You must have seen ads on TV about hair care products （护发用品）. The models have shining hair like jewels （珠宝）. But now to make hair shine is no longer the task of hair care products, because hair can be made into real jewels. Believe it or not, a company called LifeGem in the US turns hair into jewels.
The company is in the business of taking hair from dead people and making it into diamonds （钻石）. The diamonds are for the families to remember the dead people.
Now the company plans to make three diamonds using Beethoven's hair to show their latest technology （技术）. The work will take about 7 months and in the end, Beethoven's long hair will become 3 shining diamonds between 0.5 to 1 carat （克拉）in size.
Since the great musician died in 1827, you may wonder how they got Beethoven's hair. Actually, the hair was given by John Rezniloff, who holds the Guinness World Record for the largest and most valuable collection of celebrities' （名人） hair. His collection also includes hair of Napoleon, Albert Einstein,  Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy. In total,  the collection is worth over 5 million dollars.
Though it sounds unbelievable （难以置信）, to have such diamonds made with hair may be a good way to show respect （尊敬） and love to those who died.
【小题1】What does the company of LifeGem do?

A．It buys shining hair.

B．It produces hair care products.

C．It uses hair to make jewels.

D．It sells expensive diamonds to famous people.

【小题2】Why does the company decide to make diamonds out of Beethoven's hair?

A．To show the latest technology.

B．To make the biggest diamond.

C．To make the most shining diamond.

D．To help the dead people become famous.

【小题3】How long will the work take?

A．Half a month.

B．One month.

C．Three months.

D．Seven months.

【小题4】What does the underlined word "it" refer to?

A．The collection of celebrities' hair.

B．The making of hair care products.

C．To make diamonds with hair.

D．The Guinness World Record.

请先阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各小题所给的A,B,C,D四个选项中选出最恰当的10个，用其适当形式填空白，并将答案写在答题卷的相应位置。每个词限用一次。（每小题1分）

 

so  start easy  badly  someone  difficult if   thank   class    reporter    medical  succeed

 

Proving Them Wrong!

I' m John Wood, a doctor at a famous Boston hospital. During the first two years of high school, I found biology very 1. . My report cards always said things like "must study harder" or "John shouldn't choose science 2. ." It was really terrible for3.who had always dreamed of becoming a doctor. I lost confidence, so I left high school x j at sixteen and   4.   working at a supermarket.

One evening I saw a documentary about Albert Einstein. According to the documentary, Einstein had done really 5.at school. I began to think that Einstein could 6. , then I may have a chance, too. I didn't want to leave my job, 7. I decided to go to night school to finish high school. Two years later, I went to a   8. university.

I've often thought I should contact the   9.   the Einstein documentary

and   10.   him. As for the biology teacher, I might contact her, too, one day - but not to thank her!

 

School education is very important and useful. The students both learn knowledge and get educated. Yet, no one can learn everything from school. Scientists, such as Edison, Newton, Galileo and Einstein, didn't learn everything from school. They learnt a lot of knowledge outside school or practiced a lot themselves. A teacher, though he knows a lot, can't teach his students everything.

　　The teacher's job is to teach his students how to learn, how to read and how to think. A good teacher with rich experience in teaching can teach his students the methods (="ways)" of study. Through these methods students are able to learn and get a lot of things by themselves.

Usually it's very easy for students to memorize some knowledge, but it is difficult to use it to solve problems. If a teacher really teaches students the ability(能力) of how to use knowledge, it means the teacher has learned lots of knowledge by himself(or herself). The success in learning shows he or she knows how how how to study.

根据课文内容选择最佳答案（每题两分，共10分）

1.From the passage we know ________.

A．students are taught everything at school

B．a teacher can't teach his students everything

C．school is really not important and useful

D．Edison learned lots of knowledge at school

2.A teacher's job is ________.

A．to help his students with their lessons

B．to teach his students everything

C．to show his students how how to study by themselves

D．to tell them how to study

3.Choose the right order of this passage.

a．How important are the study methods for students?

b．What does the teacher's experience of success in study mean?

c．Where should students study?

d．What is the job of a teacher?

A．c,a,b,d   B．b,c,a,d

C．c,b,d,a   D．c,d,a,b

 

4.Which of the following is right?

A．If we know how to learn, we can get a lot of knowledge.

B．We can learn everything from our teachers.

C．The writer tells us that practice is more important for students than learning.

D．It is the only job for students to learn knowledge.

5.Which of the following is the best title?

A．A real job for teachers

B．Study in and outside school

C．Practice－the only way of learning

D．How to learn language

 

Thinking is something you choose to do as a fish chooses to live in water. To be human is to think. But thinking may come naturally without your knowing how you do it. Thinking about thinking is the key to critical(批判性的) thinking. When you think critically, you take control of your thinking processes（过程）. Otherwise, you might be controlled by the ideas of others. Indeed, critical thinking is at the heart of education.
The word “critical” here has a special meaning. It does not mean taking one view against another view, as when someone criticizes another person for doing something wrong. The nature of critical thinking is thinking beyond the easily seen--beyond the pictures on TV, the untrue reports in the newspapers, and the faulty reasoning.
Critical thinking is an attitude as much as an activity. If you are interested in life and want to dig deeper into it, you are a critical thinker. If you find pleasure in deep thinking about different ideas, characters, and facts, you are a critical thinker.
Activities of the mind and higher-order reasoning（推理）are processes of deep and careful consideration. They take time, and do not go hand in hand with the fast speed in today’s world: fast foods, instant coffee, and self-developing film. If you are among the people who believe that speed is a measure（尺度）of intelligence（智慧）, you may learn something new from a story about Albert Einstein. The first time Banesh Hoffman, a scientist, was to discuss his work with Albert Einstein. Hoffman was too nervous to speak. But Einstein immediately made Hoffman feel comfortable by saying, “Please go slowly. I don’t understand things quickly.” 
【小题1】Critical thinking is important to us because if we do not think critically, _______.

A．it will be hard for us to think naturally and fast

B．we might be controlled by other people’s ideas

C．we will follow the ideas of others naturally

D．we might be fooled by other people’s ideas

【小题2】If you are a critical thinker, you will ________.

A．take one view against another view

B．trust the reports in the newspapers

C．think deeply about different ideas

D．criticize other people for their mistakes

【小题3】 In the last paragraph, “something new” suggests that ________.

A．speed can improve intelligence

B．intelligence is not decided by speed

C．the smarter you are, the faster you do things

D．the faster you do things, the smarter you become

 

阅读下列短文,从所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案.

         A young man once asked Albert Einstein, the great scientist,  66  the secret of success（成功） is. The scientist told him that the secret of success is  67  work. A few days later the young man asked him the same question again. Einstein was very  68 . He did not say  69 , but wrote  70  words on a piece of paper and handed it  71  the young man. The young man looked at the piece of paper.  72  it was written: A=X+Y+Z.

         “What does this mean?” asked the young man.

         “A means success,” explained the old scientist. “X stands for（代表） hard work, Y stands for good methods（方法）, and Z…, Z means stopping  73  and getting down to work.”

1.A. how                     B. what                       C. which                     D. why

2.A. hard                    B. easy                        C. good                       D. bad

3.A. pleased              B. happy                     C. angry                      D. sorry

4. A. anything           B. nothing                  C. something            D. everything

5. A. a little                B. little                 C. a few                        D. few

6.A. for                       B. to                               C. of                         D. with

7. A. Over                   B. On                           C. In                   D. At

8.A. talk                      B. to talk               C. talked               D. talking