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第一节（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）

A

It was six or seven years ago that I first witnessed a ginger cat break into my house．His name was Samson and while “cat’’ was one description you might have applied to him, another more accurate one was “ginger beach ball that just happened to have a cat’s head on top”．He belonged to Ruby，a lady in her 80s living across the road．Soon the two of us became friends：me allowing him to steal my cat’s biscuits，him allowing me to stroke him while staring up at me in a relaxed way．If he had been able to speak，the majority of his sentences would have ended in the word “dude”(伙计)．

When Ruby died in 2009，a friend who lived several miles away adopted Samson．A strict diet followed，which left Samson looking less like a beach ball and more like a smaller cat wearing a baggy ginger sweater．While he had been around，I had complained a little about my extra cat food bills and feared for my armchairs and sofa which were often violently scratched. But in the year or two after he’d gone I missed him a lot．

In the past two and a half years，I’ve been visited by a succession of ginger cats，all of whom have been lovable，and all of whom have proved costly in either an emotional or financial sense．

I'm moving out soon and facing up to the fact that I might never see them again．I've told the buyer of my house about the essential information of it，especially the visiting cats．The chances are that one day if a cat，whether it is from one of the neighbours or just a stray one，turns up by his doorway，he can at least feed it．

1．When the author first saw the ginger cat， ．

A．she named it Samson immediately

B．she thought Samson was troublesome

C．she asked Ruby to adopt it

D．she found the cat looked very fat

2．We can conclude from Paragraph l that the ginger cat ．

A．was not properly trained B．enjoyed the moment with the author

C．was abandoned by Ruby D．disliked the biscuits of the author

3．Who does the underlined word “he” in the last sentence refer to?

A．The ginger cat B．The author

C．Ruby D．The new owner of the house

4．We can infer from the story that the author

A．missed the days spent with those cats

B．regretted what she had done for the cats

C．had many encounters with strange cats

D．had to avoid conflicts with his neighbours

B

Teen Climbing Camp 2010

This 5-day climbing camp is suitable for teenagers between the ages of 13 and 18 who have an interest in rock climbing. The climbing days are designed for beginners and those who have some basic experience in a gym or outdoors. Participants will find themselves challenged physically and mentally. Rock Dimensions camps are designed to be a positive and memorable experience by providing healthy communication between participants, individual goal setting, and challenges that lead to personal growth. Dates: Monday, June 29-Friday, July 3 Monday, July 27-Friday, July 31

Locations:

Climbing Tower at Footsloggers

Linville Gorge and Table Rock area

Local climbing areas near Boone

Responsibilities:

Participants will meet Rock Dimensions guides at our location each morning and at the end of each day. Rock Dimensions will provide all climbing items, including a safety rope, a helmet and climbing shoes for each participant. Participants are responsible for bringing their own lunch, water, small backpack, appropriate clothing, and personal items like sun cream, etc.

Pre-camp planning:

Participants will receive the following information in their registration(注册) packet: Medical Form, Responsibility Agreement, Clothing/Equipment List, and Directions.

Cost:

$575/person for the 5-day camp

$325/person for the first 3 days

Anyone interested in participating in just the last two days of the camp should call to discuss pricing and necessary skills/experience.5. According to the text, Rock Dimensions camps will _______. A. probably impress participants deeply B. provide a few competitions C. help the participants set their life goals D. check the records of personal growth6. What of the following do participants need to bring with them? A. A safety rope. ?? ? B. A helmet.?? C. Climbing shoes.??? D. Appropriate clothing.7. If Paul wants to participate in the climbing camp from July 27 to July 29 and his brother from July 27 to July 31, it will cost them _______. A. 575 dollars?????????? ?B. 650 dollars C. 900 dollars?????????? ? D. 1,150 dollars

8. What can we infer from the text? A. Some experience is required of the participants. B. It’ll be hard for teens to experience the climbing. C. Parents are required to stay with their children. D. Guides will talk about the prices with parents.

C

Expensive and new gloves allow chatterboxes（话匣子）to take the term “handsfree” to a new level—by talking into them as they make a call. The gloves are known as “Talk to the Hand” and cost ￡1,000 a pair. They fixed a speaker unit into the thumb and a microphone into the little finger that can be connected to any mobile handset using Bluetooth.

Artist Sean Miles designed the new gloves that double as a phone in part of his project that shows the possibilities of gadget recycling. He uses outdated gloves and combines them with parts from mobile handsets recycled through O2, which commissioned（承担）the project. Mobile phone users will be able to keep their hands warm while they chat without taking their phones out of their pockets or handbags.

Mr Miles designed two pairs of the new gloves—one in pink and the other in brown and yellow. They will appear in an exhibition this July and visitors will be able to win the gloves. If demand is high, they will then be produced on a larger scale. O2 Recycle, which backed the project, estimates that there are already 70 million unused mobile handsets in the UK. The service pays up to ￡260 to those who recycle gadgets including phones, handheld consoles, MP3 players and digital cameras.

Designer Sean Miles hopes his work will get people thinking about recycling. The 41-year-old said, “I hope that my ‘Talk to the Hand’ project will get people to think again about the waste created by not recycling gadgets. If a few more people recycle their gadgets rather than send them to trash, I think this project will have fulfilled its aim.”

Bill Eyres, head of O2 Recycle, urges people to recycle their phone responsibly. He said, “There’s a pressing need for all of us to look at outdated handsets, and all the gadgets that we move on from or upgrade each year. Whether they are consoles or cameras, we should think of them as a resource that we need to recycle responsibly rather than throw them away.”

9.The underlined word “O2” in Paragraph 2 is probably the name of ______.

A. an artist B. a company C. a mobile D. an exhibition

10.Consumers can buy the “Talk to the Hand” gloves ______.

A. in the exhibition B. from Mr Miles

C. when they are mass produced ?D. after they recycle the gadgets

11 The purpose of the project is to _______.

A. promote the technology of IT

B. enable people to talk to their hands

C. raise people’s awareness of recycling

D. attract visitors’ attention in the exhibition

12.What is the passage mainly about?

A. New mobiles that are fashionable.

B. Outdated handsets that are upgraded.

C. Outdated gadgets that can be used for recycling.

D. New gloves that can be used for making phone calls.

D

The Diet Zone: A Dangerous Place Diet Coke, diet Pepsi, diet pills, no-fat diet, vegetable diet… We are surrounded by the word “diet” everywhere we look and listen. We have so easily been attracted by the promise and potential of diet products that we have stopped thinking about what diet products are doing to us. We are paying for products that harm us psychologically and physically.

Diet products significantly weaken us psychologically. On one level, we are not allowing our brain to admit that our weight problems lie not in actually losing the weight, but in controlling the consumption of fatty, high-calorie, unhealthy foods. Diet products allow us to jump over the thinking stage and go straight for the scale（秤）instead. All we have to do is to swallow or recognize the word “diet” in food labels.

On another level, diet products have greater psychological effects. Every time we have a zero-calorie drink, we are telling ourselves without our awareness that we don’t have to work to get results. Diet products make people believe that gain comes without pain, and that life can be without resistance and struggle.

The danger of diet products lies not only in the psychological effects they have on us, but also in the physical harm that they cause. Diet foods can indirectly harm our bodies because consuming them instead of healthy foods means we are preventing our bodies from having basic nutrients. Diet foods and diet pills contain zero calorie only because the diet industry has created chemicals to produce these wonder products. Diet products may not be nutritional, and the chemical that go into diet products are potentially dangerous.

Now that we are aware of the effects that diet products have on us, it is time to seriously think about buying them. Losing weight lies in the power of minds, not in the power of chemicals. Once we realize this, we will be much better able to resist diet products, and therefore prevent the psychological harm that comes from using them.

13. One psychological effect of diet products is that people tend to _____.

A. hesitate before they enjoy diet foods B. pay attention to their own eating habits

C. watch their weight rather than their diet D. try out a variety of diet foods

14. In Paragraph 3, “gain comes without pain” probably means ______.

A. losing weight is effortless B. diet products bring no pain

C. it costs a lot to lose weight D. diet products are free from calories

15. Diet products indirectly harm