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1.Ben wants to buy a pair of trousers to go to the parent-teacher meeting in his son’s school.

2. Mike’s birthday is coming. He likes playing basketball. So Tony wants to buy a gift for him and they can play it together.

3. Linda is good at dancing. But her skirt is too old. She wants to wear a new skirt to dance at the New Year’s party.

4. Harvey loves reading, but he can’t find some books in the library. So he wants to buy a computer to read e-books online.

5. Miss Miller is from America. She loves China and she is interested in Chinese history. She wants to know more about it.

A. Girls Clothes Store

Welcome to our Clothes Store. All the clothes here are only for girls. We have different kinds of clothes such as shorts, skirts and so on.

B. Trousers’ House

We have different kinds of trousers in all colors for children. The cheapest pair is 60 yuan.

C. Sports Store

Welcome to our store! Do you like sports? We have all kinds of balls on sale, such as basketballs, volleyballs, footballs and so on.

D. Computer City

We have different kinds of computers. You can play games, and do some reading on them. They are on sale now.

E. Magic Book Library

Do you like reading books? We have lots of books for you. You can talk with the people in history or walk into the wonderful story world.

F. Gift Shop

Do you want to buy a watch for your boyfriend? Why not buy flowers for your girlfriend as a gift? Welcome to our gift shop to buy gifts!

G. Blue Bird Clothes Store

Came and buy your clothes at special prices! The trousers here are only 150 yuan for two pairs. T-shirts are only 100 yuan for three.

Carole Gregory, an amazing old woman, is putting movies into her life. She often makes some cakes into the shapes of her favorite_____in movies.

The 68-year-old woman comes from England. She makes a living by______cakes. About months ago, she considered______for a few days and then decided to accept a new challenge after watching one of her favorite movies.

“I love this new challenge,” said Carole. “ ______ I’ve made thousands of cakes over the years, this is my first time trying to make a change. And I think making it______a hobby is the most fun. It’s exciting to put movies into my life!”

However, it’s not an easy job. Sometimes she______many days making a movie cake. “Baking (烘烤)the bottom of a cake is not hard,” said Carole. “But molding ( 塑 造) the cake into a special shape to make it______is a great challenge.”

After long hard work, Carole______lots of great cakes. Among them, the predator (铁血战士) cake has been the most popular one so far. Everyone is______about it and its picture has been watched over 10,000 times online.

Carole says, “Now I’m thinking about______I can do to make my cakes better.” When talking about her future plan, Carole seems to be very happy.

1.A.toys B.roles C.colors D.clothes

2.A.eating B.buying C.selling D.watching

3.A.seriously B.quickly C.easily D.sadly

4.A.Until B.Unless C.Because D.Although

5.A.become B.waste C.look D.lose

6.A.pays B.costs C.takes D.spends

7.A.delicious B.useful C.colorful D.lively

8.A.doubted B.bought C.created D.discovered

9.A.sure B.crazy C.sorry D.worried

10.A.when B.what C.why D.where

“What's the name of our neighbor? I can't remember right now.”Have you ever heard your grandparents ask questions like this? Usually, we think older people's memories become bad because their brains get weak. But a team of scientists at the University of Tubingen in Germany has a different idea.

“The human brain works slower in old age,” said lead scientist Michael Ramscar, “but only because they have stored more information over time.”

The findings are based on a series of computer simulations(模拟) of learning and memory.

Scientist let the computers read a certain amount of words and learn new things each day. When the computer “reads”only so much, its performance on cognitive( 认知) tests is similar of a young adult. But if the computer learned the experiences we might encounter(经历) over a lifetime, its perfection is similar to that of an older adult.

Often it was slower because increased“experience” had caused the computer 's database(数据库) to grow, giving it more data to process - which takes time. This is similar to old people.

Imagine a person knows two people's birthdays. Another person knows the birthdays of 2,000 people, but can only match the right person to the right birthday nine times out of 10. Can you say the first person has a better memory than the second person? The basic idea is that“The larger the library you have in your head, the longer it usually takes to find a particular word,” Benedict Carey, a science reporter for The New York Times, wrote in an article about the study.

1.The writer uses a question at the beginning to________.

A.encourage readers to think of their neighbors

B.make readers interested in the topic

C.prove that older people have bad memories

D.explain why older people like asking questions

2.How did the scientists do their research?

A.They interviewed old people

B.They asked both young and old people the same questions

C.They used computers to simulate human learning and memory

D.They followed the experiences of a group of old people

3.According to the research, why do old people forget other people's names easily?

A.Because they have a very poor memory

B.Because they are too old to remember things

C.Because their brains become weaker over time

D.Because there is too much information in their brains

4.What does the underlined word“similar”in the passage mean in Chinese?

A.协调的 B.相似的 C.奇怪的 D.迥异的

5.What would be the best title for the story?

A.Why do old people have poor memories?

B.Why do old people's brains sore more information?

C.What is the human brain's processing ability?

D.Is it better to be old or young?

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