Reading

Choose the best answer:

Why we love the idea... (P4)

1. According to the article, what brings the world to the end in the hit movie 2012? (No more than 5 words)

2. Which sentence in the article is the closest in meaning to the following sentence?

People blame him because he helped spread false message about the end of the world on the Internet.

3. What is NASA's attitude toward the doomsday described in the film? (No more than 25 words)

4. According to Michael A. Ryan, what could be the reason behind people's fear of the doomsday nowadays? (No more than 25 words)

Gauging sea level (P6)

5. Scientists find it hard to measure sea levels because ______.

a. there isn't a ruler long enough to measure sea level

b. the sea level is changing all the time

c. they lack a tool to measure sea levels accurately

d. there are many things that affect sea level

A. abc B. abd C. acd D. bcd

6. What is the article mainly about?

A. The Earth's place in a chaotic solar system.

B. The tide gauge, an instrument to measure sea levels.

C. How the sea level can be measured with relative accuracy.

D. The role played by global warming in rising sea levels.

7. What is most important to gaining fairly accurate measurements of sea levels?

A. The use of satelite information.

B. Noting down measurements over long time periods.

C. Ignoring factors which affect sea levels.

D. Taking all factors which affect sea levels into consideration.

How Mom taught me pride (P8)

8. Why did the author's mother tell her to hold her head up high and face the world?

A. Because everyone looked at her with disdain and her mother wanted to show sympathy for her.

B. Because her mother wanted her to be confident.

C. Because her mother didn't want her to be seen as a “monster”.

D. Because her mother thought the author looked prettier when she did that.

9. Which of the following is TRUE according to the article?

A. The author managed to get over her disability in high school.

B. The author gave her children encouragement and love, as her mother had given her.

C. The author was always confident after the accident.

D. In high school the author was chosen to be president of the student's union.

10. The underlined sentence “Each of my children has felt its invitation.” means her children ______.

A. each received an invitation from her mother

B. didn't quite understand the meaning of her word

C. faced the same difficulty as their mother

D. benefited from their mother's word

11. Which would be the best title for the article?

A. My mom's gift to me

B. How I found my life-partner

C. My terrible childhood accident

D. Disability is no shame

Listening

(听力语音文件与听力材料原文见www.21teens.com.cn)

Topic: Food and drink

（一）听下面三段独白，然后根据所听的内容从括号中选出正确的选项填在横线上，每段独白仅读一遍。

a. The study suggests that people in ___ (Great Britain, the US, France) like fast food most in the world.

b. Fast food will make you ____ (healthy, fat) and some fast food is too ___ (tasty, salty).

c. In order to stay healthy, you should never miss ____ (breakfast, lunch, supper) and eat different kinds of healthy food.

（二）听下面一段独白，然后根据所听的内容判断下面句子的正误。该段独白读两遍。（正确√，错误×）

( ) 1. People in some Western countries drink more coffee than tea.

( ) 2. Coffee is drunk by those who like to take their time, and tea is drunk by those who are in a hurry.

( ) 3. Afternoon tea served between 3 and 5 p.m. is an old French tradition for rich people.

( ) 4. Afternoon tea has a history of about 180 years.

( ) 5. Some say the polite way to drink tea is to use the right hand with the little finger pointing out. The saucer is held with the left hand.

( ) 6. People in some Western countries drink tea with both milk and lemon at afternoon teatime.

Key:

Reading

1. Climate change.

2. He is being criticized for fuelling Internet rumors about doomsday.

3. NASA said there is no factual basis for the doomsday claims in the film and no threat to the earth connected with 2012.

4. Today’s current economic climate could be a state of crisis for many people who believe in the myths of destruction.

5—7 DCB 8—11 BBDA

Listening

I.

a. Great Britain

b. fat, salty

c. breakfast

II.

1—6 F F F T T F