There were smiling children all the way. Clearly they knew at what time the train passed their homes and they made it their business to stand along the railway, wave to complete strangers and cheer them up as they rushed towards Penang. Often whole families stood outside their homes and waved and smiled as if those on the trains were their favorite relatives. This is the simple village people of Malaysia. I was moved.
I had always traveled to Malaysia by plane or car, so this was the first time I was on a train. I did not particularly relish the long train journey and had brought along a dozen magazines to read and reread. I looked about the train. There was not one familiar face. I sighed and sat down to read my Economics.
It was not long before the train was across the Causeway and in Malaysia. Johore Baru was just another city like Singapore, so I was tired of looking at the crowds of people as they hurried past. As we went beyond the city, I watched the straight rows of rubber trees and miles and miles of green. Then the first village came into sight. Immediately I came alive; I decided to wave back.
From then on my journey became interesting. I threw my magazines into the waste basket and decided to join in Malaysian life. Then everything came alive. The mountains seemed to speak to me. Even the trees were smiling. I stared at everything as if I was looking at it for the first time.
The day passed fast and I even forgot to have my lunch until I felt hungry. I looked at my watch and was surprised that it was 3:00 pm. Soon the train pulled up at Butterworth. I looked at the people all around me. They all looked beautiful. When my uncle arrived with a smile, I threw my arms around him to give him a warm hug (擁抱). I had never done this before. He seemed surprised and then his weather-beaten face warmed up with a huge smile. We walked arm in arm to his car.
I looked forward to the return journey.
小題1: The author expected the train trip to be________ .

A．a(chǎn)dventurous

B．pleasant

C．exciting

D．dull

小題2: What did the author remember most fondly of her train trip?

A．The friendly country people.	B．The mountains along the way.
C．The crowds of people in the streets.	D．The simple lunch served on the train.

小題3: Which of the following words can best take the place of the word "relish" in the second paragraph?

A．choose

B．enjoy

C．prepare for

D．carry on

小題4: Where was the writer going?

A．Johore Baru

B．The Causeway.

C．Butterworth

D．Singapore

小題5: What can we learn from the story?

A．Comfort in traveling by train.	B．Pleasure of living in the country.
C．Reading gives people delight.	D．Smiles brighten people up.

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One student took a box of chicken to class．Another carried on a cell-phone  21  ,and still another whistled loudly every time the   22  turned his back．
Reform school? No．College．
More and more, professors say, they are coming across  23   students in their classrooms．Many of today’s young scholars arrive late, leave  24 , talk loud or take care of personal  25 such as paying bills during class．
Why are the students behaving  26  _? “Because they can,” said a student of University of North Texas．“A lot of the time, the professors let them get away with it．”
Some educators say it is time to bring politeness back to their classrooms—and even   27 taking some of the blame for bad behavior．They say that rude students are by no means the majority but that one of them can ruin an entire   28 ．
People are   29 __when they learn that impolite behavior is becoming more and more common in   30  _ education, says Dr．Gerald Amanda, a counselor at City College of San Francisco．They   31 some high school students to misbehave, but think those who get to   32__ will behave more politely．
Dr．Amanda believes that society in   33  has become more tolerant of rude behavior and 
34  ___ people in power, including professors, no longer  35 ___standards for  36 __．That leads to a growing imprudence（輕率行為）  37 some college students．“There’s a great   38    of bad behavior in the world around them, and young people see it and   39  _disrespect,” said Dr．Amanda,   40 ___that sometimes students “have no idea that they are being rude．”

小題1:	A．line B．conversation C．message D．picture

小題2:	A．professor B．student C．president D．classmate

小題3:	A．hardworking B．cheating C．rude D．selfish

小題4:	A．late B．early C．noisily D．quietly

小題5:	A．felling B．interest C．computer D．business

小題6:	A．badly B．well C．politely D．oneself

小題7:	A．enjoy B．hate C．start D．a(chǎn)void

小題8:	A．school B．company C．society D．class

小題9:	A．delighted B．surprised C．interested D．encouraged

小題10:

A．better B．more C．higher D．younger

小題11:．

A．expect

B．hope

C．forbid

D．wish

小題12:

A．work B．college C．learning D．knowledge

小題13:

A．a(chǎn)ll B．time C．charge D．general

小題14:

A．why B．how C．whether D．that

小題15:

A．change B．break C．set D．reach

小題16:

A．teaching B．politeness C．thinking D．progress

小題17:

A．a(chǎn)bout B．for C．behind D．a(chǎn)mong

小題18:

A．deal B．number C．many D．sum

小題19:

A．prepare B．grow C．develop D．improve

小題20:

A．speaking B．a(chǎn)dding C．warning D．wishing

  All schoolchildren should have "happiness" lessons up to the age of 18 to combat(fight) growing levels of depression, according to a senior Government adviser.
Pupils should study subjects such as how to manage feelings, attitudes to work and money, channeling (引導) negative emotions and even how to take a critical view of the media, said Lord Layard, a professor of economics at the London School of Economics.
The proposal comes only days after the Government said that lessons in manners—including respect for the elderly and how to say "please" and "thank you" should be taught in secondary schools to combat bad behavior.
Lord Layard said, "Learning hard things takes an enormous amount of practice. To play the violin well takes10,000 hours of practice. How can we expect people to learn to be happy without massive amounts of practice and repetition?"
It is believed that at least two percent of British children under 12 now struggle with significant depression. Among teenagers, the figure rises to five percent. AUNICEF study involving 21 developed countries showed that British children were the least satisfied with their lives, while the World Health Organization predicts that childhood psychiatric (精神)disorders will rise by 50 percent by 2020.
In a speech at Cambridge University, Lord Layard said the Government's lessons in manners did not go far enough. "We need a commitment to producing a major specialism in this area, with a serious teacher training program," he said.
However, happiness lessons have been criticized by academics. Frank Furedi, a sociology professor at Kent University and author of Therapy Culture, said, "In pushing emotional literacy, what some teachers are really doing is abandoning teaching. They are giving up and talking about emotions instead, so that children value all this non-discipline-led activity more than math, English or science. What is amazing about this is that time and time again, research says that it does not work. "
小題1: Frank Furedi believes that ______.

A．happiness lessons should be taught to children

B．happiness lessons are just a waste of time

C．formal teaching can go side by side with happiness lessons

D．formal teaching should not give way to happiness lessons

小題2: We can conclude from the passage that _______.

A．the British Government hasn't fully realized the problems with British students

B．Lord Layard thinks little of the Government's lessons in manners

C．British students are not well-behaved enough

D．lessons in manners have brought about positive changes in British students

小題3: Which of the following methods does Lord Layard use to show learning to be happy takes practice?

A．Comparison.

B．Description.

C．Argument.

D．Analysis.

小題4: What does Lord Layard think of the Government's lessons in manners?

A．They are quite enough to solve the present problem.

B．They can hardly meet the special demands of education.

C．They are only focused on a major specialism.

D．They will probably end up in failure.

小題5:What do we know about British children from the passage? 

A．They are the least happy among 21 developed countries.

B．They suffer depression at an earlier age.

C．They are the easiest to suffer childhood psychiatric disorders.

D．Their standard of living is the lowest among 21 developed countries.

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Preparing for tomorrow
Sixth-grade schoolteacher Ms．Shelton believed in readiness．Students remembered how she walked in on the first day of class and began writing words of eighth-grade on the    36 ．They quickly protested that the words were not on their   37   and they couldn’t learn them．
Their teacher insisted that the students could and would learn these   38  ．She said that she would teach them something that should be given．Ms．Shelton   39    by saying that one of the students in the classroom could go on to   40  , maybe even be president someday, and she wanted to prepare them for that day．
Ms．Shelton spoke those words many years ago．  41   did she know that someday one of her students—Jesse Jackson—would take them   42  ．She believed that if they were well prepared, they could   43  high goals．
Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “People only see what they are   44   to see．” If that’s true, then it is also    45   that they only become what they are prepared to become．And many things in life are just about getting ready．
“I want to be doing something more    46   with my life than what I am doing now,” a young man once said to me．He    47   what he was doing was just not that important．Other people have said things to me such as, “I only    48   I had a meaningful relationship．” And, “I’d really like to get a better job, but I just don’t see    49   ．”
You fill in the blanks．What is it you would like to    50   that isn’t happening? Perhaps the answer is that you are not yet   51  ．Maybe you need more time to prepare before you are truly ready for that which you   52  ．
Think of today as another chance to   53  yourself for the exciting future you are looking for．Today is not wasted．If you desire more from   54  , then you can use today as training．For you will experience only what you are prepared to    55  ．Something wonderful can happen．And you can use today to get ready for tomorrow．

小題1:	A．desk B．wall C．chalkboard D．door

小題2:	A．duty B．desk C．mind D．level

小題3:	A．words B．grammars C．pronunciations D．sentences

小題4:	A．started B．ended C．warned D．reminded

小題5:	A．greatness B．wealth C．honor D．failure

小題6:	A．Seldom B．Little C．Hardly D．Totally

小題7:	A．nervously B．eagerly C．seriously D．simply

小題8:	A．keep B．have C．set D．a(chǎn)chieve

小題9:	A．prepared B．forced C．a(chǎn)ttracted D．tempted

小題10:

A．proper B．exact C．legal D．true

小題11:

A．difficult B．significant C．pleasant D．interesting

小題12:

A．boasted B．behaved C．felt D． looked

小題13:

A．wish B．expect C．hope D．imagine

小題14:

A．what B．when C．why D．how

小題15:

A．survive B．happen C．gain D．win

小題16:

A．a(chǎn)dventurous B．a(chǎn)ctive C．ready D．intelligent

小題17:

A．concern B．a(chǎn)rrange C．a(chǎn)dore D．desire

小題18:

A．prepare B．enjoy C．imagine D．conduct

小題19:

A．history B．nature C．life D．marriage

小題20:

A．suffer B．experience C．struggle D．work

Bats are the only mammals(哺乳動物) which can fly properly. Other flying mammals have wings of thin skin which cover their sides between their front and back legs. They can only fly from tree to tree, but they cannot change direction when they want to.
All bats fly at night and most of them hunt for flying insects(昆蟲), such as bees. The common bat finds its food by making a constant noise that the human ear cannot hear. The bat listens for echoes(回聲) of the noise as it bounces(反射) off the insects showing the bat their position.
The Fruit bat feeds on many different kinds of fruit. It does not use echoes but instead has very large, special eyes to see even in low light. The largest Fruit bat has a wing length of 0.75 meters. The Vampire bat drinks the blood of large mammals, and a few bats catch fish, birds and even other bats.
小題1: Some flying mammals are not real flyers because _____.

A．they do not have wings	B．their wings are too thin
C．they have skin between their legs	D．they cannot turn around in the air

小題2: When common bats hunt for food they _____.

A．use echoes to kill the insects	B．make a noise to draw insects to them
C．produce a sound and listen to the echoes	D．listen noise made by the insects

小題3: Unlike other bats, the Fruit bat _____.

A．can see very well	B．eats fruit and fish
C．has very long wings	D．has excellent hearings

小題4:The word "it" in the second paragraph refers to _____.

A．the bat

B．the echo

C．the noise

D．the insect

Finding the right school for your child is a process. You will want to read about the school, talk to any friends who are involved in the school and, most important of all, visit the school.
The first step in finding out about Indian Creek is to request an information packet. We will be happy to send you a packet containing a brochure(小冊子), the fee structure and an application. The packet should answer most of your general questions about the school.
In order to get a true sense of Indian Creek School, you should come for an Admission Tour, which includes a personal meeting focusing on your child, a tour of the building and the classrooms, and a discussion of the curriculum(課程).
This visit is no less important if the child for whom you are seeking admission is a teenager than if he or she is a three-year-old one. Every school has a different “school climate.” If you visit two or three schools, you will notice that each “feels” different. You know your child best and you will quickly develop a sense of whether a school is the right match or not.
●The initial point of entry for Indian Creek Students is at the pre-kindergarten level for three year olds.
●Children must be three years old by August 31st.
●We also have major points of entry from grade six to grade nine. At each of these levels, we open new sections and accept students in addition to those moving up from our own lower grades.
●There are scattered(零散的) openings available throughout the program due to attrition(學生流失). Once an opening occurs, students spend a day at ICS, part of which includes admission testing.
小題1: You can NOT get to know about ICS by ________.

A．getting an information packet

B．taking an admission tour

C．a(chǎn)sking friends involved in ICS

D．taking an admission test

小題2: During the Admission Tour, you can ________.

A．having a meeting with the children

B．decide on the design of the classrooms

C．talk with the school about the courses

D．choose the weather suitable for study

小題3: Which of the following is NOT accepted for ICS when there is no attrition?

A．A boy who will be 3 years old by July.

B．A fifth grader originally studying in ICS.

C．An eighth grader from another school.

D．A fourth grader from another school.

小題4: The text is intended for ________.

A．teachers

B．parents

C．kindergarteners

D．school kids

A new study has been carried to test the role of story telling in lowering blood pressure. Dr. Thomas Houston, a professor of the University of Massachusetts Medical School, led a group of scientists that researched how pre-recorded videos of hypertension (高血壓) patients' talking about their medical histories helped another group of patients with high blood pressure to control their condition over several months.
Houston was surprised by their studies that suggested that communication can be a powerful tool in medicine. They showed that those who had had similar experiences, when talking to someone with a similar background, could help change their behavior to become healthier. Hypertension is difficult to control, since it is dependent on diet, exercise and mental state. Medical treatments with drugs, and lifestyle therapies(療法) have been relatively ineffective because people find it hard to follow those medical requirements.
In the test, his team carefully chose their story-tellers from 230 members of a patients' community with whom they could most easily relate. Next, they divided their study population into two groups. One received three interactive DVDs containing the tellers' stories of their experiences in living with and treating their hypertension. The other were given educational discs on an unrelated health topic. The study volunteers reported that they had listened to the DVDs, and after three months, those who heard the stories of the hypertensive patients lowered their blood pressure.
While the study did not address how the story-telling influenced the patients' behavior, Houston doubts that watching patients of similar backgrounds who had a similar medical experience helped to motivate them to seek medical help to their hypertension. They found that after six months the difference in blood pressure between those who watched the story-tellers and those who observed the unrelated videos remained, suggesting that the story-telling continued to have an effect.
小題1: We can learn from the text that the pre-recorded videos _________.

A．tell medical histories of hypertension patients

B．introduce some medical treatments of hypertension

C．introduce a good lifestyle for hypertensive patients

D．tell scientific discoveries of the scientist group

小題2:Houston was surprised to find that _______.

A．hypertension is really difficult to control

B．communication has some medical effects

C．medical treatments have no effect at all

D．people don't follow the medical requirements

小題3: The underlined word "address" in the last paragraph most probably means _______.

A．persuade

B．observe

C．a(chǎn)ttend

D．a(chǎn)nnounce

小題4: Which of the following could be the best title of the text?

A．The stories of some hypertension patients.

B．Medical treatments of blood pressure.

C．Storytelling may help lower blood pressure.

D．Suggestions about how to lower blood pressure.

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A high school history teacher once told us, “If you make one close friend in school, you will be most fortunate. A   21  friend is someone who stays with you for life”.   22  teaches that he was right. Good friendship is just not easily   23  .
It is possible that we simply do not stay in one place   24  enough for true
friendship to develop. However, there can be   25  disagreement on the need for each of us to think carefully about the kind of friendship we want.
To most of us, friendships are considered very important,   26  we need to
have it clear in our minds the kinds of friendship we want. Are they to be close or   27  at arm’s length? Do we want to   28  ourselves or do we want to walk on the surface? For some people, many friendships on the surface are   29  enough. And that’s all right. But at some   30  we need to make sure that our expectations are the same as our friends’ expectations. The sharing of personal experience including our tears as well as our dark   31  is the surest way to deepen friendships. But it must   32  slowly and carried on only if there are   33  of interest and action in return.
What are some of the   34  of our friendship? The greatest is to   35  too
much too soon. Deep relationships   36  time. Another “major difficulty” is the selfishness to think one “possesses” the other, including his time and attention.   37 , friendships require actions in return. In other words, you must   38  as much as you take. Finally there is a question of taking care of. Unless you spend   39  time together, talking on the phone, writing letters, doing things together, friendships will die   40  .

小題1:	A．useful B．fair-weather C．school D．true

小題2:	A．Knowledge B．Hardship C．Experience D．Schooling

小題3:	A．formed B．understood C．realized D．produced

小題4:	A．certain B．long C．patiently D．Fortunately

小題5:	A．some B．a(chǎn)ny C．no D．great

小題6:	A．a(chǎn)nd B．but C．or D．while

小題7:	A．remained B．left C．stayed D．kept

小題8:	A．share B．deepen C．strengthen D．hide

小題9:	A．less B．not C．quite D．very

小題10:

A．degree B．places C．point D．length

小題11:

A．clothes B．dreams C．clouds D．Letters

小題12:

A．be undertaking B．be undertaken C．have been undertaken D．have been undertaking

小題13:

A．signs B．marks C．sciences D．sights

小題14:

A．disadvantages B．differences C．requirements D．difficulties

小題15: A. command        B. pull out            Ｃ. expect          D. develop

小題16:

A．waste B．take C．kill D．spend

小題17:

A．Surprisingly B．Differently C．Strangely D．Similarly

小題18:

A．a(chǎn)ct B．possess C．give D．walk

小題19:

A．considerate B．reasonable C．wonderful D．comfortable

小題20:

A．a(chǎn)way B．down C．out D．off

From James Dean to Growing Pains, Hollywood has long had a love affair with the relationship between teens and their parents. As the fascination with this relationship attests, parents play a crucial role in the development of their children's personalities.
Teenagers learn by closely observing what people around them do. Parents are literally their first teachers and serve as role models. From hygiene to habits, from time management to personal manner, parents form the foundation of their children's characteristics. These tiny individual factors on our everyday behavior collectively constitute who we are.
A second influence occurs at the spiritual level. Parental treatment of children is reflected in children's relationship with others. For example, my dad was quite angry with my study habits a few years back and lost his temper.I clearly remember that I too would easily lose my cool and shout at people, often saying things I later regretted, in those difficult days.
Parents of my fellow classmates often tend to be anxious about the studies of their children, which can lead to a lack of confidence in their children. If we are boats weathering a storm as we navigate toward maturity, then parents should be our captains. It is as easy to lead us to shipwreck as is to take us ashore safely.
To be fair, the guidance and influence of our parents are not the sole factors in molding us. There are numerous examples of teens forging their own paths and becoming something of which their parents never dreamed. Even so, parents must be a fundamental force that positively influences their children. At their best, they can help to solve teenage problems with a respect for their children's thoughts.
小題1: James Dean and Growing Pains in the first paragraph are described as follows EXCEPT    .

A．they are about love affairs in family life

B．they are mentioned at the beginning of the passage to introduce the topic

C．they reflect a very important role parents play in childhood development

D．they are typical presentations of the relationship between teens and their parents

小題2: If parents are worried about the studies of their children, their children will      .

A．easily lose their temper	B．lack self-confidence
C．follow their own paths	D．tend to shout at people

小題3: We can conclude from the passage that      .

A．teens will always be what their parents expect them to

B．parents' behavior influences their children both physically and mentally

C．the guidance and influence of parents are the only factor in molding teens

D．parents should be our captains when we teens are on boats in a storm

小題4: The passage is intended mainly for      .

A．teens

B．teachers

C．students

D．parents

Scientists have found what look like caves on Mars, and say they could be protecting life from the planet’s terrible environment.
The first caves appear as seven mysterious black dots （點） on the pictures which were sent back by NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter. Each as large as a football field, they may be openings into natural caves below the Martian surface.
“If there is life on Mars, there is a good chance that you’d find it in caves,” said Jut Wynne, one of the researchers who noticed the features (特征) while working on a US Geological Survey Mars Cave Detection Program.
Jonathan Clarke, a geologist with the Mars Society of Australia, yesterday described the discovery as exciting.
One photo taken at night by an infrared imager(紅外線成像器) showed one hole to be unusually warm, suggesting hot air may be flowing out.
“I said: ‘Wow, that’s a cave’” Dr. Clarke said excitedly. “People have been looking for these for a long time; now we have found them.”
He agreed such caves could be perfect places to search for life escaping from the bitterly cold, radiation-soaked(充滿輻射的), dry surface.
“Tiny drops of water could collect inside,” he said. “If there are gases coming out, they could provide energy for a whole range of bacteria (細菌). A cave is also a protection from radiation; the surface of Mars is exposed to high levels of space radiation.”
The caves probably formed when tube-shaped lava flows(管狀巖漿流) spread across the planet long ago. The outside of the tubes cooled, forming solid walls, while something hotter inside allowed the remaining to flow out, forming caves.
小題1: What does the passage mainly talk about?

A．How the caves were formed on Mars.

B．How NASA sent the pictures back to earth

C．Caves on Mars may be full of hot air or a sign（跡象）of life.

D．Scientists have completely recognized the surface of Mars.

小題2: We can learn from the passage that __________.

A．water has already been found on Mars

B．the scientists found all the caves at night

C．it is certain that there is life in these caves

D．the surface of Mars is bitterly cold, radiation-soaked and dry

小題3: According to the passage, Dr. Clarke was so excited because ________.

A．such caves could provide energy for life

B．they had finally found the caves on Mars

C．such caves would be perfect places to search for life

D．There would be life on Mars.

小題4: Necessary conditions for life on Mars mentioned in the passage may include_________.

A．lava and energy	B．water and radiation from space
C．gases and lava	D．water and protection from radiation

小題5: what does the underlined word “ the planet” in paragraph 1 refer to?

A．the Mars

B．the earth

C．the caves

D．radiation