阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Why is pink or purple a color for girls and blue or brown for boys?
The answer depends largely 1. cultural values as well as personal experiences. To the Egyptians, green was a color 2. represented the hope and joy of spring, while for Muslims, it means heaven. Red is a symbol of good luck in many cultures. During the Spring Festival in China, children 3. (give) money in a red envelope to bring good fortune in the New Year. For many nations, blue is a symbol of protection and religious beliefs. Greek people often wear a blue necklace hoping to protect 4. against evils（灾祸）.
People’s 5. (choose) of colors is also influenced by their bodies’ reactions toward them. Green is said to be6. most restful color of all. It has the ability to reduce pain and relax people both mentally 7. physically. People 8. (work) in green environment have been found to have fewer stomach aches.
Red can cause a person’s blood pressure to rise and increase people’s appetites（食欲）. Many decorators will include different shades of red in the restaurant. And many commercial websites will have a red “Buy Now” button because red is a color that 9. (easy) catches a person’s eye.
Blue is another calming color. Unlike red, blue is believed to cause people to lose appetite. So10. you want to eat less, some suggest that eating from blue plates can help.
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1─20各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
April Fool’s Day is a western festival. No one________ exactly when and how April Fool’s Day began. However, there are some stories about ________ it came into being. One story________ like this: in the sixteenth-century France, the start of the new year was on April first. It was celebrated________ much the same way ________ it is today with parties and dancing into the late hours of the night. Then in 1562, Pope (教皇) Gregory introduced a new calendar(日历) for the Christian world, and the new year fell on January first. There were some people, ________, who hadn’t heard or didn’t believe the ________ in the date, so they ________ to celebrate New Year’s Day on April first. ________ played tricks on them and called them “April fools”. They tried to make them believe that something false was________. In France today, April first is called “April Fish”. French children fool their friends by taping a paper fish to their friends’ ________.When the “young fool” ________this trick, the prankster(恶作剧者) shouts “April Fish!”
Today Americans play small tricks on friends and strangers alike on the first of April. One ________ trick on April Fool’s Day is ________to a friend’s shoe and saying, “Your shoelace is united (你的鞋带开了).” School children might tell a classmate that school has been canceled. ________the trick is, if you fail for the joke the prankster shouts “April Fool!”
In Britain today, on the first of April, even________ newspapers, radio and TV programs tell big lies. You________ read a science ________showing that doctors have found a way to cure AIDS, ________you would probably listen to a piece of news about an UFO________ on an island.
1.A. understands B. knows C. believes D. remembers
2.A. when B. why C. how D. where
3.A. goes B. tells C. happens D. writes
4.A. as B. like C. with D. in
5.A. like B. as C. so D. for
6.A. however B. but C. therefore D. instead
7.A. fact B. news C. change D. information
8.A. remained B. continued C. considered D. went
9.A. Others B. Somebody C. Many D. Some
10.A. real B. true C. right D. correct
11.A. hands B. faces C. backs D. heads
12.A. discovers B. sees C. found D. notices
13.A. usual B. common C. funny D. silly
14.A. looking down B. pointing down C. getting down D. turning down
15.A. Whenever B. Whoever C. Whatever D. Wherever
16.A. serious B. famous C. interesting D. important
17.A. might B. should C. could D. must
18.A. letter B. speech C. writing D. report
19.A. so B. and C. or D. but
20.A. lying B. walking C. flying D. landing
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。
Cheating is when a person misleads, deceives or acts dishonestly on purpose. 1. . If a basketball team is for kids under 8, it's cheating for a 9-year-old play on the team. At school, in addition to cheating on a test, a kid might cheat by stealing someone else's idea for a science project. 2. .This kind of cheating is called plagiarizing (抄袭).
3. . Jeff is doing it by sneaking（暗中的） answers to a test. And it's also cheating to break the rules of a game or contest or to pretend something is yours when it isn't. When people cheat, it's not fair to other people. It's tempting(诱惑人的) to cheat because it makes difficult things seem easy, like getting all the right answers on the test. 4. , and it won't help on the next test unless the person cheats again.
5. . They want to get good grades but hate hard work. Other kids might feel like they can't pass the test without cheating. Even though there seems to be a "good reason" for cheating, cheating isn't a good idea.
A. For kids, cheating may happen at school, at home, or while playing a sport.
B. Some kids cheat once and feel so bad that they never do it again.
C. Some kids cheat because they're lazy.
D. Kids may also cheat by copying a book report off the Internet and handing it in as it's his or her original work.
E. Cheating can happen in a lot of different ways.
F. But it doesn't solve the problem of not knowing the material（材料）.
G. There are plenty of reasons why a kid shouldn't cheat, but some kids have already cheated.
As the longer life and rapid decrease in the laborage population are expected, extending the retirement age(推迟退休年龄) is a wise choice for the government. This is why at the Third Plenum (全会) of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党十八届三中全会)it was agreed that there should be a study on the subject.
It is undoubtedly necessary for the government to adjust its policies to meet the challenge of an increasingly aging society. According to the government, China’s senior citizens above the age of 60 will reach 200 million, about 14.8 percent of the population, by the end of this year, and the figure is expected to grow to 248 million by the year of 2020 and more than 400 million by 2050, when they will account for 30 percent of the population. Meanwhile, extending the retirement age will result in several benefits — slowing the rapid increase of the retired, reducing the rapid decline in experienced workers and keeping the laborage population at a considerable size for stable economic development.
However, before the policy is drawn up there will need to be thorough research, so there can be careful consideration of the interests of all parties to make sure that the new policy does not harm the interests of workers in different jobs.
There are 112 million workers who do heavy physical labor and may not be willing to put off their retirement to a later age. And the opinions of government employees and other whitecollar workers will also need to be listened to before a policy is introduced to extend their retirement to a later age.
No doubt it will be impossible to please all, but it should be possible to make the policy acceptable to the most. Anyway, any extensions that will hopefully help reduce the negative influences of our increasingly aging society also need to be fair.
1.The text mainly tells us________.
A. China is going to enter an aging society
B. All people agree to accept the policy
C. Extending the retirement age will bring about multiple benefits
D. China has planned to extend the retirement age
2.Which of the following is TRUE?
A. China’s old people above the age of 50 will be about 14.8 percent of the population.
B. Extending the retirement age may contribute to the economic development of China.
C. Extending the retirement age may reduce the experienced workers.
D. There will be about 248 million elders by 2050.
3.What can be inferred from the text?
A. All the workers will be pleased with the policy.
B. The whitecollar workers go against the policy.
C. There can be many difficulties in extending the retirement age.
D. The government should please all so as to give up the policy.
“I’d like to be at a healthier weight,” a friend told me. “But we just don’t have the money to buy expensive diet foods and there isn’t enough money to join a gym.” Many people feel that way — that a healthy diet and exercise plan is out of reach because of their high cost. Don’t lose hope! We’ll be looking at ways to make healthy choices without spending too much money.
First you don’t need to buy the expensive pre-prepared “diet foods.” Back in the early 1970s when I started housekeeping, 90% of the food I bought was ingredients. Very few things were preprocessed (预处理的). Now 90% of the food you find in the store is quick food. That’s a bad thing.
Quick foods like boxed “just add hamburger” meals have had the fiber (纤维) removed to make them faster to prepare. Take a look at the label (标签) on that box. It often has low numbers listed under “fiber” because fiber takes longer to digest. If the low fiber meal is digested, the result is that your body begins to store fat. Besides, your body is short of nutrients (营养物质). You will be driven to eat more to try to make up for the low quality of the food you are eating.
And then there are the chemicals the producers add to the quick meals to make them palatable. If not, the stuff would taste like cardboard and you wouldn’t enjoy it. However, these chemicals certainly aren’t good for your health.
What’s the answer? Buy whole ingredients and give up the expensive, low nutrition, processed foods. Do the cooking yourself and you will have control over what is in your food — and it will cost less, too.
1. People who find it hard to get a healthier weight think _____.
A. they had too much diet food
B. they didn’t make a detailed plan
C. they have no time to do exercise in gym
D. they can’t afford diet food and to exercise in gym
2.The author doesn’t like quick food mainly because _____.
A. it contains too much fat
B. it makes people eat more
C. it has low fiber
D. it takes longer to digest
3.The underlined word “palatable” in Paragraph 4 means _____.
A. fresh B. delicious
C. healthy D. poor
4.The author suggests in the text that people should _____.
A. control the amount of food
B. eat more processed foods
C. cook food for themselves
D. choose cheap ingredients
There are some strange driving laws in different countries.
Countries | Laws |
Vietnam | If you’re in Vietnam without a Vietnamese driver’s license, you risk a prison sentence of up to three years. |
Russia | In Moscow, if your car is dirty enough to draw dust art, you will be fined about 2,000 rubles (about US 55 dollars). Worse yet, it’s illegal to wash your car by hand in public places – forcing you to take it to one of the few car wash facilities. |
Thailand | Drivers – male or female – can’t drive shirtless whether it’s a car, bus, or a tuk-tuk cab. |
France | France requires its drivers to carry a portable breathalyzer(便携式酒精测量仪) at all times when driving a car. The one-time breathalyzer cost around US 5 dollars, and if you don’t have one, you will be fined US 15 dollars. |
Cyprus
| Raising your hands in the car can get you fined of US 35 dollars. The law states a driver can be fined if the person “is in an irregular position inside the car or raises his hand from the steering wheel unnecessarily.” |
Japan
| Politeness isn’t just the culture in Japan; it is part of driving laws. Splashing(飞溅) a person by driving through a puddle（水坑) with your car will cost you over US 60 dollars. The country is also strict with its DUI (酒驾) laws – riding with or lending your car to a driver who gets caught drinking and driving can lead to a fine costing thousands of dollars. |
1.Where should you go to wash your car when you are in Moscow?
A. The car wash facilities. B. Any public place.
C. Your home. D. The forest.
2.What can you get fined for in Cyprus?
A. Forgetting to carry a portable breathalyzer.
B. Not having a Cyprus driver’s license.
C. Putting your hands above your head.
D. Driving without a shirt.
3. If you are fined thousands of dollars in Japan, you may have been ________________.
A. in an irregular position in your car
B. sitting in a car with a drunk driver
C. splashing a person with mud
D. impolite to other drivers
4.This passage can most likely be found in __________.
A. a law document
B. a fashion magazine
C. an international newspaper
D. a book on interesting cultures
