5．-It was fine yesterday．- ．And a good day for picnicking.isn't it?( )A．So it isB．So is itC．So i——青夏教育精英家教网—

2．-Mr．Smith，I'm sorry to bother you，but it's the third day of June today．
-Oh，_____ rent!I'm sorry it's late．I'll write you _____ check right now．（　　）

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1．How to Become Best Friends with Your Dormmates
Do you feel nervous and stressful about living in the dormitory？Sharing a room with strangers may be challenging at the beginning，but it will turn out to be a precious experience in your life．Here are some tips on how to become best friends with your dormmates．
Agree on Some Basic Rules
（36）D．Make a list of the things that are/aren't allowed to both of you and stick to it．Decide on the studying time，cleaning and visiting hours．Not only will it make your routine easier，but can also help to avoid misunderstanding and quarrels．
Discuss the issues at once
You will escape many fights if you start talking about the problem once you feel it's necessary．When you accumulate the little things，they grow bigger and you may say some unpleasant things you don't really mean．Your dormmates simply cannot know or notice some things．（37）G．
Respect Your Dormmates and Their Stuff
Using without asking is the cause of most conflicts and misunderstandings between dormmates．（38）C．If you think that wearing their cosmetics is okay，they may think in an absolutely different way．Always ask for permission when you want to borrow，use or take any item．
Get to Know Each Other Better
You won't become best friends at once，but you can do a lot in order to establish a good relationship from the very start．（39）F．Everybody loves to be asked questions about their personality．Getting to know each other will make your living together less stressful and you may have pretty much in common!（40）A
Your dormmates may be from other countries with different traditions，religion and views．Be careful with the stereotypes and prejudgment，your ideas about the subject may be superficial and incorrect．Most probably your overseas dormmates will need some help during the period of adaptation to the new surrounding and lifestyle．Sharing a room with an international student is a unique chance to learn another culture and language．Don't miss it!
A．Tolerance Makes a Difference
B．Learning from each other
C．Being dormmates doesn't mean sharing everything with each other
D．This is the essential rule of any good relationship
E．Tell them your own interests and preferences
F．Take an interest in their hobbies，family or academic preferences
G．That's why negotiations are always the right thing to consider．

20．假设你是红星中学高三学生李华．今年寒假你参加了学校组织的赴美游学活动．请给接待你的史密斯夫妇写一封感谢信，内容包括：
1．感谢对你的照顾；
2．感谢带你体验西方文化；
3．邀请他们来中国游玩．
注意：1．词数不少于50；
2．开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数．
Dear Mr．and Mrs．Smith，

Yours，
Li Hua．

19．Rhythm of Life
Choosing the right time to sleep，the correct moment to make decisions，the best hour to eat-and even go into hospital-could be your key to perfect health．
Centuries after man discovered the rhythms（节奏、韵律） of the planets and the cycles of crops，scientists have learned that we too live by precise rhythms that govern everything from our basic bodily functions to mental skills．Man is a prisoner of time．
But it's not just the experts who are switching on to the way our bodies work．（71）F Prince Charles consults a chart which tells him when he will be at his peak on a physical，emotional and intellectual level．Boxer Frank Bruno is another who charts his bio-rhythms to plan for big fights．
（71）E Sleep，blood pressure，hormone levels and heartbeat all follow their own clocks，which may bear only slight relation to our man-made 24-hour cycle．
Research shows that in laboratory experiments when social signals and，most importantly，light indicators such as dawn are taken away，people lose touch with the 24-hour clock and sleeping patterns change．Temperature and heartbeat cycles lengthen and settle into"days"lasting about 25hours．
In the real world，light and dark keep adjusting internal clock to the 24-hour day． But the best indicator of performance is body temperature．As it falls from a 10p．m．high of 37.2℃to a pre-dawn low of 36.1℃，mental functions fall too．（73）D
The most famous example is the nuclear accident at Three Mile Island in the US．The three operators in the control room worked alternating（交替的） weeks of day，evening and night shifts．（74）G Investigators believe this caused the workers to overlook a warning light and fail to close an open valve．
Finding the secret of what makes us tick has long fascinated scientists and work done over the last decade has yielded important clues．（75）B For example，the time we eat may be important if we want to maximize intellectual or sporting performance．There is already evidence suggesting that the time when medicine is given to patients affects how well it works．

A．The rhythm of life is a slight beat．
B．The aim is to help us become more efficient（高效的）．
C．Jenny Hope claims to have tested their body clocks to the limit．
D．This is a key reason why shift work can cause so many problems．
E．Experts say every aspect of human bodies is influenced by daily rhythms．
F．Many people study the state of their bio-rhythms before making their daily plans．
G．Such a dangerous combination never gave their bodies'natural rhythms a chance to settle down．

18．"If we can set it up so you can't unlock your phone unless you've got the right fingerprint（指纹），"Barack Obama asked last Tuesday，"why can't we do the same thing for our guns？"For this reasonable-sounding question，the president was applauded throughout the media．
As it happens，though，there is a good answer to this question：there is no market for guns that work just some of the time．Guns are simple things designed to operate as easily and reliably as possible．The introduction of electronics eats away this simplicity，and to a degree that is absolutely unacceptable to the consumer．As President Obama well knows，the fingerprint software on his phone works rather erratically：Often it takes a user two or three tries to log in； occasionally，it falls asleep deeply and obeys the password．When this happens on an phone，the user is mildly inconvenienced．If this were to happen on a gun，the user would be dead．There is a reason that modern smartphones put the camera function outside of the authentication（认证） process．
How could we possibly think that guns are the same as other commercial products？It is true that，say，cars have become considerably safer over the last few decades； true，too，that"research"has contributed to this improvement．But it matters enormously that a car is not intended to hurt people，and that in a perfect world nobody would ever be injured by one．Can we say the same of guns？Of course not．Guns are killing machines，designed explicitly to do damage to living things．In fact，they have no other purpose．As such，the salient question before any free people is not"are guns dangerous？"，they are，but"who gets them，and why？"
This is not to say that nothing at all can be done to improve public safety．On an individual level，gun owners should do everything to ensure that their guns are kept away from children，and，where possible，they should train themselves in case they are ever called upon to shoot in anger．At the national level，the combination of better policing and economic growth can help to reduce crime-and，indeed，it has．In 1993，gun crime was more than twice as common as it is now，and there were many fewer guns in circulation．Ugly as it is in its own right，that we have reached the point at which two-thirds of all guns-related deaths are deliberately self-inflicted is a small victory．
How to address those deaths that remain？That is a tricky one．I do not know the answer，and nor，frankly，does anybody else．But selling fantasies to the ignorant is not going to cut it．
67．What does the writer mainly argue in this passage？B
A．Gun crime has been greatly reduced．
B．The idea of smart guns is not realistic．
C．Gun control will not succeed in America．
D．Guns-related deaths deserve public attention．
68The underlined word"erratically"in Paragraph 2probably meansC．
A．with effectiveness
B．with passion and energy
C．in an unpredictable manner
D．in a reasonable and fair way
69．The writer supports his ideas in Paragraphs 2and 3mainly byD．
A．analyzing statistics
B．presenting problems and solutions
C．quoting the authorities
D．making comparisons and contrasts
70．Which of the following might the writer NOT agree with？A
A．Few know how to deal with guns-related deaths．
B．Efforts to improve public safety have partly paid off．
C．The nature of guns distinguishes them from other products．
D．Guns using fingerprint software can risk the lives of the users．

17．The truth was written all over her face．The eyes are the window to the soul．From those sayings，you would think that we could read faces．In fact，people tend to overestimate their ability to do it．
Most of us can't distinguish between certain expressions without contextual clues．In one study，participants were unable to tell whether faces in photos were showing pain or pleasure about a quarter of the time．In another，when people watched silent videos of the same person experiencing pain and faking pain，they couldn't tell which was which．
And yet，as bad as we are at reading expressions，we jump to all kinds of conclusions based on people's faces．We might scoff at the ancient physiognomy-assessing character on the basis of facial feature-but we unknowingly practice it daily．Recent research shows that while there's practically no evidence that faces reveal character，we nonetheless behave as if certain features signal certain traits．People with typically"female"facial features seem more trustworthy； those with lower eyebrows appear more controlling．In another study，people were ready to decide whether an unfamiliar face should be trusted after looking at it for just 200milliseconds．Even when given a chance to look longer，they rarely changed their mind．
Such judgments can defy logic．Subjects playing a trust game invested more money with a player who had a trustworthy face than with one who didn't-even when the two players had the same fame．Another study reported that judges needed less evidence to sentence a person with an untrustworthy face．And a researcher focusing on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict found that a Palestinian peace offering was more likely to be accepted by Jewish Israeli if it was attributed to a politician with"babyfacedness"．
Which brings us to a contradiction．A person's face may not reflect her nature，and yet research finds that specific facial features do seem to influence futures．U．S．Army War College graduates with controlling-looking faces are more likely than their peers to become generals； people with obvious cheekbones，appearing strong and  competent，are more likely to become CEOs of successful companies．This makes a certain sense．If everyone assumes strong-chinned Daniel is an ambitious person，he's more likely to become one．Perhaps by treating others as though their face reveals their character，we motivate them to become the people we assume them to be．
63．Miss Green wants to find a pet shop for her dog while she is on holiday．She is most likely to choose the shop's owner withB．
A．a strong chin
B．"female"facial features
C．low eyebrows
D．obvious cheekbones
64．Which of the following is TRUE according to the author？A
A．People rush to judgments based on facial features．
B．People are better at telling"pain"than"delight"from faces．
C．People consider it instructive to study the ancient physiognomy．
D．People would change their first impression if given more chances．
65．In Paragraph 4，the examples are used to showD．
A．facial features reveal minds
B．trust is essential in big issues
C．baby faces are more trustworthy
D．decisions are easily influenced by faces
66．According to the last paragraph，the author believesD．
A．facial features mirror character
B．people's behavior is contradictory
C．people won't be judged by appearance
D．facial features can influence eventual character．

16．

The Wake-up Call
"What's that？"my ten-year-old daughter，Genie，asked．She'd caught me laughing at a piece of mail I'd just opened．"Wake-up service； 2.50 per call．"At the bottom was a phone number and a drawing of a rotary phone，like the one my great-aunt Sara had owned 40 years ago．"Is that mail funny？"Genie asked．
"Not really，"I admitted．"It's just outdated．"
"What's a wake-up call？"She frowned．I explained how，before smart-phones，people sometimes paid someone to wake them with a call．
"Who sent this flyer？"she pressed．
"Probably someone older，"I said，"and could use some money．"
Her eyes lit up．"Can we order a wake-up？"she asked．
"We don't need it．"I picked it up and headed for the recycling bin．
"Wait!"she shrieked．
"I feel sorry for the wake-up man，if he needs some money，"she said，tearing up．"Can't we order？"
I looked at the flyer with its drawing of a rotary phone．I remembered，again，my great-aunt Sara and her rotary phone．As a kid，I'd visited her over Labor Day，when Jerry Lewis would host his charity event for the disabled kids．Aunt Sara would squeeze my hand，then reach for the rotary phone，dialing the number on the screen．Holding the receiver between us，we'd announce to the operator，"We'd like to help those kids．"
Now here was my own child，showing the same big heart I'd once been encouraged to have，and how could I ignore her？I Googled the flyer's return address．The address belonged to a man called Raymond．He was in his mid-60s．We called him and，holding the receiver between us，the way Aunt Sara and I used to，told him we needed his services．"Great!"Raymond said in a shaky but friendly voice，clearly amazed at receiving an order from a child．When I asked how to pay the 2.50，he answered，"Mail a check．"
Genie was happy all week．Friday night，I put the phone by her pillow so she could answer Raymond's call．She bounded to my bedroom to tell me all about how he'd wished her a good morning and told her to have a great day，which she did．
Technology has made some things outdated．But there are still other things the world will always require．In the rush and hustle of my daily life，I'd temporarily forgotten that．I guess I just needed a wake-up call．
59．The author laughed at the mail becauseD．
A．it was printed roughly
B．the drawing in it was poor
C．the wake-up call cost too much
D．the service it offered was outdated
60．What did the author want to do with the flyer at first？A
A．Throw it away．
B．Let Genie read it．
C．Find out who sent it．
D．Keep it away from Genie．
61．What made the author finally decide to order a wake-up call？A
A．Her own childhood experience．
B．The less fortunate wake-up man．
C．Genie's curiosity about the service．
D．The information she found on Google．
62．What might"other things"in the last paragraph refer to？D
A．Bravery and curiosity．
B．Confidence and patience．
C．Honesty and humor．
D．Generosity and kindness．

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