This is a true story from Guyana.One day, a boy took a piece of paper from a box.He made a paper ball and pushed it into his nose.He couldn’t get it out.He ran crying to his mother.His mother couldn’t get the paper out, either.A week later, the paper was still in the boy’s nose.His nose began to have a bad smell.

So his mother took the boy to a hospital.The doctor looked up at the child’s nose, but she couldn’t get the paper out.She said she had to cut the boy’s nose to get the paper out.

The boy’s mother came home looking sad.She didn’t want her child to have his nose cut.The next day she took the b oy to her friend Sidney who lived in a house with an old lady called May.May wanted to see the child, so the child let her look up his nose.

“Yes, I can see it,” May said.“It will be out soon.”

As she spoke, she shook some black pepper (胡椒粉)on the child’s nose.The child gave a mighty sneeze and the paper flew out.His mother was surprised.May told his mother to take the boy to the seaside for a swim, for the salt water would go up his nose and stop the bad smell.So the lucky boy didn’t have to go to the hospital to have his nose cut.

1.After the boy pushed a paper ball into his nose, ____.

A.he took it out

B.his mother took it out

C.he tried to take it out but failed

D.he did nothing but cry

2.Which of the following is TRUE?

A.The doctor helped to take the paper ball out of the boy’s nose.

B.The boy had to have his nose cut at last.

C.The boy’s mother found some black pepper to solve the problem.

D.May succeeded in taking the paper out.

3.The boy should be taken to the seaside for a swim because ____.

A.he needed to learn to swim.

B.the sea water would wash out the paper ball.

C.the sea water would stop the bad smell of his nose.

D.he needed a rest.

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They Just Can't Help It My theory is that the female brain is mainly built for empathy — the ability to understand other people — and that the male brain is mainly built for building systems.____ For example,women are more likely to read magazines on fashion and parenting,while men will choose magazines that feature computers and sport.

You may think that these preferences are influenced by the way people are taught to behave when they are growing up.However,this is not the case.A new study carried out at Cambridge University shows that newborn girls look longer at a face,and newborn boys look longer at a mobile.1.____ It has also been observed (that girls are better at noticing signs of changes in other people's feelings.Boys,however,seem to enjoy building toy towers and playing with toys which have clear functions.2.____ People whose jobs are in the construction industries are almost male.Math and engineering,which require high levels of systems-thinking,are also male-chosen disciplines.Why do men and women have the difference? Actually women have four times as many brain neurons (神经) that connect the right and left part of their brains.Because of it,women have a better ability to multitask than men.3.____ Men tend to focus on a limited number of problems at a time.They will separate themselves from problems and view tasks as independent from one another.

Some people may worry that I am suggesting one gender (性别) is better than the other,but this is not the case.My theory says that males and females differ in the kinds of things that they find easy,but that both genders have their strengths and weaknesses._4._ It is not true.The study simply looks at males and females as two groups,and asks what differences exist,and why they are there.

A.Generally speaking,there are clear differences.

B.Their preference for building systems may change over time.

C.You can see the same kind of pattern in the adult workplace.

D.They will consider many sources of information at the same time.

E.It is important to stress that the female brain may be built more for empathy.

F.That suggests certain differences between male and female brains are biological.

G.Others may think the theory creates a belief of what a particular type of person is like.

阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

“Paul must have been trying to carry his waste paper to garbage can and dropped a few pieces.” I ____ , picking them up. ____later I found more pieces. No quiet sighing this time. I ____,“Who is throwing garbage?” No answer. Instead, I saw more bits of paper ____ floating down from upstairs. Looking up, I saw my seven-year-old son, Paul.

“Stop making a mess.” “It’s not a mess. They’re ____.” “Sorry, what did you say?” I hadn’t heard him clearly.

He didn’t answer me. Paul has autism (自闭症) and ____answers a question, especially when he’s ____attentively on something else. He ran down the stairs. “Where are my other butterflies?” he asked, ____around. Every time Paul ____ five or more words together, my heart says a ____of thanks. But lately he seems to ____that the benefits of forming complete sentences when communicating are ____of the effort.

Butterflies. Of course. I rushed to ____them from the garbage, ____them off and handed them to my young artist. “Want to see them ____again?” he asked with a shy smile. “Oh yes! They’re beautiful.” I whispered. He ran back upstairs to float his ____down again. They really did look like beautiful butterflies.

That day Paul ____me to look up at ____instead of down at garbage. How many other masterpieces (杰作) do I miss because I’m too caught up in my ____to take time to appreciate what’s right in front of me? ____is not what happens to us. It’s how we look at it. Now, I look up.

1.A. laughed B. sighed C. amazed D. shouted

2.A. Days B. Years C. Moments D. Weeks

3.A. called out B. turned up C. got in D. added to

4.A. angrily B. silently C. loudly D. peacefully

5.A. planes B. papers C. leaves D. butterflies

6.A. rarely B. frequently C. willingly D. eagerly

7.A. devoted B. depended C. focused D. addicted

8.A. showing B. looking C. playing D. drawing

9.A. spells B. puts C. pushes D. accumulates

10.A. sound B. remark C. report D. prayer

11.A. refuse B. hear C. mind D. realize

12.A. worthy B. aware C. fond D. typical

13.A. hide B. destroy C. rescue D. remove

14.A. tore B. dusted C. cut D. seized

15.A. throw B. flow C. land D. fly

16.A. masterpieces B. schoolwork C. inventions D. imagination

17.A. reminded B. forced C. intended D. permitted

18.A. mistakes B. weaknesses C. beauty D. scenery

19.A. amusement B. housework C. communication D. homework

20.A. Happiness B. Failure C. Success D. Life

At the beginning of the World Series of 1947, I experienced a completely new emotion, when the National Anthem was played. This time, I thought, it is being played for me, as much as for anyone else. This is organized major league baseball, and I am standing here with all the others; and everything that takes place includes me.

About a year later, I went to Atlanta, Georgia, to play in an exhibition game. On the field, for the first time in Atlanta, there were Negroes and whites. Other Negroes besides me. And I thought: What I have always believed has come to be.

And what is it that I have always believed? First, those imperfections are human. But that wherever human beings were given room to breathe and time to think, those imperfections would disappear, no matter how slowly. I do not believe that we have found or even approached perfection. That is not necessarily in the scheme of human events. Handicaps, stumbling blocks, prejudices — all of these are imperfect. Yet, they have to be dealt with because they are in the scheme of human events.

Whatever obstacles I found made me fight all the harder. But it would have been impossible for me to fight at all, except that I was sustained by the personal and deep-rooted belief that my fight had a chance. It had a chance because it took place in a free society. Not once was I forced to face and fight an immovable object. Not once was the situation so cast-iron rigid that I had no chance at all. Free minds and human hearts were at work all around me; and so there was the probability of improvement. I look at my children now, and know that I must still prepare them to meet obstacles and prejudices.

But I can tell them, too, that they will never face some of these prejudices because other people have gone before them. And to myself I can say that, because progress is unalterable, many of today's dogmas (教条)will have vanished by the time they grow into adults. I can say to my children: There is a chance for you. No guarantee, but a chance. And this chance has come to be, because there is nothing static with free people. There is no Middle Ages logic so strong that it can stop the human tide from flowing forward. I do not believe that every person, in every walk of life, can succeed in spite of any handicap. That would be perfection. But I do believe — and with every fiber in me — that what I was able to attain came to be because we put behind us (no matter how slowly) the dogmas of the past: to discover the truth of today; and perhaps find the greatness of tomorrow.

I believe in the human race. I believe in the warm heart. I believe in man's honesty. I believe in the goodness of a free society. And I believe that the society can remain good only as long as we are willing to fight for it — and to fight against whatever imperfections may exist. My fight was against the barriers that kept Negroes out of baseball. This was the area where I found imperfection, and where I was best able to fight. And I fought because I knew it was not doomed to be a losing fight. It couldn't be a losing fight-not when it took place in a free society. And in the largest sense, I believe that what I did was done for me — that it was my faith in God that sustained me in my fight. And that what was done for me must and will be done for others.

1.Why did the author say he had experienced a completely new emotion?

A. Because he won game.

B. Because he was an American.

C. Because he could compete in the game and won the game.

D. Because the National Game was played for him.

2.From the passage, we know that the author is ___________.

A. an African. B. a Chinese

C. a white man D. a black man

3.The author firmly believed that____________.

A. humans are imperfect if they all unite together to overcome the difficulties.

B. humans needn’t approach perfect even if they can.

C. humans should face the obstacles and fight for it bravely.

D. humans are becoming kind and honest if they have freedom.

4.We can infer from the passage that_________.

A. the fight between Negroes and Whites never ends

B. the civil war broke out because the Negroes fought for their freedom

C. In the past Negroes were kept out of baseball.

D. the fight ended up with a game.

5.The best title of this passage may be_________.

A. Nothing matters except fighting

B. Success lies in hard work

C. Freedom is everything

D. Free Minds and Hearts make a difference

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