It was the night of the full moon, a time which always drives Java"s young people mad with excitement.
Fireworks were lit long before the moon 1 . The big noise brought people out 2 the warm night to
enjoy the interesting scene. Everywhere, there were the paper remains of 3 fireworks lying on the ground.
Little boys 4 more and covered their ears as they waited 5 for the explosions.
The moon appeared above the horizon (地平线): huge, 6 ball high above the city, and the 7 filled
with people, as Java began to enjoy one of the year"s greatest 8 : the Night of the Full Moon", a festival (节
日) that is especially popular 9 young people.
More and more young Javanese 10 together and walked slowly through the 11 Joking and chatting,
they moved towards the mountain 12 the city. They continued to climb 13 they reached the old temple (寺
庙) at the 14 of the mountain.
After they were 15 the temple, they drank their water and ate their moon-cakes-delicious home-made
ones, 16 of dried fruit and nuts. Outside, on the mountain, young people 17 cross-legged in circles, chatting
and telling each other jokes. And 18 , in their hundreds, more young people continued to make their way up
the mountain to 9 the brightly shining moon.
By midnight, the fireworks had stopped shooting up from the 10 city in the valley below them. But during
the night, the sound continued to be heard from the distance. |
( )1. A. let out
( )2. A. into
( )3. A. burning
( )4. A. lit
( )5. A. patiently
( )6. A. silver
( )7. A. mountains
( )8. A. games
( )9. A. for
( )10. A. danced
( )11. A. village
( )12. A. on the edge of
( )13. A. while
( )14. A. tip
( )15. A. inside
( )16. A. fond
( )17. A. jumped
( )18. A. so
( )19. A. follow
( )20. A. clean | B. gave out
B. at
B. used
B. bought
B. calmly
B. new
B. valleys
B. meetings
B. to
B. gathered
B. scene
B. on the way to
B. until
B. back
B. near
B. little
B. sat
B. even
B. show
B. gray | C. came out
C. of
C. exploding
C. piled
C. worriedly
C. colorful
C. streets
C. sports
C. with
C. drank
C. night
C. in the center of
C. unless
C. top
C. off
C. full
C. stood
C . yet
C. notice
C. peaceful | D. set out
D. from
D. broken
D. removed
D. excitedly
D. gold
D. shops
D. events
D. in
D. shouted
D. ground
D. in the direction of
D. though
D. bottom
D. across
D. free
D. bent
D. still
D. admire
D. empty |
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| 阅读理解。 | Every day we experience one of the wonders of the world around us without even realizing it. It is not
the amazing complexity of television, nor the impressive technology of transport. The universal wonder we
share and experience is our ability to make noise without mouths, and so transmit ideas and thoughts to each
other"s minds. This ability comes so naturally that we tend to forget what a miracle (奇迹) it is.
Obviously, the ability to talk is something that marks humans off from animal. Of course, some animals
have powers just as amazing, Birds can fly thousands miles by observing positions of the stars in the sky in
relation to the time of day and year. In Nature"s talent show, humans are a species of animal that have
developed their own special act. If we reduce it to basic terms, it"s an ability for communicating information
to others, by varying sounds we make as we breathe out.
Not that we don"t have other powers of communication. Our facial expressions convey our emotions, such
as anger, or joy, or disappointment. The way we hold our heads can indicate to others whether we are happy
or sad. This is so-called "body language". Bristling (直立的) fur is an unmistakable warning of attack among
many animals. Similarly, the bowed head or drooping tail shows a readiness to take second place in any animal
gathering.
Such a means of communication is a basic mechanism that animals, including human beings, instinctively
acquire and display. Is the ability to speak just another sort of instinct? If so, how did human beings acquire
this amazing skills? Biologist can readily indicate that particular area of our brain where speech mechanisms
function, but this doesn"t tell us how that part of our bodies originated in our biological history. | | 1. According to the passage, the wonder we take for granted is _____. | A. our ability to use language
B. the miracle of technology
C. the amazing power of nature
D. our ability to make noises with mouth | | 2. What feature of "body language" mentioned in the passage is common to both human an animals? | A. Lifting heads when sad.
B. Keeping long faces when angry.
C. Bristling hair when ready to attack.
D. Bowing heads when willing to obey. | | 3. What can be inferred from Paragraph 3? | A. Body language is unique to humans.
B. Animals express emotions just as humans do.
C. Humans have other powers of communication.
D. Humans are no different from animals to some degree. | | 4. This passage is mainly about _____. | A. the development of body language
B. the special role humans play in nature
C. the power to convey information to others
D. the difference between humans and animals in language use | | 阅读理解。 | Su Hua is studying at Cambridge, UK. She has bought a bicycle and is worried about security (安全).
Her friend, Kate, found this article and sent it to her.
Introduction
A lot of crime is against bicycles. About 150,000 bicycles are stolen every year
and most are never found. You can prevent this happening by following a few
careful steps.
Basic Security
Do not leave your bicycle in out-of-the-way places. Always lock your bicycle when you leave. Secure it to lampposts or trees. Take off smaller parts and
take them with you, for example lights and saddles (车座).
Locks
Get a good lock. There are many different types in the shops. Buy one that
has been tested against attack. Ask for a recommendation from a bike shop.
Marking
Security marking your bike can act a deterrent to a thief. It can also help the
police find your bicycle. It should be clearly written and include your postcode and your house or flat number. This will provide a simple way to identify your bicycle.
Registration
There are a number of companies who will security mark your bicycle for you. They will then put your registration number and personal details on their
computer database. Then if your bicycle is found it will be easy to contact you.
Finally
Keep a record of the bicycle yourself: its make, model and registration number. You can even take a photograph of it. This will prove the bicycle belongs to
you. | | 阅读理解。 | The Best of Friends
The evidence for harmony may not be obvious in some families. But it seems that four out of five young
people now get on with their parents, which is the opposite of the popularly held image (印象) of unhappy
teenagers locked in their room after endless family quarrels.
An important new study into teenage attitudes surprisingly shows that their family life is more harmonious
than it has ever been in the past. "We were surprised by just how positive today"s young people seen to be
about their families," said one member of the research team. "They"re expected to be rebellious (叛逆的) and
selfish but actually they have other things on their minds; they want a car and material goods, and they worry
about whether school is serving them well. There"s more negotiation (商议) and discussion between parents
and children, and children expect to take part in the family decision-making process. They don"t want to rock
the boat."
So it seems that this generation of parents is much more likely than parents of 30 years ago to treat their
children as friends. "My parents are happy to discuss things with me and willing to listen to me," says 17-years-
old Daniel Lazall. "I always tell them when I"m going out clubbing. As long as they know what I"m doing,
they"re fine with it." Susan Crome, who is now 21, agrees. "Looking back on the last 10 years, there was a lot
of what you could call negotiation. For example, as long as I"d done all my homework, I could go out on a
Saturday night. But I think my grandparents were a lot stricter with my parents than that."
Maybe this positive view of family life should not be unexpected. It is possible that the idea of teenagers
rebellion is not rooted in real facts. A researcher comments, "Our surprise that teenagers say they get along
well with their parents comes because of a brief period in out social history when teenagers were regarded
as different beings. But that idea of rebelling and breaking away from their parents really only happened during
that one time in the 1960s when everyone rebelled. The normal situation throughout history has been a smooth
change from helping out with the family business to taking it over." | | 1. What is the popular images of teenagers today? | A. They worry about school
B. They dislike living with their parents
C. They have to be locked in to avoid troubles
D. They quarrel a lot with other family members | | 2. The study shows that teenagers don"t want to _____. | A. share family responsibility
B. cause trouble in their families
C. go boating with their family
D. make family decisions | | 3. Compared with parents of 30 years age, today"s parents _____. | A. go to clubs more often with their children
B. are much stricter with their children
C. care less about their children"s life
D. give their children more freedom | | 4. According to the author, teenage rebellion _____. | A. may be a false belief
B. is common nowadays
C. existed only in the 1960s
D. resulted from changes in families | | 5. What is the passage mainly about? | A. Negotiation in family
B. Education in family
C. Harmony in family
D. Teenage trouble in family | | 阅读理解。 | Hunting
The days of the hunter are almost over in India. This is partly because there is practically nothing left to
kill, and partly because some steps have been taken, mainly by banning tiger-shooting, to protect those animals
which still survive.
Some people say that Man is naturally a hunter. I disagree with this view. Surely out earliest forefathers,
who at first possessed no weapons, spent their time digging for roots, and were no doubt themselves often
hunted by meat-eating animals.
I believe the main reason why the modern hunter kills is that he thinks people will admire his courage in
overpowering dangerous animals. Of course, there are some who truly believe that the killing is not really the
important thing, and that the chief pleasure lies in the joy of the hunt and the beauties of the wild countryside.
There are also those for whom hunting in fact offers a chance to prove themselves and risk death by design;
these men go out after dangerous animals like tigers, even if they say they only do it to rid the countryside of
a threat. I can respect reasons like these, but they are clearly different from the need to strengthen your high
opinion of yourself.
The greatest big-game hunters expressed in their writings something of these finer motives (动机). One
of them wrote.
"You must properly respect what you are after and shoot it cleanly and on the animal"s own territory (领
地).You must fix forever in your mind all the wonders of that particular day. This is better than letting him
grow a few years older to be attacked and wounded by his own son and eventually eaten, half alive, by other
animals. Hunting is not a cruel and senseless killing-not if you respect the thing you kill, not if you kill to
enrich your memories, not if you kill to feed your people."
I can understand such beliefs, and can compare these hunters with those who hunted lions with spears
(矛) and bravely caught them by the tail. But this is very different from many tiger-shoots I have seen, in
which modern weapons were used. The so-called hunters fired from tall trees or from the backs of trained
elephants. Such methods made tigers seem no more dangerous than rabbits. | | 1. There is no more hunting in India now partly because _____. | A. it is dangerous to hunt there
B. hunting is already out of date
C. hunters want to protect animals
D. there are few animals left to hunt | | 2. The author thinks modern hunters kill mainly _____. | A. to make the countryside safe
B. to earn people"s admiration
C. to gain power and influence
D. to improve their health | | 3. What do we learn about the big-game hunters? | A. They hunt old animals
B. They mistreat animals
C. They hunt for food
D. They hunt for money | | 4. What is the author"s view on the tiger-shoots he has seen? | A. Modern hunters lack the courage to hunt face-to-face
B. Modern hunters should use more advanced weapons
C. Modern hunters like to hunt rabbits instead of tigers
D. Modern hunters should put their safety first | 阅读下面短文，根据所读内容在文后第1至第5小题的空格里填上适当的单词或短语。注意：每空不超过
3 个单词。 | Host family accommodation, or living with host families, remains popular among language travel students
for its advantages. These days, host families are trying to offer more in terms of quality, for they still have
something to worry about.
Host family accommodation is often seen as the number-one choice for its advantages in language study,
cultural communication and cost of living. Staying alongside host families enables students to get enough
practice for the short time of their studying so that their language acquisition is likely to become faster. Living
in host families also has the advantage for students of being able to spend a lot of time communicating with
their "host parents", and get to know the local way of life, people and culture. Another advantage is that host
family accommodation can sometimes be the least expensive. It attracts students for it ensures them a family
type of living at a low cost.
The advantages, however, have not prevented host families form worrying. On one hand, some host families
are losing their unique selling point. The problem is that the majority of hosts in big cites, now generally single
and young, have less times available for students but the selling point for host family accommodation is
communication practice. One the other hand, students" expectations have risen. They are becoming more
demanding and asking for more than ever from their accommodation, as they come mainly from high socio-
economic groups in their own countries.
To get out of the difficult situation, host families are now making efforts to improve the quality of service.
They are trying to making living conditions better, including broadband Internet service, private bathroom,
and access to plenty of hot water for long showers. They are also providing students with structured family
activities.
It is believed that host family accommodation will keep the popularity vote with language travel students. | Title: 1. ______________
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