A friend is not just someone____________ whom you say hello. A friend is a shoulder_________ which you can cry.

A. to; on                  B. on; to                   C. with;from              D. from; with

As some experts say, shopping by television will never take the place of shopping in______ stores, because many people find shopping at a store______ great enjoyment.

A.／; a                        B. the ; a                   C. a;  the                   D. a：／

Recently my little brother ______to do his homework , and instead insists on wasting his time watching DVDs and listening to foreign music

A. refused                                                 B. was refusing

C. has been refusing                                   D. had refused

Mike住在假日饭店。今天下午三点，你到他处请他参加明天下午王雷的生日晚会，碰巧他不在。请你给他留个便条，邀请他参加并告诉他去王雷家的路线。（参看下图）。

注意：1 图中标出Ｏ者为王雷家。

           2 晚会内容：唱歌、跳舞、做游戏、吃蛋糕，然后去看电影《飘》。

           3 100字左右。

Dear Mike,

     A new study suggests that the more teenagers watch television, the more likely they are to develop depression as young adults.

     The researchers used a national long-term survey of adolescent（青少年的）health to investigate (调查)the relationship between media use and depression. They based their findings on more than four thousand adolescents who were not depressed when the survey began in 2000.

     As part of the survey, the young people were asked how many hours of television or videos they watched daily. They were also asked how often they played computer games and listened to the radio. Media use totaled an average of five and one-half hours a day. More than two hours of that was spent watching TV.

      Seven years later, in 2007, more than seven percent of the young people had signs of depression. The average age at that time was twenty-one.

      The researchers say they did not find any such relationship with the use of other media such as movies, video games or radio, etc. But the study did find that every extra hour of television meant an eight percent increase in the chances of developing signs of depression. Young men were more likely than young women to develop depression given the same amount of media use.

      The study didn't explore if watching TV causes depression. But one possibility is that it was taking time away from activities that could help prevent depression.

      Last December, the journal Social Indicators Research published a study of activities that help lead to happy lives. Sociologists from the University of Maryland found that people who describe themselves as happy spend less time watching television than unhappy people. The study found that happy people are more likely to he socially active, to read, attend religious services and to vote.

72. The best title for this passage should be____________.

     A. Teens, Television and Depression

     B. Men Develop Depression Easier than Women

     C. Media Use is Harmful to Adolescents

     D. Take Great care of Teenager's depression

73. The result of the research seems to prove______________.

    A. teenagers are more likely to develop depression than adults

    B. other media uses do no harm to adolescents

    C. TV probably causes teenagers to grow up with depression

    D. those who watch no TV will not develop depression

74. We can learn from the survey that of all the media use

    A. computer games are teenagers' favorite

    B. most teenagers prefer to listen to the radio

    C. teenagers enjoy watching TV very much

    D. newspaper is not included in the survey

75. We can conclude that a teenager should _____

    A. play more video games instead of watching TV

    B. be active in taking part in outdoor activities

    C. be more active in watching educational TV programmers

    D. attend religious services and care for politics

Our spiritual intelligence quotient (精神智商)，or SQ, helps us understand ourselves, and live fuller, happier lives.

      Though we're all born with SQ, most of us don’t even realize that we have it. Fortunately, you don't have to sign up for classes to learn how to improve your SQ. Here are some simple steps that can lead you to this new level of understanding.

      Sit Quietly. The process of developing spiritual intelligence begins with solitude (独处) and silence. To tune in to your spirit, you have to turn down the volume (强度) in your busy, noisy, complicated life and force yourself to do nothing at all. Start small by creating islands for silence in your day. In the car, instead of listening to the music, use the time to think. At work, shut the door to your office between meetings, take a few breaths and let them out very, very slowly. Enjoy the stillness in your home after the kids are finally in bed.

      Step Outside.  For many people, nature sets their spirit free. Go outside to watch a beautiful sunset. If you are walking with the dog, take the time to admire flower in bloom; follow the light of a bird and watch clouds float overhead.

      Ask Questions of Yourself. Ask open-ended questions, such as "What am I feeling? What are my choices? Where am I heading?"

      But don't expect an answer to arrive through some supernatural form of e-mail. "Rarely do I get an immediate answer to my question," says Reverend Joan Carter, a Presbyterian minister in Sausalito, California. “But later that day I suddenly find myself thinking about a problem in a perspective(角度) I never considered before.”

      Trust Your Spirit. While most of us rely on gut(本能的) feeling to realize danger, spiritual intelligence pushes us, not away from, but towards some action that will lead to a greater good.

68. The passage is mainly about           .

  A. what your SQ is and in what way it can benefit our life

  B. what your SQ is and in what way it can be improved

  C. the relationship between your SQ and your life

  D. advantages and disadvantages of SQ

69. The underlined phrase "tune in to your spirit" in the third paragraph probably means to _____.

    A. get your spirit relaxed                     B. keep up your spirit

    C. keep seated quietly                         D. change your spirit

70. The author mentions the example of Reverend Joan Carter to show that            .

    A. there are no immediate answers to your questions

    B. e-mails can't keep working out a problem

    C. the more questions you ask, the better answers you'll get     

    D. changing your way of thinking might help you solve a problem

71. From the passage, we can know that the most important thing to improve your SQ is      .

 A. a peaceful mind    B. deep thought   C. spare time and hobbies   D. good spirits

SPECIAL EVENTS THIS WEEKEND

64. You can probably eat Chinese, Italian, and Arab food at ________.

   A. Central Park on Saturday                           B. the ballgame outside

   C. 5:00 in the afternoon                                  D. the front entrance of City Hall

65. You can see movies at ________.

   A. the City College                              B. the Central Park

   C. the City Theatre                              D. the Museum Theatre

66. If you are going on the Walking Tour, don’t forget ________.

     A. your worries                                          B. your comfortable shoes

C. your beautiful walk                                 D. your learning about local history

67. “The Zoo” is ________.

     A. a park with lots of animals                       B. a first concert from the US

C. a music group from Australia                   D. a popular rock band from Europe

Which gender is the most talkative? No matter what you answer, you are partially right.

A recent Gallup Poll showed that both men and women believe that women possess the gift of talking and some even believe women are biologically built for conversation, but all of that is challenged in a research published in the November issue of Personality and Social Psychology Review.

In a recent research by Campbell Leaper and Melanie Ayres, they collected all of the available evidence from decades of scientific study and systematically combined the findings into an overall picture of the differences between men and women regarding talkativeness.

They found a small but reliable tendency(趋势) for men to be more talkative than women in certain cases, such as when they were conversing with their wives or with strangers. Women talked more to their children and to their college classmates.

The type of speech was also explored in the research. The researchers discovered that, with strangers, women were generally more talkative when it came to using speech to ensure her connection to the listener, while men’s speech focused more on an attempt to influence the listener. With close friends and family, however, there was very little difference between genders in the amount of speech.

60.This passage mainly talks about a research conducted by _______ .

       A. Gallup Poll                                            B. Personality and Social Psychology Review

       C. Campbell Leaper and Melanie Ayres         D. the author

61.Which of the following statements describes the main idea of the passage?

       A. Women are born more talkative than men.

       B. Men are born more talkative than women.

       C. Women and men are talkative in different cases.

       D. Women are no more talkative than men.

62.The underlined word gender means _______.

       A. people                  B. nationality             C. culture                  D. sex

63.Talking with strangers, ________.

       A. women are more talkative than with people they know

       B. men are more talkative than with their wives

       C. women prefer to listen more rather than speak more

       D. men speak a lot to have their opinions accepted

Once upon a time in a land far away, there was a wonderful old man who loved everything：animals, spiders, insects...

One day while walking through the woods the nice old man found a cocoon（茧）of a butterfly. He took it home. A few days later, a small opening appeared; he sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go no farther. Then the man decided to help the butterfly, so he took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon.

The butterfly then emerged（露出） easily.

But it had a swollen body and small, shriveled wings. The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body, which would contract（收缩） in time. Neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled wings.

It never was able to fly.

What the man in his kindness and haste did not understand was that the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the tiny opening were Nature's way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon.

 Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If we were allowed to go through our life without any obstacles, it would cripple us. We would not be as strong as what we could have been.

And we could never fly.

56. What did the old man find when walking through the woods?

    A. A cocoon of a butterfly.                      B. A butterfly.

    C. A spider.                                           D. A pair of scissors.

57. What would have happened to the butterfly without the old man’s help?

    A. It would have died in the cocoon.       

    B. It would have become a true butterfly.

    C. It would have been strong enough to go farther.

    D. It would have stopped struggling through the cocoon.

58. The underlined word “cripple” in Paragraph 7 probably means ______.

    A. disable                  B. climb                C. enable               D. beat

59. What can we learn from this story?

    A. Man can never go against nature.

    B. It’s necessary to live with some difficulties.

    C. One cannot help others without thinking twice.

    D. Mankind should take good care of insects.