38. They found the lecture hard (_____)_.

4. Passage Six We find that bright children are rarely held back by mixed-ability teaching. On the contrary， both their knowledge and experience are enriched. We feel that there are many disadvantages in streaming (把 …按能力分班) pupils. It does not take into account the fact that children develop at different rates. It can have a bad effect on both the bright and the not-so-bright child. After all， it can be quite discouraging to be at the bottom of the top grade! Besides， it is rather unreal to grade pupils just according to their intellectual (智力的) ability. This is only one aspect of their total personality. We are concerned to develop the abilities of all our pupils to the full， not just their academic ability. We also value personal qualities and social skills， and we find that mixed-ability teaching contributes to all these aspects of learning. In our classrooms， we work in various ways. The pupils often work in groups: this gives them the opportunity to learn to co-operate， to share， and to develop leadership skills. They also learn how to cope with personal problems as well as how to think， to make decisions， to analyze and evaluate， and to communicate effectively. The pupils learn from each other as well as from the teacher. Sometimes the pupils work in pairs. Sometimes they work on individual tasks and assignments， and they can do this at their own speed. They also have some formal class teaching when this is appropriate. We encourage our pupils to use the library， and we teach them the skills they need in order to do this efficiently. An advanced pupil can do advanced work. It doesn’t matter what age the child is. We expect our pupils to do their best， not their least， and we give them every encouragement to attain this goal. The pupils often work in groups: this gives them the opportunity to learn ( ) .

A. to cooperate， to share and to develop leadership skills

B. to cope with personal problems

C. to learn how to think， to make decisions， to analyze and evaluate， and to communicate effectively

D. to do all the above things

31. Every man ,woman, and child (_____) better healthier care.

A. 　 Deserve

B. 　 were deserving

C. 　 have deserved

D. 　 deserves

4. Passage Eighteen An idea that started in Seattle’s public library has spread throughout America and beyond. The concept is simple: help to build a sense of community in a city by getting everyone to read the same book at the same time. In addition to encouraging reading as a pursuit (追求) to be enjoyed by all， the program allows strangers to communicate by discussing the book on the bus， as well as promoting reading as an experience to be shared in families and schools. The idea came from Seattle librarian Nancy Pearl who launched the “If All of Seattle Read the Same Book” project in 1998. Her original program used author visits， study guides and book discussion groups to bring people together with a book， but the idea has expanded to many other American cities， and even to Hong Kong. In Chicago， the mayor appeared on television to announce the choice of To Kill a Mockingbird as the first book in the “One Book， One Chicago” program. As a result， reading clubs and neighborhood groups sprang up around the city. Across the US， stories emerged of parents and children reading to each other at night and strangers chatting away on the bus about the plot and characters. The only problem arose in New York， where local readers could not decide on one book to represent the huge and diverse population. This may show that the idea works best in medium-sized cities or large towns， where a greater sense of unity can be achieved. Or it may show that New Yorkers rather missed the point， putting all their energy and passion into the choice of the book rather than discussion about a book itself. Ultimately， as Nancy points out， the level of success is not measured by how many people read a book， but by how many people are enriched by the process or have enjoyed speaking to someone with whom they would not otherwise have 【shared a word】. The underlined words “shared a word” in the last paragraph probably mean ( ) .

A. exchanged ideas with each other

B. discussed the meaning of a word

C. gained life experience

D. used the same language

3. Passage Nineteen A 3-year-old boy who was lost in the woods for two days is now safe at home. But Casey Hathaway told his rescuers that he was not alone in the rainy， freezing cold woods. He said he was with a friend——abear. The child went missing on January 22 while playing with friends at his grandmother’s house in the southern state of North Carolina. When the other children returned to the house and Casey did not， the family searched the area for almost an hour before calling the police. Police formed a search and rescue team to look for the young boy in the nearby woods. But two days went by and still——no Casey. The woods of North Carolina are home to many black bears， like this one. It seems one of them helped a little boy while he was lost in the woods. Then on January 24， someone called the police saying they heard a child crying in the woods. Police followed up on the information and found Casey at about 9:30 that night. They pulled him out of some briar (荆棘). He was in good health. Police Officer Chip Hughes said that Casey did not say how he was able to survive in the woods for two days in the cloud， rainy weather， but that “he did say he had a friend in the woods that was a bear that was with him. ” Hundreds of people helped in the search and rescue efforts， including some 600 volunteers， federal police and members of the military. Hughes told reporters that at no point did he think Casey had been kidnapped (绑架). Doctors at Carolina East Medical Center treated Casey for minor injuries. He was then released to his family on January 25 .After receiving the call， the police ( ) .

A. appeared indifferent

B. found Casey immediately

C. made a quick response

D. did not know what to do

49. After the numbers' in every possible combination, we finally hit on a solution.

A. 　 running through

B. 　 running after

C. 　 running over

D. 　 running out

37. We are looking forward (_____)_ a trip to your country.

A. 　 to take

B. 　 to taking

C. 　 to be taking

D. 　 to having taken

36. My teacher was made (_____)_ his teaching because of poor health.

A. 　 giving up

B. 　 to give up

C. 　 given up

D. 　 give up

38. Tom never dreams of (_____) for him to study abroad in China so soon.

A. 　 being a chance

B. 　 there being a chance

C. 　 there to be a chance

D. 　 there be a chance

40. He wrote a letter to me (_____)_ that his trip to Japan had been put off because of the bad weather

A. 　 inform

B. 　 informing

C. 　 informed

D. 　 being informed

50. This project is said right now and so far everything is going on quite smoothly.

A. 　 to have carried out

B. 　 having been carried out

C. 　 to have been carried out

D. 　 to be being carried out