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 drinking is the key to critical（判断性的）thinking. When you think critically, you take control of your thinking processes. 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 incorrect reasoning.

Critical thinking is an attitude（态度）as much as an activity. If you are curious about life and desire to dig deeper（希望深挖）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（高阶推理）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 of intelligence（智力）, 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 put Hoffman at ease by saying, “Please go slowly. I don’t understand things quickly.”

34. 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 footed by other people’s ideas

35. If you are a critical thinker, you will __________.

A. think deeply about different ideas                B. trust the reports in the newspapers

C. take one view against another view             D. criticize other people for their mistakes

36. In the last paragraph, “something new” suggests that__________.

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

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

C. speed can improve intelligence             

D. intelligence is not decided by speed

37. What would be the best title for the passage? 

A. Thinking and Critical Thinking.   　　     B. Understanding Critical Thinking.

C. Thinking Is Natural and Human.  　　     D. Thinking Fast Means Intelligence.

A film called "The Year of the Yao" has been produced. The one-and-a-half hour　 31 follows Yao Ming's first year in the United States. Although Yao 32 cultural(文化)and language problems in his first year in America, he deals（处理）well with the 33 .He finds friendship and　 34　 from others and always has confidence(自信)in himself.

　 He is now in his third NBA season, but this season is his first　 35　 with new Rockets player Tracy Mcgrady.

　 The Rockets　 36 five games straight at the end of their first month and Yao has needed time to work well with Mcgrady.

　 "I haven't been playing as everyone　 37　 ,"Yao says. However, he also says that he has been trying to improve, and things are　 38　 getting better in the near future.

　 Things may not be easy right now, 　39　 Yao Ming is still the favourite of his fans. In a recent ballot(投票),he got more than2.5million votes（票）from fans all over the world, 40 is more than Michael Jordan!

31. A. comedy(喜剧) B．documentary（记录片）C．thriller(惊险片) D. action movie（动作片）

32. A. faces　 　 B. solves　 　　　 C. picks　 　　　　 D. sees

33. A. problem　 B. stress（压力） 　　　 C. people　 　　　 D. sport

34. A. support（支持） B．money 　C．mistakes D. regards（问候）

35. A. fighting　 B. eating　 　　　　 C. playing　 　　 D. jumping

36. A. won　 　　 B. lost　 　　　　　 C. beat　 　　　　　 D. defeated(打败)

37. A. thinks　 　 B．wants　 　　　 C. expects(期待) D. imagine(想象)

38. A. hardly　 　 B. surely　 　　　　 C. easily　 　　　　 D. strangely

39. A. because　 B. if　 　　　　　　　 C. or　 　　　　　　 D. but

40. A. as　 　　　　 B. who　 　　　　　 C. which　 　　　 D. what

根据材料内容选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

1.Where are the teachers needed to teach?

A．In France．???? B．In Japan．??????? C．In Germany．???? D．In England．

2.What is a must if the applicants want to be accepted?

A．Experience of teaching．????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ?????????????

B．Experience of staying abroad．

C．Knowledge of practical computer．????????????? ????????????? ?????????????

D．Knowledge of the Japanese language．

3.Which of the following about the applicants' working conditions is NOT true?

A．They teach in very small classes．????????????? ????????????? ?????????????

B．They get well trained for their job．

C．They teach their native languages．????????????? ????????????? ?????????????

D．They have to find places to live in．

4.What is a possible way of applying for the job?

A．Visiting the website．????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ?????????????

B．Sending letters to Japan．

C．Talking with the manager．????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ?????????????

D．Handing in C．V．in September．

5.What do you think the reading is?

A．An advertisement．?? B．A report．???? C．A diary．?????? D．A notice．

What should we do to keep healthy? One important rule is to exercise__31__. The Fang family try to exercise every day. Mr Fang__32__exercise in the morning because he must get to work at exactly seven o'clock. But he runs every evening. He walks a lot, __33__. He walks to school every day, and after school he__34__different sports with his friends. Mr Fang goes to a yoga （瑜加功） class__35__.
But it wasn't__36__this way. Last year Mr and Mrs Fang used to(过去常常)__37__everywhere in their car, even to the drugstore（药店） two blocks（街区）away. They thought they had to use the car all the time. They wouldn't walk.
The Fangs all__38__better（更好的） now. They believe they shouldn't be lazy. We__39__exercise every day, but we should try our__40__to exercise as often as possible.

In England nobody under eighteen years old is allowed (允许) to drink in a bar (酒吧)．

Mr. Thompson often went to a bar near his house．But he never took his son, Tom, because he was too young．Then when Tom had his eighteenth birthday, Mr. Thompson took him to his usual bar for the first time．They drank for an hour．Tom drank a bit．Then Mr. Thompson said to his son, “Now, Tom, I want to teach you a useful（有用的） lesson．How do you know when you’ve had enough（足够的）? Well, I’ll tell you．Do you see those two lights（灯） at the end of the bar? When they seem（好象） to become four, you’ve had enough and should（应该） go home．”

“But, Dad,” said Tom, “I can only see one light at the end of the bar．”

31. Young people ______ allowed to drink in a bar until eighteen．

A. is not        B．are not       C．many      D．must

32. When Tom was a child, his father often went to a nearby bar_____ taking him．

A. by           B．for          C．with      D．without

33. On Tom’s eighteenth birthday, he drank together with his father in that bar

for______.   

A．the first time           B．once      C．many times            D．eighteen times

34. Father wanted to tell his son ______．

A. the time to drink          B．something about the light

C. when to stop drinking     D．something about the bar

35. In fact (事实上), there ______ at the end of the bar．

A. was one light      B．were two lights    C. were three lights      D．were four lights