【正文】 ss is over, it’s hard to tell that his hair is nearly 2 feet long, Matthew said. If the students don’t obey the rule within the next three days, a hearing will be set up to discuss alternative school. “We are hoping that the situation will be changed and we don’t have to go that far,” Mr. Tyson said. A straightA senior, Matthew said he doesn’t want to attend alternative school and is willing to look into transferring. The students still plan to ask for help in the next school authority meeting. 39. How many students were suspended exactly according to the first two paragraphs?A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. We don’t know40. What was Matthew’s attitude after he was handed suspension papers? A. He paid much attention to it. B. He tore it up.C. He wouldn’t cut his hair short. D. He would rather leave school.41. Which of the following statements is WRONG according to the third paragraph?A. The students were told that they must cut their hair or they’d face alternative school.B. The students seem to be always ignoring hair code policies.C. Male students’ hair should be less than a halfinch over the ears. D. Andy Coronado cut his hair during the break and was accepted by the school.42. What did Matthew do was to ______.A. mean to do some cheating by doing his hair upB. shorten his hair and keep them off his collarC. keep his hair out of his face and from covering his ears D. meet the dress code standardsCWith the new year ing, a new website was set up to offer ringtones (鈴聲) of the sounds of dozens of rare and endangered species from around the globe. The Center for Biological Diversity started offering free wildlife ringtones for cellphones a year ago to educate people about the plight of the animals, and the campaign enjoyed such success that the environmental group has collected more ringtones and added them to its website for this year.The group plans to release a kind of new ringtones each month, including the sounds of the African elephant and the emperor penguin of the Antarctic, said Peter Galvin, the group’s conservation director.“We’ve hit the 100,000th download in over 150 countries,” Galvin said Wednesday in a telephone interview. “It’s pretty interesting. We didn’t realize how much of an international hit it would bee.”The response, he said, reinforces (加強(qiáng)) the worldwide movement to save endangered and rare species.Available ringtones include the howl of an endangered Mexican gray wolf, the bellows of an Arctic beluga whale and the calls of dozens of other mammals, birds and reptiles. Website visitors can also get cellphone wallpaper and facts for each of the species.And later this year, the website will be available in Spanish and more ringtones from species in Latin America will be added, Galvin said.43. The new ringtones mentioned in the passage are used to ______.A. raise people’ s awareness of wildlife protection B. develop a new website C. add fun to the new year D. develop the cellphone industry44. The new ringtones collect the sound of ______.A. lovely animals B. mon animals C. rare or endangered animals D. frightened animals45. The underlined word “plight” in the second paragraph probably means “______”.A. difficult situation B. actual threat C. rich knowledge D. habit46. What would be the best title for the passage?A. Ringtones are popular with cellphone usersB. New wildlife ringtones released in a websiteC. New strange ringtones enjoy great success D. A new way to protect wildlifeDWhat’s the difference between mental health and mental illness? Sometimes the answer is pretty clear. But more often, the distinction between mental health and mental illness isn’t as clearcut. If you’re afraid of giving a speech in public, does it mean you have a disease or simply a case of nerves?Scientists, researchers and mental health experts have wrestled with this issue for hundreds of years, and even today the line between normal and abno