I am glad that the Olympic Games will be held in 2008 in China, _______ ??

A. shall we 　             B. aren’t I                   C. won’t I 　             D. won’t they

Laptop computers are popular all over the world. People use them on trains and airplanes, in airports and hotels. These laptops connect people to their workplace. In the United States today, laptops also connect students to their classrooms.

Westlake College in Virginia will start a laptop computer program that allows students to do schoolwork anywhere they want. Within five years, each of the 1500 students at the college will receive a laptop. The laptops are part of a ＄10 million computer program at Westlake, a 110-year-old college. The students with laptops will also have access to the Internet. In addition, they will be able to use e-mail to “speak” with their teachers, their classmates, and their families. However, the most important part of the laptop program is that students will be able to use computers without going to computer labs. They can work with it at home, in a fast-food restaurant or under the trees-anywhere at all!

Because of the many changes in computer technology , laptop use in higher education, such as colleges and universities, is workable. As laptops become more powerful, they become more similar to desktop computers. In addition, the portable computers can connect students to not only the Internet, but also libraries and other resources. State higher-education officials are studying how laptops can help students. State officials are also testing laptop programs at other universities, too.

At Westlake College, more than 60 percent of the staff use computers. The laptops will allow all teachers to use computers in their lessons. As one Westlake teacher said, “ Here we are in the middle of Virginia and we’re giving students a window on the world. They can see everything and do

everything.”

1. The main purpose of the laptop program is to give each student a laptop to ________.

A. use for their schoolwork           B. use the Internet

C. work at home                    D. connect them to libraries

2.Why is the word “speak” in the second paragraph in quotation marks(引號)?

A. They don’t really talk.            B. They use the computer language.

C. Laptops have speakers.           D. None of the above reasons is correct.

3. Which of the following is true about Westlake College?

A. All teachers use computers.          B.1500 students have laptops.

C. It is an old college in America.        D. Students there can do everything.

4. A window on the world in the last paragraph means that students can ________.

A. attend lectures on information technology

B. travel around the world

C. get information from around the world    

D. have free laptops

5. What can we infer from the passage?

A. The program is successful.           B. The program is not workable.

C. The program is too expensive.         D. We don’t know the result yet.

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          2. 開頭和結(jié)束語已寫好，不計入總詞數(shù)。

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Dear Editor,

     I'm writing to give you my opinions about the problem of too many advertisements being inserted in TV plays, ...

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

. ----I can’t find my favorite magazine.             

----I saw Jack going away with ______, but I’m not sure whether it’s yours.

A. it                             B. that                          C. one                          D. some

. She had only twenty dollars left, _____ to buy her two children Christmas presents.

A. in which      B. with which          C with that            D. in that

The play had already been on for quite some time when we __ at the New Theatre.

　　A. have arrived          B. arrived                  C. had arrived              D. arrive

    We find that bright children are rarely held back by mixed-ability teaching. On the contrary, both their knowledge and experience are enriched. We feel that there are many disadvantages in streaming（把…按能力分班）pupils. It does not take into account the fact that children develop at different rates. It can have a bad effect on both the bright and the not-so-bright child. After all, it can be quite discouraging to be at the bottom of the top grade!

　　Besides, it is rather unreal to grade people just according to their intellectual (智力的) abilities. This is only one aspect of their total personality. We are concerned to develop the abilities of all our pupils to the full, not just their academic ability. We also value personal qualities and social skills, and we find that mixed-ability teaching contributes to all these aspects of learning.

　　In our classrooms, we work in various ways. The pupils often work in groups: this gives them the opportunity to learn to co-operate, to share, and to develop leadership skills. They also learn how to cope with personal problems as well as how to think, to make decisions, to analyze and evaluate, and to communicate effectively. The pupils learn from each other as well as from the teacher.

　　Sometimes the pupils work in pairs; sometimes they work on individual tasks and assignments, and they can do this at their own speed. They also have some library, and we teach them the skills they need in order to do this effectively. And expect our pupils to do their best, not their least, and we give them every encouragement to attain this goal.

1. Group work provides pupils with the opportunity_________.

　　A. to develop academic abilities                  　　 B. to learn to teach.

　　C. to do some experiments                         　　 D. to learn to be capable organizers.

2. By "held back" in the first paragraph the author means _________.

　　A. drawn to their studies                            　　       B. prevented from advancing

　　C. made to remain in the same classes          　　 D. forced to study in the lower classes

3. In the passage the author's attitude towards " mixed-ability teaching" is ________.

　　A.questioning               B. approving   　　       C. objective  　　 D. critical

4. The author's purpose of writing this passage is to _________.

　　A. offer advice on the proper use of the library

　　B. emphasize the importance of appropriate formal classroom teaching

　　C. argue for teaching bright and not -so-bright pupils in the same class

　　D. recommend pair work and group-work for classroom activities

5. The author argues that a teacher's chief concern should be the development of the student's _____.

　　A. total personality               　　                     B. intellectual ability

　　C. learning ability and communicative skills        D. personal qualities and social skills

The devastation of Typhoon Morakot over Taiwan and eastern China is a reminder that the northwest Pacific is the most dangerous region in the world for tropical storms．The worst of these are typhoons, which are the same as hurricanes in the Atlantic and eastern Pacific, or cyclones in the Indian Ocean and Australia．They all have winds of more than 118km/h (73mph) spinning around a central core．

These storms start off as a mass of thunderstorms in the tropics outside the Equator．Given the right conditions, they form a bigger and more organised storm and feed off warm seas at more than 26．5C (80F) to get the fuel that they need to become a fully-fledged(羽毛豐滿的) typhoon, hurricane or cyclone．Each storm is like a heat engine, extracting heat from the warm, humid air over the sea and turning it into phenomenal amounts of energy — equivalent to about 200 times the entire world’s electrical generating capacity．But warm, moist air is not enough — these storms also need slack winds aloft, because strong high-altitude winds can rip off the top of the storm clouds and send the entire storm tumbling（翻跟頭）．

The damage from tropical storms often comes from their winds, or the storm surges from the sea as the winds pile up water into a huge battering ram(沖擊夯) that floods coastlines．But the devastation from Typhoon Morakot came from its unbelievable rainfall — about a year’s average rain in some places — that set off landslides and mudslides．

1．According to the first paragraph, the common point among typhoons,hurricanes and cyclones is _______．

     A．that they all come from the oceans

       B．that they all have winds of over 118km/h spinning around a central core

       C．that they all cause great damage

       D．that they all can generate electricity

2．Which of the following is the best title of this passage?

     A．Typhoon Morakat devestates Taiwan and eastern China

     B．How is the typhoon formed?

     C．Typhoon Morakot was how to devestate the areas it travelled

     D．How terrible is Typhoon Morakat!

3．The devastation from Typhoon Morakot is mainly from ______．

     A．its wind                       B．its rainfall      

       C．landslides and mudslides       D．the storm

4．It can be inferred from the passage that ______．

     A．Taiwan is off the northwest Pacific

     B．the damage from tropical storms often comes from their winds

     C．tropical storms often happen

     D．tropical storms only need warm, moist air

IV.單句改錯

1．He putting forward a new agenda.                1. ________  

2.  The army took possession for the city at last.       2.________   

3.  All the people in the world should live in peaces.    3._______  

4.  You should keep your words when doing something for your friends.   4._______

5.  Only then I realize that I was wrong.              5._______ 

6.  The plane disapeared in flash.                   6.________

7.  Not only they usually arrive late, but they eat in class as well.   7._______ 

8.  She bided me good morning when she met me yesterday.8._____ 

9.  Had they kept their word, such matter would not have been come about.  9.______ 

10. He threatened that he will take legal action.         10.______ 

While watching television,__________.

  A.the doorbell rang             B.the doorbell rings

  C.we heard the doorbell ring     D.we heard the door bell rings