It's harmful for the young students to be addicted to________ computer games.


  1. A.
    play
  2. B.
    playing
  3. C.
    have played
  4. D.
    to play

Our teacher reminded us to pay more attention to current ________in preparation for the coming entrance exams.


  1. A.
    events
  2. B.
    affairs
  3. C.
    matter
  4. D.
    problems

The restaurant ________open until 11 at night every day.


  1. A.
    stays
  2. B.
    starts
  3. C.
    becomes
  4. D.
    turns

I don't think physics ________


  1. A.
    easy to be learned
  2. B.
    easily to learn
  3. C.
    easy to learn
  4. D.
    easily to be learned

How did the accident ________?


  1. A.
    came out
  2. B.
    come up
  3. C.
    come across
  4. D.
    come about

A controversial new study has claimed that men really are more intelligent than women.The study concluded that men’s IQs are almost four points higher than women’s.
British-born researcher John Philippe Ruston says the finding could explain why so few women make it to the top in the workplace.
He claims the “glass ceiling” phenomenon is probably due to inferior intelligence，rather than lack of opportunity.
The University of Western Ontario psychologist reached his conclusion after scrutinizing the results of university ability tests taken by 1 00,000 students aged 17 and 18 of both sexes.
A focus on the factors such as the ability to quickly grasp a complex concept，verbal reasoning skills and creativity― some of the key factors of intelligence ―showed the male teenagers had IQs that were an average of 3.63 points higher. The average person has an IQ around 100.The findings，which held true for all classes and levels of education, overturn 100 year opinion that men and women average the same in general mental ability. They also conflict with evidence that girls do better in school exams than boys.
But Professor Ruston argues that the faster maturing of girls leads to them outshining boy in the classroom.

  1. 1.

    The report is mainly about ______.

    1. A.
      a study that shows men are cleverer than women
    2. B.
      the “glass ceiling” phenomenon
    3. C.
      Professor Ruston’s theory on IQ
    4. D.
      the difference between male and female
  2. 2.

    The underlined word “scrutinizing” in the fourth paragraph probably means ______.

    1. A.
      making up
    2. B.
      carrying out
    3. C.
      examining carefully
    4. D.
      looking at
  3. 3.

    We can infer that the average woman has an IQ of ______.

    1. A.
      a little less than 100
    2. B.
      100
    3. C.
      more than 100
    4. D.
      96.37

The United Nations says forty million people or so around the world went hungry in 2008, mainly because of higher food prices. Early estimates from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) show that 963 million people did not get enough to eat.
World food prices have dropped since early 2008. Prices of major crops have decreased by more than half from their height earlier last year. But they remain high compared to earlier years.
But FAO official Hafez Ghana says lower prices have failed to end the food crisis（危机）in many poor countries. "For millions in developing countries," he says, "getting enough food every day to live an active and healthy life is a distant dream.”
The FAO says food shortage is a threat to people's health. Today, two-thirds of the world's undernourished people live in just a few countries. These are India, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan, Ethiopia and so on.
A report on food insecurity warns that the current economic crisis could send even more people into hunger and poverty.
In sub-Saharan Africa, the percentage of the people who continually go hungry fell from 34% in 1997 to 30% in 2008. But the FAO says Ghana is the only country that has reached two sets of hunger reduction targets. These were set by the 1996 World Food Summit and the Millennium Development Goals. The main reason is the growth in agricultural production in Ghana.
The FAO says some countries in Southeast Asia like Thailand and Vietnam have made progress in hunger reduction goals. But South Asia and Central Asia haven't, and North Korea is still in hot water.

  1. 1.

    What FAO official Hafez Ghana says implies _________.

    1. A.
      it's easy but takes long to provide people with enough food
    2. B.
      enough food can make people more active and healthier
    3. C.
      there is difficulty solving the food shortage in a short time
    4. D.
      people in developing countries will never get enough food
  2. 2.

    Ghana has reached the targets of hunger reduction mainly because of ________.

    1. A.
      the still high food prices
    2. B.
      the donation of developed countries
    3. C.
      the two targets of hunger reduction
    4. D.
      the growth in agricultural production
  3. 3.

    The underlined word “undernourished” in Para. 4 probably means _________.

    1. A.
      hungry and unhappy
    2. B.
      unhealthy for lack of food
    3. C.
      not fat because of poverty
    4. D.
      undeveloped and poor
  4. 4.

    Which country has not made progress in hunger reduction?

    1. A.
      North Korea
    2. B.
      Thailand
    3. C.
      Vietnam
    4. D.
      Ghana
  5. 5.

    What is the best title of this passage?

    1. A.
      The food production of the world
    2. B.
      The hunger reduction target of the FAO
    3. C.
      The food shortage around the world
    4. D.
      The solution to the global food shortage

The neglected baby is crying alone. The young man, suffering from a lack of sleep, threatens suicide. The marriage fails because of the husband’s crazy behavior.
Is this just another story of social breakdown in the modern age? Not really. But they are the effects of a real social problem—Internet Addiction(沉溺), or, Internet Addiction Disorder.
The addiction is obvious from the popularity of one game alone: “Halo 2”. It’s a first-person shooter developed by Bungie Studios for the Xbox video game console. By early 2005, 1 million players worldwide had clocked up an amazing 100 million hours on the game, among which are 360, 000 Chinese players.
China has about 94 million regular Internet users. Of these, a survey suggested, 4.4 million are teenagers who are so addicted to it that they neglect anything else.
Video gamers who have gone too far show symptoms similar to those of alcohol and drug abusers. “The real world meant nothing to me when I was fully involved in online games. I lost track of time, space, hunger, pain, and everything,” explained Liu Pinyi, a 19-year-old college dropout. She has had treatment in Beijing for her addiction.
What makes it similar to drugs is that online game addicts also develop a chemical imbalance in their brains. Gaming stimulates the production of a chemical compound that produces delighted or pleasant feelings. When they’re away from the screen, they suffer feelings of anxiety and headaches.
Experts say young people are attracted to video games partly because they are partly because they are pushed right into the center of the action. This allows them to overcome a lack of confidence which people at that age can often suffer from.

  1. 1.

    What’s the writer’s main purpose in writing the first paragraph?

    1. A.
      To show his worries about Internet Addiction.
    2. B.
      To show harm of Internet Addiction
    3. C.
      To warn couples of the problem.
    4. D.
      To introduce the topic of the passage.
  2. 2.

    How much time in total had Chinese game players spent on “Halo 2” by early 2005?

    1. A.
      1 million hours.
    2. B.
      94 million hours
    3. C.
      100 million hours.
    4. D.
      36 million hours
  3. 3.

    When video gamers get lost in a game, they do the following EXCEPT that _______.

    1. A.
      They forget time, space, hunger and everything.
    2. B.
      They drink a lot of alcohol and use drug.
    3. C.
      They feel confident in the virtual games
    4. D.
      Their brains produce a chemical which makes them delighted.
  4. 4.

    what is the passage mainly about?

    1. A.
      Internet is bad for teenagers
    2. B.
      Actions should be taken to deal with Internet Addiction
    3. C.
      Web produces Internet Addiction Disorder
    4. D.
      Teenagers should not play video games

Friendship can deeply affect the physical and mental health of both men and women. Studies show that people who have no friends or who are lonely，are more likely to die earlier，get sick more often and suffer greater physical wear and tear（折磨）than those who have a support system of friends.
Sometimes，family members may be more likely to give you advice or tell you what you don’t want to hear. It may not be as good as a friend who will listen to you and guide you，but support your decisions anyway. The most important elements about friendship are those who suffer support and do not judge your decisions based on society.
One reason for the link between social support and good health practice seems to be that people who feel cared for by others are less stress-out and are protected against the symptoms（症状）of depression and loneliness.
Generally，women benefit most because of how they deal with stress. Women are more social in how they deal with stress than men, while men are more likely to have a“fight or flight”reaction.
Women also tend to have larger，denser social network，in which more people know each other and help each other, while men typically have smaller groups of friends and will rely on their wives or other important people for more support. While all these affect people psychologically（心理上），friendship brings comfort that reduces the ill effects of stress, and the sex difference also contributes to the difference in the length of one’s life time.

  1. 1.

    In the author’s opinion，a real friend should _____.

    1. A.
      tell you what to do even if you refuse to hear it
    2. B.
      try to persuade you to change your mind quickly
    3. C.
      judge your decision according to his／her experience
    4. D.
      give you advice but respect your own decision
  2. 2.

    Women benefit more from friendship than men because_____.

    1. A.
      women are always cared for by more people than men
    2. B.
      women are usually less stress—out when staying with others
    3. C.
      women are more likely to solve problems with friends’ help
    4. D.
      women can always keep more long-life friendship than men
  3. 3.

    According to the passage we can infer that _____.

    1. A.
      it’s good for women to tell men what they should do or not
    2. B.
      friends are always more important than family members
    3. C.
      men don’t want to share their problems with many people
    4. D.
      the trend that women can live longer makes them more relaxed
  4. 4.

    This passage mainly talks about _____.

    1. A.
      why people should develop friendship
    2. B.
      when friendship affects people’s health
    3. C.
      people’s different attitudes towards friendship
    4. D.
      the friendship which can make people live longer

A person may have an idea about himself that will prevent him from doing good work..
He may have the idea that he is not capable of it. It is easy to get such an idea even though there is no justification for it. A child may think he is stupid because he does not understand how to take the most of his mental faculties, or he may accept another person s mistaken estimate of his ability. Older people may be handicapped by the mistaken belief that they are incapable of learning anything new because of their age.
A person who believes that he is incapable will not make a real effort, because he feels that it would be useless. He won’t go at a job with the confidence necessary for success, and he won’t work hardest, even though he may think he is doing so. He is therefore likely to fail, and the failure will strengthen his belief in his incompetence.
Alfred Adler, a famous psychiatrist（精神病医生）, had an experience which illustrates this. When he was a small boy he got off to a poor start in arithmetic. His teacher got the idea that he had no ability in arithmetic, and told his parents what she thought in order that they would not expect too much of him. In this way, they too developed the idea, "Isn’t it too bad that Alfred can’t do arithmetic?" He accepted their mistaken estimate of his ability, felt that it was useless to try, and was very poor at arithmetic, just as they expected.
One day he became very angry at the teacher and other students because they laughed when he said he saw how to do a problem which none of the other students had been able to solve.
Adler succeeded in solving a problem. This gave him confidence. He rejected the idea that he couldn’t do arithmetic and was determined to show them that he could. His anger and his new found confidence stimulated him to be at arithmetic problems with a new spirit. He now worked with interest, determination, and purpose, and he soon became extraordinarily good at arithmetic. He not only proved that he could do arithmetic, but he learned early in life from his own experience that , if a person goes at a job with determination and purpose, he may astonish himself as well as others by his ability.
This experience made him realize that many people have more ability than they think they have. And that lack of success is as often the result of lack of knowledge of how to apply one’s ability, lack of confidence, and lack of determination as it is the result of lack of ability.

  1. 1.

    The underlined word “justification” most probably means ________.

    1. A.
      reason
    2. B.
      rightness
    3. C.
      need
    4. D.
      demand
  2. 2.

    What is the main idea of this passage?

    1. A.
      The basic principles in doing math problems.
    2. B.
      Our idea about ourselves may have a negative influence on our work.
    3. C.
      Our ideas do not always have and influence on us.
    4. D.
      All actions are caused by impulse.
  3. 3.

    What does Alfred Adler’s story tell us?

    1. A.
      Many people have more ability than they think they have.
    2. B.
      Anybody can become a mathematician, if he has determination.
    3. C.
      Arithmetic is actually very easy.
    4. D.
      Most teachers are wrong when they evaluator their students.
  4. 4.

    Why did he become angry one day?

    1. A.
      Because the teacher and other students laughed at him.
    2. B.
      Because they challenged him to do a difficult arithmetic problem.
    3. C.
      Because he couldn’t solve the arithmetic problem.
    4. D.
      Because he was very poor at arithmetic.
  5. 5.

    What idea did Alfred’s teacher have?

    1. A.
      He was slow in arithmetic.
    2. B.
      He should work harder.
    3. C.
      He should be transferred to a special school.
    4. D.
      He should not tell his parents that he was slow.
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