1.选出下面读音不同的选项()。

2.In each of the following groups of words,there are four underlined letters or letter combinations marked A,B,C and D. Compare the underlned parts and indentify the one that is different from the others in pronunciation. Mark your answer by balckening the corresponding letter on the Answer sheet.

3. 选出下列选项中划线部分读音不同的选项（）

4.Laura was married for 6 months．Her husband was using drugs．She didn't want her son or her unborn baby to live that way, but she was afraid to ask her husband to leave．She left him a note instead．After reading the note, Laura's husband waited for her to come home and then beat her and her son. 　　Laura had little education and she never had a good paying job．She was ashamed to ask for help from the police, courts or women's shelters．Sometimes her husband was very nice to her．She decided to try harder so her children could have a home and a father．Laura joined a church and told a priest about her problem. 　　But her husband kept using drugs and hurting the family．Finally, she told her husband she loved him, but they should live apart for a while．He beat her again．The priest came over to talk to her．He asked the husband to go out for a while．Laura packed up her things and left home with her son．The next day she lost the baby．Her husband went to jail. 　　Laura got a lot of help from groups that help women who have been beaten．Now she is in college, has her own apartment and works on special projects at a women's shelter．"We got out, and it changed life for me and my child．You can do it．You can break the cycle," Laura said.[单选题] Which of the following statements is TRUE?

5.I don't know___the day after tomorrow.

6.The sandwiches ( ) by your mother were very delicious.

7.In 1969,Jake Burton Carpenter received a ____ for Christmas.填入____处的最佳答案是()。

8.As we recently discovered，there is a Stepmother’s Day，though it is not on any official holiday calendar.So，it would be safe to assume that there is a similar day for stepdads，too.Right? Well，it depends on what you read.A Google search brought up posts that say，for example，“It’s on father’s day--father’s day is for fathers，step—fathers and people who are like fathers to you-it’s a day for making father figures feel special.”Further searching found a Stepfather’s DayFacebook page that says，“The unofficial Stepfather’s Day is the fourth Sunday of June.”Unfortunately，as of the publishing of this article，only 30 people have “liked” the page.Considering that studies show 3.3 million men，or 11.1%of U.S.fathers，live with at least one stepchild，that’s only a drop in the ocean.It’s interesting to note that there is a National Grandparents’ Day.President Jimmy Carter signed it into law in 1978.Law! While grandparents are undoubtedly special people in our children’s lives，they are often seen as the most loving family members.But what about the stepparents? The stepparents are the ones who are often the outsiders，the ones who have to endure the hurtful “You’re not my dad!” or “You’re not my mom!” And yet they never give up.They do their best to overcome the inherent challenges of stepparents and be role models for their stepchildren.These unsung(未被颂扬的)family heroes deserve “official” days of honor.Perhaps if we are loud enough，President Obama，who had a stepfather himself，will sign into law NationalStepmother’s Day and National Stepfather’s Day.Are you with me? Follow me and get your voice heard.How cool it would be if we could make this happen!What is the reason for setting an official holiday for stepparents?

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Passage Three

The US. government has recently helped people learn more about the dangers of earthquakes by publishing a map. This map shows the chances of an earthquake in each part of the country. （83）The areas of the map where earthquakes are most likely to occur are called earthquake belt‖. The government is, spending a great deal money and is working hard to help discover the answer to these two questions: l. Can we predict earthquake? 2. Can we control earthquakes?

To answer the first question, scientists are looking very closely at the most active fault( 断层 )systems in the country such as the San Andreas fault in California, a fault is break between two sections of the earth’surface. These breaks between sections are the place where earthquake occurs. Scientists look at the faults for changes that might show that an earthquake was about to occurs. But it will probably be many years before we can predict earthquakes accurately. And the control of earthquakes is even farther away. Nevertheless, there have been some interesting developments in the field of controlling earthquakes. The most interesting development concerns the Rocky Mountain Arsenal earthquakes. Here water was put into a layer of rocks 4000 meters below surface of the grounD、Shortly after this injection of water, there were a small number of earthquakes. Scientists have decided that the water which was injected into rocks works like oil on each other. When the water “oiled ”the fault, the fault became slippery and the energy of an earthquake was releaseD、Scientists are still experimenting at the site of these earthquakes. They have realized that there is a connection between injection of the water and the earthquake activity. They have suggested that might be possible to use this knowledge to prevent very big destructive earthquakes, that is, scientists could inject some kind of fluid like water into faults and change one big earthquake into a number of small, harmless earthquakes.Earthquake belts are_____ .

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As we recently discovered，there is a Stepmother’s Day，though it is not on any official holiday calendar.So，it would be safe to assume that there is a similar day for stepdads，too.

Right? Well，it depends on what you read.A Google search brought up posts that say，for example，“It’s on father’s day--father’s day is for fathers，step—fathers and people who are like fathers to you-it’s a day for making father figures feel special.”Further searching found a Stepfather’s Day

Facebook page that says，“The unofficial Stepfather’s Day is the fourth Sunday of June.”

Unfortunately，as of the publishing of this article，only 30 people have “liked” the page.Considering that studies show 3.3 million men，or 11.1%of U.S.fathers，live with at least one stepchild，that’s only a drop in the ocean.

It’s interesting to note that there is a National Grandparents’ Day.President Jimmy Carter signed it into law in 1978.Law! While grandparents are undoubtedly special people in our children’s lives，they are often seen as the most loving family members.But what about the stepparents? The stepparents are the ones who are often the outsiders，the ones who have to endure the hurtful “You’re not my dad!” or “You’re not my mom!” And yet they never give up.

They do their best to overcome the inherent challenges of stepparents and be role models for their stepchildren.These unsung(未被颂扬的)family heroes deserve “official” days of honor.Perhaps if we are loud enough，President Obama，who had a stepfather himself，will sign into law National

Stepmother’s Day and National Stepfather’s Day.

Are you with me? Follow me and get your voice heard.How cool it would be if we could make this happen!What is the reason for setting an official holiday for stepparents?

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Different countries and different races have different manners.Before entering a housein some Asian countries,it is good manners to take off your shoes.In European countries,even though shoes sometimes become very muddy,this is not done,A guest in a Chinesehouse sometimes does not finish a drink.He leaves a little,to show that he has hadenough.In a Malay house,too,a guest always leaves a little food.In England,a guest always finishes a drink to show that he enjoys it.

We should like to find out the customs of other races,so that they will not think us ill-mannered.But people all over the world agree that being well-mannered really means beingkind and helping others,especially those older or weaker than ourselves.If you rememberthis,you will not go very far wrong.

Here are some examples of the things that a well-mannered person does or does notdoHe never laughs at people when they are in trouble.He is always kind either to peopleor to animals.When people are waiting for a bus,or in a post office.he lines up to wait histurn.In the bus,he gives his seat to an older person or a lady who is standing.If he accidentally bumps into(碰撞）someone,or gets in their way,he saysExcuse meorI'msorry”。

He saysPlease”when making a request,andThank youwhen he receives something.He stands up when speaking to a lady or an older person,and he does not sit downuntil the other person is seated.He does not talk too much about himself.When eating,hedoes not speak with his mouth full of food.4.If you want to be well-mannered（）

12.Passage OneOceanography has been defined as "The application of all sciences to the study of the sea.Before the nineteenth century scientists with an interest in the sea were few and far between. Certainly Newton considered some theoretical aspects of it in his writings, but he was reluctant to go to sea to further his work.For most people the sea was remote, and with the exception of early intercontinental travelers or others who earned a living from the sea, there was little reason to ask many questions about it, let alone to ask what lay beneath the surface. The first time that the question"What is at the bottom of the oceans?" had to be answered with any commercial consequence was when the laying of a telegraph cable from Europe to America was proposed. The engineer had to know the depth profile (起伏形状) of the route to estimate the length of cable that had to be manufactured.It was to Maury of the US Navy that the Atlantic Telegraph Company turned, in 1853, for information on this matter. In the 1840s, Maury had been responsible for encouraging voyages during which soundings (测水深) were taken to investigate the depths of the North Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Later, some of his findings aroused much popular interest in his book The Physical Geography of the Sea.The cable was laid, but not until 1866 was the connection made permanent and reliable. At the early attempts, the cable failed and when it was taken out for repairs it was found to be covered in living growths, a fact which defied contemporary scientific opinion that there was no life in deeper parts of the sea.Within a few years oceanography was under way. In 1872 Thomson led a scientific expedition ( 考察), which lasted for four years and brought home thousands of samples from the sea. Their classification and analysis occupied scientists for years and led to five-volume report, the last volume being published in 1895.The proposal to lay a telegraph cable from Europe to America made oceanographic studies take on

13.Laura was married for 6 months. Her husband was using drugs. She didn’t want her son or herunborn baby to live that way, but she was afraid to ask her husband to leave. She left him a noteinstead. After reading the note,Laura’s husband waited for her to come home and then beat herand her son.Laura had little education and she never had a good paying job. She was ashamed to ask for helpfrom the police, courts or women’s shelters. Sometimes her husband was very nice to her. Shedecided to try harder so her children could have a home and a father. Laura joined a church andtold a priest about her problem.But her husband kept using drugs and hurting the family. Finally, she told her husband she lovedhim,but they should live apart for a while.He beat her again.The priest came over to talk to her.Heasked the husband to go out for a while. Laura packed up her things and left home with her son.The next day she lost the baby. Her husband went to jail.Laura got a lot of help from groups that help women who have been beaten.Now she is incollege,has her own apartment and works on special projects at a women’s shelter.“We got out,and it changed life for me and my child. You can do it. You can break the cycle,”Laura said.The message Laura left her husband was most likely “__________”.

14.Mrs.Taylor has___8-year-old daughter who has__gift for painting-shehas won two national prizes.

15.Jumping out of___airplane at ten thousand feet is quite___exciting experience.

16.There are three____and seven____in the picture.

17.Ms. Jolie is beautiful and very talented, and in control of her own career.

18.By the time you returm in two years, your hometown will_____a new look.

19.Passage One Win a week in England!You still don’t know what to do this summer? Well, here’s your chance to win a one-week languagecourse in Kent, England! Free4Fun and ETC (English Travel Connections) are giving away two tripsto Rochester. This history city is less than an hour’s drive from London and close to the sea resortof Herne Bay. It is also the home of one of England’s most famous writers, Charles Dickens. Thetown of Rochester is in Southeast England. Charles Dickens often wrote about it in his books. Hishome, Gad’s Hill, is there, too. A popular attraction is Rochester Castle, a large Norman fortress. Itwas built in the 11th century and rebuilt during the 14th century. Other attractions are RochesterCathedral, which was built during the 13th century, and Dickens Centre. It has got its name in honorof Dickens himself.The trip to England includes:travel by train (via the Euro tunnel) to and from any railway station in Germanyroom and full board with a guest family for one weeklanguage course in small groupstwo trips to Londonlarge choice of sports and entertainmentGerman-speaking advisors available 24 hours a dayInterested? All you have to do is to answer the following question:When was Charles Dickens born?So, take the chance and send your answer by 1 May to:Free4Fun”Rochester”Free4Fun,24 Elphinstone Road, Hastings,2FQ6VJfax: 089/85 763-103e-mail:free4fun@netlight.comThe two winners will be contacted directly before 5 May. They will also be announced in the Juneissue of Free4Fun Good luck!For further information contact:phone: (03212)144 43fax: (03212)144 42e-mail:info@etc.comIf you want to win a prize you have to send your answer to ____.

20.The employees___more enthusiastic about their work since their pay rose.