A team from Paris High School in Texas won the past weekend's Ford/AAA Auto Skills Challenge.
     The goal of the yearly competition is to accurately repair a car that has been disabled on purpose: 
Responding to the call, "Gentlemen, start your engines, if you can" at 9:15 a.m., the teams ran to 50 cars 
with the same mechanical problems. They had 90 minutes to find and repair many "bugs" in the starting,
 electrical, lighting, braking, temperature control, and power systems. The team from Texas first drove 
their car across the finish line, winning the contest after judges determined that they had removed all of 
the bugs.
     Bradley J. Bolton and Aaron Clay were able to get their car started in less than 30 minutes. In feet,
 the pair from Texas spent months preparing for the competition with, their instructor. They walked 
away with $2,500 in scholarships and something interesting to add to their resumes (履歷). With many
 regional competitions, Ford and AAA gave away a total of $6 million in prizes and scholarships to this 
year's competitors.
     "Aaron and Bradley proved today that they are America's best teen auto-repair team," Allan Stanley, 
manager of Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills, said. "Their hard work and drive to be the top high school 
auto technicians are typical of every participant here. The auto industry must attract such talented young 
people to keep America's vehicles operating safely." Each year, the Student Auto Skills competition
 determines the nation's best high school auto technicians with a two-part test. After a written exam
 worth 40% of their grade, the 50 two-person teams — each representing a state — compete in 
hands-on repair work, which is worth 60% of their total.
     Darryl Hazel, senior president of Ford Motor Company, said, "Ford and its dealer (經(jīng)銷商) network 
are offering these talented young people opportunities to train for high-tech careers with excellent 
wages."
     Read the passage and then answer the following questions.

1. Find in the passage a word closest in meaning to the underlined word "bug".
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2. What does the -Ford/AAA Auto Skills Challenge test the participants for? (回答詞數(shù)不超過15個)
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3. From what Darryl Hazel said, what do we learn about working as an auto technician? 
   (回答詞數(shù)不超過10個)
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     It's 2035. You have a job, a family and you're about 40 years old. Welcome to your future life.
     Getting ready for work, you pause in front of the mirror, "Turn red," you say. Your shirt changes from
sky blue to deep red. Tiny preprogrammed electronic are rearranged (重新設(shè)置) in your shirt to change its
color. Looking into the mirror, you find it hard to believe that you are 40. You look much younger. With
amazing advances in medicine, people in your generation may live to be 150 years old. You're not even
middle-aged.
     As you go into the kitchen and prepare to pour your cereal (谷類 )breakfast into a bowl, you hear: "To
lose weight, you shouldn't eat that," from your shoes. They read the tiny electronic code on the cereal box
to find out the nutrition details. You decide to listen to your shoes. "Kitchen, what can I have for breakfast?"
A list of possible foods appear on the counter as kitchen checks its food supplies. 
     "Ready for your trip to space. You ask your son and daughter." In 2005 only specially trained astronauts
went into space.- and very few of them. Today anyone can go to space for day trips or longer vacation. Your
best friend even works in space. Handing your children three strawberries each, you add, "The doctor said
you need these for space travel." Thanks to medical advices, vaccination shots (疫苗注射) are a thing of the
past. Ordinary foods contain specific vaccines. With the berries in their mouths, the kids head for the front
door.
     It's time for you to go to work. Your car checks your fingerprints and unlocks the doors. "My office.
Autopilot (自動駕駛)." you command. Your car drives itself down the road and moves smoothly into traffic
on the highway. You sit back and unroll your e-newspaper. The latest news downloads and fills the viewer.
Looking through the pages, you watch the news as video films rather than read it.

1. What changes the color of your shirt?

A. The mirror.
B. The shirt itself.
C. The counter.
D.The medicine.

2. How do the shoes know that you shouldn't eat the breakfast cereal?

A. By pouring the breakfast into a bowl.
B. By listening to the doctor's advice.
C. By testing the food supplies in the kitchen.
D. By checking the nutrition details of the food.

3. The strawberries the children eat serve as ______.

A. breakfast
B. lunch
C. vaccines
D. nutrition

4. How is the text organized?

A. In order of time.
B. In order of character.
C. In order of preference.
D. In order of importance.

     As civilization proceeds in the direction of technology, it passes the point of supplying all the basic
essentials of life-food, shelter, clothes and warmth. Then we are faced with a choice between using
technology to provide and fulfill needs which have now been regarded as unnecessary or, on the other
hand, using technology to reduce the number of hours of work which a man must do in order to earn
a given standard of living. In other words, we either raise our standard of living above that necessary
for comfort and happiness or we leave it at this level and work shorter hours.
      I shall take it for granted that mankind has, by that time, chosen the latter alternative. Men will be
working shorter and shorter hours in their paid employment. It follows that the housewife will also
expect to be able to have more leisure in her life without lowering her standard of living. It also follows
that human domestic servants will have completely ceased to exist. Yet the great majority of the
housewives will wish to be relieved completely from the routine operations of the home such as
scrubbing the floors or the bath of the cooker, or washing the clothes or washing up, or dusting or
sweeping, or making beds.
      By far the most logical step to relieve the housewife of routine is to provide a robot which can be
trained to the requirements of a particular home and can be programmed to carry out half a dozen or
more standard operations, when switched by the housewife.

1. As civilization develops in the direction of technology, ________.
A. the basic essentials of life must be supplied
B. it is important to supply the basic essentials of life
C. it is no longer so important as it was in the past to supply all the basic essentials of life
D. it is not necessary to supply the basic essentials of life

2. According to the author, we are faced with________.
A. the choice of providing and fulfilling our needs
B. the choice of using technology
C. the choice of earning a standard of living
D. a choice between using technology to provide and fulfill needs to reduce the number of working hours

3. What alternative will mankind have chosen in future?
A. To leave our standard of living at this level and work shorter hours.
B. To raise our standard of living.
C. To fulfill needs which have been regarded as unnecessary.
D. To lower our standard of living and work shorter hours.

4. Now most housewives wish to________.
A. stop doing their housework
B. do more housework to improve their life
C. get rid of the heavy burden of their housework
D. do only simple and light housework

5. It can be inferred that robots will be invented_________.
A. to take the place of housewives
B. to help manage a family
C. to do the routine of housework instead of human
D. to provide the daily necessities for man

     Live__the__"American__Dream"
     What is it: Work & Travel USA
     Who are qualified: Fulltime college students, above 18 years old
     About the program: Application for the 2009 Work & Travel USA program has just started.
It's an 8～16 weeks' summer program for college students to work and travel in the U. S..
Employers include Boeing, Hilton Hotel and 7Eleven. For next summer, about 3,500 positions are
open to Chinese students. Applicants must pass a language test and sometimes an interview, and pay
a registration fee to join the program.
      (source : www. Cultureexchange. org)
     Hundreds__needed__by__Volkswagen
     What is it: Shanghai Volkswagen jobs
     Who are qualified: College students graduating in 2009
    About it: Shanghai VW offers over 300 positions from engineering to marketing to college students
graduating in 2009. Applicants should have an excellent academic record, CET6 or the same level
language certificate in German, and good computer skills.  Campus talks will take place in Shanghai,
Changchun, Harbin, Wuhan, Changsha, Nanjing, Beijing and Xi'an from October.
     (source: campus chinahr. com/2009/pages/csvw)
     Xiaonei__looking__for__graduates
     What is it: Oak Pacific Interactive (OPI) internships (實習(xí))
     Who are qualified: College juniors and firstyear postgraduate students
     About it: OPI is now offering internship positions for test engineer, development engineer and
assistant to the director of corporate culture. For engineering positions, candidates should major
in computer science or a related field, have communication ability and be familiar with various
development languages. For assistant to the director positions, candidates should be adept in document
writing, activities organizing and office software.
     (source: campus. xiaonei. com)

1. These advertisements are most probably advertisements ________. 

A. on the Internet intended for the general public to read
B. in a newspaper intended for large companies to read
C. on the Internet intended for college students to read
D. in a newspaper intended for college students to read

2. The opportunity of ________ is offered only to college students graduating in 2009.

A. working in America    
B. traveling in America
C. positions in VW        
D. OPI internship

3. If you want to apply for assistant to the director positions you must ________. 

A. be good at document writing
B. study computer science
C. have communication ability
D. be familiar with various languages

1. Which of the following can best explain why Wang Xiaoyu fainted in class?

A. Because her classmates often quarreled in class.
B. Because her parents used to quarrel.
C. Because of her depression caused by bad family relations.
D. Because her classmates shouted loudly at her.

2. According to Dr Ferrer, which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. We get sick or stay well by ourselves.
B. Only the genes we get from our family have a big effect on our health.
C. Our health has nothing to do with diet, lifestyle and environment.
D. Teenagers who are ignored at home get sick more easily than those who are not.

3. The underlined word "coma" in Paragraph2 probably means ________.

A. surprise    
B. faint        
C. tiredness
D. sadness

4. The best title for this passage is ________.

A. Family relations.                
B. The reasons why we get sick.
C. Family—another cause to health    
D. A research about health.

     In the early 1990s, the word" Internet" was strange to most people. But today, Internet has become a
useful tool for people all over the world. Maybe Internet has been the greatest invention in the field of
communication in the history of mankind(人類).
     Communicating with others on the Internet is much faster. We can chat with a person who is sitting in    the other part of the world. We can e-mail our friends and they can read the e-mails within a minute.
     Giving all kinds of information is probably the biggest advantage of the Internet. We can use search      engines to find the information we need. Just type in a keyword or keywords and the search engine will     give us a list of suitable websites to look at.
     We can enjoy a lot on the Internet by downloading games, visiting chat rooms or surfing (瀏覽)          websites.  There are some games for free. We can meet new and interesting people in the chat now.  We  can also listen to music and see films.
     Now, there is a lot of service on the Internet such as online banking, job finding and ticket buying. We can also do shopping and find nearly all kinds of goods. Sometimes we can find something that is quite      good but very cheap.

1. How many main advantages of the Internet are talked about in the passage?

A. Three.    
B. Four.    
C. Five.    
D. Six.

2. What fact doesn't the passage provide?

A. We can find almost anything we want to know on the Internet.
B. Some games on the Internet are free.
C. We can buy most things we need on the Internet.
D. Goods on the Internet are more expensive than those in real shops.

3. Which title best gives the main idea of the passage?

A. Online Shopping
B. Exchanging Information on the Internet
C. The Advantages of the Internet
D. Surfing the Websites on the Internet

      I told my friend Graham that I often cycle the two miles from my house to the town centre but
unfortunately there is a big hill on the route. He replied, "You mean fortunately." He explained that
I should be glad of the extra exercise that the hill provided.
      My attitude to the hill has now changed. I used to grumble as I approached it but now I tell
myself the following. This hill will exercise my heart and lungs. It will help me to lose weight and get
fit. It will mean that I live longer. This hill is my friend. Finally as I wend my way up the incline I
console myself with the thought of all those silly people who pay money to go to a gym and sit on
stationery exercise bicycles when I can get the same value for free. I have a smug smile of satisfaction
as I reach the top of the hill.
     Problems are there to be faced and overcome. Helen Keller was the first deaf and blind person
to gain a University degree. Her activism and writing proved inspirational. She wrote, "Character
cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul
be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved."
      One of the main determinants of success in life is our attitude towards adversity. From time to
time we all face hardships, problems, accidents, afflictions and difficulties. Some are of our making
but many confront us through no fault of our own. Whilst we cannot choose the adversity we can
choose our attitude towards it.
     The biographies of great people are littered with examples of how they took these kinds of steps
to overcome the difficulties they faced. The common thread is that they did not become defeatist or
depressed. They chose their attitude. They chose to be positive. They took on the challenge. They won.  

1. Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?

A. Attitude makes difference
B. Well begun is half done.
C. The early bird gets the worm.
D. Easier said than done.

2. From Helen Keller's example we can infer that__________.

A. Great people are born to be great and successful
B. Life is hard and difficult so we have to give up
C. We cannot achieve anything with an easy life
D. Practice makes people successful and powerful

3. What do you think the author is most likely to suggest if he/she continues to write?

A. Some examples of our daily life.
B. His stories of overcoming difficulties.
C. Stories of some unlucky great people.
D. Some examples of his friend Graham.

4. The underlined word "adversity " in the fourth paragraph probably NOT refers to ______.

A. problems
B. difficulties
C. hardships
D. advertisements

     I have been a student at Bentley College in Waltham for some time now, so I have a lot of experience
and know how things work at Bentley. As a freshman(新生)at Bentley College you will be living in the
Tree Dorms, Slade Hall or Miller Hall. I would highly suggest that you choose to live in the Tree Dorms
because this is where most fresh-men are going to be living. There will be a lot of activities going on in the building and you will meet lots of people. Slade Hall is next to the parking lot(停車場)and not far from the Tree Dorms, so that would be your second choice. As Miller Hall is small and far away, it would be my
last choice for freshmen housing. If Bentley offers you the chance to live with second or third year students you'd better refuse their offer and live with freshmen. Living with your classmates will make the transition (過渡) into college life a lot easier.
     As a freshman your classes should be easy. After freshman year your classes will become a lot more
difficult, so I advise that you get down to business early in the first year. There are two very easy things you can do to increase your knowledge as a freshman. The first is to just go to class and the second is to
always do your homework. I also highly advise that you do it on your own and try to stay disciplined
(遵守紀(jì)律的). It is too easy to put your homework away and then get really behind and not be able to
learn everything before a mid-term or final exam.

1. The author advises freshmen to live in the Tree Dorms because ___________.

A. it is across the parking lot from Slade Hall
B. it is small and quite far away from the playground
C. there are many second and third year students there
D. there are many freshmen and more activities

2. Where is Slade Hall?

A. Near Miller Hall.
B. Far from Tree Dorms.
C. Beside the car park.
D. Near the classrooms.

3. According to the author, how can freshmen improve knowledge?

A. Remember to do homework by discussing it with others.
B. Finish homework and go to class every day.
C. Try to spend more time in the library.
D. Be able to learn something before a mid-term or final exam.

4. The author writes the passage to ___________.

A. tell new students how to get used to college life
B. tell new students about their teachers and dormitory
C. show the differences between college and high school
D. tell readers about some funny things at Bentley College