Perhaps the most famous theory, the study of body movement, was suggested by Professor Ray Birdwhistell. He believes that physical appearance is often culturally programmed. In other words, we learn our looks ---- we are not born with them. A baby has generally informed face features. A baby, according to Birdwhistell, learns where to set the eyebrows by looking at those around-family and friends. This helps explain why the people of some areas of the United States look so much alike, new Englanders or Southerners have certain common face features that cannot be explained by genetics(遗传学). The exact shape of the mouth is not set at birth, it is learned after. In fact, the final mouth shape is not formed until well after new teeth are set. For many, this can be well into grown-ups. A husband and wife together for a long time often come to look alike. We learn our looks from those around us. This is perhaps why in a single country area people smile more than those in other areas. In the United States, for example, the South is the part of the country where the people smile most frequently. In New England they smile less, and in the western part of New York State still less. Many southerners find cities such as New York cold and unfriendly, partly because people on Madison Avenue smile less than people on Peachtree Street in Atlanta, Georgia. People in largely populated areas also smile and greet each other in public less than people in small towns do

  1. 1.

    Ray Birdwhistell believes that physical appearance______.

    1. A.
      has little to do with culture
    2. B.
      has much to do with culture
    3. C.
      is ever changing
    4. D.
      is different from place to place
  2. 2.

    According to the passage, the final mouth shape is formed______.

    1. A.
      before birth
    2. B.
      as soon as one’s teeth are newly set
    3. C.
      sometime after new teeth are set
    4. D.
      around 15 years old
  3. 3.

    Ray Birdwhistell can tell what area of the United States a person is from by______.

    1. A.
      how much he or she laughs
    2. B.
      how he or she raises his or her eyebrows
    3. C.
      what he or she likes best
    4. D.
      the way he or she talks

It will be less than a fortnight_______we get to a turning point in our life


  1. A.
    since
  2. B.
    when
  3. C.
    if
  4. D.
    before

It’s not until you have lost your health _______ you always take for granted _____ you know its value.


  1. A.
    that; which
  2. B.
    it; that
  3. C.
    which; that
  4. D.
    which; which

It is on October 1,2009 that the People’s Republic of China ____ its 60th birthday.


  1. A.
    congratulated
  2. B.
    kept
  3. C.
    remained
  4. D.
    celebrated

Today’s teens don’t see anything strange in the fact _______the computer takes up a central place in their social lives


  1. A.
    which
  2. B.
    that
  3. C.
    where
  4. D.
    what

With proper measures, the economy in China is beginning to _____ again.


  1. A.
    rise up
  2. B.
    hold on
  3. C.
    pick up
  4. D.
    take on

I think nobody makes  _______ contributions to the company than him.


  1. A.
    greater
  2. B.
    more great
  3. C.
    more greater
  4. D.
    much great

George Washington Carver showed that plant life was more than just food for animals and humans. Carver’s first step was to analyze plant parts to find out what they were made of. He then combined these simpler isolated substances with other substances to create new products.
The branch of chemistry that studies and finds ways to use raw materials from farm products to make industrial products is called chemurgy. Carver was one of the first and greatest chemurgists of all time. Today the science of chemurgy is better known as the science of synthetics(合成纤维织物). Each day people depend on and use synthetics made from raw materials. All his life Carver battled against the disposal of waste materials, and warned of the growing need to develop substitutes(代用品) for the natural substances being used up by humans.
Carver never cared about getting credit for the new products he created. He never tried to patent(申请专利) his discoveries or get wealthy from them. He turned down many offers to leave Tuskegee Institute to become a scientist in private industry. Thomas Edison, inventor of the electric light, offered him a laboratory in Detroit to carry out food research. When the United States government made him a collaborator in the Mycology and Plant Disease Survey of the Department of Agriculture, he accepted the position with the understanding that he wouldn’t leave Tuskegee. An authority on plant disease—especially of the fungus(真菌) variety—Carver sent hundreds of specimens(标本) to the United States Department of Agriculture. At the peak of his career, Carver’s fame and influence were known on every continent.

  1. 1.

    What does the passage mainly tell us?

    1. A.
      It mainly tells us about Gorge Washington Carver, a great chemurgist.
    2. B.
      It mainly tells us about chemurgy.
    3. C.
      It mainly tells us about the research made in Tuskegee.
    4. D.
      It mainly tells us about the development of making synthetics.
  2. 2.

    The underlined word “disposal” in the second paragraph mean “________”.

    1. A.
      control
    2. B.
      throwing away
    3. C.
      management
    4. D.
      keeping
  3. 3.

    Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

    1. A.
      Make a study of plant parts.
    2. B.
      Make new products out of farm products.
    3. C.
      Carver helped the United States Department of Agriculture.
    4. D.
      Make a study on animal disease.
  4. 4.

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

    1. A.
      Carver never patented what he discovered.
    2. B.
      Carver refused many offers to work in private companies.
    3. C.
      Carver made little money out of his discoveries.
    4. D.
      Carver helped Edison invent electric light.

When other nine-year-old kids were playing games, she was working at a petrol station. When other teens were studying or going out, she struggled to find a place to sleep on the street. But she overcame these terrible setbacks to win a highly competitive scholarship and gain entry to Harvard University. And her amazing story has inspired a movie, “Homeless to Harvard：The Liz Murray Story” , shown in late April.
Liz Murray , a 22-- year-- old American girl, has been writing a real--life story of willpower and determination. Liz grew up in the shadow of two drug--addicted parents. There was never enough food or warm clothes in the house. Liz was the only member of the family who had a job. Her mother had AIDS and died when Liz was just 15 years old. The effect of that loss became a turning point in her life. Connecting the environment in which she had grown up with how her mother had died, she decided to do something about it.
Liz went back to school. She threw herself into her studies, never telling her teachers that she was homeless. At night, she lived on the streets. “What drove me to live on had something to do with understanding, My understanding was that there was a whole other way of being. I had only experienced a small part of society,” she wrote in her book Breaking Night.
She admitted that she used envy to drive herself on. She used the benefits that come easily to others, such as a safe living environment, to encourage herself that "next to nothing could hold me down". She finished high school in just two years and won a full scholarship to study at Harvard University. But Liz decided to leave her top university a couple of months earlier this year in order to take care of her father, who has also developed AIDS. "I love my parents so much. They are drug addicts. But I never forget that they love me all the time."
Liz wants moviegoers to come away with the idea that changing your life is "as simple as making a decision".

  1. 1.

    The word “setback” in the first paragraph most probably means___________?

    1. A.
      danger
    2. B.
      difficulty
    3. C.
      unhappiness
    4. D.
      disaster
  2. 2.

    What’s the best title of the passage?

    1. A.
      Liz’s Harvard Dream
    2. B.
      Bitter Childhood of Liz
    3. C.
      Liz’s Love for Her Parents
    4. D.
      Liz’s Struggle for Her Life
  3. 3.

    What actually made Liz throw herself into her studies ?

    1. A.
      Her parents’ addiction to drugs
    2. B.
      Her mother’ s disease
    3. C.
      Lack of food and clothes
    4. D.
      Her mother’ s death
  4. 4.

    According to the passage, which is NOT true about Liz?

    1. A.
      strong-- willed
    2. B.
      envious
    3. C.
      determined
    4. D.
      respectful

Count Me Out
Call me old-fashioned. Call me old. Call me what you want, but I refuse to become part of this new Internet world.
I do not possess a computer at home or at the office. Actually, I stopped going to an office 35 years ago, when all communications were done with a pen, a typewriter, or, if the matter was of world-shaking importance, over the telephone. Likewise, if you like something advertised in a newspaper or magazine, you visited the shop selling it at the given address, or you phoned the number shown. Then you spoke to the fellow and asked for further details.
Tell me what you think of the following ad that appeared the other day in the newspaper. It was for a cure for cancer and this is what it said: “Awareness is the key. Visit spfulford. com at the awareness site.” There was no address or telephone number for the site. So what do unfortunate people without a computer do if they are seeking a cure for their illness?
There are, I am told, certain advantages in having access to the Internet. You can, for example, send love messages across the world or even get married to someone that you meet online. This bit doesn’t interest me; I have been happily married for 60 years. There are, of course, other activities for Internet users besides finding love. They can pay bills, order groceries, or discuss with their doctors.
And this is by no means all. More amazing things are yet to come in the near future. I read a newspaper report recently that quoted Stephen Hawking, an important British scientist. “The complexity of a computer as it exists today is probably less than the brain of an earthworm,” he said. “But, as technology advances, computers will become more complex, and a time may come when the Internet may develop ‘consciousness.’ In other words, the Internet will be able to think, have feelings, and may well be able to act on its own.”
If Professor Hawking is right, I may change my attitude to computers. As I grow older each day, I would like one of those that not only thinks for me but also accepts responsibilities for all my mistakes.

  1. 1.

    What’s the meaning of the title “Count Me Out”?

    1. A.
      Get me out of the Internet world.
    2. B.
      Computers are trying to take control of life.
    3. C.
      Modern technology pushes old people away.
    4. D.
      Do not expect me to be a supporter of the Internet.
  2. 2.

    According to Paragraph 2, the author thinks computers are         .

    1. A.
      unnecessary
    2. B.
      convenient
    3. C.
      expensive
    4. D.
      advanced
  3. 3.

    What might the author like about the future computer?

    1. A.
      Taking blames.
    2. B.
      Curing illnesses.
    3. C.
      Delivering messages.
    4. D.
      Responding to emotions.
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