The boy（）to school already.

A . it took B . it takes C . it is being taken D . it has been take

A . has;tarted B . was;tarted C . have;started D . had;started

However, he lost his nerve when a lovely young woman opened the door. Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of water. She thought he looked hungry so she brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it slowly, and then asked, "How much do I owe you？" "You don't owe me anything," she replied. "Mother has taught me never to accept pay for a kindness. "He said," Then I thank you from the bottom of my heart. "As Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt stronger physically, but it also increased his faith in the human race. He was about to give up and quit before this point. Years later the young woman became critically ill. The local doctors were baffled. They finally sent her to the big city, where specialists can be called in to study her rare disease. Dr. Howard Kelly, now famous was called in for the consultation. When he heard the name of the town she came from, a strange light filled his eyes. Immediately, he rose and went down through the hospital hall into her room. Dressed in his doctor's gown he went in to see her. He recognized her at once. He went back to the consultation room and determined to do his best to save her life. From that day on, he gave special attention to her case. After a long struggle, the battle was won. Dr. Kelly requested the business office to pass the final bill to him for approval. He looked at it and then wrote something on the side. The bill was sent to her room. She was afraid to open it because she was positive that it would take the rest of her life to pay it off. Finally she looked, and the note on the side of the bill caught her attention. She read these words... "Paid in full with a glass of milk." (Signed) Dr. Howard Kelly Tears of joy flooded her eyes. The boy tried to earn money to pay for ______. A．traveling expenses to school B．school tuition fee C．his meals D．a glass of milk

A) to be encouraged B) been encouraged C) being encouraged D) be encouraged

A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned

formerly inevitably presumably probably

A．get ready for the worst result of things B．enjoy the process of things C．expect little from life D．find the relationship between cause and effect

A．classified B．organized C．decomposed D．separated

The summer holidays are the best time of the year in England for ___21___ children. The weather is usually so good that they can spend most of their time playing in the garden, or playing in the forests and fields if they live in the ___22___. If they live in big towns, they can usually go to parks to play. In England, not only can the rich people take their children to the seaside. If a factory worker or a bus driver, a street cleaner or a farmer ___23___ to take his wife and children there, he can usually does this like them. Why do people like so much at the seaside？ It's the sea, the sand and the sun. Of course, there are a lot of new things to see, nice thing to eat and exciting things to do. And there are also the feeling of sand under one's feet, of sea water to one's skin, and the warm sun on one's back. Everybody can enjoy himself at the seaside. But when ___24___ comes, the summer holidays are over. Boys and girls ___25___ have a new school year. They will come back to their school again. 21)、 A.countries B.September C.will D.wants E.most 22)、 A.countries B.September C.will D.wants E.most 23)、 A.countries B.September C.will D.wants E.most 24)、 A.countries B.September C.will D.wants E.most 25)、 A.countries B.September C.will D.wants E.most

A．content B．favorable C．popular D．pleasing

此题为判断题(对，错)。

The summer holidays are the best part of the year for most children.The weather is usually good, so that one can spend most of one’s time playing in the garden or, if one lives in the country, out in the woods and fields.Even if one lives in a big town, one can usually go to a park to play. The best place for a summer holiday, however, is the seaside.Some children are lucky enough to live near the sea, but for the others who do not, a week or two at one of the big seaside towns is something which they will talk about for the whole of the following year. In England, it is not only the rich who can take their children to the seaside; if a factory worker or a bus driver, a street cleaner or a waiter wants to take his wife and children to Southend or Margate, Blackpool or Clacton, he is usually quite able to do so. Now, what is it that children like so much about the seaside？ I think it is the sand, sea and sun more than any other things.Of course, there are lots of new things to see, nice things to eat, and exciting things to do, but it is the feeling of sand under one’s feet, of salt water on one’s skin, and of the warm sun on one’s back that makes the seaside what it is. 1.Summer holidays start _________. A.with July B.as soon as the examinations are over C.in mid-June D.in August 2.After the examination, all pupils leave for home ________. A.by train only B.by air C.by bike D.by either train or car 3.The summer holiday lasts _______. A.as long as two months B.more that two months C.one and a half months D.a little less than two months 4.July and August are the brightest months for most children, for they can _______. A.stay with their parents for all the vacation B.do more reading C.play out of doors D.meet their old friends 5.Children like the seaside so much because they can _______. A.swim in the sea B.play with the sand C.take a sun bath D.do all of the above

On the face of it, it looks as though Mr. Phillips is right. Only 27% of Afro-Caribbean boys get five A-C grades at GCSE, the exams taken by 16-year-olds, compared with 47% of boys as a Whole and 44% of Afro-Caribbean girls. Since, in some subjects, candidates who score less than 50% get Cs, those who don't reach this threshold have picked up pretty little at school. Mr. Phillips's suggestion that black boys should be taught separately implies that ethnicity and gender explain their underachievement. Certainly, maleness seems to be a disadvantage at school. That's true for all ethnic groups: 57% of girls as a whole get five A-Cs, compared with 47% of boys. But it's not so clear that blackness is at the root of the problem. Among children as a whole, Afro-Caribbeans do indeed perform. badly. But Afro Caribbeans tend to be poor. So to get a better idea of whether race, rather than poverty, is the problem, one must control for economic status. The only way to do that, given the limits of British educational statistics, is to separate out the exam results of children who get free school meals: only the poor get free grub. Poor children's results tell a rather different story. Afro-Caribbeans still do remark ably badly, but whites are at the bottom of the pile. All ethnic minority groups do better than them. Even Bangladeshis, a pretty deprived lot, do twice as well as the natives in their exams; Indians do better still. And absolute numbers of underperforming whites dwarf those of underperforming Afro-Caribbeans: last year, 131,393 of white boys failed to hit the government's benchmark, compared with 3,151 Afro-Caribbean boys. These figures suggest that, at school at least, black people's problem is not so much race as poverty. And they undermine the idea of teaching black boys separately, for if poor whites are doing worse than poor blacks, there's not much argument for singling out blacks for special measures: whites need help just as badly. According to the text, the public response to Mr. Philips' claim is A．a nervous impression. B．a mixed reception. C．a particular performance. D．a critical comment.

What is the minimum percentage who lost all 4 items？

A．assumes B．prescribes C．aspires D．presumes

Yet Mr. Potter's world is a curious one, in which things are often not what they appear. While an excitable media (hereby including The Economist, happy to support such a fine example of globalisation) is helping to hype the launch of J.K. Rowling's fifth novel, about the most adventurous thing that the publishers (Scholastic in America and Britain's Bloomsbury in English elsewhere) have organised is a reading by Ms. Rowling in London's Royal Albert Hall, to be broadcast as a live webcast. Hollywood, which owns everything else to do with Harry Potter, says it is doing even less. Incredible as it may seem, the guardians of the brand say that, to protect the Potter franchise, they are trying to maintain a low profile. Well, relatively low. Ms. Rowling signed a contract in 1998 with Warner Brothers, part of AOL Time Warner, giving the studio exclusive film, licensing and merchandising rights in return for what now appears to have been a steal: some $500,000. Warner licenses other firms to produce goods using Harry Potter characters or images, from which Ms. Rowling gets a big enough cut that she is now wealthier than the queen—if you believe Britain's Sunday Times rich list. The process is self-generating: each book sets the stage for a film, which boosts book sales, which lifts sales of Potter products. Globally, the first four Harry Potter books have sold some 200 million copies in 55 languages; the two movies have grossed over $1.8 billion at the box office. This is a stunning success by any measure, especially as Ms. Rowling has long demanded that Harry Potter should mot be over-commercialised. In line with her wishes, Warner says it is being extraordinarily careful, at least by Hollywood standards, about what it licenses and to whom. It imposed tough conditions on Coca-Cola, insisting that no Harry Potter images should appear on cans, and is now in the, process of making its licensing programme even more restrictive. Coke may soon be considered too mass market to carry the brand at all. The deal with Warner ties much of the merchandising to the films alone. There are no officially sanctioned products relating to "Order of the Phoenix"; nor yet for "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban", the film of the third book, which is due out in June 2004. Warner agrees that Ms. Rowling's creation is a different sort of commercial property, one with long-term potential that could be damaged by a typical Hollywood marketing blitz, says Diane Nelson, the studio's global brand manager for Harry Potter. It is vital, she adds, that with more to come, readers of the books are not alienated. "The evidence from our market research is that enthusiasm for the property by fans is not waning." When the author says "there will be no escaping Pottermania", he implies that______. A．Harry Potter's appeal for the readers is simply irresistible B．it is somewhat irrational to be so crazy about the magic boy C．craze about Harry Potter will not be over in the near future D．Hogwarts school of magic will be the biggest attraction world over

One day he saw an empty (空的) train and lie climbed (爬) in. It's lied no difficulty in starting it with his feet. goon the train was traveling at forty miles (英里) an hour. The railway officials (官员) could see tile boy in the wain and tried to stop the wain. The train arrived at a small station a little away from the town and then the boy drove it back. When he was near the town. a worker caught up with (追上) the train and stop it. At flint he was very angry (生气). hut he laughed when the boy said simply. "I like trains. "Well. I'm glad you don't like planes？ the worker said. An eleven-year-old boy wished lo he ______. A．a plane driver B．a train driver C．a teacher

A．Put an advertisement in the Sunday newspaper. B．Put an advertisement around the community. C．Make telephone calls.

A．disappointed;worrying B．disappointing;worried C．disappointing;worrying D．disappointed;worried

Schoolboys gained their skill in Latin in a bitter way.They kept in mind the rules to make learning by heart easier.They first made a word-for-word translation and then an idiomatic translation into English.As they increased their skill they translated their English back into Latin without referring to the book and then compared their translation with the original.The schoolmaster was always at hand to encourage them.All schoolmasters believed Latin should be beaten in . After several years of study the boys began to write compositions in imitation of the Latin writers they read.And as they began to read Latin poems they began to write poems in Latin.Because Milton was already a poet at ten his poems were much better than those painfully put together by the other boys.During the seven years Milton spent at university he made regular use of his command of Latin.He wrote some excellent Latin poems which he published among his works in 1645. 1.What does the passage mainly tell about？[] A.How John Milton wrote“Paradise Lost” B.How John Milton studied Latin C.How John Milton became famous D.How John Milton became a poet 2.Which of the following is true of John Milton’s pronunciation of Latin？[] A.It has a strong Italian accent B.It has an uncommon accent C.It was natural and easy to understand D.It was bad and difficult to understand 3.It can be inferred from the passage that ________. A.Milton’s training in Latin was similar to that of the other boys B.Milton hadn’t learned any foreign language except Latin before going to college C.Milton’s Italian friends helped him with Latin when talking D.Milton's classmates learned Latin harder but worse than Milton 4.Which of the following is suggested in the passage？[] A.The schoolmaster mainly helped those who were bad at Latin B.The schoolmaster usually stood beside the schoolboys with a stick in his hand C.The schoolboys could repeat Latin grammar rules from memory D.Some of the schoolboys were quick at writing compositions in Latin 5.What is the meaning of the underlined part“Latin should be beaten in”that the writer wishes you to understand？[] A.Schoolboys should be punished if they were lazy to learn Latin B.Schoolboys should be encouraged if they had difficulty in learning Latin C.Schoolboys were expected to master Latin in a short time D.Schoolboys had to study Latin in a hard way

A．disappointing;worrying B．disappointing;worried C．disappointed;worrie D．disappointed;worrying