(08·四川)

One night I decided to spend some time building a happier and closer relationship with my daughter.For several weeks she had been  16  me to play chess(棋)with her,so I suggested a game and she eagerly  17  .It was a school night,however,and at nine o’clock my daughter asked if I could  18  my moves,because she  19  to go to bed;she had to get up at six in the morning.I  20  she had strict sleeping habits,  21  I thought she ought to be able to  22  some of this strictness.I said to her,“  23  ，you can stay up late for once.We’re having  24  .”We played on for another fifteen minutes,during which time she looked  25  .Finally she said,“Please,Daddy,do it quickly.”“No,”I replied.“If you’re going to play it  26  ,you’re going to play it slowly.”And so we  27  for another ten minutes,until  28  my daughter burst into tears,and  29  that she was beaten.

Clearly I had made  30  .I had started the evening wanting to have a  31  time with my daughter but had  32  my desire to win to become more  33  than my relationship with my daughter.When I was a child,my desire to win  34  me well.As a parent,I  35  that it got in my way.So I had to change.

16.A.guiding                     B.asking                    C.training                  D.advising

17.A.followed                   B.expected                    C.replied                    D.accepted

18.A.change                        B.repeat                     C.hurry                     D.pass

19.A.agreed                         B.needed                   C.begged                   D.hated

20.A.knew                           B.learned                   C.guessed                  D.heard

21.A.so                               B.for                            C.but                        D.or

22.A.put up                         B.take up                   C.pick up                         D.give up

23.A.As usual                   B.Go ahead                   C.By the way             D.Come on

24.A.patience                    B.luck                          C.fun                        D.success

25.A.excited                     B.proud                        C.anxious                  D.angry

26.A.well                          B.again                         C.fairly                      D.regularly

27.A.discussed                     B.continued                  C.counted                  D.argued

28.A.nervously                     B.immediately            C.strangely                D.suddenly

29.A.promised                         B.admitted                    C.wondered                  D.discovered

30.A.a mistake                     B.a decision               C.an attempt              D.an effort

31.A.free                          B.different                    C.full                           D.happy

32.A.managed                   B.recognized              C.allowed                     D.reduced

33.A.important                     B.attractive                C.practical                    D.interesting

34.A.offered                     B.served                    C.controlled               D.taught

35.A.realized                     B.apologized              C.imagined                   D.explained

 (08·四川A篇)

The meaning of the word “volunteer” may be a little different in different countries,but it usually means “one who offers his or her services.”There are many different ways in which people can volunteer,such as taking care of sick people,working in homes for homeless children,and picking up garbage(垃圾)from beaches and parks.Volunteers may work within their own countries or in other countries.They are often people with a strong wish to help those who are less fortunate than themselves.Volunteers don’t expect any kind of pay.

At the root of volunteering is the idea that one person may have the ability to offer services that can help other people.Tracy,a good friend of mine,however,recently came back from India with a new idea of what being a volunteer means.She worked for two and a half weeks in one of Mother Teresa’s homes in Calcutta.The following is her story.

“I first heard about Mother Teresa in my high school,we watched a video(錄像)about her work in India and all over the world. I was so moved by her spirit to help others and her endless love for every human being that after I graduated from high school,I too wanted to try her kind of work.So with two friends I flew to Calcutta for a few weeks.”

“I was asked to work in a home for sick people.I helped wash clothes and sheets,and pass out lunch.I also fed the people who were too weak to feed themselves and tried to cheer the up.I felt it was better to share with them than to think that I have helped them.To be honest,I don’t think I was helping very much.It was then that I realized that I had not really come to help,but to learn about and experience another culture(文化)that helped improve my own understanding of life and the world.”

36.According to the text,a volunteer refers to a person who        .

A.is willing to help those in need without pay

B.can afford to travel to different places

C.has a strong wish to be successful

D.has made a big fortune in life

37.Tracy started her work as a volunteer        .

A.after she met Mother Teresa

B.after she finished high school

C.when she was touring Calcutta

D.when she was working in a hospital

38.Why did Tracy choose to be a volunteer?

A.She liked to work with Mother Teresa.

B.She had already had some experience.

C.She was asked by Mother Teresa to do so.

D.She wanted to follow Mother Teresa’s example.

39.What is Tracy’s “new idea”(Paragraph 2)of being a volunteer?

A.Going abroad to help the sick.

B.Working in Mother Teresa’s home.

C.Doing simple things to help the poor.

D.Improving oneself through helping others.

 (08·四川E篇)

At a certain time in our lives we consider every place as the possible sites(地點(diǎn))for a house.I have thus searched the country within a dozen miles of where I live.In imagination I have bought all the farms,one after another,and I knew their prices.

The nearest thing that I came to actual ownership was when I bought the Hollowell place.But before the owner completed the sale with me,his wife changed her mind and wished to keep it,and he offered me additional dollars to return the farm to him.However,I let him keep the additional dollars and sold him the farm for just what I gave for it.

The real attractions of the Hollowell farm to me were its position,being about two miles from the village,half a mile from the nearest neighbor,bounded(相鄰)on one side by the river,and separated from the highway by a wide field.The poor condition of the house and fences showed that it hadn’t been used for some time.I remembered from my earliest trip up the river that the house used to be hidden behind a forest area,and I was in a hurry to buy it before the owner finished getting out some rocks, cutting down the apple trees,and clearing away some young trees which had grown up in the fields.I wanted to buy it before the owner made any more improvements.But it turned out as I have said.

I was not really troubled by the loss.I had always had a garden,but I don’t think I was ready for a large farm.I believe that as long as possible it is better to live free and uncommitted(無牽掛的).It makes but little difference whether you own a farm or not.

51.What do we know about the author?

A.He wanted to buy the oldest farm near where he lived.

B.He made a study of many farms before buying.

C.He made money by buying and selling farms.

D.He had the money to buy the best farm in the country.

52.Why did the author decide to buy the Hollowell place?

A.It was of good market value.                          B.It was next to the highway.

C.It was in a good position.                           D.It was behind a nice garden.

53.Why did the author want to buy the farm in a hurry?

A.He was afraid the owner might change his mind.

B.He hoped to enlarge the forest on the farm.

C.He wanted to keep the farm as it was.

D.He was eager to become a farm owner.

54.The underlined words“the loss”in the last paragraph refer to        .

A.the money the author lost in buying the farm

B.the sale of the garden in the Hollowell place

C.the removal of the trees around the house

D.the failure to possess the Hollowell place

55.What does the author believe as important in life?

A.To own a farm.                                           B.To satisfy his needs.

C.To be free from worries.                           D.To live in the countryside.

  

Scientists at Harvard University and Bates College find female chimpanzees (黑猩猩) appear to treat sticks as dolls, carrying them around until they have children of their own. Young males engage in such behavior much less frequently.
The new work by Sonya M. Kahlenberg and Richard W. Wrangham, described this week in the journal Current Biology, provides the first evidence of a wild non­human species playing with dolls, as well as the first known sex difference in a wild animal’s choice of playthings.
The two researchers say their work adds to a growing body of evidence that human children are probably born with their own ideas of how they want to behave, rather than simply mirroring other girls who play with dolls and boys who play with trucks. Doll play among humans could have its origins in object—carrying by earlier apes (猿類), they say, suggesting that toy selection is probably not due entirely to socialization.
“In humans, there are obvious sex differences in children’s toy play, and these are remarkably similar across cultures,” says Kahlenberg. “While socialization by elders and peers has been the primary explanation, our work suggests that biology may also have an important role to play in activity preferences.”
In 14 years of data on chimpanzee behavior at the Kibale National Park in Uganda, Kahlenberg and Wrangham counted more than 100 examples of stick­carrying. Some young chimpanzees carried sticks into the nest to sleep with them and on one occasion built a separate nest for the stick. “We have seen juveniles occasionally carrying sticks for many years, and because they sometimes treated them rather like dolls, we wanted to know if in general this behavior tended to represent something like playing with dolls,” says Wrangham, a Professor at Harvard. “If the doll hypothesis (假設(shè)) was right, we thought that females should carry sticks more than males do, and that the chimpanzees should stop carrying sticks when they had their first child. We have now watched enough young chimpanzees to prove both points.”
【小題1】What does a female chimpanzee do with sticks?

A．She gives them to her child to play with.

B．She treats them as dolls.

C．She makes useful tools from them.

D．She treats them as weapons.

【小題2】 What causes the different toy selection of chimpanzees, according to the passage?

A．Sex difference.	B．Socialization.
C．Environment.	D．Cultural difference.

【小題3】We can infer from the fourth paragraph that ________.

A．socialization has nothing to do with human’s choice of playthings

B．sex difference is the only factor in human’s choice of playthings

C．the biology factor may also influence toy choice

D．people choose different toys in different cultures

【小題4】It can be concluded from the passage that ________.

A．both humans and chimpanzees choose their playthings due to sex difference

B．different factors cause humans and chimpanzees to choose different playthings

C．only female chimpanzees have playthings

D．chimpanzees usually choose playthings for their children

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56.                                                            Sept. 20, 2009
Dear Madam,
My husband and I want to take our four kids and a dog with us on holiday, and we are now trying to find the hotel which allows animals staying with the owners and some discount for children. I wonder if your hotel offers such services. Here is my address:
Independence Ave at 6th St SW·Washington, DC  20560
Yours sincerely,
Jane Turner
57. 100 Aquarium Way
Long Beach, CA, 90802
Nov. 8, 2009
Dear Sir or Madam,
I’d like to give my fiancee a big surprise to find a peaceful cottage inn so that we can spend a comfortable weekend without being disturbed by anyone. We just want to have romance together, and take walks with our pet dog or go for a drink at night. We’ll follow any of your requirements if you have the services we need.
Truly yours,
Paul Smith
58.                                                            Sept. 26, 2009
Dear Sir,
My wife and I are both retired form our working posts. We are longing to take a holiday in a quiet seaside country to relax ourselves and enjoy the sights of nature, walking along the beach or going fishing in the bay together. I hope to book a double room in advance. Please give me a reply as soon as possible. Here is my address:
Jefferson Drive at 12th Street SW, 95216
Sincerely,
Charlie Green
59.                                                               Dec. 20, 2009
Dear Madam,
My family is planning to go on a holiday together before Christmas, and we are looking in your town for a hotel with marvelous sea view, nice furniture and good utensils. Please send me your reply to the following address:
401 N. Carson Street·Carson City NV 89701
Faithfully yours,
I. W. Nelson
60.  326 Glenneyre Street
Laguna Beech CA  96182
Jan. 2, 2010
Dear Sir or Madam,
We are glad to be offered a chance to go and do some explorations in the countryside nearby your town. At night, we’d like to have a good swim in the hotel pool and relax. It’d be wonderful if some other relaxation items are provided. Your reply can be sent to us at your earliest convenience.
Truly yours,
D. Pounds