The author of the passage advises us to do all the following EXCEPT______. A. we

The author advises us to be______.

A. friendly to everybody

B. considerate to others

C. aware of man's weakness

D. meet other's demands

From the passage, we can inter that

A． the author has a high opinion of the foundation

B． the author is surely a close friend of the Gates

C． the author believes Bill Gates is really a kind person

D． the author admires the medical knowledge of Bill Gates

Our dream is the song of our soul. Life without one is reduced to a hollow existence. But life with a dream is filled with meaning and purpose.

Most of us have a dream, or heart's desire. But the trouble is most of us have the on/off switch of our dream set to OFF. Whenever we say, I can’t, we set the switch to OFF. Whenever we believe we can, we set the switch to ON. Simple, isn't it? Just because I believe I can do something doesn't mean there won’t be any problems. But once I believe I can do it, I will seek solutions for every problem I stumble on. And since it is a law of life that we find what we look for, if I look for solutions, I will find them.

Any worthy dream is a dream worthy of accomplishing. Once I realize I can do it, the next step is to make a commitment. As soon as we make a commitment, great power is released. What seemingly were insurmountable hurdles are now reduced to obstacles of laughable insignificance. But we won’t reach this stage until we decide to stop talking and start acting. Unless we commit ourselves, self-doubt will ferment and block our way.

Our dreams don’t have to be grand to be great. An aunt of mine sold gloves in a department store for most of her life. Her dream was to be the friendliest and most helpful salesperson around. Year after year, the same customers would return and deliberately seek her out. She brightened everyone's day and touched the lives of thousands. Was her dream any less significant than that of aprominent person? Of course not. We all have the power to follow a dream that will make a difference to us and those we meet.

No dream is too small; no dream is too big, so hold on to your dream. Langston Hughes tells why, Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.So,what are you waiting for? Follow your dream!

(1)According to the author, dreams ___________.

A、refer to dreams in our sleep

B、refer to dreams in the daytime

C、gives meaning and purpose to our life

D、enables life to be a hollow existence

(2)What are the stages in following a dream?

A、Setting the switch of our dream on, making a commitment, and releasing the power.

B、Setting the switch of our dream on, committing ourselves, and following the dream.

C、Believing we can do it, committing ourselves, and acting.

D、Believing we can do it, acting and making a commitment.

(3)What does the dream of the author's aunt illustrate?

A、To illustrate we should commit ourselves and start acting.

B、To illustrate our dreams don’t have to be grand to be great.

C、To illustrate her dream was to be the friendliest and most helpful salesperson.

D、To illustrate we all have the power to follow a dream.

(4)Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A、Whether the switch of your dream is ON or OFF is left entirely to yourself.

B、If we believe we can do it, there won’t be any problems.

C、We will find what we look for.

D、The author's aunt's dream was not any less significant than that of a prominent person.

(5)The passage mainly tells us that __________.

A、a dream gives meaning and purpose to our life.

B、if dreams die, life will become meaningless.

C、we should follow our dream which will make a difference to us and other people.

D、a worthy dream is a dream worthy of accomplishing.

Suppose we built a robot(机器人)to explore the planet Mars. We provide the robot with seeing detectors(探测器)to keep it away from danger. It is powered entirely by the sun. Should we program the robot to be equally active at all times? No. The robot would be using up energy at a time when it was not receiving any. So we would probably program it to stop its activity at night and to wake up at dawn the next morning.

According to the evolutionary(进化的)theory of sleep, evolution equipped us with a regular pattern of sleeping and waking for the same reason. The theory does not deny(否认)that sleep provides some important restorative functions(恢复功能). It merely says that evolution has programmed us to perform. those functions at a time when activity would be inefficient and possibly dangerous. However, sleep protects us only from the sort of trouble we might walk into;it does not protect us form. trouble that comes looking for us. So we sleep well when we are in a familiar, safe place, but we sleep lightly, if at all, when we fear that bears will nose into the tent.

The evolutionary theory explains the differences in sleep among creatures. Why do cats, for instance, sleep so much, while horses sleep so little? Surely cats do not need five times as much repair and restoration as horses do. But cats can afford to have long periods of inactivity because they spend little time eating and are unlikely to be attacked while they sleep. Horses must spend almost all their waking hours eating, because what they eat is very low in energy value. Moreover, they cannot afford to sleep too long or too deeply, because their survival(生存)depends on their ability to run away from attackers.

1. The author uses the example of the robot in space exploration to tell us _____.

A. the differences between robots and men

B. the reason why men need to sleep

C. about the need for robots to save power

D. about the danger of men working at night

2. Evolution has programmed man to sleep at night chiefly to help him _____.

A. keep up a regular pattern of life

B. prevent trouble that comes looking for him

C. avoid danger and inefficient labour

D. restore his bodily functions

3. According to the author, we cannot sleep well when we _____.

A. are worrying about our safety

B. are overworked

C. are in a tent

D. are away from home

4. Cats sleep much more than horses do partly because cats _____.

A. need more time for restoration

B. are unlikely to be attackers

C. are more alive than horses when they are awake

D. spend less time eating to get enough energy

5. Which of the following is the main idea of the passage? _____

A. Evolution has equipped all creatures with a regular pattern of sleeping and waking.

B. The study of sleep is an important part of the evolutionary theory.

C. Sleeping patterns must be taken into consideration in the designing of robots.

D. The sleeping pattern of a living creature is determined by the food it eats.

Passage Three

Education is not an end, but a means to an end. In other words, we do not educate children only for the purpose of educating them; our purpose is to prepare them for life. As soon as we realize this fact, we will understand that it is very important to choose a system of education which will really prepare children for life. It is not enough just to choose the first system of education one finds, or to continue with one's old system of education without examining it to see whether it is in fact suitable or not.

In many modern countries, it has for some time been fashionable to think that by free education for all—whether rich or poor, clever or stupid—one can solve all the problems of society and build a perfect nation. But we can already see that free education for all is not enough; we find in such countries a far larger number of people with university degrees than there are jobs for them to fill. Because of their degrees, they refuse to do what they consider "low" work; and, in fact, work with the hands is thought to be dirty and shameful in such countries.

But we have only to think a moment to understand that the work of a completely uneducated farmer is far more important than that of a professor. We can live without education, but we will die if we have no food. If no one cleaned our streets and took the rubbish away from our houses, we would have terrible diseases in our towns. In countries where there are no servants because everyone is ashamed to do such work, scientists have to waste much of their time doing housework.

In fact, when we say that all of us must be educated to prepare for life, it means that we must be educated in such a way that, firstly, each of us can do whatever job is suited to his brain and ability, and secondly, we can realize that all jobs are necessary to society, and it is very bad to be ashamed of one's work, or to scorn someone else's. Only such a type of education can be called valuable to society.

44. Education is______.

A. a purpose

B. a means

C. fashionable

D. the first system

The author writes the passage to _________.

A. show us the function of major sports

B. encourage us to go in for green sports

C. discuss the major influence of popular sports

D. introduce different types of environment-friendly sports

None of us called the police when the two cars collided, ____?

A didn’t we B don’t we C did we D do we

A、according to

B、due to

C、Based to

D、In light of

Ⅲ. Cloze (20 points)

Directions: For each blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the answer sheet.

We are interested in the weather because it (21) us so directly—what we wear, (22) we do, and even how we feel. Geographers, however, are (23) interested in climate than in weather. Climate is the pattern of all the weather conditions over a long period of time. Generally (24) , climate (25) to these normal weather conditions, not (26) daily or yearly changes.

Climate, like weather, changes (27) time. It is true (28) these changes (29) a long time, but not as long as we might expect. Records show that over the centuries large portions of the earth have experienced great changes (30) climate.

21. A. effects

B. defects

C. infects

D. affects

A、We ; us

B、Us ; we

C、We ; our

D、We ; we