She is 　　　 the newspapers to be thrown away and putting away the rest. 

A. sorting out      B.  figuring out    C. making out       D. turning out

San Francisco has its cable cars. Seattle has its Space Needle. And, Longview has its squirrel bridge. The bridge, which has attracted international attention, is now a local landmark.

The Nutty Narrows Bridge was built in 1963 by a local builder, Amos Peters, to give squirrels a way to cross the busy road without getting flattened by passing cars.

The original bridge was built over Olympia Way on the west edge of the library grounds. Before the bridge was built, squirrels had to avoid traffic to and from the Park Plaza office building where office staff' put out a nutty feast for the squirrels. Many times, Peters and others who worked in and near the Park Plaza witnessed squirrels being run over.

One day Peters found a dead squirrel with a nut still in its mouth, and that day’s coffee break discussion turned into squirrel safety. The group of businessmen cooked up the squirrel bridge idea and formed a committee to ask the blessing of the City Council（市政会）.The Council approved, and Councilwoman Bess La Riviere named the bridge "Nutty Narrows."

 After architects designed the bridge, Amos Peters and Bill Hutch started construction. They built the 60-foot bridge from aluminum (铝) and lengths of fire hose (消防水带). It cost $1,000.

It didn't take long before reports of squirrels using the bridge started. Squirrels were even seen guiding their young and teaching them the ropes. The story was picked up by the media, and Nutty Narrows became known in newspapers all over the world.

In 1983, after 20 years of use, Peters took down the worn-out bridge. Repairs were made and crosspieces were replaced. The faded sign was repainted and in July 1983, hundreds of animal lovers attended the completion ceremony of the new bridge.

Peters died in 1984, and a ten-foot wooden squirrel sculpture was placed near the bridge in memory of its builder and his devotion to the project.

56. The Nutty Narrows Bridge was built in order to       .

       A. offer squirrels a place to eat nuts

       B. set up a local landmark

       C. help improve traffic

       D. protect squirrels

57. What happened over the coffee break discussion?

      A. The committee got the Council's blessing.

       B. The squirrel bridge idea was born.

       C. A councilwoman named the bridge

       D. A squirrel was found dead.

58. What does the underlined phrase "teaching them the ropes" probably mean in the text?

       A. Passing them a rope                            B. Directing them to store food for winter

       C. Teaching them a lesson                       D. Showing them how to use the bridge.

59. Which of the following is true of the squirrel bridge?

       A. It was replaced by a longer one.                     B. It was built from wood and metal

       C. it was rebuilt after years of use              D. It was designed by Bill Hutch.

60. What can we learn about Amos Peters?

       A. He is remembered for his love of' animals.

       B. He donated $l, 000 to build the bridge

       C. He was a member of' the City Council

    D. He was awarded a medal for building the bridge.

I entered high school having read hundreds of books. But I was not a good reader. Merely bookish, I lacked a point of view when I read. Rather, I read in order to get a point of view. I searched books for good expressions and sayings, pieces of information, ideas, themes—anything to enrich my thought and make me feel educated. When one of my teachers suggested to his sleepy tenth-grade English class that a person could not have a "complicated idea" until he had read at least two thousand books, I heard the words without recognizing either its irony (嘲讽) or its very complicated truth. I merely determined to make a list of all the books I had ever read. Strict with myself, I included only once a title I might have read several times. (How, after all, could one read a book more than once?) And I included only those books over a hundred pages in length. (Could anything shorter be a book?)

There was yet another high school list I made. One day I came across a newspaper article about an English professor at a nearby state college. The article had a list of the "hundred most important books of Western Civilization." "More than anything else in my life," the professor told the reporter with finality," these books have made me all that I am." That was the kind of words I couldn’t ignore. I kept the list for the several months it took me to read all of the titles. Most books, of course, I hardly understood. While reading Plato's The Republic, for example, I needed to keep looking at the introduction of the book to remind myself what the text was about. However, with the special patience and superstition (迷信) of a schoolboy, I looked at every word of the text. And by me time I reached the last word, pleased, I persuaded myself that I had read The Republic, and seriously crossed Plato off my list.

21．On hearing the teacher's suggestion of reading, the writer thought________.

A．one must read as many books as possible   

B．a student should not have a complicated idea

C．it was impossible for one to read two thousand books

D．students ought to make a list of the books they had read

22．The underlined phrase "with finality" probably means_________.

A．firmly              B．clearly                    C．proudly        D．pleasantly

23．The writer's purpose in mentioning The Republic is to________.

A．explain why it was included in the list   

B．describe why he seriously crossed it off the list

C．show that he read the books blindly though they were hard to understand

D．prove that he understood most of it because he had looked at every word

24．The writer provides two book lists to ________.

A．show how he developed his point of view    

B．tell his reading experience at high school

C．introduce the two persons' reading methods  

D．explain that he read many books at high school

When asked by Conan O’Brien if his daughters had smartphones, comedian Louis CK explained that he had   36   replied, “No, you can’t have it. It's bad for you. I don’t   37   what you want.” This hit home for me because at the time, I was in difficult negotiations with my ten-year-old daughter   38   one. And frankly, she was winning. CK added, “I’m not raising the   39  --- I’m raising the grown-ups that they’re going to be. So just   40   the other stupid kids have phones doesn’t mean that my kid has to be stupid, or   41   she’ll feel weird.” OK, I was sold.

Cell phones are “toxic, especially for kids,” he said, because they don’t help them learn empathy, one of the nicer human   42  . When we text, the   43   we get is in cold, hard text-speak. Why are kids   44  ? he asked. “Because they’re trying it out. They look at another kid and go. ‘You’re fat.’ Then they find the kid’s unhappy, and they think, Ooh, that doesn’t feel   45  .” There, they’ve experienced empathy. Texting “you’re fat” allows you to bypass the pain you’ve caused.

CK went on to explain to us that smartphones rob us of our ability to be   46  . Kids use smartphones to   47   their time: Must text! Must play game! Must look up more tiny American Girl socks online for Molly!!! After all, one of the joys of being human is allowing our minds to  48  . With cell phones, kids are always preoccupied. They never daydream,   49   in class. And here’s something else we’re   50   out on thanks to Steve Jobs’s little device: our right to be    51  . This was a right I hadn’t realized I desired until CK pointed out that it’s yet another of the essential human emotions.

“Everybody’s murdering each other with their cars” as they text, CK screamed, because they fear being alone. Too bad —they’re missing out on a life affirming experience.

“I was in my car one time, and Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Jungleland’ came on,” he said. “And he sounds so far away. It made me really sad. And I think, OK, I’ve got to get the phone and write hi to 50 people. I was   52   for the phone, and I thought, Don’t! Just be sad.” So CK   53   over and allowed himself to sob like a little girl   54   that brand-new four-poster bed for her American Girl doll. “It was beautiful. You’re lucky to   55   sad moments,” he said. And because he didn’t fight and push it away with that little phone, because he allowed himself to be miserable, his body released endorphins(内啡肽). “And that’s why I don’t want to get phones for my kids.” CK said. And I suppose I don’t either.

_{In 2012, the Tower of London welcomed two new inhabitants: a pair of ravens(乌鸦) named Jubilee and Grip． Their arrival celebrated the bicentenary(二百周年) of Charles Dickens’s birth． This Grip was the third of the Tower ravens to be named after the novelist’s own pet birD． One of his predecessors（前辈） was resident during World War Two; he and his mate Mabel were the only ravens to survive a bombing attack on the Tower．}

_{Dickens’s Grip, who had an impressive vocabulary, appears as a character in the author’s fifth novel, Barnaby Rudge． On 28 January 1841, Dickens wrote to his friend George Cattermole: “my notion is to have [Barnaby] always in company with a pet raven, who is immeasurably more knowing than himself． To this end I have been studying my bird, and think I could make a very distinctive character of him．”}

_{Unfortunately, just a few weeks after Dickens wrote that letter, Grip died, probably as a result of having stolen and eaten paint some months earlier． The bird had developed a strange habit – tearing sections off painted surfaces (including the family's carriage) and even drinking a quantity of white paint out of a tin． Dickens mourned his loss and wrote a humorous letter to his friend, the illustrator Daniel Maclise, about the raven’s death．}

_{He related how, when Grip began to show signs of sickness, the vet was called and “administered a powerful dose of castor(蓖麻) oil”． Initially this seemed to have a positive effect and the author was thrilled to see Grip restored to his usual personality when he bit the coachman (who was used to the raven and took it in good humor)． The following morning, Grip was able to eat “some warm porridge”, but his recovery was short liveD．}

_{As Dickens wrote to Maclise, “On the clock striking twelve he appeared slightly upset, but soon recovered, walking twice or thrice along the coach-house, stopped to bark, exclaimed ‘Hello old girl’ (his favorite expression) and dieD． He behaved throughout with a decent manner, which cannot be too much admireD． ．． The children seem rather glad of it． He bit their ankles． But that was play．”}

_{28．Which of the following is right about Dickens’s pet Grip?}

_{A． he liked painting a lot．}

_{B． he could speak English fluently．}

_{C． he was quite ill before his death．}

_{D． he and Mabel survived a bombing attack．}

_{29．Why did Dickens study his bird Grip?}

_{A． Because the bird was very strange looking．}

_{B． Because Dickens liked the bird immeasurably．}

_{C． Because Barnaby needs a companion who was always with him．}

_{D． Because Dickens wanted to base one character of his novel on him．}

_{30．What caused the death of Dickens’s Grip?}

_{A． His old age．}

_{B． His strange diet．}

_{C． The killing of the coachman．}

_{D． His bad habit of biting people．}

_{31．Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?}

_{A． A bird in a novel．}

_{B． The writer’s birD．}

_{C． The death of a birD．}

_{D． Dickens and his bird}

Basketball Statistician Help Wanted

The Athletic Department is looking for students to help assist staff during the Fall 2016, Winter 2016-17 and Spring 2017 semesters. Students in this position will be keeping live statistics during basketball games. Students must meet all of the following requirements:

Good computer skills

Available evenings and weekends

Knowing basketball rules and statistics

Students interested in working for the Athletic Department should contact the Athletic Coordinator at their respective campuses.

TP/SS Athletic Coordinator, Michael Simone,240-567-1308

Rockville Athletic Coordinator, Jorge Zuniga,240-567-7589

Springfield Athletic coordinator, Gary Miller,240-567-2273

Germantown Athletic Coordinator, Gauri Chavan, 240-567-6915

16.When will the job last?

A. Almost 1 year.        B. About two years.

C. Three semesters.       D. About 1.5 years

17.Who is more likely to get job?

A. Ted, computer major, basketball fan, free on evenings and weekends

B. Judy, IT staff with night classes, children’s basketball team coach

C. Sam, English major, member of the college basketball team

D. Molly, part-time programmer, high school basketball player, new mother

18.Whatshould you do if you want to apply for the job in Rockville?

A.Contact Gauri Chavan.       B.Dial 240-567-2273.

C. Dial 240-567-1308.         D.Contact Jorge Zuniga.

    There is a candy shop near where I live. On its  41   it says,“Made Fresh Every Hour.“History is being made every day. It is being made fresh every hour. We read about it in the newspapers and the magazines, or 42 about it on the radio or television.

    Up to this time, history has been 43 by the story of one war after another-some big, some small, some short, some long. Almost always a right has been going on somewhere.It has been War, War, War-Fight, Fight, Fight. Children 44 ，kick and bite. But the older we get, the 45 we use our fists(拳头)and feet to 46   quarrels. Fighting seems to be a sign of childhood-that we are kids-and our fights, which we call wars，a sign ofhow 47 the world really is and we really are-a sign that the world is still but a minute or two old.

    Now we admire and praise as heroes Horatius, Leonidas, Joan of Arc, General Eisenhower, and those who have defended their countries 48  the attacks of the enemy, as we would admire a man who stops a burglar or a murderer who attacks his family in the night. But those, 49  kings, generals, or princes, who do the attacking and take life with no other excuse than to add to their power or wealth or glory,，no better than burglars, who，forth with a gun and a blackjack to waylay(拦路抢劫)，rob and murder for the same purpose. War kills,war destroys, war  50 millions of lives and billions of  51 ，-money that could be used to make us 52  , to make the world a better place, instead of causing bitterness, suffering,misery and unhappiness, widows and orphans. No one is better off, not even the winner. War is a terrible game, in which even the 53  loses.

    This is 54  ： If wars do not end, they will be fought with weapons so deadly that all the people of a country or even of a  55  may be killed. Already atomic bombs  56   with such a blast that one bomb can blow a whole city to smithereens(碎片).Perhaps, if wars continue，there wont be anyone 57  alive in the whole wide world; and that will be the 58 of human history.

    Perhaps wars can be stopped. Many people everywhere go on trying and hoping to end the danger of another war. It isn` t easy to prevent wars,but if the United Nations can act like a fire department to put out wars like 59  before they get burning too  60 , then the world can go on with years of peace.

41. A. signal          B. sigh          C. sign                D.sight

42. A. hear            B. watch         C. listen              D.see

43. A. studied         B. changed       C. ignored             D.marked

44. A. kiss            B. scratch       C. hug                 D.dance

45. A. less            B. mote          C. younger             D.fewer

46. A. cause           B. settle        C. make                D.have

47. A. old             B. green         C. powerful            D.young

48. A. against         B. for           C. with                D.after

49. A. unless          B. whether       C. if                  D.like

50. A. spends          B. pays          C. costs               D.waits

51. A. babies          B. buildings.    C. dollars             D.officers

52. A. sad             B. happy         C. confused            D.exhausted

53. A. winner          B. loser         C. competitor          D.soldier

54. A. endless         B. doubtful      C. certain             D.critical

55. A. state           B. country       C. nation              D.continent

56. A. explode         B. ban           C. is dropped          D.is planted

57. A. returned        B. gone          C. buried              D.left

58. A. beginning       B. start         C. end                 D.loss

59. A. water           B. ice           C. wood                D.fires

60. A. lightly          B. fiercely      C. warmly              D.gently

I honestly don't think that anyone out there really tries hard to become nobody in every aspect of their lives. There are some people that are 41 with their situation in life, but 42 has something they want to be excellent in; something they want to 43 Unfortunately, most people don't have the 44 to do something about it. They waste away their time and talents day-dreaming of what could be 45 living the life they want.

People are 46 taking the easy road in life: it's less risky, it doesn’t 47 a lot of effort and it’s comfortable. Change 48 you to step out of your comfort zone and into the 49. You have to change yourself, your surroundings and even your habits.

Everyone has those moments in life 50 you look at where you are and the things you've done to get there; 51 , you'll be either proud or 52 . For those of you who have reached the point where you are wondering, "how did I get here?" , there is still hope.

Change is 53 If it were easy, we would all be famous billionaires living in mansions(豪宅）.The fact that it’s hard is what makes change and 54 so great. Improving your life will 55 several positive outcomes such as, giving you a better 56 of self, making you a better person, mother, father, friend, etc. and you' 11 find yourself being 57 in general. You need to understand that changing yourself for the better won’t 58 challenges in your life — it will just 59 you to be able to face them.

If you have tried to change in the past and failed, don’t 60. You can still change and start making a difference in your life.

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。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（/\），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  

My dentist had just pulled out one of my tooth and had told me to rest for while. My mouth were filled with cotton-wool. He knew I collected bird eggs and asks me whether my collection was growing. He then asked me a lot of other question. In answer to these questions, I could neither nod or make strange noises. Meanwhile, my tongue was busy search out the hole where the tooth had been. I suddenly felt very worried, so couldn’t say everything. When the dentist at last removed the cotton-wool, I was able to tell him of that he had pulled out the wrong tooth.

Have you ever picked a job based on the fact that you were good at it but later found it made you feel very uncomfortable over time? When you select your career, there's a whole lot more to it than assessing your skills and matching them with a particular position. If you ignore your personality, it will hurt you long-term regardless of your skills or the job's pay. There are several areas of your personality that you need to consider to help you find a good job. Here are a few of those main areas;

     1) Do you prefer working alone or with other people?

    There are isolating（使孤立）jobs that will drive an outgoing person crazy and also interactive jobs that will make a shy person uneasy. Most people are not extremes in either direction but do have a tendency that they prefer. There are also positions that are sometimes a combination of the two, which may be best for someone in the middle who adapts easily to either situation.

2) How do you handle change?

Most jobs these days have some elements of change to them, but some are more than others. If you need stability in your life, you may need a job where the changes don't happen so often. Other people would be bored of the same daily routine.

3) Do you enjoy working with computers？

    I do see this as a kind of personality characteristic. There are people who are happy to spend more than 40 hours a week on a computer, while there are others who need a lot of human interaction throughout the day. Again, these are extremes and you'll likely find a lot of positions somewhere in the middle as well.

4) What type of work environment do you enjoy？

    This can range from being in a large building with a lot of people you won't know immediately to a smaller setting where you'll get to know almost all the people there fairly quickly.

5) How do you like to get paid?

    Some people are motivated by the pay they get, while others feel too stressed to be like that. The variety of payment designs in the sales industry is a typical example for this.

    Anyway, these are a great starting point for you. I've seen it over and over again with people that they make more money over time when they do something they love. It may take you a little longer, but making a move to do what you have a passion for can change the course of your life for the better.

60. What is the missing word about a job search in the following chart?

A. Design.         B. Changes.          C. Cooperation.          D. Hobbies.

61. What does the underlined sentence in paragraph one mean?

   A. Before you select your job, you should assess your skills and match them with your position

   B. There are more important things than assessing skills and match them with the position when you select job.

   C. Nothing is important than assessing skills and match them with the position when you select job.

   D  You should ignore your skills when you select job.

62. What is the best title for this passage?

A. Lifestyles and Job Pay                        B. Jobs and Environment

C. Job Skills and Abilities                       D. Personalities and Jobs

 — How is the smog control going on in our capital city?

— It couldn’t be worse. You ________ believe Beijing upgraded the smog alert from yellow to orange and then red again yesterday.

A. won’t  B. mustn’t  C. needn’t  D. shouldn’t

阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。

As is known to all, sports stars earn large amounts of money every year. LeBron James, the famous American basketball star, for instance, earns an income of more than 20 million dollars a year. Some people hold the view that these stars do not deserve the high pay that they are getting. Some even argue that sports stars do nothing to society apart from entertaining people. Their sontributions to society are much less than those made by doctors, firemen, scientists, professors, ect. But I can never agree with that.

While sports are for entertainment, it does not mean that they are not important to people’s life. Why do so many people go to see football matches and NBA games？ It is because they enjoy the games, and they are willing to pay to watch the performances. Because of the sports stars, our life becomes more exciting. Some sports stars gain honor for their country, and their countrymen are proud of them. They contribute to the spiritual well-being of their people.

What’s more, sports stars usually are at the top of level in their fields. In this world, you have to pay if you want the best. It is the same with sports. Skills in sports are like the skills in works of art. People will not say that Da Vinci’s painting Mona Lisa was bought for too much money. Most stars are skilled in their own field not only because of their talents but also because of their hard training. They have to keep performing at their peak to earn that good income.

  Their infulence on the national econumy can not be overlooked. Take NBA in America for example, the stars help to support not only the basketball industry, but also other rs related industries like sportswear and sport equipment. Sports stars also make constant appearance in advertisements. Since they are well known in the world, they attract many people’s attention, which often leads to an immediate boom in the sales of the products that are advertised by them.

  I hope one day their accomplishments will be fully recognized.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Mike had prepared carefully for the exam, so that he could be sure of passing it on his first _______.

A. attention              B. purpose             C. attempt             D. desire

CALIFORNIA, USA — People in the western state of California who are in the United States illegally can now request a driver's license. The law went into effect on January l. California is not the first American state with such a law, but it has the largest number of illegal immigrants. More than a million people began to request licenses shortly after the new state law went into effect. Among them was Christian Alvarado. Mr. Alvarado entered the United States from El Salvador eight years ago without permission from the U.S. government. Some call such people "illegal immigrants." Others call them "undocumented immigrants".

     Mr. Alvarado thinks it so exciting, for he has been waiting for the license for a long time. But some are worried that their personal information will be used to find them and deport them. Armando Botello is a spokesman for the California Department of Motor Vehicles, or DMV. He says people should not be afraid, for such information will not be shared.

The new licenses are the same as licenses given to citizens except that they have the words "Federal Limits Apply". That means the license cannot be used to travel on an airplane or enter a federal building. Ana Garcia, working at the Central American Resource Center, says some illegal immigrants fear those words will be used to abuse them. Civil rights groups say the police and others will not.

     Dan Schnur, a political scientist at the University of Southern California, said that the main argument against the new law is that it rewards illegal behavior. But Professor Schnur argued that young, white Americans generally support immigration reform, including giving driver's licenses to illegal immigrants

     "It's simply because they grew up in a much more multicultural society than their parents or their grandparents did." Professor Schnur says he believes the changes in beliefs about illegal immigrants that have taken place in California will spread throughout the United States.

1. Why did the new law make Mr. Alvarado excited?

A. Because he can request a driver's license.

B. Because he became a legal immigrant of California.

        C. Because he got his driving license as an illegal immigrant.

        D. Because a law went into effect for the new immigrants.

2. What is the difference of the new licenses compared to those given to citizens'?

        A. The words “Federal Limits Apply” will abuse illegal immigrants

        B. They can't be used to travel on an airplane or enter a federal building.

        C. They can be used to act against the police and other people.

        D. With the words "Federal Limits Apply", immigrants can enjoy special rights.

3. What's the public's attitude towards the new law released on January l in California?

        A. supportive          B. negative         C. neutral              D. controversial

Sam Allred suffers from a rare and incurable kidney (肾脏) disease. One day, when his sister was playing a song repeatedly, Sam sang along. His sister thought it was funny so she recorded it and posted the video online. The video — and Sam — became a hit. Only 8 years old at the time, he couldn’t have expected the response.

“(The television show) The Doctors called and wanted me on their show so they paid for me to go to California,” says Sam, now 13, “and we got to stay in a hotel where all the movie stars stayed.”

During that visit to California, Angie Allred, Sam’s mother, had an idea about Sam writing a children’s book. Together, she and Sam wrote Opening Hearts, which tells Sam’s experience of living with a chronic (慢性的) illness.

“I wrote the book to teach people to be kinder to people,” Sam says.

Moreover, Sam wanted to send pillows to sick children staying in hospitals around the country to make their stay more comfortable, an idea that came from a time when he was in the hospital.

“A few kind boys came in with pillows and they gave me one and it meant a lot to me that someone cared about kids in the hospital,” says Sam.

Angie thought of starting a nonprofit organization to provide a way for people to contribute money to realize Sam’s ideas. She named the nonprofit Kindness for Kids.

Since then, Sam has taken pillows to children staying at Providence Hospital in Anchorage.

Sam’s father, Scott Allred, owns a small business that contracts (承包) shipping services with FedEx Ground. He asked the company for help.

“FedEx Ground learned about Sam’s pillow project,” says Erin Truxal, manager of public relations for FedEx Ground. “We thought, ‘What a perfect way for us to get involved.’”

The company provided shipping services for Sam to ship about 5,000 pillows to hospitals.

Sam wants to send more pillows to all of the children’s hospitals in every state. His goal is simple: “Kids in the hospital as happy as they were before they got sick,” he says.

24． We can learn from the text that Sam Allred _____.

A. was a healthy boy

B. was popular at an early age

C. sang the song with his sister

D. worked in his father’s company

25． Opening Hearts is a book that _____.

A. is a best seller

B. is about Sam’s sister

C. was published when Sam was 13

D. was written by Sam and his mother

26． What is FedEx Ground’s attitude towards Sam’s career?

A. Doubtful.                 B. Surprised.

C. Approving.                D. Uninterested.

27． Which of the following can best describe Sam Allred?

A. Optimistic and warm-hearted.

B. Honest and responsible.

C. Unusual and confident.

D. Friendly and brave.

 (CNN) — A 12 -year-old girl who had a feeling that she might be quite clever has taken a test and proved she was absolutely right.

Lydia Sebastian achieved the top score of 162 on Mensa，s Cattell III B paper, suggesting she has a higher IQ than well-known geniuses Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. The comparison doesn't sit well with the British student, who’s currently in Year 8 at Colchester County high school, a selective girl’s grammar school in Essex, England.

"I don't think I can be compared to such great intellectuals such as Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. They’ve achieved so much. I don’t think it’s right," Lydia told CNN.

Lydia sat the test in her summer holidays, after raising the idea with her parents and pestering (纠缠）them for the best part of a year. It turns out the test wasn't that hard after all.

"I was really nervous before the test and I thought it was going to be really hard. But as I started the test, I thought it was a bit easier than I thought it was going to be," she said.

Lydia’s  not quite sure what she wants to do when she leaves school, although she’s  leaning toward something "based around Maths, because it’s one of my favorite subjects. " "All I，m going to do is work as hard as I can, and see where that gets me," she said.

To explain Lydia’s  mark’s  level, the top adult score in the Cattell III B test, which primarily tests verbal(语言) reasoning, is 161. A top 2% score 一 which allows entry to Mensa, the club for those with high IQs 一 would be 148 or over. Lydia scored 162, placing her in the top 1% of the population.

24. Lydia wanted to have an IQ test because_,

A. ail people around thought that she was smart

B. she felt that she might have a high IQ

C. her parents strongly wanted her to do so

D. the grammar school advised her to do so

25. What does the underlined words mean in the second paragraph?

A. is not accepted by. B. is not related to.

C. does not satisfy.    D. does not affect.

26. What is Lydia's plan about the future according to the text?

A. She doesn’t have to work hard with her high IQ.

B. She has a tendency to focus around Maths.

C. She is quite sure about what to do in the future.

D. She will drop out of the grammar school.

27. What do we know from the last paragraph?

A. No one has achieved a higher IQ than Lydia,

B. Whoever has a high IQ can enter Mensa.

C. Only adults with high IQs can enter Mensa.

D. Mensa is a club for those with high IQs at least 148.

—Did Hana say anything about me in her letter?

       —Only that she’d appreciate ________ from you.

       A．to hear              B．hearing        C．to hearing         D．to have heard