题目内容
There is an old proverb, __36__ that the tongue has the power of life and death and __37__ loves it will eat its fruit.
It is true. What we say has the ability to __38__ emotions, and thoughts in others. A kind word helps people, and __39__ words hurt people —— sometimes for a very long time.
Most of the time we __40__ this concept in relation to how we treat others and that is good. __41__ here I want to talk about this concept in relation to ourselves. How does __42__ we say affect us greatly? There is a simple principle here. Only say things that will create in you__43__ emotions, thoughts, feelings, and finally, actions. Let me give you a good __44__. We should not allow the words “I can’t” in our __45__. Why? Because we CAN! The very minimum（最低限度） is “I’ll try”.
Have you ever been about to __46__ the soccer ball towards the goal and said to yourself, “I am going to fail this one?” What happens? You fail it. This actually __47__ to me. So what do I do? I pause for a（n） __48__, reset myself, and tell myself I am going to kick it straight down. What happens? About half the time I kick it straightly, and the other half, I __49__ it. But at the very least I increase my __50__ of performing better. Bad thoughts almost guarantee failure, __51__ good thoughts increase success.
Some of us aren’t even __52__ that we talk negatively to ourselves. Take __53__some time today to think about what you say to yourself. If you find yourself saying negative things, it is a time to change! Find some simple phrases that will help you __54__ the day with more success. Whatever your situation or work is, I am sure there are specific things you can say that will build you up and put you on the road __55__to success!
36．A．speaking B．saying C．talking D．telling
37．A．what B．who C．whoever D．whatever
38．A．create B．build C．invent D．discover
39．A．kind B．happy C．active D．negative
40．A．think about B．think over C．think of D．think out
41．A．So B．And C．But D．Or
42．A．that B．what C．which D．where
43．A．positive B．negative C．excellent D．wonderful
44．A．case B．example C．situation D．condition
45．A．thoughts B．ideas C．minds D．feelings
46．A．play B．beat C．hit D．kick
47．A．happens B．occurs C．strikes D．turns
48．A．hour B．minute C．day D．month
49．A．fail B．try C．manage D．win
50．A．opinions B．changes C．chances D．practices
51．A．as B．while C．because D．but
52．A．aware B．sure C．certain D．clear
53．A．sometime B．sometimes C．some times D．some time
54．A．get on B．get through C．get off D．get back
55．A．on B．above C．to D．in
36—40 BCADC 41—45 CBABC 46—50 DABAC 51—55 BADBC
解析:
36．B（解析：speak与talk强调说话的动作；say强调说的内容；tell告诉某人某事。）
37．C（解析：根据该空后的谓语动词，容易排除选项A、D。whoever=anyone who，依据句意，应选C。句意为：喜欢它的人会自食其果。）
38．A（解析：依据下文的提示，该空应选create，句意是：我们说的话能够引起别人的情感和思想。）
39．D（解析：只有消极的话才会伤害别人。）
40．C（解析：think about“思考”；think over“仔细考虑”；think of“想起”；think out“想出”。）
41．C（解析：这里表示转折，句意为：但是在这里“我”要谈的是与自己有关的事。）
42．B（解析：what引导主语从句，并在主语从句中作say的宾语。）
43．A（解析：原则是只说引起积极情感、思想的事。）
44．B（解析：give you a good example“给你举个例子”。）
45．C（解析：句意是：我们不应该让“我不能”这样的话出现在我们的脑海里。）
46．D（解析：kick the ball“踢球”。）
47．A（解析：happen to sb“……发生在某人身上”；occur to sb“……出现在某人的脑海里”。）
48．B（解析：for a minute“一会儿”，句意是：我暂定了一会儿。）
49．A（解析：前句的意思是：大约一半的机率我径直地射门了，所以后一句的意思应是：另一半的机率我失败了。）
50．C（解析：句意是：但至少增加了表现好的机会。）
51．B（解析：前后分句为对比关系，所以用while。）
52．A（解析：be aware that…“意识到……”。）
53．D（解析：从题干上看，该空为take的宾语，所以sometime，sometimes排除，因为它们是副词。some times“几次”；some time“一段时间”，故依据句意，该空应选D。）
54．B（解析：get on“上车”；get through“通过，度过”；get off“下车”；get back“回来”。）
55．C（解析：the road to success“成功之路”。）
help me!” “I can’t help you, Love. You are all wet and might 34 my boat,” Vanity answered. Just then Sadness was 35 , so Love asked, “Sadness, let me go with you.” “Oh…Love, I am so 36 that I need to be by myself!” Happiness passed by Love, too, but she was so 37 that she did not even 38 Love when Love called her. 
was owed the elder, Love asked Knowledge, another elder, “Who helped me?” “It was 44 ,” Knowledge answered. “Time?” asked Love. “But why did Time help me?” Knowledge 45 with d
eep wisdom and answered, “Because only Time is able to understand how valuable Love is!”There seems never to have been a civilization without toys, but when and how they developed is unknown. They probably came about just to give children something to do.
In the ancient world, as is today, most boys played with some kinds of toys and most girls with another. In societies where social roles are strictly determined, boys pattern their play after the activities of their fathers and girls after the tasks of their mothers.This is true because boys and girls are being prepared, even in play, to step into the roles and responsibilities of the adult world.
What is remarkable about the history of toys is not so much how they changed over the centuries but how much they have remained the same. The changes have been mostly in terms of skill, mechanics, and technology. It is the universality of toys with regard to their development in all parts of the world and their insistence to the present that is amazing. In Egypt, the US, China,Japan and among the Arctic peoples, generally the same kinds of toys appeared. Variations depended on local customs and ways of life because toys reflect their surroundings.Nearly every civilization had dolls, little weapons, toy soldiers, tiny animals and vehicles.
Because toys can be generally regarded as a kind of art form, they have not been affected by technological quick development that characterize inventions for adult use. The progress from the wheel to the ox-cart to the automobile is a direct line of ahievement. The progress from a rattle(拨浪鼓) used by a baby in 3000 BC to one used by a baby today, however, is not characterized by inventiveness. Each rattle is the product of the artistic tastes of times and subject to the limtations of available materials.
【小题1】. The reason why the toys most boys play with are different from those that girls play with is that_________.
| A．their social roles are strictly determined |
| B．most boys would like to follow their fathers’ professions |
| C．boys like to play with their fathers while girls with their mothers |
| D．they like challenging activities |
| A．The making skills in toys has remained essentially unchanged. |
| B．Toys have remained basically the same all through the centuries. |
| C．The toy industry has witnessed great improvement in technology in recent years. |
| D．Toys are playing an increasingly important role in shaping a child’s character. |
| A．follow a direct line of achievement |
| B．also appeal greatly to adults |
| C．are not characterized by technological progress |
| D．reflect the pace of social progress |
| A．in toy-making there is a continuity in the use of materials |
| B．even the simplest toys can reflect the progress of technology |
| C．it often takes a long time to introduce new technology into toy-making |
| D．even a simple toy can mirror the artistic tastes of the time |
Most British telephone cards are just plain green, but card collecting is becoming a popular hobby in Britain and collectors even have their own magazine, International Telephone Cards. One reason for their interest is that cards from around the world come in a wide variety of different and often very attractive designs. There are 100, 000 different cards in Japan alone, and there you can put your own design onto a blank card simply by using a photograph or a business card.
The first telephone cards, produced in 1976, were Italian. Five years later the first British card appeared, and now you can buy cards in more than a hundred countries. People usually start collecting cards because they are attractive, small and light , and they do not need much space. It is also a cheap hobby for beginners, although for some people it becomes a serious business. In Paris, for example, there is a market where you can buy only telephone cards, and some French cards cost up to 4, 000 pounds. The first Japanese card has a value of about 28, 000 pounds. Most people only see cards with prices like these in their collectors magazine.
【小题1】The text is mainly about ________ .
| A．the history of phone cards | B．phone card collecting as a hobby |
| C．reason for phone card collecting | D．the great variety of phone cards |
| A．In 1971. | B．In 1975. | C．In 1976. | D．In 1981. |
| A．they find the cards beautiful and easy to keep |
| B．they like to have something from different countries |
| C．they want to make money with cards |
| D．they think the cards are convenient to use |
| A．card collecting is popular among young people |
| B．French and Japanese cards are the most valuable |
| C．people can make money out of card collecting |
| D．card collectors magazines are very useful |
Do you want to live with a strong sense of peacefulness, happiness, goodness, and self-respect? The collection of happiness actions broadly categorized(把…归类) as "honor" help you create this life of good feelings.
Here's an example to show how honorable actions create happiness.
Say a store clerk fails to charge us for an item. If we keep silent, and profit from the clerk's mistake, we would drive home with a sense of sneaky(卑鄙的) excitement. Later we might tell our family or friends about our good fortune. On the other hand, if we tell the clerk about the uncharged item, the clerk would be grateful and thank us for our honesty. We would leave the store with a quiet sense of honor that we might never share with another soul.
Then, what is it to do with our sense of happiness?
In the first case, where we don't tell the clerk, a couple of things would happen. Deep down inside we would know ourselves as a type of thief. In the process, we would lose some peace of mind and self-respect. We would also demonstrate(演示) that we cannot be trusted, since we advertise our dishonor by telling our family and friends. We damage our own reputations by telling others. In contrast, bringing the error to the clerk's attention causes different things to happen. Immediately the clerk knows us to be honorable. Upon leaving the store, we feel honorable and our self-respect is increased. Whenever we take honorable action we gain the deep internal rewards of goodness and a sense of nobility(高尚).
There is a beautiful positive cycle that is created by living a life of honorable actions. Honorable thoughts lead to honorable actions. Honorable actions lead us to a happier existence. And it's easy to think and act honorably again when we're happy. While the positive cycle can be difficult to start, once it's started, it's easy to continue. Keeping on doing good deeds brings us peace of mind, which is important for our happiness.
【小题1】According to the passage, the positive action in the example contributes to our_______.
| A．self-respect | B．financial rewards | C．advertising ability | D．friendly relationship |
| A．lying | B．stealing | C．cheating | D．advertising |
| A．telling the truth to the clerk | B．offering advice to the clerk |
| C．asking the clerk to be more attentive | D．reminding the clerk of the charged item |
| A．We'll be very excited. | B．We'll feel unfortunate. |
| C．We'll have a sense of honor. | D．We'll feel sorry for the clerk. |
| A．How to Live Truthfully | B．Importance of Peacefulness |
| C．Ways of Gaining Self-respect | D．Happiness through Honorable Actions |
A farm planted levels or floors is called a vertical（垂直的）farm. A skyscraper type building can house a vertical farm. Since the garden is built upwards，rather than outwards，it requires much less space than a conventional farm.
The world is quickly running out of room for conventional farming. Vertical farms could be a key to this situation. An 18story vertical farm could feed as many as 50,000 people，all in an area which is the size of the average city block. Vertical farms in the city could cut down on transportation costs as well. Think about the amount of fuel it takes to transport food from farmland to city. The resources saved would be surprising. Besides saving travel time，food would be delivered in fresher condition and with less damage.
There is a growing concern about the use of pesticides(杀虫剂) in agriculture today. But the vertical farm would be a greenhouse type environment, avoiding the need for a large number of pesticides. Vertical farms can be built in a contained space，therefore they are an excellent solution for living well in an environment far different from our own. Hydroponics(水耕法) could be a big part of vertical gardening. This would reduce the amount of soil needed to grow food. Of course，not all food does well with this type of planting，but there are many crops that actually seem to do better.
In some climates，a lack of sunlight creates a short growing season. The solar power option may not work as well here. The addition of grow lights would make it possible to grow crops in vertical gardens in these areas .In other words，we could grow crops in areas where we never could before.
Vertical farms may just be a concept for now，but they are a concept that will solve many of our problems in the future.
【小题1】According to the passage, a vertical farm________.
| A．is mainly built outwards |
| B．is dependent on solar power |
| C．is planted on levels upwards |
| D．is only an environmental friendly farm |
| A．depend far less on sunlight |
| B．greatly increase the use of soil |
| C．help to protect the limited gardens |
| D．reduce the use of harmful pesticides |
| A．have been put into use |
| B．only use hydroponics to grow food |
| C．need less room than conventional farms |
| D．may increase the transportation costs |
| A．Vertical farms for our future |
| B．Ways to deal with future problems |
| C．Vertical farms and green skyscrapers |
| D．Making Full Use of Our Limited Land |