——Which of the two souvenirs do you like better?
—— blue one．of course．I think it's really most instructive one．
A．A；the B．The；the C．The；a D．A；a
假设你是李华，一个英国学生社团下周将到你就读的启明中学进行为期一天的参观访问，你负责接待工作。请根据下面的提示给对方的负责人Mr.Steven 写一封邮件，商讨参观事宜。
1．自我介绍；
2．参观安排；上午参观校园；中午食堂用餐；下午交流活动；晚上举办欢迎晚会；
3．征询对方的其它要求。
注意：1．词数：120—l50，开头结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Mr．Steven，
I’m Li Hua，a student from Qiming Secondary School．
[1]Do you remember the title of the last book you read? Are names sometimes just beyond your brain’s reach? While forgetfulness isn’t necessarily a sign that something’s wrong, it can be frustrating(令人沮丧的)．But simple methods can help to sharpen your memory．
[2]Challenge your habits. Sometimes a little bit of habit changing goes a long way. For example，use the ‘wrong’ hand to do an everyday task several times a day．If you usually brush your teeth with your right hand, use your left．The brain ‘knows’ whew you're using the wrong hand．It’s that confusion that stimulates new brain circuits，as the brain struggles to master a new task．
[3]Get involved in niusic．Listening to music can improve your ability to concentrate and help you to remember what you’ve learnt．Some types of music actually cause brain neurons(神经细胞)to fire more quickly．If you’re really looking forward to sharpening your memory, take up a musical instrument．Whatever the instrument，learning to p1ay will tune your brain’s ability to analyse and focus．
[41Go out of your way to stay mentally active．What really counts is not the amount of book learning you did at school or university, it’s how much you actively use your mind．For example，doing crossword puzzles，learning a second language or playing games can exercise your brain．
[5] ．Make sure that you get enough of the B vitamins in your diet．They help to repair brain tissue，and turn food into mental energy．Eat fish 2 or 3 times a week．If you drink coffee，you’ll not only get a short-term boost in your ability to concentrate but also long-term benefits as well．Besides, the brain is 85％water, so if you don’t drink at least 8 large glasses of water a day，you could suffer from memory loss．
1.What is this text mainly about?(no more than 5 words)
2.What are the two questions at the beginning used for?(no more than 4 words)
3.How can you get involved in music according to Paragraph 3?(no more than 10 wods)
4.List three ways to use our mind actively．(no more than 10 words)
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5.Fill in the blank in Paragraph 5 with proper words．(no more than 5 words)
If you are not any kind of a longtime A-list New Yorker celebrity like Woody Allen，chances are that you have never experienced，and will never experience-a meal in a legendary(神奇) Italian-American restaurant called Rao’s.
Rao’s，the East Harlem restaurant with a history of more than l00 years，is simply the toughest restaurant to get a reservation in the US, if not the world．Michelin three-star restaurants like elBulli in Spain，often ranked the world’s top restaurant，would sell out the second phone lines opened．But in the case of Rao’s，the phone lines never open．
There are about a dozen tables in the tiny restaurant, and each is spoken for, semi-permanently, as regulars have had their reservations for years, and when they can't use them，they often gift them to friends. The place is so small that the owners rarely have the flexibility to do favors even for people they know．
Since it is always busy，there has never been a need for publicity．The last remarkable national review of the restaurant came from The New York Times more than 35 years ago．It was already tough to get a table at Rao’s but reservations have been non-existent ever sincce the magic review．
According to a critic who is “very, very lucky to have dined at Rao’s a few times，”the experience rivals(堪比)the tasty food．There are no menus at Rao’s, and one of the owners will pull up a chair and run through the massive list of options, allowing people to have diner by mixing and matching nearly any ingredient(原料)with any classical Italian style of cooking. The place doesn’t take credit cards, isn’t open on weekends or for 1unch, and “at some point during your meal the one-room restaurant will almost unavoidably break out in song.” It is truly one of a kind，”the critic wrote．
1.Which is probably the best title for thistext?
A．A lucky critic． B．The best restaurant
C．A magic review． D．A legendary restaurant
2.Why does the author refer to elBulli in Spain in Paragraph 2?
A．To prove the long history of Rao’s．
B．To show the popularity of Rao’s．
C．To describe the service of Rao’s．
D．To attract customers to eat in Rao’s．
3.What was Rao’s like before The NewYork Times review?
A．Unique and attractive． B．Tough and greedy．
C．Terrible and unknown． D．Poor and hopeless．
4.Which of the following about Rao’s is true?
A．If yoh want to get a reservation in Rao’s, you’d have to phone ahead of time．
B．Rao’s history is much longer than that of elBulli in Spain．
C．It’s hard fo dine in Rao’s partly because it has a limited number of tables．
D．Only the most famous persons can have the chance to have lunch in Rao's．
5.We can conclude from the critic’s words that ．
A．Rao’s menus are specially designed for its regular diners
B．customers of Rao’s can use credit cards on weekends
C．the experience dining in Rao’s is as unforgettable as its food
D．diners in Rao’s are used to being disturbed by sudden noises
Nowadays，the Internet，with its ability to connect people throughout the world，is changing the way people learn languages．There is still no way to avoid the hard work through vocabulary lists and grammar rules，but the books，tapes and even CDs are being replaced by email, video chat and social networks．
Livemocha, a Seattle company, has created a website devoted to helping people learn more than 38 languages by exchanging messages over the Internet and then correcting each other’s messages. The lessons，whether they are flashcards，quizzes，audio recordings or written and spoken essays，are delivered through the Intemet．
Michael Schutzler, Livemocha's chief executive(主管), says the website’s advantage is the ability to practicel with a real person. “The great irony(讽刺)is that even if you have learned a foreign language in the classroom for years，you don’t have confidefice to go into a restaurant and have a conversation with a foreigner,"he said．The casual connection with real people throughout the world, however brief, are not just fun and surprising but show more about how the language is really used．
Livemocha is now experimenting with a variety of ways that resemble the games on other social websites to motivate people．The flashcard exercises，for instance，are scored, and the totals earned by studying and teaching appear on the users’front page．
Besides，each person can set up a profile(简历)which includes a short description of his age，location and what language he would like to learn．Therefore，if you want to study one language，you will easily find many people who are fluent in it．Andl an email or two is all it takes to find a study partner．
There are more and more companies like Livemocha offeritig online language learning to students throughout the world. And instead of merely helping people practice different languages，they also enable people to share interests and make new friends.
1.For what purpose did Livemocha create the website?
A．To offer new ways of language learning．
B．To make an advertisement for their company．
C．To share interests and make new friends．
D．To tell his inspiring story to more people．
2.What is the advantage of the Internet language learning?
A．Books，tapes and even CDs are completely out of use．
B．Leamers can practice languages with real people．
C．People can learn more than 38 languages in all.
D．There is no need to learn vocabulary and grammar．
3.Why does the writer give us the example of flashcard exercise in Paragraph 4?
A．To show what Livemocha is doing to inspire website users．
B．To introduce how Livemocha scores the website users’ work.
C．To explain why Livemocha experiments with other social websites．
D．To tell what Livemocha prepares for the front page of the website．
4.How can one find a study partner on Livemocha?
A．He needs to set up a profile about his past experience．
B．He should deliver his written essays to the website.
C．He needs to give lessons over the Internet．
D．He can select suitable people and email them．
5.What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A．Livemocha will open more branch companies．
B．Online learners can practice languages free of charge.
C．More learners will turn to online language learning．
D．Livemocha will be turned into a dating website．
An ATM that spits out cupcakes instead of cash is now filling a popular demand in the American market：late-night desire for freshly baked sweets．
In six cities across the country, sugar addicts can now purchase a cupcake for $4．25 from an automatic machine 24 hours every day．The freshly baked goods are made by the California-based cupcake shop Sprinkles．
The idea came to the company's co-founders Candace and Charles Nelson when Candace was pregnant with their first child. Candace thought it was ridiculous that she owned cupcake bakeries aad couldn’t get a freshly baked treat at an unusual hour．That desire inspired the company’s first cupcake ATM in Beverly Hills,Calif．in 2012。
Charles said each ATM serves about l，000 cupcakes per day．The machine is so popular that when it appeared in Manhattan, customers were lined up around the block to use it.
Yet，inventing the first cupcake ATM was not as easy as convincing customers to use it．When the Nelsons started defigning the machine，they quickly realized nothing existed that could give a fully unbroken cupcake to a customer．The company had to partner with a European firm to develop the technology that could deliver a cupcake without dropping it several feet like a typical machine．After going through a seeond development cycle with the product, the ATMs can now satisfy tlle demand of growing customers and even make as many as four cupcakes at a time．
In terms of the company, the-machine allows Sprinkles to do the impossible：increase hours of operation without raising costs．Now the company can sell cupcakes around the clock through the ATM without paying employees.
Now the company is partnering with a Middle Eastern company to open 34 new locations abroad．
1.What’s the purpose of the text?
A．To tell us a newtrend of the diet．
B．To advertisefor the cupcake ATM．
C．To introduce a newly-invented cupcake ATM．
D．To advise more customers to buy cupcakes on ATM．
2.How did the Nelsons come up with the idea of’a cupulke ATM?
A．Their first child wagted to eat fresh cupcakes．
B．Candace hoped to eat a fleshly baked cupcake at any time．
C．The cupcakes they sold couldn’t satisfy the customers’ demands．
D．They couldn’t afford to employ enough workers．
3.What problem did the Nelsons face when starting to design the machine?
A．Serving an unbroken cupcake to customers．
B．Convincing the customers to use the machine．
C．Dealing with so many orders every day．
D．Making as many as four cupcakes at a time．
4.What does the underlined word‘‘it’’in Paragraph 4 refer to?
A．The machine． B．The block．
C．The cupcake． D．The customer．
5.What can we infer from the text?
A．The ATM will replace the traditional cake shops．
B．The ATM will appear in more cities in the world．
C．The company will promote different kinds of products．
D．People will get cupcakes through the ATM without paying．
