Life is tough in the city. In order to lose their ______, some people drink alcohol.

A. temper              B. strength            C. pressures        D. consciousness

______ of the land in that district _______ covered with trees and grass.

A. Two-fifth; is    B. Two- fifth; are  C. Two-fifths; is       D. Two-fifths; are

The world has changed and being intelligent isn’t normally equal to being a successful person. Look at the example of the blue whale : it has a huge brain, but it still doesn’t know how to avoid whalers or use its large size and weight to deal with those who try to use their body for profit. Scientists hold an opinion that the blue whale just likes some highly intelligent people who fail to succeed. Those highly intelligent people can’t succeed in life because they can’t communicate well with the world around them.

Intelligence is a word in life that makes you think you are better than others. Intelligence can blind these very people from how others view them. These people also think that the route to power and success results purely from intelligence and they sometimes live in a fantasy world that they create by their supposed brain power.

This is a distance that develops whether or not they realize it and sometimes, a person can be disliked simply because of his or her intelligence. This distance is sometimes so far apart that it gets to the position where they can’t listen to each other. One side thinks the other is stupid and the other thinks he/she is haughty（傲慢的）. And most of the time it is the intelligent people who lose themselves in this situation. They become unpopular with most of the people around them. This affects them in whatever they do and sooner or later they will lose their confidence.

  It doesn’t help that they get a culture shock - especially when they leave college and realize success and richness don’t always and sometimes never come naturally with intelligence. While some might think this is a dramatic picture to paint, it is sometimes the end result of some people.

The example of “the blue whale” is used to show ____.

A. communication is more important than intelligence

B. human beings are always more intelligent than animals

C. humans should have the sense of protecting animals

D. the blue whale is the largest animal in the world

Those supposed intelligent people often believe that ____.

A. they should make their life the same with others

B. they should live in a better world than the others

C. they are sure to be successful because of their intelligence

D. other people’s opinion should be seriously considered

What makes the intelligent people lose their confidence?

A. They become separated from other people and lose their support.

B. They often can’t get higher positions though they are intelligent.

C. They can’t persuade those stupid people to accept their ideas.

D. They often can’t make good use of their advantages.

We can infer that the end result of the supposed intelligent people would be ____.

A. great achievements         B. more efforts

C. failure in the future         D. proper changes

Grown-ups know that people and objects are solid. At the movies, we know that if we reach out to touch Tom Cruise, all we will feel is air. But does a baby have this understanding?

To see whether babies know objects are solid, T. Bower designed a method for projecting an optical illusion of a hanging ball. His plan was to first give babies a real ball, one they could reach out and touch, and then to show them the illusion. If they knew that objects are solid and they reached out for the illusion and found empty air, they could be expected to show surprise in their faces and movements. All the 16 to 24-week-old babies tested were surprised when they reached for the illusion and found that the ball was not there.

Grown-ups also have a sense of object permanence. We know that if we put a box in a room and lock the door, the box will still be there when we come back. But does a baby realize that a ball that rolls under a chair does not disappear and go to never-never land?

Experiments done by Bower suggest that babies develop a sense of object permanence when they are about 18 weeks old. In his experiments, Bower used a toy train that went behind a screen. When 16-week-old and 22-week-old babies watched the toy train disappear behind the left side of the screen, they looked to the right, expecting it to reappear. If the experimenter took the train off the table and lifted the screen, all the babies seemed surprised not to see the train. This seems to show that all the babies had a sense of object permanence. But the second part of the experiment showed that this was not really the case. The researcher substituted a ball for the train when it went behind the screen. The 22-week-old babies seemed surprised and looked back to the left side for the train. But the 16-week-old babies did not seem to notice the switch. Thus, the 16-week-old babies seemed to have a sense of “something permanence, while the 22-week-old babies had a sense of object permanence related to a particular object.

The passage is mainly about _____.

       A. babies’ sense of sight          

       B. effects of experiments on babies

       C. babies’ understanding of objects

       D. different tests on babies’ feelings

In Paragraph 3, “object permanence” means that when out of sight, an object ________.

       A. still exists                        B. keeps its shape

       C. still stays solid                        D. is beyond reach

What did Bower use in his experiments?

       A. A chair.     B. A screen.          C. A film.      D. A box.

Which of the following statements is true?

       A. The babies didn’t have a sense of direction.   

       B. The older babies preferred toy trains to balls.

       C. The younger babies liked looking for missing objects.   

       D. The babies couldn’t tell a ball from its optical illusion.

Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words on the topic

  请根据下面提示，写一篇短文。    In your spoken English class，your teacher shows you the following picture．You are asked to describe the picture and explain how you understand it.

参考词汇：label标签     Empty bottles make the loudest noise.

   The judge made the final decision after listening to the opinions of each party ______.

       A. having involved                            B. to be involved  

       C. involving                                   D. involved

Mr. Blake __________my letter, otherwise he would have replied by now.

A. will not have received                        B. needn’t have received

C. shouldn’t have received                      D. couldn’t have received

It was decided to _______ the search when there was no hope of finding the missing child alive.

A. call off            B. let off              C. put off             D. round off

Elizabeth Clay decided to go home and spend the holiday with her parents. The next day she drove her old car home along the road.    21  she found she got a flat. The 22-year-old student   22   to stop her car by the side of the road in the winter night and opened the trunk. No   23    tire.

At this time, a car    24   . Paul and Diane told Clay to   25   them to a service station near their   26   .They arrived to see that it had no suitable tires to   27   with her car. “Follow us home,” said Paul. The couple called around to find a tire. No     28  . They decided to let her use their own car. “Here,” Paul said, handing Clay a   29   of keys, “Take our car. We   30   be using it over the holiday.”

Clay was   31   .“But I’m going all the way to South Carolina, and I’ll be gone for two weeks,” she   32   them.

“We know,” Paul said. “We’ll be   33   when you get back. Here’s our number if you need to   34  us.”

Unable to believe her eyes, Clay watched as the   35   put her luggage into their car and then   36   her off. Two weeks later she   37   to find her old car cleaned inside and outside with three new tires and the radio     38  .

“Thank you so much,” she said. “How much do I   39   you?” “Oh, no,” Paul said, “we don’t want any money. It’s our   40   . ” Clay realized that while it might have been their pleasure, it was now her duty to help others who need help.

A. Suddenly          B. Finally        C. Immediately          D. Fortunately

A. afforded               B. wanted          C. allowed               D. managed

A. spare                B. free             C. full                 D. empty

A. passed               B. stopped          C. paused                  D. started

A. help                 B. push             C. take                   D. follow

A. garage                B. house            C. shop                   D. hotel

A. agree                B. match           C. go                  D. deal

A. way                 B. message          C. success                D. luck

A. set                  B. number          C. pair                   D. chain

A. can’t                 B. shouldn’t        C. mustn’t                   D. won’t

A. satisfied                B. worried          C. astonished               D. disturbed

A. persuaded           B. advised          C. reminded            D. promised

A. happy                 B. here             C. away                 D. busy

A. get in touch with   B. keep in touch with

         C. be in touch with    D. put in touch with

A. repairmen          B. cleaners          C. friends                 D. couple

A. sent                   B. shook             C. watched                D. drove

A. shocked              B. happened      C. returned             D. came

A. loaded                 B. fixed              C. tied                  D. rebuilt

A. owe                   B. lend            C. give                        D. offer

A. wish                     B. job                  C. duty                   D. pleasure

A star usually is someone who has become famous in sports, film, or pop music, someone like singer Michael Jackson. In the middle nineteen eighties, Michael Jackson successfully made a famous record, which quickly became the most popular recording in the history of music. This made Michael Jackson a bright star.

One of the famous sports bright stars in the United States is Mohammed Ali. When he was a young man, he won a gold medal in the Olympic Games as a boxer. Then, he won first place in the world heavy weight boxing match. Before long, he was known as one of the greatest and most famous boxers in sports history. Everyone knows his name.

Like the stars in the sky, a bright star will lose his brightness as time passes. He is loved by millions of people today, but will be forgotten tomorrow.

What does this passage mainly talk about?

A. Michael Jackson                                B. Mohammed Ali

C. pop music and boxing                     D. bright stars

Michael Jackson is famous for            .

A. his songs                         B. his film            

C. his sports                  D. his heavy weight

What does “boxer” in the passage mean in Chinese?

A. 盒子         B. 装箱者  C. 拳击手      D. 制作人

What will happen to the bright stars at last according to the passage?

A. They will be remembered by millions of people.

B. They will be loved by people for ever.

C. They will be the most important people in history.

D. They will lose their brightness and be little known.