The park put up a big new sign, picturing a cartoon rabbit giving the directions（翻

Passage Two(26~30) Taiwan police cannot decide whether to treat it as an extremely clever act of stealing or an even cleverer cheat (诈骗). Either way, it could be the perfect crime (犯罪)， because the criminals are birds-horning pigeons!

The crime begins with a telephone message to the owner of a stolen car: if you want the car back, pay up then. The car owner is directed to a park, told where to find a bird cage and how to attach money to the neck of the pigeon inside. Carrying the money in a tiny bag, the pigeon flies off。

There have been at least four such pigeon pick-ups in Changwa. What at first seemed like the work of a clever stay-at-home car thief, however, may in fact be the work of an even lazier and more inventive criminal mind-one that avoids (避免)not only collecting money but going out to steal the car in the first place. Police officer Chen says that the criminal probably has played a double trick: he gets money for things he cannot possibly return. Instead of stealing cars, he lets someone else do it and then waits for the car-owner to place an ad (启事) in the newspaper asking for help。

The theory is supported by the fact that, so far, none of the stolen cars have been returned. Also, the amount of money demanded-under 3,000 Taiwanese dollars-seems too little for a car worth many times more。

Demands for pigeon-delivered money stopped as soon as the press reported the story. And even if they start again, Chen holds little hope of catching the criminal. “We have more important things to do,” he said。

第26题：After the car owner received a phone call, he 。

A. went to a certain pigeon and put some money in the bag it carried

B. gave the money to the thief and had his car back in a park

C. sent some money to the thief by mail

D. told the press about it

A.carport, bedroom, dining room, closet

B.closet, dining room, carport, bedroom

C.dining room, carport, closet, bedroom

D.bedroom, dining room, carport, closet

difficult and expensive to dispose at landfill sites and incinerators .People are encouraged to recycle and compost (堆肥) picked up and taken and will be carefully buried or burned.The problem with these methods othey cost money, take up land and cause pollution.

One solution to the problem of solid waste disposal is composting.Some things that can beand vegetable peels.People can compost these food products by placing them in an outdoor decompose(分解 ) into a substance called compost.Compost, which contains plant nutrients, cto help other plants grow.

Another solution to the problem of solid waste disposal is recycling.Some things can be recycled, such as glass newspapers.People can recycle used products by putting them in the "blue box".The recycled goods are melt doRecycling and composting are two ways of reducing the amount of solid waste.These methods show people a nmany things people throw away can be used again .

1.Which of the following situation will be after the new ways to deal with garbage is used？ ()

A、more solid waste will be produced

B、less solid waste will be produced

C、The same amount of solid waste will be produced

D、people will stop producing solid wast

2.The passage encourages people to ()their solid waste

A、ncrease

B、burn

C、hide

D、recycle or compost

3.The main idea for the second paragraph is

A、compost is a special substance that provides your garden with nutrients

B、composting is one of ways to reduce solid waste

C、it can take a long time for compost to z, depending on what you put in the compost bi

D、meat, fish and grease are three things that you cannot put in your compost

4.The passage is mainly concerned with ().

A.Explain how to make compost and how it can benefit your garden.

B.Choose the best way to reduce solid waste: composting or recycling.

C、Compare and contrast composting with traditional garbage disposal.

D、Classify the different methods of throwing away household garbage

5.Which place is not a destination for solid waste？

A、a transfer station

B、a landfill site

C、a recycling depot

D、an incinerator

A.I go to the park

B.Sally and I go to see a movie

C.We have lunch in a restaurant

D.I get up at 7:00 in the morning

E.We play tennis in the park

es have wonderful teams for the World Cup. The World Cup is held every four years.

To remember 2002 FIFA World Cup, children from different countries and more than 60 children from Japanese schools came together and spent three weekends drawing a big picture called "Dream World Cups" in Japan. The children drew animals, flowers and people playing soccer under a blue bright sky. They wished each football team good luck by drawing the flags of all the countries that will take part in the World Cup in Japan and South Korea. The picture was put up in a park near a playground in Yokohama. Some football teams will have games there.

Are you a football fan？The World Cup makes more and more people interested in football. Teenagers like playing and watching football. Many of them love some football stars so much that they get the pictures of their favourite players on the walls of their rooms. That is the way to show their love for the World Cup as children in Japan.

21. If a country wants to take part in the World Cup, she must have many football players.

A：T B：F

22. The next World Cup will be held in 2006.

A：T B：F

23. From the passage, in the picture children drew many things except pictures of some football stars.

A：T B：F

24. In "Dream World Cup", the children drew the flags of some countries to tell the people their stories.

A：T B：F

25. Many teenagers own the pictures of some football stars because they are football fans.

A：T B：F

A.UDP和细菌萜醇

B.ADP和细菌萜醇

C.UDP和“Park”核苷酸

D.UP和 万古霉素

to one another.

I was walking in the park with a friend recently, and his cell phone rang, interrupting our conversation.There we were walking and talking on a beautiful sunny day and…I became invisible, absent from the conversation .

The park was filled with people talking on their cell phones They were passing people wi thout looking at them, say ing hello, noticing their babies or stopping to pat their dogs.It seems that the limitless electronic voice is preferred to human contact.

The telephone used to connect you to the absent.Now it makes people sitting next to you feel absent.Recently I was in a car with three friends.The driver hushed the rest of us because he could not hear the person on the other end of his cell phone.There we were, four friends driving down the highway, unable to talk to each other because of the small thing designed to make communication easier.

why is it that the wore connected we get.The more disconnected I feel？ Every advance in ommunications technology is a setback to the closeness of human interaction(互动).With email and instant message over the internet, we can now communicate without seeing or talking to one another.With voice mail, you can make entire conversations without ever reaching anyone.If my moe has a question, I just leave the answer on her machine.

As almost every contact we can imagine between human beings gets automated(自动化), the emot ional di stance index(疏远指数) goes up.Pumping gas at the station？ Why say good-morning to the assistant when you can swipe you credit card at the pump and save yourself the bother of human contact？ Making a deposit at the bank？ Why talk to the clerk who lives in the neight when you can put your card into the ATM？

More and more, I find myself hiding behind e-mail to do a job meant for conversation.Or being relieved that voice mail picked up because I didn ’t really have time to talk.The techno logy devoted to helping me keep in touch is making me lonelier

I own a mobile phone, an ATM card, a voicemail telephone,and an e-mail account.Giving them up isn' t a choice.They are great for what they are intended to do.It' s their unitended results that make me upset.What good is all this gee-whiz technology if there is no one in the room to hear you crying out“ Gee whiz”？

21.The author’s experience of walking in a park with a frier recently made him feel()

A.unhappy

B.funny

C.wonderful

22.According to the author, human contact in a park means()

A.looking at each other and saying hello when passing

B.noticing their babies and stopping to pat their dogs

C.both A and B

23.According to the author, the more connected we get in communication technology, the () we are

A.more automatic

B.easier

C.more disconnected

24.What are the examples the author gives to explain his idea that every advance in communication technology is a setback to the closeness of human interaction？()

A.With e-mail and instant message over the Internet.We can now communicate without seeing or talking to one another.

B.With voice mail, you can make entire conversations.without ever reaching anyone.

C.Both A and B

25.What is the unintended result of communication technology, according to the author？()

A.It makes communication easier and conversation possible everywhere.

B.It actually reates a distance between people instead of bringing them together.

C.It makes every contact between human beings automatic and makes people feel connected.

Everybody knows that words can carry messages.People communicate (交流) with words.Books, magazines, TV and radio and films all help us to know what is going on in the world and what other people are thinking about

Do you think you can communicate without words？ A smile on your face shows you are happy or friendly.Tears in your eyes tell others that you are sad.When you put up your hand in class, the teacher knows you want to say some thing or ask a questio

You shake your head, and people know you are saying "No".you nod and people know you are saying “Yes”

Other things can also carry messages.For example, a sign at the bus stop helps you to know which bus to take.A sign on the wall of your school helps you to find the library.Signs on doors tell you to go in or out.Have you ever noticed that there are a lot of signs around you and that you receive messages from them all the time.For example, the road sign P tells you where to leave your car, where as the sign H tells you where to find a hospital

People can communicate in many ways without words example, an artist can use his drawings to tell about beautiful mountains, seas and many other things

21.Choose the best title for this passage()

A.Ways for Communication

B.The Best Way for Communication

C.The Only Way for Communication

22.How can people communicate with each other？()

A.With words only.

B.Only wi thout words

C.Either wi th words or without words

23.Which of the following is not a way for communication without words？()

A.A cry for help

B.A smile on your face.

C.Putting up your hands in class.

24.What does the road sign P tell people？()

A.You can go into the park

B.You can please everyone.

C.You can leave your car there

25.Which sign should you follow if you need a doctor？()

A.D

B.H

C.O

A.UDP和细菌萜醇

B.ADP和细菌萜醇

C.UDP和“Park”核苷酸

D.UP和 万古霉素

to each other.

1 was walking in the park with a friend recently, and his mobile phone rang, interrupting our conversation. There we were, walking and talking on a beautiful sunny day and - poof! -1 was cut off as if I had become absent from the conversation.

The park was filled with people talking on their cell phones. They were passing people without looking at them, saying hello, noticing their babies or stopping to pat their dogs. It seems that the limitless electronic voice is preferred to human contact.

The telephone is used to connect you to the absent. Now it makes people feel absent.

Recently l was in a car with three friends. The driver hushed the rest of us because he could not hear the person on the other end of his cell phone. There we were, four friends driving down the highway, unable to talk to each other because of the small thing designed to make communication easier.

Why is it that the more connected we get, the more disconnected I feel？ Every advance in communication technology is a setback(退步) to the closeness of human interaction.

With e-mail and instant message over the Internet, we can now communicate without seeing or talking to one another. With voice mail, you can make entire conversations without ever reaching anyone. If my mom has a question, Ijust leave the answer on her machine.

As almost every contact between human beings gets automatic, the emotional Distance index goes up. Pumping gas at the station？ Why say good-morning to the assistant when you can swipe you credit card at the pump and save yourself the bother of human contact？

Making a deposit at the bank？ Why talk to the clerk who lives in the neighborhood when you Ctin put your Ctird into the ATM l More and more, I find myself hiding behind e-mail to do a job meant for conversation orbeing relieved that voice mail picked up because I didn’t really have time to talk.

The technology devoted to helping me keep in touch is making me lonelier. I own a mobile phone, an ATM card, a voice-mail telephone, and an e-mail account.

Giving them up isn’t a choice. They are great for what they are intended to do. It’s their unintended results that make me upset. What good is all this gee-whiz technology if there isno one in the room to hear you crying out Gee whiz ？

26.The author’s experience of walking in a park with a friend recently made him feel ().

A.unhappy

B.funny

C.wonderful

27.According to the author, human contact in a park means ().

A.Iookmg at each other and saying hello when passing

B.noticing their babies and stopping to pat their dogs

C.both A and B

28.According to the author, the more connected we get in communication technology, the () we are.

A.more automatic

B.easier

C.more disconnected

29.What are the examples the author gives to explain his idea that every advance in communication technology is a setback to the closeness of human interaction？()

A.With e-mail and instant message over the Internet, we can now communicate without seeing or talking to one another

B.With voice mail, you can make entire conversations without ever reaching anyone

C.Both A and B

30.What is the unintended result of communication technology, according to the author？()

A.It makes communication easier and conversation possible everywhere

B.It actually creates a distance between people instead of bringing them together

C.It makes every contact between human beings automatic and makes people Feel connected