33. Which of the following statements is true?

A. Students from poor families often fall behind after the vacation.

B. Year-round schools can solve the problem of the learning gap.

C. There are schools in each state following a year-round calendar.

D. Nothing can help the students who fall behind after the vocation.

34. Why did almost all parents dislike the term “summer school”?

A. They cherish the children’s rights of freedom very much.

B. They are worried about the quality of the “summer school”.

C. They want their children to be forced to make up the gap.

D. They can’t afford to the further study during vacation.

35. What would be the best title of this passage?

A. Opening Summer Camps

B. Forbidding Summer Schools

C. Spreading Year-Round Education

D. Minding the Summer Learning Gap

C

Tired of all the pushing in supermarkets? Fed up with waiting in endless lines to pay for what you have bought? Angry at wasting time in traffic jams only to find no parking spaces when you eventually arrive at the store? If this is you, then online shopping is the answer to your dreams of trouble-free shopping. Or is it?

Online shopping brings its own challenges. Here are a few things to bear in mind when browsing (浏览) various websites. The claim made by online sites is that shopping online is a safe and secure way to make purchases. The evidence challenges this. In any case, you only have to be the victim of fraud (诈骗) once to experience all the problems that come with this form of stealing. Use only sites that have a trusted history and an excellent reputation.

Another problem is the appearance of items in reality is often quite different from what you see on your computer screen. This might not be a problem if you are buying washing up powder but could be a major disappointment when that beautiful blue dress you ordered turns up in green. Also, product descriptions are sometimes simply untrue. Perhaps the wisest plan is to purchase items where design  and color are not essential to customer satisfaction.

Some even argue that online shopping indirectly contributes to global warming. Yes, your car can stay parked but how are online goods delivered? Often by some large vans pouring out carbon monoxide and adding to our already desperate traffic problems. You are also by now becoming increasingly irritated (使烦恼) by the fact that the delivery is late and you have wasted the leave from work you have taken to receive it!

Without question, online shopping is here to stay and it has its benefits. However, perhaps it is not as wonderful as some of its supporters claim it to be.

36. The author lists several questions in Para. 1 to         .

A. support online shopping               B. collect answers from readers

C. show his dislike of going shopping        D. introduce the topic of the passage

37. By what can online shoppers avoid fraud?

A. Using only trusted websites.               B. Choosing big websites.

C. Collecting shopping evidence. D. Seeking advice from the police.

38. What can we learn about online shopping from Para. 3?

A. It’s normal for a blue dress to change into green.

B. We shouldn't believe product descriptions easily.

C. It’s usually wise for us to buy colorful products.

D. Product appearances are sometimes not good.

39. The author agrees with the fact that ______.

A. customers are never satisfied with products

B. online shopping is a safe way to make purchases

C. online shopping has nothing to do with global warming

D. delivery delay often makes online shoppers unhappy

40. What is the author’s attitude towards online shopping?

A. Very popular.   B. A wise choice.    C. Not trouble free.  D. A waste of time.

D

One of our biggest fears nowadays is that our kids might some day get lost in a “sea of technology” rather than experiencing the natural world. TV and computer games are leading to a serious disconnect between kids and the great outdoors, which will change the wild places of the world, its creatures and human health for the worse, unless adults get working on child's play.

Each of us has a place in nature we go sometimes, even if it was torn down. We cannot be the last generation to have that place. At this rate, kids who miss the sense of wondering outdoors will not grow up to be protectors of natural landscapes. “If the decline in parks use continues across North America, who will defend parks against encroachment (蚕食)?” asks Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods.

Without having a nature experience, kids, can turn out just fine, but they are missing out a huge enrichment of their lives. That applies to everything from their physical health and mental health, to stress levels, creativity and cognitive (认知的) skills. Experts predict modern kids will have poorer health than their parents—and they say a lack of outside play is surely part of it. Research suggests that  kids do better academically in schools with a nature component and that playing in nature fosters (培养) leadership by the smartest, not by the toughest. Even a tiny outdoor experience can create wonder in a child. The three-year-old turning over his first rock realizes he is not alone in the world. A clump of trees on the roadside can be the whole universe in his eyes. We really need to value that more.

Kids are not to blame. They are over­protected and frightened. It is dangerous out there from time to time, but repetitive stress from computers is replacing breaking an arm as a childhood rite of passage (仪式).

Everyone, from developers to schools and outdoorsy citizens, should help regain for our kids some of the freedom and joy of exploring, taking friendship in fields and woods that cement (增强) love, respect and need for landscape. As parents, we should devote some of our energies to taking our kids into nature. This could yet be our greatest cause.

41. The main idea of Paragraph 2 is that ________.

A. kids missing the sense of wondering outdoors

B. parks are in danger of being gradually encroached

C. Richard Louv is the author of Last Child in the Woods

D. children are expected to develop into protectors of nature

42. According to the passage, children without experiencing nature will ________.

A. keep a high sense of wonder

B. be over­protected by their parents

C. be less healthy both physically and mentally

D. change wild places and creatures for the better

43. According to the author, children's breaking an arm is ________.

A. the fault on the part of their parents

B. the natural experience in their growing up

C. the result of their own carelessness in play

D. the effect of their repetitive stress from computers

44. What does “sea of technology” mean i n the first paragraph?

A. The technology of TV and computer games.

B. The technology of food.

C. The technology of sea food.

D. The technology of catching animals in the sea.

45. In writing this passage, the author mainly intends to ________.

A. blame children for getting lost in computer games

B. encourage children to protect parks from encroachment

C. show his concern about children's lack of experience in nature

D. inspire children to keep the sense of wonder about things around