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???A lady in an old dress and her husband, dressed in an worn suit, stepped off the train in Boston, and walked quietly without an appointment into the president of Harvard’s outer office. The secretary could tell in a moment that such country people didn’t have business at Harvard. “We want to see the president,” the man said softly. “He’ll be busy all day,” the secretary said coldly. “We’ll wait,” the lady replied.
?For hours, the secretary didn’t talk to them, hoping that the couple would finally become disappointed and go away. They didn’t. And the secretary finally decided to talk to the president. “Maybe if they just see you for a few minutes, they’ll leave,” she told him. He was reluctant (不情愿的)to meet with the badly-dressed couple.
??The lady told the president, “We had a son that attended Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard, and was very happy here. But he was accidentally killed. And my husband and I would like to build up a memorial(紀念碑) to him somewhere on campus. ” The president wasn’t moved and said angrily,“We can’t put up a statue for every person who attended Harvard and died, and this place would look like a cemetery (墓地).
?“Oh, no,” the lady explained quickly,“We don’t want to build a statue. We thought we would give a building to Harvard.” The president said in surprise, “A building? Do you have any idea how much a building costs? The physical building cost us seven and a half million dollars.”
?For a moment the lady was silent. The president was pleased. He could get rid of them now. The lady turned to her husband and said quietly, “Is that all it costs to start a university?” Her husband nodded. The president was puzzled .Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stanford walked away, traveling to Palo Alto, California where they set up the university that was named after them-------- a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer cared about.
( ?)1.The old couple went to Boston_________according to the passage.
???A.by car ??B.by train ??C.on foot ??D.by plain
( ?)2. The secretary of the president________the old couple.
???A. showed great respect to
???B. was very polite to
???C. looked down upon
???D. was friendly to
( ?)3. The couple wanted to ask the president if______.
A. they will build a memorial to their son on campus
B.they will buy Harward University
C.they could attend Harward University
D.they could start a university near Harward University
( ?)4. They president was_____after knowing the couple’s idea of giving a building to Harvard.
???A.happy
???B.angry
???C.moved
???D.surprised
( ?)5. The underlined word”puzzled”in the last paragraph probably means”_______”in Chinese.
???A.迷惑的
???B.欣喜若狂的
???C.感動的
???D.意外的
( ?)6. What can you learn from the passage?
???A. We should learn how to respect others.
???B. We should be politely to the old people.
???C. Never judge a book by its cover.
???D. Love is important to everyone.
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B. Choose the words or expressions to complete the passage.7%
???What will the home of the future look like? A team of architects in Hong Kong say that city homes will be tiny, as populations continue to ___1__ and space becomes more expensive.
??They have designed “space flats” that are only 30 square meters in __2___.These flats have small rooms: a living room, a bathroom and a bedroom, ___3___ a balcony ,but everything is carefully planned to make good use of the limited space.
?The living room is the main room of the flat. It can be used as an office, a kitchen and even a second bedroom. There is a sofa that can be changed into a bed. The dining table can be changed into a computer desk. And, if not needed, both the sofa-bed and the table can be folded away(折疊收攏) and stored into a small apace in the wall. There is a flat-screen TV, which can also serve as a computer monitor. In one corner of the room, a small cooker, a microwave oven and a small refrigerator are ___4___out of sight.
?The other rooms are small but practical. The bathroom contains a toilet and a shower. The double bed in the bedroom can also be a sofa, if ____5____ .The balcony has enough room for two people to sit and enjoy the view from the block of flats. All the rooms have high ceilings to provide as much storage(儲藏) space as possible, while the flat has large windows to let in ____6____ sunlight.
“Space flats “are now being tested in a building in Hong Kong. “It’s wonderful,” said one citizen. “ The flat is so well designed that you ____7____that there is plenty of space”
1A.reduce ??B.grow ??????C. Move ?????D. protect
2.A.size ????B.length ?????C.height ?????D.distance
3.A.as well ??B.such as ????C.as well as ??D.known as
4.A.eaten ???B.fallen ?????C.stolen ?????D.hidden
5.A.difficult ?B.thirsty ?????C.necessary ??D.primary
6.A.full of ???B.plenty of ??C.a bit ???????D.a little
7.A.feel ?????B.expect ????C.think ??????D.hope
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C Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words.7%
Jeanne Calment, a French woman, became a record breaker on 17 October of 1995, when at the age of 120 years and 238 days, she became the longest-lived human being on record. A ??Japanese man d___1____?in 1986 at the age of 120 years and 237 days.
Jeanne Calment lives in a small old people’s home in the south of France; her husband, her only child and her grandson have all died. She is nearly blind and deaf and is always in a wheelchair, but her doctor describes her as being more like a 90-year-old in good h___2_____?than someone of 120. She still has a lively sense of humor.
When asked on her 120th b___3___?what she expected of the future, she replied: A very short one. She also remarked that she thought the good Lord had forgotten all about her.
So what is the k__4___to a long life? According to some doctors, diet, exercise and no smoking are the three important factors. Jeanne Calment has f___5____ two of the tips(竅門). She has always eaten a healthy diet, and she used to do exercises every day until she broke her leg at the age of 115. However, until recently she drank two glassed of strong red wine a day, and she does smoke (now only a little). Besides, Jeanne Calment might have got very good genes(基因) from her parents. Her father lived to the age of?94 and her mother to 86.
A local lawyer bought her house when she was 80 under an agreement that he would pay her some money every year until her death. It must have seemed a good i_6____at the time, but so far the lawyer has paid her at least three times the value of the house. Every year on her birthday Jeanne Calment sends him a card saying:
Sorry, I’m still a_7_____!
D Answer the questions.7%
???There must be some mistakes! That’s what Tamar Chotzen said when she learned that the United Nations had given her its highest environmental award for her work at the Hawaii Nature Center.
But there was no mistake. The United Nations gave its Environmental Leadership Award in 1993 to Chotzen . Other winners were such famous people as Carl Sagan and Margaret Mead.
In her seven years as the head of the Hawaii Nature Center. Chotzen has built a wonderful place where young children can learn about the environment . The programs at the Nature Center allow the children to not only see but touch the forest.
When children leave the Nature Center . ?Chotzen wants them to see how their lives are linked, or connected, to the environment. She says,”?When the children see where their food and water come from, then I feel very good about my work.”
“I think the challenge for us is to be more self-aware,”?says Chotzen. “That’s partly what we are teaching children here at the Nature Center ----to be aware of themselves and their relationships to the environment, to understand the effects that they are having so that nature is not forgotten.”
So when children ask if there are sharks in the river at the Nature Center, Chotzen hopes that, after they leave, they will remember that sharks live in the ocean and that the river is a place where drinking water come from.
Chotzen, 37 years old, began to work for the Nature Center by accident. She was hurt while playing soccer, and stared to look for a job. Chotzen saw the Nature Center’s ad for a director, but she did not know anything about the Nature Center. After a visit, she was very excited. “It was like a flower just waiting to bloom.”
Chotzen has indeed helped the nature Center also to bloom. When she began her work in 1986, about 6000 people visited the Honolulu center. It had a budget of 50000. Today, over 50000 people visit it and the other center on Maui. The budget is now over 1,000,000. Her goal is to have all the young children in Hawaii visit in the two centers.
1 Why did the United Nations give its Environment Leadership Award in 1993 to Chotzen?
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2 What did Chotzen do as the head of Hawaii Nature Center?
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3How old was Chotzen when she began to work for the Nature Center?
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4 Did she know about the Nature Center before she began to work there?
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5 How many people visited the Center in 1986?
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6 Where are the two centers?
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7 What do you think of Chotzen’s ?work ?
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II. Write a passage of at least 60 words on the topic”Shanghai in my eyes”5%
??以“我眼中的上?！睘轭}，寫一篇不少于60字的文章。
??1. Do you love Shanghai?
??2. In your eyes, what is it like? Say something about the city.
??3. Why do you or don’t you love Shanghai? Give at least 2 reasons.
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II ?BEAD
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