On August 16, 1977, Elvis Presley saved me.
The previous afternoon, I played with my six-year-old peers in Heather Peters’ backyard. I was enjoying my cake, when Heather asked me where my sleeping bag was. Only then did I know this party was a sleepover. The word “sleep-over” to a six-year-old bed-wetter is like what “cancer” means to an adult. But what if I told them I was a bed-wetter? At least with cancer, people gather at your bedside instead of running from it.
I thought of a way to escape. I would explain that I needed my mother's permission to spend the nights. But as I called my Mom, Heather stood beside me to listen. She granted permission! Then I would be sleeping in the same living room as the other girls. I didn't bring my own pajamas (睡衣)，so Mrs. Peters offered me Heather's pajamas.
As the other girls drifted into their sweet dreams, I tried to stay awake. “Do I need to go again? I'll stay up to go one more time...”.Of course, I finally fell asleep.
The next morning, I was the first to wake up. I was warm! I lay in panic for what seemed like hours before the other girls started to wake up. I did the only thing I could do — I pretended that the bed-wetting didn't happen. I got up, took off Heather's pajamas and changed into my clothes like the other girls.
Mrs. Peters walked into the room, and before she could say anything, she stepped right onto the pile of my wet pajamas. My heart stopped as I watched her face burn red. “WHO DID THIS?” She screamed, with a look so frightening. Should I answer? And that was when it happened — Mr. Peters came in and grabbed his wife , ‘‘Elvis Presley died!”
The news of the King's death overtook Mrs. Peters, and I, was spared. I got home without the other girls knowing what had happened.The author had to spend the night at Peters' because ________.
| A．the famous singer Elvis Presley died that night |
| B．her mother allowed her to do so |
| C．she and her friends were having a sleepover party |
| D．she enjoyed her cake there |
Mrs. Peters got angry because ________.
| A．all the girls slept at her house |
| B．Elvis Presley passed away |
| C．her husband was rude to her |
| D．she found the wet pajamas |
From the story, we know Mrs. Peters was ________.
| A．a crazy woman |
| B．a fan of Elvis Presley |
| C．a woman for perfection |
| D．a woman who hated to wash pajamas |
The passage is mainly about ________.
| A．an adventure experience |
| B．an embarrassing childhood incident |
| C．a friendship between two girls |
| D．an unfriendly hostess |
The world hash’t seen a pandemic（流行疾病）in 4 1 years，when the”Hong Kong”flu crossed the globe and killed about one million people worldwide．If H1N1 flu（甲型流感）reaches pandemic levels，what would happen next?
The outbreak of SA
RS in 2003 rang alarm bells as potential pandemics．Although it jumped the”animal-to·human”barrier，neither disease changed enough to enable human-to．Human infection．Strictly speaking，SARS did not become pandemics because it was too good at killing their hosts．For a pandemic，it needs to be able to maintain human-to．human contact without killing its host off．
”H1N1 flu is already a man-to-man disease，which makes it much more difficult to manage．
And H1N1 flu appears much more infectious than SARS．
But the WHO warns，it cannot say whether or not it will indeed cause a pandemic．According to experts，here’s what the world might see if there is another pandemic，based on past experience．
The disease would skip from city to city over an 18-to-24 month period，infecting more than a third of the population．World health Organization officials believe as many as 1．5 billion people around the globe would seek medical care and nearly 30 million would seek hospitalization．Based on the last pandemic and current world population，as many as 7 million people could die．Hos
pitals will become overcrowded；scho
ols will close；businesses will close；airports will be empty．Business will become very bad，as people avoid as much social contact as possible．
Health facilities will become overrun with patients and there would be less-than-adequate staffing，as medical health professionals fall ill themselves and that would result in higher deaths．
The very young and very old will likely be the most susceptible（易受感染的）to the illness．Experts warn，much is still unknown about the current H1N1 flu virus and its severity and it is too early to say whether it will lead to a pandemic．Right now，the focus is on finding answers and controlling the spread．How many kinds of disease is mentioned in the passage?
| A．Two | B．Three | C．Four | D．Five |
Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
| A．SARS didn’t change enough to enable sustained（持续的）human-to—human infection． |
| B．SARS was very good at killing its carriers． |
| C．A man with H1N1 flu can not infect another man easily． |
| D．Comparing SARS and H 1N 1 flu，SARS is not as infectious． |
What can we know about the “Hong Kong” flu from the passage?
| A．It spread all around the globe and killed lots of people． |
| B．It killed about millions of people． |
| C．It killed about one million people in Hong Kong． |
| D．Not the old but the young were susceptible to it and got killed． |
What can be inferred from the passage?
| A．The H1N1 flu will skip from city to city over an 18一to一24 month period． |
B．Doctors and nurs es will fall ill themselves，which will result in many more deaths． |
| C．Every country is taking measures to stop the H1N1 flu from leading to a pandemic． |
| D．The WHO and experts have known much about the current H1N1 flu virus． |
If I were writing a history of my family, some of the darkest moments recorded would be those surrounding Christmas trees．One would certainly think otherwise；selecting and puRing up our trees have always been filled with risk．For example，one afternoon dangerously close to Christmas Eve my mother bought what she thought to be a bargain，a glorious tree that was so full and tall that we could hardly get it into the house．Once we did，my father immediately realized that we would have to hire a carpenter to build a stand for it．Another December perhaps the very next one，we bought a tree earlier than we ever had before．We were happy with its shape and delighted that its size was manageable．We easily placed it in a stand，decorated it from top to bottom，and then self satisfiedly sat back by the fire in its soft light．Two or three days passed and 
the truth could not be hidden；we had bought a tree cut so long ago that its needles were coming off．There was nothing to do but undecorate it，take it down，and begin tree shopping again．Our most recent Christmas tree offered still another difficult task．When we brought it home，once again it seemed larger than it was in the great outdoors．I persu
aded two young neighbors to stop playing basketball and to help us get the tree into the house and set it correctly in the stand．Unfortunately，no one noticed the mud on our helpers’shoes，so only after removing several r
eddish brown spots from the carpet were we able to discuss the question of where the lights and ornaments（装饰）
were stored．Perhaps those who cut their own trees have tales more painful than these．I don’t care to hear them，as my family’s experiences are enough to cause me to make the following suggestion：”Let’s forget the tree next Christmas．Let’s simply hang some flowers on the front door and over the mirror in the hall．”The darkest moments in the writer’s family were with the fact that ______．
| A．the family bought big Christmas trees |
| B．they had problems decorating their Christmas trees |
| C．they had problems picking suitable Christmas trees |
| D．they had problems finding carpenters for putting up Christmas trees |
We can learn from the passage that the writer would like to ______．
| A．forget about Christmas stories |
| B．get the neighbors to put up their trees |
| C．buy a better tree to celebrate Christmas |
| D．make other decorations rather than Christmas trees |
When the writer said”my mother bought what she thought to be a bargain”，he means____．
| A．she bought the tree at a low price |
| B．she didn’t really want to buy it |
| C．she had to bargain hard with the salesman |
| D．she couldn’t afford a more expensive one |
Which of the following can be the best title for the passage ?
| A．How to Select a Christmas Tree | B．No More Christmas Trees for Us |
| C．Dark Moments of Life | D．Christmas Without Trees |
If you thought sports stars Yao Ming
and Liu Xiang or Internet entrepreneurs Zhang Chaoyang and Ding Lei would automatically be on the list of the” Men of Our Time”，then you could be behind the times．
The surprise in the list of 10 men released by the All-China Women’s Federation yesterday is that it contains no celebrities- and the guiding factors seem to be care and sympathy for the opposite sex．
In fact，Liu and Yao，as well as actor Pu Cunxin—the image ambassador for China’s anti-HIV，AIDS campaign—appeared in a booklet given out at the contest’s launch ceremony in January．The federation wouldn’t say why they are not in the final list．
The winners，with an average age of 47．5，were selected by women officials and journalists of the nine women’s newspapers in China，whose standard was men promoting equality between the sexes．
Li Zhong hua, a 46-year—old air force officer who test-flies planes，said he thought he was chosen because” he takes good care of his family，and is a gentleman”．
”Gentlemen get more respect in our society．They should be like those in the movie Titanic，who let women and children lave first in life rafts。”he told China Daily．
Shi Hua shan，a 48-year-old policeman in Gui xi of Jiangxi Province，said that he became a”man in the eyes of women” because” women love stories of heroes saving beauties"．
His team has re
scued more than 180 women who were taken away by force and sold as wives in the mountain regions of Fujian Province．
Some other” Men of Our Time” are：
Lang Jinghe，67，gynecologist at the Peking Union Medical College Hospital in Beijing，who has made breakthroughs in ovarian cancer；
Ma Li，33，official in Xuzhou of Jiangsu Province，whose shelter has helped 196 victims of domestic violence；Li Mingshull，43，lawyer in Beijing，who is active in campaigns against family violence；Liu Ri，51，a mine worker in Lu’an of Shanxi Province，who took care of his paralyzed
parents·in-law for 23 years with his wife．Which of the following statements is right?
| A．Liu Xiang, a sports star, was on the list of the “Men of Our Time”． |
| B．LiZhonghua was a man in the eyes of women because he was an excellent air force officer． |
| C．Shi Huashan rescued women from forced marriages |
| D．The honor was given to Pu Cunxin at the launch ceremony in January． |
Who is among the“Men of Our Time”?
| A．Yao Ming | B．Ma Li | C．Pu Cunxin | D．Liu Xiang |
The underlined word “celebrities” in the second paragraph most probably means______．
| A．famous scientists | B．famous actors |
| C．well-known people | D．well．known sports stars |
Thi
s passage is most probably taken from——．
| A．a science magazine | B．an advertising booklet |
| C．a travel brochure | D．a newspaper |
阅读文章后，从第54至58题所给A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。
Most people call it "body language" —the clues（线索） to the meaning that we get from gesture, facial expressions, posture —everything that isn't spoken．Experts call it "nonverbal communication," but it means the same thing: a second source of human communication that is often more reliable to understanding what is really going on than the words themselves．
Understanding body language is important to success, whether in the business world or in our personal lives．However, most of our ideas about body language are wrong, according to modern communication research．
There is a belief that people with shifty （变化的） eyes are probably lying．As Paul Ekman says, "When we asked people how they could tell if someone was lying, too much blinking（眨眼） and shifty eyes were the winners．But sometimes people act like that because they are shy．Liars pretend to be calm in order not to be caught．
Ekman goes on to argue against such a wrong belief．Although this kind of body language is probably an expression of nervousness, it is not always because the person is lying．Shyness can, f
or example, make people shift their eyes．To understand what someone's behavior means, you have to watch them carefully．
There 
is also a belief that when meeting someone, the more eye contact
, the better．As a result people would like to make initial （开始的） contact in formal situations, like a job interview, by staring fixedly at the other human．Yet Ekman points out that most of us are comfortable with eye contact lasting a few seconds, but any eye contact that is longer than that can make us nervous．
In short, you must carefully consider the speaker and the speaking environment．Experts suggest that unless you know about someone's basic communication style, you will have little hope in understanding their true feelings through body language．In other words, body language carries important but not always true messages．According to th
e passage, body language is _____．
| A．a language that is not spoken | B．a clue to get the meaning |
| C．a reflection of people's behaviors | D．a source of human communication |
The word "that" in paragraph 3 refers to ____．
| A．blinking | B．lying | C．staring | D．pretending |
From the passage we can learn that ____．
| A．there is no doubt that a liar has shifty eyes |
| B．people sometimes blink because of shyness |
| C．eye contact lasting a few seconds can make us nervous |
| D．understanding body language is more helpful in business |
How many examples are given by the writer to support his point of view?
| A．1． | B．2． | C．3． | D．4． |
It can be inferred from the passage that _____．
| A．body language is trustworthy in telling who is lying |
| B．body language helps us better understand other people |
| C．sometimes we can't judge a person by watching his body language |
D．the speaker and the speaking environment are important to a person's body language |
阅读文章后，从第50至53题所给A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。
For the first 10 years after the Wright brothers' original flight in 1903, flying was only a sport．It was a pastime for daredevils （不怕死的人）．One very determined dare
devil was Bessie Coleman．She was the
first black woman to fly an airplane．
Coleman, 
born in Texas in 1892, the tenth of 13 children, dreamed of becoming a pilot．To earn money for flying lessons, she washed other people's laundry．At the age of 19 she took a t
rain to Chicago, where she began to study in a beauty school．For five years she worked in a barbershop, and then she looked for a flying school．There were none in the United States that would teach women, but Coleman heard that there were schools in France that would．So she studied the language and sailed off to France．
When she returned to the United States in 1921, Coleman was the first licensed black woman pilot．Her "aerial acrobatic （航空特技）exhibitions" impressed audiences．She took her airplane through loop-the-loops and flew upside down．She did slow rolls and sharp rolls．Audiences were amazed when she performed a move called "falling leaf．"
Coleman became a famous person．She performed her acrobatic flights all over the country．She also spoke to African-American audiences in schools, churches, and theatres．Fly, she told them．Be a part of the new aviation（航空） industry．Many young African-American men listened to her．Some became honored military pilots during World War II．Many others made their careers in aviation．
On April 29, 1926, Coleman was flying when a tool carelessly left in the airplane hit the control stick．The plane went into a dive and did not recover．The daring 34-year-old pilot was killed．Bessie Coleman went to France to ____．
| A．work in a barbershop | B．study the language |
| C．look for a flying school | D．take flying lessons |
Which of the following is probably an "aerial acrobatic"?
A．Flying upside down． |
B．Speaking to audiences． |
| C．Getting a pilot's licence． | D．Impressing audiences． |
The underlined word "exhibition" in paragraph 3 means _____．
| A．a holding back | B．a public show |
| C．falling leaf | D．loop-the-loops |
What would be the best title for the passage?
| A．An early daredevil | B．The first flying woman |
| C．A pioneer in aviation | D．The first licensed black pilot |
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