Ben walked quietly. He wanted to surprise the hunter. But then, what would he do

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Ben walked quietly. He wanted to surprise the hunter. But then, what would he do?
Suddenly he heard a bird’s wings beating the dry grass. Ben moved quickly toward the sound.
He saw a colored head ... the head of a beautiful bird. The bird did not move until Ben came close. Then it tried to fly away, but one wing was broken.
Ben lifted the bird and held it close against his body. The bird fought to escape, but soon lay quietly in Ben’s arms.
Ben decided to take the bird home and fix its broken wings so that it could fly again.
He was almost out of the woods when he heard the hunter behind him.
“You just found that bird?” the hunter asked.
“Yes,” Ben answered.
“It is mine!”
Ben was afraid and tried to answer, but his mouth was too dry to speak. Nevertheless, he wetted his lips and said, “No.”
“I shot him and I say he is mine!”
“But he is not dead yet,” Ben answered, “and besides, anything on my land belongs to me.”
The hunter looked down at the little man and smiled. “Say, who are you?”
Ben’s voice shook with both fear and anger. “I own this land. There are signs everywhere that say, ‘No hunting’.”
“No need to get angry, mister,” the hunter said. “Control yourself.”
There was something threatening in the man’s cool quiet voice. And he had a gun. His arms were free and Ben’s were not.
The hunter stepped closer and said, “Give me that bird!”
Ben was white with anger. “No!” he answered. His eye glasses became wet and he had to look over the top of them to see the other man.
“Give me the bird and I will go away,” the hunter said.
“You get off my land,” Ben told him. “Get off right now...you do not belong here!”
The man’s face got red. “Mister,” he said, “I have been hunting here all my life. I grew up here.”
“That is a thing of the past,” Ben said. “I do not know who you are and I do not care. I own this place now and I am telling you to leave. You go back through the woods and get off my land!”
“Now look, mister,” the hunter said, “be reasonable.”
The hunter raised his gun.
A cold wind blew across Ben’s face. He looked into the hunter’s gray eyes. Ben was frightened. It was not too late, he thought. He could still give the bird to the hunter and return safely home...that would end this whole ugly business.
The bird struggled weakly and made a wild, strange noise.
Then Ben knew he could never give this bird to the hunter. This feeling gave Ben great strength, and he was no longer afraid.
“I will never let you kill this bird,” he said. “Get away from here. If you try to take this bird, I will fight...you have a gun and you are bigger, but that does not worry me. You will never get this bird...you will have to kill me first.”
The two men looked at each other. Ben’s fear returned. His knees began to shake and he felt sick. Yet he stood straight, wondering what would happen next.
They stood close to each other for a long time. The woods were strangely quiet. Then the hunter’s rough voice broke the silence.
“You are a fool.” And then to Ben’s surprise, he slowly walked away.
Ben watched until he was gone. His arms hurt, his body felt wet and cold.
67. Why did the hunter smile when saying “Say, who are you”?
A. He wanted to confirm Ben’s identity in a friendly way.
B. He was amused at Ben’s reply and interested in him.
C. He looked down on Ben and thought his reply ridiculous.
D. He meant to be friendly enough to get the bird from Ben.
68. What strengthened Ben’s determination never to give the bird to the hunter?
A. His strong dislike of the hunter.    B. His firm confidence in himself.
C. His ownership of this piece of land.   D. His concern and sympathy for the bird.
69. Why did the hunter remark that Ben was a fool at the end of the story?
A. Ben tried to protect a bird at all costs.
B. Ben pretended to be fearless although scared.
C. Ben stood close to him saying nothing for long.
D. Ben insisted on him leaving the land.
70. Which of the following best describes Ben’s state of mind in the incident?
A. Ben was willing to compromise.                B. Ben never thought of giving in.
C. Ben held out to the end.                                   D. Ben was sure about his victory.

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67-70 CDAC

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A technical secondary school in Nanjing, east China’s Jiangsu province, planned to order Korean-style school uniforms for students, but parents opposed the move, believing that the new uniforms looked too good and would encourage early romances among the students, the Jinling Evening Paper reported Monday.
Parents
“My daughter was so excited about the Korean-style uniform, saying it’s her dream to wear mini-skirt to school every day,” a mom surnamed Cheng complained. “My daughter also called her classmates to talk about how handsome the boys looked in the uniform!”
Cheng looked on the Internet and found that most Korean schoolboy uniforms are similar to western suits. “They are so handsome! My daughter is a fan of Korean fashion, that’s why she is crazy about the uniform!” Cheng said. “If the students wear such beautiful uniforms, how can they study well? I prefer the sports wear which makes me think of health and positive thinking.”
School
“The plan to change the current school uniform from sports wear has been cancelled,” an employee of the school told the Jinling Evening Paper.
“The students dislike the current uniform, so the school took advice from the students last November, knowing that most of students prefer Korean-or Japanese-style school uniforms. We know cities like Shanghai and Guangzhou have changed their sports wear school uniforms to more fashionable uniforms,” an employee surnamed Lin said.
“However, we had to stop the plan because many parents are strongly against it. Some parents think it’s just a way for the school to make money, and others think the new uniforms will take students’ attention away from their studies,” Lin said.
When asked about the possibility of problems with early romance between students because of the more fashionable uniforms, Lin said he hadn’t considered it. He, however, agreed that the Korean-style uniform makes the students more charming.
Students
The students are very disappointed about the school’s final decision. They think the sports wear uniforms make them look androgynous (难分性别).
They said the Korean-style uniform has many advantages such as raising interest in class; lifting confidence; improving solidarity and creating good temperaments.
As for concerns about romance, the students believe that love is love and bears no relationship to the uniform.
Education department
“We don’t have a unified (统一的) standard for school uniforms. The schools can choose their own styles. Either sports wear or uniforms are ok,” an official from the Nanjing Bureau of Education said.

Title	Do pretty school uniforms lead to early romance?
Event	A technical secondary school planned to order Korean-style school uniforms for students.
Different (71)_____ to it	Parents are strongly (72)______ the move.	◆With such beautiful designs, the new uniforms might (73)__________ early romances between boys and girls. ◆In the new uniforms, students will fail to focus their (74)_________ on their studies. ◆It is just a way for the school to make money.
	Students are in 75)______ of the move.	◆The sports wear uniforms make them look androgynous. ◆Korean-style uniform can make them more (76)_________ and more interested in class as well as improving solidarity and creating good temperaments.
Two responses	From the school	◆The students dislike the current uniform. ◆More (77)__________ school uniforms are allowed in some big cities in China. ◆The school spokesman Lin said they hadn’t taken the possibility of early romance into (78)_________, though he agreed the Korean-style uniform would make the students more charming.
	From the education department	There is no unified standard for school uniforms, so the schools can choose their own styles.
Result	The school had to (79)________ the plan and the students felt (80)_________.

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第二节完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）

Teaching second grade is always a challenge. Each student arrives at school with his own needs and difficulties. One year a student called Billy 36 me with his behavior as well as his academic requirements. He struggled daily with his 37 emotions and often became angry or violent. I knew that, to make 38 progress, his emotions needed controlling.

One 39 I tried to help Billy was to have him come directly into the classroom when he arrived at school. Billy’s mom would 40 me to alert (警告) me to a particularly emotional morning at home. Then, I would focus on 41 his anger and calming him down before the other students arrived.

One week our class was studying 42 . I thought one way to bring learning into the classroom was to bring my dog Rocky to school for the day.

That day began as normal. I was preparing activities focused on dog themes 43 I was told that Billy had a 44 morning at home and I might need to get him 45 . As I was talking to his mom, Billy 46 into the classroom. To Billy’s 47 , Rocky immediately ran up to his new 48 , wagging his tail and licking Billy’s face with doggy affection. Billy couldn’t 49 Rocky’s charm (魅力) and began laughing as his anger melted away.

Throughout the day, Billy never left Rocky’s side, feeding him, being gentle with him and even 50 the other students while Rocky was sleeping.

Billy was known for doing anything he could to avoid 51 , but on this day he found a good dog story, “Clifford’s Puppy Days,” and read it to Rocky. How 52 I was at the sight of Billy reading happily！My little dog was able to 53 Billy’s day from one of anger and frustration to one of laughter, gentleness and 54 .

That day Rocky more than helped me with my 55 ; he helped to change the life of a child! After that Billy’s behavior definitely improved.

36. A. challenged B. cheated C. benefited D. betrayed

37. A. unforgettable B. uncontrollable C. unconscious D. unfortunate

38. A. physical B. mental C. academic D. authentic

39. A. advantage B. agenda C. reason D. way

40. A. awake B. call C. visit D. sign

41. A. tolerating B. observing C. relieving D. ignoring

42. A. emotions

B. pets C. botany D. diet

43. A. after B. as C. when D. before

44. A. boring B. fantastic C. busy D. rough

45. A. settled B. punished C. treated D. excited

46. A. fled B. stormed C

. jogged D. floated

47. A. surprise B. delight C. shame D. fear

48. A. protector B. trainer C. friend D. owner

49. A. resist B. describe C. reduce D. forget

50. A. educating B. envying C. comforting D. quieting

51. A. exploding B. reading C. arguing D. apologizing

52. A. surprised B. disappointed C. amused D. confused

53. A. urge B. shorten C. transform D. expand

54. A. admiration B. curiosity C. anxiety D. love

55. A. family B. teaching C. housework D. performance

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It was graduation day at Etihad Training Academy, where the national airline of the United Arab Emirates holds a seven-week training course for new flight attendants.

Despite her obvious pride, Ms. Fathi, a 22-year-old from Egypt, was amazed to find herself here. “I never in my life thought I’d work abroad,” said Ms. Fathi, who was a university student in Cairo when she began noticing newspaper advertisements employing young Egyptians to work at airlines based in the Persian Gulf.
A decade ago, unmarried Arab women like Ms. Fathi, working outside their home countries, were rare. But just as young men from poor Arab nations poured into the oil-rich Persian Gulf states for jobs, more young women are doing so.
Flight attendants have become the public face of the new mobility for some young Arab women, just as they were the face of new freedoms for women in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s. They have become a subject of social anxiety and fascination in much the same way.
For many families, allowing a daughter to work may call her virtue into question. Yet this culture is changing, said Musa Shteiwi, a sociologist at Jordan University in Amman. “We’re noticing more and more single women going to the gulf these days,” he said. “It’s still not exactly common, but over the last four or five years it’s become quite an observable phenomenon.”
Many of the young Arab women working in the Persian Gulf take delight in their status as pioneers, role models for their friends and younger female relatives. Young women brought up in a culture that highly values community, have learned to see themselves as individuals. The experience of living independently and working hard for high salaries has forever changed their beliefs about themselves, though it can also lead to a painful sense of separation from their home countries and their families.
—From New York Times (December 22, 2008)
56. It can be inferred from the passage that young Arab women _________.
A. go to work abroad after American women’s example
B. didn’t start to work abroad until the late 20th century
C. are commonly used to living and working separately
D. expect to take the same family responsibilities as men
57. According to the passage, the Arab women flight attendants can be described as _________.
A. proud, homesick or independent                 B. honest, outstanding or optimistic
C. mature, enthusiastic or energetic                 D. painful, desperate or conservative
58. How do the public respond to young Arab women’s new mobility?
A. The public think highly of it.            B. The public care very little about it.
C. The public show both interest and anxiety.   D. The public are strongly against it.
59. The author intends to tell the readers that __________.
A. Arab women can hardly find any work
B. flight attendants are badly needed in the gulf
C. flight attendants lead quite a different life
D. young Arab women’s values are changing

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When you do business online, remember one of the most important factors in online success is list building. No matter what goals you’re seeking with your online activities, building a good contact list is vital for a successful outcome. List building plays a major role in developing good relationships

with your site’s customers, and visitors. It can be used to get more sales for your site or business. For these reasons contact building should be high on your list when you’re marketing or promoting on the web. Fortunately, list building is an easy process that any site or webmaster can quickly set up as long as you understand two simple elements. To be really successful, your list building must combine these two key elements. Without these you will probably find building your contact list difficult and slow going. So it is worth your while to fully understand these two factors in your list building.
Value－It should offer important information, quality content, special deals / discounts, and more importantly, it should offer a valuable relationship or connection to an expert in the subject area of the list.
Subscribers (订户) must benefit from joining your list. If you’re building a list, just write down all the benefits someone would receive from joining your site or list, including receiving important information, getting special valuable content, receiving special deals / discounts, getting training videos and getting timely announcements or news. Don’t forget there may also be a psychological reason for joining your list－many people like being part of a group or membership site. It’s human nature. Everybody likes to feel included.
Free whatever you offer－make sure it is Free. The quickest way to build any list is to give away free valuable content, information, videos, reports, e-books, discounts, prizes... everybody loves a free gift. Just make them an offer they can’t refuse. This has more to do with the nature of your gift and the kind of contacts you’re building－giving away free buying guides on how to purchase real estate, fast cars, LCD TVs

, laptops... will definitely attract the right “buying customer”. If you’re into selling, you just have to adjust your marketing to combine the free element correctly. In addition, giving away something free is the first step in starting an ongoing relationship with your subscribers. It gets the ball rolling.

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第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The end of senior year is a truly special and wonderful time for American students. It"s 21
they will remember for the rest of their lives. My senior year, I can"t believe it"s 22 over. Now when I look back, it was 23 , but exciting, the ball, graduation, and then, of course, college.
I started my college 24 process months before Christmas. My parents told me it would be smart if I was arranged 25 interviews and tours. But I didn" t have a 26 aim. I wanted to go to college, but I didn"t want to deal with the stress.
As the days flew by, my applications 27 on my desk just as I had left them three months before. "You are 28 valuable time," my parents Complained. Sweeping away the gathered dust on the applications, I 29 them every Sunday until I finished.
Next came writing the essays. I had many ideas, but every school had different 30 . I changed them until I was pleased. Finally, everything was 31 .
Now I just had to wait. In March, I started receiving letters of rejection. I began to think that I had prepared myself for disappointment. I 32 a letter from Salem State College stating that they wanted to see my third quarter grades 33 they made their decision. Yes! At least someone wanted to 34 me. At the beginning of April, I received a letter from Keens State. I had been 35 . Those opening words "We regret to inform you... " made me sit down and cry. I had lost all hope. Then I heard from Plymouth State. Not my first 36 , but ... I had been accepted. Maybe if I get my 37 up, I can manage to another nicer school...
The college application process 38 me deeply. All my friends had dozens of schools to choose from. I guess my 39 were right. "High school grades are undoubtedly important to your future plans. " If I could do it all over again, I would 40 it more seriously.
21．A．something B．anything C．everything D．nothing

22．A．completely              B．finally                    C．nearly                     D．eventually
23．A．wonderful               B．important                C．different                 D．stressful
24．A．examination            B．application              C．graduation                     D．rejection
25．A．about                            B．on                          C．with                       D．for
26．A．true                        B．special                    C．clear                       D．serious
27．A．lay                         B．stood                      C．appeared                 D．gathered
28．A．spending                 B．wasting                   C．taking                     D．having
29．A．worked at               B．worked on                     C．worked for                 D．worked out

30．A．requirements           B．experiences             C．processes                D．statements
31．A．in order                  B．under control          C．in place                  D．under way
32．A．typed                            B．kept                      C．had                        D．wrote
33．A．after                       B．before                    C．until                       D．while
34．A．consider                 B．think                      C．believe                   D．refuse
35．A．admitted                 B．accepted                 C．rejected                  D．fired
36．A．idea                       B．essay                      C．interview                D．choice
37．A．letters                     B．grades                    C．hopes                D．plans

38．A．hurt                       B．frightened               C．damaged                 D．cheated
39．A．friends                   B．students                  C．teachers                  D．parents
40．A．make                      B．have                       C．take                        D．Get

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