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—I don’t suppose the police know who did it.?

—Well, surprisingly they do. A man has been arrested and______________now.?

A.has been questioned B.is being questioned?

C.is questioning D.has questioned?

People often hear each others' voices without ever seeing the faces they belong to. "Nowadays we are talking away on the phone without meeting people," says Seung-Jae Moon. And from business conference calls to chat lines, people often imagine they would recognize the speaker if they saw him or her. Seung-Jae Moon, a linguist of Korea found that, under certain conditions, they're actually right.
Moon decided to see just how close those mental pictures match up with reality and if there was any relation to how people speak rather than what they are saying. He recorded 16 Koreans, half men and half women, reading the same passage, and took a full-body photo and head shot of each speaker. Then he played the tapes for 361 Koreans and 173 Americans who did not speak Korean and asked his subjects to match up voice and picture. The Korean participants viewing full-body photos were quite perceptive. A majority linked 6 of the 8 women to the correct voice and did so for 5 of the 8 men. With the Korean group shown only faces, accuracy plummeted, but more than 20 percent of the subjects selected the same incorrect picture. The Americans showed no accuracy in matching the foreign voices to photos, but they too were consistent in their errors. That disconnection reveals conflicting ideas of physical and vocal beauty. Moon asked people to pick a favorite face and voice. Seventy percent of the Koreans picked one voice, but there was no agreement on a face. Americans didn' t agree on either count. And over 65 percent of both Koreans and Americans did not match their favorite face with their favorite voice.
Moon hopes to use software to break voices into components like pitch and hoarseness to narrow down which elements trigger certain mental pictures. "If we can map which characteristics of the voice triggers what kind of linage, and it doesn't matter whether that image is the right or wrong one of the actual speaker, then we can create an image through voice,' he says. That capacity could help to create computer-synthesized voices tailored to conjure up specific associations — audio books for children that inspire motherly visages, or warning alerts that bring to mind a stern police officer.
【小题1】People often think that they would ______ the speaker when they saw the speaker.

【小题2】Moon decided to do the experiment to ______.

A．see how close mental pictures match up with reality

B．how people speak

C．see if there was any relation to how people speak rather than what they are saying

D．both A and C

【小题3】He asked ______ Korean women to speak and recorded their voices.

【小题4】______ were more perceptive in recognizing full-body photos.

A．The Koreans	B．The American women
C．The Korean women	D．The Americans

【小题5】______ percent of Koreans and Americans matched their favorite face with their favorite voice.

C
Imagine a world 400 years ago where children were used as chimney sweeps. The pay was low, it was a dirty trade and there was little reward for the men who did the job and even less for children.
Medway’s annual Sweeps Festival recreates the joy and laughter enjoyed by the chimney sweeps at their traditional holiday: the one time of the year the sweeps could leave the soot（烟灰） behind and have some fun. The sweeps’ holiday was traditionally held on 1 May each year. Locally, they used to mark the occasion by staging a procession through the streets of Rochester.
Their fun continued with the Jack-in-the-Green ceremony, a seven-foot character that they used to waken at dawn on Blue Bell Hill, Chatham. The Jack-in-the-Green would walk with the chimney sweeps in their parade. When the Climbing Boys’ Act 1868 made it illegal to employ young boys to carry out the trade, the traditional procession gradually began to fade. The final May celebration was held in the early 1900s.
The modern day Rochester Sweeps Festival is a colorful mix of music, dancing and entertainment with more than 60 Morris sides and entertainers celebrating throughout the three-day festival. The festival was revived in 1981 by local businessman Gordon Newton, a keen historian. He decided it was time to bring it back and over the years he has helped develop the festival into what it is today — an excellent performance of traditional Britain.
Gordon researched the Sweeps’ tradition and organized a small parade, involving local Morris teams. In time, Medway Council took over organization of the festival but Gordon remained actively involved. Today he is festival producer and plays melodeon（簧风琴） for several Morris teams. Doug Hudson is the festival’s music director, a role he has held for many years. Through Gordon’s vision and hard work, Doug’s musical ability and the council’s help, the Rochester Sweeps Festival has become the largest May Day celebration of its kind in the country.
66. According to the writer, chimney sweeps ____________.
A. were highly respected              B. were well rewarded
C. led a hard life in the past            D. worked in good conditions
67. Medway’s Sweeps Festival ____________.
A. has been organized by the Jack-in-the-Green
B. dated back to the May celebration in the early 1900s
C. is held to honor those chimney sweeps every other year
D. has become a time for chimney sweeps to enjoy themselves
68. The underlined word “revive” in the 4th paragraph most probably means ___________.
A. realize          B. review         C. recreate         D. recognize
69. It can be inferred from the passage that ____________.
A. the festival has never been supported by the local government
B. The festival is a good way to see British folk customs in action
C. youngsters has been forbidden to be chimney sweeps since 1981
D. the modern festival lasts five days celebrating the coming of spring
70. What is the passage mainly concerned about?
A. Sweeps Festival history                       B. Medway’s traditional holidays
C. Climbing Boys’ Act 1868                    D. a procession in Rochester

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［1］In a study likely to make school caretakers embarrassed, U.S. researchers said that chewing gum may help improve performances of teenagers. Many schools ban chewing gum because children often throw away the sticky chaw under chairs or tables. But the study found that students who chewed gum during math class had higher scores on a math test and better grades than students who did not chew gum in the class.

［2］“For the first time, we’ve been able to show in a real-life kind of situation that students did perform better when they were allowed to chew,”said Gil Leveille, director of the Wrigley Science Institute. Wrigley has gotten feedback from many of its gum customers who say chewing gum helps them stay focused.

［3］The researchers studied four math classes（108 students aged 13 to 16）.About one half got free Wrigley’s sugar-free gum to chew during class, homework and tests. They chewed at least one stick of gum 86 percent of the time they were in math class and 36 percent of the time they were doing homework. The other half_____________.

［4］After 14 weeks, the gum chewers had a 3 percent increase in their math scores on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills achievement test, a small but significant change. As a matter of fact, the gum chewers did get better final grades in the class than their non-chewing peers.

［5］Leveille said chewing gum helps reduce stress, so students can do their best work. And while he is aware that many schools have a dim view on students’ chewing gum in class, he hopes the findings may change that a bit.

［6］“It’s not a matter of chewing. It’s a matter of gum disposal（处理），”Leveille said, adding that it can be overcome by teaching proper disposal methods. If that failed, he joked, “We’ll have to provide the cleaners with scrapers（刮刀）”

1.What is the main idea of the passage？（no more than 10 words）

___________________________________________________________________________ ______

2.In what way is chewing gum helpful according to the passage?（no more than 10 words）

___________________________________________________________________________ ______

3.Fill in the blank in Paragraph 3 with proper words.（no more than 8 words）

___________________________________________________________________________ ______

4.Which sentence in the passage is the closest in meaning to the following one?

Although he knows many schools are against students’ chewing gum, he expects that the research results will help improve the situation.

___________________________________________________________________________ ______

5.According to Leveille, why should schools deal with the problem in gum chewing?（no more than 10 words）

___________________________________________________________________________ ______

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Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together. However, I was not thinking about the golden chain when I had to help people who1.their way and parked in front of my house.

I was growing tired of helping so many people. Almost every 2. I was awaken during a sound night’s sleep and had to 3. someone out. Many times I was 4. by some penniless motorists who did not even thank me for the helps that they received and some even complained that I could have done 5..

One day, a young man with a week – old beard climbed out of a 6. automobile. He had no money and no food. He asked if I could give him some 7., offering him gasoline and a meal. I told him that if he wanted to work for me, he could cut the grass, but 8. the work wasn’t necessary.

Though sweaty and hungry, he worked hard. After working all day, he sat 9.to cool himself. I thanked him for his work and gave him the money he 10. . I then offered him some 11.money for a task particularly well done, but he 12., shaking his head.

I never saw him again. He probably thinks I helped him out that day, but that is not 13. it was. I didn’t help him. He helped me to 14. people again to repay their trust in me. He helped me to once again want to do something for those who are15. . I wish I could thank him for 16.some of my belief in the basic 17. of others and for giving me back a little of the 18. I had lost. Because of him, I once again felt part of a golden chain of kindness that 19. us to others.

I may have fed his body that day, but he fed my 20..

21.A．fought B．found C．made D．lost

22.A．morning B．afternoon C．night D．evening

23.A．bring B．help C．carry D．drive

24.A．taken for granted B．put up with C．turned down D．taken up with

25.A．less B．more C．worse D．enough

26.A．fashionable B．famous C．flashy D．shabby

27.A．money B．food C．water D．work

28.A．actually B．specially C．particularly D．generally

29.A．in the sun B．in the shade C．in the field D．in the car

30.A．asked B．begged C．needed D．charged

31.A．old B．extra C．small D．good

32.A．accepted B．received C．refused D．denied

33.A．the condition B．the thing C．the issue D．the way

34.A．believe in B．watch over C．look after D．care about

35.A．in trouble B．in danger C．in tears D．in fear

36.A．forgetting B．losing C．restoring D．finding

37.A．goodness B．happiness C．pleasure D．nature

38.A．weakness B．strength C．optimism D．pessimism

39.A．adapts B．adjusts C．devotes D．connects

40.A．heart B．soul C．head D．mouth

---Who did it sound like?Anybody you know?
---Well, perhaps, Jeff．I ______ who was calling before he hung it up．

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---Who did it sound like?Anybody you know?
---Well, perhaps, Jeff．I ______ who was calling before he hung it up．