We can achieve knowledge either actively or passively（被动地）．We achieve it actively by direct experience, by testing and proving an idea, or by reasoning．

We achieve knowledge passively by being told by someone else．Most of the learning that takes place in the classroom and the kind that happens when we watch TV or read newspapers or magazines is passive．Conditioned as we are to passive learning, it’s not surprising that we depend on it in our everyday communication with friends and co-workers．

Unfortunately, passive learning has a serious problem．It makes us tend to accept what we are told even when it is little more than hearsay and rumor（谣言）．

Did you ever play the game Rumor? It begins when one person writes down a message but doesn’t show it to anyone．Then the person whispers it, word for word, to another person．That person, in turn, whispers it to still another, and so on, through all the people playing the game．The last person writes down the message word for word as he or she hears it．Then the two written statements are compared．Typically, the original message has changed．

That’s what happens in daily life．The simple fact that people repeat a story in their own words changes the story．Then, too, most people listen imperfectly．And many enjoy adding their own creative touch to a story, trying to improve on it, stamping（打上标记）it with their own personal style．Yet those who hear it think they know．

This process is also found among scholars and authors: A statement of opinion by one writer may be restated as a fact by another, who may in turn be quoted by yet another; and this process may continue, unless it occurs to someone to question the facts on which the original writer based his opinion or to challenge the interpretation he placed upon those facts．

According to the passage, passive learning may occur in _______．

     A．doing a medical experiment    B．solving a math problem

     C．visiting an exhibition          D．doing scientific reasoning

The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refers to _____．

     A．active learning        B．knowledge

     C．communication        D．passive learning

The author mentions the game Rumor to show that _____．

     A．a message may be changed when being passed on

     B．a message should be delivered in different ways

     C．people may have problems with their sense of hearing

     D．people tend not to believe in what they know as rumor

What can we infer from the passage?

     A．Active learning is less important．       

       B．Passive learning may not be reliable．

     C．Active learning occurs more frequently．    

       D．Passive learning is not found among scholars．

根据汉语意思完成下列句子 （每空0.5分，共10.分）

每当霍乱爆发时，就有成千上万惊恐的老百姓病死。

Thousands of ___________ people died _________ __________ there was an  __________ of cholera.

为了方便起见，英格兰大致可以分为三个地区。

For convenience, England is ________ _______ ________three zones.

事实证明，急救知识能发挥重要的作用。

It is proved that ________ ______________of first aid can ________ ________ _________.

一张桌子和几把椅子从地板下面升了起来，好像变魔术似的。

A table and some chairs rose from under the floor ________ _______ _______ ________.

使游客们大为惊讶的是，这个坚实的用石头砌的方形塔已经屹立在那儿1000年了。

___________ to the tourists’ _____________, this solid stone, square tower has __________ ____________ there for one thousand years. 

—Can I come to ask for some advice at any time?

— Yes, of course. _______

A. If you’re convenient.                              B. At your convenience.

C. Don’t worry.                                     D. Don’t mention it.

Tom邀请Lisa参加他这周的生日宴会，但Lisa的父母出差要到下周才回来，奶奶生病在床，需要人照顾，而且英语考试即将来临。因此无法前去参加生日宴会。Lisa感到十分抱歉，只好写信辞谢。（信的开头和结尾已经写出，不计入句数。）

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只能使用5个句子表达全部内容。

［评分标准］

句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。

Dear Tom,

Thank you very much for inviting me to your birthday party. ________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Lisa

将下列句子翻译为英语，必须用所提示的英语单词或提示单词的派生形式。

病人被交给专科医生治疗。(refer)

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我们的老师从来不允许考试作弊。(tolerate)

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我把成功归功于我所受到的教育。(owe)

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他的言行不一致。(correspond)

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外出忘记带伞是他的特点。(typical)

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你对这部电影感兴趣吗？(appeal)

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他被禁止驾车六个月。(ban)

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他最近被任命为委员会成员。(appoint)

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他对我们总是坦诚相待，他从不灰心丧气。(give way to)

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另一方面，经常处于广告的包围之中，我们的想法有可能随着时间的流逝而发生变化。(be exposed to)

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The old house of this area had to be ______ immediately so that the government could carry its flower-style-city programmer out.

A. torn up      B. torn down      C. torn away     D. torn out

(  )25. We should be able to do the job for you quickly， 　　　　 you give us all the necessary information.

A.in case   B.provided that   C.or else   D.as if

 E-mail, as well as telephones, ______ an important part in daily communication.

   A. is playing        B. have played      C. are playing     D. play

－In modern times, girls like beautiful clothes

    －Yes,       and        boys. After all, our life has been greatly improved

A. so do they; so do you                  B. so they do; so you do       

C. so do they; so you do                  D. so they do; so do you

Tom worked very hard,  ______ that he would be able to buy a car of his own in two years.

   A. hoped         B. to hope          C. hoping         D. and hoping