Fair Way

　　The Westborough High School golf team had taken the official photos with the state prize. The other teams, disappointed, were on the bus heading home. And then Westborough instructor Greg Rota noticed something wrong on one of the score cards. A 9 had been recorded as a 7 .They were not the state prize winner; Wobum High had won.“No one would have known,” said Wobum's instructor, Bob Doran. For Rota, it wasn't a difficult decision：“The prize wasn't ours to take.”

Coin Stars

　　“College students are lazy, but they also want to help,” says University of Pennsylvania graduate Dana Hork. So she made it easy, placing cups in rooms where students could leave their spare coins, and handing out cups to first-year students to keep in their rooms. Her“Change for Change” effort has collected $ 40,000 for charities（慈善机构）, which were decided upon by students.

Never Forgotten

　　A school in Massachusetts received a $ 9.5 million check from Jacques LeBermuth. But it took officials several days of digging to discover his connection to the school. Records showed the LeBermuth came from Belgium and studied in the school in the 1920s. When his family fell on hard times, he was offered free room and board. LeBermuth became a trader, owned shares of AT&T and lived off the earnings until he died, at age 89.

(1) What did Greg Rota probably do in the end?

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A．Took photos of Doran.

B．Had a meeting with Doran.

C．Returned the prize to the organizer.

D．Apologized to Woburn High School.

(2) Greg Rota's decision shows that he was________.

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(3) The underlined word“Change” in the second paragraph means_______.

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(4) What did the school officials do after receiving the check from Mr LeBermuth?

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A．They tried to find out why he gave them the money.

B．They went to Belgium to pay their respects to him.

C．They dug out the records that were buried underground.

D．They decided to offer their students free mom and board.

(5) Jacques LeBermuth gave the money to the school because________.

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A．the school asked for it

B．he had no need for that much money

C．the school had helped him in the past

　　A lot of us lose life's tougher battles by starting a frontal（正面的）attack?   when a touch of humor might well enable us to win. Consider the case of a young friend of mine, who hit a traffic jam on his way to work shortly after receiving an ultimatum（最后通牒）about being late on the job. Although there was a good reason for Sam's being late—serious illness at home—he decided that this by-now-familiar excuse wouldn't work any longer. His supervisor was probably already pacing up and down preparing a dismissal speech.

　　Yes, the boss was. Sam entered the office at 9∶35. The place was as quiet as a locker room（更衣室）; everyone was hard at work. Sam's supervisor came up to him. Suddenly, Sam forced a grin and stretched out his hand.“How do you do !”he said.“I'm Sam Maynard. I'm applying for a job, which, I understand, became available just 35 minutes ago. Does the early bird get the worm?”

　　The room exploded in laughter. The supervisor clamped off a smile and walked back to his office. Sam Maynard had saved his job—with the only tool that could win, a laugh.

　　Humor is a most effective, yet frequently neglected（忽略）, means of handling the difficult situations in our lives. It can be used for patching up differences, apologizing, saying“no,” criticizing, getting the other fellow to do what you want without his losing face. For some jobs, it's the only tool that can succeed. It is a way to discuss subjects so sensitive that serious dialog may start a quarrel. For example, many believe that comedians（喜剧演员）on television are doing more today for racial and religious tolerance（忍受力）than people in any other forum.

(1) Why was Sam late for his job?

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A．Because he was ill.

B．Because he got up late.

C．Because he was caught in a traffic jam.

D．He was busy applying for a new job.

(2) The main idea of this passage is________.

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A．Stun Maynard saved his job with humor

B．humor is important in our lives

C．early bird gets the worm

D．humor can solve racial discriminations

(3) The phrase“clumped off”in paragraph 3 means________.

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(4) Which of the following statements can we infer from the passage?

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A．Many lose life's battles for they are lacking in a sense of humor.

B．It wasn't the first time that Tom came late for his work.

C．Tom was supposed to come to his office at 8∶30.

D．Humor is the most effective way of solving problems.

　　Doctors say anger can be an extremely harmful emotion (feeling), unless you learn how to deal with it. They warn that angry feelings can lead to heart disease, stomach problems, headaches, emotional problems and possible cancer. Anger is a normal emotion that we all feel from time to time. Some people express anger openly in a calm reasonable way. Others burst with anger, losing control of themselves. But other people repress their anger. They cannot or will not express it.

　　For years many doctors thought that repressing anger was more dangerous to a person's health than expressing it. They said that when a person is angry, the brain releases（释放）the same hormones that are produced during tense situations. They speed the heart rate, raise blood pressure, or sugar into the blood and narrow the blood vessels（血管）to the interstices（空隙）. In general, the person feels excited and ready to act.

　　Doctors said the repressing these feelings only makes the feeling continue. And this can lead to many medical problems. Doctors thought a person could prevent these problems by letting the anger out by expressing it freely. But recently some doctors held a different view. They said that people who express anger repeatedly and violently did become, in fact, more and not less angry. They said this, too, can cause medical problems.

　　Some doctors say that both repressing and expressing anger can be dangerous. They believe that those who express anger intensely（激烈的）may be more likely to develop heart disease, and they believe that those who keep their anger inside may face a greater danger of high blood pressure.

　　Doctors say the solution is learning how to deal with anger. They say the first step is to admit that you are angry and to recognize the real cause of the anger, then decide if the cause is serious enough to get angry about. If it is, they say,“Do not express your anger while angry. Wait until your anger has cooled down and you are able to express yourself calmly and reasonably.”

(1)What does the underlined phrase“repressing anger”in Paragraph 2 mean?

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A．Forgetting one's anger.

B．Expressing one's anger openly.

C．Treating one's anger calmly and reasonably.

D．Keeping one's anger inside.

(2)Repressing anger was considered to be dangerous because of all the following except that ________.

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A．the heart rate increases

B．the blood pressure rises

C．the blood contains sugar

D．some blood vessels become thinner

(3)When you get angry, which of the following should you do for health?

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A．Repressing the anger.

B．Expressing the anger.

C．Treating the anger properly.

D．Learning how to make a deal.

(4)What is the central topic of this passage about?

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A．The different ways of dealing with anger.

B．The dangerous of anger and the solution.

C．New medical discoveries.

D．The argument between the new and old views about anger.

　　Have you ever had the strange feeling that you were being watched? You turned around and, sure enough, someone was looking right at you!

　　Parapsychologists（灵学家）say that humans have a natural ability to sense when someone is looking at them. To research whether such a“sixth sense”really exists, Robert Baker, a psychologist（心理学家）at the University of Kentucky, performed two experiments.

　　In the first one, Baker sat behind unknowing people in public places and stared at the backs of their heads for 5 to 15 minutes. The subjects（受试者）were eating, drinking, reading, studying, watching TV, or working at a computer. Baker made sure that the people could not tell that he was sitting behind them during those periods. Later, when he questioned the subjects, most of them said they had no sense that someone was staring at them.

　　For the second experiment, Baker told the subjects that they would be stared at from time to time from behind a two-way mirror in a laboratory setting. The people had to write down when they felt they were being stared at and when they weren't. Baker found that the subjects were no better at telling when they were stared at and when they weren't. Baker found that the subjects were no better at telling when they were stared at than if they had just guessed.

　　Baker concludes that people do not have the ability to sense when they're being stared at. If people doubt the outcome of his two experiments, said Baker,“I suggest they repeat the experiments and see for themselves.”

(1)The purpose of the two experiments is to ________.

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A．explain when people can have a sixth sense

B．show how people act while being watched in the lab

C．study whether humans can sense when they are stared at

D．prove why humans have a sixth sense

(2)In the first experiment, the subjects ________.

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A．were not told that they would be stared at

B．lost their sense when they were stared at

C．were not sure when they would be stared at

D．were uncomfortable when they were stared at

(3)The underlined word“outcome”in the last paragraph most probably means ________.

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(4)What can be learned from the passage?

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A．People are born with a sixth sense.

B．The experiments support parapsychologists' idea.

C．The subjects do not have a sixth sense in the experiments.

D．People have a sixth sense in public places.

　　When Susan White went back to high school a couple of years ago, she never had any thought about actually getting a high school diploma（文凭）.

　　“I just wanted to learn more, ”she said. But when she found out that many of her classmates were planning to graduate, Mrs. White recalled（回忆）, “I said if my young friends can graduate from high school, so can I.”

　　She seems to have been right. As soon as she completes a history course, Mrs. White will graduate next month. And when she does, she will enter the record books as the oldest person ever to graduate from high school in the United States.

　　Mrs. White is 98 years old, and nobody knows of anyone who has completed high school at an older age.

　　Mrs. White dropped out of school（退学）in the 10th grade, but her ability to learn has obviously not been dulled（减弱）by the 80-year lay-off（中止活动）. Since going back to her studies she has kept up a straight--A record--that is the highest possible.

　　Now that she is about to get a diploma, Mrs. White has become a strong believer in getting a good education.

　　“I don't like anyone dropping out of school, ”she said“It makes me mad when a person decides to leave school, because future generations will have to know even more than we do in order to survive（生存）.”

(1)How many other students older than Mrs. White have got a high school diploma? ________

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(2)Mrs. White's ability to learn is ________.

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A．not as good as the younger students'

B．quite obvious

C．the best in the class

D．among the best of the class

(3)Which of the following statements is NOT true? ________

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A．Mrs. White is determined to graduate from high school.

B．Mrs. White has already been given a high school diploma.

C．Mrs. White is the oldest person ever to graduate from high school in the US.

D．Mrs. White said that the young had to know more.

(4)A good title for this true story would be ________.

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　　Being not far from the sea, London is famous for its fogs. The worst of them happened on December 4, 1952. All movement in the town came to a stop. It was almost impossible to drive or ride in anything. The streets that led into the center were filled with buses that moved two miles an hour. Soon, however, the traffic was stopped. Being left by their drivers, the buses and cars stood empty in the streets. Many who usually travel by bus took underground. But there were so many people that the gates had to be closed. Being caught in the fog, people felt their way along the walls of house with one hand, while they put the other in front of them so as not to knock against something or somebody.

　　At the Opera（歌剧）House they got through the first act of La Traviata before so much fog had spread into the building that singers could not see the conductor.

　　It was a terrible fog, indeed, and as many as 4 000 people in London lost their lives.

(1)This passage mainly tells us that ________.

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A．London is famous for its fogs

B．fogs may cause great trouble to people

C．the Londoners suffered a lot in the heavy fog in 1952

D．as many as 4 000 people died in the terrible fog

(2)In this passage“traffic”refers to ________.

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A．the movement of all the cars and people in the streets

B．the underground worked normally in the foggy weather

C．it was much safer to travel by underground

D．the police and the police cars coming and going

(3)Why did people take underground? Because ________.

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A．the underground was more comfortable

B．the underground worked normally in the foggy weather

C．it was much safer to travel by underground

D．people wouldn't knock against anything or anybody

(4)Which of the following is true according to this passage?

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A．La Traviata was such a nice play that everyone enjoyed it.

B．On the bus the singers couldn't see the conductors because of the heavy fog.

C．The fog spread into the Opera House after they finished the first act of La Traviata.

D．As soon as the first act of La Traviata began the fog spread into the building.

(5)Why do they have foggy weather in London? Because ________.

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A．London is called a“foggy city”

B．It often rains heavily in London

C．London is not far from the sea

D．London is on the Thames River

　　Jeremy Fox, a retired businessman in a small city in England, recently bought an old farmhouse with a yard and a small field, about five miles out of the town. There he planned to lead a simple life with his wife, Amelia.

　　It was while clearing out the old barn on the far side of the yard that he made an interesting discovery. In a corner, under some old sacks, he found some large fragments（碎片）of an antique bowl. Out of curiosity, he took them into the kitchen and, much to the anger of his wife, washed the mud off them. That evening he spread newspapers over the kitchen table and carefully study the fragments together. However, two pieces were found missing.

　　Two days later, having pulled down the barn, Mr. Fox was digging over the ground in preparation for the installation（安装）of a greenhouse, when he discovered the two missing pieces. When he had stuck them in position, the bowl looked so fine that Amelia agreed to its being placed on a table in the living room, in front of the window.

　　“We might have something a bit special here, ” he said to his wife. A few days later, Jeremy took several photographs of the bowl, which he sent off to Sotheby's in London.

　　Unexpectedly, Sotheby's was extremely interested in the bowl and sent an expert to inspect it. It turned out that it was a Chinese Ming fish bowl, dating back to around 1 500, and might be expected to get a five-figure sum at an auction.

　　A week later still more unexpectedly, two police officers called and told the Foxes the bowl was stolen property.

　　So the bowl never reached the auction room, and Mr. Fox never received the five-figure sum that had been mentioned. However, he framed one of the photographs he had taken and hung it on the wall.

(1)At first Mrs. Fox seemed to be ________.

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A．greatly annoyed at Mr. Fox's enthusiasm

B．very much interested in the discovery

C．uncertain of Mr. Fox's enthusiasm

D．curious about Mr. Fox's findings

(2)Most likely“Sotheby's”was ________.

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(3)According to the expert, the bowl could be sold at the price of ________.

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A．five thousand pounds

B．less than ten thousand pounds

C．one thousand, five hundred and ninety pounds

D．at least ten thousand pounds

(4)Which of the following is NOT true?

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A．Most probably Sotheby's purchased the bowl in the end.

B．It turned out that Mr. Fox got neither the money nor the bowl.

C．Mr. Fox preferred country life to city life after his retirement.

D．Mr. Fox was fond of gardening.

　　After a quick breakfast in the station restaurant, Peter set off to look for room where he could live for the next few months. He knew exactly what he wanted; a room which was not too small, nor so large that it would be difficult to heat in winter. It had to be clean and comfortable too, but above all, it had to be quiet. In the newspaper he had bought from the bookshop, there were very few advertisements（广告）for rooms to let. But, as he glanced down the page, a notice caught his eye.

　　This seemed hopeful, so he made a note of the address and set off in search of the agency. He found it in a narrow street just off the main road. The woman at the desk gave him a bright smile as he entered and , after Peter had explained what sort of room he was looking for, he paid two pounds for a list of about half a dozen landladies who had rooms to let.

(1)What does the text mainly describe? ________

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A．Peter's room-hunting experience.

B．Peter's determination to find room.

C．The difficulties in finding rooms.

D．The housing market.

(2)Peter's most important consideration in choosing a room was that it should be ________.

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(3)The underlined word“this”in the second paragraph refers to ________.

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　　If you are planning to study in the United States. you need to consider several factors（因素）. Everyone has different opinions about the best place to live in. Also, the best places to live in are not always home to the best schools. Finally, many schools specialize in different areas of study. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, for example, is a great school for computer science and technology-related fields of study. However, if you want to study oceanography, your interests may be better served by attending school in a place that is on a coastline or near the ocean.

　　Now I am sure that you know which schools are considered the best in the country. So I will tell you about which states I believe are the best to live in.

　　California is a nice state. Northern California specifically has very good weather. Los Angeles in southern California is another story though. Life in L. A. is full of excitement and fast, and sometimes dangerous. As for me. I enjoyed the time I spent in Massachusetts, Virginia and Maryland and these states have a lot of history and culture: The weather is not as perfect as in California, but it is still quite nice. My favorite area of America is the Midwest. Middle America, I think, is home to the true American sense of values. In additon, there are many good universities there.

　　Also, you need to think about your likes and dislikes and then research the various states. You like sunshine and hate snow? Then you probably won't like the Midwest or even the Northeast. Open space, nature and peace and quiet? Then you probably should stay away from America's larger cities. Are you interested in government? Then Washington D. C. is the only place for you. Whatever you decide, put some thought into it. The place where you live could be the difference between a great study abroad experience and a state of great suffering on earth.

(1)From the first paragraph we can conclude that in the USA ________.

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A．all colleges and universities lie in big cities

B．all colleges and universities lie in beautiful places

C．famous colleges and universities lie in nice places

D．famous colleges and universities may not lie in nice places

(2)What should be considered first if you want to study in the USA? ________

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(3)From the third paragraph we can find that California is ________.

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(4)If you study in Middle America, you can probably ________.

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A．find the best universities

B．feel the real character of the nation

C．meet the most famous professors there

D．face more difficulty

　　For the last twelve years CPSB has had the pleasure of hosting a learning event we call a Forum. We started offering programs in Sarasota in February 1991 and our first Forum was held in 1992 as a small group meeting. Being from the Northern USA, this was a particularly good time to go south for the warmth of our friendships with Dr. Treffinger and Dr. Noller and to keep away from the cold winter.

　　The Forum is the only chance to learn about various topics of the creativity and innovation（革新）and from those who have rich experience and interest in the field. The theme of the 2004 Forum includes searching for a few new methods, sharing lessons from experience, and learning and exchanging ideas on cutting-edge research.Space_is_limited,_so_early_registration（登记）is_welcome.

　　Meeting the Innovation Challenge

　　February 6 and 7,2004

　　The Lido Holiday Inn

　　Sarasota, Florida

　　$ 750 (registration includes some meals and materials)

　　Interested in becoming qualified to use the VIEW assessment（评估）of Problem Solving Style? The two days just before our Forum provides you just that chance. For more information on VIEW see pages 24～25.

　　VIEW Qualification Course

　　February 4 and 5, 2004

　　The Lido Holiday Inn

　　Sarasota, Florida

　　$ 650 (registration includes lunch and course materials)

　　Special Offer: If you would like to attend the VIEW qualification course and the Forum, you can register for both events for $1 050.

(1)According to this advertisement, at the Forum people ________.

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A．come together in order to form an organization

B．express different opinions and discuss public matters

C．eat together to celebrate their success or victory

D．work together for the purpose of business or trade

(2)If you register both the VIEW qualification course and the Forum at the same time, you will save ________.

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(3)“Space is limited, so early registration is welcome”means ________.

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A．space is limited, so you can't register now

B．space is too limited for you to register

C．you'll lose the good chance if you don't register soon

D．you'll be given a special offer if you register now

(4)The main purpose of this advertisement is to ________.

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A．encourage more people to attend the Forum in time

B．promise everyone can pay less money to attend the Forum

C．call on the people in the north of the USA to go south for holidays