new “good,” “amazing” is the new “OK, ” and “huge” is the new “big.”
I was in a restaurant in Washington D.C.last weekend and every question I asked was answered with exaggeration.
Me：How is the salmon?
Sever：Fantastic!
Me：Does it come with rice?
Sever：Absolutely!
Would a “good” and a “yes” have been enough? Of course!
My father is an average-sized man.He hasn’t gained weight or height for the past 30 years. Therefore, his size remains the same.However，in the same amount of time，his T-shirt size has gone from small to medium to large to extra large.
The reason for the exaggerated word is clear：we are bored with our lives. We want the next
—next thing now.Immediately!
And we also want others to think that we still care，that we can still be delighted，that we know that everything is just great.Even when deep inside we know it can’t be.Everything can’t be great.
I’m not a scientist，so many methods of proof leave little to be desired，or a lot to be desired，or an immensity(无限).
Listen to the voices around you.Listen to your own voices.There is nothing on the radio that is good or bad，weather is either beautiful or horrible.
Listen，the next time when someone asks you something and you agree，because when you
could simply say “yes”, instead you will say “absolutely’’ or “without doubt ” or “Oh，yeah，unquestionably ---- absolutely without doubt."
Have people forgotten what it is like to be OK? Simply OK with what they have and who they are? If everything is outstanding，if everything is the most amazing thing ever，is anything ever amazing at all?

1.
By telling his experience in the restaurant，the author intends to ________.
1. A.
  show his interest in exaggerated words
2. B.
  prove that exaggerated words are widely used
3. C.
  blame the restaurant for using exaggerated words
4. D.
  tell us the food in the restaurant is extremely good
2.
What do we know about the author’s father?
1. A.
  He has gained height and is now a tall man.
2. B.
  He likes following the fashion in clothing.
3. C.
  His weight is getting greater and greater.
4. D.
  The size of his T-shirt is described in exaggerated words.
3.
.So many people like using exaggerated words because_________.
1. A.
  they are not satisfied with being normal
2. B.
  they don’t want to be looked down upon by others
3. C.
  they want to be different from others
4. D.
  they are brave in telling their true feelings
4.
According to the passage，if you approve of something，you’d better say “________”.
1. A.
  fantastic
2. B.
  perfect
3. C.
  OK
4. D.
  absolutely

B

The trend in everyday conversation is to use grandiose（夸大的）words. “Outstanding” is new “good,” “amazing” is the new “OK”, and “huge” is the new “big.”

I was in a restaurant in Washington D.C. last weekend and every question I asked was answered with exaggeration.

Me: How is the salmon?

Sever: Fantastic!

Me: Does it come with rice?

Sever: Absolutely!

Would a “good” and a “yes” have been enough? Of course!

My father is an average-sized man. He hasn’t gained weight or height for the past 30 years. Therefore, his size remains the same. However, in the same amount of time, his T-shirt size has gone from small to medium to large to extra large.

The reason for the exaggerated word is clear: we are bored with our lives. We want the next –next thing now. Immediately!

And we also want others to think that we still care, that we can still be delighted, that we know that everything is just great. Even when deep inside we know it can’t be. Everything can’t be great.

I’m not a scientist, so many methods of proof leave little to be desired, or a lot to be desired, or an immensity（无限）.

Listen to the voices around you. Listen to your own voices. There is nothing on the radio that is good or bad , weather is either beautiful or horrible.

Listen, the next time when someone asks you something and you agree, because when you could simply say “yes”, instead you will say “absolutely ” or “without doubt” or “Oh, yeah, unquestionably—absolutely without doubt.”

Have people forgotten what it is like to be OK? Simply OK with what they have and who they are? If everything is outstanding, if everything is the most amazing thing ever, is anything ever amazing at all?

45．By telling his experience in the restaurant, the author intends to_______.

A．show his interest in exaggerated words

B．prove that exaggerated words are widely used

C．blame the restaurant for using exaggerated words

D．tell us the food in the restaurant is extremely good

46．What do we know about the author’s father?

A．He has gained height and is now a tall man.

B．He likes following the fashin in clothing.

C．His weight is getting greater and greater.

D．The size of his T-shirt is described in exaggerated words.

47．So many people like using exaggerated words because________.

A．they are not satisfied with being normal

B．they don’t want to be looked down upon by others

C．they want to be different from others

D．they are brave in telling their true feelings

48．According to the passage, if you approve of something, you’d better say “ ______ ”.

A．fantastic B．perfect C．OK D．Absolutely

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　　A chicken or egg question about the early universe has been answered by astronomers saying black holes came before galaxies(星系)．

　　Most if not all galaxies, including our Milky Way, are believed to have massive black holes in central parts．But did the black holes come first, helping to build galaxies by pulling material towards them, or did they arise in the centre of already formed galaxies?According to new research, the former is most likely to be true．

　　“It looks like the black holes came first,”said Dr Chris, from the US Astronomy Observatory．“The evidence is piling up．”

　　Earlier studies had shown a link between the masses of black holes and the central“bulges”of stars and gas in galaxies．Generally, the black hole's mass was about one 1,000th the mass of the surrounding galactic bulge．This indicated a relationship between the black hole and the bulge．What was not clear was whether one grew before the other, or whether they grew together．

　　New radio telescope observations reaching back almost to the birth of the first galaxies may have answered that question．Radio waves received from these galaxies were sent out about a billion years after the Big Bang(大爆炸)which started the universe．These young distant galaxies had much larger black holes in relation to their bulge mass than older and closer galaxies．

　　“The implication is that the black holes started growing first,”said Dr Fabian, a German scientist．

　　The next challenge is to work out how the black hole and the bulge affect each other's growth, said the astronomers．

(1)

What would be the best title for this passage?
[　　]
A．	How scientists observe the early universe
B．	Which came first, black holes or galaxies
C．	Some evidence about black holes and galaxies
D．	A funny question about the early universe

(2)

The difference in size between the black hole's mass and the mass of the surrounding galactic bulge is ________．
[　　]
A．	usually fixed
B．	so far unknown
C．	very likely to change
D．	very unbalanced

(3)

Which is the next question astronomers have to answer according to the passage?
[　　]
A．	Why the black hole started growing first．
B．	What the relationship between the black hole and other stars is．
C．	How the black hole and the bulge affect each other's growth．
D．	When and how the earliest stars and galaxies began to form．

(4)

What can we conclude from this passage?
[　　]
A．	The universe has a history of about one billion years．
B．	Scientists know little about how the universe was formed．
C．	Research on black holes has been carried out for decades．
D．	Scientists have found some valuable evidence by analyzing radio waves．

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It is three in the morning on a Tuesday, and I’m walking toward table eighteen, the one I call home. I pass the waiters, give a brief nod to the 1. and take my seat. I 2. the “usual,” water and peanut butter pie. Yes, I’m at an all-night diner.

I start to take out my books, 3. full well that I will be 4. on the same page of Socrates that I’ve been on for the better part of the semester. Of course, it’s 5. —for my group that is. I wait for the empty chairs around me to be 6. .

Just as the Muzak songs start to repeat themselves, Shana and Jenny walk in. I am 7. with the usual big hugs and smiles. 8. , the diner stops being a twenty-for-hour restaurant with bad service and becomes my place—my home 9. the prisonlike dorm room. For the next couple of hours, we will joke about people we know, talk about books, reflect on the meaning of life, quote movies and 10. new private jokes. Table number eighteen is our 11. home.

During my senior year of college, I started going to the diner for a temporary escape from a dorm room that felt like it was closing in on me. Not to 12. the phones, the stereo and the computer. How could anyone seriously 13. to have good study habits? Some friends of mine told me about the place; they went there to study, and they really liked it.

So I tried it. It felt remarkably freeing. I start going there every night (except weekends, of course), and, believe me it was not because the pies were 14. great either. Maybe it would force me to open my books and my 15. would improve. Right? Well….

But that’s not the 16. . I mean, anyone who has gone to college knows that it’s not only about forcing yourself to wake up at 7:45 A.M. (after you had gone to sleep two hours earlier) to listen to a professor spoon-feeding you information 17. the significance of the Battle of Hastings. It is 18. about finding a little haven where you can create what will be the most important thing in your life—yourself. At a school of thirty-five thousand people, I found a small place that was as 19. to me as my Social Security number.

Through laughter, tears, learning, growing and the 20. free ice cream, we found a sanctuary. A place where we could be ourselves.

21. A．friends B．strangers C．regulars D．waiters

22. A．make B．take C．bring D．order

23. A．remembering B．knowing C．deciding D．learning

24. A．stuck B．focused . C．fixed D．turned

25. A．certain B．early C．late D．clear

26. A．washed B．cleaned C．filled D．covered

27. A．armed B．satisfied C．occupied D．greeted

28. A．Finally B．Suddenly C．Actually D．Particularly

29. A．away from B．similar to C．apart from D．close to

30. A．create B．play C．write D．hear

31. A．inner B．outer C．warmer D．smaller

32. A．answer B．talk C．mention D．mend

33. A．choose B．determine C．pretend D．expect

34. A．pretty B．that C．too D．rather

35. A．health B．friendship C．conditions D．grades

36. A．place B．benefit C．point D．view

37. A．relate B．requiring C．reflecting D．regarding

38. A．also B．still C． more D．even

39. A．available B．beneficial C．familiar D．encouraging

40. A．special B．occasional C．unusual D．natural

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One day while sitting in the boat fishing, I noticed a field mouse on the river bank. He ran out of his 21 , ran around a bit and then ran back. I thought of the 22 of this mouse. His life is spent running around, 23 , following his nose. He runs here, runs there, turns in circles, but never really sees much beyond his 24 . He is trying to 25 his way to successful living, which is finding a little 26 , so that he can carry on for the rest of his life, frightened.

A few minutes later I looked up and noticed an osprey (鱼鹰) 27 high in the sky. This keen-eyed hunter with a 28 view of the river was simply waiting for the best time to catch his food. The 29 creature flew up toward a nest at the top of one of the tallest trees.

It is the osprey not the field mouse that 30 our human potential (潜能). I don’t know about you, but it is 31 for me to decide which creature I want to learn from. I want to 32, to see the big picture, to climb higher, go farther, dive deeper, and 33 more. I want my soul enlarged and my heart inspired. I want to 34 running about following my nose and instead I want to find new strength, fresh 35 , clear vision and courage. I want to be more like the osprey and less like the field mouse, for to live like the field mouse is to ruin my potential.

1. A．boat B．hole C．yard D．box

2. A．friend B．appearance C．food D．existence

3. A．frightened B．excited C．surprised D．pleased

4. A．eyes B．nose C．head D．legs

5. A．lose B．find C．smell D．give

6. A．time B．room C．treasure D．food

7. A．hanging B．running C．flying D．staying

8. A．short B．full C．different D．first

9. A．interesting B．frightening C．boring D．amazing

10. A．needs B．models C．follows D．strikes

11. A．difficult B．strange C．easy D．special

12. A．play B．rest C．relax D．explore

13. A．get B．experience C．forget D．control

14. A．continue B．stop C．enjoy D．practise

15. A．thinking B．air C．news D．water

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By telling his experience in the restaurant，the author intends to ________.

What do we know about the author’s father?

.So many people like using exaggerated words because_________.

According to the passage，if you approve of something，you’d better say “________”.

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