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阅读理解。    In college , Spring Break (春假) is usually associated with the beach, parties and sleepless nights,
bringing about relaxation, free time and friends. Students who wish to spend their break doing
something productive and rewarding, however, may choose to participate in the Altemative Break
Program. It places college students in communities both at home and abroad.
      The Program allows students to take part in various projects dealing with  issues  such  as
literacy  (识字 ) , homelessness  and  the environment. It includes helping kids with their lessons,
raising money for families in need and collecting data for environmental research.
     The hope is that, by getting themselves involved in different environments, students will have the
opportunity to learn about members of communities and broaden their view. In turn, they will
incorporate (融合) their experiences and lessons learned into their own communities. In a word ,
the Program aims to encourage students to be active citizens and engage themselves in making a
difference in society.
     In the spring of 2006, about 36, 000 students in the USA participated in the Altemative Break
Program.
     Samantha Giacobozzi, now director of the Program, has been on five alternative break trips herself,
including trips to New Orleans, India and Dominican Republic. "I was a student who went on alternative
break trips and had my life totally transformed by that experience , " she said. " Every year , we meet
many students who have attended the Program. You can see changes in their life that are connected
with their altemative break experiences. "
     The Program began in  1991. Today , it  has  become  increasingly popular with college students
in the United States.1. Who may choose to participate in the Altemative Break Program?
  ( No more than 10 words)
___________________________________________________________________
2. What is the aim of the Program?  ( No more than 15 words)
____________________________________________________________________
3. What is the meaning of the underlined word "transformed" in
  Paragraph 5? (1 word)
_____________________________________________________________________
4. What is Samantha"s attitude toward the Program?  ( No more than
   10 words)
______________________________________________________________________
5. If you take part in the Program,which project are you interested
   in? And why?  ( No more than 25 words)
_______________________________________________________________________

1. Students who wish to do something productive and rewarding.
2. It is to encourage students to be active citizens and make a difference in society.
3. changed
4. She thinks highly of the Program./She is in favour of the Program. /She holds a positive attitude toward
the Program.
5.I am interested in helping kids with their lessons because education is important to them.
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     Certainly no creature in the sea is stranger than the common sea cucumber (海参). All living
creatures, especially human beings, have their features, but everything about the little sea cucumber
seems unusual. What else can be said about an unusual animal that eats mud, feeds almost continuously
day andnight but can live without eating for long periods, and can be poisonous but is considered
eatable?
     For some fifty million years in spite of all its strange features, the sea cucumber has lived on its diet of
mud. It is adaptable enough to live attached to rocks by its tube feet, under rocks in shallow Water, or
on the surface of mud flats. Common in cool water on both Atlantic and Pacific shores, it has the ability
to suck up mud or sand and digest whatever nutrients are present.
     Sea cucumbers come in a variety of colors, black to reddish-brown to sand-color and nearly white.
One form even has vivid purple feelers. Usually the creature are cucumber-shaped — where their name
comes from - and because they live in rocks, this shape, combined with flexibility, enables them to press
into crevices (缝隙) where they are safe from animal eater and ocean currents.
     Although they have greedy desire for food, eating day and night, sea cucumbers have the ability to
become still and live at a low metabolic (新陈代谢) rate — feeding s little or not at all for long periods,
so that the living things in the ocean that provide their food have chance to increase by a large amount.
If it were not for this natural ability, they would swallow all the food available in a short time and would
probably starve themselves out of existence.
     But the most impressive thing about the sea cucumber is the way it defends itself. Its major enemies
are fish and crabs. When attacked, it forces all its organs in its body out into water. It also removes
attached structures such as feelers. The sea cucumber will get rid of its organs and grow itself again if it
is attacked or even touched; it will do the same if the surrounding water temperature is too high or if the
water becomes too polluted. 1. According to the passage, why is the shape of sea cucumbers important?A. It makes them attractive to fish.
B. It helps them to digest their food.
C. it helps them to protect themselves from danger.
D. it makes it easier for them to move through the mud. 2. The fourth paragraph of the passage mainly discusses ______. A. the reproduction of sea cucumbers
B. the food sources of sea cucumbers
C. the eating habits of sea cucumbers
D. the danger to sea cucumbers" existence 3. What can he inferred about the defense system of the sea cucumber?A. They are similar to those of most sea creatures,
B. They are very sensitive to the surroundings.
C. They require group cooperation.
D. They are almost useless.4. What would be the best tithe for the text?  A. The Variety of Sea Cucumbers
B. The Sources of Sea Cucumbers
C. The Similarity of Sea
D. The Strange Creature — Sea Cucumbers

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     Educating girls quite possibly gets a higher rate of reward than any other investment (投资) available
in the developing world. Women"s education may be an unusual field for economists (经济学家), but
increasing women"s contribution to development is actually as much an economic as a social issue. And
economics, with its focus on encouragement, provides all explanation for why so many girls fail to receive
an education.
     Parents in low-income countries don"t invest willingly in their daughters because they do not expect
them to make an economic contribution to the family: girls grow up only to marry into somebody else"s
family and bear children. Girls are thus seen as less valuable than boys and usually have to stay at home
to do housework while their brothers are sent to school.
     An educated mother, on the other hand, has greater earning abilities outside the home and faces an
entirely different set of choices. She is likely to have fewer but healthier children and can insist on
developing all her children, ensuring that her daughters are given a fair chance. The education of her
daughters then makes it much more likely that the next generation of girls, as well as of boys, will be
educated and healthy.
     Few will argue that educating women has great social benefits. But it has huge economic advantages
as well. Most obviously, there is the direct effect of education on the wages of female workers. Wages
rise by 10 to 20 percent for each additional year of schooling. Such big returns are impressive by the
standard of other available investments, but they are just the beginning. Educating women also has a
significant influence on health practices, including family planning.

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Topic	The significance of female 1. ____ in developing countries
Viewpoint	Educating girls 2. __ __ a family more than any other investment.
3. __ __ in different families	◆ Girls are of less 4. _ _ than boys. ◆ Girls and boys should have 5. __ __ chances. ◆ 6. ___ _ should be for all children.
practice in low -income countries	◆ Parents are 7.__ to invest in daughters. ◆ Girls are 8. __ __ to stay at home to do" housework.
Significance	Educating girls 9. __ __ to .social benefits, economic advantages and health practices, including family planning.
10. ____	Educating girls in developing countries is important and rewarding.
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Salvation Army Angel Program Angel Tree collects gifts for children and families in need. Participate by selecting an angel from any Angel Tree at all Cyprus Credit Union location or any Utah Macy"s Department store. Shop for your angel, then return your new, unwrapped gift to the same Angel Tree. Gifts must be returned before December 14. For more information, call (801) 988-5678 in the Salt Lake area,(801) 374 -2588 in the Provo area. Utah Association for People with Intellectual Disabilities Holiday Gift Box Program The program serves primarily low-income adults with intellectual disabilities who don"t qualify for other programs because of age limits, said Joyce Whalen, the association"s board president. To donate, visit the association at 1326 S.2100 East from 9am to about 5:30 pm to choose an ornament(装饰物) that provides information about an individual who will benefit from the program. Shop for new items and return them by December 14. Donations of generic items, such as towels, socks and hygiene products also accepted, as are monetary donations. For more information, call 801-440-1674. Utah Foster Care Foundation"s Giving Tree Program The program seeks new gifts and cash donations to fulfill the holiday wishes of more than 1,000 children in state-licensed foster homes." Many of the children in care have been removed from their biological homes because of neglect or abuse," said Nikki Mackay, the foundation"s director. " Christmas can be a difficult time for them." To learn how to support the program, call 877-505-5437. Utah State Hospital Forgotten Patient Program The program provides Christmas gifts for hundreds of patients with mental illness. In the history of the program--which may go back as far as 60 years, organizer Shawna Peterson said, "we"ve never had a forgotten patient." And she doesn"t want this year to change that. To support the program, contact Peterson at 801-344-6088.
1.After you buy an angel, you should ________.
A..post it to where you bought B. open its package to examine it C. send it to families in need for yourself D. bring it back in its original form
2.If you want to help adults with intellectual disabilities, you should call_____.
A. 801-440-1674 B.801-988-5678 C. 877-505-5437 D. 801-344-6088
3.The underlined phrases "biological homes" in the third program refers to ______.
A..homes where they are just brought up B.homes where their natural parents live C.homes where they learn biology D.homes where are related to bacteria
4.From the last program, we can infer that ______.
A..the patients often forgot to come to the hospital B.the patients are often forgotten to be looked after C.the patients are being taken good care of D.the patients had a poor memory in the hospital
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Recently, scientists have developed a wireless brainmachine interface that help restore communication to people who can no longer speak by reading brainwaves using electrodes (电极) stuck on their heads. Unfortunately, these have proved very slow, at roughly one word typed per minute, making normal conversations and social interactions virtually impossible. Scientist Frank Guenther and his colleagues reveal a brainmachine interface that uses electrodes implanted directly into the brain for research into real time speech. "It should soon be possible for extremely paralysed individuals who are incapable of speaking to produce speech through a laptop computer, " said Guenther. The scientists worked with a 26-year- old male volunteer who experience near-total paralysis due to a stroke he suffered when he was 16. They implanted an electrode that had two wires into a part of the brain that help plan and execute movements related to speech. The electrode recorded brain signals when the volunteer attempted to talk and the wires spread them across the scalp(头皮)to help drive a speech synthesizer (合成器). The delay between brain activity and sound output was just 50 milliseconds on average, roughly the same with regular speech. "He was quite excited, particularly on the first few days we used the system, as he got used to its properties, " Guenther recalled." I am sure the work proceeds slowly from his perspective, as it does from ours. Nonetheless, he was very excited about getting real-time audio feedback of his intended speech and happy to work very hard with us throughout the experiments." "The current system uses data from just two wires. Within a year it will be possible to implant a system with 16 times as many." Guenther said." This will allow us to tap into neurons(神经元),which in the end means better control over a synthesizer and thus better speech."


1.In the study of Guenther, electrodes are _______.
A..fixed on the heads B. put into the heads C. tied to the heads D. separated from the heads
2.The underlined word "them" in Paragraph 4 refers to _______.
A..movements B. wires C. brain signals D. Scientists
3. What might be the best title for the passage?
A. Wireless Device Are Used to Read Words in the Brain. B. New Equipment Helps you read others" mind. C. Virtual tongue can make you speak fluently. D. It is no secret what you are thinking in mind.
Scientists say they now have proof to support the old-fashioned advice that it"s best to sleep on a problem. They say sleep strengthens the memory and helps the brain organize the masses of information we receive each day. The lead researcher Bob Stickgold at the Harvard Medical School said, "Sleep helps us draw rules from our experiences. It"s like knowing the difference between dogs and cats even if it"s hard to explain." The US research team studied how well students remembered connections between words and symbols, reports New Scientist. They compared how the students performed if they had had a sleep between seeing the words and having the test, and if they had not slept. They found that people were better able to remember lists of related words after a night’s sleep than after the same time spent awake during the day. They also found it easier to remember themes that the words had in common. But they forgot around one in four more themes if they had been awake. Prof. John Groeger, of Survey University"s Sleep Research Centre, said, "People have been trying for years to find out what the purpose of sleep is, as we know that only certain parts of it have a restorative （促使康复的）value." "We form and store huge numbers of experiences in the head every day, and sleep seems to be the way the brain deals with them all."
1. The phrase "to sleep on a problem" in Paragraph 1 most likely means "________".
A. to pay full attention to a problem B. to wait until the next day for a decision C. to sleep to forget a problem D. to have difficulty in sleeping
2. In the study by the US research team, students were asked to ________.
A. put together words of similar meanings B. remember words and their meanings C. show their knowledge of words D. make up lists of related words
3. Which of the following may be easier to remember?
A. Themes learned right before the test. B. Rules from personal experiences. C. Words learned before a good sleep. D. Ideas stored together in the brain.
4. What may be the importance of the research?
A. It shows that sleep may help us manage information. B. It helps find out the common themes of words. C. It tells us that more sleep can improve health. D. It proves the value of old-fashioned advice.