阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

　　An English traveler found himself in Norway with only enough money to buy the ticket for his journey back home．As he knew that it would take him only two days to get to England, he decided that he could easily spend the time without food．So he bought a ticket and got on the ship．The man closed his ears to the sound of the lunch bell．When dinnertime came, he didn't go to dinning room, saying that he was not feeling very well．

　　The next morning he still didn't have breakfast and at lunchtime he again stayed in his room．But at dinnertime he was so hungry that he went to the dinning room and ate everything the waiter put in front of him．He got ready for the quarrel．

　　“Bring me the bill,” he said．“The bill, sir?” said the waiter in surprise．“There isn't any bill．On our ship meals are included in the money for the ticket,” said the waiter．

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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。

　　Over the last 25 years, British society has changed a great deal．In some ways, however, very little has changed．Ideas about social class whether a person is “working－class” or “middle－class” are one area in which changes have been extremely slow．

In the past, the working－class tended to be paid less than middle－class people, such as teachers and doctors．As a result of this and also of the fact that workers’ jobs were generally much less secure, (安全)distinct differences in life－styles and attitudes came into existence．The typical working man would collect his wages on Friday evening and then give them to his wife, leaving a little for drinking or betting．

　　The type of what a middle－class man did with his money was perhaps nearer the truth．He was and still is likely to take a longer－term view．Not only did he regard buying a house to provide him and his family with security．Only in very few cases did workers have the opportunity(or the education and training)to make such long－term plans．

　　Nowadays, much has changed．In a large number of cases factory workers earn as much．Social security and laws have made it less necessary than before to worry about “tomorrow” ．Working－class people seem slowly to be losing the feeling of inferiority(自卑感)they had in the past．In fact there has been a growing tendency in the past few years for the middle－classes to feel slightly ashamed of their position．

　　The changes in both life－styles and attitudes are probably most easily seen among younger people．They generally tend to share very similar tastes in music and clothes．They spend their money enjoying themselves, and save for holidays or longer－term plans when necessary．There seems to be much less difference than in precious generations．Nevertheless, we still have a wide gap between the well－paid and the low－paid．As long as this gap exists, there will always be a possibility that new problems will appear between different groups．

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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。

　　Everyone becomes a little more forgetful as they get older, but men's minds decline more than women's, according to the results of a worldwide survey．

　　Certain differences seem to be inherent in male and female brains：men are better at dealing with mental images(useful in mathematical reasoning and spatial(三维空间)skills), while women tend to excel(擅长)at recalling information from their brain's files(helpful with language skills and remembering the locations of objects)

　　Many studies have looked for a connection between sex and the amount of mental decline people experience as they age, but the results have been mixed．

　　Some studies found more age－related decline in men than in women, while others saw the opposite or even no relationship at all between sex and mental decline．Those results could be improper because the studies involved older people, and women live longer than men．The men tested are the survivors, “so they’re the ones that may not have shown such cognitive(认知的)decline,” said study team leader Elizabeth of the University of Warwick in England．

　　People surveyed completed four tasks that tested sex－related cognitive skills：matching an object to its rotated(旋转的)form, matching lines shown from the same angle, typing as many words in a particular category as possible in the given time, e．g．“objects usually colored gray”, and recalling the location of objects in a line drawing．The first two were tasks at which men usually excel; the latter are typically dominated by women．

　　Within each age group studied, men and women performed better in their separate categories on average．And though performance declined with age for both sexes, women showed obviously less decline than men overall．

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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。

　　I can't remember a winter being as cold as this in Pennsylvania, but I'm sure there were colder days．

　　Even though the daylight hours are growing longer minute by minute, it's easy to find an excuse not to go out unless you absolutely must, but then again I often have to push myself to accomplish things．

　　People I speak to have been in all kinds of nasty moods．They say they’re “under the weather,” not feeling good about this time of year．

　　As I stood outside with my two dogs yesterday, it was so cold that my nose and face felt frozen and my ears were sitting．

　　Of course, that doesn't matter to Ricky and Lucy．They have a routine they must go through to find just the fighting spot no matter how cold or hot it is．

　　So I wait．

　　But this time it was different．As cold as it was, I suddenly was excited thinking about how wonderful this extreme cold really was．

　　Then the sun broke through the clouds and memories of summer's extremely hot days flashed through my mind．I could remember standing in the heat of the afternoon, with sweat pouring down my brow and the hot, burning sun against my face．I reminded myself then and there that in the cold of the winter I would wish I had this heat．

　　I was grateful for the extremes．Without the extremes in my life, I would never appreciate the days when things were just right．Without the extremes, life would be boring．

　　It's being pushed to one of the extremes that makes us appreciate the middle more．Health challenges remind us that we need to pay more attention to how we live．Financial extremes remind us that when things go smoothly it's also time to save for raining days．

　　I’ve come to the conclusion that all too often I find a reason not to be happy with where I am at that moment．

　　Whether it's hot or cold, good health or bad, in the money or out of it, I always want it to be different．

　　I'm tired of being “Under the Weather!”

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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。

　　Everyone knows about straight－A students．We see them frequently in TV situation comedies and in movies like Revenge of the Nerds．They get high grades, all right, but only by becoming dull laborers, their noses always stuck in a book．They are not good at social communication and look clumsy while doing sports．

　　How, then, do we account for Domenica Roman or Paul Melendres?

　　Roman is on the tennis team at Fairmont Senior High School．She also sings in the choral group, serves on the student council and is a member of the mathematics society．For two years she has maintained A's in every subject．Melendres, a freshman at the University of New Mexico, was student－body president at Valley High School in Albuquerque．He played soccer and basketball well, exhibited at the science fair, and meanwhile worked as a reporter on a local television station．Being a speech giver at the graduation ceremony, he achieved straight A's in his regular classes, plus bonus points for A's in two college－level courses．

　　How do super－achievers like Roman and Melendres do it? Brains aren't the only answer．“Top grades don't always go to the brightest students,” declares Herbert Walberg, a professor of education at the University of Illinois at Chicago, who has conducted major studies on super－achieving students．“Knowing how to make the most of your innate(天生的)abilities counts for more．Much more．”

　　In fact, Walberg says, students with high IQ sometimes don't do as well as classmates with lower IQ．For them, learning comes too easily and they never find out how to get down．

　　Hard work isn't the whole story, either．“It's not how long you sit there with the books open,” said one of the many－A students we interviewed．“It's what you do while you’re sitting．” Indeed, some of these students actually put in fewer hours of homework time than their lower－scoring classmates．

　　The kids at the top of the class get there by mastering a few basic techniques that others can readily learn．

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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。

　　Back in the fifteenth century, in a tiny village near Nuremberg, lived a family with eighteen children．In spite of the hopeless condition, two of the children, Albrecht Durer and Albert, had a dream．They both wanted to pursue their talent for art．After many long discussions, the two boys finally worked out an agreement．They would toss a coin．The loser would go down into the nearby mines and, with his earnings, support his brother who attended the academy．Then, when that brother who won the toss completed his studies, in four years, he would support the other brother at the academy．

　　Tossing a coin, Albrecht Durer won and went off to Nuremberg．

　　Albert went down into the dangerous mines and, for the next four years, supported his brother, whose work at the academy was almost an immediate sensation(轰动)．By the time he graduated, he had earned considerable fees for his outstanding works．

　　When the young artist returned to his village, the Durer family held a festive dinner to celebrate Albrecht's triumphant(胜利的)homecoming．Albrecht drank a toast to his beloved brother for the years of sacrifice that had enabled him to complete his dream．“And now, Albert, blessed brother of mine, now it is your turn．Now you can go to Nuremberg to look for your dream, and I will take care of you．”

　　Tears streaming down his pale face, Albert sobbed, “No．．．no．．．It is too late for me．Look．．．look at what four years in the mines have done to my hands! The bones in every finger have been broken at least once, and lately I have been suffering from arthritis(关节炎)so badly in my right hand that I cannot even hold a glass to return your toast, much less draw delicate lines with a pen or a brush．”

　　To show thanks to Albert for all that he had sacrificed, Albrecht Durer painstakingly drew his brother's injured hands with palms together and thin fingers stretched skyward．He called his powerful drawing simply “Hands”, but the entire world almost immediately opened their hearts to his great masterpiece and renamed it “The Praying Hands” ．The next time you see a copy of that touching creation, let it be your reminder－no one ever makes any success alone!

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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　King's College Summer School is an annual(每年的)training program for high school students at all levels who want to improve their English．Courses are given by the teachers of King's College and other colleges in New York．Trips to museums and culture centers are also organized．This year's summer school will be from July 25 to August 15．

　　More information is as follows：

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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　A volcanic eruption(喷发)in Iceland has sent ash across northern Europe．Airlines have stopped or changed the flights across the Atlantic Ocean, leaving hundreds of passengers stuck in the airports．

　　Grimsvotn is one of the largest and most active volcanoes in Europe．What makes Grimsvotn different is that it lies under a huge glacier(冰川)of ice up to 12 meters thick．The hot volcano heats up the ice above it, which then forms a layer(层)of water between the glacier and the volcano．

　　This layer of water puts pressure on the volcano, keeping it stable(稳定)．As the water flows out from under the glacier, the pressure lifts．The lava(岩浆)from the volcano then comes up to the surface．This is exactly what happened today．

　　Now, airlines have to make changes to their flights so as not to fly through the clouds of volcanic ash．According to KLM one of Europe’ s biggest airlines, airplanes cannot go under the cloud or over it．Going through the cloud can result in ash getting stuck in the airplane' s engines, causing damage to the plane．

　　The eruption has also caused problems for animals in Iceland．The volcano left ash and sharp glass－like rocks all over the countryside．Farmers are keeping their animals inside to stop them from eating ash－covered glass or the sharp object．

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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

What to do if you don't feel popular?

　　●Try to take part in activities．Call your friends．Plan to do something．The worst feeling is staying home alone, because it makes you feel even more lonely．

　　●Try to make new friends．Choose friends carefully, not just because you think they're popular．And remember, making good friends takes time．Choosing a popular person to be friends with is okay， if they are nice．

　　●Be yourself(保持独立)．If you want to become friends with someone who's popular, don't make yourself into someone you are not just to impress that person．

　　●Be nice．Be friendly．Be outgoing(开朗的)．But don't overdo it! Talk to trusted friends if you are feeling really bad．Or you might want to write it down ill a journal(期刊)or diary．

　　●Do something special for yourself．You could take pictures of your friends, or collect their school pictures, and take a collage(拼贴画)to hang on your wall．This will remind(提醒)you, when you are feeling unpopular, that you really do have friends．

　　●Think up your own ideas．These suggestions might not work for everyone．

　　What to do if you have a problem with your teacher?

　　●Talk to your parents, or another adult who will listen to you and perhaps can help．Talk to your friends．Maybe they have had problems with the same teacher, too．

　　●Don't give the teacher a reason to have problems with you．Do your work, complete your task, attend the class seriously and take notes．Maybe you just need to give the teacher a chance(机会)．

　　●Try to find out what the problem is．

　　●Talk to the teacher if you feel comfortable doing this．Don't be nasty(闹别扭的), but express your concerns(关心)．Listen to the teacher, as well．

　　●Just accept the fact that you're not going to love all your teachers．

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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　When I was six, Dad brought home a dog one day, who was called "Brownie"．My brothers and I all loved Brownie and did different things with her．One of us would walk her, another would feed her, then there were baths, playing catch and many other games~ Brownie, in return, loved each and every one of us．One thing that most touched my heart was that she would go to whoever was sick and just be with them．We always felt better when she was around．

　　One day, as I was getting her food, she chewed up(咬破)one of Dad's shoes, which had to be thrown away in the end．I knew Dad would be mad and I had to let her know what she did was wrong．When I looked at her and said, "Bad girl, " she looked down at the ground and then went and hid．I saw a tear in her eyes．

　　Brownie turned out to be more than just our family pet．She went everywhere with us．People would stop and ask if they could pet her．Of course she'd let anyone pet her．She was just the most lovable dog．There were many times when we'd be out walking and a small child would come over and pull on her hair．She never barked(吠)or tried to get away．Funny thing is she would smile．This frightened people because they thought she was showing her teeth．Far from the truth, she loved everyone．

　　Now many years have passed since Brownie died of old age．I still miss the days when she was with us．

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