It’s common to hear the honking of horns in New York. Whoever tries every day to get more than a few minutes of sleep in the city will tell you that he could do nothing about it! Honking of horns is just one of their most widely enjoyed pastimes.

But Aaron, a Japanese website developer has had enough of it. Once, the 31-year-old man approached the open window to wait for the driver to finish honking, delivered a polite "excuse me" and then yelled " Ho-o-o-o-onk!", which suggests fierce anger in Japan. Then he threw three eggs from the window of his apartment on to a passing car honking loudly below when his patience was worn out. Instead of apologizing to him, the driver threatened to kill him angrily. So, nobly, Aaron turned to non-violence. He started writing anti-honking haiku verses, a form of Japanese poetry, and submitted them to local newspapers:

Oh .forget Enron;

The problem around here is;

All the damn honking

(Enron_: a major American company that recently caused a scandal by going bankrupt be­cause of corrupt(腐敗) mismanagement)

"Then this kind of chain reaction started happening," Aaron says. "All these other haiku star­ted appearing that I haven't written." Aaron’ s community is now covered in anti - hon­king poetry, written by all walks of life, ranging from scary environmental activist types to violent revolutionaries:

Patience slowly fades;

Residents store up their eggs;

That day is coming soon.

It’s no surprise that Aaron has started a website — www. honku. org — and now people from across the country send him news of their own anti - honking activities. It seems that poetry can change the world after all. Then, just recently, anti-anti- honking haiku started to appear, taped up by locals who thought Aaron should stop worrying about honking and start wor­rying about starving children, say, or war in the  Middle East instead. Aaron has an answer for that. "Stop me if this is too tenuous(不靠譜的) ," he says," but they talk about the violence in the Middle East like it' s a force of nature, like it' s beyond our control. But actually it's kind of like the honking - the violence is man -made. If we can figure out how to stop honking on the streets, I think we could learn some things that we could use on a large scale. "

60. The first paragraph of the passage is intended to tell us that_______.

A. New Yorkers have formed a habit of honking while driving

B. most New Yorkers enjoy sleeping late in the morning

C. honking noise has influenced people's life in New York

D. New Yorkers enjoy listening to the honking of horns

61. What is Aaron’s final response to the frequent honking of horns?

A. Pretended to ignore it.

B. Screamed at the driver. 

C. Acted in a peaceful way.

D. Complained to the government.

62.  According to the passage, most New Yorkers think Aaron's response is ___.

A. pointless      

B. abnormal

C. sensitive           

D. acceptable

63.  Faced with the criticism of his anti-honking campaign, Aaron notes that___.

A. fierce violence in the Middle East is more of an issue worthy of concern

B. finding the solution to anti - honking is as meaningful as that to starvation

C. big issues are beyond our control while small ones are under our control

D. if not handled properly, honking may cause serious problems like starvation

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Peer pressure can be a powerful force, and sometimes a positive one. For example, hanging out with active peers may lead kids to   36   more, making a child’s social network a vehicle for promoting healthy habits and   37   obesity unconsciously.

       The scientists studied networks of a group of students aged 5 to 12 and   38  how the youngsters’ made and dropped friends, and    39  effect these changing relationships had on their physical activity level.

In fact, children   40   their exercise level little by little to better  41  those in their circle; children who 42  with more active students were more   43  to increase their physical activity levels,   44   those who befriended more sedentary(久坐不動的) children became   45   active. The children were mirroring, following or adjusting to be   46   to their friends before they knew it.

The encouraging   47   suggest a potentially effective way to change children’s behavior.   48   relying only on organized exercise programs to get moving, perhaps introducing sedentary kids to more active ones — might help more kids   49   the couch.

It’s believed that this is a possible novel approach to obesity   50  . The social environment does carry more power than we have given it   51   for, so we should make use of that intentionally to influence kids.

  52  that children are increasingly connected to one another,   53   through face-to-face interactions or virtual ones, their   54   networks can clearly have a deep effect   55  many aspects of their behavior-help kids in the long run by turning them into healthier adults.

36. A. sleep                B. move               C. exercise           D. eat

37. A. developing B. increasing C. introducing      D. reducing

38. A. tracked             B. informed          C. sorted              D. concluded

39. A. whose               B. what                 C. that                  D. which

40. A. adjusted           B. insisted            C. appealed         D. devoted

41. A. equal                B. compete          C. match              D. compare

42. A. left out              B. hung out          C. made out         D. figured out

43. A. likely                 B. possible           C. bound              D. due

44. A. while                 B. though             C. since               D. because

45. A. more                 B. permanent       C. less                 D. temporary

46. A. familiar              B. similar              C. popular            D. regular

47. A. causes              B. results             C. reasons           D. experiments

48. A More than          B. Less than        C. Other than       D. Rather than

49. A. get down           B. get off              C. get on              D. get over

50. A. prevention        B. introduction     C. discussion       D. information

51. A. honor                B. approval          C. agreement       D. credit

52. A. Considered       B. Given        C. Realized          D. Supposed

53. A. whatever           B. if               C. however          D. whether

54. A. social                B. natural             C. mental             D. physical

55. A. with                   B. for                    C. at                     D. on

 ______ about “the God Particle” that Jude decided to search for as much information as possible about it.

       A. Such curious he  was                          B. So curious he was

       C. So curious was he                              D. Such curious was he

 Audiences were greatly ______ by the video class about weightless conditions _____ in Tianggon-1 space station.

       A. impressing; presenting                       B. impressed; presenting

       C. impressing; presented                        D. impressed; presented

 ---I heard that Bill was scolded by the teacher last week.

   ---Ah, yes. The teacher wanted to check his exercises, but ___ was finished at all.

       A. nothing       B. either                      C. neither       D. none

 ____ can be seen in the chart right here, the air pollution level in the city has been increasing over the last months.

       A. What         B. It            C. that          D. As

 He states that good qualities such as honesty and self-discipline make ____he is today.

       A. whom        B. how          C. what         D. which

 It’s true that whoever ____positive for H7N9 will receive free medical treatment from our government without delay.

       A. is tested      B. is being tested   C. has tested     D. tests

 ______ his solid evidence, the judge declared him innocent in court and set him free immediately afterwards.

       A. Believing     B. Have believed          C. Believed      D. To believe