1 . Sneaker is a kind of shoe worn by many people all over the world. Some say that the word “sneaker” is another word for tennis shoe, ______no one really knows where the word came from. ______ say it came from the old English verb “sneak”, which ______ to move silently and quickly. The only thing we are ______ is that when you put on a pair of sneakers, you ______ light-hearted, light-footed and ready to play.

Sneakers of some kind are used by ______ who play tennis, basketball, and other sports. New design has been made ______ for people who run slowly. But perhaps sneakers are______used by children in the United States. In fact American children of ______ ages would much rather  play in sneakers than anything else, except perhaps ______ at all.
New York City once held a poetry contest (诗歌比赛) for children. The subject was only “sneaker”. Thousands of children sent in their ______ and praised the sneakers they love. One prize winner called ______ poem “The Sneaker and the World Peace”. “When everyone is wearing sneakers,” she said, “it will be impossible to ______.”
American school children can be seen every day ______ sneakers of all colours. They put them on in the morning and take them off ______. Sneakers are ______ washed. In fact the older and dirtier they are, the ______ loveable they are. When their sneakers wear out (穿破), children hate to throw them off. How do you explain the closeness between ______? Perhaps another young ______ in the New York Poetry Contest said it best. “A shoe is just a shoe,” he said. “But a sneaker is a ______.”1.

A．however

B．but

C．or

D．and

2.

A．All

B．Some

C．People

D．The others

3.

A．appears

B．remains

C．means

D．wants

4.

A．excited about

B．sure of

C．surprised at

D．pleased with

5.

A．think

B．feel

C．consider

D．suggest

6.

A．men

B．women

C．those

D．these

7.

A．lovely

B．specially

C．lively

D．cheaply

8.

A．only

B．greatly

C．hardly

D．finally

9.

A．all

B．some

C．little

D．old

10.

A．some shoes

B．no shoes

C．no children

D．some sneakers

11.

A．photos

B．compositions

C．poems

D．drawings

12.

A．her

B．his

C．its

D．their

13.

A．explain

B．guide

C．hate

D．love

14.

A．dressing

B．wearing

C．putting on

D．having

15.

A．the next day

B．at noon

C．at bedtime

D．in the evening

16.

A．forever

B．always

C．seldom

D．sometimes

17.

A．much

B．many

C．most

D．more

18.

A．sneakers and other shoes

B．boys and girls

C．children and sneakers

D．winners and sneakers

19.

A．girl

B．man

C．woman

D．winner

20.

A．sneaker

B．friend

C．poem

D．shoe

2 . You may think that sailing is a difficult sport, but it is really not hard to learn it. You do not need to be strong. But you need to be quick. And you need to understand a few basic rules about the wind.
First, you must ask yourself, “Where is the wind coming from? Is it coming from ahead or behind or from the side?” You must think about this all the time on the boat. The wind direction tells you what to do with the sail.
Let’s start with the wind blowing from the behind. This means the wind and the boat are going in the same direction. Then you must always keep the sail outside the boat. It should be at a 90° angle (角度) to the boat. Then it will catch the wind best.
If the wind is blowing from the side, it is blowing across the boat. In this case, you must keep the sail half way outside the boat. It should be at a 45° angle to the boat. It needs to be out far enough to catch the wind, but it shouldn’t flap (摆动). It shouldn’t look like on a flagpole. If it is flapping, it is probably out too far, and the boat will slow down.
Sailing into the wind is not possible. If you try, the sail will flap and the boat will stop. You may want to go in that direction. It is possible, but you can’t go in a straight line. You must go first in one direction and then in another. This is called tacking. When you are tacking, you must always keep the sail inside the boat.
1. What should you consider first while sailing?

A．Sailors’ strength.	B．Wave levels.
C．Wind directions.	D．Size of sails.

2. What does the word “It” underlined in Paragraph 4 refer to?

A．The boat.

B．The wind.

C．The sail.

D．The angle.

3. What do you have to do when sailing against the wind?

A．Move in a straight line.	B．Allow the sail to flap.
C．Lower the sail.	D．Tack the boat.

4. Where can you probably find the text?

A．In a popular magazine.	B．In a tourist guidebook.
C．In a physics textbook.	D．In an official report.

3 . Sport is very popular in England. In other words lots of English people like the idea of sport． A lot watch sport on TV． But the number who take part in（参加）sport is quite small． On the whole English people prefer to be fat rather than thin．
The most popular sport in England is football． Football is played on Saturday afternoon in most towns and the supporters（球迷）of a certain team will travel from one end of the country to the other to see their team play． There are four divisions（级别）of the football league．Not surprisingly the best teams are in the first division． But the best supporters are often in the fourth division． You have to be a good supporter to watch the fourth division football!
Many other sports are also played in England, such as golf, in which you try to knock a ball into a hole; basketball, in which you try to got a ball through a net（篮筐）; tennis, in which you try to hit a ball so that your opponent（对手）can not hit it． As you see, if the ball had not been invented, there would have been no sport．
　　Actually（其实）, that is not quite true． Athletics（田径）isn’t played with a ball; nor horseracing（赛马）． Perhaps that is why they are not so popular as football!
1. ________ is the most popular sport in England．

A．Basketball

B．Football

C．Golf

D．Tennis

2. You have to be a good supporter to watch ______division football．

A．the first

B．the second

C．the third

D．the fourth

3. Why do many English people not take part in sport?

A．They are too busy．

B．They like watching sport on TV．

C．They would like to be fat．

D．They prefer to be thin．

4. Why are English people interested in sport?

A．They have their football team．

B．The sport games are played on Saturday afternoon．

C．They like the idea of sport．

D．They like the famous players．

4 . Café Hub
Next to the Castle lies The Hub, home of the Edinburgh International Festival and one of the most talked about spots in town. Our café is open every day for mouth-watering lunches, snacks and fine dining. Come in and enjoy the atmosphere of The Hub or watch the world go by from our beautiful terrace.
The Hub, Castlehill, Royal Mile, Edinburgh. Open every day from 9:30 a. m. till late.
Tel: 0131 473 2067       www. thehub-edinburgh. Com
Farm World
Enjoy being “A Farmer for a Day”. Join in delivering and feeding our spring babies—bottle feeding sessions twice daily. Fun for all family. Horse Rides, BMX Bikes Cross Country Course, Tractor Ride through 600 acres, New Adventure Playground, Nature Trails. Full details on website.
Open: May---Oct Wednesdays to Saturdays and daily during school holidays 11 a. m. ----5 p. m.
Tel: 01797   0260256/260321          www.   Farmworld-rye. co. uk
Enter the Europe-wide student competition!
Are you curious, creative and energetic? Are you interested in the new media? Are you between 12 and 19 years of age? Then Join Multimedia 2010 is for you!
Your challenge will be to build a team and develop a multimedia presentation in English----based on one of three different topics. You can register (报名) between May 1 and Nov. 15, 2010 and will have to turn in your entry before Dec. 15, 2010.
The rewards are wonderful:￡150 000in prize for schools and teams and the chance to attend a European student camp ---- plus new experiences, an opportunity to make friends throughout Europe!
1. You’ll have to register first if you want _______.

A．to enjoy delicious food

B．to try Tractor Ride through 600 acres

C．to enter the Europe-wide student competition

D．to watch the world go by from the beautiful terrace

2. According to the passage, there will be _______ rewards for the Europe-wide student competition.

A．only one

B．two

C．three

D．four

3. You can visit Farm World ________.

A．on Monday in May	B．any day in October
C．at 2 p. m. at Christmas	D．at 10 : 30 a. m. during school holidays

4. From the advertisements above, we can learn that __________.

A．Café Hub is a popular place in the local area

B．families can enjoy Horse Rides on New Adventure Playground

C．Farm World provides lunches, snacks and fine dining.

D．the Europe-wide student competition will be held on Dec. 15, 2010

5 . Write a winning story!
You could win ￡1,000 in this year’s Fiction Prize and have your story printed in Keep Writing magazine. Ten other lucky people will win a cheque for ￡100.
Once again, we need people who can write good stories. The judges, who include Mary Littlejohn, the novelist, Michael Brown, the television reporter, and Susan Hitchins, the editor of Keep Writing, are looking for interesting and original stories. Detective fiction was extremely popular last year, although the competition winner produced a love story. You can write down about whatever you want but here’s some advice to start your thinking:
Write about what you know
This is the advice which every writer should pay attention to and, last year, nearly everyone who wrote for us did exactly that. Love, family, problems with friends ---- these were the main subjects of the stories. However, you need to turn ordinary situations into something interesting that people will want to read about. Make the reader want to continue reading by writing about ordinary things in a new and surprising way.
Get your facts right
It’s no good giving a description of a town or explaining how a jet engine works if you get it wrong. So avoid writing anything unless you’re certain about it.
Hold the reader’s attention
Make the beginning interesting and the ending a surprise. There is nothing worse than a poor ending. Develop the story carefully and try to think of something unusual happening at the end.
Think about the characters
Try to bring the people in your story alive for the reader by using well-chosen words to make them seem real.
Your story must be your own work, between 2,000 and 2,5000 words and typed, double-spaced, on one side only of each sheet of paper.
Even if you’re in danger of missing the closing date, we are unable to accept stories by fax or email. You must include the application form with your story. Unfortunately your story cannot be returned, nor can we discuss our decisions.
You should not have had any fiction printed in any magazine or book in this country ---- a change in the rules by popular request ---- and the story must not have happened in print or in recorded form, for example on radio or TV, anywhere in the world.
Your fee of ￡5 will go to the Writers’ Association. Make your cheque payable to Keep Writing and send it with the application form and your story to:
Keep Writing
75 Broad Street Birmingham
B12 4TG
The closing date is 30 July and we will inform the winner within one month of this date. Please note that if you win, you must agree to have your story printed in our magazine.
1. How should writers deal with ordinary situations while writing?

A．They should make them appealing to readers.

B．They should copy others’ ideas.

C．They should change some facts to make them interesting.

D．They should describe them as they are.

2. What shouldn’t a writer do?

A．Making the contents interesting.	B．Getting the facts right.
C．Meeting the deadline.	D．Making the end ordinary.

3. Writers should present their works in the following ways except that ____________.

A．they should write originally

B．they can type their stories as they like

C．they should follow some rules

D．they should hand in their stories in time

4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Late stories can be faxed if necessary.

B．Entry needs no fee.

C．Winners can have their stories printed in other magazines.

D．All stories should be presented by mail.

6 . The New York Aquarium (水族馆) offers a diverse collection and nice viewing experience for all our guests. Whether you’re observing penguins on their rocky coastline home or swimming underwater, looking at a coral reef (珊瑚礁) under the water, or cheering on California sea lions at the theater, you’ll find plenty to see and do during your visit. Your underwater adventure is waiting for you! This summer, head out to Coney Island to learn about the underwater world at the New York Aquarium.
Just off the Coney Island in Brooklyn, the New York Aquarium features more than 300 marine (海洋的) species, such as dolphins and seals. Meet some of our mammals and fish, and learn about their natural history, biology, and cultural roles.

	Hours
Summer hours May 28 – Sept. 5	10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. , Monday–Friday 10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. , Weekends & Holidays
Fall hours Sept. 6 – Nov. 6	10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. , Monday–Friday 10:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. , Weekends & Holidays
Winter hours Nov. 7 – Mar. 31	10:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. , Daily
Spring hours Apr. 1– May 27	10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. , Monday–Friday 10:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. , Weekends & Holidays

Total Experience Ticket
Adult                                        $18.00
Child (Ages 3-12)                       $14.00
Senior (65+)                            $15.00
Groups (at least ten visitors)       $8.00
﹡Includes admission to our 4-D Theater Plus General Admission.
﹡Children under 3 years old are free!
﹡To receive the group rate, you must make a reservation at least two weeks in advance of your group’s visit. Please call 718-741-1818.
Friday Afternoon Special
Admission on Fridays beginning at 3:00 p.m. is by donation. Suggested donation is $13 for adults, $9 for children, and $10 for seniors. Every dollar you give supports our work in caring for animals at the aquarium.
Aquarium Parking
Car               $13.00
Bus               $13.00
Please note:
﹡Due to rising costs, the Wildlife Conservation Society reserves the right to change all fees without notice.
﹡All Aquarium buildings and exhibits are wheelchair-accessible.
﹡For further information, please call 718-265-3454.
1. Which animal can’t visitors probably see at the New York Aquarium?

A．Penguins.

B．Pandas.

C．Dolphins.

D．Seals.

2. Six adults (including a man of 68) and two children (aged 2 and 10) are going to visit the New York Aquarium on Sunday. They will have to pay ______________ at least.

A．$144

B．$133

C．$64

D．$119

3. The donation is used to ______________.

A．help the poor people

B．help to save the endangered animals in the wild

C．care for animals at the aquarium

D．help the disabled visitors

4. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A．You can visit the New York Aquarium at 5:30 p.m. on Christmas.

B．A visitor in a wheelchair can get around at the New York Aquarium.

C．Visitors can enjoy free parking service on Friday.

D．To enjoy the group rate, visitors must make a reservation at least two weeks in advance by sending an e-mail.

7 . Key West, Florida is a wonderful place to spend a vacation. It is a truly charming and fun city for the whole family. And of course you will get the good weather of Florida, with which you have plenty of time to enjoy the outdoor activities.

Key West is the most southern city in the continental USA. That is why their sunsets are so amazing. The sun is brighter there at sunset than anywhere else. It’s so beautiful that everyone gathers every evening at Mallory Dock to watch it. And there you will see jugglers (玩杂耍的人) and musicians entertaining in the streets.

The houses surrounded by trees and flowers are lovely in Key West, and many are restored and absolutely charming. There are too many hotels, inns, guest houses and restaurants to talk about. They all look great and their prices change according to seasons, and you can find something to suit every pocketbook and every taste.

At the seaport you will see various boats. It’s very interesting. The city is rich in history and was home to Ernest Hemingway. Harry Truman chose it for his winter White House. There are so many public transportation—taxis, tour trains, trolleys, bikes—and you can even walk if you choose. There are beautiful coral reefs. The deep reefs are farther off shore and are best visited with an experienced guide. However, there are shallow reefs close in where snorkelers (潜水者) can explore to their heart’s content. At Key West Marine Park you can do some good snorkeling.   In Key West you can go diving, fishing and do all sorts of water sports.

The problem with Key West is that no one ever wants to leave. Be sure to take your camera with you because you will want to snap (拍摄) everything you see. And whatever you do, be sure to take in the sunset because it is nothing like anything you have ever seen.

1. What will certainly happen when visitors come to Key West?

A．They are sure to have trouble finding a suitable restaurant.

B．They are sure to watch the sunset in the evening.

C．They are sure to take your trains.

D．They are sure to come across storms.

2. What can be inferred from the passage?

A．Key West lies in the north of the continental USA.

B．Private cars can be seen here and there in Key West.

C．Visitors can do all kinds of water sports in Key West.

D．The environment of Key West is very beautiful.

3. From the last paragraph we know that __________.

A．there are many problems in travelling in Key West.

B．everything in Key West is worth taking photos.

C．every traveler wants to leave Key West as soon as possible.

D．one can visit deep reefs alone in Key West.

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

A．Key West, Florida: A great vacation city

B．Key West, Florida: A charming and fun city

C．Key West, Florida: A beautiful sunset

D．Key West, Florida: A most southern city