Although the average reader spends more than 4, 000 pounds on books in their lifetime, 55 percent say they buy them for decoration and have no____of reading them．
A．advantage B．attempt C．evidence D．intention
—Do you have anyone particular in____for the job?
—In my opinion, Tom is the right person．
A．head B．heart C．mind D．brain
请你根据以下提示，以时间为线索写一篇短文，介绍中国的“高空王子”阿迪力。
1．1971年7月1日：出生在中国新疆一个杂技世家。
2．1976年：父亲去世，开始训练走钢丝。决心成为世界顶尖的钢丝行走表演者。
3．1991年：在上海的一次高空行走表演中，由于绳索突然折断，阿迪力摔在地上，造
成全身17处骨折。医生建议他以后不要再表演了，但他不愿放弃他的事业。
4．1996年6月23日：阿迪力成为中国高空走索跨越江河第一人。
5．2002年5月11日：完成了一项壮举：在绳索上度过了600小时，累计行走123小时
48分，打破了由加拿大人Jay Cochrane保持的吉尼斯世界记录。
注意：1．词数100左右。
2. 参考词汇：杂技acrobatics，走钢丝wire-walk，钢丝行走表演者wirewalker，壮举remarkable feat
阅读下列各小题，根据括号内的汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子
1.Many old houses _______ (拆除) to make way for the new road in the past few weeks. (tear)
2.The 26th Shenzhen summer Universiade was grandly opened on August 12th.___________ (最吸引我们的) was the door to the world formed by the 365 electronic giant LED screen. (appeal)
3.Not only ________________________ (她懂得法律) very well, she can also apply it in new ways. (know)
4.Those successful deaf dancers think that dancing is an activity ____________ (视觉更重要) than hearing. (matter)
5. _______________________ (确立了目标群体后)，researchers find out as much as possible about thos in the target group, such as their likes and dislikes, and how the product would fit into their lives. (identify)
6.Everything ___________________________ (加以考虑), the environmental problem we are looking forward to seeing solved is worthy of our government’s attention. (consideration)
7.Tom insisted that the new release of the product planned for today ________ (延期) to next week because of the terrible financial situation at yesterday’s meeting. (postpone)
8. The boy _________________________ (如此迷恋于) the cyber games that he would spend hours sitting in front of the computer. (fascinated)
9.I _____________________________ (多亏了我的父母) that I went through the hard time after I lost my job. Everything couldn’t have been going so smoothly without them. (owe)
10. _________________________ (作为回答) your inquiries, we regret to tell you that we can not help you in this matter. (response)
Most schools forbid chewing gum, but in a few years they might consider changing that rule. Why? Scientists are finding evidence that gum chewing may be good for your health. It may even help improve your test scores.
This exciting research is just beginning. And in the meantime, companies are also experimenting with adding vitamins, minerals, medicines, and other substances that could give gum the power to cure headaches and fight everything from serious diseases to bad breath.
Other researchers are finding that gum might work better than a pill to deliver medicines and other substances into the bloodstream. That’s because the lining (膜) of our cheeks can absorb certain substances more quickly than our stomachs and intestines (肠) can.
That discovery could help other researchers develop medicine-containing gums that fight colds, ease headaches, battle nervousness, and more. Scientists might even create antimicrobial (抗菌的) gums that cure bad breath.
Those projects may take years, but gum scientists have already had at least one recent success: They’ve created a gum that could help us stay awake.
Researchers have produced a gum called Stay Alert. Each stick has as much caffeine as a cup of coffee. It can take an hour for the caffeine in coffee to have its full effect, but the caffeine in Stay Alert hits in just a few minutes.
The gum is easy to transport and it’s stable in cold and hot climates. Unlike a pill, it doesn’t require water to swallow. Those qualities make it easy for soldiers to use.
For now, Stay Alert is available only to the military (军队). The manufacturer may one day offer it for sale to the public. People who work at night, such as truck drivers and medical personnel who ride in ambulances, might benefit from a product like Stay Alert.
1. The passage mainly talks about _____.
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A．the rule of forbidding chewing gum in school |
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B．new research on chewing gum |
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C．different kinds of chewing gum |
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D．the relationship between chewing gum and medicine |
2. What does the underlined word “hits” in Paragraph 6 probably mean?
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A．Touches. |
B．Attacks. |
C．Takes effect. |
D．Affects badly. |
3.According to the passage, Stay Alert is a gum which can help people _____.
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A．stay awake |
B．fight colds |
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C．cure headaches |
D．overcome nervousness |
4. It can be inferred from the passage that _____.
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A．stay Alert is not easy to store |
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B．stay Alert needs water to swallow |
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C．stay Alert is available to the public now |
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D．we can’t buy gums that cure bad breath now |
The $11 billion self-help industry is built on the idea that you should turn negative thoughts like “I never do anything right” into positive ones like “I can succeed.” But was positive thinking advocate Norman Vincent Peale right? Is there power in positive thinking?
Researchers in Canada just published a study in the journal Psychological Science that says trying to get people to think more positively can actually have the opposite effect: it can simply highlight how unhappy they are.
The study’s authors, Joanne Wood and John Lee of the University of Waterloo and Elaine Perunovic of the University of New Brunswick, begin by citing older research showing that when people get feedback which they believe is very positive, they actually feel worse, not better. If you tell your stupid friend that he has the potential of an Einstein, you’re just underlining his faults. In one 1990s experiment, a team including psychologist Joel Cooper of Princeton asked participants to write essays opposing funding for the disabled. When the essayists were later praised for their sympathy, they felt even worse about what they had written.
In this experiment, Wood, Lee and Perunovic measured 68 students’ self-esteem. The participants were then asked to write down their thoughts and feelings for four minutes. Every 15 seconds, one group of students heard a bell. When it rang, they were supposed to tell themselves, “I am lovable.”
Those with low self-esteem didn’t feel better after the forced self-affirmation. In fact, their moods turned significantly darker than those of members of the control group, who weren’t urged to think positive thoughts.
The paper provides support for newer forms of psychotherapy (心理治疗) that urge people to accept their negative thoughts and feelings rather than fight them. In the fighting, we not only often fail but can make things worse. Meditation techniques, in contrast, can teach people to put their shortcomings into a larger, more realistic perspective. Call it the power of negative thinking.
1.What do we learn from the first paragraph about the self-help industry?
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A．It has produced positive results. |
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B．It is a highly profitable industry. |
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C．It is based on the concept of positive thinking. |
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D．It was established by Norman Vincent Peale. |
2.What does the word “underline” mean (Line 4, Para. 3)?
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A．point out |
B．lay emphasis on |
C．pay no attention to |
D．take for granted |
3. Which of the following is TRUE about the Canadian researchers’ study?
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A．Encouraging positive thinking many do more good than harm. |
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B．Self-affirmation can bring a positive change to one’s mood. |
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C．There can be no simple therapy for psychological problems. |
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D．Forcing a person to think positive thoughts may lower their self-esteem. |
4.What do we learn from the last paragraph?
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A．Meditation may prove to be a good form of psychotherapy. |
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B．People can avoid making mistakes through meditation. |
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C．Different people tend to have different ways of thinking. |
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D．The effects of positive thinking vary from person to person. |
