【正文】 ire a housekeeper. W: Oh， don39。t be so lazy. Is it really that hard to keep your room clean? M: It39。s not just my room. I need someone to wash my clothes and fix my lunch, too. W: Is that all? M: Well， it would be nice if they could serve me breakfast in bed and also do my homework. W: And I suppose you39。d want someone who never plains about having to do so much work. M: Sure, why not? W: I don39。t think you can find a human being like that. What you need is a robot. Text 10 Third, fourth and fifth graders are going all over the world without ever leaving their puter at school. Arundel Elementary School in San Carlos, California could be the most wired school in America. They are wired to the Inter through their puters. On the Inter,30 Arundel students from kindergarten to the fifth grade log on to puters every day. Teacher Judy Garber says it39。s hard to get the kids away from the puters. They don39。t even want to take a break. Laura Bacon likes to visit other students. She39。s going to Peggy39。s page. Peggy is a school student in London， England. She put her own homepage on the Inter. It includes pictures of Peggy, her school, her mom, dad and friends. You can send her mails， too. Scientist John Gage helped to wire Arundel School. He says, “There is a plan to connect 12 thousand California schools on the Inter.” On November 4th, parents and puter experts did a test run for this day and Arundel was wired to the Inter. 答案： 1－ 5 ABAAC 6－ 10 ACCAA 11－ 15 BCBAA 16－ 20 CACBC 第二部分 閱讀理解 (共兩節(jié)，滿分 40 分 ) 第一節(jié) (共 15小題；每小題 2分，滿分 30分 ) 閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項 (A、 B、 C和 D)中，選出最佳選項。 A It39。s true that teens don39。t get enough sleep， but changing the school starting time would have a chaotic effect and throw everyone off balance. Scientists have shown that teens are more active later at night than children and adults, so most teens are probably staying up late for whatever reasons. “The researchers measured the presence of the sleep－ promoting hormone (荷爾蒙 ) in teenagers39。 saliva (唾液 ) at different time of the day.” They learned that the hormone levels rise later at night than they do in children and adults— and remain at a higher level later in the morning. Measuring the hormone in the saliva is a good way to show that most teens have sleep problems, but changing school schedules isn39。t the best way to fix this. Most people arguing against changing school schedules would say that it would only cause teens to stay up and wake up later, thus leaving them with the same problem. The biggest problem schools would e across from changing their schedules would be the after－ school sports and job conflicts students and teachers would meet. “Teachers reported that students were more alert, and research showed that after－ school sports and jobs would suffer.” Students in that area might have been able to deal with less time for jobs and sports somehow, but some of them have practice and earlier plans that would bee conflicted if this change were to occur. Most students rarely have time to play a sport and do homework before 9 or 10 o39。clock. Opening schools later may have worked for some areas, but the reality is often very different. 21． The meaning of the underlined word “chaotic” in the first paragraph is close to “________” ． A． positive B． apparent C． negative D． absurd 答案與解析： C 詞義猜測題。根據文章第二段最后兩句以及第三段首句的內容可知，改變學校的上課時間會產生負面影響，故此處 chaotic意思同 negative。 22． Most teens have sleep problems because ________. A． they are more active than children and adults B． school work takes up most of their time C． their hormone levels are higher later at night D． they probably like staying up for no reason 答案與解析： C 細節(jié)理解題。由文章第二段中的內容可知：大多數青少年有睡眠方面的問題是由于他們體內促進睡眠的荷爾蒙含量 到深夜才升高。 23． Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A． There are many conflicts between students and teachers. B． Some of the teachers have practice and earlier plans. C． Most students are able to do sports and homework before 9： 00. D. Ways to solve students39。 sleep problem vary from area to area. 答案與解析： D 細節(jié)理解題。根據第三段最后一句可得知，解決青少年睡眠不足的問題采取的措施因地區(qū)而不同。 24． The passage mainly develops by ________. A． giving reasons B． showing examples C． paring facts D． offering solutions 答案與解析： A 推理判斷題。由文章內容可知，這篇文章首先 提出觀點，然后闡述各個方面的原因，寫作方法應是 A項。 B I travel a lot, and I find out different “styles” of directions every time I ask “How can I get to the post office” ． Foreign tourists are often confused in Japan because most streets there don39。t have names. In Japan, people use landmarks (地標 ) in their directions instead of street names. For example, the Japanese will say to travelers, “Go straight down to the corner. Turn left at the big hotel and go past a fruit market. The post office is across from the bus stop.” In the countryside of the American Midwest, there are not usually many landmarks. There are no mountains， so the land is very flat。 in many places there are no towns or buildings within miles. Instead of landmarks， people will tell you directions and distances. In Kansas or Iowa, for example, people will say, “Go north two miles. Turn east， and then go another mile.” People in Los Angeles， California, have no idea of distance on the map。 they measure distance in time, not miles. “How far away is the post office ？ ” you ask. “Oh ， ” they answer, “it39。s about five minutes from here.” You say, “Yes, but how many miles away is it？ ” They don39。t know. It39。s true that a person doesn39。t know the answer to your question sometimes. What happens in such a situation? A New Yorker might say, “S orry, I have no idea.” But in Yucatan, Mexico， no one answers “I don39。t know.” People in Yucatan believe that “I don39。t know” is impolite. They usually give an answer ， often a wrong one. A tourist can get very, very lost in Yucatan! 25． When a tourist asks the Japanese the way to a certain place,