Welcome to Adventureland!

Everyone loves Adventureland! The Parks and Exhibitions were built for you to explore(探索),enjoy, and admire their wonders. Everyone visit will be an unforgettable experience. You will go away enriched, longing to come back. What are you going to do this time?

The Travel Pavilion

Explore places you have never been to before, and experience different ways of life in the world. Visit the Amazon jungle(丛林)village, the Turkish market, the tai floating market, the Berber mountain house and others. Talk to the people there who will tell you about their lives, and things they make. You can try making a carpet, making nets, fishing.

The Future Tower

This exhibition shows how progress will touch our lives. It allows us to look into the future and explore the cities of the next century and the way we’ll be living then. Spend some time in our space station and climb into our simulator(模拟装置) for the Journey to Mars!

The Nature Park

This is not really one park but several. In the safari Pak you can drive among African animals in one of our Range Cruisers: see lions, giraffes, elephants in the wild. Move on to the Ocean Park to watch the dolphins and whales. And then there is still the Aviary to see…

The Pyramid

This is the center of Adventureland. Run out of film, need some postcards and stamps? For all these things and many more, visit our underground shopping center where there are many lovely toys just for children. Come here for information and ideas too.

21. The Travel Pavilion is built to help visitors__________.

   A. realize the importance of traveling       B. become familiar with mountain countries

   C. learn how to make things such as fishing nets.

   D. learn something about different places in the world.

22. If you are interested in knowing about what people’s life will be, you may visit ________.

   A. the Travel Pavilion                           B. the Future Tower.

   C. the Safari Park                            D. the Pyramid

23. If you want to get a toy lion to take home, where will you most likely go?

   A. The Pyramid.                              B. The Nature Park.

   B. The Future Tower.                           D. The Travel Pavilion.

24. Which one is the passage perhaps taken from?

   A. textbook        B. advertisement       C. story                  D. fairy tale

   I have a younger brother．To me，he is a fourteen﹣year﹣old kid named Joe，with blond hair and blue eyes．To others，he is different．Where I see a kid who just needs a lot more attention，others see a mentally disabled boy，a kid who cannot walk or talk or think for himself．

This is not to say that I have never felt resentful（怨恨的） toward Joe．He is my brother，and with that comes responsibility．"Gina，could you stay in tonight and watch your brother？""Gina，do me a favor and feed him dinner and change his diaper（尿布） later，please？""Could you come home right after school today and get Joe off the bus？"

These are phrases that I have heard since I was twelve．And sure，they have made me resent（愤怒） my brother to a certain extent(程度）．I would think：that's not fair! Everyone else can stay after and be a member of this club，or get extra help from that teacher．Or，all my friends are going out tonight，why can't I？And，how come I have to feed him？He is not my son!

   However，the small amount of resentment I feel toward my brother is erased（抹去）a thousand times over by what I have learned from him．Besides making me responsible from a young age，and helping me be more accepting of all kinds of people，he has taught me to be thankful for what I have．

I know that there are the moments in my life that I should cherish(treasure) and that Joe will never experience．He will never laugh so hard that he cries．He will never feel the glory of a straight﹣A report card．He will never comfort a best friend crying on his shoulder．And he will never know how much his family love him．

Because he will never know，it is up to me to know，every second，how lucky I am．It is up to me to realize that life should be lived to its fullest，and that you should always，always be grateful that God，or whoever are the powers that should be，gave you the ability to live your life way you were meant to live it．

  25．We know from the first paragraph that Gina's brother________________．

A．causes trouble to neighbours            B．pays more attention to others

C．should be a normal person              D．lives with mental disability

  26．If Mother asks Gina to look after her brother now，what will she probably answer？　

A．I'm afraid not．        B．It depends．    C．No problem！  D．It's not fair！

27．The passage intends to tell us that we should________________．

A．appreciate what life gives us            B．value the glory of success

C．comfort unfortunate people             D．treasure meaningful moments．

A typical lion tamer（驯兽师）in people’s mind is an entertainer holding a whip( 鞭) at a chair. The whip gets all of the attention, but it’s mostly for show. In reality, it’ the chair that does the important work. When a lion tamer holds a chair in front of the lion’s face, the lion tries to focus on all four legs of the chair at the same time. With its focus divided, the lion becomes confused and is unsure about what to do next. When faced with so many options(选择), the lion chooses to freeze and wait instead of attacking the man holding the chair.

How often do you find yourself in the same position as the lion? How often do you have something you want to achieve (e.g. lose weight., start a business, travel more)—only to end up confused by all of the options in front of you and never make progress?

This upsets me to no end because while all the experts are busy debating about which option is right，the people who want to improve their lives are left confused by all of the conflicting information. The end result is that we feel like we can’t focus or that we’re focused on the wrong things, and so we take less action, make less progress, and stay the same when we could be improving.

It doesn’t have to be that way. Anytime you find the world waving a chair in your face, remember this: All you need to do is focus on one thing,. You just need to get started. Starting before you feel ready is one of the habits of successful people. If you have somewhere you want to go, something you want to accomplish, someone you want to become…take immediate action. If you’re clear about where you want to go, the rest of the world will either help you get there or get out of the way.

28. Why does the lion tamer use a chair?

A. To trick the lion.                               B. To show off his skills.

C. To get ready for a fight.                      D. To entertain the audience.

29. In what sense are people similar to a lion facing a chair?

A. They feel confused over choices.           B. They hold on to the wrong things.

C. They find it hard to make changes.         D. They have to do something for show

30. What is the author’s attitude towards the expert mentioned in Paragraph 3?

A. Indifferent.              B. Doubtful.       C. Respectful.       D. Supportive.

31. When the world is “ waving a chair in your face”, you’re advised to _____

A. wait for a better chance                    B. break your old habits

C. focus on one thing quickly               D. ask for clear guidance

    Australia is a nation of pet lovers but it may be loving its animals to death because pet owners pass on rising levels of obesity(肥胖) by overfeeding their cats and dogs, the country's main animals welfare body says. Despite its image as a sports-mad country full of fit, sun-bronzed youth, Australia in reality is battling the obesity and challenging the United States as the world’s fattest nation. The problem now extends to household pets.

 Obesity rates for Australia have doubled over the past 20 years, with 62 percent of men and 45 percent of women overweight. The same trend applies to household pets, with an increase in the number of overweight cats and dogs being dealt with by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals(RSPCA)， and even one case of a fat pet mouse. “It's a big problem, and quite reflective of what's happening in the human situation,” said Mark Lawrie, the RSPCA's chief . Australia is a nation of 20 million people, almost 4 million dogs, 2.5 million cats, 8.7 million pet birds and more than 12 million pet fish. It has one of the world's highest rates of pet ownership at 64 percent of households, compared to 62 percent in the United States and 44 percent in Britain.

Lawrie said that surveys had found that between 40 and 44 percent of dogs and more than one in three household cats were now overweight, due to poor diet and a lack of exercises. Fat cats and dogs were much easier to suffer from heart problems and liver disease. The RSPCA said low levels of exercises had an impact on pet obesity, but the key problem was over-eating.

32. In Australia many pets are involved in obesity problem due to the fact that __________.

   A. they are fed too much                    B. they dislike doing physical exercise

C. their owners suffer from similar problems    D. their diet is poor in nutrition.

33. It is certainly a problem to Australians that __________.

A. there are too many household pets in the country

B. they don't know how to deal with the overweight pets

C. their country is the world's fattest nation

D. more and more people are becoming over-weighted

34. We can infer from the passage that __________.

   A. there is a variety of households pets, mice included in Australia

   B. dogs are the most popular household pets in Australia

   C. all Australians love sports exercises

   D. nobody is really concerned about pet obesity

35. The passage is best titled with __________.

A. Love Me, Love My Dog              B. Loving Your Pets To Death

   C. How to Keep Pets                   D. A travel in Australia

A major source of teen stress is school exams, and test anxiety is not uncommon. When you recognize your teen is under stress, how can parents help your teen stay calm before an exam?

Be involved. Parents need to be involved in their teen’s work.  36 What they look for is your presence ― to talk, to cry, or simply to sit with them quietly. Communicate openly with your teen. Encourage your teen to express her worries and fears, but don’t let them focus on those fears.

Give them a nutritious diet. It is important for your teen to eat a healthy, balanced diet during exam times to focus and do her best.   37    If this happens, encourage your teen to eat light meals or sandwiches. A healthy diet, rather than junk food, is best for reducing stress.

  38   . Persuade your teenager to get some sleep and /or do something active when she needs a real break from studying. Making time for relaxation, fun, and exercise are all important in reducing stress. Help your teen balance her time so that she will feel comfortable taking time out from studying to spend time with friends or rest.

Help them get organized.   39   . Together, you and your teen can work out a time-table in which she can study for what she knows will be on the test.

Show a positive attitude.   40   Your panic, anxiety and blame contribute to your teen’s pressure. Make your teen feel accepted and valued for her efforts. Most importantly, reassure your teen that things will be all right, no matter what the results are.

A. A parent’s attitude will have effects on their teen’s emotions.

B. Exam stress can make some teens lose their appetite(胃口).

C. They will only make the situation worse.

D. Encourage your teen to relax.

E. The best thing is simply to listen.

F. Help your teen think about what she has to study and plan accordingly.

G. Your teen may also make negative comments about themselves.