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　　Notall bodies of wather are so evidently alive as the Atlantic Ocean, an S-shaped body of water covering 33 million square miles．The Atlantic has, in a sense, replaced the Mediterranean as the inland sea of Weatern civilization．Unlike real inland seas, which seem strangely still, the Atlantic is rich in oceanic liveliness．It is perhaps not surprising that its vitality has been much written about by ancient poets．

　　“Strm at Sea”, a short poem written around 700, is generally regarded as one of mankind's earliest artistic representations of the Atlantic．

　　When the wind is from the west

　　All the waves that cannot test

　　To the east must thunder on

　　Where the bright tree of the sun

　　Is rooted in the osean's breast．

　　As the poem suggests, the Atlantic is never dead and dull．It is an ocean that moves, impressively and endlessly．It makes all kinds of noise-it is forever thundering, boiling, crashing, and whistling．

　　It is easy to imagine the Atlantic trying to draw breath-perhaps not so noticeably out in mid –ocean, but where it meets land, its waters bathing up and down a sandy beach．It mimics(模仿)nearly perfectly the steady breathing of a living creature．It is filled with symbiotic existences, too; unimaginable quantities of creatures, little and large alike, mix within its depths in a kind of oceanic harmony, giving to the waters a feeling of heartbeat, a kind of sub-ocean vitality．And it has a psychology．It has personalities：sometimes peaceful and pleasant, on rare occasions rough and wild; always it is strong and striking．

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请阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　Almost every machine with moving parts has wheels, yet no one knows exactly when the first wheel was invented or what it was used for．We do know，however，that they existed over 5, 500years ago in ancient Asia．

　　The oldest known transport wheel was discovered in 2002 in Slovenia．It is over 5,100 years old．Evidence suggests that wheels for transport didn't become popular for．while, though．This could be because animals did a perfectly good job of carrying farming tools and humans around．

　　But it could also be because of a difficult situation．While wheels need to roll on smooth surfaces, roads with smooth surfaces weren't going to be constructed until there was plenty of demand for them．Eventually, road surfaces did become smoother, but this difficult situation appeared again a few centuries later．There had been no important changes in wheel and vehicle design before the arrival of modern road design．

　　In the mid-1700s, a Frenchman came up with a new design of road-a base layer(层)of large stones covered with a thin layer of smaller atones．A Scotsman improved on this design in the 1820s and a strong, lasting road surface became a reality．At around the same time, metal hubs(the central part of a wheel came into being, followed by the Wheels were invented in 1967, sixty years after the appearance of tarmacked roads(泊油路)．As wheel design took off, vehicles got faster and faster．

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请阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　The morning had been a disaster．My tooth was aching, and I'd been in an argument with a friend．Her words still hurt：“The trouble with you is that you won't put yourself in my place．Can't you see things from my point of view? ”Ishook my head stubbomly-and felt the ache in my tooth．I'd thought I could hold out till my dentist came back from holiday, but the pain was really unbearable．I started calling the dentists in the phone book, but no one coule see me immediatcly．Finally, at about lunchtime, I got lucky．

　　“If you come by right now, ”the receptionist said, “the dentist will fit you in．”

　　I look my purse and keys and rushed to my car．But suddenly I began to doubt about the dentist．What kind of dentist would be so eager to treat someone at such short notice? Why wasn't he as busy as the others?

　　In the dentist's office, I sat down and looked around．I saw nothing but the bare walls and I became even more worried．The assistant noticed my nervousness and placed her warm hand over my ice-cold one．

　　When I tole her my fears, she laughed and said, “Don't worry．The dentist is very good．”

　　“How long do I have to wait for him? ”I asked impatiently．

　　“Come on, he is coming．Just lie down and relax．And enjoy the artwork, ”the assistant said．

　　“The artwork? ”Iwas puzzled．

　　The chair went back, suddenly I smiled．There was a beautiful picture, right where I could enjoy it ：on the ceiling．How considerate the dentist was! At that moment, I began to understand what my friend meant by her words．

　　What a relief!

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阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A，B，C，D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

　　About 30 years ago, I left Cuba for the United States with my son．After getting settled finally in Brunswick, New Jersey, I enrolled(注册)my son in kindergarten．Several weeks later, my son's teacher asked me to meet him at his office．

　　In the teacher's office, and exchange of greetings was followed by his questions：“Is your son mentally retarded(弱智的)? Does he suffer from any kind of mental disability? ”

　　Was he talking about my wonderful Scola? NO, no, it can't be．What a helpless, lonely moment! I told him that Scola was a quiet, sweet little boy, instead．I asked him why he was asking me all these questions．

　　My son could not follow the teacher's directions, he told me, and thus, Scola was disrupting the class, Did't he know my son did not speak English yet?

　　He was angry; “Why hasn't your son been taught to speak English? Don't you speak English at home? ”

　　No, I didn't speak English at home, I replied．I was sure my son would learn English in a couple of months, and I didn't want him to forget his native language．Well, wrong answer! What kind of person would not speak in English to her son at home and at all time? “Are you one of those people who come to this country to save dollars and send them back to their country, never wanting to be a part of this society? ”

　　Needless to say, I tried to tell him I was not one of “those people．” Then he told me the meeting was over, and I left．

　　As I had expected, my son learned to speak English fluently before the school year was over．He went on to graduate from college and got a job, earning close to six figures．He travels widely and leads a well-adjusted, contented life．And he has benefited from being bilingual(双语的)。

　　Speaking more than one language allows people to communicate with others; it teaches people about other cultures and other places－something very basic and obviously lacking in the “educator” I met in New Jersey．

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阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A，B，C，D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

　　According to sociologists(社会学家), every modern industrial society has some form of social stratification(阶层)．Class, power and status are important in deciding people's rank in society．

　　Class means a person's economic position in society．A commonly used classification is lower class, middle class and upper class．While sociologists disagree on how these terms should be exactly defined, they do describe societies like the United States quite well．One study shows that 53％ of Americans belong to the lower class, 46％ the middle class, and 1％ the upper class．Interestingly, a surgeon earning ＄500, 000 a year and a bus driver earning ＄50, 000 a year both regard themselves as the middle class!

　　Power refers to the amount of control a person has over other people．Obviously, people in positions of great power(such as governors)exercise(行使)big power, but people who take orders from others have less power．Power and class do not always go hand in hand, however．For example, the governor of a state has great power, but he or she may not belong to a corresponding(相应的)economic class．Generally, however, there is a relationship between power and class．

　　To our knowledge, there aren't too many people who aren't millionaires in the U．S．Senate!

　　Status is the honor or respect attached to a person's position in society．It can also be affected by power and class, but not necessarily so．For example, a university professor may have a high status but not belong to a high social class or have a lot of power over others．

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　　In 1978, I was 18 and was working as a nurse in a small town about 270 km away from Sydney, Australia．I was looking forward to having five fays off from duty．Unfortunately, the only one train a day back to my home in Sydney had already left．So I thought I'd hitch a ride(搭便车)．

　　I waited by the side of the highway for three hours but no one stopped for me．Finally, a man walked over and introduced himself as Gordon．He said that although he couldn't give me a lift, I should come back to his house for lunch．He noticed me standing for hours in the November heat and thought I must be hungry．I was doubtful as a young girl but he assured(使…放心)me I was safe, and he also offered to help me find a lift home afterwards．When we arrived at his house, he made us sandwiches．After lunch, he helped me find a lift home．

　　Twenty-five years later, in 2003, while I was driving to a nearby town one day, I saw an elderly man standing in the glaring heat, trying to hitch a ride．I thought it was another chance to repay someone for the favour I'd been given decades earlier．I pulled over and picked him up．I made him comfortable on the back seat and offered him some water．

　　After a few moments of small talk, the man said to me, “You haven't changed a bit, even your red hair is still the same．” I couldn't remember where I'd met him．He then told me he was the man who had given me lunch and helped me find a lift all those years ago．It was Gordon．

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Multitasking

　　People who multitask all the time may be the worst at doing two things at once, a new research suggests．The findings, based on performances and self-evaluation by about 275 college students, indicate that many people multitask not out of a desire to increase productivity, but because they are easily distracted(分心)and can't focus on one activity．And “those people turn out to be the worst at handling different things,” said David Sanbonmatsu, a psychologist at the University of Utah．

　　Sanbonmatsu and his colleagues gave the students a set of tests and asked them to report how often they multitasked, how good they thought they were at it, and how sensation-seeking(寻求刺激)or imperative(冲动) they were．They then evaluated the participants' multitasking ability with a tricky mental task that required the students to do simple mathematical calculations while remembering a set of letters．

　　Not surprisingly, the scientists said, most people thought they were better than average at multitasking, and those who thought they were better at it were more likely to report using a cellphone while driving or viewing multiple kinds of media at once．But those who frequently deal with many things at the same time were found to perform the worst at the actual multitasking test．They also were more likely to admit to sensation-seeking and impulsive behavior, which connects with how easily people get bored and distracted．

　　“People multitask not because it's going to lead to greater productivity, but because they're distractible, and they get sucked into things that are not as important．” Sanbonmatsu said．

　　Adam Gazzaley, a researcher at the University of California, San Francisco, who was not a member of the research group, said one limitation of the study was that it couldn't find out whether people who start out less focused toward multitasking or whether people's recognizing and understanding abilities change as a result of multitasking．

　　The findings do suggest, however, why the sensation-seeker who multitask the most may enjoy risky distracted driving．“People who are multitasking are generally less sensitive to risky situations．” said Paul Atchley, another researcher not in the group．“This may partly explain why people go in for these situations even though they're dangerous．”

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Does Fame Drive You Crazy？

　　Although being famous might sound like a dream come true, today's star, feeling like zoo animals, face pressures that few of us can imagine．They are at the center of much of the world's attention．Paparazzi(狗仔队)camp outside their homes, cameras ready．Tabloids(小报)publish thrilling stories about their personal lives．Just

　　imagine not being able to do anything without being photographed or interrupted for a signature．

　　According to psychologist Christina Villareal, celebrities － famous people － worry constantly about their public appearance．Eventually, they start to lose track of who they really are, seeing themselves the way their fans imagine them, not as the people they were before everyone knew their names．“Over time,” Villareal says, “they feel separated and alone．”

　　The phenomenon of tracking celebrities has been around for ages．In the 4th century B．C．, painters followed Alexander the Great into battle, hoping to picture his victories for his admirers．When Charles Dickens visited America in the 19th century, his sold-out readings attracted thousands of fans, leading him to complain(抱怨) about his lack of privacy．Tabloids of the 1920s and 1930s ran articles about film-stars in much the same way that modern tabloids and websites do．

　　Being a public figure today, however, is a lot more difficult than it used to be．Superstars cannot move about without worrying about photographers with modern cameras．When they say something silly or do something ridiculous, there is always the Internet to spread the news in minutes and keep their “story” alive forever．

　　If fame is so troublesome, why aren't all celebrities running away from it? The answer is there are still ways to deal with it．Some stars stay calm by surrounding themselves with trusted friends and family or by escaping to remote places away from big cities．They focus not on how famous they are but on what they love to do or whatever made them famous in the first place．

　　Sometimes a few celebrities can get a little justice．Still, even stars who enjoy full justice often complain about how hard their lives are．They are tired of being famous already．

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