Boy Scout is sending 69 boxes of clothes to Afghanistan, in a project inspired by his father’s employment to the war-torn region.

Nick Shawen decided to begin a clothing drive after receiving e-mails from his father. His mother said they learned of children coming into the hospital and losing their belongings.“They had to cut the clothes off because, you know, they were completely damaged,” she said.

When her 16-year-old son decided to start a collection, it quickly became a family affair. Even Nick’s 4-year-old sister wanted to give her help. “I’m going to Afghanistan because there are kids who need help there,” Maren Shawen said.

The Shawens started asking people at their school, church and community to send them clothes. “I’ve collected 69 boxes of clothes and toys to send down there,” Nick said. “I’d never imagined I’d end up doing something like this.”

The boxes will be shipped from Gaithersburg to Afghanistan, where Nick’s dad, Major Scott Shawen, is stationed as an army doctor. He was sent to the desert of Afghanistan to treat soldiers but spent much of his tour helping civilians.

“Being able to have my son’s Eagle project help out with what I’m doing makes me very happy,” Scott Shawn said.

The Shawens have sent 300 pairs of shoes, 1,000 shirts, 25 soccer balls and medicine to Afghanistan. One recipient said he accepted items for his son and was very happy.

“We tend to have extra of almost everything,” Nick Shawen said. “But in a lot of places, people don’t have enough and I think it’s kind of important that people give up a little bit and try to help people who need it more than they do.”

57. Why was Scott Shawen sent to the desert of Afghanistan?

A. To do medical research there.

B. To treat the civilians in the war-torn area.

C. To treat the soldiers stationed there.

D. To help the suffering people there.

58. In what way did Nick learn the situation of the Afghan Kids?

A. Through the news on the radio.

B. By reading letters written by his father.

C. Through the news on TV.

D. By reading e-mails sent by his father.

59. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Nick’s sister wanted to go to Afghanistan because her father worked there.

B. The Shawens have sent 69 soccer balls to Afghanistan.

C. Those who received the help felt very happy.

D. The Eagle Project was started by Nick’s father.

60. What would be the best title of the passage?

A. Boxes of Clothes Sent to Afghan Kids.

B. A Soldier’s Son Helps Afghan Kids.

C. Give up a lot and Help Those in Need.

D. Eagle Scout: A Project Helping Afghanistan.

Speaking Club

HK 1,950 (18hours)

This course aims to help develop vocabulary. Each student will also have a reader, which provides a topic for discussion. Students are level tested and then placed in different classes according to their level of English and their age. It is only for students whose level test shows them to be at intermediate level of above. The fee includes a course folder and a reader.

Bridging Course

Available in July and August

HK 1,950 (18hours)

Our Bridging Course is aimed at students from Chinese primary schools who are about to enter an English secondary school in September. The course is a fun way to develop students’ confidence in using English through topic-based speaking, listening, reading and writing activities. Students also widen their vocabulary by participating in a variety of language games. The fee includes a course folder and a field trip to a local museum.

Preparation for UK Study

HK 1,950 (18hours)

This course is for students who are leaving Hong Kong to study at boarding senior school in the UK. It focuses on functional English language to increase students’ confidence in their ability to use appropriate language in the appropriate situations by communicating with natives. We also provide students with information on British culture and traditions and aim to increase students’ interest in the country in which they are about to live. The fee includes a course folder and a reader called British Life.

53. Wang Lin, who will go to England to attend junior school, will be interested in ________.

A. Speaking Club.                      B. any course 

C. Preparation for UK Study       D. Bridging Course

54. ________ will divide students into different classes through tests.

A. Bridging Course                    B. Speaking Club

C. Preparation for UK Study       D. all of above

55. Which of the following is NOT what you can experience if taking Preparation for UK Study?

A. Experience how to express yourself properly in different situations.

B. Widen vocabulary by taking part in many language games.

C. Learn about the British culture and traditions.

D. Be offered a chance to speak with natives.

56. From the passage, we can learn that a reader is ________.

A. a recorder   B. a writing board  C. a book  D. a toy 

If you were to walk up to Arthur Nonner and say, “Hey, Butterfly Man”, his face would break into a smile. The title suits him. And he loves it.

Arthur Bonner works with the Palos Verdes blue butterfly, once thought to have died out. Today the butterfly is coming back ―thanks to him. But years ago if you’d tell him this was what he’d be doing someday, he would have laughed, “You’re crazy.” As a boy, he used to be “a little tough guy on the streets”. At age thirteen, he was caught by police for stealing. At eighteen, he landed in prison for shooting a man.

 “I knew it had hurt my mom,” Bonner said after he got out of prison. “So I told myself I would not put my mom through that pain again.”

One day he met Professor Mattoni, who was working to rebuild the habitat(棲息地) for an endangered butterfly called EL Segundo blue.

 “I saw the sign ‘Butterfly Habitat’and asked, ‘How can you have a habitat when the butterflies can just fly away?’” Bonner recalls. “Dr. Mattoni laughed and handed me a magnifying glass(放大鏡)，‘Look at the leaves.’I could see all these caterpillars (蝴蝶的幼蟲)on the plant. Dr. Mattoni explained, ‘Without the plant, there are no butterflies.’”

Weeks later, Bonner received a call from Dr. Mattoni, who told him there was a butterfly that needed help. That was how he met the Palos Verdes blue. Since then he’s been working for four years to help bring the butterfly back. He grows astragalus, the only plant the butterfly eats. He collects butterflies and brings them into a lab to lay eggs. Then he puts new butterflies into the habitat.

The butterfly’s population, once almost zero, is now up to 900. For their work, Bonner and Dr. Mattoni received lots of awards. But for Bonner, he earned something more: he turned his life around.

For six years now Bonner has kept his promise to stay out of prison. While he’s bringing back the Palos Verdes blue, the butterfly has helped bring him back, too.

49. When he was young, Arthur Bonner ________.

A. broke the law and ended up in prison

B. was fond of shooting and hurt his mom

C. often laughed at people on the streets

D. often caught butterflies and took them home

50. Bonner came to know the Palos Verdes blue after he _______.

A. found the butterfly had died out

B. won many prizes from his professor

C. met Dr. Mattoni, a professor of biology

D. collected butterflies and put them into a lab

51. From the last sentence of the text, we learn that raising butterflies has ________.

A. made Bonner famous       B. changed Bonner’s life

C. brought Bonner wealth    D. enriched Bonner’s knowledge

52. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

A. A Promise to Mom          B. A Man Saved by Butterflies

C. A Story of Butterflies      D. A Job Offered By Dr. Mattoni

Computers have many uses today. Computers can solve difficult problems and control other machines. Many people use small computers called calculators to solve simple maths problems quickly. Scientists use large computers to solve many problems at the same time. You can play games with computers, and some computers can help you learn languages. The Kurzweil Reading Machine is a special kind of computer. It can read books for blind people.

To use the Kurzweil machine, a blind person can simply open the book and put it down on the scanner(掃描儀). The machine “reads” the words on the page. When one page is finished, the blind person turns the page and puts the book on the scanner again. The Kurzweil machine can read in a normal voice or in a special fast voice. It can read words with small letters and large letters.

Blind people like the Kurzweil machine because they can “read” anything with it: newspapers, magazines, books, even typed letters. Many libraries now have Kurzweil Machine for blind people to use. The Kurzweil machine can also help short-sighted children learn to read.

46. What does the first paragraph mainly tell us?

A. Uses of computers.         B. The development of computers.

C. Computer languages.       D. The Kurzweil Reading Machine.

47. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Computers can solve all the problems people can’t do.

B. Large computers can only solve one problem at a time.

C. When using the Kurzweil machine, a blind man needn’t do anything.

D. The Kurzweil machine can help blind people and short-sighted children.

48. The underlined word “it” (in Paragraph 2) refers to ________.

A. the book   B. the scanner  C. the Kurzweil machine  D. the blind

My husband hasn’t stopped laughing about that thing that happened to me. It is ___26___ now but it was not at that time. Last Friday, ___27___doing all the family shopping in town, I ___28___ a rest before catching the train, so I bought a ___29___and some chocolate and went to the station ___30___shop with long ___31___to sit at. I put my heavy bag on the floor, put the newspaper and chocolate on the table to ___32___a place, and went to get a cup of coffee. When I came back with the coffee, there was someone in the ___33___seat. It was one of those wild-looking young men, with dark glasses and torn clothes, and hair colored bright ___34___. Not so unusual these days. What did ___35___me was that he had started to ___36___my chocolate!

I was really uneasy about him. ___37___, to avoid trouble I just ___38___down at the front page of the newspaper, ___39___ my coffee, and took a bit of chocolate. The boy looked at me closely. Then he took a second piece of my chocolate. I could hardly ___40___it. ___41___ I didn’t dare to start an argument. When he took a ___42___piece, I felt more angry than ___43___. I thought, “Well, I shall have the last piece, ” and I ___44___ it.

The boy gave me a ___45___look, then stood up. As he left he shouted out, “This women is mad!” when I finished my coffee and got ready to leave, my face went as red as his hair ―I’d made a mistake. It was not my chocolate he’d been taking. There was mine, just under my newspaper.

In some parts of the world, tea ________ with milk and sugar.

A. serves        B. serving       C. is served       D. served

_________ with her essay, Jane has no time to join in more social activities.

A. Having occupied                 B. Having been occupying 

C. To be occupied                   D. Being occupied

The house ,_______________is under repair, was built ten years ago.

A. of which roof     B. which roof    C. its roof    D. the roof of which

Helen is always the first_____ to the office.

A. comes        B. to come         C. coming      D. that came

-- Have you ever heard of an American president called Chester A.Arthur?

-- No, and he’s not mentioned in my history book at all. He seems           .

A. to have been completely forgotten                 B. having completely forgotten

C. to have completely forgotten                         D. completely forgetting