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　　Man has a big brain(脑)．He can think, learn and speak．Scientists once thought that man was different from animals 　　1　　 they can think and learn．They know now that dogs, monkeys, birds can learn, too．

　　They are beginning to understand that men are different from animals because they can speak．Animals can’t speak．They make noises when they are afraid, or unhappy．Apes(类人猿)can understand some things more quickly 　　2　　 man．One or two of them have learned 　　3　　 words．But they can not join words to 　　4　　 sentences．They can not think 　　5　　 us because they have 　　6　　 language．Language is a wonderful thing．Man has been able to build a modern world because he has language．　　7　　 child can speak his own language very well when he is four or five, 　　8　　 no animals learn to speak．　　9　　 do children learn it?Scientists don’t really know．　　10　　 happens inside our body when we speak?They don’t know．They only know that man can speak because he has a brain．

Read the following passage and answer the following questions in complete sentences：Write your answers in your answer sheet：

　　Hello．It’s one of the first words we learn as babies, yet it’s one of the last words we think to use as adults today．That’s unfortunate, because saying hello is more than just saying hello——it is recognition of another’s worth．How might the world change——how might we change——if we mastered this word? To find out, I spent one month saying hello to every person I met．Here’s what I’ve learned．

　　It can boost(促进)productivity．In one of the few studies ever done on this subject, Allan All day, an assistant professor of special education at Oklahoma State University, had middle school teachers greet their students individually each morning．This exchange of greetings raised the kids’ productivity．School went from impersonal to personal, and that resulted in more class participation and better grades．

　　Environments influence friendliness．One study found that people in the city were less likely to shake hands with a stranger than those in the countryside．My experience was similar．Whatever the reason, my urban hellos were answered far less often than my rural ones．Similarly, people in vacation spots were far friendlier than those hurrying work downtown．

　　It’s a form of universal health insurance．It’s impossible to say hello without smiling．And smiling has been shown to lower blood pressure, relieve stress and boost happiness．Apparently, a smile creates a similar effect in the recipient(接受者)．

So maybe we can make the world a better place by ________．After a month of doing it, I feel lighter and I have a better sense of well-being．

1．What does the author say about the adults’ saying hello today?

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2．Which sentence in the text is the closest in meaning to the following one?

Teachers and students got friendlier so that the students became more active in learning and scored higher in tests．

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3．Fill in the blank in Paragraph 5 with proper words．(within 5 words)

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4．What are the three effects of smiling on health according to the text．(within 8 words)

Smiling can ________

Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each paragraph．There is one extra heading that you do not need．

Even Intelligent People Can Fail

1．________

The unusual things about the innovators(创新者)who succeeded in making our modern world is how often they failed．Turn on a light, take a photograph, watch TV, search the web, jet across the Pacific Ocean, talk on a cell-phone．The innovators who left us these things had to find the way to success through a maze(错综复杂)of wrong turns．

2．________

We have just celebrated the 125th anniversary of American innovator Thomas Edison’s success in heating a thin line to white, hot heat for 14 hours in his lab in New Jersey, US．He did that on October 22, 1879, and followed up a month later by keeping a thread of common cardboard alight(点亮着的)in an airless space for 45 hours．Three years later he went on to light up half a square mile of downtown Manhattan, even though only one of the six power plants in his design worked when he turned it on, on September 4, 1882．

3．________

“Many of life’s failures,” Edison said, “are because that people did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up．” Before that magical moment in October 1879, Edison had worked out no fewer than 3,000 theories about electric light．But in only two cases did his experiments work．

4．________

No one likes failure, but the smart innovators learn from it．Mark Gumz, the head of a camera maker, attributes some of the company’s successes in technology to understanding failure．His popular phrase is：“You only fail when you quit．”

5．________

Over two centuries, the most common quality of the innovators has been persistence(坚忍不拔)．That is another way of saying they had the emotional ability to keep on with what they were doing．Walt Disney, the founder of Disneyland, was so penniless after a series of financial failures that he was left shoeless in his office because he could not afford the ＄1.50 to get his shoes from the repair shop．Pioneering car maker Henry Ford failed with one company and was forced out of another before he developed the Model T Car．

Complete the passage with the proper words in the box．Each word can only be used once．One word is not needed．

　　The speeches of US President Barack Obama have become the favorite way for Japanese to study the English language．Japanese publishers have been 　　1　　 the market with over a dozen language-learning titles．Companies are trying to enter a foreign-language teaching 　　2　　 which was 　　3　　 at ＄8.6 billion in 2008 by some research institutes．

　　Why is there such a huge Japanese market for recordings and books of Obama's speeches? Japanese say that listening to Obama speak is a good way to 　　4　　 their English-speaking skills．

　　Most Japanese, including those studying English, would have difficulty 　　5　　 a speech given by a native English speaker．But “Obama's English is easy to understand because he can 　　6　　 words clearly and speaks at a relatively slow speed,” said Professor Tadaharu Nikaido, a communication specialist．“Movies 　　7　　 to be the most difficult for Japanese, especially when actors mumble(咕哝)their words．” Obama sets his 　　8　　 of vocabulary wide enough to accommodate(迎合)all levels of English speakers, Nikaido added, and at the lower end, it sometimes comes within the range of non-native speakers' comprehension．

　　The Obama speech phenomenon has given way to more books and magazines that focus on how Obama's communication skills might be 　　9　　 in Japan for business and political purposes．At least half a dozen books and magazine covers of this kind have appeared in the past several months in Japan．

Read the passage carefully．Then answer the questions or complete the statements in no more than ten words：

　　We read and hear a lot about healthy eating in newspapers and on TV nowadays．Experts and nutritionists tell us what to eat, when to eat and how to eat to stay healthy, Some of their advice seems reasonable．Some just sounds strange．Who can we rely on?

　　Well, ask yourself another question：How did people choose foods and stay healthy before there were nutrition experts? We relied on culture, which is another way of saying：on tradition and common sense．

　　All of us carry around rules of thumb about eating that have been passed down in our families or plucked(采集)from culture．Earlier this year, US writer Michael Pollen posted a request about these rules on The New York Times website．Within days, he received more than 2,500 responses．Not all of them have stood the test of time or been confirmed by science, but all of them have something to teach us, Pollen said．

　　Here are some of Pollen’s favorites：

　　●My parents are both from Italy, and one of our family rules was that you could not leave the table until you had finished your fruit．It was a great way to put fruit into our diets and also helped satiate(满足)our sweet tooth, keeping us away from less healthful sweets．–Marta C．Larusso

　　●From my Romanian grandmother：“Breakfast, you should eat alone．Lunch, you should share with a friend．Dinner, give to your enemy．”–Irina A．Dumitrescu

　　●Don’t eat anything that took more energy to ship than to grow．–Carrie Cizauskas

　　●“It’s better to pay the grocer(食品商)than the doctor” was the saying that my Italian grandmother would frequently use to remind us of the love and attention to detail that went in to her cooking–John Forti

　　●If you are not hungry enough to eat an apple, then you are not hungry．–Emma Fogt

　　●“Make and take your own lunch to work．” My father has always done this, and so have I．It saves money and you know what you are eating．–Hope Donovan Rider

　　●Never eat something that is pretending to be something else, e．g．：chocolate-flavor sauce that doesn’t contain chocolate．–Sonya Legg

1．Other than health experts, which other sources are there for us to turn to for advice on diet?

2．What does the underlined sentence imply?

3．According to Marta C．Larusso, we can both satiate our sweet tooth and keep away from less healthful sweets by ________

4．What did John Forti’s grandmother mean when she said, “It’s better to pay the grocer than the doctor．”?

Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each paragraph．There is one extra heading that you do not need．

1．The Marine Science Center offers nearly four hours of an educational adventure．Observing rehabilitating Sea Turtles, lab experiments, taking our Exhibit Gallery challenge, and learning from educational beach activities are a unique and fun way to educate all ages about the fragile environment in Florida．

2．We require a 1 to 10 ratio of chaperones to students．All chaperones within that ratio are free．The fee is ＄3 per student and ＄6 per any extra adult chaperones．The fee includes a three and a half hour program with interactive activities for the students．Payment should be made upon the arrival to the Marine Science Center．Please make checks payable to：County of Volusia Marine Science Center．

3．This program can accommodate groups up to forty students．The students must be divided into groups of ten prior to arrival to the center．The students will be rotated throughout all of the activities provided．

4．The Marine Science Center is located

The Marine Science Center is located at 100 Lighthouse Drive in Ponce Inlet．If arriving by bus, please stop the bus on the north(right)side of Lighthouse Drive directly across from the Marine Science Center entrance sign．Students will be escorted up the main sidewalk to the front entrance of the Marine Science Center．If arriving by separate cars, please park in the main parking lot to the right on Lighthouse Drive．Take the boardwalk to the Marine Science Center．

5．The bus must be available to take students to and from the Marine Science Center and Lighthouse Point Park during the field trip for beach activities．Upon arrival the driver will get specific instructions on your program schedule．

Complete the passage with the proper words in the box．Each word can only be used once．One word is not needed．

　　After months of waiting, Chinese TV 　　1　　 finally got to see the first episode of "China's Got Talent " in late July．With the episodes(集)　　2　　 so far, the show has won millions of fans, but has also triggered controversy(引起争议)．"China's Got Talent" is a British-owned Chinese reality show put on by Dragon TV in Shanghai．It features 　　3　　 of all types and ages competing for a performing contract with Fremantle Media and Sony Music Entertainment．

　　The plan is to have the finalists of "China's Got Talent," the winners of Britain's Got Talent, and the American and European versions of the show to perform together at the Shanghai Expo Culture Center．

　　The 　　4　　 episode of the show, last Sunday, 　　5　　 a young man with no arms playing piano with his feet．

　　Liu Wei who has been playing the piano since he was 19, 　　6　　 the audience and judges to tears with his performance．The 23-year-old said his motto was to "Die 　　7　　 or live 　　8　　．" He said he would never complain and would fight to make his dreams come true．Another act in Sunday's show was a poor couple who run a street food stall in Shanghai．The husband said he was taking part in the show to make his wife's dreams come true．She is a 　　9　　 singer and wants to buy a karaoke machine but they can't afford one．Their story also brought tears to the eyes of the judges．

Read the following passage carefully．Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words．

　　You’ re lost in the world of dreams while sleeping．You roll over, smiling as you encounter a swimming pool filled with chocolate．And then your wonderful dream becomes a nightmare where someone is screaming “CET UP!”－This is just what every teenager goes through each morning!

　　Now, there seems to be one school that finally understands that requiring teens to show up at 9∶00 a. m. is cruel to both the kids and the school．The Monkseaton High School in Britain recently did an experiment to see if there was any difference in student behavior if they just pouched back the start of their day by one hour, from 9∶0 a. m. to 10∶00 a. m. And the results are astonishing．Since using the later start, Monkseaton has seen higher test scores．One of the reasons, of course, is that the teenagers are much happier to have the extra hour of sleep, but there is also a scientific reason behind why they need the extra sleep．

　　The school’s decision to push back the time was based on research conducted by Oxford professor Russell Foster．He concluded that teenagers have different sleep cycles from adults．That is to say, teenagers go to bed late and wake up last．While adults are alert and ready at 8 a. m., teenagers are not fully awake, until 10 a. m., sometimes even noon．Memory tests prove that the more difficult classes should be in the afternoon when teenagers are most alert．

　　Teachers may argue that their students perform better in the morning．But in reality it is because in the morning their students are still sleepy, and are easier to control．By lunch, teachers are exhausted and kids are ready to go giving the impression that students lose concentration over the day．

　　The Monkseaton school officials are definitely encouraged by the results and plan on voting in June to make it a permanent change．Now if only the rest of the high schools in the world would follow their example, and allow all teens to get some extra zzzz’s．personally, as a tired sixteen-year-old, a late start would help me and my chemistry grade rise．

　　(Note：Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN 13 WORDS．)

1．The Monkseaton High School did the research to see ________．

2．What does the “scientific reason” in Paragraph 2 refer to? ________．

3．Memory tests show that teenagers are most ________ in the afternoon．

4．Why do children seem to perform better in the mooring? ________．

Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from the list A-F for each paragraph．There is one extra heading which you do not need．

A．Hollywood-a Place Associated with Film and TV

B．Famous Film Factories in Hollywood

C．Other Entertainment Businesses in Hollywood

D．Hollywood, where Actors Begin Their Dreams

E．Major Films Produced in Hollywood

F．How the American Movie Industry Was Born

1．The words film and television are the first to be associated with the place Hollywood．A district in Lost Angeles in the western United States, Hollywood pretty much shows what the American film and television industry is all about．The many functions that are required to make a film product can all happen in this one location．This includes filming in studios, film editing, post-production and even casting of actors．

2．Hollywood is every actor’s dream．It has given fame and fortune to many names and faces for almost a century．The place has produced hundreds of hit movies, making it the movie capital of the world．This is one of the reasons why many aspiring actors across America try their luck out in Hollywood．They gain quite a decent living by acting for films and various television shows that are produced there．

3．The name Hollywood was already existent long before it became famous as a movie powerhouse．In fact, Hollywood wouldn’t be what it is if it wasn’t for a small troop of actors that ventured into it in 1910．The place was a small village just north of Los Angeles．The very first movie to be filmed there was In Old California．After rumors(谣言)spread out that California was such a great place to shoot movies, directors from all over America began to bring their projects out west into Hollywood．

4．Today, most motion picture productions still happen in and about Hollywood．But major picture houses have had to build their properties in other places surrounding Hollywood because of the lack of real estate(地产)．At present, the only studio left within the limits of Hollywood is Paramount Studios．Other landmarks that can be found are the Kodak Theater and the Hollywood Hotel, which is now home to the famous Oscars．The famous Hollywood Walk of Fame can also be found there．

5．Aside from being the film industry’s powerhouse in movie-making and television programming, Hollywood is also home to many venues and theaters that host award shows like the Academy Awards．It is popular among tourists and is known for having one of the best nightlife recreation facilities in the world．Music studios have also set up their businesses in Hollywood．

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　　The ancient religions of the Greeks and Romans were based on myths．Originally the word meant“spoken words”or stories．Nowadays myths refer to tales without a kernel of truth, or fantasies．

　　In nearly every civilization people tried to control their surroundings and the things happening around them to make them less threatening．In prehistoric cultures myths were used to explain natural phenomena．Ancient civilizations saw the earth as the goddess because of its fertility．Other phenomena like wind, lightning and thunder also were brought into connection with supernatural forces．The people felt themselves surrounded by gods and completely dependent．

　　The Greek myths also originated in that manner, but had more functions．They also explained the beginning of the world and the origin of man．Furthermore, the myths kept alive the memories of the foundation of important cities as well as the heroic deeds of civilizations and individuals．The tales of heroes, human beings with often supernatural capacities, gave men examples of perfection．During the whole Classical Period people believed the myths, but over time they came to be taken less and less seriously．

　　During the Greek Period myths were spread by word of mouth．The singing of mythical events was an important aspect of religious ritual．Many singers traveled around and sang the tales they heard on their way．

　　The first collection of myths was the work of Homer．He was blind, and to survive he collected traditional stories and let them been written down by others．The books of his that we know are the Iliad and the Odyssey．The first author to write about the beginning of the world and its deities was Hesiod in the 18the century．