★The regular use of text messages and e-mails can lower the IQ more than twice as much as smoking marijuana(大麻). Psychologists say that sending/receiving messages or looking through the many menu options your mobile phone has, lowers a person’s IQ by almost 10 points. British researchers have named this situation “infomania”. Instead of fixed on what they are doing, people’s minds are constantly focused on reacting to the technology surrounding them. This means they don’t pay full attention to the work they are paid to do. The report also added that the brain can not do so many things at once. If you try to do too many things, mistakes begin to occur. And while modern technology can have huge benefits, too much use can be damaging not only to a person’s mind, but to their social life.

★The more televisions 4-year-old children watch, the more likely they are to become bullies later on in school, a newest U.S. study said. At the same time, children whose parents read to them, take them on outings and just generally pay attention to them are less likely to become bullies, said the  report from the University of Washington. Researchers also found gaps in learning and understanding such things as social skills early in life makes it more difficult for children to relate with other children. Watching violence on television leads to aggressive behavior.

★You could soon be able to add your favorite perfume to your e-mails. UK net provider Telewest Broadband is testing a system to let people send e-mails over the Internet with sweet smell. It has developed a kind of hi-tech air freshener that plugs into a PC and sprays a smell linked to the message. Telewest says it could be used by supermarkets to attract people with the smell of fresh bread or by holiday companies seeking to stir up images of sun-kissed beachers.

1..

 What does “infomania” refer to according to the first part of the text?

A. A situation in which a person uses his mobile phone too much.

B. A situation in which a person has his IQ lowered using his mobile phone.

C. A situation in which a person performs badly at work..

D. A situation in which a person lowers his IQ using his mobile phone improperly.

2..

 According to the second part of the text, _____ are less likely to become bullies.

   A. children whose parents care about them

   B. children whose parents give them more freedom

   C. children whose parents direct them over watching TV

   D. children whose parents stop them watching TV

3..

 The children who watch TV  frequently will not ______.

   A. be aggressive                 

B. be likely to become bullies

   C. have difficulty in communicating with other children

   D. understand socially skills as easily

4..

 The new system provided by Telewest Broadband can _____.

   A. be used as a kind of air freshener

B. make people have imagination of sun kissed beachers

C. make people smell fresh bread

D. make e-mails smelly over the Internet

 

★The regular use of text messages and e-mails can lower the IQ more than twice as much as smoking marijuana(大麻). Psychologists say that sending/receiving messages or looking through the many menu options your mobile phone has, lowers a person’s IQ by almost 10 points. British researchers have named this situation “infomania”. Instead of fixed on what they are doing, people’s minds are constantly focused on reacting to the technology surrounding them. This means they don’t pay full attention to the work they are paid to do. The report also added that the brain can not do so many things at once. If you try to do too many things, mistakes begin to occur. And while modern technology can have huge benefits, too much use can be damaging not only to a person’s mind, but to their social life.
★The more televisions 4-year-old children watch, the more likely they are to become bullies later on in school, a newest U.S. study said. At the same time, children whose parents read to them, take them on outings and just generally pay attention to them are less likely to become bullies, said the  report from the University of Washington. Researchers also found gaps in learning and understanding such things as social skills early in life makes it more difficult for children to relate with other children. Watching violence on television leads to aggressive behavior.
★You could soon be able to add your favorite perfume to your e-mails. UK net provider Telewest Broadband is testing a system to let people send e-mails over the Internet with sweet smell. It has developed a kind of hi-tech air freshener that plugs into a PC and sprays a smell linked to the message. Telewest says it could be used by supermarkets to attract people with the smell of fresh bread or by holiday companies seeking to stir up images of sun-kissed beachers.
【小题1】.
What does “infomania” refer to according to the first part of the text?

A．A situation in which a person uses his mobile phone too much.

B．A situation in which a person has his IQ lowered using his mobile phone.

C．A situation in which a person performs badly at work..

D．A situation in which a person lowers his IQ using his mobile phone improperly.

【小题2】.
According to the second part of the text, _____ are less likely to become bullies.

A．children whose parents care about them

B．children whose parents give them more freedom

C．children whose parents direct them over watching TV

D．children whose parents stop them watching TV

【小题3】.
The children who watch TV  frequently will not ______.

A．be aggressive

B．be likely to become bullies

C．have difficulty in communicating with other children

D．understand socially skills as easily

【小题4】.
The new system provided by Telewest Broadband can _____.

A．be used as a kind of air freshener

B．make people have imagination of sun kissed beachers

C．make people smell fresh bread

D．make e-mails smelly over the Internet

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

I recently heard a story about a famous scientist who had made several very important medical breakthroughs. He was being interviewed by a reporter who asked him    36   he thought he was able to be so much more    37   than the average person.

He    38   that it all came from a(n)   39   with his mother that occurred when he was about 2. He had been trying to remove milk from the fridge when he    40   the slippery(光滑的) bottle, its contents running all over the kitchen floor.

When his mother came in,    41   shouting at him or giving him a lecture, she said, "Robert, what a great and wonderful    42   you have made! I have    43   seen such a huge pool of milk. Well, the damage has already been    44  . Would you like to get down and    45   in the milk for a few minutes before we clean it up?"

Indeed, he did. After a few minutes, his mother said, "Robert, whenever you make a mess like this, eventually you have to    46   everything to its proper order. So, how would you like to do that? We could use a sponge(海绵), a towel or a mop. Which do you prefer?" He chose the sponge.

His mother then said, "You know, what we have here is a    47   experiment in how to effectively carry a big milk bottle with two    48   hands. Let's go out in the back yard and fill the bottle with water and see if you can make it." The little boy learned that if he    49   the bottle at the top near the lip with both hands, he could carry it without dropping it. What a wonderful    50  !

This scientist then remarked that it was at that moment that he knew he didn't need to be    51  to make mistakes. Instead, he learned that mistakes were just    52   for learning something new, which is,    53  , what scientific experiments are all about. Even if the experiment "doesn't   54  ," we usually learn something    55   from it.

36. A. why                          B. what                    C. when                    D. how

37. A. capable                      B. able                       C. creative                 D. original

38. A. responded                B. reacted                  C. recalled                 D. reminded

39. A. coincidence             B. experience            C. incident                       D. conflict

40. A. fell                                B. lost                          C. escaped                    D. dropped

41. A. rather than                 B. instead of                C. other than                 D. in place of

42. A. picture                      B. mass                      C. map                       D. mess

43. A. rarely                        B. happily                  C. frequently               D. angrily

44. A. obtained                    B. suffered                 C. done                       D. received

45. A. jump                         B. play                        C. enjoy                       D. draw

46. A. recover                      B. return                   C. restore                        D. regain

47. A. failed                             B. successful              C. fantastic               D. painful

48. A. strong                        B. tiny                       C. thin                       D. weak

49. A. controlled                B. possessed              C. seized                     D. grasped

50. A. example                     B. teaching                   C. lesson                      D. instruction

51. A. anxious                   B. nervous                  C. fearful                    D. afraid

52. A. situations                   B. opportunities            C. occasions                D. turns

53. A. after all                            B. above all                C. first of all                 D. in all

54. A. do                             B. finish                    C. go                        D. work

55. A. worthy                      B. costly                     C. valuable                   D. interesting

 

Some say every day miracles are predestined (注定的)---- All that’s necessary is readiness, the right circumstance for the appointed meeting. And it can happen anywhere.  

In 1999, 11-year-old Kevin Stephan was a bat boy for his younger brother's Little League team in Lancaster, New York. It was an early evening in late July. Kevin was standing on the grass away from the plate, where another youngster was warming up for the next game. Swinging his bat back and forth, and giving it all the power an elementary school kid could give, the boy brought the bat back hard and hit Kevin in the chest. His heart stopped.  

When Kevin fell to the ground, the mother of one of the players rushed out of the stands to his aid. Penny Brown hadn't planned to be there that day, but at the last minute,she had changed  her shift (轮班) at the hospital, and she was given the night off. Penny bent over the senseless boy, his face already starting to turn blue, and giving CPR, breathing into his mouth and giving chest compressions (按压). And he came to life.

After his recovery, he became a volunteer junior firefighter, learning some of the emergency first-aid techniques that had saved his life. He studied hard in school and was saving money for college by working as a dishwasher in a local restaurant in his spare time.

Kevin, now 17, was working in the kitchen when he heard people screaming, customers in confusion, employees rushing toward a table. He hurried into the main room and saw a woman there, her face turning blue, her hands at her throat. She was choking .

Quickly Kevin stepped behind her, wrapped his arms around her and clasped his hands. Then, using skills he'd first learned in Scouts, the food that was trapped in the woman's throat was freed. The color began to return to her face.

“The food was stuck. I couldn't breathe,” she said. She thought she was dying. “I was very frightened.”

Who was the woman?

Penny Brown.

1.Kevin Stephan fell to the ground and fainted probably because ________.

A．he stood close to the boy who was swinging his bat

B．he suffered from heart attack all of a sudden

C．he was too excited when watching the game

D．he swung the bat too hard to keep his balance

2.Which of the following statements is True of Kevin Stephan?

A．He was hit on the face by a boy and almost lost his life.

B．He was a volunteer junior firefighter, teaching the players first-aid skills.

C．He worked part-time in a local restaurant to save money for college.

D．He saved Penny Brown though he didn’t really know how to deal with food choke

3.Why did Penny Brown change her shift and was given the night off that night?

A．She was there to give her son directions.

B．She volunteered to give medical services.

C．She was a little worried about her son’s safety.

D．She came to watch her son’s game and cheered him .

 

根据文章大意及首字母，用适当的词完成短文（共6小题，每小题1分，满分6分）

Xiao Ming knows English plays an important 1.r_______in today's world. So he works hard to enlarge his vocabulary, for he believes that the more English words he learns, the better his English will be. And his English is improving rapidly because of his hard work.

In this year's summer holiday, he went to the UK, where he grasped every 2.o_____to speak to the3.n_____English speakers. He tried to speak English with British 4.a_______ . He also found that sometimes the Britons and the Americans use different words for the same thing. For example, the Americans say gas, 5.e_______ ,apartment and candy, while the Britons say petrol, lift, flat and 6.s______.