Argentina: Land of DiscoveryExperience the li...

Argentina: Land of Discovery

Experience the lively culture of Buenos Aires as you work to build low-income housing for local families in need.

Duration: 14 to 21 days

Program Type: Find Your Passion

Tuition: $4,999 (21 days); $3,399 (14 days)

Community Service Hours: 45 (21 days); 35(14 days)

Belize: Rhythms of the Caribbean

Make a difference as you work to promote children’ literacy, explore Belize’ diverse ecosystems, and experience the color and culture of this exotic nation.

Duration: 23 days

Program Type: Find Your Passion

Tuition: $4,999

Community Service Hours: 60

Costa Rica: Spanish Service Adventure

Navigate（驾驶船只）through a diverse mountainscape and improve your Spanish skills.

Duration: 14 to 21 days

Program Type: Language Exposure

Tuition: $4,999 (21 days); $3,399 (14 days)

Community Service Hours: 55 (21 days); 36(14 days)

Costa Rica: Protecting the Pacific

Protect the oceans through volunteer projects on the Pacific coast.

Duration: 13days

Program Type: Environmental Conservation

Tuition: $3,399

Community Service Hours: 30

1.Which program is focused on helping to improve the living conditions of the poor?

A.Land of Discovery . B.Rhythms of the Caribbean.

C.Spanish Service Adventure. D.Protecting the Pacific.

2.How is Rhythms of the Caribbean different from other programs?

A.It’ tuition fees are the cheapest. B.It provides different community service hours.

C.It is the longest program. D.It offers great opportunity to learn a language.

3.Which of the following statements gives you the least hours of community service.

A.Land of Discovery . B.Rhythms of the Caribbean.

C.Spanish Service Adventure. D.Protecting the Pacific.

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Elephants are the largest land animals and they need plenty of living span. They have seasonal migration(迁徙) routes. As human populations rise, elephant land is being cleared for agriculture and other kinds of development.

When animals are effectively trapped on small areas of land, it restricts the gene pool and also results in a shortage of food. Where elephant reserves (保护区 ) border agricultural areas, elephants are often attracted to leave parks to attack crops and barns. Only the strongest walls will stop an adult elephant, so farmers have great difficulty protecting their fields.

In India, elephants don’t only attack for food. Some even have developed a taste for rice beer. In Assam, elephant-human conflict has resulted in the death of more than 150 people and 200 elephants in two years.

Poverty leads to the killing of elephants for meat. If people don’t have enough food and their governments cannot afford to enforce poaching(偷猎) bans, it’s not difficult to predict the outcome.

Ivory comes from elephant tusks, which can grow to be 3 metres long. Both male and female African elephants have large tusks.

Most new ivory comes from Africa and is sold as a high status material in Asian countries such as Thailand, mainland China and Japan. It can fetch $150 a pound and is carved to make decorations, chopsticks and ink stamps(印章). The conservation priority(重点) here is to change public attitudes.

In some countries in southern Africa, where conservation efforts have been successful, there is not enough room for a growing elephant population and animals have to be killed. A CITES meeting in November 2002 ruled that Botswana, Namibia and South Africa may sell stock-piled（库存的） ivory, starting in 2004.

Many conservationists are convinced that this will fuel the demand for ivory and lead to more illegal poaching, they say it is almost impossible to tell legal from poached ivory. The governments argue that the sales will be used to fund conservation work.

64. Which of the following isn’t the result of smaller elephant land?

A. Seasonal migration.                        B. Elephant-human conflict.

C. Restricting the gene pool.                          D. Shortage of food.

65. The most important thing to protect elephants is _______.

A. to build strongest walls

B. to sell stock-piled ivory instead of illegal ivory

C. to enforce poaching bans

D. to change people’s ideas

66. What does the underlined word “this” in the last paragraph refer to?

A. The killing of dephants for meat.

B. The ban of the trade in African elephant ivory.

C. The selling of stock-piled ivory.

D. The sales to fund conservation work.

67. According to the passage, we can infer that_______.

A. farmers have trouble protecting their field since no walls can stop an adult elephant.

B. if the government could help solve poverty, there would be less killing of elephants.

C. only male elephants in Africa have tusks as long as 3 meters.

D. since there is not enough room for a growing elephant population, there is no need to ban poaching all over Africa.

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I live in the land of Disney, Hollywood. You may think people in such an attractive and exciting, fun-filled place are happier than others. If so, you have some mistaken ideas about the nature of happiness.

Many intelligent people still consider happiness equal to fun. The truth is that fun and happiness have little or nothing in common. Fun is what we experience during an act. Happiness is what we experience after an act. It is a deeper, more lasting emotion.

Going to an amusement park or ball game, watching a movie or television, are fun activities that help us relax, temporarily forget our problems and maybe even laugh. But they do not bring happiness, because their positive effects end when the fun ends.

I have often thought that if Hollywood stars have a role to play, it is to teach us that happiness has nothing to do with fun. These rich, beautiful people have constant access to glamorous parties, fancy cars, expensive homes, everything that brings “happiness”. But in memoir after memoir, famous people expose the unhappiness hidden beneath all their fun — depression, alcoholism, drug addiction, broken marriages, troubled children and extreme loneliness.

Ask an unmarried man why he refuses to get married even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying. If he’s honest, he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment. For commitment is in fact quite painful. The single life is filled with fun, adventure and excitement. Marriage has such moments, but they are not its most distinguishing features.

Similarly, couples that choose not to have children are deciding in favor of painless fun over painful happiness. They can dine out whenever they want and sleep as late as they want. Couples with babies are lucky to get a whole night’s sleep or a three-day vacation. I don’t know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children.

The way people stick to the belief that a fun-filled, pain-free life equals happiness actually reduces their chances of ever achieving real happiness. If fun and pleasure are equal to happiness, then pain must be equal to unhappiness. As a result, they fear the pain unavoidably brought by such things as marriage, raising children, professional achievement, religious commitment and self-improvement.

But, in fact, the opposite is true. More times than not, things that lead to happiness involve some pain. The very efforts are the source of true happiness. Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations we can ever come to.

1.According to the writer, an important role Hollywood stars have to play is to ________.

A. give audience enough fun

B. write memoirs to introduce their lives

C. show unhappiness behind fun

D. tell people what happiness is

2.In the writer’s opinion, marriage ________.

A. means the end of fun

B. leads to less sleep

C. leads to raising children

D. means responsibility

3.Many people fail to enjoy real happiness because ________.

A. they don’t have religious beliefs

B. they get married and have children

C. they believe fun is equal to happiness

D. they can’t free themselves from commitment

4.If one understands the nature of happiness, he will ________.

A. try to be a responsible person

B. enjoy life by spending all his wealth

C. stop seeking fun from daily life

D. keep himself with his family

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Lionel Messi, 1.　 player from the SOUTH American country of Argentina, is the greatest soccer player alive today . At a young age, he 2.　 (move ) to Spain and now plays 3.　　　　 (profession ) for the Barcelona soccer club. Messi started playing soccer at the age of 5 for a small soccer team 4.　　　　 (own ) by his father . Even as a young boy, he did very well. But when he was 11 years old , he found out he had a sickness which would prevent him from growing much 5.　　　 (tall ). There was a way to help him grow more, 6.　　 his parents did not have enough money to pay for his medical needs. So, they looked around for a soccer club7.　　　　 would be able to do this for them . The clubs in Argentina couldn’t help him, but the famous Barcelona club in Spain offered 8.　　　　 (accept ) Messi on the junior team and pay for the bills. The Messi family happily took the offer and moved to Spain . In the Barcelona soccer club, Messi was one of the best 9.　　　 (play ) through his teen years. 10.　　　 his incredible talent , Messi has surprised the word.

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书面表达（15分）

根据中文提示写一篇短文，简单介绍阿根廷共和国。

阿根廷共和国(The Republic of Argentina)

1. 为南美洲第二大国，位于南美州南部，首都是布宜诺斯艾利斯(Buenos Aires)。

2. 1810阿根廷从西班牙统治下获得独立。官方语言是西班牙语。

3. 西部是安第斯山脉(the Andes)，占总面积30%，东部是平原。自然资源丰富, 矿产种类繁多, 多达80余种。

4. 国家名片: 一张是世界文明的阿根廷探戈舞(tango)，另一张就是足球，它是这个国家最流行的运动。现在由马拉多纳(Maradona)率领的国家队正在南非为大力神杯而拼搏。

参考词汇：西班牙语          Spanish

矿产              minerals

大力神杯 / 世界杯  “FIFA Would Cup”

注意：字数：120左右。

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Auckland is a most exciting city with people of many different cultures _________ there.

A. live　　 B. living　　 C. having lived　　 D. lived

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Far from the land of Antarctica, a huge shelf of ice meets the ocean. At the underside of the shelf there lives a small fish, the Antarctic cod.

For forty years scientists have been curious about that fish. How does it live where most fish would freeze to death? It must have some secret. The Antarctic is not a comfortable place to work and research has been slow. Now it seems we have an answer.

Research was begun by cutting holes in the ice and catching the fish. Scientists studied the fish’s blood and measured its freezing point.

The fish were taken from seawater that had a temperature of -1.88℃ and many tiny pieces of ice floating in it. The blood of the fish did not begin to freeze until its temperature was lowered to -2.05℃. That small difference is enough for the fish to live at the freezing temperature of the ice-salt mixture.

The scientists’ next research job was clear: Find out what in the fish’s blood kept it from freezing. Their search led to some really strange thing made up of a protein never before seen in the blood of a fish. When it was removed, the blood froze at seawater temperature. When it was put back, the blood again had its antifreeze quality and a lowered freezing point.

Study showed that it is an unusual kind of protein. It has many small sugar molecules held in special positions within each big protein molecule. Because of its sugar content, it is called a glycoprotein. So it has come to be called the antifreeze fish glycoprotein. Or AFGP.

1.What is the text mainly about?

A. The terrible conditions in the Antarctic.

B. A special fish living in freezing waters.

C. The ice shelf around Antarctica.

D. Protection of the Antarctic cod.

2.Why can the Antarctic cod live at the freezing temperature?

A. The seawater has a temperature of -1.88℃.

B. It loves to live in the ice-salt mixture.

C. A special protein keeps it from freezing.

D. Its blood has a temperature lower than -2.05℃.

3. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 5 refer to?

A. A type of ice-salt mixture.        B. A newly found protein.

C. Fish blood.                        D. Sugar molecule.

4.What does “glyco-” in the underlined word “glycoprotein” in the last paragraph mean?

A. sugar        B. ice

C. blood        D. molecule

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Far from the land of Antarctica, a huge shelf of ice meets the ocean. At the underside of the shelf there lives a small fish, the Antarctic cod.

For forty years scientists have been curious about that fish. How does it live where most fish would freeze to death? It must have some secret. The Antarctic is not a comfortable place to work and research has been slow. Now it seems we have an answer.

Research was begun by cutting holes in the ice and catching the fish. Scientists studied the fish’s blood and measured its freezing point.

The fish were taken from seawater that had a temperature of -1.88℃ and many tiny pieces of ice floating in it. The blood of the fish did not begin to freeze until its temperature was lowered to -2.05℃. That small difference is enough for the fish to live at the freezing temperature of the ice-salt mixture.

The scientists’ next research job was clear: Find out what in the fish’s blood kept it from freezing. Their search led to some really strange thing made up of a protein(蛋白质) never before seen in the blood of a fish. When it was removed, the blood froze at seawater temperature. When it was put back, the blood again had its antifreeze quality and a lowered freezing point.

Study showed that it is an unusual kind of protein. It has many small sugar molecules(分子) held in special positions within each big protein molecule. Because of its sugar content. It is called a glycoprotein. So it has come to be called the antifreeze fish glycoprotein. Or AFGP.

1.

What is the text mainly about?

A. The terrible conditions in the Antarctic.   B. A special fish living in freezing waters.

C. The ice shelf around Antarctica.         D. Protection of the Antarctic cod.

2.

Why can the Antarctic cod live at the freezing temperature?

A. The seawater has a temperature of -1.88℃.

B. It loves to live in the ice-salt mixture.

C. A special protein keeps it from freezing.

D. Its blood has a temperature lower than -2.05℃.

3.

What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 5 refer to?

A. A type of ice-salt mixture.          B. A newly found protein.

C. Fish blood.                          D. Sugar molecule.

4.

What does “glycol-” in the underlined word “glycoprotein” in the last paragraph mean?

A. sugar         B. ice          C. blood            D. molecule

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Far from the land of Antarctica, a huge shelf of ice meets the ocean. At the underside of the shelf there lives a small fish, the Antarctic cod.

For forty years scientists have been curious about that fish. How does it live where most fish would freeze to death? There must be some secrets. The Antarctic is not a comfortable place to work and research has been slow. Now it seems we have an answer.

Research was begun by cutting holes in the ice and catching the fish. Scientists studied the fish's blood and measured its freezing point.

The fish were taken from seawater that had a temperature of -1.88℃ and many tiny pieces of ice floating in it. The blood of the fish did not begin to freeze until its temperature was lowered to -2.05℃. That small difference is enough for the fish to live at the freezing temperature of the ice-salt mixture.

The scientists' next research job was clear: find out what in the fish's blood kept it from freezing. Their search led to some really strange things made up of a protein(蛋白质) never seen in the blood of a fish before. When it was removed, the blood froze at seawater temperature. When it was put back, the blood again had its antifreeze quality and a lowered freezing point.

Study showed that it is an unusual kind of protein. It has many small sugar molecules(分子) held in special positions within each big protein molecule. Because of its sugar content, it is called a glycoprotein. So it has come to be called the antifreeze fish glycoprotein, or AFGP.

1. What is the text mainly about?

A. The terrible conditions in the Antarctic.     B. A special fish living in freezing waters.

C. The ice shelf around Antarctica.              D. Protection of the Antarctic cod.

2. Why can the Antarctic cod live at the freezing temperature?

A. The seawater has a temperature of -1.88℃.

B. It loves to live in the ice-salt mixture.

C. A special protein keeps it from freezing.

D. Its blood has a temperature lower than -2.05℃.

3. What does "glycol-" in the underlined word "glycoprotein" in the last paragraph mean？

A. sugar                B. ice          C. blood            D. molecule

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English is the native or official language of one-fifth of the land area of the world. It is spoken in North America, Great Britain, Australia, and New Zealand. In South Africa and India it is one of the official languages.

More people study English than any other language. In many countries, the textbooks in universities are in English. Many university classes are taught in English even though the native language is not English.

English is the language of international communication. It is the language of international business, research, and science. More than three-fourths of the world’s mail is written in English. More than half of the scientific research journals are in English. Most other languages have borrowed many English words.

Why did English become the international language? In the middle of the nineteenth century, French was the international language. The Britain became very powerful in the world. England started colonies in North America and India in the seventeenth century. By 1900 England also had colonies in other parts of Asia, Africa and the South Pacific. The people in the colonies had to use English. Slowly it became more important than French internationally. After the Second World War, the United States became very powerful, and even more people began to learn English.

Is English a good international language? It has more words than any other language. The grammar is simpler than in other major languages. However, English spelling is difficult. Foreigners all have trouble spelling English. So do native speakers!

Since 1880, people have invented over fifty artificial (not natural) languages. No one speaks them as a native language. However, none of them has ever become popular. Some people don’t want to study English, but it is the international language. There is no way to change that now.

1.English is the native language of ______.

2.England started a colony in India in the ______.

3.Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the text?

4.The author concludes that____.

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