2. In the first paragraph, the word spot means .
A. teach   B. help   C. find    D. treat
答案：C词汇题，spot发现，找出。

3. For most children, school makes them understand .
A. that it is society rather than individual that decides one’s future
B. that they can meet the social needs
C. that one’s effort and one’s ability can be two quite different matters
D. that social needs and individual needs have nothing in common
答案：A细节题，根据第二段第二句话。

4. Which of the following is most unlikely for the author to do?
A. To talk to the students who have mental problems.
B. To help students develop a feeling of self-respect.
C. To keep a student from playing alone.
D. To announce a student’s scores in public.
答案：D细节题，根据第二段最后一句话。

5. Which of the following is the major concern of the passage about a student’s needs?
A. Individualism and cooperation.
B. Academic success and independent thinking.
C. Socialization and feeling of competence.
D. Intelligence and respect.
答案：C主旨考查题。

Passage 2
Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:
 If the Europeans thought a drought-a long period of dry weather-was something that happened only in Africa, they know better now. After four years of below ? normal rainfall (in some cases only 10 percent of annual average), vast areas of France, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Britain and Ireland are dry and barren（贫瘠）.(77)[Water is so low in the canals of northern France that waterway traffic is forbidden except on weekends]. Oyster（牡蛎）grows in Brittany report a 30 percent drop in production because of the loss of fresh water in local rivers necessary for oyster breeding. In southeastern England, the rolling green hills of Kent have turned so brown that officials have been weighing plans to pipe in water from Wales. In Portugal, farmers in the southern Alentejo region have held prayer meeting for rain--so far, in vain.

(78) [Governments in drought-spread countries are taking severe measures. Authorities in hard-hit areas of France have banned washing cars and watering lawns]. In Britain, water will soon be metered, like gas and electricity, “The English have always taken water for granted,” says Graham Warren, a spokesman of Britain’s National Rivers Authority. “Now they’re putting a price on it.” Even a sudden end to the drought would not end the misery in some areas. It will take several years of unusually heavy winter rain, the experts say, just to bring existing water reserves up to their normal levels.

[文章大意及重要词汇]

如果欧洲人认为干旱（drought）只会发生在非洲，那他们现在便明白了。连续四你那降雨量（rainfall）低于正常水平，如果导致法国、西班牙、葡萄牙、比利时、英国和爱尔兰大部分地区的干燥和贫瘠。法国北部运河的水位如此之低，以至除周末外，船只禁行。由于当地河流中的牡蛎繁殖所需谈水的流失，布列塔尼的牡蛎产量下降了30%。英国东南部肯特州曾经绿色一片的小山如今也变成棕色的，以至政府不得不考虑从威尔士输水计划。葡萄牙南部内陆阿连特约地区的农民通过宗教仪式求雨也没有成功