MySpace, the social networking website, is different from other websites which only provide stories about other people. MySpace is a place that allows you to broadcast your own stories and personal information to as many people as you like. Started two years ago, it is a big source of information for and about American kids.
Teenagers and their parents feel very differently about it. Teens are rushing to join the site, not sharing their parents’ worries. It signals yet another generation gap in the digital era.
For teenagers, it is a reliable network to keep in touch with their friends. They will often list their surnames, birthdays, after-school jobs, school clubs, hobbies and other personal information.
\of my acquaintances. But if I want to get in tough with one of them, I could just leave them a message on MySpace,\said Abby Van Wassen. She is a 16-year-old student at Woodland Hills High of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Parents on the other hand are seriously concerned about the security problems of MySpace. \Kent Cates, who travels the country doing Internet safety seminars（研讨会）. The national Center for Missing and Exploited Children has received at least 288 MySpace-related complaints, according to Mary Beth Buchanan, a lawyer in Pittsburgh.
\MySpace even lists this information by birthplace and age. It's like a free checklist for trouble-makers and it endangers children,\
1.From the passage, we can learn that MySpace____________.
A. brings about the generation gap B. is very careful about people’s privacy
C. encourages you to list your personal information D. lists the telephone numbers of your friends
正确答案：C
答案讲解：本题问的是第一自然段的主旨大意。 根据原文第一段第二句话 “MySpace is a place that allows you to broadcast your own stories and personal information to as many people as you like.”可知，答案应选C。至于选项A，MySpace并没有造成代沟，根据第二段最后一句话 “It signals yet another generation gap in the igital era.”，它只是数字时代代沟的又一个显示。
2. Why are some parents against MySpace?____________
A. Because they think MySpace has a bad influence on their children. B. Because they don’t want to pay so much money for MySpace. C. Because it takes up too much of their children’s spare time.
D. Because troublemakers can easily approach their children through the site. 正确答案：D
答案讲解：本题问的是为什么有些父母反对MySpace。从文章的第五段中“Parents on the other hand are seriously concerned about the security problems of MySpace.”这句话可以看出，父母担心孩子的安全问题，因此D应该为正确答案。
3.What can we infer from \time we hold a parents meeting, the first question is always about MySpace.\
A. MySpace has become a top issue troubling parents. B. MySpace often holds parents
meetings.
C. MySpace is quite popular with parents. D. Parents have lots of questions about the website. 正确答案：A
答案讲解：此题问的是我们能从“每次我们开家长会，第一个问题总是有关MySpace的”这句话中得知什么信息。实际上，这句话的言外之意就是“MySpace已经成了困扰父母的头号问题”，所以才会一开家长会第一个要谈论的话题就是它。 4.The writer's attitude towards MySpace is____________. A. pessimistic B. positive C. optimistic D. objective
正确答案：D
答案讲解：本题问的是作者对MySpace的态度。从全文来看，作者没有明确地表达自己的态度，只是客观地陈述了MySpace的一些情况，并引述了别人的一些观点，因此D应该是正确答案。
5.Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?
A. Internet Safety. B. MySpace. C. Generation Gap. D. The Digital Era. 正确答案：B
答案讲解：此题问的是本文的最佳题目应该是什么。纵观全文，整篇都在讲述有关MySpace的问题，所以很显然最佳题目应该是MySpace，即B为正确答案。其余的选项虽然也稍有提及，可作为本文的题目太过宽泛，没有切题，因此可排除。
Unit 9
One of our biggest social cripples is the fear of not measuring up. Perhaps you feel you won't impress others because they are more confident, successful, intelligent or attractive than you are. Such thinking is wrong-headed. The secret of doing well with others is accepting yourself.
When I was a college student, I kept a journal filled with private memories. Some were painful memories from childhood when I felt hurt, confused, lonely and insecure. I described fragments of dreams and intensely personal feelings of anger and hatred, as well as things I enjoyed such as magic stories and coin shops.
Then a terrible thing happened. After dinner one night I realized that I had left my journal in coatroom outside the campus dining hall. Terrified that somebody might read it and find out the truth about me, I raced back, only to discover that it was gone.
Weeks passed, and eventually I gave up hope of finding it again. A month later, I was hanging up my jacket in the same place when I saw my brown, tattered journal, just where I'd left it. Nervously I flipped through the pages and found that a stranger had written this entry: \bless you. I am a lot like you, only I don't keep a diary, and I'm grateful to know there are others like me. I hope things turn out well for you.\
Tears came to my eyes. It had never crossed my mind that anyone could know my inner feelings and still care about me.
No matter what you're like — whether you're rich or poor, insecure or outgoing, brilliant or average, attractive or plain — some people like you and others couldn't care less. Nobody gets accepted by everyone. But far more people will be attracted to you if you accept yourself.
1.What is the passage mainly about?
A. Keeping a diary full of private memories is not good. B. We should try our best to make all
the people accept us.
C. To impress others by our own personality is very important. D. We should stop comparing with others and accept ourselves. 正确答案：D 答案讲解：本题问的是文章主要讲的是什么。纵观全文内容，并根据原文第一段“Perhaps you feel you won’t impress others because they are more confident, successful, intelligent or attractive than you are. Such thinking is wrong-headed. The secret of doing well with others is accepting yourself.”可知，正确答案应该是D。 2.The author keeps a journal because____________. A. he felt hurt, insecure and lonely when he was young
B. he enjoyed keeping such private memories and personal feelings C. he felt a strong desire to write about his own dreams
D. he enjoyed writing articles and making others know the other side of the story
正确答案：B
答案讲解：本题问的是作者为什么要写日记。从文章的第二段我们可以判断出作者是“喜欢记录一些个人的记忆和感情”才写日记。本题可以用排除法把其他的选项一一排除掉，因此正确答案应是B。
3.Why was the author terrified when he lost his journal?
A. His journal was very expensive. B. There were some secrets in it.
C. His journal was something like a coin shop. D. There was some wrong-headed thinking in it.
正确答案：B 答案讲解：本题问的是当作者把日记丢了的时候为什么感到非常害怕。从原文第三段第三句话“Terrified that somebody might read it and find out the truth about me, I raced back?”可知是因为“他的日记中有些秘密”，他害怕别人会知道他真实的一面，才感到很害怕，因此正确答案应该是B。
4.When the author found his journal again, he cried because____________. A. he appreciated that the stranger had replaced his journal at the same spot
B. he was moved that the stranger who found his journal also kept a journal like him C. he felt hurt by the stranger’s remarks in his journal
D. he felt grateful that the stranger could understand him after reading his inner feelings 正确答案：D
答案讲解：本题问的是当作者再次找到他的日记时，他为什么哭了。从原文第五段第二句话“It had never crossed my mind that anyone could know my inner feelings and still care about me.”可知他是由于一个陌生人的在读过他的内心世界后能够理解他才感动得哭的，所以正确答案应为D。
5.Which of the following is NOT true about the passage? A. If you accept yourself, all the others can accept you.
B. There is not such a person who is accepted by all the others.
C. Although you are rich, outgoing, brilliant and attractive, you cannot be loved by all. D. You are poor, insecure, average and plain, but there are still people who like you. 正确答案：A
答案讲解：本题问的是关于文章的陈述哪一个不正确。从文章最后一段倒数第二句话“Nobody gets accepted by everyone.”可判断选项A（“如果你接受你自己，所有的其他人就
会接受你”）的陈述是错误的，同时可以判断选项B的陈述应该是正确的。从文章最后一段的第一句话“No matter what you’re like — whether you’re rich or poor, insecure or outgoing, brilliant or average, attractive or plain — some people like you and others couldn’t care less.”可判断选项C和D的陈述都应该是正确的。
Unit 10
Once a man was waiting for a taxi. A beggar came along and asked him for some money. The man ignored him. But being a professional, the beggar kept on pestering him. The man became angry when he realized that the beggar would not leave him alone unless he gives him some money.
Suddenly an idea occurred to him. He told the beggar, \me what you want to do with the money, I will certainly help you.” “I would have bought a cup of tea\took a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and offered one to the beggar. The beggar said, \smoke as it is harmful to health.\
The man smiled and took a bottle of whisky from his pocket and told the beggar, \take this bottle and enjoy the stuff. It's really good.\The beggar refused by saying, \muddles the brain and damages the liver.\to the race course. Come with me and I will arrange for some tickets and we will place bets. If we win, you take the whole amount and leave me alone.\latest offer by saying, \
Suddenly the man felt relieved and asked the beggar to come to his home with him. Finally, the beggar’s face lit up in hope of receiving at least something from the man. But he still had his doubts and asked the man, “Why do you want me to go to your house with you?”
The man replied, \
1. What did the man first offer the beggar?
A. Some money. B. A cup of tea. C. A cigarette. D. A bottle of whisky.
正确答案：C
答案讲解：此题问的是那人首先要给乞丐什么。参照原文第二自然段中 “Sorry man. I can offer you a cigarette instead of tea.”这句话可知，那人首先提供给乞丐的东西是香烟，所以正确答案为C。
2. The beggar did not want the bottle of whisky because____________.
A. nobody ever offered him any whisky B. he thought drinking is bad for his health C. he didn't have any money to pay for whisky D. one bottle was not enough for him 正确答案：B
答案讲解：此题问的是乞丐为什么不想要威士忌。从原文第三段中的“Alcohol muddles the brain and damages the liver.”可知，乞丐是怕饮酒对他的健康有害才拒绝的，因此正确答案应该是B。
3.Which of the following statements is true?
A. The man gave the beggar some money when he asked again. B. The man offered the beggar a cup of tea.
C. The beggar thought whisky is a good stuff. D. The beggar regarded betting on horses as a bad habit. 正确答案：D
答案讲解：此题问的是有关原文的陈述哪个是正确的。从原文第三段的最后一句话“Sorry sir, I can’t come with you as betting on horses is a bad habit.”可知，乞丐把赌马看成一个坏习惯，因此选项D为正确选项。结合全文的内容可以判断，其余的选项都是错误的陈述。 4. Why did the man ask the beggar to go to his home with him? A. Because the beggar insisted on going to his home with him.
B. Because the man's wife insisted on inviting the beggar to his home. C. Because the man's wife always wants to see the beggar.
D. Because the man wanted his wife to see how a man with no bad habits was like.
正确答案：D
答案讲解：此题问的是为什么那人叫乞丐跟他回家。从文章最后一段中的\wife always wanted to see how a man with no bad habits looks like.\可知答案应该是D。 5. What's the best title for this passage?
A. A Persistent Beggar. B. A Man with Bad Habits. C. A Man with No Bad Habits. D. A Man's Wife and a Beggar.
正确答案：C
答案讲解：此题问的是文章的最好的题目应该是什么。结合全文意思，乞丐一直在谈论这个或那个都是坏习惯，并证明自己是一个没有坏习惯的人，再由最后一段的点题可知，最好的标题应该是C。而其余的选项都不全面，不能概括原文的全部内容。
Quiz 1 Passage 1
In the United States there was an unusual tale telling of the daughter of a mechanic. One day while walking along the bank of a lake, the girl happened to see 20 eggs laid by a wild goose. After some time the girl realized the mother would not return to her eggs and she decided to take them home. There she carefully placed the eggs in the heat of a lamp. Several days later the eggs broke and the baby geese came into the world.
Geese are known to take the first living thing they see as their mother. Thus, to these young geese, the girl was their mother.
As they grew, the girl was able to lead her birds to run across the grass, but she could not teach them to fly. The girl became increasingly worried about this, both when awake and in her dreams. Later, she had an idea. She would pilot a plane to guide them in flight. She asked her father for a plane and he assembled a small aircraft for her.
Caring about her safety, the father decided to pilot the plane himself. However, the birds did not recognize or follow him, and instead slept in the grass.
One day, the girl climbed into the plane, started it and soon left the ground. Seeing their mother take to the air, the birds eagerly flapped their wings and set out. She flew the plane freely in the sky, her young birds following.
11 Which of the following can be the best title of this passage?
A. The Daughter of a Mechanic. B. A Girl and Her Father. C. A Girl and Her Geese. D. How to Teach Birds to Fly. 正确答案：C 答案讲解：此题问的是下列哪个选项可以当作文章的最佳题目。文章主要讲的是一个小女孩和一群鹅的故事，所以最佳题目应该是C。
12 Why did the girl decide to take the eggs home?
A. Because she liked the eggs. B. Because she wanted to eat the eggs.
C. Because her father asked her to do so. D. Because she knew that the mother goose will not come back. 正确答案：D
答案讲解：此题问的是为什么小女孩决定把这些蛋带回家。根据文章第一段中“After some time the girl realized the mother would not return to her eggs and she decided to take them home.”这句话，可知小女孩知道鹅妈妈不会回来了，所以把蛋带回了家，即答案为D。 13 The baby geese naturally took____________as their mother.
A. the mother geese B. the girl C. the first thing they touch D. the girl’s father 正确答案：B
答案讲解：此题问的是出于本性，小鹅们会把什么当做自己的妈妈。根据文章“Geese are known to take the first living thing they see as their mother.”这句话可知鹅“把第一眼看见的活的东西”当作妈妈，而小鹅最先见到的是小女孩，因此就把小女孩当作了它们的妈妈，因此正确答案应该是B。
14 What did the girl's father do to help her?
A. He assembled a small plane. B. He piloted the plane himself. C. He taught the geese how to fly. D. Both A & B.
正确答案：D 答案讲解：此题问的是小女孩的父亲为了帮她做了什么。根据文章中“She asked her father for a plane and he assembled small aircraft for her.”和“Caring about her safety, the father decided to pilot the plane himself.”这两句话，可知D为正确答案，意思是“她的父亲帮她组装了一架飞机，并且亲自驾驶飞机”。
15 How did the young geese learn to fly?
A. By following the girl in the plane. B. By themselves. C. By following the girl's father. D. By staying in the plane.
正确答案：A
答案讲解：此题问的是小鹅们是如何学会飞的。根据文章最后一段“One day, the girl climbed into the plane, started it and soon left the ground. Seeing their mother take to the air, the birds eagerly flapped their wings and set out. She flew the plane freely in the sky, her young birds following.”可知小鹅们是跟着小女孩才学会飞的，所以答案为A。