7、       I was in the queue for the supermarket checkout（付款臺） earlier today．All of the checkouts were    1  , and the woman behind me was not happy! Every word that came from her mouth was a（n）    2   ! She wasn’t happy with the number of checkouts   3  ; she wasn’t happy with the amount of shopping some people had in their baskets; she wasn’t happy because this supermarket didn’t have a stand where she    4    scan her own shopping．

       I listened to her    5   looking around as I loaded（裝） my stuff onto the conveyor belt （傳送帶）．I didn’t want    6    to do with that kind of attitude, and if ever I’d felt like letting someone go    7   of me, it wouldn’t be such a woman!

       But then I    8   back．Standing beside the woman was a five-year-old girl,    9  her granddaughter．The girl’s part of the shopping    10    some comic books．

       I couldn’t    11   it．I pushed my shopping back to the end of the conveyor belt,     12 a space．“After you,” I said to the woman and the girl, and    13  them to a big     14  ．The woman was delighted, and even   15    to complain ---- until she was walking away．

       So,   16  bother（麻煩，費事） having helped? It was because that little girl was probably taking in her granny’s complaint like a sponge（海綿）．She was learning how to    17 situations like that by listening to her granny．I’d seen that I could interrupt that complaining, and put a smile and some   18    into the middle of it．We can all complain; we can all react    19  , but it doesn’t have to be like that．And, even if only for a few     20  , I wanted to leave that little soul with just a glimpse of another way．

1．A．busy                   B．big                     C．free                   D．empty

2．A．cry                      B．a(chǎn)rgument           C．shout                 D．complaint

3．A．opened                 B．closed               C．left                  D．done

4．A．would                 B．need                 C．could                D．must

5．A．beyond               B．without            C．with                 D．by

6．A．something           B．nothing             C．everything        D．a(chǎn)nything

7．A．a(chǎn)head                  B．behind               C．beside               D．back

8．A．went                  B．looked                C．turned               D．jumped

9．A．only                      B．surely               C．possibly           D．luckily

10．A．got                   B．included            C．conclude             D．made

11．A．think                B．help                 C．believe             D．forget

12．A．taking              B．leaving             C．bringing             D．keeping

13．A．returned             B．pleased             C．treated             D．served

14．A．smile                B．meal               C．joke                 D．room

15．A．thanked             B．paid                 C．checked           D．forgot

16．A．how                 B．what                 C．why               D．who

17．A．face                  B．meet                  C．handle              D．improve

18．A．truth                B．kindness          C．courage            D．money

19．A．a(chǎn)ctively            B．correctly           C．negatively         D．patiently

20．A．hours             B．chances        C．years          D．seconds

6、       Sarah Williams went to a boarding school．Here is one of the letters she wrote to her parents from the school:

       Wentworth Girls’ school

       Beachside

       July 20th

       Dearest Mom and Dad,

       I’m afraid I have some very surprising news for you．I have been very naughty and the school headmaster is very angry with me．She is going to write to you．You must come and take me away from here．She does not want me in the school any longer．

       The trouble started last night when I was smoking in bed．This is against the rules, of course．We are not supposed to smoke at all．

       As I was smoking, I heard footsteps coming towards the room．I did not want a teacher to catch me smoking, so I threw the cigarette away．

       Unfortunately, the cigarette fell into the waste-paper basket, which caught fire．

       There was a curtain near the waste-paper basket which caught fire, too．Soon the whole room was burning．

       The headmaster phoned the fire department．The school is a long way from the town and by the time the fire department arrived, the whole school was on fire．Many of the girls are in hospital．

       The headmaster says that the fire was all my fault and you must pay for the damage．She will send you a bill for about a million dollars．

       I’m very sorry about this．

       Much love,

       Sarah

       P．S．None of the above is true, but I have failed my exams．I just want you to know how bad things could have been．

1．Why did Sarah tell her parents the story about the fire?

       A．She wanted to worry them

       B．She wanted to make them laugh

       C．She wanted to make them less angry at the real news

       D．She wanted to warn them about what the headmaster was going to do

2．The letter before the P．S．was __________．

       A．mostly true                                   B．partly true

       C．a(chǎn)ll true                                           D．completely untrue

3．Sarah said the headmaster was angry because________

       A．she had failed her exams                 B．it was her fault that had caused the fire

       C．he had not made the phone call in time D．she had been caught smoking in bed

5、       This is time of year when we think about giving and receiving presents．Can you find a little extra to give? On this page we suggest a few organizations you might like to help．

       Littleton Children’s Home

       We don’t want your money, but children’s toys, books and clothes in good condition would be very welcome．

       Also, we are looking for friendly families who would take our children into their homes for a few hours or days as guests．You have so much—will you share it?

       Phone Sister Thomas on 55671．

       Children’s Hospice

       We look after a small number of very sick children．This important work needs skill and love．We cannot continue without gifts of money to pay for more nursing staff．We also need story books and toys suitable for quiet games．

       Please contact The Secretary, Little Children’s Hospice, Newby Road．

       Street Food

       In the winter weather, it’s no fun being homeless．It’s even worse if you’re hungry．We give hot food to at least fifty people every night．It’s hard work, but necessary．Can you come and help? If not, can you find a little money? We use a very old kitchen, and we badly need some new saucepans．Money for new ones would be most welcome indeed．

       Contact Street Food, c/o Mary’s House, Elming Way, Littleton．Phone 27713．

       Littleton Youth Club

       Have you got an unwanted chair?—a record player?—a pot of paint?

       Because we can use them!

       We want to get to work on our meeting room!

       Please phone 66231 and we’ll be happy to collect anything you can give us．

       Thank you!

       The Night Shelter

       We offer a warm bed for the night to anyone who has nowhere to go．We rent the former Commercial Hotel on Green Street．Although it is not expensive, we never seem to have quite enough money．Can you let us have a few pounds? Any amount, however small, will be such a help．

       Send it to us at 15, Green St, Littleton．Please make check payable to Night Shelter．

1．Reading the passage, you might like to help these organizations which work for

       A．homeless and sick children

       B．less fortunate members of our society

       C．hungry people who have no beds to sleep in

       D．friendly members of our society to help others

2．We can infer that       ．

       A．there are too many social problems in this country

       B．people are very poor during the time for giving presents

       C．warm-hearted people like to give away money

       D．this passage is taken from a local newspaper

3．If your child has grown up, you may take the child’s things to        ．

       A．Children’s Home and Children’s Hospice

       B．Youth Club and Children’s Home

       C．Children’s Hospice and Night Shelter

       D．Youth Club and Night Shelter

4、       Tired of telling students to ask questions and to think about what they were doing, Damien Hynes, a high school geography teacher in Australia, decided to do an experiment to test what he had long been thinking．He wrote some well-organized nonsense （something untrue） on the blackboard．The students simply copied it but very few asked any questions．This shows that students are willing to believe anything given by teachers．The story is repeated in support of the Project for Enhancing Effective Learning （PEEL）．

       PEEL was carried out by some teachers and researchers in Melbourne who had concluded that normal teaching methods seldom achieve their intended goals; what the teachers think they are teaching is one thing and what the students actually learn is something else．Students’ lack of an over-all view of learning goals and their concentration on test scores make them see each lesson as a separate activity．

       Researchers realized that many students do not come into class empty-headed but have their own explanations of how the world works．Their own ideas can remain important to them even when they differ from scientific explanations that are learned later．In fact such ideas are hardly affected by traditional teaching．Students accept the teacher’s scientific explanation, but do not drop their own．They simply keep both and use them practically: in a class test, they copy the teacher’s idea, but in real life they use their own．

       Clearly what was needed was to make students understand their learning process（過程）, and this is what the PEEL teachers set out to deal with．On the surface,（表面） a class being taught by PEEL methods only differs from an ordinary class in being a little noisier, because more people are talking．But there are some meaningful changes．Students are given much more time to express their views, and teachers don’t make immediate judgment．The students are allowed to guide what is done in class and their own ideas are always respected．This draws their attention to the actual learning process, and they become responsible for their own progress．

1．The aim of Hynes’ experiment was to ______．

       A．show that students didn’t think about what they learnt

       B．prove the effectiveness of the project known as PEEL

       C．test students’ general knowledge about geography

       D．encourage students to ask more questions in class

2．Why did some teachers and researchers carry out PEEL?

       A．To ensure teachers do scientific work．

       B．To help students get higher test scores．

       C．To find the differences between what is taught and learnt．

       D．To help normal teaching methods achieve their goals．

3．An important difference between PEEL and non-PEEL classes is that in the PEEL classes ______．

       A．the teacher does not give the usual scientific explanations

       B．students always have their own knowledge of the subject

       C．more attention is paid to the students’ own ideas

       D．the best explanations are given by the students

4．What is Damien Hynes？

       A．He is a teacher who teaches geography in a high school in Australia

       B．He is a geography teacher and a researcher in Australia

       C．He is a teacher teaching geography in a high school in Austria

       D．He is a high school geography teacher in Austria．

3、根據(jù)短文內容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。

       __1__This was not because the woods and fields were always far away, but because they were too far from the city to permit people to make a day trip between morning and nightfall．

       _2__ He decided to turn his little school house into a dormitory（宿舍） for the summer holidays．Anyone who brought his sleeping bag and cooking equipment along could stay there for a very small quantity of money．The idea was a success．A few years later, the school house was much too small to hold the many young people who wanted to stay there．__3__ This was the first hostel．

       Today, young students and workers of every country can meet in the hostel and get to know each other．When young people arrive at the hostel, they have only to show their cards of membership in a hostel organization in their own country．__4__

       Often, at the evening meal, a group of boys and girls from various parts of the country or world will happen to meet at the same hostel．They may put their meal together and prepare a dinner with many kinds of dishes．Sometimes a program will be organized after the meal with dances, songs, or short talks followed by a question period．__5_ For this reason, a few weeks spent “hostelling” can be just as useful a part of one’s education as classes in school．

       In 1970, a young German school master had an idea which changed this situation．

       People can stay in the hostel if they brought enough equipment with them．

       One can learn a lot about other places, just by meeting people from those places．

       As a result, a dormitory was set up in an old castle nearby．

       For years, children in the industrial areas of Europe seldom left their cities to see the beauties of the countryside．

       More and more young people went to the hostel for summer holidays．

       This card will allow them to stay in a hostel all over the world for low prices．

2、請用單詞的適當形式填空。

1．You’d better give me a full ________（描述） of this plan．

2．You should clear up the _______（誤解） between them．

3．She was unhappy with her child’s bad ______（行為）．

4．I recognized her ______（即刻） I saw her．

5．The lost car was finally found a______ in the bushes off the roadside．

6．Does she live within walking d_____ of her parents?

7．My mother is an e______ at dress-making．

8．A thief was s________ dead in the city centre last night．

9．The winter v_________ is not as long as the summer one．

10．After one day’s hard work, Tom was too e______ to wake．

1、今天（2010年10月20）你與幾位同學討論寒假去哪旅游，請你以日記的形式記下這次討論的內容。以下是要點：

       1、目的地：西藏（Tibet）

       2、交通方式：火車

       3、行程天數(shù)：10 天

       4、伙伴：同學

       5、費用：平時節(jié)省零花錢，周末打工。

       6、參觀景點： 布達拉宮（the Potala Palace）、可可西里（Hoh Xil）等。

注意：1．詞數(shù)：100詞左右；2．可以適當增加細節(jié)，以使行文連貫。

       Wednesday, October 20th, 2010