16．Last year，A Bite of China，made by CCTV's Documentary Channel （紀(jì)錄片頻道），sparked discussion not only on Chinese food，but also on locally made documentary programs．
When you think of documentaries，you may think of them as long，boring programs．But documentaries can be wonderful and bring stories from the real world into our homes．With fascinating footage（影片片段） and stories，documentaries encourage us to think about interesting issues we wouldn't necessarily know about．
So，what makes a good documentary，and what should we pay attention to when we watch one？Here，we offer a few easy strategies to help you get the most out of watching documentaries．
Pay attention to the themes
While watching a documentary，keep your eyes and ears peeled for the themes people talk about and what ideas they focus on．Is it meant to be informative or raise a certain emotional response？
Think critically
Listen to what the people in the documentary are saying and ask yourself the following questions：If you were debating with someone or introducing a new concept，would you say the things the people in the documentary are saying？Do the arguments make sense？
Check the sources
If you're sitting at the computer and can't think of anything to do，why not look up the points the documentary made and see if they are accurate？You could even read more about what is presented in the documentary．
Who are the creators？
The creators or financial backers of a film will usually be involved with how the subject matter is presented．For instance，as the documentary 2016：Obama's America was directed in large part by a conservative writer，it's not surprising that it's critical of President Obama from the beginning．

29．Which of the following is the most proper to describe documentaries？A
A．non-fictional     
B．controversial     
C．subjective     
D．thoughtful
30．The passage is mainly written toB．
A．inform us of factors of good documentaries．
B．help us enjoy documentaries better．
C．introduce ways of making documentaries．
D．help us figure out themes of documentaries．
31．Why is 2016：Obama's America mentioned in the article？D
A．Because the author dislikes Obama．
B．Because it is directed by a writer．
C．Because it is quite popular in China．
D．Because it is a persuasive example．
32．According to the passage，C．
A．it is always difficult to get the themes of documentaries．
B．financial backers often appear in documentaries．
C．it's better to think twice about what is in documentaries．
D．many points of documentaries are not accurate．

15．I'm a high school student in the UK．I have just read your letter （61）about what you experienced there．I would like to be friends with you．First of all，let me introduce （62）myself （me）．My name is Daniel．I'm studying at Southampton High．I'm （63）really  （real） fond of reading books，and that is why my favorite subject is Literature．At the weekend，I like （64）playing （play） football and surfing the internet．I also enjoy eating sweets，（65）soI never miss dessert at dinner．
I （66）realized（realize） schools in the UK are so different from schools in China until I received your letter．It must have been quite（67）astruggle for you to become （68）used （use） to academic life in a British school．I really have respect for everything you have （69）achieved（achieve）．Next year，I plan on attending a high school in China．I would love （70）to meet（meet） you when I go to China．

14．If you are willing to do something，be a man ofdetermination （determine）and do it at once．

13．I've never known anyone who cared soselflessly（無私地） about children．

12．According to sociologists（社會(huì)學(xué)家），every modern industrial society has some form of social stratification（階層）．Class，power and status （地位） are important in deciding people's rank in society．
Class means a person's economic position in society．A commonly used classification is lower class，middle class and upper class．While sociologists disagree on how these terms should be exactly defined（定義），they do describe societies like the United States quite well．One study shows that 53% of Americans belong to the lower class，46% the middle class，and 1% the upper class．Interestingly，a surgeon（外科大夫） earning 500，000a year and a bus driver earning 50，000a year both regard （把…..看作）themselves as the middle class!
Power refers to the amount of control a person has over other people．Obviously，people in positions of great power （such as governors） exercise（行使）big power，but people who take orders from others have less power．Power and class do not always go hand in hand，however．For example，the governor of a state has great power，but he or she may not belong to a corresponding （相應(yīng)的）economic class．Generally，however，there is a relationship between power and class．To our knowledge，there aren't too many people who aren't millionaires（百萬富翁） in the U．S．Senate（參議院）!
Status is the honor or respect attached to a person's position in society．It can also be affected by power and class，but not necessarily so．For example，a university professor may have a high status but not belong to a high social class or have a lot of power over others．
13．What can we learn about"the middle class"from Paragraph 2？B
A．People earning 50，000a year belong to the middle class．
B．Nearly half Americans belong to the middle class．
C．People generally consider bus drivers as the middle class．
D．Sociologists have a clear definition of the middle class．
14．According to the text，we know thatA．
A．power and class do not always correspond with each other
B．status refers to a person's economic position in society
C．people with high status have a lot of control over others
D．class is less important in deciding a person's social rank
15．Which of the following shows the structure of the whole text？A

11．When I first got an e-mail account ten years ago，I received communications only from family，friends，and colleagues．Now it seems that every time I check my e-mail，I have an endless series of advertisements and other correspondence that do not interest me at all．If we want e-mail to continue to be useful，we need specific laws that make spamming（發(fā)送垃圾郵件） a crime．
If lawmakers do not do something soon to prohibit spam，the problem will certainly get much worse．Computer programs allow spammers to send hundreds of millions of e-mails almost instantly．As more and more advertisers turn to spam to sell their products，individual（個(gè)人的） e-mail boxes are often flooded with spam e-mails．Would people continue to use e-mail if they had to deal with an annoying amount of spam each time？
This problem is troubling for individuals and companies as well．Many spam e-mails contain computer viruses that can shut down the entire network of a company．Companies rely on e-mail for their employees to communicate with each other．Spam frequently causes failures in their local communications networks，and their employees are thus unable to communicate effectively．Such a situation results in a loss of productivity and requires companies to repeatedly repair their networks．These computer problems raise production costs of companies，which are，in the end，passes on to the consumer．
For these reasons，I believe that lawmakers need to legislate （立法） against spam．Spammers should be fined，and perhaps sent to prison if they continue to disturb people．E-mail is a tool which helps people all over the world to communicate conveniently，but spam is destroying this convenience．
13．According to the text，what is the major cause of the flooding spam？C
A．Companies rely on e-mail for communications．
B．More people in the world communicate by e-mail．
C．More advertisers begin to promote sales through spam．
D．Many computer viruses contain spam e-mail．
14．According to Paragraph 3，who is the final victim of spam？C
A．The business      
B．The advertiser     
C．The consumer    
D．The employee
15．What is the purpose of the text？D
A．To inform  
B．To educate  
C．To instruct     
D．To persuade．

10．Dog owners now have a little help understanding their angry friends．A new device called Bow-Lingual"translates"dog barks into English，Korea or Japanese．
Bow-Lingual's Japanese inventors spent much time and money analyzing dog barks．They found that dog noises can be broken down into six different emotions：happiness，sadness，frustration，anger，assertion and desire．Part of the Bow-Lingual device hangs on the dog's collar．The other part is a handle-held unit for the owner．When the dog barks，the unit displays translated phrases．
Some people have scoffed at Bow-Lingual．"Who would pay US $ 120to read a dog's mind？"they ask，but those who have purchased Bow-Lingual praise the device．Pet owner Keiko Egawa，of Japan，says it helps her empathize with her dog，Harry．"Before we go to the park，he always says he wants to play，"says Egawa，"and after a walk，he always says he is hungry．"
Bow-Lingual is not yet available in Chinese．So you'd better keep studying Studio Classroom，or soon your dog may know more English than you do!
1．The writer of this passage is most likely to beB．
A．a(chǎn)n advertiser    
B．a(chǎn) reporter         
C．a(chǎn) dog owner      
D．a(chǎn)n expert on dog barks
2．What does"scoffed at"mean in the 3rd paragraph？C
A．Doubted about．
B．Questioned at．
C．Laughed at．
D．Shouted at．
3．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？C
A．Bow-Lingual is a new device that enables dogs to talk in English，Korean or Japanese．
B．Dog owners now can understand their dogs better as they stay longer with them．
C．People who have used the Bow-Lingual say it helps them better understand their dogs．
D．Chinese dog owners need keep studying to know more English than their dogs．
4．What's the best title for the passage？A
A little help for dog owners．
B．Dog barks and their different emotions．
C．Dogs that can talk．
D．Bow-Lingual's inventors．

9．Dear Alcohol，
You've been around forever．I can remember all the pain you've caused for me．
Do you remember the night you almost took my father's life？I do．He loves you．Sometimes I think he loves you more than he loves me．He's addicted to you，to the way you promise to rid him of his problems only to cause more of them．You just sat back and laughed as his car went spinning through the street，crashing into two other cars．He wasn't the only one hurt by you that night．
Do you remember the night of my first high school party？You were there．My friends were intrigued by you．They treated you as if they were never going to see you again，drinking all of you that they could．I spent two hours that night helping my friends who had fallen completely．"I'm so embarrassed，"they said a s I held their hair back so that they could vomit （嘔吐）．"I'm sorry，"they said when I called taxies for them，walking them out and paying the driver in advance．"This won't happen again，"they said as they were sent to the hospital to have their stomachs pumped．Two 15-year-old girls slept in hospital beds that night thanks to you．
Do you remember the night when you took advantage of my 17-year-old neighbor who had to drive to pick up his sister from her dance lessons？Do you know how we all felt when he hit another car and killed the two people in the other car？He died the next morning too．His sister walked home from her dance lesson，and passed police cars and a crowd of people gathering on the sidewalk just two blocks away from the dance studio．She didn't realize her brother was in the midst of it all．She never saw him again．And it's all your fault．
I wish you'd walk out of my life forever．I don't want anything to do with you．Look at all the pain you've caused．Sure，you've made people happy too from time to time．But the damage you've caused in the lives of millions is inexcusable．Stop luring （引誘） in the people I love．Stop hurting me，please．
Sincerely，
Anonymous
28．What is author's purpose in writing to alcohol？C
A．To introduce Mr．Alcohol to the readers
B．To describe the harm alcohol did to his family．
C．To show how much alcohol can hurt people．
D．To show the great fun that alcohol can bring to people's life．
29．What did alcohol do to the author's father？D
A．It made him crash into two other cars and took his life．
B．It made him drink too much and he had to get his stomach pumped．
C．It made him kill two other people when driving．
D．It made him get into a car accident and badly injure himself．
30．The underlined phrase"were intrigued by"is closest in meaning toB．
A．were familiar with                       
B．were interested in
C．were disappointed with                 
D．were satisfied with
31．What is the tone of the article？A
A．Critical．
B．Doubtful．
C．Unconcerned．
D．Humorous．

8．BEING an astronaut sounds cool，doesn't it？In space，they get to do some pretty amazing things，like floating in zero gravity（重力）．
However，there are also plenty of things that astronauts can't do because of their weightless environment，and that's very sad．What's worse，they can't even let their sadness show-because it's impossible to cry in zero gravity．
Of course，astronauts can still produce tears．But crying is much more difficult in space，reported The Atlantic in January．Without gravity，tears don't flow downward out of the eyes like they do here on Earth．This means that when you cry in space，your tears have nowhere to go-they just stick to your eyes．
In May 2011，astronaut Andrew Feustel experienced this during one of his spacewalks．"Tears，"he said，"don't fall off of your eye…They just kind of stay there．"
Besides making your vision unclear，this can also cause physical pain．Back on Earth，tears are supposed to bring comfort to the eyes．But that's not the case in space．The space environment dries out astronauts'eyes，and when tears suddenly wet the eyes，it can cause pain rather than comfort．"My right eye is painful like crazy．"Feustel told his teammate during the walk．
Since gravity doesn't work in space，astronauts need some extra help to get rid of the tears．Feustel chose to rub his eyes against his helmet to wipe the tears away．Another choice is to just wait-"When the tears get big enough they simply break free of the eye and float around，"astronaut Ron Parise told The Atlantic．
There are lots of small things-things like crying-that we are so used to on Earth．We usually take them for granted，until they become a problem in a totally different environment，like space．There，astronauts can't talk to each other directly．They also can't eat or drink in normal ways．They can't even burp （打嗝），because there is no gravity to hold the food down in their stomach．If they do burp，they just end up throwing up （嘔吐） everything in their stomach，according to the UK National Space Center．
Thus，perhaps it's only space explorers who can honestly say："Gravity，you're the best．"
24．What can we conclude from paragraphs 2 and 3？D
A．Astronauts are unable to feel sad in space．
B．Astronauts produce fewer tears in space．
C．Tears produced in space flow down more slowly．
D．Tears produced in space don't flow downward．
25．What effect do tears have on astronauts？A
A．They cause physical pain．
B．They bring comfort to them．
C．They make their vision clearer．
D．They float around and cause trouble．
26．What can the astronaut do to get rid of the tears？D
A．Rub his eyes against his helmet to let the tears float forward．
B．Rub his eyes by hand to let the tears float around．
C．Get the tears big enough to fall off of his eyes．
D．Get the tears big enough to break away from his eyes．
27．What's the second-to-last paragraph mainly about？B
A．Suggestions on how astronauts can stay comfortable in space．
B．Other basic things that are difficult to do in space．
C．Why burping is impossible in space．
D．Things that humans can't do without gravity．

7．Whether you were taught to fold your hands on your legs，or hold your hands behind your back，you can't deny the fact that your hands are communicating all the time．After many years of debate，researches have finally agreed with ancient wisdom．That is，gestures precede （領(lǐng)先） words．（36）DBut we can guess from this that gesture has been a key part in conversation for millions of years．
（37）GAnd it's true．The movement of your hands are like a feedback（反饋） tool to your brain．We've all heard the old words，"Actions speak louder than words．"Your gestures often show the truth behind your carefully chosen words．
     In the early nineteenth century，a man named Francois Delsarte was the body language expert of his time．（38）FLong before modern science，Delsarte stated that the hands were connected to the thoughts．He once said，"（39）A"．Besides identifying parts of the hand connected with our mental and physical process，Delsarte broke our gesture language into nine functions．
You can experience the difference in how a gesture affects the quality of your words by saying"I have no idea．"If your hand pushes away，you are rejecting the whole concept．（40）CThese are just a few ways to amplify（擴(kuò)大） the words．Of course，hand gestures are a small part of your body's story．
 
A．Gestures are the lightening and the words are the thunder．
B．Change your life through the magic of body language．
C．Reach your hand out to someone and you're begging for the answer．
D．We can't travel back to early humans to see how they communicated．
E．Avoid pointing，unless you're trying to direct people's attention to something．
F．He developed a system for studying the whole body and how it communicates．
G．Most people think that we gesture in order to help make our ideas clear to others．