【1】Why is the mother leaving?

A. Because there is going to be a flood.

B. Because she is going to help the flooded people.

C. Because she is going to look after the patients in the hospital.

【2】What is the family like?

A. The family is full of care and love.

B. The boy’s father is too busy to ask for a leave.

C. The mother never cares for her son.

【3】Who will pick the boy up after school when his mother leaves?

A. His father. B. His grandfather. C. No one.

This “ten-percent myth” has inspired many references in the cultural imagination. In the 2014 movie Lucy, for example, a woman develops godlike powers thanks to drugs that release the previously inaccessible 90 percent of her brain.

Contrary to the ten-percent myth, however, scientists have shown that humans use their entire brain throughout each day.

Over the years, brain scientists have shown that different parts of the brain are responsible for specific functions, whether it’s recognizing colors or problem solving. Contrary to the ten-percent myth, scientists have proven that every part of the brain is integral for our daily functioning.

Research has yet to find a brain area that is completely inactive. Even studies that measure activity at the level of single neurons(神經(jīng)元) have not revealed any inactive areas of the brain.

Many brain imaging studies that measure brain activity when a person is doing a specific task show how different parts of the brain work together. For example, while you are reading this text on your smartphone, some parts of your brain, including those responsible for vision and reading comprehension, will be more active.

A more direct counter to the ten-percent myth lies in individuals who have suffered brain damage – like through a stroke(中風(fēng))– and what they can no longer do, or do as well, as a result of that damage. If the ten percent myth is true, then damage to many parts of our brain shouldn’t affect your daily functioning. Studies have shown that damaging a very small part of the brain may have devastating consequences.

If someone experiences damage to Broca’s area(布羅卡氏區(qū)), for example, they can understand language but can’t speak fluently.

In one highly publicized case, a woman in Florida permanently lost her “capacity for thoughts, perceptions, memories, and emotions that are the very essence of being human” when a lack of oxygen destroyed half of her brain.

【1】What is the passage mainly about?

A.The ten percent myth is not true.

B.Brain scientists have a long way to go.

C.Human brain is much more powerful than we imagine.

D.All parts of the brain are equally important.

【2】Why does the writer mention the movie “Lucy”?

A.To show the power of women.

B.To introduce an interesting story.

C.To fight against the ten percent myth.

D.To show the influence of ten percent myth.

【3】It can be inferred that Broca’s area is responsible for ________.

A.listeningB.writingC.speakingD.reading

A. that B. who

C. which D. what

【1】Where is the woman going?

A. To the library. B. To the cinema. C. To the classroom.

【2】What does the man invite the woman to do?

A. Write papers. B. See a film. C. Do some reading.

【3】Why does the woman refuse the man’s invitation?

A. She has three classes.

B. She has to take exams.

C. She has to do her schoolwork

—She is just over there. ________. Go and apologize to her.

A. It is up to you B. Believe it or not

C. To tell the truth D. You know the drill

Beginning as early as 2020, NASA will offer visits to the International Space Station for $35,000 per night, not including transportation, to pretty much anyone who can pass a physical.

The reason this is a mistake, and a big one, is that NASA has worked for generations to create an image of astronauts as extraordinarily skilled, highly trained, courageous heroes. For example, NASA invites grade schools to participate in creating experiments that are carried on the space station. The astronauts talk to kids from space, sending a message that if you study, work hard and learn math and science, you may reach these heights, too.

According to one report, Las Vegas-based Bigelow Aerospace is making plans to haul four tourists at a time to the space station on SpaceX rockets. U.S. taxpayers forked over a hundred billion dollars to build the International Space Station. It would be nice to try to preserve the image of it as an inspirational achievement, instead of turning it into a flying Howard Johnson’s.

NASA’s press release about the space tourism program tries to cast it as a partnership with the private sector to “provide expanded opportunities” at the space station to “manufacture, market and promote commercial products and services.” But it also states that one goal is “quantifying NASA’s long-term demand for activities in low-Earth orbit.”

The space station has been costing U.S. taxpayers between $1.5 billion and $3 billion each year. If it’s perceived as a private Disneyland for the top tax bracket, public support for the entire space program could be at risk.

But worse, we will have degraded what once inspired us. Sometimes a nation needs stars in its eyes.

【1】What is NASA’s space tourism program?

A.To invite students to attend their experiments.

B.To send visitors to the space station.

C.To run a restaurant in the space station.

D.To build a Disneyland in the space station.

【2】Why does the writer view the space tourism program as a big mistake?

A.It may influence the science experiment negatively.

B.It will cost people a lot of money.

C.It is too dangerous for visitors.

D.It may destroy the image of astronauts.

【3】What does the underlined word “stars” refer to?

A.Planets.B.Satellites.C.Wealthy tourists.D.Astronauts.

A. in sight of B. in honour of C. in place of D. in favour of

【1】What news does Renee share with Tom?

A.She met a high school classmate.

B.She found an old friend's address.

C.She got in touch with an old friend.

【2】Why did Renee and her friend lose contact?

A.Her friend's family left for another city.

B.Her friend transferred to another school.

C.They had an argument and drifted apart.

【3】What does Tom say about his old friends?

A.He has lost touch with all of them.

B.He maintains contact with most of them.

C.He keeps in touch with one or two of them.

—It was in 2000 ________ we both studied in Nanjing University.

A. when it was that; when B. when was it that; when

C. when it was that; that D. when was it that; that

【1】Why did the speaker feel sad along the way?

A. There were no sheep on the grassland.

B. It was too cloudy to travel that day.

C. The grassland was becoming a desert.

【2】What animals do the greatest damage to the grass?

A. Cattle. B. Horses. C. Sheep.

【3】What will the speaker do next?

A. Plant some trees at home.

B. Make some suggestions for others.

C. Try to solve the problem alone.