7、Wednesday, October 29, 2008.

The United States federal government had two young men in the state of Tennessee arrested on October 22 on unknown charges.

In court documents published on Monday, it came to light that the men had discussed attacking an African American school and killing 14 of them.

Another crime was about planning to murder Presidential candidate Barack Obama. According to their affidavits (口供), the suspects’ “final act of violence” would be when they attacked Obama while wearing white suits and top hats and driving “their vehicle as fast as they could toward Obama shooting at him from the windows.”

The two suspects are Paul Schlesselman, 18, of West Helena, Arkansas and Daniel Cowart, 20, of Bells, Tennessee. According to the court papers, they met last month over the Internet through a friend. Schlesselman and Cowart are believed to share “very strong views” about White Power.

Schlesselman listed “being racist” as his occupation on his MySpace page. He further wrote: “I’m white. I’m proud. I get angry. I like guns.”

Cowart also had a MySpace page on which photos of guns were presented under a heading of “My Guns”. On his page he wrote, “Better to die quick fighting on your feet than to live forever begging on your knees.”

Some have questioned the pair’s ability to carry out the charged plan, but authorities have been very concerned about Obama as the first black presidential candidate from a major party.

“We honestly don’t know if they had the ability or the skill to carry out the kind of plan that they talked about.” said Malcolm Wiley, of the United States Secret Service in an interview with The New York Times. “But we take any threat seriously no matter how big or how small it is.”

Cowart and Schlesselman are scheduled to appear before a judge on Thursday.

60．The passage is mainly about           .

A．Americans’ attitudes towards Barack Obama

B．two young men planning to commit violence

C．the violence in the United States

D．the disadvantages of the Internet

61．From the passage, we can know that the two young men         .

A．shot 14 students in an African American school

B．came from the state of Tennessee

C．were proud of Barack Obama

D．have not been sentenced yet

62．Which of the following shows the right order of the events?

a．The two suspects were arrested.

b．The two suspects will be tried in the court.

c．Cowart set up his MySpace page on the Internet.

d．Malcolm Wiley was interviewed by The New York Times.

A．a(chǎn); b; c; d                    B．d; c; b; a             C．c; a; d; b             D．c; a; b; d

63．What can we infer from the news?

A．The two young men strongly believed that the president should be a white man.

B．Most of the white people in the United States don’t like Barack Obama.

C．The two young men planned to shoot President Barack Obama.

D．The two young men were innocent in fact.

6、LIDAC MAYNARD

11 Windrift Circle

Methuen, MA

978 555 4539

JOB OBJECTIVE

Seek special education, primary school, or middle school math teaching position.

EDUCATION

Rivier College, Nashua, NH

Bachelor of Arts in Education May, 2006

Major: Elementary Education

Have successfully completed PRAXIS I and PRAXIS II. Meet highly qualified testing requirements for Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

November, 2005 January, 2006

Wilkins Elementary School, Amherst, NH

Student Teacher

? Developed and completed student centered lessons in all subject areas for various groups of fifth grade special and regular education students.

?Adapted lessons to meet student’s needs by reviewing their backgrounds and learning needs through IEPs.

?Communicated with parents on a regular basis via newsletters, daily or weekly progress reports, phone calls, and email, resulting in increased parental participation at home.

August, 2005 November, 2005

Charlotte Avenue Elementary School, Nashua, NH

Student Teacher

?Taught reading and writing through Language Experience Approach methods.

?Introduced a Writer’s Workshop appropriate for first grade students to help them to develop their writing skills.

?Developed learning stations in reading and science, enabling students to be more independent learners.

Spring, 2005

Wilkins Elementary School, Amherst, NH

Designed and taught a unit on Insects and Spiders, based on New Hampshire Standards to 23 self －contained, third and fourth grade students with disabilities.

Fall, 2004

Amherst Street Elementary School, Nashua, NH

Taught a class of 24 third grade students with a wide range of abilities.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

?After-School Aid, Amherst School District, Amherst, NH (2004 2005)

?Summer Camp advisor, YMCA, Nashua, NH (Summers, 2002 and 2003)

?Big Brother / Big Sister Volunteer, Nashua, NH (2002 2005)

64．What kind of job does Linda want to get?

A．A Big Brother / Big Sister Volunteer.

B．A middle school math teacher.

C．A special education advisor.

D．A summer camp advisor.

65．Linda has worked for the following schools EXCEPT        .

A．Rivier College, Nashua, NH

B．Wilkins Elementary School, Amherst, NH

C．Charlotte Avenue Elementary School, Nashua, NH

D．Amherst Street Elementary School, Nashua, NH

66．What can we know about Linda according to the passage?

A．She was merely interested in developing student’s math abilities.

B．She was not active in participating in after school activities.

C．She is permitted to teach in any high school of New York.

D．She has plenty of experience in teaching.

67．Which of the following is NOT included in the ways Linda used to communicate with the students’ parents?

A．Newsletters.                                               B．Phone calls.

C．Face-to-face talks.                                      D．Daily or weekly progress reports.

5、Like distance runners on measured course, all of us will move through time in a roughly predictable pattern.

In the first stage of our lives, we develop and grow, reaching toward the top of physical vitality (energy).

After we grow up, however, the body begins a process of gradually wearing out.

A new awareness of physical fitness may help lengthen our years of health and vitality, yet nothing we do will work to stop the unavoidable force of aging.

Most of the changes of aging take place deep inside the body. The lungs become less able to take in oxygen. Powerful muscles gradually lose their strength. The heart loses power and pumps less blood. Bones grow easier to break.

Finally, we meet a stress, a stress that is greater than our physical resistance. Often, it is only a minor accident or chance infection (a disease caused by virus), but this time, it brings life to an end.

In 1932, a classic experiment nearly doubled the lifetime of rats, simply by cutting back the calories (unit for measuring the energy value of food) in their diet. The reason for the effect was then unknown.

Today, at the university of California at Berkley, Dr. Paul Seagle has also greatly lengthened the normal lifetime of rats. The result was achieved through a special protein (蛋白質(zhì)) limited diet, which had a great effect on the chemistry of the brain. Seagle showed that within the brain, specific chemicals control many of the signals that influence aging. By changing that chemical balance, the clock of aging can be reset.

For the first time, the mystery (something that is difficult to understand or to explain) of why we age is being seriously challenged. Scientists in many fields are now making striking and far-reaching discoveries.

An average lifetime lasts 75 years, yet in each of us lies a potential for a longer life. If we could keep the vitality and resistance to disease that we have at age twenty, we would live for 800 years.

68．What does the underlined word “it” refer to?

A．Physical vitality.              B．Stress.             C．Aging.                 D．Physical resistance.

69．The author believes the following EXCEPT that         .

A．human’s life pattern is predictable

B．physical fitness can’t stop the force of aging

C．human’s lifetime will last longer than 75 years

D．a(chǎn)ll of the changes of aging take place deep inside the body

70．How did Dr. Paul Seagle lengthen the lifetime of rats in his experiment?

A．By limiting the protein in their diet.

B．By cutting the calories in their diet.

C．By resetting their clock of aging.

D．By keeping their physical fitness.

71．What is probably the best title for the article?

A．Two Great Experiments                               B．The Mystery of Human Life

C．Ways to lengthen Human Life                       D．The Breakthrough in the Study of Aging

4、Census figures (調(diào)查數(shù)據(jù)) published last Friday indicate that the number of women in management jobs rose by 95% between 1980 and 1990. Most evidenced shows that women are still in the lowest class of management and in the lowest-paying industries.

I first noticed that girls were different from boys when I was about 4 years old. No experiences either in my personal life or in my business life have caused me to change my opinion. Throughout my adult life, however, I have had to evaluate again and again these differences between men and women and how they affect the way men and women relate to one another and to the environment in which they work. Working with women has given me deep understanding I would never have gained in any other way.

Women are working at a decided disadvantage in the business world created by men to make things comfortable for men. To me, this means men often understand the rules without having to be taught or even having to think about them. It is not so easy for women. If I may fall back on typically male sports terms, women have had to learn both the game and the game plan at the same time.

At least in my own observation, women in business tend to be more honest than men. A direct question to a woman often results in a direct response. This quality makes it more difficult for women to “yes” an employer. It also makes women more trustworthy than the men who often can’t, or won’t, give a straight answer to a question. Women are also more open than men about their feelings their ambitions, and everyday situations in the office. This makes them easier to be hurt than men. Traditionally, women in business have been more severely judged than men. They have had to be better in a job than a man to get ahead.

72．What is this passage mainly about?

A．the unfair treatment the working women suffering in business

B．the differences between working men and women

C．the qualities of the working men and women

D．the author’s pity on the working women

73．The author mentions the “sports terms” to show that         .

A．women are more diligent than men

B．women are often looked down upon by men

C．women are slower in learning new things than men

D．men always make things comfortable for themselves

74．How many good qualities of women are mentioned in the last paragraph?

A．Two.                         B．Three.                 C．Four.                  D．Five.

75．Which of the following will most probably be the first sentence of the fifth paragraph?

A．For example, I have interviewed many people for the job of advertising salesperson.

B．Another difference between working men and women is that men take more chances.

C．Of all the differences that I have noticed, one in particular stands out.

D．On the other hand, men also enjoy more rights than women.

3、請根據(jù)下面提示，寫一篇短文。詞數(shù)不少于50。

In your English class, the teacher shows the picture below and asks the class to discuss it. Your classmates may have different understandings.

Look at the picture carefully and tell the class how YOU understand it.

2、假如你校最近就家長應該如何對待孩子的問題進行了調(diào)查，結果如下。請根據(jù)圖表1中提供的信息描述調(diào)查結果，并針對圖表2的其中一個數(shù)據(jù)所反映的情況寫出你的看法。

注意：1．文章的開頭已經(jīng)給出。

2．詞數(shù)不少于60。

生詞：圖表 chart

Recently our school has conducted a survey among the students about how parents treat their children.

1、I’m an operating engineer, running crane in New York City. I was in the countryside, playing golf when we got the call that a plane had   36   the World Trade Centre. We checked out of the hotel immediately and started   37   our way downtown. When I got home, I called the rescue center and they told me to come   38   and get on the   39   list.

The next morning I went down to the   40   at about 5 A. M., and four hours later I   41   the call to come down to West Street. I called my wife and told her not to   42   me, and that I would stay in   43   with her. I took the subway. It stopped at West Fourth Street, so I had to   44   the rest of the way.

And somewhere in there I became   45   that I was going into something I   46  . I once worked there in 1966 for the   47   of the World Trade Centre. On halfway on September 12, I was frightened to see the World Trade Centre was a huge pile, maybe ten   48   tall. And it was burning. I started to ask   49   in which my crane might be   50   a whistle blew suddenly warning us of some danger. I saw people running away and I really didn’t know what to do. So I did the same, too. It was as if they had   51   the bulls go in Spain and we were running through the street. People falling down, people   52   them up as they came by, and carrying them, just to get them out of the way, because something was extremely   53  . I didn’t even look back. We stopped running when we got to the Battery Tunnel, and I caught my   54   and said, “Oh, my God, I’m going to   55  .”

Then I settled down a little bit, thinking about what we should do next. As we started again we knocked into a fire chief officer and we asked, “What can we do to help you?”

23、The brochure guides you　　　　　the whole process of buying a house．

    A．through 　   B．a(chǎn)cross   　　　　　 C．over 　　　　D．past

22、Don’t interrupt while another student is speaking，　　　　　　?

    A．will you  　  B．won’t you   　　 C．do you 　　　　D don’t you

21、Mr. Green was out of town last week．He         a medical conference

    A．will attend     B．had attended       C． was attending 　D．would attend