用词的适当形式填空（共10题：每小题1分，满分10分）

61.Having finished her project, she was invited by the school 　　　　　 （speak) to the new students.

62．Before you quit your job, ______　　 (consider) how your family would feel about your decision.

63．Before driving into the city, you are required to get your car ____　　 (repair).

64．I can't stand __________________________.(laugh at)

65．____________(see)from the mountain ,No 3 senior high school of Lingbao is beautiful.

66．If you don't like the drink you___________ (order) just leave it and try a different one.

67．When 　　　 (ask)for his views about his teaching job, Philip said he found it very interesting and rewarding.

68．That piece of music sounds quite familiar. Who _________ (play) the piano upstairs?

69．I remembered 　　　　 (lock) the door before I left the office, but forgot to turn off the lights.

70．The island, 　　　(join) to the mainland by a bridge, is easy to go to.

The smell of fresh air is becoming something of a distant memory, thanks to our increasing use of fragrance (香气). From air fresheners to scented (有香味的) candles, we live in a world of scent.

 Recent figures show seven in ten people use air fresheners or scented candles to keep our homes smelling sweet. Yet recent records suggest that perfumed products could affect our health, causing problems including allergies (过敏), headaches and asthma (哮喘) .

 One leading expert believes nearly a third of people suffer health effects from being exposed to scents. A major problem is so-called “contact” allergy—where perfumes and scented products cause eczema (湿疹) when they come into contact with the skin. About one in 20 is thought to be affected by fragrance allergy.

 “Often it may not be immediately obvious that you have developed a fragrance allergy,” says Dr. Baron. “You don’t react immediately. Gradually, as you are exposed more and more, the body increases its reaction, until it becomes noticeable to you.”

 People with pre-existing eczema are particularly vulnerable (易受影响). “The eczema worsens in areas in contact with perfumes,” says Dr. Baron. “But even those without allergies can be at risk of fragrance allergy.” You can become suddenly allergic to perfumes and personal care products that you have been using for years. “Even if you know which fragrance causes a problem, it can be difficult to avoid, as most personal care products –soap, shampoo, sun cream and washing powder—contain fragrances,” says Dr. Baron.

  And strong scents can also cause headaches. Fragrances activate the nose’s nerve cells, stimulating the nerve system associated with head pain. To minimize risk, sufferers are advised to minimize the contact.

 “Fragrance suggest cleanliness – yet people are smelling a potentially dangerous chemical mixture,” says Anne Steinemann, professor of the University of Washington. “We often use them to mask one problem – as with air fresheners – but create a greater one – adding poisonous chemicals to the air.”

57．What is the text mainly about?

A．The world trend of using fragrance.

B．The benefits of using non-fragranced products.

C．The health problems caused by fragrance 

D．The ways of removing allergy.

58．According to Dr. Baron,            .

A．our bodies have an immediate reaction to fragrance.

B．seven in ten have suffered fragrance allergy.

C．fragrance can affect people who don’t have allergy

D．people can avoid contacting with fragrance easily

59．Which of the following questions does the text NOT answer?

A．Which products contain fragrance?

B．What’s the influence of fragrance in the air?

C．What are the air fresheners made up of? 

D．How are headaches caused by fragrance?

60．The following paragraph might discuss            .

A．the asthma caused by strong scents.

B．people’s efforts to protect fresh air.

C．the methods of curing eczema 

D．the bad effects of air fresheners.

Welcome to one of the largest collections of footwear in the world that will make you green with envy. Here at the Footwear Museum you can see exhibits from all over the world. You can find out about shoes worn by everyone from the Ancient Egyptians to pop stars.

 Room 1

 The celebrity footwear section is probably the most popular in the entire museum. Started in the 1950s there is a wide variety of shoes and boots belonging to everyone from queens and presidents to pop stars and actors! Most visitors find the celebrities' choice of footwear extremely interesting.

  Room 2

 Most of our visitors are amazed—and shocked—by the collection of “special purpose” shoes on exhibition here at the Museum of Footwear. For example, there are Chinese shoes made of silk that were worn by women to tie their feet firmly to prevent them from growing too much！

 Room 3

 As well as shoes and boots, the museum also exhibits shoe­shaped objects. The variety is unbelievable. For example, there is a metal lamp that resembles a pair of shoes, and Greek wine bottles that look like legs！

 The Footwear Library

 People come from all over the world to study in our excellent footwear library. Designers and researchers come here to look up information on anything and everything related to the subject of footwear.

53．Where would you find a famous singer's shoes?

A．Room 1. B．Room 2.  C．Room 3.  D．The  Footwear Library.

54．All exhibits each room ________.

A．share the same theme

B．have the same shape

C．are made of the same material

D．belong to the same social class

55．Which of the following is true according to the text?

A．The oldest exhibits in Room 1 were made in the 1950s.

B．Room 2 is the most visited place in the museum.

C．Room 3 has a richer variety of exhibits than the other two.

D．Researchers come to the Footwear Library for data.

56．The purpose of the text is to get more people to ________.

A．do research   B．design shoes  C．visit the museum  D．follow celebrities

The clock struck eleven at night. The whole house was quiet. Everyone was in bed except me. Under the strong light，I looked sadly before me at a huge pile of that troublesome stuff（东西） they call “books”。

 I was going to have my examination the next day.  “When can I go to bed？” I asked myself. I didn’t answer，In fact I dared not.

 The clock struck twelve. “ Oh，dear！” I cried. “Ten more books to read before I can go to bed！” We pupils are the most wretched creatures（生物） in the world. Dad does not agree with me on this. He did not have to work so hard when he was a boy.

 The clock struck one. I was quite desperate（绝望的）now. I forgot all I had learned. I was too tired to go on. I did the only thing I could. I prayed，“Oh，God，please help me pass the exam tomorrow. I do promise to work hard afterwards，Amen.” My eyes were so heavy that I could hardly open them. A few minutes later，with my head on the desk，I fell asleep.

49．The underlined word “wretched”in Paragraph 3 probably means _______ .

A．very happy.    B．disappointed.   C．very unhappy.    D．hopeful.

50．Reviewing his lessons didn’t help him because        .

A．it was too late at night.

B．he was very tired.

C．his eye lids were so heavy that he couldn’t keep them open.

D．he hadn’t studied hard before the examination.

51．What do you suppose happened to the author？

A．He went to a church to pray again.

B．He passed the exam by sheer luck.

C．He failed in the exam.

D．He was punished by his teacher.

52．The best title for the passage would be __________ .

A．The Night Before the Examination.

B．Working Far into the Night.

C．A  Slow Student. 

D．Going Over My Lessons.

Decisions, decisions! Our lives are full of them, from the small ones to the life-changing. The right to choose is central to everyone. Yet sometimes we make bad decisions that leave us unhappy or full of regret. Can science help?

  Most of us know little about the mental processes that lie behind our decisions. Luckily, what psychologists（心理学家）are finding may help us all make better choices. Here are some of their amazing discoveries to help you make up your mind.

    Consider your emotions. You might think that emotions are the enemy of decision making, but in fact they're a part of it. Whenever you make up your mind, your brain’s emotional center is active. University of Southern California scientist, Antonio Damasio, has studied people with damage to only the emotional parts of their brains, and found that they were unable to make basic choices about what to wear or eat. Damasio thinks this may be because our brains store emotional memories of past choices, which we use to help the present decision making.

  However, making choices under the influence of an emotion can greatly affect the result. Take anger, for example. A study by Nitika Garg of the University of Mississippi and other scientists found the angry shoppers were more likely to choose the first thing they were offered rather than considering other choices. It seems anger can lead us to make quick decisions without much thinking.

    All emotions affect our thinking and motivation（动机）, so it may be best to avoid making important decisions under their influence. Yet strangely there’s one emotion that seems to help us make good choices. The American researchers found that sad people took time to consider the various choices on offer, and ended up making the best choices. In fact many studies show that people who feel unhappy have the most reasonable view of the world.

45．According to the text, what may help us make better decisions?

A. To think about happy times.  

B. To make many decisions at a time.

C. To stop feeling regretful about the past.

D. To learn about the process of decision-making.

46．Damasio’s study suggests that _________.

A. emotions are the enemy of decision making

B. our brain has nothing to do with decision making

C. people with physical damage find it hard to make up their minds

D. our emotional memories of past choices can affect present decisions

47．Why are angry shoppers more likely to choose the first thing they are offered?

A. They often forget their past choices.    

B. They make decisions without much thinking.

C. They tend to save time when shopping.

D. They are too angry to bargain.

48．What do we learn from the text?

A. Emotions are a part of decision making.

B. Sad people always make worst choices.

C. No emotion seems to help us make good choices.

D. Only sad feelings affect our thinking and motivation.

Tales From Animal Hospital

David Grant

David Grant has become a familiar face to millions of fans of Animal Hospital. Here Dr Grant tells us the very best of his personal stories about the animals he has treated, including familiar patients such as the dogs Snowy and Duchess, the delightful cat Marigold Serendipity Diamond. He also takes the reader behind the scenes at Harmsworth Memorial Animal Hospital as he describes his day, from ordinary medical check-ups to surgery （外科手术）. Tales From Animal Hospital will delight all fans of the program and anyone who has a lively interest in their pet, whether it be cat, dog or snake I !

$ 14.99 Hardback 272 pp Simon Schuster

ISBN 0751304417

Isaac Newton: The Last Sorcerer

Michael White

From the author of Stephen Hawking: A Life in Science, comes this colorful description of the life of the world’s first modern scientist. Interesting yet based on fact, Michael White’s learned yet readable new book offers a true picture of Newton completely different from what people commonly know about him. Newton is shown as a gifted scientist with very human weaknesses who stood at the point in history where magic (魔术)ended and science began.

£8.99 Hardback 320 pp Fourth Estate

ISBN 1857024168

Fermat’s Last Theorem

Simon Singh

In 1963 a schoolboy called Andrew Wiles reading in his school library came across the world’s greatest mathematical problem: Fermat’s Last Theorem (定理). First put forward by the French mathematician Pierre de Fermat in the seventeenth century, the theorem (法则)had baffled and beaten the finest mathematical minds, including a French woman scientist who made a major advance in working out the problem, and who had to dress like a man in order to be able to study at the Ecole

Polytechnique. Through unbelievable determination Andrew Wiles finally worked out the problem in 1995. An unusual story of human effort over three centuries, Fermat’s Last Theorem will delight specialists and general readers alike.

£12.99 Hardback 384 pp Fourth Estate

ISBN 1857025210

42．In Michael White’s book, Newton is described as        .

A．a person who did not look the same as in many pictures

B．a person who lived a colorful and meaningful life

C．a great but not perfect man

D．an old-time magician

43．Which of the following best explains the meaning of the word “baffle” as it is used in the text?

A．To encourage people to raise questions.   B．To cause difficulty in understanding.

C．to provide a person with an explanation.  D．To limit people’s imagination.

44．If a student wants to read a book about a famous scientist and he doesn’t want it too serious to read, which of the three books in the above is suitable?

A. The first.   B. The second.

C. The third.   D. Both the first and the second.

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39．Which of the following does NOT provide training?

A. The ABC 2011 Challenge.                B. Advance.

C. The Volunteer Centre Westminster.         D. The Kingston Advocacy.

40．We learn from the ads that Advance wants volunteers who ­­­______.

A. are over 18 years old                     B. have relevant experience

C. can come to help every week               D. need only one day of training

41．What kind of person might apply to Kingston Advocacy?

A.One who hoped to be paid.

B.One interested in doing interviews.

C.One curious about police life.

D.One who can work late into the night.

Annalisee Brasil, a 14-year-old girl, is one of the brightest kids of her generation. When Annalisee was 3, her mother Angi noticed that she was stringing together word cards into correct sentences. After the girl turned 6, her mother took her for an IQ text. Her IQ is above 145, placing the girl in the top 0.1% of the population. Annalisee should be the star pupil at school. She is witty and pretty, and it’s easy to imagine she would get along well at school. But Annalisee’s parents couldn’t find a school willing to take their daughter. So her mother homeschooled Annalisee.

But Angi felt something was missing in her daughter’s life. Annalisee didn’t have a rich social network of other kids. She had trouble getting along with others. She described herself as a “perfectionist” and said other students sometimes were jealous of her.

What’s needed is a new model for gifted education. That’s the idea behind the Davidson Academy of Nevada. At the academy, all the kids are skipping ahead quickly. However, the academy’s most important gift to its students is social, not academic. One of the main functions of the school is to provide a good social setting for the highly gifted.

Last year the school enrolled Annalisee, which has been good for her. She has made friends at the academy. She has also developed an interest in calculus(微积分) and biochemistry(生物化学). Socially, Annalisee is finally learning to get along with others. “It’s been interesting having to deal with that and getting used to the judgments of other kinds,” she said. “We get into arguments a lot, because we’re all really smart people with opinions, and it doesn’t always turn out that great. Sometimes I take things a little too personally.”

What is the passage mainly about?

Annalisee Brasil——the star pupil at school.

A smart girl who entered a proper school and benefited from gifted education.

A smart girl who had trouble getting along with others.

A girl who was too smart to find a suitable school.

36．The word “perfectionist” in paragraph two probably means a person who _________.

A.is smarter than others

B.is always favored by teachers

C.can do everything well and has strong demands

D.is accepted by others as a good leader

37．According to the passage, which of the following is true?

A.At the age of 3, Annalisee took an IQ test, in which she scored above 145.

B.Finding no school willing to take Annalisee, her father had to homschool her.

C.The Davidson Academy of Nevada emphasizes social gift more than academic gift.

D.After being enrolled by the academy, Annalisee enjoyed her school life without ant argument with her classmates.

38．What can you infer from the passage?

A.Annalisee has realized her problem and is gradually changing her attitude towards others.

B.One of the main functions of the gifted education is to provide a good social setting for the highly gifted.

C.Without the academy, Annalisee couldn’t have learnt so much.

D.  Like Annalisee, many other smart kids also have the similar trouble.

It’s only after three weeks into a new job that I made a serious mistake. My boss called it “extremely embarrassing” in a company-wide e-mail — which, __36__, he wrote because he felt he needed to explain that what I did was something __37__ in the company should ever do.

I wish I __38__ give a good excuse for what I did. At the very least, I wish I could explain it somehow — __39__ it on youth, inexperience or ignorance. Unfortunately, I’m __40__, experienced and I know better.

__41__ I work with some very kind and compassionate(富于同情心的) people. For the past couple of days many of them have taken time to __42__ by my desk and offer comfort, encouragement and support. Some have shared with me similar __43__ they have made. Evidently I’m not the only “ __44__ ” person here.

One of the exchanges I had this week was with Lois, the much-honored, much-respected professional who __45__ the desk right next to mine. Lois was completely __46__ about her work, and to be honest I was a little nervous about how she would __47__ to such an extremely embarrassing incident.

As I expected, Lois didn’t pass over the __48__ when she saw me the next day. She mentioned it directly, __49__ with empathetic(体恤别人感受的) consideration. She listened to my   __ 50__. Just as I was ready to express my regrets, she brought my self-pity partly to a(n)   __51__.

“It happened”, she said, “There’s nothing you can do to __52__ that. It happened. But it’s over now. It’s __53__. It’s in the past. You need to let it go, and move on.” And with that she returned her __54__ to her work, as if to say, “We’re done here.”     I beat myself up for weeks. At such times I need to remember those __55__ words: It’s over. It’s done. Let it go. And mostly, move on.

16．A. to the way       B. in the way       C. by the way      D. on the way

17．A. no one          B. anyone         C. someone        D. the one

18．A. might           B. could          C. should          D. will

19．A. rely            B. blame          C. put             D. fix

20．A. old             B. energetic       C. cheerful         D. outgoing

21．A. Hopefully       B. Naturally       C. Generally        D. Thankfully

22．A. sit             B. work           C. stop             D. watch

23．A. mistakes        B. troubles         C. attempts         D. decisions

24．A. annoying        B. embarrassing    C. puzzling         D. confusing

25．A. repairs          B. occupies         C. wants          D. works

26．A. hopeful         B. curious          C. serious         D. mad

27．A. turn            B. agree           C. react           D. object

28．A. issue           B. outcome         C. criterion        D. message

29．A. for             B. therefore        C. otherwise       D. but

30．A. conclusion       B. explanation      C. challenge       D. imagination

31．A. end             B. key            C. order           D. process

32．A. forget           B. change         C. prevent         D. ruin

33．A. broken          B. done           C. lost            D. kept

34．A. patience         B. skill           C. attention        D. interest

35．A. sweet           B. pleasant        C. meaningful      D. colorful