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此文档收集于网络，仅供学习与交流，如有侵权请联系网站删除（I）MONTREAL (Reuters) Crossing the US-Canada border（边界）to go to church on a Sunday cost a US citizen 10,000 for breaking Washingtons strict new security（安全）rules.The expensive trip to church was a surprise for Richard Albert, who lives right on the Canadian border. Like the other half-dozen people of Township 15, crossing the border is a daily occurrence for Albert. The nearby Quebec village of St. Pamphile is where they shop, eat and go to church.There are many such situations in these areas along the largely unguarded 5,530-mile border between Canada and the US-which in some cases actually runs down the middle of streets or through buildings.As a result, Albert says he did not expect any problems three weeks ago when he returned home to the US after attending church in Canada, as usual. The US customs（海关）station in this are is closed on Sundays, so be just drove around the locked gate, as he had done every weekend since the gate appeared last May, following a tightening of border security. Two days later. Albert was told to go to the customs office, where an officer told him he had been caught on camera crossing the border illegally（非法）.Ottawa has given out special passes to some 300 US citizens in that area so they can enter the country when Canadian customs stations are closed, but the US stopped a similar program last May. That forces the people to a 200-mile detour along hilly roads to get home through another border checkpoint.Albert has requested that the customs office change their decisions on the fine, but he has not attended a Sunday church since. “I feel like Im living in a prison,” he said.1We learn from the text that Richard Albert is .Aan American living in Township 15Ba Canadian living in a Quebec villageCa Canadian working in a customs stationDan American working in a Canadian church2Albert was fined because he .Afailed to obey traffic rulesBbroke the American security rulesCworked in St. Pamphile without a passDdamaged the gate of the customs office3The underlined word “detour” in paragraph 5 means .Aa drive through the townBa race across the fieldsCa roundabout way of travellingDa journey in the mountain area4What would be the best title for the text?AA Cross-country TripBA Special Border PassCAn Unguarded BorderDAn Expensive Church Visit（II）A young British sailor was missing at sea yesterday in similar circumstances(情况)to the way his father died five years ago The dinghy(救生橡皮船)，used to take Richard Smith，21，to his yacht(快艇)，was discovered empty, floating in seas off the Caribbean islandAn air and sea search was carried out but he has still not been discovered Richards mother, Bicknell，said from her home in Hampshire，“Its so much coincidenceRichard always carried a photograph of his father attached to a poem，which included the date of his disappearance” “Now, its very strange because all they have found is Richards dinghyWe need to know this time what has happened one way or anotherIf you know at least you can go through the grieving process(悲痛的过程)” In November 1996，Mr. Smiths father, Charlie，was sailing in the Tasmen sea between the Australian mainland and the island of Tasmen with his new wifeThey lost radio contact with the shore and they, together with their yacht were never seen again，and their disappearance remains a mystery Richard is described a talented(有才能的)and experienced sailor who has crewed for the champion ocean racerHe had sailed to the。Caribbean in November to crew ocean racing yachts for entertainmentHe ended the evening drinking in the Abracbabra bar but left after local police closed it for being too noisy About 2 am the following day Richard headed back for his dinghyHe started its outboard motor before giving all elderly woman a lift to her yacht after her dinghy had gone missingIt was the last time he was seen1Richard Smith was in 2000Aten Bfifteen Ctwenty Deighteen2People searched for Richard using Aship only Bship and radioCship and plane Dyacht and car 3According to the passage，we know Richard died because Ahe was a green hand in sailingBsome unknown animal attacked himCthat was a maze in the area he was sailingDof something we dont know4Which statement is NOT true according to this passage?AYoung Smith had lost radio contact with the shore before he diedBRichards father had married two women at leastCRichard didnt drink on the evening before he was lost because thepoliceman closed the barDRichard was seen at about 2 am the day he disappeared5The writer tells us Aa story about two heroes Ba piece of news about a merchant shipCa coincidence Dthe dying process of Richard（III）An epidemic (流行病) of the use of street-culture language broke out in some English exams, according to examiners.A report said there were “a surprising number of small mistakes” in standard (标准) English. It asked teachers that they should prevent pupils from using street language and text style, adding, “Most answers require formal expression of language.”“Many concerns were expressed by examiners about basic errors, often appearing in the work of clearly able students,” the report continued.It added that the use of street and text language “appeared with surprisingly regularity in the work of students who clearly desired a higher grade”.“Most answers require formal expression but even when an informal style is appropriate-students should know the examination context and, in particular, should not use street language and text style.” it said.There is rising concern about pupils writing skills, especially among boys. National test results for 11-year-old boys writing standards had fallen this year. Only 55 percent reached the level expected of an 1l-year-old by the time they left primary school, the results showed.Many educationalists are now arguing that teachers should also think of ways of improving writing standards.The report said spelling was “in general inconsistent (不一致)” and “variety of vocabulary and of sentence structure is often limited”. It went on, “Punctuation (标点符号) errors continue to be widespread.”However, it added, “Some examiners felt that this year they had met an improvement in the whole structure of students writing.”1. What does the passage mainly talk about?A. The street-culture language is being examined in English exams. B. Street language is appearing in the standard English exams.C. The English say no to the street-culture language in daily life.D. What the street-culture language is in England.2. The underlined word “appropriate” (in Paragraph 5) means “ _” A. comfortableB. possibleC. acceptable D. valuable 3. What problems concerned examiners? A. Small mistakes in spelling and punctuation, B. Limited vocabulary of boy pupils. C. Teachers teaching writing skills. D. Poor sentence structure, and errors in spelling and standard English. 4. How does the author feel in writing this passage? A. worried but positiveB. worried and negativeC. concerned and sad D. warm and excited5. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE? A. In English exams, most answers require informal expression of language. B. When an informal style is correct, the students are allowed to use it. C. Boys writing skills are worse than those of girls in England.D. There is no improvement in the whole structure of students writing.（IV）The quality of drinking water in Shanghai will meet European Union standard by 2010 and, a decade later, citizens in Shanghai will drink the best water in the world.These were the goals set out by the Shanghai Water Authority. With the citys population expected to increase only slightly and the economy to boom by 2020, Chen Yin, and official with the water authority, said Shanghais water consumption will not increase from its present amount.Zhang Yue, director of the Urban Construction Division under the Ministry of Construction, said, “Shanghai is the first city in the country to publicize these ambitions. They will not be easy to achieve.”He said water saving will help keep the sustainable development of Chinas economy. Saving one cubic meter of water means saving the citys infrastructure（基础设施）costs by 10,000 Yuan. Last year, Shanghai saved 300 million cubic meters of water either from readjustment of industrial structure or the employment of new technology. “The aim is to arouse public awareness of the seriousness of water shortages,” Chen said. “The abundant surface water and amount of rain of the city are so misleading that they result in improper use of water.”Shanghai lacks drinkable water. The Huangpu River, which supplies 80 percent of the citys drinkable water, is nearing exhaustion.The city, therefore, has been exploring new sources from the Yangtze River and growing forests along it to conserve quality water.Besides penning regulations, the authority is popularizing technology among the public to efficiently cut the amount of water used.At present, the city has 600，000 family toilets, each using 13 liters of water per flush. These are to be renovated（整修）to use only 9 liters of water per flush.The authority is renovating the first 200 toilets for households at a cost of 40 Yuan each.In three years, all the toilets will be renovated, which saves the city nearly 15 million Yuan every year in water conservation.Another task the city is engaged in is the treatment of sewage（污水）to improve the water environment.At present the city can only treat 44 percent of its daily 5.04 million tons of waste water. To meet the total demand, 27 more sewage treatment factories are to be established with an estimated investment of 18 billion Yuan.1People in Shanghai get their daily water mainly from _now.Athe undergroundBthe rainCthe Yangtze RiverDthe Huangpu River2According to the passage, some people have the wrong opinion of using waterbecause .Athe renovating of family toilets will save plenty of waterBabout half of waste water has been treated alreadyCadvanced technology makes people use water as much as possibleDthere is plenty surface water and large amount of rain at present3The authority is renovating the first 200 toilets for households to .Amake peoples living more convenientBimprove peoples living standardsCease employment pressureDmeet the total demand of water4Which group of measures are all mentioned in the passage to save water?aimprove drinking water qualitybchange some industrial structurecintroduce or use some new technologydspeed the economic development of Shanghaierenovate some family toiletsfbuild more sewage treatment factoriesAa, b, c, dBb, c, e, fCb, c, d, eDa, b, e, f5We can infer from the passage that .Athe boom of economy will need a larger amount of water in the futureBcitizens today in Shanghai drink the best quality of water in the worldCnot everyone today in Shanghai is aware of water shortageDall the family toilets will be renovated to save water within 3 years（V）Only three local students won Chinese Blog（博客）Competition. And 15 of the 18 awards went to students from China. 170 students task: to get a fully-designed blog up and running, complete with many postings based on a theme of choiceall written in Chinese. Themes ranged from local opinionssuch as the usage of Singlish, education and whether Singapore can be a cultural centreto food blogs. KS*5U.C#OThe entries were judged on Language proficiency（熟练程度）and the quality of writing, as well as the design and level of exchanging ideas with readers. Academics(学者) from the National University of Singapore and the SIM University IT experts, and a journalist from Chinese newspaper Lianhe Zaobao in Singapore made up the judges. In the end, only three Singaporean students made it to the award listthe rest of the awards were swept up by students from China. “No surprise, ” said Mr. Chow Yaw Long, 37, teachers in charge from Innova Junior College, which organized the event. “Although the topics were local subjects, the foreign students were generally better in terms of the content of the posts and their grasp of the Chinese language. ”One of the three local students winning the first prize in the Best Language Award was blogger Christina Gao 19, from the Saint Andrews Jun