—You look rather tired today．

—______ not to miss the 4:20 flight, I didn’t dare to close my eyes．

A． Reminding                                     B． Reminded

C． Being reminded                                 D． Having reminded

Alice, bent ______ losing weight, increased the time of exercise to three hours ______ a time．

A． on; at         B． on; for       C． with; for      D． with; at

So far I haven’t adapted to the fast ______ of the modern life in Tokyo．

A． step          B． style         C． pace          D． manner

The mother opened the door quietly so as not to ______ the sleeping baby．

A． upset         B． interrupt       C． disturb       D． release

—Tom, you are smoking again?

—______? It’s none of your business．

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

We often talk about ourselves as if we have permanent genetic defects （缺陷） that can never be changed．“I’m impatient．” “I’m always behind．” “I always put things   1  !” You’ve surely heard them．Maybe you’ve used them to describe   2 ．

These comments may come from stories about us that have been   3   for years—often from   4   childhood．These stories may have no   5  in fact． But they can set low expectations for us．As a child, my mother said to me, “Marshall, you have no mechanical （操作机械的） skills, and you will never have any mechanical skills for the rest of your life．” How did these expectations   6   my development? I was never   7   to work on cars or be around    8  ． When I was 18, I took the US Army’s Mechanical Aptitude Test．My scores were in the bottom for the entire nation!

Six years later,   9  , I was at California University, working on my doctor’s degree．One of my professors, Dr．Bob Tannbaum, asked me to write down things I did well and things I couldn’t do．On the positive side, I   10   down, “research, writing, analysis, and speaking．” On the   11   side, I wrote, “I have no mechanical skills．”

Bob asked me how I knew I had no mechanical skills．I explained my life   12   and told him about my   13   performance on the Army test．Bob then asked, “  14   is it that you can solve    15  mathematical problems, but you can’t solve simple mechanical problems?”

Suddenly I realized that I didn’t   16   from some sort of genetic defect．I was just living out expectations that I had chosen to  17  ．At that point, it wasn’t just my family and friends who had been   18   my belief that I was mechanically hopeless．And it wasn’t just the Army test, either．I was the one who kept telling myself, “You can’t do this!” I realized that as long as I kept saying that, it was going to remain true．   19   , if we don’t treat ourselves as if we have incurable genetic defects, we can do well in almost   20   we choose．

1． A． away                   B． off                      C． up                       D． down

2． A． them                   B． myself                 C． yourself               D． others 

3． A． said                     B． spoken                C． spread                 D． repeated 

4． A． as long as            B． as far back as       C．as well as              D． as much as

5． A． basis                   B． plot                     C． cause                  D． meaning

6． A． lead                     B． improve               C． affect                  D． change

7． A． encouraged           B． demanded            C． hoped                  D． agreed

8． A． means                 B． tools                    C． facilities               D． hammers

9． A． therefore             B． somehow             C． instead                       D． however

10． A． settled               B． turned                 C． took                    D． got 

11． A． passive              B． active                  C． negative               D． subjective

12． A． experiences        B． trips                    C． roads                  D． paths 

13． A． unexpected        B． poor                    C． excellent              D． average

14． A． When               B． What                   C． How                    D． Why

15． A． complex            B． advanced             C． common              D． primary

16． A． arise                  B． separate               C． suffer                  D． come

17． A． believe               B． suspect                C． adopt                  D． receive

18． A． weakening         B． strengthening       C． abandoning          D． accepting

19． A． As a result                B． At the same time  C．In addition              D．On the contrary

20． A． anything             B． something            C． nothing                D． all

My friend took his colleague to see an art exhibition in north London．

The show was basically piles of breeze blocks forming armchair and sofa shapes, painted in primary colors．

Seeing these, the colleague said, “You brought me all the way out here to see this pile of junk when we could have been having a nice lunch?” He continued his rant about the work all the way back to the office．

When they got there my friend said, “You said you don’t like the work, but you haven’t stopped talking about it since you first saw it．”

Whether he liked it or not, he could not forget it．

If the artwork is fresh and new, you can’t expect to like it straightaway, because you have nothing to compare it with．

The effort of coming to terms with things you do not understand makes them all the more valuable to you when you do grasp them．

Good art speaks for itself． That doesn’t mean you have to like it．

So the next time you go to an art show, or look at anything for that matter, observe what effect it has on you and try to form your own opinion．

That way, you become the critic and not a mouthpiece for someone else’s opinions．

1．What does the colleague think about the art exhibition?

A．He feels it a waste of time going to the exhibition．

B．He is very interested in the work shown on the exhibition．

C．He is disappointed that art is abused on the exhibition．

D．He thinks his understanding about art is far better than the author of the work on the show．

2．The underlined word ‘rant’ means ________．

A．praise                                                        B．hatred

C．complaint                                                    D．misunderstanding

3．Which of the following does NOT represent the author’s opinion about art?

A．Good art speaks for itself．

B．Good art doesn’t mean you have to like it．

C．It matters more what impression a piece of art work leaves on you．

D．Learn to be a mouthpiece for someone’s opinion matters more．

4．What suggestion does the author give for going to an art show?

A．Like it whether it is good or not．

B．Don’t compare it with anything．

C．Observe its effect and form your own opinion．

D．Be a good mouthpiece．

Because osteoporosis （骨质疏松） often causes no symptoms at all until a fall breaks a bone, the only way to tell if you have it is through a bone mineral thickness test．This is advised for anyone over 50 who has suffered a broken bone and all women over 65．Right now, the test involves lying on your back while the arm of a special X-ray device moves over your body to measure the thickness of various bones．

CyberLogic, a New York R&D firm, has developed a simpler device that’s nine inches high, runs on four AA batteries and scans bones with ultrasound． If the portable machine proves as reliable as X-rays, it could be a breakthrough, says New York osteoporosis expert Dr． Ethel Siris．“A small device like this could make bone checkups part of a routine office visit, because it’s both affordable and user-friendly．” If testing shows that you have osteoporosis, some major advances in treatment can help．While there are several effective medications on the market, including Fosamax, Actonel, Evista, Miacalcin and Forteo, the latest wonder drug is Boniva, the first once-a-month pill for osteoporosis．The FDA recently approved this drug, which works by reducing activity in cells responsible for bone breakdown．

Should osteoporosis get severe enough to break a vertebra, doctors have a new way to make repairs: Two tiny balloons are inserted into the bone through surgical tubes．The balloons are expanded to push the bone back into its normal position, then bone cement is used to keep it from breaking again．

1．What does the underlined word “This” in paragraph 1 refer to?

A．Osteoporosis often causes no sign．

B．The only way to tell if you have osteoporosis．

C．A bone mineral thickness test．

D．A fall snaps a bone．

2．What can we infer from the passage?

A．Women are easier to get osteoporosis．

B．Men are easier to get osteoporosis．

C．Anyone over 50 is easy to get osteoporosis．

D．Man and women share equal chances to get osteoporosis．

3．Which of the following is true about the portable scanner?

A．It’s easy to carry along．                      B．It’s as reliable as X-rays．

C．It’s a breakthrough．                                   D．It’s not yet put into experiment．

4．Which of the four medications is the most convenient?

A．Fosamax．          B．Evista．           C．Forteo．       D．Boniva．

Be careful! Someone may use the truth to deceive．When he tells you something that is true, but leaves out important information that should be included, he can create a false impression．

For example, someone might say, “I just won a hundred dollars on the lottery．It was great．I took that dollar ticket back to the store and turned it in for one hundred dollars!”

This guy’s a winner, right? Maybe, maybe not．We then discover that he bought two hundred tickets, and only one was a winner． He’s really a big loser!

He didn’t say anything that was false, but he purposely left out important information．That’s called a half-truth．Half-truths are not technically lies, but they are just as dishonest．

Untrustworthy candidates in political campaigns often use this tactic．Let’s say that during Governor Smith’s last term, her state lost one million jobs and gained three million jobs．Then she seeks another term．One of her opponents runs an ad saying, “During Governor Smith’s term, the state lost one million jobs!” That’s true．However an honest statement would have been, “During Governor Smith’s term, the state had a net gain of two million jobs．”

Advertisers will sometimes use half-truths．It’s against the law to make false claims so they try to mislead you with the truth．An ad might boast, “Nine out of ten doctors recommend Yucky Pills to cure nose pimples．” It fails to mention that they only asked ten doctors and nine of them work for the Yucky Corporation．

This kind of deception happens too often．It’s a sad fact of life: Lies are lies, and sometimes the truth can lie as well．

1．Which statement is true according to the article?

A．Whenever people tell the truth, they are really lying．

B．You can’t trust gamblers．

C．All governors help their states．

D．The truth can be used in dishonest ways．

2．The underlined word “deceive” in the first sentence means ________．

A．removing one’s teeth in public                B．ignore warnings

C．fool                                                     D．repair

3．The author clearly wants people to ________．

A．think carefully about what they read and hear

B．wear mismatched socks during political campaigns

C．never trust anyone

D．vote for female candidates

4．An appropriate title for this passage would be ________．

A．Half-truth                                             B．Everyone Lies  

C．Lying With the Truth                             D．Nose Pimples

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The State of Hawaii is a state of the United States, located on a group of islands in the central Pacific Ocean southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of Australia．The state was admitted to the Union on August 21st, 1959, making it the 50th state． Its capital is Honolulu on the island of Oahu．The most recent census puts the state’s population at 1,211,537．

This state includes nearly the entire volcanic Hawaiian Island chain, which is made up of hundreds of islands spread over 1,500 miles．At the southeastern end of the group of islands, the eight “main islands” are Niihau, Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai, Kahoolawe, Maui, and Hawaii．The last by far the largest, and is often called the “Big Island” or “Big Isle” to avoid confusion with the state as a whole．

Hawaii’s tallest mountain, Mauna Kea stands at 13,796 ft （4,205m） but is taller than Mount Everest if followed to the base of the mountain—on the floor of the Pacific Ocean．

All of the Hawaiian islands were formed by volcanoes erupting from a magma （岩浆） source described in geological theory as a hotspot．The theory maintains that as the plate beneath much of the Pacific Ocean moves in a northwesterly direction, the hot spot remains quiet, slowly creating new volcanoes． This explains why only volcanoes on the southern half of the Big Island, and the Loihi Seamount deep below the waters off its southern coast, are presently active, with Loihi being the newest volcano to form．

The last volcanic eruption outside the Big Island occurred at Haleakala on Maui in the late 18th century, though recent research suggests that Haleakala’s most recent eruption could be hundreds of years earlier．

Because of the islands’ volcanic formation, native life before human activity is said to have arrived by the “3W’s”: wind （carried through the air）, waves （brought by ocean currents）, and wings （birds, insects, and whatever they brought with them）．The complete separation of the Hawaiian Islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean from any continent, and the wide range of environments to be found on high islands located in and near the tropic （回归线）, have resulted in a vast variety of plants and animals．Hawaii has more endangered species per square mile and has lost a higher percentage of its local species than anywhere else on Earth．