One moment it was quiet and calm in the forest, the next, the air was charged with tension. The elephant had heard the distant alarm calls of animals and her mood suddenly changed. I urged the elephant deeper into the forest. We sounded like a forest fire-crackling, snapping, trailblazing. But through all the noise came a sharp warning cry. The elephant stopped and we heard it again—the tell-tale call of a spotted deer.

      I looked quickly around the shadows of the forest. Rays of sunlight shone through tree branches, beneath which the patchwork (交错) of green plants and shadows-within-shadows would make tiger stripes (条纹) look more attractive. Apart from an occasional noise from the elephant's stomach, the forest was silent.

      Gradually, the tension slipped from our bodies. The elephant seized a nearby branch and put it into her mouth. I reached forward and gently moved my hand over the elephant's neck; there was a soft part, free of wrinkles and hairs, behind her ear.

      This was my fourth time to sense the aura of the forest in Corbett, although I saw no tigers in the end. Located at the foot of the Himalayan mountains, Corbett is home to about 135 Bengal tigers, but the forest seemed to be guarding their whereabouts( 出没处), a silent reminder of their secrecy and rarity. Still, I was happy enough touching the elephant behind the ear. If I had so desperately wanted to see a tiger, I could have gone to a zoo. After all, spotting tigers merely confirms their beauty; tracking them can make you aware of something more.

21.Which of the following was a clear signal of alarm?

     A. The elephant stopped.

     B. A spotted deer called.

     C. The elephant seized a branch.

     D. The forest was silent for a while.

22.The author begins his account of the tour in the forest mainly by____.

     A. describing various sounds

     B. comparing different animals

     C. listing different activities

     D. introducing various plants

23.What does the underlined part "to sense the aura" most probably mean?

     A. To see the diversity.

     B. To enjoy the scenery.

     C. To feel the atmosphere.

     D. To experience the freedom.

24.How does the author feel after several visits to Corbett?

     A. Seeing a Bengal tiger is quite thrilling.

     B. It is very time-consuming to travel in Corbett.

     C. It is really worthwhile to study the animals in Corbett.

     D. The process of finding Bengal tigers is most appealing.

As more and more people speak the global languages of English, Chinese, Spanish, and Arabic, other languages are rapidly disappearing. In fact, half of the 6,000-7,000 languages spoken around the world today will likely die out by the next century, according to the United Nations Educational , Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

 In an effort to prevent language loss, scholars from a number of organizations _UNESCO and National Geographic among them—have for many years been documenting dying languages and the cultures they reflect.

Mark Turin, a scientist at the Macmillan Centre ,Yale University, who specializes in the languages and  oral traditions of the Himalayas, is following in that tradition. His recently published book, A Grammar of Thangmi with an Ethnolinguistic Introduction to the Speakers and Their Culture, grows out of his experience living, working, and raising a family in a village in Nepal.

Documenting the Thangmi language and culture is just a starting point for Turin, who seeks to include other languages and oral traditions across the Himalayan reaches of India , Nepal, Bhutan, and China . But he is not content to simply record these voices before they disappear without record.

At the University of Cambridge Turin discovered a wealth of important materials-including photographs, films, tape recordings, and field notes—which had remained unstudied and were badly in need of care and protection.

Now, through the two organizations that he has founded –the Digital Himalaya Project and the World Oral Literature Project —Turin has started a campaign to make such documents,found in libraries and stores around  the world available not just to scholars but to the younger generations of communities from whom the materials were originally collected.    Thanks to digital technology and the widely available Internet, Turin notes, the endangered languages can be saved and reconnected with speech communities.

25.Many scholars are making efforts to ______.

A. promote global languages          B. rescue disappearing languages

C. search for language communities    D. set up language research organizations.

26.What does “that tradition’ in Paragraph 3 refer to ?

A. Having full records of the languages

B. Writing books on language teaching.

C. Telling stories about language users

D. Living with the native speaker.

27.What is Turin’s book based on?

A. The cultual studies              B. The documents available at Yale.    

C. His language research in Bhutan.   D. His personal experience in Nepal.

28.Which of the following best describe Turin’s work?

A. Write, sell and donate.         B. Record, repair and reward.

C. Collect, protect and reconnect.   D. Design, experiment and report.

Organizing Yourself

Many new students find it hard to do all the study that has to be done; they find themselves putting off reading assignment, jumping from one subject to another and rarely being quite certain what they are trying to do during a particular study session. The best way to overcome these difficulties and to start studying efficiently is to plan your time and organize your work. Let us suppose that you have 15 hours per week of classes and that you decide to allow yourself a 40  hour working week (a reasonable figure, leaving you 70 waking hours for other activities).

You now have to decide how to divide the remaining 25 hours of private study. Naturally the decisions you make will change from week to week according to what essays have to be written and what reading has to be done. Many people find it helpful to draw up each week a sevenday timetable showing the occasions on which they will be working privately and the particular subjects that will be studying on each occasion. By checking such a plan at times during the week, you can see what you have done and what you have still to do：the whole plan becomes more manageable. There are a number of places where you can study—college library, public library, home, empty classrooms, on bus or train—and each has several obvious advantages and disadvantages. The college library is least busy in the evening, on Wednesday afternoon, and all day Friday and Saturday.

When you are deciding where to study, keep the following suggestions in mind:

1）Try to study always in the same place. After a while the familiar surroundings will help you to switch into the right frame of mind as soon as you sit down.

2）Find somewhere with as little disturbance as possible.

3）Make sure that your study place has a good light and is warm (but not too warm) and well aired.

29.What’s the main idea of this passage?

APlan your time and organize your work.      BOvercome your difficulties.

CBe certain what you can do.                DFind a quiet place for study.

30.A student’s organization of his work will need to change according to.

Ahow many hours he is awake           Bhow many subjects are required

Chow many lectures he misses                                   Dwhat he has to write and read that week

31.A student is advised to make a weekly plan and to check it from time to time in order to.

Asee whether he has calculated it properly                     Bsee what day of the week is

Csee what work still needs doing                                  Dsee how he feels at the whole week

32.Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a place where you can study?

AThe bus.                 BA public house.                       CHome.                              DThe train.

 The best way to experience the web，email，photos，video and other features.

  All of the built-in programs on iPad were designed from the ground up to take advantage of the large Multi-Touch screen and advanced capabilities of iPad.And they work in any orientation.So you can do things with these programs that you can’t do on any other device.

Safari

    iPad is the best way to experience the web.View whole pages in portrait or landscape on the large Multi-Touch screen.And let your fingers do the surfing.All iPad models come with built-in Wi-Fi，and safari can make iPad connect to the web via high-speed Wi-Fi.And when you’re away from a Wi-Fi network，you should choose iPad with Wi-Fi+3G，which will make you surf the Internet anywhere，and sign up for access to 3G data service.

Email

    There’s nothing like the Mail program on iPad.With a split-screen view，and expansive onscreen keyboard，it 1ets you see and touch your email in ways you never could before.

Photos

  A vivid LED-backlit IPS display(显屏) makes viewing photos on iPad extraordinary.Open albums with a tap.Flip through your pictures one by one.Or play a slideshow and share your photos.

Multitasking

    You can do just about anything on your iPad.With multitasking，you can do even more.Be more productive as you work，have more fun as you play，or do a little of both.

Find My iPad

    You keep all sorts of valuable data on your iPad.If you happen to misplace it，Find My iPad helps you locate it on a map，remotely set a passcode lock，display a message，and more.

    A magical and revolutionary product at an unbelievable price.Starting at $499，get your own iPad at the nearest Apple Retail Store，at a Reseller(with 0.05％ product tax)，at the Apple Online Store or in a shopping centre.

33.According to the passage，which description about iPad is True?

  A.Every iPad can make you surf the Internet anywhere.

  B.If you want to write an email，you need an extra keyboard.

  C. iPad can make you run more than one program.

  D. Each iPad will cost you only $499.

34.You can get an iPad at the following stores at the same price except__.

  A. the Apple Retail Store    B.a Reseller

  C.a shopping mall          D.the Apple Online Store

35.If you lose your iPad，what can you do?

  A.Nothing could be done.

  B.Report it to the 3G service company to lock the iPad.

  C.Report it to the police. 

D.Find it via one of its features.

Although problems are a part of our lives, it certainly doesn’t mean that we let them rule our lives forever. One day or the other, you’ll have to stand up and say – problem, I don’t want you in my life.

36.  Problems with friends, parents, girlfriends, husbands, and children – the list goes on. Apart from these, the inner conflicts within ourselves work, too. These keep adding to our problems. Problems come in different shapes and colors and feelings.

But good news is that all problems can be dealt with. Now read on to know how to solve your problems.

Talk, it really helps. What most of us think is that our problem can be understood only by us and that no talking is going to help.    37.Talking helps you move on and let go.

Write your problems.    38.When you write down your problems, you are setting free all the tension from your system. You can try throwing away the paper on which you wrote your problems. By doing this, imagine yourself throwing away the problems from your life.

Don’t lose faith and hope. No matter what you lose in life, don’t lose faith and hope. Even if you lose all your money, family… you should still have faith.    39.

         Your problems aren’t the worst. No matter what problem you get in life, there’re another one million people whose problems are huger than yours.    40.Your problems might just seem big and worse, but in reality they can be removed.

       Go about and solve your problems because every problem, however big or small, always has a way out.

A. But the truth is that when you talk about it, you’re setting free the negative energies that have been gathering within you.   

B. When we have a problem, a pressing, critical, urgent, life-threatening problem, how do we try and solve it?

C. Tell yourself: when they can deal with them, why can’t I?

D. Of course, we’ve been fighting problems ever since we were born.

E. We can often overcome the problem and achieve the goal by making a direct attack.

F. Having a personal diary can also be of huge help if you don’t want a real person to talk with.

G. With faith and hope, you can rebuild everything that you lose.