Below is some advice on how to sleep better.

1. Maintain a regular bed and wake time schedule

Go to bed at the same time every night. Choose a time when you normally feel tired, so that you don’t toss or turn. Try not to break this routine on weekends when it may be tempting to stay up late. If you want lo change your bedtime, help your body adjust by making the change in small daily increments, such as 15 minutes earlier or later each day. As with your bedtime, try to maintain your regular wake-time even on weekends.

2.Fight after-dinner drowsiness（睡意）

If you find yourself getting sleepy before your bed-time, get off the couch and do something mildly stimulating to avoid falling asleep, such as washing the dishes, calling a friend, or getting clothes ready for the next day. If you give in to the drowsiness, you may wake up later in the night and have trouble getting back to sleep.

Michel is a young girl who works for the police   36       a handwriting expert (专家). She has helped   37     many criminals (罪犯) by using her special talents (天才).

  When she was fourteen, Michel was already       38    interested in the differences in her friends'   39      that she would spend hours    40     them. After   41    college she went to France for a   42    two-year class in handwriting at the School of Police Science.

  Michel says that it is    43      for people to hide their handwriting. She can discover

  44    of what she needs to know simply    45       looking at the writing with her own eyes,     46     she also has machines   47    help her make    48   different kinds of paper and ink. This knowledge is often    49      great help to the police.

Michel believes that handwriting is a good   50  of what kind of person the  51   is. "I wouldn't go out with a fellow    52   I didn't like his handwriting. " She says. But she      53  she fell in love with her future husband, a young policeman    54   she studied his handwriting. It is later proved to be  55   , however.

36. A. with                 B.  by              C. like                D. as

37. A. search       B. follow            C. catch             D. judge

38. A. so           B. too                C. quite              D. extra

39. A. books       B. letter              C. tongues           D. handwriting

40. A. writing    B. studying          C. settling            D. uncovering

41 A. attending          B. finishing          C. starting             D. stepping into

42. A. powerful          B. natural            C. special             D. common

43. A .main      B. safe               C. easy               D. impossible

44 A. most          B. nothing           C. little               D. sight

45. A. with        B. by                C. of                 D. about

46 A. so            B. for                 C. thus               D. but

47 A. they          B. in which         C. that                D. those

48 A. up           B. out                C. for                D. Into

49 A. of            B. to                 C. with              D. for

50 A. test           B. sign                C. means            D. habit(习惯)

51 A. thief          B. criminal           C. writer             D. policeman

52 A. whether      B. unless            C. if                  D. after

53 A. adds         B. tells               C. repeats            D. cries

54 A. before       B. after              C. shyly             D. and

55 A. necessary     B. all right           C. important                D. quite easy

As we all know “The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world” and “__1__ every successful man there is a woman.” Both these __2__ mean the same things. Men rule the __3__ but their wives rule them.

Chinese people and other foreigners often say，__4__ of the American women like making their husbands and sons successful, but some of them want __5__ for themselves. They want good __6__. When they work they want to __7__ better paid. They want to be as __8__ as men.

In 1960s, the American women's liberation __9__ was started by women who don't want to __10__ behind successful men. They want to stand beside them, with the same __11__ for success. They don't want to be told that certain jobs or __12__ are closed to them. They refused to work side by side with men who do the __13__ work for higher pay.

In America, a liberation woman must be __14__ of being a woman and have confidence in herself. If somebody says to her, “You have come a long __15__，  baby”， she will __16__ and answer, “Not nearly as __17__ as I am going to go, baby ”．

On the other hand, this movement is quite __18__， and many American women do not agree. __19__ it has already made some important __20__ in women's lives.

1. A. Before   B. Behind   C. Near   D. Beside

2. A. writings    B. words    C. letters       D. sayings

3. A. family   B. society   C. earth    D. world

4. A. most   B. Few   C. All   D. None

5. A. anything    B. something   C. nothing      D. everything

6. A. jobs   B. clothes   C. food  D. houses

7. A. be    B. have   C. make   D. receive

8. A. good   B. wonderful   C. successful    D. much

9. A. activity     B. movement   C. affairs  D. incident

10. A stand   B. co－operate   C. work   D. help

11. A. work   B. job   C. position   D. chance

12. A. offices   B. schools    C. shops   D. places

13. A. better   B. same   C. less   D. important

14. A. tired   B. afraid   C. fond   D. proud

15. A. place   B. walk   C. way   D. journey

16. A. cry   B. smile   C. laugh   D. sob

17. A. long   B. far    C. soon    D. much

18. A. new   B. good    C. important    D. pleasing

19. A. So    B. And        C. But    D. Or

20. A. progress      B. improvement

C. decisions      D. changes

It was only a very short time _______ the young lady found her cellphone stolen as she got on the crowed bus.

A. before                    B. when                                C. since                                 D. after

   __ unemployment and crime are high, it can be assumed that the latter is due to the former.

A. Before             B. Where           C. Unless            D. Until