6、Disposing （處理） of waste has been a problem since humans started producing it．As more and more people choose to live close together in cities, the waste-disposal problem becomes increasingly difficult．

    During the eighteenth century, it was usual for several neighboring towns to get together to select a faraway spot as a dump site．Residents or trash haulers （垃圾拖運者） would transport household rubbish, rotted wood, and old possessions to the site．Periodically some of the trash was burned and the rest was buried．The unpleasant sights and smells caused no problem because nobody lived close by．Factories, mills, and other industrial sites also had waste to be disposed of．Those located on rivers often just dumped the unwanted remains into the water．Others built huge burners with chimneys to deal with the problem．

Several facts make these choices unacceptable to modern society．The first problem is space．Dumps, which are now called landfills, are most needed in heavily populated areas．Such areas rarely have empty land suitable for this purpose．Property （房地產(chǎn)） is either too expensive or too close to residential neighborhoods．Long-distance trash hauling has been a common practice, but once farm areas are refusing to accept rubbish from elsewhere, cheap land within trucking distance of major city areas is almost non-existent．

    Awareness （意識） of pollution dangers has resulted in more strict rules of waste disposal．Pollution of rivers, ground water, land and air is a price people can no longer pay to get rid of waste．The amount of waste, however, continues to grow．

    Recycling efforts have become commonplace, and many towns require their people to take part．Even the most efficient recycling programs, however, can hope to deal with only about 50 percent of a city's reusable waste．

1．The most suitable title for this passage would be _________．

    A．Places for Disposing Waste                 B．Waste Pollution Dangers

    C．Ways of Getting Rid of Waste               D．Waste Disposal Problem

2．During the 18th century, people disposed their waste in many ways EXCEPT for ________．

A．burying it                                              B．reducing it       

C．burning it                                            D．throwing it into rivers

3．What can be inferred from the third paragraph?

    A．Farm areas do not accept waste from the city in modern society．

    B．There is cheap land to bury waste in modem society．

    C．It is difficult to find space to bury waste in modem society．

    D．Ways to deal with waste in modem society have varied only a little:

4．The main purpose of writing this article is to _________．

    A．draw people's attention to waste management

    B．warn people of the pollution dangers we are facing

    C．call on people to take part in recycling programs

    D．tell people a better way to get rid of the waste

5、Bar Code

    All the packets you buy in a supermarket carry a bar code．This code is scanned （掃描） by laser light and the brand and product names are given to the customer with the price．The people running the store can keep a continuous check of how many packets of each product and of size are on the shelves．Special supermarket checkouts are needed to read the code．

    The code is a mixture of bar and space width．It is printed onto the package and cannot be written by hand．

A bar code showing the Australian Product Number （APN） symbol, made up of vertical （直的） stripes and spaces．

    The Australian Product Number, which you see in supermarkets, is made up of 13 digits （numbers）．For example: 9300663271733 means:

93 ＝ country code．Australia is 93, New Zealand is 94．

00663 ＝ manufacture's code--all products from this maker have this code number．

27173 ＝ product number and size tells what the product is, and the size of the article．

3 ＝ check digit--from the addition of some previous digits．This check's to make sure that the code has been read correctly．

1．Bar Codes are made up of ________．

A．13 equally spaced bars              

B．13 numbers matching 13 even bas

C．a(chǎn) mixture of bars and space widths    

D．a(chǎn) mixture of equal spaced, varying width bars

2．It is NOT possible to ________．

    A．have Bar Codes for all supermarket packets

    B．make Bar Codes, using more than one zero

    C．buy goods using foreign Bar Codes

    D．draw your own Bar Codes

3．The following Bar Code informs the supermarket manager that the ________．

9312345678907

    A．product has no APN symbol

    B．goods came from New Zealand

    C．product was produced in Australia

    D．particular goods are almost out of date．

4、Memory, they say, is a matter of practice and exercise．If you have the wish and really make a conscious （自覺的） effort, then you can quite easily improve your ability （能力） to remember things．But even if you are successful, there are times when your memory seems to play tricks on you．

Sometimes you remember things that really did not happen．One morning last week, for example, I got up and found that I had left the front door unlocked all night, yet I clearly remember locking it carefully the night before．

Memory "tricks" work the other way as well．Once in a while you remember not doing something and then find out that you did．One day last month, for example, I was sitting in a barber （理發(fā)師） shop waiting for my turn to get a haircut, and suddenly I realized that I had got a haircut two clays before at the barber shop across the street from my office．

    We always seem to find something funny and amusing （有趣的） in incidents （事件） caused by people's  forgetfulness or absent-mindedness．Stories about absent-minded professors have been told for years, and we never get tired of hearing new ones．Unfortunately, however, absent-mindedness is not always funny．There are times when "tricks" of our memory can cause us great trouble．

1．lf you want to have a good memory ________．

A．you should force yourself to remember things

    B．you should make a conscious effort of practice and exercise

    C．you should try to remember as many poems as possible

    D．you should try hard to remember things

2．Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

    A．One night the writer forgot to lock the front door

    B．One night the writer forgot having locked the front door

    C．The writer remembered to lock the door

    D．The writer remembered unlocking the front door

3．From the sentence "We never get fired of hearing new ones．"we can infer that ________．

    A．we enjoy hearing new stories about absent-mindedness of professors

    B．we don't want to know anything more about absent-mindedness of professors

    C．we will never get tired of listening to new stories about absent-mindedness

    D．a(chǎn)bsent-mindedness happens not only to professors but to many other people

4．In the passage, the writer seems to tell you ________．

    A．forgetting things happens to learned people

    B．a(chǎn)lways forgetting things is understandable

    C．forgetting things at times is natural

    D．ways to protect yourself from memory tricks

5．The best title for this passage is _________．

A．How to Get a Good Memory                    

B．"Tricks" of Memory

C．Stories about Forgetfulness and Absent-mindedness 

D．Get Rid of Absent-mindedness

3、In the United States the most popular form of folk dancing since the earliest days has been square dancing．In early times, when men and women worked in groups to build a barn（building where animals are kept） or harvest crops, they danced when the work was done．The music came from a violin from the most part, but if there was no one to play an instrument, placcing was used to produce the rhythm （loud and soft sounds made in a certain order） by which to dance．The early settlers danced in a store, in a barn, or in a farm kitchen．

A square is formed by four couples who stand facing the center of the square．Each couple stands on one side of the square, the boy on the left and girl on the right．

    The caller is an important part of the dance since he tells the dancers which steps to do．If the dancers do not know the steps, he teaches them．It takes time for a learner to be a good caller, and good callers are always in demand．

    These are the names of some of the steps the dancers do．Form a square; Circle; Honour your partner; Promenade （walk about slowly）, Swing your partner; Form a star．There are many more．As the caller tells the dancers what to do next, they move to form the pattern he calls．

Large or small numbers of people can dance at one time．Sometimes 800 or 1,000 people may be dancing at the same time．Or there may be only one square of eight people．

    Tumecoses are worn by some who square dance．This makes the dancing more colorful to watch．The tumecoses vary from place to place．Women often were full skirts of various colors with a pretty blouse．Men have colored shirt and western trousers which they．wear only when square dancing, In some country areas, everyone wears his best clothes．

    Today in all parts of the United States you will find some school, club, or other group that is square-dancing for fun．

1．In the past, people danced ________．

    A．when they were doing their work                    B．before they did their work

    C．a(chǎn)fter they finished their work'                D．before a big party

2．In the first paragraph, the word "plac" means ________．

A．hit the hands together to make a sound 

B．a(chǎn) kind of thing like radios

C．shout at the top of one's voice        

D．knock something to make a sound

3．Which of the following statements is true?

    A．The caller is the most beautiful person in square dancing．

    B．The caller knows everything about square dancing．

    C．It is not difficult to learn to be a good caller．

    D．The caller play an important part in square dancing．

4．If 1,000 people dance at the same time, how many squares can be formed?

    A．Only on big square．                      B．1,000 squares．

    C．More than 100 squares．                   D．Less than 100 squares．

5．In the sixth paragraph, the word "tumecoses" means ________．

    A．special clothes                            B．a(chǎn) kind of hat with flowers on it

    C．a(chǎn) ring worn on the finger                   D．clothes worn when working

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：

    此行多一個詞：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。

    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。

    This afternoon we had the PE lesson．The teacher taught           1．________

us how to practise high jump．The bell rung and we came              2．________

to the playground in line．After warm up exercises, the teacher           3．________

told me the way of jumping and then gave us an example．              4．________

We followed the teacher one after another．Soon was my               5．________

mm and I felt a bit more nervous．I failed for the first time but           6．________

I was not discouraged．I kept on thinking the teacher's words           7．________

and practising．At last I tried to jump over the pole．From              8．________

this class I come to realize one can succeed whether he                        9．________

has perseverance just as the old saying goes, "Where there is a                   10．________

will, there is a way．"

1、請根據(jù)以要點寫一篇簡單介紹美國的文章。注意不要逐句翻譯，字數(shù)100～120。

    1）美國位于北美洲的中部，西毗鄰太平洋，東毗鄰大西洋。南邊與墨西哥接壤，北邊與加拿大相連。

    2）美國的首都華盛頓位于美國的東部。   

    3）美國最大的城市是紐約，它位于美國的東海岸，有“大蘋果”之稱。聯(lián)合國總部大樓就坐落在這里。

    4）美國由50個州組成，國土總面積為936萬平方公里。

    5）美國有約23億的人口，其中工人占大多數(shù)。

    6）美國最早的居民為印第安人。由于美國是一個移民國家，故有“大熔爐”之稱。

生詞：移民immigrant    大熔爐a melting pot 

28、

1．If you happen to be the 200th customer to buy Cholesterolblock, you will          .

       A．be able to buy it at a low price               B．be the luckiest one online

       C．try it free of charge                              D．change your diet

2．Liptor?, Zocor?, Crestor? are         .

       A．diseases              B．side effects          C．medicines            D．cholesterol

3．Cholestrolblock^TM  has the following advantages EXCEPT that _____________________.

       A．it helps take cholesterol out of whatever food you eat.

       B．it has been proved useful in hospital testing.

       C．it helps people absorb at least 42% cholesterol.

       D．it sells best on Internet every month.

4．Where can you most probably read this passage?

    A．In a travel guide book.                          B．On a university bulletin board.

       C．In a health magazine.                            D．In a doctor's prescription.