For their nick-of-time acts, Toby, a 2-year-old dog, and Winnie, a cute cat, were named Dog and Cat of the Year by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.   

As Amy Paul choked(哽住) on a piece of apple at her home, her dog jumped up, landing hard on her chest and forcing the piece in her throat out. When the Keesling family of Indiana was about to be killed by carbon monoxide, their cat clawed at the wife Cathy’s hair until she woke up and called for help.

No one could explain their timely heroics.

Both pets were rescued by their owners in infancy-----Toby as a 4-week-old thrown into a garbage bin to die, and Winnie as a week-old orphan hiding under a barn, so helpless that Cathy’s husband, Eric, had to feed her milk with an eyedropper.

As the Keeslings recalled it, a gas-driven pump being used broke down, spreading carbon monoxide through the house. By the time Winnie went to rescue, the couple’s 14-year-old son was already unconscious. “Winnie jumped on the bed and was clawing at me, with a kind of angry sound,” Cathy Keesling said. The state police responding to her 911 call said the family was only minutes from death, judging by the amount of poisonous gas in the house.

Amy Paul’s husband was at his job when she took a midday break from making jewelry and bit into an apple. “Normally I peel them, but I read in Good Housekeeping Magazine that the skin has all the nutrients, so I ate the skin, and that’s what caused me to choke,” she recalled. “I couldn’t breathe and I was in panic when Toby jumped on me. He never does that, but he did, and saved my life.”

Both Toby and Winnie accompanied their owners to the awards luncheon.

1.What would be the suitable title for the passage?

A. Great Honors for Cat and Dog

B. Dog and Cat Honored for Saving Their Masters

C. Unforgettable Experiences

D. So Smart Animals Are

2.Winnie saved the lives of its owner’s whole family in an accident by __________.

A. jumping onto its owner                    B. calling for help

C. making some strange noises                D. clawing at Cathy’s hair

3.Which of the following has the similar meaning to the underlined word “infancy” in Paragraph 4?

A. babyhood         B. Youth       C. Middle age        D. agedness

4.What caused the carbon monoxide spreading through the house?

A. A pump breaking down.                  B. A driver breaking into the house.

C. The burning gas.                        D. The poisonous gas.

5.Why did Amy Paul choke on a piece of apple?

A. She was too young to care for herself.

B. She had a big bite.

C. She didn’t peel the skin as usual.

D. The apple was too hard.

With the development of society and economy, animals and their habitats are getting pushed aside as households decrease in size and increase in number.
Small numbers of people per household on average use more energy and goods per person. Greater numbers of households require more natural resources for construction. The possible result of this problem may be insufficient natural resources to meet consumer demand without endangering habitats important to biodiversity.
Personal freedom and social choice may come at huge environmental cost. Direct costs include visible damage to animal habitats and plant life. Indirect costs include the release of more greenhouse gases.
The effects of such “personal freedom and social choice” have already surfaced in south-west China’s Wolong Nature Reserve. In Wolong, they found that a reduced average household size was directly tied to an increase in homes, and thus an increase in the amount of firewood consumed for cooking and heating. The rise in wood fuel use has contributed to disappearance of forests and to the loss of habitats for giant pandas. 
Curious about whether other parts of the world were experiencing similar phenomena, they got the support of a team of researchers including Stanford’s Paul Ehrlich, well-known for his population studies, to find out the household dynamics in 141 countries between 1985 and 2000. Their study proved that the difficult choice of Wolong is part of a global trend.
In the 76 countries considered biodiversity “hotspots”, such as the United States, Brazil, Australia, and Kenya, the number of households grew by 3.1% every year, while the population increased just 1.8%. Meanwhile, the number of people per home dropped from 4.7 to 4.0. The decline in household size has resulted in 155 million additional households in hotspot countries, almost always limiting biodiversity.
In the 10 non-hotspot countries — those without high-density areas of animal and plant species — similar results were found, though on a lesser scale. Even in countries experiencing population decline, such as New Zealand, the number of households still increased because of a reduction in household size.
【小題1】What does the underlined word “insufficient” mean?

A．Biodiversity is better kept in countries with smaller populations.

B．Biodiversity is better kept in hotspot countries.

C．The threat to nature from reduction in household size is a worldwide problem.

D．Both hotspot countries and non-hotspot countries face the threat of the same scale.

William, Paul, Tony, Sarah和Tim分別想乘火車外出游覽觀光。閱讀下面六則周末旅游計(jì)劃的簡(jiǎn)介，選出符合他們各人需要的最佳選項(xiàng)。

A

Sunday, June 1: Train leaves London at 7:00 and breakfast is served as we head north. Arrive Durham after a light lunch and visit this city full of history with its famous castle and cathedral. Travel by coach to the open-air Museum of Northern Life just outside Durham. Leave Durham Station for the journey home and arrive in London after dinner on board at 22:00.

B

Sunday, June 23: Try a Sunday luxury day out! Train leaves London about 9:00 and breakfast is served on the journey. Transfer to a comfortable coach at Repford Station which takes you straight to the famous Shockton House built in the heart of the city in the sixteenth century. Arrive back in London at 21:00.

C

Saturday, August 31: Train leaves London about 8:30. Breakfast and a light lunch will be served on the journey and the train will run slowly over the most beautiful parts of the route. Leave the train in the Lake District and take the opportunity to photograph the countryside. Dinner will be served during the journey back, arriving in London at 21:30.

D

Sunday, June 9: This trip is especially for photographers. Leaving London at 9:30 for the Museum of Photograph in the west country. Lunch is served on arrival at the museum and after a short talk by the museum director you are free to enjoy the exhibitions in the afternoon. Train arrives back in London at 20:00.

E

Saturday, June 8: Train leaves London about 9:15 with breakfast served on the way. At Chepstow we transfer to coaches and drive to the lovely Wye Valley where there will be a boat waiting to take you on a river trip. We will stop on the way for a short walk. Dinner will be served on the return trip, arriving back in London at 21:30.

F

Saturday, June 22: A day trip to the coast! Train leaves London at 8:00 and breakfast is served before you arrive at Poole Harbour. There you have the rest of the day to watch the ferries(渡船) or take a fishing trip. Supper is served on the return journey arriving back in London at 20:30.

1.William and his friend enjoy visiting old buildings especially in large city centers, but they are not free on Saturday as they have to work.

2.Paul loves the countryside and is keen on taking photographs, so he is looking for a trip which will give him both possibilities.

3.Tony would like a trip on a river and he does not want to leave London before nine o’clock as he hates getting up early like most young people.

4.Sarah and her brother want a trip that includes three meals. They are on holiday in June and would also like to visit some famous castles and museums.

5.Tim is looking for a Saturday trip but he must be back in London by 21:00 so that he can catch the last bus home. He is interested in boating and sailing.

We can make mistakes at any age. Some mistakes we make are about money. But most mistakes are about people. "Did Jerry really care when I broke up with Helen?" "When I got that great job, did Jim really feel good about it as a friend? Or did he envy my luck?" "And why didn’t Paul pick up that he was friendly just because I had a car?" When we look back, doubts like these can make us feel bad. But when we look back, it’s too late.

Why do we go wrong about our friends – or our enemies? Sometimes what people say hides their real meaning. And if we don’t really listen we miss the feelings behind the words. Suppose someone tells you，"You’re a lucky dog." that’s being friendly. But "lucky dog"? There’s a bit of envy in those words. Maybe he doesn’t see it himself. But bringing in the "dog" bit puts you down a little. What he may be saying is that he doesn’t think you deserve your luck.

"Just think of all the things you have to be thankful for" is another noise that says one thing and means another. It could mean that the speaker is trying to get you to see your problem as part of your life as a whole. But is he? Wrapped up in this phrase is the thought that your problem isn’t important. It’s telling you to think of all the starving people in the world when you haven’t got a date for Saturday night.

How can you tell the real meaning behind someone’s words? One way is to take a good look at the person while talking. Do his words fit the way he looks? Does what he says agree with the tone of voice? His posture? The look in his eyes? Stop and think. The minute you spend thinking about the real meaning of what people say to you may save another mistake.

1.In the first paragraph, the writer recalls some things that happened between some friends and they __________.

A．think it was a mistake to have broken up with their girl friends

B．feel happy, thinking of how nice their friends were to them in the past

C．feel very sorry that their friends didn't help them and let them down

D．feel they may not have "read" their friends' true feelings correctly

2.In this passage, the writer tries to tell us how to __________.

A．a(chǎn)void mistakes about money and our friends

B．a(chǎn)void mistakes in understanding what people really want to tell us

C．"size up" people in a more scientific and meaningful way

D．keep people friendly without trusting them any more

3.While we are listening to a person, the important thing for us is __________.

A．to check his words against his manner, tone of voice and posture

B．to notice his tone of voice, his posture, and the look in his eyes

C．to listen to how he pronounces his words in front of you

D．not to believe what he says in any situation or any time

4.According to this passage, the underlined phrase "puts you down" can be replaced by another phrase "__________".

A．reduces you to silence                   B．presses you down

C．makes you humble                      D．makes you sad

For their nick-of-time acts, Toby, a 2-year-old dog, and Winnie, a cute cat, were named Dog and Cat of the Year by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

As Amy Paul choked(哽住) on a piece of apple at her home, her dog jumped up, landing hard on her chest and forcing the piece in her throat out. When the Keesling family of Indiana was about to be killed by carbon monoxide, their cat clawed at the wife Cathy’s hair until she woke up and called for help.

No one could explain their timely heroics.

Both pets were rescued by their owners in infancy---Toby as a 4-week-old thrown into a garbage bin to die, and Winnie as a week-old orphan hiding under a barn, so helpless that Cathy’s husband, Eric, had to feed her milk with an eyedropper.

As the Keeslings recalled it, a gas-driven pump being used broke down, spreading carbon monoxide through the house. By the time Winnie went to rescue, the couple’s 14-year-old son was already unconscious. “Winnie jumped on the bed and was clawing at me, with a kind of angry sound,” Cathy Keesling said. The state police responding to her 911 call said the family was only minutes from death, judging by the amount of poisonous gas in the house.

Amy Paul’s husband was at his job when she took a midday break from making jewelry and bit into an apple. “Normally I peel them, but I read in Good Housekeeping Magazine that the skin has all the nutrients, so I ate the skin, and that’s what caused me to choke,” she recalled. “I couldn’t breathe and I was in panic when Toby jumped on me. He never does that, but he did, and saved my life.”

Both Toby and Winnie accompanied their owners to the awards luncheon.

1.Why did Amy Paul choke on a piece of apple?

A. She was too young to care for herself.?????

B. She didn’t peel the skin as usual.

C. The apple was too hard.?????????????????

D. She had a big bite.

2.Winnie saved the lives of its owner’s whole family in an accident by __________.

A. jumping onto its owner??????????

B. calling for help

C. clawing at Cathy’s hair??????????

D. making some strange noises

3.Which of the following has the similar meaning to the underlined word “infancy” in? Paragraph 4?

A. middle age??????? B. youth?????? C. babyhood??????? D. agedness

4.What caused the carbon monoxide spreading through the house?

A. A pump breaking down.?????????

B. A driver breaking into the house.

C. The burning gas.???????????????

D. The poisonous gas.

5.What would be the suitable title for the passage?

A. So Smart Animals Are?????????

B. Great Honors for Cat and Dog

C. Unforgettable Experiences

D. Dog and Cat Honored for Saving Their Masters