The door opened and in ________.

A. rushed they          B. the children rushed    C. they rushed      D. did the children rush

Huge quantities of fresh water ______there since the serious drought in the southern parts of China

   A. have sent    B. have been sent   C. has been sent   D. has sent

The little boy has a great       for language: he can speak three foreign languages very well.

       A．present     B．gift   C．joy    D．interest

Do you think it is worthwhile to meet the        of solo travel in an extreme climate?

       A．needs       B．supplies    C．challenges D．expeditions

My father stayed in Japan only a few months，_______ he went through a series of hardship.

   A. during which time   B. in time of which    C. where        D. whenever

 The global financial crisis is likely to cause increasing mental health problems and even suicides as people struggle to deal with poverty and unemployment, the World Health Organization warned Thursday.

Hundreds of millions of people worldwide are already affected by mental problems such as depression and bipolar disorders and the current market meltdown (崩潰) could worsen feelings of despair among people who can’t stand such illnesses.

The United Nations agency said the impact could be especially marked for those living in low and middle income countries where access to treatment is often limited.

“We should not be surprised at the turbulence (動蕩) and likely consequences of the current financial crisis. Now we are seeing a huge gap in taking care of people in great need, “WHO director general Margaret Chan told at a meeting of mental health experts.

“It should not come as a surprise that we continue to see more stresses, suicides and mental disorders,” Chan warned.

Ben Saraceno, director of WHO’s mental health, said mental health disorders affected one in four people at some point in their lives.

Mental and neurological disorders are often chronic (慢性的) and disabling, he said. Nearly 1 million people commit suicide worldwide every year, a large proportion of them are young adults.

Asked about the financial crisis, Saraceno said, “Poverty can be the consequence of such events, the debts, despair and sense of loss that may reach middle and lower classes. Even the poor can be affected by this crisis.”

“There is a clear evidence that suicide is linked to financial disasters. I am not talking about the millionaire’s jumping out of the window but about poor people,” he said. The global crisis could be expected to affect the “stability of communities and families”, according to Saraceno.

63. According to the passage, the chief result of the worldwide financial crisis is that ______.

A. more people will be poorer                                               B. more people will be out of jobs

C. more people will suffer from mental problems            D. more people will commit suicide

64. The United Nations agency worried that _____.

A. more rich people would commit suicide

B. the financial crisis might especially influence developing or underdeveloped countries

C. the current market meltdown could worsen feelings of despair

D. hundreds of millions of people in the world were already affected by mental problems

65. From the passage we can learn that _____.

A. far more work should be done to help those who are mentally ill

B. it will be surprising to see more people commit suicide

C. a mental disorder is a chronic disease

D. many more young adults commit suicide worldwide than people of other ages

66. The best title for the passage is ______.

A. Consequences of Global Financial Crisis

B. Mental Disorders Resulting From Global Financial Crisis

C. Suicides as a Result of Market Meltdown

D. Chronic Mental Disorders

   In most American high schools．holiday panics，part—time jobs，social activities and weekend dances are as much a part of a student’s life as studying for a final exam．

The graduating students of a high school are referred to as seniors and their final year is filled with events which become the valuable memories of their high school days This is the time to learn the social skills which will guide them through life and the polite social manners needed for participation in their adult life to follow．

In this final year，therefore，gaining the school ring is looked on as one of the most important occasions of the year．The school ring somehow is a symbol which reminds the students of the memories of the four years spent there

    The school ring for many students is very important because it creates a sense of social relation among the class and is an object that causes the students to remember the importance of one’s high school education．This ring is usually impressed with the name of the student，the name of the school and the year of graduation．A semi—precious birthstone is placed in the center of the ring and it shows an identity that with the ring，there is a sense of belongings，a connection with the school and all the memories joined to that association．

    Besides receiving their rings．a(chǎn)ll of the seniors also look forward to their special privileges(特權(quán))．The purpose of these privileges is to prepare the students for the adult world where they will have to make responsible decisions on their own．

56．According to the passage．a(chǎn) symbol of the connection between a student and his school is   

 A the graduation celebration              B．the school ring

    C the social activities                    D the four years spent in school

57．What do the students think of the social skills during their development?

    A．The students think them of great importance

    B．The students think they are not as important as their final exams．

    C．The students think of little about their influence on them．

    D The students think they will have a great effect on their own．

58．The fourth paragraph mainly tells us           ．

    A．the design and the importance of the school ring       B．the cost of the school ring

    C the valuable memories of school life                  D．the ceremony of graduation

59．Besides receiving school tings．students can get special privileges so that they can        ．

    A．have a sense of belonging         B know more about their classmates life

    C．prepare for the future social life     D．recall many beautiful things

The idea for a science experiment can come from an unusual place. After watching a YouTube video of a dancing bird named Snowball, a scientist in California decided to study the ability of animals to keep the beat.

Bird lovers have long claimed that their pets have rhythm, and there are many videos of dancing birds online. Until now, scientists have suspected that humans are the only animals that can accurately keep rhythm with music.

Thanks to Snowball, that scientific opinion is changing. Snowball is a cockatoo, a kind of parrot, and his favorite song is "Everybody" by the Backstreet Boys. When he hears the song, he moves his feet and rocks his body with the tempo, or pace of the music, as though he is the only bird member of the boy band.

Aniruddh Patel is a neuroscientist, or a scientist who studies how the brain and the nervous system contribute to learning, seeing and other mental abilities. He works at the Neurosciences Institute in San Diego. After seeing Snowball's dance online, Patel visited the cockatoo at the bird rescue facility he's called home for two years. The scientist played "Everybody" for Snowball and also played versions of the song that were sped up or slowed down. Sometimes, Snowball danced too fast or too slowly. Often, when there was a change in tempo, Snowball adjusted his dancing to match the rhythm. In other experiments, scientists have observed the same abilities in preschool children.

Patel isn't the only scientist who has studied Snowball's moves. Adena Schachner, who studies psychology at Harvard University, also wanted to know more about the dancing bird. Schachner's team played different musical pieces for Snowball and a parrot named Alex, as well as eight human volunteers. The scientists observed that the birds and the humans kept time to the music with about the same accuracy.

Schachner and her team watched thousands of YouTube videos of different animals moving to music. Not all the animals could dance, however. From watching the videos, the scientists observed that only animals that imitate sounds, including 14 parrot species and Asian elephants, accurately moved in time to music.

68.  The underlined words “that scientific opinion” in the third paragraph refer to the theory that _____.

A. birds like Snowball have the ability to keep the beat

B. humans are the only animals that can accurately keep rhythm with music

C. the brain and the nervous system contribute to some mental abilities

D. bird pets can have their special rhythm under human’s instruction

69.   From the fourth paragraph we may know that _________.

A. Patel is the only scientist who has studied Snowball’s moves.

B. Snowball is able to adjust his dancing to match the rhythm.

C. Snowball cannot dance to the versions of the song Everybody.

D. it is the brain and the nervous system that control the mental abilities.

70. The idea of studying animals’ ability to keep the beat comes from _________.

A. bird lovers’ discovery                                      B. humans musical sense

C. the same abilities in children                        D. videos of dancing birds

71. According to the scientists, Snowball’s ability to dance to music is probably related to the fact that _________.

A. it is the only bird member of the Backstreet Boys band

B. it has the ability to imitate sounds

C. it is a kind of dancing parrot

D. it has the same abilities as preschool children 

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Graduation is a time when we move on, from school to university, or out into the real

world．______________________________________________________________

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When we arrived in the middle of the night, there was no food ______ as all the shops were shut. 

A. left   B. available  C. remaining   D. convenient