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阅读理解     1. ________This was not because the woods and fields were always far away, but because they were too far from the city to permit people to make a day trip between morning and nightfall.
     2. ________He decided to turn his little school into a dormitory (宿舍楼) for the summer holidays.Anyone who brought his sleeping bag and cooking equipment along could stay there for a very small quantity of money.The idea was a success.A few years later, the school house was much too small to hold the many young people who wanted to stay there.3.________.This was the first hostel (青年招待所).
     Today, young students and workers of every country can meet in the hostel and get to know each other.When young people arrive at the hostel, they have only to show their cards of membership in a hostel organization in their own country.4.________
     Often, at the evening meal, a group of boys and girls from various parts of the country or world will happen to meet at the same hostel.They may put their food together and prepare a dinner with many kinds of dishes.Sometimes a program will be organized after the meal with dances, songs, or short talks followed by a question period.5.______For this reason, a few weeks spent "hosteling" can be just as useful a part of one"s education as classes in school.

A. In 1970, a young German school master had an idea which changed this situation.
B. People can stay in the hostel if they brought enough equipment with them.
C. One can learn a lot about other places, just by meeting people from those places
D. As a result, a dormitory was set up in an old castle nearby.
E. For years, children in the industrial areas of Europe seldom left their cities to see the
    beauties of the countryside.
F. More and more young people went to the hostel for summer holidays.
G. This card will permit them to stay in a hostel all over the world for very low prices.

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     We are all called upon to make a speech at some point in life, but most of us don"t do a very good
job.1________.
     So, you have to give a speech-and you are terrified.You get nervous, you forget what you want to
say, you stumble (结结巴巴) over words, you talk too long, and you bore your audience.Later you
think, "Thank Goodness, it"s over.I"m just not good at public speaking.I hope I never have to do that
again."
     Cheer up!2.________.Here are some simple steps to take the pain out of speechmaking.Ask yourself
the purpose of your speech.What is the occasion?Why are you speaking?Then, gather as many facts as
you can on your subject.Spend plenty of your time doing your research.Then spend plenty of your time
organizing your material so that your speech is clear and easy to follow.Use as many examples as
possible, and use pictures, charts, and graphs if they help you make your points more clearly.
3.________.Don"t talk over their heads, and don"t talk down to them.Treat your audience with respect.
They will appreciate your thoughtfulness.
     Just remember:Be prepared.Know your subject, your audience, and the occasion.Be brief.
4.________.And be yourself.Let your personality come through so that you make persontoperson
contact with your audience.
     If you follow these simple steps, you will see that you don"t have to be afraid of public speaking.In
fact, you may find the experience so enjoyable that you volunteer to make more speeches!You"re not
convinced yet?5.________.

A. It doesn"t have to be that bad.
B. Take several deep breaths after your speech.
C. This article gives some advice on how to give a good speech.
D. Say what you have to say and then stop.
E. Don"t say what you aren"t familiar with.
F. Never forget your audience.
G. Give it a try and see what happens.

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     People always think about "the problem of youth". If there is one-which I take leave to doubt-it is
older people who create it,not the young themselves.Let us get down to fundamentals and agree that the
young are after all human beings-people just like their elders.There is only one difference between an old
man and a young one:the young man has a beautiful future before him while the old man a splendid future
behind him and maybe that is where the rub is.
     When I was a teenager,I felt that I was just young and unknown-that I was a new boy in a huge
school,and I would have been very pleased to be regarded as something so interesting as a problem.For
one thing,being a problem gives you a certain identify,and that is one of the things the young are busily
engaged in seeking.
     I find young people exciting.They have an air of freedom,and they have not a dull promise to mean
ambitions or love of comfort.They are not anxious social climbers,and they have no devotion to important
things.All this seems to me to link them with life,and the origins of things.It"s as if they were in some sense
of cosmic beings in violent and lovely contrast with us suburban (乡村的) creatures.All that is in my mind when I meet a young person.He may be too proud,illmannered,selfconfident or selfsatisfied,but I do not
turn for protection to boring clich?s about respect for elders as if age were a reason for respect.I accept
that we are equals,and I will argue with them,as an equal,if I think he is wrong.

1. "The problem of youth" in Paragraph 1 means the problem________.

A. caused by young people
B. needed to be solved by young people
C. young people meet
D. created by the old for the young

2. The underlined word "rub" is closest in meaning to________.

A. fact
B. age
C. future
D. difficulty

3. One of the things the young are engaged in is that they want to________.

A. climb up the social ladder
B. have freedom
C. be known
D. make troubles

4. By saying "anxious social climbers",the writer refers to________.

A. some mean adults
B. ambitious young people
C. capable political leaders
D. people who pursue comfort

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阅读理解     I am a good mother of three children.I have tried never to let my passion stand in the way of being a
good parent.
     I no longer consider myself the center of the universe.I show up.I listen.I try to laugh.I am a good
friend to my husband.I have tried to make marriage vows (誓言) mean what they say.I am a good friend
to my friends, and they to me.Without them, there would be nothing to say to you today.
    So here"s what I want to tell you today:Get a life.A real life, not a desire of the next promotion (提升),
the bigger paycheck, the larger house.
     Get a life in which you are not alone.Find people you love, and who love you.And remember that love
is not leisure (休闲), it is work.Pick up the phone.Send an email.Write a letter.And realize that life is the
best thing and that you have no business taking it for granted.
     It is so easy to waste our lives, our days, our hours, and our minutes.It_is_so_easy_to_exist_instead_
of_to_live.I learnt to live many years ago.Something really, really bad happened to me, something that
changed my life in ways that, if I had my choice, it would never have been changed at all.And what I
learned from it is what, today, seems to be the hardest lesson of all.
     I learned to love the journey, not the destination.I learned to look at all the good in the world and try
to give some of it back because I believed in it, completely and totally.And I tried to do that, in part, by
telling others what I had learned.
     By telling them this:Read in the backyard with the sun on your face.Learn to be happy.And think of life as a deadly illness, because if you do, you will live it with joy and passion (激情) as it ought to be lived.

1. It can be inferred from the passage that________.

A. the author is a success in personal life
B. the author didn"t try her best to work well
C. the author spent all her time caring for her children
D. the author likes traveling very much

2. How did the author form her view of life?

A. Through social experience.
B. By learning from her friends.
C. Through an unfortunate experience.
D. From her children and husband.

3. By the underlined sentence "It is so easy to exist instead of to live" in the fifth paragraph,
    the author really means that people tend to________.

A. make a living rather than live a real life
B. work rather than enjoy life
C. waste a lot in life
D. forget the most important lessons in life

4. What"s the author"s attitude toward work?

A. Do it well to serve others.
B. Earn enough money to make life better.
C. Try your best to get a higher position and a pay raise.
D. Don"t let it affect your real life.

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阅读理解     Busy senior managers need no longer waste time in showering themselves-an Australian company has
invented a suit that can be worn while they wash.
     The suit has been specially designed so that it can be cleaned under the showerhead.There is no need
for soaking (浸泡), dry cleaning-or even soap.
     The Japanese market has taken a liking to the "shower suit", described as "revolutionary" by its owner   Australian Wool Innovation (AWI), which is the research and marketing body that represents Australian
woolgrowers.Orders have been placed for 170,000 of the woolen suits.
     The suit could be worn in the shower, although it was probably better to hang it on a clothes hanger
and carry it instead, AWI corporate affairs spokesman Stephen Feighan said."The idea is that you hang it
up and then...you give it a spray (喷雾), and it"s dry the next morning, " Mr Feighan said.
     A Japanese researcher working for AWI invented the suit by combining three technologies.The secret
is the best lining (内衬), which allows the suit to dry quickly.The shower suit attracted busy corporate
people, particularly those who often traveled or stayed up late, Mr Feighan said.The airline industry was
also interested.
     Mr Feighan confessed he had not worn one of the suits yet, or tried to wash it in the shower, because
they cut to fit Japanese figures.
     AWI believes that the shower suit will spread from the Japanese market through Europe and India.
Mr Feighan hoped the suit, made from local wool, would be available in Australia in 12 to 18 months"
time.

1. What is the writing purpose of the article?

A. To introduce a newlydesigned shower suit.
B. To help the white collars arrange their life more sensibly.
C. To provide suggestions on saving time in bath.
D. To praise AWI for its important achievement.

2. Which is true about the suit according to the passage?

A. It can spare the owner"s trouble of soaking, dry cleaning and applying soap.
B. It is of the quality of fast dry for its best cloth.
C. It is not suitable for hanging.
D. It has attracted more orders than any other suit.

3. The suit draws the attention from all the following groups EXCEPT________.

A. corporate people who are always on the go
B. people on occasional business trips
C. the airline industry
D. people burning the midnight oil

4. Which of the following has much to do with Mr Feighan?

A. The invention of the suit.
B. The tryon of the suit.
C. The combination of the three technologies on the suit.
D. The popularization of the suit and best wishes for it

5. It can be inferred from the passage that________.

A. Australians prefer foreign markets to the domestic one
B. wool is the most favorite material for clothing
C. westerners have different body sizes and figures from easterners
D. Australia"s economy will not recover within a year

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     Many people wonder why the United States has been a hot spot for Chinese students for years,
despite its extremely strict visa policy. On the other hand, China"s rise as an economic powerhouse is
resulting in a rapid expansion of its higher education system, making it the fastergrowing destination for
American foreign exchange students.
     Recently, according to a study by the Institute of International Education, a research organization
based in New York, the number of American students seeking higher education in China has never been
greater, increasing by 90 percent from 2002 to 2004. Alan Goodman, president of the institute, believes
that the_phenomenon lies in the pace of change in China, which is spending billions of dollars to expend
and transform its higher educational facilities into worldclass institutions.
     "China is a job market, " said Professor Chou, professor of East Asian Studies at Princeton
University. "Twenty years ago, only those interested in Chinese literature would study the Chinese
language. Now all professors have opened up. "
     China now ranks 9th as a host destination for American students, advancing from the No. 12 spot it
held a year earlier. The study revealed that Britain continues to be the leading destination, attracting
16. 8 percent of all American students who study abroad. On the other hand, in the 2004～2005
academic year, China sent more than 62,000 students to the United States, nearly 60 percent more than
a decade earlier. According to the study, the Chinese now make up 11 percent of foreign students in the
United States, the secondlargest group behind students from India. 1. From the first paragraph, we know that for many years Chinese students want to go to the US but________. A. Chinese government refuses to give a visa
B. it is extremely difficult to get a visa
C. it results in a rapid expansion
D. China becomes a fastgrowing country2. According to the text, "the phenomenon" in the second paragraph refers to________. A. more American students" seeking higher education in China
B. the pace of change in China during the past few years
C. founding a research organization based in New York
D. expending and transforming its higher educational facilities3. Ten years ago, China sent about________students to the United States. A. 62,000
B. 55,000
C. 38,750
D. 6,8204. What is the main idea of this text?A. American students are looking for destinations.
B. American students are interested in Chinese culture.
C. Britain continues to be the leading destination.
D. China grows as a study hot spot for US students.

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