上海高考六选四练习汇总61篇

上海高考六选四练习汇总61篇

高考六选四练习汇总 61 篇 高考六选四题型一旦出错，往往一错错一窜，是容易丢分的题型，笔者根据自己历年来辅导 高考的经验，对其进行一个简单总结，希望能对各地即将参加高考的学子有所帮助。 一、正确与错误选项的特征 正确选项具有如下特征： 1、放进去通顺，这一点是基础。凡不通顺的必错无疑； 2、选项中有单词、词组、句子成分或与所选答案所在段内容重合； 3、选项与其上句或下句之间有必然的逻辑关系； 4、选项全部内容都属于正确答案所在段。有时备选答案中可能含有甲乙两项内容，这时， 只有当甲和乙都归属于本段时，答案才是正确的。 针对第 2 项的所讲的重合，举个例子：如果整个文章中只有第二段中有 laugh 一词，而各个 选项中只有 D 项中有 laugh 这个词，那还等什么，立刻把它选上，因为它有 99%的可能是正 确的；不过，如果 D、E 两个选项中都有 laugh 这个词，那我们就该明白正确选项就在 D、 E 当中，究竟哪个正确，还要看哪个放进去通顺，如果都通顺，再看是不是其中有一项的某 一部分内容在其他段落已经讲了（哪个选项出现这种情况哪个选项落选），还确定不下来的 话，再看看哪个选项的内容与前后句之间有逻辑关系（有这种关系的是正确答案），经过这 样的层层筛选，正确答案自然会水落石出。 上面第 3 项所指的逻辑关系主要是指代词关系、冠词关系以及连接词关系等。例如，代词关 系方面，如果所选答案中有 he,him,his 等词，这就意味着空前面必然出现了 a boy,a man 等词 或人名。如果这些词在空后面出现，就意味着正确答案中必有 a boy ,a man 等词或人名。冠 词方面，如果正确答案中出现了定冠词 the，则空前将有不定冠词 a(n)或与之相应的名词等 出现。如果定冠词第一次出现在空后，则意味着空里所需的答案中会有不定冠词 a(n)或相应 的名词等出现。连接词方面，如果 but ,however 等出现在答案中，则意味着该答案与空前部 分含义是相反的，但同时又与空后的内容在含义上是一顺撇的或一致的；如果答案中有 for another，前面不远处会有 for one thing，如果答案中有 other(s)，前面不远处会有 some，如 果 答 案 中 有 second ， 前 面 不 远 处 会 有 first 等 等 。 需 要 注 意 的 是 for one thing...for another...,some...other(s)...,first...second...等这些组合既可能出现在同一段落中，也可能分别出 现在相邻两段的句首。 二，六选四的几点注意： 1，关于首句、末句与独立成段 英语文章一般组织的都很严谨，段落与段落之间分工明确，逻辑分明，往往每一段都只讲整 个文章的一个方面，或只交代整个过程的一个部分或一个环节，各段分别起不同的作用，每 一段中不同部分语言也各有特点。 文章首句：A，全文主题句；B，引出全文主题的句子（主题在其后）； 文章末句:全文的总结（往往与开头呼应）； 首段末句：A，承上启下，引出全文要谈的几个方面（段落），B，全文主题； 段落首句：A,段落主题句，B，引出下文的句子（可能是问句），C，段落间的过渡句（与上 段呼应）； 段落末句：A，段落主题句，B，（承上启下）引出下一段，C，本段所阐述问题的一个方面， D，本段空格前面内容的自然结论； 独立成段：有时一个选项本身就是一个独立的段落，这时要注意,A,既承上启下，又自成一 体（即有一个段落中心），因此该选项往往是所有选项中最长的（带引号的对话除外）B， 下一段的开头比上一段的结尾更有提示作用。 两点提示：A，段落首句一般不含人称代词（everything,someone 等不定代词除外；上段和本 段都一 he 到底的除外），B,既然独立成段的最长，那也就简单了，应最先做。 2，关于逻辑线索的位置与类型 线索位置：选项中，空前后； 线索类型：A，代词线索、冠词线索、连接词线索（如前所述）；B，引号线索，首先带引号 的词句容易放在一起，即往往出现在同一个段落，其次放在引号内的语言人称已改变；C， 数字、年代、时间是天然的排序线索。 3，关于大小标题 无论什么样的阅读题，只要有大小标题，难度就大为降低了。六选四中需要注意的：A，大 小标题的特点，大标题是对全文的概括总结，小标题是对其下面段落的概括总结；B，大标 题每个实词的首字母都大写（单凭这一点就很难出错），几个小标题之间长短基本一致，用 词的特点相同，且小标题一般都以动词开头，没有主语；C，好多时候，只要答案与小标题 中的词汇重合了，也就正确了。 三，六选四的做题顺序： 六选四应先看备选答案，把其中隐含的代词、冠词、连接词所揭示的内在逻辑关系搞清楚。 然后再看文章，在读文章的的过程中不但要确定正确答案，还要同时排除错误答案。题即将 做完时，如果有两个答案搞不准，不妨试着把两个答案换一下位置，一旦发现换了之后更通 顺，更符合逻辑，那就意味着 5 分（4 乘以 1.25)到手了。做完题后，看一眼剩下的两个落选 答案，如果清晰地知道它们为什么落选，本题型就得满分了，如果突然感觉到“不好，整错 了”，当场改正，也花不了多少时间。 四，六选四口诀 逻辑关系前后句，词汇重合上下文；内容全归所在段，语意通顺且连贯。 口诀中第一句说明要通过逻辑关系寻找正确答案，只需把备选答案、空前、空后这三句看清 就可以了，不用考虑得太多；第二句的上下文是指所在段的上下文，一旦串段了,就会错出 十万八千里；第三句涉及段落的一致性，英语文章一旦把段与段之间的关系搞混了，就像汉 语文章跑题一样，无药可救； 7 选 5 补缺题阅读填空题解题思路 ●通读整篇文章，把握整段语脉，理出文章的中心。 ●根据标点符号确定有几个句子。 ●除中心词、关键词外，将所有句子按意义分出层次，如果是承接、平列、层进关系，则可 分为两个或两个以上的层次，如果是解释、转折一般就可以一分为二。 ●再分析各层次之间的关系。 ●最后检查核对层次划分有无错误。如一篇文章或语段有几个句子单位，几个层次，特别是 长难句构成的语段层次是否明确。 1.理清句际间意义的关系 文章的内容是根据各层各段的大意有机地组合而成，各个层次，各个段落之间不管怎样错落 有致，但它所表达的内容都是要围绕中心的，各句之间都有一定的语脉，从逻辑意义上来看， 语段的句际关系可分为平列、顺序、层递、转折、总分、解释、因果等关系。构成语段的各 个句子之间有时可以包含一种以上的句际关系。因此，理解阅读材料时一定要把握语脉，理 清句际间的关系，进而理解语段或全文的内容。 2.找出句子之间的连接性的词语 文章的语句间的组合，除了从语句间的意义关系分析外，还可借助句子之间的连接性词语来 把握，因为连接性词语能表明这个语段句与句之间、层与层之间的基本关系是承接关系（如 so, therefore, thus, hence, accordingly, consequently, as a result 等）、平列关系（如 first, second, third…;firstly, secondly, thirdly…; first, next, then…; in the first place, in the second place…; for one thing, for another thing…;to begin with, to conclude 等），层递关系（如 also, further, furthermore, likewise, similarly, moreover, in addition, what’s more, too, either, neither, not… but…, not only…but also 等）。 练习题 1 Ali is from a Middle Eastern country. He now stays in the USA. He smokes a lot of cigarettes every day. He has smoked for nine years. Ali says, “ I tried to quit (放弃) smoking in my hometown, but it was impossible. My parents smoke. My brothers smoke. All my friends smoke. At parties and at meetings, almost all the men smoke. Here in the United States, not as many people smoke. ____1____ ” Many smokers are like Ali: they want to stop smoking. ____2____ They know it can cause cancer and heart disease. But it is difficult for them to give up smoking because cigarettes have a drug in them. The drug is nicotine. People who smoke a lot need nicotine. ____3____ The nicotine makes him sick. In a few days, the smoker’s body is used to the nicotine, and he feels fine. Later, the smoker needs nicotine to keep feeling fine. Without nicotine, he feels bad. ____4____ Many people who quit will soon smoke again. At a party or at work they will decide to smoke “just one” cigarette. Then they will smoke another cigarette, and another. Soon they become smokers again. ____5____ A. It is very hard to quit smoking. B. It will be easier to change the smoking habit here. C. Thus nicotine makes smokers addicted to cigarettes. D. The smokers know that smoking is bad for their health. E. When a person first begins to smoke, he usually feels terrible. F. Maybe there is only one easy way to quit smoking: never start. G. But it is said that medicine is needed to stop them from smoking. 2 I was ten when I first sat with my grandmother behind the cashier（收银台）in her general store. 1 I quickly learned the importance of treating customers politely and saying “thank you.” At first I was paid in candy. 2 I worked every day after school, and during the summer and on weekends and holidays from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. My father helped me set up a bank account. 3 By the time I was 12, my grandmother thought I had done such a good job that she promoted me to selling cosmetics（化妆品）. I developed the ability to look customers directly in the eye. Even though I was just a kid, women would ask me such things as “ What color do you think I should wear?” I took a real interest in their questions and was able to translate what they wanted into makeup（化妆）ideas. 4 The job taught me a valuable lesson: to be a successful salesperson, you didn’t need to be a Rocket scientist—you needed to be a great listener. __5___ Except they are no longer women purchasing cosmetics from me; instead, they are kids who tell me which toys they would like to see designed and developed. A. Later I received 50 cents an hour. B. Before long, she let me sit there by myself. C. I ended up selling a record amount of cosmetics. D. Today I still carry that lesson with me: I listen to customers. E. My grandma’s trust taught me how to handle responsibility. F. Soon I found myself looking more beautiful than ever before. G. Watching my money grow was more rewarding than anything I could have bought. 3 Muzak www.ks5u.com/gaokao/beijing The next time you go into a bank, a store, or a supermarket, stop and listen. What do you hear? 1 It's similar to the music you listen to, but it's not exactly the same. That's because this music was especially designed to relax you, or to give you extra energy. Sometimes you don't even realize the music is playing, but you react to the music anyway. Quiet background music used to be called "elevator ( 电 梯 ) music" because we often heard it in elevators. But lately we hear it in more and more places, and it has a new name "Muzak". About one-third of the people in America listen to "Muzak" everyday. The music plays for 15 minutes at a time, with short pauses in between. It is always more lively between ten and eleven in the morning, and between three and four in the afternoon, when people are more tired. 2 If you listen to Muzak carefully, you will probably recognize the names of many of the songs. Some musicians or songwriters don't want their songs to be used as Muzak, but others are happy when their songs are chosen. Why? 3 Music is often played in public places because it is designed to make people feel less lonely when they are in an airport or a hotel. It has been proven that Muzak doeswhat it is designed to do. Tired office workers suddenly have more energy when they hear the pleasant sound of Muzak in the background. 4 Supermarket shoppers buy 38 percent more groceries. 5 . They say it's boring to hear the same songs all the time. But other people enjoy hearing Muzak in public places. They say it helps them relax and feel calm. One way or another, Muzak affects everyone. Some farmers even say their cows give more milk when they hear Muzak! A. Some people don't like Muzak. www.ks5u.com/gaokao/beijing B. The music gives them extra energy. C. Music is playing in the background. D. Factory workers produce 13 percent more. E. Muzak tends to help people understand music better. F. They get as much as $4 million a year if their songs are used. G. Muzak is played in most of the big supermarkets in the world. 4 The world is an interesting place. Different people like different things. Some people like loud music. Other people don't. 1. _________ Many people like sports, but they do not all like the same sports. In some countries, cricket(板球 运动) is a very popular sport, In others it is not popular at all. No one plays it or watches it on TV. However, most people like soccer. The World Cup is very popular. 2. _________ Different people like different foods. Some people do not like meat. 3. _________ Some people do not like potatoes or bread. They prefer rice. 4. _________ Most people have their favorite colors. Some people like bright colors. Others prefer pale colors. Many people like traveling. Different people like different places. Some people like to go to the country. They like the fresh air. Some people like to go to the cities. Because they like shopping. 5._________ What do you like? Have you got an idea? A. They like soft music. B. Not everyone likes the same color. C. Millions of people watch the games on TV. D. Different people like different kinds of pets. E. They eat fruit and vegetables most of the time. F. So they don’t raise pigs in their countries G. Some other people enjoy beautiful places like the mountains or beaches. 5 My teenage son Karl became withdrawn after his father died. As a single parent, I tried to do my best to talk to him. 1. _________ When his report card arrived during his junior year, it said that he had been absent 95 times from classes and had six falling grades for the year. In this way he would never graduate. I sent him to the school adviser, and I even begged him. Nothing worked. One night I felt so powerless. 2. _________ and asked God for help.“Please God, I can't do anything more for my son. I'm at the end of my hope. I'm giving the whole thing up to you.” I was at work when I got a phone call. A man introduced himself as the headmaster. “I want to talk to you about Karl’s absences.” 3._________, I choked up（哽咽）and all my disappointment and sadness over Karl came pouring out into the ears of this stranger. “I love my son, but I just don’t know what to do. I've tried everything to get Karl to go back to school 4._________. It's out of my hands.” For a moment there was silence on the other end of the line. The headmaster seriously said, “Thank you for your time”, and hung up. Karl’s next report card showed a marked improvement in his grades. Finally, he was even on the list of the best students at school. In his fourth year, I attended a parent teacher meeting with Karl. I noticed that his teachers were surprised at the way he had turned himself around. On our way home, he said, “Mum, remember that call from the headmaster last year?" I nodded. “That was me. I thought I'd play a joke but when I heard what you said, 5. _________. That’s when I knew I had to make you proud.” A. and nothing has worked. B. it really hit me how much I was hurting you C. that 1 got down on my knees D. I was really disappointed at you E. Before he could say another word F. when she was saying something G. but the more 1 tried, the more he dulled away. 6 Tom Smith was a writer. He wrote detective (侦探) stories for magazines. One evening he could not find an end for a story. He sat with his pen in front of him, 1._________. So he decided to go to the cinema. When he came back, 2._________. The man had a drink, smoked several of Tom's cigarettes (香 烟) and read the story. The man left a note, “I have read your story and I don't think much of it. 3._________. By the way, I am a thief. I am not going to steal anything tonight. But if you become a famous writer, I will return.” 4._________. Then he sat down and finished the story. 5._________ but when he goes out in the evening, he always leaves a half-finished story on his desk. A. Please read my advice and you can write a wonderful story B. but had no idea. C. Please write down my advices and you can finish you story. D. Tom read the thief's advice E. Tom is famous now F. Tom is still not a famous writer. G. he found that someone had broken into (闯入) his house 7 Happiness is for everyone. You don’t need to care about those people who have beautiful houses with large gardens and swimming pools or 1. _________ and so on. Why? Because those who have big houses may often feel lonely and those who have cars may want to walk on the country roads at their free time. In fact, happiness is always around you if you put your heart into it. 2. _________ When you study hard at your lessons, your parents are always taking good care of your life and your health. When you get success, your friends will say congratulations to you. When you do something wrong, people around you will help you to correct it. 3._________ All these are your happiness. If you notice a bit of them, you can see that happiness is always around you. Happiness is not the same as money. It is a feeling of your heart. When you are poor, you can also say you are very happy, because you have something else that can’t be bought with money. 4._________, because you have more chances to challenge yourself. So you cannot always say you are poor and you have bad luck. As the saying goes, life is like a revolving(旋转的)door. When it closes, it also opens. 5._________. A. When you are in trouble at school, your friends will help you B. If you take every chance you get, you can be a happy and lucky person C. those who have nice cars and a lot of money D. And when you do something good to others, you will feel happy, too E. those who have no houses F. When you meet with difficulties, you can give them up and be happy G. When you meet with difficulties, you can say loudly you are very happy 8 In Canada you can find dogs, cats, horses etc. in almost every family. These are their pets. 1_________ Before they keep them at their houses, they take them to animal hospitals to give them needles so that they won’t carry disease(疾病). They have special animal food stores, though they can get animal food in almost every store. 2. _________ When you visit people’s homes, they would be very glad to show you their pets and they are very proud of them. You will also find almost every family has a bird feeder in their garden. All kinds of birds are welcomed to come and have a good meal. 3. _________ Nobody is allowed to kill any animals in Canada. 4. _________ If you killed an animal, you would be punished(处罚). If an animal happened to get run over by a car, people would be very sad about it. 5. _________ One of them might be: Their family tie is not as close as ours. When children grow up, they leave their parents and start their own career(生涯). Then the seniors(老人) will feel lonely. But pets can solve this problem. They can be good friends and never leave them alone. A. People usually use cages to keep them at home. B. They are free to come and go. C. People in Canada have many reasons to like animals. D. People love these pets and regard them as their good friends. E. Why don’t people kill animals ? F. Some people spend around two hundred Canadian dollars a month on animal food. G. They have a law against killing wild animals. 9 _71_ One of the best things you can possibly do is to start you own club. It’s great fun especially if you are the sort of person who feels there’s never anything to do during the school holidays. The first thing you need to come up with is an idea for your club. _72_ Pets, clothes, pop music or dancing groups, sports, making things? The list is endless. Next you need some friends to be in your club with you. _73_ All you need is three or four other people who are interested in the same thing as you. _74 You should all sit down somewhere together with lots of pieces of paper and write down every name you can think up. That’ll keep you busy for ages. At your first meeting you should make up a rule book. And the first rule should be no grown-ups or little/big brothers or sisters! The best clubs are always secret! Now you have just about everything you need, except membership cards. These are very important and again you can speed a lot of time making them. 75 Why not leave some space for a photo of yourself? That will make the membership card really look like it. So there you are, get clubbing! Once you get started you’ll think of loads of more interesting things to do! A. That’s easy. B. Enjoy your own club! C. Invite a designer to join you. D. What are you interest in? E. Some vacation is just around the corner. F. Then you need to pick a name for your club. G. Use a bright thick pen to make a special design. 10 Getting your children to study can be a little like getting them to eat their vegetables. __71__ Make a study time and have it at the same time every day.This will help your kids to learn to schedule their day and will give them a sense of control over how they spend their time. Allow them to study in blocks of time，such as for half an hour with a fiveminute break in the middle.__72__ Ideal(理想的) study times are after dinner or right after school before dinner. Never allow your children to study in front of the television ， as that will encourage passive activity.__73__ You'll also need to help your kids find the right place to study.After you've set up a good study time for little learners，set up a good place where they can get those creative juices flowing. __74__ Make sure there is a table or a desk and a comfortable chair. __75__ This includes helping them out with their homework sometimes and being there for them with the answers to any questions.The input you give your children during study periods will help form a bond and help make studying enjoyable. A．Pick a place where your children can study properly. B．Hold them to the schedule they create for themselves. C．Finally，spend time with your kids when they're studying. D．Keep the atmosphere light and offer lots of encouragement，too. E．Instead，use TV as a treat or a reward when the homework is completed. F．Try to stop this bad habit by offering some sort of reward. G．One of the best ways to form good study habits for your kids is to design a schedule that they keep to. 11 __71__ Home can be a great place for children to study.It's important to provide a workspace of their own where they can read books or just write a letter to their friends. ●Location (位置) __72__Kitchen and dining room are not so well suited for regular study，since books and pens get in the way of the daytoday uses of those areas. Set up a place where a child can settle in and leave papers and pens at hand without having to clear everything away each night.For a child that likes being alone，set aside a corner of his bedroom，but keep it separate from things like games， music and other hobbies not related to studying. ●Keeping Things in Order Parents should encourage their child to spread out，but to leave it neat and orderly when he isn't using his workspace. Ownership is very important for selfrespect __73__ The workplace should be personal，but not another part of the playroom. ●__74__ Encourage the whole family to help build a supportive environment that children need for success in school.Give them a good example of how to deal with problems，how to manage time and get things done in the right way.__75__Study will be more enjoyable and effective when supported by the whole family. A．Attitude Is Everything B．Bring Organization into Your Home C．Here are severval ways to choose a location. D．Building a Good Home Learning Environment E．Hold a cando attitude and your child will follow your example. F．Setting up a space in a common area of your home can be a good idea for children. G．A child who learns to organize his space will carry organization into every corner of his life. 12 Hollywood movies are regularly filled with sex and violence. They can be exciting films but sometimes all you want is a little light-hearted entertainment. Have you heard of Bollywood? All singing, all dancing and unrealistic, it is the perfect alternative to normal Hollywood movies. Bollywood is the Indian film industry, based in Mumbai, formerly known as Bombay. 1 Yet Bollywood is the largest producer of films in the world. This year the Indian Filmgare Awards, Bollywood's Oscars, turn 50 years old. The typical Bollywood movie usually has the following ingredients: a cup of romance, a tea-spoon of comedy, a dash of international sight-seeing, served with a huge slice of singing and dancing. There will also be one brave hero, one beautiful heroine and one baddie. 2 Bollywood films are full of ideal things and free of daily worries. 3 The actors change clothes and locations within a single song. But the audience don't mind. To Indian movie lovers, especially the poor, such films are a gateway to heaven and the stars are their gods. The films take them to a magical world away from their everyday troubles. The films tell them the impossible is possible and that true love conquers all. 4 Behind the beautiful scenes, Bollywood still emphasizes traditional family values. In most films, if two lovers want to break an arranged marriage, they can't just run away. They must win over their parents. Bollywood is a decent refreshing replacement for those over-stimulating Hollywood films. 5 They will take you to a brighter, cheerier and more colorful world, where it's still cool to dance around a tree and sing a love song. A．Bollywood has gradually won its reputation on the world stage. B．There is never any mention of politics, poverty or war. C．Most Chinese school kids have probably never seen an Indian film. D．Bollywood films are mostly comic romances with light-hearted incidental music. E. Bollywood pays great attention to traditional values. F．The result is a fun-filled musical. G．So if you're tired of all that Hollywood actions, check out the following Bollywood films. 13 The Internet has opened up a whole new online world for us to meet, chat and go where we’ve never been before. But just as in face to face communication, there are some rules of behavior that should be followed when on line. 1 Imagine how you’d feel if you were in the other person’s shoes. For anything you’re about to send: ask yourself, “Would I say this to the person’s face?” If the answer is no, rewrite and reread. 2 If someone in the chat room is rude to you, your instinct (本能) is to fire back in the same manner. But try not to do so. 3 If it was caused by a disagreement with another member, try to fix the situation by politely discussing it. Remember to respect the beliefs and opinions of others in the chat room. 4 Offer advice when asked by newcomers, as they may not be sure what to do or how to communicate. When someone makes a mistake, whether it’s a stupid question or an unnecessarily long answer, be kind about it. If it’s a small mistake, you may not need to say anything. Even if you feel strongly about it, think twice before saying anything. Having good manners yourself doesn’t give you license to correct everyone else. 5 At the same time, if you find you are wrong, be sure to correct yourself and apologize to those that you have offended. It is not polite to ask others personal questions such as their age, sex and marital status. Unless you know the person very well, and you are both comfortable with sharing personal information, don’t ask such questions. A. It’s natural that there some people who speak rudely or make mistakes online. B. Repeat the process till you feel sure that you’d feel comfortable saying the words to the person’s face. C. Everyone was new to the network once. D. The basic rule is simple: treat others in the same way you would want to be treated. E. When you send short messages to a person online, you must say something beautiful to hear. F. You should either ignore the person, or use your chat software to block their messages. G. If you do decide to tell someone about a mistake, point it out politely. 14 Before going outside in the morning, many of us check a window thermometer(温度计)for the temperature. This helps us decide what to wear. _____1____. We want our food to be a certain coldness in the refrigerator. We want it a certain hotness in the oven. If we don’t feel well, we use a thermometer to see if we have a fever. We keep our rooms a certain warmth in the winter and a certain coolness in the summer. Not all the thermometers use the same system to measure temperature. We use a system called the Fahrenheit scale. But most other countries use the Centigrade scale. Both systems use the freezing and boiling points of water as their guide._____2_____ . The most common kind of thermometer is made with mercury(水银)inside a clear glass tube. As mercury (or any other liquid ) becomes hot, it expands. As it gets colder, it contracts(收缩). That is why on hot days the mercury line is high in the glass tube._____3______. First. Take a clear glass juice bottle that has a cap ; fill the bottle with coloured water. Tap a hole in the center of the cap using a hammer and thick nail. Put the cap on the jar. Then stick a plastic straw(吸管) through the nail hole. ______4______. Finally. Place a white card on the outside of the bottle and behind the straw. Now you can see the water lever easily. ______5____. As the temperature goes down, the water will contract, and the lever in the straw will come down. Perhaps you will want to keep a record of the water lever in the straw each morning for a week. A．We use and depend on thermometers to measure the temperature of many other things in our daily lives. B．Thermometers measure temperature, by using materials that change in the same way when they are heated or cooled. C．Now that you know this rule you can make a thermometer of your own that will work. D．The water will rise in the straw. As the temperature of the air goes up, the water will expand and rise even higher. E．They label these in different ways. On the Fahrenheit scale water freezes at 32 degrees and boils at 212 degrees. On the Celsius scale water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100degrees. F．Take wax (you may use an old candle if you have one) and melt some of it right where the straw is struck into the cap to seal 把..粘住) them together. G．People use thermometers which are made by themselves when travelling around the world. 15 My mother is a diligent and kind woman. She is very busy from morning till night. As a teacher, she works hard. 1 Both my brother and I love her dearly as she loves us. My mother has been teaching math at a middle school in my hometown. She goes to work early in the morning and does not return home until late in the afternoon. 2 She treats them with patience and teaches them well. For her excellent quality and very good teaching results, she has been elected as a model teacher several times. 3 Every day, when she comes back home from work, she sets about doing housework, sweeping the living room and bedrooms or cleaning the furniture, and putting everything in good order. She seems to be busy all the time. As she has been very busy working every day, she looks older than her age. But she looks as cheerful and happy as ever. Mother never buys expensive dresses for herself, but she often buys some inexpensive but high quality clothes for us. 4 She just eats a plain meal outside when she is too busy to cook herself. She lives a busy yet simple life, without any complaints. Often she says to us, “work while you work, and play while you play. That is the way to be happy and gay. If you do not work, you will become lazy and be of no use to society”. What a piece of good advice this is! 5 This advice of hers will always serve as a guide to my behavior. My mother is great indeed, and I always feel proud of her. A. She enjoys listening to classic music. B. As a mother, she takes good care of us and gives us every comfort. C. She loves her students and cares for them. D. She never goes to expensive restaurants to enjoy meals. E. My mother is hard-working and never wastes money. F. I never forget it and always bear it in my mind. G. Can you tell us something about your mother? 16 Doctors say anger can be an extremely damaging emotion, unless you learn how to deal with it. They warn that anger can lead to heart disease, stomach problems, headaches, emotional problems and possibly cancer. ___71___ Some people express anger openly in a calm reasonable way. Others burst with anger, and scream and yell. But other people keep their anger inside. They can not or will not express it. This is called repressing anger. For years many doctors thought that repressing anger was more dangerous to a person’s health than expressing it. They said that when a person is angry, the brain releases the same hormones (荷尔蒙). They speed the heart rate, raise blood pressure, or sugar into the blood, etc. ___72___ Some doctors say that both repressing and expressing anger can be dangerous. They believe that those who express anger violently may be more likely to develop heart disease, and they believe that those who keep anger inside may face a greater danger of high blood pressure. ___73___ They say the first step is to admit that you are angry and to recognize the real cause of the anger, then decide if the cause is serious enough to get angry about. If it is, they say, “___74___ Wait until your anger has cooled down and you are able to express yourself calmly and reasonably.” Doctors say that a good way to deal with anger is to find humor in the situation that has made you angry. ___75___ A. In general the person feels excited and ready to act B. They said that laughter is much healthier than anger. C. Expressing anger violently is more harmful than repressing it D. Anger may cause you a cancer. E. Do not express your anger while angry. F. Anger is a normal emotion that we all feel from time to time. G. Doctors say the solution is learning how to deal with anger. 17 Ancient Rome was one of the world’s most powerful empires more than 2,000 years ago. The Romans’ ideas about roads, laws, government and buildings still influence us today. Italy is shaped like a boot. The Colosseum in Rome was built during the time of the Roman Empire, in the first century A.D.__71___It is a popular tourist attraction today. Italy is well-known for its designers, who create cars, handbags, clothes, shoes and other items that are in demand for their style and fine workmanship. Today, the economy of Italy is stronger than in the past. 72 Today, manufacturing and tourism are the main sources of income. There are some big companies, but Italy has many smaller companies, too. 73 The southern part does not offer as many manufacturing jobs, so it is not as prosperous. Italy is a member of the European Union, a group of countries that join together for better trade. The currency, or money, they use is called the “euro”. Food and eating good meals are important to Italians. ___74____ Popular foods include pasta, risotto, minestrone and pizza．McDonald’s is also popular there. Many families still eat their main meal in the middle of the day. 75 Families spend a lot of time together. A．The family is very important to the Italian way of life. B．The country used to depend on agriculture. C．Mountains cover about three-fourths of the country. D．It could seat about 50,000 people, who went to see fights between animals and people. E. While there are some supermarkets, many people shop at small, neighborhood markets. F. Italy has several islands off the coast. G. The northern part of the country is the main manufacturing center. 17 China’s Olympic lesson Although the Athens Games are over, 71 . While busy preparing for the new semester in the first week back at school, many youngsters have started to wonder what Beijing can learn from Athens. “I was amazed by the fantastic opening ceremony from the moment it began,” said She Fei, a Senior 2 boy from Beijing Huiwen High School. He represented China in Athens and got the chance to see the opening ceremony with his own eyes. “Greece has done such a good job in showing its colorful culture using high-tech methods. 72 ” he said. “It seems that Beijing needs to combine the use of advanced technology with creative design to present its culture to the rest of the world. 73 ” he added. Echoing her view on the challenge of designing an unique opening ceremony, Zhang Yufei, Senior 3 from No. 2 High School attached to Beijing Normal University, thinks that director Zhang Yimo’s presentation of Chinese culture will be out of date by 2008. “Peking Opera costumes and the big red lantern did not seem to surprise the audience in the closing ceremony. 74 ” She said. Other students worry people’s bad habits, 75 , might be the weak point of Beijing 2008. “In Athens, all the residents were very careful with their behavior and manners. I think they have set a good example of Olympic hospitality. Beijingers can learn from them and do better.” She Fei said. A．such as spitting on the ground B．We definitely need something better in 2008. C．Chinese teenagers’ passion for the Olympic has not faded D．Beijing is the best place to host it. E．Beijing can learn a lot from the success of the opening ceremony in Athens. F．This will ensure Beijing does an equally good job on four years time. G．We are sure Beijing will surprise the whole world. 18 A major source of teen stress is school exams, and test anxiety is not uncommon. When you recognize your teen is under stress, how can parents help your teen stay calm before an exam? Be involved. Parents need to be involved in their teen’s work. 71 _ What they look for is your presence — to talk, to cry, or simply to sit with them quietly. Communicate openly with your teen. Encourage your teen to express her worries and fears, but don’t let them focus on those fears. Help them get organized. 72 Together , you and your teen can work out a time—table in which she can study for what she knows will be on the test. Provide a calm setting. Help your teen set up a quiet place to study and protect his privacy. Give them a nutritious diet. It is important for your teen to eat a healthy, balanced diet during exam times to focus and do her best. 73 If this happens, encourage your teen to eat light meals or sandwiches. A healthy diet, rather than junk food, is best for reducing stress. 74 Persuade your teenager to get some sleep and /or do something active when she needs a real break from studying. Making time for relaxation, fun, and exercise are all important in reducing stress. Help your teen balance her time so that she will feel comfortable taking time out from studying to spend time with friends or rest. Show a positive attitude. 75 Your panic, anxiety and blame contribute to your teen’s pressure. Make your teen feel accepted and valued for her efforts. Most importantly, reassure your teen that things will be all right , no matter what the results are. A. A parent’s attitude will dictate their teen’s emotions. B. Exam stress can make some teens lose their appetite. C. They will only make the situation worse. D. Encourage your teen to relax. E. The best thing is simply to listen. F. Help your teen think about what she has to study and plan accordingly. G. Your teen may also make negative comments about themselves 19 For over one hundred and fifty years, Americans of all social classes have worn blue jeans.__71__ Whether they are worn for work or for fashion today.Strauss' invention continues to be popular not only among Americans but also among people around the world. Levi Strauss was born in Germany in 1829.__72__ He grew up in Kentucky before moving to New York in 1847.Before becoming an American citizen and moving to the West in 1853, Strauss worked in his brother's dry goods business.This gave him a chance to produce his famous invention.After the gold rush of 1949, Strauss decided to move to the West to seek his fortunes. Strauss did not want to be a person who searched an area for minerals.Instead, he knew he could make a good living by selling supplies to the miners.At first, he planned to sell sewing supplies and cloth.__73__ When he heard miners complaining that their clothes were easily broken or they usually tore their pockets during mining, he decided to use a special fabric to make pants for the miners.These pants proved so popular that he quickly ran out of materials to make more. In 1873, Strauss received a letter from a Jewish tailor named Jacob Davis who had invented a process of connecting pockets with copper rivets( 铆 钉 ) ． This made the pants last a long time.Because Davis did not have the money to patent his idea, he offered to share it with Strauss if Strauss would agree to pay for the patent.__74__. By the time Strauss died in 1902, he had made a great contribution to American fashion. __75__The business has been growing ever since and Levi Strauss' company is now one of the largest clothing companies in the world. A．As a young boy, he moved with his family to the United States. B．Nobody knew what kind of material was suitable. C．He did and Levi jeans have been made with metal rivets ever since. D．However, he did not get much business for those products. E．He also made a great contribution to America's clothing industry. F．Since they were invented by Levi Strauss, they have become a symbol of American consumer culture. G．As the business grew, Strauss got much money from it. 20 Recently some American scientists have given a useful piece of advice to people in industrialized nations．They say people should eat more of the same kind of food eaten by humans living more than 10,000 years ago． 1 The scientists say that the human life has changed greatly．Our bodies have not been able to deal with these changes in lifestyle and this had led to new kinds of sicknesses． 2 So they are called "diseases of civilization"．Many cancers and diseases of the blood system are examples of such diseases. Scientists noted that people in both the Old Stone Age and the New Stone Age enjoyed very little alcohol or tobacco, probably none． 3 However, a change in food is one of the main differences between life in ancient times and that of today. Stone Age people hunted wild animals for their meat, which had much less fat than domestic ones．They ate a lot of fresh wild vegetables and fruits．They did not have milk or any other dairy products, and they made very little use of grains． 4 We eat six times more salt, sugar and fat than our ancestors without using our bodies more． 5 But scientists say that we would be much healthier if we eat much the same way the ancient people did, cutting the amount of fatty, salty and sweet food. A．Stone Age people lived a simple life. B．But today, we enjoy having a lot of these. C．In that case, they would live much healthier. D．Ancient people also got lots of physical exercise. E．These new sicknesses were not known in ancient times. F．People today probably don't want to live like our ancestors. G．Modern people used to suffer from "diseases of civilization". 21 For the rest of March, a disease will sweep across the US. It will keep kids home from school. 1 Employees will suddenly lose their ability to concentrate. The disease, known as “March Madness”, refers to the yearly 65-team US men’s college basketball tournament. 2 Teams compete against each other in a single-elimination (单局淘 汰) tournament that eventually crowns a national champion. Nearly 20 million Americans will find themselves prisoners of basketball festival madness. The fun comes partly from guessing the winners for every game. Friends compete against friends. 3 Colleagues against bosses. Big-name schools are usually favored to advance into the tournament. But each year there are dark horses from little-known universities. This adds to the madness. Watching a team from a school with 3,000 students beat a team from a school with 30,000, for many Americans, is an exciting experience. Two years ago, the little-known George Mason University was one of the final four teams. 4 College basketball players are not paid, so the game is more about making a name for their university and themselves. 5 About $ 4 billion will be spent gambling (赌) on the event. According to Media Life magazine, the event will bring in $ 500 million in advertising income this year, topping the post – season income of every US professional league, including that of the NBA. A. Husbands against wives. B. The players will go all out for the games. C. But that doesn’t mean money isn’t involved. D. College students will ignore piles of homework. E. People are willing to spend more money on watching it. F. It begins on March 15 and lasts through the beginning of April. G. Many people had never even heard of the university before the tournament. 22 Everyone knows that the Frenchmen are romantic, the Italians are fashionable and the Germans are serious. Are these just stereotypes or is there really such a thing as national character? And if there is, can it affect how a nation succeed or fail? At least one group of people is certain that it can. A recent survey of the top 500 entrepreneurs (企 业家) in the UK found that 70% felt that their efforts were not appreciated by the British public. Britain is hostile (敌意的) to success, they said. It has a culture of jealousy(嫉妒). 1 Jealousy is sometimes known as the “green-eyed monster” and the UK is its home. Scientists at Warwich University in the UK recently tested this idea. They gathered a group of people together and gave each an imaginary amount of money. 2 Those given a little were given the chance to destroy the large amount of money given to others – but at the cost of losing their own. Two thirds of the people tested agreed to do this. 3 . But there is also opposite evidence. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development recently reported that the UK is now the world’s fourth largest economy. That is not bad for people who are supposed to hate success. People in the UK also work longer hours than anyone else in Europe. So the British people are not lazy, either. “It is not really success that the British dislike,” says Carey Cooper, a professor of management at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. “It’s people using their success in a way that seems proud or unfair or which separates them from their roots.” 4 They set out to do things in their way. They work long hours. By their own efforts they become millionaires. 5 .It hardly seems worth following their example. If they were more friendly, people would like them more. And more people want to be like them. A. This seems to prove that the entrepreneurs were right to complain. B. The one who owns most money in the end is the winner. C. As a result, the survey said, entrepreneurs were “unloved, unwanted and misunderstood.” D. It is not true that British people are born jealous of others’ success. E. Some were given a little, others a great deal. F. But instead of being happy they complain that nobody loves them. G. Perhaps it is the entrepreneurs who are the problem. 23 1 When a starving man gets a meal, he begins to think about an overcoat; when an executive gets a new sports car, visions of country clubs and pleasure beats dance into view. The many wants of mankind might be regarded as making up several levels. 2 . The first and most basic level of wants involves food. Once this want is satisfied, a second level of wants appears: clothing and some sort of shelter. By the end of World War II these wants were satisfied for a great majority of Americans. 3 It included such items as automobiles and new houses. By 1957 or 1958 this third level of wants was fairly well satisfied. Then, in the late 1950s a fourth level of wants appeared: the “ life-enriching ” level. While the other levels involve physical satisfaction － the feeding, comfort, safety, and transportation of the human body － this level stresses mental needs for recognition, achievement and happiness. It includes a variety of goods and services, many of which could be called “luxury” items. Among them are vacation trips, the best medical care, and entertainment. 4 On this level, a greater percentage of consumer spending goes to services, while on the first three levels more is spent on goods. Will consumers raise their sights to a fifth level of wants as their income increases, or will they continue to demand luxuries and personal services on the fourth level? A fifth level probably would involve wants that can be achieved best by community action. Consumers may be spending more on taxes to pay for government action against disease, ignorance, crime and prejudice. 5 In this way, we can enjoy more fully the good things on the first four levels. A．Then a third level appeared. B．Human wants seem endless. C．When there is money enough to satisfy one level of wants, another level appears. D．There are several levels of wants in one’s life. E．At this stage, we now may seek to ensure the health, safety, and leisure. F．Also included here are fancy foods and the latest styles in clothing. G．Different people have different wants on each level. 24 We are all called upon to make a speech at some point in life, but most of us don’t do a very good job. 1 . So, you have to give a speech—and you are terrified. You get nervous, you forget what you want to say, you stumble（结结巴巴） over words, you talk too long, and you bore your audience. Later you think, “Thank Goodness, it’s over. I’m just not good at public speaking. I hope I never have to do that again.” Cheep up! 2 . Here are some simple steps to take the pain out of speech making. Ask yourself the purpose of your speech. What is the occasion? Why are you speaking? Then, gather as many facts as you can on your subject. Spend plenty of your time doing your research. Then spend plenty of your time organizing your material so that your speech is clear and easy to follow. Use as many examples as possible, and use pictures, charts, and graphs if they help you make your points more clearly. 3 . Don’t talk down to them. Treat your audience with respect. They will appreciate your thoughtfulness. Just remember: Be prepared. Know your subject, your audience, and the occasion. Be brief. 4 . And be yourself. Let your personality come through so that you make person-to-person contact with your audience. If you follow these simple steps, you will see that you don’t have to be afraid of public speaking. In fact, you may find the experience so enjoyable that you volunteer to make more speeches! You’re not convinced yet? 5 . A. It doesn’t have to be that bad. B. Take several deep breaths before your speech. C. This article gives some advice on how to give a good speech. D. Say what you have to say and then stop. E. Don’t give a try to say what you aren’t familiar with. F. Never forget your audience. G. Give it a try and see what happens. 25 There is an English saying:“1._________.” Until recently, few people took the saying seriously. Now, however, doctors have begun to look into laughter and the effects it has on the human body. 2. _________. Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body. People watched funny films while doctors checked their hearts, blood pressure, breathing and muscles. It was found that laughter has similar effects to physical exercise. 3.__________. If laughter exercises the body, it must be beneficial. Other tests have shown that laughter appears to be able to reduce the effect of pain on the body. In one experiment doctors produced pain in groups of students who listened to different radio programs. The group that tolerated( 忍 耐 ) the pain for the longest time was the group which listened to a funny program. 4._________. 5.__________. They have found that even if their patients do not really feel like laughing, making them smile is enough to produce beneficial effects similar to those caused by laughter. A. Laughter can prolong one’s life. B. As a result of these discoveries, some doctors in the United States now hold laughter clinics in which they help to improve their patients’ condition by encouraging them to laugh. C. The reason why laughter can reduce pain seems to be that it helps to produce a kind of chemicals in the brain which diminish both stress and pain. D. It increases blood pressure, the heart beating and breathing; it also works several groups of muscles in the face, the stomach and even the feet. E. Although laughter helps cure the disease, doctors still can not put this theory into clinic practice. F. Laughter is the best medicine. G. They have found that laughter really can improve people’s health 26 Why do some people have many friends while others do not? 1 However, it is not so. Let’s look at two psychological experiments which will give you the key to happy interpersonal relations. The first experiment is called the “Hawthorne effect” after Hawthorne, Illinois, where the experiment took place. A group of psychologists examined the work patterns of two groups of workers in the Western Electric Company. 2 .The psychologists changed the working conditions for one group twice but left the other group alone. They were surprised to find that productivity increase on both occasions and in both groups. They concluded that the increase in productivity came from the attention given to the workers by the management. It had increased their motivation and so they had worked harder. In other words, if you take an interest in others, they will want to please you and you will have good relations with them. 3 After Martin Luther King, Jr was killed in the 1960s, a teacher, Jane Elliott, living in an all-white town decided to help her class of young children understand why the Civil Rights Movement had been necessary in America. She divided the class into two groups: one with blue eyes and the other with brown eyes. Other eye colours such as hazel or green were excluded from his exercise. Then she told the class that brown-eyed people were cleverer than blue-eyed ones because of an agent for brown colour found in their blood. Blue -eyed people were stupid, lazy and not to be trusted. Jane Elliott did not need to say any more. The brown -eyed students quickly got used to their new role as the leaders of the class. The blue-eyed students became quiet and withdrawn. Then she discovered something very interesting. Four poor brown-eyed readers began to read fluently in a way they had never done before. 4 .So if you want to be successful and happy, take an interest in others whether they are your classmates or workmates. Congratulate them on their successes and sympathize(同情) with them in their troubles. 5 . A. Before the experiment the management talked to both groups of workers and explained that they wanted to find the best working environment for them. B. Remember that the way you treat others will decide their attitude and behaviour to you. C. The second experiment shows what happens to personal relations if you are rude to or ignore （忽略） others. D. The ones who have more friends usually are those who care about others. E. Jane Elliott had shown that the way people are treated affects not only their behaviour but also their confidence and their performance. F. You may even imagine that this ability was something they were born with because it seems so effortless to them. G. The second experiment tells us what teachers said has a great effect on the students 27 The seven Cs of a good letter What is the secret of writing a good letter? Here are two main ones. Don’t try to be fancy. Don’t try to impress your reader. You will be successful if you follow these seven Cs. Clear.Use short, direct sentences. 1 Talk as if the reader were right there with you .Above all, don’t use an introduction. Correct, 2 Don’t guess, even for spelling. Refer to your dictionary. If you need to , check a reference book too. Use them as much as you need to. Complete. Don’t scatter our points. 3 This is good organization too. Courteous. Be friendly rather than overly casual. Present your information nicely even if you are complaining about something . In all letters, treat others as you want them to treat you. Concise. Make each point as clearly and briefly as you can. Conversational. This is really the secret of good writing , 4 . Such a letter has a natural, friendly tone. Let your personality come through naturally. Considerate. 5 Write about what you believe the reader needs or wants to know。Try to be helpful. This will build good feeling toward you. The seven Cs are about writing letters. But how about school papers? Use the seven Cs. Write as if you are talking to your teacher or professor. You’ll be surprised. You’ll almost instantly become a good writer. And you might even enjoy writing from now on. A. Just “talk”to the person B. Think of the readers’point of view as you write. C. Make them easy to understand D. Include long sentences in your letter E. Make sure what you say is correct F. Writing should not be taken too seriously G. Finish one point completely before going on to the next. 28 (1) ____You probably think you will never be a top student. This is not necessarily so, however. Anyone can become a better student if he or she wants to. Here’s how: Plan your time carefully. When planning your work, you should make a list of things that you have to do. After making this list, you should make a schedule of your time. First your time for eating, sleeping, dressing, etc. Then decide a good, regular time for studying.(2)____ A weekly schedule may not solve all your problems, but it will force you realize what is happening to your time. Find a good place to study. Look around the house for a good study area. Keep this space, which may be a desk or simply a corner of your room, free of everything but study materials. No games, radios, or television. When you sit down to study, concentrate on the subject. Make good use of your time in class. (3)____ Listening carefully in class means less work later. Taking notes will help you remember what the teacher says. Study regularly. When you get home from school, go over your notes, review the important points that your teacher is going to discuss the next day, read that material. (4)_____ If you do these things regularly, the material will become more meaningful, and you’ll remember it longer. Develop a good attitude towards tests. The purpose of a test is to show what you have learned about a subject. They help you remember your new knowledge. The world won’t end if you don’t pass a test, so don’t be over worried. (5)_____ You will probably discover them after you have tried these. A. There are other methods that might help you with your studying. B. Don’t forget to set aside enough time for entertainment. C. Take advantage of class time to listen to everything the teacher says. D. No one can become a top student unless he or she works hard. E. Maybe you are an average student. F. Make full use of class time to take notes of what the teacher says in class. G. This will help you understand the next class. 29 Weight loss is a hard topic. Lots of people aren’t satisfied with their present weight, but most people aren’t sure how to change it. You may want to look like the models or actors in magazines or on TV, but those goals might not be healthy or realistic(现实的) for you . 1 So what should you do about your weight control? 2 The best way to find out if you are at a healthy weight or if you need to lose or gain weight is to talk to a doctor or dietitian（营养学家). 3 If it turns out that you can benefit from weight loss then you can follow a few of the simple suggestions listed below to get started. 4 People who lose weight quickly by crash dieting or other extreme measures usually gain back all of the pounds they lost, because they haven’t permanently(永久地) changed their habits. Therefore, the best weight management ways are those that you can maintain for a lifetime. Small changes are a lot easier to stick with(坚持做) than large ones. Try reducing the size of what you eat. 5 Once you have that down, start gradually introducing healthier foods and exercise into your life. It’s a good idea to maintain a healthy weight because it’s just that: healthy. A．Try giving up regular soda for a week. B．Try to pay attention as you eat and stop when you’re full. C．Weight management is about long-term success. D．Besides, no magical diet will make you look like someone else. E．Being healthy is really about being at a weight that is right for you. F．Changing from whole to nonfat or low-fat milk is also a good idea. G．They will compare your weight with healthy standards and help you set goals. 30 Are you truly happy? Do you ever know what it means to be happy and what it takes to achieve happiness? 1 The following are a few tips that I follow to create happiness in my life. ※ Make a plan for attaining goals that you believe will make you happy. Your moods will very likely increase if you are going after something you value. ※ Surround yourself with happy people. It is easy to begin to think negatively when you are surrounded by people who think that way. 2 ※When something goes wrong, try to figure out a solution instead of being absorbed in self pity. Truly happy people don’t allow setbacks to affect their mood because they know that with a little thought they can turn the circumstances back to their favor. ※ 3 These few minutes will give you the opportunity to focus on the positive things in your life and will lead you to continuous happiness. ※ 4 Whether you treat yourself to lunch, take a long, relaxing bath or simply spend a few extra minutes on your appearance, you will be subconsciously (下意识地) putting yourself in a better mood. ※ Finding the humor in situations can also lead to happiness. Find a way to make light of a situation that would otherwise make you happy. ※Keeping healthy is another way to achieve happiness. 5 A．What makes one person happy may be very different from what makes someone else happy. B ． On the contrary, if you are around people who are happy, their emotional state will be infectious. C．Being overweight or not eating nutritious foods can have a negative effect on your mood． D．These are important questions for anyone who is seeking happiness to ask themselves. E．Spend a few minutes each day thinking about the things that make you happy. F．There are some tips in life that lead to happiness. G．It’s also important to take some time each day to do something nice for yourself. 31 ___1___ .Being angry doesn’t really solve much, but what people do when they feel angry is important. The goal is to calm down and try to solve what is bothering you. This is hard for some kids and adults, too. Instead of calming down, some kids might keep getting more and more upset until they explode like a volcano! ___2___ .Their anger might be so strong that they lose control of their temper. They may act in ways unacceptable and hurtful. People may say that someone has trouble controlling their temper.___3___ Some kids might get so angry that they scream at their parents, break something , or even worse , hit their brothers or sisters.___4____ .However, it’s not OK for a kid to do any of those things .Kids don’t want to act in this way , but sometimes angry feelings can be hard to manage. So what to do? Well, the good news is that kids don’t just have to keep making the same mistakes over and over again.___5___ .Imagine your temper as a puppy inside you that needs some training. The puppy is not bad ---- it will probably turn out a great dog. It just needs to learn some rules because, right now, that puppy is causing some problems to you. You can train you temper. A. You can train you temper. B. You don’t want to cause trouble. C. Kids should be allowed to express their feelings, even angry ones. D. Everybody gets angry sometimes. E. In fact, they usually mean that a kid behaves badly when feeling angry. F. Instead of thinking of the person you’re angry with, think of something else. G. Some kids get angry more often or more easily than some other kids. 32 While lead poisoning is serious, parents can take steps to reduce the risk for their Children 1 Take Notes: start by checking www.recslls.gov to see if you own any items recalled by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Get rid of any toys with chipped paint, or other broken and damaged parts. Not sure it contains lead? 2 Clean Up: to avoid leaf exposure from sources in the home, keep floors and other play areas clean and free of dust and pieces. 3 Store toys off the floor in a clean place. And if you live in house with lead pipes, running cold water for a few minutes and using a water filter (过滤器) can reduce lead levels. Buy Smart: avoid no-name produce and be careful when you buy items at dollar stores, street fairs, thrift stores or yard sales. 4 Even if they don’t contain lead, they could become a choking hazard(危险). Also make sure the arts and crafts supplies you buy are non-toxic and designed for children’s use. Get Tested: children with lead poisoning may not have easily recognizable symptoms. 5 This might mean that there will be a lot of tests that turn out normal, but it’s better than sitting around and worrying. Testing is especially important if you and your children live in a home with peeling paint or if your home was painted before 1978, when the Consumer Product Safety Commission banned the sale of lead-based paints. A. Wash your children’s hands and playthings often. B. The following tips contain common hazards for lead poisoning. C. If a parent is concerned, they should have their kid tested. D. Not all children like being tested. E. Here’s how to make sure your children stay safe. F. When in doubt, throw it out. G. Do not buy jewelry for young children. 33 The sea has always interested man. From it he can get food, minerals, and treasure. 1 But he could not go far beneath its surface. 2 However, he is not a fish. He must breathe air, so he can’t stay under the water’s surface for any length of time. To explore deep water, man faces even more dangers and problems. A diver who wants to stay under water for more than a few minutes must breathe air or a special mixture of gases. 3 He can carry a tank of air on his back and breathe through a nose and a mouthpiece. Water weighs 800 times as much as air. Tons of water pushes against a diver deep in the sea. 4 When a diver is under great pressure, his blood takes in some of the gases he breathes. As he rises to surface, the water pressure becomes less. If the diver rises too quickly, the gases in his blood form bubbles(气泡). The diver is then suffering from the bends(潜水夫病). The bends can cause a diver to double up in pain. 5 A. His body is under great pressure. B. Scientists are trying to find more about the sea. C. For thousands of years, he could sail on it. D. They can even kill him. E. He can wear a diving suit and have air pumped to him from above. F. The water pressure can cause a diver to breathe with difficulty. G. Man wants to explore deep into the sea. 34 No. 1 Will the economic climate improve this year? I don't think we will see too much improvement this year, but of course I hope so. No. 2 How important is an MBA compared to experience? I won't say a degree isn't important._ 1__. When I look at potential employees, I look at what they have done in the past that I can use to help me tomorrow. No. 3 How can you ensure your job is safe with the economy so shaky? No job is safe. Never will it be. The half-life of any particular skill set is, at most, five years. And that's on the long side. ___2___Be curious, be willing to learn, have a moral compass and know what gives your life meaning. No. 4 When the job market is this bad, how can you distinguish yourself as a candidate？ Know the company, its competitive position, recent announcements, stock-price history. Do a Google or Yahoo search on the person you'll be meeting with and you should be able to find something about him or her. Then develop an “outsider's view” of their key needs and opportunities. ___3__ No. 5 I'm graduating from business school this spring. __4 _ If you haven't already secured an internship（职业院校证）within your chosen field, do so now. Take any internship; forget about being paid. _ 5__---experience in your field and the opportunity to check out onto a possible employee. Your connections, and your connections' connections, will be the hot ticket to get you in the door for job interviews. A. You are after two things. B. Do all you can to be the solution to someone else's problem. C. Will technology create more jobs? D. Any job advice? E. But nothing beats experience. F. What will keep you alive? G. Different jobs needs different skills. 35 Dear Sir, I have to travel every day from So UK Road to the airport. Two buses travel along this route: No.49 and No.16. However, by the time No.16 reaches So UK Road, it is always full.__1__ The timetable states that there are buses from So UK Road to the airport every ten minutes.__2__ The instructions state that if there are empty seats on a bus, the bus must stop at every stop where people are waiting. __3__ The instructions state that no bus may carry more than 40 seated passengers and 20 standing passengers. Yesterday, I was the first to get off the bus when it reached the airport. __4___ There were 129 of them. Clearly printed on the back of every bus is a sign that says “Maximum speed: 50mph.” ___5__ Saturday morning a No. 49 bus traveled the distance in ten minutes, at an average speed of 60 mph. At times it must have done at least 80 or even 90 mph. It is obvious that our bus companies have neither respect for the instructions nor consideration for their passengers. Can nothing be done about this? A. I counted the other passengers as they got off. B. Is there anything we can do to change this? C. The problem is that we have to pay more for our trip. D. The distance from So UK Road to the airport is 10 miles. E. This leaves No.49 which sometimes has empty seats on it. F. If this is so, why do I have to wait half an hour for a bus nearly every day? G. Why is it that half-empty buses go straight past me when I am standing at the bus stop? 36 We often focus on building relationships with others that we forget the essential first step: being friends of ourselves. _____51___. How can we have good relationships with others if we don’t even have good relationships with ourselves? The problem might be worse than we expect. Maybe we don’t like ourselves without realizing it. Here is a simple checklist: Is there anything you don’t like about yourself from these lists? Your past: Maybe you have made mistakes in the past which you feel bad about. ___52___. Even if that happened in distant past, your subconscious mind still has a reason not to like yourself. Your background: You might wish that you were born in different family, or that you have different background. ____53_____. They seem to get whatever they want effortlessly because of their background. Your personal traits(特点): You might have some personality traits that you don’t like. For example, you may be an introvert(内向) and you don’t like it; you wish you were an extrovert. Others might have better achievements than you, and no matter how hard you tried, it might seem impossible for you to match them. ______54______. Is there anything that resonate(产生共鸣) with you? All these give reasons to you not to like yourself. That in turn makes it difficult for you to be a good friend to yourself. ______55______. Here are some tips: Forgive yourself Accept things you can’t change Focus on your strengths Write your success stories Stop comparing yourself with others Always be true to yourself A. That is the crucial(关键) first step if we are to have good relationships with others B. You might then think that it’s because you are not smart enough or don’t have enough talents C. You can do something to improve the relationships with others D. Fortunately, there are always things you can do to fix the situation E. You might be disappointed with yourself on why you make such mistakes F. Sometimes you might not believe yourself G. Maybe you could not accept the fact that you are not as lucky as others 37 71 . It crossed New York from Buffalo on Lake Erie Troy to Albany on the Hudson River. ___72 . The canal served as a route over which industrial goods could flow into the west, and materials could pour into the east. The Erie Canal helped New York develop into the nation’s largest city. The building of the canal was paid for entirely by the state of New York. 73 . Between 1825, when the canal was opened, and 1882, when toll charges（过运河费）were stopped, the state collected $121, 461, 891. For a hundred years before the Erie was built, people had been talking about a canal which could join the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean. The man who planned the Erie Canal and carried the plan through was De Witt Clinton. Those who were against the canal laughingly called it “Clinton’s Ditch（沟）”. 74 . He and Governor Morris went to Washington in 1812 to ask for help for the canal, but they were unsuccessful. Clinton became governor of New York in 1817, and shortly afterwards, on July 4, 1817, broke ground for the canal in Rome, N. Y. The first part of the canal was completed in 1820. 75 . The length of the canal is 363 miles. A. As the canal grew, towns along its course developed fast B. It cost $ 7, 143, 789, but it soon gained its price many times over C. The Erie Canal was the first important national waterway built in the US D. More workers were needed to build the canal E. Clinton talked and wrote about the canal and drew up plans for it F. To dig the canal benefited Americans G. It joined the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean 38 Why do some people have many friends while others do not? ___71___ However, it is not so ． Let ’ s look at two psychological experiments which will give you the key to happy interpersonal relations． The first experiment is called the “Hawthorne effect” after Hawthorne, Illinois（伊利诺斯[美 国州名]）, where the experiment took place．A group of psychologists examined the work patterns of two groups of workers in the Western Electric Company．____72_____．The psychologists changed the working conditions for one group twice but left the other group alone．They were surprised to find that productivity increased on both occasions and in both groups．They concluded that the increase in productivity came from the attention given to the workers by the management．It had increased their motivation and so they had worked harder．In other words, if you take an interest in others, they will want to please you and you will have good relations with them． ___73___．After Martin Luther King, Jr was killed in 1960s, a teacher, Jane Elliott, living in an all- white town decided to help her class of young children understand why the Civil Rights Movement had been necessary in America． She divided the class into two groups: one with blue eyes and other with brown eyes．Other eye colors such as hazel or green were excluded from his exercise ． Then she told the class that brown-eyed people were cleverer than blue-eyed ones because of an agent（化学作用） for brown color found in their blood．Blue-eyed people were stupid, lazy and not to be trusted．Jane Elliott did not need to say any more．The brown-eyed students quickly got used to their new role as the leaders of the class．The blue-eyed students became quiet and withdrawn．Then she discovered something very interesting．Four poor brown-eyed readers began to read fluently in a way they had never done before．___74___．So if y ou want to be successful and happy, take an interest in others whether they are your classmates or workmates．Congratulate them on their success and sympathize with them in their troubles．___75___． A．Before the experiment the management talked to both groups of workers and explained that they wanted to find the best working environment for them． B．Remember that the way you treat others will decide their attitude and behavior to you． C．The second experiment shows what happens to personal relations if you are rude to or ignore others． D．The ones who have more friends usually are those who care about others． E．Jane Elliott had shown that the way people are treated affects not only their behavior but also their confidence and their performance． F．You may even imagine that this ability was something they were born with because it seems so effortless to them． G．The second experiment tells us what teachers said had a great effect on the students． 39 Although many Chinese students say that their knowledge of English grammar is good, most would admit that their spoken English is poor. Whenever I speak to a Chinese student, they always say, “My spoken English is poor.” 56 I would like to suggest that there may be some reasons for their problems with spoken English. First, they fail to find suitable words to express themselves due to a limited vocabulary. 57 However, you can speak with a limited vocabulary, if you choose a positive attitude. Others will follow you as long as you use the words that you know. 58 Sometimes they make mistakes when they are speaking because they are shy and nervous. Yet students should remember that their goal should be FLUENCY NOT ACCURACY. Your aim in writing is to be accurate following the rules for grammar and using the right words and spelling them correctly. However, in speaking your aim is fluency. You want to get your message across, to talk to someone in English, as quickly and as well as you can, even though sometimes you may use a wrong word or tense, but it doesn’t matter. 59 The third reason is that not enough attention is paid to listening. You have one mouth but two ears! All that hearing is necessary for you to start speaking. Fourth, most Chinese students are reactive rather than proactive( 主 动 的 ) language learners. Instead of actively seeking out opportunities to improve their spoken English they passively wait for speaking opportunities to come to them and wonder why their English always remains poor. 60. A. The person you are speaking to will understand you and make allowances for any mistakes he hears. B. They may try to avoid making similar mistakes next time. C. Obviously the better answer is to expand their vocabulary. D. If you have this proactive outlook, then you will see English opportunities wherever you go. E. However, their spoken English does not have to remain “poor”! F. Second, they are afraid of making mistakes. G. The second reason lies in the reluctance of using what has just been learned. 40 Can you imagine your parents choosing your husband or wife for you? And can you imagine not setting eyes on him or her until your wedding day? This situation is common in India, the Middle East and many parts of Africa． 71 We don't realize that people in other places often get married in very different ways ---and with different motives（动机）． 72 A marriage provides a safe and stable home for the husband and wife．It also joins two families, which benefits the couple's parents and makes them happy．Marriage also brings children, making sure the couple will be taken care of in old age．Because a marriage is important for the whole family, some cultures don't let young people choose whom to marry． Just as there are many different reasons for marriage, there are also many different wedding rituals （仪式）． 73 In a typical Western wedding, the bride seeks good luck by wearing "something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue．" Something old represents the past．Something new represents success in the future．Something borrowed reminds the bride she can get help from her friends and family． 74 In Poland, one wedding tradition is not only lucky, but also very practical．The wedding guests pin money to the bride's dress while she is dancing．The money is meant to bring luck and to help the young couple build their new life．In Bermuda, the young couple plants a tree in the yard of their new home．Once they move in, they take good care of the tree , making it grow and blossom．The planting of the tree is a good metaphor（隐喻） for marriage． 75 A．Every culture has its own ways of bringing good luck to the happy couple． B．A truly good marriage is something that grows with care． C．In the United States, parents do not arrange marriages for their children． D．And something blue reminds her to be true to her husband． E．Marriage customs around the world often differ from our own． F．In many countries, marriage is a practical matter． G．Different countries have different cultures． 41 A great life doesn't happen by accident. It is the result of allocating( 分 配 ) your time, energy, thoughts, and hard work towards what you want your life to be. Stop setting yourself up for stress and failure, and start setting up your life to support success and ease. It is the result of using what you get in a creative and thoughtful way, instead of just what comes next. 71 S—Simplify. A great life is the result of simplifying your life. People often misinterpret what simplify means. It's not a way to remove work from your life. 72 In order to create a great life, you will have to make room for it in yours first. E—Effort. A great life is the result of your best effort. Creating it requires that you make some adjustments. It may mean re-evaluating how you spend your time, or choosing to spend your money in a different way. Life will reward your best effort. C—Create priorities（首要事情）. A great life is the result of creating priorities. It's easy to spend your days just responding to the next thing that gets your attention, instead of intentionally using the time, energy and money you have in a way that's important to you. 73 R — Remove distractions ( 分 心 ). A great life is the result of removing distractions. 74 Removing distractions can be a difficult concept to many people, since they haven't really considered that there is another way to live. Find ways to free up your mental energy for things that are more important to you. T—Thoughts. 75 Your belief in the outcome will directly determine how successful you are. Motivated people have specific goals and look for ways to achieve them. Believing there is a solution to the same old problems you encounter year after year is vitally important to creating a life that you love. A. When you focus on simplifying your life, you free up energy and time for the work that you enjoy and the purpose for which you are here. B. A great life is the result of having reserves—reserves of things, time, space, energy and money. C. Today, right now, is the right day to start to take a step in the direction of your heart’s desires. D. Up to 75% of your mental energy can be tied up in things that stop you concentrating. E. Now please use “secrets” to fit your own needs and style, and start creating your own great life today. F. A great life is the result of controlling your thoughts so that you accept and allow for the possibility that it actually can happen to you! G. Focus on removing the obstacles that get in the way of you making sure you are honoring your priorities. 42 71 .She described all the things she had to do －one was to make her bed－from the moment she woke up until she flew out of the door for work. I suggested she experiment by not making her bed for two weeks. She was shocked, probably thinking I’d been raised by wolves in a forest. 72. Two weeks later she went into my office beaming. She had left her bed unmade for the first time in 42 years－and nothing bad had happened. “And you know what?” she said. “I don’t dry my dishes anymore, either.” 73 .One was discovering that she had choices in her life that she had never seen before. The other was giving herself permission to be less that perfect. This story shows an important principle (原理) about managing time: No one can do it all. Each of us has to make choices and accept trade – offs. The problem is, many people choose in ways that put themselves and their health last. They take better care of their houses and cars than they do of themselves. 74 . So what is the solution? There’s an easy way. Decide what you want in your life, and put that first. On a daily basis, that should include regular meals, enough sleep and time with your family. Exercise, leisure, friendships and hobbies should also be regular aspects of life. 75 .The choice is yours: whatever makes you feel good about yourself and your life. Take a nap. Take a walk. Take time to play the piano. Stop bringing your briefcase home from the office. Stop keeping your house as clean as your mother kept hers. Fill more of your time with want – to – dos instead of have – to – dos. A. This woman had made two major breakthroughs (突破). B. Above all, you needn’t do anything for yourself regularly. C. They put everyone else’s needs ahead of their own. D. However, she went along with my idea. E. Most people do not take time to relax themselves. F. The point is to do something for yourself every day. G. A patient came to see me about the stress in her life. 43 I live in Japan, where electronic items are a way of life, so it is no surprise that many students carry these little electronic dictionaries. E-dictionaries may be light and compact(简洁的) more so than any paper dictionary. 71___ It depends on which one you buy. To me, these are pretty much the limits to their advantages. I think e-dictionaries should be limited in their use in classrooms. 72____ E-dictionaries are much more expensive. In Japan, they cost as little as 10,000 yen (US$100)much as 40,000 yen, depending on how many functions you want (or think you want) and depending on how fashionable you are. My trusty Random House paper dictionary is copyrighted at1995, cost me a mere US$12.95 plus tax. E-dictionaries are more fragile(易碎的 ). Drop your paper dictionary. Go ahead. Hold it above your head and drop it. 73 E-dictionaries need batteries. Batteries are temperature sensitive. Batteries cost money, too. E-dictionaries have keypads. Typing in the spelling of a word is harder and more time consuming than looking through pages and using the index at the top of each page. _74____ Such little devices beep(嘟嘟声) when you press the buttons, but it is very disturbing to some people in a classroom situation or library. Finally, let’s consider making corrections or additions. No dictionary is perfect, paper version or electronic. However, when you find something you’d like to change in the e-dictionary, you can’t do anything about it. You can pencil in some notes with the paper type. Similarly, if you learn a word that isn’t in the dictionary, a few notes of a pencil make it easy to increase its memory capacity. __75__ And, for those students whose habit is to mark certain words with a highlight pen for ease of future reference, again, the paper dictionary wins out. A．But it is impossible to do so with a keypad model B．They may even contain more words and expressions C．Sometimes e-dictionaries trouble you and you really don’t know how to get rid of them D．Now, try this with any lightweight plastic e-dictionary, and you’ll be picking up the pieces E．That huge, heavy paper dictionary that you see in your library looks like a building block in size and weight. F．E-dictionaries have advantages as well as disadvantages G．Let’s take a look at the following reasons 44 A punctual （准时的）person is in the habit of doing a thing at the proper time and is never late in keeping an appointment. __71_____He is always in a hurry and in the end loses both time and his good name. A lost thing may be found again ， but lost time can never be regained. Time is more valuable than material things.___72______.The unpunctual man is for ever wasting and mismanaging his most valuable assets as well as the assets of others'. The unpunctual person is always complaining that he finds no time to answer letters or return calls or keep appointments promptly.____73____. He knows that he can not get through his huge amount of work unless he faithfully attends to every piece of work when it has to be attended to . Failure to be punctual in keeping one's appointments is a sign of disrespect towards others. If a person is invited to dinner and arrives later than the appointed time，he keeps all the other guests waiting for him. ___74_____. Unpunctuality，moreover，is very harmful when it comes to doing one's duty，whether public or private. Imagine how it would be if those who are put in charge of important tasks failed to be at their proper place at the appointed time.__75____ A. But the man who really has a great deal to do is very careful with his time and seldom complains because he lacks it. B. The unpunctual man，on one hand，never does what he should do ahead of time. C. In fact，time is life itself. D. A man who is known to be habitually unpunctual is never trusted by his friends or fellow men. E. The unpunctual man，on one hand，never does what he has to do at the proper time. F. All guests present ought to be respected by the host. G. Usually this will be regarded as a great disrespect to the host and all other guests present. 45 “______71_______ It all depends on your personality,” said British naturalist Richard Mabey. “Personality shapes your view of the season,” he said. “You may see it as a fading away, a packing up(结束), or as a time of packing in another sense –the gathering of resources before a long journey.” ______72_______ About November, he wrote: No warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees November! On the other hand, another English poet John Keats, already sensing he was seriously ill, was inspired by a late September day to pen one of the most famous poems in the English language, To Autumn. ______73_______ According to Richard Mabey, Keats has the biological evidence on his side. _______74_______ For example, just at the moment that Keats's “gathering swallows” (in To Autumn) are departing for Africa, millions of creatures are fleeing from the frozen north like Iceland, Greenland and Russia to winter along the east and south coasts of Britain. People might argue that it is the coloring of the leaves and their eventual fall that make people feel sad about autumn. But no one is sure why trees drop their leaves in the first place. It may be likely to rid the poisonous material trees collect over the summer. _______75_______ A century after Keats, the American poet Loren Eiseley wrote in his journal: “Suppose we saw ourselves burning like maples in a golden autumn. And suppose we could disintegrate(瓦解) like autumn leaves…Would not our attitude towards death be different?” A. Autumn is not a time of slowing down, but a time of new beginnings and great movements of creatures. B. He wrote to a friend afterwards that there was something comforting and healing about autumn. C. Keats thought we should take a negative attitude towards death. D. Autumn means different to different people. E. If this is true, perhaps it tells us a little about, for instance, Thomas Hood, the 19th Century English poet. F. More likely, it is a way of reducing the loss of water, which tree roots find hard to take in from cold soil. G. The fall of tree leaves is more likely to make people sad. 46 Body language is the quiet, secret and most powerful language of all. It is said that our body movements communicate about 50% of what we really mean while words themselves only express 7%. So, while your mouth is closed, just what is your body saying… Arms.____71_____ If you keep your arms to the sides of your body or behind your back, this suggests you are not afraid of taking on whatever comes your way. _____72______ If someone upsets you, just cross your arms to show you’re unhappy. Head. When you want to appear confident, keep your head level. If you are monitor in class, you can take on this position when you want your words to be taken seriously. _____73_____ Legs. Your legs tend to move around a lot more than normal when you are nervous or telling lies. If you are at interviews, try to keep them still. Posture. A good posture makes you feel better about yourself. _____74_____ This makes breathing more difficult, which in turn can make you feel nervous or uncomfortable. Mouth. When you are thinking, you often purse (皱拢) your lips. You might also use this position to hold back all angry comment you don’t wish to show. _____75______ A.If you are feeling down, you normally don’t sit straight, with your shoulders inwards. B.If you are pleased, you usually open your eyes wide and people can notice this. C.Outgoing people generally use their arms with big movements, while quieter people keep them close to their bodies. D.How you hold your arms shows how open and receptive you are to people you meet. E.However, it will probably still be noticed, and people will know you’re not pleased. F.However, to be friendly in listening or speaking, you must move your head a little to one side. G.Don’t say too much when you’re happy. 47 May the first is an important date in the college admission process in the United States. This is the last day for high school seniors to accept or reject offers of admission in the fall. But according to a recent report, there is a great change. Acceptance rates at the top colleges this year were lower than ever. 71 These days, college applicants are applying to more colleges because online and common applications make the process easier. 72 On the other hand, deciding students for top colleges to accept can be difficult because it takes much time. Students may not like being put on waiting lists. Also, common colleges work more to get the students they accept to accept them. Some colleges hold visiting days that offer a chance to attend classes and stay overnight. Some universities send gifts. 73 For many families, the most important thing colleges can do is show them the money, especially this year; the weak economy makes parents nervous. 74 The recent problems that spread from the housing market to credit markets have even affected student’s loans. So lately, top schools have to spare lots of money to increase their financial aid for students. 75 The Education Department expects the number of high school graduates to start to go down. This will happen as the last of the children of the baby boom generation finish high school. The number is not expected to start rising again until 2015. A. Besides, top colleges are facing changes in the population. B. What contributes to it? C. But a mistake can be costly if it happens. D. But top colleges ignore them. E. They have international students who know English. F. It can mean several acceptances to choose from. G. They cannot afford college as planned. 48 51 ． Desmond is a young and promising athlete. Having won a champion in an important international game, he decides to buy a car to develop a brighter future .Of course, the car must be extremely fast and is especially fit for him, a sportsman. 52．Darla has just been admitted to a famous university hundreds of kilometers away from her hometown and has been permitted to buy a car .As a young girl, she certainly puts safety factors above all. 53．Russel, a farmer in a mountainous area, is growing hundreds of acres of crops .To transport his goods to town timely, he wants to buy a car .He hopes the car will run very fast and first of all must meet the natural conditions. 54．Fighting in the commercial circle and getting a great success. Malcolm made a fortune .With an aggressive ambition, he decides to buy a luxury car to develop an even brighter future. 55．Warren is a merchant traveling to different parts of the country in any weather situation, good or bad. He expects to have a satisfactory car make his career better. A．Provided by an advanced-design Triton engine ,with a perfect cooling system ,and plenty of pulling power .Passenger safety is excellently strengthened by Second Generation double airbags and side door intrusion beam .Luxury packages with deluxe accommodation（良好的人间） B．Was it wind? Or was it fear? Chances are the both .Equipped with the first four-cam, 32-valve V8 engine offered in a sport-utility（实用）vehicle. An advanced source of power generating 320 Ib-ft of twisting force and 230 house power. C ． A spirited package that takes the zoom-zoom （ 疾 行 声 ） ethos into the mainstream. An aggressive, confident look ,one that’s backed by impressive dynamics .Engaging all the senses in the driving experience .Bottom line: if you’re in the market for a sedan ,stop by our store and ask to try on one of ours .Good luck will be with you ! D．Style, quality and high technology are the ingredients which have enabled Maserati to create some of the fastest and most advanced road cars in the world. It’s one thing to climb a mountain. E．302-hp best-in-class V8.3rd-row seating. And available climate-controlled front seats. The new Lincoln Aviator .Like Navigator, just smaller, proof that magnificence comes in all size. There are those who travel .And those who travel well. F．The cars with shapes we’d seen only in our dreams .The land-based rocket ships .With cockpits （驾驶座）full of computers and video screens .The cars you can talk to and that will respond .The cars that are invisible to the wind. 49 Parents and doctors have the same worry over especially low birthweight newborns. _71__A trend has therefore developed to make special formulas（配方）of extra nutrients and protein-rich foods for these tiny babies. Unfortunately, a British study has found that this practice could have negative long term effects, such as high blood pressure in adulthood. Between 1993 and 1995,Atul Singhal of the Institute of Child Health and his colleagues researched 299 full-term newborns, each of whom weighed very little for their age. The babies’ moms had decided not to breastfeed（用母乳喂养）. ___72____ The rest received a formula with more nutrients and 28 percent more protein than the standard formula. The growth of all of these children was compared to that of 175 similarly low birthweight babies whose mothers had chosen to breastfeed their children for their first 9 months. __73___ They found 83 babies from the normal-formula group, 70 babies from the extra-formula group, and 95 babies from the breast fed group. __74____ According to the latest data, children who had received the extra formula had significantly higher blood pressures than those in the other two groups. Seven human test have indeed shown that when infants are overfed before being stopped breastfeeding, they have an increased possibility to become fat as youngsters. No matter how big a child is at birth, he or she will probably reach the same adult height no matter how quickly the baby grows. But reaching one’s adult size at a slow-to-moderate speed may have a lot of benefits, as Singhal says. __75___ A. Half of these children were given a normal infant（幼儿）formula for 9 months B. When they grow up, they might have high blood pressure. C. These babies have very little energy because they are so small. D. Six to eight years later, the researchers gave the children a series of measurements and tests. E. The results were quite surprising. F. Tiny babies will grow much slower if they are not specially fed. G. His advice to parents: Be patient. Don’t rush a child’s growth. 50 Many people think of guys as being carefree when it comes to their appearance. But in fact, a lot of guys spend plenty of time in front of the mirror. They care just as much as girls do about their body image. Body image is a person’s opinions and feelings about his or her own body and physical appearance. 71 . You appreciate your body for its capabilities and accept its imperfections. 72 . Here are some ideas: Recognize your strengths. Different body types are good for different things. What does your body do well? Maybe your speed, strength, or coordination makes you better than others at a certain sport. That may be basketball, table tennis, mountain biking, dancing, or even running. Or perhaps you have non-sports skills, like drawing, painting, singing, playing a musical instrument, writing, or acting, 73 . Exercise regularly. Exercise can help you look good and feel good about yourself. Good physiques (体形) don’t just happen. 74 . A healthy habit can be as simple as exercising 20 minutes to 1 hour three days a week. Working out can also lift your spirits. Respect your body! Practicing good habits ---- regular showering; taking care of your teeth, hair, and skin; wearing clean clothes, and so on ---- can help you build a positive body image. 75 . Your body is just one part of who you are. Your talent for comedy, a quick wit (智慧), and all the other things make you unique. So try not to let small imperfections take over. A. Use this as an opportunity to discover what you’re good at. B. Be yourself. C. Having a positive body image means feeling satisfied with the way you look. D. Just explore talents that you feel good about. E. They take hard work, regular workouts, and a healthy diet. F. The good news is that self-image and body image can be changed. G. So, what can you do to develop a positive body image? 51 71 He had more money than he could ever spend, and he was admired and looked up to by his community．72 He wasn’t happy．All his life he had been pursuing happiness and striving (奋 斗) for happiness, but he had never been able to find it. Then one day he heard about a hidden temple in Nepal that had a special room that contained the secret of happiness．73 After many years of searching and countless hardships he arrived there．He was tired and penniless, but he knew that none of that mattered now because he had found the temple．He asked a wise, smiling monk (僧侣) if he could enter the special room．The monk agreed and showed him the stairs leading to the room．74 He stared into the room with sunlight steaming through the window and saw what he had come so far to find．There hanging on the wall was the secret of happiness．The man gazed at his reflection in the mirror and laughed. 75 Happiness is a choice that we can make．Don’t spend the rest of your life searching the world for happiness then．Just look in the mirror and laugh．Just let the happiness flow from your heart, mind, and soul until it fills your life and the lives of all those around you． A．He immediately sold all that he owned and set out to find this hidden temple. B．It was difficult to find the temple in Nepal. C．No one found the secret of happiness at last. D．But he knew that something was missing in his life. E．There once was a very wealthy and successful man. F．He climbed them with legs shaking with expectation and slowly opened the door. G．It is time that we all realized that we were the secret of our own happiness. 52 All over the world people enjoy sports. Sports help to keep people healthy and happy, and to live longer. ks5u 71. They buy tickets or turn on their TVs to watch the games. Often they get very excited when their player or team wins. ks5u 72. Football, for example, has spread around the world. Swimming is popular in all countries near the sea or in those with many rivers. What fun it is to jump into a pool or lake, whether in China, Egypt or Italy! 73. Think how many lovers to skate or ski in Japan, Norway or Canada. ks5u Some sports or games go back thousands of years, like running or jumping. Chinese wushu, for example, has a very long history. But basketball and volleyball are rather new. Neither one is a hundred years old yet. 74. Water—skiing is one of the newest in the family of sports. ks5u People from different countries may not be able to understand each other, but after a game together they often become good friends. 75. One learns to fight hard but fight fair, to win without pride and to lose with grace. （胜不骄,败不馁） ks5u A. And think of people in cold countries. ks5u B. Sports help to train a person’s character （性格）. ks5u C. Not a few people like sports in the word. ks5u D. Many people like to watch others play games. ks5u E. People aren’t inventing new sports or games. ks5u F. Some sports are so interesting that people everywhere take part in them. ks5u G. People are inventing new sports or games all the time. ks5u 53 Getting your children to study can be a little like getting them to eat their vegetables. 71 Make a study time and have it at the same time every day. This will help your kids to learn to schedule their day and will give them a sense of control over how they spend their time. Allow them to study in blocks of time, such as for half an hour with a five-minute break in the middle. 72 Ideal （理想的）study times are after dinner or right after school before dinner. Never allow your children to study in front of the television, as that will encourage passive activity. 73 You’ll also need to help your kids find the right place to study. After you’ve set up a good study time for little learners, set up a good place where they can get those creative juices flowing. 74 Make sure there is a table or a desk and a comfortable chair. 75 This includes helping them out with their homework sometimes and being there for them with the answers to any questions. The input you give your children during study periods will help form a bond and help make studying enjoyable. A. Pick a place where your children can study properly. B. Hold them to the schedule they create for themselves. C. Finally, spend time with your kids when they’re studying. D. Keep the atmosphere light and offer lots of encouragement, too. E. Instead, use TV as a treat or a reward when the homework is completed. F. Try to stop this bad habit by offering some sort of reward. G. One of the best ways to form good study habits for your kids is to design a schedule that they keep to. 54 Last month, students from one hundred and three universities in eighty-eight countries took part in an international computer programming contest. The Battle of the Brains took place in Harbin, China. 71 Jerry Cain, coach of Stanford University Team, California, says “One of the programming problems was trying to figure out how to break an arbitrary chocolate bar into a certain number of pieces of a certain number of sizes and to do it as quickly as possible. 72 ” The students first listed the problems in order of difficulty. 73 They designed ways to test their solutions. And they wrote needed software systems. Even the winning team form Shanhai Jiaotong University in China was not able to solve all the problems within the given time limit. Stanford’s team solved five problems and finished in 14th place. Stanford was one of twenty-one American universities that took part in the contest this year. 74 It began in 1970 at Texas A and M University. The contest quickly became popular in the United States and Canada. It developed and grew as more and more schools took part in local and area contests. The first final competition was held in 1977 at the Association for Computer Machinery Computer Science Conference. Today, a network of universities holds area competitions that send the winners to the world finals, now organized by IBM. Contest spokesman Doug Heintzman says the world champions receive prizes and scholarships. 75 A．The competitors show great interest in IBM. B．Then they figured out the requirements of each. C．And that’s probably the simplest of all of them. D．This competition is an opportunity to be recognized by famous universities from the world. E．Three-person teams from each school had five hours to solve eleven real world problems. F．The official name of the Battle of the Brains is the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest. G．They are also guaranteed and offer of employment with IBM. 55 “Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain (抱怨) but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.”— Dale Carnegie If we really want to be happy, why do we act like such babies? We can claim(声称) to be proactive（主动的）in our life by settings goals and going after what we want. But if we’re always whining and complaining all the time, are we really living effectively? 71 Whether it be being stuck in traffic, being bothered by the weather, not enough mustard on your sandwich, or whatever it is, there are endless instances where you can find a reason to complain. But it’s not just outside circumstances that we complain about. 72 We complain about about ourselves too. We complain that we don’t have enough time, we don’t have enough money (this one is huge because it’s often “true”), that we’re not smart enough, cool enough, or just enough. 73 I never really thought about it much until I found this website about “living in a complain free world.” Imagine how much happier you would be if you simply stopped complaining? Much of what you complain about is outside of your control anyway. What’s the point of brooding about something you have no power to change? 74 Simply becoming conscious of how much you complain is the first step to stopping. When you recognize that you’re complaining, stop and take notice of it. Ask yourself if you would rather complain, or be happy. 75 A．We complain about ourselves too. B．Not very intelligent, if you ask me. C．Why can’t we complain about things around us? D．Are you ready to live a complaint – free, happier life? E．What you’re complaining about may make you quite unhappy. F．If you don’t believe me, count how many times you complain in one day. G．I’ve experienced lots of unpleasantness for complaining about things I can’t control. 56 There is an English saying that goes, "he who laughs last, laughs the hardest." High School Musical star Zac Efron is laughing a lot these days. __71___, because he was always the smallest in his class and was laughed at because he had a big space between his teeth. In sixth grade, Efron's basketball team made it to the league championships. In double overtime (两个加时赛), with three seconds left, he rebounded the ball and passed it — to the wrong team! ___72____ ___73______Now at 21, Efron is one of People magazine's 100 Most Beautiful People, graces (荣登) the cover of Entertainment Weekly, Hollywood's most influential magazine, and is traveling the world promoting the third High School Musical film. Director Adam Shankman described Efron as "arguably the biggest teen star in America right now." Simply google "Zac Efron" , and you get more than 14 million responses. Yes, it seems Efron has a lot to smile about these days. Efron was born and raised in California. ____74______According to Efron, "he would flip out (发疯) if he got a B and not an A in school, and that he was a class clown." It was his father who encouraged him to act. ___75_____He also took singing lessons. He graduated high school in 2006 and was accepted at the University of Southern California to study film. But he put it off— why study movies when you can star in them. Efron has risen all the way to the top of the movie business. And he can now laugh all the way to the bank. A.He owed it a lot to his father that he succeeded. B. But history, as they say, is a thing of the past C. He took part in school performances and acted in a local theater. D.When he was young, Efron was an unqualified basketball player. E.He took school seriously. F.They scored and his team lost the game. G.As a young boy, Efron was picked on by his classmates. 57 How can we all get more laughter into our lives? Here is what the experts suggest: 51 . Nancy Alguire, a teacher in Clifton Park, N. Y., was once painfully shy and had a hard time laughing. Then she married a circus clown (小丑). “I became interested in the clowns,” she recalls “One day I put on a costume and paint my face. That afternoon my whole life changed. I learned to laugh and enjoy life in a way I had never done before.” 52 To this day, she still makes it a rule to be with people who enjoy life and laughing. 53 It doesn’t take you too much time and can be easy. Collect favorite cartoons and jokes. Also, keep a paper for writing down humor you find in everyday life. “Good ideas come and go fast, you have to capture them quickly or they are gone,” says Virginia Tooper. Laugh when you need it most. “ 54 ” says comedian Bill Cosby. “And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might by, you can survive it,” he insists. Gray Alan, a sociology professor at the University of Minnesota, claims that laughter is a skill we can all gain – because it comes naturally. 55 . Just remember: we are just here for a period, so get a few laughs. A．You can soften the worst blows through humor. B．Mix with people who laugh. C．Practise the art of laughing. D．Keep a laughter file. E．He who laughs last laughs best. F．But it’s also something that has to be developed. G．People’s joy can affect those around them. 58 There are many factors which may have an influence on audits and children being able to feed a healthy life. 71 Often , both parents work outside the home. Children are expected to take on more responsibility at home to help their parents. they also have sporting and leisure activities as well as school expectations. The busyness also adds another factor: the need to use cars to get from one place to another quickly. 72 Computers, DvDs. CDs, television, PlayStations and X – boxes have become major leisure activities, rather t han traditional more active pursuits. This has led to a lifestyle of less exercise. 73 Unfortunately, they also promote fast food which fits easily into busy lifestyles. it is much more convenient at times to buy a quick takeaway rather than prepare a meal. The media constantly bombard(轰炸) their audience with “perfect” body images, the need to buy the most fashionable clothes, the most up – to – date computer games, the best places to visit and the best things to do. Environments vary. 74 This can be harmful to people who suffer from breathing difficulties. Environments where passive smoking is unavoidable make it difficult to lead a healthy life. 75 Any person who wants to be healthy will find a way to b e healthy —if he/she is motivated enough! A．The media provide entertainment and information. B．Advertisements play an important role in people’s life. C．We may be exposed to pollution, such as cigarette smoke. D．Nowadays, people are very busy. E．People are living in a bad air environment. F．The important one is motivation or the desire to be healthy. G．Today, society places a lot of emphasis on technology. 59 Taking good notes is a time-saving skill that will help you to become a batter student in several ways1 Second, your notes are excellent materials to refer to when you are studying for a test. Third, note-taking offers variety to your study time and helps you to hold your interest. You will want to take notes during classroom discussions and while reading a textbook or doing research for a report.2 Whenever or however you take notes, keep in mind that note-taking is a selective process.3 The following methods may work best for you. ●Read the text quickly to find the main facts and ideas in it. ●Carefully read the text and watch for words that can show main points and supporting facts. ● Write your notes in your own words. ● 4 ● Note any questions or ideas you may have about what was said or written. As you take notes, you may want to use your own shorthand(速记). When you do, be sure that you understand your symbols and that you use them all the time.5 A. Use words, not complete sentences. B. There are three practical note-taking methods. C. You must write your notes on separate paper. D. Otherwise, you may not be able to read your notes later. E. you will also want to develop your own method for taking notes. F. That means you must first decide what is important enough to include in your notes. G. First, the simple act of writing something down makes it easier for you to understand and remember it. 60 Money Matters Parents should help their children understand money.___ 71 __so you may start tallking about money when your child shows an interest in buying things,candy or toys,for example. 1. The basic function of money Being explaining the basic function of money by showing how people trade money for goods or services. it’s important to show your child how money is traded for the thing he wants to have.If he wants to have a toy, give him the money and let him hand the money to the cashier .___72_____when your child grows a bit older and understands the basic function of money, you can start explaining more complex ways of using money. 2.Money lessons Approach money lessons with openness and honesty. ___73___ If you must say no to a child’s request to spend money, explain,”You have enough toy trucks for now.” Or,if the request is for many different things, say. “You have to make a choice between this toy and that toy.” 3. __74___ Begin at the grocery store. Pick put similar brands of a product—a name brand butter and a generic( 无 商 标 产 品 ),for example. You can show your child how to make choices between different brands of a product so that you can save money. ___75___ If he chooses the cheaper brand, allow him to make another purchase with the money saved.Later,you may explains how the more expensive choice leaves less money for other purchases. A. Wise decisions B. The value of money C. Permit the child to choose between them D. Tell your child why he can ---or cannot---have certain things E. Ask yourself what things that cost money are most important to you F. Talk about how the money bought the thing after you leave the toy store G.The best time to teach a child anything about money is when he shows an interest 61 Choosing the right job is probably one of the most important decisions we have to make in life, and it is frequently one of the hardest decisions we have to make. One important question that you might ask yourself is: “How do I get a good job?”___71___. There are people who can answer an insignificant advertisement in the local paper and land the best job in the world; others write to all sorts of places all over the country, and never seem to get a reply at all. Still others believe that the in person, door-to-door approach is by far the best way to get a job; and then there are those who, through no active decision of their own, just seem to be in the right place at the right time. ___72____. He used to spend a lot of his free time down by the sea watching the tall ships, but never thinking that he might one day sail one of them. His father was a farmer, and being a sailor could never be anything for the boy but an idle dream. One day, on his usual wandering, he heard the captain of the ship complaining that he could not sail because one member of his crew was sick. Without stopping to think, the lad(少年) offered to take his place. ___73___. __74__. If the lad had gone home to ponder（考虑）his decision for a week, he may have missed his chance. It is one thing to be offered an opportunity; it is another thing to take it and use it well. Sometimes we hear stories about people who break all the rules and still seem to land plum jobs （美差）. When you go for a job interview or fill out an application, you are expected to say nice things about the company to which you are applying. ___75___. And within a year this person had become general manger of the company. A．This story also illustrates the importance of seizing an opportunity when it presents itself. B．People find jobs in an infinite number of ways. C．it’s almost impossible to find a good job by answering advertisement in newspapers D．Take for example the young man who wanted to be a sailor. E ． But there was one person who landed an excellent job by telling the interviewer all the company’s faults. F．He spent the rest of his life happily sailing the ships he had always loved. 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