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If you do not use your arms or your legs for some time, they become weak. When you start using them again, they slowly become strong again. Everybody knows this. Yet there are many people who do not seem to know that one’s memory works in the same way. When someone says that he has a good memory, he really means that he keeps his memory in practice by exercising it regularly. When someone else says that his memory is poor, he really means that he does not give it enough chance to become strong.
If a friend complains that his arms are weak, we know that it is his own fault. But if he tells us that he has a poor memory, many of us think that his parents are to blame, or that he is just unlucky, and few of us realize that it is really his own fault. Not all of us can become very strong or very clever, but all of us can improve our memory by the same means —practice.
Have you ever noticed that people who cannot read or write usually have a better memory than those who can? Why is this? Of course, because people who can’t read or write have to remember things: they cannot write them down in a little notebook. They have to remember dates, prices, names, songs and stories, so their memory is exercised all the time.
So if you want a good memory, learn from those who cannot read or write: practice remembering.
小题1: According to the passage, few people know that _____.
A.arms or legs become weak if they are not used for some time
B.when they start using their arms or legs again, they slowly become strong again
C.a person’s memory becomes weak if he does not practice remembering things
D.it is their own fault if their arms or legs are weak
小题2:The author thinks that if a person has a poor memory, ____.
A.it is his own faultB.his parents are to blame
C.he is just unluckyD.his arms must be weak
小题3: According to the passage, we learn that all of us can ____.
A.become very strongB.become very clever
C.improve our memory by practicingD.know how to improve our memory

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小题1:C
小题1:A
小题1:C
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Mom, Dad, I’m going to college! Can you believe it? I never thought it could happen.  16  middle school and part of high school, I  17  to keep up. I was not a bad student,but I just didn’t understand  18  they were teaching because I have a learning  19 . I wanted to show everyone I could graduate and go to  20  . I wanted to make something of myself, and  21  I wasn’t a failure.
22 the time came to choose a college, I wasn’t sure which would be the best for me. I knew I didn’t  23  to go to a big school, which narrowed (缩小) my  24  to a small college which could be    25 for me with a learning disability. I looked in Florida and found three schools. I  26  two, but they just didn’t  27  . Then I visited Beacon College. Beacon is mainly for students who have learning disabilities and it has small classes.
The day when I was  28  by Beacon College was the happiest day of my life. I received the call from the school  29  me I was accepted just as I was sitting down for dinner. My family was so  30 , and I was ready to pack that night and move to Florida. The expectation of going to college  31  the rest of my senior year.
The closer the time came, the more nervous I became about being in a(n)  32 place. Finally my parents and I packed the car and  33  Florida. After a two-day drive, we arrived. “Welcome to Beacon College! It is so nice to see you!” I heard  34  from the teachers and students, as we were introduced. I felt so 35 to hear those cheerful voices. I knew I had found a perfect(理想的)school. I had found my home for the next four years.
小题1:
A.DuringB.ThroughC.UntilD.Under
小题2:
A.struggledB.startedC.forgotD.turned
小题3:
A. howB.thatC.whyD.what
小题4:
A.experienceB.advantageC.disabilityD.habit
小题5:
A.work B.collegeC.hospitalD.home
小题6:
A.believeB.proveC.feel D.imagine
小题7:
A.BecauseB.AfterC.WhenD.Before
小题8:
A.wantB.manageC.decideD.refuse
小题9:
A.plansB.decisionsC.choicesD.purposes
小题10:
A.honorableB.imaginableC.suitableD.comfortable
小题11:
A.expectedB.leftC.visitedD.dreamed
小题12:
A.workB.fitC.matchD.satisfy
小题13:
A.askedB.invited C.admittedD.attracted
小题14:
A.tellingB.warningC.advisingD.reminding
小题15:
A.worriedB.surprisedC.frightenedD.excited
小题16:
A.stoppedB.lastedC.sawD.held
小题17:
A.oldB.famousC.familiarD.new
小题18:
A.cared forB.looked forC.headed for D.asked for
小题19:
A.day and night B.over and overC.more or less D.up and down
小题20:
A.warmB.cold C.sadD.sorry

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Recently a Beijing father sent in a question at an Interact forum(论坛)asking what“PK”meant.
“My family has been watching the‘Super Girl’singing competition TV programme.My little daughter asked me what’PK’meant,but I had no idea,”explained the puzzled father.
To a lot of Chinese young people who have been playing games online,it is impossible not to know this term.In such Internet games,“PK”is short for“Player Kill”,in which two players fight until one ends the life of the other.
In the case of the“Super Girl”singing competition.“PK”was used to refer to the stage where two singers have to compete with each other for only one chance to go up in competition ranking.
Like this father,Chinese teachers at high schools have also been finding their students’compositions using Internet jargons which are difficult to understand.A high school teacher from Tianjin asked her students to write compositions with simple language,but they came up with a lot of Internet jargons  that she didn’t understand.
“My‘GG’came back this summer from college.He told me I’ve grown up to be a‘PLMM’.I loved to‘FB’with him together;he always took me to the‘KPM’,”went one composition.
“GG”means Ge Ge(Chinese pinyin for brother).“PLMM”refers to Piao Liang Mei Mei(beautiful girl).“FB”means Fu Bai(corruption).“KPM”is short for KF.Pizza Hut and McDonald’s.
Some specialists welcome Internet jargons as a new development in language.
If you do not even know what a Kong Long(dinosaur,referring to an ugly looking female)ora Qing wa(frog,referring to an ugly looking male)is,you will possibly be regarded as a CaiNiao!
小题1:By writing the article,the writer tries to         
A.explain some Internet language
B.suggest common Internet language
C.laugh at the Beijing father
D.draw our attention to Internet language
小题2:What does the writer think about the term“PK”?                       
A.Fathers can’t possibly know it.
B.The daughter should understand it.
C.Online game players may know it.
D.“Super Girl”shouldn’t have used it.
小题3:The examples of the Beijing father and the Tianjin teacher are used to show that Internet jargons          
A.are used not only online
B.can be understood very well
C.are welcomed by all the people
D.cause trouble to our mother tongue
小题4:The underlined word“jargons”means“       ”in Chinese.
A.行话B.粗口C.歌词D.趋势

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A new study says that birds living in big cities sing shorter, faster songs that are higher-pitched (高音调的) than those sung by their brothers in the forests. The researchers think that the birds adjust their songs to allow themselves to be heard over the noises of the city, especially the low traffic noise.
To study how urban birds song, Hans Slabbekoorn and Ardie den Bore, biologists at the University of Leiden in Netherlands, travelled around Europe and recorded bird songs in ten major cities and in nearby forests. The species they focused on, the great tit (大山雀), is widespread across Eurasia and one of the few types of birds that thrives in big cities.
Singing is crucial (重要的) for males, which use their songs to attract mates and mark out their territory. The changing songs could play a role in eventually causing the city birds and the forest dwellers to evolve into separate species.
The findings could also help explain why usually only a few bird species thrive in cities. By contrast, many more bird species tend to be found in forests and other undeveloped habitats.
Studies like this could eventually help researchers predict how urbanization (都市化) will affect birds, using this knowledge could help urban planners design more pleasant city environments, study co-author Slabbe-koorn said. “You can make a city much more livable if you pay attention to where the noise goes and where the people go,” he said. “It would be easy to fit the birds into those models.” Then cities wouldn’t be strictly for the people, but also for the birds.
小题1: Which is the best title of the passage?
A.Birds Change Songs to Suit Country Life
B.Birds Change Sex to Suit Urban Life
C.Birds Change Living Habits to Suit Urban Life
D.Birds Change Songs to Suit Urban Life
小题2: Males usually sing their songs to ____.
A.evolve into another species
B.attract mates and mark out their living area
C.attract city people’s attention and make them supply food
D.allow themselves to be heard over the noises of the city
小题3: The underlined word “thrives” in the second paragraph means “____”.
A.diesB.survivesC.suffers D.travels
小题4:What is NOT the effect that studies of birds’ songs have?
A. Predicting how course of the city’s expanding will affect birds.
B. Helping the city planners design more pleasant city environments.
C. Making cities more livable for both the birds and people.
D. Driving the urban birds back to the forest.
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Early in the 18th century, Captain Cook, a famous explorer of Australia, unexpectedly caught sight of an unusual animal during his first visit to Australia. The animal had a large mouse like head and jumped along on its large legs. To his great surprise, the unusual animal carried its young in a special pocket of flesh. Captain Cook pointed to the animal which was eating grass in the distance and asked his native guide what the animal was referred to. The guide seemed not to know that he was pointing at and finally said “Kang-a-roo”, but their requests were met with puzzled looks of the native people. Before long they got to discover that the native guide who made the answer to Cook’s question really meant, “I don’t know what you pointing at. “ Funny enough, the name “ Kang-a-roo”, stuck and it is still in use today.
小题1:Which of the following sentences best expresses the main idea?
A.captain Cook’s guide made a joke.
B.Native Australians could not speak English in Cook’s time.
C.Some words have rather funny origins (起源).
D.Captain Cook was a lover of wild animals.
小题2:When the native guide said “Kang-a-roo ”, he really meant “ ______”
A.Ah, it is a special kind of animal
B.I wonder what you have said
C.What do you mean by pointing at that animal?
D.I have no idea of what you are referring to.
小题3:We can infer from this passage ______.
A.we should learn many different languages
B.Captain Cook made a mistake in understanding
C.Captain Cook was a foolish explorer
D.the importance of a language in common

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My best friend is Cocoa, and I live in a senior-citizen apartment. Cocoa is a ten-year-old dog and I am a sixty-nine-year-old lady, so you can see we both qualify as   1  citizens.
He is a   2  companion. He does many amusing things that make me   3 , and when that happens, he is so delighted   4  he just keeps it up.
But one afternoon, Cocoa started acting strangely. I was sitting on the floor playing with him,   5  he started pawing and smelling at the right side of my   6 . He had never done anything like this ever before, and I told him, “No.” To Cocoa, one “no” is usually   7 , but not that day. He stopped briefly, and then   8  ran toward me, throwing his entire weight at the right side of my chest. He crashed into me and I cried in   9 , falling down to the floor. Soon after this, I felt a lump (肿块). I went to my doctors, and after X-rays  10  and lab work were done, they told me I had cancer.
When cancer starts, a  11  of calcium (钙) builds. Then the lump or cancer attaches itself to this wall. When Cocoa jumped on me, the force of the impact broke the lump away from the wall. This made it possible for me to  12  the lump.
I had a complete mastectomy (乳房切除术) and the cancer has not   13  to any other part of my body. The doctors told me if the cancer had gone undetected even six more months, it would have been too   14 .
Was Cocoa  15  of just what he was doing? I’ll never really know. What I do know is that Cocoa not only shares his life with me, he has also made sure that I will be around to share my life with him!
小题1:
A.goodB.standard C.seniorD.great
小题2:
A.wonderfulB.tiringC.hungryD.bad
小题3:
A.leaveB.cryC.laughD.jump
小题4:
A.asB.when C.andD.that
小题5:
A.whenB.then C.thoughD.as
小题6:
A.chestB.body C.shoulder D.arm
小题7:
A.rightB.good C.enoughD.unexpected
小题8:
A.hurriedlyB.rudelyC.slowlyD.suddenly
小题9:
A.painB.surprise C.troubleD.danger
小题10:
A.experimentsB.researchesC.tests D.papers
小题11:
A.wallB.cancerC.body D.number
小题12:
A.watchB.have C.getD.notice
小题13:
A.ranB.kept C.enteredD.spread
小题14:
A.common B.late C.much D.early
小题15:
A.ashamedB.awareC.afraidD.tired

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