I can’t see any reason to use cash anymore       it’s so much easier to use other means of payment.

A．while             B．therefore         C．although          D．since

He had collected plenty of historical evidence,       proved that humans used to have different sleeping patterns.

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

In the near future, more advances in cloning technology       by scientists.

A．are making        B．are made          C．will make          D．will be made

His bright tie made him       in the crowd.

A．stand by          B．stand for          C．stand out          D．stand up

The kangaroo was lucky. It just missed      .

A．catching          B．to be caught       C．to catch           D．being caught

Flowers suddenly burst out everywhere on the same day every spring, as if they       in tune with one another.

A．are              B．were             C．have been         D．are to be

There is a popular view       in cities, strangers are less likely to help an elderly person.

A．that              B．whether          C．why              D．how

Only after my friend came      .

A．did the computer repair                  B．he repaired the computer

C．was the computer repaired                D．the computer was repaired

When I was in the ninth grade, my parents started fighting. I could hear them   36  at each other at night. It always seemed like they were fighting about me. I started to   37  and couldn’t fall asleep. Some nights I didn’t feel like I   38  at all. My grades really started to   39  too. It was hard to pay attention during class because I felt so   40  all the time.

My mom had to take me to see a therapist(治疗专家). On the way, I   41  to worry even more. What would my friends   42  me if they knew I was going to see a therapist? What if the therapist couldn’t   43   me?

It was not that   44 . My therapist asked me a lot of questions and then we talked about how my life might   45  if I was able to get more sleep.   46  I understood how the future could be better, I felt really   47  to try new things. At the end of the session, I was sent home with a piece of paper called a sleep diary. When I woke up each morning, I had to answer all these questions about my sleep.

  48 , she gave me homework related to my sleep. I wasn’t   49  to text or be on my computer after 8 pm. If I couldn’t fall asleep after about ten minutes, she wanted me to get up and do something in another room that would help me to   50  and feel sleepy.

During the therapy sessions, she was a cheerleader for my life and kept   51  out all the things I was doing right. With her help, it was so much easier to notice the   52  things that were happening all around me.

After about two months of seeing my therapist, I was sleeping at least eight hours a night, sometimes even nine! I felt happier. I could   53 . My grades got better. Basically, I felt like myself! It was so much better to admit that something was   54  and to do something to fix it   55  just watch my whole life get worse and worse.

1.                A．laughing        B．shooting        C．knocking  D．screaming

2.                A．doubt          B．worry          C．protest   D．quarrel

3.                A．slept           B．ate            C．spoke    D．dreamed

4.                A．reduce         B．change         C．drop D．influence

5.                A．bored          B．tired           C．upset D．shy

6.                A．refused        B．happened       C．ended    D．started

7.                A．think about      B．worry about     C．get on with    D．agree with

8.                A．teach          B．fix             C．answer   D．recognize

9.                A．helpful         B．interesting      C．awful D．practical

10.               A．improve        B．develop        C．benefit    D．adjust

11.               A．If             B．Unless         C．Though    D．Once

12.               A．nervous        B．surprised       C．excited    D．calm

13.               A．Therefore      B．Besides         C．However  D．Instead

14.               A．allowed        B．reminded       C．asked D．persuaded

15.               A．study          B．relax           C．respond   D．recover

16.               A．picking         B．trying          C．leaving    D．pointing

17.               A．tiny           B．exciting        C．positive   D．important

18.               A．forgive         B．concentrate     C．appreciate D．understand

19.               A．wrong         B．significant       C．acceptable D．realistic

20.               A．instead of       B．as well as       C．rather than D．other than

At 10 years old, Flynn Mc Garry became sick of the meals his mother cooked for him. So the Los Angeles native took matters into his own hands and started making his own dinners. One of his specialties? Trout with braised leeks(韭葱炖鲑鱼).

Now 13, the young chef is being praised as a “food prodigy(神童)”. He will spend his summer apprenticing with some of the best chefs at LA’s famous restaurants, MSNBC Nightly New reports.

Mc Garry began making a name for himself in the culinary(烹饪) world when John Sedlar, owner of the trendy Playa Restaurant, let Mc Garry take over the kitchen for a special nine-course meal. The meal sold out almost instantly.

“Flynn is a very unusual young man, and he’s very, very passionate,” owner John Sedlar told MSNBC.

By usual teenage boy standards, it’s true. So strong is his passion for cooking that the young man has turned his bedroom into an experimental kitchen laboratory.

Instead of video game consoles, baseball trophies and movie posters, Mc Garry’s room is lined with mixers, pots and pans, cutting boards and a stainless steel worktable. It’s where Mc Garry cooks his monthly pop-up dinners, which are served from his family’s dining room, a monthly supper club he calls Eureka.

Mc Garry is deft(灵巧的) and confident in the kitchen, with skills he’s been practicing since he was a child. What started out as a means of self-preservation from his mom’s unsatisfactory cooking has turned into a passion that the teen hopes to develop into a career.

“My goal? Michelin three stars, a restaurant in the top 50 list,” he told MSNBC. “Hopefully the top five.” Meanwhile, Mc Garry’s 13-year-old resume is already richer and more impressive than most cooks many times his age.

Mc Garry isn’t the only talented young prodigy to surprise experts in his field in recent years. At just 17 years old, physicist Taylor Wilson is already teaching graduate-level courses in physics and has built a functioning nuclear reactor.

1.Mc Garry first started cooking ___________.

A．for himself                            B．as an experiment

C．in his own bedroom                      D．with a teacher’s guidance

2.Compared with many adult chefs, Mc Garry ________.

A．has the best cooking equipment in his kitchen

B．is inventive and has many new specialties to his name

C．has much and impressive cooking experience for his young age

D．wants to open his own Michelin three-star restaurant

3.The author mentions Taylor Wilson in the last paragraph to ______.

A．prove that Flynn’s success is not a rare case

B．compare his talent to that of Flynn Mc Garry

C．introduce a young talent in a different field

D．suggest experts should be trained at a young age

4.Where does this text probably come from?

A．A recipe book                          B．A restaurant introduction

C．A career guide                         D．A news report