Help has already come from them, but the aid is nowhere near ____ we expected.

A. that     B. which     C. what     D. whether

As a result of the quake on Sunday, high-speed train service in Japan was suspended, ____ soon resumed as expected.

A. so      B. thus      C. but       D. otherwise

Swimmer Sun Yang, hurdler Liu Xiang and tennis player Li Na are among China’s best hopes ____ gold in the coming 2012 Olympics.

A. claimed    B. claiming    C. to claim     D. to have claimed

 The speed skating event ____ its most decorated star, four-time Winter Olympic Champion Wang Meng, to a suspension.

A. had lost    B. is losing    C. lost        D. have lost

 He doesn’t have ____ luggage to check, only an old leather trunk.

A. many      B. any       C. some       D. much

 Hunan Satellite TV displayed an artwork behind a singer during the New Year’s Eve program ______ the artist’s permission, which started controversy.

A. for        B. by        C. to         D. without

 Radcliffe, known to _____ most movie-goers as ____ boy wizard Potter, says it felt very natural to move away from that character and start the next phase of his career.

A. the; a      B. the; the     C. /; the      D. /; a

You are supposed to write a composition on the topic Making Friends Selectively or Extensively? You should write about 120 words and base your writing on the outline given below:

1.       有些人认为应该有选择地交朋友

2.       另一些人认为应该广泛地交朋友

3.       你的看法

Making Friends Selectively or Extensively?

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[1]Everybody is familiar with Christmas music； its played everywhere. Whether it's the music from a grocery store or random(随机的）songs on the radio， holiday music remains to flood in the air from the day after Thanksgiving to the beginning of December. Christmas music gets extremely over- played through the Holiday season. “'I think the common seasonal Christmas music is annoying because it keeps being played over and over.”said junior Devin McFarland.

[2]The Christmas music still played today is what she heard in her childhood. Some famous Christmas songs have never been changed. The original music is played so much that in some cases people dream about or even sing Christmas music__________. She wishes that there was a wider variety of songs. She likes the newer Christmas songs that bands either re- make or write themselves. "They have a fresher sound to Christmas songs, and they add their own characteristics to them so that they are more like their own songs. ” McFarland explained.

[3]Christmas is known as a happy and homecoming festival, so the holiday season is meant to be spent happily with your family. It is recognized that the music media wants to get the point across and add to the festival atmosphere. But isn't the music being pushed to the public too much?

[4]Most grocery stores play the music non-stop ，Christmas song after Christmas song， disgusting the customers who don't like that kind of music. You can walk through stores and attempt turning off the music, but sometimes it's impossible to do so. On the other hand, almost everyone has witnessed random persons walking along happily and either singing or whistling to the tune of the song that's played throughout the store.

76. What is the main idea of the passage? (no more than 10 words)

77. Why is the common seasonal Christmas music annoying? (no more than 8 words)

78. What does the music media hope to tell the public?

79. Fill in the blank in Paragraph 2 with proper words.(no more than 3 words)

80. What does the word “them” (Line 6 Paragraph 2) probably refer to? (no more than 4 words)

In the early 1950s, researchers found that people scored lower on intelligence tests if they spoke more than one language. Research in the sixties found the opposite. Bilingual people scored higher than monolinguals, people who speak only one language. So which is it?

Researchers presented their newest studies last month at a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The latest evidence shows that being bilingual does not necessarily make people smarter. But researcher Ellen Bialystok says it probably does make you better at certain skills.

Ellen Bialystok said, “Imagine driving down the highway. There’re many things that could capture your attention and you really need to be able to monitor all of them. Why would bilingualism make you any better at that?”

And the answer, she says, is that bilingual people are often better at controlling their attention — a function called the executive control system.

Ms. Bialystok is a psychology professor at York University in Toronto, Canada. She says the best method to measure the executive control system is called the Stroop Test. A person is shown words in different colors. The person has to ignore the word but say the color. The problem is that the words are all names of colors.

Ellen Bialystok said, “So you would have the word blue written in red, but you have to say red. But blue is so salient(显著的), it’s just lighting up all these circuits(电路) in your brain, and you really want to say blue. So you need a mechanism(机制) to override that so that you can say red. That’s the executive control system.”

Her work shows that bilingual people continually practice this function. They have to, because both languages are active in their brain at the same time. They need to suppress(抑制) one to be able to speak in the other.

This mental exercise might help in other ways, too. Researchers say bilingual children are better able to separate a word from its meaning, and more likely to have friends from different cultures. Bilingual adults are often four to five years later than others in developing dementia or

Alzheimer’s disease.

71. What’s the best title of the text?

A. Bilingual People, Smarter　　　　　　　　　　　

B. Monolingual People, Smarter

C. Bilingual People, Longer Lives　　　　　　　

D. Bilingual People, Better at Some Skills　　

72. The underlined word “override” in Paragraph 6 probably means ____.

A. pay attention to 　 　　　　 B. take no notice of　

C. take an interest in　 　　 D. take care of

73. In the Stroop Test, supposing you have the word yellow written in white, you will have to say ____.

A. white　　　 B. yellow　　　 C. blue　　　　 D. red

74. Which group of people can most likely pass the Stroop Test?

A. People who can speak only Chinese.　　　　　　

B. People who can speak only Japanese.

C. People who can speak more than one language.

D. People who can speak only English.

75. Which of the following statements is FALSE according to the text?

A. A bilingual child is better at separating a word from its meaning.

B. A bilingual child can more easily make friends with a foreign child.

C. Bilingual people are more able to monitor several things at the same time.

D. It’s not possible for bilingual people to develop Alzheimer’s disease.