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Teachers have long said that success is its own reward. But these days, some students are finding that good grades can bring them cash and luxury gifts.

In at least a dozen states this school year, students who bring home top marks can expect more than just thankfulness.

The most ambitious experiment began in September, when seven states—Arkansas, Alabama, Connecticut, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Virginia and Washington—won spots in an Mobil?funded program that, in most cases, pays students $100 for each passing grade on advanced placement(AP) college?prep exams.

It’s an effort to get low?income and minority students interested in the courses, says Tommie Sue Anthony, president of the Arkansas Advanced Initiative for Math and Science. “We still have students who are not sure of the value, who are not willing to take the courses.” she says, “Probably the motivation will make a difference with those students.”

Gregg Fleisher of the National Math and Science Initiative, which runs the seven?state program, says the effort is modeled on a program adopted by Dallas in the 1995-1996 school year that saw AP course?taking jump obviously. That program is now statewide.

While many educators would be against offering kids cash for good grades, Fleisher and others say the idea is simple. “It’s an encouragement to get them to basically make the right decision and choose a more strict class.” he says, “This teaches them that if they work at something very hard and have a lot of support, they can do something they didn’t think they could do.”

An analysis of the Texas program last month by Cornell economist C.Kirabo Jackson found that it linked to a 30% rise in the number of students with high SAT and ACT scores and an 8% rise in college?going students.

(Notes:1.SAT:美國學(xué)術(shù)能力評估考試; 2.ACT:美國大學(xué)入學(xué)考試。)

51.What does the passage mainly talk about?

A.Success is its own reward.           B.Success makes a difference.

C.Good grades deserves gratitude.      D.A new motivation for students.

52.What’s the purpose of the experiment?

A.To get relatively poor students interested in their studies.

B.To help poor students to keep on with education.

C.To offer poor students luxury gifts on their birthdays.

D.To make an effort to raise the value of money.

53.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A.Students who top at college?prep exams get $100.

B.The program was probably first adopted by Dallas.

C.The program has been going on half a dozen states this year.

D.The program didn’t have any effect on student’s achievements.

54.What is the writer’s attitude toward offering kids cash for good grades?

A.Favorable.     B.Worried.        C.Opposed.          D.Confident.

55.According to the passage, the program_______.

A.makes everything possible            B.encourages students to study harder

C.helps students choose right classes      D.teaches students to spend money

第一部分英語知識運用(共兩節(jié)，滿分55分)

第一節(jié)語法和詞匯知識(共15小題；每小題1分，滿分15分)

從A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。

—Might I ask a favor of you?

—_______.

A.Ask, please     B.My pleasure      C.Sure, go ahead       D.Yes, you might

       They are considering ____ the house before the prices go up. 

A. purchase           B. purchasing         C. purchased          D. to purchase

After the earthquake, the Haitian（海地的） people needed to be helped ______．

       A．occasionally     B．a(chǎn)nxiously  C．practically      D．urgently

---Who can it be that hasn’t handed in his composition?

---It ______ be Robinson. He ______ it in yesterday.

       A．will; should hand                 B．must; should have handed

       C．may; can’t hand                D．can; could have handed

   E

    In the UK, most children have their midday meal at school, but in many schools, parents can choose what their children eat. The children can have a school lunch—a hot, cooked meal; or they can take a packed lunch with them, which usually includes cold food like sandwiches.

Often parents prepare lunches on the basis of what their children want. Cathy, a mother of three children, told us, “My children have packed lunches, because they say they hate school dinners. I make 3 packed lunches every morning, so we’re like a sandwich bar in our kitchen in the morning.”

However, another mother, Susan, made her choice based on the nutritious value of the food. She said, “My daughter always has school dinners. I think she probably gets healthier food by having a cooked lunch at school than she would if I made sandwiches.”

But how healthy are school dinners? Kaz, a father, wasn’t impressed with them. “Fizzy (有泡沫的) drinks were offered and I think there were a lot of chips.”

The question of how healthy school food is was brought to Jamie Oliver, who launched a campaign to improve children’s nutrition, after spending a year working in a school kitchen. The TV series about the campaign won an award this week.

He was horrified (驚恐的) at the junk food he saw being served, which included burgers, pizza and chips.  He decided to ban the junk, and started cooking good stews (燉菜) and curries for the children instead.

Jamie improved the school dinners in that particular school, and trained the dinner ladies to cook healthy food. Then he put pressure on the government to improve the standards of school food across the country. And it looks as if the changes have begun.

57 What would be the best title for the passage?

A. School Dinners           B. Healthy Food

C. Dinners in the UK         D. Research on Dinners

58. The underlined phrase “on the basis of” in the second paragraph probably means “______”.

A. by comparison           B. according to

C. in spite of               D. for the good of

59 We can learn from the passage that ______.

A. in Britain, all children have their lunch at school  

B. Cathy’s children like school dinners

C. stews and curries are healthy food

D. Jamie Oliver works in a school kitchen

60. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?

A. There are many schools in Britain.

B. Susan chooses food for her daughter according to its nutrition.

C. In the past, the food provided by British schools was not healthy enough.

D. None of the parents in Britain like school food.

—Have you _____ some new ideas? 

—Yeah. I’ll tell you later.

A. come about         B. come into      C. come up with     D. come up

---- What do you think of the book?  

---- Oh, excellent .It is worth __________ a second time.

A. to read                  B. to be read               C. reading                          D. being read

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