B
On a sunny afternoon recently, half a dozen South Korean mothers came to pick up their children at the Remuera Primary School here, greeting one another warmly in a schoolyard filled with New Zealanders.
The mothers, members of the largest group of foreigners at the public school, were part of what are known in South Korea as “ wild geese”, families living separately, sometimes for years, to school their children in English-speaking countries and children live overseas while the fathers live and work in South Korea, flying over to visit a couple of times a year.
Driven by a shared dissatisfaction with South Korea’s rigid educational system, parents in rapidly expanding numbers are seeking to give their children an edge by helping them become fluent in English while sparing them, and themselves, the stress of South Korea’s notorious (声名狼藉的) educational pressure.
More than 40, 000 South Korean schoolchildren area believed to be living outside South Korea with their mothers. The phenomenon is, according to experts, an outgrowth(结果) of a new era of globalized education.
In 2006, 29,511 children from elementary through high school level left South Korea, nearly double the number in 2004 and almost seven times the figure in 2000, according to the Korean Educational Development Institute, a research group that tracks the figures for the Ministry of Education.
South Koreans now make up the largest group of foreign students in the United States (more than 103,000) and the second largest in New Zealand after Chinese students, according to American and New Zealand government statistics. Yet, unlike other foreign students, South Koreans tend to go overseas starting in elementary school----in the belief that they will absorb English more easily at that age.
46. What does the phrase “ wild geese” refer to?
A. It refers to the mothers working in South Korea.
B. It refers to the fathers living in foreign countries.
C. It refers to the children studying abroad.
D.It refers to the families living separately to school their children in English-speaking countries.
47. Why do the mothers and children live in foreign countries?
A. Because the parents get divorced.
B. Because the parents want to make the children more independent.
C. Because the parents are not satisfied with South Korea’s education.
D. Because they want to live there to earn more money.
48. There are _________ children from elementary through high school level leaving South Korea in 2006.
A. 29,511      B. 40,000.   C. 10,300.  D. 59,022.
49. According to this passage, we know that ________.
A. the mothers earn the cost of the households overseas on their own
B. the mothers don’t work in foreign countries because they don’t want to
C. the traditional migration patterns is that men went overseas temporarily while their wives and children stayed at home
D. South Koreans now make up the largest group of foreign students in the United States and in New Zealand
50. What is the main idea of this passage?
A. To show the problems with South Korean education.
B. To discuss the situation in which Korean families live separately and school their children in English-speaking countries.
C. To analyze the reasons for South Korean families’ emigration (移居).
D. To show the globalization of education in the world.
        C
　　Ask someone what they have done to help the environment recently and they will almost certainly mention recycling. Recycling in the home is very important of course. However, being forced to recycle often means we already have more material than we need. We are dealing with the results of that over-consumption in the greenest way possible, but it would be far better if we did not need to bring so much material home in the first place. 
　　The total amount of packaging increased by 12% between 1999 and 2005. It now makes up a third of a typical household’s waste in the UK. In many supermarkets nowadays food items are packaged twice with plastic and cardboard.
　　Too much packaging is doing serious damage to the environment. The UK, for example, is running out of it for carrying this unnecessary waste. If such packaging is burnt, it gives off greenhouse gases which go on to cause the greenhouse effect. Recycling helps, but the process itself uses energy. The solution is not to produce such items in the first place. Food waste is a serious problem, too. Too many supermarkets encourage customers to buy more than they need. However, a few of them are coming round to the idea that this cannot continue, encouraging customers to reuse their plastic bags, for example.
　　But this is not just about supermarkets. It is about all of us. We have learned to associate packaging with quality. We have learned to think that something unpackaged is of poor quality. This is especially true of food. But it also applies to a wide range of consumer products, which often have far more packaging than necessary. 
　　There are signs of hope. As more of us recycle, we are beginning to realise just how much unnecessary material are collecting. We need to face the wastefulness of our consumer culture, but we have a mountain to climb.
51. What does the underlined phrase “over-consumption” refer to? 
　　A. Using too much packaging.               
　　B. Recycling too many wastes.
　　C. Making more products than necessary.     
　　D. Having more material than is needed.
52. The author uses figures in Paragraph 2 to show _______.
　　A. the tendency of cutting household waste     
　　B. the fact of packaging overuse
　　C. the rapid growth of supermarkets         
　　D. the increase of packaging recycling
53. According to the text, recycling ______.
　　A. helps control the greenhouse effect         
　　B. means burning packaging for energy
　　C. is the solution to gas shortage             
　　D. leads to a waste of land
54. What can be inferred from Paragraph 4?
　　A. Unpackaged products are of bad quality.       
　　B. Supermarkets care more about packaging.
　　C. It is improper to judge quality by packaging.     
　　D. Other products are better packaged than food.
55. What can we learn from the last paragraph?
　　A. Fighting wastefulness is difficult.             
　　B. Needless material is mostly recycled.
　　C. People like collecting recyclable waste.       
　　D. The author is proud of their consumer culture.
 D
Welcome to Australia
The Great Outdoors
  Australia is the world’s oldest continent and indigenous (当地的) Australians have one of the world’s oldest culture.
  In Australia you will see unique plants and animals and some of the most beautiful scenery in the world. Many parks have information centres offering advice on where to go, what to see and how to see it--for both your personal safety and to protect our sensitive, natural environment.
Banks and Money Matters
  Banks are generally open between 9:30am and 4pm on Monday to Thursday and 9:30am and 5pm on Friday. 
  Foreign currency or traveller’s cheques can be changed at all banks and some of the larger hotels. There are currency exchange facilities at all international airports.
        
  Take care! Our sunlight is very strong and you can get sunburnt.
  For best sun protection, it is advisable to wear:
　　A broad-brimmed hat
　　A shirt with a collar and sleeves
　　Sunscreen with high protection factor. 
Swimming 
  We have so many beautiful places to swim--beaches, lakes, rivers and creeks.
　　Many of our waters are safe for swimming, but if you have any doubts, ask before entering the water.
　　Most of our popular ocean beaches have patrols with life-saving service. Red and yellow flags mark the area that you are advised to swim within. 
　　If there are no flags and no life guards on the beach, talk to local people about the best areas to swim.
Staying Safe on the Roads 
　　Australians drive on the left-hand side of the road.
　　For safety, everyone in the car, including children, must wear a seat belt.
　　Motor cyclists and bicyclists are required to wear a helmet.
　　Watch out for native animals crossing the roads, especially at night. Road signs are erected in places where animals are commonly seen. 
56. What is the best title of the third part of the passage?
  A. The Sun      B. Enjoy the Sun     C. Warning     D. Outdoor Activities
57. If you arrive in Sydney at 5:10 pm on Friday, where can you probably get your money changed on that day?
  A. At a bank.     B. At any hotel.   C. At a store.   D. At the airport.
58. What advice can you get at the park information centre?
  A. Advice on how to wear a broad-brimmed hat. 
  B. Advice on how to drive safely in the park.             
  C. Advice on how to protect our environment.   
  D. Advice on where to go to see a kangaroo.
59. How can you ensure your safety when swimming? 
  A. You can swim in whichever lake you like.
  B. You should swim with the life guard.
  C. You can swim where there are red flags.
  D. Always find a local person to ask about how to swim.
60. Which of the following word might be the closest in meaning with the underlined word “erected”?
  A. set up           B. protected        C. stood         D. noticed
         E
We often see people with hearing aids today. Many are like button in one year. From the button, a thin cord leads to a box. In the box are batteries. These work a very small microphone. The microphone amplifies (放大) sounds and makes them louder so that the person can hear. Some hearing aids are very small. You can build a hearing aid into a pair of glasses or hide it behind the ear. You have to look carefully before you find it.
But in the old days most hearing aids were big. Perhaps the biggest was a special chair. King John of Portugal was very deaf. In 1819 he ordered a special chair from England. On the arms of the chair were beautiful metal lions’ heads, with the mouths open. To talk to the deaf king, people spoke into the mouth of one of the lions. From there, metal pipes led through the chair. As they went, they amplified the sound until they reach the king’s ear through a thinner pipe.
All hearing aids worked more or less like this. But the early hearing aids were not convenient enough to carry for they were always big and heavy.
The really small hearing aid came in the 1950s, with the invention of the transistor. Thanks to the transistor, we have very small hearing aids. Now your hearing aid can as small as you like but people do not really want them to be too small. It is easy to lose a small hearing aid. And, if other people can see, when they look carefully, that a person is wearing a hearing aid, they will speak more clearly. So the perfect hearing aid is big enough to see but not big enough to be ugly or heavy.
61. What is used in a hearing aid to amplify sounds for the person to hear?
A. Battery.    B. Microphone.  C. Cord.   D. Box.
62. Where do people can put hearing aids?
A. Into necklaces.   B. Into earings.  C. Into glasses. D. Into ears.
63. According to the passage, what we can know about King John’s hearing aid?
A. It was a special button.      B. It was a special chair.
C. It was lion’s heads.       D. It was metal pipes.
64. Thanks to the invention of the ________, we can make smaller hearing aids now.
A. transistor.    B. radio.    C. microphone. D. battery.
65. According to the passage, a perfect hearing aid should be ________.
  A. the smaller the better     
　　B. convenient
  C. big enough to see      
　　D. big enough to see but not too heavy to carry
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