To a large degree, the measure of our peace of mind is determined by how much we are able to live in the present moment. Regardless of what happened yesterday or last year, and what may or may not happen tomorrow, the present moment is where you are -- always!
We allow past problems and future concerns to control our present moments, so much that we end up anxious, frustrated, depressed, and hopeless. We often convince ourselves future will be better than today. John Lennon once said, "Life is what's happening while we're busy making other plans. "When we're busy making other plans", our children are busy growing up, the people we love are moving away and dying, our bodies are getting out of shape, and our dreams are slipping away. In short, we miss out on life.
Many people live as if life were a dress rehearsal for some later date. It isn't. In fact, no one has a guarantee that he or she will be here tomorrow. Now is the only time we have, and the only time that we have any control over. When our attention is in the present moment, we push fear from our minds. Fear is the concern over events that might happen in the future--we won't have enough money, our children will get into trouble, we will get old and die, whatever.
To struggle against fear, the best strategy is to learn to bring your attention back to the present. Mark Twain said, "I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened." I don't think I can say it any better. Practice keeping your attention on the here and now and your efforts will pay off.

Question: The purpose of this passage is to tell readers   _  .

Choices:
- people who are busy making plans are living actively
- how to help others overcome fear
- we ought to learn to live in the present moment
- someone who only enjoys the present time usually wastes his time blindly

Question: It implies  from the passage that   _  .

Choices:
- many people know how to fight against fear
- it isn't necessary to fear for future
- you can gain more happiness by putting off your pleasure
- some people make plans for their children to improve their lives

Question: "Many people live as if life were a dress rehearsal" suggests that   _  .

Choices:
- they always wish to be an actor or an actress
- they believe that their present life is well prepared for their future
- they are always busy making plans for future
- They all have a guarantee that they will be alive tomorrow

Question: Why are some people depressed and anxious day and night?

Choices:
- Because they fear they cannot pass their tests.
- Because past problems and future concerns control their present moment.
- Because the people they love want to leave them alone.
- Because they make some mistakes in the past.


History is full of cases where dreams have been a pathway to creativity and discovery. A striking example is provided by Dr. Otto Loewi, a pharmacologist and winner of a Nobel Prize. Loewi had spent years studying the chemical transmission  of nerve impulses  . A major breakthrough in his research came when he dreamed of an experiment three nights in a row. On the first two nights he woke up and wrote down the experiment quickly and untidily on paper. But the next morning, he couldn't tell what the notes meant. On the third night, he got up after having the dream. This time, instead of making notes he went straight to his laboratory and performed the important experiment. Loewi later said that if the experiment had occurred to him while awake he would not have given it another thought.
Loewi's experiment gives some insight into using dreams to produce creative solutions. Nervous feelings are reduced during dreaming, which may be especially useful in solving problems that require a fresh point of view.
 Being able to take advantage of dreams for solving is improved if you "set" yourself before sleeping. Before you go to bed, try to think intently about a problem you wish to solve. Bury yourself in the problem by stating it clearly and reviewing all relevant information. Then use the suggestions listed in the previous section to catch your dreams. Although this method is not guaranteed to produce an original solution or a new insight, it is certain to be an adventure. About half of a group of college students using the method for a week recalled a dream that helped them solve a personal problem.www.ks5u.com

Question: Through Loewi's experiment, the author tries to prove that   _  .

Choices:
- very little is really known about the meaning of dreams
- dreams can be useful in producing creative solutions to one's problems
- it is possible to "catch" one's dreams by planning before going to sleep
- it helped in the study of transmission of nerve impulses

Question: The author probably thinks that   _  .

Choices:
- Loewi should not have done his experiment
- dreaming is of very little value to most people
- college students should not try out dream experiments
- nervous feelings may stop someone thinking of useful ideas

Question: According to the passage, the author seems to be in favor of   _  .

Choices:
- seeking creative solutions
- avoiding scientific experiments
- setting himself after sleeping
- going straight to experiment after the dream


Mountaineers have noted that as they climb, for example, up to the 12,633foot Humphreys Peak in Arizona, plant life changes greatly. In the Sonoran Desert, one climbs into a pine forest at 7,000 feet and a treeless tundra  on the top of the mountain. It may seem that plants at a given altitude are associated in what can be called "communities" -groupings of species. The idea is that over time, plants that require particular climate and soil conditions come to live in the same places, and are frequently to be found together. Scientists study the history of plant life and build up a picture of how groups of plants have responded to climate changes and how ecosystems develop. But are these associations, _ are real in the present, permanent?
A great natural experiment took place on this planet between 25,000 and 10,000 years ago, when small changes in the earth's orbit caused great sheets of ice to spread from poles. These glaciers  covered much of North America and Europe to depths of up to two miles, and then, as the climate warmed, they retreated. During this retreat, they left behind newly uncovered land for living things to occupy, and as those living things moved in they laid down a record we can read now. As the ice retreated and plants started to grow near a lake, they release pollen . Some would fall into the lake, sink to the bottom and mix with the sand. By drilling into the lake bottom it is possible to read the record of the plant life around the lake. The fossil record seems clear; there is little or no evidence that entire groups of plants moved north together. Things that lived together in the past don't live together now, and things that live together now didn't live together in the past. Each individual living things moved at its own pace. The fossil record seems to be telling us that we should be thinking about preserving species by giving them room to move about-to respond to environmental changes.

Question: According to the passage, the movement of individual species of plants   _  .

Choices:
- occurs in groups
- often depends upon the formation of lakes
- does not occur in groups
- depends upon climate and soil conditions

Question: All of the following are true EXCEPT   _  .

Choices:
- The ice age occurred when there were small changes in the orbit of the earth
- fossil records seem to indicate that plants will be preserved if they have enough room to move
- fossil records clearly show that entire groups of plants are unlikely to have moved together
- in the ice age glaciers covered the world to depths of up to two miles


The Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England, is the best place in Europe for discovering dinosaur bones. Dinosaur Farm Museum was established in 1993. Since then, the museum has introduced the study of old bones to many more people.
What we offer
Visitors can enjoy our displays, or watch us cleaning dinosaur bones and other fossils found on the island's beaches.
The museum has a variety of different fossils, many of them never displayed to the public before. As more are discovered all the time, you can be sure of seeing something new each time you visit.
We have a free Fossil Identification Service, so you can bring in any fossils you have and find out what they are. In addition, we have a reasonably-priced Museum Shop, where you can buy a souvenir of your visit. You could also bring a picnic and relax in our special picnic area.
Activities
Fossil hunts are organized from the museum and run all year round. Groups of up to 25 are guided on a local beach where they can search for fossils. All these hunts are fully licensed and insured, and guides can help to identify any fossils found and point out things of interest.
Due to the popularity of these hunts, all trips must be booked by a personal visit to Dinosaur Farm Museum.
Did you know...?
The BBC programme "Live from Dinosaur Island" was filmed along the coast here, and Dinosaur Farm Museum was the base for the television crew.
Find out more
Check out our website at _ to learn in detail how we dig for dinosaurs. You can also read about the many different kinds of dinosaurs which lived in this area, which was connected to Europe 120 million years ago.

Question: Why are there always new fossils to see at the museum?

Choices:
- New fossils are discovered constantly.
- People keep donating fossils to the museum.
- Only a few of the fossils are displayed each day.
- The museum exchanges fossils with other museums.

Question: Which of the following is free of charge at the museum?

Choices:
- Food for a picnic.
- Attending fossil hunts.
- Having fossils identified.
- A souvenir of the museum.

Question: One can book a fossil hunt   _  .

Choices:
- through a BBC programme
- through the museum's website
- by making a call to the museum
- by visiting the museum personally


Recently educators have been questioning "prep school" (=preparatory school)   where barely literate   high school athletes get their transcripts   by taking courses occasionally and sometimes by taking no courses at all. The athletes then go on to famous sports universities, where they exhaust their playing years before landing back on the streets without job opportunity or college degrees.
The prep school scheme was meant to avoid academic qualification rules for college athletes made years ago by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The N.C.A.A., which was slow to recognize the seriousness of the problem, has finally adopted policies to root it out. But those policies will not do the job unless everyone is involved, including prep schools and college athletics departments that still recruit   students who do not meet academic standard.
The prep school scheme sends a dangerous message to poor neighborhoods, where young people too often ignore their studies, believing that they will magically become millionaires once the world sees their athletic talents. Even worse, it encourages students to drop out of traditional schools before graduation--at which point their grade-point averages would be written in stone--to sign up with fake schools that can help them rewrite their academic records.
The N.C.A.A. has begun to check nontraditional schools for their academic programs and has actually closed some. The organization has also stepped up to look into athletes' transcripts and will pay special attention to athletes who attended several schools, showed sudden jumps in grade-point average, transferred to another school late in the senior year or took an unbelievable number of courses in one term.
These measures are encouraging as far as they go. But the N.C.A.A. will need to go much deeper into the problem if it hopes to break this scheme. For starters, it needs to make clear not just what courses high school athletes need to take to become qualified for college sports, but when they should take them. Until that happens, those who recruit young athletes will always be tempted to make fake academic record at the last possible moment for them.

Question: About students in "prep school", which of the following facts might NOTbe true?

Choices:
- Most of them are good at different kinds of sports events.
- They can easily be admitted to a university by cheating.
- After they graduate from university, they will usually find promising jobs.
- They seldom have good academic performance at high school.

Question: From the passage we can infer that   _  .                 .

Choices:
- High school students can change their transcripts by transferring to another school or take a lot of courses in one term.
- Transcripts of high school students can be very important reference for students to go to college.
- Most High school athletes can probably be awarded a bachelor's   or master's degree after they graduate from universities.
- Transcripts of high school students are so important that they are recorded on metal

Question: We can conclude from the passage that the problems of prep school scheme might result from  _  .

Choices:
- young people in poor neighborhoods who tend to ignore their studies
- many prep schools that carry out poor academic programs for high school athletes
- many college athletics departments that still recruit academically unqualified students
- school athletes, poor management of prep schools and irresponsibility of related college departments

Question: Having recognized the seriousness of the prep school scheme, the N.C.A.A. has taken all the measures EXCEPT  _  .              .

Choices:
- investigating and checking some prep school program
- shutting down some unqualified prep school
- listing compulsory courses and the number of course needed to be taken in high school
- checking some problematic transcripts

Question: What might be the author's attitude towards the prep school scheme?

Choices:
- The writer thinks it a chance for high school athletes to go to college.
- The writer thinks more practical measures are needed to break it.
- The writer remains neutral   on this issue.
- The writer believes poor children will have little chance to go to college if prep school scheme is broken.


Growing up in one of the poorest, most crime-ridden  communities on the south side of Atlanta, US, being raised by a single mother who didn't finish 3rd grade, living each day on food stamps  and attending what the media called "the most dysfunctional  public school district," not many people expected much of me, so I had to expect something of myself.
On my 13th birthday, I bought a poster of Harvard to hang in my room. Being at Harvard became what I dreamt about: I saw myself attending class in Sanders Theater, studying in Widener Library and eating in Annenberg Hall. Even when my electricity was
cut off and I woke up at 5:30 a.m. to pitch blackness, I knew that my poster of Harvard was still hanging only two feet away from me. I'd begin my day by asking myself these two questions, "What do I want in my life?" and "Are the things I am doing today going to get me closer to that life?"
Reminding myself of my goal each day made it easy to say no to the same choices I saw my peers making, because those paths wouldn't have gotten me closer to my goal. I found that even poverty could not take away my power to decide what I choose to do with
my day. Asking myself those questions gave me the courage to cold email about 50 Harvard students so I could ask for feedback  on my application essays; it gave me the energy to study just one more hour on my SATs when my friends were asleep; and it gave me the determination to submit  just one more scholarship application when 180 0thers had already turned me down.
On March 3 lst, 2011, an email arrived from Harvard. The first word was "Congratulations!  "A month later, Harvard flew me up to visit the campus where for the first time I got to see inside Sanders Theater, tour Widener Library and eat dinner in Annenberg Hall.
Who you are today is the result of the decisions you made yesterday, and who you will be tomorrow will be the result of the choices you make today. Who do you want to be tomorrow?

Question: What's the author's attitude towards "poverty"?

Choices:
- Disappointed.
- Objective.
- Thankful.
- Sad.

Question: How did motivating  himself affect the author?

Choices:
- It focused him on improving his application essays.
- It helped him with decision-making and got him to put in extra effort where necessary.
- It allowed him to measure how effectively he was moving towards achieving the goals.
- It helped him better communicate with others in his application for colleges and scholarships.

Question: What can we conclude from the text?

Choices:
- Applying to a famous university is important.
- It is essential to set yourself an ambitious goal as early as possible.
- Poor people usually have greater goals than others.
- You should be determined to act and make decisions in order to achieve your goals.


City farms are gaining popularity in cities and towns around the United States.
City Farms in Edmonston, Maryland, is located near shopping centers, car repair shops and homes. The neighborhood is a working-class community. People do not have very much money, and they have limited access to fresh food in markets.
Over the past two years, the farm has attracted volunteers from the community like Marcy Clark. She schools her four children at home. On a recent day she brought them to Eco City Farms for a lesson. Alston Clark thinks his experience very valuable. "I like coming out here, "he says, "You know, you connect with the earth, where your food comes from. You appreciate the food a little bit more. "
Margaret Morgan-Hubbard started Eco City Farms. She thinks of it as a place where people can learn to live healthier lives. "Growing food in a community and showing that you can have farms even in the city is helpful to strengthen the relationship in that community and brings people together, "she continues, "Every piece of what we do here is a demonstration to show people everything about how to have a sustainable community. "she says. From the Eco City Farms people come to know that they are not only growing food and raising chickens and bees, but improving the soil with compost made from food waste. Sixteen wooden bins are filled with worms. Their job is to eat the food waste and help make it into compost.
Eco City Farms is an experimental operation. The farm gets its power not from the local electricity networks but from the sun with solar panels. In winter, the greenhouses are heated using a geothermal system.
Vegetables can be grown all year. So once a week, all winter long, neighbors like Chris Moss and her three children bicycle to the farm to pick up a share of the harvest.
"I like eating the vegetables, "says five-year-old Owen Moss.

Question: City farms are close to the following places EXCEPT    .

Choices:
- shopping centers
- car repair shops
- working-class community
- fast-food restaurants

Question: What is the author's attitude towards City Farms?

Choices:
- Doubtful.
- Enthusiastic.
- Amazed.
- Negative.

Question: Eco City Farms have the following functions EXCEPT that    .

Choices:
- they teach people how to have a sustainable community
- they improve the relationships between people in a community
- they demonstrate how to use green power in city life
- they help people learn to appreciate the food they have

Question: In which column of a newspaper can you most probably read this article?

Choices:
- People.
- Environment.
- Travel.
- Health.


Jogging has become the most popular individual sport in America. Many theories,even some mystical ones,have been advanced to explain the popularity of jogging. The plain truth is that jogging is a cheap,quick and efficient way to maintain (or achieve) physical fitness.
The most useful sort of exercise is exercise that develops the heart,lungs, and circulatory systems. If these systems are fit,the body is ready for almost any sport and for almost any sudden demand made by work or emergencies. One can train more specifically,as by developing strength for weight lifting or the ability to run straight ahead for short distances with great power as in football,but running trains your heart and lungs to deliver oxygen more efficiently to all parts of your body. It is worth doing that: this sort of exercise is the only kind that can reduce heart disease, the number one cause of death in America.
Only one sort of equipment is needed--a pair of good shoes. Physicians advise beginning joggers not to try to run in tennis or gym shoes. Many design advances have been made in only the last several years that make a pair of excellent running shoes indispensable if a runner wishes to develop as quickly as possible,with as little chance of injury as possible. A pair of good running shoes will have soft pads for absorbing shock, as well as slightly built-up heels and full heel cups that will give the knee and ankle more stability. A wise investment in good shoes will prevent blisters and the foot,ankle and knee injuries and will also enable the wearer to run on paved or soft surfaces. No other special equipment is needed; you can jog in any clothing you desire,even your street clothes.
It takes surprisingly little time to develop the ability to run. The American Jogging Association has a twelve-week program designed to move from a fifteen- minute walk (which almost anyone can manage who is in reasonable health) to a thirty-minute run. A measure of common sense,a physical examination,and a planned schedule are all it takes.

Question: The main purpose of this passage is to   _  ..

Choices:
- discuss jogging as a physical fitness program
- describe the type of clothing needed for jogging
- provide scientific evidence of the benefits of jogging
- launch a nationwide physical fitness campaign

Question: The most effective kind of exercise should be the one that   _  ..

Choices:
- trains the body for weight lifting
- enables a person to run straight ahead
- is both beneficial and inexpensive
- develops the heart,lungs,and circulatory systems

Question: We can conclude from this passage that   _  ..

Choices:
- jogging makes heart disease no longer be an American problem
- jogging can be harmful if the runner is not properly prepared
- suits are preferable to gym shoes and T-shirts
- jogging is bad for the ankles and knees

Question: The author^s attitude towards jogging is   _  ..

Choices:
- doubtful
- critical
- approving
- objective


If the crust   of the earth were not pretty solid  ,it would be shaking about and moving up and down frequently. However,there are places in the rocks of the earth's crust where it isn't strongly held together--where faults exist. Along the faults,one rock might push against another with great force. The energy is changed to vibration in the rocks,so they begin to shake and we have an earthquake!
The most famous one in North America was the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. Seven hundred people died and property damage amounted to about $425,000,000.The greatest destruction came from the fires that followed the quake.
One of the most famous earthquakes in Europe took place in Lisbon,Portugal,in 1755.The city was destroyed and at least thirty thousand people were killed. In 1908,in Calabria and Sicily,a quake killed about seventy-five thousand people. In 1915,in central Italy,hundreds of towns and villages were damaged and thirty thousand people were killed.
Two great earthquakes that caused great damage in Asia took place in Tokyo,Japan,and in Gansu Province in China. The Tokyo quake of 1923 killed more than one hundred thousand people and destroyed the city and the city of Yokohama,too. The Chinese quake in 1920 covered more than three hundred square miles and killed about two hundred thousand people.

Question: According to the passage,the earthquake that killed the most people happened in  _  .

Choices:
- Portugal
- Italy
- Japan
- China


Simona lives in Bucharest, Romania. She is nine years old and HIV positive . When Simona's mother found out about her illness five years ago, her first reaction was to tell everyone, looking for support.
"That's when I found out who really was my friend, and who wasn't, "she said. "Quite a few people stopped visiting me and asked their children not to play with Simona any more. Because of this, quarrels began in my family with each trouble brought about by her diagnosis. My husband became more and more unfriendly toward me and toward Simona. He didn't understand how important it was for Simona to receive regular examinations by a doctor or why she needed proper treatment for her sickness."
When her mother tried to enroll  Simona in a school, the teacher warned her that when other parents found out about her illness she would be shunned by the other children.
Simona's mother looked for help and found a social worker from the Community Resource Center. The social worker helped her enroll Simona in another school and provided emotional, financial, and material support for the family. Simona's parents were able to ease the tension in the family. Her mother also now attends parenting classes and support groups at the Center.
The Community Resource Center provides not only many needed resources, but also a place where women can gain skills and self-confidence. It provides children with a place where they are accepted. At the Center parents and children find a place where they can grow and find the support they need to stay together and care for each other.

Question: Many people prevented their children playing with Simona because   _   .

Choices:
- she had no true friends
- she was a naughty girl
- she suffered from HIV
- she had a strange character

Question: Simona's father thought that Simona   _   .

Choices:
- shouldn't bring so much trouble to them
- should receive examinations regularly by a doctor
- shouldn't see the doctor for her sickness
- should be treated properly for her sickness

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

Choices:
- Simona has been suffering from HIV for five years.
- Few people visited Simona's mother because of Simona's illness.
- Simona's mother received help from a social worker.
- Simona was accepted immediately by the first school.


A cheap drug that can stop bleeding in people recently injured in an accident could potentially save the lives of tens of thousands worldwide, a new study says.
Researchers studied the effects of tranexamic acid  , or TXA, in more than 10,000 injured people in 40 countries who received the drug within 8 hours of being injured. The study was published in the medical journalLancet.Doctors found that patients who got TXA had a 15percent lower chance of dying from _ than those who didn't get it . They also had a 10 percent lower chance of dying from any other cause, including organ failure and a head injury. The study was paid for by the British government.
The drug is commonly used in wealthy countries during elective surgeries  to stop bleeding , but isn't used for accident victims. TXA is off-patent and made by many companies. It costs about $4.5 per gram, and a typical dose is two grams. It is usually given via an injection  and would be relatively easy to introduce, even in poor countries, experts said.
Previous tests of the drug regarded its use in elective surgeries, such as heart operations, but this was the first study to test the drug on accident victims. Doctors were worried it might increase side effects such as blood clots  in the heart and lungs, strokes, or heart attacks. There was no evidence of that in theLancet study, though the authors said it was possible they might have missed some of these incidents.
For people between 5 and 45, accidents are the second leading cause of death worldwide after AIDS, and about 600,000 injured patients bleed to death every year. Experts estimated that if TXA were readily available, between 70,000 and 100,000 lives a year could be saved. Though the drug wasn't tested on children , experts said it would almost certainly work with them as well.

Question: What can we learn about TXA from the passage?

Choices:
- It can only be made in England
- It was only used in operations before
- It is a patented drug
- It is mainly used in poor countries

Question: Doctors were worried about using TXA because   _

Choices:
- a lot of patients died unexpectedly after using it
- it has no treatment effect on patients
- it can cause blood clots or stroke
- they hadn't used it on accident victims before


Once a general manager wanted to test his people, who had come from all over India, about their values of life. He announced that in their folders , there is PVC pouch and in it there is a seed. When they return, they must put the seed in a pot with good soil and look after it very well. He would hold a competition at the next year's seminar and the best plants would be awarded suitably.
Everyone did what was told to him. A year passed quickly. And the next year in a big hall, what a great scene! There were hundreds of pots and a great variety of plants-all except one. In this pot was soil, but no plant! The owner of the pot was standing quietly and feeling ashamed of himself.
The general manager called him on the stage. He asked him what happened and he told him the truth. He planted the seed, which he was given, and did what was to be done - but nothing happened!
The general manager declared  him the winner! Everyone was shocked.
It was announced, "Gentlemen! The seeds I gave you were boiled seeds. You planted them and nothing happened! You acted smartly and used some other seeds. This man was honest to his work and therefore, he did not cheat me or himself!"

Question: What's the general manager's purpose of giving a seed to each of his employees?

Choices:
- He wanted to get some beautiful plants.
- He wanted to improve his employees' planting skill
- He wanted to enrich his employees' life.
- He wanted to know whether his employees are honest.

Question: The man in the passage failed to get the plant because  _  .

Choices:
- he didn't take good care of his seed
- he wasn't good at planting
- his seed wasn't as good as the other people's
- the seed had been boiled

Question: Why was everyone shocked after they heard the general manager's declaration?

Choices:
- They didn't understand why the man failed to get the plant.
- They didn't understand why the man was the winner.
- They didn't know why the manager gave him the best seed.
- They didn't know why they couldn't get the plants.

Question: The author wanted to tell us the importance of  _  by writing this passage.

Choices:
- being careful
- being honest
- knowing how to plant
- knowing how to please the manager


Pleasant Goat, lazy Goat, Beautiful Goat and Slow Goat, which one is your favorite? The second movie of the Chinese cartoon series of Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf again achieved noticeable box office takings in china, earning more than 40 million yuan merely three days after its debut .
Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf is no doubt the most successful"China made"cartoon series recently. It is shown on TV almost every day and its core  product can be seen almost in every child's goods store. It is the Chinese Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck.
 The cartoon series is not only welcomed by children, but is also often discussed among adult audiences. Pleasant Goat is appreciated for his courage and wisdom. While Big Big Wolf is considered a model husband though he is usually the bad guy in the story, always trying to catch goats for his wife, Big Red Wolf.
In the year of tiger. 2010, what will happen to the goats' homeland and the wolves' castle? Will Pleasant Goat break the plot of Big Big Wolf again? And will Big Big Wolf finally take his revenge as he always says when got foiled  by Pleasant Goat? Going to see the movie and laughing cheerfully kids may be a good idea to start a brand new year.

Question: Pleasant Goat is liked because of his_.

Choices:
- beauty and friendliness
- kindness and courage
- courage and wisdom
- beauty and wisdom

Question: Big Big Wolf is_to goats.

Choices:
- kind
- bad
- friendly
- good

Question: according to the passage, we can infer that_.

Choices:
- in 2010 we will see the second movie of Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf
- this cartoon is the most successful "China made"cartoon series
- all people like to see the movie
- in 2010 it's estimated that the cartoon will earn over 40 million yuan


Six seconds after its launch in Virginia, US, an unmanned rocket bound for the International Space Station (ISS) exploded, disappointing people both on Earth and in space.
Hundreds of millions of dollars worth of cargo was destroyed in the Oct. 28 explosion due to An"equipment failure", said Orbital Sciences, the company hired by NASA for the resupply mission.
The rocket was carrying a cargo ship loaded with 2,200 kilograms of supplies such as food, tools, parts, and experiments. Roughly a third of the cargo was a series of scientific investigations. Some of them were from high school students in the US. For example, 10 students from the Cristo Rey Jesuit College Preparatory School of Houston were conducting experiments about microgravity and put their samples on the rocket.  "I know that failure is a part of science, but I really feel sorry for my students," science teacher Greg Adragna told the Houston,  Chronicle .
Astronauts at the ISS felt a more urgent disappointment, however. The cargo included 617kg of food. Now they will have to rely on supplies from a Russian launch on Oct. 29.
Launched in 1998 and involving the US, Russia, Canada, Japan, and the member countries of the European Space Agency, the ISS is one of the most ambitious international collaborations in history. Currently, there are six astronauts at the station, five male and one female. Three are from Russia, two are from the US, and one is from Germany.  They have lived together for about six months. The station gets regular resupplies from Earth, using unmanned spacecrafts. Food is always a big part of the supplies.  Most of the food is frozen and ready to eat, and often tastes bad-somewhat like trying to eat when you have a heavy cold.
To make space life better, however, scientists have made breakthroughs. Earlier this year, Russian astronauts managed to grow a variety of crops aboard the station. Next year they are going to try to grow rice and other plants. And, as transporting water to space is expensive, astronauts are looking for ways to recycle water. "Astronauts on board the ISS already drink water distilled from sweat and urine<) ," Russian news agency RIA Novosti reported.
Is that the reason the astronauts were so disappointed not to get the water from the failed resupply mission, by any chance?

Question: What is the author-s main purpose in writing the article?

Choices:
- To explain what caused the explosion of NASA-s unmanned rocket.
- To inform us of the explosion of NASA-s unmanned rocket and its effects.
- To tell us about astronauts lives at the International Space Station.
- To tell us how the world reacted to the explosion of NASA-s unmanned rocket.

Question: How did teacher Greg Adragna feel about the explosion of the rocket?

Choices:
- Angry.
- Anxious.
- Frustrated.
- Unconcerned.

Question: We can conclude from the article that the situation seemed  _  for astronauts on board the ISS when the rocket exploded.

Choices:
- hopeless
- interesting
- depressing
- dangerous

Question: Which of the following statements is TRUE about the ISS, according to the article?

Choices:
- Half of the astronauts at the ISS are from the US.
- The ISS was set up by four countries.
- The water that astronauts at the ISS drink is mainly made by recycling.
- Most of the food astronauts eat at the ISS is frozen and tastes bad.


A jobless man applied for the position of "office boy" at Microsoft. The HR manager interviewed him and then watched him cleaning the floor as a test.
"You are employed," he said. "Give me your e-mail address and I'll send you the application to fill in, as well as date when you may start. "
The man replied, "But I don't have a computer, neither an e-mail. "
"I'm sorry," said the HR manager. "If you don't have an e-mail, that means you do not exist. And who doesn't exist cannot have the job. "
The man left with no hope at all. He didn't know what to do, with only ten dollars in his pocket. He then decided to go to the supermarket and buy 10kg tomatoes. He then sold the tomatoes from door to door. In less than two hours, he succeeded to double his capital. He repeated the operation three times, and returned home happily with 60 dollars.
The man realized that he can survive in this way, and started to go every day earlier, and return late. Thus, his money doubled or _ every day. Shortly, he bought a cart, then a truck, and then he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles. Five years later, the man is one of the biggest food retailers in the US.
He started to plan his family's future and decided to have a life insurance. He called an insurance broker and chose a protection plan.
When the conversation was concluded the broker asked him his e-mail. The man replied, "I don't have an e-mail. "
The broker answered curiously, "You don't have an e-mail, and yet have succeeded to build an empire. Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an e-mail?" The man thought for a while and replied, "Yes, I'd be an office boy at Microsoft!"

Question: Why can't the man have the job at Microsoft?

Choices:
- Because he was lazy.
- Because he didn't pass the test.
- Because he didn't have an e-mail.
- Because he didn't have a computer.

Question: According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

Choices:
- The man is one of the biggest food retailers in the world.
- The man didn't give up though he failed the interview.
- He started his career by selling tomatoes in the supermarket.
- Those who have e-mails can work at Microsoft.

Question: The man can be described as   _  .

Choices:
- helpful and considerate
- positive and generous
- smart and hardworking
- stubborn and unselfish

Question: Which proverb can best describe the story?

Choices:
- Misfortune may be an actual blessing.
- Where there is a will, there is a way.
- Accidents will happen.
- No pains , no gains.


No one has enough, but everyone has all there is. We each have just twenty-four hours in a day. Time is not our problems , but what we do with the limited time we have is the issue. Many people spend their days on dozens of activities , but achieve very little because they aren't concentrating on right things. The Pareto Principle, also known as the 80:20 Rule shows us that typically eighty per cent of unfocused effort generates only twenty percent of the results. The remaining eighty per cent of the results are achieved with only twenty percent of the effort . To effectively manage your time, you need to change where you are spending your time. We all have the same amount of time every day. How you spend your time is how you spend your life. Here are time management strategies, which may be helpful.
Learn to say no
Politely say no should become a habit. Saying no frees up time for the things that are most important.
Make a "to-do" list
   List the tasks that need to be done in order of their importance. Save other less important things for when you have time.
Minimize interruption
Plan ahead. Think through projects. Look for ways to  _ interruptions. For example, close your door, don't answer the phone or work in a different space.
Combine several activities
   Try to do several activities at one time. While going to school,listen to taped notes. This allows up to an hour or two a day of good study review. While showering,make a mental list of the things. Above all,be creative,and let it work for you.

Question: According to the passage, if you want to do several things on Sunday,you should   _  .          .

Choices:
- do them while listening to the music
- do all of them at one time
- do the most important one first
- put some of them off till next Monday

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

Choices:
- Time Management
- The Pareto Principle
- How to Make a "To-do" List
- Time and Habits


When people get bad toothaches, they often have to eat soft, easily chewed food. When lions get bad toothaches, they eat people? That' s the conclusion of a zoologist at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago and a dentist who works on carnivores  ., Lions don't normally prey on people. Every once in a while, however, a lion will go on a human-eating diet. The most famous such tragedy happened in 1898, when two lions killed and ate 135 railway workers in prefix = st1 /Kenya.
Examining the preserved skulls   of the two big cats, zoologist Bruce Patterson and dentist Ellis Neiburger found that both animals had been suffering from several dental and |aw problems. One lion had three missing teeth and a loose, unsteady lower canine that was probably useless. Canines are pointed teeth that hunting animals use for gripping and piercing prey ) .The two lions might have been so badly disabled that they couldn't bite down forcefully, say the researchers. Consequently, the lions might have abandoned their normal, more difficult prey and turned to humans. "Humans are easy preys, " said Patterson. "We're very slow, we don't hear very well, and we don* t see very well in the darkness. "
The research calls their idea the Infirmity Theory. It was inspired partly by the work of Jim Corbett, a tiger hunter in Indiain the 1930s. Corbett was regularly called in to hunt tigers that had been dining on Indian villagers. Time after time, Patterson discovered that the killer tigers were suffering from some ill-healthy conditions.

Question: The original aim of the study is to look for   _  .

Choices:
- ways of protecting wild animals
- ways of treating toothaches of lions
- when and where lions eat people
- reasons for some lions eating people

Question: The reason why lions don't normally prey on people is   _  .

Choices:
- that they like wild preys better
- they just hunt for prey at night,
- that humans are difficult to catch
- not mentioned in the passage

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

Choices:
- A Zoologist And a Dentist
- Why Do Some Wild Animals Eat People
- A Discovery of the Skulls of Lions
- How Can Health Influence Eating Habits


A father with Parkinson's disease was arrested as he watched the Olympic cycling road race because he failed to smile or look as if he was enjoying himself.
Mark Worsfold, a martial arts trainer and former soldier, claims that he was thrown to the floor and handcuffed just as cyclists passed by. His worried wife Nicola only found out he was being held after she reported him missing when he did not turn up for their daughter's ninth birthday party. The 54-year-old man had his fingerprints, DNA and _ taken before being questioned about why he did not appear to be enjoying the event on July 28. Police said Mr. Worsfold, who was held for over five hours, was arrested because of his manner, his state of dress and his being too near to the course. A spokesman added that the arrest was necessary to avoid a breach   of the peace because he was standing near a group of protesters  .
But Mr. Worsfold, who was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2010, said that one of the symptoms of the disease is muscle rigidity, which can cause his face to become expressionless. "I was sitting minding my own business", he told a local newspaper. "Before I knew anything the police grabbed me off this seven-foot wall, threw me to the floor and handcuffed me, so all I saw of the cycle race was between the feet of people from the pavement. It could have been done better. I was arrested for not smiling. I have Parkinson's disease. "
Mr. Worsfold has since asked for a letter of not being guilty from police. The officers who made the arrest have apologized to him.

Question: Which statement is TRUE according to the passage?

Choices:
- Worsfold's wife was immediately informed of his being arrested by the police.
- Worsfold was arrested because he was extremely dangerous.
- Worsfold enjoyed the cycle race though he saw it between the feet of people from the pavement.
- Worsfold was arrested because of his clothes as well as his facial expression.

Question: What can we infer from the passage?

Choices:
- The officers must have been punished for Worsfold' arrest.
- Worsfold has an expressionless face and probably looks strong.
- The officers apologized to Worsfold after one day's arrest.
- Worsfold was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease four years ago.


Never before in Chinese history has a documentary film aroused so much public enthusiasm. Everybody is talking about a new 7-part documentary called A Bite of China which was recently broadcast late at night on CCTV I. The documentary describes various _ across the vast Chinese culinary   landscape.
According to Taobao, China's biggest online retail website, just five days after the series began to air, nearly 6 million people went to the site in search of various local specialties, particularly those mentioned in the documentary. More than 7.2 million deals were concluded. A ham producer from Yunnan Province saw his sales grow 17-fold in five days.
However, one can't help but believe that the documentary's popularity is probably linked to the endless stream of terrible food security issues that have emerged in recent years. In one well-received article, a netizen wrote, "I wonder how many felt so empty-hearted and sighed after watching the film. Blue-vitriol watered chive, formaldehyde  sprayed cabbage, Sudan Red colored salty eggs, restaurants using gutter oil. The list is long..."
A varied and ancient food culture that is famous world-wide and which should have made the Chinese proud ends like this: one can only sigh. Food is the most vital thing in people's lives. Yet China's food industry is a typical description of "bad money driving out the good".The market is huge while the cost of faking and cheating is so low for unscrupulous   businessmen; and the punishment is too light. Take the milk industry as an example. Although Sanlu, the company that sold the melamine-adulterated milk powder, was punished, thousands of other dairies didn't work hard to improve the quality. In order to allow national brands to survive, Chinese authorities are happy to loosen their regulations.
As the documentary shows, people are attracted not to gourmet items like matsutake, a species of rare mushroom grown naturally in remote forests, but to common Chinese dishes like barley, lotus root or tofu. They are what meet our basic needs. This explains why people are so excited about A Bite of China---it is a reminder that there is still a world out there where food is excellent and people have dignity.

Question: We can infer from what a netizen wrote in one well -received article that   _  .

Choices:
- none of the television viewers have a knowledge of the Chinese food culture
- there is a huge contrast between the ancient food culture and the reality
- the price of food is too high for many common people
- the documentary was made by a world-famous Chinese director

Question: According to the passage, China's food industry is full of faking and cheating because  _  .

Choices:
- there are still so many poor people at the present time
- the punishment for unscrupulous businessmen isn't serious enough
- the Chinese government encourages it to do so
- the food technology is not so advanced as in developed countries


Tom appeared on the sidewalk with a bucket of whitewash and a long-handled brush. He stopped by the fence in front of the house where he lived with his aunt Polly. He looked at it, and all joy left him. The fence was long and high. He put the brush into the whitewash and moved it along the top of the fence. He repeated the operation. He felt he could not continue and sat down.
He knew that his friends would arrive soon with all kinds of interesting plans for the day. They would walk past him and laugh. They would make jokes about his having to work on a beautiful summer Saturday. The thought burned him like fire.
He put his hand into his pockets and took out all that he owned. Perhaps he could find some way to pay someone to do the whitewashing for him. But there was nothing of value in his pockets --nothing that could buy even half an hour of freedom. So he put the bits of toys back into his pockets and gave up the idea
At this dark and hopeless moment, a wonderful idea came to him. It filled his mind with a great, bright light. Calmly he picked up the brush and started again to whitewash.
While Tom was working, Ben Rogers appeared. Ben was eating an apple as he walked along the street. As he walked along, he was making noises like the sound of a riverboat. First he shouted loudly, like a boat captain. Then he said "Ding-Dong-Dong", "Ding-Dong-Dong" again and again, like the bell of a riverboat. And he made other strange noises. When he came close to Tom, he stopped.
Tom went on whitewashing. He did not look at Ben. Ben stared a moment and then said: "Hello! I'm going swimming, but you can't go, can you?"
No answer. Tom moved his brush carefully along the fence and looked at the result with the eye of an artist. Ben came nearer. Tom's mouth watered for the apple, but he kept on working.
Ben said, "Hello, old fellow, you've got to work, hey?"
Tom turned suddenly and said, "Why, it's you, Ben! I wasn't noticing."
"Say --I'm going swimming. Don't you wish you could? But of course you'd rather work -- wouldn't you? Of course you would."
Tom looked at the boy a bit, and said "What do you call work?"
"Why, isn't that work?"
Tom went back to his whitewashing, and answered carelessly.
"Well, maybe it is, and maybe it isn't. All I know is, it suits Tom Sawyer."
"Oh come, now, you don't mean to say that you like it?"
The brush continued to move.
"Like it? Well, I don't see why I shouldn't like it. Does a boy get a chance to whitewash a fence every day?"
Ben stopped eating his apple. Tom moved his brush back and forth, stepped back to look at the result, added a touch here and there, and stepped back again. Ben watched every move and got more and more interested. Soon he said,
"Say, Tom, let me whitewash a little."
Tom thought for a moment, was about to agree; but he changed his mind.
"No --no --it won't do, Ben. You see, Aunt Polly wants this fence to be perfect. It has got to be done very carefully. I don't think there is one boy in a thousand, maybe two thousand, that can do it well enough."
"No --is that so? Oh come, now --let me just try. Only just a little." "Ben, I'd like to, but if it isn't done right, I'm afraid Aunt Polly ... "
"Oh, I'll be careful. Now let me try. Say --I'll give you the core of my apple."
"Well, here --No, Ben, now don't. I'm afraid ..."
"I'll give you all of it."
Tom gave up the brush with unwillingness on his face, but joy in his heart. And while Ben worked at the fence in the hot sun, Tom sat under a tree, eating the apple, and planning how to get more help. There were enough boys. Each one came to laugh, but remained to whitewash. By the time Ben was tired, Tom sold the next chance to Billy for a kite; and when Billy was tired, Johnny bought in for a dead rat --and so on, hour after hour. And when the middle of the afternoon came, Tom had won many treasures.
And he had not worked. He had had a nice idle time all the time, with plenty of company -and the fence had been whitewashed three times. If he hadn't run out of whitewash, Tom would have owned everything belonging to his friends.
He had discovered a great law of human action, namely, that in order to make a man or a boy want a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to get.

Question: How many characters are mentioned in this story?

Choices:
- 7
- 6
- 5
- 4

Question: Why did Tom take all his bits of toys out of his pockets?

Choices:
- Because he is tired and wanted to play with his toys.
- Because he wanted to throw his toys away.
- Because he wanted to know if he could buy help with his toys.
- Because he wanted to give his toys to his friends.

Question: Tom was about to agree to let Ben whitewash when he changed his mind because   _  .

Choices:
- Tom wanted to do the whitewashing by himself
- Tom was afraid Ben would do the whitewashing better.
- Tom was unwilling to let Ben do the whitewashing
- Tom planned to make Ben give up his apple first

Question: We can learn from the passage that   _  .

Choices:
- Tom was good at whitewashing the fence, so he looked at the result of his work with the eye of an artist.
- Tom was unwilling to whitewash the fence, but he managed to let other boys do it for him
- Tom had a lot of friends who are ready to help others.
- Tom was interested in whitewashing the fence.

Question: What made Ben Rogers eagerly gave up his apple and offer to brush the fence for Tom?

Choices:
- His curiosity about Tom's brushing job.
- His warm heart and kindness to friends.
- Tom's threat.
- Aunt Polly's idea.

Question: Which of the following is the most suitable title for this passage?

Choices:
- Tom And His Fellows
- The Happy Whitewasher
- Whitewashing A Fence
- How To Make The Things Difficult To Get


"Make-A-Wish" is one of the world's most well-known charities  . It makes wishes come true for childrenwho have serious illnesses. It gives them hope and joy and helps them forget about their health problems and have fun.
It all started in 1980  in Phoenix, Arizona. Christopher was a 7-year-old boy who was very sick. He always dreamed ofbecoming a police officer. Tommy Austin and Ron Cox, two police officers, made his wish come true. They gaveChristopher a tour of the city in a police helicopter and made a real police uniform  for him.
There are four kinds of wishes children usually have:
I wish to go. Children usually want to travel or go to a concert, a game or a park.
I wish to meet. Children sometimes want to meet their favourite actors, singers or
players.
I wish to be. Some children wish to become actors, singers or police officers.
I wish to have. They often want to have a computer, a game, a bike or many other things.
Let'shope more wishes will come true in the future. People who work in the charity always try for the best. Almost25 ,000 Volunteers help, work or give money. Will you be one of them?

Question: "Make-A-Wish" is a charity to help   _  .

Choices:
- sick children
- serious officers
- famous actors
- popular singers

Question: What did the two police officers do for Christopher?

Choices:
- They gave him a computer.
- They gave him a tour of the city.
- They took him to a concert.
- They took him to the hospital.

Question: Which kind of wishes does Christopher have?

Choices:
- I wish to go.
- I wish to meet.
- I wish to be.
- I wish to have.

Question: Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

Choices:
- Sick children just wish to get well.
- Christopher and Tommy are two officers.
- A few people are working for "Make-A-Wish".
- "Make-A-Wish" has a history of over 30 years.


Nowadays more and more people are talking about genetically modified foods ( GM foods). GM foods develop from genetically modified organisms  , which have had specific changes introduced into their DNA by genetic engineering techniques. These techniques are much more precise where an organism is exposed to chemicals to create a nonspecific but stable change. For many people, the hightech production raises all kinds of environmental, ethical, health and safety problems. Particularly in countries with long farming traditions, the idea seems against nature.
In fact, GM foods are already very much a part of our lives. They were first put on the market in 1996. A third of the corn and more than half the cotton grown in the U. S. last year was the product of biotechnology, according to the Department of Agriculture. More than 65 million acres of genetically modified crops will be planted in the US this year. _ .
However, like any new product entering the food chain, GM foods must be subjected to careful testing. In wealthy countries, the debate about biotech is not so fierce by the fact that they have a large number of foods to choose from, and a supply that goes beyond the needs. In developing countries desperate to feed fastgrowing and underfed populations, the matter is simpler and much more urgent: do the benefits of biotech outweigh the risks?
The statistics on population growth and hunger are disturbing. Last year the world's population reached 6 billion. The UN states that nearly 800 million people around the world are unhealthy. About 400 million women of childbearing age don' t have enough iron, which means their babies are exposed to various birth defeats.As many as 100 million children suffer from vitamin A deficiency, a leading cause of blindness.
How can biotech help? Genetic engineering is widely used to produce plants and animals with better nutritional values. Biotechnologists have developed genetically modified rice and they are working on other kinds of nutritionally improved crops. Biotech can also improve farming productivity in places where food shortages are caused by crop damage attributable to drought, poor soil and crop viruses.

Question: The passage mainly talks about  _  .

Choices:
- the world's food problem
- the development in biotech
- the genetically modified foods
- the way to solve food shortages

Question: According to the passage, GM foods  _  .

Choices:
- will replace naturally grown foods
- are far better than naturally grown foods
- may help to solve the problem of poor nutrition
- can cause serious trouble in developing countries

Question: What's the writer's attitude towards GM foods?

Choices:
- Enthusiastic.
- Cautious.
- Disapproving.
- Unbelievable.


Facebook users may feel socially successful in the web world but they are more likely to perform poorly in exams. The majority of students who use Facebook every day are doing badly compared with those who don't. About 83% of British 16 to 24-year-old people are using social networking site such as Facebook and MySpace, to keep in touch with friends and organize their social activities.
"Our study shows people who spend more time on Facebook spend less time studying," said Aryn Karpinski, a researcher. "Every generation has its distractions , but I think Facebook is a unique phenomenon." Karpinski and a colleague questioned 219 US undergraduates and graduates about their study and general Internet use, as well as their specific use of Facebook. They found 65% of Facebook users accessed their account daily, checking it several times to see if they had received new messages. The amount of time spent on Facebook at each log-in  varied from just a few minutes to more than an hour.
Some UK students have already realized the potential danger. Daisy Jones, 21, an undergraduate, realized the time she was spending on Facebook was threatening her grades, urging her to deactivate  her account, "I was in the library and tried to write a 2,000-word essay when I realized my Facebook habit had got out of hand," she said. "I couldn't resist going online, when thinking about it. Before you know it , a couple of minutes have turned into a couple of hours and you haven't written a word."
Jones is among the few to have realized the risks. 79% of the users, however, believed the time they spent on the site had no impact on their work. The CEO of Facebook said, "There is also academic research that shows the benefits of services like Facebook. It's in the hands of students to decide how to spend their time."

Question: Facebook users check their account frequently to   _  .

Choices:
- spend less time on study
- make sure new messages aren't missed
- practise specific use of Facebook
- accumulate amount of time spent on Facebook.

Question: Why did Daisy Jones deactivate her account?

Choices:
- She was warned about the risk of using Facebook.
- Spending much time on Facebook affected her study
- She wanted to write a long article in the library.
- There was something wrong with her eyes.

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

Choices:
- Facebook fans do worse in exams
- Social networking sites and their fans
- Facebook helps organize social activities
- How to use social networking sites correctly.


One day a father and his rich family took his son on a trip to the country with the firm purpose to show him how poor people can be.
They spent a day and a night on the farm of a very poor family. When they got back from their trip, the father asked his son, "How was the trip?"
"Very good, Dad!"
"Did you see how poor people can be?" the father asked.
"Yeah!"
"And what did you learn?"
The son answered, "I saw that we have a dog at home, and they have four. We have a pool that reaches to the middle of the garden; they have a creek that has no end. We have imported lamps in the garden; they have the stars. Our patio reaches to the front yard; they have a whole horizon."
When the little boy finished, his father was speechless.
The son added, "Thanks, Dad, for showing me how poor we are!"
Isn't it true that it all depends on the way you look at things? If you have love, friends, family, health, good humor and a positive attitude towards life, you've got everything!
You can't buy any of these things. You may have all the material possessions you can imagine, provision for the future, etc. But if you are poor of spirit, you have nothing!
"Command those who are rich in the things of this life not to be proud, but to place their hope, not in such an uncertain thing as riches, but in God, who generously gives us everything for our enjoyment."

Question: The son's father and family went to the country to_.

Choices:
- see beautiful scenery
- see poor people there
- see some children
- see a long river there

Question: The son saw the following things EXCEPT_.

Choices:
- a creek
- a lamp
- some stars
- a horizon

Question: After the boy finished his words, his father was_.

Choices:
- happy
- satisfied
- annoyed
- embarrassed

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

Choices:
- How rich are we?
- How poor are we?
- How happy are we?
- How sad are we?


Do you want to be a successful person? Would you like to know how successful people usually think and what drives them? Here I am going to tell you the key to success that successful people share.
First of all, successful people never blame someone or something outside of themselves for their failure to move ahead. They realize that their future lies in their own hands. They understand that they can't control things in life, such as nature, the past and other people. At the same time, they are well aware that they can control their own thoughts and actions. They take responsibility for their life.
Perhaps what most separates successful people from others is that they live life "on purpose" --- they are doing what they believe they are put here to do. In their opinion, having a purpose in their life is the most important element that enables them to deal with things around them. They hold the view that when they live their life "on purpose", their main concern is to do the job right. They live what they do. People want to do business with them because of their commitment. To live their life "on purpose", successful people find a cause they believe in and create a business around it.
Besides, they never give up easily. Once they have set up goals in their life, they are willing to do whatever it takes to achieve their goals. To achievers always bear in mind what they don't have forever. Rather than see this as negative or depressing, they would use the knowledge to _ themselves on and go after what they want energetically and passionately.
So keep in mind what successful people always hold to be true so that you will have a clear idea of what you should do to be successful in life.

Question: According to the passage, to be successful,   _  .

Choices:
- you should set up a realistic goal
- you should know your strengths and weaknesses
- you shouldn't blame others for your failure
- you shouldn't waste time

Question: Which is NOT the key to success that successful people share?

Choices:
- Taking responsibility for their life.
- Never giving up easily.
- Having a goal in life.
- Controlling things in life.

Question: The author's purpose in writing this passage is to   _  .

Choices:
- explain the exact meaning of success
- share the key to success with readers
- tell his experience of achieving success
- encourage readers to learn from failure


Many years ago, when I was fresh out of school and working in Denver, I was driving to my parents' home in Missouri for Christmas. I stopped at a gas station about 50 miles from Oklahoma City, where I was planning to stop and visit a friend. While I was standing in line at the cash register , I said hello to an older couple who were also paying for gas.
I took off, but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car. I stopped and wondered what I should do. A car pulled up behind me. It was the couple I had spoken to at the gas station. They said they would take me to my friend's We chatted on the way into the city, and when I got out of the car, the husband gave me his business card.
I wrote him and his wife a thank-you note for helping me. Soon afterward, I received a Christmas present from them. Their note that came with it said that helping me had made their holidays meaningful.
Years later, I drove to a meeting in a nearby town in the morning. In late afternoon I returned to my car and found that I'd left the lights on all day, and the battery was dead. Then I noticed that the Friendly Ford dealership - a shop selling cars - was right next door. I walked over and found two salesmen in the showroom.
"Just how friendly is Friendly Ford?" I asked and explained my trouble. They quickly drove a pickup truck to my car and started it. They would accept no payment, so when I got home, I wrote them a note to say thanks. I received a letter back from one of the salesmen. No one had ever taken the time to write him and say thank you, and it meant a lot, he said.
"Thank you" - two powerful words. They're easy to say and mean so much.

Question: The author planned to stop at Oklahoma City  _  .

Choices:
- to visit a friend
- to see his parents
- to pay at the cash register
- to have more gas for his car

Question: What happened when the author found smoke coming out of his car?

Choices:
- He had it pulled back to the gas station.
- The couple sent him a business card.
- The couple offered to help him.
- He called his friend for help.

Question: The battery of the author's car was dead because  _  .

Choices:
- something went wrong with the lights
- the meeting lasted a whole day
- he forgot to turn off the lights
- he drove too long a distance

Question: By telling his own experiences, the author tries to show  _  .

Choices:
- how to write a thank-you letter
- how to deal with car problems
- the kind-heartedness of older people
- the importance of expressing thanks


In the market of luxury   brands, Chinese consumers are only second to the Japanese in the world.
Across the globe it's clear that the young generation are increasingly relying on expensive brands for their self-image.
Personally I am a fashion-lover, at least in spirit. I love to look at clothes and shoes. But I don't understand why people spend large amounts of money on designer labels. Certainly, young people, whether in China or elsewhere, should be building their self-confidence in other ways. When a young woman shows off a handbag worth two months' salary, that's a scary thing.
What are the psychological factors forcing young people to take on debt for designer items?
The desire to say, "Hey, look at me. I'm wealthy. I have social status."
Scientists have found the acquisition of luxury brands doesn't lead to happiness. Study after study has shown that, although we are born to desire material possessions, when we get them, we don't suddenly become "happy people".
In fact, a series of studies by Leaf Van Boven at the University of Colorado, US, have shown that individuals who invest   in travel and other experiences get more pleasure than those who invest in material things. That's because experiences are more easily combined into a person's identity. If I travel to Yunnan, that adventure affects how I think. My memories entertain my friends and colleagues. It follows, then, that investing in experiences improves my chances for successful social relationships.
Moreover, as Van Boven has observed, young people who pursue happiness through "things" are liked less by others than young people who seek happiness through experiences.
This research is pretty solid, but I suspect it won't persuade young people not to desire a style. It's natural to want to express yourself through your appearance. So my advice is, create a look that isn't tied to a designer label.
You don't have to  _ to send a message about who you are. Take a trip. Go out into the world. Then come back and confidently create your own signature look.

Question: This passage is written here in order to   _  .

Choices:
- encourage young people to travel
- persuade young people to seek experience happiness
- report the result of a series of researches
- advise young people to save money

Question: The author finds it hard to understand   _  .

Choices:
- why people like to look at clothes and shoes
- why Chinese consume so many luxury brands
- why young people build their self-image through clothes
- why people spend so much money on designer labels

Question: The author believes that young people would borrow money for luxury brands psychologically to   _  .

Choices:
- show off
- improve appearance
- build up confidence
- make others jealous


Lonely Planet Publications is the largest guidebook publisher in the world.  With over 650 titles sold in 118 countries, it annually sells six million copies, giving guidance to travelers in locations worldwide.
Tony Wheeler and his wife Maureen Wheeler were the founders of Lonely Planet Publications and its first writers. They put together Lonely Planet's first publication- Across Asia on the Cheap.  Originally from Australia,  the couple had decided to travel from Europe back home to Australia overland-going through the countries of Iran,
Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, and South-East Asia, to eventually reach Australia. Tourist facilitres were limited in these countries, so if travelers wanted to go there, they had to eat and sleep locally. Many of these travelers were young and adventurous, but they didn't have much money, so going local was the only way that they could afford to travel across Asia. Frustrated that there was no guidebook to give budget travelers information on accommodations, food, and transport in these regions, the Wheelers decided to write a guidebook themselves. Full of humor and strong opinions, the book became famous among backpackers-budget travelers-as the chief travel guide for Asia. It made enough money for the Wheelers to travel more and finance their second book about traveling in Southeast Asia on a Shoestring.
This second book became even more popular and acquired readership outside of Australia in North America, Europe, and New Zealand. Sales developed so well that the Wheelers were able to open up a publishing house in Australia, and eventually opened up offices in the United States and Europe. Because the guidebooks were based off contributing writer's experiences, material was fresh and up to date. As more and more books were written, the series finally came to cover every country in the world.

Question: What is the passage mainly about?

Choices:
- How the Lonely Planet Publications developed.
- How to have a trip in an economical way.
- The Wheelers liked traveling around the world.
- The Wheelers wrote two books about traveling.

Question: The Wheelers wrote Across Asia on the Cheap because  _  .

Choices:
- they thought they could make a lot of money
- the Australian government asked them to
- there was no guidebook like it on the market
- it was their job while they were traveling

Question: It can be concluded that the Wheelers  _  .

Choices:
- have only written two books about cheap traveling
- advocated the idea of traveling more with less money
- eventually made their company from bad to worse
- support other travelers to start a publishing house


Many people turn to doctors or self-help books, but they ignore a powerful thing that could help them fight illness: their friends.
Researchers are only now starting to pay attention to the importance of friendship in health. A 10-year Australian study found that old People with a large circle of friends. A large 2007 study showed an increase of nearly 60 percent in the risk   for obesity   among people whose friends gained weight. And last year, Harvard researchers reported that strong social ties could improve brain health as we age.
" _ ," said Rebecca, a professor at the University of North Carolina. " _ . "
While many friendship studies are about the close relationships of women, some research shows that it can do good to men too. In a six-year study of 736 middle-aged men, having friendships reduces the risk of heart attack. Only smoking was as important a risk factor   as having little social support.
Exactly why friendship has such a big effect isn't entirely clear. While friends can send a sick person to the hospital or pick up medicine, the advantages go well beyond physical help. Friendship clearly has a big psychological effect. "People with stronger friendships feel like there is someone they can turn to," said Karen, a doctor. "The message of these studies is that friends make your life better. "

Question: The author mentioned smoking in the text to discuss  _  .

Choices:
- the cause of heart attack.
- the risk of having no friends.
- smoking is bad for men.
- friends' influence on habits.


An air of anxious uncertainty spread throughout the small Indian camp as the sun dawned that morning. Some braves gathered beside a smoking campfire. Murmuring sounds could be heard as they talked quietly. Women nervously performed their domestic tasks, preparing a small meal. Several sad, old men sat mute, their morale very low.
The camp was pitched at the edge of a deep valley--so deep that one could barely see the calm water at the bottom. The Indians had been taken by surprise and were surrounded and attacked by enemy forces. They fought bravely, but they were degraded by defeat. Their homes were destroyed. Those who had survived had been pursued by the enemy. The chase  had lasted for days. Persuaded by their leaders to press on, they had made a wrong turn. Their  _ journey ended at the edge of a valley--a desperate situation. Before them was a great hole in the earth. Behind them was the enemy. No wonder they were frozen with fear. Where could they go?
Just when no choice seemed available to them, several young braves ran into camp. With great excitement they reported seeing a stone bridge across the valley, just a short distance from camp. Most of the tribe discounted this wild story. However, a few hurried to the spot to see for themselves. Seeing was believing! Indeed there was a stone bridge, great enough to accommodate many people and their horses. Without hesitation the people gathered up their children and the belongings they had and hurried across the bridge.
Enemy braves watched from a nearby cliff. It was obvious that the Great Spirit was on the side of the defeated. The enemy did not follow. Safe on the other side of the valley, the wanderers thanked the Great Spirit for providing the vital link. They had escaped their enemies.
For hundreds of miles around, Indian people heard about the miraculous stone bridge. From this incident it was clear that the Great Spirit defends weak people. Many came from near and far to see the magnificent stone bridge. You, too, can see this bridge and even ride across it in a car--in southwestern Virginia.

Question: Faced with the desperate situation, some Indians in the camp   _  .

Choices:
- tried to persuade their leaders to give in to the enemies.
- were still as cheerful as before.
- still remained fearless and loyal to their leaders.
- were in very low spirits.

Question: When some young braves reported seeing a stone bridge across the valley, most of the Indians in the camp  _  .

Choices:
- felt much relieved at the report.
- were excited by the report.
- didn't trust the report.
- believed the report.

Question: When the enemy braves saw the stone bridge they  _  .

Choices:
- proposed a truce  with the defeated Indians.
- hesitated for a while and continued to pursue the defeated Indians across it.
- were frozen with fear and escaped from the scene.
- stopped pursuing the defeated Indians.

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

Choices:
- Both the defeated Indians and their enemies believed the bridge was provided by the Great Spirit.
- The stone bridge is no longer in existence.
- The defeated Indians had been pursued by the enemy for several days.
- The Indians in the camp were in a serious situation because they took a wrong course.


Spring is here and so is the cycling season. Here are some tips on how to do it safely and comfortably.
Watch your feet--Pushing with the wrong part of the foot can raise your risk of developing a painful injury of the heel and arch , says Rob Werstine, a sports physiotherapist and board member of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association.  You should push with the ball of your foot, he says.
Layer up--While it's still cool, wear layers of clothing, with clothing close to the body that breathes and outer layers that do not absorb water. Go for bright colors that increase your visibility .
Be reasonable--If you are just starting out and aren't in good shape, don't sign up for a 50-kilometre ride. And while cycling is great exercise for people who want to get into shape, if your doctor advises you not to do tiring exercise, cycling shouldn't be your starting position, Werstine says. Walk to begin getting into shape and then graduate to cycling.
Fix the fit--If you develop lower back pain or numbness in your hands and fingers from cycling, it could be your bike isn't adjusted properly for your height. A good cycle shop can help you find the right height for the seat and handlebars, but if you have continuing problems, consider consulting a bike fit physiotherapist, Werstine says.
Be mindful--You have to pay attention on the roads to vehicles, other cyclists and pedestrians .Consider taking a cycling safety course to practise your skills. Or do some reading about how to avoid dangerous cycling situations. bicyclesafe.com, for instance, lists 10 types of car-bike accidents and how to avoid them.

Question: Which part of the foot should one use when cycling?

Choices:
- The heel.
- The arch.
- The ball.
- The toes.


China's former volleyball star Lang Ping has been invited to coach the US women's national team for the Beijing 2008 Olympics. But China's sports media said the offer would be difficult to accept.
Lang, who is presently coaching a club team in Italy's professional volleyball league, told sina.com that she was considering the offer by the US Volleyball Association.
"Right now I'm still considering their offer but I will answer them soon,"Lang said. "If I don't take the job, I have to give them enough time to find someone else."
Lang, 45,won Olympic gold in 1984. She later coached the Chinese women to silver at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and the 1998 World Championships.
She has also coached at New Mexico University in the United States where her daughter was born and lives.
The reaction in the Chinese media to Lang's job offer was swift and strong. Many say that if she takes the job it would be a direct challenge to China's goal of winning the women's volleyball medal at the Beijing Games.
"As an unusual player and a spiritual leader of Chinese volleyball, Lang Ping's influence over China far exceeds that of an ordinary player," says the China Olympic Committee website.
"If Lang stands with the opponents during women's volleyball matches, you can rest assured that this will be difficult to accept for the new Chinese players, difficult for coach Chen Zhonghe, who was once her assistant, and difficult for all Chinese watching on television," the site continued.(AGENCIES Feb 9,2005)

Question: According to this passage, Lang Ping is   _   at present.

Choices:
- a volleyball player
- a club coach
- an unusual player
- an assistant

Question: Form the text, we can learn   _  .

Choices:
- Lang Ping has accepted the offer
- Chen Zhonghe has got into trouble
- all of the Chinese media support Lang Ping
- Lang Ping is thinking the US offer over

Question: According to the text, if Lang Ping stands with the opponents during women's volleyball matches, who will most probably have trouble?

Choices:
- The Chinese audience.
- Our women's volleyball team.
- Beijing 2008 Olympics.
- Chinese former players.

Question: When reporting the news, the author seemed to be a little   _  .

Choices:
- angry
- surprised
- shocked
- worried


Rob Coulter worked in the wild of South Africa. He knew the animals, insects, and reptiles of Africa very well. Rob knew them so well that he became careless.
   One night, while camping alone, Rob reached out to pick up a large piece of wood and felt something bite his arm. Rob didn't think much about it. But a little later, his arm began to ache. When he looked closely at it, he immediately saw two teeth marks in the skin of his arm. He realized that a poisonous snake had bitten him. His pulse became rapid.
   Rob's mind raced as he thought about what he had to do to survive. Rob knew that he should remain calm, stay still, keep the injured arm below the level of his heart and avoid eating or drinking anything, especially anything with alcohol in it. He also knew that cutting the wound to suck the poison out was a bad idea.
   He used his two-way radio to call for help. As he waited, he washed the bite with soap and water. To help slow the spread of the venom , he wrapped a bandage two inches above the bite and made it loose enough to slip a finger under it so that it would not cut off the flow of blood. Then, after about half an hour, his friend Mike arrived. Mike took Rob to the local hospital, where Rob was given antivenin--an antidote for snake venom.
   Rob still enjoys camping, but he is now very careful not to disturb snakes.

Question: Where is the passage most likely to have been taken from?

Choices:
- A news report.
- A book review.
- A lesson plan.
- A travel magazine.

Question: How did Rob realize that he had been bitten by a snake?

Choices:
- His pulse became rapid.
- His arms began to ache.
- Teeth marks appeared in his arm.
- His skin immediately turned dark.

Question: How can we deal with snake wounds according to the passage?

Choices:
- Stay calm and don't move.
- Run for help as fast as possible.
- Drink alcohol to stop the poison.
- Cut the wound and suck the poison out.


Amazingly, US crime figures have been falling for 20 years now. Of course, the big question is, why? And can any lessons be learnt?
  One reason could be the fall in the demand for the drug crack. During the 1980s, drug-related crimes soared, mostly caused by desperate crack users. However, according to professor Blumstein, co-author of The Crime Drop in America, news of the dangers of crack use caused its decrease and led to a fall in the number of drug-related crimes.
  Some say that the adoption of a zero-tolerance policy in many cities has helped lead to a fall in crime. In New York City, for example, mayor Rudy Giuliani imposed strict and automatic punishments for all crimes, including minor offences such as graffiti and littering. Many believe this has had a very strong deterrent  effect.
  Another reason could be smarter policing strategies. Anti-theft measures and educating the community about car theft has helped see a drop in crimes in many areas. Also, the use of crime mapping schemes that can discover identify crime peaks in different parts of the city has helped police target hotspots.
  Another reason could be that more criminals are now behind bars. Sociologist John Conklin (from Tufts University) says a significant factor behind the fall in crime in the 1990s is the simple fact that many criminals are in jail. In his book Why Crime Rages Fell, he says sentencing was merciful in the 1960s and 1970s, when crime rose. But then more prisons were built and more offenders were imprisoned.
  Some have linked the fall in violent crime to a decline in children's exposure to lead in petrol. Jessica Wolpaw Reyes says, "Even low to moderate levels of exposure can lead to behavioral problems, reduced IQ, hyperactivity  and youth crimes. You can link the decline in lead between 1975 and 1985 to a decline in violent crime 20 years later."
  Others say that the drop in crime has something to do with birth rates. According to statistics, birth rates peaked between 1957 and 1961, and the proportion of men in the US in their late teens and early 20s (the so-called "criminal age") was highest in the late 70s and early 80s. However, as time went on, the proportion of people in this age group decreased.
  Others claim that videogames have helped. A recent study has suggested that these games are keeping young people off the streets and therefore away from crime. Advocates of this argue that any effects the games may have in encouraging violent behavior is  _ by the fact that the games keep potential criminals indoors and in front of the television.
  Some argue that the widespread use of camera phones makes some criminals think twice before committing a crime and getting filmed doing it. Also, many believe that the mass use of CCTV has also had an effect.
  Finally, some say that petty theft just isn't worth it any more. The resale value of second-hand goods such as televisions, cameras or clothes is now so low (or even non-existent) that most people see no point in stealing.
  So, what do you think?

Question: By writing this article, the writer intends to tell us   _  .

Choices:
- the amazing fact that US crime figures are going down
- the recent statistics showing that crime rates are falling in the US
- the answers to the question why US crime figures are falling
- the special policies adopted by the US police that help a drop in crime

Question: "Why Crime Rates Fell" is mentioned in the article to tell readers that   _  .

Choices:
- drug crack can be extremely dangerous
- crime mapping schemes help the police discover criminals
- criminals should be strictly sentenced
- children shouldn't be allowed to contact lead

Question: The sixth reason mentioned in the article implies that   _   tend to commit crimes.

Choices:
- children
- young people
- the poor
- crime victims


Some children are natural-born bosses. They have a strong need to make decisions, manage their environment, and lead rather than follow. Stephen Jackson, a Year One student, "operates under the theory of what's mine is mine and what's yours is mine," says his mother. "The other day I bought two new Star Wars light sabers . Later, I saw Stephen with the two new ones while his brother was using the beat-up ones. "
"Examine the extended family, and you'll probably find a bossy grandparent, aunt, uncle or cousin in every generation. It's an inheritable trait," says Russell Barkley, a professor at the Medical University of South Carolina. Other children who may not be particularly bossy can gradually gain dominance when they sense their parents are weak, hesitant, or in disagreement with each other.
Whether it's inborn nature or developed character at work, too much control in the hands of the young isn't healthy for children or the family, Fear is at the root of a lot of bossy behavior, says family psychologist John Taylor. Children, he says in his book From Defiance to Cooperation, "have secret feelings of weakness" and "a desire to feel safe. " It's the parents' role to provide that protection.
When a "boss child" doesn't learn limits at home, the stage is set for a host of troubles outside the family. The overly willful and unbending child may have trouble obeying teachers or coaches, for example, or trouble keeping friends. It can be pretty lonely as the top dog if no one likes your bossy ways.
"I see more and more parents giving up their power," says Barkley, who has studied bossy behavior for more than 30 years. "They bend too far because they don't want to be as strict as their own parents were. But they also feel less confident about their parenting skills. Their kids, in turn, feel more anxious. "

Question: Bossy children like Stephen Jackson  _  .

Choices:
- make good decisions
- show self-centeredness
- lack care from others
- have little sense of fear

Question: The study on bossy behavior implies that parents  _  .

Choices:
- should give more power to their children
- should be strict with their children
- should not be so anxious about their children
- should not set limits for their children

Question: What is the passage mainly about?

Choices:
- How bossy behavior can be controlled.
- How we can get along with bossy children.
- What leads to children's bossy behavior.
- What effect bossy behavior brings about.


Water is the most common substance  found on the earth, but less than 1% of the earth's water is suitable for drinking. More than 1,000,000,000 people around the world survive on just over 1 galon of water a day. Probebly more than 3,000,000,000 people may suffer from not having enough water by the year 2025. You are considered lucky if you live in a country where you can drink water out of your kitchen tap or bathroom tap. People in some countries have to pay for drinking water at home. So clean water is one of our most valuabe natural resources .
In fact, peole waste so much clean water today. In factories lots of water is wasted. At home many people are not taking showers but still baths, and many are brushing their teeth with the tap turned on. Children are no longer taught how to save water....
You can save clean water in many ways. For example, if you keep gold fish, the tank water excellent for graden plants. And when you wash a milk bottle, pour the water on your house plants. Putting a brick or a water into your toilet tank many help use less water, saving many gallons over a long time.
Using rainwater is another simple way to save clean water. You can use rainwater to wash your hands after gardening, _ the toilet, and wash your car, your pet, your driveway when they are dirty.
For the same reason, people in Malaysia are encourageed to use rainwater. If one has a house with a small garden, he would buy a huge plastic tank to keep rainwater for their daily life.

Question: We can learn from the passage   _  .

Choices:
- when man can't live without water
- where there is no water resource
- why there is less water on the earth
- how important it is to save water

Question: According to the passage, one of the ways to save water is   _  .

Choices:
- to stop keeping gold fish
- to pay much for drinking water
- to use it in a clever way
- to educate those who waste water

Question: People are ecouraged to use rainwater   _  .

Choices:
- so that is can make our life easier
- so that clean water can be kept for other uses
- because is it free and easy to get
- because there is no claen water left for them


Farmer Joe was in his cart when he was hit by a truck. He decided his injuries from the accident were serious enough to take the trucking company to court. In court the trucking company's lawyer was questioning farmer Joe. "Didn't you say, at the scene of the accident, 'I'm fine'?" said the lawyer.
Farmer Joe responded, "Well, I'll tell you what happened. I had just loaded my favorite donkey Bessie into the...."
"I didn't ask for any details," the lawyer interrupted, "just answer the question. Didn't you say, at the scene of the accident, 'I'm fine'?"
Farmer Joe said, "Well I had just got Bessie into the cart and I was driving down the road...."
The lawyer interrupted again and said, "Judge, I am trying to establish the fact that, at the scene of the accident, this man told the highway policeman on the scene that he was just fine. Now several weeks after the accident he is trying to sue my client. I believe he is a cheat. Please tell him to simply answer the question."
By this time the Judge was fairly interested in Farmer Joe's answer and said to the lawyer, "I'd like to hear what he has to say about his favorite donkey Bessie."
Joe thanked the Judge and continued, "Well, as I was saying, I had just loaded Bessie, my favorite donkey, into the cart and was driving her down the highway when this huge semi-truck ran into the stop sign and hit my cart right in the side. I was thrown into one ditch  and Bessie was thrown into the other."
"I was badly hurt and wasn't able to move. However, I could hear old Bessie moaning and groaning . I knew she was in terrible shape just by her groans. Shortly after the accident a highway policeman came on the scene. He could hear Bessie moaning and groaning so he went over to her. After he looked at her, he took out his gun and shot her between the eyes. Then the policeman came across the road with his gun in his hand and looked at me. He said, 'Your donkey was in such bad shape, so I had to shoot her. How are you feeling?"

Question: The trucking company's lawyer insisted Farmer Joe answer his question   _  .

Choices:
- because he wasn't sure whether Farmer Joe was hurt in the accident
- so as to prove that Farmer Joe was a man who could not tell right from wrong
- because he believed the answer should be in his favor
- because he believed Farmer Joe could not remember what he had said at the scene

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

Choices:
- Farmer Joe tried to cover the fact in the court but no one would believe him.
- Farmer Joe couldn't have said "I' m fine" at the scene of the accident.
- Farmer Joe couldn't remember whether he had said "I'm fine" at the scene of the accident.
- Farmer Joe did say "I'm fine" at the scene of the accident.

Question: According to the passage, why did the policeman shot the donkey?

Choices:
- Because he wanted Farmer Joe to keep silent about the accident.
- Because he thought it was the best way to stop the donkey from suffering.
- Because the donkey's groaning was too loud.
- Because he wanted to make Farmer Joe feel better.


The Internet has led to a huge increase in credit-card  fraud.Your card information can even be on sale on an illegal website.Websites offering cheap goods and services should be regarded with care.Online shoppers who enter their credit-card information may never receive the goods they thought they had bought.
The thieves then go shopping with your card number--or sell the information over the Internet.Computer hackers have broken down security system, raising questions about the safety of card holder information.
Several months ago, 25,000 customers of a CD universe, an online music retailer , were not lucky.Their names, addresses and credit-card numbers were posted on a Website after the retailer refused to pay $ 157,828 to get back the information.Credit-card firms are now fighting against online fraud.Master-card is working on plans for web-only credit-cards, with a lower credit limit.The card can be used only for shopping online.However, there are a few simple steps you can take to keep from being cheated.
Ask about your credit-card firm's online rules: under British law, card holders are responsible for the first $ 78 of any fraudulent spending.And shop only at secure sites: send your credit-card information only if the website offers advanced security system.If the security is in place, a letter will appear in the bottom right-hand corner of your screen.The website address may also start with https://--the extra "s" stands for security.If in doubt, give your credit-card information over the telephone.
Keep your password safe: most online sites require a user name and password before placing an order.Treat your password with care.

Question: According to this passage most people worry about shopping on the Internet because   _  .

Choices:
- a great number of stolen credit-cards are sold on the Internet every day
- fraud on the Internet happens very often
- many Websites break down every day
- there are too many illegal Websites on the Internet

Question: Thieves usually get the information of the credit-card   _  .

Choices:
- because many customers lost their cards
- by paying money for people working in the information companies
- because of the carelessness of the customers
- by stealing the information from Websites

Question: If the passwords of your credit-cards are not properly kept,   _  .

Choices:
- the bank and the shop will suffer great losses
- you will not be able to get back your information
- you might suffer great losses
- the bank will answer for your loss

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

Choices:
- How to Beat Online Credit-card Thieves
- How to Shop on the Internet
- Never Use Credit-card Without an Advanced Compute
- Why Thieves Steal Credit-card Information