Scientists say they now have proof to support the old-fashioned advice that it’s best to sleep on a problem．They say sleep strengthens the memory and helps the brain organize the masses of information we receive each day．

         The lead researcher Bob Stickgold at the Harvard Medical School said, “Sleep helps us draw rules from our experiences．It’s like knowing the difference between dogs and cats even if it’s hard to explain．”

         The US research team studied how well students remembered connections between words and symbols, reports New Scientist．They compared how the students performed if they had had a sleep between seeing the words and having the test, and if they had not slept．They found that people were better able to remember lists of related words after a night’s sleep than after the same time spent awake during the day．They also found it easier to remember themes that the words had in common．But they forgot around one in four more themes if they had been awake．

         Prof．John Groeger, of Survey University’s Sleep Research Centre, said, “People have been trying for years to find out what the purpose of sleep is, as we know that only certain parts of it have a restorative （促使康复的）value．”

         “We form and store huge numbers of experiences in the head every day, and sleep seems to be the way the brain deals with them all．”

1.The phrase “to sleep on a problem” in Paragraph 1 most likely means “________”．

    A．to pay full attention to a problem              

         B．to wait until the next day for a decision

    C．to sleep to forget a problem                  

         D．to have difficulty in sleeping

2.In the study by the US research team, students were asked to ________．

    A．put together words of similar meanings        

         B．remember words and their meanings

    C．show their knowledge of words                

         D．make up lists of related words

3.Which of the following may be easier to remember?

    A．Themes learned right before the test．        

         B．Rules from personal experiences．

    C．Words learned before a good sleep．  

         D．Ideas stored together in the brain．

4.What may be the importance of the research?

    A．It shows that sleep may help us manage information．

    B．It helps find out the common themes of words．

         C．It tells us that more sleep can improve health．

         D．It proves the value of old-fashioned advice．

根据短文内容，从短文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。

         When you are hungry, what will you respond? Have your favorite meal and stay quiet after that?   1.   But it never lets you know, because you keep it busy thinking about your friends or favorite stars．So it silently serves your needs and never lets itself grow．When mind loses its freedom to grow, creativity sets a full stop．This might be the reason why we all sometimes think “What happens next?”, or “Why can’t I think?”

          2.   Why reading but not watching TV? It is because reading has been the most educative tool used by us right from childhood．Since it develops other aspects of our life, we have to take help from reading．

         When you read a book, of course you run your eyes through the lines and your mind tries to explain something to you．3.    Now this seed is unknowingly used by you to develop new ideas．If it is used many times, the same seed can give you great help to relate a lot of things, which you would have never thought of in your wildest dreams！

         This is nothing but creativity． 4.    Within no time you can start talking with your friends in English or any other language and never run out of the right words．

         So, friends, do give food to your thoughts by reading, reading and more reading．5.    Go and get a book!

         A．The interesting part of the book is stored in your mind as a seed．

         B．Why not do some reading while you are hungry?

         C．Just like your stomach, your mind is also hungry．

         D．Now what are you waiting for?

         E．Hunger of the mind can be actually solved through wide reading．

         F．Reading can help you make more friends, too．

         G．Also this makes a significant contribution to your vocabulary．

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

    增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

    删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

    修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

    注意：

    1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

    2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Dear Fangfang,

         I’m sorry to learn that you were not getting on well with your English study recently．I’d like to give you some advice on learning English．

    First of all, you should be confidently in yourself, which is first step in learning English well．Secondly, you’d better make friends with the students who are good at English, so they are very likely to helping you when you meet difficulties．Thirdly, learning English well is a long process．Remember: to reward yourself when you have made progress, that will inspire you greatly．Anyway, you must work hard on English and never give up learning it．Just believe in yourselves．Where there is a will, there is a way．

         Hope my suggestions will give you some of help．

Sincerely yours,

Li Ming

请根据下面两幅图画用英语写一篇短文，描述自己家乡的变化，并谈谈自己的看法。

    注意：

    1．词数：100左右；

    2．可以适当发挥，以使短文连贯；

         3．开头已为你写好，不计入总词数。

         This summer, I went to my hometown and found it changed a lot．

         In the past, __________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

As we all know，it is really        convenience to have       hospital in a community

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

Because they hadn’t booked a room in advance，there were         left when they arrived at the hotel．    

A．none      B．no one            C．nobody     D．nothing

“Overall，export performance will be        better，and it’s going to accelerate in the

           Months.” said an economist in HongKong．

A．more，coming        B．much，following 

C．1ittle，to come        D．less，to follow  

一Sorry，I broke your wineglass．

    一          ．You didn’t mean to．  

       A．Never mind．                    B．Certainly not!   

         C．Why not be careful?    D．Don’t mention it．

In my opinion，your composition is not as interesting as his but yours is         in writing．

       A．the best organized        B．better organized

       C．so organized as                 D．as organized as

一What do you think of the cars on the exhibition?

一Well，great．But I don’t think much of       you’ve bought．

         A．that       B．which              C．one      D．the one