????I have clear memories even today of going to Mumbai airport at night all excited about finally going?abroad. I had heard several great things about Lufthansa till then but now I finally got to experience them first hand, during the flight to Frankfurt. We flew business class and even today I can remember the excellent service by the Lufthansa crew. The flight was really smooth and thoroughly enjoyable, even for?someone like me, who is otherwise scared of flying.????After spending almost two weeks in Europe, we took the Lufthansa airport express from Dusseldorf to Frankfurt airport, for our return flight. What a journey that was! All along the Rhine (莱茵河), it was?simply an unforgettable experience. I was in a?sombre?mood on the flight back to Mumbai as it marked?the end of a wonderful vacation, but the Lufthansa crew members were able to change it into a most?enjoyable experience yet again, with the quality of their service.????Being the first airline to take me overseas, Lufthansa will always hold a special place in my heart. Even?today, I continue to enjoy flights on Lufthansa and simply cannot dream of choosing any other airline. Flying, in general, for me, has always been an ordeal (terrible and painful experience). Flying on Lufthansa, however, is something I always have and always will look forward to.1. What made the author so interested in traveling abroad?A. Growing up in India.B. Once staying in Canada.C. Once traveling to Canada with his father.D. His father's stories about his traveling experiences.2. Which of the following is TRUE about the author's trip to Europe in 1998?A. The author traveled with one of his parents.B. Both their going and return are by air.C. They traveled in spring that year.D. They stayed in Europe for nearly two months.3. It can be inferred from the passage that Lufthansa is ________.A. a city in India? B. a city in EuropeC. an airline company?? D. a travel agency4. The underlined word "sombre" in the 4th paragraph probably means "________".?A. happy?? B. sad C. angry? D. enjoyable

B

New Annotated Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoylePrice: ￡28.00Publication Date: 30/11/2006Publisher’s description:Collect Doyle’s fifty-six classic short stories, arranged in the order in which they appeared in late-nineteenth-and-early-twentieth-century book editions, in a set complemented by four novels, editor biographies of Doyle, Holmes, and Watson as well as literary and cultural details about Victorian society. Breaking Ground by Daniel LibeskindPrice: ￡16.00Publication Date:11/10/2006Brief description:This is a book about the adventure life that can offer each of us if we seize it, and about the powerful forces of tragedy, memory and hope. For Daniel Libeskind, life’s adventure has been through architecture, which he has found has the power to reshape human experience. Although often relating to the past, his buildings are about the future. This biology of one man’s journey brings together history, personal experience, our physical environment and a fresh international vision. In the Shadow of No Towers by Art SpiegelmanPrice: ￡16.00Publication Date:02/09/2006Brief description:On 11th?September 2001, Art Spiegelman raced to the world Trade Center, not knowing if his daughter Nadja was alive or dead. Once she was found safe---in her school at the foot of the burning towers---he returned home, to mediate(反省) on the trauma(创伤), and to work on a comic strip(连环漫画). In the Shadow of No Towers is New Yorker Art Spiegelman’s extraordinary account of “the hijacking(劫机) on 9.11 and the following hijacking of those events” by America. Light on Snow by Anita ShrevePrice: ￡14.00Publication Date:07/10/2006Publisher’s description:This is the 11th?novel by Anita Shreve, the critically accepted bestseller. A moving story of love and courage and tragedy and of the ways in which the human heart always seeks to heal itself. Last Child in the Woods by Richard LouvPrice: ￡20.99Publication Date:11/08/2006Brief description:Camping in the garden, riding bikes through the woods, climbing trees, picking wildflowers, running through piles of autumn leaves… these are the things childhood memories are made of. But for a whole generation of today’s children the pleasures of a free-range childhood are missing, and their indoor habits contribute to obesity(肥胖症), attention disorder and childhood depression. This book shows how our children have become increasingly distanced from nature, why this matters and how we can affect others . Richard Louv is chairman of the Children and Nature Network and co-chair of the National Forum on Children and Nature. He is the author of seven other books and has written for newspapers and magazines including the New York Times and the Washington Post.

5． If one wants to know something about Victorian society, he or she may read____.

A．Light on Snow

B．In the Shadow of No Towers



C．Breaking Ground

D．New Annotated Sherlock Holmes



6． Which of the following refers to tragedies?

A．Light on Snow　＆　Breaking Ground



B．Light on Snow ＆　In the Shadow of No Towers



C．In the Shadow of No Towers ＆　Breaking Ground



D．New Annotated Sherlock Holmes　＆　In the Shadow of No Towers



7.Which book is based on a real big event?

A．Breaking Ground

B．In the Shadow of No Towers



C．Light on Snow

D．Last Child in The Woods



8.Who has also written for newspapers and magazines according to the text?

A．Arthur Conan Doyle.

B．Daniel Libeskind



C．Art Spiegelman

D．Richard Louv





C

While students in Hainan are quite used to clear skies, Beijing teenagers are not so

lucky. As another warm winter approaches, the city can expect the normal clouds of smoke

caused by air pollution.

But things could start to get better soon. The government is co-operating with a US-

based environmental protection agency to update existing buses and trucks with clean fuel

technology. The new technology could reduce air pollutants in existing diesel vehicles (柴

油机) by 40 per cent. The programme will begin by testing buses in Beijing to see if the

technology can be applied to them.

"We encourage the development of public transportation. But at the same time we need

to reduce pollution from them," said an official.

Efforts are being made to improve the capital's environment with tighter controls on

emissions (排放). Some heavily polluting factories and construction sites, such as those

owned by the steel giant Shougang Group, have been asked to cut production in November

and December or be closed. Beijing was the third polluted city in the world at the end of

last century, according to the UN. But thanks to recent measures, the capital has made

some progress. Last year 224 clear days were rated as having good air quality. In 1998

the air quality index (指数) gave just 100 days as good.

"I am glad to see an improvement," said a Senior 1 boy living in the northwest of

Beijing. "Compared to other places, the air quality of Beijing is still worrying though.

I hate the pollution. Once I was riding my bike in the morning when I almost had a traffic

accident because I couldn't see a car only metres away from me in frog."

In early October, the skies were covered by such a thick fog that a display show by

the visiting French air force was called off.

Rapid development, industry, traffic fumes (烟) and sandstorms from the desert all

contribute to the city's bad air.

9. The passage is mainly about ______?

A. a programme to improve Beijing's air quality

B. progress made in Beijing's air quality

C. Beijing's air pollution

D. the difference between Hainan and Beijing

10. Which of the following is not the measure taken or to be taken to improve Beijing's

air?

A. Clean fuel technology will be used in public transportation.

B. Some factories have been asked to cut production.

C. Some construction sites have been told to be closed.

D. A display show of airplanes has been called off.

11. We can infer from the passage that, with the aim of being an ecological (生态的) city

by the 2008 Olympics, ______.

A. far more still needs to be done B. nothing else needs to be done

C. all traffic has to be closed D. the development of the city has to be slowed down

12. Which is not correct according to the passage?

A. Beijing's air quality is getting worse and worse.

B. Development, industry, traffic fumes and sandstorms are all the causes of bad air

quality.

C. Clouds of smoke in the sky is the common feature in the winter of Beijing.

D. The government is making every effort to stop air pollution.

D

When my son was just learning to talk, I carried him around the house in my arms and pointed out things to him. “Look, David, a clock” He’d smile and point as I did and say “clock”. David was quick at connecting the shape of things to their words.

??? When my son was about four years old, I walked with him to the backyard. I knew that there was an ant colony under one of the slate stones in the walkway near the shed, so I said to David, “Come on. I want to show you something.”

??? As I showed David the ants that were crawling around the slate stone, he crouched down on his legs and looked?at the ants curiously..

??? For days after that, David wanted to look under every rock in the garden, and we often found worms, ants and so on. I recognized that David loved to look at things closely and observe how things moved, and so I continued to point things out to him as he grew older: planes, cars, shells etc. David was a keen observer, and I just gave him the suggestions as to where to look.

??? Today David is a medical doctor at Columbia University Center. I did not know that David would someday be a doctor, someone who has to pay close attention to what he sees, and yet I felt I should encourage his enthusiasm for observation when he was a boy .

??? That is what teachers and parents do: encourage a child’s enthusiasm for