Mrs. Hammond was old and blind, but she was determined to do everything for herself. She even used to go for walks by herself once a day for  1 , and found her way by  2  things with her white stick. She learned where everything was, so she never lost her way.

  One day, some men came and cut down some of the familiar trees at the side of one of the paths which she  3  . When she reached that place that evening, she did not  4  the trees with her stick, so she was in  5  .

  She  6  for a while and listened, but did not  7  any other people, so she went for a kilometer or two, and then she heard  8  beneath her. “Am I  9 ? I suppose so,” she said, “I must be on a  10 , and there must be a river under me. I've been told that there's a river in this part of the country, but I don't know its exact  11 . How am I going to get  12  to my house from here?”

  All at once she heard a man's friendly  13  near her. “Excuse me, can I help you?”“How kind of you!” Mrs. Hammond answered. “Yes, please. Some of the trees which I follow have been  14  today, and if I hadn't been 15  enough to meet you, I don't know  16  I'd have done. Can you please  17  me to get home?”

 “Certainly,” the man answered. “Where do you live?”

  Mrs. Hammond told him, and the man took her to her house. She told the man how pleased she was that she had met him. But the man said. “I want to  18  you.”

  Mrs. Hammond asked, “Whatever for?”

 “Well,” the man said quietly, “I was balanced (悬在) on the edge of that bridge for ages in the  19 , because I was trying to make up my mind to  20  myself into the river and drown myself. But I'm not going to do it now.”

1. A. health         B. exercise   C. sport           D. training

2. A. seeing         B. looking at  C. hearing         D. touching

3. A. followed       B. led     C. walked         D. headed

4. A. know          B. feel         C. smell           D. climb

5. A. need          B. danger       C. dark            D. difficulty

6. A. waited         B. rested       C. stopped          D. walked

7. A. see           B. find         C. meet           D. hear

8. A. noise          B. water       C. boat            D. train

9. A. lost           B. all right      C. wrong           D. alone

10. A. boat         B. plane         C. bridge          D. highway

11. A. size         B. length         C. position       D. name

12. A. far          B. near          C. away           D. back

13. A. touch        B. voice         C. sound          D. noise

14. A. lost          B. destroyed     C. removed     D. planted

15. A. lucky        B. kind          C. good           D. foolish

16. A. how         B. what          C. why        D. which

17. A. tell          B. direct         C. help          D. lead

18. A help         B. know          C. thank          D. meet

19. A. worry       B. sorry           C. hurry        D. dark

20. A. put         B. throw          C. jump          D. take

 Mrs. Hammond was old and blind, but she was determined to do everything for herself. She even used to go for walks by herself once a day for  1 , and found her way by  2  things with her white stick. She learned where everything was, so she never lost her way.

  One day, some men came and cut down some of the familiar trees at the side of one of the paths which she  3  . When she reached that place that evening, she did not  4  the trees with her stick, so she was in  5  .

  She  6  for a while and listened, but did not  7  any other people, so she went for a kilometer or two, and then she heard  8  beneath her. “Am I  9 ? I suppose so,” she said, “I must be on a  10 , and there must be a river under me. I've been told that there's a river in this part of the country, but I don't know its exact  11 . How am I going to get  12  to my house from here?”

  All at once she heard a man's friendly  13  near her. “Excuse me, can I help you?”“How kind of you!” Mrs. Hammond answered. “Yes, please. Some of the trees which I follow have been  14  today, and if I hadn't been 15  enough to meet you, I don't know  16  I'd have done. Can you please  17  me to get home?”

 “Certainly,” the man answered. “Where do you live?”

  Mrs. Hammond told him, and the man took her to her house. She told the man how pleased she was that she had met him. But the man said. “I want to  18  you.”

  Mrs. Hammond asked, “Whatever for?”

 “Well,” the man said quietly, “I was balanced (悬在) on the edge of that bridge for ages in the  19 , because I was trying to make up my mind to  20  myself into the river and drown myself. But I'm not going to do it now.”

1. A. health         B. exercise   C. sport           D. training

2. A. seeing         B. looking at  C. hearing         D. touching

3. A. followed       B. led     C. walked         D. headed

4. A. know          B. feel         C. smell           D. climb

5. A. need          B. danger       C. dark            D. difficulty

6. A. waited         B. rested       C. stopped          D. walked

7. A. see           B. find         C. meet           D. hear

8. A. noise          B. water       C. boat            D. train

9. A. lost           B. all right      C. wrong           D. alone

10. A. boat         B. plane         C. bridge          D. highway

11. A. size         B. length         C. position       D. name

12. A. far          B. near          C. away           D. back

13. A. touch        B. voice         C. sound          D. noise

14. A. lost          B. destroyed     C. removed     D. planted

15. A. lucky        B. kind          C. good           D. foolish

16. A. how         B. what          C. why        D. which

17. A. tell          B. direct         C. help          D. lead

18. A help         B. know          C. thank          D. meet

19. A. worry       B. sorry           C. hurry        D. dark

20. A. put         B. throw          C. jump          D. take

The more television that a three-year-old watches, the more likely he or she is to behave aggressively, according to a U.S. study.

Just having the TV on in the background, even if the child wasn’t watching it, was also linked to aggressive behavior although the relationship wasn’t as strong, said the researchers.

“Parents should be smart about TV use,” researcher Jennifer Manganello from the University at Albany, State University of New York, told Reuters Health. “They should limit the time that children use TV, pay attention to the content of TV programs, and consider how TV is used throughout the home.”

The study looked at 3,128 women from 20 U.S. cities who had a child between 1998 and 2000. While there was some diversity of education among the study participants, one-third hadn’t graduated from high school.

Two-thirds of the mothers said their three-year-old watched more than two hours of TV a day, and the average viewing time for children was around three hours. On average, the TV was on for about five additional hours on a typical day.

After accounting for factors known to be associated with aggressive behavior, such as living in a violent neighborhood or having a mother who suffers from depression, TV watching and household TV time were both still significantly associated with aggressive behavior, such as hitting others, having angry moods, being disobedient, and screaming a lot.

The American Academy of Pediatrics（小儿科）recommends no TV at all for children two and younger, and two hours a day or less for older kids, lead researcher Jennifer Manganello and her team from the Tulane University School of Public Health noted in their report.

1. According to Jennifer, parents should do the following EXCEPT __________.

  A．limit the time that children use TV

  B．never allow the children to watch TV

C．pay attention to the content of TV programs

  D．consider how TV is used throughout the home

2. Among the study participants about _________ hadn’t graduated from high school.

  A．1040          B．2080              C．1430          D．2800

3. The underlined word “diversity” in the fourth paragraph most probably means _____.

  A．majority              B．policy                     C．variety               D．popularity

4. It can be inferred from the passage that parents ____________.

  A．are recommended to suffer from depression

  B．are encouraged to live in a violent neighborhood

  C．are supposed to teach their kids to hit other kids

  D．are advised to spend more time with their kids

5. What would be the best title of the passage?

  A．Watching TV makes kids’ life colorful

  B．TV exposure likely to make children aggressive

  C．How kids can behave appropriately by watching TV

  D．How kids can get rid of bad habits from an early age

Which are you more likely to have wath you at sny given mement—your cell phone or your wallet? Soon you may be able to throw your wallet away and pay for things with a quick wave of your smart phone over an electroue scannet.
In January, Starbucks announced that customers could start using their phones to buy coffee in 6,800 of its states. This is the first pay-by-phone practice in the U.S., but we’re likely to see more witeless payment alternatives as something called ucar field communcation(NFC)GETS IN TO America’s consumet electanies. Last Deccmbet some new smart phanes which cantain an NFC chip were introduced to the public.
Already in use in part of Asia and Europe, NFC allows shoppers to wave theie phones a few inchs above a payment terminal-a contact-free system build for speed and convenience.  plan a few incees live a payment tetminal a one a few ptaht need to be worked out, like who will get to collect the profitable trunsacian(交易)fees. Although some credit card providers have been experimenting with wave and pay systems that use NFC enabled credit cards, cellphone service providers truay try to mused their way into the point of sale (POS)market. Three big cell phone service providers have formed a joinf tenture(合资企业)that will go into opention over the next 15 months. Its goal is“to lead the U.S. payments industry from cards to mobile phone.”
The other big NFC sue, apart from how paymeats will be processed, is security, For instance, what’s to stop a thief from digitally pickpocketing you? “We’re still not at the point where an attacker can just brush against yee in a crowd and steal all the money out of your phone,”says Jimmy Shah. A mobile security rescarcher, “Usera may also be able to set transaction timeits,requiring a password to be enteced for larger putchases.
Bussiness? Keep in mund you lost your smart phone, it can be located on a located on a map and remotely disabled. Plus, your phone can be password protected, Your wallet isn’t.
【小题1】What is predicted to happen in the U.S.?

Which are you more likely to have wath you at sny given mement—your cell phone or your wallet? Soon you may be able to throw your wallet away and pay for things with a quick wave of your smart phone over an electroue scannet.

In January, Starbucks announced that customers could start using their phones to buy coffee in 6,800 of its states. This is the first pay-by-phone practice in the U.S., but we’re likely to see more witeless payment alternatives as something called ucar field communcation(NFC)GETS IN TO America’s consumet electanies. Last Deccmbet some new smart phanes which cantain an NFC chip were introduced to the public.

Already in use in part of Asia and Europe, NFC allows shoppers to wave theie phones a few inchs above a payment terminal-a contact-free system build for speed and convenience.  plan a few incees live a payment tetminal a one a few ptaht need to be worked out, like who will get to collect the profitable trunsacian(交易)fees. Although some credit card providers have been experimenting with wave and pay systems that use NFC enabled credit cards, cellphone service providers truay try to mused their way into the point of sale (POS)market. Three big cell phone service providers have formed a joinf tenture(合资企业)that will go into opention over the next 15 months. Its goal is“to lead the U.S. payments industry from cards to mobile phone.”

The other big NFC sue, apart from how paymeats will be processed, is security, For instance, what’s to stop a thief from digitally pickpocketing you? “We’re still not at the point where an attacker can just brush against yee in a crowd and steal all the money out of your phone,”says Jimmy Shah. A mobile security rescarcher, “Usera may also be able to set transaction timeits,requiring a password to be enteced for larger putchases.

Bussiness? Keep in mund you lost your smart phone, it can be located on a located on a map and remotely disabled. Plus, your phone can be password protected, Your wallet isn’t.

1.What is predicted to happen in the U.S.?

A.The expansion of cellphone companices.

B. The boom of pay by phone business.

C. The dissppearanceof credit cards.

D. The increase of Starbucks sales.s

2.The NFC technology can be used to________.

A. ensure the safety of shoppers

B. collect transaction fees easily

C. make purchase faster and smpler

D. improve the quality of cellphones

3.Three cellphone service providers form a joint venture to__________.

A. strengthen their relationship

B .get a share in the payments industry

C .sell more cellphones

D. test the NFC teehnoingy

4.According to the what can users do if they lose their smart phones?

A. Stop the luneting of niet phones.

B .Stop a passwant.

C .Cat all the money out of their phones.

D. Can large purchases.