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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

If you’re a fan of The Hunger Games，you shouldn’t miss another trilogy called Divergent．

The second book，by US author Veronica Roth，1. (publish) in 2012．It has spent 105 weeks on the USA Today best-selling books list and 2. (current) ranks No 1．

The trilogy’s story begins in a futuristic Chicago3. people are divided into five distinct groups．Each group is characterized by certain traits – Abnegation (the selfless)，Dauntless (the brave)，Erudite (the intelligent)，Amity (the peaceful) and Candor (the honest)．Every child，at 16，takes a test 4. (see) which of the five factions he or she belongs to．But Beatrice Prior，born in Abnegation，is qualified 5. three，meaning she is a Divergent．And she is told not to tell6. if she wants to stay alive．

So the decision is between staying with her family or being true to herself．Beatrice ends up 7. (choose) the Dauntless．After joining her new group，Beatrice renames herself Tris and tries to prove her 8. (brave) with amazing things like jumping off a moving train onto a rooftop．While undergoing these extreme physical tests，Tris must also determine who her real friends are．

The story of the trilogy “explores a more common adolescent anxiety – the painful realization 9. coming into one’s own sometimes means leaving family behind，both ideologically 10. physically”，commented The New York Times．

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It is the superior intelligence and the use of language that distinguish man______ the other animals.

A. with B. among C. between D. from

---Jane has made great progress in English this term.

--- ______, and______.

A. So she has; so you have

B. So has she; so you have

C. So has she; so have you

D. So she has; so have you

This March is a busy month in Shanghai．There's a lot to do．Here are the highlights.

Live Music - Late Night Jazz

Enjoy real American jazz from Herbie Davis, the famous trumpet player．He's coming with his new 7-piece band, Herbie’s Heroes．Herbie is known to play well into the early hours, so don't expect to get much sleep．This is Herbie’s third visit to Shanghai．The first two were sold out, so get your tickets quickly.

PLACE: The Jazz Club DATES: 15---23 March

PRICE: ￥80,120 TIME: 10:00p.m．till late!

TEL: 6466—8736

Scottish dancing

Take your partners and get ready to dance till you drop．Scottish dancing is fun and easy to learn．Instructors will demonstrate the dances．The live band, Gordon Stroppie and the Weefrees, are also excellent.

PLACE: Jack Stein's DATES: every Monday

PRICE: Y60 including one drink TIME: 7:00 ---0:00 p.m.

TEL: 6402-1877

Exhibitions - Shanghai Museum

There are 120,000 pieces on show here．You can see the whole of Chinese history under one roof．It’s always interesting to visit, but doubly so at the moment with the Egyptian Tombs exhibition．There are lots of mummies and more gold than you've ever seen before．Let us know if you see a mummy move!

PLACE: Shanghai Museum PRICE: ￥30 (￥ 15 for students)

TEL: 6888-6888 DATES: daily

TIME: Monday - Friday 9:00a.m．- 5:00p.m., Weekends 9:00a.m.--- 9:00p.m.

Dining - Sushi chef in town

Sushi is getting really big in Shanghai．In Japan, it’s become an art form．The most famous Sushi 'artist' is Yuki Kamura．She’s also one of the few female chefs in Japan．She’ll be at Sushi Scene all of this month.

PLACE: Sushi Scene in the Shanghai Hotel DATES: all month

PRICE: ￥200 TIME: lunchtime

TEL: 6690-3211

For a full listing of events, see our website.

1.Suppose you are going to attend an activity at 8: 00p．m．on Saturday, which one can you choose?

A．Live Music - Late Night Jazz

B．Exhibitions - Shanghai Museum

C．Scottish dancing

D．Dining - Sushi chef in town

2.Which of the following is true according to the advertisements?

A．Scottish dancing is so interesting and easy that it never tires you out.

B．The performance given by the American jazz band won't last long.

C．Sushi is not popular in Shanghai as it is a kind of Japanese traditional food.

D．It is more interesting to visit Shanghai Museum for the exhibits from Egypt.

3.From the text we may learn that Kamura is _______.

A．an instructor

B．a waitress

C．a coo

D．an artist

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Night after night, she came to tuck me in (盖被子), even long after my childhood years．1. (follow) her longstanding custom, she’d lean down and push my long hair out of the way, then kiss my forehead.

I don’t remember 2.it first started annoying me — her hands pushing my hair that way．Finally, one night, I shouted out at her, “Don’t do that anymore — your hands are too rough!” She didn’t say3. in reply．But never again 4.my mother close out (结束) my day 5.that familiar expression of her love.

Time after time, with the passing years, my 6.(think) returned to that night．By then I missed my mother’s hands, — missed her goodnight kiss on my forehead．

Now those hands I once thought to be so rough were still doing things for me and my family．I 7. (frequent) recalled the night my young voice complained．One night, catching Mom’s hand in hand, I blurted out how sorry I was for that night．I thought she’d remember as I did．But Mom didn’t know what I8.(talk) about．She had forgotten — and forgiven — long ago.

That night, I fell asleep with a new 9. (appreciate) for my gentle mother and 10. caring hands．And the guilt that I had carried around for so long was nowhere to be found.

We might think we know which colours do what．The idea that red wakes us up or blue calms us down is deeply rooted in Western culture．But do they really change our behaviour in the ways that we assume?

When it comes to scientific research, the results are mixed and at times contested． Some studies have found that people do better on cognitive tasks when faced with red rather than blue or green; others show the opposite．The idea is that if you repeatedly have a particular experience surrounded by a certain colour, then you eventually begin to associate that colour with the way you were feeling or behaving．A school career spent reading your teacher’s red writing circling your mistakes forever makes you link red with danger．Blue meanwhile is more likely to be associated with calmer situations like marvelling at a big blue expanse of sky．

Of course there will always be exceptions --- the comment from the teacher saying “well done” is also written in red． It is true that people do make different associations with different colours, but whether this translates into behaving in a certain way or succeeding at a particular task is a different question．

In 2009 researchers tried to clarify the situation．They sat their participants at computer screens colored blue, red or “neutral” and tested them on various tasks．With a red screen people did better on tasks requiring attention to detail, but when the screen was blue they did better on creative tasks．In practice this might be tricky．In a classroom you might want to think creatively some of the time and pay attention to detail at others．

However, when another team tried to repeat the study with a larger group of people in 2014, the effect of color disappeared． The initial study consisted of just 69 people．In this new, bigger study, of 263 volunteers, background color made no difference．

So colors might well have an effect, but so far those effects have been difficult to demonstrate consistently and sometimes don’t seem to exist at all．

1.What’s the major function of the first paragraph?

A． To present a widely held view

B． To raise a question of behavior change

C． To introduce the theme of the passage

D． To summarize the whole passage

2.The author mentions the exception in Paragraph 3 in order to show _____．

A． there are exceptions to every rule

B． people tend to associate colors with behaviors

C． colors don’t necessarily mean particular behaviors

D． colors do matter to those who desire success

3.It can be concluded from the results of the studies in 2009 and 2014 that _____．

A． the research findings are practical in indoor decoration

B． solid evidence is inadequate to prove how colors affect us

C． a larger study may help confirm colors’ effects on our behaviors

D． walls should be painted different colors depending on different tasks

Rather than sticking to the principles stubbornly, China is now adopting a new concept in economic policies in a/an _______way that shows its own characteristics．

A． available B． flexible

C． invisible D． sustainable

根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中的两项为多余选项。

Q&A

Question: I have recently got a senior position within my company．One of my new tasks is to make monthly progress reports on my department in front of other senior officials. During my first meeting, I presented and then opened the floor to questions． 1. My first reaction was to answer defensively．Later, I realized that I shouldn’t have felt that way．But how can I keep cool and effectively answer questions in this type of settings?

Answer: Congratulations on your new position! Presenting in front of your peers （同事） is a hard task in itself and it becomes much more difficult when a question-and-answer period is required! Question-and-answer periods are a great way to clarify the message and strengthen key points． 2.

● 3.

When a person is asking a question, show interest and a desire to understand the question by listening and asking for clarification．

● Buy time

When facing a hard question, most people can’t give an answer immediately．Buy time by repeating the question in your own words． 4. These techniques allow you to quickly organize your thoughts as well as to make sure you will be correctly answering the question．

● Suggest a private meeting.

A one-to-one meeting is a calmer setting than speaking in front of your peers． 5.

A．Show your true interest．

B．Restate the question with respect．

C．Some ideas can be quite concrete．

D．There were many difficult questions．

E．It can also be more effective in exchanging ideas．

F．You may also ask for clarification on the question．

G．Here are some ideas that can help prepare for your next meeting．

Bottled water has become the choice for people who are healthy and thirsty. Bottled water is all over the world. But some say the planet’s health, and people’s health may be suffering from it.

The idea that bottled water is safer for humans may not be true. The Natural Resources Defense Council of America said, “There is no promise that because water comes out of a bottle, it is cleaner or safer than water from the tap.” Another New York City-based action group added that some bottled water is “really just tap water in a bottle—sometimes more clean, sometimes not.”

It is not proven that bottled water is better than tap water. Nick Reeves from the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management said, “The high mineral content(含量) of some bottled water makes them not good for feeding babies and young children.” Also, most bottled water doesn’t have fluoride(氟化物), which can make teeth stronger. Kids are drinking more bottled water and less fluoridated tap water, and some say that’s behind the recent rise in bad teeth.

Storing is another problem. Placed near heat, the plastic bottles can produce bad chemicals(化学物质) into the water.

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, some 2.7 million tons of plastic are used worldwide to bottle water each year. The plastic can take between 400 and 1,000 years to break down.

In terms of energy use, plastic bottles are also not cheap. One report said that if water and soft drink bottlers had used 10 percent recycled materials in their plastic bottles, they would have saved about 72 million gallons of gas.

So, if you are worried about the effect of bottled water on the Earth, you can take the following steps.

●Drink from your tap. Unless your government warns against this, it should be fine.

●Get a container(容器). Carry your tap water in a steel or a lined drinking container, and clean it between uses.

●Keep it cool. Don’t drink from a bottle that has been sitting in the sun, don’t store it near chemicals, and don’t reuse plastic bottles.

●Choose glass containers over plastic if possible. When finished, recycle!

1.What is the main idea of the article?

A. Drinking tap water is the only choice for people.

B. Glass containers are better than plastic bottles.

C. Plastic bottles are harmful to the environment.

D. Bottled water may not be as good as we think.

2.What can we learn about plastic bottles from the article?

A. They break down in less than 300 years.

B. They can be used for many other things.

C. They are a risk to the environment.

D. They are cheap to make.

3.According to the article, we can know that bottled water is ______.

A. no problem for the environment

B. more expensive than tap water

C. always safer than tap water

D. better for babies

4.Which of the following about tap water is NOT mentioned in the article?

A. There are a lot of problems storing tap water.

B. Bottled water can be just tap water in a bottle.

C. It may be better for your teeth.

D. It may contain fluoride.

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