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AAll residents: Rules for living in Parkrise FlatsWe all want to live comfortably and safely here, so here are a few simple rules which we think all residents should follow.RubbishRubbish collection is on Tuesdays. Please do not leave rubbish bags out before Tuesday as birds and animals can break into them and they smell.WashingThere is a washing line for every flat in the garden next to the car park. Please only dry your washing on these lines so it does not disturb（干扰）people in the ground floor flats.CleaningThe main stairs are cleaned twice a week by the Association, so please try to keep them tidy and clean and do not leave furniture or bags on the stairs or in the hallways.LightsThe main lights are on a timer and they stay on for five minutes whey you press them. Please tell the Association if any lights are not working.NoiseResidents are asked to keep noise to a minimum. Loud music, etc. can disturb other people and the Association will get in touch with you if you make too much noise.SafetyMake sure the main outside door is always locked and do not let anyone in to the main building unless you know who they are. Sometimes people try to get in to the main stairs and then break into flats, so do not let people in unless they are coming to see you.ParkingEach flat has one car parking space. These are numbered and are at the back of the building. Do not use another residents space. If you have more than one car you will have to park it on the road. Do not park where you are blocking entrances.ProblemsIf you have any problems or questions, please call the Association at 0800 096 9000.Parkrise Housing Association46.Whats the purpose of the text?A. To list the services offered by the Association. B. To make an advertisement for the flats.C. To ask the residents to follow the rules. D. To warn people against possible dangers.47.According to the text, which of the following is done once a week?A. Rubbish collections. B. Drying the washing.C. Cleaning the main stairs. D. Changing the lights48. People should dry their washing on the watching lines _. A. at the car park B. in the ground floor flats C. in the hallways D. in the garden49. The Association will talk with you if _. A. lights are not working B. you make too much noise C. you let strange people in D. you park your car on the road50. It can be learned from the text that _. A. people should leave the broken chairs on the stairs B. the Association is always ready to help the residents C. one can park the car at any numbered parking space D. the lights will be on whenever you pass the main stairsBIts very early in the morning and Im sitting outside. Its also very cold and dark. With me is Jim Nightingale, and he is the reason Im up so early. He passes me a hot cup of coffee. Not long to wai t now, he says. I hope hes right. After a few minutes there is a very weak light in the east, and then I hear a bird singing. It sings very loud and very clear. Thats the robin（知更鸟）, says Jim. A few more birds start singing with the robin and Jim knows the names of them too. Half an hour later, there are more and more birds singing, and its very loud! Suddenly, all around us the air is full of the sound of birdsong. This is the dawn chorus（晨鸣）, and its beautiful. Wow, this is amazing! I tell Jim, who is smiling. Is there a dawn chorus every morning? Birds can sing any time of the year but the best time is the end of winter and during the spring. This is when the birds sing most. Really? So, why do they sing? I ask. Well, there are two reasons, explains Jim. Most of the songbirds who sing are males. They want to find a female（雌性）so they sing to show how strong they are. The females listen and choose the best singer! The birds also sing to tell other males to go away . They need their own area; they dont like sharing with another male. I listen to the birds; the songs seem too much to me. Do the birds sing a special song in the morning? Thats a good question, replied Jim. The successful birds have many kinds of calls and songs. Sometimes they copy the songs of other birds. This makes it sound like there are many birds in that place already and other males stay away. Also the female likes songs w ith different notes. Some birds, for example the European w ren, have songs that contain over 700 differe nt notes per minute! So, how does Jim know so much about birds? Well, he works as a volunteer for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. He is trying to help the birds live in the modern world. More and more of the birds habitat disappears every year. The sparrow, for example, was a very common bird in the UK, now its in danger.By now the sun is up and the birds are quiet. Its light so they can start looking for food, they need a big breakfast after all that singing. 51. Why does the writer get up early in the morning?A. To visit her friend. B. To drink hot coffee.C. To see different birds. D. To hear birds sing.52. When you hear a bird sing in the morning, its most probably _.A. a robin B. a sparrowC. a male bird D. a female bird53. A bird sings early in the morning mainly _. A. to call a females attention B. to fight with other males C. to find a place to live in D. to start looking for food54. According to the text, which of the following statements is true? A. At first the writer is happy to be up so early in the morning. B. Male birds have their own ways of fooling other birds. C. Its easier for the birds to find food early in the morning. D. Jim has a job with the Royal Society for the Proteciton of Birds.55. The text is mainly about _. A. the robins songs B. the birds habitat C. why birds sing D. how to protect birdsAIn summer everybody needs to be careful with the sun. Do you know how to spend time in the sun without burning or damaging your skin? Read the ten rules below. Some of them are RIGHT and the others are WRONG.SUMMER SKIN CARERIGHT OR WRONG?Always wear a baseball cap. It protects you from the sun and looks cool, too.WRONG You need to wear a hat, but choose your hat carefully. Baseball caps protect your eyes, but they dont protect your ears or your neck. Use a proper sun hat.You need to use sun cream even on a cloudy day in summerRIGHT The sun can damage your skin even on a cloudy day On a hot sunny day, wear light -colored clothes -white or yellow are best.WRONG Light -colored clothes dont protect you from the sun .The best solution is to wear dark-colored clothes.Use sun cream. You need to put it on at least twenty minutes before you go out.RIGHT Sun cream starts to work twenty minutes after you put it on.You need to spend time in the sun for healthy skin.RIGHT You need to spend time in the sun to get enough vitamin D for healthy skin and bones(骨头),but dont forget to use sun cream. Without sun cream you have a bigger risk of skin cancer.Put sun cream around your eyes and on your eyelids to protect them from the sun.WRONG Sun cream hurts the eyes. Wear sunglasses instead.You need to spend a lot of money to get a good sun cream.WRONG There are many different kinds of sun cream. Find the one that is best for you .Expensive ones are not always better than cheap ones. Use a sun cream labeled(标明)SPF30+ and it should give you the same protection as one that is more expensive.You only need a little sun cream. Too much sun cream is bad for your skin.WRONG You need to use a lot of sun cream .The sun dries out your skin. Sun cream moisturizes(滋润) and protects it.In summer, people with dark skin can also get burnt.RIGHT People with fair skin and blonde or red hair need to be extra careful and use a high factor sun cream .People with fair skin, but they do need to protect their skin from the sun, too.Put more sun cream on every two hours.RIGHT You need to put sun cream on often, especially when youre swimming.What are the right clothes to protect your skin from the sun?A. A baseball hat and light-colored clothes. B. A baseball hat and dark-colored clothes.C. A sun hat and light-colored clothes. D. A sun hat and dark-colored clothes. Where shouldnt you put sun cream on your body?A. On your ears and neck. B. Around your eyes and eyelids.C. On dry skin. D. On darker skin. What is the right way to use sun cream?A. Use a little and often B. Use a lot, two or three times a day.C. Use a lot every two hours. D. Use a little every two hours. Why is it important to spend time in the sun?A. You can drink more water. B. It improves dry skin.C. Its a chance to wear cool sunglasses. D. It helps keep your skin and bones healthy. According to the text which of the following is true about sun cream?A. Sun cream is usually very expensive. B. Black people dont need sun cream.C. Sun cream reduces the risk of skin cancer. D. Sun cream starts to work immediately.BIn the 1920s and 30s the airlines were just beginning. It was unusual for people to travel by air because it was expensive and dangerous. In those days, there were no flight attendants to look after the passengers. Young men ,or “stewards” helped the passengers onto the airplane and carried the passengers luggage(行李)but they did not provide food and drinks. But then in 1930,a woman called Ellen Church invented the “stewardess”.Ellen Church was born in 1904 on a farm in Iowa. She was a different child. She didnt want to work on a farm or marry a farmer she wanted a more adventurous(冒险的)life. Ellen studied to be a nurse at the University of Minnesota and then got a job in a hospital. For the next few years she stayed at the hospital but also took flying lessons and got her pilots license.Ellen was twenty-five years old when she first got in touch with Boeing Air Transport. She loved flying but she understood that airlines were a mans world. Although women like Emelia Earheart were becoming famous, she realized it was impossible for a woman to have a career as a pilot .But she had another idea. Most people were frightened of flying because. flying was still an unreliable(不可靠的) way to travel. There were often delays(延误),many crashes and the bad weathers made many passengers sick. Ellen thought nurses could take care of passengers during flights and B.A.T. agreed.The young woman from Iowa and seven other nurses became the first air stewardesses.At first pilots were unhappy because they did not want stewardesses on airplanes, but passengers loved the stewardesses. In 1940 there were around 1000 of them working for different airlines. The early “stewardesses” had to be under twenty-five-year-old, single and slim. When a woman joined an airline, she had to promise not to get married or have children. It was hard job and not well paid. They worked long hours and earned 1 an hour.In the 1970s, stewardesses were unhappy in their job and airlines had to make some changes. Since the 1970s, “stewardesses” have been called flight attendants. They are well paid and work fewer hours than in the past. The last sentence of the first paragraph suggests that _.A. the word “stewardess” was made up by Ellen ChurchB. Ellen Church was the first woman who flew a planeC. Ellen Church was the first woman who worked on a planeD. Ellen Church was the first woman passenger on a plane From the second paragraph, we learn that _.A. Ellen did not behave in the same way as most as other girlsB. Ellens family was not rich enough to support her educationC. Ellen was fond of working as a nurse in the hospitalD. Ellen has an unhappy childhood that changed her completely The main reason for Boeing Air Transport offering Ellen the job was _.A. her flying experienceB. her university educationC. her nursing experience D. her life attitudes According to the passage, in the 1940s a woman had to _ if she wanted to be a stewardess.A. be a nurseB. be marriedC. be a motherD. be young The passage mainly talks about _.A. the background of early flying pilotsB. the experience of flying passengersC. the history of early flight attendantsD. the development of airplanes第二节 任务型阅读(阅读下面短文，从A-F六副图中找出与第56-60各题号后内容相匹配的图，其中一幅为多余选项)Royal Mail Special DeliveryAt the Post Office you can send letters and parcels(包裹) in different ways. First-class post takes one to two working days. Second-class post takes two or three working days. And Special Delivery is for important things.When you send something by Special Delivery, 56_ first you write the persons address on the front of the parcel and you address on the back. 57_ Then you take it to the Post Office. Tell the assistant that you want to use Special Delivery. 58_ Next show her the address, 59_ and then put the parcel on the scales(称) so she can weigh it. 60_ Then give the parcel to the assistant, and say how much it is worth. She will check you have put your address on the parcel. Then she will give you a receipt for your parcel. Special Delivery gets there before lunch the next working day.AWhen I was a kid in Minnesota, watermelon was expensive. One of my fathers friends, Bernie, was a rich businessman, who owned a large store in St. Paul.Every summer, when the first watermelons arrived, Bernie would call. Dad and I would go to Bernies place. Wed sit on the edge of the dock（码头）, feet dangling（摇晃）, and got ready for a big meal. Bernie would take his knife, cut our first watermelon, hand us both a big piece and sit down next to us. Then wed bury our faces in watermelon, eating only the heartthe reddest, juiciest, firmest, sweetest, most seed-free partand throw away the rest. Bernie was my fathers idea of a rich man. I always thought it was because he was such a successful businessman. Years later, I realized that it was not Bernies wealth itself but his way of dealing with it that my father liked. Bernie knew how to stop working, get together with friends and eat only the heart of the watermel