6、       Although there are no state controlled survival courses in Britain or the United States, there are various independent organizations offering similar activities.

       Students can participate in outdoor training courses through university clubs and societies. Anyone can register with such groups, which then organize courses, training and trips for all members.

       One of the most popular outdoor training programmes in both the US and Britain, is Outward Bound. The courses are to broaden minds through experiences that build confidence, self-esteem and character. As well as specialist courses such as canoeing, leadership skills and sailing, participants can take part in week long adventure training camps which include sports and survival training education skills.

       Michael Williams, an American student, took part in an Outward Bound course last year. He said: “We learned lots of first aid skills, lots of natural history, lots of environmental facts, and participated in a wildlife preservation programme. Beyond that, my favorite skills learned were sailing and rock climbing.”

       Courses can last up to 40 days and are open to anyone over the age of 14. Students must be in general good health, but do not need to be experienced in outdoor-sports. There is no selection process; everyone is welcome, although new participants are advised to pick a course matching their physical capacity.

Another similar organization is the UK Survival School, which includes courses on learning to live with the environment, sailing and winter survival. On a basic survival weekend students will learn how to get water and food , how to make fire and cook with it , to find and build a shelter , control survival life support , how to cross rivers , to send off a distress（危急）signal , and to use compasses by day and night .

       Outward Bound believes that participants will “use mind and body traveling some of the Earth’s roughest wildness areas.”

1．Which of the following statements about joining in Outward Bound is correct?

       A．All members should be above 18.

       B．Suitable courses are advised.

       C．All members are strictly picked out.

       D．Experience is needed.

2．       is not what Outward Bound courses aim at.

       A．Building members’ character                 B．Broadening members’ horizon

       C．Building members’ confidence               D．Building up members’ health

3．What can be inferred from the passage?

       A．All the survival courses are controlled by the state.

       B．Learning natural history knowledge is an important part in the courses of Survival School.

       C．All the Outward Bound courses are limited to a month.

       D．Protecting ecosystem is one of the concerns of Outward Bound.

4．The most suitable title of the passage is       .

       A．Choose Outward Bound, the most popular survival courses

       B．Choose outdoor training programs, be eco-friendly

       C．Choose survival courses, choose new experiences

    D．Choose Survival School, what are you waiting for

5、       Ralph Ellison’s novel, “Invisible（看不見的） Man”, was published in nineteen fifty-two. Ellison was at once called a major new writer. The book won the National Book Award, a high and rare honor for a first novel.

       Since then millions of copies have been printed .The book is still used in many universities and other schools. One professor said that he has used the book in his teaching for twenty-five years. He said that each time he returns to “Invisible Man” he finds new ideas in it.

       After “Invisible Man” was published, Ralph Ellison taught at a number of universities. He retired from Now York University in nineteen eighty .While he was alive ,he published only two other books .They were books of criticism（批判）and essays ,called “Shadow and Act” and “Going to the Territory”.

       Ralph Ellison died in nineteen ninety-four, at the age of eighty. After his death, a book of his stories, “Flying Home” ,was published .Shortly before his death ,Ellison had told someone that his second novel was almost finished .He had worked on the novel for forty years without finishing it.

       Parts of the book had appeared in magazines during the nineteen sixties and seventies. Ellison had to rewrite the novel after a large part of it was burned in a fire at his home in nineteen sixty-seven. The novel was said to be two thousand pages long. Finally ,his friend John Callahan put the book together after Ellison died. The novel was published in nineteen ninety-nine. It was called “Juneteenth”.

       Since “Invisible Man” was published ,many American writers have said how much Ellison influenced them.

       In nineteen ninety, another black writer, Charies Johnson, was given the National Book Award. In receiving the prize, Johnson thanked Ralph Ellison for leading the way for black writers. Ellison was present at the ceremony .He thanked Johnson. Then he expressed his belief that black writers should not be influenced only by other black writers. He said:

       “You do not write out of your skin. You write out of your ideas and the quality of your mind.”

1．Which of the following statements about “Invisible Man” may NOT be right?

       A．It was written when Ellison was a professor New York University.

       B．It was Ellison’s first novel.

       C．It was still in use when the above passage appeared.

       D．It was so successful that it won itself a place in American literature.

2．According to the passage, “Juneteenth”        .

       A．is written by John Callahan

       B．is Ellison’s second novel

       C．was published in Ellison’s seventies

       D．was published 10 yours after his death?

3．What can we infer from the passage?

       A．Ellison was a great white writer.

       B．“Flying Home” is one of Ellison’s novels.

       C．It took half of Ellison’s life time to write “Juneteenth”.

       D．Ellison didn’t live to see the publication of “Shadow and Act” and “Going to the

Territory”.

4．We can see from the passage, when Ellison’s first novel appeared, he was in his    .

       A．twenties              B．thirties                 C．forties                 D．fifties

4、       On the afternoon before his wedding day this fall, Hamid was sitting in an empty teahouse holding a glass of green tea between his fingers, his brow folded in worry and anxiety .That’s the cost of his wedding. In Afghanistan, one of the poorest countries in the world, bridegrooms are expected to pay not only for their weddings, but also all the related expenses, including several huge pre-wedding parties and money for the bride’s family, known as the bride price. The bridegroom is also responsible for jewelry, flowers, and two dresses for the bride, two suits for himself, a visit to the beauty salon for the bride and her closest female relatives, as well as a sound system for the wedding, a photographer and a video team with a pair of cameramen. All that can run a middle-class Afghan man on average $ 20,000.

       Hamid, a midlevel bureaucrat in the Afghan government who supports his six-member family on a salary of $ 7,200 per year, said his bill was going to top $ 12,000. And by Afghan standards, that would be considered normal, or even a bargain.

       “Sometimes it’s difficult to think about it,” said Hamid, 30, “It’s a lot of responsibility. “After that the bridegrooms and their families are left with bills that put them into heavy debts .Even the poor must do that. A laborer, for instance, making about the average income of $ 350 per year, may well spend more than $ 2,000 for his wedding.

       Hamid’s wedding ceremony opened at the East Diamond Wedding Hall in Kabul, in two vast banquet rooms, one for the men and the other for the women. Islamic custom dictates that the sexes be separated .Dressed in a white suit, he was smiling and seemed happy. “In our country, the wedding is a big problem—until you’re done with it. “Hamid’s father, a lifetime civil servant who makes $ 100 a month, also seemed relieved and joyful .Asked how he felt about the money 30 times his monthly salary, he replied: “It was good! I’m extremely happy!” The payment, he explained, allowed the marriage to happen. “Only a memory is left,” he said. “A memory of happiness.”

       Like most Afghan bridegrooms, Hamid had to empty his savings, borrow money. They had all saved in anticipation of the event, much like a Chinese family might prepare years in advance for college tuitions. After the wedding, he was going to be left with $ 2,000 in debt ,which he expected to pay off within five months .But it is not so easy for many other young Afghan men.

1．What’s the best title of the passage?

       A．Happiness and sadness of a young man named Hamid in Afghanistan.

       B．Happy big weddings in Afghanistan.

       C．A bridegroom’s worry in Afghanistan.

       D．Big weddings wring Afghans joy and debt

2．What are bridegrooms in Afghanistan expected to pay for?

       A．Their weddings and several huge pre-wedding parties.

       B．Money for the bridegroom’s family.

       C．Jewelry, flowers, two dresses for the closet relatives.

       D．A visit to the beauty salon for the bridegroom.

3．How does Hamid’s feel when asked about the big wedding?

       A．hatred                 B．dislike                 C．happy                 D．happy and worry

4．What do you think the write will write in the continued passage?

       A．a(chǎn)n example of a common young Afghan man who has to pay off the debts after a long time.

       B．a(chǎn)n example of a rich Afghan man who has no debts.

       C．a(chǎn)n example of an Afghan bridegroom who has a simple wedding.

       D．a(chǎn)n example of an Afghan bride’s big wedding ceremony.

3、根據(jù)對(duì)話內(nèi)容，從對(duì)話后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。

A：My wife and I are going to the exhibition of Chinese painting this afternoon, Henry.   1 

B：Thanks.   2   I haven’t been there .You know I don’t much about Chinese painting. I just have an interest in it.

A：That’s good enough for us . We know almost nothing about it.

B：   3  .

A：Well ,why not come and have lunch with us? We’ll have an early lunch and then go there by bike together.

B：   4   You see, some of my students said that they would be coming over Sunday morning.

      5    I’ll come at about one thirty .Will that be too late?

A：Well, but come earlier if you can.

       A．Thanks, but I’m afraid not.

       B．Would you like to come with us?

       C．That would be nice.

       D．We’ll wait until you arrive.

       E．I don’t know when they are leaving.

       F．When and where shall I meet you?

       G．I learned something about it at school.

2、根據(jù)下列句子及所給漢語(yǔ)注釋，在句子右邊的橫線上寫出空缺處各單詞的正確形式。（每空只寫一詞）

1．Don’t you know what disease it is? I thought you had        （咨詢）the doctor.

2．If you were to come tomorrow ,I would        （款待） you to dinner.

3．The project has only been under way for three months ,so it’s too early to      （評(píng)估）its success.

4．My grandfather is as     （有活力的）as a young man and hates sitting around doing nothing all day.

5．Newspapers can keep us well         （獲悉）about what is happening all over the world.

6．Tom’s teacher       （指責(zé)）him of cheating in the exam.

7．After finishing writing the letter ,Linda folded it and put it in the        （信封）.

8．Her rich experience gave her an        （優(yōu)勢(shì)）over the other people applying for the job.

9．Go to see your parents as often as possible if it is        （方便）to you.

10．The government has taken many        （措施）to improve the living standard of laid—off workers.

1、此題要求改正所給短文中的錯(cuò)誤。對(duì)標(biāo)有題號(hào)的每一行做出判斷：如無錯(cuò)誤，在該行右邊橫線上畫一個(gè)勾（√）；如有錯(cuò)誤（每行只有一個(gè)錯(cuò)誤），則按下列情況改正：

此行多一個(gè)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(gè)詞：在缺詞處加一個(gè)漏字符號(hào)（/\），在該行右邊橫線上寫出該加的詞。

此行錯(cuò)一個(gè)詞：在錯(cuò)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(cuò)的不要改。

       I’m the only daughter of my parents ,but they are worried                      1．___________

about everything I do. For example ,when I rode my bike ,my                      2．___________

parents won’t let me ride by myself. They were afraid I might                    3．___________

drop from my bike and be hurt myself. They took great trouble to                 4．___________

support the bike ,and my mother even carried first-aid kit.                       5．___________

I wasn’t free to ride and I said angry, “Why not let me ride alone?”                 6．___________

Now , most family have one child . Parents want to do everything                 7．___________

for their children ,which do no good to them. Too much love from                8．___________

parents may prevent children from being independent. In their opinion,            9．___________

we children should be encouraging to do what they should do themselves.              10．___________

36、Be confident my boy, _____ you are born rich or poor.

A．if            B．that         C．which      D．whether