72. The passage is mainly about _____.

A. the eye movements of some volunteers

B. an experiment by the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

C. a social psychologist Dunning and his assistants

D. new findings on what may affect what we see

71. What is the main idea of the survey reported by Nielson Company?　

A. Most credit card users are young people aged 18 to 24.　

B. Western habits have a big influence on the Chinese people.　

C. The number of credit card users is growing rapidly in Chinese cities.　

D. Chinese consumers are no more interested in saving money.　

答案：68-71 BACC

E

Our eyes may be playing tricks on us. New research shows that sometimes people physically see what they want to see. Cornell University social psychologist(心理学家)David Dunning carried out experiments to test whether wishful thinking can actually affect our seeing.

　 “It's well proved from what is experienced in everyday life, and from the laboratory as well, that people think what they want to think,” he says. “We're taking this a step further. We're asking if desires and fears can actually affect what people physically see.”

　　 Dunning and his assistants told volunteers that a computer game would show them either a letter or number to decide whether they would drink fresh orange juice or boring fruit syrup(果子露).

　　 As they wrote in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, the computer would flash an ambiguous picture, which could be seen as the letter“B”or the number“13”. Volunteers who were told that a letter would get them orange juice most often reported seeing“B”. Those who were told that a number would get them the orange juice most often saw“13”.

　　 The researchers also used a hidden camera to track volunteers' eye movements, particularly the first eye movement.“We don't control them,”Dunning says,“and they don't even know that we are doing them, so that honestly mirrors what a person is seeing.”

　　 “What this research suggests is that the brain is doing a lot of work between the eye and the awareness(意识)to affect our thinking, even before anything reaches awareness,”Dunning says. “Before we even see the world, our brain has decided to keep what we want to see and avoid what we don't want to see.”

70. Which city had the largest number of credit card users according to a previous survey?　

A. Xiamen.　　　　　　　　　 B. Beijing.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. Shanghai.　　　　　 D. Guangzhou.　

69. How is the situation of credit card use in Xiamen?　

A. Forty percent of the consumers own at least one card.　

B. Credit card users use up most of their monthly income.　

C. The number of credit card users is larger than that in Guangzhou.　

D. Over half of the consumers use two or more cards.　

68. Which of the following best shows the young urbanites’ idea of consumption?　

A. Using credit cards in every way.　　　　　 B. Spending tomorrow’s cash for today’s needs.　

C. Owning more cards for cashless shopping.　D. Saving money for future use.　

67. Which of the following suits you best if you have a good knowledge of either history or geography??

A. Life Skill Program.　 B. Homework Club. C. Family Program. D. Immigrant Youth Pilot Project.　

答案：65-67 DDBB

D

A growing number of consumers(消费者), especially young urbanites(城里人), are adopting more Western habits when it comes to spending money - by favoring credit cards over savings.

A survey of 11,500 people in 18 cities by The Nielson Company found the credit card market had witnessed a major change in recent years.

“Today’s consumer is clearly not interested in saving for a rainy day, as may have been the case in the past,”Bega Ng, director of financial services research with the company, said.“Consumers have been adopting Western habits and attitudes in almost every way - including saving and spending habits. Consumers in their 20s spend tomorrow’s cash to fund today’s needs.”

The report found consumers aged 18 to 24 were the most eager credit card users.

Although the report did not give the amounts credit card users in each of the 18 cities spent, it mentioned the example of Xiamen, a coastal city in Fujian Province, where consumers put an average of 50 percent of their monthly incomes into their credit card accounts to indulge(沉湎于)in cashless shopping.

Included in the survey for the first time, Xiamen is reported to have a fast growing penetration rate (渗透率) for credit cards, with four out of ten consumers now owning at least one card. With more than half of cardholders in Xiamen owning two or more cards, it is catching up with key“tier one”cities, the report said. The report did not make known the figures in major cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.

Last year, the same Nielson survey showed Shanghai had the biggest population of credit card holders, with citizens owning 1.8 credit cards on average. Half of them use credit cards at least once a week, the survey said.

Yunfei, 30, from Beijing, said she spent at least 2,000 yuan a month by credit cards, most of which went on daily necessities and dining out.

66. Which of the following is TRUE according to the notice?　

A. CBFY locates Life Skill Programs in every corner of the city.　

B. The programs can benefit any student aged under 12.　

C. CBFY provides different training programs for the volunteers.　

D. To be a volunteer, you must at least be energetic and enthusiastic.　

65. The purpose of the notice is to ______.　

A. look for immigrant youth with different skills　

B. make money by organizing the programs　

C. connect newcomer families with community resources　

D. look for volunteers to help support newly immigrant youth　

64. Which of the following best shows the Indian values?　

A. Americans should preserve the ways of Indian ancestors.　

B. Native Americans are still making contributions to American history.　

C. The resources offered by nature should be carefully protected.　

D. Native Americans knew the truths long before Americans do today.　

答案：61-64 CABC

C

63. The underlined word “inspiration” (in Paragraph 5) means ______.　

A. confidence　　　　 B. creative ideas 　　　　　 C. power　　　　　　　 D. good advice