A. Self-confidence, had work, higher education and a poor family
B. Mom' s encouragement, clear goals, self-confidence and hard work.
C. Clear goals, Mom' s encouragement, a poor family and higher education.
D. Mom' s encouragement, a poor family, higher education and opportunities.
D
Equipped only with a pair of binoculars (双筒望远镜) and ready to spend long hours waiting in all weathers for a precious glance of a rare bullfinch(红腹灰雀). Britain's birdwatchers had long been supposed to be lovers of a minority sport. But new figures show birdwatching is fast becoming a popular pastime, with almost three million of us absorbed in our fluttering feathered friends.
Devoted birdwatchers, those prepared to travel thousands of miles for a sighting of a rare Siberian bird, are fast being joined by a new breed of follower whose interest is satiated by watching a few finches (雀科鸣鸟) on a Sunday walk or putting up a bird-box in the back garden.
"Almost three million UK birdwatchers are certainly possible if you include everyone with only a casual interest," Stephen Moss said in his newly published book--A Bird in the Bush: a Social History of Birdwatching--which records the pursuit from the rich Victorian Englishman' s love of shooting rare birds to the less offensive observational tendencies of birdwatchers today.
Television wildlife programmers have helped to fuel the new trend. Last summer, BBC 2' s Britain Goes Wild was a surprise success. It pulled in three million viewers and led to birdhouses selling out across the UK as 45,000 people promised to put up a box.
Birdwatchers' networking system first came to the attention of the nation in 1989, when a birdwatcher caught sight of the first Vermivora chrysoptera--a golden-winged songbird from North America--to be seen in Britain. He put a message out on the network service Birdline, and the next day 3,000 birdwatchers proved the full pull of a truly rare bird as they visited the Tesco car park in Kent, where it had settled. Today, birdwatchers can log on to www. birdline, co. uk or have news of the latest sightings texted to their phones.
"Multimillion-pound spending on binoculars, bird food and boxes point to the increasing numbers of birdwatchers," said David Cromack, the editor of Bird Watching magazine, "The number of people involved is so big that they have great potential to influence government decisions affecting the environment. "
54. The word "satiated" in Paragraph 2 can best be replaced by _________.
A. affected
B. shared
C. satisfied
D. narrowed
55. What happened after the message of seeing a Vermivora chrysoptera was put on the network?
A. Birdwatchers helped the rare bird settle in Kent.
B. Large numbers of birdwatchers went to view the bird.
C. Many birdwatchers logged on to the website for details.
D. Birdwatchers showed their determination to protect the rare bird.
56. Which of the following CANNOT be true according to the passage?
A. Television wildlife programmers started the popular pastime of birdwatching.
B. The network service has contributed to the rapid development of birdwatching.
C. Birdwatching in Britain was long considered a sport with a small group of followers.
D. The current situation of birdwatching may promote the protection of the environment.
57. The passage mainly tells us about _________ in the UK.
A. the history of birdwatching
B. a growing passion for birdwatching
C. the impact of media on birdwatching
D. birdwatching as a popular expensive sport
E
It may help you to know that there is no such thing as a perfect speech. At some point in every speech, every speaker says something that is not understood exactly as he has planned. Fortunately, such moments are usually not obvious(明显的) to the listeners. Why? Because thelisteners do not know what the speaker, plans to say. They hear only what the speaker does say. If you lose your place for a moment, wrongly change the order of a couple of sentences, or forget to pause at a certain point, no one will be any wiser. When such moments occur, don' t worry about them. Just continue as if nothing happened.
Even if you do make an obvious mistake during a speech, that doesn' t really matter. If you have ever listened to Martin Luther King' s famous speech--"I have a Dream", you may notice that he stumbles (结巴) over his words twice during the speech. Most likely, however, you don't remember. Why? Because you were fixing your attention on his message rather than on his way of speech-making.
People care a lot about making a mistake in a speech because they regard speech-making as a
kind of performance rather than as an act of communication(交流). They feel the listeners are like
judges in an ice-skating competition. But, in fact, the listeners are not looking for a perfect perform-
er. They are looking for a well-though-out speech that expresses the speaker' s ideas clearly and directly. Sometimes a mistake or two can actually increase a speaker' s attractiveness by making him more human.
As you work on your speech, don' t worry about being perfect. Once you free your mind of this, you will find it much easier to give your speech freely.
58. The underlined part in the first paragraph means that no one will
A. be smarter than you
B. notice your mistakes
C. do better than you
D. know what you are talking about
59. You don't remember obvious mistakes in a speech because _________.
A. your attention is focused on the content
B. you don' t fully understand the speech
C. you don' t know what the speaker plans to say
D. you find the way of speech-making more important
60. It can be inferred from the passage that _________.
A. giving a speech is like giving a performance
B. one or two mistakes in a speech may not be bad
C. the listeners should pay more attention to how a speech is made
D. the more mistakes a speaker makes, the more attractive he will be
Ⅳ.短文改错/Proofreading and error correction(10分)
It was a long time since we last saw each other. You can 61. _________
hardly imagine how I miss you. How are you getting with 62. _________
your first job? I remember you once tell me you were eager 63, _________
to graduate and to become an English teacher. Now you must 64. _________
have many firsthand experience. How do you find your English 65. _________
teaching? Is teaching kids English as interested as you expected 66. _________
in college? And do your student enjoy your classroom teaching? 67. _________
Anyway, I believe you must be very popular with the kids, for 68. _________
you are a born teacher. Hope you great success in your work! Yes, 69. _________
why not give me a call or come for get-together this weekend? 70. _________
V.书面表达/Writing(10分)
假如你是一名记者，最近进行了一次采访。以下是这次采访的情况：
时间：上周末
对象：眼科医生(eye—doctor)王教授
主题：我国中小学生近视(short-sightedness)问题
基本信息：(1)发生率：略高于50%;(2)人数：世界第一。
专家解读：(1)原因：很复杂;
(2)治疗：没有哪一种药物能治愈近视;
(3)建议：不要过度用眼;多参加户外活动;
(4)特别提示：如何握笔也和近视有关。
根据以上情况写一篇采访报道，包括如下内容：
(1)采访的时间、对象和主题;
(2)中小学生近视的发生率及人数;
(3)专家解读。
写作要求：
只能使用5个句子表达全部内容。(90词左右)