摘要：Cloze Test: 51-60BADAC DBCAB Reading: 61-80 CBDCA DDBBD AACBA DBCCB Writing: Our city is changing greatly. With the construction of thousands of buildings the city is getting larger day by day. , On the other hand now it takes far less time to go from one end of the city to the other as roads have been widened and big bridges as well as subway lines are in use. , In this sense the city seems to be much smaller than before. Anyway our city is becoming more modern and beautiful. In the near future it will be one of the best cities in the world.
Many of our traditional medicines come from plants that grow wild throughout the world．Folk medicine keeps the health of the body by using medicines taken from surrounding plants since 1 for making medicine can be 2 everywhere, one can 3 folk medicine in any place of the world．They provide the basic ingredients(成分)that were used in the preparation of medicines and remedies(治疗方法)．
The practice of folk medicine 4 all the way back to the time of early man when both man and animal used plants in order to 5 healthy．It is not 6 , for example, to see an animal suck the sap of some plant after being 7 by a poisonous snake． 8 animals seem to have their 9 gift for knowing which plant will 10 what illness, man probably learned how to 11 for himself by animal watching．
Man 12 learned other things from animals．He observed that wild animals when sick remained quiet and rest, depending upon nature's remedies(治疗方法)for 13 well－the medicine in plants and pure air．He saw that an animal with a 14 could often be 15 resting in a cool place, eating nothing and often drinking a lot until the fever was gone．
It is important for you to learn some knowledge about first aid in your 1 life．If a person has an 2 , he needs medical care 3 a doctor can be found．When you give first aid, you must pay attention to 4 things．First, when a person stops 5 , open his/her mouth．Second, if a person cannot breathe, do your best to 6 his/her breathing at once, using a mouth-to-mouth way．Third, if a person is 7 badly, try at once to stop the 8 ．Then take him/her to a doctor．If a person loses one third of his/her blood, he/she 9 die．
Many accidents may 10 at home．All 11 should know first aid in order to deal with 12 injuries which may happen to their children．When a person is 13 by an animal, wash the wound with cold running water before he/she is taken to see a doctor．When a person is 14 , wash and cool the area of the skin under the cold tap for a while．Then put a piece of dry clean cloth over the burn．If the person is badly burnt, take him/her to the doctor．If a person 15 his/her finger, clean it and put a piece of paper round the cut．If a pan of oil 16 fire, 17 the gas first, and then cover the pan quickly．You cannot take it away before the fire is 18 ．
Besides, you must put 19 wires in safe places where children cannot 20 them．Serious accidents may happen if you touch them．Children must be told of the danger．Everybody should know some first aid in order to save ot her people's lives．
With their shiny, grey bodies, dolphins(海豚)appear to be large fish． 1 , they are really warm-blooded mammals．Although they can stay under the water for up to 15 minutes 2 , the dolphins must come up to breathe air through a hole on top of their heads．
Dolphins are social animals．Many of them even 3 around humans．In addition to being playful; they are helpful to men．For example 4 400 B．C．the Great poet Arion was saved from 5 by a dolphin．From then until now, dolphins have been helping swimmers, 6 in trouble．Swimmers, however, are not 7 humans they help．In some parts of the world, they help men 8 fish．
Dolphins are very clever．Its brain is even larger than a human's．Therefore, some people think a dolphin 9 smarter than a man, but 10 , brain size is not the only measure of cleverness．Besides, measuring dolphin's cleverness in other ways is not possible 11 men cannot talk with them．But we can almost 12 that dolphins can talk with each other．They make different 13 which seem to be at least a form of language．Up to now men 14 able to find out how dolphins are talking．So no one really knows what they are thinking．If we could talk with them, perhaps they could teach us to be 15 they seem to be．
I have been interested in animals since before I could remember．When I was four years old, I stayed on a farm where I helped to 1 hens' eggs．I became 2 , and asked those around me,“Where is the hole big enough for the eggs to come out?”When no one answered to my 3 , I hid in a henhouse for some four hours to 4 ．When my mother saw me rushing toward the house, she noticed my 5 ．Instead of scolding me for disappearing for so long(the family had even 6 the police!), she sat down and listened to me tell the wonderful story of how a hen 7 an egg．Then my childhood dream was as strong as ever：I wanted to learn things that no one else knew, uncover secrets through patient 8 ．
I was 9 enough to meet the late(已故的)Louis Leakey, who gave me this 10 chance to find out about the wild chimpanzees, our closest living relatives in the animal world．When I go back there, I see some 11 that I knew in the sixties, and one individual(个体)，her name is Fifi．She was a little baby when I arrived in 12 and she's about 43 years old now, she's the matriarch(女家长)of her community．When I look into her eyes, I think“this is my oldest chimpanzee friend, and she and I 13 memories that no other being in the world shares because they're not there any more．”And when I look into those eyes, I know I'm looking into the eyes of a thinking, feeling being． 14 I'll never know what she thinks about me．It's always a 15 , there's always something to learn．
Think you're good at reading people's expressions? Well, think again．New software is ten per cent better at it than the average person．There's even a device to improve your emotional intelligence．
Every time you interact with people, you 1 unconscious signals that you're following what they're saying． 2 , you might nod to show that you're following or squint(眯眼看)a bit to show that you've lost track．However, we're not very good at interpreting these signals． 3 we only get it right about half of the time．
Now social X-ray glasses can help you 4 some of these signals better by means of a built-in camera 5 to software which 6 facial expressions．The six basic 7 facial states it recognizes are：thinking, agreeing, concentrating, interested, confused and disagreeing．The device can read 24 'feature points' on a face and 8 which of these six general facial states is being 9 ．You get the information via an earpiece, which tells you how the listener is responding．There's also a traffic light system displayed on the lens with a red, amber(yellowishbrown)or green light to show that the listener is interested, 10 interested or not interested．If it shows red, it's time to shut up!
The other novelty(something new)is sociometric badges．These are 11 to provide feedback on how often you're speaking, for how long and who with．Each person is represented by a dot, which is larger if you're talkative and smaller if not．If you speak in a monologue the dot will turn red, but if it's a dialogue it turns white．The interaction between speakers is represented by lines between them, so a thick line if two people speak a lot to each other and very thin if they 12 speak．The information is sent wirelessly to any device that can display it graphically．In one experiment, 13 some of the speakers started with very different dots, by the end of the experiment all the dots were more or less the same size and color, 14 that people had changed their behavior and made the interaction more even．
Think how differently our interactions with people could be if we could read their 15 to what we're saying with x-ray specs and track how well we work as a group with a sociometric badge! It's early days, but these devices may well transform how we interact with each other in the future．
