. Supermarkets are supplied with _________ red lucky gifts at the Spring Festival. 

   A. plenty of       B. a great amount of        C. a great deal of     D. a great many of.

The eighteenth and nineteenth centuries _____ the widespread use of electricity and the birth of the steam engine , leading to the development of factories and cities.

A. watched             B. observed        C. saw                   D. showed

Since the mid-1980's, growing numbers of Asians __    _ in New Zealand, and they ___about six percent of the total population．

       A．had settled; make of         B．have settled; make up

       C．settled; make up of      D．a(chǎn)re settling; make up for

Of the three questions the first one is the ___ difficult .

A. least   B. much   C. more    D. less

__ you study, ___ you will learn.

A. Harder….harder   B. The more… the harder  C. The hard.. the more  D. The harder.. the more

In a book called Magnificent Obsession, by Lloyd C. Douglas, a description is given of people helping others but doing it secretly. When difficult problems worried an individual（個人）, friends nearby would meet to discuss possible solution without the individual knowing their actions. When a solution was agreed upon, one or two of the friends would carry out the plan and solve the problem secretly , to the great delight of the worried individual. The helpers would stand by privately, content（滿足的） with their success. No reward was given to the problem solvers, not even a sincere “thank you”, because they were never known.

This concept is popular today but in a different way. The phrase “pay it forward” is now used when one person helps another. However, the person helped may not be able to repay the person or group that helped them. So rather than return the favor to their helpers, they are supposed to help someone else in the future, which means they pay it forward. It is a sense of responsibility which makes us want to give back in equal measure to the one who has helped us. But , in this case, the responsibility turns to helping someone in the future.

Suppose your elderly grandmother pays part of your schooling. She may tell you there is no need to repay her because it is a gift from someone who loves you very much. Nothing would please her more than to have you use her money to get a good education.

You may never be able to repay her for such a gift. However, she not only gave you some money , but she provided you with an example that you should also help other people who need it.

People with serious needs are everywhere. Many are children who need better clothes, more books and even better schools. Some are elderly people who can’t afford their medicine or a doctor’s care. Consider how you can “pay it forward” rather than pay money back to your grandmother.

40. The helpers in the book “Magnificent Obsession” were not rewarded because ______________.

 A. they hadn’t solved the problems thoroughly   

B. they had solved the problems secretly

 C. they were friends of the worried individual 

D. they expected to be paid back in the future

41. The underlined word “pay it forward” means ____________________.

  A. to repay someone who has helped you     B. to pay someone else who needs help

  C. to help someone who has helped you      D. to help someone else who needs help

42. What does the writer suggest with the example of “your elderly grandmother”?

  A. We should learn to respect our grandparents.

  B. We should work hard to get a good education.

  C. We should also lend a hand to other people in need of help.

   D. We should never forget to repay people for their help.

43. From the passage we know_________________.

   A. everybody needs help      B. more children need help than elderly people

   C. it costs a lot of money to “pay it forward”

   D. nowadays many people help others without being repaid

44. By writing the passage, the author wishes people in the world to be _____________. 

   A. unselfish      B. mysterious     C. honest    D. unforgettable

If you want to stay young, sit down and have a good think. This is the research finding of a team of Japanese doctors who say that most of our brains are not getting enough exercise and as a result, we are aging unnecessarily soon.

Professor Taiju Matsuzawa wanted to find out why otherwise healthy farmers in northern Japan appeared to be losing their ability to think and reason at a relatively early age, and how the process of aging could be slowed down.With a team of colleagues at Tokyo National University, he set about measuring brain volumes of a thousand people of different ages and jobs.

Computer technology enabled the researchers to get right measurements of the volume of the front and side sections of the brain, which relate to intellect and emotion, and determine the human character. Contraction (收縮) of the front and side parts as cells died was observed in some subjects in their thirties, but it was still not clear in some sixty and seventy-year-olds.Matsuzawa concluded from his tests that there is a simple remedy (補救) to the contraction normally associated with age using the head.

    The findings show in general terms that contraction of the brain begins sooner in people in the country than in towns. Those least at risk, says Matsuzawa, are lawyers, followed by university professors and doctors. White collar workers doing routine work in government offices are, however, as likely to have shrinking (萎縮) brains as farm workers, bus drivers and shop assistants.

    Matsuzawa's findings show that thinking can prevent the brain from shrinking. Blood must circulate properly in the head to supply the fresh oxygen the brain cells need. "The best way to keep good blood circulation is through using the brain," he says, "Think hard and engage in conversation. Don't rely on pocket calculators."

62. The team of doctors wanted to find out ______.

A. why certain people age sooner than others   B. how to make people live much longer

C. the size of certain people's brains          D. the people with more intelligence

63. On what are their research findings based?

A. A survey of farmers in northern Japan.

B. Tests performed on a thousand old people.

C. The study of brain volumes of different people.

D. The latest development of computer technology.

64.Matsuzawa thinks that _______.

A. our brains grow as we grow older

B. the front section of the brain does not shrink

C. sixty-year-old people have better brains than thirty-year-olds

D. the contraction of brains is connected with brain exercise

According to the passage, which people seem to age slower than others?

A. Farmers.     B. Lawyers.     C. Government workers.     D. Shop assistants.

What’s that smell? Do you hear that noise? Taste this! Look at me! Feel this, isn’t it soft? When you hear, or even use these phrases, you probably don’t stop to think about why we use them. Well, it’s because of our senses. Without us even knowing, our sense organs (nose, eyes, ears, tongue, and skin) are taking in information and sending it to the brain for processing. If we didn’t have them, we would not be able to smell, see, hear, taste, or touch anything!

Senses are the physical means by which all living things see, hear, smell, taste, and touch. Each sense collects information about the world and detects changes within the body. Both people and animals get all of their knowledge from their senses, and that is why senses are so important.

All senses depend on the working nerve system. Our sense organs start to work when something stimulates（刺激） special nerve cells, called receptors, in a sense organ. Once stimulated, the receptors send nerve impulses along sensory nerves to the brain. Your brain then tells you what to do. For example, your sound receptors are often attacked by billions of sound waves. When these signals reach the part of the brain called the cerebral cortex（大腦皮層）, we become conscious of the sounds.

Our group really learned a lot about the senses while creating this website. We hope that you are able to get just as much out of it. Please feel free to comment about anything on the site by e-mailing us. Also, don’t forget to sign the guest book! Thanks for visiting our site. Come back soon!

60. This article is most probably taken from a _____.

A. newspaper                 B. magazine                      C. website                       D. novel

61. Senses are very important because _____.

A. both people and animals get all of their knowledge from them

B. they are used to communicate with others

C. they can prevent the organs from being attacked

D. they can tell you what the stimulus is

62. Which of the following tells you what stimulate you?

A. The nerve cell.          B. The receptor.              C. The nerve impulse.   D. The brain.

63. According to this article, the following are all functions of the senses, EXCEPT _____.

A. collecting information about the world  

B. detecting changes within the body

C. sending nerve impulses to the brain 

D. serving the brain when needed

Women with an hour glass figure have brains to go with their curves(曲線)，scientists claim.

Going in at the waist is said to be a sign of intelligence which leads to brighter children, too,Wonmen such as Nigella Lawson with a big difference between thir waist and hip measurements scored significantly better in tests than those with thinner,straighter frames,, Researchers concluded that it was not necessary for a woman to be skinny-what mattered was that her waist should be smaller than her hips, A ratio of 3:5 was found to be idea,

The study ,by the Universities of Pittsdburgh and California,involved 16,000 women and girls,

According to the scientists，the results are no mere quirk of nature．They claim that the fat

Around culvy hips and thighs(大腿)holds higher levels of-3 fatty acids which are essential for

the growth of the brain during pregnancy．The fat which collects around the waist，howover．is

more likely to contain-6 fatty acids，which areless suited to brain growth．

Reporting in the joumal Evolution and Human Behaviour，the researchers found that the children of curvy mothers are more likely to do well in cognitive tests than others．they claim that  this could help explain why the children of teenage mothers．who might not yet be physically mature enough to have developed real curves-tend to do less well in school．

As wel las boosting(提升)brainpower,一3 fatty acids found in oily fish arc considered to be of huge health benefit Although the study analysed women’s bodies only,一3 fatty acids are also stored in men’s hips ,However it is not known whether men with wide hips benefit from the same brain power boost,．

72.Which shows the possible shape of an hour glass?    

73．Suppose the following measurements are taken from four women．Which of them is more likely to have bright children?

A. Waist：60cm；Hip：100 cm            B．Waist：60cm：Hip：80cm

C. Waist：55 cm；Hip 1 60cm            D．Waist：120cm；Hip：110cm

74.The underlined sentence‘'the results are nomere quirkofnature，'possible tells us the results

A. can be explained scientifically    B are strange and hard to explain

C. have just come about by chance   D are very interesting

75．According to the researchers，teenage mothers tend to have less bright children because

A．they aren’t so good at child care

B．they usually have less fat than mature women

C．they area’t physically strong enough

D．their waist and hip measurements differ less

Dirk Andrewi,Tony were named as assistant professors, Believe it nor not,        three of them were of         age．

A．／：all             B．／：the           C．the；all         D．the ;the