Advice to “sleep on it” could be well founded, scientists say．After a good night’s sleep a problem that couldn’t be solved the night before can often appear more manageable, although the evidence until now has been anecdotal （个人体验的）．But researchers at the University of Luebek in Germany have designed an experiment that shows a good night’s sleep can improve insight （顿悟） and problem-solving．

       “If you have some newly-got memories in your brain, sleep acts on these memories and restructures them , so that after sleep the insight into problem which you could not solve before increases,” said Dr Jan Born , a neuroscientist （神经科学家）, at the university．To test the theory, they taught volunteers two simple rules to help them turn a string of numbers into a new order．There was also a third, hidden rule, which could help them increase their speed in solving the problem．The researchers divided the volunteers into two groups: half were allowed to sleep after the training while the rest were forced to stay awake．Dr Jan Born and his team noticed that the group that had slept after the training were twice as likely to figure out the third rule as the other group．“Sleep helped,” Born said in a telephone interview．“The important thing is that you have to have a memory representation in your brain of the problem you want to solve and then you sleep, so it can act on the problem．” But Born admitted that he and his team don’t know how restructuring of memories occurs or what governs it．Pierre Maquet and Perrine Ruby of the University of Liege in Belgium said the experimental evidence supports the anecdotal suggestions that sleep can help develop creative thinking．Although the role of sleep in human creativity will still be a mystery, the research gives people good reason to fully respect their periods of sleep, they added．

1．The underlined phrase “sleep on it” in Paragraph 1 probably means       ．

       A．to delay deciding something until the next day   

B．to get as much sleep as possible

     C．to go on sleeping without being disturbed       

D．to sleep till after the time you usually get up in the morning

2．Jan Born and his team carried out the experiment through _____．

    A．comparison      B．interview           C．survey          D．imagination

3．It can be inferred from the passage that ______．

A．people should sleep so long as they have time   

B．sleep is the only way to solve hard problems

     C．people have various periods of sleep

D．people know how sleep reconstructs memories

4．What would be the best title for the passage?

    A．How Sleep Works                                                  B．Sleep Helps Solve Problems

    C．No Evidence, But Well Founded            D．Born’s Discovery On Sleep

As I was reading a recent story in Slate on 20-somethings complaining about how the economy was ruining their life plans, I couldn’t help but think the 20-somethings sounded like a bunch of spoiled children who grew up expecting everything to be easy for them．As a 20-something myself, I certainly share their disappointment: my husband and I probably won’t be able to buy a house until we’re in our 40s, and we too are burdened by student loans（贷款）．But why should it be any different? Being young persons in America, shouldn’t they take up all of the challenges and opportunities that this country offers?

Consider some of these views shared in the Slate story: Jennifer, 29, owner of a two-bedroom apartment with her husband, worries that she won’t be able to have children for at least a decade because they can’t afford to buy a house yet．

I read that, and I thought, what planet is she living on where you need to own a house in order to have kids? Has she ever visited a developing country, or even downtown areas in this one? Home ownership is a luxury（奢华）, not a fertility requirement．

A 26-year-old in the story despairs（绝望） that he can’t afford to get a Ph．D．in literature．Well, that sounds a bit like expressing disappointment that no one will pay you to write poetry on the beach in Thailand for five years．

Yes, it’s sad that these young people feel so lost．But I think the problem is their extremely high expectations, not economic reality．Beth Kobliner, author of Get a Financial Life: Personal Finance in Your Twenties and Thirties, says that she thinks people’s expectations are slowly adjusting, but today’s 20-somethings grew up at a time when everyone’s wealth appeared to be expanding．Their parents probably saw their home values rise along with their investments．“So you have people who have grown up in an environment where people had great expectations of what living well means,” says Kobliner．

This recession（衰退） will certainly play a role in forcing those expectations into more realistic group．In the meantime, it seems a lot better for our mental health to focus on being grateful－for our one-bedroom apartments, for living in modern cities, or perhaps just for being able to eat three meals a day－than on longing for some kind of luxury life．

1．What makes the author think the 20-somethings sound like a bunch of spoiled children?

A．They expect everything to be easy for them．

B．They complain that the economy is spoiling their life plans．

C．They are reluctant to face all of the challenges．

D．They are burdened by student loans．

2．The underlined word “fertility” in Paragraph 3 probably means        ．

A．baby production                                  B．pleasant

C．baby comfort                                      D．essential

3．What’s the author’s attitude towards the 20-somthings with high expectation in Paragraph 5?

A．Intolerant．         B．Negative．          C．Unbelieving．      D．Understanding．

4．What is the best title for this passage?

A．How Young People Afford to Continue Their Study

B．Why Young People Can’t Afford to Buy a House

C．When Young People’s High Hopes Create Despair

 D．What the 20-somethings’ High Expectations Are

TOKYO -- The number of domestic infections cases of influenza A/H1N1 in Japan hits 42 on Sunday after a total of 34 people in Osaka and Hyogo counties were confirmed to have been infected, local media reported．

       The total number of the infection in the country now stands at 46, including the first four cases contracted abroad．

The country is now facing the risk of grass-root outbreak which could lead the WHO to raise its new flu pandemic alert（传染病预警）to the highest level of 6 from the current 5, experts has warned．

The 34 newly confirmed domestic cases, 11 in Osaka and 23 in Hyogo, included high school students, college students and teachers, the health ministry and local governments said Sunday．

Japan on Saturday confirmed the first eight cases of domestic infection on students of a Kobe high school．The later confirmed cases in Osaka are said to have contacted the Kobe students in a volleyball match．Osaka and Hyogo are neighboring in the Kansai region．

All of the 42 people had no record of overseas travel．

Meanwhile, a total of 143 students at the Kansai Okura Senior High School where many infections in Osaka were found, have shown symptoms of influenza since around Monday, according to local media reports．

The privately run school said it will be closed from Monday through Saturday．

       More than 1,000 educational facilities -- kindergartens, and elementary, junior and senior high schools -- in Osaka and Hyogo counties have decided to suspend classes for certain periods following the confirmation of new flu infections in the counties, Kyodo News reported．

The two counties have requested private schools to follow suit．

Osaka Governor Toru Hashimoto held a meeting of a new flu task force on Sunday and decided to ask facilities such as movie theaters to suspend operations to prevent the spread of the flu．

TV clips showed people in Kansai region started to wear masks in public spaces and rushed to drug stores for buying medicines．

The Japanese government on Saturday shifted the stage of its new-flu action program from “a period of overseas outbreak” to “a period of domestic outbreak” and called for companies and schools in the areas concerned to allow individuals to avoid commuting（出行） during rush hours．

The Kyodo News quoted Masato Tashiro, a member of the World Health Organization's emergency committee, as saying that several hundred people in Japan already may have been infected with the new flu．

1．According to the passage, the total number of the A/H1N1 infection in Japan now is _______．

A．42                B．34                   C．46                   D．143

2．The reasons for the happening of the later confirmed cases in Osaka are the following Except___．

       A．143 students at the Kansai Okura Senior High School have shown symptoms of influenza．

B．Some students in a Kobe High school got infected．

C．Osaka and Hyogo are next to each other in the Kansai region．

D．The later infected people contacted the Kobe students in a volleyball match．

3．What is the implied meaning of what Masato Tashiro said in the last paragraph?

A．The real situation about the new flu in Japan may be worse than it has been reported．

B．Several hundred people have been infected but they don’t know it．

C．The WHO has to raise its new flu pandemic alert to the highest level．

D．The WHO’s emergency committee are trying to confirm the number of infection in Japan．

4．The purpose of the passage is ______．

A．to introduce the domestic infection cases in Japan．

B．to draw people’s attention to the worsening situation．

C．to give some advice on preventing the spread of the flu．

D．to call for educational facilities in Japan to suspend classes for some time．

If you want to teach your children how to say sorry, you must be good at saying it yourself, especially to your own children．But how you say it can be quite tricky．

       If you say to your children “I am sorry I got angry with you, but …” what follows that “but” can make the apology ineffective: “I had a bad day” or “your noise was giving me a headache” leaves the person who has been injured feeling that he should be apologizing for his bad behavior in expecting an apology．

       Another method by which people appear to apologize without actually doing so is to say “I’m sorry you’re upset”; this suggests that you are somehow at fault for allowing yourself to get upset by what the other person has done．

       Then there is the general, all-covering apology, which avoids the necessity of identifying a specific act that was particularly hurtful or insulting, and which the person who is apologizing should promise never to do again．Saying “I’m useless as a parent” does not commit a person to any specific improvement．

       These pseudo-apologies are used by people who believe saying sorry shows weakness．Parents who wish to teach their children to apologize should see it as a sign of strength, and therefore not resort to these pseudo-apologies．

       But even when presented with examples of genuine contrition （悔悟），children still need help to become aware of the complexities of saying sorry．A three-year-old might need help in understanding that other children feel pain just as he does, and that hitting a playmate over the head with a heavy toy requires an apology．A six-year-old might need reminding that spoiling other children’s expectations can require an apology．A 12-year-old might need to be shown that raiding the biscuit tin without asking permission is acceptable, but that borrowing a parent’s clothes without permission is not．

1．According to the author, “tricky” means __________．

       A．simple             B．complicated             C．cautious              D．various

2．It is not advisable to use the general, all-covering apology because _______．

       A．it is only an empty promise                   B．it is not necessary

       C．it is neither clear nor effective               D．it is hurtful and insulting

3．In teaching children to say sorry ______．                                  

       A．parents should often say “sorry” to their children 

B．parents should be patient and tolerant

       C．the significance of it should be involved

 D．their ages should be taken into account

4．According to the passage, apologizing properly is ________．       

       A．a social issue calling for immediate attention 

       B．a big problem faced by every family

       C．a sign of social progress

       D．not as simple as it seems

阅读下列各小题, 根据括号内的汉语提示, 用句末内的英语单词完成句子。

1．____________________________ （尽管雨下得很大）, they didn’t cancel the football match．．（as）

2．In London the huge clock_____________________________ （被称为） “Big Ben” is a major tourist attraction．（refer）

3．_____________________________ （在国外长大）, he couldn’t speak Chinese well．（bring）

4．Jenny sat motionless, listening to the teacher with _________________________ （心不在焉）．（wander）

5．He was upset about the constant noise, _____________________________ （不能将注意力集中在工作上）．（unable, centre）

6．Jack _____________________________ （和他的父亲就这件事发生意见分歧）, which made both of them very unhappy．（differ）

7．_____________________________ （除了熟悉中国的历史）, Ben knows a lot about Chinese geography．（apart）

8．He _____________________________ （连续三次进行了尝试）, and eventually succeeded at the third attempt．（attempt）

9．_____________________________ （患心脏病） for many years, he takes his medicine wherever he goes．（suffer）

10．By last Friday his money _____________________________ （他的钱由于失业而用完了） unemployment．（run, consequence）

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Nowadays, with the development of the Internet, _______________________________________

Many middle school teachers are too heavily         with teaching to engage in research work.

A．burdened           B．related            C．associated             D．provided

The rich only         themselves in making money and had no eye for the needs and welfare of their workers

A．devoted         B．concerned             C．enjoyed            D．occupied

— Sunny day, isn’t it?

— Let’s hope the sunny weather         for Saturday’s tennis match.

A．carries on               B．moves on                C．keeps up             D．goes up

— Why was Professor Liu thundering in the classroom yesterday?

— A student’s interrupting his speech         the burst of his anger.

A．set up              B．set out             C．set about            D．set off