【正文】 d then the air above suddenly seemed alive with falling rocks, humming through the air and filling it with noise. Crack, went each one as it leapt off the rock face, then humhumhum as it moved through the air, then crack again. The pause between the cracks lengthened each time, as the rocks gained momentum and jumped further and further. I continued to gaze up at the rocks as they fell and skipped towards me. A boy who had been a few years above me at school had taught me never to look up during a rock fall. Why? Because a rock in your face is far less pleasant than a rock on your helmet, he told us. Face in, always face in. I heard Toby, my partner on the mountain that day, shouting at me. I looked across. He was safe beneath an overhanging canopy of rock. I could not understand him. Then I felt a thump, and was tugged backwards and round, as though somebody had clamped a heavy hand on my shoulder and turned me to face them. A rock had hit the lid of my rucksack. I looked up again. A rock was heading down straight towards me. Instinctively, I leant backwards and arched my back out from the rock to try to protect my chest. What about my fingers, though, I thought: they39。s economy was rapidly modernized and industrialized.‖由此可見出生率降低。fektiv/ adj. 有效的，起作用的，實際的 注釋： 1. In a traditional agricultural economy, large families are helpful. Having more children means having more workers in the fields and someone to take care of the parents in old age. 傳統(tǒng)的農(nóng)業(yè)經(jīng)濟(jì)中，家庭成員數(shù)目多是十分有利的。 ―…and later he moved to Boston to study at the Berklee College of Music.‖ 其余選項均有錯誤。 ―It is different also in another way : Many of the songs are very serious and they deal with important social or political issues in Africa today.‖ A,D 項錯誤，C 項未提及。 s family, and saving the environment2. One of South Africa39。 C選項錯誤，原文只說大多數(shù)女孩子都選擇呆在家里，并未說她們都不喜歡讀書。disiplin/ n. 紀(jì)律，學(xué)科，訓(xùn)練，懲罰 punishment / 39。 本體的問題是：作者不喜歡后屋的原因？從文中的第六段和第七段可以得出結(jié)論，他認(rèn)為沒 有什么他真正喜歡的東西。 3. The light made me feel peculiar, too. It came from an oil lamp that was hung the centre of the ceiling and created huge shadows over everything. 房間的燈光也讓我感覺和特別，燈光來自天花板上的油燈，使一切都籠罩在巨大的陰影之下。 she laughed. ―If you use it.‖ I opened the book to find it full. or rather empty, with blank white pages, but paid her the few dollars she asked for it, being embarrassed when I realised the notes were still folded into little paper planes. I put the book in my pocket, thanked her and left. 詞匯： impersonal /im39。I was just looking really,39。t even seen the woman behind the counter e in. The way she looked at me, so directly and with such power. It was a look of such intensity that for a moment I felt as if I were wrapped in some kind of magic or electrical field. I found it hard to take and almost turned away. But though it was unfortable. I was fascinated by the experience of her looking straight into me, and by the feeling that I was neither a stranger, nor strange, to her. Besides amusement her expression showed sympathy. It was impossible to tell her age； she reminded me faintly of my grandmother because, although her eyes were friendly, I could see that she was not a woman to fall out with. I spoke at last. 39。This is the best book I can give you at the moment,39。 2. I was fascinated by the experience of her looking straight into me, and by the feeling that I was neither a stranger , nor strange, to her. 我還是覺得那種被直視的感覺很美妙，那種感覺是我既不是陌生人而且對她來說并不陌生。 ― On one wall there hung three handstitched American quilts that were in such wonderful condition they might have been newlymade. I came across tin toys and antique furniture, and on the wall in front of me, a 1957 Stratocaster guitar , also in excellent condition.‖ 4. C 本題的問題是：那個女人看他的方式有什么不同？由第四段最后一句―I was fascinated by the experience of her looking straight into me, and by the feeling that I was neither a stranger, nor strange, to her.‖有一種似曾相識的感覺。s father continued to oppose her plans， while her mother helped her. In 1883， at age thirteen， Maria entered the Regia Scuola Teica Michelangelo Buonarroti in Rome. Her experience at this school is difficult for us to imagine. Though the courses included modern subjects， the teaching methods were very traditional. Learning consisted of memorizing long lists of facts and repeating them back to the teacher. Students were not supposed to ask questions or think for themselves in any way. Teachers were very demanding， discipline in the classroom was strict， and punishment was severe for those who failed to achieve or were disobedient. 詞匯 : discipline /39。 3. B 本題為推理題，問題是：從全文可以得出什么樣的結(jié)論？ A 選項未提及。s problem of bribery, or paying others for illegal favors. He wants people to listen to his songs and think about how to make Kenya a better place to live. Another musician who writes serious songs is Witness Mwaijaga from Tanzania. Her own experiences have helped her understand the suffering of many African women. At the age of fifteen she lost her home, but she was luckier than other homeless young people. She could make a living by writing songs and singing on the street. By the time she was eighteen years old, she had bee a star. Her songs are written in rap or hiphop style about the problems that she sees in Tanzania, especially AIDS and the lack of rights for women1. Baaba Maal, from Senegal, also feels that pop music must go beyond entertainment. He says that in Senegal, storytellers have always been important people. In the past, they were the ones who kept the history of their people alive. Baaba believes that songwriters now have a similar responsibility. They must write about the world around them and help people understand how it could be better. The words of his songs are important, in fact. They speak of peace and cooperation among Africans, as well as the rights of women, love for one39。 練習(xí)： 1. This passage is about how African pop