6、America has been experiencing the longest economic increase in its history．Incomes have risen, unemployment has fallen, and cities such as New York are bursting with new office buildings．

       But just a short walk from Manhattan's skyscrapers, George Brown sits on the side-walk, cooking a lunch of rice and bits of fish over a can of cooking fuel．

Brown is homeless——one of the 2．3 million people in the US who end up on the street．

       During the day, Brown collects aluminum cans and sells them for five cents a piece．At night, he sleeps on the street．

       “I have been on the street about eight or nine years, something like that,” said the 62-year-old former construction worker．

       Brown admits he had problems with alcohol and has smoked cocaine．But he said he still wants a more stable housing arrangement．He could afford it just with the money he earns by collecting cans and small pieces of metal, if only truly low-income housing were available．

       However, he sees no hope of finding affordable housing in New York．

       With the strong economy and unemployment down, beautiful housing is being built to meet demand．

       A US report shows rents in New York City rose more than 27 per cent, from ＄549 to ＄700 a month．

       One of the side effects of the strong economy is that rents have been going up．

       The majority of people who experience homelessness really just need some affordable housing help．

       But few housing companies are building for the poor．Many small apartments in the city now rent for ＄1,500 a month or more．

       Brown, the homeless New Yorker, said he has a daughter who lives in the city but he rarely sees her．She is angry about his drinking and won't allow it in her house．

       Smiling, he said he also has seven grandchildren whom he'd like to see more often．“All I've got to do is clean_up_my_act,” he said．

1．What kind of life does George Brown lead?

       A．Stable．              B．Dangerous．       C．Hard．          D．Comfortable．

2．It can be inferred from this passage that ____．

       A．America is short of housing companies

       B．the poor can't benefit from the increasing economy

       C．poor people in America will become rich

       D．housing companies will build more houses for the poor

3．The underlined part “clean up my act” in the last paragraph means “____”．

       A．remove my cans                      B．kick my bad habits    

       C．make a lot of money                   D．see my grandchildren

4．Which part of a newspaper is the passage possibly taken from?

       A．Society．        B．Science．         C．Arts．          D．Business．

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       A．with a slim figure

       B．with high blood pressure

       C．who are very fat

       D．who seek for a healthy diet

2．Which of the following emphasizes gradual weight loss?

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       C．Alli Diet Pill．                            D．Bikini Boot Camp．

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       A．NuPhedrine．                            B．Miracle Fat Burning Cream．

       C．Alli Diet Pill．                            D．Bikini Boot Camp．

4．Bikini Boot Camp is different from the others in that ____．

       A．ordinary people can afford it           B．it is a diet program full of fun

       C．you eat less but exercise more         D．it can save you much money

4、Here's an amazing way to get a hard-boiled egg into a bottle, even though the mouth of the boiled is smaller than the egg! What's more, you don't even need to touch the egg to get it to go in!

       For this experiment you will need:

·a hard-boiled egg

·a glass bottle with a mouth just slightly smaller than the egg （a fruit-drink bottle works well）

·a 8-cm by 8-cm（3-inch by 3-inch）piece of newspaper

·a match

Remove the shell from the egg．Set the egg on the mouth of the bottle to see that the egg does not fit through the mouth．

       Light the paper．Remove the egg from the mouth of the bottle and drop the burning paper into the bottle．Before the fire goes out, set the egg back onto the mouth of the bottle．Within a few seconds the egg will squeeze（擠）through the mouth and into the bottle．

       As it entered the bottle, the egg may have broken into pieces．This happens when the diameter（直徑） of the egg is more than about 0．5 cm（about 3/16 inch） larger than the diameter of the bottle's opening．

       Why does the egg slide into the bottle, even though no one is pushing it? Because the pressure of the air is pushing it．Before the burning paper is put into the bottle, the pressure of the air inside is the same as outside．The burning paper, however, heats the air inside．This causes the air inside to expand．When the egg is placed on top of the bottle, it seals（封住） the bottle．When the fire goes out, the air inside cools．As it cools, the air contracts（緊縮）, and the pressure of the air inside becomes less than the pressure outside．Then, the higher outside pressure pushes the egg into the bottle!

1．The best title of this passage can be _____．

       A．An interesting story                   B．The pressure of the air

       C．Egg in a bottle                        D．Egg, bottle and match

2．What don't you need in this experiment?

       A．Eggs．               B．Water．              C．Bottles．            D．Paper．

3．Why will the egg break into pieces while entering the bottle?

       A．Because of the burning paper．

       B．Because the diameter of the egg is too larger than that of the bottles opening．

       C．Because it is cool inside the bottle．

       D．Because the pressure of the air inside is larger．

4．What is the most important to get the egg into a bottle?

       A．A match．                                         B．A fruit-drink bottle．

       C．The pressure of the air．                    D．The burning paper．

3、It is often said that politeness costs nothing．In fact, it seems that a little more courtesy could save businesses ￡5 billion every year．

       Frequently hearing the phrase “thank you” or “well done” means the same to staff as a modest pay rise, researchers say．Praise and encouragement also makes employees more likely to work hard and stay in their jobs, saving on the cost of finding replacements．

       A third of 1,000 workers surveyed by the famous firm White Water Strategies said they did not get thanked at all when they did well——and a further third said they were not thanked enough, meaning they were less likely to put themselves into work and were more likely to look for employment elsewhere．

       The final result is around ￡5．2 billion in lost productivity from employees who would raise their interests in work if they felt more appreciated, White Water claimed．According to the company, praising staff has the same motivational kick as a 1 percent pay rise – and works out much cheaper for bosses．

       Three out of four employees said that regular acknowledgement（認(rèn)可）by their bosses was important to them, but only a quarter said they were actually given as much praise as they felt they needed．The survey found that those blue-collar and manual（體力的）workers were less likely to be given any recognition for doing well．

       In regional terms, Scottish staff felt most undervalued．Four out of ten workers said they were never thanked and eight out of ten said they would like more praise．However, workers in the North-East are less impressed by being praised by the boss, as only 69 per cent said they felt the need to be told “well done” regularly．Older employees and women need the most praise, according to psychologist Averill Lemmon．

1．The underlined word “courtesy” （in Paragraph1） probably means “____”．

       A．politeness        B．a(chǎn)uthority           C．pay rise          D．replacement

2．The survey done by White Water Strategies shows that ____．

       A．giving workers a pay rise can't make them work hard

       B．most workers not praised have no interest in their work

       C．workers who got few praise are more likely to change their jobs

       D．sometimes politeness and encouragement cost nothing

3．Which of the following statements agrees with the passage?

       A．Scottish bosses don't like praising their workers very much．

       B．Older workers and women need more pay rise．

       C．Most workers don't need any praise．

       D．Blue collar workers get more praise．

4．What would be the best title for the passage?

       A．Politeness is very important in our daily life

       B．The words “well done” are useful as a pay rise

       C．Several ways to make workers work hard

       D．Workers and their bosses

2、此題要求改正短文的錯誤，對標(biāo)有題號的每一行做出判斷，如無錯誤，在該行右邊的橫線上打一個勾（∨）；如有錯誤（每行只有一個錯誤），則按下列情況改正：

此行多一個詞：把多余的詞作斜線（\）劃掉，在該行右邊橫線上寫出該詞，并也用斜線劃掉。

此行缺一個詞：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號（∧），在該行右邊橫線上寫出該加的詞。

此行錯一個詞：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，在該行右邊橫線上寫出改正后的詞。

注意：原行沒有錯的不要改。

短文改錯

In a national spelling contest in America, 11-year-old                       1．_________

girl was asked to spell a certain word．But with her softly                     2．_________

voice the judges were sure if she spelled the word with letter                  3．_________

A and E ．They talked it over and finally decided to simply           4．_________

ask her what she had said．Immediately the girl knew he had                 5．_________

mis-spelled the word．But instead of lying and told the judges                6．_________

she had said the correct letter, she told the truth which                          7．_________

she had said the wrong letter, so she had lost the contest．                    8．_________

    As the girl walked off the stage, the audience stood                        9．_________

to their foot clapping to applaud her honesty．                                      10．_________

1、一澳大利亞學(xué)生代表團(tuán)將來你校參觀，學(xué)校安排你班負(fù)責(zé)接待。假設(shè)你是班長，請你根據(jù)下面的內(nèi)容提示，用英語寫一篇口頭通知稿，將此事告知全班。

       參觀日期：2009年7月10日（星期五）。

       參觀人數(shù)：約30人。

       參觀時間：上午9：00至11：00。

       具體安排：①7月10日早晨8：45 在校門口集中，歡迎來訪的澳大利亞客人。

②帶領(lǐng)客人參觀校園、實驗樓、教學(xué)樓和學(xué)生宿舍。

③10：00 在操場進(jìn)行籃球友誼賽。

④客人11：00 離校。

       注意事項：①著裝校服。

                 ②接待客人熱情有禮貌。

③用英語交談。

       注意：1．詞數(shù)100詞左右。

2．注意口頭通知格式。

3．參考詞匯：接待：reception; 宿舍：dormitory

26、We don’t doubt ________ the boy can ________ the angry teacher．

A．if; apologize for                                        B．whether; apologize to

C．that; apologize to                                        D．what; apologize

25、So ________ was he in 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa that he didn’t hear anybody knocking at the door．Which of the following is NOT correct?

A．a(chǎn)bsorbed            B．buried             C．devoted           D．lost