8、Your friends might be in Australia or maybe just down the road, but they are all just a few clicks away．Life has   1  for millions of teenagers across the world who now make friends online． 2  you use chat rooms, QQ, MSN or ICQ, you are3    of a virtual community （虛擬社區(qū)）．

"I rarely talk with my parents or grandparents, 4   I talk a lot with my old friends on QQ," said Fox's Shadow, the online nickname （網(wǎng)名） used by a Senior 2 girl in China．"Eighty percent of my classmates use QQ   5   school．"

QQ is the biggest messaging  6  in China．A record 4 million people used it one Saturday night in October,   7  to Tencent, the company which developed QQ．

And Fox's Shadow might well have been one of them．"I log in （登陸） on Friday nights, and Saturdays or Sundays when I feel  8  ．I usually  9  about 10 hours chatting online every week," she said． "But I rarely talk with  10  , especially boys or men．"

Even though she likes chatting, she is careful about making  11  with strangers online．"You don't know  12   you're talking to．You should  13  be careful about who you trust online．"

Many people would like to meet offline when they feel they have got to  14  someone very well．Fox's Shadow once met one of her online friends face to face．It was a girl who was a comic fan like  15  and they went to a comic show together．

However, not all teenagers have been so  16  ． At the beginning of this year, a 17-year-old girl in Liaoning Province was raped after meeting a friend she had found on QQ．The criminals weren't   17   until last month．

A 16-year-old Beijing boy, known online as Bart Simon, dislikes QQ users．"I used to chat on QQ, but I found that most people were talking   18 ," he said． Now he chats online in English, using MSN． But he spends little time chatting as he sees it as a 19    of time and money "If you are really   20   to it, sometimes you just can't concentrate in class," he said．

1．A．improved                  B．become                   C．changed                  D．increased

2．A．Whether                   B．If                           C．When                     D．Unless

3．A．member                    B．part                        C．partner                   D．number

4．A．but                           B．while                      C．when                      D．still．

5．A．before                      B．a(chǎn)t                           C．a(chǎn)fter                       D．since

6．A．service                     B．product                   C．structure                 D．organization

7．A．granting                    B．depending            C．considering           D．a(chǎn)ccording

8．A．sleepy                      B．tired                       C．bored                            D．busy

9．A．take                         B．cost                        C．pay                        D．spend

10．A．friends                    B．a(chǎn)dults                C．males                            D．strangers

11．A．relation                   B．touch               C．contact                   D．friends

12．A．who                       B．what               C．whose                    D．which

13．A．often                      B．usually              C．sometimes           D．a(chǎn)lways

14．A．know                            B．recognize            C．tell                         D．judge

15．A．herself                    B．him                C．a(chǎn)nybody else         D．everyone

16．A．good                      B．fortunate            C．safely                     D．healthy

17．A．kept                       B．held                C．caught                    D．killed

18．A．uselessness             B．noise               C．nonsense            D．rubbish

19．A．short                      B．lack                C．waste                            D．little

20．A．kept                       B．held                   C．a(chǎn)ddicted                  D．stuck

7、The idea of rain making is almost as old as man, but it was not until 1964 that man succeeded in making rain．In ancient times, rainmakers claimed to be able to bring rain by many methods: dancing, singing, killing various kinds of living creatures （including humans）, and blowing a stream of water into the air from a kind of pipe．

More recently, some rainmakers claimed to make rain by shooting guns, causing explosions, or burning chemical, the smoke of which was supposed to cause rain to fall．These rainmakers asked for as much as 1,000 dollars to make an inch of rain．One was so effective that he was almost hanged．He was believed to have caused a twenty-inch rain in southern California that flooded that land, killed several people, and did millions of dollars’ worth of damage．

Before 1946, rainmakers were either liars or honest people who have good luck．Scientific rain making was started in that year by Vincent J．Schaefer, a scientist at the laboratories of the General Electric Company in New York State． His success was the result of a lucky accident that changed years of failure into victory．

1．One rainmaker was almost hanged because _____．

A．he did not make rain at all                 B．he asked for too much money

C．he killed several people　                  D．people thought he caused too much rain

2．The underlined word liars means _____．

A．people who tell lies 　　　　              B．tools used to make rain

C．persons who make rain　　　　          D．people who have good luck

3．Which of the following methods can make rain?

　  A．Killing pigs and sheep．

　  B．Blowing a stream of water into the air from a kind of pipe．

　  C．Shooting guns or causing explosions．

　  D．None of the above is right．

4．Who was the first rainmaker succeeding in making rain?

　  A．The one who caused a twenty-inch rain in southern California．

　  B．Before 1946, a rainmaker who happened to have good luck．

　  C．Vincent J．Schaefer, in 1946．

　  D．The passage doesn’t tell us his or her name．

6、Do plan to arrive on time or a few minutes early．Late arrival for a job interview is never excusable．

If presented with an application, do fill it out neatly and completely．Don’t rely on your application or resume to do the selling for you．Interviewers will want you to speak for yourself．

Do greet the interviewer by last name if you are sure of the pronunciation． If not, ask the employer to repeat it． Give the appearance of energy as you walk． Smile! Shake hands firmly． Be heartedly glad to meet the interviewer．

Do wait until you are offered a chair before sitting．Sit upright, look alert and interested at all times．Be a good listener as well as a good communicator．

Do look at the employer in the eye while speaking．

Do follow the interviewer’s leads, but try to get the interviewer to describe the position and the duties to you early in the interview so that you can apply your background, skills and accomplishments to the position．

Do make sure that your good points come across to the interviewer in a factual, sincere manner．Stress achievements． For example: sales records, processes developed, savings achieved, systems installed, etc．

Do always conduct yourself as if you are determined to get the job you are discussing．Never close the door on opportunity．

Do show enthusiasm．If you are interested in the opportunity,

enthusiastic feedback can enhance your chances of being further considered．

1．Why should you stress achievements at a job interview?

A．To show your enthusiasm．

B．To let the interviewer know your good points．

C．To show off．

D．The passage does not tell us．

2．When you face the interviewer, you should _______

A．shake hands firmly．

B．wait until you are offered a chair before sitting．

C．follow the interviewer’s leads 

D．a(chǎn)ll of above

3．The underlined word “enhance” most probably means “_________”．

A．increase               B．ruin                     C．worsen                D．ensure

4．Which of the following statement is NOT true?

A．Do not tell a lie

B．You should listen to the interviewer carefully

C．Let the interviewer know you are a great man

D．Show as many good points as possible

5、Ten Chinese PhD students are demanding that Beijing Normal University Professor Yu Dan be away from her television show on CCTV 10. They argue that her on-air explanations of Confucius’s Analects（孔子《論語》） are “incorrect and misleading”.

Yu is known for explaining Confucius’s Analects to a TV audience. But some complain that her explanations are unfaithful to Chinese tradition.

But Yu doesn’t seem to worry too much about her critics, saying, “It’s a matter of personal choice. Some like KFC, while others like McDonalds.”

STEALING some online game-player’s password might seem less harmful than credit card theft. It does keep the victim from wearing himself out all night playing. But it is not all that nice, says 19-year-old Zhang Qiwen, in Shanghai.

Last August, Zhang accidentally downloaded a Trojan while playing Warcraft. The Trojan is a type of virus used by hackers to steal people’s passwords. Overnight the Trojan transferred all the “gold” （game credits） from Zhang’s private account to an unknown account. Zhang hopes the police will find and punish the thief, who can also pocket some cash since the stolen “gold” can go on sale online.

New England’s largest indoor public garden has opened here in a historic park, and officials expect it to become a center for learning about plants as well as a top attraction for visitors.

The glass-walled Roger Williams Park Botanical Center, which opened March 2, offers a tropical garden, an orchid garden, and a Mediterranean room with a collection of citrus trees. The center also has two classrooms and will offer gardening classes provided by the University of Rhode Island.

Roger Williams Park, named for the city’s 17th-century founder, also has a zoo. The park already attracts more than 2 million visitors year, and Providence Mayor David Cicilline said that he expects the new center will attract more and more visitors .

1．Which of the following statements is true?

    A．Confucius’s Analects is like KFC or McDonalds in China now．

    B．19-year-old Zhang was angry because a hacker stole his “gold”．

    C．The Trojan is a new online game．

    D．The garden is run by a university．

2．We can learn from the passages that        ．

    A．there are four gardens in Roger Williams Park Botanical Center

    B．no one likes Yu Dan’s explanation of Confucius’s Analects

    C．Yu Dan won’t show up on CCTV any more for explanation of Confucius’s Analects

    D．now some people make money by stealing online gamers’ game credits and selling them

3．Where is Roger Williams Park?

    A．It’s in England．                        B．It’s in Providence．

    C．It’s in a botanical center．                 D．It’s in a famous zoo．

4．You are very likely to read the passages in        ．

    A．a(chǎn) biology textbook                       B．a(chǎn) fashion magazine   

C．a(chǎn) newspaper                            D．a(chǎn) book review

4、If I ever end up in a police missing-persons report, it will be because I went out to run some errands （跑差事） for my wife and never returned．

My adventure begins when I announce that I am going out to get a haircut, or to pick up my suit at the cleaner’s, or to do something that shouldn’t take very long．

As I look for my car keys, my wife utters （說出） those terrible words: “While you’re out …” This is a signal for me to make sure the car has enough gas for a cross-country trip because God knows when I will come back．

Of course my wife runs 95 percent of the errands, or that she is the one who keeps the household running smoothly．If it were up to me, the whole family would come to an end．The simple reason is that I am not good at doing anything more complicated than going out to get a haircut．

Here is what often happens:

“I’m going out to get a haircut,” I announce．

“While you’re out,” my wife says, “can you drop off the movie we rented last week? It’s due back today and I don’t want to pay a late charge．” “Sure,” I say．

Then she adds, “And stop at the post office for a book of stamps．” At last, I become nervous．I can handle a haircut and two errands．One more errand and I’m finished．

“And stop at the vet’s to pick up a bag of dog food．”

It doesn’t matter if all of these places are in the same shopping center （they aren’t）．Three errands are more than my brain can process （處理）．So I write them down．

“You mean you can’t remember three little errands?” my wife asks unbelievably．

Sadly, I can’t．I can remember to return the movie because it will be in the car． But with no visible reminders of my other two errands, I will almost certainly forget one of them．

I have to figure out where to go first．Should I get a haircut and then run my errands?

Should I stop at the post office first, get a haircut and then go to the video store and the vet’s on my way home?

Later in the day, I return home．With no small amount of pride, I hand her the book of stamps and the bag of dog food．She holds up a small box and says, “You forgot to give the movie back．”

It’s the story of my life: In one ear and out of the other．

1．The use of the word “terrible” in paragraph 3 shows that the writer ______．

A．does not love his wife

B．has deep hatred for his wife

C．gets frightened by his wife’s voice

D．is anxious about his wife’s request

2．The wife asks her husband to do three things after his haircut because ______．

A．she thinks they are easy errands

B．she likes to do housework at home

C．she is not satisfied with her lazy husband

D．she does not want to do these things herself

3．Why does the husband write down the three things?

A．He is serious．                          B．He is joking．

C．He is forgetful．                        D．He is foolish．

4．When the husband returns home, he is ______．

    A．rather tired       B．very happy          C．rather proud               D．very nervous

3、It is well-known that when an individual joins a group, he tends to accept the group’s standards of behavior and thinking．Many illustrations（事例）could be given of this from everyday life, but what is of particular interest to psychologists is the extent to which people’s judgments and opinions can be changed as a result of group pressure．Asch and others noticed that people in a group will agree to statements that are contrary to the evidence of their senses．It would be a mistake to think that only particularly docile（聽話的）people are chosen to take part in experiments of this type．Usually highly intelligent and independent people are used．In a typical experiment, this is what may happen． 

       The experimenter asks for volunteers to join a group which is investigating visual perception（視覺）．The subjects are not, therefore, aware of the real purpose of the experiment．Each volunteer is taken to a room where he finds a group of about seven people who are cooperating with the experimenter．The group is shown a standard card which contains a single line． They are then asked to look at a second card． This has three lines on it．One is obviously longer than the line on the first card; one is shorter and one the same length．They have to say which line on the second card is the same length as the line on the standard card．The other members of the group answer first but what the volunteer does not know is that they have been told to pick one of the wrong lines． When his turn comes, he is faced with the unanimous（全體一致的）opinion of the rest of the group----all the others have chosen line A but he quite clearly sees line B as correct．What will be done? According to Asch, more than half of the subjects chosen will change their opinion．What is equally surprising is that, having interviewed about their answers, most explained that they knew the group choice was incorrect but they gave in to the pressure of the group because they thought they must be suffering from an optical illusion（視錯覺）, or because they were afraid of being different．

1．The psychologists are particularly interested in       ．

A．the changes in the attitudes of the people

B．the degree of changes of people’s opinions

C．the result of the experiment

D．the difference in people’s characters

2．People who are usually chosen to take part in the experiments are       ．

A．independent                                                 B．easily guided 

C．foolish                                                        D．capable of reasoning

3．Which of the following statements is true?

A．The experimenter and all the members of the group except the subject know the purpose of the experiment．

B．All of them know the purpose of the experiment． 

C．Only the experimenter knows the purpose of the experiment．

D．Only the subject knows the purpose of the experiment

4．More than half of the subjects changed their opinion because       ．

A．someone in the group changed their opinion

B．they thought their eyes must be cheated

C．they thought the group choice was correct

D．they had been told about the answer

2、此題要求改正所給短文中的錯誤。對標(biāo)有題號的每一行作出判斷：如無錯誤，在該行右邊橫線上畫一個勾（√）；如有錯誤（每行只有一個錯誤），則按下列情況改正：

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

該行缺一個詞：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。

該行錯一個詞：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。

June 25, 2006  Sunday                        Fine

Today our class took an eco-travel to Taibai Mountain．We                 1． _______

started at 7:00 and arrive at 8:45．We got off the bus and lined             2． _______

up．Peter, our monitor, announced the tasks and do’s and don’ts．         3． _______

Then we were divided into two groups．One group was to take                  4． _______

records of the animals and plants they would find them; another           5． _______

group would learn about water and the fish on the rivers; the last          6． _______

group would plant tree on the mountain．Next we went in                            7． _______

different directions．I was the first group．We saw many small            8． _______

animals and wild plants．At 3:00 pm they got together in a small            9． _______

forest, there we had a picnic．To protect the environment, we                  10． _______

didn’t make a fire; nor did we break branches or litter．Finally we

went back happily．

1、假如你叫李華，今年讀高三。下午班會課你們同學(xué)展開了一場討論，主題是高三學(xué)生要不要參加體育鍛煉。請你根據(jù)下面提供的信息，給某英文報社寫一封信，介紹討論情況。

注意：字?jǐn)?shù)120左右，開頭結(jié)尾已為你寫好。

Dear editor,

Best wishes．

                                                                        Yours,

                                                                        Li Hua

28、Have you got a free evening next week?          , let’s have dinner.

A．While so       B．Since so         C．When so       D．If so