A doctor was once teaching a class of medical students at a famous hospital in Edinburge. An injured man was brought in, and the doctor turned to one of his students and asked him, “What’s wrong with this man ?”
“I don’t know, sir,” the student answered. “Shall I examine him and find out?”
“There’s no need to examine him,” said the doctor. “You should know without asking questions. He has hurt his right knee. Didn’t you notice the way he walked? He hurt it by burning it in the fire. You see his trousers leg is burnt away at the knee. This is Monday morning. Yesterday was fine, but on Saturday the roads were wet and muddy. The man’s trousers are muddy all over. The man fell down on Saturday night.”
The doctor then turned to the man and said, “You had your pay on Saturday and went to a public house and drank too much. You got muddy and wet on the way home. Because you had drunk too much, you fell on the fire and burnt your knee. Is that right?
“Yes, sir,” said the man. The medical students were having a lesson ______.
| A．at the library | B．in a classroom |
| C．at a well-known hospital | D．in a medical school |
The man hurt his knee _______.
| A．on Monday | B．on Sunday night | C．on Saturday night | D．yesterday |
How did the doctor know that the man burnt his knee?
| A．From the way he walked. | B．By seeing his trousers leg is burnt away at the knee. |
| C．By seeing the man’s trousers are muddy all over. | D．Both A and B |
Which is the right order according to the passage?
① He burnt his knee. ②He got drunk. ③He fell down and got muddy. ④He had his pay.
| A．①②③④ | B．④③②① | C．③④①② | D．④②③① |
From the passage we know that _______ is very important for medical students.
| A．watching and thinking | B．taking good care of others |
| C．learning from others | D．teaching |
Most people around the world are right-handed. This also seems to be true in history. In 1799, scientists studied works(作品) of art made at different times from 1, 500 B. C. to the 1950s. Most of the people shown in these works are right-handed, so the scientists guessed that right-handedness has always been common through history. Today, only about 10% to 15% of the world’s population is left-handed.
Why are there more right-handed people than left-handed ones? Scientists now know that a person’s two hands each have their own jobs. For most people, the left hand is used to find things or hold things. The right hand is used to work with things. This is because of the different work of the two sides of the brain (大脑). The right side of the brain, which makes a person’s hands and eyes work together, controls(控制) the left hand. The left-side of the brain, which controls the right hand, is the centre for thinking and doing problems. These findings show that more artists should be left-handed, and studies have found that left-handedness is twice as common among artists than among people in other jobs.
No one really knows what makes a person become right-handed instead of left-handed. Scientists have found that almost 40% of the people become left-handed because their main brain is damaged(损害) when they are born. However, this doesn’t happen to everyone, so scientists guess there must be another reason (原因) why people become left-handed. One idea is that people usually get right-handed from their parents. If a person does not receive the gene (基因) for right-handedness, he/she may become either right-or left-handed according to the chance (偶然性) and the people they work or live with.
Though right-handedness is more common than left-handedness, people no longer think left-handed people are strange or unusual. A long time ago, left-handed children were made to use their right hands like other children, but today they don’t have to. After studying works of art made at different times in history, the scientists found .
A. the art began from 1, 500 B. C.
B. the works of art ended in the 1950s
C. most people shown in the works of art are right-handed
D. most people shown in the works of art are left-handed How many people in the world are left-handed now?
| A．Less than one sixth. |
| B．More than a half. |
| C．About 40%. |
| D．The passage doesn’t tell us. |
What is the left hand for most people used to do?
| A．It’s used to find or hold things. |
| B．It’s used to work with things. |
| C．It’s used to make a person’s eyes work together. |
| D．It’s the centre for thinking and doing problems. |
According to (根据) the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
| A．No one really knows what makes a person become right-handed. |
| B．Left-handedness is cleverer than right-handedness. |
| C．Today children are not made to use their right hands only. |
| D．Scientists think there must be some reason why people become left-handed. |
The best title(标题) for this passage is .
| A．Scientists’ New Inventions |
| B．Left-handed People |
| C．Which Hand |
| D．Different Brains, Different Hands. |
What is Mary’s problem?
| A．Sh.e is so worried and can’t sleep. | B．She can’t pass the exam. |
| C．She can’t communicate with others. | D．She can’t study English well. |
Donna thinks Mary’s problem is __
| A．great | B．common | C．wonderful | D．serious |
The word "reduce" in the passage probably means
| A．减少 | B．排除 | C．加强 | D．增加 |
Donna thinks that can help Mary think more clearly.
| A．eating a lot of sugar | B．studying six hours every day |
| C．drinking a lot of coffee | D．eating foods high in Vitamin B |
Which of the following is TRUE according to Donna’s letter?
| A．The best time to study is from 10 pm to 1 am. |
| B．Walking outside can make you remember more. |
| C．It’s good to tell a study partner about your feeling. |
| D．It’s necessary to have a rest for 15 to 20 minutes an hour. |
In the United States, parents usually encourage their children to develop their potential (潜能). They pay attention to what their kids can do, not what they can’t. As a result, US boys and girls hope to be actors, athletes and doctors; many even want to become presidents when they grow up.
US parents often encourage their children to take part in all kinds of activities at school. They believe that joining in these activities can make their children mature(成熟). Schoolwork is important, but they think that social skills are important as well.
But things in China are different. Chinese parents often tell their children to study hard and pass exams. They think that, for a student, staying away from schoolbooks means wasting time. This puts a lot of pressure on Chinese students, so leaders in China’s education department have called for less homework at the lower grades. Only healthy kids can become healthy adults.American parents think that .
| A．Schoolwork is as important as social skills |
B．Schoolwork is more important than social skills |
C．Schoolwork is less important than social skills |
D．Passing exams is the most important for their children |
Why do many American children have their dream jobs?
| A．Because they start school earlier than Chinese children. |
B．Because they study hard. |
C．Because their parents encourage them to do less homework. |
D．Because their parents usually pay attention to what they can do，not what they can’t. |
Chinese parents think that .
| A．taking part in all kinds of activities at school can make their children mature |
B．staying away from schoolbooks means wasting time |
C．their children should do what they want to do |
D．social skills is necessary for the students at lower grades |
According to this passage the writer thinks .
| A．China’s education is better than America’s |
B．America’s education is better than China’s |
C．Chinese students at the lower grades should have more homework |
D．Chinese students have less pressure than America’s |
Being able to multitask—doing several things at the same time—is considered (考虑，认为) a welcome skill by most people. But if we consider the situation of the young people aged from eight to eighteen, we should think again.
What we often see nowadays is that young people juggle a larger number of electronic devices (电子产品) as they study. While working, they also surf on the Internet, send out emails, answer the telephone and listen to music on their iPods. In a sense, they are spending a large amount of time in fruitless efforts (努力) as they multitask.
Multitasking is even changing the relationship between family members. As young people give so much attention to their own worlds, they seem to have no time to spend with the other people around them. They can no longer greet family members when they enter the house, nor can they eat at the family table.
Multitasking also has an effect (影响) on young people’s performance at university and in the workplace. When asked about their opinions of the effects of modern gadgets (器具) on their performance of tasks, many young people gave a positive (肯定的) response (回应). However, the response from the worlds of education and business was not quite as positive. Educators feel that multitasking by children has a serious effect on later development of study skills. They believe that many college students now need help to improve their study skills. Similarly, employers (雇主) feel that young people entering the job market need to be taught all over again, as modern gadgets have made it unnecessary (没必要) for them to learn special skills to do their work. What does the underlined word “juggle” most probably mean?
| A．Want to buy. | B．Use at the same time. |
| C．Take the place of. | D．Search information from. |
In Paragraph 3, the author points out that__________.
| A．family members do not greet each other |
| B．family members do not eat at the family table |
| C．young people get on well with their families |
| D．young people hardly communicate with their family members |
What’s the main idea of the last paragraph?
| A．Young people must learn skills for future jobs. |
| B．Young people benefit (获益) a lot from modern gadgets. |
| C．Multitasking is an important skill to young people. |
| D．Multitasking influences young people’s development seriously. |
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．Young people think multitasking is good for their study and work. |
| B．Employers consider it unnecessary for young people to be taught all over again. |
| C．Educators feel that young people don’t need to improve their study skills. |
| D．People from the world of education believe multitasking has a good effect on children’s later study skills. |
The author develops (阐述) the passage mainly by__________.
| A．providing special examples |
| B．following the natural time order |
| C．giving out a cause and analyzing (分析) its effects |
| D．comparing opinions from different worlds |
Do you know that animals have love for each other and their children just like us humans? Let me tell you some moving stories of great animal parents.
Several years ago a heavy rain hit a town and made the river go up. When the rain stopped, people found that a dog swam to an island in the river twice a day for two weeks. Why did she do so? Her four children were there. The mother swam there every day to feed her babies. This true story moved many people.
Another story is about chimpanzees(猩猩). A scientist named Jane Goodall spent 4 years living with chimpanzees in Africa. She found that chimpanzees also cared for those that were hurt or got lost. “It is not only humans who have duties, animals also do,” she said.
Two birds in Chengdu also showed their parental(父母的) love. Their baby was hurt and fell on the street in the center of the city. Cars were driving past but the brave parents rushed down to the road and took the little bird away with their claws(爪子).B
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After the heavy rain, the mother dog swam to the island ________.
| A．to look for food | B．to feed her babies |
| C．to move some people | D．to carry things to her owner |
The scientist found chimpanzees ________.
| A．cared for the hurt or lost ones | B．often left for a far place |
| C．always stayed in the same place | D．didn’t care about each other |
The two birds rushed down and took the little one away because ________.
| A．they didn’t like their baby | B．they were not kind enough |
| C．they wanted to teach their baby | D．they wanted to save their baby |
From the passage we know ________.
| A．dogs like to swim across the river in a heavy rain. |
| B．mother birds don’t want to save their children |
| C．animal parents love their children a lot |
| D．all animals want to move people very much |
Have you heard about “Survival (生存) Holidays”? “Survival Holidays” is for children to go into the lonely place for exciting activities. Now about 1,100 companies are allowed to take children into the great outdoors without their parents.
The reason why people like “Survival Holidays” is that they think being close to nature is good for children. Many children in big cities spend all time watching TV and playing computer games. “Survival Holidays” gives them an important change.
Is “Survival Holidays” a wonderful idea? Maybe it is. Children need more free time to play. They need to be left on their own, without adults disturbing (打扰) them. Parents care too much about their children. They like to see the children being busy with activities that are controlled by adults, but children don’t know what to do when they are in danger. Even something like crossing a small river seems to be a hard challenge. Children are not comfortable with danger. Even small danger like getting their feet wet or falling down seems very terrible to them.
Many people think the survival activities are good for children. Even years later, they will still remember what they have learned. Some have learned to stay calm in different times. Some have learned how to keep safe. Others have learned how to work in a team. All these skills will help them a lot in their lives.
Answer the following questions according to the passage.Is “Survival Holidays” for children or parents?
Why do people like “Survival Holidays”?
What do the children in big cities usually do?
How do children feel when they are in danger?
What can children learn in the survival activities？
Kitesurfing as a water sport began in the 1980s, but didn’t get popular until the end of last century. It is also known as kiteboarding, and in some European countries as flysurfing. Kitesurfing works through wind power(动力) by using a large kite to pull a rider on the water at high speed.
At first, kitesurfing was a difficult and dangerous sport. Now it is becoming easier and safer because of the safer kite design. For an able and strong person, kitesurfing can be a very fun, extremely exciting sport, just like skating on the water with a feeling of flying. It has become more and more popular.
Compared with other water sports, kitesurfing is easier to learn. A beginner can understand how to operate the kite with 5—10 hours of training. And anybody aged from 13 to 65 can learn. It is not expensive to get the equipment for kitesurfing, which costs $1,000 to $2,500. Training lessons range from $200 to $500 for two or three hours. With the development of its equipment progress, kitesurfing is becoming even safer. After some training, you can enjoy its excitement and challenging feeling.
With the rising popularity of kitesurfing, most major seaside cities have kitesurfing clubs. In China, Xiamen is the only place that has the kitesurfing club, which provides professional kitesurfing training and equipments.Kitesurfing has a history of about years.
| A．30 | B．50 | C．100 | D．130 |
is mentioned in the passage as the power of kitesurfing.
| A．Water | B．Wind | C．The sun | D．The kite |
The underlined word “range” in the third paragraph means “ ” in Chinese.
| A．在……范围内变动 | B．按……顺序排列 |
| C．向……方向延伸 | D．根据……归类 |
The most important reason for the popularity of kitesurfing is that .
| A．its price is getting lower and lower |
| B．more and more people are enjoying its excitement |
| C．its equipment progress makes it easier and safer |
| D．all people can learn and take part in it |
The main idea of this passage is about .
| A．the way of operating kitesurfing |
| B．the progress of kitesurfing equipment |
| C．the history of kitesurfing in China |
| D．the development of kitesurfing |
根据图片信息回答问题。（共5小题，每小题1分，共5分）
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Can he play soccer ball?
What kind of fruit do you like?
Where are your books?
What time does he eat breakfast?
任务型阅读（本题有5小题；每小题1分，共5分）
中学生上网一直是备受关注的热点话题。某班就这一话题组织了一次主题班会。以下是几位同学的观点，请仔细阅读下面内容，完成信息记录卡。
Li Hua：Surfing the Internet is very exciting. We can do lots of things，such as playing games，listening
to music，chatting with our friends and so on. I really enjoy it.
Wang Gang：I like surfing the Internet，too. Because I can learn a lot from it. I can get the latest news
all over the world. I also can find the information I need so that I can spend less time on my
homework
Zhang Jie：It’s hard to say. I agree that the Internet is helpful to our study. But it’s not right to spend too
much time on the games. And some information on the Internet is bad for our mind. What’s
more，surfing too much does harm to our eyes. In a word，we should use the Internet in a
right way.
| Names |
Opinions |
| Li Hua |
◇play games ◇listen to music ◇chat with |
| Wang Gang |
◇get the latest news ◇get useful ◇do homework |
| Zhang Jie |
◇be helpful to our study ◇don’t spend too much time on the games. ◇be bad for our mind and ◇use the Internet |
Mr. and Mrs. Harris had always spent their summer holidays in a small hotel at the seaside near their hometown. One year, however, Mr. Harris made a lot of money in his factory, so they decided to go to a foreign country and stay at a really good hotel.
They flew to Paris, and arrived at a 5-star hotel late in the evening. They thought they would have to go to bed hungry, because in that small hotel where they used to stay in the past, no meals were served after seven in the evening. They were surprised to be told that the hotel served dinner until ten.
"Then what are the times of meals?" asked Mrs. Harris.
"Well, Madam, we serve breakfast from seven to eleven, lunch from twelve to three, tea from four to five, and dinner from six to ten."
"But that hardly leaves any time for us to see the city!" said Mrs. Harris.Why did Mr. and Mrs. Harris think they would have to go to bed hungry when they arrived at the hotel?
| A．Because it’s a 5-star hotel. |
| B．Because they thought no meals would be served late in the evening. |
| C．Because they were very tired after the trip. |
| D．Because they didn’t want to eat anything. |
How long did the service time for lunch last in the hotel?
| A．2 hours. | B．4 hours. | C．3 hours . | D．1 hour. |
What did Mrs. Harris think of the times of the meals in the hotel?
| A．She thought they would have enough time to see the city. |
| B．She thought they would have to spend too much time on meals instead of travelling. |
| C．She thought they would have enough time to have meals. |
| D．She thought the times were suitable and felt very satisfied. |
Mark Zuckerberg was born on May 14, 1984. As a little kid, he loved creating little fun computer programs, especially communication tools and games.
When he was a student at Harvard University, Mark founded (创建）Facebook on February 4, 2004. Through Facebook, Harvard students could communicate with each other. Facebook quickly became a great success at Harvard and more than two-thirds of the school’s students used it in the first two weeks. It soon spread further to any university students, then high school students, and, finally, to anyone aged 13 and over in the US.
Facebook developed fast and became popular. People can communicate with others, add friends, and send them messages. Now, it has more than 175 million users all over the world.
Many big companies have offered a very high price to buy Facebook, but Mark refused them all. His reason was simple. “We are not planning to sell it. We don’t want to make money from it. We just hope Facebook will make it easier for people to know each other.”
Sometimes the simplest ideas go the furthest. We hope Mark can go much further, maybe even further than Bill Gates! What was Mark interested in when he was a little kid?
Where was Facebook first used in the United States?
How many people use Facebook in the world now?
Why did Mark not want to sell Facebook to other companies?
What do you think of Mark Zuckerberg? （请考生自拟一句话作答）
| I am 15. Now I’m studying English in London. I want to invent a language machine that can help me understand as many languages as possible. Marie, France Aug. 15, 2009 |
I am 13. I dream of going to a top university after I finish middle school. I want to be a reporter in the future. Michiko, Japan Sep.21, 2009 |
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| I am a 12-year-old girl. I like traveling very much. How I wish to visit Egypt some day! Masha, Russia Oct. 15, 2009 |
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| I am a 16-year-old girl in Tibet. The Qinghai Tibet Railway has been built. I’ll be able to reach Shanghai by train in about 50 hours. My dream is to go to Shanghai to visit Expo 2010. Joma, China June 10, 2008 |
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| I am 14 years old. I dream of inventing a machine that can send things or people from one place to another in a minute. Andrew, the USA Nov. 30, 2009 |
What is Michiko’s dream?
| A．Visiting Egypt. |
| B．Going from one place to another in a minute. |
| C．Going to a top university |
| D．Inventing a language machine. |
How old is Joma when Expo 2010 Shanghai are held?
| A．Fifteen. | B．Sixteen | C．Seventeen. | D．Eighteen. |
The best title for this passage would be ____________.
| A．I Have a Dream |
| B．Different Students From Different Countries |
| C．Five Middle School Students |
| D．Our Inventions |
Steven Jobs, the designer of Apple Computer, was not clever when he was in school. At that time, he was not a good student and he always made troubles with his schoolmates. When he went into college, he didn’t change a lot. Then he dropped out（退学）. But he was full of new ideas.
After he left college, Steven Jobs worked as a video game designer. He worked there for only several months and then he went to India. He hoped that the trip would give him some new ideas and give him a change in life.
Steven Jobs lived on a farm in California for a year after he returned from India.
In 1975, he began to make a new type of computer. He designed the Apple Computer with his friend in his garage (汽车库). He chose the name “Apple” just because it could help him to remember a happy summer he once spent in an apple tree garden.
His Apple Computer was such a great success that Steven Jobs soon became famous all over the world. Steven Jobs was not a good student in school because he ___________.
| A．never did his lessons |
B．was full of new ideas |
| C．always made troubles with his schoolmates |
D．dropped out |
Steven Jobs designed his new computer _____________.
| A．in India |
B．with his friend |
| C．in an apple tree garden |
D．by himself |
Steven Jobs was famous for his ________ all over the world.
| A．new ideas |
B．apple |
C．Apple Computer |
D．video games |
From this passage we know ___________
| A．Steven Jobs liked travelling in India and California |
| B．Steven Jobs could only design video games |
| C．Steven Jobs didn’t finish his studies in the college because he hated his schoolmates |
| D．Steven Jobs liked trying new things and making his new ideas become true |
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| Samuel Clemens was born in 1835，Missouri．When he was four，his family moved to the town of Hannibal，a port on the Mississippi River，and Clemens loved to watch the big steamboats going up and down the river．He said that all the boys in his school had one ambition in life：to work on a steamboat． |
In 1857, he achieved his ambition and got a job working on a steamboat. He sailed up and down the wide Mississippi River until the American Civil War began.
His father died when he was just 12 years old and Clemens then went to work for a printer to help support his family. He traveled around, and worked in many different cities.
In 1865,Clemens wrote a story about a jumping frog with his pen-name. The story and the writer became famous. After that, he wrote many books, including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. It was published in 1876. He also gave many lectures, and became a very famous and popular man.
Clemens moved around the USA on the steamboat, and tried several jobs. He was a soldier, and a silver miner. And then he started working as a writer for a newspaper. At this time, he decided to use a pen-name for his stories, and he chose the name "Mark Twain". Samuel Clemens died in 1910. He is considered to be one of the greatest writers in American history
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