Everyone knows you must exercise regularly to keep good health. Indeed, staying physically fit is a big part of our culture. We consider that healthy people are attractive people. Since most of us want to be attractive, there is no shortage of exercise clubs, training videos, magazines and books offering to help us stay physically fit.

    Unfortunately, however, our culture doesn’t place the same emphasis（重要性）on mental fitness. Although we tend to like men and women with strong, healthy-looking bodies, we don’t have the same degree of respect or attraction for smart, educated, mentally healthy people. This is a pity, because there are great rewards for people who have developed the ability to think well.

    If your mind is well trained and flexible, you will be able to understand a great deal of what happens around you. And if you are also well educated—that is, if you understand basic science, mathematics, music, art, literature, history and so on—you will find it much easier to make good decisions throughout your life. Over the long run, this leads to a sense of control over your destiny（命运）and a much better life than otherwise.

    People who are poorly educated or who don’t think well—that is, people who are not mentally fit—see things differently. Their world is controlled by mysterious, often malevolent（恶意的）forces. Such people live within a system they will never master, forced to follow rules they will never understand. Although it may not be obvious, most spend their lives being manipulated by others. They are told what to do, what to think, how to spend their money, and what they should and should not aspire（渴望）to in life.

    In my opinion, if you want to live well, you must be able to use your mind well. For this reason, I want you to be able to concentrate, to solve problems, to understand complex ideas, and to think clearly and quickly. Such skills will make it easier for you to make informed decisions, understand current events, choose good friends, manage your money well, make wise long—term decisions and appreciate music, art and literature.

    The key to developing such skills is to enjoy learning, and to have the ability and motivation to teach yourself.

57. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

  A. The people who are not mentally fit often live a poor and mysterious life.

  B. Learning is very important for being able to make good decisions in life.

  C. If you like to learn music and history, you will be a mentally fit person.

  D. Physically healthy people are not as popular as mentally healthy people.

58. The underlined word manipulated means __________.

  A. controlled    B. influenced    C. effected      D. forced

59. What can be the best title for the passage?

  A. Mind Helps You More             B. Use Your Mind

  C. Make Informed Decisions          D. Train Your Mind

Do you know how to study better and make you study more effectively（有效地）? We all know that Chinese students usually study hard for long hours. This is very good, but it doesn’t 　46 a lot. If you want to study effectively, you must have enough sleep, enough food, enough rest and 47 . Every day you need to go out for a walk or visit some friends or some nice places. It’s good for your 48 . When you return to your studies, your mind will be refreshed(清醒) and you’ll 　49 more and study better. Here take English learning as an example. First you make a lot of progress(进步) and you feel 　50 . Then your language study seems to stay the same and you may 　51 it. This can last for days or even weeks, 　52 don’t lose hope. At some point your language study will 　53 take another big jump. You’ll see that you really have been learning all the time. If you get enough sleep, food, rest and exercise, studying English can be very effective and 　54 . Don’t drop it(放弃) along the way, learn slowly and you’re sure to get 　55 result.

(　 ) 46. A. spend　　　　　　　 B. keep　　　　　　　　 C. help　　　　　　　　 D. look

(　 ) 47. A. homework　　　　 B. exercise　　　　　　 C. housework　　　 D. time

(　 ) 48. A. study　　　　　　　 B. health 　　　 C. sleep　　　　　　　　 D. life

(　 ) 49. A. hear　　　　　　　　 B. ask　　　　　　　　　 C. think　　　　　　　　 D. learn

(　 ) 50. A. surprised　　　　　 B. worried　　　　　　 C. happy　　　　　　　 D. strange

(　 ) 51. A. forget　　　　　　　 B. miss　　　　　　　　 C. leave　　　　 　　 D. drop

(　 ) 52. A. and　　　　　　　　　 B. but　　　　　　　　　 C. or　　　 　　　　 D. till

(　 ) 53. A. again　　　　　　　　 B. not　　　　　　　　　 C. never　　　　　　　 D. always

(　 ) 54. A. useful　　　　　　　 B. helpful　　　 　 C. interesting　　　　 D. important

(　 ) 55. A. a bad　　　　　　　 B. a good　　　　　　　 C. an unhappy　　　 D.an unknown