Language is always changing. In a society where life continues year after year with few changes, the language does not change either. The earliest known languages had difficult grammar but a small, limited vocabulary. Over the century, the grammar changed, and the vocabulary grew. For example, the English and Spanish people who came to America during the sixteenth century gave names to all the new plants and animals they found. In this way, hundreds of new words were introduced into English and Spanish vocabularies. Today life is changing very fast, and language is changing fast too.
There are several major(主要) language families in the world. Some scientists say there are nine main families, but other scientists divide them differently. The languages in each family are connected, and scientists think that they came from the same parent language. About 3 percent of the people in the world speak languages that are not in these major families.
1.The early language had ________.
A. a lot of problems B. words and easy grammar
C. words but no grammar D. grammar but not many words
2.In the next few hundred years we can expect language to _____.
A. stay exactly the same B. change a great deal
C. change only a little D. ask more words and drop some grammar
3.What this article shows is that _____.
A. languages change fast
B. languages really don't want to change
C. language really with changes in society
D. Spanish and English change
Eleven leatherback turtles (棱皮龟) are swimming across the Pacific Ocean to the Galapagos Islands in a "race". It will be reported online to attract people’s attention to the situation of the endangered (濒危的) animals.
People have put small tracking devices (跟踪装备) on the turtles so that they can monitor their journeys as they head south from their birthplace to their feeding grounds near the Galapagos, about 1,500 km away.
People can choose a turtle online and track it at http://www.greatturtlerace.com. The turtle that travels furthest in two weeks’swimming will be the winner.
There is no prize for the winner of the "race". Rather, they just want to help people take notice of the dangers facing the animal that has lived in the oceans for 100 million years.
Scientists say 95 percent of the turtles in the Pacific Ocean have disappeared in the last 20 years, because of human activities like fishing, stealing their eggs and building near their homes.
Thousands of leatherback turtles lived at Playa Grande 10 years ago, but the number has dropped below 100 in the last 5 years.
The leatherback turtle "race" will not be broadcast on TV at the same time because the turtles leave Costa Rica at different times. Instead, a group will provide a day-to-day showing of the first 14 days of their journeys at the same time as if they were racing.
The activity will collect money to protect Playa Grande.
1.Why will the website report the "race"?
A. To let people know about a turtle’s habitat.
B. To tell people how to find turtles in the ocean.
C. To let people know the winner of the "race".
D. To attract people’s attention to the endangered species.
2.According to the passage, Playa Grande is ___.
A. the end of the "race"
B. one of the places where the turtles live
C. the starting place of the "race"
D. a place the turtles will have to pass in the race
3.What can we know from the passage?
A. The purpose of the "race" is to teach people more about turtles.
B. The "race" will be tracked by people in the ocean.
C. You can choose more than one turtle at http://www.greatturtlerace.com.
D. Most of the turtles in the Pacific Ocean have disappeared.
4.What is the best title for the passage?
A. Endangered Turtles "Race" Across the Pacific
B. Endangered Turtles Are Moving to Their Homes
C. Leatherback Turtles’Homes Are Being Lost
D. Endangered Turtles "Race" Against Humans
Mother Teresa was born in Yugoslavia on August 27th, 1910. She attended the government school near her home until she was eighteen. At that time, some doctors and nurses from Yugoslavia were working in India, and they often wrote to school about their work. She decided to join them one day.
When she finished school, she went first to Britain. Then a year later she went to India, where she began to train to be a teacher. After training, she was sent to Calcutta, where she taught geography at a school and soon after she became headmistress. (女校长)
However, although she loved teaching, in 1946 Mother Teresa left school and went to work in the poor parts of Calcutta. Later she trained to become a nurse in Panta, and then began her work helping the poor and comforting the dying in the streets of the city. Slowly others came to help her, and her work spread to other parts of India.
Mother Teresa is now a well-known person. Many photos have been taken of her as she traveled the world to open new schools and hospitals in poor countries. In 1979, she was given the Nobel Peace Prize for the lifetime of love and service she has given to the poor.
1.Where did Mother Teresa receive her education?
A. In Britain and India. B. In Yugoslavia and Britain.
C. In Britain, Yugoslavia and some other poor countries. D. In Yugoslavia, Britain and India.
2.In which order did Mother Teresa do the following things?
a. Training to be a nurse.
b. Went to train.
c. Helped the poor and the dying.
d. studied to be a teacher.
e. went to Britain.
f. Worked as a headmistress.
A. b, a, c, e, d, f B. b, f, a, d, e, c C. e, b, d, f, a, c D. e, a, b, c, d, f
3.Mother Teresa gave up teaching because she wanted ____.
A. to look after the poor. B. to build the hospitals for the poor.
C. to travel to poor countries. D. to train nurses to care for the poor.
4.Mother Teresa is now a famous person because she has____.
A. saved many poor people in India
B. taken care of many poor people in the world.
C. helped to bring about world peace.
D. helped to make India a more peaceful place
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1.How many members does the graduate students’ online group have?
A. More than 1,000 members. B. More than 100 members. C. More than 10 members.
2.How do graduate students share information about job hunting?
A. Through instant messages and microblogs.
B. Through interviews.
C. Through text messages.
3.What is the advantage of sharing information?
A. To help the students save money.
B. To make students focus on graduation.
C. To help the students focus on preparing for interviews.
4.What does the university do to help graduates to find jobs?
A. Print business cards for graduates.
B. Give information about employers to graduates .
C. Post graduates’ information around the campus.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1.What is the woman most concerned about?
A. The smell of the perfume.
B. The quality of the perfume.
C. The price of the perfume.
2.How much is the perfume recommended by the man?
A. 400 yuan each bottle. B. 360 yuan each bottle. C. 440 yuan each bottle.
3.What does the woman buy in the end?
A. Lipstick. B. Perfume. C. Face cream.
4.Where does the conversation probably take place?
A. In a shop.
B. In a coffee shop.
C. In an office.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1.How long has the woman lived there?
A. For twelve years. B. For twenty years. C. For two years.
2.How much is the house?
A. $ 200,000. B. $20,000. C. $2,000,000.
3.Why does the woman want to sell the house?
A. Because she needs money to buy a small bookstore.
B. Because she wants to move to Sydney.
C. Because she is tired of living there.
