Famous scientist Albert Einstein died in 1955．His brain now is in the central state of Kansas of the United States．It belongs to retired（退休的） medical doctor Thomas Harvey．How did this happen? And why?

　　The story began in the 1950s．Albert Einstein and Thomas Harvey knew each other when both lived in the Princeton Hospital．When Einstein died Doctor Harvey was called on to examine his body．It was then that he started to study what has become a long time examination of Einstein's brain．His goal was to discover some physical evidence（证据） of the scientist's genius（天赋）．Doctor Harvey， however， did not tell Einstein's family that he kept the great man's brain．It was only later that the family learned of Doctor Harvey's work．They did not like the idea at first．After Doctor Harvey explained his idea to them， they agreed to permit him to study the brain．

　　Doctor Harvey then asked two other scientists to help．They cut the brain into 3 pieces．They marked each piece before placing it in containers with chemical formaldehyde （甲醛） to protect it．They also prepared several extremely tiny pieces of the brain for study．Doctor Harvey has been studying Einstein's brain since then．He has carried it with him as he moved from job to job and from place to place．He has also lent parts of the brain to other scientists for study．

　　Only one researcher has found something．A doctor at the University California found that the left part of Einstein's brain has more certain cells than normal．Such cells are known to feed the brain．She said this may mean that the cells could affect intelligence （智商）．Doctor Harvey says he does not think Einstein would mind the research．After all Einstein was a scientist．

1．Where is Doctor Thomas Harvey living now?

A．In the central state of Kansas．

B．In the University of California．

C．At Princeton Hospital，New Jersey．

D．In the small quiet town of Princeton．

2．Doctor Thomas Harvey began his research on Einstein's brain________．

A．after Albert Einstein's family had allowed him to do so

B．before he knew the world famous scientist Albert Einstein

C．just after the world famous scientist died in the year of 1955

D．when they both worked and lived in the small quiet town of Princeton

3．According to Doctor Harvey，________．

A．Einstein knew that his brain was to be researched

B．Einstein had given him the permission to study his brain

C．Einstein would have agreed to his research if he had known about it

D．he never expected Einstein's family to find out about his work

4．Who do you suppose told Einstein's family that Doctor Harvey had kept the great man's brain?

A．Doctor Thomas Harvey．

B．Albert Einstein himself．

C．The two other scientists．

D．Somebody else told them．

　　At the recent 77th Academy Awards，a movie about black music legend Ray Charles was nominated （提名） for six awards．

　　When emotional Jamie Fox received his Best Actor Oscar for playing Ray Charles at the ceremony（颁奖仪式）， he sang in respect to Charles and was greeted by a standing ovation（鼓掌）．Charles ，who was blind， has certainly left a beautiful musical legacy（遗产） ，just like many other famous African American musicians．

　　The contributions of African Americans to US musical history began with the arrival of the first Africans on its mainland in 1619．African slaves were often treated no better than animals．Taken from their homes and robbed of their freedom， they managed to maintain （keep） memories of the rich music and dance traditions of their ancestors．

　　Music played a very important role in the West African way of life．Music was played during every activity．There were special kinds of music for festivals．The slaves developed their own versions（版本） of these practices．

　　American music developed under a strong African influence （影响）．Black spirituals （圣歌）are one of the best-known and earliest forms of American music．These religious songs eventually（ finally） gave birth to the blues and jazz in the late 1800's．In the mid-1900's musicians combined spirituals， blues，and jazz styles to develop rock'n'roll．In the late 1900's， a new American musical form called rap appeared．

　　As people traveled and moved around， these forms of music were later brought to Europe and other parts of the world．Nowadays， almost all popular music contains elements（元素） of African American music．

1．The passage is mainly written to________．

A．prove that African American music is the best in the world

B．introduce a famous African American musician

C．explain how African music influenced American music

D．persuade people to love American music

2．Ray Charles was famous because________．

A．he used to be an African slave

B．he was a blind musician

C．he made great contributions to American music

D．he managed to create various kinds of music

3．Which of the following statements about African slaves is NOT true？

A．They were treated better than animals．

B．The first of them reached America in 1619．

C．Their lives were closely related to music．

D．Their ancestors left them a rich legacy of music and dance．

4．The last sentence of the passage infers that________．

A．African music has become the most important part of American music

B．African American music has now become popular all over the world

C．Africans in America are well-received worldwide

D．African American music may replace all other kinds of music

　　Paul and I live in the same building．His room is on the sixth floor but mine is on the fifth．He is very careless and sometimes he gets into trouble．

　　Last Friday afternoon the young man and his friends went to spend the weekend on a wild island．They could swim， fish， play the guitar（吉他） and sleep in the quiet place at night．They enjoyed themselves there．On the third morning they decided to get back to the land．But their boat hit a rock and soon went down．With the villagers' help， they swam to the bank．Luckily none of them was hurt．They took a taxi and half an hour later they arrived at our town，but it was two in the night．The young man was hungry and thirsty．He wished to get home as soon as possible．Since something was wrong with the lift，he had to go up the stairs（楼梯）．He stopped by my door and brought out a key．Of course he could not open the door．Half an hour passed but failed．He became angry and shouted，“I'll cut you down with a knife．”

The noise woke me up and I opened the door．I understood at once what was happening and said，“You're trying to open a wrong door，Paul！”

　　“Sorry，I can't agree with you．Charlie！” said the young man．“It's my room．You've entered it by mistake！”

1．Paul and his friends enjoyed themselves on the island because________．

A．it was very quiet there

B．there were many fish there

C．they could forget all the trouble

D．they could do what they wanted

2．Paul couldn't open the door because________．

A．it wasn't his room

B．he couldn't find the right key

C．he didn't find the keyhole

D．he was too hungry to do it

3．Which of the following is wrong？

A．Paul thought he did right．

B．Paul didn't think he did right．

C．Paul stopped by a door on the fifth floor．

D．Paul thought he had reached the sixth floor．

4．What can we learn from the passage?

A．Never take a wrong key．

B．Be careful when going out．

C．More haste，less speed．

D．Be friendly to your neighbours．

　　Shopping for clothes is not the same experience for a man as it is for a woman．A man goes shopping because he needs something．He knows what he wants， and his purpose is to find it and buy it，the price is a less important consideration．All men simply walk into a shop and ask the assistant for what they want．If the shop has it，the salesman immediately produces it and the business of trying it on is done at once．All being well， the bargain（交易） can be and often is completed in less than five minutes，with hardly any chat and to everyone's satisfaction．

　　For a man， slight problems may begin when the shop does not have what he wants．Then the salesman tries to sell the customer（顾客） something else he offers the nearest he can to the thing required．He usually says，“I know this jacket is not the style（式样） you want， sir， but would you like to try it on for size? It happens to be the colour you wanted．”Few men have patience with this treatment，and the usual reply is：“This is the right colour and may be the right size， but I should be wasting my time and yours by trying it on．”

　　Now how does a woman go about buying clothes? She does so in the opposite way．She has never fully made up her mind what she wants，and she is only “having a look round”．She is always open to persuasion，indeed she considers of great importance what the saleswoman tells her，even what her friends tell her．She will try on any number of things．Highest in her mind is the thought of finding something that everyone think suits her．Most women have an excellent sense（判断力） of value when they buy clothes．They are always trying to find an unexpected bargain．Faced with a roomful of dresses， a woman may easily spend an hour going from one counter（柜台） to another before selecting the dresses she wants to try on．It takes a great deal of time but gives great joy．Most dress shop supply chairs for the waiting husbands．

1．When a man is buying clothes，he________．

A．puts price before quality

B．choose things that others think suitable for him

C．does not mind much the price he has to pay for the right things

D．buys good quality things，so long as they do not cost much

2．What does the passage tell us about the women shoppers for clothes?

A．They welcome suggestions from anyone．

B．Women seldom consider buying cheap clothes．

C．Women often buy things without thinking．

D．They listen to advice but never take it．

3．The most obvious difference between men and women shoppers is________．

A．that men do not try clothes on in a shop while women do

B．that women bargain for their clothes and men don't

C．that women do their shopping standing up but men do theirs sitting down

D．the time they take over buying clothes

　　The Three Gorges Dam（三峡大坝）， the largest dam in the world， is also the largest engineering project on the face of the earth．It aims to make the mother of all floods， the Yangtze River， into a tame river， make electricity and power much of eastern and central China with its 18，200 megawatts（兆瓦） electricity．It will create a huge， deep water lake， and make it possible for 100，000 ton ocean-going ships to sail 1，500 miles inland from the Pacific to the city of Chongqing with its 15 million people， making it the world's largest seaport．

　　Construction has already started．The dam will be about 6，860 feet wide and 611 feet high， at a spot called Sandouping near Yichang．It is obvious that such a grand project will do a great deal of good．Most important is flood control．By building a dam instead of new coal plants to meet its growing demand for electricity，China will give off much less poisonous gases into the air．

　　However，some scientists don't agree to the project．They say that Chongqing and dozens of other cities along the river will put much waste into the reservoir（水库）， which can do harm to people，fish and other living things that depend on the river．Sedimentation （深积） and the damage of a breach （决口） are problems， too．The Three Gorges Dam could be considered，when it is finished in 2009， a new eighth wonder of the world as to size alone．

1．Which is not the purpose to build such a huge dam？

A．To make electricity．

B．To prevent floods．

C．To improve navigation（航运）．

D．To make it a wonder．

2．Where does the dam lie？

A．Near Chongqing．

B．Near Yichang．

C．In Chongqing．

D．In Wuhan．

3．What's the population of Chongqing？

A．1，500，000．

B．150，000，000．

C．15，000，000．

D．1，500．

4．According to the passage，which of the following is NOT right？

A．China will depend on the Yangtze River，the third largest river in the world，for electricity．

B．Some scientists have considered the effects on the environment before the dam is set up．

C．It'll take many years to build this dam because people want to see whether it will be safe and strong enough．

D．Chongqing will become the largest seaport in the world when the dam is finished．

　　Almost everyone shares the same daily routine：beginning the day by reading the newspaper，then going off to work and then returning home tired and ready for bed．

Younger people in school or college may have a different routine from adults， but their lives are pretty similar．Most people， young or old， cannot find the time or energy to relax and enjoy the day．Luckily， music is here to help us forget our worries and feel peaceful．

　　Besides being pleasant to the ear， music can help us relax．Music is also good because it can teach us something about different languages and cultures all around the world．Everyone likes music and every country has a history of music to be proud of．From birth to death we have music along with us．

　　Music， like all forms of arts， is another way to add peace to our lives．Modern studies show that relaxing with music can do good to our bodies in some way as hard exercise does．

　　Pythagoras， the Greek mathematician， said that some kinds of music could change behaviour patterns．Listening to the sounds of music can make us relax ourselves．

　　Music can help people communicate and express their feelings．Every day people enjoy songs on the radio because the songs reflect（反映） their feelings inside．Lovers need love songs for each other．

As much as music expresses feelings，it can also change feelings．A sad day can be made happy with the help of music．Sometimes when we feel angry we need music to make us feel better．Music can also help people remember something．School children are taught to sing songs about colours，animals and letters to help them memorize new words and concepts．

　　Music can change people's lives in unimaginable ways．

1．According to the passage，________ can add peace to people's lives．

A．music

B．hard exercise

C．all forms of arts

D．all of the above

2．Which of the statements is RIGHT according to the writer？

A．The young and the old have the same routine．

B．Music can't please the ear but the heart．

C．Only happy music can make people feel better．

D．Music can both express and change feelings．

3．From the third paragraph we can see that________．

A．music is the same all over the world

B．whether old or young， people enjoy the same music

C．every country has its own history of music

D．we only need to listen to the music to learn languages

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

A．Add Music to Life

B．Music Can Make People Relax

C．Music Can help People Remember Things

D．Music Can Change Our Feelings

　　One day， a nervous man was on his way home from the railway station．The road was dark and lonely．He heard footsteps behind him and had a troubled feeling that he was being followed．He began to walk faster．The footsteps became faster， too．He slowed down．The footsteps slowed down．Now he was sure that he was being followed．He tried to hide．Still the footsteps followed him．Not knowing how to save himself， he jumped over a fence and found himself in a cemetery， threw himself down on one of the tombs．

　　“If he followed me here，” he thought fearfully， “there can be no doubt as to his plans．”

　　The man behind followed．He could hear him jump over the fence．Thoughts of thieves and murderers filled his mind．Trembling（发抖） with fear， the nervous man arose（站起） and faced the man who was following him．“What do you want？” he demanded．“Why—why are you following me？”“I say，” asked the stranger， wiping the sweat from his forehead， “do you always go home like this， or are you taking some special exercise tonight？ I want to go to Mr．Brown's and I don't know the way．The station master told me to follow you， as you live next to his door．Excuse me for asking， but is there much further to go before we get there？”

1．The man jumped over a fence and found himself in a cemetery， threw himself down on one of the tombs because________．

A．he wanted to save time

B．he wanted to save himself

C．he wanted to prevent himself from being robbed or killed

D．he had no idea how to prevent himself from being robbed or killed

2．Who followed the man？

A．A thief．

B．A murderer．

C．A kidnapper．

D．A stranger．

3．________ was Mr．Brown's next door neighbour．

A．The station master

B．The follower

C．The man followed

D．The thief

4．The best title for the passage is________．

A．Two Men

B．A False Alarm（一场虚惊）

C．An Adventure

D．A Man Who Was Followed

　　There are different ways in which people try to deal with（处理） the problem of energy．One way is the greater production of common energy sources （能源）， such as coal， oil and gas．The trouble with these sources， however， is that they are not renewable（可再生的）．

　　Another way is energy conservation（节能）， which means using energy more efficiently（有效地）．In some very cold countries people build special houses to save energy．They place materials（材料）between the inside and the outside of the walls of the house to keep the cold out and the warmth in．The house is heated by the lights， the body heat of the people and the other equipment in it．

　　Finally，renewable energy sources are used even though they are often expensive to develop．One form of these is geothermal energy．In certain parts of the world the temperature of the earth increases thirty degrees centigrade（摄氏） with each kilometer down．As a result， at six kilometers， it rises to nearly two hundred degrees．To get the heat， water is pumped （压） down into the rocks and back up to the surface（表面）．Heat from the earth is already used in certain countries．

1．From the text we learn that coal________．

A．is quite easy to produce

B．is not used most

C．is the most common source of energy

D．could be renewed only by new technology（技术）

2．The underlined words “geothermal energy”in the third paragraph mean “________”

A．renewable source

B．underground source

C．heat inside the earth

D．temperature of the earth

3．Which of the following drawings shows the right way to get geothermal energy？

4．At a place where the surface temperature is 15℃， how deep do you have to dig so as to get a temperature of 75℃？

A．One km．

B．Two km．

C．Three km．

D．Four km．

　　When we want to tell other people what we think，we can do it not only with the help of words，but also in many other ways．For example，we sometimes move our heads up and down when we want to say“Yes”， and we move our heads from side to side when we want to say“No”．People who can neither hear nor talk to each other can communicate with the help of their fingers．People who don't understand each other's language have to do the same．The following story shows how they sometimes do it．

　　An Englishman who couldn't speak Italian was once travelling in Italy．One day he entered a restaurant and sat at a table．When the waiter came，the Englishman opened his mouth， put his fingers in it，took them out again and moved his lips．In this way he meant to say，“Bring me something to eat．”The waiter soon brought him a cup of tea．The Englishman shook his head and the waiter understood that he didn't want tea，so he took it away and brought him some coffee．The Enlishman was very hungry at this time and looked very sad．He was just going to leave the restaurant when another traveller come in．When this man saw the waiter， he put his hands on his stomach．That was enough．After a few minutes there was a large plate of bread and meat on the table for him．

1．How do people who don't understand each other's language usually express themselves？

A．Look for help of words．

B．Move their heads．

C．Use body language．

D．Move their fingers from side to side．

2．When a foreigner wants something to eat in an Italian restaurant， he may________．

A．put his hands on his stomach

B．pat his stomach

C．put his finger in his mouth

D．both A and B

3．The writer wrote this article to tell us________．

A．how to express“Yes” and “No”

B．how to get food in a restaurant

C．how to use body language

D．where we can get food

4．Which of the following statements is true？

A．Moving our heads up and down always means “Yes”．

B．Moving our heads from side to side always means “No”．

C．Gestures can help people to communicate．

D．People of different nations can understand each other easily with the help of sign language．

　　The Erie Canal was the first important national waterway built in the US．It crossed New York from Buffalo on Lake Erie Troy to Albany on the Hudson River．It joined the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean．The canal served as a route over which industrial goods could flow into the west，and materials could pour into the east．The Erie Canal helped New York develop into the nation's largest city．

The building of the canal was paid for entirely by the State of New York．It cost $ 7，143，789，but it soon gained its price many times over．Between 1825，when the canal was opened，and 1882，when toll charges（过运河费） were stopped，the state collected $121，461，891．

　　For a hundred years before the Erie was built，people had been talking about a canal which could join the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean．The man who planned the Erie Canal and carried the plan through was De Witt Clinton．Those who were against the canal laughingly called it“Clinton's Ditch（沟）”．Clinton talked and wrote about the canal and drew up plans for it．He and Governor Morris went to Washington in 1812 to ask for help for the canal，but they were unsuccessful．

　　Clinton became governor of New York in 1817，and shortly afterwards，on July 4，1817，broke ground for the canal in Rome，N．Y．The first part of the canal was completed in 1820．As the canal grew，towns along its course developed last．The length of the canal is 363 miles．

1．We can see that the Erie Canal________．

A．joined the Great Lakes together

B．crossed New York from north to south

C．played an important part in developing New York City

D．was the first waterway built in the US

2．It can be inferred that ________ into the Atlantic Ocean．

A．the Great Lakes flow

B．the Hudson River flows

C．Lake Erie flows

D．the Erie Canal flows

3．Which of the following is true according to the passage？

A．The Erie Canal brought profits of over $ 114，000，000．

B．It's 363 miles from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean．

C．The West was more advanced than the East when the canal was built．

D．Many other states helped New York build the canal．

4．We can learn from the passage that________．

A．Clinton broke ground for the canal at both ends

B．Clinton started building the canal before he became governor

C．all parts of the canal were completed at the same time

D．construction of the canal took eight years