STUDY  BOOKS

                    Basic Study Manual    Hardcover: $ 37.50

  Future success depends on the ability to learn. Here are the answers to the questions most often asked by parents, teachers, business trainers and by students themselves. Read this book and learn:

* What the three barriers (障礙)to study are and what to do about them

* What to do if you get tired of a subject you are studying

* Twenty-six simple drills to help you learn how to study easily, rapidly and with full understanding

Buy and read the Basic Study Manual and use it to dramatically improve your ability to study.

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                 Study Skills for Life    Hardcover: $31.99

L. Ron Hubbard’s study technology for teenagers opens the door to their future success by giving them the ability to study and learn. Fully illustrated for easy comprehension.

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                 Learning How to Learn   Hardcover: $24.99

  The basics of effective study for 8 to 12-year-olds, fully illustrated. Children who read and apply the materials in this book regain their liking for study and their ability to apply this knowledge in life. Get this book for a child you want to see win at his studies!

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           How to Use a Dictionary Picture Book for Children   Hardcover: $34.90

  In spite of billions of dollars spent on ‘educational research’, children are not taught the most basic skills of learning, even the most basic of these: how to use a dictionary. In fact, a search of educational books for children found no book that told them how to use a dictionary or that one should. Written for children 8 to 12-year-olds, this fully illustrated book will teach your child:

* How to find words in a dictionary       * The different ways that words are used

* What the different marks and symbols that are used in a dictionary mean

* How to use a dictionary to correctly pronounce words

It includes a section for parents and teachers showing you how to use this book with children. Buy this book and give it to your children to unlock their education. What’s more, you’ll just pay 50% for it before May 1, 2006.

40. Some of the four books were illustrated in order to_________

      A. help readers understand them            B. persuade readers to buy them

C. reduce the cost of them                 D. make them suitable to different readers

41. If you buy the four books on April 1, 2006, your will have to pay_______ for them.

     A. $129.38                     B. $111.93        C. $64.69          D. $34.90

42. The purpose of the passage is to _______.

     A. introduce the four books to readers       B. help children to learn English

C. enrich students knowledge about nature  D. sell the four books to students

I hear many parents saying that their teenagers are rebellious(反叛的). I wish it were so. At your age you ought to be growing away from your parents. You should be learning to stand on your own feet. But take a good look at the present rebellion. It seems that teenagers are all taking the same way of showing that they disagree with their parents. Instead of striking out bravely on their own, most of them are trying to seize at another’s hands for safety.

They say they want to dress as they please. But they all wear the same clothes. They set off in new directions in music. But somehow reason for thinking or acting in thus-and-such way is that the cords is doing it. They have come out of their cocoon—into a larger cocoon.

It has become harder and harder for a teenager to stand up against the popularity wave and to go his or her own way. Industry has firmly opened up a teenager market. These days every teenager can learn from newspapers and TV what a teenager should have and be. And many of today’s parents have come to award high marks for the popularity of their children. All this adds up to great difficulty for the teenager who wants to find his or her own path.

But the difficulty is worth getting over. The path is worth following. You may want to listen to classical music instead of going to a party. You may want to collect rocks when everyone else is collecting records. You may have some thoughts that you don’t care to share at once with your classmates. Well, go to it. Find yourself. Be yourself. Popularity will come—with the people who respect you for who you are. That’s the only kind of popularity that really counts.

73. The writer’s purpose in writing this passage is mainly to tell _____________ .

readers how to be popular in the world

teenagers how to learn to decide things for themselves

parents how to control and guide their children

people how to understand and respect each other

74. According to the writer, many teenagers think they are brave enough to act on their own, but in fact, most of them ______________.

have much difficulty in understanding each other

have too much confidence in themselves

dare not do things in their own way

are very much afraid of getting lost

75. During the teenager years, one should learn to __________ .

become different from others in as many ways as possible

find one’s real self

get into the right reason and become popular

rebel against parents  

Although I have four topics ________ , I still don’t know what to write about.

       A. choosing from B. to choose          C. to choose from       D. to be chosen

_________ the road round to the right, the blind man asked a boy to guide him.

   A. Follow     B. Following     C. To follow     D. Followtec

— I’m terribly sorry to keep you waiting for so long.

   — _______.

       A. Never mind.      B. That’s right.       C. You are welcome.      D. Don’t mention it.

（共5小題；每小題2分，滿分10分）

根據(jù)短文內容，從下框的A---F選項中選出能概括每一段主題的最佳選項。 選項中有一項為多余選項。

A. Reasons for Having Large Families in Some Countries.

B. Calculation of Population Growth.

C. Efforts Made to Lower the Mortality Rate (死亡率)

D. High Fertility Rates in Developing Countries.

E. Low Fertility Rates in Developed Countries.

F. Birth Control Programs.

61. ________  

Population growth is determined by the relationship between births and deaths. The growth rate is calculated by the birth rate minus the death rate. If the birth rate is 4%, for example, and the death rate is 3%, the population growing at rate of 1% per year.

62. ________

Historically, families had many children, but average life expectancies are low and many children died young. Improvements in nutrition and public health programs in the past 30 years have led to a drop in the mortality rate and hence to more rapid population growth.

63. ________

Public health programs and improved nutrition over the past 30 years have brought about declines in mortality rates in the developing nations. But fertility rates(出生率)have not declined as quickly, and the result has been high rates of population growth. Reduced population growth depends to some extent on decreased birth rates.

64. ______

Family planning and modern forms of birth control are important mechanisms for decreasing fertility, but by themselves such programs have had rather limited success in most countries where they have been tried. If family planning strategies are to be successful, they must make sense to the people who are supposed to benefit from them.

65. _______

To a great extent, in developing countries people want large families because they believe they need them. In some societies, children are important sources of farm labor, and they may thus make significant contributions to household income. In societies without any social security programs for the aged, children may also provide a vital source of income for their old parents.       

My sister, as well as her classmates who_____ late for class, _____criticized by Mr. Hunt.

   A. were; was        B. was; were     C. was; was      D. were; were

Being examined twice a year, whether it is a car or a bus or a truck, is the rule that every driver _____ obey in this city.

       A.shall    B.can      C.ought to      D.need

—What’s up? You look down.

—I have piles of papers ____, but I type so slowly.

A. to be typed        B. typed            C. to type           D. being typed

You can be proud of yourselves, even if you can only make one or two of these green changes. The goal here is to limit carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, which are closely associated to the big problem of global-warming.

Strategy 1: Bring your own cup to Starbucks

You’ll get a 10 cent discount, and it’s one less paper cup to end up in a landfill. While you’re there, pick up some free bags of spent coffee grounds to use as ‘‘green’’ fertilizer in your garden.

The payoff: The store won’t create more waste when they throw away a cup.

Strategy2: Turn off your computer

When in standby mode, your PC is still using energy. In fact, 75percent of electricity used in your home comes from electronics that are turned off.

The payoff: Turning off a monitor for 40 hours a week may only save $5 a month, but it reduces CO2 by 750 pounds

Strategy 3: Reuse plastic bags

Instead of throwing away 100 billion plastic bags a year, try and get a second, third, or tenth use out of them. Better yet, next time you shop, try a reusable bag.

The payoff: You’re reducing pollution. The amount of oil it would take to make just 14 plastic bags would run your car for one mile.

Strategy4: Use recycled paper in the bathroom

Most of the toilet paper we use is made from trees found in forests previously untouched by humans.

The payoff: If every household replaced one roll of toilet paper with a recycled one, 424000 trees would still be standing. Look for eco-paper towels too.

Strategy5: Buy energy-efficient appliances（電器）

Replace the old fridge with an Energy Star appliance and you’ll use 15 percent less energy. It might be a little expensive to buy, but you’ll save money on your electricity bills and help the environment.

The payoff: If we all used one Energy Star appliance at home, it would be like planting 1. 7 million acres of new trees.

Strategy 6: Plant a tree

Adding green to your garden is beautiful and earth-pleasing.

The payoff: Just one tree will help make cleaner air and save the environment from 5000 pounds of hot carbon dioxide each year.

54. What is the best title for the passage?

A. Ways to save money at home

B. Ways to be earth-friendly

C. Ways to end global-warming

D. Ways to limit carbon dioxide

55. What benefits do these strategies have in common?

A. They all help reduce the use of energy like electricity.

B. They all cut down the amount of the paper.

C. They all result in producing less greenhouse gases.

D. They all help to preserve our trees and forest.

56．Which strategies suggest recycling or reuse of things?

A．Strategies 1&3    B．Strategies 2&5 

C．Strategies 3&6    D．Strategies 4&5.