NASA has opened the door to the next generation of space discovery by announcing great plans for a base for humans to live on the surface of the moon forever.
The project to build a base on the moon will begin soon after 2020, with astronauts living there within four years.
The project comes after several excellent scientists and environmentalists asked humans to look beyond Earth to ensure the survival of the species (物種).
Eventually, the moon will be a base for humans to explore the solar system and one day land on Mars.
NASA began planning for the first moon landing since 1972 when George Bush, the US president, announced his new plan for space exploration four years ago.
NASA has already talked about the design of the Orion spacecraft that will replace the old space shuttle fleet in 2010.
The plan for the moon base, however, is the first detailed explanation of how NASA intends to prepare for the first manned exploration of deep space and a possible Mars mission within 30 years.
Scientists also believe that the south pole on the moon contain rich natural gases such as the rare helium-3 that could be used as fuel for the generation of nuclear power. Besides, teams of astronauts living there for six months at a time would mine for hydrogen and oxygen to make water and possibly rocket fuel.
小題1:When was the plan to explore space first announced according to the passage?

A．In 1972.

B．In 1950.

C．In 1968.

D．In 2020.

小題2:The reasons why NASA has begun the plan to explore space include the followings except ________.

A．to protect Earth	B．to explore deep space
C．to finish Mars mission	D．to show how powerful the USA is

小題3:In the future, when people fly to the moon, they will probably not bring with them too much ________

A．hydrogen

B．food

C．oxygen

D．water

小題4:The passage mainly talks about ________.

A．the USA’s new plan for space exploration

B．how to build a base on the moon

C．why to ensure the survival of the species

D．where to get new natural resources

閱讀下列應(yīng)用文及相關(guān)信息，并按照要求匹配信息。請?jiān)诖痤}卡上將對應(yīng)題號的相應(yīng)選項(xiàng)字母涂黑。
下面是幾則培訓(xùn)班招生廣告：
A. Comprehensive language skill training
100 lessons in total, focusing on pronunciation, grammar and discourse（語段）. To enable the learners to master the basic knowledge of the Chinese language, to have the basic ability of listening, speaking, reading and writing, so that they are able to communicate with others and to meet the needs of everyday life, study and sociality. This will lay a foundation for further study of Chinese.
B. Intermediate（中等的）Chinese Comprehensive Course
40 lessons in all, focusing on the training of the comprehensive skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing of intermediate Chinese. To enable the students to recognize, understand and use the active and less active words, to improve their ability of expressing themselves in paragraphs and discourses, to master the new words, patterns, grammatical structures, paragraphs and discourses and means of connections so as to express the meaning of the texts correctly and fluently in paragraphs and discourses.
C. News Listening
Based on frequently used words, typical sentences and information and concentrating on improving the ability of listening comprehension. To improve the ability of collecting information, to grasp the knowledge and skills they have learned and to understand the broadcasting and TV news of similar themes and relevant level of difficulty with the correctness of 80%. To build up the foundation for further study.
D. Elementary English-Chinese Translation
25 classes in total, including various styles such as poems, popular science, political comments and news, about every aspect of everyday life. The texts vary from easy to difficult and combine theory with practice as well as translation and interpretation. About 185 hours are needed. To familiarize the learners with the equivalent（對應(yīng)的）Chinese expressions of English. To enable them to know usage of Chinese and English words and sentences, cultural differences and the background knowledge.
E. Elementary Spoken Chinese in Business
24 units in all. Chinese words and expressions in business and trade are introduced in the form of vivid situational dialogues, notes and exercises. To enable the learners to master the words and expressions of elementary spoken business Chinese and to communicate with others in trade and business.
F. Chinese Human Geography
Introduction to geographic environment and cultural phenomena in various parts of China, such as natural features, historical backgrounds, religious sites, ancient battle fields, dramas and arts, traditional products, and special food, etc. Through the introduction to historical and cultural sites and scenery, the learners will have a general view about Chinese geography, history, culture and regional features.
下面是5個(gè)想學(xué)習(xí)漢語的學(xué)生，閱讀下面的信息，找出適合他們每個(gè)人的課程：
小題1:Mathew majors in media and hopes to understand Chinese broadcasting and TV News and communicate with the Chinese people.
小題2:Sarah is a learner of Chinese with a fairly good knowledge of basic Chinese grammar and a vocabulary of 2,500, hoping to improve her Chinese ability in speaking, reading and writing.
小題3:Lois majors in teaching Chinese as a foreign language and hopes to improve her ability in translation.
小題4:Dennis once has taught himself Chinese and can speak a little Chinese but with poor pronunciation and grammar, hoping to meet the needs of everyday life and study, and understand each other in basic communication through training.
小題5:Georgia specializes in the Chinese language and culture at the average level. He plans to have a tour in China. 

閱讀下列短文，根據(jù)所讀內(nèi)容在短文后的表格中填入恰當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~。注意：表格的每個(gè)空格只填一個(gè)單詞。
Educating girls quite possibly yields a higher rate of return than any other investment （投資）available in the developing world. Women's education may be unusual territory for economists（經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家）, but enhancing women's contribution to development is actually as much an economic as a social issue. And economics（經(jīng)濟(jì)因素）, with its emphasis on incentives, provides guideposts that point to an explanation for why so many girls are deprived（剝奪）of an education.
　　Parents in low-income countries fail to invest（投資）in their daughters because they do not expect them to make an economic contribution to the family: girls grow up only to marry into somebody else's family and bear children. Girls are thus seen as less valuable than boys and art kept at home to do housework while their brothers are sent to school - the prophecy （預(yù)言) becomes self- fulfilling, trapping women in a vicious circle (惡性循環(huán)) of neglect.
　　An educated mother, on the other hand, has greater earning abilities outside the home and faces an entirely different set of choices. She is likely to have fewer but healthier children and can insist on the development of all her children, ensuring that her daughters are given a fair chance. The education of her daughters then makes it much more likely that the next generation of girls, as well as of boys, will be educated and healthy.
Few will dispute that educating women has great social benefits. But it has enormous economic advantages as well. Most obviously, there is the direct effect of education on the wages of female workers. Wages rise by 10 to 20 per cent for each additional year of schooling. Such big returns are impressive by the standard of other available investments, but they are just the beginning. Educating women also has a significant impact on health practices, including family planning.
Topic: The significance of female小題1:       in developing countries

Opinion	Educating girls in more小題2:    than any other investment.
Families	From low-income families	From educated mothers’ families
Attitudes	Girls are of less小題3:          than boys.	Development should be for all小題4:        .
小題5:	There is小題6:    invests ment in daughters. Girls are made to may at home, 小題7:       housework.	Girls and boys have小題8:        chances.
Significance	Educating girls小題9:     to social benefits, conceit advantages and health practices, including faruly planning.
小題10:	Educating girls in developing countries is important and rewarding.

 

In a world with limited land, water and other natural resources, the harm from the traditional business model is on the rise. Actually, the past decade has seen more and more forests disappearing and the globe becoming increasingly warm. People now realize that this unhealthy situation must be changed, and that we must be able to develop in sustainable（可持續(xù)的）ways. That means growth with low carbon or development of sustainable products. In other words, we should keep the earth healthy while using its supply of natural resources.
Today, sustainable development is a proper trend in many countries. According to a recent study, the global market for low-carbon energy will become three times bigger over the next decade. China, for example, has set its mind on leading that market, hoping to seize chances in the new round of the global energy revolution. It is now trying hard to make full use of wind and solar energy, and is spending a huge amount of money making electric cars and high-speed trains. In addition, we are also seeing great growth in the global markets for sustainable products such as palm oil, which is produced without cutting down valuable rainforest. In recent years the markets for sustainable products have grown by more than 50%.
Governments can fully develop the potential of these new markets. First, they can set high targets for reducing carbon emissions（排放）and targets for saving and reusing energy. Besides, stronger arrangement of public resources like forests can also help to speed up the development. Finally, governments can avoid the huge expenses that are taking us in the wrong direction, and redirecting some of those expenses can accelerate the change from traditional model to a sustainable one.
The major challenge of this century is to find ways to meet the needs of growing population within the limits of this single planet. That is no small task, but it offers abundant new chances for sustainable product industries.
小題1:The traditional business model is harmful because of all the following EXCEPT that _________.

A．it consumes natural resources

B．it makes the world warmer

C．it brings severe damage to forests

D．it makes growth hard to continue

小題2: What can we infer from Paragraph 2?

A．China lacks wind and solar energy.

B．China is the leader of the low-carbon market.

C．Palm oil is made at the cost of valuable forests.

D．High-speed trains are a low-carbon development.

小題3:To fully develop the low-carbon markets, governments can ________.

A．cut public expenses	B．encourage energy conservation
C．develop public resources	D．forbid carbon emission

小題4:What is the main purpose of the passage?

A．To advocate sustainable development.	B．To compare two business models.
C．To predict a change of the global market.	D．To introduce a new business model.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從下面A-F選項(xiàng)中選出能概括每一段主題的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該選項(xiàng)涂黑。選項(xiàng)中有一項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。

A. The spreading of tea B. The history of tea growing C. Changes of tastes for drinks D. Reducing cancer risks E. The plant Camellia sinensis F. A woman’s opinion of tea

小題1:________________
Americans are far more knowledgeable about drinks than they were 20 years ago. Witness the Starbucks revolution and you’ll know where the trend goes. Now, encouraged by recent studies suggesting that it can cut the risk of cancer and heart disease and slow the aging process, tea is enjoying a similar change. Enough fashionable tea houses are springing up to make even longtime coffee drinkers consider switching drinks.
小題2:________________
Tea is available in more places than ever. The Tea Association of the United States reports that from 1990 to 1999, annual sales of the drink grew to $4.6 billion from $1.8 billion. “Green tea is seen by consumers as a ‘functional food’” — delivering health benefits beyond food itself, says Vierhile.
小題3:_______________
Recently published studies point out that only teas that come from the leaves of the plant Camellia sinensis have been shown to contain health benefits. Other herbal teas may taste good, yet they do little more than warm up the drinker. But for Camellia sinensis, the evidence is powerful. In a 1998 study, Harvard University researchers found that drinking one cup of black tea a day lowered the risk of heart attack by as much as 44 percent compared with non-tea drinkers, and other studies have suggested that the antioxidants (抗氧化劑) in these so-called real teas can also prevent cancer.
小題4:________________
One such antioxidant in green tea is ECGC, a compound 20 times as powerful as vitamin E and 200 times as powerful as vitamin C. “When people ask me for something good and cheap they can do to reduce their cancer risk, I tell them to drink real tea,” says Mitchell Gaynor, director of medical oncology at New York City’s Strang-Cornell Cancer Prevention Center.
小題5:________________
Among those inspired to become a green-tea drinker is Tess Ghilaga, a New York writer who took it up after seeking advice from a nutritionist six years ago. “I’ve never been a coffee drinker,” says Ghilaga, 33. “She told me to start drinking green tea for the antioxidant qualities.” Now Ghilaga and her husband habitually make tea — they order theirs from InPursuitofTea.com, an Internet tea company. And although tea contains about half the amount of caffeine in a cup of coffee, “you still get such a kick from it,” says Ghilaga.

1. What will I need to take a Test?
You need a photo ID, your instructor’s name, a pencil or pen, a calculator, etc.
2. How will I know about time limits?
Students will be informed of any testing time limits, and notified when time is up.
3. If I have my books or backpack, does the Test Center have a place to store them while I’m testing?
Yes. Students will be asked to leave all books, backpacks, purses and any other personal items in a lockable storage room.
4. The only time I can take a test is during lunch. Can I eat my lunch while I am testing?
No food or drink are allowed in the Test Center.
5. I conduct business via a pager(尋呼機(jī)) or cell phone. Will I be allowed to use them in the Test Center?
No. all pagers and cell phones must be turned off before entering the Test Center. There are other students testing who may be distracted by these devices.
6. If I need to borrow more scratch paper(草稿紙) am I allowed to borrow from another student in the Test Center?
Ask the teacher and more material will be given. Talking is not permitted in the Test Center. You will give all scratch paper to the teacher at the end of the test.
7. If I start a test but don’t finish it, can I come back the next day to finish it?
If you have prior(在先的) arrangements with your instructor you may continue a test the next day. Students are expected to complete their test before closing time of the Test Center. Depending on the test, most tests will not be given within one hour of closing time.
小題1:What does the underlined word “notified” probably mean?

A．Noticed.

B．Told.

C．Questioned.

D．Asked.

小題2: When you take a test in the Test Center, all of the following are forbidden EXCEPT _____.

A．to eat and drink	B．to use your cell phone
C．to leave your purse on the desk	D．to ask for more scratch paper

小題3: If you don’t finish the test you ______.

A．must turn in the paper on time

B．should get help from your instructor

C．can continue it the next day by prior arrangement

D．can take the paper out of the center

小題4:What would be the best title for the passage?

A．Frequently asked questions about the Test Center

B．Useful suggestions on different kinds of tests

C．General requirements for students to have tests

D．Brief introduction to the Test Center

請認(rèn)真閱讀下面短文，并根據(jù)所讀內(nèi)容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~。請將答案寫在答題紙上的相應(yīng)位置。（每空1詞）
The Chinese are very generous(慷慨大方的) when it comes to educating their children. Some parents send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England, the US or Australia, regardless of how much this costs. Many also want their children to take extra-curriculum activities where they either learn a musical instrument or ballet, or other classes that will give them a head start in life. The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is, so parents often spend unreasonable amount of money on education. Even poor couples buy a computer for their son or daughter.
However, what most parents fail to see is that the best education they can give their children is usually very cheap. Parents can see that their children's skills vary; they will usually be skilled in some areas while poor in others. What most parents fail to realize though, is that today's children lack self-respect and self-confidence.
The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take multiple-choice tests and how to study effectively. They are not teaching them the most important skills they need to be confident, happy and clever.
Parents can help achieve this by teaching their children practical skills like cooking, sewing and other housework.
Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life. Cooking demands patience and time. It is an enjoyable but difficult experience. A good cook always tries to improve his cooking, so he will learn to work hard and gradually finish his job successfully. The result, a well-cooked dinner, will give a child a lot of satisfaction and confidence.
An old machine such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your child as a toy may make him curious and arouse his interest. If he will spend hours looking at it, and try to mend it; your child might become an engineer when he grows up. Such activities do more than teach a child to read a book; but rather they teach them to think, and to use their minds. This is much more important than learning by reading a book.

Title	How Chinese Parents Should 小題1:________ Their Children
Common practice	Being 小題2:_________ with money when it comes to education. Sending them to the best schools or 小題3:__________. Taking extra-curriculum activities so as to 小題4:__________ a head start in life. Spending more money than they can afford on education.
Bad results	Children's lacking in self-respect and小題5:___________.
Suggested 小題6:__________	Teaching their children practical skills, which are of the greatest 小題7:____________. Cooking. Sewing. Other housework. 小題8:__________ a broken radio or TV.
小題9:_______ results	To make the children hardworking and confident. To enable them to 小題10:____________ and to use their minds.

There is a common belief among parents that schools are no longer interested in spelling. No school I have taught in has ever considered spelling unimportant as a basic skill. There are, however, quite different ideas about how to teach it, or how much priority (優(yōu)先) it must be given over general language development and writing ability. The problem is, how to en­courage a child to express himself freely in writing without holding him back with spelling.
If spelling becomes the only point of his teacher’s interest, clearly a bright child will be likely to “play safe”. He will write only words within his spelling range (范圍). That’s why teachers often encourage the early use of dictionaries and pay attention to content rather than technical ability.
I was once shocked to read on the bottom of a sensitive piece of writing about a personal experience:“This work is terrible! There are far too many spelling mistakes.” It may have been a sharp criticism(批評) of the pupils technical abilities in writing, but it was also a sad thing for the teacher who had omitted (略過) to read the composition, which contained some beautiful expressions of the child’s deep feelings. The teacher was not wrong to draw atten­tion to the mistakes, but if his priority had centered on the child's ideas, an expression of his disappointment with the presentation would have given the pupil more hope to seek improve­ment.
小題1:The expression “play safe” probably means ____.

A．to write carefully	B．to do as teachers say
C．to use dictionaries frequently	D．to avoid using words one is not sure of

小題2:Teachers encourage the use of dictionaries so that____.

A．students will be able to express their ideas more freely

B．teachers will have less trouble in correcting mistakes

C．students will have more trust in writing

D．students will learn to spell words correctly

小題3:The writer seems to think that the teacher’s judgement on that sensitive piece of writing is____.

A．reasonable

B．unfair

C．foolish

D．careless

小題4:The major point discussed in the passage is _______.

A．the importance of developing writing skills

B．the importance of spelling

C．the correct way of marking composition

D．the relationship between spelling and the content of a composition

Dahlia was running around the house screaming and crying. “I hate her! I hate her! I will __26__   play with her again!” Finally, her steps slowed,  __27__  she told her father what had happened. He listened attentively.   __28__   she stopped, he asked, “Is there __29__  else?” Dahlia added more details and began  __30__  bitterly again. Father was listening. When Dahlia   __31__  talking, he said, “It must __32__ you to be made fun of like this by your best friend Tina.” Dahlia  __33__  her father’s embrace（擁抱）and support as she cried  __34__  more in his arms. Then as  __35__   as the storm of tears began, she was finished. She got up and  _36__  announced, “Daddy, did you know that tomorrow Tina and I are going together to the beach? We are  __37__   a log house there with Adam and Tom, I will tell Tina before we go that I   __38__   ruin her work again, and I’m sure she will be  __39__ to me. ”
　　Why was this encounter (sudden meeting) so successful? How did Dahlia __40__  her sadness so completely and realize her responsibility in the matter __41__  her own?
　　There were three main parts in her father’s reaction that   __42__  : (A) Attention (B) Respect (C) Trust. He gave his daughter __43__ attention and took her seriously as she   __44__  her feelings. He respected her by not coming with words of wisdom, advice or help. He validated（證實(shí)）the feelings she __45__ . And he trusted her to do and say what she needed in order to lead herself toward resolution of her emotions.

小題1:	A．hardly B．seldom C．ever D．never

小題2:	A．so B．but C．a(chǎn)nd D．then

小題3:	A．Before B．When C．While D．Since

小題4:	A．something B．a(chǎn)nything C．everything D．nothing

小題5:	A．crying B．running C．talking D．saying

小題6:	A．kept B．started C．stopped D．hated

小題7:	A．hurt B．a(chǎn)che C．injure D．wound

小題8:	A．got B．received C．a(chǎn)ccepted D．a(chǎn)dmitted

小題9:	A．many B．some C．a(chǎn)ny D．no

小題10:

A．soon B．quickly C．suddenly D．fast

小題11:

A．surprisingly B．a(chǎn)ngrily C．sadly D．cheerfully

小題12:

A．building B．buying C．making D．repairing

小題13:

A．shouldn’t B．won’t C．daren’t D．can’t

小題14:

A．polite B．cruel C．rude D．nice

小題15:

A．get over B．get away C．get along D．get through

小題16:

A．for B．on C．by D．in

小題17:

A．did B．followed C．went D．worked

小題18:

A．full B．incomplete C．half D．undivided

小題19:

A．sent out B．threw out C．put out D．poured out

小題20:

A．expressed B．showed C．said D．strengthened

Pay Attention to the Organization of an Article.
Check Your Understanding.
Lightning Speed Exercise
Set Aside Time Each Day.
Check Your Progress through Pacing
Speed up When Necessary.
小題1:______
Most of us can find 15 minutes or half an hour each day for some specific regular activity. For example, one famous surgeon always made it a rule to spend at least 15 minutes on general reading before he went to sleep each day. Whether he went to bed at 10 p.m. or 2:30 a.m. made no difference.
小題2:______
Nearly all ‘speed reading’ courses have a ‘pacing’ element---some timing device which lets the students know how many words a minutes he is reading. You can do this simply by looking at your watch every 5 or 10 minutes and noting down the page number you have reached.
小題3:______
Obviously there is little point in increasing your reading speed if you do not understand what you are reading. If you find you have lost the thread of the story, or you can’t remember clearly the details of what was said, re-read the section or chapter.
小題4:______
Take four or five pages of an interesting book you happen to be reading at the time. Read them as fast as you possibly can. Do not bother about whether you understand or not. After a ‘lightning speed’ of reading, you will usually find that your ‘normal’ speed has increased.
小題5:______
Most paragraphs in an article have a ‘topic sentence’ which expresses the central ideas. The opening paragraph often suggests the general direction and content of the piece, while paragraphs that follow expand or support the first. The closing paragraph often summarizes the very essence(實(shí)質(zhì)) of what has been said.