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Since the pre-historic times, man has had an urge to satisfy his needs. Be it hunger, shelter or search for a mate, he has always controlled the situations to his advantage. Probably this might be the reason why we humans are the most developed of all living species on the earth. As we climbed the steps of development, we somehow left behind common sense and logical thinking -- we forgot that we have stopped thinking ahead of time.

If you are hungry, what do you do? Get a piece of your favorite meal and stay quiet. Just like your stomach, even your mind is hungry. But it never lets you know, because you keep it busy thinking about your dream lover, favorite star and many such things. So it silently began to care about your needs and never let itself grow. When mind looses its freedom to grow, creativity gets a full stop. This might be the reason why we all sometimes think "What happens next?", "Why can't I think?" "Why am I always given the difficult problems?" Well, this is the result of using our brain for thinking of not-so-worthy things.

Hunger of the mind can be actually satisfied through reading. Now why reading and not watching TV? Because reading has been the most educative tool used by us right from the childhood. Just like that to develop other aspects of our life, we have to turn to reading. You have innumerable number of books in this world which will answer all your "How to?" questions. The interesting part of the book is stored in your mind as a seed. Now this seed is unknowingly used by you in your future to develop new ideas. The same seed, if used many times, can help you link and relate a lot of things, of which you would have never thought in your wildest dreams! This is nothing but creativity. More the number of books you read, your mind will open up like never before.

1. What is the function of the first paragraph?

A. To show humans are the most developed.

B. To introduce the topic of the passage.

C. To indicate people have different needs to satisfy.

D. To explain why people need to read.

2. What does the author mean by saying "When mind looses its freedom to grow, creativity gets a full stop."

A. When mind keeps growing, creativity fully stops.

B. When freedom is lost, creativity gets a full stop.

C. When mind stops growing, creativity fully stops.

D. When growing is lost, creativity gets a flail stop.

3. The paragraph following the passage is probably about ______.

A. how the pre-historic man feeds his mind

B. what other advantages reading brings

C. how to develop creativity

D. how to satisfy your mind by watching TV

4. The author tends to tell us ______.

A. reading can satisfy your all needs　　　 B. reading can result from creativity

C. reading can feed your mind　　　　　　 　 D. reading can realize your dreams

 

 

1-4 BABC

 

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All the students present, may I have your attention, please? I'm Elizabeth Taylor. As editor of the Voice, I'd like to i___1.__ you to our school newspaper. We need new hands to help us ___2.___ can tell the students what's new every day through our newspaper. Experience isn’t quite necessary, but writing and typing skills are in great ?? 3.? . We need people to read our ___4.___（文章）to type and check them. We could also use a good photographer and several engineers. Since the voice comes ?? 5.? ? five days a week, we need good students who know how to make the ___6.__ of their time. There’s some money for salaries d___7.___ on how much work to do, but don't expect to get rich, this isn’t something you do for money. Mostly it's just for fun. Anyone who’s w___8.___ to joining us should speak to me ___9.___（立刻）after this meeting. Be p___10.___ to start right away. Our first paper appears tomorrow.

 

When Frida Kahlo's paintings were on show in London, a poet described her paintings as “ a ribbon （丝带）around a bomb”. Such comments seem to suggest Kahlo had a big influence on the art world of her time. Sadly, she is actually a much bigger name today than she was during her time.

Born in 1907 in a village near Mexico City , Kahlo suffered from polio（小儿麻痹症）at the age of seven. Her spine （脊柱）became bent as she grew older. Then, in 1925, her back was broken in several places in a school-bus accident. Throughout the rest of her life, the artist had many operations, but noting was able to cure the terrible pain in her back. However, the accident had an unexpected side effect. While lying in her bed recovering, Kahlo taught herself to paint.

In 1929, she got married to Diego Rivera, another famous Mexican artist. Rivera’s strong influences on Kahlo’s style can be seen in her early works, but her later works from the 1940s, known today as her best works, show less influence from her husband.

Unfortunately, her works did not attract much attention in the 1930s and1940s, even in her home country. Her first one-woman show in Mexico was not held until 1953. For more than a decade after her death in 1954, Kahlo’s works remained largely unnoticed by the world, but in the 1970s her works began to gain international fame at last.

1.What does the phrase “a much bigger name” in paragraph 1 most nearly mean?

A．a far better artist                        B．a much more famous person

C．a much stronger person                  D．a far more gifted artist

2.The terrible pain Kahlo suffered was caused by        .

A．back injuries       B．her bent spine      C．polio             D．the operations she had

3.Kahlo’s style had become increasingly independent since the          .

A．1930s            B．1970s            C．1950s            D．1940s

4.What is author’s attitude toward Kahlo?

A．Devotion          B．Encouragement     C．Worry            D．Sympathy（同情）

 

Recently, one of my best friends, whom I've shared just about everything with since the first day of kindergarten, spent the weekend with me. Since I moved to a new town several years ago，we've both always looked forward to the few times a year when we can see each other.

Over the weekend, we spent hours and hours, staying up late into the night, talking about the people she was hanging around with. She started telling me stories about her new boyfriend, about how he experimented with drugs and was into other self­destructive（自我毁灭的） behavior. I was blown away! She told me how she had been lying to her parents about where she was going and even stealing out to see this guy because they didn't want her around him. No matter how hard I tried to tell her that she deserved better, she didn't believe me. Her self­respect seemed to have disappeared.

I tried to convince her that she was ruining her future and heading for big trouble. I felt like I was getting nowhere. I just couldn't believe that she really  thought it was acceptable to hang out with a group of losers, especially her boyfriend.

By the time she left，I was really worried about her and exhausted by the experience. It had been so frustrating，I had come close to telling her several times during the weekend that maybe we had just grown too far apart to continue our friendship, but I didn't. I put the power of friendship to the final test. We'd been friends for far too long. I had to hope that she valued me enough to know that I was trying to save her from hurting herself. I wanted to believe that our friendship could conquer anything.

A few days later, she called to say that she had thought long and hard about our conversation, and then she told me that she had broken up with her boyfriend. I just listened on the other end of the phone with tears of joy running down my face. It was one of the truly rewarding moments in my life. Never had I been so proud of a friend.

1.In the writer's opinion，her friend ________.

A．was a girl with no self­respect

B．could find a better boyfriend

C．was brave enough to stick to her own choice

D．didn't value the writer's suggestion

2.What did the writer worry about?

A．She would lose the friendship with her.

B．Her friend's parents would be worried about their daughter.

C．Her friend would get into great trouble with the boy.

D．Her friend's boyfriend would be in great trouble.

3.We may learn from Paragraph 3 that the writer________.

A．didn't want to go anywhere else

B．understood her friend's hanging with her boyfriend

C．couldn't believe that her friend's choice was acceptable

D．doubted that she could in any way help her friend

4.What can be concluded from the passage?

A．Friendship starting from childhood is not reliable.

B．Friendship is a cure for any injury in life.

C．Friendship should be everlasting once begun.

D．Friendship can have magical power in life.

 

Today, as in every other day of the year, more than 3,000 US adolescents (少年) will smoke their first cigarette on their way to becoming regular smokers as adults.During their lifetime, it can be __1__ that of these 3,000 about 23 will be murdered, 30 will die in traffic __2__， and nearly 750 will be killed by a smoking­related disease.The number of deaths __3__ by cigarette smoking outweigh all other factors, whether __4__ or involuntary, as a cause of death.Since the late 1970s, when daily smoking among high school seniors __5__ 30%, smoking rates among __6__ have declined.While the decline is impressive, several important issues must be __7__.First, in the past several years, smoking rates among youth have __8__ very little.Second, in the late 1970s, smoking among __9__ high school seniors exceeded(超过) that among female by nearly 10%.The statistic is reversing.Third, several recent studies have __10__ that high school dropouts(辍学者)have excessively __11__ smoking rate, as much as 75%.Finally, though significant declines in adolescent smoking have __12__ in the past decade, no definite __13__ for the decline to exist.Within this context, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) began its current __14__ to take the most effective measures to __15__ smoking level among youth.

1.                A．inferred        B．believed        C．expected D．hoped

 

2.                A．peaks          B．accidents       C．problems D．jams

 

3.                A．damaged        B．caused         C．led D．made

 

4.                A．happy          B．healthy         C．voluntary D．crazy

 

5.                A．had            B．totaled         C．got  D．reached

 

6.                A．youth          B．students        C．girls D．boys

 

7.                A．raised          B．lifted           C．asked    D．questioned

 

8.                A．grown          B．changed        C．risen D．declined

 

9.                A．old            B．male           C．young    D．female

 

10.               A．insisted         B．indicated       C．denied    D．wondered

 

11.               A．large          B．small           C．high  D．low

 

12.               A．sunk           B．set            C．produced  D．occurred

 

13.               A．reasons        B．causes         C．ways  D．results

 

14.               A．survey         B．study          C．figure D．effort

 

15.               A．stop           B．reduce         C．forbid D．limit

 

 

 My colleague has been recovering gradually since the operation, and it wont’ be long ______ he comes back to work．

A．before

B．since

C．after

D．when

 

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