5．-How much of the foreign expert's speech have you understood？
-Next to nothing．I wish I ___ harder at English．（　　）

A．

worked

B．

had worked

C．

would work

D．

were working

4．Months ago we sailed ten thousand miles across this open sea，which ___ the Pacific，and we met no storms．（　　）

A．

was called

B．

is called

C．

had been called

D．

has been called

3．因此，所以adv．therefore．

2．失败n．failure．

1．饥饿，欲望n．hunger．

20．Every November 21 is World Hello Day，（61）whenpeople say hello to each other to express friendliness and love．World Hello Day （62）was founded（found） in 1973 by Brian and Michael McCormack，in response （回应） to the conflict （冲突） between Egypt and Israel．They sent a large number of letters on （63）theimportance of communication to world leaders and （64）celebrities（celebrity） to advocate（倡议） setting （65）upWorld Hello Day．The first World Hello Day was celebrated on Nov.21，1973．
Originally，people around the world took World Hello Day as a （66）valuable（value） opportunity to encourage world leaders to use communication rather than force（武力） to settle conflicts．（67）Later（late），ordinary people started （68）to greet（greet） each other on that day to express （69）their（they） love for other people and world peace．
Now，World Hello Day is observed by people in 180 countries．Why not greet your parents and friends （70）witha warm hello and a bright smile on this holiday？

19．假设你是李华，你和好朋友Lily约好上周六一起去书店（bookstore）．但是，你因故没能赴约，请根据以下要点给她发一封email．
内容包括：1．真诚道歉；  2．说明原因； 3．弥补措施．
注意：
1．时态的运用
2．词数100左右
3．开头和结尾已为你写好（不计入总词数）
4．请在答题卡上作答．
Dear Lily，
     I am very sorry that ____________________________________________________________________________
Yours sincerely，
Li Hua．

18．How to Love Your Parents？
     Even if you think that your parents are mean-spirited（小气的）at times，loving your parents is a normal part of life．You love them for the fact that they created you，raised you，and are in part，a source of who you are．（36）C．（37）FA gentle"good morning"and"I love you"will warm a coldest heart．Remember that they brought you into this world．Without your parents，you might still wander at an unknown corner in an unknown world．
    Respect them more and cherish（珍惜） these moments．You can use these moments to learn from them，preparing yourself for when you're off on your own．It's OK to get angry but angry actions don't help you or your parents．Act calmly，cool off，write down your feelings，or talk to a friend．After this，share your feeling with your parents．
    Obey （服从） their requests．It will make your attitude better and earn you more respect from them．It may seem like you are going through hell when you don't get what you want or you have to clean．However，you had better remember they keep a roof over your head when it's cold，raining，snowing，or too hot．Understand that parents are human beings and make mistakes．（38）BSince you can forgive your friends，why not forgive your parents？
Keep company （陪伴）with them．Do things with your parents like watching TV，or going somewhere with them．（39）E Listen to their old stories and learn from them．You will find they are your teachers in this way or another．
Some people simply may not be able to love their parents．（40）D Look for help if you are being ab used（虐待） in any way．Parents do not have a right to harm you．

  A．Parents will in turn express their love to you．
  B．Forgiveness is the key．
  C．Here are some ways to love your parents．
  D．There can be realistic reasons for this，family violence（家庭暴力）for example
  E．Anyway，spend as much time with them as you can．
  F．Tell them you love them every morning．
  G．Please remember parents are as important as friends．

17．Do you have a good memory？Maybe you remember better than all of your friends．But even if you have a short-term memory，it's better than a chimpanzee's（黑猩猩），right？Well，you may be wrong．
    Tetsuro Matszawa，a scientist from Kyoto University，Japan has showed how chimps have far better memories than humans．"We learn that chimps have great memories by doing tests，"he told The Guardian"You can do things to improve your memory．"
    How do chimps have better memories than us？Scientists t ested four chimps and human volunteers．They showed them five numbers on a computer screen．Chimps and human volunteers had to remember the numbers correctly．But to make it hard，the numbers dis appeared after seven tenths of a second．Then they will reduce the time to two tenths of a second．While humans began to make mistak e after mistake，the young chimps still did very well．
    Why do they have better memories？We share 98.8 percent of our DNA with chimps．But during evolution（进化），we lost some of our shared abilities．As humans learned new skills，like language，we had to lose some of our memory skills to make room in our brains．"To get something，we had to lose something，"said the scientist．
    Chimps need good memories to survive．When a chimp looks up at the big tree and pick a banana，he must remember where he saw it as he fights off competition from other animals．
33．What did the scientist's study find？B
A．Chimps can remember all of their friends．
B．Chimps have better memories than humans．
C．Chimps do things to improve their memories．
D．Chimps can do many things better than humans．
34．Which of the followi ng is TRUE of the test？D
A．Five chimps and human volunteers were tested．
B．The numbers first disappeared after a second．
C．Humans made fewer mistakes than chimps．
D．The chimps did a better job than humans．
35．During evolution，humansC．
A．lost 98.8 percent of their DNA shared with chimps
B．needed very good memories to survive
C．gained skills but also lost skills
D．learned to compete against chimps．

16．Whether we're 2 years old or 62，our reasons for lying are mostly the same：to get out of trouble，for personal gain and to make ourselves look better in the eyes of others．But a growing body of research is raising questions about how a child's lie is different from an adult's lie，and how the way we deceive changes as we grow．
"Parents and teachers who catch their children lying should not be alarmed．Their children are not going to turn out to be abnormal liars，"says Dr．Lee，a director of the Institute of Child Study．The fact that children tell lies is a sign that they have reached a new developmental stage．Dr．Lee conducted a series of studies in which they bring children into a lab with hidden cameras．Children and young adults aged 2 to 17 are likely to lie while being told not to look at a toy，which is put behind the child's back．
For young kids，the desire to cheat is big and 90% take a secret look in these experiments．When the test-giver returns to the room，the child is asked if he or she looked secretly．At age 2，about a quarter of children will lie and say they didn't．By 3，half of kids will lie，and by 4，that figure is 90%，studies show．
Researchers have found that it's kids with better understanding abilities who lie more．That's because to lie you also have to keep the truth in mind，which includes many brain processes，such as combining several sources of information and faking that information．The ability to lie-and lie successfully-is thought to be related to developme nt of brain regions that allow so called"executive functioning"，or higher order thinking and reasoning abilities．Kids who perform better on tests that involve executive functioning also lie more．
29．What's the purpose of children telling lies？B
 A．To help their friends out．
B．To get rid of trouble．
 C．To get attention from others．
D．To create a popular image．
30．From the second paragraph we can know thatC．
  A．which factors can reduce lying     
B．why some lie more than others
C．it is normal for kids to tell lies       
D．how lying changes as kids grow
31．It can be inferred from the passage thatC．
A．children's lies are the same as adults'
B．the better kids are，the more they lie
C．the older kids are，the more they lie 
D．kids always keep the truth in their mind
32．What is NOT included in the passage？D
A．The reasons why kids tell lies．
B．Which kind of kids tells more lies．
C．Experiments about lying of young kids．
D．What to do with lying children．