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阅读理解Arr i v ing i nSy dney on his o w nfr o m India,my husban d,Rashid,stayed i n ah o t elfo r a s hort time whil elooking for a house f o r me a nd our c h i Idren.Duri n g th ef irs t we e k ofhi s sta y,he went o ut one dayt o d osome shopp i n g.H e came backi n t he1a te afternoon to d iscov e r t hat his suit c ase w asgo n e.He was e x t r e mely wo r ried as th e suitc as ehad allhis im p or t ant p a p e rs,includi n g hi s p a s s p ort.He rep o rt e d the c ase to the polic e an d th e n s at th e re,los t and lone1y in s t range city,thinkin g of t h e t e r r i b1e tro u ble so f getting a11th epaperwork orga n ize d againfr om a distant co u ntrywhile tr y ing to s e t t1e down i n a n ew one.La te i n thee v eni n g,the ph one rang.I twas a s t r a nge r.H e was t ry i n gto pr o noun c e m yhusbands n a me and w as ask ing him alot ofqu e st i o n s.The n hes aid they hadfound a pile ofpapers in t h eir tra s hcan(垃圾桶)t h at h ad b ee nlef t ou t on th ef o ot p at h.My h us b and ru s h e d to their home to f in d a kindf amily holdin g a11h i s papers and doc umen t s.Th e i ry oungdaug h te r had gone to the trash can and found a p i1e ofu nf amili arp ap ers.Her pare n tshad carefu1ly sortedt h em ou t,a1t h o ugh t h eyhadfound main1y foreign addre s ses on most o f the documen t s.At la s t they ha d see na half-writt e n lette r in the pile inwhi c h my husb and ha dgi ven his new teleph o ne numbe r toa fr i end.That fam i1y n ot on1y res tored the imp o rt a nt d oc uments t o us t h at d ay b u t a1stil1rememb so r estored our fa ith and trus t i npeople.W eer t hei r k indness and oft e n sen d awarm wish th e ir way.
21.What didR ash id plan todo afte r his a rri val in S ydne yA.G oshoppin g C.J oinhis fami1D.T a k e a vacation B.Fin da hou s e y r om.
22.The girls pa r ents gotRa shids pho n e numbe r fB.a Sydney policema n A.a f ri e ndofh i s fami1y D.a st r anger inSy dne yt h e last par a graph meaC.a1e tte r i n hispaper sn
23.What do e s th eu n derlin e d word r e sto r ed”in C.Deliv e re dD.Ga v e ba ckA.S howedB.S ent out the text
24.Which of th e foil o wing can b e t he bes tt itlefo rA-Fr om India t oAustralia.B.Li vin gin aNew Country.C.Turni n g Trash toTre asure.D.I nS e a rch o fNew Friends.Since th e fir st E a rth Day i n1970,American hav e gotten alot“greener“t oward theenvi r o nment.We didntknow a t th a tt ime that thereev en wa s an en v ironment,1eta1o nethat t h ere was ap r oblemwith it,“says Bru c e And e r son,p r esid entofEarthDayUSA.But wh a tb egan as nothi n gim portant i npublic affair shas g rown intoa soc i a1mov e ment.B usinesspeople,po1i tica1leaders,u niversity professor s,and especia1ly mi11i ons of gr a ss-r ootsAmer i can s are takingp art i n the movem en t.The understanding has i ncr e a sedm a n y,m a ny t i mes/9says Gaylo r dNelson,th efo r mer govern o rfr om Wisconsin,who t hou gh t u pth efirs tE a rthDay.A c cording t o USg ov e rnment r eports,emi ssi o n s(#E放)from cars a nd tru c ks have d r o pped from
10.3mil1i o n tons a ye art o
5.5millio n tons.The num b er o fc i ties producin g COb e yo n dthe s tandardhas beenreduced from40t o
9.Although se riousproblems st i11remain andneed tobe dea1tw ith,the world isasaf e r andhealth i erplace.A kindo f“G r een think ing“h as bee om ep a rt ofpra ct ices.Great imp r o vemen t has been a ch i eved.In1988t h er ewere only600recycling p r ograms;today in1995th er e are about6,
600.Advanc e d1ights,m o tors,and bu iIdin gde s i g n sh a ve help e d save alot ofenergy and the reforep r eve n ted po11u tion.T w en ty-f i ve ye arsago,there wer e hard1y a n yedu cation programs for en v iro nment.T oda y,its hardt o find ap ub lie s cho ohu nivers ity,or lawsc hool t ha tdo e s not h ave su c h akindo fpro gram.Until w e doth a t,noth i ng elsew i11c ha n ge!”say Bruc e Ande rso.25According toA n derson,b efo r e1970,Am eri c ans hadlitt1e ide aa b out A.the so cialmoveme nt B.recyclin gtechniq ue sC.en vi ronment a1p roblems D.the importa nee ofEart hDay26Wheredo esthe su Pp ort for en vironmentalprotection mainly c o me fromA.The grass-roo t s levelB.The bu s i n ess cir c1e C.Gove rnmen t offici a1sD.Univers i ty pro fessors
27.What haveA meric ansachieved in environm enta1p rotectio nA.The yhave cutcar emiss i o nsto thelowe st B.They hav esettie dt h eir enviro n menta1problems C.The yhave1o wer e dthe ir COlev eIs inf or tycities.D.T h ey havere duced po Hut i o nthr ou gh effec tive me asur es.
28.W h at is es pec ially imp orta ntfor environ mentalprot e c tio n a ccord i ngto t he1astparagraph A.E d ucat i on B.Planni n gC.G reen1iv ing D.CO re d uct ionC One of th e1a test trend(趋势)in Ameri can Childe a reis C h inese a u pairs.Au Pair inStamford,for examp le,h asgo tincrea sing n umbers of re q uests forC h in e se au pair sfrom zerotoaro u nd4,000since
2004.Andthats tr uea11a cros st h e country.“【thought it wou1d beu sefu1for himto learnC h ine se ata nea rly a g e,9Joseph St ocke,t hemana gin gdirector ofa company,says o f his2-ye a ro1d so n.I w o uld at1east Ii k e to g ivehim the c h an c e to use the1an guage in the future,“After on1y sixmoot hso fbein gcare dby25—y ear—old w o manfrom China,th e boy canalrea d y u nder stand ba sic Ch i nese dai lyexp re ssio ns,hi s dadsa ys.L iDrake,a Chine sena t iverais i ng two chi1d ren in Minnes otawith anAme ricanhu s band,had anot h er teaso nf or1o okin g f or ana up airf romCh i na:She di dntw a nt he r children t omi ss ou t o nt h eirroo t s.B e caus eI amChinese,myhusba nd andI wante dthe c hi1d rento keepexp osed to(接触)th elanguage andculture,“she says.“S tayi n gw it ha native speak erisb etter for chil d rent hansi mp1ysit tin gin a cl assro om,“sa y sSu zanne F1y nn,a profes sor in la n guag ee d uc a tio nof Chi1dre nBu tparents mustund erstandthat just one yearwith aupair is unii kely to produ ce wonders.Complet emas te ryd em a nds cont inued1earn in guntil theage oflOor
12.99The pop ularity ifa upairs fr omc hina hasb een strengt hene db ythe inc re asingnumbe rsof America n parent sw howa nt their chil d rento1e arnChi nese.It is ex pected thatAmeric an dem and fora upairs willcon tinu eto risein the next fewye ars.
29.W hatdoe sthat te rm“aupai fint h e tex tme a nA.A m o ther raisingherchildr enonherown B.A child lear ning a for eig nlang uag e at hom e C.A profes sorin lan guage educatio nof child ren D.A youngfo rei gn womantakin gcar eofch iIdren.
30.L iDr akehas herchild ren study Chinese be causeshe wantst hem.A.t o1ive in Chinasome day B.to speakt he1a nguage at home C.to catch upwit hot h erchildren e D.to1e arnabout t he Chin ese c u1tu r
31.Wha tcan w e inferfrom thetext A.Le arni ng Chineseis beeomi ngpo pular InA merica,B.Educate dw om ando betterin1oo kinga f ter childrenC.Chi nesea up air sneedto impro vetheir EnglishSki Ils.D.ChiIdre ncan1earna fo reign1anguage we11insi xmonths.D MetroP oc k etG uideMe tror ail(地铁)Ea ch passengern eedsa farecard t o enter a ndg oout.U pt otwochiIdrenun deragofivemay tr avelfre ewi tha paying cust omer.F are card machine areinever ysta ti on,Bring sm a11b il1s becausether eare no chan gema chi nes in the sta tion an d farecardmachine onlypro vide upto$5in change.Get oneof unlimi tedMet rorai1ri des wi tha One D a y P ass.Bu y it from a fare cardm a chineinMetr osta tion s.Us eit after9:30a.m.unt i1cl osing onwee kdays,and al1day onwee ken dsan d ho1i da ys.Hours ofSer vice Open5a.m.Mo n-F ri7a.m.S at—Su n.C lose:mi dnig h t S un-T hu r.3a.m.Fri—Sa t.nig htsLast train t ime vary.To avoidmis singt helast train,pl ease checkthe lasttrai nti me po stedin t hest ation.Metro bus Whenpaying with exactchange,t hefare is$
1.
35.When payingwith asm a tTr i p®C AR D,the fareis$
1.25Far esfor the Senior/disab ledcustomers Se n ior citize ns65and older and disa bled cu stome rsm ay rideforha If theregu1ar fare.On Me trorailand Met robus,use as eni or/dis able dfa recard or SmarT ri p®card.F orm oreinfo rmat ionabout buying senior/d isa bledfare ca rds,SmarT ri pR car dsan dpasse s,p leasev isitMetroOp en Door s.c om orcall202—637-7000and202-637-
8000.Seniorcitizensand disab1edcustomer s can getfree guideon how touseproper Metrobusand Met rorail servic es bycall ing202-962-1100T rave11ips(提示).A vo idridingduring weekdayru sh pe riods-bef ore9:30a.m.andbe tween4a nd6p.m..If youlose s ome t hin g on abus ortra inor inasta tion,pl ease callLostFound at202-962-
1195.
32.Wha tsh ould youknow aboutfarecard machinesA.They st artse Hingtic ketsat9:30a.m.B.T hey areconn ected tochange mac hines.C.They off erspecial ser vicetotheelderly.D.They makechange forno morethan$
5.
33.At whattim edoes Metrorails top ser vice onSatur day A.At midnightB.at3a.m.C.at5am D.at7p.m.
34.What is goodabouta SmarTrip@card A.I tis conveni ent foro Idpeople B.11sav esm on eyf orits users C.itcanbeboughtatany timeD.it issold onthe Internet.
35.Whi ch nu mber should youcall if youlose somethingont heMetr oA.202-962-1195B.202-962-1100C.202-673-7000D.202-673-8000七选五Tips forc o oking onaTi ght Schedul eF rommy exp erien ce,there are three mainreasonswh ype opie dontcook more oft en:ab i1ity,mo ney and time,36_Money isat opic Illsave foran o ther day.So today Iwant togive yousom ewisdomabou thowt o makethemost of thet imey ouspend inthekitchen.Her eare t hree tipsfor greatcooki ngonatight sc hedule:
1.Think ahead.The momen tswhen I thi nk coo king isapain are whenIm alreadyhung ryandth ereis noth ingready to eat.So thinkabout ofthec omingwe ek.When will you have timet ocook Do y ouhave therigh tmat erials ready
372.Make y our timeworthit.Whe ny ou dofindtime toc ook a mea1,make themostofit andsa veyo urs elfti me1ater on.Are y ou makingone1o afof bread_38Ittak es aro undthe sameamou ntoftimeto makemoreof something.So saveyo urself theeffo rtforafu ture meal.
3.39Th is maysurp rise you,bu tone of the besttoolsf ormaking cookingwor th your timeisexp erimentat ion.It gives you thechanc etohit uponnew ideas andrec ipes tha tcan workwe11wi thyour appeti tea ndsched ule.The moreyou1earn an dthe moreyou try,t hemo re abi1ity you haveto takec ontrol of your foodand your sc hedu1e.Ho pefully tha tgiv esyoua goodstart.40And dontlet abusy sc heduledi sc ou rageyou frommaking somegreatchanges in the wayyou eatan d1ive!A.Tr yn ewthings.B.A bi1ity iseasily improved.C.Make threeor fo urinst ead.D.Und erstand yourf ood better.E.Cooking isabur denf ormany people.F.Let c ooking and livingsimply beaj o y ratherthan ab urden.G.Al ittle time plan ning aheadcansave alo tof worklater on.完形填空Joe S impson and S im on Yateswere thefir stpeo p1etoclimb theWes tF aceoftheSiula Grande int he Andesmountains.They reachedthe top_41,but ontheir way back conditions werev ery_
42.Jo efell andb ro kehis1eg.They bothkn ew thatif S imon43alon e,he wouldprobab1y getback_
44.B utS imo nd ecidedto risk his__45andtry tolow er J o edown the mountain onarope终审).As they46down,the weathergo twor se.T hena nother47occurred.Th ey couldnt seeorhear eachotherand,48,S imon1owe redh isfriend overthe edgeofaprecipi ce(峭壁).It was49for J oetoclimb backor forSimo ntop ullhim up.Joes_50was pullin gSimon slowly towar dstheprecip ice.51,after morethan anhourinthe darkandtheicy cold,Simo nhadto_
52.In tea rs,hecutthero pe.Joe_53i ntoa1ar gecr evasse(裂缝)inthe icebelow.He hadno fo odor waterandhe wasinte rrib1e pain.He couldntwalk,bu the_54togetoutofthecrevas se andst arte dto55towards theircamp,nea rly ten kilometers_
56.Simon had57the campat thefoot ofthemo unt ain.H et houghtthat Joem ustbe58,b uthe didnt wantto1eave
59.Three days later,inthe middleof the night,heheard eirt Jeonet,s voice.He couldnt60it.Joewasthere,afew met ersfrom th sti11alive.
41.A.hurried1y B.car efullyB.C.successf u11D.ea rly
42.A.dif ficu1t simi larB.woyC.special C.re D.normal
43.A.dim bed rkedB.safe lyB.s tedC.slowl yC.D.co ntinued
44.A.unw i11i ngly timeB.settle dB.hea1th C.went D.reg retful1y
45.A.for tunestorm B.by chanC.ch angeC.by D.life
46.A.1ayceB.pra ctica1cho iceC.impo r D.loo ked
47.A.d amagetant D.trouble
48.A.b ymistake D.by luck
49.A.unne cess ary D.impossible
50.A.heigh t C.s tre ngth.D.equipmen tB.we ight B.Patient1y
51.A.Fina11yB.ta keare stC.Sur elyD.Qu icklyD.
52.A.sta nd backB.fell C.ma keadecision ho1don D.
53.A.jum pedB.plannedC.escape dbacked
54.A.managed B.skate C.waite dD.hoped
55.A.run B.away C.mo veD.marc h
56.A.a roundC.trave1led toC・abov eD.along
57.
7.A.headedfo D.left forD.ret urned torB.hur t
58.
8.A.dead B.ti re dlyB.b elieveC.wea kD.1ate
59.A.secretly C.i mmedi atelyD.anxiou sly
60.A.find C.make D.accept语法填空O nemor ning,I waswai tingatthe bu sstop,worri ed aboutbe latefor school.Ther ewere manypeople waitingat the bus st op,someofthem1oo ked veryanx iousand disappoint.W hen the bus fin a11ycame,weal1hurried on board.I gota place nextthe win d ow,so I h adagood viewofthe sidewa1k.A boyonabike catchmy attent ion.He wasrid ing be sidethebusandwav inghis arms.I heard apas sengerb ehind mesho utingtothedriver,b uthere fusedstopuntil wer eachedthe nextstop.Stil1,the boyk eptr ide.He wascar ryingso meth ingover hisshoulder andsh outing.Finally,when wecame tothenext stop,theboyra nup thed oorofthebus.Iheardan excitedconve rsation.Th enthedriv er stood upand asked Ja nyonelose asuite a se atthelast stop”A wornanonthebusshout ed,O h,dear!Ifs—I.She pu shedherway tothedriver and tookthesui tcasethankful1y.Everyon eonthebus begant alk ingab outwhat theboy haddone andthecr ow dof strang erssudd en becamefrien dlyto onean other.改错My dream sc hoo1starts at8:30a.m.and ends at3:30p.m.They arethree1esson sinthemorning and twointheafte rnoon.We didnt needtodoso manyho mework.Ther efore,we havemore timewithafter—schoo1activiti es.F orexamp1e,wecando readingf oroneand aha1f hourand playsport for onehour eve ryday.My dr eams choo1loo k1ike abig gard en.Th ere area1I ki ndsof thef1o wersandtre es aro undthe classroombui1dings.We canlie onthegrass forarest,or satb ythe lake1ist eningm usic.T he teachers hereare kindandhe1pfull y.They are notonly ourteachers butalso ourf riends.。