B

New rules and behavior standards(行为规范)for middle school students came out in March．The Middle School is going to use a new way to decide who the top students are．The best students won’t only have high marks．They should not dye(染)their hair，smoke or drink because they are students．The following are some of the new rules．

Have you ever copied someone else’s work in an exam?Don’t do that again!That’s not something an honest student should do.

Do more at school．Good students love animals and care for other people．April is Bird-loving Month in China．Is your school doing anything to celebrate it?You should join!And you can learn more about animals and how to protect them．Be friendly to the people around you．Try to think of others，not only yourself．

Be open to new ideas．Do you think people can live on the moon? Maybe you’ll find another earth someday．Don’t look down on new ideas．Everyone’s ideas are important．You should welcome them，because new ideas make life better for everyone．

Protect yourself．Has someone ever taken money from one of your classmates?Don’t let it happen to you．If you have to go home late,you should let your parents know．

Use the Internet carefully．The Internet can be very useful for students．But some things on the Internet aren’t for children，so try to look at web pages(网页)that are good for you．

（ ）35．What’s the meaning of“look down on”in the passage?

A．向下看 B．轻视 C．在……上面看 D．上下打量

（ ）36．If you go home late，you should tell your about it．

A．father and mother B．teachers

C．children D．classmates

（ ）37．Good web pages for children can ．

A．be a waste of time B．help them with their studies

C．do homework for them D.make life difficult

（ ）38．According to the passage，which of the following is true?

A.Tell the truth，even when you are wrong.

B．Keep some animals to kill them．

C.Look down on new ideas．

D．Everything on the Internet is good for children．

（ ）39.The passage mainly(主要地)tells us how to .

A．care for others B.do more at school

C．be top students D．use the Internet

C

When you think of the tremendous technological progress we have made，it’s amazing how little we have developed in other respects．We may speak contemptuously of the poor old Romans because they relished the orgies of slaughter that went on in their arenas.We may despise them because they mistook these goings on for entertainment．We may forgive them condescendingly because they lived 2000 years ago and obviously knew no better．But are our feelings of superiority really justified?Are we any less bloodthirsty?Why do boxing matches，for instance，attract such universal interest?Don’t the spectators who attend them hope they will see some violence?Human beings remains as bloodthirsty as ever they were．The only difference between ourselves and the Romans is that while they were honest enough to admit that they enjoyed watching hungry lions tearing people apart and eating them alive，we find all sorts of sophisticated arguments to defend sports which should have been banned long age；sports which are quite as barbarous as，say，public hangings or bearbaiting．

It really is incredible that in this day and age we should still allow hunting or bullfighting，that we should be prepared to sit back and watch two men batter each other to pulp in a boxing ring，that we should be relatively unmoved by the sight of one or a number of racing cars crashing and bursting into flames．Let us not deceive ourselves．Any talk of“the sporting spirit”is sheer hypocrisy．People take part in violent sports because of the high rewards they bring．Spectators are willing to pay vast sums of money to see violence．A world heavyweight championship match，for instance，is front page news．Millions of people are disappointed if a big fight is over in two rounds instead of fifteen．They feel disappointment because they have been deprived of the exquisite pleasure of witnessing prolonged torture and violence．

Why should we ban violent sports if people enjoy them so much?You may well ask．The answer is simple：they are uncivilized．For centuries man has been trying to improve himself spiritually and emotionally—admittedly with little success．But at least we no longer tolerate the sight madmen cooped up in cages，or public floggings of any of the countless other barbaric practices which were common in the past．Prisons are no longer the grim forbidding places they used to be．Social welfare systems are in operation in many parts of the world.Big efforts are being made to distribute wealth fairly．These changes have come about not because human beings have suddenly and unaccountably improved,but because positive steps were taken to change the law．The law is the biggest instrument of social change that we have and it may exert great civilizing influence．If we banned dangerous and violent sports，we would be moving one step further to improving mankind．We would recognize that violence is degrading and unworthy of human beings．

（ ）40．It can be inferred from the passage that the author’s opinion of nowadays’human beings is ．

A．not very high B.high C.contemptuous D.critical

（ ）41.How many dangerous sports does the author mention in this passage?

A．Three． B．Five． C．Six．D．Seven．

（ ）42．The purpose of the author in writing this passage is .

A．that,by banning the violent sports，we human beings can improve ourselves

B．that，by banning the dangerous sports，we can improve the law

C．that we must take positive steps to improve social welfare system

D．to show law is the main instrument of social change

Ⅳ.写作（15分）

光明中学依山傍水，校园曾经安静美丽。一年前该校附近建了一家化工厂，学校受到了严重影响。假如你是该校的一名学生，名叫李东。请你根据下表内容用英文给《中国日报》写一封信，反映情况，呼吁有关部门采取相应措施。

建厂前	建厂后
校园内鲜花盛开，树木常青； 校园安静，学习佳地。	工厂每天排出大量污水、废气，严重影响师生健康，花草树木受到危害，工厂噪音也影响了教学活动。