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She explained to me________personal computers let everyone explore their own ideas.

A．that

B．how

C．what

D．where

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She got run over by a car and she is still ________．

A.
endangered
B.
in dander
C.
dangerous
D.
in the danger

Habits are a funny thing. We reach for them mindlessly, setting our brains on auto-pilot and relaxing into the unconscious comfort of familiar routine. “Not choice, but habit rules the unreflecting creatures,” William Wordsworth said in the 19th century. In the ever-changing 21st century, even the word “habit” carries a negative meaning.

So it seems contradictory to talk about habits in the same context as innovation (创新). But brain researchers have discovered that when we consciously develop new habits, we create parallel （平行的）paths, and even entirely new brain cells, that can jump our trains of thought onto new, innovative tracks.

Rather than dismissing ourselves as unchangeable creatures of habit, we can instead direct our own change by consciously developing new habits. In fact, the more new things we try, the more creative we become.

But don’t bother trying to kill off old habits; once those ruts of procedure are worn into the brain, they’re there to stay. Instead, the new habits we deliberately press into ourselves create parallel pathways that can bypass those old roads.

“The first thing needed for innovation is attraction to wonder,” says Dawna Markova, author of The Open Mind. “But we are taught instead to ‘decide’, just as our president calls himself ‘the Decider’.” She adds, however, that “to decide is to kill off all possibilities but one. A good innovational thinker is always exploring the many other possibilities.”

“All of us work through problems in ways of which we’re unaware,” she says. Researchers in the late 1960s discovered that humans are born with the ability to approach challenges in four primary ways: analytically, procedurally（程序上的）, collaboratively (合作地) and innovatively. At the end of adolescence, however, the brain shuts down half of that ability, preserving only those ways of thought that have seemed most valuable during the first decade or so of life.

The current emphasis on standardized testing highlights analysis and procedure, meaning that few of us use our innovative and collaborative ways of thought. “This breaks the major rule in the American belief system—that anyone can do anything,” explains M. J. Ryan, author of the 2006 book This Year I Will … and Ms. Markova’s business partner. “That’s a lie that we have preserved, and it fosters（培养）commonness. Knowing what you’re good at and doing even more of it creates excellence.” This is where developing new habits comes in.

Brain researchers have discovered that .

A. the forming of new habits can be guided B. the development of habits can be predicted

C. the regulation of old habits can be transformed

D. the track of new habits can be created unconsciously

The underlined word “ruts” in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to .

A. zones B. connections C. situations D. tracks

Which of the following statements most probably agrees with Dawna Markova’s view?

A. Decision makes no sense in choices. B. Curiosity makes creative minds active.

C. Creative ideas are born of a relaxing mind. D. Formation of innovation comes from fantastic ideas.

The purpose of the author writing this article is to persuade us .

A. to give up our traditional habits deliberately B. to create and develop new habits consciously

C. to resist the application of standardized testing D. to believe that old habits conflict with new habits

Ice cream can’t cure cancer or bring back a lost love, but it can make one feel better for a while.

A bout 18 months ago, my father was in hospital recovering from a major lung operation. My mother had recently 36 , and my father had taken the loss of his partner of 55 years very hard and had lost interest in 37 . Trying to get him to 38 each day was quite a chore as he didn’t want anything. The one thing, 39 , that he would ask us to bring him was ice-cream.

One evening, to our 40 , he refused to eat the ice-cream, 41 I placed it in a staffroom freezer. A little while later, my son decided he wanted it, so I 42 it for him.

As I passed another ward（病房）, a 43 asked, “Are there more where that came from?” When I explained the 44 , she apologized. She then said that she had cancer and could eat very little, 45 the occasional ??ice-cream.

The next evening, I decided to buy two ice-creams. On the way to Dad’s room, I stopped in at the 46 woman’s room, and 47 her the ice-cream I’d bought for her. She was 48 stunned that I had thought of her, and 49 the gift with tears in her eyes. I spoke with her for a few minutes, 50 what was happening in my family and listened to her 51 story of pain and suffering. It was apparent that she did not 52 many visitors, and the ice-cream and our short chat meant a great deal to her.

I 53 the gesture a few days later, and this time was 54 with a huge hug.

I never even thought to ask her name, and never saw her again, but it made me realize that an act of 55 can be more rewarding when you give it, rather than receive it.

A．passed away B．gone out C．come back D．calmed down

A．work B．life C．studies D．games

A．speak B．laugh C．drink D．eat

A．though B．however C．instead D．therefore

A．joy B．satisfactionC．surprise D．relief

A．if B．unless C．so D．because

A．borrowed B．bought C．made D．fetched

A．woman B．granny C．girl D．child

A．question B．situation C．process D．decision

A．better than． B．more than C．rather than D．other than

A．pretty ' B．honest C．sick D．shy

A．offered B．told ． C．sold D．charged

A．hardly B．finally C．gradually D．totally

A．accepted B．stored C．exchanged D．gave

A．remembering B．denying C．explaining D．forgetting

A．ordinary ' B．similar C．interesting D．i'great

A．have B．like C．expect D．J attract

A．reported B．expressed C．noticed D．^repeated

A．covered B．connected C．rewarded D．filled

A．politeness B．kindness C．selflessness D．willingness

根据对话内容。从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。

A: ___61___?

B: I'm writing a letter.

A: But you don't often write . ___62___?

B: I'm writing to my aunt.

A: ___63___?

B: Just to thank her for giving me the birthday present.

A: But___64___.

B: No , she hasn't sent me anything this year. I'm writing to thank her for last year's present.

A : Do you think she will understand you?

B : Of course ,my letter will help her remember___65___

A : So you ' re expecting another present from her.

A . What do you want to tell her

B . that my birthday is coming soon

C . How are you

D .What are you doing

E .she hasn't sent you a present this year

F .She is not only my aunt but my friend as well

G . Who are you writing to

The girl ____ to her mother that she was treated unfairly that day.

A. complained B. expressed C. excused D. explaine

She got run over by a car and she is still ________．

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