The new China was founded in 1949, ______ great changes have taken place


  1. A.
    since when
  2. B.
    after which
  3. C.
    in which
  4. D.
    when

My 8-year-old daughter is making an experiment. She has been making her own colorful smile cards and often takes them with her everywhere.
Last Sunday, I took my kid to go shopping with me. She was hoping to see John, who is an elderly man and gives out samples. We see him from time to time and he is so happy and friendly. John wasn’t at the store on Sunday, so my daughter decided that it would be a good idea to distribute her smile cards to the store’s other employees.
So she did. In the produce department, she gave a card to a young man and she hoped it would make him smile. And he smiled at her and thanked her. Then she came across an older gentleman who looked rather impatient. And she snuck a card into his cart on top of his groceries, remarking to me later that he looked at her suspiciously as if she was dumping trash in his cart. But I thought he would be happy later.
When we got back from our shopping trip, she had run out of cards. She was walking by a woman with two babies in her cart. My daughter smiled at her and the young mother smiled back. My daughter came to me and said excitedly, “Mom, I just realized something. You don’t need cards to make someone smile. All you need to do is make eye contact and smile into their eyes and they will smile back.” 
What a beautiful lesson my daughter reminded me of. You are never too young or too old to experiment with kindness and smiles.

  1. 1.

    At first, the writer’s daughter made an experiment by ______.

    1. A.
      giving smile cards
    2. B.
      giving samples
    3. C.
      making eye contact
    4. D.
      giving groceries
  2. 2.

    According to the text, John was a man ______.

    1. A.
      who is very young and lively
    2. B.
      who may be a salesman
    3. C.
      who is in trouble and needs smiles
    4. D.
      who is never seen to smile
  3. 3.

    The underlined word “distribute” in paragraph 2 probably means ______.

    1. A.
      make up
    2. B.
      tear up
    3. C.
      give out
    4. D.
      sell out
  4. 4.

    From the text, we can learn that ______.

    1. A.
      John got a smile card from the writer’s daughter
    2. B.
      the older gentleman would smile later after he got the smile card
    3. C.
      we could make others smile only by giving them what they wanted
    4. D.
      the mother with two babies smiled because she got a smile card

Homework can put you in a bad mood (心情), and that might actually be a good thing. Researchers from the University of Plymouth in England doubted whether mood might affect the way kids learn. To find out the answer, they did two experiments with children.
The first experiment tested 30 kids. Some shapes (图片) were hidden inside a different, larger picture. The kids had to find the small shapes while sitting in a room with either cheerful or sad music playing in the background. To test their mood, the scientists asked the kids to point to one of five faces, from happy to sad. Children who listened to cheerful music tended to point to the smiley faces while the others pointed to the unhappy ones. The researchers found that sad kids took at least a second less to find the small shapes. They also found an average of three or four more shapes.
In the second experiment, 61 children watched one of two scenes from a film. One scene was happy, and the other was sad. Just like in the first experiment, kids who saw the sad scene acted better compared to the others.
The researchers guessed that feeling down makes people more likely to focus on a problem or difficult situation. Not all scientists agree with them, however. Other studies argued that maybe, that cheerful music in the first experiment distracted (使分心) kids from finding shapes.
While scientists work on finding out the answers, it still might be wise to choose when to do your tasks according to your mood. After eating a delicious ice cream, for example, write an essay.

  1. 1.

    Researchers did experiments on kids in order to find out ______.

    1. A.
      how they really feel when they are learning
    2. B.
      whether mood affects their learning ability
    3. C.
      what methods are easy for kids to learn
    4. D.
      the relationship between sadness and happiness
  2. 2.

    The researchers found in the first experiment that ______.

    1. A.
      kids who listened to happy music turned out to be energetic
    2. B.
      kids who listened to sad music liked to choose smiley faces
    3. C.
      kids worked harder in the background of happy music
    4. D.
      sad music helped kids find out small shapes quickly
  3. 3.

    What can we learn from the text?

    1. A.
      The researchers will continue to do experiments.
    2. B.
      The researchers have found a clear answer.
    3. C.
      The experiments are popular among kids.
    4. D.
      Kids change their feelings more easily.
  4. 4.

    We can infer that the text is ______.   

    1. A.
      a science survey
    2. B.
      a research report
    3. C.
      a school project
    4. D.
      an introduction to an experiment

For any person who must speak in public, to business or pleasure groups, humor is a helpful, and necessary, tool for getting your message across. Why does humor work a lot? There are several reasons.
People will enjoy what you have to say if it is presented with humor. But, more importantly, if you are in a situation where important, and perhaps controversial（有争议的）, ideas must be presented to less than open minds, humor allows those ideas to be presented in a non-threatening (无威胁的) manner. Abraham Lincoln was famous for his ability to relate humorous stories to make a point. Humor used carefully throughout a presentation will also keep the listener’s interest high. In a word, individuals learning how to use humor in their speeches can strengthen arguments, support interesting presentations and, most of all, entertain their audience in a positive and comfortable way. 
While popular culture may well hold many kinds of humor, some of it has no place in presentations that are designed to educate and encourage the audience. If you want to become a professional stand-up (单人表演的) comedian whose goal is 100% entertainment, then you may be able to use some of the reference materials like The Art of Using Humor in Public Speaking. They can help you develop your skills and sources of humor. To that end, your participation in this study of humor will become necessary. Hopefully, you will come to appreciate the special difficulty of entertaining the audience with good and clean humor.

  1. 1.

    How many reasons does the author give for using humor?

    1. A.
      Two.
    2. B.
      Three.
    3. C.
      Four.
    4. D.
      Five.
  2. 2.

    What’s the purpose of stand-up comedians?

    1. A.
      To educate the audience.
    2. B.
      To encourage the audience.
    3. C.
      To entertain the audience.
    4. D.
      To exchange with the audience.
  3. 3.

    Why did the author suggest reading The Art of Using Humor in Public Speaking?

    1. A.
      It was good for training one’s skills of humor.
    2. B.
      It helped the readers relax after work.
    3. C.
      It gave some tips on how to live a positive life.
    4. D.
      It was a textbook for professional stand-up comedians.
  4. 4.

    Which of the following has a similar meaning to the underlined word “end” in the last paragraph?

    1. A.
      Finishing.
    2. B.
      Conclusion.
    3. C.
      Stop.
    4. D.
      Result.
  5. 5.

    The passage is most likely to benefit________ a lot.

    1. A.
      science researchers
    2. B.
      public speakers
    3. C.
      dress designers
    4. D.
      sports players

After three months, these young students finally became used to the ______ of life in a big city abroad.


  1. A.
    speed
  2. B.
    pace
  3. C.
    rate
  4. D.
    frequency

Tom  is _______John .


  1. A.
    so clever a boy as
  2. B.
    so a clever boy as
  3. C.
    as a clever boy as
  4. D.
    as clever a boy as﹡

Among all the fast growing science and technology, the research of human genes（基因）, or biological engineering as people call it, is drawing more and more attention now. Sometimes it is a hot topic discussed by people.
The greatest thing that gene technology can do is to cure serious diseases that doctors at present can almost do nothing with, such as cancer and heart disease. Every year, millions of people are murdered by these two killers. And to date, doctors have not found an effective way to cure them. But if the gene technology is applied（应用）, not only these two diseases can be cured completely, bringing happiness and more living days to the patients, but also the great amount of money people spend on curing their diseases can be saved, therefore it benefits the economy as well. In addition, human life span(寿命) can be prolonged.
Gene technology can help people to give birth to more healthy and clever children. Some families, with the English imperial family being a good example, have hereditary diseases. This means their children will for sure have the family disease, which is a great trouble for these families. In the past, doctors could do nothing about hereditary diseases. But gene technology can solve this problem perfectly. The scientists just need to find the wrong gene and correct it and a healthy child will be born.
Some people are worrying that the gene research can be used to manufacture (produce) human beings in large quantities. In the past few years, scientists have succeeded in cloning a sheep; therefore these people predict that human babies would soon be cloned. But I believe cloned babies will not come out in large quantities, for most couples in the world can have babies in very normal way. Of course, the governments must take care to control gene technology.

  1. 1.

    What does “these two killers” in the second paragraph refer to?

    1. A.
      Gene technology and another treatment of the two diseases.
    2. B.
      The two murderers who killed the cloned baby
    3. C.
      The two diseases of cancer and heart disease
    4. D.
      Hereditary diseases and cancer
  2. 2.

    What’s the main idea of the third paragraph?

    1. A.
      How gene technology can be applied to cure family diseases.
    2. B.
      Gene technology can be used to clone human babies.
    3. C.
      Gene technology can help people to give birth to a baby.
    4. D.
      Gene technology can help the English imperial family out
  3. 3.

    What is the main purpose of writing this passage?

    1. A.
      Expressing the writer’s idea that gene technology will benefit people
    2. B.
      Telling people the advantages of gene technology
    3. C.
      Telling the readers that gene technology will not benefit people
    4. D.
      Explaining that gene technology will also do harm to the humanity
  4. 4.

    Which of the following worries people by using this technology?

    1. A.
      Scientists have already successfully cloned sheep.
    2. B.
      Most couple will normally give birth to babies.
    3. C.
      A good number of babies will be cloned
    4. D.
      The government will take action to control it.

Mary is _____three sisters


  1. A.
    the nicest of her
  2. B.
    the nicer of the
  3. C.
    nicer of her
  4. D.
    nicer than her

With a lot of difficult problems_____， the newly-elected manager is in a dilemma.


  1. A.
    settled
  2. B.
    settling
  3. C.
    to settle
  4. D.
    being settling

There are many fine buildings on _______sides of the streets.


  1. A.
    every
  2. B.
    both
  3. C.
    all
  4. D.
    either
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