For many years, artists have flocked to Paris, France, to paint or to learn to paint. Perhaps artists first went there because of the city′s beauty. They went to paint pictures of the broad, tree-lined streets, the great churches, and the graceful river bridges.
The artists felt comfortable in Paris because the people of the city had always enjoyed art. Paris had great art museums, filled with famous paintings and statues(雕像)from many countries. And the people of Paris had always welcomed new ideas. In this city, artists felt free to experiment with new ways of painting.
As soon as famous artists painted in Paris, students came to learn from them. People came to buy paintings. People called art dealers set up galleries where paintings were bought and sold. Others kept shops that sold artists′ paints and supplies.
Students and artists who were not yet famous could live in Paris for very little money. They learned by studying great art in the museums, and they learned from one another. They held art fairs, hanging their paintings outdoors along the streets.
Today, New York City and Florence, Italy, are also famous art centers. But the world’s main art exhibits are still held in Paris. Important judges of art live there. Most of the new ways of painting that have started in the last hundred years began in Paris. So artists and art dealers still go to Paris because it is the world′s leading art center.
1.The story does not say so, but it makes you think that.
A．Paris is famous for its artists’ paints and supplies
B．there is more than one way to paint
C．art fairs are held in galleries
D．Florence is the center of world art exhibits
2.Which of the following statement is not a reason why so many artists prefer to stay in Pairs?
A．Pairs is a beautiful city.
B．The French are willing to accept any new things.
C．All the museums are free of charge in Pairs.
D．Artists can make an easier life in Pairs.
3.On the whole, this story is about.
A．the world′s most famous art center
B．how to buy a painting in Paris
C．the famous art centers of New York and Florence
D．where to set up galleries
Searching the Internet may help middle-aged and older adults keep their memories sharp,US researchers said.
Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles ,studied people doing web searches by recording their brain activity.
“What we saw was people who had Internet experience used more of their brain during the search,”Dr.Gary Small, a UCLA expert on aging, said,“This suggests that just searching on the Internet may train the brain and that it may keep it active and healthy.”
“This is the first time anyone has simulated(模拟)an Internet search task while scanning the brain,”Small said. His team studied 24 normal volunteers between the ages of 55 and 76. Half were experienced at searching the Internet and the other half had no web experience. However, the two groups were similar in age, gender and education.
Both groups were asked to do Internet searches and book reading tasks while their brain activity was monitored.
“We found that in the book reading task, the visual cortex— the part of the brain that controls reading and language — was activated,”Small said,“In doing the Internet search task, there was much greater activity, but only in the Internet-savvy（了解）group.”
He said it appears that people who are familiar with the Internet can engage in much deeper level of brain activity. Activities that keep the brain engaged can preserve brain health and thinking ability. Small thinks learning to do Internet searches may be one of those activities.
1.Researchers when volunteers were doing web searches.
A．studied the Internet
B．activated the brain
C．recorded their memories
D．monitored the brain activity
2.The two volunteer groups were .
A．similar in education
B．of the same age
C．good at the computer
D．book lovers
3.According to the passage, we can learn that .
A．reading books keeps the brain more engaged
B．searching the web keeps the brain more engaged
C．watching TV keeps the brain more engaged
D．chatting online keeps the brain more engaged
4.Which of the following is TRUE?
A．When you read, the whole brain will be activated.
B．Dr.Gary Small is a UCLA expert on brain health.
C．Internet searches can preserve brain health and thinking ability
D．People who read books may have a better memory.
To me, life without music would not be exciting. I realize that this is not true for everybody. Many people get along quite well without going to the concert, and listening to the record. But music plays an important part in everyone's life, whether he realizes it or not. Try to imagine, for example, what films or TV plays would be like without music. Would the feelings, the moving plot, and the greatest interests, be so exciting or dramatic? I'm not sure about it.
Now, we have been speaking of music in its more common meaning----the kind of music we hear in the concert hall. But if we look at some parts of music more closely, we discover them in our everyday life too----in the rhythm of the sea, the melody of a bird in the woods and so on. So music surely has meaning for everyone, in some way or other. And, of course, it has special meaning for those who have spent all their lives working on playing or writing music.
It is well said, “Through music a child enters into a world of beauty, expresses himself from his heart, feels the joy of doing things alone, learns to take care of others, develops his mind and makes his body strong.”
1. What dose the writer say more about in the text?
A．Life full of music.
B．Life without music.
C．The importance of music.
D．The development of music.
2. From the text, we learn that many people________.
A．don't realize the importance of music
B．get along quite well without music
C．go to the concert instead of enjoying music
D．think music would be less exciting than films
3. What does the underlined word “melody” mean in the text?
A．flying B．looking C．singing D．living
4. From the last paragraph, we learn that music________.
A．is very important, especially for children
B．is very necessary for our everyday life
C．can make our life exciting and dramatic
D．can enter into another beautiful world
After a busy day of work and play, the body needs to rest. Sleep is necessary for good health. During this time, the body recovers from the activities of the day. The rest that you get while sleeping makes it possible for your body to prepare itself for the next day.
There are four levels of sleep, each being a little deeper than the one before. As you sleep, your body relaxes (放松) little by little. Your heart beats more slowly, and your brain slows down. After you reach the fourth level, your body shifts (变换) back and forth from one level of sleep to the other.
Though your mind slows down, you will dream from time to time. Scientists who study sleep point out that when dreaming occurs, your eyeballs begin to move more quickly (although your eyelids are closed). This stage of sleep is called REM, which stands for rapid eye movement.
If you have trouble falling asleep, some people recommend (建议) breathing very slowly and very deeply. Other people believe that drinking warm milk will make you drowsy. There is also an old suggestion that counting sheep will put you to sleep.
1.The text suggests that not getting enough sleep might make you _____.
A．suffer from poor health
B．feel tired and nervous
C．dream more often
D．breathe quickly
2.During REM, _____.
A．you move restlessly
B．you start dreaming
C．your mind stops working
D．your eyeballs move quickly
3.The underlined word "drowsy" in the last paragraph probably means _____.
A．lazy B．sleepy C．relaxed D．pleased
4. A good title for this text might be _____.
A．Dreams B．Sleep
C．Good Health D．Work and Rest
最近，深圳一家公司明文规定：所有员工不得驾车上下班。假设你是该公司的经理，现在接受中国日报记者采访，请你用英文解释作出这一规定的理由。
注意：
词数100～120。
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）花掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第1处起）不计分。
A few years before, Jack and I had a quarrel over score in a football match. From then on, we didn’t speak to each other any longer.
One day, when I was standing by a tree read, a ball flew to me and I kicked it back with looking at the player, but while I put up my head, I found it was Jack. Seen him, I was feeling very embarrassed. However, he was smiled to me, so I smiled either. Then we began to make up.
This way the walls between us were torn down with a smile but we become good friends again.
