A successful scientist is generally a good observer.  He makes full 36  of the facts he observes.  He doesn’t accept ideas which are not  37   on obvious facts,  and therefore refuses to accept authority as the only   38   for truth.  He always  39    ideas carefully and makes experiments to prove them.
The rise of    40    science may perhaps be considered to    41   as far back as the    42    of Roger Bacon,  the wonderful philosopher of Oxford,  who live    43    the years 1214 and 1292.  He was probably the first in the Middle    44    to suggest that we must learn science    45    observing and experimenting on the things around us,  and he himself    46   many important discoveries.
Galileo,  however,  who lived more than 300 years later (1564-1642),  was the greatest of several great men,     47    in Italy,  France,  Germany,  or England,  began by    48    to show how many important    49    could be discovered by observation.  Before Galileo,  learned men believed that large bodies fell more    50    towards the earth than small ones,     51    Aristotle said so.  But Galileo,  going to the    52     of the leaning Tower of Pisa,  let fall two  53    stones and proved Aristotle was wrong.  It was Galileo’s    54    of going direct to Nature,  and proving our    55    and theories by experiment,  that has led to all the discoveries of modern science.

小題1:	A．use B．time C．speed D．trust

小題2:	A．worked B．based C．lived D．written

小題3:	A．reason B．cause C．a(chǎn)dvice D．result

小題4:	A．thinks B．checks C．has D．learn

小題5:	A．natural B．physical C．a(chǎn)ncient D．modern

小題6:	A．date B．keep C．look D．take

小題7:	A．study B．time C．year D．birth

小題8:	A．both B．each C．between D．a(chǎn)mong

小題9:	A．Schools B．Ages C．Days D．Count

小題10:

A．in B．with C．on D．by

小題11:

A．did B．made C．took D．gave

小題12:

A．who B．when C．that D．where

小題13:

A．ways B．degrees C．levels D．chance

小題14:

A．truths B．problems C．people D．subjects

小題15:

A．slowly B．rapidly C．lightly D．heavily

小題16:

A．a(chǎn)lthough B．because C．when D．If

小題17:

A．place B．foot C．top D．ceiling

小題18:

A．big B．small C．equal D．unequal

小題19:

A．spirit B．skill C．theory D．discovery

小題20:

A．plans B．opinions C．world D．a(chǎn)bility

Most students try to learn English grammar using grammar textbooks. They study grammar rules and take grammar tests. They use an analytical approach, attempting to memorize, and then apply, a great number of rules.
However, research has proved this method inefficient and ineffective. The truth is, the human brain simply cannot consciously remember process and use hundreds of or thousands of grammar rules. Real speech is too fast.
Native speakers do not learn grammar in this way, but rather intuitively (憑直覺地) and unconsciously. They learn in a complete way, not by attempting to memorize individual grammar rules. As a result, native speakers use correct grammar fluently and easily.
Fortunately, it is possible for English learners to learn grammar this way. Language teacher Blaine Ray has developed a unique "intuitive" approach to teach English grammar. Her system uses "point of view" stories to teach the patterns of English grammar, allowing students unconsciously to acquire correct grammar without ever studying grammar rules.
In this system, the teacher first tells a simple story from one point of view. It may be told about the past, then repeated, but beginning with "since he was a child"; then repeated again, but this time about the future.
Listening to these stories allows students intuitively and effortlessly to learn English grammar and makes them be able to use it correctly when they speak.
Point of View Stories is a creative new way to study English grammar, and offers hope to millions of frustrated English learners.
小題1:Which of the following ways is approved by the author?

A．Remembering grammar rules

B．Taking grammar tests.

C．Analyzing grammatical structure

D．Applying language to situations.

小題2:What does the underlined part "this way" in the fourth paragraph refer to?

A．Talking to native speakers when learning.

B．Learning English grammar in a complete way.

C．Using correct English grammar.

D．Learning English grammar 4from a teacher.

小題3:From this passage we learn that ______.

A．native speakers learn English grammar by listening to stories

B．Blaine Ray’s method gets students to grasp correct grammar unconsciously

C．Blaine Ray teaches grammar rules by asking students to tell stories

D．it’s hard for students to speak correct English in the new system

小題4: This passage wants to ______.

A．criticize the traditional way of learning grammar

B．introduce a new way to study English grammar

C．a(chǎn)sk students to learn English grammar by listening to stories

D．tell us how the native speakers learn English grammar

小題5:why shouldn’t the English learners use an analytical approach?

A．because the analytical approach can let them learn English grammar effortlessly

B．because the analytical approach makes them be able to use English correctly when they speak.

C．because the analytical approach can’t let them memorize and then apply a great number of rules.

D．because Real speech is too fast.

As soon as I saw her, I understood I was in trouble. The tiny 10-year-old girl was staring at me with that specific facial expression which probably only dentists have to enjoy all day long!
Whatever question I asked, whatever activity I suggested, her reaction was pretty much the same — she was frozen with horror. She was sent to our private language school after having been the worst in English at her key school with a pretty strict ELT syllabus(教學(xué)大綱), with her peers teasing her for her mistakes in English. Moreover, her state school teacher called her name. To make things worse, she was under pressure from her family for getting bad marks in English. She was definitely expecting me to carry on the same way with her.
I have to admit that I had been staring at her with probably the same expression for a while before eventually she handed in an absolutely incredible composition which I had previously asked the class to write. It was written in perfect handwriting, was full of clever ideas and had correct paragraphing. The girl got her first excellent mark in English, and I praised her generously and from then on I started using her writing skills to support the others. Before doing an oral retelling of a story, she wrote it down. Before presenting her oral project, she was allowed to do the same thing. The day she first put up her hand to orally answer my question addressed to the class I was incredibly happy.
She taught me how to approach withdrawn students — find the skill which they can excel at, in her case writing, and help the student use it to develop other skills!
小題1:The writer is probably a teacher 　　　. 

A．in a language training center

B．in a private language school

C．in a state school

D．in a key public school

小題2:The writer’s first impression of the little girl was that she was 　　　. 

A．incredibly dull	B．hard to cope with
C．far too lovely	D．pretty confident

小題3:The girl came to the school because 　　　. 

A．she had some special skills

B．she was good at writing poems

C．she felt very uncomfortable at her previous school

D．she is poor at her pronunciation

Children, especially at young ages, are very creative. And creativity can be a glorious(極好的) thing. Look at all the amazing artists and architects that have created glorious pieces of history. Look at all the authors with the award winning books. Now I am not saying everyone is going to end up this way but creativity is an important part of growing up and becoming who you are. This should be encouraged in young children as well as the older children.
Young children grow up playing with make-believe. And so many people try to make their young child see that their invisible friend isn’t real or that talking when someone is not in the room is weird. To adults it is, but for small children it is them being creative. May it be them playing house, or chef, or playing with stuffed animals, it is their creative part coming out. Some kids can have fun playing with rocks and sticks and it’s because of their creativeness that they can do this. The invisible friend part is another part of being imaginative, and is not a bad thing since they will grow out of that phase(階段). So encourage this and play along with them, play house, or stuffed animals or whatever they want to play. Help keep their imagination running. You can even make up games, like treasure hunts, or dinosaurs, super heroes; there is just so much you can choose from.
All this can help your children’s minds stay creative. The arts and music, even thoughts are an important part of life and important in our society. If we didn’t have and encourage creative thinking, we wouldn’t have had inventors, or philosophers, or as I said before, artists.
小題1:The underlined word “weird” is close in meaning to            .

A．familiar

B．strange

C．common

D．natural

小題2:According to the author, if a child talks alone in a room, we should          .

A．let him be

B．stop him from doing so

C．give him some advice

D．know that he is suffering from loneliness

小題3:What is mainly talked about in the passage?

A．How creative artists and architects are born.

B．How to help children grow up in a healthy way.

C．What kind of activities children like.

D．How to help children to be creative.

小題4:The author of the passage would agree that          .

A．every child can become creative artists or inventors

B．creative people all show strange behaviors when young

C．creativity brings out great artists and architects

D．creativity is a natural ability to be born with

Lettuce (萵苣)has been eaten for over 4,500 years, and was known to the Egyptians, Greeks and Romans. Now, people in some countries start the meal with lettuce as part of a salad. There are hundreds of kinds of lettuce. The main ones include head lettuce, such as iceberg, leaf lettuce _,Boston, bibb and romaine.
Experts say lettuce is one of the easiest crops to grow in your garden. The best time to plant the seeds is during cool weather. The University of Illinois Extension advises that the best planting temperature is 15 ⁰C.
Lettuce seeds are small, so do not place them too deep in the ground. If you plant some seeds every week or two, you will have crops ready to eat one after another.
To start the seeds inside, you can use a seed tray in your home or other shelter. This container should be deep enough to hold at least three centimeters of soil or more. There should be about one centimeter of space between the soil and the top of the container. The container should have holes in the bottom so the extra water can flow out. Drop the seeds over the surface and cover them lightly with soil. If the soil is not already a little wet, give it some water. But do not drown the seeds.
Next, cover the seed tray with paper. When the seedlings have come up far enough to touch the paper, take it off. You can transplant the seedlings into the garden when they are about two to three centimeters tall. Do this when the weather is not too hot and not too cold. Take out as much soil as you can with the seedlings, Then dig a hole in the ground bigger thanthe lettuce roots. Water the plants but not too heavily.
Harvest leaf lettuces when the leaves are big enough to eat. Pull the leaves from the outside of the planting so the inside leaves will keep growing. Or, you can cut off the whole plant. Leave about two or three centimeters above the ground so the plant will re-grow. Cut off head lettuces at ground level.
Lettuce is best when served fresh, so make a salad and enjoy. Experts say lettuce is one of the easiest crops to grow in your garden.
小題1:Which of the following shows the right order of planting lettuces?
a.Dig a hole in the ground bigger than the lettuce roots.
b.Drop the seeds over the surface.
c.Water the plants.
d.Cover the seed with soil.
e.Take off the paper.
f.Transplant the seedlings into the garden.

A．b, d, e ，f, a, c	B．a(chǎn), b ，c, d ，e, f
C．d, e，f, b，a，c	D．b，c, d，e，f，a

小題2:The underlined word “seedlings” in paragraph 5 means______.

A．containers

B．seeds

C．young plants

D．layers

小題3:When eating Iettuce₅ you’d better ______ so that it tastes best.

A．store it in plastic bags	B．eat the inside leaves
C．wrap it in paper	D．eat while it is fresh

小題4:What can we infer from the passage?

A．Lettuce is the easiest crop to grow in your garden.

B．The lettuce is not hard to plant and store.

C．We can plant lettuce in a two-centimeter-high tray.

D．We should water lettuce at least twice a day.

Our English course for kids or children focuses on learning English in an enjoyable way. Classes are small and individual attention is very important.
During the rest of the day students are encouraged to make use of the opportunities to speak and improve their English with the presence of monitors and teachers who will always use English with them.
There are three classes in the morning from Monday to Friday. The focus is primarily on spoken English; students will learn functional English to help them in real social situations. Special attention will be given to useful vocabulary for the afternoon’s activities or trip. The course will finish with a group presentation.
Maximum number of students in class is 8. This allows for greater participation and a greater degree of individual attention. Please note that this is a guaranteed maximum.
Each class is with a different teacher. This means that students practice English with the
added benefit of listening to more accents and experience a variety of teaching styles.
Classes are arranged by level. On arrival students take a level test to assess their oral, reading and written abilities. Students are then placed in a class where teachers agree they will benefit most.
We live and study on campus. There is no time wasted in traveling to class. There are short breaks between classes to allow students to refresh, prepare for the next class or make a start on homework. Homework is beneficial to reinforcing language learned during the day so teachers will set some short tasks each night. Students will have opportunity to do these when they choose--after class, before or after meals or at the end of the day.
Teachers are native-English speakers from all over the world, graduates, TESOL qualified, and experienced. Our teachers know what ifs like to learn a language. They will encourage and help all the students一from children to teenagers.

小題1:In the morning lessons, students will_____.

A．make sure of the opportunity to make a personal presentation

B．learn spoken English for the afternoon activities

C．practise speaking English with teachers individually

D．get into real social situations to practise functional English

小題2:According to the passage, each class is with a different teacher in that_____.

A．students themselves have their own favourite teachers

B．students can make friends with different teachers

C．students can learn English spoken with different accents

D．different teachers teach students different courses

小題3:What information can you get from the passage?

A．There is no need for students to do any homework there.

B．All the teachers are native and full of experience.

C．Students don’t have lunch together with their teachers.

D．Not more than eight students are allowed to learn in a class.

It is thought that crying is hardly an activity encouraged by society. Tear, whether they are of sorrow, anger, or joy, typically make Americans feel uncomfortable and embarrassed. The shedder of tears (落淚者) is likely to apologize, even when a great tragedy was the cause. The observer of tears is likely to do everything possible to put an end to the emotional tears. But judging from recent studies of crying behavior, both those responses to tears are often inappropriate and may even be counterproductive (適得其反).
Humans are the only animals clearly known to shed emotional tears. Since evolution has given rise to few purposeless physiological responses, it is logical to assume that crying has one or more functions that enhance (increase) survival.
Although some observers have suggested that crying is a way to ask for assistance form others (as a crying baby might from its mother), the shedding of tears is hardly necessary to get help. Vocal cries would have been quite enough, more likely than tears to gain attention. So, it appears, there must be something special about tears themselves.
Indeed, the new studies suggest that emotional tears may play a direct role in alleviating stress, University of Minnesota researchers who are studying the chemical composition of tears have recently isolated two important chemicals from emotional tears. Both chemicals are found only in tears that are shed in response to emotion. Tears shed because of exposure to cut onion would contain no such substance.
Other researchers are investigating the usefulness of tears as a means of diagnosing human ills and monitoring drugs. At Tulane University’s Teat Analysis Laboratory Dr. Peter Kastl and his colleagues report that they can use tears to detect drug abuse, to study the causes of “dry eye” syndrome（綜合癥）and the effects of eye surgery, and perhaps even to measure exposure to environmental pollutants.
小題1:What does the phrase “both those responses” in Paragraph 1 refer to ?

A．Crying out of sorrow and shedding tears for happiness.

B．The embarrassment and unpleasant sensation of the observers.

C．The tear shedder’s apology and the observer’s effort to stop the crying.

D．Linking illness with crying and finding the chemical composition of tears.

小題2:From the passage we can infer that        .

A．it is unnatural for people to shed tears

B．we can reduce our stress by shedding tears

C．shedders of tears can’t get help by crying loudly

D．unlike animals, humans can shed tears for survival

小題3:What does the passage mainly talk about?

A．Roles of emotional tears.

B．functions of shedding tears.

C．Unwelcome shedders of tears.

D．Research on the effects of tears.

In nature, you may see many insects and animals of different colors. Have you ever wondered why?
Locusts （蝗蟲）are super delicious food for birds, but it is not always an easy job for birds to catch them. It is neither because locusts are good jumpers or runners nor because they are smarter than their enemies（敵人）. The reason is that the colors of locusts change with the colors of crops （莊稼）. When crops are young, locusts look green. But when autumn comes, locusts change to the yellow and brown color as crops do.
Brown bears, tigers and other animals move quietly through forests. They can’t be seen easily by their enemies. This is because they have colors similar to the trees. For the same reason, polar bears that live on a land of snow and ice are white. Butterflies （蝴蝶）and bees living among the flowers are colorful like flowers. Soil insects are mostly dark-colored and they live under the soil in a dark and wet environment. However, insects with colors different from plants can easily be found and eaten by others. So in order to survive, they have to hide themselves in the daytime and appear only at night.
Have you ever noticed some even stranger acts（行為）? The ink fish in the sea can send out some very black ink when it faces danger. As the ink spreads over, its enemies will find themselves in a dark world. At the same time the ink fish immediately swims away. That is how it keeps itself safe though it is not strong at all.
小題1:According to the passage, most soil insects ______

A．do not have bright colors

B．change their colors with the soil

C．do not live in a dark and wet environment.

D．eat colorful insects like butterflies and bees.

小題2:What’s the meaning of the underlined word “survive” in the passage?

A．繁殖

B．產(chǎn)卵

C．覓食

D．生存

小題3:What is the main idea of this passage?

A．Some insects and animals have different skills.

B．Some insects and animals are cleverer than we think.

C．Some insects and animals use colors to protect themselves.

D．Some insects and animals can get used to the environment easily.

Criticism(批評(píng)) never changes a thing. Accept yourself exactly as you are. Everybody changes. When you criticize yourself, your changes are negative. When you approve of yourself, your changes are positive.
Don’t scare yourself
Stop scaring yourself with your thought that it’s terrible to live this way. Find a mental image that gives you pleasure, and immediately change your scary thought to a pleasant one. Imagine a positive future ahead of you.
Be gentle, kind and patient
Be patient with yourself as you learn new ways of thinking. If you make a mistake you will develop self-hatred, but don’t hate yourself for thinking. Gently change your thoughts. Praise and support yourself.
Criticism breaks your spirit, while praise builds it up. Praise yourself as much as you can. Tell yourself how well you are doing with everything. Find ways to support yourself. Reach out to friends and allow them to help you. It is best to ask for help when you need it.
Take care of your body
Learn about nutrition. What kind of fuel does your body need in order to have enough energy and vitality(活力)? Learn about exercise. What kinds of exercise do you enjoy? Insist on doing exercise every day.
Mirror work
Look into your eyes in the mirror often and express the growing sense of love you have for yourself. At least once a day you should say to yourself: "I love you." If you have confidence in yourself, you’ll never give in to difficulty.
Love yourself. Do it now, begin now, and do the best you can.
小題1:According to the author, you should _____.

A．praise yourself now and then

B．change yourself

C．criticize someone else

D．criticize yourself

小題2: The underlined phrase in paragraph 1 probably means ______.

A．to defend	B．to challenge
C．to appreciate	D．to suspect

小題3:You should face the mirror and say that you love yourself so that you can _____.

A．imagine a positive future ahead of you

B．grow more confident of yourself

C．find out the expressions on your face

D．learn more about yourself

It’s 8:30, time for John to start work. So he turns on his radio. Then he eats breakfast. As he eats, he reads his e-mail and reviews his to-do list. Then he sits on the sofa and thinks about an article he needs to write ... Wait a minute! Radio? Breakfast? Sofa? What kind of workplace is this? Well, actually it is John’s house, and he is a telecommuter —  he works at home, communicating with the workplace through the Internet.
Like John, millions of people — and their employers — are finding that telecommuting is a great way to work. Telecommuters can follow their own timetables. They work in the comfort of homes, where they can also look after young children or elderly parents. They save time and money by not traveling to work. Their employers save, too, because they need less office space and furniture. Studies show that telecommuters change jobs less often. This saves employers even more money. Telecommuting helps society, too, by reducing pollution and traffic problems.
Jobs that are suited to telecommuting include writing, design work, computer programming and accounting. If a job is related to working with information, a telecommuter can probably do it.
小題1:From the passage we can learn that John does his job           .

A．by telephon	B．through the Internet
C．in his office	D．a(chǎn)way from home

小題2:One of the advantages of telecommuting is that you can        .

A．work for several employers	B．enjoy a lot of traveling
C．get along well with other workers	D．work on your own schedule

小題3:Telecommuters change jobs less often, so         .

A．their employers can save money

B．their employers will give them a higher pay

C．they can get more work experience

D．they will have a longer paid holiday

小題4:The underlined phrase “suited to” in the third paragraph probably means “       ”.

A．a(chǎn)cceptable for

B．bad for

C．difficult for

D．fit for