根据短文内容，从下框A-F选项中选出能概括每一段主题的最佳选项，选项中有一项为多余项。

A. Look up things in the dictionary. B. Figure out things on your own. C. Exercise your mind in different ways. D. Study more effectively. E. Be more curious. F. Do some research.

How to become more intelligent

Are you embarrassed when you don’t know the answer to a teacher’s question? Everybody has those times when they just feel like they don’t know anything. Of course, you can’t know everything, but no matter how smart you are, you can start becoming more intelligent today.

61.       

How do some people get to know so much? Good memory skills are only part of the answer: you also have to be curious. If you’re satisfied going through life with little or no understanding of things you’re unfamiliar with, you won’t learn much. Make a conscious effort to be more curious by reminding yourself that developing your curiosity will broaden your horizons and help to make you more intelligent.

62.       

Curiosity without initiative (主动性) is like having a car that’s out of gas—it won’t take you anywhere. Fortunately, when it comes to knowledge you’re never far from success. If you read a word that you don’t know, look it up in the dictionary. If you wonder how airplanes fly, read a book about it. If you want to know more about politics, pick up a newspaper. With the appearance of Internet, there’s less excuse for not finding something out that you want to know.

63.       

If you know how to use references, from an Internet search engine to an encyclopedia (百科全书), you’ll be able to find the information you want more quickly and effectively. Effective research skills will nourish your curiosity because you’ll become more confident in your ability to get knowledge. If your research skills leave something to be desired, take a class or workshop on how to research, ask a librarian or teacher or simply practise researching.

64.       

There’s a lot more to intelligence than “book smarts”. We can learn to perform everyday tasks at work, home and school better and more intelligently. If you don’t know how to do something, you’d better not ask somebody else to do it for you or show you how. In most cases, you’ll be able to figure it out on your own, either by trial-and-error or by researching. While it usually takes longer to figure something out than it does to ask about it, you’ll learn more about the overall process, and you’ll remember it better. Most importantly, you’ll exercise your problem-solving skills instead of your “do as you’re told” skills.

65.       

Most of us are good at the things we do well in naturally or the activities we do every day. Challenge yourself to learn a new skill or to think in a different way, however, and you’ll actually become more intelligent. Choose something you’d like to learn to do, or a subject you don’t do well in and focus on it. At first, you may be uncomfortable and feel even less intelligent than you did before, but if you study or practise hard, you’ll become more confident, and you’ll make new connections in your mind.

 

       阅读下面短文，掌握大意，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

       Growing trees in the concrete jungle of Los Angels brings neighbors benefits beyond beauty．

       As the  1of TreePeople, a nonprofit organization he founded in 1973, Andy, now 54, has inspired hundreds of thousands of volunteers to  2plant more than two million trees throughout Southern California．

       TreePeople 3tools, blueprints, planting demonstrations, and tree-care supervisors free to all the participants,  4me．“You will need their support,” Andy said, referring to my neighbors．“5the community behind you, the trees you plant will die in five years．” So I started knocking on doors, hoping to share  6I’d learnt in TreePeople’s seminar（培训班） about the critical role of trees in removing smog from the  7, cooling our homes and preventing water runoff．

       Strange  8it may seem, some people are afraid of trees．“The roots destroy sidewalks,” one neighbor said, “  9will ruin my pipes．And I don’t want leaves．”  10told me．

       When I called Andy about the  11I was getting from my neighbors, he encouraged me to keep trying．So my son and my wife delivered cookies while I went door to door．It  12us half a year to sign permission forms from 16 neighbors for 21 trees．

       When the big day arrived, I was excited and  13．What if I threw a planting tree and  14else came? But as I set out shovels（铁铲）, my son and wife made cakes and doughnuts,  15started to gather．Friends brought friends．Neighbors came with cousins and grandchildren．A local middle school even  16with half the seventh grade．More than 300 people joined us．

       Then Andy led us in a  17: welcoming each tree into the world and  18it name．After the ceremony, as I shook hands with volunteers and my neighbors, I  19help but feel we’d accomplished  20great．After all, trees need people, and people need trees．

1.A．friend                      B．interviewer          C．president             D．volunteer

2.A．bravely                    B．actively               C．anxiously             D．generously

3.A．supports                  B．affords                C．shows                 D．provides

4.A．including                 B．considering          C．containing           D．reminding

5.A．For                         B．Without               C．With                   D．Except

6.A．what                       B．which                 C．that                     D．how

7.A．cloud                      B．wind                   C．sky                     D．air

8.A．while                       B．if                        C．however              D．as

9.A．You                         B．I                         C．They                   D．It

10.A．The other               B．Another               C．Other                  D．Others

11.A．resistance               B．acceptance          C．agreement           D．praise

12.A．spent                     B．paid                    C．took                    D．covered

13.A．moved                   B．disappointed         C．surprised             D．nervous

14.A．everybody              B．nobody                C．somebody           D．anybody

15.A．volunteers              B．journalists            C．friends                D．neighbors

16.A．made up                B．took up               C．showed up          D．cheered up

17.A．ceremony              B．march                 C．activity                D．celebration

18.A．calling                   B．leaving                C．making                D．giving

19.A．wouldn’t                B．shouldn’t             C．couldn’t              D．needn’t

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

 

完形填空：

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～25各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案．

(A)

　A class of small boys in a German school had been making a lot of noise, so their teacher decided 　1　． He kept them in the classroom after the other boys 　2　and told them to add all the numbers from 1 to 100 together．

　The boys sadly 　3　their exercise books and began to write the numbers down—all of them 　4　one boy, who had been in that school only for a few days． This boy looked out of the window for a few moments, wrote a number in his exercise book and 　5　his hand．

　“May I go home when I've found the answer, sir? ” he asked．

　“Yes, you may, ” answered the teacher．

　“Well, I've found it, sir” said the boy．

　The teacher and the other boys were all very surprised．

　“　 6　,” said the teacher．

　The boy brought it． It was quite correct, so the teacher had to let the boy go home． The next morning, the 　7　teacher asked the new boy how he had found the answer so quickly．

　　　“Well, sir, ” he said, “I thought that there 　8　the answer, and I found one, you see, If you add 100 to 1, you get 101, and if you add 99 to 2, you also get 101, 98 to 3 is 101 too, and if you go on until you reach 51 and 50, you have 101 fifty times, which is 5050． ”

　After this, the teacher gave the boy 　9　the other boys in the class． His name was Karl Friedrich Gauss, and when he 　10　, he became a famous professor of mathematics．

　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　

1． A． to frighten all of them	B． to beat them one by 　　 one．
C． to punish them	D． to praise all of them	[　　]
2． A． had gone	B． had been
C． went	D． had been away	[　　]
3． A． took down	B． took off
C． took away	D． took out	[　　]
4． A． except for	B． except
C． except that	D． besides	[　　]
5． A． put out	B． put down
C． put up	D． put aside	[　　]
6． A． Carry directly it to me	B． Bring it here
C． Take it back to me	D． Fetch it for me	[　　]
7． A． surprised	B． surprising
C． satisfying	D． pleased	[　　]
8． A． should be a rapid method of finding
B． might be a quick way of finding
C． couldn't be a fast way to find
D． must be a quickly method to find		[　　]
9． A． the same work as	B． as different a work as
C． different work from	D． no difference work from	[　　]
10．A． grew bigger	B． grown up
C． grew taller	D． grew up	[　　]

(B)

　　 　On October 21st of 1833, Alfred Nobel was born in Sweden． His father was an engineer, and at that time he was 　11　explosives (炸药)． When Alfred was 　12　to go to university, his father sent him to the United States to study mechanical engineering (机械工程学)．

　　　When he left university, he started a factory with his brother to make a new and very powerful explosive． At first the factory 　13　, but one day there was a terrible explosion (爆炸) in the factory． It killed several workmen and Alfred's brother． Alfred himself was not there that day．

　　　Alfred 　14　after his brother's death, but he did not stop working; he moved his factory onto a boat, and took it a few miles out to sea． “If 　15　,” he said to himself, “I will be killed, but 　16　will be hurt． ” He was not killed 　17　, but made a new and much safer explosive． He called it dynamite (甘油炸药)．

　This was the time, in 　18　of the nineteenth century, when many modern roads and the first railways and tunnels 　19　in Europe． Everybody wanted to use Nobel's new dynamite． He soon became very rich．

　　　But Nobel's dynamite was not always used for making roads; it was also 　20　making war． “It's Nobel's fault (错误), ” many people said, “It's his dynamite they're using to make war． ” It was true; it was his dynamite; but was it his fault?

　One day, in 1891, Nobel opened a newspaper and read the story of his own death! It was 　21　, of course, and at first he laughed; but he did not laugh then he saw the things the newspaper 　22　him, “A very bad man, ” they said, “…terrible…wanted to destroy the world with his dynamite…”

　Poor Alfred Nobel! He decided to leave Paris, and went to live in Italy． There he 　23　in a big house, working and studying every hour of the day．

　　　In 1896, Alfred Nobel died． But that was 　24　his name． When he died, he left a lot of 　25　five Nobel Prizes． These are given every year for important work in five different fields, One prize is for chemistry, another for physics and another for medicine; there is also one for literature (文学); and the fifth one, the most important one for Alfred Nobel, is the Nobel Peace Prize．

　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　

11．A． working for	B． working on
C． working as	D． working in	[　　]
12．A． old enough	B． enough old
C． big enough	D． enough big	[　　]
13．A． went from bad to worse	B． went from good to better
C． went very well	D． went nothing to him	[　　]
14．A． felt very afraid of it	B． felt sorry for it
C． was quite happy	D． was terribly unhappy	[　　]
15．A． anything goes right there
B． nothing seems to happen there
C． something goes wrong here
D． everything comes badly here		[　　]
16．A． other people	B． everybody
C． somebody else	D． nobody else	[　　]
17．A． after all	B． on the end
C． at most	D． at least	[　　]
18．A． a second half	B． the second half
C． a half second	D． the half second	[　　]
19．A． were building	B． had been built
C． were being built	D． had built	[　　]
20．A． prepared for	B． willing to
C． using as	D． used for	[　　]
21．A． complete wrong	B． completely wrong
C． complete wrongly	D． completely wrongly	[　　]
22．A． saying about	B． said to
C． said about	D． saying to	[　　]
23．A． lived alone	B． lived lonely
C． lived sad	D． lived happy	[　　]
24．A． just the beginning to	B． not the end of
C． meaning nothing for	D． really the end of	[　　]
25．A． troubles to	B． debts to
C． money for	D． sorry for	[　　]