1 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

A university in southeast China has a new server in     1    (it) canteen making noodles for the students. The video    2    (show) a robotic chef working in the kitchen and making noodles     3    dough (面团) at South China Agricultural University.

It was given human-like facial features (特征) and can be seen    4    wear) a face mask, hat and chef's uniform. The robot was designed    5    (improve) the traditional way of making “Dao Xiao Mian”,     6     is a specialty in Shanxi Province in northern China.

    7    traditional), a chef will hold a large piece of dough in one hand and a knife in the other before starting to peel strips(条) off the dough.     8    dough will then fall into the pot of boiling water and cook into noodles. A student said: “I’ve heard that there are always long     9    (queue) at the knife-cut noodle stall at the canteen.”

However, web users on Chinese social media said the robot chef    10     （be） not something new. The use of robots in restaurants is becoming increasingly popular in China over the past few years.

2 . Summer Courses 2009

San Diego Seaside College is offering one and two-weelc English summer courses for high school students from all over the world who want to improve their English. Classes are offered at five levels, from basic to advanced. Students will be tested when they arrive and placed in the level appropriate to their language ability. Each class has a maximum of 14 students.

Tuition Fees(学费)

One-week Course (July 26—August 1) : $310

Two-week Course (July 26—August 8 ) : $ 620

The full payment must be received before the beginning of the courses.

Accommodations(食宿)

We provide housing, including breakfast & dinner, 7 days a week.

Single room : $ 250 per week

Twin room: $160 per person, per week You should reserve your accommodations before May 15 and all the accommodation fees must be paid in full before June 15.

How to Apply

Fill out an application form and send it to us at esc@sdc. edu.

Come to our college this summer and make yourself shine at English.

1. The aim of the courses is to help the high school students_____.

A．learn English

B．attend college

C．visit some high schools

D．travel to other countries

2. What are the tuition fees for the One-week Course?

A．$160.	B．$250.
C．$310.	D．$620.

3. If you want to apply for the course, you should___________.

A．choose a college	B．reserve a hotel room
C．check with the teachers	D．fill out a form and email it

3 . A Trip to the Forest

One day Bob took two of his friends into the mountains. They put up their tents and then rode off to a forest to see how the trees were growing. In the afternoon when they were about ten kilometres from their camp, it started to snow. More and more snow fell. Soon Bob could hardly see his hands before his face. He could not find the road. Bob knew there were two roads. One road went to the camp, and the other went to his house. But all was white snow. Everything was the same. How could he take his friends back to the camp?

Bob had an idea. The horses! Let the horses take them back! But what would happen if the horses took the road to his house? That would be a trip of thirty-five kilometres in such cold weather! It was getting late. They rode on and on. At last the horses stopped. Where were they? None of them could tell. John looked around. What was that under the tree? It was one of their tents!

1. John and his two friends went to the forest to _____.

A．build their camp

B．find their way home

C．enjoy the mountains in the snow

D．watch the trees in the forest

2. They could not find their way back because _____.

A．there was only one road to their camp

B．they couldn't decide which of the two roads led to their tents

C．there were no roads in the mountains at all

D．everything was covered by the white snow

3. It is clear that they wanted the horses to take them to _____.

A．John's house	B．the camp
C．the forest	D．the mountains

4. The horses stopped because_____.

A．it was getting late	B．they were tired after running for a long way
C．they knew that they had got to the camp	D．they had seen John's house

4 . He was there every morning, sitting motionless on the front steps of his house. In the morning light, I could see the shadows that were etched (蚀刻) deep within the lines surrounding his eyes.

Each morning I walked this route with my daughter to her kindergarten class. We were new to the neighborhood so that I didn’t know many of my neighbors. On one beautiful autumn morning, as we passed his house, my daughter called out to him, “Hi, Mr. Man!” Always the outgoing child, I wasn’t surprised at her enthusiasm. But her cheerfulness soon faded when the man didn’t look at her and say “Hi” back.

As we continued on our walk to school, my daughter asked why the man didn’t want to say hi to her. Because I didn’t have an answer, I said simply, “Maybe he is having a bad day.” later I knew that Bob lost his wife in a car accident.

A few days later, as we approached Bob’s house on our way to school, my daughter called out “Hi Mr. Man!” and as usual, he didn’t respond. But then she ran onto his front lawn and picked up a beautiful red autumn leaf. She continued up one step and handed it to him. I held my breath.

As she skipped back to me, she said, “See you tomorrow, Mr. Man!” This time, he acknowledged her. In a soft gentle voice, he tanked her and said, “See you tomorrow.”

From then on, Bob and my daughter exchanged greeting each morning. Our friendship with Bob continued for many years. But, the sweetest day is when Bob attended my daughter’s high school graduation. Bob gave my daughter a gift — a book on identifying various plants and trees. There, tucked in the pages that described an oak tree, was the leaf my daughter had given to Mr. Man when they first met. He had dried and pressed it and kept it all those years.

1. What puzzled the girl?

A．The cause of the man’s sadness.

B．The shadows in the man’s eyes.

C．The man’s sitting still on the steps.

D．The man’s not answering her greeting.

2. How did the author feel when his daughter gave the red leaf to the man?

A．Proud.	B．Nervous.
C．Embarrassed.	D．Comfortable.

3. Why did Bob keep that little red leaf?

A．It was a care from a girl.

B．It was a symbol of enthusiasm.

C．It was a reminder of his painful days.

D．It represented the knowledge of trees.

4. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A．A Simple Red Leaf	B．A Strange Neighbor
C．An Unusual Friend	D．A Greeting From A girl

5 . Sunrise Hike

Saturday, October 21, 6:45 am---7:45 am

Enjoy sunrise from the hilltop as you learn about wildlife, plants, history and forest. Ages 8 and up; under 18 with an adult. To register (报名)by phone, call 630-933-7248.

Meet in the parking lot on the west side of Greene Road south of 79^th Street. Dress for the weather, wear comfortable shoes and bring water.

Trick Or Treat

Saturday, October 28, 9:00 am---11:30 am

You and your family are invited to join the YMCA for a Halloween hike up Badger Mountain! Make sure to wear your Halloween costumes (戏装)!

Free shirts for the first 200 kids registered. Remember to take away your shirt by 11:30 am or it will be given away.

Cost: Trick or Treat is a FREE event.

Discovery Hike

Thursday, October 26, 1:00 pm---4:00 pm; Ages 3-8

Fall is pumpkin time. Listen to a pumpkin story and learn how pumpkins grow. Then we will head out on the path in search of a little pumpkin just for you and maybe, we will find the great pumpkin along the way. $7 per child.

Harvest Day Camp

Monday, October 31, 8:00 am---5:00 pm

Harvest Camp is an opportunity for children aged 5-13 to find the wonder of autumn at Keystone Science School and enjoy all the fun the Halloween season offers. We’ll explore the ways our natural environment has changed from summer to fall. As always, our programming is focused on building skills, knowledge and confidence. Cost: $0.00.

1. What do these activities have in common?

A．They are designed only for children.

B．They are held in a mountain.

C．They are to celebrate Halloween.

D．They all take place in autumn.

2. In which activity might children get free clothes?

A．Sunrise Hike

B．Discovery Hike

C．Harvest Day Camp

D．Trick Or Treat

3. What can children do on the last day of October?

A．Listen to a pumpkin story.

B．Hike with their parents.

C．Enjoy the beauty of autumn.

D．Learn about wildlife and forest.

6 . Welcome to Adventureland!

Everyone loves Adventureland! The Parks and Exhibitions were built for you to explore (探索), enjoy, and admire their wonders. Every visit will be an unforgettable experience. You will go away enriched, longing to come back. What are you going to do this time?

The Travel Pavilion

Explore places you have never been to before, and experience different ways of life. Visit the Amazon jungle (丛林) village, the Turkish market, the Tai floating market, the Berber mountain house and others. Talk to the people there who will tell you about their lives, and things they make. You can try making a carpet, making nets, fishing ...

The Future Tower

This exhibition shows how progress will touch our lives. It allows us to look into the future and explore the cities of the next century and the way we’ll be living then. Spend some time in our space station and climb into our simulator (模拟装置) for the Journey to Mars.

The Nature Park

This is not really one park but several. In the Safari Park you can drive among African animals in one of our Range Cruisers: see lions, giraffes, elephants in the wild. Move on to the Ocean Park to watch the dolphins and whales. And then there is still the Aviary to see ...

The Pyramid

This is the center of Adventureland. Run out of film, need some postcards and stamps? For all these things and many more, visit our underground shopping center. Come here for information and ideas too.

1. The Travel Pavilion is built to help visitors ______.

A．realize the importance of travelling

B．become familiar with mountain countries

C．learn how to make things such as fishing nets

D．learn something about different places in the world

2. If you are interested in knowing about what people’s life will be, you may visit ______.

A．the Travel Pavilion	B．the Future Tower
C．the Safari Park	D．the Pyramid

3. If you want to get a toy lion to take home, where will you most likely go?

A．The Pyramid.	B．The Nature Park.
C．The Future Tower.	D．The Travel Pavilion.

7 . Eating too much fatty food, exercising too little and smoking can raise your future risk of heart disease. But there is another factor that can cause your heart problems more immediately：the air you breathe.

Previous studies have linked high exposure (暴露) to environmental pollution to an increased risk of heart problems，but two analyses now show that poor air quality can lead to heart attack or stroke (中风) within as little as a few hours after exposure. In one review of the research, scientists found that people exposed to high levels of pollutants (污染物) were up to 5% more likely to suffer a heart attack within days of exposure than those with lower exposure. A separate study of stroke patients showed that even air that the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)considers to be of “moderate” (良好) quality and relatively safe for our health can raise the risk of stroke as much as 34% within 12 to 14 hours of exposure.

The authors of both studies stress that these risks are relatively small for healthy people and certainly modest compared with other risk factors such as smoking and high blood pressure. However, it is important to be aware of these dangers because everyone is exposed to air pollution regardless of lifestyle choices. So stricter regulation by the EPA of pollutants may not only improve environmental air quality but could also become necessary to protect public health.

1. The text mainly discusses the relationship between ________.

A．heart problems and air quality

B．heart problems and exercising

C．heart problems and smoking

D．heart problems and fatty food

2. The underlined word “modest” in Paragraph 3 most probably means ________.

A．relatively high	B．extremely low
C．relatively low	D．extremely high

3. What can we learn from the text?

A．Eating fatty food has immediate effects on your heart.

B．The EPA conducted many studies on air quality.

C．Moderate air quality is more harmful than smoking.

D．Stricter regulations on pollutants should be made.

4. The author's purpose of writing the text is most likely to ________.

A．inform	B．persuade
C．describe	D．entertain

8 . One young person, who was well educated, went for a job as a manager in a big company. The president did the final _______.

He discovered the youth was _______ and felt satisfied. Then the president asked who paid for his school fees. The youth answered, “My mother did it. She worked as a clothes _______.”

The president requested the youth to _______ his hands. So the youth did. They were smooth. Then he asked, “Have you ever _______ your mother wash the clothes before?” The youth answered, “Never, my mother always wanted me to _______.”

“Go and clean your mother’s _______ when you go back today, and then _______ me tomorrow morning,” the president said _______.

The youth felt his chance of getting the job was high, so when he went back, he ________ requested his mother to let him clean her hands. However, his tears fell ________ he cleaned his mother’s hands slowly. It was the first time he had ________ that his mother’s hands were so wrinkled (布满皱纹的). After that, the youth didn’t say a word and washed all the remaining clothes for his mother ________. That night, Mother and Son ________ for a very long time, longer than any talk before.

The next ________, the youth went to the president’s office. The president noticed the tears in the youth’s eyes and asked: “Please tell me how you ________ about helping your mother.” The youth said, “Number One, I know now what ________ is. Without my mother, I wouldn’t be successful today. Number Two, by helping my mother, I realize how ________ it is to get something done. Number Three, I’ve come to realize the ________ of family relationship.”

The president said, “You are ________. This is what I’m looking for to be my manager.”

1.

A．election

B．test

C．interview

D．competition

2.

A．strong

B．excellent

C．humorous

D．cute

3.

A．maker

B．cleaner

C．mender

D．seller

4.

A．wash

B．hide

C．show

D．dry

5.

A．found

B．let

C．helped

D．watched

6.

A．study

B．ignore

C．work

D．rest

7.

A．clothes

B．hands

C．feet

D．shoes

8.

A．see

B．move

C．recognize

D．answer

9.

A．on purpose

B．in patience

C．by chance

D．at last

10.

A．carefully

B．nervously

C．happily

D．shyly

11.

A．after

B．until

C．because

D．as

12.

A．believed

B．sensed

C．noticed

D．expected

13.

A．quietly

B．sadly

C．excitedly

D．angrily

14.

A．thought

B．slept

C．sat

D．talked

15.

A．morning

B．noon

C．afternoon

D．evening

16.

A．worried

B．felt

C．brought

D．spoke

17.

A．courage

B．appreciation

C．success

D．family

18.

A．important

B．difficult

C．different

D．impossible

19.

A．value

B．secret

C．type

D．change

20.

A．educated

B．respected

C．trusted

D．hired

9 . When we were very small, we realized that having friends was important.Some of us even had imaginary(想象中的)friends. The need for friends continued as we grew into our teens.Friends played a big part in forming our personalities(性格). As adults，it is still important for us to have friends.
True friends are people who like us though we made mistakes and who listen to us and tell us the truth. Friends support our decisions and tell us when we’re foolish. They laugh with us and share our sadness. They are our partners and share interests with us. They stimulate us when we are feeling down. They are people we aren’t afraid of telling our secret wishes to or what is really on our minds.
Friends are our supporters. When you can depend on friends, you feel safe and warm. Friends offer acceptance and emotional(情感的)support. At times, they also help with our everyday lives, cooking a meal, doing chores, or giving us a lift when we need one. Friends also are there to offer advice, an ear to listen, or a shoulder to cry on.
Friends also help us reduce stress. Not only do they listen to us when we feel stressed, but they also discuss what is stressing us. Sharing interests and doing activities with friends help us forget about problems at work or at home. For a short time, we can lose ourselves in a pleasant activity and perhaps laugh and breathe more easily.
1. What is the best title for the passage?

A．How to Reduce Stress

B．How to Make New Friends

C．The Importance of Friends

D．The Qualities of Good Friends

2. The underlined word“stimulate” in Paragraph 2 probably means________.

A．educate	B．encourage
C．surprise	D．dislike

3. We can learn from the third paragraph that friends always________.

A．laugh at us when we’re foolish

B．tell us other people’s secrets

C．share our sadness and interests

D．support us when we need help

4. We can learn from the passage that________.

A．people should make friends anytime

B．friends are people who allow you to cry

C．a friend helps you in many ways

D．good friends are always difficult to meet

10 . Mr Brown was going away for a week. Before he left, he said to his son, "if anyone asks for me, you can tell him that your father has been out for doing something, and will be back in a week, then be sure to ask him to sit down for a cup of tea.""OK, Dad," said his son. But he was afraid his son couldn't remember this, he wrote these words down on a piece of paper and gave it to him. His son put it into his small pocket, took it out and looked at it every now and then.
Four days passed, but no one came to see his father. The boy thought that there was no man to come and that the piece of paper was of no more use for him, so he burnt it that evening.
The next afternoon, someone knocked at the door. The boy opened it. A man was standing at the door and said, "Where is your father?" The boy put his hand into his pocket at once and looked for the piece of paper. He could not find it. He suddenly remembered he had burnt it, so he shouted, "No more."The man was very surprised. He asked, "No more? I met your father last week. When did it happen?"
"Burnt yesterday evening."
1. Mr Brown told his son that _____.

A．he would be away from home for four days

B．he would be back in seven days

C．he would be back in a month

D．he liked a cup of tea

2. Mr Brown wrote the words down on ________.

A．the wall

B．the door

C．a piece of paper

D．his son's pocket

3. A man came to visit the boy's father on ________.

A．the second day

B．the third day

C．the fourth day

D．the fifth day

4. What was burnt? ___________.

A．The piece of paper

B．Mr Smith

C．The visitor

D．The boy