Today, some critics argue that progress on-|||-environmental problems ha been difficult. There is-|||-some truth in that.In the last decade.environmental-|||-problems have mounted across the globe.-|||-Yet over the same ten years,society has marshaled its-|||- 26 to address these challenges. The original-|||- 27 was slow.But it is gathering speed,with-|||-technological breakthroug and a growing 28 -|||-that a clean environment is essential for development.-|||-Of course,we should 29 intensify efforts to-|||-tackle poverty and environmental problems.They-|||-endanger our health,security and the 30 benefits-|||-that come to us from nature.-|||-But we should also remember our real-|||-accomplishmerts. The priv sector is playing an-|||- 31 constructive role. This is an acknowledg ment-|||-that preserving the environment is both a good-|||-business and a moral obligation.Companie such as-|||-Royal Dutch Shell,Dupont and BP Amoco are working-|||-to reduce their negative impact on climate change and-|||-increase the options for cleaner energy.The Bill and-|||-Melinda Gates Foundation has helped to 32 the-|||-global union for improved nutrition(营养),a new public-|||-and private partnership that seeks to fortify(增强)food-|||-in an 33 way to improve the health,cognitive (认-|||-知的)development and productivity of people in poor

Nowadays, with the development of science and technology, we can use mobile phones to do many things such as taking photos, listening to music, sending messages and so on. Many teenagers take mobile phones as a part of their everyday life. But now the students in New York feel unhappy because they are not allowed to bring their mobile phones to school any more.Though there has been a ban on mobile phones in New York schools for years, usually the phones are ignored as long as they don't ring during the class. But things have changed as the city has begun random security scanning at middle and high schools from April 26. On that day, police officers seized 129 mobile phones, ten CD players, two iPods, a box of cutter and a knife. Though many parents complained this ban would prevent them from communicating with their children during the day, the department of education said that the mobile ban would prevent the students from using the phones to take pictures in locker rooms, cheatin tests and callfriends together to start fights.The students have different reasons from their parents' to oppose the rule. To most of them, mobile phones are so necessary that they can't imagine the life without them. A 14-year-old girl said she felt so empty. To her, life without a mobile phone will be "really, really boring". Will the mobile phone ban work out? Perhaps only time can tell.1.What has happened to the students in New York?A) They are not allowed to use mobile phones at school.B) They are not allowed to use mobile phones at all.C) They are allowed to use mobile phones in class for messages.D) They are not allowed to use mobile phones every day.2.Which is the additional measure taken besides the ban?A) To encourage students to stop using mobile phones.B) To educate students about the possible dangers of using mobile phones.C) The random security scanning.D) To ignore the phones if they don't ring during the class.3.What can be inferred from the passage?A) Both parents and children are against bringing mobile phones to school.B) Parents and the department of education agree on the mobile phone ban.C) We do not know now whether mobile phone ban will work.D) We still need another five years of mobile phone ban.

[听力文本资源] Americans think a great deal about time. They constantly refer to time and the value of keeping busy. From childhood, they learn to value time, and their language reflects this. They learn that the price of committing a crime is to do time in prison. When they are having a good time, they say that time flies; they say sadly of someone who is dying that he is living on borrowed time. From the time of its beginning, American English has reflected this attitude. Nowhere can this sense of time be seen more clearly than in the working place. Working Americans are bound to the clock. It is a commonly held belief that one should balance work against a set time, for example, an 8-hour day or a 40-hour week. Anything over these time limits is overtime, and the worker should receive more money per hour for work done during overtime. Time during nonworking hours is also considered very precious. Whether an American decides on a busy weekend schedule, when Saturday and Sunday are filled with activities, or on a relaxed weekend, the time will be regarded as valuable. Some Americans feel they have a love-hate relationship with time. They love the comforts that progress has brought through work, but they hate the stress of the clock and the pressures of a time-directed society. There is little doubt that many Americans feel they have become servants of the clock.[听力文本资源]1. [听力文本资源] What does "living on borrowed time" mean in the passage? [听力文本资源]A) It means someone who overvalues time.B) It means someone who is working overtime.C) It means someone who will die very soon. D) It means someone who is in debts.2. [听力文本资源] What kind of people has the strongest sense of time? [听力文本资源]A) University students.B) Working people. C) Young parents.D) Homeless people.3. [听力文本资源] How do Americans view nonworking time? [听力文本资源]A) They think it has great value. B) They think it's a waste of time.C) They always fill it tightly.D) They just want to hang around then.4. [听力文本资源] What does the speaker think of Americans' attitude towards time? [听力文本资源]A) Americans set great value on time. B) Americans are happy to work around the clock.C) Americans are trying to work ahead of time.D) Americans are trying to avoid a tight schedule.

[听力文本资源] The fact that you haven’t heard of Chris Paul doesn’t bother him. His whole life has taught him that there are more important things than basketball. During one high school game, Paul scored 61 points in honour of his grandfather, who, only a few days earlier, was murdered; one point for every year his grandfather lived. When Paul reached the 61-point mark, he intentionally missed a free throw, and then took himself out of the game even though the state scoring record of 69 points was well within reach. Paul left university after his sophomore year and entered the NBA. He was drafted by the New Orleans Hornets. At the end of his first season he was voted the NBA’s new player of the year. In 2005, a hurricane destroyed New Orleans. The Hornets were forced to play most of their games in another city. Seeing the tragedy first-hand and watching the city try to rebuild has put basketball into focus for the Hornets players. Paul, whose nickname is CP3, established the CP3 Foundation in 2005. In 2006 he received the NBA’s Community Assist Award, for outstanding contributions to his community. This season the Hornets are back in New Orleans full-time. Every time the Hornets win, it is like New Orleans wins a little too. If they keep their success it may ease some of the pain that still remains in the city. And people will also start loving Chris Paul.[听力文本资源]1. [听力文本资源] Why did Paul try to score 61 points? [听力文本资源]A) He wants to achieve well in his team.B) He wants to gain the medals.C) He wants to honour his grandfather. D) Basketball is the most important for him.2. [听力文本资源] Why were they forced to play in other cities? [听力文本资源]A) They need more popularity in other cities.B) They have more fans in other cities.C) The hurricane destroyed New Orleans. D) There is better atmosphere of basketball in other cities.3. [听力文本资源] What can be the topic of this passage? [听力文本资源]A) Chris Paul—the Great Point Guard. B) Chris Paul’s Life.C) Chris Paul’s Work.D) Chris Paul and His Basketball Training.

Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank before the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please write down the corresponding letter for each item in the blanks. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.A) worse E) imagine I) human M) biggestB) create F) dreaming J) impossible N) copyC) ability G) better K) much O) robotD) possible H) wood L) independently"Robot". It is a word that seems very modern; a word that creates a strong mental picture; a picture of something that looks and acts like a human. Robots are not underline(26) of course. They are machines.The word "robot" and robots themselves, are less than 100 years old. But humans have been underline(27) of real and imaginary copies of themselves for thousands of years. Early people made little human statues out of clay. And they cut underline(28) and stone to make them look like humans.What is the future of robots? The goal of scientists is to underline(29) a true human-like robot. Some experts have described this robot of the future as one that can act underline(30) in the physical world through its own senses and actions. Humans have the underline(31) to see, hear, speak and solve problems. Engineers have built robots that have one or two of these abilities. But it takes a number of big expensive computers to make the robots work.

Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank before the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please write down the corresponding letter for each item in the blanks. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.A) for E) driving I) extremely M) goingB) eating F) mixture J) so N) provideC) offer G) restaurants K) who O) whichD) since H) exotic L) orientalJapan is an unusual ________ 26 ________ of traditional and ultra-modern. This can be confusing for the visitor because, although it looks quite western, Japan is still in many ways very ________ 27 ________. Whenever you go into a house you must take off your shoes. Sometimes your host will ________ 28 ________ you with slippers; if not, you walk round in your socks. A visitor should also expect more in traditional houses, hotels and ________ 29 ________ to eat kneeling down on the floor on a cushion in front of a low table. It is a good idea to get used to ________ 30 ________ with chopsticks but, if you can't manage, ask for a knife and fork. The Japanese are ________ 31 ________ polite and friendly. You can nearly always find someone ________ 32 ________ speaks English. In summer the country is very hot and humid, ________ 33 ________ anyone planning a trip then ought to take light, comfortable clothes with them.The majority of tourists head ________ 34 ________ Tokyo but you ought not to miss the chance of visiting the old capital cities of Kyoto and Nara. From Tokyo you can get to Kyoto in three hours on the "Shinkansen" superexpress. If you are ________ 35 ________ it is important to remember that in Japan you have to drive on the left-hand side of the road.

After years of shrinking benefits and increasing fees, frequent-flier programs are courting their most loyal customers again.In recent weeks, American Airlines ___1___ new awards for one-way flights; United dropped its 100 to 75 fees for booking an award within three weeks of travel; and Delta Air Lines made it ___2___ for frequent fliers to retain their VIP status.Carriers have also been suspending mileage (里程) offers, ___3___ double-mile promotions, and have even granted bonuses for booking online.1.A. attributedB. challengeC. describeD. earnE. easierF. economyG. includingH. introducedI. justifiedJ. legislation

Without question, the most ______ and highly popular job in the business of sports at the present moment has to be the general manager of a famous football team.A. deservedB. desirousC. disastrousD. virtuous

As is known to everybody, Chinglish usually stems from the English language deficiency of many Chinese people. Chinglish is so common in China that it is almost impossible not to see a public sign written in ____26____ English when traveling in China. Although unnoticed by people with little or no knowledge of English, the rampant (猖獗的) use of Chinglish makes the English-literate (懂英语的) people in China feel ____27____.The name of the Beijing National Park was once ____28____ into Beijing Racial Park, which made foreigners feel afraid to step in. Many beautiful scenic spots in China have been ____29____ by various signs written in wrong and ____30____ English. Two Chinglish slogans containing nine grammatical mistakes that ____31____ over the gate of a famous middle school in Qingdao were once reported in a newspaper, triggering (触发) heated ____32____ among the local people. Such examples of poor English have been taken as language examples for thousands of students to learn from ____33____ day.26. A. ashamed B. advanced C. awkward D. debates E. described F. entertainment G. funny H. hung I. interpreted J. opponents K. regarded L. ridiculous

Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank above the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please write down the corresponding letter for each item in the blanks. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.A) participated E) higher I) contribute M) lowerB) attribute F) scale J) encourage N) surveyedC) favorably G) level K) likely O) anticipatedD) evidence H) upper L) non-smokingTeen smokers are influenced to start smoking if their favorite movie stars are smokers, suggests research in a Dartmouth College study published in this week's Tobacco Control, a BMJ journal. Teenagers aged 10 to 19 were underline(47) about their smoking habits and their attitudes toward smoking. These were scored on a five-point underline(48) . Altogether, 632 students from five rural New England schools underline(49) .Teens whose favorite stars smoked in films were more likely to score underline(50) than teens who chose stars who did not smoke. And the more a star portrayed (描绘) smoking, the more underline(51) the adolescent (青少年) viewed smoking. Teens whose favorite stars smoked in two films were 1.5 times more likely to score on the underline(52) end of the scale, while those whose favorite stars smoked in three or more films were three times as likely to do so.Among teens who had never smoked, those who chose stars who smoked in three or more films were 16 times as likely to express positive opinions about smoking than those who chose " underline(53) " stars.Stars who smoke may therefore underline(54) teens to try out smoking, suggest the authors, who conclude: "We believe this underline(55) strongly suggests that media descriptions of tobacco use by popular movie stars underline(56) to adolescent smoking."