B
Advice to “sleep on it” could be well founded, scientists say. After a good night’s sleep a problem that couldn’t be solved the night before can often appear more manageable, although the evidence（证据）until now has been personal experience. But researchers at the University of Luebek in Germany have designed an experiment that shows a good night’s sleep can improve insight（洞察力）and problem-solving.
“If you have some newly-got memories in your brain, sleep acts on these memories and rebuild them, so that after sleep the insight into problem which you could not solve before increases,” said Dr Jan Born, a neuroscientist（神经病学专家）at the university. To test the theory, they taught volunteers two simple rules to help them turn some numbers into a new order．There was also a third，hidden rule，which could help them increase their speed in solving the problem．The researchers divided the volunteers into two groups：half were allowed to sleep after the training while the rest were forced to stay awake．Dr Jan Born and his team noticed that the group that had slept after the training were twice as likely to figure out the third rule as the other group．“Sleep helped，”Born said in a telephone interview．“The important thing is that you have to have a memory representation in your brain of the problem you want to solve and then you sleep，so it can act on the problem．”But Born admitted that he and his team don’t know how rebuilding of memories occurs or what governs it．Pierre Maquet and Perrine Ruby of the University of Liege in Belgium said the experimental evidence supports the suggestions that sleep can help develop creative thinking．Although the role of sleep in human creativity will still be a mystery，the research gives people good reason to fully respect their periods of sleep，they added．
60．The underlined phrase“sleep on it”in Paragraph 1 probably means_________．
A．to delay deciding something until the next day
B．to get as much sleep as possible
C．to go on sleeping without being disturbed
D．to sleep till after the time you usually get up in the morning
61．Jan Born and his team carried out the experiment through________．
A．comparison B．interview C．survey D．imagination
62．It can be inferred from the passage that___________．
A．people should sleep so long as they have time
B．sleep is the only way to solve hard problems
C．people have various periods of sleep D．people know how sleep rebuilds memories
63．What would be the best title for the passage?
A．How Sleep Works． B．Sleep Helps Solve Problems．
C．No Evidence，But Well Founded． D．Born’s Discovery on Sleep．
第三部分 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
It u won $ 50,000,000 would u still go to college?
Lots of people go to college so they have a chance to get a better job, but if you won $ 50 million, would you still pursue（追求）a higher education?
Re: If u won $ 50,000,000 would u still go to college?
I would surely still go to college if I had that much money, but I would not be competing for a scholarship on collegenet. com. I would probably still discuss things here and I would create other scholarships to help other people to go to college as well.
With $ 50 million, I would not have to worry about getting a loan（贷款）from Chase Bank or finding scholarships to study abroad. I would have published several books by now as well, but I would still pursue my education. Going to undergraduate school is something that I really want to do because I want to become a Pediatrician. Money may buy a lot of things, but it does not necessarily give you knowledge and knowledge is what I am hunting for now.
I am not just going to school to get a better job; I am going to school to realize all of my dreams. $ 50 million is a lot of money, but no amount of money can keep me from my dreams.
Veggie thought: “Money may make things easier, but it is not everything. ”
Re: If u won $ 50,000,000 would u still go to college?
Would I still go? UMM , YES YES YES YES YES! ! ! ! !
I still want to teach... I don’t care if I have more money than Bill Gates... I still want to be in a classroom teaching! ! And I need a degree to do that! Teaching is my dream job, and it would make me really happy.
I would pay off my loans as well as my boyfriend’s loans and help out a couple of friends who are having trouble with money.
Re: If u won $ 50,000,000 would u still go to college?
I would still go to college. The only difference is with that much money to go to college I probably would stay in college longer and pursue a few extra degrees while I am there. I am looking for knowledge not money. The only problem is I need money to pursue knowledge.
Also I could set up scholarship funds and I could save some more for additional dreams that I have.
56. According to the answers, what do they have in common?
A. They all prefer money to education.
B. They all want to get a better job.
C. They will continue to pursue knowledge.
D. They will give up jobs.
57. From the first answer, we know the person is ________.
A. patient B. ambitious C. mean D. selfish
58. In the following statements, which is true according to the passage?
A. They all have something they want to do.
B. They think money is more important than knowledge.
C. The first person is rich.
D. The second person doesn’t want to get other scholarship.
59. The underlined phrase “pay off” means ________.
A. give back B. cost C. ask for D. get
第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题15分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
We arrived at the hospital to find Dad was very weak, but his smile was as 36 as ever. It was another attack of pneumonia（肺炎）. My hushand and I stayed with him for the 37 but had to return to our jobs on Monday. Local 38 would help Dad get home from the hospital and look after him. 39 I longed to be able to let him know that we cared too, even when we weren’t with him.
Then I remembered a 40 tradition（传统）when our children were small When 41 their grandparents’ home after a visit, each child would write a love note to their grandparents. They __42__ notes in the cereal（麦片）box, under a hairbrush, next to the 43 or even in the microwave（微波炉）. For days, their grandparents would 44 as they discovered these reminders of our love.
45 as I tidied Dad‘s kichen and 46 up a bed for him downstairs in the living room, I wrote some notes. Some were 47 , “Dad, I put the food in the fridge so it wouldn’t go bad.” Some expressed my love, “Dad, I 48 you will sleep well in your new 49 .” Most notes were down-stairs where he would stay for several weeks until he 50 strength, but one note I hid upstairs under his pillow, “Dad, if you have found this 51 , you must be feeling better. We are so glad!”
Just like his 52 strengthened him physically, these “emotional vitamins” would 53__ his spiritual health. Several weeks later, in one of our 54 phone calls, I asked Dad how he was
__55__. He said, “Pretty good ! I just found your note under my pillow upstairs!”
36. A. sure B. weak C. happy D. wild
37. A. day B. month C. night D. weekend
38. A. doctors B. friends C. relatives D. classmates
39. A. But B. Therefore C. Besides D. Though
40. A. city B. nation C. family D. village
41. A. moving B. entering C. arriving D. leaving
42. A. wrote B. hid C. mixed D. stuck
43. A. curtain B. chair C. phone D. window
44. A. find B. smile C. regret D. miss
45. A. Because B. However C. While D. So
46. A. dressed B. made C. cleaned D. ticked
47. A. practical B. funny C. uninteresting D. true
48. A. wish B. demand C. hope D. suggest
49. A. home B. bed C. house D. hospital
50. A. experienced B. discovered C. regained D. grew
51. A. word B. letter C. note D. place
52. A. doctors B. food C. operation D. medicines
53. A. change B. improve C. cure D. harm
54. A. regular B. usual C. long D. special
55. A. hving B. going C. finding D. Doing
34. The international agreement, ________ to encourage children not to smoke and help people
kick the habit, was signed on February 27.
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A．intended |
B．being intended |
C．intending |
D．to intend |
33. Is this hospital ________ you once worked for 10 years?
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A．the one |
B．that |
C．in which |
D．the one where |
32．The car passed through the streets__________we thought was a very dangerous speed．
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A．which |
B．at which |
C．at what |
D．What |
