The prices have been rising all the time, especially that of housing. So it is high time the government _______ action to solve it.

A. takes                 B. have taken          C. took            D. to take

Geniuses amaze us,impress us and make us all a little jealous.How do they differ from the average person? Scientists are working hard to figure out that answer.Tune in to the National Geographic Channel to find out about the discoveries they’re making in the series My Brilliant Brain.

When Marc Yu was only two years old,he began to play the piano.After a year,he started learning pieces by Beethoven.Now he’s a world-famous concert pianist at age eight.He learns newer and more difficult pieces with ease and can identify any note he hears.He seems to be specially designed for music.In Born Genius,National Geographic looks at the science behind child prodigies(神童) to explain why some children seem to be born without limits.

Genius didn’t come naturally to Tommy McHugh.His came only after he nearly died from bleeding in his brain.Afer recovering,McHugh’s head was filled with new thoughts and pictures.So, he began to express them in the form of poetry and art.Now,he’s a seemingly unstoppable creative machine.Sufferers of autism and brain injury have shown that great mental ability can sometimes come from damage or disease.Accidental Genius explores this puzzling relationship.

Can normal people be trained to be geniuses?Susan Polger has shown no signs of extraordinary intelligence.Yet,during her childhood,she studied thousands of chess patterns and learned to recognize them immediately.As a result,she was able to beat skilled adult players by age 10 and can now play up to five games at the same time without even seeing the boards.Make Me a Genius examines what it takes to turn an ordinary brain into that of a genius.

If becoming a genius were easy,we’d all be one.Yet,there is much more to super intelligence than simply being born lucky.Learn more about amazing brains this month on National Geographic’s My Brilliant Brain.

1.My Brilliant Brains is most probably from_________.

   A.a website            B.the radio         C.a magazine        D.a newspaper

2.The author takes Marc Yu as an example to show that a child prodigy is_________

  A.a person who learns something easily        B.a child who is eager to learn new things

C.a student who practices an instrument a lot     D.a kid who works hard to do well in school

3.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

   A.New things about the brain are still being discovered.

   B.People without natural abilities can learn to do things well.

C.Some people naturally have more active brains.

D.People are usually smarter when they recover from brain injury.

4.From the passage,we know that_________.

A.scientists completely understand the brain      B.people can only be born as geniuses

C.there’s no such thing as a true genius          D.there are many factors in being a genius

5.The author develops the passage mainly by_________.

A.providing typical examples                 B.following the natural time order

C.presenting a cause and analyzing its effects     D.comparing opinions from different scientists

第二节：写作(满分30分)

假如你正在某大学读书，你中学英语老师请你以“如何适应高中生活”为题，用英语和高一新生谈谈你的感受。

内容要点如下：

  (1)尽快适应高中老师教学方法

  (2)探求适合自己的学习方法

  (3)学会与老师和同学和睦相处

注意：词数120-150    

．—Margaret ______ stay at home all day long in front of the TV.

—That' s right．She ought to go to the fitness center with us.

A．couldn't        B．mustn't        C．needn't         D．shouldn't

She never dreamed of       _ a chance for her to meet her old friends again．

       A．there was        B．there being     C there to be           D．being

I can’t put up with the _____atmosphere here.

A. silent          B. aimless                 C. lifeless           D.deadly

Which do you enjoy __________ our weekend, fishing or watching TV?

A. spending      B. to spend      C. being spent     D. spend

 Is there a shop around _____ we can buy some toilet articles??

　　A. that 　             B. which   ?               C. where　           D. what

The meeting was long and the speakers said ____nothing worth listening to.

A. nearly        B. almost          C. mostly         D. possibly

.Dewitt Wallance founded the Reader’s Digest as a pocket-sized, non-fiction magazine __ to inform and entertain.

A. was intended     B. intending    C. to intend    D. intended