Computer programmer David Jones earns $35.000 a year designing new computer games, yet he cannot find a bank ready to let him have a credit card. Instead he has been told to wait another two years until he is 18. The 16-year-old works for a small firm in Liverpool where the problem of most young people of his age is finding a job. David’s firm releases two new games for the fast growing computer market each month.

But David’s biggest headache is what to do with his money. Even though he earns a lot he cannot drive a car, take out a mortgage（抵押貸款）, or get credit cards. David got his job with the Liverpool-based company four months ago, a year after leaving school with six O-levels and working for a time in a computer shop. “I got the job because the people who run the firm knew I had already written some programs”, he said. David spends some of his money on records and clothes and gives his mother 50 pounds a week. But most of his spare time is spent working.

“Unfortunately, computing was not part of our studies at school”, he said “But I had been studying it in books and magazines for four years in my spare time. I knew what I wanted to do and never considered staying on at school. Most people in this business are fairly young, anyway.” David added, “I would like to earn a million and I suppose early retirement is a possibility. You never know when the market might disappear.”

1.In what way is David different from people of his age?

A. He often goes out with friends

B. He lives with his mother

C. He has a handsome income

D. He graduated with six O-levels

2.What is one of the problems that David is facing now?

A. He is too young to get a credit card

B. He has no time to learn driving

C. He has very little spare time

D. He will soon lose his job

3.Why did David decide to leave school and start working?

A. He received lots of job offers

B. He was eager to help his mother

C. He lost interest in school studies

D. He wanted to earn his own living

A rainforest is an area covered by tall trees with the total high rainfall spreading quite equally through the year and the temperature rarely dipping below l6℃. Rainforests have a great effect on the world environment because they can take in heat from the sun and adjust the climate. Without the forest cover，these areas would reflect more heat into the atmosphere, warming the rest of the world. Losing the rainforests may also influence wind and rainfall patterns，potentially causing certain natural disasters all over the world.

In the past hundred years，humans have begun destroying rainforests in search of three major resources（資源）: land for crops，wood for paper and other products，land for raising farm animals. This action affects the environment as a whole. For example，a lot of carbon dioxide（二氧化碳）in the air comes from burning the rainforests. People obviously have a need for the resources we gain from cutting trees but we will suffer much more than we will benefit.

There are two main reasons for this. Firstly，when people cut down trees，generally they can only use the land for a year or two. Secondly，cutting large sections of rainforests may provide a good supply of wood right now，but in the long run it actually reduces the world’s wood supply.

Rainforests are often called the world’s drug store. More than 25％ of the medicines we use today come from plants in rainforests. However，fewer than l％of rainforest plants have been examined for their medical value. It is extremely likely that our best chance to cure diseases lies somewhere in the world’s shrinking (萎縮的) rainforests.

1.Rainforests can help to adjust the climate because they .

A. reflect more heat into the atmosphere

B. bring about high rainfall throughout the world

C. rarely cause the temperature to drop lower than l6℃

D. reduce the effect of heat from the sun on the earth

2.What does the word “this” underlined in the third paragraph refer to?

A. We will lose much more than we can gain.

B. Humans have begun destroying rainforests.

C. People have a strong desire for resources.

D. Much carbon dioxide comes from burning rainforests.

3.It can be inferred from the text that __________________.

A. we can get enough resources without rainforests

B. there is great medicine potential in rainforests

C. we will grow fewer kinds of crops in the gained land

D. the level of annual rainfall affects wind patterns

4.What might be the best title for the text?

A. How to Save Rainforests

B. How to Protect Nature

C. Rainforests and the Environment

D. Rainforests and Medical Development

閱讀下列短文，從所給的七個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C、D、E、F、G）中選出每空最佳選項(xiàng)。

Question: Why is it so hard for some people to apologize after they’ve done something wrong? I have made efforts to persuade my uncle to be nice to people that he’s hurt. 1. How I wish things would be better if he’d just say he’s sorry and ask them to forgive him.

Answer: 2. It’s just easier for him to pretend nothing happened than to face the embarrassment (尷尬) of admitting he was wrong. You’ve probably done the same thing yourself at some time. In fact, most of us have. Furthermore, what if others won’t forgive him even if he apologizes?

3. Pride blinds us to our mistakes or faults. Or at least it makes us pay less attention to their seriousness.

Pride also makes us unwilling to admit to others that we were wrong. Perhaps we’re afraid they will look down on us if we admit it. 4.

But others see through our pride. And things would be far better if we admitted our faults and asked for forgiveness. 5.

Now you know why your uncle refuses to apologize, talk to him again. Help him to learn how to apologize and ask for forgiveness from others.

A. But a deeper reason is pride.

B. But he just refuses to do that.

C. We may even hope that somehow they will overlook it.

D. As a result, you would offend others and hurt their feelings.

E. There are a variety of reasons for your uncle’s refusal to apologize.

F. Otherwise our pride would only hurt us and cause conflict with others.

G. One reason your uncle finds it hard to apologize could be embarrassment.

1.The girl was a_________ by a kind family at the age of four when her parents died.

2.The ________(名聲)of this museum lies in the variety of its art collection.

3.We can be f__________ about your starting date, for it hasn’t been fixed yet.

4.I need to e_________ this blouse for a bigger size. It is too tight for me.

5.The scientists’ inventions have made great _________(貢獻(xiàn)) to our society.

6.For _______(方便), it is divided roughly into three zones.

7.You don’t sound very ______ (熱情的) about his suggestion of going for a picnic this weekend.

8.The mayor has ________ (安排) for a car to pick you up at the airport.

9.He was accused of murdering the woman, and finally he was proved g______ and put to prison.

10.Shyness is supposed to be a _________(障礙) to communication.

1.We couldn’t get to the destination on time because our car _______ _______(壞掉) halfway.

2.The government ________ _______ (呼吁)all to pay more attention to environment protection.

3.Scientists have _________ ________(提出) theories about how the universe came into being.

4.An investigation group _________ ________(由…組成)five men and two women has been sent to the spot to look into the matter.

5.More time should be ________ ________(擠出)for your English study.

If you want to improve your English 1. (rapid), you’d better listen to BBC English 2. is part of the BBC World Service. It broadcasts all kinds of programmes, such 3. difficult grammar 4. (point), life in Britain, differences between written and 5. (speak) English and so on. So far BBC English 6. (become) a popular learning course. If you want to know some information about the programmes, you just need to write to BBC English 7. (ask) for it. 8. , 9. is easy for you to find out the information and follow the programmes.

In China there are English programmes like Follow Me on the radio. They are usually easy to receive and understand and they are very 10. (use) to you.

短文改錯(cuò)

假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文，請(qǐng)你修改你同桌寫的以下作文。文中共有10處錯(cuò)誤，每句中最多有兩處。每處錯(cuò)誤僅涉及一個(gè)單詞的增加、刪除或修改。

增加：在缺詞處加一個(gè)漏詞符號(hào)（∧），并在此符號(hào)下面寫出該加的詞。

刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（\）劃掉。

修改：在錯(cuò)的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。

注意：1. 每處錯(cuò)誤及其修改均僅限一詞；2. 只充許修改10處，多者（從第11處起）不計(jì)分。

Uncle Lee is my neighbor. He can’t see things well because his bad eyesight, but he doesn’t go out very often. Last Friday he had an important letter to post to, so Uncle Lee had to go out himself. He was walking in the street while suddenly the strong wind came up and blew his black hat off his head. The hats rolled and flew, and Uncle Lee had to running after it. Just then a woman in front of him shout at him, “What are you doing?” “Trying to catch my hat,” answered Uncle Lee. “What? Your hat?” cried out the woman angry. “Can’t you see that it is our black pet dog?”

假定你是李華，你的一位美國朋友Jane在中國學(xué)習(xí)中文兩年，即將回國�，F(xiàn)在由你給她發(fā)E-mail，邀請(qǐng)她參加為她舉辦的歡送會(huì)，要點(diǎn)如下：

（1）祝賀她順利通過考試，為她驕傲；（2）感謝她幫助你們學(xué)習(xí)英語；

（3）時(shí)間：星期六晚六點(diǎn)；（4）地點(diǎn)：陽光俱樂部（The Sun Club）302房間；

（5）路線：從她所住賓館門口乘坐332路公車可直達(dá)。

注意：可適當(dāng)添加細(xì)節(jié)以使行文連貫；詞數(shù)100左右，開頭和結(jié)尾已給，不計(jì)入總字?jǐn)?shù)。參考詞匯：歡送會(huì) farewell party。

Dear Jane,

Congratulations on your passing all the exams. ________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours, faithfully Li Hua

Are you looking for something to do? You might like to try one of these four experiences.

Crocodile watching

Do you fancy getting up close to some of the most terrifying animals on earth? Crocosaurus Cove, in Darwin (Australia) has the “Cage of Death”. It’s an enclosure that’s lowered into a pool. This gives you a 360 degree view of a crocodile as it’s being fed. The cable broke once and the cage sank to the bottom, but they’ve fixed it since then.

EdgeWalk

How about walking along the edge of a building several hundred meters up in the air? If that sounds like fun, head off to the CN Tower in Toronto (Ontario, Canada). Built in 1976, the tower is 553.33 meters tall.

The EdgeWalk consists of a 20-30 minute stroll along a 1.5 meter wide platform that runs around the tower’s restaurant roof. During the walk, you’re encouraged to lean forwards as you look over Toronto’s skyline (輪廓線).

Plastic ball rolling

Do you fancy rolling down a hill in a plastic ball? Plastic ball rolling is popular all over the world, but the place to give it a go is in Rotorua (New Zealand). Brother David and Andrew Akers came up with the idea in 1994. A typical orb (球) is about 3 meters in diameter, with an inner orb size of about 2 meters. There’s no brake or steering mechanism, but the inner layer of the plastic ball helps absorb the shock.

Volcano bungee jumping

If you’re looking for the adventure of a lifetime, how about going bungee jumping off a helicopter into the crater of a live volcano? As part of the jumping, a helicopter ride takes you to the Villarrica volcano, one of the most active in Chile. Once you’re at the drop zone, you leap off the helicopter and fall into the volcano. Finally, you enjoy the ride back to the airport flying at 130kph.

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1.According to the passage, there was an accident once when people ________.

A. jumped into the Villarrica volcano

B. walked along the platform of the CN Tower

C. rolled down a hill in a plastic ball in Rotorua

D. watched crocodiles in the “Cage of Death” in Darwin

2.Which of the following was first invented in New Zealand?

A. EdgeWalk.

B. Crocodile watching.

C. Plastic ball rolling.

D. Volcano bungee jumping.

3.It can be inferred that all the four experiences are ________.

A. interesting sportsB. exciting and extreme

C. held on high placesD. fit for middle to old people

If you want a little extra security against thieves stealing your bicycle, designer Dennis Siegel has designed a solution. The RFID Bikealarm is attached to the seat on a bicycle and gives off an alarm when it senses movement.

“The RFID Bikealarm is meant to be a useful add-on to mechanical bicycle locks because it greatly extends the range of protection with only a few components,” Siegel explains on his website. “It is low-cost, durable and easy to use.”

The Bikealarm was designed as part of Siegel’s Bachelor’s degree thesis at the University of the Arts Bremen in Germany. The device will scare off any would-be thieves the moment they begin to steal the bicycle to which it is attached. It is able to continuously sense the environment to distinguish between specific events, for instance a passing tram / car and a serious theft.

Siegel created a working model of an alarm that would sound when it sensed movement, but wasn’t initially sure how it would be best attached to a bicycle. “I decided to mount it to the rails of the seat because it allows for comfortable interaction and the position is less obvious as it looks like a small repair kit,” he says.

Siegel chose to use RFID technology rather than Bluetooth to keep the costs down. Siegel explains that the most difficult aspect of creating the alarm was to get the electronic circuit down to a small enough size.

The device runs off a kind of battery that can be charged by USB within 2 hours and lasts for a few days with normal use. As the Bikealarm is only at development stage, Siegel hasn’t signed any agreements to put it on the market.

1.When it senses movement, the RFID Bikealarm will ________.

A. make a warning soundB. fasten the bicycle tightly

C. shake the bicycle quicklyD. call the police automatically

2.Which of the following shows the right position of the RFID Bikealarm on a bicycle?

3.What do we know about the RFID Bikealarm?

A. It can’t tell between specific events.

B. It is very difficult to use.

C. It uses a kind of battery for power.

D. It depends on Bluetooth technology.

4.It can be inferred from the last two paragraphs that ________.

A. the electronic circuit is a little larger

B. it’s very easy to make a Bikealarm

C. it costs too much at present

D. not many Bikealarms are produced