1 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. Who organizes the Winter Festival?

A．The businessmen.

B．Some volunteers.

C．The government.

2. When will the opening might take place?

A．Friday.

B．Saturday.

C．Sunday.

3. What will be held in the Main Exhibition Hall?

A．A fancy-dress show.

B．An art exhibition.

C．A sound of music.

4. What is the purpose of the talk?

A．To compare the events of the festival.

B．To inform people of the festival.

C．To raise money for the festival.

2 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Why does the woman want to change her job?

A．It is poorly paid.

B．It is boring.

C．It is challenging.

2. What’s the job in today’s paper?

A．A translator.

B．An assistant.

C．A travel agent.

3. What is necessary for the new job?

A．Relevant experience.

B．A sound mind.

C．Writing skills.

4. What attracts the woman to the new job?

A．The long vacation.

B．The safe environment.

C．The good welfare benefits.

3 . When we saw a programme on TV about a Christmas trip to Lapland, we knew our four children would love it. ____ them on any holiday is costly, but it was a once-in-a-lifetime ____ for our family.

In October, we got the children to write Christmas ____ to Santa. They thought it was a bit soon but were ____ just how many letters Santa receives, so getting in early would make sure that he would read them.

Our departure day arrived in mid-December. There was an explosion of excitement as we parked and ____ our suitcases onto a trolley (手推车) and the children realized we were _going on a plane. The excitement built as we ____.

It was all worth it. The look on their faces as we ____ in Rovaniemi, Finland, was ____. Four days of total magic followed. We took sleigh rides, ____ snow mobiles (雪地摩托) and patted reindeer. On our fourth day we finally ‘found’ Santa, who had a genuine, thick white ____. His home was ____ from floor to ceiling with Christmas parcels, which was every child’s dream.

If that wasn’t ____, he held four hand-written letters that our children immediately ____. Santa said, “So, you must be Thomas, Lucy, Alice and Philip and you’ve come all the way from England just to see me!” He turned to one of the towers of wrapped presents, ____ up and carefully withdrew four parcels. Each of them received a personally addressed ____ signed ‘With love from Father Christmas’ and inside was ____ what they’d asked for in their letters.

Those four days in Lapland will ____ forever the most memorable of our lives. Our four children, now aged between 32 and 38, still talk about that ____ as the most wonderful Christmas ever where childhood magic came to ____.

1.

A．Bringing

B．Taking

C．Putting

D．Carrying

2.

A．action

B．performance

C．experience

D．adventure

3.

A．letters

B．messages

C．cards

D．stories

4.

A．asked

B．warned

C．persuaded

D．reminded

5.

A．fixed

B．loaded

C．delivered

D．packed

6.

A．hardly

B．completely

C．actually

D．hopefully

7.

A．checked in

B．dropped by

C．showed off

D．looked back

8.

A．landed

B．appeared

C．poured

D．entered

9.

A．useless

B．harmless

C．priceless

D．careless

10.

A．seated

B．flew

C．moved

D．rode

11.

A．cap

B．beard

C．fur

D．stick

12.

A．covered

B．buried

C．charged

D．filled

13.

A．enough

B．perfect

C．possible

D．welcome

14.

A．judged

B．recognized

C．noticed

D．observed

15.

A．made

B．cheered

C．reached

D．picked

16.

A．photo

B．book

C．poster

D．gift

17.

A．exactly

B．partly

C．naturally

D．particularly

18.

A．work

B．remain

C．change

D．send

19.

A．game

B．camp

C．trip

D．task

20.

A．mind

B．power

C．light

D．life

4 . Although small business training and credit programs have become more common throughout the world, little attention has been paid to the need of young people, and even less to the children living on the street or in difficult condition.

Over the past nine years, Street Kids International (S.K.I.) has been working with partner organizations in Africa, Latin America and India to support the economic lives of street children and develop opportunities for street children to earn income.

The S.K.I. Bicycle Courier Service first started in the Sudan. Street children who took part in it were given bicycles, which they used to deliver parcels and messages. A similar program was taken up in Bangalore, India. The Shoe Shine Collective was a program with the Y.W.C.A. in the Dominican Republic. The children in this project were lent money to buy shoe shine boxes. They were also given a safe place to store their equipment, and facilities for individual savings plans. The Youth Skills Enterprise Initiative in Zambia is a program with the Red Cross Society and the Y.W.C.A. Street youths are supported to start their own small business through business training, life skills training and access to credit.

During the program, The S.K.I. and partner organizations have drawn lessons from the past: First of all, being a businessman is not for everyone, nor for every street child. And it is important for all loans to be linked to training programs that include the development of basic business and life skills. Secondly, small loans are provided firstly for buying fixed assets such as bicycles, shoe shine kits and basic building materials for a market stall. As the children gain experience, they can be given more loan amounts. And all S.K.L. programs have charged interest on the loans. Generally the rates have been lower than bank rates. Most importantly, it is believed that credit must be given with other types of support that help the young develop key life skills as well as productive businesses.

1. How does S.K.I. help the street children?

A．By giving the street children chances to go to school.

B．By encouraging the public to give money to street children.

C．By creating chances for street children to make money.

D．By drawing the attention of governments to help street children.

2. Street youths can be lent money to buy shoe shine boxes in _______.

A．The Dominican Republic	B．Zambia
C．India	D．Sudan

3. The underlined word “assets” in the last paragraph probably can be replaced by _______.

A．clothing

B．vehicle

C．equipment

D．belongings

4. From the last paragraph we know _______.

A．each child can only enjoy one kind of loan

B．not all loans should be linked to training programs

C．any child can apply for the business training and loan

D．the children have to pay back slightly more money than they borrow

5 . It was my first day to Miss Hargrove’s seventh grade. Past “newcomer experiences” had been difficult, so I was very__to fit in. After being introduced to the class, I bravely put on a smile and___my seat.

Lunchtime was a(n)___surprise when the girls all crowded around my table. They were friendly, so I began to___.My new classmates told me about the school, the teachers and the other kids.They___out the class nerd（书呆子）to me: Mary Lou. She was a pretty girl with dark eyes and olive-skin,___she wore a long woolen skirt and an old-fashioned blouse. She looked stupid. The girls whispered and laughed___Mary Lou walked by. She ate alone.

After school, the girls invited me to___them in front of the school. I was___to be a member of the club. We waited. For what, I didn’t know. Then Mary Lou came down the school steps. The girls started____her, shouting rudely, biting comments. I____,and then joined right in. Mean remarks____from my lips. No one could tell I’d never done this before. The other girls stepped back and started cheering for me. Feeling____,I pulled on her backpack and then pushed her. Her backpack broke. Mary Lou fell and I backed off. Everyone was laughing. I____in. I was a leader.

I was not proud. Something inside me hurt. If you’ve ever picked a wing off a butterfly, you know how I felt. Mary Lou got up, gathered her books and left without a tear or saying anything. She held her head____as blood ran down from her knee. I____her struggle away down the street.

I turned to leave with my____friends and noticed a man standing beside his car. He must have been Mary Lou’s father—he had the same olive skin, dark hair and handsome look. He remained still and watched the____girl walk toward him. Only his eyes—shining with both sadness and pride—followed. As I passed, he looked at me in silence with burning tears that reminded me of my____.

Mary Lou’s father’s eyes taught me a good lesson that day. I never again hurt someone for my own____.

1.

A．excited

B．curious

C．frightened

D．anxious

2.

A．reserved

B．had

C．took

D．put

3.

A．pleasant

B．terrible

C．disappointing

D．expected

4.

A．relax

B．hesitate

C．read

D．suspect

5.

A．found

B．picked

C．worked

D．pointed

6.

A．because

B．but

C．and

D．so

7.

A．since

B．before

C．until

D．as

8.

A．play

B．ask

C．join

D．study

9.

A．scared

B．thrilled

C．careful

D．afraid

10.

A．making fun of

B．speaking well of

C．looking up to

D．going back to

11.

A．refused

B．paused

C．hurried

D．escaped

12.

A．said

B．received

C．fell

D．spoke

13.

A．ashamed

B．guilty

C．enthusiastic

D．encouraged

14.

A．turned

B．fitted

C．took

D．went

15.

A．cautiously

B．casually

C．lowly

D．high

16.

A．watched

B．heard

C．glared

D．sensed

17.

A．caring

B．puzzling

C．laughing

D．satisfying

18.

A．lonely

B．only

C．silly

D．friendly

19.

A．pain

B．shame

C．weakness

D．pity

20.

A．gain

B．loss

C．effort

D．duty

6 . Walk through the Amazon rainforest today and you will find it is steamy, warm, damp and thick. But if you had been around 15,000 years ago, during the last ice age, would it have been the same? For more than 30 years, scientists have been arguing about how rainforests like the Amazon might have reacted to the cold, dry climates of the ice ages, but until now, no one has reached a satisfying answer.

Rainforests like the Amazon are important for mopping up CO₂ from the atmosphere and helping to slow global warming. Currently the trees in the Amazon take in around 500 million tons of CO₂ each year: equal to the total amount of CO₂ giving off in the UK each year. But how will the Amazon react to future climate change? If it gets drier, will it still survive and continue to draw down CO₂ ?

Scientists hope that they will be able to learn in advance how the rainforest will manage in the future by understanding how rainforests reacted to climate change in the past. Unfortunately, getting into the Amazon rainforest and collecting information are very difficult. To study past climate, scientists need to look at fossilized pollen, kept in lake mud. Going back to the last ice age means drilling deep down into lake sediments （沉淀物）which requires specialized equipment and heavy machinery. There are very few roads and paths, or places to land helicopters and aeroplanes. Rivers tend to be the easiest way to enter the forest, but this still leaves vast areas between the rivers completely unsampled（未取样）.So far, only a handful of cores have been drilled that go back to the last ice age and none of them provide enough information to prove how the Amazon rainforest reacts to climate change.

1. What does the underlined phrase “mopping up” in the second paragraph mean?

A．Giving up.	B．Giving out.
C．Wiping out.	D．Taking in.

2. How will the Amazon rainforest react to future climate change?

A．It’ll get drier and continue to remove CO2 .

B．There is no exact answer up to present.

C．It’ll get warmer and then colder and drier.

D．It’ll remain steamy, warm, damp and thick.

3. What’s the main idea of the last paragraph?

A．It’s important to drill deep down into lake sediments to collect information.

B．It’s impossible to prove how climate changes in the Amazon rainforest.

C．It’s hard to collect information for studies of the past climate in the Amazon rainforest.

D．It’s necessary to have specialized equipment and machinery to study the past climate.

4. What is the best title for this passage?

A．Studies of the Rainforests

B．Climates of the Amazon

C．Secrets of the Ice Age

D．Changes of the Rainforests