12．----Congratulations on your 18th birthday，Mark!Many happy returns!
----____（　　）

	A．	My pleasure		B．	Good heavens
	C．	Thanks a lot		D．	The same to you．

11．-I went to the Australia Embassy yesterday to apply for a visa．
--Oh，you _____ that because you can apply on line．（　　）

	A．	don't need to do		B．	mustn't do
	C．	can't have done		D．	needn't have done

10．---I haven't seen the new film X-Men：Days of Future Past yet．
---_____!It's about saving the future of mankind．Well worth watching．（　　）

	A．	Congratulations		B．	Well done
	C．	You miss the point		D．	What a shame

9．When I was growing up in America，I was ashamed of my mother's Chinese English．Because of her English，she was often treated unfairly．People in department stores，at banks，and at restaurants did not take her seriously，did not give her good service，pretended not to understand her，or even acted as if they did not hear her．
     My mother has long realized the limitations of her English as well．When I was fifteen，she used to have me call people on the phone to pretend I was she．I was foxed to ask for information or even to yell at people who had been rode to her．One time I had to call her stockbroker （股票经纪人）．I said in an adolescent voice that was not very convincing，"This is Mrs．Tan．"
     And my mother was standing beside me，whispering loudly，"Why he don't send me cheek，already two week late．"
     And then，in perfect English I said，"I'm getting rather concerned．You agreed to send the check two weeks ago，but it hasn't arrived．"
     Then she talked more loudly．"What he want？I come to New York tell him front of his boss．"And so I turned to the stockbroker again，"I can't tolerate any more excuse．If I don't receive the cheek immediately，I am going to have to speak to your manager when I am in New York next week．"
     The next week we ended up in New York．While I was sitting there red-faced，my mother，the real Mrs．Tan，was shouting to his boss in her broken English．
     When I was a teenager，my mother's broken English embarrassed me．But now，I see it differently．To me，my mother's English is perfectly clear，perfectly natural．It is my mother tongue．Her language，as I hear it，is vivid，direct，and full of observation and wisdom．It was the language that helped shape the way I saw things，expressed ideas，and made sense of the world．

41．Why was the author's mother poorly served？A
A．She was unable to speak good English．
B．She was often misunderstood．
C．She was not clearly heard．
D．She was not very polite．
42．From Paragraph 2，we know that the author wasD．
A．good at pretending
B．rode to the stockbroker
C．ready to help her mother
D．unwilling to phone for her mother
43．After the author made the phone call，B
A．they forgave the stockbroker
B．they failed to get the check
C．they went to New York immediately
D．they spoke to their boss at once
44．What does the author think of her mother's English now？C
A．It confuses her．
B．It e mbarrasses her．
C．It helps her understand the world．
D．It helps her tolerate rude people．
45．We can infer from the passage that Chinese English．D
A．is clear and natural to non-native speakers
B．is vivid and direct to non-native speakers
C．has a very bad reputation in America
D．may bring inconvenience in America．

8．If you studied pictures that ancient people left on rock walls and you tried to determine their meaning，you would not detect interest in romance among the artists． （51）Instead，you would see plenty of animals with people running after them．Life for ancient people's earned to center on hunting and gathering wild foods for meals．
In modern times，when food is available in grocery stores，finding love is more （52）central in people's lives．The （53）proof is all around us．It is easy to prepare a list of modern stories having to do with love．An endless number of books and movies qualify as love stories in popular culture．
Researchers are studying whether love，a highly valued emotional state，can be （54）created．They ask，what is love？Toothpaste companies want us to think attraction is all about clean teeth，but clean teeth go only so far．Scientists wonder how much the brain gets involved．You have probably heard that opposites attract but that （55）similarities attract，too．One thing is certain：The truth about love is not yet set in stone．
First Impression
To help determine the （56）ingredients of attraction，researchers paired 164college classmates and had them talk for 3，6or 10minutes so they could get a sense of each other's individuality．Then students were asked to （57）predict what kind of relationship they were likely to build with their partners．After nine weeks，they reported what happened．
As it turned out，their （58）initialjudgements often held true．Students seemed to （59）distinguishat an early stage who would best fit into their lives．
The （60）NoseKnows
Scientists have also turned to nonhumans to increase understanding of attraction．Many animals give off pheromones-natural chemicals that can be detected by，and then can produce a response in，other animals of the same species．Pheromones can signal that an animal is either ready to fight or is feeling （61）opento partnerships．In contrast，humans do not seem to be as （62）gifted as other animals at detecting such chemicals．Smell，however，does seem to play a part in human attraction．Although we may not be aware of chemicals like pheromones consciously，we give and receive loads of information through smell in every interaction with other people．
Face Value
Being fond of someone seems to have a number of factors，including seeing something we find attractive．Researchers had people judge faces for（63）attractiveness．The participants had 0.013seconds to view each face，yet somehow they generally considered the images the same as people who had more time to study the same faces．The way we （64）assessattractiveness seem to be somewhat automatic．
When shown an attractive face and then words with good or bad associations，people responded to（65）positive  words faster after viewing an attractive face．Seeing something attractive seems to cause happy thinking．

51．A．Instead	B．Therefore	C．Moreover	D．Otherwise
52．A．romantic	B．stressful	C．central	D．beneficial
53．A．priority	B．proof	C．possibility	D．principle
54．A．tested	B．imposed	C．changed	D．created
55．A．appearances	B．virtues	C．similarities	D．passions
56．A．illustrations	B．imaginations	C．ingredients	D．instructions
57．A．predict	B．investigate	C．diagnose	D．recall
58．A．critical	B．initial	C．random	D．mature
59．A．memorize	B．distinguish	C．negotiate	D．question
60．A．Nose	B．Eye	C．Heart	D．Hand
61．A．open	B．alert	C．resistant	D．superior
62．A．disappointed	B．amazed	C．confused	D．gifted
63．A．emotion	B．attractiveness	C．individuality	D．signals
64．A．enhance	B．possess	C．maintain	D．assess
65．A．familiar	B．plain	C．positive	D．insulting．

7．Gift from a stranger
My local supermarket is always busy．The first parking space I found was convenient，but I'd noticed a woman in a blue car circling for a while．（25）As/Because/Since I was in a good mood，I let her have it．On the edge of the car park I backed into the next available spot-it was a tight fit．
Pretty soon I'd made my way through the supermarket and was back in the fresh air．Feeling good，I （26）emptied （empty） my purse change into the hands of a homeless man and helped a struggling woman reverse park．
Just as I approached my car，1saw the woman I'd let have my car space earlier．She was giving me （27）an odd look-half puzzled，half intent （热切的）．I smiled and wished her a pleasant day．As I squeezed back into my car，I spotted the same lady （28）looking （look） in at me．"Hello，"she said，hesitantly．"This （29）might/may sound crazy but I was on my way to drop some of my mother's things off at the charity bins．"You are just so much （30）like her．"You helped those people，I noticed，and you seemed so happy．"She looked at me meaningfully and passed a box in through the window．"I think she would like you to have it．"（31）Shocked （shock），I took it from her automatically．She smiled and walked away．
After a pause，I opened the box．Inside was a beautiful gold necklace with a large grey pearl．It was （32）the nicest （nice） gift I'd ever received，and it was from a complete stranger．The necklace was around my neck，a warm reminder of human kindness．

6．Number sense is not the ability to count．It is the ability to recognize a （1）change   in number．Human beings are born with this ability．（2）Surprisingly，experiments show that many animals are，too．For example，many birds have good number sense．If a nest has four eggs and you remove one，the bird will not （3）notice．However，if you remove two，the bird （4）generally leaves．This means that the bird knows the （5）difference   between two and three．
Another interesting experiment showed a bird's （6）amazing   number sense．A man was trying to take a photo of a crow （乌鸦） that had a nest in a tower，but the crow always left when she saw him coming．The bird did not （7）return   until the man left the tower．The man had an （8）idea．He took another man with him to the tower．One man left and the other stayed，but they did not（9）fool   the bird．The crow stayed away until the second man left，too．The experiment was （10）repeated   with three men and then with four men．But the crow did not return to the nest until all the men were （11）gone．It was not until five men went into the tower and only four left that they were （12）finally   able to fool the crow．
How good is a human's number sense？It's not very good．For example，babies about fourteen months old almost always notice if something is taken away from a（13）small   group．But when the number goes beyond three or four，the children are （14）often fooled．
It seems that number sense is something we have in common with many animals in this world，and that our human （15）ability   is not much better than a crow's．

1．A．rise	B．pattern	C．change	D．trend
2．A．Importantly	B．Surprisingly	C．Disappointedly	D．Fortunately
3．A．survive	B．care	C．hatch	D．notice
4．A．generally	B．sincerely	C．casually	D．deliberately
5．A．distance	B．range	C．difference	D．interval
6．A．amazing	B．annoying	C．satisfying	D．disturbing
7．A．relax	B．recover	C．react	D．return
8．A．appointment	B．excuse	C．idea	D．explanation
9．A．fool	B．hurt	C．catch	D．kill
10．A．reported	B．repeated	C．designed	D．approved
11．A．confused	B．gone	C．tired	D．drunk
12．A．gradually	B．luckily	C．strangely	D．finally
13．A．single	B．small	C．local	D．new
14．A．seldom	B．temporarily	C．merely	D．often
15．A．sight	B．nature	C．ability	D．belief．

5．I needed to buy a digital camera，one that was simply good at taking good snaps （快照），maybe occasionally for magazines．Being the cautious type，I fancied a reliable brand．So I went on the net，spent 15minutes reading product reviews on good websites，wrote down the names of three top recommendations and headed for my nearest big friendly camera store．There in the cupboard was one of the cameras on my list．And it was on special offer．Oh joy．I pointed at it and asked an assistant，"Can I have one of those？"He looked perturbed （不安）．"Do you want to try it first？"he said．It didn't quite sound like a question．"Do I need to？"I replied．"There's nothing wrong with it？"This made him look a bit insulted and I started to feel bad．"No，no．But you should try it，"he said encouragingly．"Compare it with the others．"
   I looked across at the others：shelves of similar cameras placed along the wall，offering a wide range of slightly different prices and discounts，with each company selling a range of models based around the same basic box．With so many models to choose from，it seemed that I would have to spend hours weighing X against Y，always trying to take Z and possibly H into account at the same time．But when I had finished，I would still have only the same two certainties that I had entered the store with：first，soon after I carried my new camera out of the shop，it would be worth half what I paid for it； and second，my wonderful camera would very quickly be replaced by a new model．
  But something in the human soul whispers that you can beat these traps by making the right choice，the clever choice，the wise choice．In the end，I agreed to try the model I had chosen．The assistant seemed a sincere man．So I let him take out my chosen camera from the cupboard，show how it took excellent pictures of my fellow shoppers…and when he started to introduce the special features，I interrupted to ask whether I needed to buy a carry-case and a memory card as well．
   Why do we think that new options （选择） still offer us anything new？Perhaps it is because they offer an opportunity to avoid facing the fact that our real choices in this culture are far more limited than we would like to imagine．

57．The shop assistant insisted that the writer shouldB．
A．try the camera to see if there was anything wrong with it
B．compare the camera he had chosen with the others
C．get more information about different companies
D．trust him and stop asking questions
58．What does the writer mean by"it would be worth half what I paid for it"（Paragraph 2）？D
A．He should get a 50% discount．
B．The price of the camera was unreasonably high．
C．The quality of the camera was not good．
D．The camera would soon fall in value．
59．The writer decided to try the model he had chosen because heC．
A．knew very little about it
B．didn't trust the shop assistant
C．wanted to make sure the one he chose would be the best
D．had a special interest in taking pictures of his fellow shoppers
60．It can be inferred from the passage that in the writer's opinion，C
A．people waste too much money on cameras
B．cameras have become an important part of our daily life
C．we don't actually need so many choices when buying a product
D．famous companies care more about profit than quality．

4．In our modern world，when something wears out，we throw it away and buy a new one．The（36）problem is that countries around the world have growing mountains of（37）rubbishbecause peopleare throwing out more rubbish than ever before．
How did we （38）becomea throwaway society？First of all，it is now easier to（39）replace an object than to spend time and money to repair it．（40）Thanksto  modern manufacturing （制造业） and technology，companies are able to produce products quickly and inexpensively．Products are plentiful and（41）cheap．
Another cause is our（42）love of disposable （一次性的） products．As（43）brave  people，we are always looking for（44）ways  to save time and make our lives easier．Companies（45）produce thousands of different kinds of disposable products：paper plates，plastic cups，and cameras，to name a few．
Our appetite for new products also（46）contributes to the problem．We are（47）addictedto  buying new things．Advertisements persuade us that（48）neweris better and that we will be happier with the latest products．The result is that we（49）throwaway  useful possessions to make room for new ones．
All around the world，we can see the（50）consequences  of this throwaway lifestyle．Mountains of rubbish just keep getting bigger．To（51）decrease  the amount of rubbish and to protect theenvironment52environment，more governments are requiring people to recycle materials．（53）However，this is not enough to solve （解决） our problem．
Maybe there is another way out．We need to repair our possessions（54）insteadof throwing them away．We also need to rethink our attitudes about（55）repairing．Repairing our possessions and changing our spending habits may be the best way to reduce the amount of rubbish and take care of our environment．

36．A．key	B．reason	C．project	D．problem
37．A．gifts	B．rubbish	C．debt	D．products
38．A．face	B．become	C．observe	D．change
39．A．hide	B．control	C．replace	D．withdraw
40．A．Thanks to	B．As to	C．Except for	D．Regardless of
41．A．safe	B．funny	C．cheap	D．powerful
42．A．love	B．lack	C．prevention	D．division
43．A．sensitive	B．kind	C．brave	D．busy
44．A．ways	B．places	C．jobs	D．friends
45．A．donate	B．receive	C．produce	D．preserve
46．A．adapts	B．returns	C．responds	D．contributes
47．A．tired of	B．addicted to	C．worried about	D．ashamed for
48．A．newer	B．stronger	C．higher	D．larger
49．A．pick up	B．pay for	C．hold onto	D．throw away
50．A．advantages	B．purposes	C．functions	D．consequences
51．A．show	B．record	C．decrease	D．measure
52．A．technology	B．environment	C．consumers	D．brands
53．A．However	B．Otherwise	C．Therefore	D．Meanwhile
54．A．by	B．in favour of	C．after	D．instead of
55．A．spending	B．collecting	C．repairing	D．advertising．

3．Research has become both simpler and more complex．It's simpler because，（48）if you have computer，you can find information you need by searching the Internet．For all you information，you don't have to go to（49）the library to find the relevant resource and take notes on it．Instead，you can find some sources from the Internet（50）and print the copies needed．Remember，however，that you should usually consult different types of sources．That is，you（51）shouldn't always rely just on the Internet for you research．
While finding information is easier than ever，at the same time，researching has become （52）morecomplex．There is a lot more material available，which means you may be overwhelmed （53）with the amount of information．You need to learn（54）how to sort through and find the relevant information for your particular project．Also，（55）you need to check the accuracy of it．