1 . If Confucius(孔子)were still alive today and could celebrate his September 28 birthday with a big cake, there would be a lot of candles. He'd need a fan or a strong wind to help him put them out.

While many people in China will remember Confucius on his special day, few people in the United States will give him a passing thought. It's nothing personal. Most Americans don't even remember the birthdays of their own national heroes.

But this doesn't mean that Americans don't care about Confucius. In many ways he has become a bridge that foreigners must cross if they want to reach a deeper understanding of China.

In the past two decades, the Chinese studies programs have gained huge popularity in Western universities. More recently, the Chinese government has set up Confucius Institutes in more than 80 countries. These schools teach both Chinese language and culture. The main courses of Chinese culture usually include Chinese art, history and

philosophy(哲学). Some social scientists suggest that Westerners should take advantage of the ancient Chinese wisdom to make up for the drawbacks(缺陷)of Western philosophy. Students in the United States, at the same time, are racing to learn Chinese. So they will be ready for life in a world where China is an equal power with the United States. Businessmen who hope to make money in China are reading books about Confucius to understand their Chinese customers.

So the old thinker's ideas are still alive and well.

Today China attracts the West more than ever, and it will need more teachers to introduce Confucius and Chinese culture to the West.

As for the old thinker, he will not soon be forgotten by people in the West, even if his birthday is.

1. The opening paragraph is mainly intended to______________.

A．provide some key facts about Confucius

B．attract the readers' interest in the subject

C．show great respect for the ancient thinker

D．prove the popularity of modern birthday celebrations

2. We can learn from Paragraph 4 that American students___________.

A．have a great interest in studying Chinese

B．take an active part in Chinese competitions

C．try to get high scores in Chinese exams

D．fight for a chance to learn Chinese

3. What is the best title for the passage?

A．Forgotten Wisdom in America

B．Huge Fans of the Chinese Language

C．Chinese Culture for Westerners

D．Old Thinker with a Big Future

4. The passage is likely to appear in__________.

A．a personal biography	B．a history paper
C．a cultural newspaper	D．a philosophy textbook

2 .

Too much TV-watching can harm children’s ability to learn and even reduce their chances of getting a college degree, new studies suggest in the latest effort to examine the effects of television on children.

One of the studies looked at nearly 400 northern California third-graders. Those with TVs in their bedrooms scored about eight points lower on math and language arts tests than children without bedrooms TVs.

A second study, looking at nearly 1,000 grown-ups in New Zealand, found lower education levels among 26-year-olds who had watched lots of TV during childhood. But the results don’t prove that TV is the cause and don’t rule out that already poorly motivated youngsters(年轻人) may watch lots of TV.

Their study measured the TV habits of 26-year-olds between ages 5 and 15. Those with college degrees had watched an average of less than two hours of TV per weeknight during childhood, compared with an average of more than 2.5 hours for those who had no education beyond high school.

In the California study, children with TVs in their rooms but no computer at home scored the lowest, while those with no bedroom TV but who had home computers scored the highest.

While this study does not prove that bedroom TV sets caused the lower scores, it adds to accumulating findings that children shouldn’t have TVs in their bedrooms.

1. According to the California study, the low-scoring group might ________.

A．have watched a lot of TV	B．not be interested in math
C．be unable to go to college	D．have had computers in their bedrooms

2. What is the researchers’ understanding of the New Zealand study results?

A．Poorly motivated 26-year-olds watch more TV.

B．Habits of TV watching reduce learning interest.

C．TV watching leads to lower education levels of the 15-year-olds.

D．The connection between TV and education levels is difficult to explain.

3. What can we learn from the last two paragraphs?

A．More time should be spent on computers.

B．Children should be forbidden from watching TV.

C．TV sets shouldn’t be allowed in children’s bedrooms.

D．Further studies on high-achieving students should be done.

4. What would be the best title for this text?

A．Computers or Television

B．Effects of Television on Children

C．Studies on TV and College Education

D．Television and Children’s Learning Habits

3 . Danielle Steel,America’s sweetheart,is one of the hardest working women in the book business.Unlike other productive authors who write one book at a time,she can work on up to five.Her research alone before writing takes at least three years.Once she has fully studied her subjects,ready to dive into a book,she can spend twenty hours nonstop at her desk.
Danielle Steel comes from New York and was sent to France for her education.After graduation,she worked in the public relations and advertising industries.Later she started a job as a writer which she was best fit for.Her achievements are unbelievable:390 million copies of books in print,nearly fifty New York Times best-selling novels,and a series of “Max and Martha” picture books for children to help them deal with the real-life problems of death,new babies and new schools.Her 1998 book about the death of her son shot to the top of the New York Times best-selling list as soon as it came out.Twenty-eight of her books have been made into films.She is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for one of her books being the Times best-seller for 381 weeks straight.
Not content with a big house,a loving family,and a view of the Golden Gate Bridge,Danielle Steel considers her readers to be the most important resource(资源) and has kept in touch with them by e-mail.While she is often compared to the heroines(女主人公) of her own invention,her life is undoubtedly much quieter.But,if she does have anything in common with them,it is her strength of will and her inimitable(独特的) style.There is only one Danielle Steel.
1. Danielle Steel is different from other writers in that _______.

A．she can write several books at the same time

B．she often does some reasearch before writing a book

C．she is one of the most popular American women writers

D．she can keep writing for quite a long time without a break

2. Children who have read “Max and Martha” picture books may know _______.

A．how to deal with affairs at school

B．what to do if Max and Martha die

C．what to do when new babies are born into their families

D．how to solve the difficult problems in their writing classes

3. One of Danielle Steel’s achievements is that _______.

A．some TV plays were based on her books

B．her picture books attracted a lot of young men

C．one of her books became a best-seller in 1998

D．she wrote the Guinness Book of World Records

4. We can learn from the passage that Danielle Steel _______.

A．lives an exciting life	B．values her readers a lot
C．writes about quiet women	D．is pleased with her achievements

4 . What will people die of 100 years from now? If you think that is a simple question, you have not been paying attention to the revolution that is taking place in bio-technology(生物技术). With the help of new medicine, the human body will last a very long time. Death will come mainly from accidents, murder and war. Today’s leading killers, such as heart disease, cancer, and aging itself, will become distant memories.
In discussion of technological changes, the Internet gets most of the attention these days.But the change in medicine can be the real technological event of our times. How long can humans live? Human brains were known to decide the final death.Cells(细胞) are the basic units of all living things, and until recently, scientists were sure that the life of cells could not go much beyond 120 years because the basic materials of cells, such as those of brain cells, would not last forever.But the upper limits will be broken by new medicine. Sometime between 2050 and 2100, medicine will have advanced to the point at which every 10 years or so, people will be able to take medicine to repair their organs(器官). The medicine, made up of the basic building materials of life, will build new brain cells, heart cells, and so on—in much the same way our bodies make new skin cells to take the place of old ones.
It is exciting to imagine that the advance in technology may be changing the most basic condition of human existence, but many technical problems still must be cleared up on the way to this wonderful future.
1. According to the passage,human death is now mainly caused by _______.

A．diseases and aging	B．accidents and war
C．accidents and aging	D．heart disease and war

2. In the author’s opinion, today’s most important advance in technology lies in _______.

A．medicine	B．the Internet
C．brain cells	D．human organs

3. Humans may live longer in the future because _______.

A．heart disease will be far away from us

B．human brains can decide the final death

C．the basic materials of cells will last forever

D．human organs can be repaired by new medicine

4. We can learn from the passage that _______.

A．human life will not last more than 120 years in the future

B．humans have to take medicine to build new skin cells now

C．much needs to be done before humans can have a longer life

D．we have already solved the technical problems in building new cells

5 . It was a village in India. The people were poor. However, they were not unhappy. After all, their forefathers had lived in the same way for centuries.
Then one day, some visitors from the city arrived. They told the villagers there were some people elsewhere who liked to eat frog’s legs. However, they did not have enough frogs of their own, and so they wanted to buy frogs from other places.
This seemed like money for nothing. There were millions of frogs in the fields around, and they were no use to the villagers. All they had to do was catch them. Agreement was reached, and the children were sent into the fields to catch frogs. Every week a truck arrived to collect the catch and hand over the money. For the first time, the people were able to dream of a better future. But the dream didn’t last long.
The change was hardly noticed at first, but it seemed as if the crops were not doing so well. More worrying was that the children fell ill more often, and, there seemed to be more insects around lately.
The villagers decided that they couldn’t just wait to see the crops failing and the children have to use the money earned to buy pesticides(杀虫剂) and medicines. Soon there was no money left.
Then the people realized what was happening. It was the frog. They hadn’t been useless. They had been doing an important job—eating insects. Now with so many frogs killed, the insects were increasing more rapidly. They were damaging the crops and spreading diseases.
Now, the people are still poor. But in the evenings they sit in the village square and listen to sounds of insects and frogs. These sounds of the night now have a much deeper meaning.
1. From paragraph 1 we learn that the villagers __________.

A．worked very hard for centuries

B．were poor but somewhat content (满足的)

C．dreamed of having a better life

D．lived a different life from their forefathers

2. Why did the villagers agree to sell frogs ?

A．The frogs were easy money.

B．They needed money to buy medicine.

C．They wanted to please the visitors.

D．The frogs made too much noise.

3. What might be the cause of the children’s sickness?

A．The crops didn't do well.

B．There were too many insects.

C．The visitors brought in diseases.

D．The pesticides were overused.

4. What can we infer from the last sentence of the text ?

A．Happiness comes from peaceful life in the country.

B．Health is more important than money.

C．The harmony between man and nature is important

D．good old day will never be forgotten

6 . Would it surprise you to learn that, like animals, trees communicate with each other and pass on their wealth to the next generation?

UBC Professor Simard explains how trees are much more complex than most of us ever imagined. Although Charles Darwin thought that trees are competing for survival of the fittest, Simard shows just how wrong he was. In fact, the opposite is true: trees survive through their cooperation and support, passing around necessary nutrition “depending on who needs it”.

Nitrogen (氮) and carbon are shared through miles of underground fungi (真菌) networks, making sure that all trees in the forest ecological system give and receive just the right amount to keep them all healthy. This hidden system works in a very similar way to the networks of neurons (神经元) in our brains, and when one tree is destroyed, it affects all. Simard talks about “mother trees”, usually the largest and oldest plants on which all other trees depend. She explains how dying trees pass on the wealth to the next generation, transporting important minerals to young trees so they may continue to grow. When humans cut down “mother trees” with no awareness of these highly complex “tree societies” or the networks on which they feed, we are reducing the chances of survival for the entire forest “We didn’t take any notice of it.” Simard says sadly. “Dying trees move nutrition into the young trees before dying, but we never give them chance.” If we could put across the message to the forestry industry, we could make a huge difference towards our environmental protection efforts for the future.

1. The underlined sentence “the opposite is true” in Paragraph 2 probably means that trees ________.

A．compete for survival	B．protect their own wealth
C．depend on each other	D．provide support for dying trees

2. “Mother trees” are extremely important because they ________.

A．look the largest in size in the forest

B．pass on nutrition to young trees

C．seem more likely to be cut down by humans

D．know more about the complex “tree societies”

3. The underlined word “it” in the last paragraph refers to ________.

A．how “tree societies” work	B．how trees grow old
C．how forestry industry develops	D．how young trees survive

4. What would be the best title for the passage?

A．Old Trees Communicate Like Humans

B．Young Trees are In Need Of Protection

C．Trees Are More Awesome Than You Think

D．Trees Contribute To Our Society

7 . (Q =Question; A = Answer)
Situation I
Q: If someone sits right next to me in an empty movie theater, is it rude to move?
A: Maybe, but nobody will fault you for it. Chances are that close sitter doesn’t realize he disturbs you, so he may miss your annoyance. You undoubtedly aren’t the first person he's met who needs enough room. Forgive his bad judgment, move quietly and enjoy the show.
Situation II
Q: If I use the bathroom at a store, do I need to buy something?
A: Consider frequency and urgency. Is this a one-time or an emergency? If so, you don’t have to buy anything, but it would be kind if you did. However, if you regularly use the bathroom at this place, then you are a customer, and you should act like one.
Situation III
Q: If someone is talking loudly on the bus, is there a nice way to ask him to keep it down?
A: No. Try other means.1) Stare at him until he gets aware of it and quiets down. 2) Lift your finger in a silence motion(动作) and smile. 3) Put on earphones and ignore him.
Situation IV
Q: If I remember my friend's birthday a day late, should I apologize or just wish her a happy birthday like nothing happened?
A: This is the reason why the word belatedwas invented. “Happy belated birthday!” is short for: “Well, I know I forgot, but then I remembered. Forgive me and happy birthday.”
Situation V
Q: Can I lie about seeing a text because I was too busy or lazy to respond (回复) to it?
A: Don’t lie. Receiving a text does not mean you need to respond to it. Why waste a perfectly good lie when the truth will serve? “Yes,” you can say if ever asked, “I saw it.” No explanation is needed as to why you don’t respond.
1. You will get annoyed in a theater when         .

A．a person is too active

B．a person is too rude to you

C．a person talks too loudly

D．a person sits too close to you

2. How will you quiet someone down in a public place?

A．By making fun of him continuously.

B．By looking purposefully at him.

C．By talking to him directly.

D．By pointing angrily at him.

3. The underlined word “belated” in Situation IV probably means      .

A．predicted

B．returned

C．cancelled

D．delayed

4. What is the passage mainly about?

A．Modern ways to mind your manners.

B．Different ways to change others’ manners.

C．Proper manners to offer help to others.

D．Good manners to talk to people.

8 . Inside the pleasingly fragrant café, So All May Eat(SAME) in downtown Denver, the spirit of generosity is instantly noticeable: A donation box stands in place of a cash register. Customers here pay only what they can afford, no questions asked.
A risky business plan, perhaps, but SAME Café has done one unchangeable thing in the Mile High City for six years: Open only at midday, the restaurant provides poor local people with healthy, delicious lunches six days a week. Those unable to pay for their meals can instead volunteer as waiters and waitresses, and dishwashers, or look after the buildings and equipment for the cafe.
“It’s based on trust, and it’s working all right” , says co-owner Brad Birky , who started the café in 2006. With his wife Libby. Previously volunteering at soup kitchens, the Birkys were dissatisfied with the often unhealthy meals they served there.
“We wanted to offer quality food in a restaurant where everyone felt comfortable ,regardless of their circumstances,” Birky says. SAME’s special lunch menu changes daily and most food materials are natural and grown by local farmers.
The café now averages 65 to 70 customers (and eight volunteers) a day. And the spirit of generosity behind the project appears to be spreading. In early 2007,one volunteer who had cleared snow for his meals during the long winter said goodbye to the Birkys,” He said he was going to New Orleans to help with the hurricane cleanup,” says Birky.
1. What can we learn about the soup kitchens the Birkys prcviously worked for?

A．They refused to have volunteers.

B．They offered low quality food.

C．They provided customers with a good environment.

D．They closed down because of poor management.

2. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A．The customers who cannot pay can word as volunteers in stead.

B．More volunteers will go to new Orleans for the hurricane cleanup.

C．Many new cafes will be opened to offer free lunches in the town.

D．The lunch menu has remained the same since the café was started.

3. The author’s attitude towards running such a café is_______

A．unfavorable

B．approving

C．doubtful

D．cautious

9 . Mini Book Excerpts（节选）
Biography
When Salinger learned that a car park was to be built on the land, the middle-aged writer was shocked and quickly bought the neighboring area to protect it… The townspeople never forgot the rescue and came to help their most famous neighbor.
J. D. Salinger：A Life by Kenneth Slawenski（Random House,$27）Mystery（疑案小说）
“You’re a smart boy. Benny’s death was no accident, and you’re the only who saw it happen. Do you think the murderer should get away with it?”The boy was starting stubbornly at his lap again.
A thought suddenly occurred to Annika,“Did you …You recognized the man in the car, didn’t you?”
The boy hesitated, twisting his fingers,“Maybe,”he said quietly.
Red Wolf by Liza Marklund（Atria Books, $25. 99）
Short Stories
She wants to say to him what she has learned, none of it in class. Some women are born stupid, and some women are too smart for their own good. Some women are born to give, and some women only know how to take. Some women learn who they want to be from their mothers, some who they don’t want to be. Some mothers suffer so their daughters won’t. Some mothers love so their daughters won’t.
You Are Free by Danzy Senna （Riverhead Books,$15）
Humor
Do your kids like to have fun? Come to Fun Times! Do you like to watch your kids having fun? Bring them to Fun Times! Fun Times! “amusement cycling”is the most fun you can have, legally, in the United States right now. Why spend thousands of dollars flying to Disney World when you can spend less than half to that within a day’s drive lf most cities?
Happy And Other Bad Thoughts by Larry Doyle（Ecco,$14. 99）
1. If the readers want to know about the title of Salinger, they should buy the book published by
                 .

A．Ecco	B．Atria Books
C．Riverhead Books	D．Random House

2. The book Happy And Other Bad Thoughts is intended for               .

A．young children	B．Disney World workers
C．middle school teachers	D．parents with young children

3. Which book describes women with characters of their own?

A．Happy And Other Bad Thoughts

B． J. D. Salinger: A Life

C．You Are Free

D．Red Wolf

4. After finishing the book Red Wolf, the readers would learn that              .

A．the boy helped arrest the murderer

B．Benny died of an accident

C．the murderer got away with the crime

D．Annika carried out the crime

10 . 第二节完形填空（共20小题；
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When I first entered university, my aunt, who is an English professor, gave me a new English dictionary. I was 1       to see that it was an English-English dictionary, also known as a monolingual dictionary. 2      it was a dictionary intended for non-native learners, none of my classmates had one 3 , to be honest, I found it extremely 4       to use at first. I would look up words in the dictionary and 5 not fully understand the meanings. I was used to the 6       bilingual dictionaries, in which the word are 7       both in English and Chinese. I really wondered why my aunt 8 to make things so difficult for me. Now, after studying English at university for three years, I    9     that monolingual dictionaries are 10     in learning a foreign language.
As I found out, there is, 11 , often no perfect equivalence(对应)between two 12 in two languages. My aunt even goes so far as to 13     that a Chinese “equivalent” can never give you the 14      meaning of a word in English! 15 , she insisted that I read the definition(定义)of a word in a monolingual dictionary 16 I wanted to get a better understanding of its meaning. 17     , I have come to see what she meant.
Using a monolingual dictionary for learners has helped me in another important way. This dictionary uses a(n) 18 number of words, around 2,000, in its definitions. When I read these definitions, I am 19 exposed to(接触)the basic words and learn how they are used to explain objects and ideas. 20 this, I can express myself more easily in English.1.

A．worried

B．sad

C．surprised

D．nervous

2.

A．Because

B．Although

C．Unless

D．If

3.

A．but

B．so

C．or

D．and

4.

A．difficult

B．interesting

C．ambiguous

D．practical

5.

A．thus

B．even

C．still

D．again

6.

A．new

B．familiar

C．earlier

D．ordinary

7.

A．explained

B．expressed

C．described

D．created

8.

A．offered

B．agreed

C．decided

D．happened

9.

A．imagine

B．recommend

C．predict

D．understand

10.

A．natural

B．better

C．easier

D．convenient

11.

A．at least

B．in fact

C．at times

D．in case

12.

A．words

B．names

C．ideas

D．characters

13.

A．hope

B．declare

C．doubt

D．tell

14.

A．exact

B．basic

C．translated

D．expected

15.

A．Rather

B．However

C．Therefore

D．Instead

16.

A．when

B．before

C．until

D．while

17.

A．Largely

B．Generally

C．Gradually

D．Probably

18.

A．extra

B．average

C．total

D．limited

19.

A．repeatedly

B．nearly

C．immediately

D．anxiously

20.

A．According to

B．In relation to

C．In addition to

D．Because of