Ⅲ.阅读理解/Reading comprehension(20分)

　　A

　　It was the summer of 1965. DeLuca, then 17, visited Peter Buck, a family friend. Buck asked DeLuca about his plans for the future. "I'm going to college, but I need a way to pay for it," DeLu-ca recalls saying. Buck said, "You should open a sandwich shop."

　　That afteruoon, they agreed to be partners. And they set a goal: to open 32 stores in ten years.

　　After doing some research, Buck wrote a check for $1,000. DeLuca rented a storefront (店面) in Connecticut, and when they couldn't cover their start-up costs, Buck kicked in another $1,000.

　　But business didn't go smoothly as they expected. DeLuca says, "After six months, we were do-ing poorly, but we didn't know how badly, because we didn't have any financial controls." All he and Buck knew was that their sales were lower than their costs.

　　DeLuca was managing the store and going to the University of Bridgeport at the same time. Buck was working at his day job as a nuclear physicist in New York. They'd meet Monday evenings and brainstorm ideas for keeping the business running. "We convinced ourselves to open a second store.

　　We figured we could tell the public, ' We are so successful, we are opening a second store.' " And they did--in the spring of 1966. Still, it was a lot of learning by trial and error.

　　But the partners' learn-as-you-go approach turued out to be their greatest strength. Every Friday, DeLuca would drive around and hand-deliver the checks to pay their suppliers. "It probably took me two and a half hours and it wasn't necessary, but as a result, the suppliers got to know me very well, and the personal relationships established really helped out," DeLuea says.

　　And having a goal was also important. "There are so many problems that can get you down. You just have to keep working toward your goal," DeLuca adds.

　　DeLuca ended up founding Subway Sandwich, the multimillion-dollar restaurant chain.

　　26. DeLuea opened the first sandwich shop in order to__________.

　　A. support his family

　　B. pay for his college education

　　C. help his partner expand business

　　D. do some research

　　27. Which of the following is TRUE of Buck?

　　A. He put money into the sandwich business.

　　B. He was a professor of business administration.

　　C. He was studying at the University of Bridgeport.

　　D. He rented a storefront for DeLuca.

　　28. What can be learned about their first shop?

　　A. It stood at an unfavorable place.

　　B. It lowered the prices to promote sales.

　　C. It made no profits due to poor management.

　　D. It lacked control over the quality of sandwiches.

　　29. They decided to open a second store because they__________.

　　A. had enough money to do it

　　B. had succeeded in their business

　　C. wished to meet the increasing demand of customers

　　D. wanted to make people believe that they were successful

　　30. What contribute most to their success according to the author?

　　A. Learning by trial and error.

　　B. Making friends with suppliers.

　　C. Finding a good partner.

　　D. Opening chain stores.

　　B

　　Young adult filmmakers all hope to show their works in international festivals like Sundance and Toronto. But what about really young fihnmakers who aren't in film school yet and aren't, strictly speaking, even adults?

　　They are at the heart of Wingspan Arts Kids Films Festival, tomorrow, in a setting any director might envy: Lincoln Center. Complete with "red carpet" interviews and various awards, the festival has much in common with events for more experienced moviemakers, except for the age of the partic-ipants: about 8 to 18.

　　"What's really exciting is that it' s the film for kids by kids," said Cori Gardner, managing di-rector of Wingspan Arts, a nonprofit organization offering youth arts programs in the New York area.

　　This year the festival will include films not only from Wingspan but also from other city organizations and one from a middle school in Arlington, Virginia. "We want to make this a national event," Ms.

　　Gardner added.

　　The nine shorts to be shown range from a Claymation biography of B.B. King to a science fiction adventure set in the year 3005. "A lot of the material is really mature," Ms. Gardner said, talking about films by the New York City branch of Global Action Project, a media arts and leadership-train-ing group. "The Choice is about the history of a family and Master Anti-Smoker is about the dangers of secondhand smoke." Dream of the Invisibles describes young immigrants' feelings of both belonging

　　and not belonging in their adopted country.

　　The festival will end with an open reception at which other films will be shown. These include a music video and full-length film whose title is Pressures.

　　31. Wingspan Arts Kids Film Festival__________.

　　A. is organized by a middle school

　　B. is as famous as the Toronto Festival

　　C. shows films made by children

　　D. offers awards to film school students

　　32. Which of the following is true of Wingspan Arts?

　　A. It helps young filmmakers to make money.

　　B. It provides arts projects for young people.

　　C. It's a media arts and leadership-training group.

　　D. It's a national organization for young people.

　　33. The underlined word "shorts" in Paragraph 4 refers to__________.

　　A. short trousers

　　B. short kids

　　C. short films

　　D. short stories

　　34. Movies to shown in the festival__________.

　　A. cover different subjects

　　B. focus on kids' life

　　C. are produced by Global Action Project

　　D. are directed by Ms. Gardner

　　35. At the end of the film festival, there will be__________.

　　A. various awards

　　B. "red carpet" interviews

　　C. an open reception

　　D. a concert at Lincoln Center

　　C

　　The California region boasts a wide variety of climates and geographical features, rivaling any other area of comparable dimensions. Nearly all but the eastern-edge California Native Americans lived where environmental conditions were favorable, making food relatively accessible. Along the Pacific Coast, they hunted fish and sea mammals by boat. Included were such California tribes as the Chumash, Yurok and Pomo. The Maidu and Pomo principally ate acorns, which have a higher calo-rie rating than wheat. They pounded the hard nuts with stones and washed out the bitter taste with water.

　　The Pomo crafted what were arguably the finest baskets in all of indigenous America. They made baskets as small as a thimble and as big as a yard in width. They made watertight baskets for cooking acorn mush and seed gruel, as well as for carrying and storing food. They wove especially beautiful baskets for presents and as offerings to forebears. Some were bedecked with colorful bird feathers and shells. Their skill also was applied to trays, boats, headgear and baby carriers, such as a wickerwork cradleboard in which an infant spent his first year. Their mothers wore hats that resem-bled bowl-shape baskets.

　　The California natives lived in communities numbering up to 2,000 with dwellings arrayed in groups. A house consisted of a round frame covered with grass. There was a skylight in the roof and the beds were made on skin-covered frames each with a partition for privacy. In the center of the floor, they made a cook fire for seeds, nuts, fish and other foods. More than 100 languages flourished in California before European contact; most are gone today.

　　36. The California region takes pride in__________.

　　A. environmental conditions

　　B. hunting fish and sea mammals by boat

　　C. pounding the hard nuts with stones and washed out the bitter taste with water

　　D. a variety of climates and geographic features

　　37. How many tribes of California region are meutioned in the passage?

　　A. One.

　　B. Two.

　　C. Three.

　　D. Four.

　　38. The Pomo are good at

　　A. making baskets

　　B. cooking

　　C. making boats

　　D. fishing

　　39. According to the passage, we can know that the California natives' house is__________.

　　A. round and strong

　　B. very dark

　　C. made of grass

　　D. group design

　　40. Which of the following sentence is TRUE?

　　A. More than 100 languages flourished in California today.

　　B. The Pomo is mainly fed on acorn as well as Maidu.

　　C. There are 2,000 houses in the community.

　　D. the California natives' house are made of stone.

　　D

　　It' s one of our common beliefs that mice are afraid of cats. Scientists have long known that even if a mouse has never seen a cat before, it is still able to detect chemical signals released from it and run away in fear. This has always been thought to be something that is hard-wired into a mouse' s brain.

　　But recently Wendy Ingrain, a graduate student at the University of California, Berkeley, has chal-lenged this common sense. She has found a way to "cure" mice of their inborn fear of cats by infec-ting them with a parasite, reported the science journal Nature.

　　The parasite, called Toxoplasma gondii, might sound unfamiliar to you, but the shocking fact is that up to one-third of people around the world are infected by it. This parasite can cause different diseases among humans, especially pregnant women--it is linked to blindness and the death of un-born babies.

　　However, the parasite' s effects on mice are unique. Ingrain and her team measured how mice reacted to a cat' s urine (尿) before and after it was infected by the parasite. They noted that normal mice stayed far away from the urine while mice that were infected with the parasite walked freely a-round the test area.

　　But that' s not all. The parasite was found to be more powerful than originally thought—even after researchers cured the mice of the infection, they no longer reacted with fear to a cat' s smell,which could indicate that the infection has caused a permanent change in mice' s brains.

　　Why does a parasite change a mouse' s brain instead of making it sick like it does to humans?

　　The answer lies in evolution. Toxoplasma gondii can only reproduce inside a cat. So the parasite had to develop a way of tricking the mice into getting eaten more easily--thus helping itself go inside a cat--by taking away mice' s sense of alarm.

　　41. The passage is mainly about__________.

　　A. mice' s inborn terror of cats

　　B. the evolution of Toxoplasma gondii

　　C. a new story, about the effects of a parasite on mice

　　D. a harmful parasite called Toxoplasma gondii

　　42. The underlined part "hard-wired" in Paragraph 1 probably means__________.

　　A. deeply rooted

　　B. quickly changed

　　C. closely linked

　　D. deeply buried

　　43. The experiment found that mice infected with Toxoplasma gondii__________.

　　A. stayed far away from cat' s urine

　　B. moved around the area freely and fearlessly

　　C. became more sensitive to cat's smell

　　D. were more afraid of cats

　　44. Which of the follow statements is TRUE according to the passage?

　　A. Toxoplasma gondii cause people to develop strange and deadly diseases.

　　B. With certain infections, the infections disease can't be cured completely.

　　C. Human beings infected by Toxoplasma gondii will have permanent brain damage.

　　D. Toxoplasma gondii is harmful to human being, but it does no harm to mice.

　　45. The author's attitude towards the experiment is__________.

　　A. positive

　　B. subjective

　　C. negative

　　D. objective

　　Ⅳ.书面表达/Writing(15分)

　　46. Write about the following topic:

　　It is a Chinese virtue that we are ready to help others. What is your opinion about it? Please write a composition with the title of "Highlight the Spirit of Lei Feng". You are required to write at least 150 words.