Treasure hunts (寻宝) have excited people’s imagination for hundreds of years both in real life and in books such as Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island. Kit Williams, a modern writer, had the idea of combining the real excitement of a treasure hunt with clues (线索) found in a book when he wrote a children’s story, Masquerade, in 1979. The book was about a hare, and a month before it came out, Williams buried a gold hare in a park in Bedfordshire. The book contained a large number of clues to help readers find the hare, but Williams put in a lot of “red herrings”, or false clues, to mislead them.
Ken Roberts, the man who found the hare, had been looking for it for nearly two years. Although he had been searching in the wrong area most of the time, he found it by logic, not by luck. His success came from the fact that he had gained an important clue at the start. He had realized that the words: “One of Six to Eight” under the first picture in the book connected the hare in some way to Katherine of Aragon, the first of Henry VIII’s six wives. Even here, however, Williams had succeeded in misleading him. Ken knew that Katherine of Aragon had died at Kimbolton in Cambridgeshire in 1536 and thought that Williams had buried the hare there. He had been digging there for over a year before a new idea occurred to him. He found out that Kit Williams had spent his childhood near Ampthill, in Bedfordshire, and thought that he must have buried the hare in a place he knew well, but he still could not see the connection with Katherine of Aragon, until one day he came across two stone crosses in Ampthill Park and learnt that they had been built in her honor in 1773.
Even then his search had not come to an end. It was only after he had spent several nights digging around the cross that he decided to write to Kit Williams to find out if he was wasting his time there. Williams encouraged him to continue, and on February 24th 1982, he found the treasure. It was worth ₤3000 in the beginning, but the excitement it had caused since its burial made it much more valuable.
1.The underlined word “them” (paragraph 1) refers to __________.
A. readers of Masquerade
B. treasure hunts
C. Henry VIII’s six wives
D. red herrings
2.What is the subject discussed in the text?
A. An exciting historical event.
B. The importance of logical thinking.
C. The attraction of Masquerade.
D. A modern treasure hunt.
3.Which of the following describes Roberts’ logic in searching for the hare?
a. Henry VIII’s six wives
b. Katherine’s burial place at Kimbolton
c. Williams’ childhood in Ampthill
d. Katherine of Aragon
e. stone crosses in Ampthill Park
A. a -b- c- e- d B. d- b- c- e- a
C. b- a- e- c- d D. a- d- b- c- e
4.What is the most important clue in the story to help Ken Roberts find the hare?
A. Katherine of Aragon.
B. Stevenson’s Treasure Island.
C. Two stone crosses in Ampthill.
D. Williams’ hometown.
The Hunan Satellite TV(HNTV) show “Where are we going, Dad?” is a big hit. Many famous stars brought their children to a strange village alone, and they had to spend 72 hours with their children there. The program fully showed us a modern version of the “how to be a good father”. As the young parents today are too busy to take care of their children, this new form of“Lost on the way”played by nanny daddy and cute kids triggered（触发）a lot of people’s emotional resonance（共鸣）. Both the kids and their parents will find that their hearts are being drawn closer. But this kind of feeling has just proved that there is a big spiritual barrier between the modern parents and children.
The TV shows like “Children are hard to support!”, “Where are we going, Dad?”, “hot mom” and “cute kids” are becoming more and more popular. All of these show the new parents’ confusion in children’s education and the appeal for the balance between career and family.
In real life, on the one hand the young parents feel helpless because they are too busy to accompany their children under the pressures of work and life; on the other hand they continue to do so. The data collected by HNTV show that nearly two-thirds of their audience are female, among whom 36% are aged from 25 to 34. We can imagine such a scene that one evening a young mother is watching the show with her young children, while her husband is still at work or trapped in socializing, or maybe is just playing computer games in the bedroom. The story of a child without the company of father is still going on. In fact, it is sometimes the same to mothers. In a modern family, it is often the old who take the responsibility of raising a child. The participation of mother in the children’s education is also very low.
It is just this kind of confusion where the parents have gone in the modern family education, and where the parents will guide their children to go that“Where are we going, Dad?”shows us. If a child wants to grow up healthily and safely into a modern citizen with independent personality and free spirit, it is very important for him or her to follow the parents who serve as their first teacher. Maybe this is the real reason why such kind of TV programs could get hot. The truth is that children will go where their parents go; and society will go where the children go.
1. Which of the following can be inferred in the passage?
A. Parents shouldn’t entirely leave the education of children to the old.
B. 36% of the audience of the program are female aged from 25-34.
C. The program shows us the confusion where the parents and children will go to play.
D. In a modern family it is often mothers who are responsible for raising a child.
2.Which one is the best title of the passage?
A. Confusion behind “Where are we going, dad?”
B. Modern Education is Important
C. Nanny Daddy and Cute Kids
D. New Problems in Modern Children’s Education
3.In raising a child in modern society, parents should __________.
A. play computer games with their children
B. break down the barrier between children and teachers
C. balance well between family and career
D. keep their children at home to avoid socializing
4.What attitude towards modern family education does the author express in the second paragraph?
A. Optimistic. B. Proud. C. Worried. D. Indifferent.
最近在学校的论坛上，你看到有不少同学用英语在交流听力如何突破的问题。 以下要点提示，写一篇英语网帖参与交流。内容包括：
1.掌握听力技巧和方法，多向老师和同学求助；
2.听、说相结合，多听的同时注重口语训练。
3.充分利用网络、英文电台等听力资源。
注意：
1.词数100左右。
2.可以适当展开联想。
短文改错
My mom and I am fighting. We used to get on so well， and these days， she has been arguing with me about my not coming to home. She thinks I should spend more time help her with the housework instead going out a lot. In her eyes，I’m just a lazy boy whom only loves playing. The fact is that some of my friends and I are going to different school soon，so I want to spend as many time as I can with them. I knew I should try to understand the situation from her point of view. But I hope she can understand what important these friends are to me.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词$或括号内单词的正确形式。
Just now，I entered the website “Topic for Today”. I feel 1.________ (interest) in the report on middle school students’ using cell-phones on campus. In fact，more students now come to school2.________ cell-phones. My schoolmates have different opinions. Some think 3.________ is convenient to get in touch with others with the cell-phone，4.________also makes them feel safe especially in time of trouble. Besides，it is nice to enjoy 5.________ (variety) functions of different
cell-phones.
Others think differently. First，the cell-phone is not6.________ must in school，as there are some IC phones there，7.________ (make) it easy to call others. Second， many students often play e-games and send 8.________ (message) with their cell-phones，even in class， which will surely have bad effects on their study. What’s more， a large amount of time and money will 9.________ (waste).In my opinion，the cell-phone is a useful tool in our daily life. But it doesn’t mean we can use it 10.________ (free) in school.
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项In 1882 a baby girl caught a fever that was so fierce that she nearly died. She ________ but the fever left its mark一she could no longer see and ________ . Because she could not hear，she also found it very ________to speak.
So how did this child，blinded and deafened at 19 months old，grow up to________ a world-famous author and public speaker?
The fever cut her ________from the outside world， depriving (剥夺）her of sight and sound. It was ________ she had been thrown into a dark prison room from which there could be no ________ .
Luckily Helen was not someone who 48 easily. Soon she began to explore the world by using her other ________ . She followed her mother wherever she went， ________ onto her skirts. She touched and smelled everything she came across. She 51 their actions and was soon able to do certain jobs herself，like milking the 52 or kneading dough (揉面）.She even learnt to ________ people by feeling their faces or their clothes. She could also________ where she was in the garden by the smell of the different plants and the ________ of the ground under her feet.
By the age of 7 she had invented over 60 different ________by which she could talk to her family. ff she wanted bread for example，she would pretend to ________a loaf and butter into slices (片）.If she wanted ice cream， she ________ herself with her arms and pretended to shake.
Helen was unusual in that she was extremely ________ and also very sensitive. By her own ________ she had managed to make some sense of an alien and confusing world. But even so she had limitations.
1.A. escaped B. succeeded C. finished D. survived
2.A. cry B. sleep C. hear D. read
3.A. difficult B. impossible C. able D.usual
4.A. explain B. become C. manage D. choose
5.A. down B. off C. in D. up
6.A. even if B. not only C. so that D. as if
7.A.increase B. release C. punishment D. praise
8.A. gave out B. picked up C. gave up D. turned up
9.A. senses B. plans C. projects D. dreams
10.A. falling B. hanging C. stepping D. rushing
11.A. copied B. stole C. expressed D. figured
12.A. chickens B. children C. cows D. birds
13.A. ask B. find C. lead D. recognize
14.A. remember B. tel C. forget D. improve
15.A. feel B. knowledge C. opinion D. sight
16.A. directions B. signs C. notes D. topics
17.A. order B. cook C. cut D. throw
18.A. reached B. held C. dropped D. opened
19.A. generous B. kind C. intelligent D. honest
20.A. lives B. relationships C. effects D. efforts
