---Our holiday cost a lot of money.

--It doesn't matter         you enjoyed yourselves.

A．unless        B．as long as         C．as soon as        D．until

The word "media" basically refers to          we commonly call newspapers, magazines, radios and televisions.

A．which         B．that          C．where        D．what

It's a little surprising that a house made of wood or bamboo may stay up in an earthquake,

while     made of steel and concrete may fall down.

A．it         B．what           C．what         D．one

--I am afraid I can not tell you anything about the plan.

--But it is important that you         .

A．helped         B．will help         C．should help          D．shall help

         where to stand, and I'll move the world.

A．Given          B．If given         C．Give me              D．Giving me

--Jackson was late for Mr. Black's literature class this morning.

--        ? As far as I know, he never came late to class.

A．So what        B．How come               C．Why not         D．What for

John's parents got the washer when he was a teenager. His family never owned a washing machine.

Since gasoline was expensive, trips to the laundry several miles away were far  1  their power to afford. Keeping clothes clean   2   most of young John's spare time.

     A family friend joined the army and his wife   3   to go with him. John's family   4   to store their furniture while they were away.  5  , the friend suggested they use their Bendix and this was how they  6   the washer.

     The machine was eventually   7   to John's house, and-across the years with it, he   8   a love for the old, green Bendix. But finally the war ended. When the family took the Bendix back, John grew terribly  9  . His mother   10   him, saying, "You must remember, the machine never belonged to us   11  . That we ever got to use it at all was a gift. So, instead of being mad at it being taken   12  , let's use the   13   to be grateful that we had it at all."

     The lesson turned out   14  . Years later, John watched his eight-year-old daughter die a slow and painful death of leukemia （白血病）. Though   15   , John couldn't begin getting over from the  16  . Then the memory of the old Bendix came as a great  17  .

     His daughter was a  18  . When he realized that simple fact, everything changed. He could now begin recovering from the death of his daughter. He started to see her as a marvelous gift that he was fortunate enough to   19   for a time. He felt   20  . He found strength and recovery. He knew he could get through the valley of loss.

1. A．beyond                    B．over                    C．within           D．below

2. A．took                       B．cost                    C．occupied       D．spent

3. A．prepared              B．managed               C．desired          D．appealed

4. A．promised               B．expected               C．decided         D．offered

5. A．In turn                 B．In return                C．In addition      D．In place

6. A．used                    B．acquired               C．bought        D．borrowed

7. A．attached                 B．burdened              C．conveyed      D．loaded

8. A．achieved                B．reduced               C．developed    D．produced

9. A．confused               B．hopeless                C．frightened    D．upset

10. A．taught                B．explained         C．comforted     D．encouraged

11. A．at the first              B．in the first place       C．first of all      D．for the first time

12. A．out                            B．away               C．up             D．down

13. A．chance              B．treasure            C．event           D．success

14. A．reasonable           B．necessary           C．worthless      D．valuable

15. A．missing              B．forgetting           C．struggling      D．thinking

16. A．illness                B．difficulty            C．loss           D．lesson

17. A．delivery               B．relief               C．hope           D．profit

18. A．gift                 B．washer             C．death           D．loser

19. A．share                B．spend               C．live             D．earn

20. A．eager                B．energetic           C．grateful        D．curious

A good hearing memory will help your child do better in school. Your child's hearing ability is normal. Yet, he may seem to be very poor at remembering and understanding what he's heard at school.

    Why should this be? It's because he's not using his hearing ability to help him remember and understand what he's been taught.

    Some children get into the habit of learning and remembering things by what they hear. They've got good hearing memories. Other children find it easier to learn and remember things by what they see. They've got good seeing memories. Some children have equally good ability at both seeing and hearing in learning things. Others, less fortunate, seem to have poor bearing and seeing memories. Most children, I'd say, unknowingly prefer one method over the other for learning and remembering.

    But this favoring of one sense over the other is a bad habit and deprives （使……不能） the child of the full use of his natural senses.

    Mrs. Alien was clearly incredulous when I told her there was nothing wrong with her son's hearing. "But he never seems to really understand what he hears, that's what his teachers tell me," she said.

    "My psychological examination of William shows he's weak in his hearing memory," I said, "but he has perfectly normal intelligence and can learn in school."             

    "Our family doctor examined William and he says the boy's hearing was all right. So, that proves  you're right on that point," admitted Mrs. Alien. "So how can we help him? My husband and I will do anything you say, Dr. Dursteln."

    "You can do a lot to improve William's hearing memory, but it'll take time. You must be patient and not expect results immediately." I cautioned.

    I suggested a detailed program for the parents to use at home. I told Mrs. Alien to come back and see me every two weeks so that I could guide her in any problem she had in using my program.

1. Those who have poor hearing memories         . 

    A．can not hear sounds clearly

    B．are poor at remembering and understanding what they have learned

    C．are poor at learning things by what they have heard

    D．have the habit of learning things by what they have heard of

2. The author suggested that Mrs. Alien try some ways        .

    A．to train her son's hearing memory

    B．to make use of her son's natural senses

    C．to make good use of what her son heard

    D．to understand the trouble in which her son was involved

3. In Paragraph 5, the underlined word "incredulous" means         .

    A．unbelieving           B．believable        C．believing             D．incredible

4. Which of the following is true?

    A．Good hearing memory will not help your child do better in school.

    B．Some children get into the habit of learning and remembering things by what they hear.

    C．The favoring of one sense over the other is not a bad habit.

    D．The author didn't suggest a detailed program for the parents to use at home with William.

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    A．investigating English learning            B．setting Open University

    C．selling books                          D．attracting students

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    A．have a power of learning              B．have lessons all the time at the university

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The common cold is the world's most widespread illness, which is plagues（疫病） that flesh receives.

    The most widespread fallacy（谬误） of all is that colds caused by cold. They are not. They are caused by viruses passing on from person to person. You catch a cold by coming into contact, directly or indirectly, with someone who already has one. If cold causes colds, it would be reasonable to expect the Eskimos to suffer from them forever. But they do not, And in isolated Arctic regions explorers have reported being free from colds until coming into contact again with infected people from the outside world by way of packages and mail dropped from airplanes.

     During the First World War soldiers who spent long periods in the trenches（战壕）, cold and wet, showed no increased tendency to catch colds.

     In the Second World War prisoners at the notorious Auschwitz Concentration Camp（奥斯维辛集中营）, naked and starving, were astonished to find that they seldom had colds. At the Common Cold Research Unit in England, volunteers took part in Experiments in which they gave themselves to the discomforts of being cold and wet for long stretches of time. After taking hot baths, they put on bathing suits, allowed themselves to be with cold water, and then stood about dripping wet in drafty room. Some wore wet socks all day while others exercised in the rain until close to exhaustion. Not one of the volunteers came down with a cold unless a cold virus was actually dropped in his nose.

     If, then, cold and wet have nothing to do with catching colds, why are they more frequent in the winter? Despite the most pains-taking research, no one has yet found the answer. One explanation offered by scientists is that people tend to stay together indoors more in cold weather than at other times, and this makes it easier for cold viruses to be passed on.

     No one has yet found a cure for the cold. There are drugs and pain suppressors（止痛片） such as aspirin, but all they do is relieve the symptoms.

1. The writer offered       examples to support his argument.

    A．4                     B．5              C．6                     D．3

2. Which of the following does not agree with the chosen passage?

    A．The Eskimos do not suffer from colds all the time.

    B．Colds are not caused by cold.

    C．People suffer from colds just because they like to stay indoors.  .

    D．A person may catch a cold by touching someone who already has one.

3. Arctic explorers may catch colds when       .

    A．they are working in the isolated arctic regions

    B．they are writing reports in terribly cold weather

    C．they are free from work in the isolated arctic regions

    D．they are coining into touch again with the outside world

4. Volunteers taking part in the experiments in the Common Cold Research Unit       .

      A．suffered a lot                              B．never caught colds

      C．often caught colds                    D．became very strong

5. The passage mainly discusses       .

    A．the experiments on the common cold

B．the fallacy about the common cold

C．the reason and the way people catch colds

D．the continued spread of common colds