports of Obama on the newspaper sometimes．
58．What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph mean？
A．（they）don’t feel very high   B．（they）don’t show off
C．（they）feel very happy     D．（they）feel very angry
59．According to the passage，who is Michelle？
A．The children’s maid．     B．The children’s teacher．
C．The children’s mother．  D．The children’s friend．

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