1 . Glastonbury Festival:
Time and place: 22nd～26th June, Pilton, Somerse. Recognized as the best summer festival season, Glastonbury is one of the biggest and oldest festivals in the UK. Last year’s 40th anniversary was its best ever, even though the supergroup U2 canceled last minute because of Bono injuring his back.
Latitude Festival:
Time and place:14th～17th July, Henham Park, Suffolk. Now in its sixth year, this festival is the choice for more families. It is providing visitors with a range of entertainment to accompany the music, including comedy, show, theatre and literature.
Shrewsbury Folk Festival:
Time and place: 26th～29th August, West Mids Show Ground, Shrewsbury. Announced as one of the best folk festivals in the UK, this festival is only in its sixth year. It takes place over the 4 days of the August bank holiday weekend, and moved to Shrewsbury in 2006.
Download Festival:
Time and place: 10th and 12th, June, Donington Park Derby. It is a three-day rock music festival held every year. The name Download was chosen for the festival for two reasons. Downloading was a dirty work in the music industry at the time because of file sharing and rock is seen as a rebellious (反叛) type of music.
1. Which festival is one of the oldest festivals in the UK?| A．Glastonbury Festival | B．Latitude Festival |
| C．Shrewsbury Folk Festival | D．Download Festival |
| A．22nd～26th June, Pilton, Somerse | B．26th～29th August, West Mids Show Ground |
| C．14th～17th July, Henham Park, Suffolk | D．10th and 12th, June, Donington Park Derby |
| A．It is one of the best folk festivals in the UK. |
| B．It has a long history and is held every year. |
| C．It is the best summer festival in the UK. |
| D．It is attractive and joyful for many families. |
2 . “Get your hands off me, I have been stolen,” the laptop, a portable computer, shouted. That is a new solution to laptop computer theft: a program that lets owners give their property a voice when it has been taken.
The program allows users to display alerts on the missing computer’s screen and even to set a spoken message. Tracking software for stolen laptops has been on the market for some time, but this is thought to be the first that allows owners to give the thief a piece of their mind.
Owners must report their laptop missing by logging on to a website, which sends a message to the model: a red and yellow “lost or stolen” banner pops up on its screen when it is started. Under the latest version of the software, users can also send a spoken message.
The message can be set to reappear every 30 seconds, no matter how many times the thief closes it. “One customer sent a message saying, ‘You are being tracked. I am right at your door’,” said Carrie Hafeman, chief executive of the company which produces the program, Retriever.
In the latest version, people can add a spoken message. The default through the computer’s speakers is: “Help, this laptop is reported lost or stolen. If you are not my owner, please report me now.”
The Retriever software package, which costs $29.95 but has a free trial period, has the functions of many security software programs. Owners can remotely switch to an alternative password prompt if they fear that the thief has also got hold of the access details.
If a thief accesses the internet with the stolen laptop, Retriever will collect information on the internet service provider in use, so that the police can be alerted to its location.
Thousands of laptops are stolen every year from homes and offices, but with the use of laptops increasing, the number stolen while their owners are out and about has been rising sharply.
Other security software allows users to erase data remotely or lock down the computer.
1. The expression “to give the thief a piece of their mind” can be understood as “ ”.| A．to express the owners’ anger to the thief |
| B．to give the thief an alert mind |
| C．to remind the thief of his conscience |
| D．to make the thief give up his mind |
| A．record the stealing process | B．help recognize the lost laptop |
| C．send a spoken message | D．lock down the computer remotely |
| A．turn on the laptop by using the original password |
| B．change some access details for switching on the laptop |
| C．operate the laptop by means of an alternative password |
| D．erase the information kept in the stolen laptop |
| A．With no Retriever, thousands of laptops are stolen every year. |
| B．Retriever has helped to find thieves and lost computers. |
| C．A new software provides a means to reduce laptop theft. |
| D．A new program offers a communication platform with the thief. |
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧ )，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Human beings has been interested in robots for quite some time. Scientists are always inventing new and better robots, that will play an important role in our future lives.
First, smarter robots will help us for the housework. They will take over jobs such as preparing meals, washing dishes, and sweep the floor. So we will have much free time to have a fun than before. Second, robots will be helpful for our work. They will do all the heavy and dangerous work, and help out in hospitals, schools and offices. Third, robots will be your friends. Whenever we felt sad, lonely or upset, we can have a chat with a robot. Robots will not only be good listeners but they will also offer us good advices.
In conclusion, robots will be more and more intelligent and we will benefit it in many ways.
4 . Aerial (空中的）performer Jennifer Bricker was born without legs, but she never let it stop her.
Wrapped in a loop (圈）of red silk hung from the ceiling, Jennifer Bricker climbs and twists to the music. Her head hangs down and her strong arms let go as she balances on her back, high above the ground — a move that is all the more daring because she has no legs.
Jennifer was a few months old when she was adopted by Sharon and Gerald Bricker. She had big brown eyes, a bright smile, and huge amounts of energy. When a doctor advised her adoptive parents to carry her around in a kind of bucket (桶)，they refused.
Jennifer soon learned to walk and run on her hands and bottom, and grew up fearlessly climbing trees and bouncing on the trampoline (蹦床）with her three older brothers.“My parents didn’t treat me differently so I didn’t grasp the concept that I was different .1 knew I didn't have legs but that wasn’t stopping me from doing the things I wanted to do.”
At the age of three she was fitted with artificial legs, but she never really took to them she moved more freely without them.
In 1996 the Olympic Games took place in Atlanta. Jennifer loved to watch the women's gymnastics team, and especially adored the 14-year-old Dominique Moceanu who competed for the US. When Moceanu and the women’s team won the gold, Jennifer decided she was going to be a gymnast, too. She took up power tumbling, which involves performing floor exercises down a runway. But Jennifer did not want any allowances to be made for her disability.
At the age of 10 she took part in the Junior Olympics and by age 11 she was the tumbling champion for the state of Illinois.
Jennifer now travels the world as an inspirational speaker and acts as an aerial performer.
1. What do we know about Jennifer Bricker?| A．She felt embarrassed without legs. |
| B．She was carried in a bucket as a baby. |
| C．She was brought up as a normal child. |
| D．She lost her legs when she was adopted. |
| A．Because she knew that she was different from others. |
| B．Because she was greatly influenced by Dominique Moceanu. |
| C．Because she was eager to participate in the Junior Olympics. |
| D．Because she wanted to make allowances for her disability. |
| A．Clever. | B．Cautious. | C．Sensitive. | D．Self-respecting. |
| A．The growing process of a disabled person. |
| B．The memory of an aerial performer. |
| C．The experiences of an adoptive family. |
| D．The sufferings of a gymnast. |
5 . The experience of life can show one’s “determination”. Complex challenges early in life helped the following people develop skills that got them to the top of their professions.
Sean Combs, CEO, Sean John
Combs began a generation of hip-hop talent and made a lasting influence on fashion. But his story could have turned out much differently: His drug dealer father was killed when he was 3. “It made me work even harder.” he recently said.
Howard Schultz, Executive Chairman, Starbucks Schultz grew up in public housing in Brooklyn, surrounded by poverty, and was the first in his family to go to college (on a football scholarship).After training in sales, he set up the company that would later buy Starbucks. In the course of the year I spent trying to raise money，Ispoketo242people,and217ofthemsaidno.’’hesaid.
Ursula Burns, Chairwoman, VEON; Former CEO, Xerox
Her family was so poor that her single mother traded office cleaning for health care. But Bums’ early gift for maths won her a scholarship and an internship at Xerox，where she would compete her way to the top. ‘‘ I’m a black lady from the Lower East Side,” she says, S6Not a lot scares me.”
Geisha Williams, CEO, PG&E
Her parents fled Cuba when Williams was 5. By 7, she was her parents, main translator in talks with lawyers and accountants at grocery stores they owned. The experience did help her. I went from thinking I could be a manager to thinking I could do something much bigger.55 she told Fortune.
1. How did the death of Combs5 father influence him?| A．It made him even stronger. | B．He became a drug dealer. |
| C．It made him a failure. | D．He became a hip-hopper. |
| A．Combs | B．Williams | C．Burns | D．Schultz |
| A．Cuba is a good place to do business. |
| B．Difficulty in life pushed Williams forward. |
| C．No one wanted to help Schultz at first. |
| D．Poor family kids can be successful easily. |
6 . It seems that everyone is travelling on holidays these days. During the travel season, roads, buses, trains and airports are packed.
If you travel in a group, the guide will arrange everything for you.
If you travel in a group, you can also make more friends.
| A．Hotels are full as well |
| B．If someone gets ill, others go to his or her aid |
| C．Taking part in a group is a fully preparatory plan |
| D．Your tour guide is often an expert in the places you visit |
| E．Using tour guides and travelling in a group is the best way to travel |
| F．After all, the travelling companies have been doing this job for long |
| G．There will be no need to worry about hotel or restaurant reservations |
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3.教师节的意义。
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8 . James Cleveland Owens was the son of a farmer and the grandson of black slaves. His family moved to Cleveland when he was 9. There, a school teacher asked the youth his name.
“J.C., ”he replied.
She thought he had said “Jesse”, and he had a new name.
Owens ran his first race at age 13. After high school, he went to Ohio State University. He had to work part time so as to pay for his education. As a second year student, in the Big Ten games in 1935, he set even more records than he would in the Olympic Games a year later.
A week before the Big Ten Meet, Owens accidentally fell down a flight of stairs. His back hurt so much that he could not exercise all week, and he had to be helped in and out of the car that drove him to the meet. He refused to listen to the suggestions that he give up and said he would try, event by event. He did try, and the results are in the record book.
The stage was set for Owens victory at the Olympic Games in Berlin the next year, and his success would come to be regarded as not only athletic but also political. Hitler did not congratulate any of the African American winners.
“It was all right with me,” he said years later. “I didn’t go to Berlin to shake hands with him, anyway. ”
Having returned from Berlin, he received no telephone calls from the president of his own country, either. In fact, he was not honored by the United States until 1976, four years before his death.
Owens Olympic victories made little difference to him. He earned his living by looking after a school playground, and accepted money to race against cars, trucks, motorcycles and dogs.
“Sure, it bothered me, ”he said later. “But at least it was an honest living. I had to eat.”
In time, however, his gold medals changed his life. “They have kept me alive over the years,” he once said. “Time has stood still for me. That golden moment dies hard.”
1. In the Big Ten Meet, Owens ___.| A．hurt himself in the back | B．succeeded in setting many records |
| C．tried every sports event but failed | D．had to give up some events |
| A．he did not talk to the US president on the phone | B．he was the son of a poor farmer |
| C．he was not of the right race | D．he did not shake hands with Hitler |
| A．have been changed for money to help him live on |
| B．have encouraged him to overcome difficulties in life |
| C．have made him famous in the US |
| D．have kept him busy with all kinds of jobs |
| A．Making a living as a sportsman | B．Golden Moment — a life time struggle |
| C．Jesse Owens, a great American athlete | D．How to be a successful athlete |
1. What's Lisa's nationality?
| A．Chinese. | B．Spanish. | C．American. |
| A．10. | B．12. | C．15. |
| A．Cook sauerkraut. | B．Eat round fruits. | C．Have peas and pork. |
| A．New Year traditions. | B．Trips around the world. | C．Customs in different countries. |
1. When did the man finish his study abroad?
| A．At the age of 14. | B．At the age of 16. | C．At the age of 18. |
| A．He traveled around alone. |
| B．He could make friends easily. |
| C．He was popular with girls. |
