What makes a person a scientist? Does he have ways or tools of learning that are different from those of others? The answer is “no”. It isn’t the tools a scientist uses but how he uses these tools which make him a scientist. You will probably agree that knowing how to use a power is important to a carpenter. You will probably agree, too, that knowing how to investigation, how to discover information, is important to everyone. The scientist, however, goes one step further; he must be sure that he has a reasonable answer to his questions and that his answer he gets to many questions is into a large set of ideas about how the world works.
The scientist’s knowledge must be exact. There’s no room for half right or right just half the time. He must be as nearly right as the conditions permit. What works under one set of conditions at one time must work under the same conditions at other times. If the conditions are different, any changes the scientist observes in a demonstration(實(shí)證) must be explained by the changes in the conditions. This is one reason why investigations are important in science. Albert Einstein, who developed the Theory of Relativity, arrived at the theory through mathematics. The accuracy(正確性) of his mathematics was later tested through investigation. Einstein’s ideas were proved to be correct. A scientist uses many tools for measurements. Then the measurements are used to make mathematical calculations(計(jì)算) that may test his investigations
小題1: What makes a scientist according to the passage?
A．The tools he uses.B．His ways of learning
C．The way he uses his toolsD．The various tools he uses
小題2: “…knowing how to investigation, how to discover information, is important to everyone.”
The writer says this to show ___________.
A．the importance of information
B．the difference between scientists and ordinary people.
C．the importance of thinking
D．the difference between carpenters and ordinary people
小題3: A sound scientific theory should be one that _________.
A．works under one set of conditions at one time and also works under the same conditions at other times
B．doesn’t allow any change even under different conditions
C．Can be used many times under different conditions
D．Can be used for many purposes
小題4:What is the main idea of the passage?
A．Scientists are different from ordinary people.
B．The Theory of Relativity.
C．Exactness is the core (核心) of science.
D．Exactness and way of using tools are the keys to making of a scientist.
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The DREAM Act is a/an   41  aid program for the young illegal immigrants who entered the U.S. before they were 16. Those who apply for this program can get   42  and temporary residing (居住) status, which can be changed, once   43 , to a green card after six years. These immigrants can then use their newly acquired status to seek green cards for their   44 . In this way, it can also provide citizenship for the illegal foreigners who brought their children to the US.
“I don’t live in fear of being driven out of this   45 ,” says Juan, a high school junior born in Mexico. “I live a normal life here   46  that now everyone is getting their driver’s license, and I can’t.”
Juan came to the U.S. with his mother and older brother at eight. He is hoping for the DREAM Act to be      47 . While he admits that there is no obvious prejudice in high school, Juan   48  faces unfair racial treatment.
“It   49  me when people joke around and ask me for my green card,” Juan explains. “I   50 , but deep down I know they are offending me for   51  I have no control over. I was born in Mexico, but my   52  is here.”
His brother now attends a community (社區(qū)) college and plans to enter a university. Juan hopes to take a   53  path. “For long, I have no   54  that I can go to university” Juan says. “I know it’s going to be hard, but as long as I stay in this country, I have a/an   55 .”
小題1:
A．blank B．track C．nameD．message
小題2:
A．because ofB．instead of C．in terms ofD．regardless of
小題3:
A．sufferB．benefit C．learnD．graduate
小題4:
A．stopsB．beginsC．continuesD．changes
小題5:
A．ifB．untilC．unless D．a(chǎn)fter
小題6:
A．legal B．international C．seasonalD．educational
小題7:
A．low B．conditional C．stableD．regular
小題8:
A．deniedB．lostC．boughtD．earned
小題9:
A．children B．parents C．friendsD．relatives
小題10:
A．schoolB．programC．systemD．country
小題11:
A．with B．in C．except D．now
小題12:
A．introducedB．discussed C．passed D．corrected
小題13:
A．a(chǎn)lmost B．still C．evenD．only
小題14:
A．bothersB．worriesC．confusesD．surprises
小題15:
A．laughB．cryC．shoutD．sigh
小題16:
A．everythingB．nothing C．somethingD．a(chǎn)nything
小題17:
A．successB．originC．life D．experience
小題18:
A．similarB．rightC．differentD．direct
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Most of us long for relationships in which we are loved and accepted. Our hearts’ desire is to give and receive love in relationships that make us feel that even if others disagree with what we do or say, they still love us, accept us, and appreciate what we give to the world. While it would be wonderful to have these types of relationships with all people, we know that’s hard to do. However, we can have such relationships with some others, but only when we first have them with ourselves—and, strangely, this is often the hardest relationship of all.
Do you love yourself? You may think you do, but do you really? There’s only one way to find out— by taking a close look at what you think, say, and do. You may not like some of what you find, but if you are serious about really loving yourself, you can use this insight to do some positive inner work. Here’re three ways for gaining greater personal insight for deeper love:
Listen Closely to Your Thoughts
Your thoughts will determine your actions. One thing helping you to listen to your thoughts is keeping a journal. It is not necessary for you to write in it every day, but it helps to record various insights you gain as you go about your life. Instead of using a big notebook, you might use a small notepad that you can keep in your pocket for easy access to record your thoughts as they occur to you. Whichever method you choose, what’s most important is that you write your thoughts down. It will help you know what’s in your heart.
Be Honest with Yourself
To do this, you should pay attention to your actions. Actions speak louder than words, and they always tell the truth. If you say you love your job, but your actions say otherwise, which do you think is more reliable? On the other hand, if you say you’re not good at a certain job, but your actions say otherwise, that’s also important. What do you do with this insight? You can use it to make more positive choices in your life. By being honest with yourself, you will act according to truth instead of just what you tell yourself.
Take Quiet Time to Listen to Your Inner Voice
This is similar to the first point, but it takes a step further— beyond the natural mind to the heart that cannot be seen. You may want to use your quiet time to think deeply. However you use this time, the key is to shut out all of the noise around you by focusing deep within yourself. Breathing deeply during quiet time will also help you focus. I know it’s hard to find quiet time during a particularly busy day, but it’s so important— even if it’s just 10 minutes a day and you have to hide somewhere to get it. Quiet time can really make a difference in your life.
Despite what your mind may be telling you, you can have love with no limits. The key is to unconditionally love yourself first.
小題1:. By looking deep into what we think, say, and do, we can         .
A．know whether we really love ourselves
B．a(chǎn)ppreciate what we give to the world
C．realize what type of relationship we long for
D．know whether we are loved and accepted by others
小題2:.An important way for gaining personal insight is to         .
A．do some positive inner work
B．keep a journal wherever you go
C．look closely at what others say about us
D．pay attention to our thoughts
小題3:.The insight we gain from our actions can help us         .
A．focus our attention on our jobs
B．make more positive choices in our life
C．a(chǎn)ct according to the truth
D．tell the differences between our words and our actions
小題4:.It can be learned from the passage that if we want to have love without limits, we must first of all          .
A．be honest with ourselves anytime
B．give our love to others generously
C．love ourselves unconditionally
D．take quiet time and think deeply

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A．The story of English language often changes．
B．English is a language that has changed a lot as time passes by．
C．The old English language has changed into Modern English．
D．The story of English language is one of how people change the language．
小題2:Old English has a story of ______．
A．2,500 yearsB．more than 1,600 years
C．2,300 yearsD．more than 400 years
小題3:Old English was first used by the people from ______．
A．Old EnglishB．English
C．North-West EnglishD．North-West Europe
小題4:Which of the following is NOT true about Old English?
A．The endings of words gave different special meanings．
B．It is easy for most English-speakers today to understand the language．
C．Its words are very different from those Modern English．
D．It was spoken by many groups of the people from North-West Europe．

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Homestay provides English language students with the opportunity to speak English outside the classroom and the experience of being part of a British home.
What to Expect
The host will provide accommodation and meals. Rooms will be cleaned and bedcovers changed at least once a week. You will be given the house key and the host is there to offer help and advice as well as to take an interest in your physical and mental health.
Accommodation Zones
Homestays are located in London mainly in Zones2,3 and of the transport system. Most hosts do not live in the town centre as much of central London is commercial and not residential(居住的). Zones3 and 4often offer larger accommodation in a less crowned area. It is very convenient to travel in London by Underground.
Meal Plans Available
? Continental Breakfast
? Breakfast and Dinner
? Breakfast, Packed Lunch and Dinner
It’s important to note that few English families still provide a traditional cooked breakfast. Your accommodation includes Continental Breakfast which normally consists of fruit juice, cereal（谷物類(lèi)食品），bread and tea or coffee. Cheese, fruit and cold meat are not normally
part of a Continental Breakfast in England. Dinners usually consist of meat or fish with vegetables followed by desert, fruit and coffee.
Friends
If you wish to invite a friend over to visit.you must first ask your host’s permission.You have no right to entertain friends in a family home as some families feel it is an invasion of their privacy.
Self-Catering Accommodation in Private Homes
Accommodation on a room-only basis includes shared kitchen and bathroom facilities and often a main living room.This kind of accommodation offers an independent lifestule and is more suitable for the long-stay student.However,it does not provide the same family atmosphere as an ordinary homestay and may not benefit those who need to practise English at home quite as much.
小題1:The passage is probably written for       
A．host willing to receive foreign students
B．loreigners hoping to build British culture
C．travellers planning to vist famlies in London
D．English learners applying to like in English homes
小題2:Which of the following will the host provide?
Room cleaning.
Medical care.
Free transport.
Physical trainning.
小題3:What can be inferred from Paragraph3?
A.Zone 4 is more crowded than Zone 2.
B.The business centre of London is in Zone.
C.Hosts dislike travelling to the city centre.
小題4:According to the passage. What does continental Breakfast include?
A．Dessert and coffee
B．Fruit and vegetables.
C．bread and fruit juice
D．Centre and cold meat.
小題5:Why do some people choose self-catering accommodation?
A．To experience a warmer famliy atmosphere.
B．To enrich their knowledge of English\
C．To entertain friends as they like.
D．To enjoy much more freedom.

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 In the eyes of dog lovers, the dog is man’s best friend. But for much wildlife, loose dogs may be a dangerous enemy, according to a study by a biologist from Utah State University in the US.
Based on much existing research and their own case studies, Julie Young of Utah State University and four other scientists conclude that loose dogs may represent a huge danger to wildlife, especially endangered species, by hunting down or worrying them and by spreading diseases. They also found that dogs, their worldwide numbers around 500 million, can cause more damage to wildlife and livestock(牲畜) than wolves and other enemies of these animals.
Young gave examples from the US state of Idaho, where research showed the presence of dogs reducing some deer populations. On the Navajo American Indians’ reservation in northeastern Arizona, packs of loose dogs are chasing livestock. They have killed populations of small animals such as rabbits and act as a disease carrier for rabies(狂犬病) among people and other animals, she said. Loose dogs also were to blame for distemper outbreak leading to a die-off of endangered black-footed ferrets in northwestern Wyoming in the 1980s.
The phenomenon is not just limited to US; it’s a global problen. Julie Young once studied three endangered species in central Asia: wild sheep, gazelles and antelope. The rate of injury and death to these animals by loose dogs was very high. In another case, Young found that dogs, not wolves, as originally suspected, were responsible for a large number of livestock killings in the mountainous Basque country between Spain and France.
Authors of the new study said the problem is likely to worsen as communities expand. Then how to deal with it?
Indeed, in many countries, leash(拴狗的皮帶) laws permit punishment of dog owners whose pets chase wildlife. But lawbreakers are rarely punished because the police lack both people and money.
Young has low-cost solutions to the problem for dog lovers, though. They include public dog-training programs and vaccinating (預(yù)防接種) dogs against rabies and other illnesses.
小題1:. What is the main point of Julie Young’s study?
A．Many species are endangered because they are killed by loose dogs.
B．Wild dogs are immune to many diseases.
C．Wolves are still the greatest enemy of livestock.
D．Loose dogs pose a great danger to wildlife.
小題2:. Which of the following statements about loose dogs is TRUE according to the research?
A．There are around 500 million loose dogs around the world.
B．The black-footed ferrets in northwestern Wyoming were once the main food source of local loose dogs.
C．The problem caused by loose dogs is the most serious in the US.
D．People used to think that wolves, rather than loose dogs killed livestock in the Basque country.
小題3:. Which of the following is among Julie Young’s solutions to the trouble caused by loose dogs?
A．More strict leash laws
B．Public dog-training programs.
C．Vaccinating people against rabies and other illnesses.
D．More support from the police.
小題4:. What is the main point of the article?
A．A global disaster caused by loose dogs.
B．What makes the dog man’s greatest friend.
C．The problem of loose dogs and the possible solutions.
D．The danger of the increasing numbers of dogs.

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We produce 500 billion of plastic bags in a year worldwide and they are thrown away polluting oceans, killing wildlife and getting dumped in landfills where they take up to 1,000 years to decompose. Researchers have been unsuccessfully looking for a solution.
The 16-year-old Canadian high school student, Daniel Burd, from Waterloo Collegiate Institute, has-discovered a way to make plastic bags degrade(降解) in as few as 3 months, a finding that won him first prize at the Canada Wide Science Fair, a ＄10,000 prize, a ＄20,000 scholarship, and a chance to revolutionize a major environmental issue.
Burd’s strategy was simple: Since plastic does eventually degrade, it must be eaten by microorganisms (微生物). If those microorganisms could be identified, we could put them to work eating the plastic much faster than under normal conditions.
With this goal in mind, he grounded plastic bags into a powder and concocted(調(diào)制) a solution of household chemicals, yeast(酵母) and tap water to encourage microbes growth. Then he added the plastic powder and let the microbes work their magic for 3 months. Finally, he tested the resulting bacterial culture on plastic bags, exposing one plastic sample to dead bacteria as a control. Sure enough, the plastic exposed to the live bacteria was 17% lighter than the control after six weeks.
The inputs are cheap, maintaining the required temperature takes little energy because microbes produce heat as they work, and the only outputs are water and tiny levels of carbon dioxide.
“Almost every week I have to do chores and when I open the closet door, I have piles of plastic bags falling on top of me. One day, I got tired of it and I wanted to know what other people are doing with these plastic bags. The answer: not much. So I decided to do something myself.” Said Daniel Burd.
小題1:Daniel Burd won first prize at the Canada Wide Science Fair because      .
A．he found a new kind of microorganism
B．he contributed much to environmental protection
C．he found a way to degrade plastics in shorter time
D．he could encourage microbe growth in an easier way
小題2: Daniel Burd exposed one plastic sample to dead bacteria to      .
A．make the live bacteria work betterB．test how effective his method was
C．know which bacteria worked fasterD．control the temperature in the process
小題3:
Maintaining the required temperature takes little energy because       .
A．plastics can get hot easilyB．microbes can produce heat themselves
C．much carbon dioxide is producedD．the temperature can be controlled
小題4: Daniel Burd got his idea from       .
A．his school textbookB．the failure of researchers
C．his everyday workD．the practice of other people

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Maybe you have ever seen a cross. A cross can be a piece of jewelry or an image in
a painting. But do you know the cross is a very popular symbol for Christmas？
It came from the story of Jesus’ death on the cross two thousand years ago in Jerusalem. Jesus was Jewish，and at that time Jewish people were under Roman rule. Jesus was badly punished because he declared to be the Son of God and the King of Jews. Surely，the Son of God could have saved himself from the death！But the Bible says that Jesus had a reason to die that day. It was in God’s purpose that it would happen.
Christians call the day that Jesus died “Good Friday”.At first，it is hard to understand how a terrible day could ever be called good. Well，the story does not end there. Jesus died and he was buried. But three days later，Jesus was alive，and the whole world was changed.
Today，Christians everywhere remember this important time. They celebrate Easter. Easter is the day that Jesus rose from the dead. After his death on the cross，Jesus’ body was placed in a tomb. On the third day from then，God raised him from the dead. Jesus stayed on earth physically for several weeks. Many people saw him. Easter is the happiest time of year for Christians because they believe that Jesus had victory over death and evil and that now he lives with God the Father in heaven. But before celebrating Easter， Good Friday should be remembered. Jesus died a horrible and painful death. He suffered, though he did noting wrong. Christian believe that Jesus was God’s substitute(代表) for humans， because humans all do wrong. He died because of humans and he died for humans.
Christians often wear crossed around their necks of hang them in their homes because they believe it is a very important sign. The cross helps them remember how much God loves them. It helps them remember how much his Son had to suffer. Seeing a cross always makes them think of Jesus’ death， and what it means.
小題1:According to the bible， why Jesus could not save himself from death that day？
A．Jesus was not afraid of deathB．God arrange Jesus’ death for certain purpose
C．Jesus should die without a reasonD．Jesus was not God’s Son at all
小題2:Which is the right order of the events given in the passage？
a. Jesus was sentenced to death on the cross by the Romans
b Christians began to celebrate Easter
c Jesus declared himself the Son of God and the King of the Jews
d Three days later，Jesus came to life
e. “Good Friday” came into being
A．a(chǎn)—e—c—d—bB．a(chǎn)--e—b—d—cC．c—a—b—d—eD．c—a—e—d—b
小題3:In Christians’ belief， for what reason did God want Jesus to die？
A．God loved humans despite human’s wrong—doing，so he asked his beloved Son to die in human’s place
B．Jesus did something wrong by acclaiming himself the Son of God
C．God wanted His Son Jesus to live with him in heaven
D．God wanted “Good Friday” and “Easter”mainly to be remembered by humans
小題4:．It can be inferred from the passage that____________
A．a(chǎn) cross is a piece of jewelry or an image in a painting for Christians
B．Christians call the day that Jesus died “Good Friday”mainly to reduce their pain for the loss of Jesus
C．if Jesus hadn’t returned to life， people would often wear crosses around their necks or hang them in their homes
D．Christians like crosses because crosses always remind them of God’s love and Jesus’ death
小題5: The purpose of the author in writing this passage is to___________
A．introduce a symbol for Christian---- the cross
B．tell an interesting Christian story
C．describe the rebirth of Jesus
D．inform the origin of two Christian festiva

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If you want to fully enjoy your vacation, then you’d better check the Durban City Tours! This is actually one of the best choices in South Africa today.
There is nothing more relaxing than to think about it that there is a place to go and relax, right? City life is stressful, but you can escape this situation and be in the place where there is noting but fun. Here in Durban you will get to see all the amazing tourist attractions. If you love animals and want to see some elephants wandering around the streets, then Durban is the place to go. You can even get to ride one if you want!
Here you will also get to taste all the delicious South African food. You can choose from Italian cooking to its native dishes. Durban is a great place to tour with your friends and family. You will learn a lot about its history through the landmarks you will see down the streets. Tourists and even the local villagers just can’t get enough of these treats!
However, it is important that you make the necessary arrangements. There are actually lots of tour guides that will help you as you make your journey along the streets of Durban. But if you prefer the best tour guides here in Durban, then you’d better settle for the Street Scene Tours. Their staff are all well-trained and professional. They will certainly make your stay here an unforgettable one. No wonder tourists prefer the Street Scene Tours when it comes to Durban City Tours.
小題1:What is the main idea of Paragraph 2?
A．Durban is a relaxing city.
B．City life means high pressure.
C．It is good to have a place to relax.
D．One can have fun riding elephants.
小題2: If you walk in the street of Durban, what will impress you most?
A．Tourists from all over the world.
B．The buildings and many kinds of animals.
C．The streets and some wandering elephants.
D．The friendly local people and the scenery.
小題3:. What does the last sentence in Paragraph 3 show?
A．The food can’t satisfy them.
B．They are bored with the streets.
C．They are treated very well here.
D．They never get tired of the sights.
小題4: The author wrote the last paragraph mainly to      .
A．a(chǎn)ttract tourists to Durban
B．help readers make arrangement
C．introduce the tour guides in Durban
D．persuade tourists to choose the Street Scene Tours

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