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  When I was at University , T studied very hard. But a lot of my friends did very little work. Some did just enough to pass exams. Others didn't do quite enough. Fred Baines was one of them. He spent more time drinking in the Students' Union than working in the library.

  Once at the end of a term,we had to take an important test on chemistry. The test had a hundred questions. Beside each question we had to write "True" or "False". While I was studying in my room the night before the test,Fred was watching TV. Fred usually worried a lot the night before a test. But on that night he looked perfectly calm. Then he told me of his plan. "It's very simple. There are a hundred questions and I have to get fifty correct to pass the test. I'll take a coin into the examination room. I haven't studied my chemistry book for months,so I'll just toss the coin. That way,I'm sure I'll get half the questions right."

  The next day , Fred came happily into the exam room. As he sat tossing a coin for half an hour,he marked down his answers. Then he left,half an hour before the rest of us.

  The next day,he saw the chemistry professor in the corridor. "Good morning,sir," he said. "Have you got the result of the test?" The professor looked at him and smiled, "Ah, it's you,Fred Baines. Just a minute. ” Then he reached into his pocket and took out a coin. He threw it into the air,caught it in his hand and looked at it.

"I,m terribly sorry,Fred," he said. "You failed!" 

(   ) 1. This story mainly wants to tell us     .

A.     chemistry is really hard to learn

B.     there were too many questions for students to prepare for

C.     good exam results need hard study

D.     tossing a coin cannot always decide the result 

(   ) 2. Fred Baines was one of those who     

A.     did just enough to pass the exam

B.     didn't work hard enough for their studies

C.     had too much other work for the Students' Union

D.     were quite good at passing exams

(   ) 3. Fred came happily into the exam room because       

A.     he had got ready for the exam

B.     he knew the answers already

C.     the other students would be behind him

D.     he had his way to finish the exam 

(   ) 4. The chemistry exam in fact .

A.      was not very hard

B.      took the other students an hour to finish

C.     had more than one hundred questions

D.     needed to be done by tossing a coin

(   ) 5. The professor tossed the coin to tell Fred that         .

A.     he was satisfied with his way for the exam

B.     he wanted to make friends with him

C.     his way for the exam would never work

D.     the exam result depended on the coin

 1. C 2. B 3. D 4. B 5. C

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  " (5) ?" Kate asked. The lady smiled.

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(   ) 2. A. knew    B. believed    C. thanked    D. remembered

(   ) 3. A. told    B. asked    C. wondered    D. checked

(   ) 4. A. sure    B. excited   C. surprised    D. pleased

(   ) 5. A. What    B. Where      C. When     D. Why

(   ) 6. A. drove    B. climbed    C. fell    D. appeared

(   ) 7. A. road    B. sight       C. taxi    D. home

(   ) 8. A. shouted    B. played    C. hurt    D. pointed

(   ) 9. A. healthy    B. alive    C. relaxed    D. quiet

(   ) 10. A. happened    B. failed   C. succeeded    D. hurried

(   ) 11. A. idea    B. answer     C. interest    D. order

(   ) 12. A. hands    B. back     C. dress    D. lipstick

(   ) 13. A. stopped    B. left     C. passed    D. turned

(   ) 14. A. lifted    B. held    C. put       D. picked

(   ) 15. A. worried    B. happy    C. proud    D. successful

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(   ) 1. Who is Steven Chu?

A.     He is a Nobel Prize winner for energy.

B.     He is a visiting scientist in America.

C.     He is an American-Chinese.

D.     He is a Chinese-American.

(   ) 2. The word "prominent" in the first paragraph means         .

A.参与竞选的                      B.遵守承诺的

C.才能卓越的                      D.出身显赫的

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a.      He was chosen by Barack Obama as U. S. energy secretary.

b.     He got the Nobel Prize for his excellent research work.

c.      He studied in California for his second doctor's degree.

d.     He became a member of the Climate Council.

e.      He acted as the head of the national lab in California.

A. b,c,d,e,a B. c,b,e,d,a

C. d,a,b,c,e D. a,c,b,d,e

(   ) 4. In the next part of this passage,the writer would most probably tell us the following
EXCEPT         .

A.     Obama's reason of choosing Chu as the energy secretary

B.     Chu's plan and work on energy efficiency and conservation

C.     Obama's new plan to Chinese-Americans

D.     both Obama and Chu's plans and ideas on sustainable energy

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  Stop Making Excuses for It

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  Forgive and Forget It

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(   ) 1. According to the passage , we might get angry when someone       

A. holds us backB. forgets us

C. doesn't like usD. does hurt us

(   ) 2. Bitterness comes from         .

A.         our health problems like heart disease

B.         the anger that lives deep inside our mind

C.         the person who says something that hurts us

D.         our relationships with friends and family members

(   ) 3. The word "deny" in the passage means "       

A.误解       B.否认        C.疏远        D.减轻

(   ) 4. The best way to deal with the bitterness is to     .

A.         make the person who hurts us look bad

B.         hate the person who hurts us so often

C.         accept that you are hurting the other person

D.         forgive the person who hurts us and forget it 

(   ) 5. What can we learn from the passage?

A.         We should enjoy someone who hurts us.

B.         We should pay more attention to our friends.

C.         The peace of mind is more important than the hurt itself.

D.         It's better to let bitterness go along with the other person.

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(   ) 1. What will the program for remembering eyes be used for?

A. Banks and computers. B. Banks and shops.

C. Schools and computers. D. Schools and shops.

(   ) 2. How does the eye-recognition program work?

A.     You look at the machine and type a number.

B.     You need to speak and then look.

C.     The machine looks at your face.

D.     You look at the machine.

(   ) 3. Which recognition program is already in use?

A. Remembering eyes and smell. B. Remembering fingers or voices.

C. Remembering faces and voices. D. Remembering hands and faces. 

(   ) 4. What problems could there be with the eye-recognition program?

A. Some eyes are the same. B. Eyes can change.

C. It is not always correct. D. Eyes can get dirty.

(   ) 5. What's the advantage of using recognition programs?

A. You needn't remember a number. B. You needn't take money with you.

C. You don't need to speak. D. People think they are interesting.

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