Two policemen stopped Andrew Kershaw in his sports car one night, because he was speeding in the street of the town. The young man was very drunk. He knew he was in trouble, so he decided to make fun of them. He was a law-student at the university, so he knew the law very well, better than most people.     
When the policemen came to his car, Andrew asked one of the policemen to write down in his notebook everything they said. The policeman had to do this because it is the law, although people don’t usually know it. The policeman tested Andrew’s breath and the breathalyser showed that he had too much alcoho1(乙醇）in his blood. This all took a long time because the policeman had to write down everything that he or the policeman said.                                              
In the end, by law, the policeman had to ask Andrew if he wanted to say anything. Andrew decided that he had two things to say and the policemen had to write down. The first thing was “Please don’t hit me again, officer!” And the second thing was :" Does the other officer want ￡5,too?" Of course, the poor policeman had to read this in court, in front of the judge, and he was very embarrassed (難堪). Andrew, who was in court, thought it was very funny, until the judge took away his licence for a year and fined him ￡100, ￡90 for drunk driving, and ￡10 for his rudeness!
【小題1】 The policemen stopped Andrew in his car because ______.

A．it was very late	B．he was drunk
C．he was driving too fast	D．he hardly broke the law

【小題2】The policeman had to write down ______.

A．everything the two policemen said	B．everything Andrew said
C．everything they all said	D．everything either of them said

Twelve years ago, a young traveler named Rhett Butler from San Francisco, California, visited the Sabah rainforest on Malaysian Borneo. In one area of the rainforest, he watched a bird flying through the trees. The beautiful sight left quite an impression on him. But weeks later, back home, Rhett Butler got the news that trees had been cut down in the area he visited.

To keep his website going, he travels around the world on several major trips each year. His working tools are a laptop computer, cameras and sometimes diving equipment. He often calls on experts for information. For example, he interviewed Alison Jolly, a top experts on lemurs(狐猴). He interviewed Rodney Jackson, a biologist who established the Snow Leopard Conservancy.
Stories like these have made Mongabay a favorite place on the Internet for researchers, students and teachers. In April, Time.Com named it one of the fifteen top climate and environment websites in the world.
【小題1】 What’s the main idea of the passage?

A．Rhett Butler and his website.

B．Rainforest on Malaysian Borneo.

C．How Rhett Butler protected rare animals.

D．How Rhett Butler made his website popular.

【小題2】Rhett Butler didn’t publish his book about rainforests because _______.

A．making websites earns more money than writing books

B．he didn’t want to become a writer

C．the book was not about rainforest protection

D．he wanted to use the information to create a website

【小題3】Which of the followings is NOT true about the Mongabay. Com?

A．It was set up in 1999.

B．It attracted many advertisers.

C．At least two related websites grew from it.

D．Rhett Butler made a lot of money from it.

【小題4】To keep his website going, Rhett Butler ________.

A．kept visiting the rainforest

B．traveled around and interviewed experts

C．raised rare snow leopards

D．made a great number of advertisements

【小題5】We can learn from the passage that _________.

A．Mongabay.Com was loved by researchers as well as students

B．kids. Mongabay.Com. has many stories written by kids

C．WildMadagascar.org is better known than Mongabay.Com

D．Rodney Jackson was once a businessman

A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer's showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted.
As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited signs that his father had purchased the car. Finally, on the morning of his graduation, his father called him into his private study. His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful wrapped gift box. Curious, but somewhat disappointed, the young man opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Bible, with the young man's name embossed in gold. Angrily, he raised his voice to his father and said, "With all your money you give me a Bible?" He then stormed out of the house, leaving the Bible.
Many years passed and the young man was very successful in business. He had a beautiful home and a wonderful family, but realizing his father was very old, he thought perhaps he should go to see him. He had not seen him since that graduation day. Before he could make the arrangements, he received a telegram telling him his father had passed away, and willed all of his possessions to his son. He needed to come home immediately and take care of things.
When he arrived at his father's house, sudden sadness and regret filled his heart. He began to search through his father's important papers and saw the still new Bible, just as he had left it years ago. With tears, he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. As he was reading, a car key dropped from the back of the Bible. It had a tag with the dealer's name, the same dealer who had the sports car he had desired. On the tag was the date of his graduation, and the words. "PAID IN FULL".
How many times do we miss blessings because they are not packaged as we expected? Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.
Sometimes we don't realize the good fortune we have or we could have because we expect "the packaging" to be different. What may appear as bad fortune may in fact be the door that is just waiting to be opened.
【小題1】According to the passage we can infer that _________.

A．the author’s father was once very rich.

B．the author’s father didn’t love him.

C．the author’s father had not enough money to buy a run car.

D．the author’s thought was wildly unrealistic.

【小題2】When author graduated from his school, his father sent him _________.

A．a(chǎn) beautiful run car	B．a(chǎn) new leather-bound Bible
C．a(chǎn) gift he hoped for	D．only an empty box

【小題3】After graduation, author _________ before his father died.

A．often went to see his father	B．had never gone home
C．went home once in the while	D．a(chǎn)lways contacted his father by phone

【小題4】The passage can imply that _________.

A．Good fortune lies within bad, bad fortune lurks within good.

B．The author’s father didn’t understand his child.

C．where there is a will, there is a way.

D．Every man is the son of his own works.

One fine day, an old couple around the age of 70, walks into a lawyer's office. Apparently, they are there to file a divorce. Lawyer was very puzzled, after having a chat with them, he got their story.
This couple had been quarreling all their 40 years of marriage nothing ever seems to go right. They hang on because of their children, afraid that it might affect their up-bringing. Now, all their children have already grown up, have their own family, there's nothing else the old couple have to worry about, all they wanted is to lead their own life free from all these years of unhappiness from their marriage, so both agree on a divorce.
While they were signing the papers, the wife told the husband. “I really love you, but I really can't carry on anymore, I'm sorry.” "It's OK, I understand." said the husband. Little did she know that, over the years, the husband has been trying all ways to please her, little did she know that drumsticks were the husband's favorite. Little did he know that she never thought he understands her at all, little did he know that she hates drumsticks even though all he wants is the best for her.
That night, both of them couldn't sleep, toss and turn, toss and turn. After hours, the old man couldn't take it anymore, he knows that he still loves her, and he can't carry on life without her, he wants her back, he wants to tell her, he is sorry, he wants to tell her, "I love you." He picked up the phone, started dialing her number. Ringing never stops. He never stops dialing.
On the other side, she was sad, she couldn't understand how come after all these years, he still doesn't understand her at all, she loves him a lot, but she just can't take it any more. Phone's ringing, she refuses to answer knowing that it's him. "I want to keep it this way, if not I will lose face. "She thought. Phone is still ringing. She has decided to pull out the cord. Little did she remember, he had heart problems.
The next day, she received news that he had passed away. She rushed down to his apartment, saw his body, lying on the couch still holding on to the phone. He had a heart attack when he was still trying to get through(接通) her phone line.
【小題1】The old couple wanted to file a divorce because __________.

A．they had no child.	B．their children didn’t like them.
C．they didn’t understand each other actually.	D．the old man didn’t love the old woman.

【小題2】Why didn’t they file a divorce before they were at the age of 70?

A．Because they were loving each other then.

B．Because they had no time to lawyer’s office.

C．Because they wanted to make their divorce open.

D．Because they didn’t wish to affect their children’s up-bringing.

【小題3】According to the passage we can know that ______.

A．the old man still loved his wife really.	B．the wife didn’t love her husband at all.
C．their children still lived with old couple.	D．they were in harmony over 40 years.

【小題4】 After the last paragraph the old woman would be _______.

A．wild with joy

B．wild with grief

C．unconcern about it

D．a(chǎn)ngry at that

Most people know that Marie Curie was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize, and the first person to win it twice. However, few people know that she was also the mother of a Nobel Prize winner.
Born in September, 1987, Irene Curie was the first of the Curies’ two daughters. Along with nine other children whose parents were also famous scholars, Irene studied in their own school, and her mother was one of the teachers. She finished her high school education at the College of Sévigné in Paris.
Irene entered the University of Paris in 1914 to prepare for a degree in mathematics and physics. When World War I began, Irene went to help her mother, who was using X-ray facilities to help save the lives of wounded soldiers. Irene continued the work by developing X-ray facilities in military hospitals in France and Belgrum. Her services were recognized in the form of a Military’s Medal by the French government.

Like her mother, Irene combined family and career. Like her mother, Irene was awarded a Nobel Prize, along with her husband, in 1935. Unfortunately, also like her mother, she developed leukemia  because of her work with radioactivity, Irene Joliot-Curie died from leukemia on March 17, 1956.
【小題1】Why was Irene Curie awarded a Military Medal?

A．Because she received a degree in mathematics.

B．Because she contributed to saving the wounded.

C．Because she won the Nobel Prize with Frederic.

D．Because she worked as a helper to her mother.

【小題2】Where did Irene Curie meet her husband Frederio Joliot?

A．At the Curie Institute.	B．At the University of Paris.
C．At a military hospital.	D．At the College of Sevigne.

【小題3】In which of the following aspects was Irene Cuire different from her mother?

A．Irene worked with radioactivity.

B．Irene combined family and career.

C．Irene won the Nobel Prize once

D．Irene died from leukemia.

The 16-year-old girl Jessica Watson is said to be the youngest person to sail non-stop alone around the world. But her record has been questioned because someone thought that she has not sailed far enough. She will also not be recognized by the World Speed Sailing Record Council, as it was too dangerous for someone under 18 years old.
Ms Watson sailed into Sydney port on Saturday, seven months after leaving on a hard voyage. Family, friends and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd have gathered to greet her. Thousands of well-wishers waited at the port and watched from boats as Ms Watson sailed her pink, 10m boat over the finishing line. Many more Australians watched the event broadcast live on television. Watson said she was just an “ordinary girl who believed in her dream”.
Ms Watson left Sydney on 18 October, despite that some people disagreed to her plan. Watson traveled northeast through the South Pacific and across the equator (赤道), south to Cape Horn at the tip of South America, across the Atlantic Ocean to South Africa, through the Indian Ocean and around southern Australia. The route took her through some of the world’s most changeful waters, and she battled through huge storms and suffered seven accidents of her boat.
People around the world have followed Ms Watson’s adventures on her blog, which she has daily updated (更新). On her blog, she wrote down beautiful sunrise over seas, the excitement of meeting a blue whale and the bright, terrible sight of a shooting star flying across the night sky above her boat. Ms Watson has reportedly sold her story to a news company for $700,000. She is planning to write a book on her experience.
【小題1】Which of the following oceans didn’t Ms Watson cross through in her voyage?

A．The Pacific Ocean.	B．The Arctic Ocean.
C．The Indian Ocean.	D．The Atlantic Ocean.

【小題2】Ms Watson’s voyage will NOT be considered an official world record mainly because __________.

A．no one can prove that her route was dangerous enough

B．she hasn’t applied for the record

C．teenagers are not encouraged to take such a dangerous adventure

D．girls are not allowed to take part in the dangerous sports

【小題3】We can make a conclusion from this passage that Watson __________.

A．would make another voyage for money

B．made the world round voyage for money

C．had no way to communicate with others during the voyage.

D．is so confident and brave that she could overcome troubles on her own

【小題4】 All the following can be inferred from this passage EXCEPT that __________.

A．her book about her voyage is a best seller

B．people in Australia had much interest in her voyage

C．she spent more than 200 days alone at sea

D．people have different attitudes towards her voyage

Some fifty years ago , I was studying in a middle school in New York . One day , Mrs. O’Neil gave a maths test to our class . When the papers were marked , she found that twelve boys had made exactly the same mistakes in the test .
There is nothing new about cheating in exams . Perhaps that was why Mrs. O’Neil didn’t even say one word about it . She only asked the twelve boys to stay after class . I was one of the twelve .
Mrs. O’Neil asked no questions , and she didn’t scold us , either . Instead , she wrote the following words on the blackboard : On your way home you find some money and you’re completely sure that you will never be found out . Later someone comes to ask you if you have found some money he lost . What will you do ?
She then ordered us to write down the question , and asked us to take our whole lives to try to find out our own answer to it .
I don’t know about the other eleven children . Speaking for myself I can say : it was the most important single thing of my life. From then on , I have been asking this question to myself when I have to make a decision .
Because of this , Mrs . O’Neil has become the most unforgettable teacher for me in my whole life . I often think of this : if Mrs . O’Neil had scolded us as many other teachers often did , would I go on cheating every day ?
【小題1】Who wrote this story ?

A．A student in New York who is not interested in maths .

B．Mrs. O’Neil from New York who found some money on her way home .

C．An old maths teacher in a middle school .

D．An old person who once lived in New York when he was young .

【小題2】When did the story happen?

A．Over sixty years ago .	B．Over fifty years ago .
C．Over seventy years ago .	D．Over eighty years ago .

【小題3】In the sentence “…she didn’t scold us either” , what does “scold” maybe mean ?

A．表?yè)P(yáng)

B．批評(píng)

C．教育

D．原諒

【小題4】When Mrs. O’Neil found twelve boys made exactly the same mistakes in the test , she      .

A．became very , very angry and shouted at the children for an hour

B．thought maybe she made some mistakes in her teaching

C．tried to find out who made the mistakes first

D．wanted to teach the twelve boys to stop cheating

【小題5】Why did the writer think Mrs. O’Neil unforgettable ?

A．Because Mrs. O’Neil often gave her student maths tests .

B．Because Mrs. O’Neil taught maths very well .

C．Because Mrs. O’Neil loved her students as she loved her own children .

D．Because Mrs. O’Neil taught a very important lesson to the writer .

O。Henry wasa pen name used by an America writer of short stories.His real namewas WilliamSydney

【小題1】People enjoyed reading O. Henry’s stories because

A．they had surprise endings	B．they were easy to understand
C．they showed his love for the poor	D．they were about New York City

【小題2】 O. Henry went to prison because        .

A．people thought he had stolen money from the newspaper

B．he broke the law by not using his own name

C．he wanted to write stories about prisoners

D．people thought he had taken money that was not his

【小題3】What do we know about O. Henry before he began writing?

A．He was well-educated.	B．He was not serious about his work.
C．He was devoted to the poor.	D．He was very good at learning.

【小題4】 Where did O. Henry get most material for his short stories?

A．His life inside the prison.	B．The newspaper articles he wrote.
C．The city and people of New York.	D．His exciting early life as a boy.

On the evening of June 21, 1992, a tall man with brown hair and blue eyes entered the beautiful hall of the Bell Tower Hotel in Xi’an with his bicycle. The hotel workers received him and telephoned the manager, for they had never seen a bicycle in the hotel ball before, though they lived in “the kingdom of bicycles.”
【小題1】The hotel workers told the manager about Friedlander coming to the hotel because      .

A．he asked to see the manager

B．he entered the hall with a bike

C．the manager had to know about all foreign guests

D．the manager knew about his trip and was expecting him

【小題2】Friedlander is visiting the three countries in the following order,        .

A．China, India, and Pakistan	B．India, China, and Pakistan
C．Pakistan, China, and India	D．China, Pakistan, and India

【小題3】What made Friedlander want to come to China?

A．The stories about Marco Polo.	B．The famous sights in Xi’an .
C．His interest in Chinese silk.	D．His childhood dreams about bicycles .、

【小題4】Friedlander can be said to be       .

A．clever

B．friendly

C．hardworking

D．strong—minded

The American local food movement has been all about buying seasonal food from nearby farmers. Now, thanks to the Web, it is expanding to include far-away farmers too. A new start-up, Foodzie, is an online farmers market where small food producers and growers can sell their products.
Foodzie was started by Mr LaFave and two of his friends, who met during college at Virginia Tech, where they would pay frequent visits to farmers markets. Last year, while living in North Carolina, one of them, Emily Olson, now 24, came up with one idea. She was working as a brand manager for a gourmet grocery chain and realized that people who enjoyed fine food but didn’t work in the business had no way to discover handmade foods outside their local farmers markets. Small farmers had no way of finding or selling to faraway customers, either.
Mr LaFAve and the third co-founder, Nik Bauman, both 25, worked in corporate sales and software development. “With business, food and computer science backgrounds, we figured we had everything we needed.” Mr LaFAve said.
The three quit their jobs, and opened this site to the public in December and the site has had 43,000 visitors in the past month. So far, 29 sellers have opened shops and 41 are in the process of opening them. The founders recently hired a fourth employee to help Ms Olson recruit(吸收) new food producers at farmers markets and food shows. Mr LaFAve is convinced that the recession(經(jīng)濟(jì)衰退) will not reduce people’s interest in buying locally grown and handmade food. “There is misunderstanding that all these foods are more expensive than mass-produced alternatives,” he said. “People are pouring their heart and soul into these products, and they are of the highest quality. ”
【小題1】 The passage is mainly about _______________.

A．how an online farmers’ market works

B．the American local food movement

C．three youths starting an online farmers’ market

D．the reasons why people are interested in local food

【小題2】Why did the founders start the online farmers’ market?

A．Because it met the need of the market.

B．Because the founders were interested in seasonal food.

C．Because some people wanted to buy locally grown food.

D．Because farmers wanted to sell their foods.

【小題3】 The underlined word in Paragraph 2 can be used to describe ______________.

A．food of high quality

B．terrible food

C．food of low fat

D．fried food

【小題4】The founders of the site employed another person to help _______________.

A．open new shops in faraway markets

B．buy locally grown and handmade food

C．find more food outside their local farmers’ markets

D．find more food growers to open shops on their site

【小題5】About the three founders, we know that ________________.

A．they are of the same age	B．to start the website they gave up their work
C．they used to be colleague	D．they majored in farming at college