6.        ，we slept deeply because we were so tired after the long journey, (as)

尽管夜晚的空气炎热，但我们还是睡得很沉，因为长途旅行后我们都很累了。

5. However        ，I could not read his handwriting, (try)

不论我怎样努力，还是没法看清他写的字。

4. In the global economy, a new drug for cancer,        ，will create many economic possibilities around the world.(discover)

在全球经济中，一种治疗癌症的新药，无论它是在哪儿被发现，都将在全球产生很多经济上的可能性。

3. They promised to develop a software package by the end of this year,         they might have.(difficulty)

他们承诺，无论可能有什么困难，今年年底之前都要开发出一个软件包。

2.1 don't often lose things, so I was quite surprised        my wallet and found it wasn，t there.(reach)

我不常丢东西，所以当我拿钱包却发现钱包不在时，感到大吃一惊。

1. So fast                that we can hardly imagine its speed.(travel)

光传播的速度快到我们难以想象。

C

Every person learns at least one language in his childhood that is routinely used for speaking and writing. However，many people are fond of learning two or more languages. There are numerous benefits of being bilingual such as an improvement in linguistic abilities as well as betterment of cognitive flexibility such as divergent thinking, concept formation,verbal abilities and general reasoning.

Many people have the capacity to learn a second language. It may be another language in the same country or a totally different language from another country. Nowadays，institutes and schools offering foreign language courses are popping up throughout the world. While learning another language， you need to understand its basic grammar and improve vocabulary. Being bilingual offers greater sensitivity to language, more flexibility in thinking and a better ear for listening. It also improves a person' s understanding for the native language. It opens the door to other cultures. Moreover,knowledge of other languages increases the career opportunities, offering several job options.

The bilingual people can have some specific advantages in thinking. They have two or more words for each idea and object and can develop a creative thinking and an ability to think more flexibly. The bilinguals are aware about which language should be spoken with which person in a particular situation. Therefore, they are more sensitive to the needs of the listener than the monolingual people. Being bilingual has a positive effect on intellectual growth. It enhances and enriches a person's mental development. The bilinguals are better at IQ tests as compared to the monolinguals. What is more,being bilingual may keep your mind young. Juggling two languages as a child can slow mental decline.

The bilinguals are able to switch between different languages and talk to different people in various languages. It increases a sense of self-esteem. Being bilingual creates a powerful link in different people from different countries. The bilinguals tend to show a higher performance in examinations and tests.

The bilinguals enjoy reading and writing in different languages. They can understand and appreciate literatures in various languages. It gives a deeper knowledge of different ideas and traditions. It helps improve the ways of thinking and behaving. The pleasures of reading poetry，novels and magazines as well as the enjoyment of writing to family and friends are doubled for bilinguals.

(   ) 8. Which is the best title of the passage?

     A.  We Should Be Bilingual

    B.  Learning Language Is of Great Help

    C.  Advantages of Being Bilingual

    D.  Mastering Languages

(   ) 9. Which of the following is NOT the cognitive(认识的) benefit of being bilingual?

     A.  It makes a person think creatively.

    B.  It makes a person more sensitive to the listener's needs or demands.

    C.   It improves and enriches a person,s mental development.

    D.  It does good to a person' s character.

(   ) 10.According to the author,being bilingual can        .

     A.  be happier than the monolingual people

    B.  develop a strong relationship between people

    C.  have a better understanding of the listener

    D.  build up a person' s confidence

(   ) 11. It can be inferred that when hunting for a job，        .

     A.  a person can increase his own sense of self-esteem 

    B.  graduates are offered more opportunities

    C.  the bilinguals have an advantage over others

    D.  the bilinguals can understand the employers better 

(   ) 12.Whom is the passage written to?

     A. Foreign students.    B. Exchange students.

    C. College students.    D. Teachers.

There is one difference between the sexes on which every expert and study agrees：men are more aggressive than women. It shows up in 2-year-olds. It continues through school days and persists into adulthood. It is even constant across cultures. And there is little doubt that it is rooted in biology.

If there's a woman's quality which is the same as men's aggressiveness, it's what social scientists refer to as the result of "education". Feminists have argued that the caring nature of women is not biological in origin, but rather has been forced into women by a society that wanted to keep them in the home. But the signs that it is at least partly inborn are too numerous to ignore. Just as tiny infant girls respond more readily to human faces, female toddlers(学步者) learn much faster than males how to pick up nonverbal cues from others. And grown women are far more skilful than men at interpreting facial expressions. A recent study by University of Pennsylvania brain researcher Ruben Gur showed that they easily read emotions such as anger,sadness and fear. The only such emotion men could pick up was disgust.

What difference do such differences make in the real world? Among other things，women appear to be somewhat less competitive~~~or at least competitive in different ways― than men. At the Harvard Law School, for instance, female students enter with qualities just as outstanding as those of their male peers. But they don't qualify for the well-known Law Review in proper numbers, a fact some school officials owe to women's discomfort in the incredibly competitive atmosphere.

Students of management styles have found fewer differences than they expected between men and women who reach leadership positions，perhaps because many successful women deliberately imitate men. But an analysis by Purdue social psychologist Alice Eagly of166 studies of leadership style did find one difference: Men tend to be more "autocratic"― making decisions on their own ―while women tend to consult colleagues more often. Studies of behavior in small groups turn up even more differences. Men will typically dominate the discussion，says University of Toronto psychologist Kenneth Dion,spending more time talking and less time listening.

(   ) 4. The passage mainly discusses         .

     A. how sex differences are demonstrated in social relations

    B. how hormone determines sex differences

    C. why there are differences between males and females

    D. why men and women have different social roles

(   ) 5. The Harvard Law School example in paragraph3 suggests that         .

     A. women are not as competitive as men

    B. law is not the right profession for women

    C. women are as excellent as men when they are young

    D. academic qualities are not equal to performance

(   ) 6. Which of the following statements is true according to paragraph4?

     A. Male leaders should consult colleagues and subordinates more often.

    B. Female leaders' success is due to their imitating male leaders.

    C. Men and women are different in their leadership style.

    D. Decisiveness is an important quality for a successful politician.

(   ) 7，It can be inferred from the passage that the writer        .

     A. denies the difference sexes make in real life

    B. has negative views against men

    C. discourages women to be competitive

    D. treats sex difference objectively

We have heard of counterfeiting before. Usually it refers to people making money by printing it instead of earning it. But counterfeiting also can involve all sorts of consumer goods and manufactured products. From well-known brand names such as Calvin Klein jeans to auto parts，counterfeiters have found ways to produce goods that look authentic. In some instances，counterfeit products look better than the original！

The demand of brand-name products has helped counterfeiting grow into a very profitable business throughout the world and into a serious problem for legal manufacturers and consumers alike. Faulty counterfeit parts have caused more than two dozen crashes. Most counterfeit auto parts do not meet federal safety standards.

Counterfeiting hurts manufacturers in many ways. Analysts estimate that,in the United States alone，annual revenue loss runs from$6 billion to$8 billion. Perhaps even worse，consumers blame the innocent manufacturers when they unknowingly buy a counterfeit product and find it doesn't perform as expected. Sometimes entire economies can suffer. For instance, when farmers in Kenya and Zaire used counterfeit fertilizers, both countries lost most crops.

By copying other firms' products, counterfeiters avoid research and development costs and most marketing costs. High-tech products such as computers and their software products are especially easy to suffer. As long as counterfeiting is profitable,large quantities of products are available to copy,and the laws are difficult to enforce,counterfeiters can be expected to exist for a long time.

(   ) 1. The word "counterfeiting" most probably means        ,

     A.   making things of poor quality for profit

    B.   making things of good quality for profit

    C.   illegally making things by copying

    D.   legally making things by copying

(   ) 2.The quality of most counterfeit products is        .

     A.   not up to the standards of America

    B.   up to the standards of America

    C.   so poor that few people want to buy the products

    D.   so good that most people prefer them to the authentic ones 

(   ) 3. The most appropriate title for the passage would be        .

     A.  The Effects of Counterfeiting

    B. The Problem of Counterfeiting

    C. The Cause of Counterfeiting

    D. The Profit of Counterfeiting

10. The evening party was somewhat boring and it was not until the superstar appeared on the stage           . (applaud)

晚会有点乏味，直到这位巨星登上舞台时，所有的观众才都站起来向他鼓掌。