Decisions, decisions! Our lives are full of them, from the small ones to the life-changing. The right to choose is central to everyone. Yet sometimes we make bad decisions that leave us unhappy or full of regret. Can science help?

Most of us know little about the mental processes that lie behind our decisions. Luckily, what psychologists are finding may help us all make better choices. Here are some of their amazing discoveries to help you make up your mind.

Consider your emotions. You might think that emotions are the enemy of decision-making, but in fact they are a part of it. Whenever you make up your mind, your brain’s emotional centre is active. University of Southern California scientist, Antonio Damasia, has studied people with damage to only the emotional parts of their brains, and found that they were unable to make basic choices about what to wear or eat. Damasia thinks this may be because our brains store emotional memories of past choice, which we use to help the present decision-making.

However, making choices under the influence of an emotion can greatly affect the result. Take anger for example. A study by Nitika Garg of the University of Mississippi and other scientists found the angry shoppers were more likely to choose the first thing they were offered rather than considering other choices. It seems that anger can lead us to make quick decisions without much thinking.

All emotions affect our thinking and motivation，so it may be best to avoid making important decisions under their influence. Yet strangely there is one emotion that seems to help us make good choices. The American researchers found that sad people took time to consider the various choices on offer, and ended up making the best choices. In fact many studies show that people who feel unhappy have the most reasonable view of the world.

1. What does the underlined word “central” mean?

A. in the middle    B. easy to reach           C. important       D. having power

2. Damasia’s study suggests that ________.

A. emotions are the enemy of decision-making.

B. our brain has nothing to do with decision-making.

C. people with physical damage find it hard to make up their minds.

D. our emotional memories of past choices can affect present decisions.

3. According to the text, what may help us make better decisions?

A. To think about happy times.                  

B. To make many decisions at a time.

C. To stop feeling regretful about the past.

D. To learn about the process of decision-making.

4. Why are angry shoppers more likely to choose the first thing they are offered?

A. They often forget their past choices.          B. They make decisions without much thinking.

C. They tend to save time when shopping.  D. They are too angry to bargain.

5. What do we learn from the text?

A. Emotions are a part of decision-making.

B. Sad people always make worse choices.

C. No emotion seems to help us make good choices.

D. Only sad feelings affect our thinking and motivation.

第II卷  非选择题（共35分）

第四部分: 写作(共两节, 满分35分)

第一节：短文改错 (共10分,每小题1分,满分10分)

该文中共有十处错误,每句中最多有两处,错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧), 并在此符号下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（ ＼）划掉。

修改： 在错的词下划一横线, 并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1、每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

          2、只允许修改十处, 多者(从第11处起) 不计分。

My parents and I went to the park last Sunday. There were lots of visitors stand in front of the ticket window. We waited a long time and buy three tickets. In the Tiger Mountain of the park, I was too eager to see the fierce frightened animals that I quickened my steps through the crowd. Unfortunate，I got separated from my parents. I had hard time looking for them, and I had no luck. Wandering in the park，I felt alone without any companions. Worse still，I had no money, so I had to walk to home, covering as much as 5 kilometer.  

My friend Mary is ___ 11-year-old beautiful girl and ___ girl everyone likes to work with.

A. a, a                   B. a, the                   C. an, a                      D. an, the

．Every possible means _______to prevent the air pollution, but the sky is still not clear．

       A．are being used            B．have been used       

       C．has been used            D．had been used

Working abroad for years, she has made a big ______ and has started a company of her own.

A. money                  B. fortune               C. wealth            D. treasure

Who would you rather ____ with you to the cinema?

  A. have go                     B. have to go                      C. love to go              D. like to go

完形填空（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Once upon a time, there was a boy who would go into the forest and gather food and herbal medicines (草药) with some of his fellows every spring. However, one year, a tiger showed up in the forest and no one dared go into the forest again. One day, the boy’s father became ill, and the family couldn’t afford the (21)  _ that the father needed. The boy decided to try and find some herbal medicines as well as some food in the forest.

It was a perfect sunny day. At first, it was quiet and (22)  _  happened. But later, when the boy bent down to reach one more mushroom, he was suddenly pushed to the ground. A large shadow covered him. He rolled over and looked (23)___  in shock as the tiger said in a deep voice. “You are my (24)__  . Say good-bye to this world.” (25)__  his sick father, the boy knew he couldn’t die. He quickly calmed down and put a mushroom into his mouth, and chewed and swallowed. Then he said, “(26)__ __ you can kill and eat me, but I wish you to know that these mushrooms are deadly poisonous (有毒的). You can eat me, but you will die too. My family will look for me and find you. They will (27)__   your stomach and eat your meat. Your fine skin will carpet the floor of a rich man’s house and your tiger bones will get a good (28)_     in the medicine shops. My family will have enough for a year or more and I will be given a good funeral（葬礼）and long (29)____ .

The tiger hesitated (犹豫). He saw the frightful mushrooms in the basket and (30)____ his appetite (胃口). He slowly walked away. The boy saved his own life with his quick thinking.

A. love                     B. medicine                 C. care                    D. doctors

A. anything               B. everything              C. nothing                 D. something

A. down                 B. out                       C. around                  D. up

A. energy             B. power                    C. enemy              D. supper

A. Looking after        B. Thinking of                     C. Bringing back     D. Believing in

A. Of course             B. No way                          C. In the beginning           D. In any case

A. feed               B. open                       C. sell                              D. kick

A. price                   B. seller                              C. reward                         D. doctor

A. understood           B. encouraged                   C. needed                         D. remembered

A. lost                 B. increased                       C. regained                      D. forgot

---I don’t like the guest that is coming to visit this evening.　 　　　　　

---_________ you feel about him, try to be polite.　 　　　　　

A. How         B. What             C. Whatever       D. However　

--- Wow, you look good. Your hair looks fantastic. You’re so giving and kind. I’ve always liked you.

   --- _______! Get to the point. I haven’t got all day.

   A. Enough        B. Thanks       C. Really          D. Again

每句只有一个错误。按下列情况改正: 该句多一个词，把多余的词用斜线( \ ) 划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉; 该句缺一个词，在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，在该句右边横线上写出该加的词;该句错一个词，在错的词下划一横线，在该句右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意:不要改动原句的意思。

61. Each time when we celebrate a festival it changes a little.             61.___________

62. Oprah Winfrey makes possible to talk about great moments and difficulties in people’s lives in her television shows.                                            

62.___________

63. Mianyang lies to the northwest of Sichuan.                         63.___________

64. Dustin Hoffman is famous as his role acting as a woman.              64.___________

65. Dated back to the Qin Dynasty, the traditional crosstalk shows have made people all over China roar with laughter for centuries.                             

 65.___________