The biggest problem for most plants, which ________just get up and run away when threatened, is that animals like to eat them.

A. shall not              B. can't

C. needn't                D. mustn't

People who daydream are often thought of in negative terms, such as being lazy or not doing what they should be doing. However, scientists who study the brain have learned many interesting things from studying the brains of daydreamers. Far from being a waste of time, recent research has shown that daydreaming is a healthy and useful activity for all of our brains.

To study the brain, scientists use special devices that scan the brain and show pictures of which parts of the brain are active at certain times. When a person is daydreaming, the device will show a distinct pattern of activity in the brain called the “default” mode of thinking. In the default mode, the top or outside part of the brain is very active. Actually, several regions of the brain are interacting in this mode. Some scientists describe this mode as a time when the brain focuses on itself rather than focusing on the environment around the person. Typically, this occurs when a person is doing simple, undemanding work or performing routine actions that don’t need much attention, like walking to school or cooking simple foods. People tend to daydream during such activities.

The importance of daydreaming lies in developing both creative and social skills. When the mind is not engaged in dealing with one’s immediate situation or problem, then it is free to wander. A time of wandering allows the mind to create things. New inventions may be imagined, or possible solutions to a problem can be planned. For example, solutions to problems in relationships with other people may spring to mind. In fact, most daydreams involve situations with others. Perhaps these are daydreams based on past memories, or daydreams of what might be in the future. In either case, daydreams help us develop the appropriate skills we can use in real interactions with others.

As brain specialist Dr. Marcus Raichle of Washington University explains: “When you don’t use a muscle, that muscle really isn’t doing much. But when your brain is supposedly doing nothing and daydreaming, it’s really doing a great amount.” During the so-called “resting state” the brain isn’t resting at all!

14. Which question does the passage mainly focus on?

A. Can daydreams reduce the hours we sleep?

B. How is daydreaming different from sleeping?

C. What is the right way to daydream?

D. Why is daydreaming good for people?

15. Which of the following is NOT involved in daydreaming?

A. One’s immediate environment.               B. Several regions of the brain.

C. The “default” mode of thinking.             D. The outside part of the brain.

16. What does the brain focus on in the default mode?

A. A person’s immediate situation.              B. Appropriate relationships.

C. The brain itself.                                    D. Routine actions.

17. Which statement would Dr. Raichle agree with?

A. The brain develops one’s muscles.         B. The brain and our muscles both need rest.

C. The brain is a lot like a muscle.              D. The brain is different from a muscle.

How to find the perfect career

Too many people are not satisfied with their professional career (事业) and are “stuck” in situations that do not make them happy. Here are some wonderful actions you can take to begin the path to a truly happy career.

▲ Talk to your friends.

Ask them, “what do you think I am best at”, or “what do you think I enjoy doing most”.  36  However, their advice may help you decide what you should do.

▲ 37

Read some interesting magazines, books, newspapers or novels. They will give you a constant flow of ideas and keep the mind rich.

▲ Talk to the happiest and most successful people you know.

38  Be serious with your questions. And see if there is anything you can learn from them.     Have these people become your teachers and friends.

▲ Keep a journal（日记）.

Writing down your ideas is an important practice for your career growth.  39  You never know when great ideas will come to your mind!

▲ Develop patience.

You may want a change in your career right now.  40  Anyway, doing the practices mentioned above will bring about the right chance much faster.

A. Read as widely as possible.

B. Talk to your family members.

C. Changing careers can be very difficult.

D. Ask them how they realized their dreams.

E. This may seem like a strange conversation at first.

F. Carrying a notebook with you at all times is also a great idea.

G. But it is necessary to be patient and wait for the right chance to come.

Come and see me whenever ___________.

   A. you are convenient        B. you will be convenient

   C. it is convenient to you     D. it will be convenient to you

71. I would rather this thing ___________________at yesterday’s meeting. (refer)

但愿昨天会议上没提及这事。

72. The drug, if_________________________ a day, will have no side effect. (take)

这药如果每天服用一次,不会有副作用。

73. So fast ______________ that we can hardly imagine its speed. (travel)

光传播的速度快到我们难以想象。

74. She wasn’t aware that the mushrooms were poisonous, otherwise she _____________ them for dinner. (pick)

她不知道这些蘑菇有毒，不然她就不会采来做晚餐了。

75. Sometimes ____________________ to use examples to explain abstract concepts. (helpful)

有时候举例也许有助于解释抽象的概念。

The greatest recent social changes have been in the lives of women. During the twentieth century there has been a remarkable shortening of the proportion of a woman's life spent in caring for the children. A woman marrying at the end of the nineteenth century would probably have been in her middle twenties, and would be likely to have seven or eight children, four or five of whom lived till they were five years old. By the time the youngest was fifteen, the mother would have been in her early fifties and would expect to live a further twenty years, during which health made it unusual for her to get paid work. Today women marry younger and have fewer children. Usually a woman's youngest child will be fifteen when she is forty-five years and can be expected to live another thirty-five years and is likely to take paid work until retirement at sixty. Even while she has to take care of children, her work is lightened by modern living conditions.

This important change in women's life-patterns has only recently begun to have its full effect on women's economic position. Even a few years ago most girls took a full-time job after they left school. However, when they married, they usually left work at once and never returned to it. Today the school- leaving age is sixteen; many girls stay at school after that age, and though women usually marry older, more married women stay at work at least until shortly before their first child is born. Many more afterwards return to full-or-part-time work. Such changes have led to a new relationship in marriage, with the husband accepting a greater share of the duties and satisfactions of family life, and with both husband and wife sharing more equally in providing the money, and running the home, according to the abilities and interests of each of them.

24. At what age did most women marry around the 1890 according to the passage?

  A. At about twenty-five             B. In their earl fifties

  C. At the age of fifteen            D. At any age from fifteen to forty-five

25. Many girls, the passage claims, are now likely to_______.

　A. give up their jobs for good after they are married

　B. leave school as soon as they can

　C. marry so that they can get a job

　D. continue working until they are going to have a baby

26. When she was over fifty, a late nineteenth-century mother ______.

  A. was usually expected to die fairly soon

  B. would expect to work until she died

  C. would be healthy enough to take up paid jobs

  D. was less likely to find a job even if she wanted to

27. Nowadays, a husband tends to_______.

　A. play a greater part in looking after the children

　B. help his wife by doing much of the housework

　C. feel dissatisfied with his role in the family

　D. take a part-time job so that he can help in the home

Uncle Li and Uncle Wang are good friends. They live next to each other and their farms are both at the foot of the mountain. So they can help each other. But neither of them is clever. They're both poor though they work hard. Most villagers have built new houses, but they still live in the low and broken houses. They never find out why.

Once Uncle Li went to town to buy some medicine for his wife. In the town he heard the apples in a city were expensive. He told Uncle Wang about it as soon as he went back. They decided to carry some apples to the city. They borrowed some money from their friends and bought nearly 1,000 kilograms of apples in the villages and carried them to the city on a tractor. Bad luck! A lot of apples has already been carried there when they arrived. A few days later they had to sell them at a low price (价格)。They felt unhappy and returned to their village.

"I can't understand why we sustained (蒙受) losses in business while others always profit (盈利)" Uncle Li asked one day.

"The tractor was too small " Uncle Wang said without thinking. "We'll carry more apples on a truck next time!"

"I agree!" said Uncle Li. "How foolish (傻的) we were !"

33. Uncle Li and Uncle Wang live in the low and broken houses because __________.

A. they hope to save money

B. they're both poor

C. their farms are at the foot of the mountain

D. they're not far from their farms

34. The two farmers carried the apples to the city to _________.

A. make a journey(旅行)          B. visit some places of interest

C. meet their friends              D. make a profit(盈利)

35. the two farmers had to sell their apples at a low price because ________.

A. their apple weren't as good as the others'

B. their apple were much less than the others'

C. a lot of apples had been already carried to the city

D. they forgot to carry them on a truck

The Spring Festival is _____ time when Chinese people get together to eat, drink and have _____ fun with each other.

A.a; /           B.a; the       C.the; a        D.the; /

       That morning, I got on the train as always. I was a publishing director and was reading my newspaper   41  . But that day, I read it very   42  . I thought I must be tired. At the office, I sat down, turned on my    

43   and found I couldn’t read the message on the screen.

       Eventually, worried  44   drove me to hospital. There, confirmation came that I suffered from aphasia(失语症), a condition that  45   it’s difficult or impossible to receive and produce language.

       I was back at home a week later, and my  46  was to get better and return to work in a couple of months. I started  47  a speech therapist(治疗专家) three times a week, and was given homework to help

   48  my vocabulary and grammar. After a month, my own speech became   49  —“Could you pass the salt?” “Shall we go for a walk?” — but I couldn’t have a conversation. I couldn’t read the newspaper.

       For 25 years, I was used to a(n)   50   day of meetings, and bringing three manuscripts home with me each night. I didn’t feel   51   to say goodbye to my old self.

       In the darkest months, I devoted myself to  52  . I would spend hours writing a description of something   53   like a pencil. I couldn’t   54  novels or newspapers, so I tried reading poetry, and found the shorter lines easier to   55  . My speech came back, and I learned how to read again,   56   much more slowly. I spent more time with my family, and   57  myself to slow down.

       Now, 10 years later, my relationship with my   58  is deeper than ever. We have  59   to be very patient with each other. I’m no longer a high-achieving publisher or someone who  60  10 books a week. I’m a family man with aphasia, and if I read 10 books a year, that’s good.

41. A. once again           B. as usual              C. in time                 D. at last

42. A. smoothly               B. patiently              C. worriedly             D. slowly

43. A. radio                     B. computer             C. phone                 D. typewriter

44. A. friends                  B. coaches              C. colleagues          D. roommates

45. A. means                  B. proves                 C. explains              D. admits

46. A. discovery              B. goal                     C. ability                  D. reason

47. A. seeing                  B. teaching              C. describing           D. greeting

48. A. receive                B. repeat                 C. reunite                D. rebuild

49. A. easy                     B. delightful             C. functional            D. fast

50. A. exciting                 B. busy                    C. interesting           D. short

51. A. afraid                    B. anxious               C. ready                  D. right

52. A. trying                    B. preparing            C. focusing              D. asking

53. A. similar                   B. strange               C. special                D. simple

54. A. produce                B. recognize            C. manage              D. arrange

55. A. create                   B. understand         C. write                    D. believe

56. A. since                    B. though                C. unless                 D. when

57. A. allowed                 B. expected             C. advised               D. ordered

58. A. books                   B. illness                  C. doctors               D. family

59. A. decided                B. chosen                C. continued            D. learned

60. A. sells                      B. delivers               C. reads                  D. collects

Wouldn’t you want to travel more often without breaking the bank? If you are interested, read on to find out how you can do simple things to save money next time you go on vacation.

Airfares

Plan in advance and visit discount websites to see if there are better deals. If you are planning to stay in two countries and an airline makes you change planes on those countries anyway, you might be in luck. Check pricing on the flights to see if you can stay a few days at the country of the flight change instead of changing planes right away since airlines often let you do that for the same price.

Accommodations

Sometimes the smaller towns close to where you are going have hotels that are much less expensive. If you don’t mind the 15-minute ride, you might just save a large amount of money. Home exchanges are pretty cool and popular especially in Europe. If you are of the adventure type, this could be exciting and refreshing. Sometimes smaller hotel chains are willing to give you free upgrades or even free nights. If you are staying at a destination for at least a few days, consider a vacation home instead of hotels. They are often more comfortable and your cost will probably be cheaper.

Eating

Figure out where you will be and eat before you actually go out. Avoid breakfast from the hotels because chances are good that the breakfast from the hotel is expensive and isn’t great. It probably pays to walk out the front door in the morning and find a local cafe. You might just discover the local favorite unexpectedly. Want a breakfast that costs nothing? Ask for some bread to-go at the restaurant the night before. In addition, fancy lunches are often much less expensive than dinners. If you eat a big lunch and a light dinner, it’s also healthier.

21. The text is mainly about ______.

   A.trips in different countries               B. tips on economical travel

   C. dos and don’ts during a trip                     D. budgets for a package holiday

22. What kind of travelers will choose a vocation home?

   A. Those who dislike small hotel chains.

   B. Those who want an adventure trip.

   C. Those who plan to live in one place for few days.

   D. Those who don’t mind long-distance trips.

23. To save money on eating, you are expected to ______.

   A. eat more for dinner than lunch

   B. have three meals in the hotels

   C. buy bread from restaurants

   D. try a local cafe for breakfast

Since the one-baby policy   61  (carry) out in China, Chinese families have been shrinking from one with over 10 members to the other with only three including parents and one baby. Things are usually out of our expectation. Apart from the benefits   62  have been mentioned enough, small families are now beginning to have   63   own problems. Because parents are having fewer children, they increasingly feel the need   64   (control) the lives of those children. As a result, many children are becoming less   65  (depend), determined and ambitious than in the past.

Parents today discourage their children from doing housework, extracurricular activities and socializing   66   they fear it will interrupt their education. For example, when I was younger I wanted to learn the guitar   67   my parents wouldn’t allow me because they believed it would distract me from my studies. They are happy as long as I perform   68  (wonder) in my exams but don’t seem concerned about how I develop   69   a person.

To some extent, I understand parents’ concerns, but I think they should love their children for   70   they are, not what they want them to be. We deserve the chance to chase our own dreams and learn on our own. Even if we fail, we can learn from those failures.

 A person who has slept well will have a clear mind and work efficiently in the daytime

______ people with sleep disorders find it difficult to concentrate during the day.

A. unless             B. while

C. if                 D. until

 It can’t be a coincidence_________ four jewelry sores were robbed in one night.

   A. why                B. what            C. which             D. that

最近，调查发现越来越多的学生有了心理问题，这引起了社会的极大关注。请你根据所提供的信息用英语写一篇文章，向学校英语广播站投稿。

注意：

（1）对所给要点逐一陈述，适当发挥，不要简单翻译。

（2）词数150左右。开头已经写好，不计入总词数。

     Nowadays, an increasing number of students are suffering from mental problems, which has aroused public concern. According to a survey conducted recently,

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A farmer grew some vegetables in his garden. One day his wife was ill and he had no money. He had to sell some cabbages and carrots in the market. The next morning he took two baskets of vegetables to town. But it was raining hard that afternoon and there were few people in the street. When his vegetables were sold out, it was dark. He bought some medicine and hurried to his village.

On his way home he saw a person lying on the snow. He placed his baskets on the ground and was going to help the person to get up. At that time he found it was a dead man and there was much blood on his body. He was so afraid that he ran away quickly, without taking the baskets with him.

The next afternoon the farmer was sent to the police station. Having shown the baskets, an officer asked: “Are these yours?” “Yes, sir.” the farmer answered timidly(胆怯地) . “Have you killed the man?” “No, no, sir.” the farmer said in a hurry. “When did you see the dead man?” ”About seven last evening.” “Did you see who killed the man?” “No, Sir.” The officer brought out a knife and asked, “Have you seen it yet?” ”No, Sir.’ The officer became angry and told the policemen to beat him up and send him into prison.

That evening the officer went on trying. Pointing to the knife, he asked again,” Have you seen it yet?”  “Yes, Sir.” The officer was happy and asked, “ When and where?”  “I saw it here this afternoon, sir.”

(      ) 25．The farmer decided to sell the vegetables to           .

A. buy some food for his family                            B. buy some medicine for his wife

C. go to see a doctor                                     D. go to the cinema

(      ) 26．The farmer didn’t sell out his vegetables until the evening because           .

A. they were too bad                                     B. they were very expensive

C. it rained hard that morning           D. few people liked to go out on such a bad day

(      ) 27．The officer tried the farmer to        .

A know who had killed the man.                     B. know if he had seen the dead man

C .ask when he saw the dead man                  D .ask if he had seen the knife

    假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

Dear friends,

    In the past two weeks, all of us had a good time. We studied together, play together and did projects together, during it you helped us with our English studies. You often corrected our pronunciation and spell mistakes. Your jokes entertained them. Besides, your lecture on American life allowed us to know much about American culture and customs than before. Meanwhile, through different kind of sports and art activities, we have developed a strongly friendship with each other. Thanks with this chance, we have benefited a lot of from this exchange program. It really was unforgettable experience!

    Thank you !

NANJING, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- Xi Jinping and Ma Ying-jeou will shake hands in their historic meeting scheduled in Singapore on Saturday, head of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council said on Wednesday.

The two-part meeting includes one session open to the media and another behind closed doors, said Zhang Zhijun, who is also head of the Taiwan Work Office of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, when interviewed at the Zijinshan Summit for Entrepreneurs across the Taiwan Strait.

According to Zhang, Xi and Ma, as "leaders of the two sides" of the Taiwan Strait, will exchange views during the closed-door meeting.

After the meeting, press conferences will be held by both sides. Later, the two leaders are expected to attend a dinner, said Zhang.

Zhang said the meeting will lift cross-Strait communication to a new high.

The landmark meeting is a breakthrough in face-to-face exchange and communication between the leaders across the Taiwan Strait after the relationship became strained following the events of大庆铁人中学

Zhang said the meeting will improve mutual trust and allow for an exchange of opinions on handling the cross-Strait ties.

In addition, the meeting will help strengthen the 1992 Consensus(共识), which was reached in talks between the two sides in 1992 and recognizes the one-China principle, and safeguards the peaceful development of cross-Strait ties, according to Zhang.

Zhang added that the scheduled meeting will also benefit regional peace and stability.

Also at Wednesday's summit, Chiang Pin-kung, former chairman of the Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation, hailed the upcoming meeting between the two leaders as a milestone for cross-Strait ties.

Chiang told the media that he believed the meeting will give a boost(推动) to the peaceful development of cross-Strait ties.

62. According to the article, the meeting of the two leaders will _____.

A. be held at the Zijinshan Summit for Entrepreneurs across the Taiwan Strait

B. be the first face-to-face communication between people across the Taiwan Strait

C. be all open to the media

D. improve mutual trust and benefit regional peace and development

63. Which of the following statements about the 1992 Consensus is not true?

A. It was reached in 1992.

B. It recognizes the one-China principle.

C. It is an agreement between China and Japan.

D. It safeguards the peaceful development of cross-Strait ties.

64. Which of the following can best substitute the word ―hailed‖ in the last paragraph but one?

A. was concerned about B. sang high praise for

C. was impressed with D. got well prepared for

65. Which might be the right sequence of the following events?

a. The two leaders shake hands in front of the media.

b. The two leaders hold press conferences.

c. The two leaders exchange views during the closed-door meeting.

d. The two leaders have dinner together.

A. a; c; b; d B. a; b; c; d

C. a; d; b; c D. b; a; c; d

The thief jumped into the water with the policemen _____ him.

A. running after             B. run after   

C. to run after              D. ran after

 The products prodced by Apple, especially the iphone 4, ___well in the US and have a good market internationally.

   A. will sell    B. are sold     C. have sold      D. sell

Being shy, to speak in public caused me great pain when I was little. I remember my first time standing in

front of people speaking. It was ___21___; my knees were knocking ; my palms were sweating and I thought I was going to __22___. But I got through it at last and kind of enjoyed it. Later I regarded it as a good chance to practice my __23___talent. Now, after many years, the act of speaking in front of people brings me great __24____.

Part of life philosophy which allows us to __25___ healthily and creates happiness is how we look at _26___. They are in our life to create growth. Like the ___27___goes “A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.” We get rid of our weakness then we become ___28___. Challenges are given to us so that we can grow ___29___. The question is how we look at them. Looking at the challenges is to see their __30___ as positive. But many times when we are faced with a problem, we ___31___ it as negative. If we are___32___ in ourselves and see growth opportunities as creating ___33___ changes in our life, they can help us to become stronger, just as how I ___34___ the speech later.

We need to recognize challenges have their good functions that can ___35__  us. Once you learn to look upon challenges as opportunities to use a ___36___ perspective and test you, they’ll help you gain strength . They___37___ you good chances to grow healthily. Once you___38___ those challenges, they no longer stay in your life and they’ll disappear. Of course that doesn’t mean you make them disappear without ___39__,but the strength and ___40___ you gain are worth the effort.

21. A. uncomfortable   B. common        C. unusual          D. normal

22. A. pass out         B. move on     C. run away             D. turn away

23. A. story            B. work         C. article         D. speech

24. A. joy              B. value            C. purpose              D. dream

25. A. talk             B. listen           C. play                 D. grow

26. A. challenges      B. fates            C. success              D. failure

27. A. word             B. sentence         C. saying               D. example

28. A. stronger        B. happier          C. younger              D. lovelier

29. A. busier          B. better            C. freer                D. easier

30. A. reason           B. movement     C. outcome         D. action

31. A. map              B. find             C. picture          D. compare

32. A. disappointed    B. honest           C. interested           D. confident

33.A. positive         B. unique        C. common           D. slow

34. A. notice           B. suggest          C. regard               D. confirm

35. A. force            B. push         C. benefit              D. attract

36. A. strange          B. new              C. true                 D. good

37. A. throw            B. direct         C. accord             D. introduce

38. A. overtake        B. overlie       C. overlook             D. overcome

39. A. emotion          B. time             C. effort               D. result  

40. A. wisdom           B. spirit           C. knowledge            D. virtue