Color blind people often find it difficult to _____ between blue and green.

    A．separate           B．distinguish              C．compare          D．divide

- Well, don’t forget to do it today.

- All right. I really must go now; _____, I’ll be late for school.

    A．but                  B．anyway      C．else           D．otherwise

- I’ve asked only one person to come and help us-Sam.

- _______ he doesn’t come?

    A．How about                     B．What if

   C．If only                            D．How come

____ from media reports, the result has been unclear.

    A．To judge                 B．Having judged

   C．Judging                   D．Judged

Encourage your children to reach a(n) ___ between what he wants and what you want.

    A．achievement            B．appointment            C．compromise            D．adaptation

- Li Feng won the 1st prize in the national English competition.

- Oh, really? I’m glad that her efforts at last______.

    A．worked out                    B．got back  

    C．paid off                         D．turned out

____ is known to us all is that the 2012 Olympic Games will take place in London.

    A．It             B．What        C．As            D．That

Believe it or not, in the United States, 40% of the toys _____ are for adults.

    A．sold          B．selling              C．to sell              D．to be selling

He was in poor health, so the doctor ____ him to drink wine.

A．condemned            B．demanded        C．forbade            D．prevented

- Are you still very busy?

- Yes, I ____ the report for the manager and it won’t take long.

       A．have just finished                   B．am just finishing

C．had just finished                    D．am just going to finish

The traditional friendship between our two peoples ____ ancient times.

       A．is dated back to                     B．dates at

C．dates back to                        D．dated from

The time you spend at the office may be the most stressful part of your day, but it doesn’t have to be that. You have a greater ability to  36  your office environment than you may realize.

Take  37  throughout the day. It will help  38  your mind and relieve pressure. Something as  39  as going to the water cooler for a drink may do the trick.

Take part in a noontime or an after-work  40  class. This will give you a  41 to relax and a way to relieve stress.

To help your workday go  42  , try arranging our  43 ; Do more  44 work in the morning, when your  45  level is higher, and easier work later in the afternoon, when you may be  46 .

Try listening to music recordings, such as a pounding surf or songbirds, to help you relax. Such  47  are sold commercially. Use headphones if you’ll be listening to them in the middle of the  48  .

Get to work early or stay late once a week. You may be able to complete more when you  49  your daily work.

If your stress comes from  50  uncertainty, take stock of yourself. Bring up to date your resume, and remind yourself of your skills and  51  .   52  , make sure you  53  with new developments in your fields. This will make you valuable to  54  .

Don’t let rumors at work, which are usually  55  , cause you worry. A co-worker may just be thinking out loud about worse case scenarios.(更坏的可能)

36. A．shape

B．live

C．remain

D．advance

37. A．medicines

B．walks

C．coffees

D．breaks

38. A．double

B．sweep

C．clear

D．attract

39. A．happy

B．simple

C．various

D．pleasant

40. A．night

B．language

C．business

D．exercise

41. A．chance

B．joy

C．activity

D．attempt

42. A．quietly

B．immediately

C．smoothly

D．quickly

43. A．qualities

B．partners

C．fields

D．activities

44. A．exciting

B．demanding

C．surprising

D．amusing

45. A．energy

B．knowledge

C．power

D．rescue

46. A．sleepy

B．tired

C．anxious

D．bright

47. A．recorders

B．tapes

C．instruments

D．animals

48. A．action

B．journey

C．lecture

D．workday

49. A．arrange

B．design

C．vary

D．create

50. A．job

B．improvement

C．interview

D．performance

51. A．experiences

B．advances

C．strengths

D．points

52. A．Even

B．However

C．Therefore

D．Also

53. A．get through

B．keep up

C．work out

D．take in

54. A．companions

B．professors

C．managements

D．employers

55. A．false

B．correct

C．faithful

D．honest

Making an advertisement for television often costs more than a movie. For example, a two-hour movie costs ＄6 million to make. A TV commercial can cost more than ＄6,000 a second. And that does not include the cost of paying for airtime. Which is more valuable, the program or the ad? In terms of money and making money is what television is all about the commercial is by far the more important.

Research, market testing, talent, time and money all come together to make us want to buy a product. No matter how bad we think a commercial is, it works. The sales of Charm went up once the ads began. TV commercials actually buy their way into our head. We, in turn, buy the product.

And the ads work because so much time and attention are given them. Here are some rules of commercial ad making. If you want to get the lower-middle-class buyer, make sure the announcer has a tough, manly voice. Put some people in the ad who work with their hands. If you want to sell to an upper-class audience, make sure that the house, the furniture, and the hairstyle are types that the group identifies with. If you want the buyer feel superior to the character selling the product, then make that person so stupid or silly that everyone will feel great about himself or herself.

We laugh at commercials. We don’t think we pay that much attention to them. But evidence shows we are kidding ourselves. The making of a TV commercial that costs so much money is not kid stuff. It’s big, big business. And it’s telling us what to think, what we need, and what to buy. To put it simply, the TV commercial is a form of brainwashing.

56. TV commercials are more important than other programs to television because   .

A．They bring in great profits.   

B．They require a lot of money to make.

C．They are not difficult to produce. 

D．They attract more viewers than other programs.

57. The purpose of all the efforts made in turning out TV commercials is     .

A．To persuade people to buy the product.

B．To show how valuable the product is.

C．To test the market value of the product.

D．To make them as interesting as TV movies.

58. From the rules set for making commercial ads, we can see that      .

A．The lower-middle-class buyer likes to work with his hand.

B．The more stupid the characters, the more buyers of the product.

C．Ad designers attract different people with different skills.

D．An upper-class buyer is more interested in houses and furniture than a lower-middle-class buyer.

59. The undrelined word “kidding”(para. 4) most probably means      .

A．behaving as a child.                                   B．laughing at.

C．making fun of.                                          D．not telling the truth to.

60. It is believed by the writer that      .

A．Few people like to watch TV commercials.

B．TV commercials are a good guide to buyers.

C．TV commercials often make people laugh.

D．People do not think highly of TV commercials.

A graded reader is a book containing simplified languages used to help learners master the language. Readers come in different levels, from beginners to advanced. English learners need to choose a reader that is suitable for their level.

Why use readers? Lots of research shows that extensive reading improves all aspects of language learning, including vocabulary, speaking skills, fluency(流利),writing skills and reading comprehension.

Reading is a way of learning English without classes or a teacher. It helps develop learner independence. And while reading graded readers, learners don’t have to run to a dictionary because the language is at their level.

How do I get started? The entire class can read the same book or different books at different times.

How do I know the right level? If your class is all reading the same book, choose one that is appropriate for their level. If your students are reading different books, you can have a selection of books at different levels. In this case, don’t worry too much about the level. A learner who is interested in detective stories might read a higher level book if the motivation(动机)is there.

How to read the book depends on students’ age, motivation and class time available. Some classes like to read silently, others like to read aloud in small groups and some enjoy being read to by the teacher. Be sensitive to the class and ask for their opinions.

Some pre-reading activities are needed. Before students open a book, it is important to spark interest in the story and in the whole process of reading. For example, ask them to guess what the story is from cover, chapter titles and let students put them in the best order, or discuss the author.

During reading, choose a suitable chapter or chapters that can be broken down to make a comic strip (连环漫画). Or students select a part of the book to make into a radio play. Students can also become journalists and report on parts of the story. Choose a piece of action and have students write it up. Besides, students can role-play an interview with a character.

61. Who do you think the passage is written mainly for?

    A．Students.         B．Parents.                  C．Teachers.         D．Pupils.

62. When do you think students can become journalists and report on parts of the story?

A．Before reading.                                          B．During reading.

C．During warming up.                                   D．After reading.

63. From the passage, we can learn that      .

A．readers can make classroom fun

B．reading can help develop learners dependence

C．some pre-reading activities are not needed

D．extensive reading improves all aspects of language learning

All of us eat every day, but most of us don’t understand nutrition(营养). How much do you know about good nutrition? Are the following statements true or false?

1. People who don’t eat meat can stay healthy.

  True. As long as people eat enough milk, eggs and meat alternates(替代物), they can get enough protein.

2. Fresh vegetables cooked at home are always more nutritious than canned vegetables.

  False. The difference depends more on how vegetables are prepared than whether they are fresh or canned. Vegetables cooked in too much water can lose a large quantity of vitamins.

3. Food eaten between meals can be just as good for health as food eaten at regular meals.

  True. Nutritional value depends on what types of food you eat, not when you eat them. Eating an egg or an orange between meals can contribute to a good diet.

4. Taking extra vitamins beyond the recommended daily allowances won’t give you more energy.

  True. It’s widely believed that extra vitamins provide more energy. But taking more than the baby needs doesn’t make it function better, just as overfilling your gas tank doesn’t make your car run better.

5. Natural vitamins are better supplements(补充)for the diet than synthetic vitamins.

  False. There is no difference. A vitamin has the same properties(性质)and specific chemical structure whether made in a laboratory or taken from plant or animal parts.

6. Older people need the same amount of vitamins as younger people.

  True. Older people need the same quantity of vitamins as younger people although they need fewer calories. Certain illnesses raise the requirements for some vitamins, but that is true for the young as well as the old.

7. Food grown in poor soil is lower in vitamins than food grown in rich sold.

  False. The vitamins in our foods are made by the plants themselves. They don’t come from the soil.

However, the minerals in a plant depend on the minerals in the soil.

If you have answered these questions correctly, you can say you know much about food and nutrition by today’s standards. But remember that nutrition is a growing science and that may be aged as new information is obtained.

64. The main purpose of the passage is to     .

A．list today’s standards of some food and nutrition

B．introduce what should be eaten and what not

C．explain what is helpful to your health and what is not

D．test our nutrition IQ by judging the problems listed

65. From the surrounding words and sentences we know that the underlined phrase “contribute to” means      .

A．help to bring about                               B．take the place of            

C．make room for                                    D．turn to

66. The underlined word “synthetic” most probably means     in Chinese.

    A．不同的                   B．特别的            C．合成的                   D．天然的

Do we think only with the brain? Hardly. The brain is like a telephone exchange. It is the switchboard, but not the whole system. Its function is to receive incoming signals, make proper connections, and send the messages through to their destination. For efficient service, the body must function as a whole.

But where is the “mind”? Is it in the brain or perhaps in the nervous system? After all, can we say that the mind is in any particular place? It is not a thing, like a leg, or even the brain. It is a function, an activity. Aristotle, twenty-three hundred years ago, observed that the mind was to the body what cutting was to the ax. When the ax is not in use, there is no cutting. So it is with the mind. “Mind,” said Charles H. Woolbert, “is what the body is doing.”

If this activity is necessary for thinking, it is also necessary for carrying thought from one person to another. Observe how people go about the business of ordinary conversation. If you have never done this carefully, you have a surprise in store, for good conversationalists are almost constantly in motion. Their heads are continually nodding and shaking sometimes so vigorously that you wonder how their necks can stand the strain. Even the legs and feet are active. As for the hands and arms, they are seldom still for more than a few seconds at a time.

These people, remember, are not making speeches. They are only common people trying to make others understand what they have in mind. They are not conscious of movement. Their speech is not studies. They are just human creatures in a human environment, trying to adapt themselves to a social situation. Yet they converse, not only with oral language, but with visible actions that involve practically every muscle in the body. In short, because people really think all over, a speaker must talk all over if he succeeds in making people think.

67. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A．Bodily Communication                 B．Spoken Language

C．Bodily Actions                             D．Conversations

68. Which of the following statements would the author agree with?

A．Thinking is a social phenomenon

B．Thinking is only a brain function

C．Thinking is a function of the nervous system

D．Thinking is the total sum of bodily activities

69. In communication, it is essential not only to employ speech, but also     .

A．to speak directly to the other person

B．to use the variety of bodily movements

C．to be certain that the other person is listening

D．to pay great attention to the other person’s behavior

70. It can be inferred that the basic function of bodily activity in speech is to    .

A．make the listener feel emotional

B．make the description vivid

C．intensify the speaker’s spoken words

D．carry the speaker’s implied meaning to the listener

71. Which of the following is TRUE?

A．The brain is compared to a telephone exchange.

B．The mind is an activity of the nervous system.

C．Some people remain still while talking to others.

D．Many people move their bodies on purpose while talking.

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关注---concern.

Hardy felt that he had been a________ by all his followers.（抛弃）

I am thirsty now and I am d_______ ______ a cup of water.（渴望）

Please cone whenever it is _________ to you.（方便）

We walked a couple of blocks, looking _______ ________ for a taxi.（徒劳）

The ________ of doctors believe smoking is harmful to health.（大多数）

Patience is not one of my _______.（美德）

While the rest of the world worries about India and China's growing power, India is _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ (密切关注）its competition.

I recognize the need to ______(强调) manners and respect as boys move into adolescence and adulthood.