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According to body language expert Robert Phipps,the way people sleep at night actually determines a lot about the type of personality they have.Phipps has identified four sleeping positions that affect personality.
Phipps found that worriers,those who stress the most,tend to sleep in the fetal(胎儿的)position.He found that this is the most common bedtime position,with nearly 58 percent of people sleeping on their side with knees up and head down.The more we curl up(蜷曲),the more comfort we are seeking,according to Phipps.
The second most common position is the log.Sleeping with a straight body,with arms at each side,as if they are standing guard at Buckingham Palace,indicates stubbornness,and these people(the 28 percent who sleep this way)often wake up stiffer than when they went to sleep.
“The longer you sleep like this,the more rigid your thinking is and you can become inflexible,which means you make things harder for yourself,”according to Phipps.
Yearner(向往型)sleepers are next on the list.About 25 percent of people sleep in this style—on their side with arms stretched out in front,looking as if they are either chasing a dream or perhaps being chased themselves.Yearners are typically their own worst critics,always expecting the best results,explained Phipps.These people often wake up refreshed and eager to face the challenges of the day ahead.
Perhaps the most peculiar(奇怪的)of sleep styles is the freefaller position.This sleep style makes up 17 percent of the population.They sleep face down with arms stretched out.These people,according to Phipps,feel like they have little control over their life.Not only is this the strangest of sleep styles,but also the least comfortable,and people may wake up feeling tired and have no energy.
In conclusion,Phipps has only one more thing to add:“A good night"s sleep sets you up for the following day and our sleeping positions can determine how we feel when we wake.”
小题1:Which of the following is the best title of the passage?
A.A Good Night"s Sleep Sets You Up for the Following Day
B.Your Personality Depends a Lot on How You Sleep at Night
C.How You Sleep at Night Affects What You Do the Next Day
D.Which Sleeping Position Helps You Sleep Comfortably
小题2:Which of the following pictures is the fetal position?

小题3:The underlined word“rigid”is closest in meaning to “________”.
A.stubbornB.flexible
C.comfortableD.strange
小题4:Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?
CP:Central  P:Point Sp:Subpoint
C:Conclusion
答案

小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:A
小题4:A
解析
本文为说明文。肢体语言专家发现,人们睡觉的姿势实际上揭示了很多个性类型的信息。
小题1:考查主旨大意。根据本文的主题句中的“the way people sleep at night actually determines a lot about the type of personality they have”可知, 本文主要讲的是“一个人晚上睡觉的姿势在很大程度上决定了这个人的个性特点”。
答案 B
小题2:考查细节理解。根据第二段中的“with nearly 58 percent of people sleeping on their side with knees up and head down”可知,“胎儿睡姿” 的姿势是“侧躺,头朝下、膝盖往上蜷成一团”,故选D项。
答案 D
小题3: 考查词义猜测。根据第三段中的“indicates stubbornness”和第四段中的“you can become inflexible”可推知,该词与A项意思最接近。
答案 A
小题4:考查文章结构。第一段是文章的主题段落,点出主题;第二段到第六段分别介绍了“胎儿睡姿”“树干睡姿”“向往型睡姿”和“自由落体睡姿”等四种不同的睡姿及其对应的个性类型;最后一段得出结论。由此可见A项表明了该篇文章的结构。
答案 A
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You know how wonderful you are,and you know that others know how wonderful you are,but what do you do when admiration crosses over the line into jealousy?For most teens there will come a day when you realize that one of your friends is jealous and that this jealousy is hurting your friendship.When this happens it can seem like there is nothing that you can do,but the good news is that there is.Don"t let jealousy spoil your relationships.Tackle it head on and you might be back to normal much sooner than you think.

It can be hard to walk up to a friend and ask them what the problem is,but if you want to save your friendship you"ll have to do just that.Don"t approach them and ask why they are jealous of you (unless of course you want to appear totally conceited),just take some time alone with them and let them know that you"ve been feeling like there"s been something coming between you.If they refuse to respond,then use the opportunity to explain how you have been feeling.Chances are that something you say will strike a nerve and your friend will open up as well.
When you figure out what is annoying your friend,ask him or her what (s)he thinks would make the situation better.If,for example,(s)he says that (s)he feels like (s)he doesn"t get to spend any time with you because of your being off with your new friends from the swim team then maybe you could invite her along the next time or block off one day a week for just the two of you.Remember,though,that whatever solution you decide on should be a compromise.Don"t limit your own talents or opportunities simply because your friend is unhappy.Try instead to include him or her in your new life and see how that works out.
Even the best of friendships can be tinged by jealousy.This destructive emotion is rarely productive and can turn best friends into worst enemies.Before taking extreme action,chat with your jealous friend to see if the two of you can work out a compromise.If you can"t,be prepared to know exactly how far you will go to keep your friend and how far you won"t.
小题1:According to the author,the jealousy emotion is ________.
A.normalB.productive
C.destructiveD.extreme
小题2:Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a way to confront your friend when jealousy happens?
A.Walking up to him/her and asking him/her why he/she is jealous of you.
B.Walking up to him/her and asking him/her what the problem is.
C.Spending some time with him/her and letting him/her know how you feel.
D.Spending some time with him/her and letting him/her know you think there"s something coming between you.
小题3:The purpose of the passage is ________.
A.to explain what causes jealousy
B.to offer some advice on making friends
C.to introduce the way to cope with a jealous friend
D.to explain how destructive the jealous emotion is
小题4:What can be inferred from the last two paragraphs?
A.There"s always a solution to solve the problem of jealousy.
B.Jealousy can turn best friends into worst enemies.
C.You may lose a friend to keep your own gifts,chances or selfdevelopment.
D.You should go a long way with your friend to work out a solution

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Nowadays robots can not only talk and dance,but also answer your questions in English.They are “____”.The following is the first China­made “beauty”____.
A new 168­cm high “beauty” robot who has not yet been____looks wonderful in a red wedding____.She can act as a tour guide,a receptionist,____a hostess.
Her face____the beautiful facial characteristics of many girls.And her eyes can move.
“The robot is the first human simulation(仿真)____in China,and she is____with the most advanced voice and movement control technologies and____communicate with humans,” said Li Chengrong,chief____of the robot,who works for the Chinese Academy of Science Institute of Automation.“She replies ‘____’ if you praise her by saying ‘You are so____’.”
The sentences that the robot can understand and say are____at present.“We will improve her in the future,to make her talk___with human beings,” Li said.
___the “beauty” will work as a receptionist and tour guide in Sichuan Science Museum,she has been programmed to____the southwestern dialect that is popular in inland Sichuan Province.
Li said the lab____for designing and making the robot was 300,000 yuan (37,500 U.S.dollars).The robot is equipped with interactive technologies.It is____to most advanced robot in the world—Asimo,____by Japanese auto­maker Honda.Asimo,____can walk at a speed of one mile per hour and climb up and down stairs,costs about one million U.S.dollars.
小题1:
A.receptionistsB.hostesses
C.beautiesD.guides
小题2:
A.robotB.cushion
C.carpetD.fingernail
小题3:
A.inventedB.designed
C.madeD.named
小题4:
A.dressB.clothes
C.shoesD.skirt
小题5:
A.orB.and
C.butD.so
小题6:
A.containsB.includes
C.connectsD.combines
小题7:
A.oneB.this
C.thatD.it
小题8:
A.desiredB.piled
C.equippedD.scanned
小题9:
A.mustB.can
C.shouldD.may
小题10:
A.designerB.declarer
C.juniorD.haircutter
小题11:
A.Go aheadB.Thank you
C.SorryD.With pleasure
小题12:
A.holyB.pretty
C.elegantD.outgoing
小题13:
A.developedB.complicated
C.limitedD.improved
小题14:
A.happilyB.slowly
C.particularlyD.freely
小题15:
A.SinceB.If
C.UnlessD.When
小题16:
A.studyB.speak
C.ignoreD.understand
小题17:
A.payB.price
C.costD.work
小题18:
A.familiarB.similar
C.oppositeD.reasonable
小题19:
A.producedB.obeyed
C.enviedD.tested
小题20:
A.whichB.where
C.whenD.who

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The Allendale Cultural Center has expanded its arts program to include classes for young adults.Director Leah Martin announced Monday that beginning in September,three new classes will be offered to the Allendale community.The course titles will be Yoga(瑜伽) for Teenagers;Hip Hop Dance:Learning the Latest Moves;and Creative_Journaling_for_Teens:Discovering_the_Writer_Within.The latter course will not be held at the Allendale Cultural Center but instead will meet at the Allendale Public Library.
Staff member Tricia Cousins will teach the yoga and hip hop classes.Ms.Cousins is a skilled choreographer (舞蹈指导) as well as an experienced dance educator.She is a Master of Arts in dance education from Teachers College,Columbia University.The journaling class will be taught by Betsy Milford.Ms.Milford is the head librarian at the Allendale Public Library as well as a columnist(专栏作家) for the professional journal Library Focus.
The courses are part of the Allendale Cultural Center’s Project Teen,which was organized by Leah Martin,Director of the Cultural Center.According to Martin,this project is a direct result of her efforts to make the center a more necessary part of the Allendale community.Over the last several years,the number of people who have visited the cultural center for classes or events has steadily declined.Project Teen is primarily funded by the McGee Arts Foundation,an organization devoted to bringing arts programs to young adults.The other members of Project Teen are two students at Allendale’s Brookdale High School and three adults with backgrounds in education and the arts.
The creative journaling class will be cosponsored by Brookdale High School,and students who complete the class will be given the opportunity to publish one of their journal works in Pulse,Brookdale’s student literary magazine.Students who complete the hip hop class will be qualified to participate in the Allendale Review,an annual concert sponsored by the cultural center that features local actors,musicians,and dancers.
All classes are scheduled to begin immediately after school,and transportation will be available from Brookdale High School to the Allendale Cultural Center and the Allendale Public Library.For more information about Project Teen,contact the cultural center’s programming office at 988­0099 or drop by the office after June 1 to pick up a fall course catalog.The office is located on the third floor of the Allendale Town Hall.
小题1:The underlined title of the course in Paragraph 1 implies that ________.
A.teenagers do not have enough hobbies
B.all young people should write in a journal daily
C.teenagers are in need of guidance and direction
D.writing in a journal can help teenagers become creative writers
小题2:What is the cause of setting up Project Teen?
A.More and more people are coming to the center.
B.Tricia Cousins is available to teach courses in the fall.
C.Community organizations were ignoring local teenagers.
D.Leah Martin wants to make the center more important for the community.
小题3:What does the text mainly tell us?
A.The needs of young adults in Allendale.
B.Leah Martin’s personal ideas about Project Teen.
C.The center adds three new classes for young adults.
D.The center is granted by the McGee Arts Foundation.
小题4:Which of the following ways is the text organized?
A.In order of space,from the near to the far.
B.In order of time,from the past to the future.
C.The most important information first,followed by background and details.
D.The background first,followed by the most important information and details.

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Life in space will certainly take some getting used to!But the space station has been designed to keep the astronauts as comfortable as possible—the modules(舱) are roomy,bright,and kept at a constant 70 degrees Fahrenheit.It’s important the crew members are comfortable because they’ll be busy aboard the station.In a typical workday,crew members will spend 14 hours working and exercising,1.5 hours preparing and eating meals,and 8.5 hours sleeping.Here are some other fun facts about life aboard the station:
Food
Come mealtime,astronauts will have a special dining kitchen.Space food just keeps getting better—and more like food we enjoy here on Earth.In early space missions,astronauts could eat only freeze­dried food that didn’t require any preparation.But the space station is equipped with water,microwave ovens,and refrigerators,allowing the folks on board to eat more “normal” types of food,including fruit,vegetables,and ice cream!
Sleep
Each crew member has a private room.With no gravity,they’ll need to tie themselves to their beds,or they will float away!That might sound like a strange way to sleep,but astronauts from past space missions report that sleeping in space is actually pretty great!
Exercise
You might not think it,but exercise is even more important on the station than it is on Earth.There is not much gravity in space.Astronauts don’t stand up,sit down or walk in space,so their muscles and bones don’t have to work much—and this muscle and bone loss can be dangerous back on Earth.To fight this,astronauts on the station will exercise on bikes,rowing machines,and other equipment about two hours every day.
Clothing
Astronauts will have to wear special space suits while traveling aboard the U.S.shuttle or Russian rockets.But once they’re safe inside the space station,crew members can wear regular clothing.Of course,a specially designed,pressurized space suit is required for space walks.It has to withstand(经受住) flying pieces and protect the astronauts from dramatic temperature changes.It can range from 120 degrees below Fahrenheit in the shadow of the station to 250 degrees in the hot sun.
Personal Cleanliness
Simple tasks like brushing your teeth can be challenging in a weightless environment.A little water doesn’t flow in a stream—it suspends in a bubble!Astronauts will use a freshwater hose(软管) to take showers,shampoo,and wash off—then a second vacuum hose to suction(吸) off the dirty water.And how do you go to the bathroom in space?With a special “air toilet” that uses flowing air instead of water to dispose of waste.
小题1:The facts about life in space are all mentioned EXCEPT ________.
A.clothingB.entertainment
C.sleepD.exercise
小题2:What can be learned from the paragraph “Clothing”?
A.The temperature is quite different in different places in space.
B.Astronauts must wear special space suits all the time in space.
C.Astronauts can wear regular clothing for space walks now.
D.Astronauts wear pressurized space suits just to keep warm.
小题3:Why is exercise more important in space than on earth?
A.It can make astronauts feel relaxed in space.
B.It can help astronauts spend their spare time happily.
C.Astronauts’ lives are more important in space than on earth.
D.It can prevent astronauts from causing muscle and bone loss.
小题4:What do we know about space food from the text?
A.Astronauts could eat apples in space in the past.
B.Astronauts eat only fruit,vegetables and ice cream now.
C.Fresh food isn’t available to astronauts in space.
D.Space food is getting better now than before.

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When author Nicholas Carr began researching his book on whether the Internet is ruining our minds,he restricted his online access and e­mail.His new book argues the latest technology renders us less capable of deep thinking.Carr found himself so distracted(分心的) that he couldn’t work on the book while staying as connected.After first feeling confused by his sudden lack of online connection,he was able to stay focused on one task for a long period within several weeks.
Reading on the Internet has changed how we use our brains.Facing a lot of texts,video,music and links to other web pages and blogs,our minds have become used to skimming and scanning information.As a result,we have developed sharper skills at making fast decisions,particularly visual ones,Carr wrote.
But now most of us seldom read books or long articles that would help us focus.We are becoming more like librarians—able to find information quickly and see clearly the best nuggets(有价值的资料).That lack of focus hinders(阻碍) our long­term memory,leading many of us to feel distracted,he wrote.
“What we are losing is a whole other set of mental skills,which require not the shifting of our focus but the maintaining of our focus,” Carr said,adding that for centuries books protected our brains from distraction and focused our minds on one topic at a time.
But with devices such as Apple’s iPad becoming common,Carr predicts books also will change.“New forms of reading always require new forms of writing,” he said.Carr has a suggestion for those who feel web surfing has left them incapable of concentration—slow down,turn off the Internet and practice the skills of contemplation(沉思) and reflection.“It is pretty clear from the brain science that if you don’t exercise particular cognitive skills,you are going to lose them,” he said.“If you are constantly distracted,you are not going to think in the same way that you would think if you paid attention.”
小题1:What topic is Nicholas Carr’s new book mainly concentrating on?
A.Whether there is any need for us to surf the Internet.
B.How the Internet changes our way of thinking.
C.What we should do when we are surfing the Internet.
D.Whether our minds are being influenced by the Internet.
小题2:How did Nicholas Carr feel after he limited his time online several weeks later?
A.Anxious.B.Relaxed.
C.Concentrated.D.Puzzled.
小题3:The underlined word renders in Paragraph 1 probably means ________.
A.preventsB.causes
C.protectsD.sharpens
小题4:What’s Nicholas Carr’s suggestion for people who are often distracted by the Internet?
A.They should read more books besides surfing the Internet.
B.They should often slow down their pace of modern living.
C.They should often get away from the disturbing of the Internet.
D.They should spend more time thinking while surfing the Internet.

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