8、What separates me from everyone else? The difference is not what clothes I wear or the music I listen to, but what I feel _1_ .  

Ever since I was young, I have loved professional wrestling. As I grew older, my friends 2_ me for following what was called a "man's soap opera. " _3_ , I put my love for wrestling on the shelf. It was not until freshman year that I _4_ I wasn't being myself.   

That year, I tried many new things and activities. In my town, football was the sport, so I decided to play football, _5_ it might give me a head _6_ in popularity. The team started with forty-eight athletes. _7_ , there were fourteen of us left. I stuck it out not because I liked it, but because I am not a quitter (懦夫). That long season taught me a(n) _8_ : I wasn't a football player. More importantly, it taught me to be  _9_ .

After that season, I _10_ back to being a wrestling fan. I came across a well-known saying: "Don't Dream It. Be It." When I read this, my friend Dan and I had the _11_ idea.

"What if we build a wrestling ring?" we asked. The following weekend, we met at his house. We saw our 12_ in a pile in his backyard. ．We worked from dawn to dusk to build our great project. Our hard work paid _13_. We had a real ring. We decided to hold an "event." We practiced for hours, trying to _14_ every aspect (方面) of our wrestling ability. The date was May 24th. To our surprise, about one hundred friends and fans showed up to _15  us. It was the most important night of my life and a _16_ success. Since that time, we have held five shows with as many as two hundred and fifty people turning out. We _17  to live this dream. We accomplished what we set out to do.   

As my senior year winds down, I'll remember all of my high school memories. But  18  will stick out most is the memory that I did something I _19_, despite what everyone said or thought. I achieved the _20_. . . I lived my dream.

1．A．outside                 B．inside                 C．behind                D．beside

2．A．laughed at             B．talked about        C．listened to           D．called on

3．A．Then                    B．But                     C．And                   D．So

4．A．a(chǎn)dmitted                B．noticed               C．realized               D．declared

5．A．thinking                B．finding                C．remembering       D．guessing

6．A．level                     B．start                   C．end                    D．point

7．A．At the end            B．At the beginning C．In return             D．On one hand

8．A．a(chǎn)rt                       B．truth                   C．fact                    D．lesson

9．A．oneself                 B．somebody           C．myself                D．nobody

10．A．gave                   B．went                  C．put                     D．set

11．A．original               B．perfect               C．same                  D．correct

12．A．dream                B．success              C．progress             D．future

13．A．for                     B．out                     C．off                     D．back

14．A．discover             B．learn                   C．improve              D．show

15．A．praise                 B．support               C．teach                  D．follow

16．A．gradual               B．complete             C．endless               D．timeless

17．A．have                   B．begin                  C．prefer                 D．continue

18．A．why                   B．how                   C．which                D．what

19．A．loved                  B．faced                  C．studied               D．needed

20．A．task           B．step                 C．goal               D．game

7、Some people associate migration mainly with birds. Birds do travel vast distances, but mammals also migrate. An example is the caribou, reindeer that graze on the grassy slopes of northern Canada. When the weather turns cold, they travel south until spring. Their tracks are so well-worn that they are clearly visible from the air. Another migrating mammal is the Alaskan fur seal. These seals breed only in the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea. The young are born in June and by September are strong enough to go with their mothers on a journey of over 3,000 miles. Together they swim down the Pacific Coast of North America. The females and young travel as far as southern California. The males do not journey so far. They swim only to the Gulf of Alaska. In the spring, males and females all return to the islands, and there the cycle begins again. Whales are among the greatest migratory of all. The humpback and blue whales migrate thousands of miles each year from the polar seas to the tropics. Whales eat huge quantities of plankton. These are most abundant in cold polar waters. In winter, the whales move to warm waters to breed and give birth to their young.

1．Which of the following is not true?

      A．Whales breed in winter.                      

      B．Young whales are born in cold waters.                                

      C．Alaskan fur seals give birth to their young in one area only.      

      D．Alaskan fur seals are born in warm weather.

2．Which of the following is not described in the passage?  

   A．Whales migrate to breed and give birth to their young.  

   B．Whale-watching in Boston in summer is an attraction.  

   C．Seals breed in the north before migration.  

   D．Reindeer feed on grass.

3．How many kinds of migrating mammals are mentioned in the passage?  

   A．four                B．three            C．two              D．one

4． What is the best title for the passage?  

      A．Three types of whales                    B．Birds' migration

       C．Mammals also migrate                 D．Several kinds of migration

6、Through a series of experiments an American scientist has gained an understanding of the social structure of the most complex of ant societies. The ants examined are the only creatures other than man to have given up hunting and collecting for a completely agricultural way of life. In their underground nests they plant gardens on soils made from finely cut leaves. This is a complex operation requiring considerable division of labor. The workers of this type of ant can be divided into four groups according to size. Each of the groups performs a particular set of jobs.   

The making and care of the gardens and the nursing of the young ants are done by the smallest workers. Slightly larger workers are responsible for cutting leaves to make them suitable for use in the gardens and for cleaning the nest. A third group of still larger ants do the construction work and collect fresh leaves from outside the nest. The largest are soldier ants, responsible for defending the nest.

To find out how good the various size - groups are at different tasks, the scientist measured the amount of work done by the ants against the amount of energy they used. He examined first the gathering and carrying of leaves. He selected one of the size groups, and then measured how efficiently these ants could find leaves and run back to the nest. Then he repeated the experiment for each of the other size groups. In this way he could see whether any group could do the job more efficiently than the group normally undertaking it. 

The intermediate-sized (中等的) ants that normally perform this task proved to be the most efficient for their energy costs, but when the scientist examined the whole set of jobs performed by each group of ants, it appeared that some sizes of worker ants were not suited to the particular jobs they performed .

1．According to the passage, the ants______.

A．grow something in their nests             B．go hunting for a living

C．cut leaves to make a fire                  D．do each of the jobs all together

2．It is observed that slightly larger ants perform more of the______.

      A．construction tasks                      B．defensive work

      C．household tasks                         D．dangerous work

3．The underlined word "good" means ______.

      A．co-operating       B．efficient            C．hardworking      D．responsible

4．The experiments made by the scientist were based on ______.

      A．special methods                         B．scientific theories

       C．personal interests                    D．systematic observations

5、If you want to stay young, sit down and have a good think. This is the research finding of a team of Japanese doctors who say that most of our brains are not getting enough exercise and as a result, we are aging unnecessarily soon.  

Professor Taiju Matsuzawa wanted to find out why otherwise healthy farmers in northern Japan appeared to be losing their ability to think and reason at a relatively early age, and how the process of aging could be slowed down.

With a team of colleagues at Tokyo National University, he set about measuring brain volumes (容量) of a thousand people of different ages and jobs.   

Computer technology enabled the researchers to get right measurements of the volume of the front and side sections of the brain, which relate to intellect and emotion, and determine the human character. Contraction (收縮) of the front and side parts as cells died was observed in some subjects in their thirties, but it was still not clear in some sixty and seventy-year-olds.

Matsuzawa concluded from his tests that there is a simple remedy (補(bǔ)救) to the contraction normally associated with age using the head.   

The findings show in general terms that contraction of the brain begins sooner in people in the country than in towns. Those least at risk, says Matsuzawa, are lawyers, followed by university professors and doctors. White collar workers doing routine work in government offices are, however, as likely to have shrinking (萎縮) brains as farm workers, bus drivers and shop assistants.

Matsuzawa's findings show that thinking can prevent the brain from shrinking. Blood must circulate properly in the head to supply the fresh oxygen the brain cells need. "The best way to keep good blood circulation is through using the brain," he says, "Think hard and engage in conversation. Don't rely on pocket calculators."

1．The team of doctors wanted to find out ______.

      A．why certain people age sooner than others

      B．how to make people live much longer

      C．the size of certain people's brains

      D．the people with more intelligence

2．On what are their research findings based?

A．A survey of farmers in northern Japan.

      B．Tests performed on a thousand old people.

      C．The study of brain volumes of different people.

      D．The latest development of computer technology.

3．Matsuzawa thinks that _______.

      A．our brains grow as we grow older

      B．the front section of the brain does not shrink

      C．sixty-year-old people have better brains than thirty-year-olds

      D．the contraction of brains is connected with brain exercise

4．According to the passage, which people seem to age slower than others?

      A．Farmers.                                           B．Lawyers.           

       C．Government workers.          D．Shop assistants.

4、There are few ads that have stood the test of time. Certain ads are simple and outstanding; they are classics. Good ads work on two levels: they engage the mind of the consumer and at the same time deliver a selling message.  

Spokespeople and celebrities have been an important part of many classic ads. Michael Jordan, the premier spokesperson of the 1990s, delivered believable commercials for Diet Coke, Wheaties, and Nike, to name but a few. His animated Coke ads, with a variety of cartoon characters, shown during the 1992 and 1993 Super Bowls, produced awareness scores five times higher than normal.

Drama is often an important aspect of successful advertising. One of the most dramatic advertisements ever produced was a commercial for the launch of the Apple Macintosh computer that took on Apple's most serious competitor, IBM. The stark images of the classic George Orwell novel 1984 came alive in this commercial, which only ran once, during the 1984 Super Bowl before 100 million viewers. Not only was this ad a fascinating drama, it also demonstrated the power of a timely media buy.   

Significant images are another important part of advertising. Nike, with its "Just do it" campaign has provided the intended audience young athletic men and women, or athletic "wannabes" - with rewarding praise for the physically fit and constant inspiration for the unfit to release their lethargy (倦怠). These images of men and women committed (承諾) to " no pain-no gain," both inspire and challenge. This imagery is heightened through excellent photography, the use of celebrities, and dramatic situations. It is a type of advertising called, rather literally, image advertising. Perhaps the most successful image advertising of all time, however, is the Marlboro campaign, which has been running since 1955. With great single-mindedness the campaign has focused on western imagery with cowboys, horses, and farms. The cowboy myth is a strong and exciting image. This campaign has been successful both as communication and as a marketing effort. It has helped to make Marlboro the best-selling cigarette in the world.

1．In the author's opinion, classic ads intend to _____.

      A．raise the customer's energy and encourage them to take exercise

      B．start a campaign to focus on western images and forerunners

      C．include spokespersons, famous stars and lovely cartoons

      D．a(chǎn)ttract customers and meanwhile send selling ideas

2．The author says "Perhaps the most successful image advertising of all time, however, is the Marlboro campaign", probably because of _______.

      A．the dramatic situation                           B．the clear photo

      C．the appealing image                              D．the good quality cigarettes

3．Which of the following is true?

      A．Image advertising consists of photography, famous people and dramatic situations.

      B．Cartoon characters can improve awareness of social problems.

     C．Ads based on literature prove more successful.

       D．Many ads can bear the test of time.

3、Remember when a trip to the supermarket was nothing more than a boring thing requiring little or no specialized knowledge? You could send your kids into a cart while you did shopping. You always bought the same brands, usually the brands your mother bought. You didn't know about unit pricing, and furthermore, you didn't care. It never occurred to you to read the labels on anything. After all, you'd bought these things a hundred times.   

But now, I really look on those days with a feeling of yearn (懷舊). How innocent we were! How carefree were those trips to the supermarket. No worries. Today a trip to the supermarket is filled with social influence. Every time I buy pork chops I think about the years I'm shaving from my life. I keep a careful eye on the freshness date and examine the tamper - proof packaging. I am a victim of that most dangerous social disease: shoppers' panic.   

I didn't realize how serious my condition had become until the last time I needed laundry soap. It seemed simple enough. Just run into the market, grab a box of the old reliable and pay for it. I hadn't planned on discovering Ecover, a new brand of laundry soap. It sat quietly on the shelf right next to my old reliable. "Healthy, gentle but effective. "My respect for it deepened with each new claim as I read the entire package. Then I looked at the price: $ 5.69 for 2 pounds. $ 5.69 ! I cast a quick glance at the old reliable, still on sale for $ 1. 39.   

Six bucks for laundry soap! These people must be crazy! Who's going to pay six bucks for laundry soap? It's not as though I can't afford it. See, it's concentrated use less, get more. BUT SIX BUCKS! And the box is made from recycled materials. . . . This act went on for a solid half hour, after which I left the shelf without any soap at all.   

Surely the meat department is most threatening place. Remember when protein was good for you? That's all over. Every bite you take kills you. I won't even mention meat's moral influence.

When all is said and done, we still must eat. I gather up my healthy cooking oil and my recycled paper towels and head to the checkout counter.

1．In the first paragraph, the author mainly wants to tell us that in the past________.

      A．it was convenient to go shopping in the supermarket

      B．shopping in the supermarket was very boring

      C．we never read the labels of commodities in the supermarket

      D．we used to buy the same brands of products in the supermarket

2．Recalling the old days' shopping in the supermarket, the author thinks it was_____

      A．pleasant               B．fresh                  C．dangerous           D．crazy

3．Eating pork chops will mean that ______.

      A．you must have a shave after that            B．you should think of the old days

      C．you are killing yourself slowly               D．you must go on diet after that

4．In the supermarket, the author was attracted by a new brand of laundry soap for its _____.

      A．price                B．claims             C．package           D．shape

5．What's the author's problem?

 A．She is too poor to afford the new brands in the supermarket.

 B．She cannot not find the right laundry soap in the supermarket.

 C．She has to use the most healthy things because of her poor health.

    D．She is greatly affected by social influences.

2、One day I happened to find a chatting room on the                                                     1．       

internet, where people were chatting on English. I tried                                                2．    

to chat with some of them. To my surprised, I found                                                  3．    

the fact the oral English of some junior students was better                                          4．    

than mine. I asked them for an advice and they told me                                               5．    

to practise more on QQ. How I wish I can speak English                                             6．    

as good as these fellows! Therefore every day after that I                                            7．    

would spend one hour practise my oral English on QQ.                                               8．    

Day by day I learned many good and useful words and

expressions. With time went by, I found that I could                                                   9．    

till communicate with some college students freely.                                  10．   

1、據(jù)報道，2008年北京奧運(yùn)會將選拔約十萬志愿者為之服務(wù)，請你以“Dos and Don’ts for the 2008 Olympic Volunteers”為題，用英語寫一篇短文，討論志愿者應(yīng)該做什么，不應(yīng)該做什么。短文應(yīng)包括下表中的內(nèi)容：

注意：

1．不要簡單翻譯所給要點；

2．可適當(dāng)發(fā)揮；

3．字?jǐn)?shù)120左右。短文中已寫好了的部分，不計入詞數(shù)。

Dos and Don’ts for the 2008 Olympic Volunteers

It is reported that about 100,000 people will be chosen as volunteers for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. What should the volunteers do and what should they not do?

33、They gave each competitor a number, but they _____ NO.13 as no one wanted to have it.

A. picked out    B. turned out         C. left out       D. worked out