4 . 根据短文内容，从下框的A---F选项中选出能概括每一段主题的最佳选项。 选项中有一项为多余选项。
1. Pet-keeping is a time-honored tradition. One of the reasons for people to raise dogs or cows was usefulness. While people in the past hunted animals and kept them in their backyards, the civilised man today is less cruel towards them and is less exploitative(利用的).     1    
2. We keep animals as pets because they are attractive. We all have the urge to possess something that has aesthetic（审美的）value, and this is why we treasure paintings or fine furniture. Keeping pets is one form of this urge. A Siamese cat in the house can be a decorative object. Pets are playful animals and they amuse us. A little rabbit amuses us by its playful and lively runs.     2    
3. Many parents find it helpful to have pets in the house for their children. Having pets is an excellent way of developing in children the love of animals and responsibility. Children get the opportunity to take on full responsibility for another creature’s life. It will be an educational experience for a child to watch the natural life cycle of an animal. There are psychological benefits for children. Pets are welcome friends for children who are lonely. Pets are excellent companions. Keeping pets means giving love and being loved. We find comfort in giving care and receiving care in return. We get pleasure from their appearance and their behavior.     3    
4. As more people move into apartments, there are limitations on keeping of animals like dogs and monkeys. Therefore, caged animals have increased in popularity. Birds fall into this group. We keep them for their beautiful songs and feathers. Fish-keeping is a widespread hobby and the keeper can observe their behavior in the glass tank and study its entire life cycle. The cat is a fine house pet and it fits neatly into human habitation(居住地) without requiring its own cage. They are wonderful hunters, if there are rats around.     4    
5. Pets satisfy man’s desire to care for a bit of nature. The pet owner has the responsibility for supplying those needs that nature provides. Pets are amusing and entertaining, but we are in a way doing animals harm by making them live in a human environment. Are we not enslaving(奴役)them?     5    

A．Adults keep pets with their children.

B．Pet-keeping has a very long history.

C．Pet-keeping may do harm to animals.

D．People keeps pets for their aesthetic need.

E．Caged pets become increasingly popular.

F．Pet-keeping is helpful for children’s growth.

5 . Some parents said that they had difficulty in getting along with their children. I heard many parents complaining that their teenage children are rebelling. I wish it were so. At your age you ought to be growing away from your parents. You should be learning to stand on your own two feet. But take a good look at the present rebellion. It seems that teenagers are taking the same way of showing that they disagree with their parents. Instead of striking out boldly on their own, most of them are holding firmly at one another’s hands for reassurance.

They claim they want to dress as they please. But they all wear the same clothes. They set off in new directions in music. But somehow they all end up crowded round listening to the same record. Their reason for thinking or actin g in thus-and-such a way is that the crowd is doing it. They have come out of their cocoon (蚕茧) into a larger cocoon.

It has become harder and harder for a teenager to stand up against the popularity wave and to go his or her own way. Industry has firmly carved out a teenage market. These days every teenager can learn from the advertisements what a teenager should have and be. And many of today’s parents have come to award high marks for the popularity of their children. All this adds up to a great barrier for the teenager who wants to find his or her own path.

But the barrier is worth climbing over. The path is worth following. You may want to listen to classical music instead of going to a party. You may want to collect rocks when everyone else is collecting records. You may have some thoughts that you don’t care to share at once with your classmates. Well, go to it. Find yourself. Be yourself. Popularity will come — with the people who respect you for who you are. That is the only kind of popularity that really counts.

1. In this passage, the author wants to tell______.

A．teenagers to try to decide things for themselves

B．readers to try to be popular with people around

C．parents to try to control and guide their children

D．people to try to understand and respect each other

2. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A．There is no popularity that really counts.

B．It is not good for a teenager to disagree with his or her classmates.

C．What many parents are doing is helping their children to go on their own ways.

D．Most teenagers claim to do whatever they want, but they are actually doing the same.

6 . 根据短文内容，从下框的A~F选项中选出能概括每一段主题的最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。选项中有一项为多余选项。
How to Simplify Your Life
Less is more. This is why we say: reduce things by half instead of doubling them, get rid of junk instead of piling it up, relax instead of stressing, slow down instead of speeding up. Apply these principles in your everyday life in a conscious way. You will then find yourself well along on your journey to simplification.
1. _________
When you concentrate on one task, you find you have energy that you didn't even know you had. Just imagine: you are at a fair and you have to carry two heavy pigs over 100 yards. If you keep grabbing one and then the other, it will take forever, because one of them will keep slipping out from under your arm and running off. But if you tie one pig in a place, pick up the other, gather all your strength and make a dash for the finish line, pause for a moment, run back and get the other one, and with great determination, carry the second pig to the finish line, then you can be sure of success.
2. _________
The pressure at work is on the increase in all occupations. In the modern nuclear family, the expectations that formerly would have been shared among all the relatives are now concentrated on the individual partner. If you have the feeling that 24 hours per day are not enough for all the things you need to do, then it's not because the day has too few hours, but because you have too many activities. A simple fact that overloaded people often tend to forget. The solution is equally simple: refuse to accept so many work assignments in your private life or your working life.
3. ___________
“I can handle stress” is regarded as a positive statement in the world of work. People who can handle stress are given more and more to cope with -- until one day they break. Pay careful attention to the signs that tell you that you are under more stress than you can cope with. These signals came from various areas of life．You become ill, or your work efficiency decreases. If you have any of these symptoms, change your life goals and decrease your tolerance of stress. Say quite openly, "I can't manage that."
4. ________
“If only I were slimmer, more beautiful, richer, cleverer, then I would be happier.” This is a dream that makes a lot of people ill, depressed, and unhappy. Life has its flaws, defects, corners, and edges. Only those who accept this reality can lead a really full life. Of course there are activities in which errors are dangerous: driving a car; crossing the road. But life doesn't consist entirely of these things. In among them there is a lot of room for small and large mistakes.
5. _______
Successful people all have their own places where they can withdraw in order to work. Find out which places improve your creativity. For me it's the train. When I know that I'm going to be traveling for four hours without phone calls and people knocking on my door, I find my mind is free and I can read or write complex articles. There can be problems working on the train, of course: if the person sitting opposite you keeps talking away, or if train traps make you tired (some people fall asleep after a few miles).

A．Slow Down Your Life

B．Escape Now and Then

C．Separate Your Actions

D．Allow Yourself to Be Weak

E．Relieve Pressure by Firmly Saying‘ No'

F．Stop Expecting Everything to Be Perfect

7 . 语音辨析
1. rescue

A．pretty

B．elect

C．honest

D．encourage

2. special

A．medicine

B．politics

C．official

D．cinema

3. surprise

A．occur

B．purpose

C．church

D．survive

4. really

A．breathe

B．thread

C．theatre

D．ocean

5. smooth

A．youth

B．strength

C．thunder

D．worthy

8 . 从A、B、C、D四个选项中，找出其划线部分与所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
1. bank

A．anxious

B．winter

C．pencil

D．dance

2. watch

A．national

B．translate

C．pronunciation

D．wander

3. understood

A．floor

B．blood

C．flood

D．childhood

4. rough

A．delight

B．tough

C．through

D．right

5. depend

A．envelope

B．fever

C．elect

D．develop

9 . 从每小题的A .B C .D四个选项中，找出所给单词的正确读音。
1. music       

A．/mu:zik/

B．/mʌzik/

C．/mju:zik/

D．/mju:sik/

2. favourite

A．/fævərit/

B．/feivərit/

C．/feivu:rit/

D．/fevərit/

3. trousers   

A．/trausəz/

B．/trauzəs/

C．/trʌzəz/

D．/trauzəz /

4. worry     

A．/wəuri/

B．/wʌri/

C．/wəurei/

D．/wʌrei/

5. education   

A．/edju:keiʃən/	B．/edju:keiʒən /
C．/edʒukeiʃn /	D．/edʒukeiʒn /

10 .
1. president

A．escape

B．busy

C．suspect

D．grasp

2. blanket

A．think

B．find

C．alone

D．sentence

3. learn

A．dear

B．pear

C．wear

D．early

4. enough

A．though

B．light

C．daughter

D．laugh

5. blood

A．wood

B．loose

C．foot

D．flood