When Monty Roberts turned in the paper,his teacher________.

A.a horse trainer like his father

B.a painter who draws horses and horse ranches

C.an owner of a large horse ranch

D.an owner of a large farm

A.write a term paper about the courses he learned

B.write about his dream of the future

C.describe a horse ranch

D.draw a picture of a horse ranch

nd road trips. Road trip vacations where the car journey is part of the fun are especially popular with college students, who like to explore the country on wheels.These budget trips are ideal for students who often have plenty of free time but little money. “Ever since I went to college，Pve been traveling around a lot, exploring the country,” said Austin Hawkins, a 19-year-Old college student from New York.This summer, Hawkins and his friends have spent weekends traveling in New England. The best part about car trips，said Hawkins，is that you can be spontaneous.“On a road trip，if you get interested in tilings you see along the way you can stop and explore.” Matt Roberts, a 20-year-old student from Ohio who drove to Montreal, Canada, agrees.With road trips you don’t have to plan in advance，you can just get into a car and drive.” Even with high gas prices, driving with friends is cheaper than flying.Roberts paid about 40 dollars for gas, but a round trip plane ticket would have cost nearly 400 dollars. Driving trips first became popular in the 1920s.Newly paved roads and improved cars made it possible to travel longer distances.Motels started appearing outside cities. By the 1950s, car ownership became the norm.Construction of the US interstate highway system began in 1956 and motel and restaurant chains popped up everywhere making long distance trips easier. Today, the US has the highest car ownership rate in the world.Only 8 percent of American homes have no car, according to the most recent US census. Though many college students don’t own a car, most have access to one.On many of Hawkins’trips, they used a borrowed van. Hawkins’most memorable road trip took place over spring break.He and two friends drove from New York to New Orleans to volunteer, helping rebuild the city after Hurricane Katrina hit it last July.They crossed the country in two days and slept in their car in church parking lots. Roberts？ road trip to Canada last winter was even more eventful.Upon arriving in Montreal, they were lost in a blizzard and shivering in the -25°cold.To find their hotel, they turned on a laptop and drove around in circles until they found a spot with wireless Internet coverage. “I know we should have planned better, but we’re youn

A.Now, when I see those guys I always say：‘Remember when we were lost in the snow storm!’I’ll never forget that.” Which of the following statements is NOT true of American college students？

B.They have little money

C.They like traveling by bike.

D.They like to explore the country.D.They often have plenty of time.

What will Hawkins do when he sees something interesting on a road trip？

A.He will turn back

B.He will drive around.

C.He will stop to explor

D.He will stop exploring.

When did motels suddenly appear everywhere？A.After the work to build the interstate highway system started.

B.When driving trips became popular.

C.After many roads were paved.

D.After new cars were made.

Which of the following words can best describe Hawkins？ trip to New Orleans？A.Eventful

B.Colourful.

C.Delightful

D.Unforgettable.

The word“blizzard”in paragraph 12 means_________.A.snow storm

B.hurricane

C.mist

D.fog

请帮忙给出每个问题的正确答案和分析，谢谢！

Procrastination(犹豫不决) is a disease of the mind. A scientific study in recent years has shown that it is a close relative of sadness and attention disorder; that procrastinators tend to be the result of low self-confidence and are likely to experience anxiety.

The research has shown, what is more, that the illness has become quite common. Susan Robert, a behavioral psychologist who has written a book called Living With Procrastination., says that about a quarter of the adult population of the United States and Canada is reported to have serious problems with procrastination. " when we say 'serious' we mean people for whom procrastination causes great discomfort and suffering. We 've found that such people are more troubled by daily life than others, that possibility of anxieiy is much higher among them than in the rest of the population.

In a society driven by achievement, it is little wonder that not being able to work at full steam will bring people sadness. Surely, in the land of opportunity, this anxiety has produced an industry of experts offering solutions. Many books and specialist solutions have appeared. In exchange for $19. 95, Dr. Jerome Murray will send out an audio-cassette called "Protect your future from the thief of procrastination. " Dr. Murray promises that if you follow his step-by-step rules you will be empowered to "turn self-defeat into self-realization". "Since the start of the 1990s, procrastination has been taken more and more seriously , " said Dr. Roberts, who has been treating patients troubled by the condition for more than 20 years. "It is now recognized as a true mental heath problem and is being seen more as a psychological problem and less as a moral issue.

What is the main topic of this passage？

A．Don't hesitate to give up smoking.

B．Don't regard depression as not important.

C．Delay can be a sign of illness.

D．Don't work too hard to stay healthy.

Out of Africa

1 When Tegla Loroupe returned home to Kenya from winning the New York City Marathon in 1994, she was presented with nine cattle, 16 sheep and some land by the grateful people of her hometown. But it was the words of the ordinary womenfolk which Loroupe valued the most. "You did a good job," they told her. "You showed us that women can be successful just like men. We are not useless"

2 In a country where most people think women are supposed to stay home and care for the kids, Loroupe, s victory meant a lot. It was the first time a black African woman had ever won a major marathon, and the triumph provided her independence, both financially and culturally. It also gave her the opportunity to stand up for herself and her Kenyan sisters

3 Male athletes have made Kenya synonymous with success in long-distance running, but women are discouraged from competing beyond the age of 16, when they are expected to start a family. Most people think that if a woman goes out of the dountry, she will be spoiled, that she will learn more than the others, and that when they tell her to do something, she will say no. Due to this situation, Kenyan male runners have gained international success, while the female runners have been left at home

4 The Kenyans' success in distance running began at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, where Kep Keino captured the gold in the 1,500-meters. The domination by Kenyan men across all distance running, from road races to cross-country, stems from youngsters running many miles to school each day, a nutritious diet, the benefits of living at high altitude and having no diversions from other sports

5 Loroupe, now 25, recalls her early running days and the discouragement she received from others. When she ran to school, the men in her tribe would tell her she was

wasting her time. "They didn't want me to do sports," she said. But Loroupe, from a town called Kapenguria on the Ugandan border, about 400 miles from Nairobi, began running for the same reason most of the men did 一 to avoid being late for school. "If you were late, they beat you," she said

6 One of seven children, Loroupe, s was a traditional family, and her parents took a

long time to be convinced that she was not wasting her life. They wanted their daughter to give up the i dea of finishing school so she could stay at home and look after her younger siblings. But she insisted on going and continuing to run even though, as a child, she developed problems with her lungs

7 Loroupe' a family is a member of the Bokot tribe, nomads who once drove their cattle across the plains of Kenya. Now they graze them on ranches like the one Loroupe grew up on. As a child, Loroupe used to chase the family's cattle herd for up to 12 miles, and looking back on it now, she says it was great training. The more she ran however, the more distance Loroupe put between herself and the expectations of her society. And having been overlooked four times by the Kenya Amateur Athletics Association for major championships both nationally and internationally, she eventually had to travel abroad for opportunities. It was in Germany that Anne Roberts, the elite-athlete coordinator of the New York City Marathon, first discovered Loroupe, s huge talent

8 The launching pad for her success began in 1994 when Roberts invited Loroupe to take part in the New York City Marathon. Winning it gave her the determination and courage to pursue her dreams, despite the problems back home. Roberts has marvelled at Loroupe,5determination to succeed, and the obstacles she has overcome. "I think she has a very strong sense of what' s fair and what isn ' t," she said. "When you' re running everywhere, to school, to get the cows in, all over the thousand acres of farm, and yQu, re running with your brothers and you're beating them" . she fought long and hard to get out of the country to compete"

9 Her victories m New York and Rotterdam have smoothed wrink!ed relationships back home. In April 1997, Loroupe won the New York Central Park City Marathon. in October of the same year, she won the World Half Marathon in Slovakia, setting a world championship record of 1 hour, 8 minutes and 14 seconds. Although Loroupe developed a knee injury from over use during the fall of 1997, she recovered, and in April 1998 she set a world record of 2 hours, 20 minutes, 47 seconds in the Women's Marathon in Rotterdam. Now many people expect Loroupe to go further and become the first woman to run under 2:20:00 一 a barrier only broken by a male marathon runner in 1953, when Britain Jim Peters clocked 2,18,40. These world records and her promising future have changed the attitudes of Kenyan people

10 Loroupe now lives in Germany where she shares a house with Tanzanian and Ethiopian male runners, as well as other Kenyans. These days Loroupe is showing confidence about her career in running, but is taking it step by step. She trains 100 miles per week, while many of her rivals log 180 miles. At 25 years of age, she realizes that she is still young and inexperienced, and knows there is plenty of time. As a Kenyan woman, she knows the meaning of the words patience and strength, especially patience

Questions 1-10 Directions:

Read Passage 1 and find which the underlined woid (s) in each of the follow 吨 sentences refer 恤

1. When Tegla Loroupe returned home to Kenya from winning the New York City

Marathon in 1994, she was presented with nine cattle, 16 sheep and some tand by the

grateful people of her hometown. (paragraph 1)

2. "You did a good job," they told her. (paragraph 1)

3. it also gave her the opportunity to stand up for herself and her Kenyan sisters

(paragraph 2)

4. Most people think that if a woman goes out of the country, 业 will be spoiled,.

(paragraph 3)

5. "They didn't want me to do sports," she said. (paragraph 5)

6. Now they graze them on ranches like the one Loroupe grew up on. (paragraph 7)

7. As a child, Loroupe used to chase the family's cattle herd for up to 12 miles, and

looking back on it now, she says it was great training. (paragraph 7)

8. Winning 丝 gave her the determination and courage to pursue her dreams, despite the

problems back home. (paragraph 8)

9. '1 think she has a very strong sense of what' s fair and what isn' t," she said

(paragraph 8)

10. These days Loroupe is showing confidence about her career in running, but is taking it step by step. (paragraph 10)

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of how much sleep we ought to have. There are some who think we can leave the body to regulate these matters for itself. "The answer is easy," says Dr. A. Burton. "With the tight amount of sleep you should wake up fresh and alert five minutes before the alarm tings." If he is right many people must be under sleeping, including myself. But we must remember that some people have a greater inertia than others. This is not meant rudely. They switch on Slowly, and they are reluctant to switch off. They are alert at bedtime and sleepy when it is time to get up, and this may have nothing to do with how fatigued their bodies are, or how much sleep they must take to lose their fatigue.

Other people feel sure that the present trend is towards too little sleep. To quote one medical opinion, "Thousands of people drift through life suffering from the effects of too little sleep; the reason is not that they can't sleep. Like advancing colonists, we do seem to be grasping ever more of the land of sleep for our waking needs, pushing the boundary back and reaching, apparently, for a point in our evolution where we will sleep no more. This in itself, of course, need not be a bad thing. What could be disastrous, however, is that we should press too quickly towards this goal, sacrificing sleep only to gain more time in which to jeopardize our civilization by actions and decisions made weak by fatigue.

Then, to complete the picture, there are those who believe that most people are persuaded to sleep too much. Dr. H. Roberts, writing in Every Man in Health, asserts it may safely be stated also. It would be a pity to retard our development by holding back those people who are gifted enough to work and play well with less than the average amount of sleep, if indeed it does them no harm. If one of the trends of evolution is that more of the life span is to be spent in gainful waking activity, then surely these people are in the van of this advance.

The author seems to indicate that ______.

A．there are many controversial issues like the right amount of sleep

B．among many issues the right amount of sleep is the least controversial

C．people are now moving towards solving many controversial issues

D．the right amount of sleep is a topic of much controversy among doctors

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In 1945, Reuben, a 12yearold boy, saw something in a shop window that set his heart racing. The price—five dollars—was beyond his means, but he went inside the shop anyway. Standing proud and straight in his flour sack(面粉袋)shirt and washed out trousers, he asked the shopkeeper to hold it for him for some time. “Ill try,”the shopkeeper smiled.

Reuben decided to raise the five dollars. Hearing the sound of hammering from a side street, he suddenly had an idea. People built their own homes in Bay Roberts, using nails purchased in sacks from a local factory. The sacks were sometimes discarded and Reuben knew he could sell them back to the factory for five cents a piece. Every day after school, Reuben went around the town, collecting nail sacks. When the school closed for the summer, Reuben wandered around the town, searching for his treasures. Often he was tired and hungry, but the thought of the object in the shop window kept him going. Sometimes his mother Dora would ask:“Reuben, where were you？ We were waiting for you to have dinner.”

“Playing, Mum. Sorry.”

Dora would look at his face and shake her head. Boys.

One day in spring, he counted the coins and found that he needed 20 cents more.Could there be any sacks left anywhere in town？ He had to find four and sell them before the day ended.

When Reuben arrived at the factory in the late afternoon, the sack buyer was about to lock up.“Mister! Please don’t close up yet.”The man turned and saw Reuben, dirty and sweat stained.

With four more coins in his pocket, Reuben headed for the shop and got what he wanted. Racing home, he burst through the front door.“Here, Mum! Here!”He exclaimed as he ran to her side. He placed a small box in her work roughened hand.

Dora unwrapped it carefully, to save the paper. A blue velvet jewel box appeared. She lifted the lid and saw an almond shaped brooch (胸针) with the word“Mother.” It was Mothers Day, 1946. Dora had no jewels except her wedding ring. Speechless, she smiled radiantly and gathered her son into her arms.

(1). The boy was excited because he saw in the shop window something he wanted

for .

(A). himself

(B). his brother

(C). his father

(D). his mother

(2). The way Reubens clothes are described shows that he was from .

(A). a rich family

(B). a poor family

(C). a middle class family

(D). a divorced family

(3). The word“Boys”(para. 5) implies that .

(A). boys are like that

(B). boys often tell lies

(C). the mother was angry

(D). the mother disbelieved Reuben

(4). The word“treasures”(line 3,para. 3) refers to .

(A). coins

(B). sacks

(C). rings

(D). brooches

(5). The passage is mainly about .

(A). a loving boy

(B). a tolerant mother

(C). a kind sack buyer

(D). a generous shopkeeper