1. The "Sesame Street" has been called "the longest street in the world" because it is ______.

A. the longest street in the United States
B. shown in many countries
C. the longest television program in the world  
D. watched regularly by six million children

2. In the United States many children can watch the program regularly because ______.

A. they needn't go to school
B. it is shown many hours a day
C. it is shown in the evening
D. it is shown many times during the week

3. One of the important reasons for the success of the program is that ______.

A. not only children but also their mothers like to watch it  
B. many famous film stars enjoy watching it
C. it teaches educational theories
D. it is produced by the government  

    A scientist turns out to be able to see the future by offering each of some four-year-olds a piece of
candy and watching how he or she deals with it. Some children reach eagerly for the treat they see.
Some last a few minutes before they give in. But others are determined to wait until the last moment.
By the time the children reach high school, something remarkable has happened. A survey found that
those who as four-year-olds had enough self-control to hold out generally grew up to be more popular,
adventurous, confident and dependable. The children who gave in to temptation(诱惑) early on were
more likely to be lonely, easily frustrated(沮丧)and inflexible(固守己见的).
Actually, the ability to delay reward is a sign of emotional intelligence which doesn't show up on an IQ
test.
     The hardware of the brain and the software of the mind have long been scientists' concerns. But
brain theory can't explain what we wonder about most, like the question why some people remain
upbeat in the face of troubles that would sink a less resistant soul.
Here comes the theory of Daniel Goleman, writer of Emotional Intelligence: when it comes to predicting
people's success, brain ability as measured by IQ may actually matter less than the qualities of mind once
thought of as "character".
     EQ is not the opposite of IQ. What researchers have been trying to understand is how they work
together; how one's ability to handle stress, for instance, affects the ability to concentrate and put
intelligence to use. Among the ingredients(要素) for success, researchers now generally agree that IQ
counts for about 20%; the rest depends on everything from social class to luck.
While many researchers in this relatively new field are glad to see emotional issues finally taken seriously,
some few fear EQ invites misuse.

1. The experiment with the four-year-olds makes it clear that _____.

A. the age of 4 is a proper time for scientific experiment
B. emotional intelligence won't show up until adolescence
C. the ability of self-control plays a role in personal success
D. candy can be used to measure a person's emotional intelligence

2. Which of the following is true of EQ and IQ according to the text?

A. The higher a person's EQ is, the higher his or her IQ is.
B. The higher a person's IQ is, the higher his or her EQ is.
C. Some people can be blessed with lots of both, but some with little of either.
D. Scientists have already discovered the way in which EQ and IQ work together.

3. The underlined word "upbeat" in Paragraph 4 probably means _____.

A. kind
B. floating
C. excited
D. optimistic

4.Why does the author mention the experiment at the beginning of the text?

A. To amuse both the children and readers.
B. To prove the scientist's wisdom.
C. To introduce the topic of the text.
D. To show us how to do an IQ test.

5.What is most likely to be written in the paragraph that follows?

A. Information about famous people with high EQ.
B. Examples showing the opposite voice about EQ.
C. Some reasons why EQ is a relatively new field.
D. Strong demand for basic emotional education.

     After blogging regularly for two months, people felt they had better social support and friendship networks
than those who didn't blog. Blogging can help you feel less isolated, more connected to a community and more
satisfied with your friendships. Both online and face-to-face, a new Australian research has found.
     Researchers James Baker and Professor Susan Moore from Swinburne have written two papers investigating
the psychological benefits of blogging-regularly updating personal web pages with information that invites others
to comment.
     The first, published in the latest issue of the journal CyberPsychology and Behaviour. compares the mental
health of people intending to blog with that of people not planning to blog. Moore says the researchers messaged
600 MySpace users personally and directed them to an online survey. A total of 134 completed the questionnaire.
84 intended to blog and 50 didn't.
     "We found potential bloggers were less satisfied with their friendships and they felt less socially integrated;
they didn't feet as much part of a community as the people who weren't interested in blogging …"Moore says.
"It was as if they were saying 'I'm going to do this blogging and it's going to help me'."
     And it seemed to do the trick, as the researchers' second study shows. This study which is yet to be
published, was conducted two months later. The researchers sent out questionnaires (调查问卷) to the same
group of MySpace users, this time 59 responded Bloggers reported a greater sense of belonging to a group of
like-minded people and feeling more confident because they could rely on others for help. All respondents,
whether or not they blogged, reported feeling less anxious, depressed and stressed after two months of online
social networking.
     "So going onto MySpace had lifted the mood of all participants in some way," Moore says. "Maybe they'd
just made more social connections."
     Moore acknowledges this is early research and hopes to follow a larger group of people for a longer period time to test some of the research findings.

1. What does the passage mainly tell us?

A. The mental health of bloggers.
B. Blogging improves one's social life.
C. What kind of people are likely to blog.
D. Blogging has become more and more popular.

2. It can be inferred from the fourth paragraph that _____.

A. those who were not interested in blogging didn't have good mental health
B. people were likely to become bloggers if they felt socially isolated
C. potential bloggers were those who had mental health problems
D. potential bloggers usually held a wrong view about blogging

3. The purpose of the second study is to find out _____. 

A. what people do on MySpace
B. how many people became bloggers
C. how people felt after blogging for two months
D. how many people kept blogging after two months

4. The second study shows that _____.

A. online social networking can do people good
B. only bloggers benefit from online social networking
C. not many potential bloggers became real bloggers
D. not all bloggers found the help they needed

5. The main purpose of people going onto MySpace is probably to _____.

A. exchange goods
B. entertain themselves
C. seek help
D. exchange views

     We all know that teenagers like to sleep late. But more and more research is showing that this is not just
a preference-or even the result of late-night studying or instant messaging-but is rooted in their biological
rhythms(节律). All of this would be little more than an interesting observation except that most high schools
start so early, and so many teenagers are having a hard time staying awake.
     A recent article in The Times cited a National Sleep Foundation survey in which more than a quarter of
the students reported that they fell asleep in class at least once a week. Researchers say this is true because
youngsters - beginning around age 12 until they reach their mid-20s-only start producing melatonin, the
sleep-inducing hormone(荷尔蒙), around 11:00 pm and that production lasts until about 7:00 am. In adults,
melatonin lasts to around 4:00 am. Trying to wake up a teenager before 7:00 am is like trying to awake an
adult before 4:00 am.
     The obvious remedy(补救)would be for high schools to start later-well, after 8:00 am. A handful of
schools that have switched have reported beneficial results. School officials in Minneapolis say that
attendance improved and students' grades rose slightly after they changed to start at 8:40 am several years
ago. In Wilton, Conn., where the high school start time was pushed back to 8:20 am from 7:35 am, teachers
and parents reported better student behavior and greater alertness. Surveys of students in both districts
indicated that they did not use the later starts as an excuse to go to bed later.
     Numerous districts have considered the idea of later high school hours, only to drop it because of fierce
adult opposition. Coaches complain that the later classroom hours in the afternoon would take time from
their training programs and teams' success. School bus companies would be forced to change their
schedules. And many parents complained that they would have to adjust their own schedules.
     Many schools officials say more research is needed. We're all for that and for remembering that the goal
is to educate youngsters-and for that they need to be awake.

1. According to the new research, teenagers like to sleep late because ______.

A. they have to study till late at night
B. they waste too much rest time sending instant messages
C. they prefer to stay in bed rather than get up early
D. their biological systems make them do so

2. We can learn from the second paragraph that melatonin makes _______.

A. youngsters awake after 7:00 am
B. adults sleepy after 4:00 am
C. youngsters sleepy before 7:00 am
D. adults awake after 4:00 am

3. The third paragraph is written to show that _____.

A. many high schools start after 8:00 am
B. later high school start time made students go to bed late
C. students don't go to bed late even though they have later high school hours
D. later high school start time is a very effective measure

4. According to the passage, who are fiercely against later high school hours?
① School team coaches.
② Many parents.
③ School teachers.
④ School bus companies.

A. ①②③
B. ①②④
C. ①③④
D. ②③④

5. We can infer from the passage that the author's attitude towards later high school hours is _____.

A. positive
B. negative
C. indifferent
D. unclear

     In the 1960s, people asked about your astrological sign(星相). In the 1990s, they wanted to know
your website (网址). These days, having a web address is almost as important as a street address.
Your website is an electronic meeting place for your family, friends and potentially, millions of people
around the world. Best of all, you may not have to spend a cent. The Web is filled with all kinds of
free services and all it takes is some time and creativity.
      Think of your home page as the starting point of your website. Like the table of contents of a
book or a magazine, the home page is the front door. Your site can have one or more pages, depending
on how you design it.
      While web pages vary greatly in their design and content, most use a traditional magazine layout
(版面设计). At the top of the page is a banner(大标题) GRAPHIC. Next comes a greeting and a
short description of the site. Pictures, texts, and links to other websites follow.
      Before you start building your site, do some planning. Think about whom the site is for and what
you want to say. Next, gather up the material that you want to put on the site. Draw a rough layout
on a sheet of paper.
      While there are no rules you have to follow, there are a few things to keep in mind:
      Start simply  If you are too ambitious (雄心勃勃的) at the beginning, you may never get the site
off the ground. You can always add to your site.
Less is better  Most people don't like to read a lot of text online. Break it into small pieces.
      Smaller is better  Most people connect to the Internet with a modem (调制解调器). Since it can
take a long time to download large image files, keep the file sizes small. Have the rights  Don't put any
material on your site unless you are sure you can do it legally (合法地). Learn the Net's Copyright
Article for more about this.
      Now it's time to roll up your sleeves and start building. Learning the Net Communities provides
tools to help you build your site.

1. The main purpose of the passage is to tell you _____.

A. what a website is like     
B. how to build your own website
C. how to meet people online   
D. what a website is made up of

2. According to the writer, your website is a place _____.   

A. where you can meet people all around the world
B. where you can buy what you want
C. where you can get free services
D. where you can meet people on the Internet

3. The purpose of the home page of your website is _____.  

A. to give a list of all the contents of your website
B. to make it look like a front door
C. to direct people to more of your pages
D. to design the cover of a book or magazine

4. The writer thinks that if you are too ambitious at the beginning, _____. 

A. your website may leave no space for adding new things
B. you may never have your website working
C. you may have no idea how to build your website
D. you may tire yourself out

     Sometime early in the next century,human beings will move to Mars.They will live there for
about a year,and then will be replaced with another group of pioneers.Building the base on
Mars will advance our knowledge of the solar system and aid in our understanding of the earth.
     We already know that Mars resembles the earth in many aspects:general size,presence of
water,length of day,range of temperatures.These resemblances have caused many ?people? to
consider a centuries?long project:to terraform Mars.Terraforming means altering a planet's
surface so that Earth's life forms can survive there.This concept,previously found only in science
fiction is now being seriously considered by scientists.
     Terraforming Mars is theoretically simple:add nitrogen and oxygen to the atmosphere;pump
water to the surface;and add the earth's plants and animals in the order in which they developed
on Earth.But it will take at least 300 years.
     Some people think that such a project is too huge for ?humans? to undertake,but there are
very good reasons to make the attempt.The earth now contains some 6 billion ?people?,and
no one has any idea of how many humans the earth can support.Our very existence and numbers
are threatening many other species.We also have had some experience with terraforming our
own planet:altering the landscape,the atmosphere and the climate.Currently terraforming earth
has become a wiser activity as we try to control global warming,air and water pollution,and
preserve some natural living places.
     While the possibility of such a project is small,it is not impossible.Even if earth bound societies
come and go in the next 300 years,the project can continue through the work of the Mars settlers
without the need for constant backing from the earth.
     The future existence of all the people in our world may very well depend upon our ability to
terraform Mars.