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The amount of usable water has always been of great interest in the world. ___36___ springs and streams sometimes means control, particularly in the ___37___ areas like the desert. The control is possible even without possession of large areas of ___38___ land. In the early days of the American West, gun fights were not ___39___ for the water resources (资源). And laws had to be ___40___ to protect the water rights of the ___41___ and the use of the water resources accordingly.
42___ is known to us all, there is not ___43___ water in all places for everyone to use as much as he likes. Deciding on the ___44___ of water that will be used in any particular period
45___ careful planning, so that people can manage and use water more ___46___. Farmers have to change their use of or demand for water ___47___ the water supply forecast (预报).
The ___48___ water supply forecast is based more on the water from the ___49___ than from the below. Interest is ___50___ in the ways to increase rainfall by man-made methods, and to get water from the winter snow on mountain ___51___. With special equipment, some scientists are studying the ways in which the mountain snow can be ___52___, and with the help of a repeater station, they send the ___53___ data (数据) to the base station. The operator at the base station can get the data at any time by ___54___ a button. In the near future, the forecast and use of water ___55___ probably depend on the advance knowledge of snow on mountains, not of water underground.
36. A. Using   B. Holding     C. Owning      D. Finding
37. A. dry       B. distant C. deserted     D. wild
38. A. fine      B. beautiful    C. rich    D. farming
39. A. unlawful      B. unacceptable      C. unpopular   D. uncommon
40. A. made    B. designed     C. signed D. written
41. A. winners       B. settlers       C. fighters      D. supporters
42. A. That     B. It C. What D. As
43. A. plentiful      B. enough       C. any     D. much
44. A. type     B. quality       C. amount      D. level
45. A. requests       B. requires      C. means D. suggests
46. A. effectively   B. easily C. conveniently      D. actively
47. A. leading to    B. due to C. owing to    D. according to
48. A. correct B. further       C. average      D. early
49. A. clouds B. sky     C. air      D. above
50. A. raising B. rising C. building     D. lasting
51. A. rocks    B. tips     C. cops    D. trees
52. A. taken care of       B. made use of       C. piled up     D. saved up
53. A. picked B. produced    C. used    D. gathered
54. A. touching      B. knocking    C. pressing     D. turning
55. A. might   B. can     C. will    D. should

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36. C。由means可知前后表达同一意思，根据句意control与own意义最接近，拥有水有时就意味着控制。
37. A。由desert可知前面指干旱地区，故选A。
38. C。rich意为“富饶的”，有了对水的控制也就可以不用拥有大片的富饶土地。
39. A。由下文说政府要制定法律可知在此之间gun fight是合法的，not与否定前缀构成肯定意义。
40. A。make law意为“制定法律”，制定法律来保护水源的使用权。
41. B。先到某处定居的人就拥有当地水源的使用权，政府要保护这些人的权利。
42. D。此处考查由as引导的非限制性定语从句，其在句中充当主语，指代主句内容。
43. B。由后句for everyone to use as much as he likes可知是没有足够的水。
44. C。根据文意可知这里并不是指水的质量或类型，level意为“水平”，也排除，这里指水量。
45. B。request意为“要求”，require意为“需要”，mean意为“意味着”，suggest意为“建议”，这里指需要周密计划。
46. A。effectively意为“有效地”，有了对水资源是使用的周密计划，那就能更有效地使用它。
47. D。according to 意为“根据”，其他三项意义不符，农民们可根据供水预报来改变用水或水的需求量。
48. A。correct意为“正确的”，预报应当力求准确。
49. D。与below相对应的是above，它在这里指气候变化中的降水。
50. B。C、D项词义不符，排除，raise为及物动词，后接宾语，rise为不及物动词，意为“增加”。
51. C。通常是利用山顶的雪来汲水的。
52. B。make use of充分利用，科学家们是在研究充分利用这些雪的方法。
53. D。gather意为“收集”，人们将收集起来的数据送到基地去。
54. C。press a button意为“按开关”，习惯搭配，touch意为“接触”，词义不符，turn意为“转动”，与button搭配错误，knock为不及物动词，不接宾语。
55. C。由In the near future可知下文用将来时态。

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Dear Laura,
I just heard you tell an old story of gift giving and unselfish love in your program. You doubted that such unselfish love would happen in today’s world. Well, I’m here to give you ___36___.
I wanted to do something very ___37___ for my fifteen-year-old son, who has always been the perfect child. He ___38___ all summer to earn enough money to buy a used motorcycle. Then, he spent hours and hours on it ___39___ it looked almost new. I was so ___40___ of him that I bought him the shiniest helmet and a riding outfit.
I could ___41___ wait for him to open up his gift. In fact, I barely slept the night before. Upon a wakening, I went to the kitchen to ___42___ the coffee, tea, and morning goodies. In the living room was a beautiful keyboard with a ___43___:” To my wonderful mother, all my love, your son.”
I was so ___44___. It had been a long-standing joke in our family that I wanted a piano so that I could ___45___ lessons. “Learn to play the piano, and I’ll get you one” was my husband’s ___46___.
I stood there shocked, crying a river, asking myself how my son could ___47___ this expensive gift.
Of course, the ___48___ awoke, and my son was thrilled(激动的)with my reaction. Many kisses were ___49___, and I immediately wanted him to ___50___ my gift.
As he saw the helmet and outfit, the look on his face was not ___51___ what I was expecting. Then I ___52___ that he has sold the motorcycle to get me the keyboard.
Of course I was the proudest mother ___53___ on that day, and my feet never hit the ground for a month.
So I wanted you to know, that kind of love still ___54___ and lives even in the ever-changing world of me, me, me!
I thought you’d love to ___55___ this story.
Yours,
Hilary
P.S. The next day, my husband and I bought him a new “used” already shiny motorcycle.
36. A. hope    B. advice C. support      D. courage
37. A. polite   B. similar       C. special       D. private
38. A. played B. studied       C. traveled      D. worked
39. A. after     B. before C. unless D. until
40. A. sure     B. fond   C. proud D. confident
41. A. perhaps       B. really C. almost D. hardly
42. A. start     B. cook   C. set      D. serve
43. A. note     B. notice C. word   D. sign
44. A. disturbed     B. confused    C. astonished D. inspired
45. A. give     B. take    C. draw   D. teach
46. A. reason B. request       C. comment    D. response
47. A. present B. afford C. find    D. order
48. A. neighbor      B. building     C. home D. house
49. A. exchanged B. experienced C. expected     D. exhibited
50. A. tear      B. open   C. check D. receive
51. A. purely B. basically     C. obviously   D. exactly
52. A. realized       B. remembered      C. imagined    D. supposed
53. A. only     B. still     C. ever    D. even
54. A. works   B. exists C. matters       D. counts
55. A. send     B. publish       C. share   D. write

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　    Many children first learn the value of money by receiving an allowance. The purpose is to let children learn from experience at an age when financial mistakes are not very costly. The amount of money that parents give to their children to spend as they wish differs from family to family. Timing is another consideration. Some children get a weekly allowance. Others get a monthly allowance. In any case, parents should make clear what, if anything, the child is expected to pay for with the money.
At first, young children may spend all of their allowance soon after they receive it. If they do this, they will learn the hard way that spending must be done within a budget. Parents are usually advised not to offer more money until the next allowance. The object is to show young people that a budget demands choices between spending and saving. Older children may be responsible enough to save money for larger costs, like clothing or electronics.
Many people think it is not a good idea to pay your child for work around the home. These jobs are a normal part of family life. Paying children to do extra work around the house, however, can be useful. It can even provide an understanding of how a business works.
Allowances give children a chance to experience the three things they can do with money. They can share it in the form of gifts or giving to a good cause. They can spend it by buying things they want. Or they can save it. Saving helps children understand that costly goals require sacrifice: you have to cut costs and plan for the future.
Requiring children to save part of their allowance can also open the door to future saving. A saving account is an excellent way to learn about the power of compound interest. Compounding works by paying interest on interest. So, for example, one dollar invested at two percent interest for two years will earn two cents in the first year. The second year, the money will earn two percent of one dollar and two cents, and so on. That may not seem like a lot. But over time it adds up.
14. Many parents give children an allowance regularly to ______.
A. meet children’s basic need for life        B. give control over their children
C. see whether they have financial mistakes   D. help children learn how to manage money
15. For Children who receive allowances, they’d better not ________.
A. waste money to buy gifts for their parents or friends
B. buy their favorite clothing or electronics for themselves
C. save money like their parents or other adults
D. ask for the next allowance before the decided date.
16. If children are required to save their allowance, they ______.
A. can experience the three things related to money
B. can understand the relation between goals and sacrifice
C. will do more work around the house
D. help themselves found the basis for their future life
17. What does the underlined phrase “compound interest” mean?
A. The interest based on the original money and unpaid interest.
B. A way of helping children earn two percent interest.
C. The interest intended for children to earn money.
D. A saving account opened for children’s allowance.
18. What would be the best title for the text?
A. How to Give Children an Allowance
B. Spend Your Allowance within a Budget
C. Allowance Helps Children Learn about Money
D. Doing Housework Earns Children Allowance

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Pushy parents and teachers who “hothouse” the under-5s risk causing damage to the children’s long term development, a leading education expert said.
Lilian Katz, Professor of Education at the University of Illinois, said that four-year-olds engaged in reading and writing went on to perform worse academiclly than those engaged in imaginative learning. They scored higher in tests at the age of 5, but children whose first year at school was stimulating outstripped them four years later.
The findings suggest that the government"s structured approach to early years" learning could be storing up problems for children. They also raise serious questions about the plan for all children to be able to read by the age of 6.
In many countries formal teaching does not start until children are 6 or 7 and have improved their social and manual skills. Children start learning to read and write at 6 in the United States. France and Germany , and at 7 in Finland and Sweden.
Professor Katz said that in many schools the courses were "boring children to tears". Much academic teaching required children to learn by memorizing pieces of information out of context, she said. Teaching in reception class should instead allow children to develop their intellect by exploring their environments and asking questions.
"Research suggests the benefits of formal academic insturction for four- and five-year-olds seem to be promising when they are tested early, but considerably less so in the long term. When these children are followed over a period of three or more years, those who had early experience in more intellectually engaging curricula were more likely to do well in school than their peers, who had received early academic instruction." She avocates teaching children through first-hand experience and play, in mixed-aged classes. This can include puppet shows, drawing or running a pretend shop in the classroom.
1．According to the passage, those who “hothouse” the under-5s would probably _________.
A. prefer a lot of interaction and stimulation while teaching
B. teach in a lively way to motivate kids’ interest
C. push the kids to memorize pieces of information
D. care about the kids’ physical development
2．What does the underlined word “ outstripped” in Paragraph 2 mean?
A. did better than B. looked down upon
C. caught up with D. performed worse than
3．According to Lilian Katz, the government’s structured approach to early-years learning ______.
A. is necessary for improving children’s reading and writing ability
B. needs to be improved to develop children’s academicability
C. will cause problems to children in their future learning
D. has more advantages than disadvantages
4．The message the author wants to deliver through the passage is that formal teaching _______.
A. can start at different times in different countries.
B. should not be started too early
C. is best carried out in Finland and Sweden
D. should include teaching children social and manual skills
5．Which of the following is NOT the opinion of Lilian Katz?
A. Children should be taught through first-hand experience.
B. Learning in a mixed-age class is good for children.
C. Running a shop can help children get good marks.
D. Puppet shows and drawing are useful easy in teaching children.

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While parents, particularly mothers, have always been attached to their infants (婴儿), societal conditions frequently made this attachment difficult to maintain (保持). First of all, the high infant death rate in the premodern times meant that such attachments often ended in hopelessness. Perhaps to prevent the sadness that infant death caused, a number of societal practices developed which worked against early attachment of mother and child.
One of these premodern attachment-discouraging practices was to leave infants unnamed until they had survived into the second year. Another practice that discouraged maternal (母亲的) attachment was tightly wrapping (包裹) infants. Wrapping effectively prevented the close physical interactions like stroking (抚摸) and kissing that are so much a part of modern mothers" and fathers" affection for their infants.
A third practice which had the same distancing effect was wet-nursing. Breast-feeding (母乳哺育) was not popular among the well-to-do in the early modern times; infants were often fed by wet nurses hired for the purpose. In some places, such as nineteenth-century France, city infants were sent to wet nurses in the country. Often a wet nurse would feed her own child first, leaving little milk for the city infant—who, in many cases, died. In Rouen, the death rate for children sent to a wet nurse was 35 percent.
68. Babies were unnamed until they were two so that _______.
A. an old social custom could be kept up        B. maternal attachment could be maintained
C. they could have better chances to survive   D. their parents would not be too sad if they died
69. Why were babies wrapped?
A. To protect them from the cold.          B. To distance their mothers from them.
C. To make them feel more comfortable. D. To make it easy for their mothers to hold them.
70. Wet nurses were women who________.
A. babysat city infants                           B. fed babies of other families
C. sent their babies to the country           D. failed to look after their babies
71. Which is the best title for the passage?
A. Societal Conditions in Premodern Times
B. Practices of Reducing Maternal Attachment
C. Poor Health Service and High Infant Death Rate
D. Differences between Modem and Premodern Parents

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A study published in September suggests there is a surprising way to get people to avoid unhealthy foods: change their memories. Scientist Elizabeth Loftus of the University of California at Irvine asked volunteers to answer some questions on their personalities (个性) and food experiences. “One week later,” Loftus says, “we told those people we"d fed their answers into our smart computer and it came up with an account of their early childhood experiences.” Some accounts included one key additional detail (细节): “You got sick after eating strawberry ice-cream.” The researchers then changed this detail into a manufactured (人为促生的) memory through leading questions—Who were you with? How did you feel? By the end of the study, up to 41% of those given a false memory believed strawberry ice-cream once made them sick, and many said they"d avoid eating it.
When Loftus published her findings, she started getting calls from people begging her to make them remember hating chocolate or French fries. Unfortunately, it"s not that easy. False memories appear to work only for foods you don"t eat on a regular basis. But most important, it is likely that false memories can be implanted (灌输) only in people who are unaware of the mental control. And lying to a patient is immoral, even if a doctor believes it"s for the patient"s benefit.
Loftus says there"s nothing to stop parents from trying it with their overweight children. “I say, wake up—parents have been lying about Father Christmas for years, and nobody seems to mind. If they can prevent diseases caused by fatness and all the other problems that come with that, you might think that"s a more moral lie. Decide that for yourself.”
72. Why did Loftus ask the volunteers to answer some questions?
A. To improve her computer program.           B. To find out their attitudes towards food.
C. To find out details she can make use of             D. To predict what food they"ll like in the future.
73. What did Loftus find out from her research?
A. People believe what the computer tells them.
B. People can be led to believe in something false.
C. People tend to forget their childhood experiences.
D. People are not always aware of their personalities.
74. According to the study, people may stop having a certain food if they ________.
A. learn it is harmful for health
B. lie to themselves that they don"t want it
C. are willing to let doctors control their minds
D. think they once had a bad experience of eating it
75. What is the biggest concern with the method?
A. Whether it is moral.                                B. Who it is best for.
C. When it is effective.                                D. How it should be used.

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