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4、Linking the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean，the blue waters of the Gulf of Aden near Somalia are one of the most important trading routes in the world．But they are also the most feared．

Pirates（海盜）whose targets are ships and their crew often show up there．On September 25，a Ukrainian ship carrying 30 tanks became another victim．

The pirates have reportedly killed one of the crewmen and are now surrounded by the US Navy．But they are still demanding $20 million for the release of the ship．

This year alone，more than 50 ships have been attacked，25 hijacked（劫持），and 14 are currently being held．

Of course this is nothing new el[her．Ever since there has been water and ships there have been pirates．The earliest documented history of pirates dates back to the 13th century in the Mediterranean Sea．Even the famous Roman emperor Julius Caesar was kidnapped（綁架）by pirates at one time．

Piracy reached its peak in the early 1700s, especially in the Caribbean and off the coast of Africa．In the mid-20th-century，most pirates were common thieves．They used hooks to steal on board commercial ships，and took all that they could find．These pirates were more likely to flee than fight if met by the crew.

However，nowadays piracy has become a multi-million dollar business attracting many in poor countries such as Somalia．“The pirates are well funded and have all the latest equipment，including satellite phones，”said a top UN representative in Somalia．

In Asia，however，a trend started where pirates didn't just want to kidnap the stuff, they also wanted to control the ship．They would kill the crewmembers or kidnap them for ransom（贖金）. After the recent kidnapping of Ukrainian ship，people are also worrying that tanks and arms on board would fall into hands of terrorists.

Last week the UN called a meeting from all affected countries to fight piracy. “The international community is determined to stop these pirates who are weakening efforts to bring peace to Somalia. This cannot and will not be allowed to continue,” a representative said.

71．From the first four paragraphs，we can conclude that____________.

A．where there's fortune，there's greed

B．pirates in Somalia only attack ships that carry tanks

C．the pirates issue has become serious in recent year

D．navies have been effective in getting rid of pirates

72．Which of the following is T R U E about piracy?

A．It was recorded that pirates started to attack ships in Somalia in the 13th century．

B．Back in the mid-20th century pirates did not appear so harmful as today's．

C．Once a ship is attacked，it will be hijacked by pirates．

D．In the 13th century，pirates only targeted famous or important persons．

73．Unlike before. piracy nowadays_____________.

A．has spread to all corners of the world

B．is more like terrorism and disturbs，regional peace

C．has become a key business for some poor countries

D．has become the UN's top concern

74．We can infer from the passage that__________________.

A．it is impossible to fight with piracy

B．no country has the determination to fight with pirates

C．no ships will be found in the Somalia area before the disappearance of pirates

D．more measures will be taken to fight with pirates

75．The article is written to._________________.

A．draw your attention to the history of piracy

B．a(chǎn)nalyze how piracy has changed these years

C．give you a description of the development of piracy

D．inform you of the importance and necessity to fight piracy

3、Teachers and textbooks beware―your future could be under threat from a quickly developing and very smart technology．

University of California researchers led by Jacob White hill recently programmed teaching robots to react to facial expression．White hill's achievement marked a major step forward in the way people could one day learn by establishing facial expression recognition in robot teachers.

The teaching robots or，Intelligent Tutoring Systems（ITS）are computer systems that provide personalized instruction and feedback to students without human intervention．The facial expression recognition allows a computer to react according to expressions a user makes.

He said that the system was an important development in improving learning systems. “Classical I T S typically have a somewhat rigid architecture of ‘first I ask a question; then I wait for a response; then I talk some more；then 1 wait for another response.’ Facial expression recognition，l believe，will allow the feedback from student to teacher to happen while the robot teacher is talking．”White hill said．

Experts agree the latest developments in ITS open new possibilities for how people could learn．University of Memphis researcher, Dr Andrew Olney，who recently received a US $1.3 million grant to develop an ITS，said the key to future learning will be enabling interactive（交互的），one-on-one instruction．

“The technology can benefit these more advanced learning scenarios（方案），”he said．

Although robot teachers of varying abilities have existed for more than 30 years，ITS developments such as White hill's and Olney's are pushing beliefs that robots could soon be as effective as―if not more effective than human teachers．

“The ITS which have been developed are already better teachers than people who have no experience�！監(jiān)lney said．

So，what is the future for today's teachers，classrooms，and textbooks?

65．The underlined word “beware” in paragraph 1 has the similar meaning to_____________.

A．take care    B．get ready    C．take it easy    D．have a look

66．The newly teaching robots are more advanced because they have_______________.

A．Jacob White hill as the designer

B．a(chǎn) program reacting to facial expressions

C．a(chǎn) system to help people learn

D．a(chǎn) set of instruments to recognize your voice

67．Compared with classical ITS，developed ITS can__________________.

A．a(chǎn)sk and answer questions in turns

B．provide feedback to students in less time

C．somewhat interact with the students

D．make different facial expressions

68．According to the text，we can infer that_______________.

A．in the future，students will not need textbooks at all

B．the developed ITS can answer any question students ask

C．facial expression recognition in ITS has existed for a long time

D．in the future teaching robots will possibly take the place of human teachers

69．The writer seems to ___________ the newly-developed teaching robots．

A．throw doubt on          B．object to

C．take no interest in       D．a(chǎn)pprove of

70．The author wrote the passage aiming to____________．

A．warn teachers against robot teachers in advance

B．explain how robot teachers in the future work

C．introduce a newly developed teaching robot

D．show his respect for the designers of the advanced ITS

2、

After helping Barack Obama sweep to victory in the US election, the president―elect's motto of “change” was Friday declared character of the year by a monk at one of Japan's most respected temples．

Using a calligraphy brush to write the single character on a wooden platform as tourists looked on, Seihan Mori，chief monk at Kiyomizu temple in the ancient  capital  of  Kyoto，declared “change” to be Japan's character of the year.

The event was hosted by a Kyoto based group that promotes the use of “kanji,” the Chinese characters used in the Japanese language．

The public sent in 111, 200 nominations（提名）for the kanji of the year．

Of those．a(chǎn) majority 5.42 percent approved of “change,” followed by “gold,” suggesting the Beijing Olympics，and “fall” to show the global market decrease．

“I think it is an expression of the Japanese people's wishes to see political，economic and societal changes, as they were impressed by Mr. Obama's message of change,” Mori said．

He added that climate change also drew people's attention to the significance of “change”．

The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation（J K A T F）has been conducting a poll（民意測(cè)試）on the years kanji each year since 1995．Last year's top choice was ‘Nise’（fake）．

60．What is the best title of this passage?

A．“Change” won Japan's character of the year．

B．“Change” written on wooden platform．

C．“Change” helped Obama win election．

D．Japan's love of Chinese characters．

61．The aim of the event is to______________．

A．popularize standard Chinese

B．promote the use of “kanji”

C．practice Chinese handwriting

D．strengthen the relationship between China and Japan

62．From the first three nominated words we can see that_____________.

A．Japanese people showed great concern to events of the year.

B．the whole world experienced a hard time last year

C．Japanese people know a lot of Chinese words

D．Japanese people love to follow the fashion of the world

63．It call be inferred from Obama's motto “change” that_________.

A．Obama tends to make quick changes in order to win the election

B．Obama policy of “change” is well accepted and gives Americans much hope

C．Obama promises to make some changes of American law if elected president

D．it's wise of Obama to choose the same word as nominated by Japanese

64．Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A．The chief monk at Kiyomizu temple decided the kanji of 2008．

B．3 kanjis are nominated for this year's poll．

C．“gold” is also selected the kanji Of the year．

D．The kanji event has been hosted by J K A T F for more than 10 years．

1、I lost my sight when 1 was 4 years old in an accident．Now I'm 32．

It occurred to me the other day that I might not have come to love    36   so much, as I do now, if I hadn't been    37  ．I don't mean that l would prefer to go with no sight．I simply mean that the   38   of it made me  39  more what I had left．

Life，I believe，   40   a continuous series of adjustments to reality．The more   41    a person is able to make these adjustments，the more    42    his life becomes．The adjustment is never easy．I had to   43   in myself，or else 1 would have collapsed（崩潰）．When I say belief in myself，I am not talking about simply the kind of    44    that helps me down an unfamiliar staircase alone．But I    45     something bigger than that：an assurance that I am，despite imperfections，a real，    46     person．

It took me years to discover and    47    this assurance．Once a man gave me an indoor baseball．I thought he was making fun of me and I was   48    ．“I can't use this，”I said “Take it with you，”he urged me，“and roll it around.” The word stuck in my head．By   49   the ball I could hear where it went．This gave me an idea how to    50   a goal I had thought impossible：playing baseball．At Philadelphia School for the Blind I invented a successful  51 of baseball. We call it Ground Ball.

All my life I have set ahead of me a series of    52    and then tried to reach them, one at a time．But I had to be aware of my   53    ．It was no good to try for something that I knew at the start was out of   54   because that only invited the bitterness of   55   ．I would fail sometimes anyway but on the average I made progress．

24、----What time do you start work?

---- _____________.

  A. It’s none of your business.        B. It varies.

  C. From 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.                 D. It doesn’t make any difference

23、Jack’s room always has the dusty smell of an apartment whose windows are　opened.

A．rarely                   B．generally             C．a(chǎn)pparently           D．frequently

22、－Did you enjoy your journey to the town?

一        ．We had driven more than 3 hours before we found the right way．

A．Absolutely        B．No way          C．Not at all         D．Quite a lot

21、How I wish I _______ my mouth before I shouted at my mum!

    A. shut    B．have shut    C．had shut      D．would shut

20、Jordan’s performance_________ his teammates and they finally beat the other team to win the match．

A. signaled    B．promoted    C．opposed      D．inspired

19、Equal treatment for all is guaranteed in this area，______ race，religion or sex．

  A. in need of    B．in spite of    C．regardless of  D．in terms of