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Question: This advertisement will be very helpful to   _  .

Choices:
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Question: To get the information from BDU every day, you must   _  .

Choices:
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- know something about the mouse
- know how to operate a computer
- how to use a fax machine


The butterfly Ecological Park, which opened early this May, is located in Dabao Village in Longfeng Township of Pengzhou City, some 65 kilometers to the north of Chengdu downtown.
The park, covering an area of 67 hectares, is more famous for a variety of butterflies living in _ surroundings and houses a collection of some 30,000 butterfly species. An ideal site for parents and kids alike to enjoy the sight of "the flying flowers" and the ecological area.
A great variety of butterflies live in China, and Sichan and Yunnan are rich in butterfly resources. At present, 702 species have been discovered in Sichuan, where the number of butterfly species equals to the total of Europe. In the Longmen Mountain of Pengzhou City alone, there are more than 500 species.
The butterfly Ecological Park, a project of RMB200 million at the foot of the Longmen Mountain, is the natural habitat of butterflies. The park also has educational and cultural programs. The park has prepared many spring and summer activities for visitors, including a scientific exhibition about butterflies, a "butterfly valley" where visitors can have a close look at butterflies, even with them resting on the shoulders, and enjoy themselves in activities designed for children.
Tourists can enjoy the splendid scenery of thousands of butterflies at the "butterfly valley" and appreciate more than 30,000 different kinds of butterfly species at the exhibition area. Classified as the only category I butterfly species the Wild Animal Protection Law in 1989 in China, the Golden Kaiserihind is the most expensive species living in "butterfly valley", with an estimated value of RMB10,000 each.

Question: The author mentioned Europe in the essay to   _  ?

Choices:
- stress that Sichuan has plenty of butterfly resources.
- state that a large number of butterflies live in Europe.
- tell readers that more than 500 species of butterflies live in Europe.
- emphasize that Europe is less famous than the Longmen Mountain.

Question: Why is The butterfly Ecological Park situated at the foot of the Longmen Mountain?

Choices:
- Because the park has educational and cultural programs.
- Because the park has prepared many spring and summer activities.
- Because visitors can have a close look at butterflies in the park.
- Because butterflies of various species can live there naturally.


The woman had died when the rescuers found her after the terrible earthquake. She was covered by a destroyed house. Through gaps   of those ruins,the rescuers could see her last posture  . It was something like an ancient person who was kowtowing  ,but it just looked strange because she was out of shape by pressure.
The rescuers confirmed her death by touching her through the gaps of the ruins. They shouted at the ruins again and again,knocked the bricks using various tools,but no reply inside.
Then the rescuing team went to the next building. Suddenly the leader ran back,calling "Come here." He came to the body,put his hands under the woman,feeling and touching,then shouted loudly and gladly,"There is someone,a baby,still living."
Through some efforts,rescuers cleaned up the ruins which blocked her. Under her body lay her baby,who was covered by a small red quilt . He was about 3 or 4 months' old. Since well protected by his mother's body,he was safe. He was in a deep sleep when the rescuer carried him out,and his lovely and peaceful face warmed everyone around him. The doctor,along with the rescuing team,took the baby out of the quilt to check if the baby was all right,and he found there was a mobile phone in the quilt. The doctor looked at the screen;a written message was already there:"My dear baby,if you could live,don't forget how much I love you." As a doctor,he experienced much of this type of separation;but at this moment,he cried. The mobile phone was passed,and every person who saw this message shed  tears.

Question: When the rescuers found the mom,she    .

Choices:
- was using her mobile phone to ask for help
- begged the rescuers to save her baby first
- was struggling with the pressure
- didn't have the normal shape

Question: When the baby was rescued, he    .

Choices:
- was smiling a lot
- was fast asleep
- was listening carefully
- was frightened to death

Question: The passage is mainly about    .

Choices:
- a story of saving a mother and her baby
- the disaster of a terrible earthquake
- the rescuers' hard work after an earthquake
- the great love of a mother in the earthquake


A treasure trove hidden for centuries has been discovered in the underground vaults of a temple in southern India. The treasures include gold, diamonds and precious stones. The estimated value of the hoard is reportedly 22 billion US dollars.
Hundreds of armed police have been deployed around the temple. Meanwhile, a debate about how to use the money has also broken out across the country. After discovering the treasure trove in Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple in the southern Indian state of Kerala, the local government has assured  security of the temple.
Elaborating on the security arrangements, Venugopalan Nair, Additional Director General of the Kerala Police, says the latest security devices are being used to guard the temple.
Venugopalan Nair, Additional Dir. Gen. of Kerala Police, said, "We are trying to bring in the latest technology with regards to surveillance  cameras, with regards to, you know digitalizing the various things which are available inside. We are keeping a constant sort of surveillance for every movement, which happens in the whole area surrounding the temple."
According to temple authorities, the crowd at the temple has increased steeply after news of the discovery of the treasure trove. And the Administrative Officer of the Temple says the government has initiated appropriate steps to control the curious crowds visiting the temple.
G. Jayasekharan Nair, administrative officer, said, "To control the crowds the government itself is taking a lot of measures. They are trying to do whatever is possible from the premises of the temple. Apart from all that, the government has taken a favorable step and we are satisfied with them."
Over the last week, a seven-member team of investigators broke into five secret subterranean vaults, and discovered jewels that have been lying untouched for hundreds of years.
As estimates of the treasures' worth rise, a fierce debate is growing regarding what to do with the discovery. Kerala's top elected leader said the wealth would remain with the temple, while others say it should be used to pay for poverty alleviation . However, the government is adhering to the Supreme Court's ruling on ownership of the treasure found in the temple.

Question: How will the government deal with the treasure mentioned in the passage?

Choices:
- It will be used to pay for poverty alleviation.
- It will be returned to its owner.
- It will be kept in the vaults.
- It hasn't been decided yet.

Question: Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?

Choices:
- The treasures include gold, diamonds and some old coins.
- The treasure trove has been lying unknown for hundreds of years before it is discovered.
- The local people are very curious about the treasure and the temple.
- The whole area surrounding the temple is under close watch.

Question: What G.Jayasekharan Nair said means that  _

Choices:
- what the government does means little
- the crowd will make trouble without proper control
- more effective measures should be taken
- the temple is of great value


Since people first sent rockets into space in the 1950s, we have been leaving behind all sorts of things. Some of them, like the camera, were lost by astronauts while they did work outside their spaceship. But much of the space junk is made up of little pieces of things that were once bigger objects, until they struck each other and broke apart.
Some things we send into space fall back toward the earth and burn up in the atmosphere. But larger pieces sometimes survive the extreme heat and hit the ground or the ocean at great speeds. So there is always concern that something may fall from the sky and do some harm.
But space junk falling on housetops   is not the biggest worry. Scientists are concerned about what happens when an empty rocket strikes another while orbiting   the earth. Two big things become many smaller things. They then hit other things. The pieces get smaller and smaller until they form a cloud of junk that blocks the path of future space vehicles.
So what can be done to clean up the space around our planet? Marco Castronuovo, an Italian researcher, talks about sending a satellite into space that would get very close to some of the larger pieces of space junk. The satellite would connect a small rocket to the useless object. When the rocket explodes, it pushes the junk into a lower and slower orbit, nearer the earth. After a time, the junk burns up in the atmosphere.
Mr. Castronuovo has proposed   using a number of small satellites with robotic arms. One arm would catch the space junk, and another arm would connect the rocket. He imagines that each satellite would jump from one large piece of junk to another. He thinks this method could destroy about ten large objects each year.
Scientists have been concerned about space junk for many years. Right now, the costs of the clean-up have been too great. Mr. Castronuovo says his system could be put in place for a much more reasonable amount of money.

Question: Much of the space junk   _  .

Choices:
- was thrown by the astronauts
- is from broken spaceship
- is made up of small pieces of things
- returns to the earth piece by piece

Question: Scientists are most worried that the space junk   _  .

Choices:
- will stop the future space vehicles
- will do harm to the atmosphere
- will fall on the housetops
- will burn up in space

Question: What does Marco Castronuovo think of his system?

Choices:
- It can remove space junk completely.
- It can save a large amount of money.
- It can create a large amount of space.
- It can develop robotic technology.


Two new studies have investigated why fewer women, compared to men, study and work in the so-called STEM subjects in the United States: science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
The American Association of University Women(AAUW) examined existing research. Its report "Why So Few?" suggested ways to interest more girls and women in the STEM fields. The researchers found that cultural and environmental factors make a difference.
Researcher Christianne Corbett says more boys than girls score very high on math tests in most countries, but Iceland and Thailand are exceptions. "This is something that we point out in our report--that cultural factors and societal factors can make a difference in who achieves at the very high levels and whether girls are achieving or not."
Another study carried out by the Campos Company for the Bayer Corporation in the United States asked more than 1,000 women and minority members of the American Chemical Society about their experiences.77% said not enough women and minorities are working in STEM today, because they were not encouraged to study those subjects in school.
The study, producing results similar to the AAUW research showed there's still a lot of work to be done. "They say their interest in science begins before the age of eleven. So we need programs that get in front of kids while they're young in elementary school."
Increasing diversity in professions leads to better products, better science. And developing this science and engineering workforce is important to the nation's economic development.
"No matter what career you go into, whether it's accounting, human resources or science career, it's important that you can think creatively, you can work in teams, you can adapt to change and that's important for everybody," says Rebecca Lucore.

Question: Which of the following is true about the situation in Iceland and Thailand?

Choices:
- Boys score higher in math tests than girls.
- Girls are given more exceptional attention than boys.
- More girls score higher in math than boys.
- Boys are more creative than girls.

Question: Which of the following are mentioned as important factors for women to go into the STEM fields according to the passage?

Choices:
- Gender and age.
- Culture and environment.
- Study and work experience.
- Family background.

Question: What's the importance of having more women engaged in STEM subjects?

Choices:
- Women can help men in science and engineering work.
- Women are wiser and more cooperative than men.
- Women play a more important part in scientific research.
- Having both women and men in science and engineering can produce better scientific achievement.


Ben and his wife Susan were on their way to have dinner with their friends. It was a dark,windy night, and they did not know the way very well. They drove through a town until they found what they thought was the road to Dorling,where their friends lived. But it soon became clear that they were not on the road to Dorling at all. The road that they were on was getting narrower,and there were no other cars on it. The wind was blowing harder with every minute that passed.
They came to a small village .They drove past a church and then two houses without lights on. There was nobody about to tell them where they were,or where the road went. Just then,Ben saw a telephone box,twenty meters or so further on. While he walked back along the road to see if there was a name outside the church,Susan telephoned their friends and told them that they were still on their way.
Their friends were just saying that the dinner was already getting rather cold,when Ben came back to the telephone box,his head down against the wind. He said that there was a tree lying across the road,and that the telephone lines were down. Susan heard nothing more from their friends about the dinner.

Question: Some time later Ben and Susan found they took a wrong road because   _  .

Choices:
- their friends lived nearer than they drove
- the road was getting narrower and their car alone was on it
- the hard wind made them get lost
- the road was not the same as before

Question: Ben went to the church to see if there was a name outside because   _  .

Choices:
- he was sure to find some people who knew Dorling
- he hoped to get help from there
- he wanted to telephone his friends where they were
- he wanted to stay there for the night

Question: Susan could hear nothing more from their friends because   _  .

Choices:
- the telephone lines were broken by a tree
- the strong wind made too much noise
- they got angry
- they had all left

Question: From the passage we know   _  .

Choices:
- Ben and his wife often went out for dinners
- Ben and his wife lived in the country
- both Ben and his wife were shortsighted
- Ben and his wife seldom  went to Dorling


Hundreds of students from around the world gathered in New York City last week for the Microsoft Imagine Cup finals. They came to present their ideas for using technology to solve world problems.
Microsoft education director Suzi Levine says the nine-year-old program began mainly as a competition to create technology.
SUZI LEVINE: "When we realized that students really actually want to have a purpose for what they're creating, we introduced the idea of inspiring them with the UN Millennium Development Goals and suggesting that they use those for their muse . "This past year we also rolled out something called the Imagine Cup Solve This library , where IGOs, NGOs and nonprofits can submit some of the technical challenges that they would like students to consider for their solutions."
Microsoft says over 350,000 high school and college students registered for this year's competition. Judges chose more than four hundred of them to attend the finals.
SUZI LEVINE: "One from Thailand was called NewKrean, where they created a Windows Phone 7 application that allows you to broadcast your location to your social network of friends so that you can be more easily rescued." They named their application Terra.
Suzi Levine says there were also ideas from Egypt inspired by the revolution that _ president Hosni Mubarak in February.
SUZI LEVINE: "One was to use Bluetooth as sort of a Twitter equivalent so that if the government shuts down the Internet, you actually can still have a massive social distribution."
Students competed in nine categories. For example, in software design the top prize of twenty-five thousand dollars went to Team Hermes from Ireland. The students developed a device for cars to collect information on road conditions, driving behavior and traffic incidents.
A team from Taiwan's National Tsing Hua University won first place in the embedded  development category. They developed a network of wireless devices to help plot the safest escape routes during a fire.
Next year's awards ceremony will take place in Australia. Registration for Imagine Cup twenty-twelve opened Friday. Also, Microsoft announced plans for a three million dollar program to help Imagine Cup winners further develop their projects.

Question: Which of the following is true ?

Choices:
- The program is sponsored by Microsoft.
- Next year, the awards ceremony will be held in New York City.
- Any high school or college student can attend the finals.
- The initial purpose of the program is to solve world problems using technology.


We're surrounded by chemistry in everyday life. Sometimes it is easy to see, like when your science teacher does a big experiment in class. At other times, it can be pretty hard to see everyday chemistry at work, but nearly everything you touch or use has some element of chemistry in it.
Something as simple as toothpaste contains at least three chemicals, if not more. It is the mixture of them and its chemical reaction that keeps your teeth clean. Other things you use every day are created by chemistry, such as hair products, shampoo and soap. Adding detergent   to water involves chemistry. Without chemistry, we would never have known that we need soap to get the oil out of clothes or skin. Chemistry not only helps us make products for use, but it also helps us understand the world around us. Chemistry helps us understand what the ozone layer   is and how it protects us.
Chemistry also gives us sunscreen to protect us from the sun. Thanks to chemistry, we know bleach   can't be mixed with vinegar, because it can produce _ gas. Without chemistry, we wouldn't have fireworks displays on important days.
Chemistry plays a big role in food preparation. Cooking food causes it to go through a chemical change. That is why cooked food often tastes different from raw food. Baking is a great example of chemistry. Too much or too little of any ingredient makes a difference to the result of baking, for example, the dough   won't rise or the cake will be flat.
Chemistry isn't something that just lives in a lab; it's something that you meet hundreds of times every day. Knowing how chemistry works will give you a greater understanding of the science behind some of the simplest looking things.

Question: The following actions are about chemistry EXCEPT   _  .

Choices:
- cleaning teeth with toothpaste
- washing hair with hair products
- using soap to get the oil out of clothes
- washing your face with water

Question: Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

Choices:
- Chemistry around the House
- Chemistry in Science
- Chemistry for Dinner
- Chemistry in Everyday Life


For the first time in Hong Kong's history, an entertainer has been written into middle school textbooks. He is considered one of the best actors in Hong Kong. Yes, he is Chow Yun-fat.
The example of his long hard struggle for success has been used in a chapter in a Hong Kong middle school textbook. Using his experience, students can learn to make the most of their time and to grab every opportunity to succeed.
On hearing about this, Chow said happily, "I really hope that my experiences can make young people understand that one should not be afraid of difficulties and setbacks  , for they are the only way to success."
Indeed, Chow has travelled a long and difficult path to reach his success. In 1955, he was born into a poor family in Hong Kong. When he was 17, he had to leave school. He worked in a number of jobs--as a postman, camera salesman and taxi driver. These experiences paved   the way for him to play all kinds of roles later in life.
Chow broke into the film industry in the late 1970s. He was one of the hardest working actors and starred in a number of popular TV dramas and films including "Shanghai Bund"(<<>> ) and "A Better Tomorrow". Since 1985, he has won many awards including Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards and Hong Kong Film Awards.
In 1995, he went to Hollywood. Although he was already over 40, he had to learn English. _ His film, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", began to gain him more fame and recognition around the world. In 1998, the mayor of Chicago set aside January 12 as "Chow Yun-fat Day".

Question: Chow Yun-fat has been written into middle school textbooks mainly because   _  .

Choices:
- he plays best in Hong Kong
- he keeps on struggling for success
- his experiences are very special
- he is well thought of

Question: Chow felt   _   when he learned that he had been written into middle school textbooks.

Choices:
- surprised
- shy
- sad
- happy

Question: What can we infer from the passage?

Choices:
- Chow Yun-fat is proud of his success.
- Chow Yun-fat prefers to make a living by selling cameras rather than by performing.
- Chow Yun-fat has won more awards than other actors.
- Chow Yun-fat is popular both at home and abroad.

Question: The author wrote this passage to   _  .

Choices:
- introduce Chow's films
- praise Chow for his excellent performance
- call on people to learn from Chow
- show why Chow is popular


Dear John,
My name is Amber and I want to share my story with you because what you've shared about life and positive energy has changed my life. This past year has been one of the hardest for me. I felt I was stuck in a position that had nothing to do with what I wanted to do with my life. In January, after two years of being together, my boyfriend left me.
I read your blog every morning as I drink my coffee at work, but it wasn't until this March that I told myself "no more negativity" as you taught readers in your blog.
Since then I've got into new habits at work to keep my energy positive. When people walk in the front door, I'm the first face they see, so I smile big when I say "good morning" to them, especially on Mondays. Instead of waiting for someone to ask me for help, I offer it with an open mind. The CEO noticed my change and offered me the executive assistant position that I wanted.
One of the biggest things I've taken to heart from your blog is changing my opinions on my job. Yes, it was not an important position, but when I was passionate   about it, I could make my life fulfilling.
All in all, I have to thank you somehow for having the passion to help others because it truly is inspiring to me. So thank you so much, John. My life has changed because your words pointed me in the right direction, Take care!
Sincerely ,
Amber

Question: Amber wrote the letter mainly to  _

Choices:
- introduce herself to John
- talk about her bad year
- ask for some advice
- express her thanks

Question: We can infer from the passage that Amber  _

Choices:
- didn't like her boyfriend
- spent a lot of time online
- wasn't satisfied with her job
- received very good education

Question: What is implied about John in the letter?

Choices:
- He is a very famous writer.
- He used to live a very negative life.
- He doesn't like sharing his life stories.
- He likes helping others through writing positive blogs.

Question: What does Amber's change tell us?

Choices:
- Practice makes perfect.
- Bad luck doesn't exist long.
- A positive attitude is rewarding.
- A friend in need is a friend indeed.


Woody Guthrie left California for New York in 1940. There he met Alan Lomax, an expert on America's traditional music. He collected and recorded traditional American folk music, which had few fans at that time. When he heard Woody sing, Lomax knew he had found a true singer of American folk music. Lomax recorded many of Woody's songs for the Library of Congress.
         Three years later, Woody published a book called Bound for Glory. It was about his early life and travels. From this book people came to learn how Woody had spent his unhappy youth. His mother, Nora Guthrie, died of Huntington's Disease   in 1929 when he was only seventeen years old. There was no treatment for the disease. About twenty years later, the disease also began to attack the son. Woody's health got worse and worse, and finally he entered a hospital.
         While Woody seemed to be forgotten, his music was not. By the late 1950s, folk music became popular in America. More Americans began listening and playing the songs of Woody Guthrie. Young folk singers came to New York to visit Woody in the hospital. Among them was Bob Dylan, one of America's greatest popular songwriters. He called Woody his hero. Dylan and others copied the way Woody sang and played the guitar. And like Woody, they wrote songs that called for social and political justice  .
         Woody Guthrie stayed in the hospital until he died in 1967. In the last years of his life, Woody could hardly speak. But his family and friends knew he still believed in the causes he had sung and written about all his life. They knew this because when they sang his songs, Woody's eyes would become brighter and his defiant   spirit would shine through.

Question: According to the passage, Woody died at the age of   _  .

Choices:
- 38
- 44
- 55
- 63

Question: From the passage we can learn that Woody   _  .

Choices:
- set an example to American folk singers
- became popular when he was very young
- learned a lot from young folk singers
- sang and wrote for all kinds of people

Question: Which of the following is NOT true about Huntington's Disease?

Choices:
- It killed Woody's mother.
- It was the cause of Woody's death.
- Woody suffered from it all his life.
- It was a deadly disease.

Question: Which of the following could be the best title for the passage?

Choices:
- America's own music
- A fighter for social justice
- This land is your land
- A folk music hero


Jenny went to visit her friends in New York last weekend.Her friends met her at the airport on Friday afternoon and drove her to the hotel.They had dinner at a Chinese restaurant and went to see a film after that.
Jenny and her friends set out early on Saturday morning for a farm and stayed there until Sunday morning.During their stay, they went fishing and swimming in the small river on the farm.They played football in the field and enjoyed a big meal around a camp fire , singing and dancing till late into the night.
Nobody could get up early on Sunday morning.So when they got back to New York City, it was about three o'clock in the afternoon.They drove right to the airport because Jenny didn't want to miss her plane back home.Jenny only stayed in New York for two nights but she had a great time with her friends.

Question: Jenny went to New York  _  .

Choices:
- to do some shopping
- to see her friends
- to spend her summer holiday
- to find a job

Question: How did Jenny get to New York?

Choices:
- By train.
- By bus.
- By plane.
- On foot.

Question: When did Jenny go back home?

Choices:
- On Saturday afternoon.
- On Sunday morning.
- On Saturday evening.
- On Sunday afternoon.


An old man went to live with his son, daughter-in-law, and a four-year-old grandson. The family ate together at the dinner table. But the elderly grandfather's shaky hands and failing sight made eating rather difficult. Peas rolled onto the floor. When he took the glass, often milk spilled on the tablecloth.
The son and daughter-in-law became unhappy with  _ . So the husband and wife set a small table in the corner. There, grandfather ate alone while the rest of the family enjoyed dinner at the dinner table. Since grandfather had broken a dish or two, his food was served in a wooden bowl.
Sometimes when the family glanced in grandfather's direction, he had a tear in his eyes as he ate alone. Still, the couple blamed him sharply when he dropped a fork or spilled food. The four-year-old son watched it all in silence.
One evening, the father noticed his son playing with wood scraps   on the floor. He asked the child, "What are you making?" The boy responded, "Oh, I am making a little bowl for you and mama to eat your food from when I grow up." The words so struck the parents that they were speechless. Then tears started to stream down their cheeks. Though no word was spoken, both knew what must be done. That evening the husband took grandfather's hand and gently led him back to the family table.
For the rest of his days he ate every meal with the family. And for some reason, neither husband nor wife seemed to care any longer when a fork was dropped, milk spilled, or the tablecloth soiled. Children are surprisingly  _ . Their eyes always observe, their ears always listen, and their minds always process the messages they get. If they see us patiently provide a happy home atmosphere for family members, they will imitate that attitude for the rest of their lives. The wise parent realizes that every day is being laid for the child's future.

Question: What did the little boy react to his parents' behavior?

Choices:
- He blamed his parents.
- He went to eat with his grandpa.
- He said nothing and did nothing.
- He made a wooden bowl for them.

Question: Why were there tears in the old man's eyes?

Choices:
- Because he was made to eat alone.
- Because his grandson didn't play with him.
- Because he wasn't given enough food to eat.
- Because his son didn't allow him to live with them.


After their 20-year-old son hanged himself during his winter break from the University of Arizona five years ago, Donna and Phil Satow wondered what signs they have overlooked, and started asking other students for answers.
What grew from this soul searching was Ulifeline (www. Ulifeline. org), a Web site where students can get answers to questions about depression by logging on through their universities. The site has been adopted as a resource by over 120 colleges, which can customize it with local information, and over 1.3 million students have logged on with their college ID's.
"It is a very solid Web site that raises awareness of suicide, de-stigmatizes mental illness and encourages people to seek the help they need,"said Paul Grayson, the director of counseling services at New York University, which started using the service nearly a year ago.
The main component of the Web site is the Self-screening program developed by Duke University Medical Center that tests students to determine whether they are at risk for depression, suicide and disorders like anorexia and drug dependences. Besides helping students, the services compiles anonymous student date, offering administrators an important window onto the mental health of its campus.
The site provides university users with links to local mental health services, a catalog of information on prescription drugs and side effects, and access to Go Ask Alice, a vast archive developed by Columbia University with hundreds of responses to anonymously posted inquires from college students worldwide. For students concerned about their friends, there is a section that describes warning signs for suicidal behavior and depression.
Yet it is hard to determine how effective the service is. The anonymity of the online service can even play out as a negative. "There is no substitute for personal interaction ," said Dr. Lanny Berman, executive director of the American Association of Suicidology, based in Washington.
 _ "The purpose is to find out if there are signs of depression and then direct people to the right places," said Ron Gibori, executive director of Ulifeline.
Mrs. Satow, who is still involved with Ulifeline, called it "a knowledge base" that might have prevented the death of her son, Jed. "If Jed's friends had known the signs of depression, they might have seen something," she said.

Question: One reason that many colleges adopt the website is to   _

Choices:
- provide their students with campus information
- offer medical treatment to students in mental disorder
- encourage their students to seek advice about depression
- give their students various help they may need

Question: Go Ask Alice as mentioned in the passage is  _

Choices:
- a side effect caused by some prescription drugs
- intended to counsel college students in mental problems
- a collection of medical responses from students the world over
- meant to describe the various signs of mental disorders

Question: Mrs. Satow would probably agree that   _

Choices:
- Jed's friends can prevent her son's death
- her son's suicide is unavoidable
- Ulifeline is a worthwhile website
- depression is the final cause of suicides


"The days when the management in Western companies presented gold watches to long-serving employees to thank them for loyal service is now just a memory." says the Educational and Training Support Agency.
This new development in the shape and movement of the workforce throughout Western businesses is partly a result of the way that layers of middle management are being removed, leaving more workers responsible for their own development.
"Having workers take responsibility for their own development might be dramatic, but it is now the rule," says the Educational and Training Support Agency.
"Today, not only are workers more mobile, they have to run to keep up with changes." says the Government-founded agency."It is no longer enough for a worker to gain a set of skills.Workers need the ability to react and get used to changes." This new system is also being pushed along by the way that industry is looking to its workers to renew their own skills.In the United States, some companies have contracts   which repair their employees to show regularly how they have their skills up to date.
Contrary to this traditions of the past, employers in the West are now looking for _ as recruits, people who can develop their own continuing education beyond the school and university system.At the same time.businesses are developing the capacity for workers to take up autonomous learning on site in workplace, so that the skills and abilities of all workers in a business continue to improve and increase."This.of course," says business theory."will also improve the productivity   of the workers and therefore the profits of the company."

Question: The management in western companies no longer presents gold watches to their employees because   _  .

Choices:
- they are not loyal to companies
- other rewards replace gold watches
- the way prove to be a failure
- serving a company for life is rare now

Question: The western workforce frequently changes their jobs partly because   _  .

Choices:
- hopping from job to job has become a new trend
- employees are expecting to have more experiences in their life
- workers have to take more responsibility for themselves
- it is easy to complete themselves by doing so

Question: The passage seems to suggest that the present situation in society requires that workers should

Choices:
- show more loyalty to their companies
- try to develop their skills to fit in with changes
- go to college to have their skills up to date
- be quick in changing their careers if there is the possibility

Question: Companies require their employee's development mainly because   _  .

Choices:
- it will finally help to bring more profits to the company
- it can attract more workers who pay special attention to self-development
- it is good for the employees to develop their skills
- it will make workers more responsible and loyal to the company


During the tsunami   disaster of 2004, over 300,000 people died. No one has counted the number of animals killed, but we know that it wasn't many. All over the region, before the disaster struck, animals were behaving strangely.
Shortly before the tsunami, in Khaolak, Thailand, twelve elephants that were giving tourists rides became agitated. They suddenly left their usual habitat, carrying four surprised Japanese tourists to safety. On the eastern coast of India, flamingos  , which should be breeding at this time of year, suddenly flew to higher ground. Of the two thousand wild pigs that live in an Indian nature reserve, only one was found dead after the tsunami.
The idea that the animals are able to predict disasters is nothing new. In fact, it has been well-recorded over the years. Twelve hours before Hurricane Charlie hit Florida in 2004, fourteen sharks left their natural habitat and stayed in deep waters for two weeks. The sharks, which were being observed by US scientists, had never done this before. They escaped the hurricane. In the winter of 1975 in Haicheng, China, snakes which would normally have been hibernating   were seen on the ground. Days later there was a big earthquake striking.
Unlike human beings, wild animals' senses are sharper and they can feel even the smallest changes in the environment. In other words, they see natural warnings that are invisible to the human eye. Ancient people probably had the similar "senses", which they needed to survive, but these have been lost to us as modern technology leads us further away from the danger that nature creates.
The real question is, can we use the reactions of animals to save ourselves from natural disasters? Animal behaviour expert, Rupesh Kaneira, believes we have no choice. "The technology which we rely on isn't always perfect, and in poorer countries it isn't even available. Animals know the environment better than any of us. When they run for their lives, we must follow."

Question: The wild animals can predict the natural disasters because they   _  .

Choices:
- can run for their lives when natural disasters happen
- don't even have the modern technology to help them
- are being observed and tracked for scientific experiments
- are quick to notice the slightest changes in the environment

Question: The best title of the passage might be   _  .

Choices:
- Few Animals Died in Tsunami
- Animals React to the Disasters
- Animals can Survive the Disasters
- Watching Animals will Save Us


Children grow quickly, especially their feet, but many families cannot buy new shoes each time a child needs them. As a result, about 300 million children around the world go barefoot. Those children risk picking up diseases and parasites from the soil.
An American man may have a solution for those barefoot kids -- a shoe that grows with the child. Kenton Lee is the creator of The Shoe That Grows. He explains how the shoe works and how it is able to last so long.
"It grows in three places: the front; it can also grow on the side with Velcro; and on the back with our buckle. It can last up to five years. The bottom is compressed rubber like tire rubber. The top is just high-quality leather." The shoe comes in two sizes: small that fits children aged 4 to 9 and large for children aged 9 to 14.
Lee says he got the idea for the shoe while working as a volunteer in an orphanage in Kenya. "... and there was a little girl in a white dress walking next to me. And I just remember looking down and seeing how small her shoes were. They were just way too small for her feet. They were so small that she had to cut open the front of her shoes to let her toes stick out. And I just remember thinking, wouldn't it be nice if there were a pair of shoes that could grow with her feet?"
However, Lee says it was not easy to turn his idea into a reality. "I kept writing down I should do this because of this or because of that. All these reasons why it really was important for me to try to make the shoes that could grow and try to help." Finally, in 2009 Lee founded a non-profit organization called Because International. In the office of Because International, Lee keeps a pair of his own shoes to help him remember his promise. "I told myself I would not get new shoes until the idea was done. So, those are the shoes that I wore for a little over five years."

Question: Which of the following is the characteristic of the newly invented shoes?

Choices:
- They are more expensive.
- They are not so comfortable.
- They can grow with a child.
- They come in different sizes.

Question: Who is this kind of newly invented shoes intended for?

Choices:
- All the teenagers.
- Children aged 4 to 14.
- Middle-aged women in Africa.
- Senior citizens with low income.

Question: What does Para. 4 mainly talk about?

Choices:
- How the shoes work.
- How Lee got his inspiration.
- How to make the new shoes.
- Where to order this kind of shoes.

Question: Why does Kenton Lee keep a pair of his own shoes in the office?

Choices:
- To remind him of his promise.
- To copy the design of them.
- To get a change conveniently.
- To use them as an example.


Your Car Is Ready for Take-off
The flying car has been talked about for many years,but now it appears that the idea is about to become a reality.
An international company has built a two-seater plane that, at the touch of a button ,transforms into a car perfectly suitable for driving on public roads. It has been designed so that the wings fold up automatically; and it takes just 15 seconds to switch between flying and driving. With its wings fully open and the propeller spinning, it can take off from any airfield.
Flying cars are quicker than traditional ones for travelling from city to city,and they can run on ordinary fuel. Another big advantage is that they are cool ,like something you would see in an action film. At the moment9however, the flying car's wheels are illegal to leave the ground. That is not because of technical reasons or problems with the design. It is because the various road and aircraft authorities simply cannot agree on whether it is a car or a plane.
"The government and the authorities have never thought seriously about a flying car, says Alan Price ,the president of the company that has developed it. "I wanted a car that could fly and drive ,but it is difficult to find an organization prepared to insure the vehicle against accidents.
Nevertheless?the company hopes to produce and deliver its first flying car soon. The company already has orders for 40 of them. The majority the potential customers are older and some are retired. There have even been orders from some people who have no pilot's license.
The flying car will cost around $ 200.000. "For an airplane,that's a very reasonable price, but for a car, It's quite expensive," explains Alan. "But it just is not possible to make a $ 10,000 flying car yet. "
This latest means of transport will not become a mass-market item in the near future,but in the long term it has the potential to change the way you travel. It will become no more expensive than driving your car on the motorway. Travel time could be reduced by more than half.
So the next time you are told to fasten your seat belt, it may be to prepare for take-off.

Question: We know from the passage that the flying car  _

Choices:
- has to run on special fuel
- will replace traditional planes
- is popular with the rich
- can shift between two forms

Question: The flying car is presently forbidden to take off because  _  .

Choices:
- many people think driving it not very safe
- it's hard to decide whether it's a car or a plane
- the government and the authorities don't accept it
- there are still some technical problems to be solved

Question: We can learn from the passage that  _  .

Choices:
- few people will be able to afford a flying car
- flying cars may share the market in the future
- traffic jams will disappear because of flying cars
- driving a flying car doesn't require a pilot's license


Microblogging is a broadcast medium in the form of blogging. A microblog differs from a traditional blog in that its content is typically much smaller, in both actual size and aggregate file size. Microblogs "allow users to exchange small elements of content such as short sentences, individual images, or video links".
As with traditional blogging, microbloggers post about topics ranging from the simple, such as "what I'm doing right now," to the thematic , such as "sports cars." Commercial microblogs also exist, to promote   websites, services and/or products, and to promote collaboration within an organization.
Some microblogging services offer features such as privacy settings, which allow users to control who can read their microblogs, or other ways of publishing rights besides entering the web-based interface.  These may include text messaging, E-mail, or digital audio.
The first microblogs were known as tumblelogs. The term was invented in a blog post on April 12, 2005. However, by 2006 and 2007, the term microblog came into greater usage for such services provided by Tumbler and Twitter. Other leading social networking websites Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, and XING also have their own microblogging features, better known as status updates.
Several studies, especially by Harvard Business School have tried to analyze the usage behavior of Microblogging services. Many of these studies show that for services such as Twitter, there is a small group of active users contributing to most of the activity.
Twitter, Facebook and other microblogging services are also becoming a platform for marketing and public relations, with a sharp growth in the number of social media marketers. The Sysomos study shows that this specific group of marketers on Twitter is much more active than general user population, with 15% following more than 2,000 people.

Question: Why is a microblog different from a traditional blog?

Choices:
- Because a microblog doesn't include pictures, but a traditional blog does.
- Because a microblog doesn't include videos, but a traditional blog does.
- Because a microblog has smaller contents than a traditional blog in actual and total file size.
- Because a microblog can only be written on the cell-phones.

Question: Microblogging can protect the following privacy EXCEPT  _  .

Choices:
- deciding the readers of the microblogs
- allowing readers to publish their views
- readers' deleting what a microblog says
- deciding whether readers can enter it

Question: We can infer from the passage that  _  .

Choices:
- microbloggers always post about the thematic topics instead of the simple ones
- microblogging has developed so quickly and brought the owners more and more benefits.
- microblogging protects both the owners' and the readers' privacy
- the studies by Harvard Business School have analyzed the usage of microblogging services


Alice's mother died when she was five. Although her brothers and sisters were loving and caring, their love couldn't take the place of a mother's. In 1925 Alice became my mother and told me that her family couldn't even afford her a doll.
One afternoon in December 1982, when I was getting ready for Christmas, I suddenly decided to buy two dolls, one for my five-year-old daughter, Katie, and one for my old mother.
Things went smoothly when a friend told me that his dad, who played Santa Claus in my area, would be willing to make a visit on Christmas morning to our home with the gifts! Knowing that my parents would also come to my house, I began to get ready for the most memorable day of my mother's life.
Christmas Day arrived and so did Santa Claus at the planned time. Katie was very excited and happy all the time to welcome the Santa. My mother was enjoying watching Katie welcoming this special guest. As Santa turned to leave he looked again into his bag and took out one more gift. As he asked who Alice was, my mother, without thinking of her name being called, said that she in fact was Alice. Santa handed her the gift with a message card that read:
For Alice:
I was cleaning out my sleigh   before my trip this year and came across this package that should be sent on December 25, 1925. The gift inside has aged, but I felt that you might still wish to have it. Many apologies for the lateness of the gift.
Love,
Santa Claus
My mother was very excited and deeply moved to tears. She couldn't speak but only held tightly in her arms the doll she had waited fifty-seven years to receive as tears of joy flew down her face. That doll made my mother the happiest "child".

Question: Why couldn't Alice get a doll as a child?

Choices:
- Because her mother died quite early.
- Because her family disliked her.
- Because her family was very poor.
- Because Alice didn't love dolls.

Question: What did the friend's father do that Christmas morning?

Choices:
- He acted as Santa Claus to send Christmas gifts.
- He went to her home to see Alice.
- He bought some Christmas gifts for Katie.
- He helped her to get Christmas gifts ready.

Question: Why didn't Alice expect there was also a gift for her?

Choices:
- The gifts from Santa Claus were usually for children.
- The gift was forgotten many years ago.
- The gift for her was bought by accident on the way.
- The gifts for Katie were enough to share with her.

Question: The author wrote the message card in order to   _  .

Choices:
- show her deep apology to her mother
- make it clear that Santa Claus didn't forget her
- show that Santa Claus was hard-working
- make Alice believe the gift was exactly for her


Mattel Inc. is _ 4.4 million Polly Pocket toys with magnets after some of them caused serious injuries to children who swallowed magnets that fell off.
Tiny magnets inside the toys may fall off without being noticed by parents and babysitters. The magnets can be swallowed or placed in children's noses or ears. When more than one magnet is swallowed, the magnets can attract each other and cause intestine perforation which can be deadly.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission(CPSC)received 170 reports of the small magnets coming out of these recalled toys. There were three reports of serious injuries to children who swallowed more than one magnet. All three suffered intestinal perforations that required operation. A 2-year-old child stayed in hospital for seven days and a 7-year-old child was hospitalized for 12 days. An 8-yeal-old child was also hospitalized.
The recalled Polly Pocket toys contain plastic dolls and accessories that have small magnets. The magnets measure one-eighth inch in diameter and are fixed in the hands and feet of some dolls, and even in the plastic clothing, hairpieces and other accessories to help the pieces stay on the doll or the doll's house.
The model number is printed on the bottom of the largest pieces on some of the toys. Contact Mattel if you cannot find a model number on your product to determine if it is part of the recall. Polly Pocket magnetic toys currently sold in stores are not included in this recall. The model numbers included in the recall are: B2632, B3158, B3201, B7118, G8605, H1537, H1538 and H3211. The toys were on sales in department stores and toy stores from May 2006 through September 2009 for between $15 and $30.
Consumers should immediately take these recalled toys away from children and contact Mattel for the return of the toys. For more information contact Mattel at 888 597-6597 anytime or visit the company's Web site.

Question: The main purpose of the passage is  _  .

Choices:
- to criticize Mattel Inc. for their bad products
- to inform readers of Polly Pocket toys recall
- to warn readers the danger of swallowing magnets
- to suggest some ways to return Polly Pocket toys

Question: All of the following points are covered in the story EXCEPT  _  .

Choices:
- the danger of small magnets
- the ways of returning Polly Pocket toys
- the methods of recognizing a recalled Polly Pocket toys
- the apology made by Mattel Inc.


Many people write to newspapers and magazines to express their opinions. Letters to the editor must carry the writer's full name, address and telephone number, although the information is not necessary for publication. This requirement to provide personal particulars is a clear indication that writers are responsible for what they say. When a writer wants his voice heard, he needs to claim ownership of his voice. Responsibility is the name of the game.
"People today prefer living together to putting their signatures on a marriage certificate because they refuse to accept responsibility for the relationship," said social worker Ken Yip, "and this is what is causing a lot of family problems." When we sign a paper, for example, a business contract or a bank document, the signature is a seal of consent, an agreement to take the matter seriously. Most governments and many organizations will not process written complaints if they do not bear the writer's signature. The absence of a signature, they explain, tells us that the writer cannot be too serious and therefore does not deserve a reply.
There are people who wish to remain anonymous  for various reasons. Multi-billionaire Mr. King donates generously to charity several times a year. He gives simply because he wants to help but not for the publicity his donations may bring, and he doesn't want his good deeds to make news. In other cases, people insist on anonymity because they are afraid of the consequences of revealing their identity. Crime witnesses may be willing to assist the police, but most are unwilling to give their names when reporting a crime.
Name or no name? The answer is very personal and lies in how much we want to get involved. We all have a name. It is a matter of responsibility to use it when we make a statement, a claim or an accusation. We all want to honor our own name, and it is only by stamping our expression of an opinion with our name that we honor what we say.

Question: What does the writer mean by saying "Responsibility is the name of the game"?

Choices:
- Writers should be responsible for their names.
- Writers need to provide their personal information in the game.
- Names are required to indicate writers' responsibility for what they say.
- Publications must bear the writer's full name, address and phone number.

Question: Some people don't want their names known because they are  _  .

Choices:
- ready for involvement
- hesitant to make a donation
- afraid of an accusation
- unwilling to draw public attention

Question: The passage is mainly about  _  .

Choices:
- honor and writers
- signature and responsibility
- identity and signature
- anonymity and signature


Expensive and new gloves allow chatterboxes to take the term "handsfree" to a new level--by talking into them as they make a call. The gloves are known as "Talk to the Hand" and cost PS1,000 a pair. They fixed a speaker unit into the thumb and a microphone into the little finger that can be connected to any mobile handset using Bluetooth.
Artist Sean Miles designed the new gloves that double as a phone in part of his project that shows the possibilities of gadget(,) recycling. He uses outdated gloves and combines them with parts from mobile handsets recycled through _ , which commissioned the project. Mobile phone users will be able to keep their hands warm while they chat without taking their phones out of their pockets or handbags.
Mr Miles designed two pairs of the new gloves--one in pink and the other in brown and yellow. They will appear in an exhibition this July and visitors will be able to win the gloves. If demand is high, they will then be produced on a larger scale. O2 Recycle, which backed the project, estimates that there are already 70 million unused mobile handsets in the UK. The service pays up to PS260 to those who recycle gadgets including phones, handheld consoles, MP3 players and digital cameras.
Designer Sean Miles hopes his work will get people thinking about recycling. The 41-year-old said, "I hope that my 'Talk to the Hand' project will get people to think again about the waste created by not recycling gadgets. If a few more people recycle their gadgets rather than send them to trash, I think this project will have fulfilled its aim."
Bill Eyres, head of O2 Recycle, urges people to recycle their phone responsibly. He said, "There's a pressing need for all of us to look at outdated handsets, and all the gadgets that we move on from or upgrade each year. Whether they are consoles or cameras, we should think of them as a resource that we need to recycle responsibly rather than throw them away."

Question: Consumers can buy the "Talk to the Hand" gloves   _  .

Choices:
- in the exhibition
- from Mr Miles
- when they are mass produced
- after they recycle the gadgets

Question: The purpose of the project is to   _  .

Choices:
- promote the technology of IT
- enable people to talk to their hands
- raise people's awareness of recycling
- attract visitors' attention in the exhibition

Question: What is the passage mainly about?

Choices:
- New mobiles that are fashionable.
- Outdated handsets that are upgraded.
- Outdated gadgets that can be used for recycling.
- New gloves that can be used for making phone calls.


The adder is the only poisonous snake native to Britain. Adders have the most highly developed poison injecting mechanism of all snakes, but they are not aggressive animals. Adders will only use their poison as a last means of defence, usually if caught or trodden on. No one has died from adder bites in Britain for over 20 years. By faar the most common smake in Britain is the adder. In Scotland, in fact, there are no other snakes at all. The adder is also the only British sanke with a poisonous bite. It can be found almost anywhere, but prefers sunny hillsides and rough open country, including high gournd. In Ireland there are no snakes at all.
Most people regard snake bites as a fatal misfortune, but not all bites are serious, and very few are fatal . Sometimes attempts at emergency treatment turn out to be more dangerous than the bite itself, with amateurs heroically, but mistakenly, trying do-it-yourself surgery and other unnecessary measures.
All snakes have small teeth, so it follows tha tall snakes can bite, but only te bite of the adder presents any danger. British snakes are shy animals and are fare more frightened of you than you could possibly be of them. The adder will attack only if it feels threatened, as can happen if you take it by surprise and step on it accidentally, or if you try to catch it or pick it up, which it dislikes intensely. If it hears you coming, it will normally get out of the way as quickly as it can, but adders cannot move  very rapidly and may attack before moving if you are very close.
The effect of a bite varies considerably. It depends upon severa things, one of which is the boidy-wight of the person bitten. The bigger the person, the less harmful the bite is likely to be, which is why children suffer far more seriously from snake bites in Britain ,and thought these bites can make soime pepe very ill, thre are probaably just as many cases of bites having little or no effect, as there are of serious illess.

Question: Where are adders to be found?

Choices:
- In fertile fields in Scotland.
- On wild land throughout Britain.
- In many parts of Britain and Ireland.
- Everywhere in Britian except Scotland

Question: What should you do if you are with someone who is bitten by an adder?

Choices:
- Catch the biting adder at onece.
- Don't worry about the bitten person.
- Don't try to treat the bite by yourself.
- Operate on the person as soon as possible.

Question: What's the best title of the passage?

Choices:
- Poisonous Snakes
- Adders in Britain
- Take Care oif Sake Bites
- Protec Endangered Adders


Vampires  , creatures of myth, have been around in one form or another for centuries. Terrifying but also attractive, they are as popular in the early 21st century as ever, as the current popularity of Twilight series, and its hero Edward Cullen, show. Vampires first appeared in fiction in the 1700s; in 1895 Irish novelist Bram Stoker published Dracula, introducing the world's most famous vampire.
But just what is it about these drinkers of human blood that continues to fascinate us? Speaking to Eric Lewis of the Times and Transcript website, academic Deborah Wells said that vampires are "culturally adaptive ". "We create very different vampires to fit different times. Edward Cullen is not the same as Count Dracula," she said.
Different as they are, Wells believes vampires are "the perfect containers into which we can pour our current cultural anxieties". Bram Stoker's Dracula is powerful, yet old and physically ugly. Stoker's book dealt with fear of the fall of the British Empire, real fears in the day in which it was written.
According to the website Bookpages, today's vampires have all our cultural desires, money, power and sexual attraction. Represented by Cullen, they are noble, handsome young men whom women find irresistible . What's more, vampires challenge traditional ideas about death, science and parental authority . This may be why teenagers are drawn to vampire tales.
"In many ways, the vampire story shows up teenage concerns," said Wells. "The emotional intensity   of the relationship with the vampire matches the intensity of how it feels to have your first real love affairs. Your first real love, it really feels like life and death."

Question: What is the vampire like in Bram Stoker's book?

Choices:
- Anxious but perfect.
- Afraid of the fall of the British Empire.
- Terrifying but also attractive.
- Powerful, old and ugly.

Question: According to the website Bookpages, today's vampires   _  .

Choices:
- dare to give up traditional ideas
- may not think highly of parental authority
- desire money, power and sexual attraction
- are likely to be resisted by women

Question: The main idea of this passage should be   _  .

Choices:
- Why Twilight is so popular nowadays
- Vampires have been around us for long
- Vampires may continue to drink our blood
- We still like the story about vampires


When we donate  blood, a small amount is usually taken in advance for at least ABO and Rh systems typing. If you are O+, the O is your ABO type and the + is your Rh type. It is possible to be A, B, AB, or O as well as Rh + or Rh-.
The ABO system was discovered by Karl Landsteiner in the early 1900s. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for his achievements. There are four basic types of blood in the ABO system: A, B, AB and O. Everybody is born with one of these four types of blood. We get blood type, just like hair color and height from parents. Because of the substances  contained in each type, the four groups must be _ carefully, If two different blood types are mixed together, it may put a person into an extremely dangerous situation. Basically, A and B cannot be mixed. A and B cannot receive AB, but AB may receive A or B. In an emergency, type O blood can be given because it is most likely to be accepted by all blood types, so it is often called the universal donor. However, there is still a risk. For the opposite reason, AB is sometimes called the universal receiver. However, because there can be so many reactions in the blood bank of the hospital.
There is a relationship between your blood type and your nationality. Among the Europeans, about 45 percent have type O while 42 percent have type A. The least common is type AB. Other races have different percentage. For example, some American Indian groups have nearly 100 percent type O out of 100 donors in the world.

Question: The writer suggests that the third most common blood type among the Europeans is   _  .

Choices:
- B
- A
- AB
- O

Question: The text mainly tells us   _  .

Choices:
- about the basic types of human blood
- what kind of blood is the most common
- about Karl Landsteiner who won the Nobel Prize
- the relationship between blood type and nationality


How to protect children Web fans from unsuitable material on-line while encouraging them to use the Internet has long been discussed in the US.
For some parents, the Internet can seem like a jungle, filled with danger for their children. But jungles contain wonders as well as danger. With good guides, some education, and a few precautions( ), the wilds of the Internet can be safely navigated. "Kids have to be on-line. If we tell our kids they can't be allowed to surf the Internet, we're cutting them off from their future," said an expert.
Most kids have started to use search engines. Many of them are great for finding tons of interesting Internet sites, and they can also locate places where you might not want your kids to go. There are search engines designed just for kids. A certain software contains only sites that have been selected as safe. The most popular way would be to use what is known as a "content screener". But this can't be wholly reliable( ), and the best thing parents can do is to talk to their kids and let them know what is OK or not OK to see or do on the Internet. Another way is that mum or dad is nearby when the child is surfing the Internet.
A few other tips:
--Do not put the PC in a child's room but keep it in an area where mum or dad can keep an eye on things. That also makes the Internet more of a family activity.
--Ask your child what he or she has been doing and about any friends they make on-line.
--Tell your child not to give on-line strangers personal information, especially like address and phone number.
And tell your children never to talk to anyone they meet on-line over the phone, send them anything, accept anything from them or agree to meet with them unless you go along.

Question: What is the best way to protect children from improper material?

Choices:
- To talk to the children and persuade them to tell right from wrong.
- To be nearby when the children are surfing the Internet.
- To fix a content screener on the computer.
- To buy some search engines for children.

Question: Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

Choices:
- Surfing the Internet is the best way of educating children.
- Using a content screener is most reliable for keeping children from having ways to the Internet.
- Searching engines can help children to select materials fit for them.
- Children's not having chances to go to the Internet may have effect on their progress.

Question: According to the passage, we can infer that   _  .

Choices:
- softwares that are fit for children who want programming
- the Internet contains a lot of harmful sites
- the Internet will be protected by law
- a child who is on-line is in danger

Question: What does the passage tell us most?

Choices:
- Education
- Good guides
- Precautions
- Software


"Now I just don't believe that." Surely all of us, at some point, have watched a movie and thought: It's simply badly researched, or, the makers must think we're fools.
If movies were completely scientifically accurate, they'd probably be as interesting as a Physics 101 lecture. In real life, there are no explosions in space, gas usually doesn't explode from a lit cigarette, and Bruce Willis / Jackie Chan / Will Smith would most likely be in a coma  after getting kicked in the head.
Recently, the British newspaper The Daily Telegraph ran a humorous piece on unconvincing tech moments from some top movies. Let's see what _ are all about.
Telegraph writer Tom Chivers' first example is from the end-of-the-world movie Independence Day, in which a character comes up with a virus capable of destroying Windows, the computer system the alien  spacecraft uses. "It's a good thing they didn't have Norton antivirus," jokes Chivers.
It's just one case of a movie that takes a lot of license with its science. Another one Chivers mentions is from Star Wars, where glowing beams of light traveling through space look very impressive. The problem is that in space there are no air particles  for the light to reflect off. In reality, they'd not be seen, which wouldn't look so cool on the big screen.
Chivers' second piece of Star Wars nonsense is the sound the fighters make in the movies: " the bellow  of an elephant mixed with a car driving on a wet road". But sound needs a medium to travel through, like air. In space, there wouldn't actually be any sound at all.
Few people would deny that the mind-bending Matrix films make for great viewing, but for Chivers, the science in the movies is a little silly.
And finally: as Chivers points out, DAN is not replaceable. But this bit of elementary genetics passed the makers of the 2002 Bond film Die another Day by. In the film the villain  has "gene therapy" to change his appearance and his DNA, which is completely impossible.

Question: What does the text mainly deal with?

Choices:
- Plots of some famous movies.
- Characters in space movies.
- Popularity of space movies.
- Mistakes made in some movies.


When I was 13, my bedroom walls were covered with posters of the Monkees and Beatles. I wrote fan letters and daydreamed about meeting the objects of my affections. I begged my  parents to attend every rock concert and watch every TV show featuring my favorite celebrities; my friends and I discussed for hours all the things we would say and do when we met our favourite movie stars and pop singers. I drove my mother crazy ! But after a few years, my obsession stars faded as I matured and gained the confidence to socialize with "real" boys.
In the 35 years since I was a teenager, celebrity worship   has increased among teens due to the explosion of television celebrity gossip shows, and instant access to celebrity news on the Internet. It's no wonder that many teens are obsessed with stars when news programs are often filled with entertainment stories and the lives of celebrities.
Celebrity worship syndrome   is now considered a personality disorder. While it is normal for teenagers to follow the lives of their favorite stars, parents should try to monitor everything their child finds interesting. Parents should take action if they suspect a teen is too obsessed with celebrities and showing little interest in school or withdrawing from the family.  When teens talk a lot about celebrities and view them as just means of entertainment, this is considered normal celebrity worship. However, when a teenager is obsessed with a star and  often expresses a desire to have a close personal relationship with a celebrity or feels they have a special connection to a star, this may be the time for concern. Recent studies have shown that teens who develop an unhealthy obsession with celebrities often suffer from low self confidence and depression. Teens who are overly obsessed with stars often have damaged relationships with their parents.

Question: Parents should become concerned when their children  _  .

Choices:
- talk a lot about celebrities with others
- put up celebrity posters in their bedrooms
- ask to go to their favourite star's concert
- desire a close personal relationship with their favorite star


Lots of people are unhappy with their present weight, but most aren't sure how to change it. You may want to look like the models or actors in magazines and on TV, but those goals might not be healthy or realistic   for you. Being healthy is really about being at a weight that is right for you. The best way to find out if you are at a healthy weight or if you need to lose or gain weight is to talk to a doctor or dietitian . If it turns out that you can benefit from weight loss, then you can follow a few of the simple suggestions listed below to get started.
 _ . Ask your mom or dad to lend help and support and to make lifestyle changes that will benefit the whole family, if possible. Those who have the support of their families tend to have better results with their weight-management programs.
Watch your drinks. It's amazing how many extra calories can be in the sodas, juices and other drinks that you take in every day. Simply cutting out a can of soda or one sports drink can save you 150 calories or more each day. _ with water or other sugar-free drinks when you're thirsty and stay away from sugary juices and sodas.
Stop eating when you're full. Lots of people eat when they're full. Try to pay attention as you eat and stop when you are full.
Avoid diet pills. They can be dangerous to your health; besides, there's no evidence that they help keep weight off over the long term.
Get moving. You don't have to play a team sport or go to the gym. Try different kinds of activities from hiking to cycling, or to dancing until you find what you like.

Question: According to the passage, before you decide to lose or gain weight you must know   _  .

Choices:
- how you will do it
- how long it should last
- whether you have a healthy weight
- what your realistic goal is

Question: We can learn from the passage that   _  .

Choices:
- exercising is harmful to one's health
- diet pills may not help one lose weight in the long term
- having eating trouble is the No.1 cause of being overweight
- all models or actors in magazines and on TV have weight problems


Viruses come in an enormous number of shapes and forms.As we begin to understand them more,the hope is we might be able to control them better, says Carl Zimmer.And who knows,the day might come when we can treat them as friends not enemies.
Science writer Carl Zimmer says that in his utopia there would be a global public health system with sophisticated drugs and vaccines to deal with any virus that could cause us trouble.
Viruses are by far the most abundant life form on Earth.If you took all the stars in the universe and multiplied that number by a million,that's how many viruses we think are on the planet.
    Zimmer thinks we should face the future with a mixture of optimism and preparing for the worse.He thinks we will face some unknown virus that will cause a lot of damage-history tells us that this is so.We do understand viruses a lot better now, and there is great hope that one day we'll be able to find a drug that c. an kill any virus.But this research is at a very preliminary stage,and it will be a number of years before we see whether this type of universal anti--viral drug could actually work.
Viruses are very versatile and clever, and so there are things that they can do for us.Some scientists are using viruses as engineers to assemble solar panels, others are using viruses to manufacture proteins that could be used as drugs.So,maybe in the future we won't think of viruses as our enemies,but instead view them as our friends.

Question: Science writer Carl Zimmer wishes that   _

Choices:
- a global health system could be set up to produce drugs
- all the countries could produce drugs and vaccines for each other
- all the countries could work together to cope with any trouble caused by viruses
- complicated drugs and vaccines could be traded among countries

Question: The passage tells us   _

Choices:
- scientists have made a medicine that can kill all kinds of viruses
- viruses have ever done great harm to us human beings
- universal anti-viral drug has existed for many years
- viruses are always our enemies


We do not know when man first began to use salt, but we do know that it has been used in many different ways throughout history. Historical evidence shows, for example, that people who lived over 3,000 years ago ate salted fish. Thousands of years ago in Egypt, salt was used to preserve   the dead.
Stealing salt was considered a major crime   during some periods of history. In the eighteenth century, for example, if a person was caught stealing salt, he could be put in prison and his ears could be cut off.
In the Roman Empire, one of the most important roads was the one that carried salt from the salt mines to Rome. Guards were stationed along the route to protect against salt thieves, and they received their pay in salt, thus bringing the English word, salary. Any guard who fell asleep while on duty was thought to be "not worth his salt", and as a result he would get a little less salt on his next payday. The expression, "not worth his salt", is still used today in English.
In the modern world salt has many uses beyond the dining table. It is used in making glass and airplane parts, in the growing of crops, and in the killing of weeds  . It is also used to make water soft, to melt   ice on roads and highways, to make soap, and to fix colors in cloth.
Salt can be got in various ways besides being taken from mines underground. Salt water from the ocean, salt water lakes or small seas can be used to make salt. Yet, no matter where it comes from, salt will continue to play an important role in the lives of people everywhere.

Question: According to the text, salt can be used in the following EXCEPT   _  .

Choices:
- keeping dead bodies
- punishing thieves
- protecting crops
- making industrial products

Question: In the Roman Empire many people were employed as guards to   _  .

Choices:
- protect the city of Rome
- watch people carrying salt
- prevent thieves from stealing salt
- carry salt from the mines to Rome

Question: The expression "not worth his salt" used today refers to the one who   _  .

Choices:
- fails to do his work well
- should not be paid in salt
- doesn't want to work at all
- should use less salt

Question: The main purpose of the text is to tell readers   _  .

Choices:
- how salt was found and got
- salt is important in people's life
- salt was difficult to get in the past
- what salt brings to the English language


Beijing has started a battle to get rid of "Chinglish" (Chinese English).The "Language Mandarins" of Beijing have decided that Chinglish is a disease for China's modernizing claim and must be _ before the city hosts the Olympic Games in 2008.
A road sign on the Avenue of Eternal Peace (Chang'an Street) ,for example, advises: "To Take Notice of Safe; The Slippery Are Very Crafty", a warning that the sidewalk was slippery .Another sign in a Beijing park reads: "Little grass is smiling slightly, please walk on sidewalk."
Li Honghai, the city official in charge of the battle, said," Linguistic perfection   is becoming increasingly important with the rise in the number of the foreigners flowing into the city."
However, not everyone shares the disdain   of the Beijing government for the mixed language."The choice of words is pretty much.One can either choose the verbs, adverbs, nouns or whatever one likes," explained one Hong Kong linguist on an Internet website.
So many examples exist that several Internet sites have been set up to collect Chinglish phrases.Many come from English instructions on packages such as a candle marked with "Keep this candle out of children" and a model boat--curiously named Posh Sailboat--which means, "Please don't place it in dusty play."
If the battle against Chinglish is successful, Chinese will also turn their attention to the English-language versions of newspapers, which play an even more important role in teaching right English.

Question: We can infer that the English language versions of newspapers   _  .

Choices:
- should report the battle above
- should be paid more attention to
- should collect more Chingliah phrases
- should be in duty to teach normal English


Do you like chocolate? Maybe most people do. A box of it can be a great gift. Buy one for a friend and give it as a surprise. See how happy that person gets.
Say you just got a box of chocolate. Which piece do you pick first? A man has studied people's choices. He says they tell something about the person. Did you choose a round piece? You are a person who likes to party. Did you choose an oval   shape? You are a person who likes to make things. Picking a square shape shows something else. The person is honest and truthful. You can depend on him or her.
What kind of chocolate do you pick? Maybe you like milk chocolate. This shows you have warm feelings about the past. Dark chocolate means something else. A person who chooses it looks toward the future. What about white chocolate? Would you choose it? If so, you may find it hard to make up your mind. Some people like chocolate with nuts  . These are people who like to help others.
Do you believe these ideas? Can candy tell all these things? It doesn't really matter. There is one sure thing about eaters of chocolate. They eat it because they like it.

Question: This passage mainly tells us   _  .

Choices:
- why people like chocolate
- almost everyone likes chocolate
- about different kinds of chocolate
- different choices may show different characters

Question: Picking a round shape of chocolate shows that a person   _  .

Choices:
- likes singing, dancing and drinking
- likes to do something for others
- is good at making things
- can be depended on

Question: If you enjoy eating milk chocolate you may   _  .

Choices:
- look forward to the future
- like to think of the past
- enjoy parties and fun
- have trouble making decisions

Question: From this passage we can say that a helpful man may choose chocolate   _  .

Choices:
- in oval shape
- in square shape
- with nuts
- with coffee


Among various programs, TV talk shows have covered every inch of space on daytime television. But no two shows are more opposite in content, while at the same time standing out above the rest, than the Jerry Springer and Oprah Winfrey shows.
Jerry Springer could easily be considered the king of "rubbish talk". The show takes the ever-common talk show titles of love, sex, cheating, and hate, to a different level. Clearly, the Jerry Springer show is about the dark side of society, yet people are willing to eat up the troubles of other people's lives.
Like Jerry Springer, Oprah Winfrey takes the TV talk show to its top. But Oprah goes in the opposite direction. The show is mainly about the improvement of society and different quality of life. Contents are from teaching your children lessons, managing your work week, to getting to know your neighbors.
Compared to Oprah, the Jerry Springer show looks like poisonous waste being poured into society. Jerry ends every show with a "final word". He makes a small speech about the entire idea of the show. Hopefully, this is the part where most people will learn something very valuable.
Clean as it is, the Oprah show is not for everyone. The show's main audience are middle-class Americans. Most of the people have the time, money and ability to deal with life's tough problems. Jerry Springer, on the other hand, has more of a connection with the young adults of society.

Question: Compared with other TV talk shows, both the Jerry Springer and the Oprah Winfrey shows are   _  .

Choices:
- more interesting.
- unusually popular.
- more detailed.
- more formal.

Question: Though the social problems Jerry Springer talks about appear unpleasant, people who watch the shows   _  .

Choices:
- show disbelief in them.
- are ready to face up to them.
- remain cold to them.
- are willing to get away from them.

Question: Which of the following is likely to be a topic of the Oprah Winfrey show?

Choices:
- A new type of robot.
- National hatred  .
- Family income planning.
- Street accident.

Question: What is the advantage of the Jerry Springer show?

Choices:
- The show exposes the dark sides of society.
- The show pours poisonous waste into society.
- Jerry sums up   the whole idea of the show.
- Jerry talks about the improvement of society.


We've all heard the phrase "love is patient", but one couple in prefix = st1 /Michigan, took this phrase to a whole new level. On Monday, February 13, Willard Mason sat down to talk about his relationship with the love he lost more than 60 years ago. Good fortune and fate recently helped the couple reunite.
In 1941, Willard Mason and Llah Ost, both senior 2 students, became engaged to be married and began planning their lives together. But Willard moved away to work at Willow Run Bomber Plant, where he met and fell in love with a woman named Helvi. He broke off his long distance engagement to Llah and married Helvi in 1942. Llah later found love with someone else. Both had happy marriages and raised families.
Then, in 2003, Helvi died. A year later, Willard found himself back in his hometown, where by chance, he ran into Llah's brother. He informed Willard of the death of Llah's husband, and encouraged him to call her.
After that first phone call, the couple began dating. Willard made the drive from his home near Houghton Lake to Llah's home in Adrian. On one such trip, he blacked out, and his car hit a tree. He was rushed to a hospital, where tests showed that he needed a new pacemaker . Willard moved closer to Adrianand asked Llah to move in with him. She gladly accepted.
"We get along perfectly," Willard told AZ Central on Monday. "We've never had an argument, she's a great cook, and she takes care of me."
Although both Willard and Llah are saddened by the 62 years they spent without each other, neither seem to have any regrets. Willard told AZ Central, "You don't know how our lives might have turned out if we'd gotten married in 1941, but now she has a wonderful family, and so do I."

Question: What does the writer probably mean by saying the phrase "love is patient"?

Choices:
- To win love needs a good-natured tolerance  of waiting.
- Love can make someone ill in hospital.
- Love can also help one set a world record.
- To win love needs a whole new level of cooking skill

Question: What caused the failure of Willard and Llah's engagement?

Choices:
- Their unhappy company with each other.
- Llah's new love with someone else.
- Their being far away from each other.
- Willard's escape from his family.

Question: After Willard's wife died, he came back to his hometown   _   there.

Choices:
- in order to date with Llah
- and got informed of Llah's husband's death
- to ask Llah to move in with him
- and was told that he needed a new pacemaker

Question: Which of the following should be the best title for the passage?

Choices:
- A Car Accident Brought about Reunion
- Second Marriage and Second Happiness
- No Argument in a Reunited Family
- Reunited after 62 Years.


"To be or not to be." Outside the Bible, these six words are the most famous in all the literature of the world. They were spoken by Hamlet when he was thinking aloud, and they are the most famous words in Shakespeare because Hamlet was speaking not only for himself but also for every thinking man and woman. To be or not to be, to live or not to live, to live richly and abundantly, or to live dully and meanly. A philosopher once wanted to know whether he was alive or not, which is a good question for everyone to put to himself occasionally. He answered it by saying: "I think, therefore I am."
But the best definition of existence I ever saw was one written by another philosopher who said: "To be is to be in relations." If this is true, then the more relations a living thing has, the more it is alive. To live abundantly means simply to increase the range and intensity  of our relations. Unfortunately we are so constituted that we get to love our routine. But other than our regular occupation, how much are we alive? If you are interested only in your regular occupation, you are alive only to that extent. So far as other things are concerned --- poetry and prose , music, pictures, sports, unselfish friendships, politics, international affairs ---you are dead.
On the contrary, it is true that every time you acquire a new interest --- even more, a new accomplishment  --- you increase your power of life. No one who is deeply interested in different kinds of subjects can remain unhappy. The real _ is the person who has lost interest.
Bacon said that a man dies as often as he loses a friend. But we gain new life by contacts with new friends, and new ideas and thoughts, too. Where your thoughts are, there will be your life too. If your thoughts are limited only to your business, only to your physical welfare, only to your narrow circle of the town in which you live, then you live a narrow restricted(, ) life. But if you are interested in what is going on in China, then you are living in China. If you're interested in the characters of a good novel, then you are living with those highly interesting people. If you listen intently to fine music, you are away from your immediate surroundings and living in a world of passion and imagination.
To be or not to be --- to live intensely and richly, or merely to exist, which depends on ourselves. Let us widen and intensify our relations. While we live, let us live!

Question: What does the author mainly want to do by this passage?

Choices:
- Argue against an idea.
- Explain some famous sayings.
- Introduce some famous sayings.
- Put forward an idea.

Question: Which of the following behavior is probably NOT encouraged by the author?

Choices:
- Thinking more than your own business.
- Caring only about your physical welfare.
- Reading good novels.
- Listening to fine music.

Question: What is the main idea of the passage?

Choices:
- To be is to be in relations.
- I think, therefore I am.
- To be or not to be, that is a question.
- A man dies as often as he loses a friend.


As shocking as the idea of baby birds growing up in a cigarette-filled home sounds, a new study suggests that some birds may benefit from putting the stuff from cigarette butts   into their nests. The nicotine remaining in smoked filters   may serve as a natural insecticide  , driving harmful insects away from the nests and the baby birds living within. Tobacco plants produce nicotine because it defends against insects that would otherwise eat the plants.
              The butts are undoubtedly smelly. But birds are actually quite fond of smelly chemicals, such as those found in aromatic   plants. Some nest-building species regularly fill their nests with fresh aromatics, possibly because the chemicals are good for the immune system or the development of the chicks. Alternatively, the plant chemicals might act as insecticides.
              In the study, researchers at the Autonomous University of Tlaxcala in Mexico set up heat traps, which attract harmful insects, in 55 nests around Mexico City. Some traps were lined with the stuff in smoked cigarette filters. The others were lined with the stuff from unsmoked cigarette filters, which did not contain nicotine and other smoking by-products. Whether the nest held eggs, chicks or nothing, the unsmoked cigarette traps collected more harmful insects, suggesting that it is the chemicals that drove harmful insects away.
              In a second experiment, the researchers collected 28 house sparrow nests and 29 house finch   nests from Mexico City immediately after the chicks flew out for food. They found that the more smoked filter stuff filled a nest, the fewer harmful insects it had.
              The missing piece of the puzzle is whether the reduced number of harmful insects in the nests actually provided any benefit to the chicks. It is also unclear if nicotine or another chemical found in cigarettes may have turned the harmful insects out of the nests.
              If the results hold, then this study is an example of wildlife adaptation to urbanization - or at least evidence that birds are smart and can still follow their noses in urban environments.

Question: What may be the function of nicotine in cigarette butts for birds?

Choices:
- To provide building materials for bird nests.
- To drive harmful insects away from bird nests.
- To protect the plants from being eaten by insects.
- To attract baby birds to stay in the nests.

Question: What is the first experiment aimed at?

Choices:
- Proving that heat traps attract harmful insects in Mexico City.
- Comparing smoked cigarette filters with unsmoked ones.
- Analyzing what is produced from smoked cigarette filters.
- Studying what it is that drives harmful insects away.

Question: What can you infer from the passage?

Choices:
- Birds tend to use insecticide to protect the baby birds.
- Nicotine is the only chemical that drives harmful insects away.
- Some insects are afraid of smelly chemicals in aromatic plants.
- Unsmoked cigarette traps attract more harmful insects.

Question: Where could you possibly see the passage?

Choices:
- In a science report
- In an urbanization essay
- In a tobacco advertisement
- In an anti-smoking brochure


Attitude is an internal  state that influences the choices of personal action made by the individual . Some researchers consider that attitudes come from differences between beliefs and ideas; others believe that attitudes come from emotional states. Here, we focus on the effects of attitudes upon behavior, that is, upon the choices of action made by the individual.
The kinds of actions taken by human beings are obviously influenced greatly by attitudes. Whether one listens to classical music or rock, whether one obeys the speed limit while driving, whether one encourages one's husband or wife to express his or her own ideas-all are influenced by attitudes. These internal states are acquired  throughout life from situations one is faced with in the home, in the streets, and in the school.
Of course, the course of action chosen by an individual in any situation will be largely determined by the particulars of that situation. An individual who has a strong attitude of obeying laws may drive too fast when he is in a hurry and no police cars in sight. A child who has a strong attitude of honesty may steal a penny when she thinks no one will notice. But the internal state which remains unchanged over a period of time, and which makes the individual behave regularly in a variety of situations, is what is meant by an attitude.
Attitudes are learned in a variety of ways. They can result from single events, as when an attitude toward snakes is acquired by an experience in childhood at the sudden movement of a snake. They can result from the individual's experiences of success and pleasure, as when someone acquires a positive attitude toward doing crossword puzzles by being able to complete some of them. And frequently, they are learned by copying other people's behavior, as when a child learns how to behave toward foreigners by observing the actions of his parents. Regardless of these differences, there is something in common in the learning and modification  of attitudes.

Question: According to the passage, attitudes  _  .

Choices:
- come from different situations in one's life
- are largely affected by one's behavior
- remain unchanged in one's daily life
- could be chosen according to one's will

Question: Which of the following is TRUE about the learning of attitudes?

Choices:
- Attitudes are only learned through one's success.
- Attitudes learned in danger will last no more.
- Copying others' behavior is not a good idea.
- Attitudes can be learned from one's parents.

Question: What would be the best title for the passage?

Choices:
- Differences of Attitudes.
- Nature  of Attitude.
- Choices of Attitudes.
- Changes of Attitude.


Being able to experience a different environment and custom will give us a new perspective on everything we thought we knew and understood. Maybe, going abroad is an opportunity to look again at not only the country and the people who live there but also ourselves.
I had never expected to visit Paris. The French culture didn' t interest me that much, and Paris seemed too big, too touristy, too much. But when I found myself standing next to the Opera National de Paris, completely alone and totally lost, I knew I was in for an interesting ride. I had decided to take a summer history class abroad, and Paris just happened to be where it was set. My teacher eventually found me and other jet-lagged students and walked us down to where we would be staying. Even then, tired, hungry, and feeling displaced, I was unable to keep myself from marveling at the beauty of the city.
The next day in the grocery store, trying to decide if the box I was holding contained butter or cream cheese, I suddenly realized I was a foreigner that didn't speak the language.The cashier and I had a conversation completely with gestures. For the most part, it didn't seem to bother the French that I was utterly incompetent in speaking their language. In fact, from my first unclear "bonjour" , many of them would directly switch over to English.
Time Hew by. In the mornings we had class, and in the afternoons we were given a lot of freedom to do what we pleased. We explored everywhere in the city, becoming experts at using the Metro, and walking so much that our legs were sore every night.
Living in Paris was a huge change in my lifestyle. Everything I did was more relaxed. I stopped worrying about the future and instead focused on living in the present. I stopped wearing a watch because time didn't matter.We ate when we were hungry, went to bed when we were tired and explored in between.I no longer mind that Paris is so big; it' s an old, beautiful metropolis full of culture and history.On one of my last days there, standing on top of the Arc du Triumph with a 360 degree view of Paris, I finally admitted something to myself.The city that I had never wanted to visit had turned into the city that I never wanted to leave.

Question: The writer came to Paris because   _  .

Choices:
- he wanted to have an interesting ride
- he attended a course in summer
- he admired its beautiful scenery
- he was alone and lost his way

Question: On the first day in Paris, the writer felt   _  .

Choices:
- lonely in the big city
- bored with his visit
- surprised at its beauty
- interested in its culture

Question: The example of the grocery store is used to illustrate   _  .

Choices:
- the little influence of language barrier
- the big difficulty of living abroad
- the great importance of gestures
- the intelligence of French people

Question: By mentioning the uselessness of the watch, the author probably wants to prove   _

Choices:
- time in Paris is not worth counting
- he enjoys the time in Paris very much
- life seems meaningful without time
- he has to spend a long time to visit the big city