【题目】Mrs Mavis said the aliens took her away so that they could do research _______ her.

A. on B. for C. about D. with

【题目】Jane was so ______ for the news of her lost child that she was almost driven ______.

A. proper; madly B. thirsty; mad

C. sad; madly D. curious; mad

【题目】---Guys, I was really worn out! I cant walk any further!

--- We should have a rest. We ______ the cave a whole day.

A. exploring B. are exploring

C. have been exploring D. explore

【题目】Sometimes to get out of difficulty, one must change his way of thinking, or simply change his ____ towards a problem.

A. emotion B. approach C. purpose D. sense

【题目】Stanley Yelnats was given a choice. The judge said, “You may go to prison, or you may go to Camp Green Lake.” Stanley was from a poor family. He had never been to camp before. So, Stanley Yelnats seems set to serve an easy sentence, which is only fair because he is as innocent as you or me. But Stanley is not going where he thinks he is.

Camp Green Lake is like no other camp anywhere. It is a place that has no lake and nothing green. Nor is it a camp, at least not the kind of camp kids look forward to in the summertime. It is only a desert wasteland, dotted with countless holes dug by the boys who live at the camp.

The trouble started when Stanley was accused of stealing a pair of shoes donated by basketball great Clyde “Sweetfeet” Livingston to a celebrity auction (名流拍卖会). In court, the judge doesn’t believe Stanley’s explanation that the shoes fell from the sky onto his head. And yet, that’s exactly what happened. Strangely, though, Stanley doesn’t blame the judge for falsely convicting (宣告有罪) him. Instead, he blames the whole thing on his “no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-

stealing-great-great-grandfather.” Thanks to this distant relative, the Yelnats family had been cursed (诅咒) for generations. For Stanley, his current troubles are just a natural part of being a Yelnats.

At Camp Green Lake, the warden (看守) makes the boys “build character” by spending all day, every day, digging holes: five feet wide and five feet deep. It doesn’t take long for Stanley to realize there’s more than character improvement going on at Camp Green Lake. The boys are digging holes because the warden is searching for something, and before long Stanley begins his own search — for the truth. Fate is to find a solution to it all — the family curse, the mystery of the holes. The great wheel of justice has ground slowly for generations, but now it is about to reveal its verdict (裁决).

【1】Stanley Yelnats went to Camp Green Lake to__________________.

A．enjoy the summertime B．show his innocence

C．Serve his sentence D．make a choice

【2】We can learn from the passage that Stanley__________________.

A．stole the shoes for his relative

B．got the shoes by accident

C．donated the shoes to an auction

D．blamed the judge for the sentence

【3】In fact，the warden made the boys dig holes to________________.

A．kill the time B．build character

C．break the family curse D．look for something

【4】In which section of a newspaper does this passage probably appear?

A．Law． B．Geography．

C．News． D．Literature．

【题目】The food ______ at the moment is for the dinner party.

A. cooked B. to be cooked

C. is being cooked D. being cooked

【题目】_____ to sunlight for too much time will do harm to one’s skin.

A. Being exposed B. Having exposed

C. Exposed D. After being exposed

【题目】Find information in today’s world is not difficult. The _____ is how you can tell if the information is reliable or not.

A. ability B. competition C. challenge D. knowledge

【题目】Do you still remember the chicken farm _______ we visited three months ago?

A. where B. when C. that D. what

【题目】In China，cultural differences arose from growing rice or wheat．Different thinking styles between northern and southern Chinese people can trace(追溯)their roots to rice fields and wheat fields．

Rice farming promotes a holistic(整体的)focus on distinguishing relationships among people and objects，and valuing others as much as or more than oneself, say psychologist Thomas Talhelm of the University of Virginia and his colleagues．Holistic thinking among many modem Chinese people partly reflects regional histories of building communal irrigation systems(共有灌溉系统)and cooperatively planting and harvesting rice fields over thousands of years．

They draw that conclusion based on studies of college students from regions with different agricultural practices．Students from southern and central China’s rice．growing provinces think holistically, even though they have probably never farmed rice，Talhelm’s group reports．In contrast，students from northern and central Chinese provinces that have specialized in wheat growing exhibit a preference for abstract analysis and self over others，the scientists find．Wheat is less labor-intensive(劳动密集型)to grow than rice，SO farmers can plant and harvest crops without much help from neighbors．Analytical，individualistic thinking is not more common among students from richer

Provinces, contrary to the argument that this attitude springs from modernization. ”Rice theory might explain why East Asia is so much less individualistic than expected based on its wealth, ” Talhelm says.

Talhelm，s team tested 1,162 Chinese students，who Viewed lists of three items，such as a rabbit，a dog and a carrot. For each list，students chose two items that belonged together. Earlier research found that analytical thinkers often group items according to categories，so rabbits and dogs go together．Holistic thinkers tend to 1ook for relationships，such as rabbits eating carrots. Students from rice-growing areas made an average of around seven to nine holistic matches of 10 possible matches，compared with roughly f1ve to seven holistic matches for those from Wheat-growing areas.

Talhelm’s team also analyzed national statistics in China from 1 996，2000 and 2010 and found a higher divorce rate and a greater number of successful patents for new inventions in wheat-growing provinces than in rice-growing provinces. That trend is in line with the ides that analytical thinking develops both individualism and creativity.

【1】People who think holistically probably_____________.

A．come from wheat—growing areas

B．1ive in northern and central China

C．rely more on themselves

D．think of others before themselves

【2】Which of the following statements is true?

A．East Asia is poorer than the other areas of Asia.

B．Modernization contributes to analytic al thinking.

C. Analytical thinkers tend to pick out items by type.

D．Richer people show more individualistic thinking.

【3】The author develops the passage mainly by____________.

A．making comparisons

B. listing examples

C．telling his personal experience

D. presenting problem and solution

【4】What would be the best title for the passage?

A．Cultural differences in China

B．1isting examples

C．Chinese people tracing their roots

D. Farming influences thinking styles