Once a baby cries, the parents will go to see what happened as soon as possible. According to a new study, a baby's cry can make adults react(反應) very quickly, even if they are not related.
Oxford University researchers used the classic game whack-a-mole for the study.  Whack-a-mole(打鼴鼠游戲) requires people to hit one of nine buttons (按鈕). The players must react as quickly as they can to whichever of the buttons lights up at random(隨機). It is a game that requires speed and accuracy (準確度 ).
The study included 40 men and women volunteers aged 19 to 59. Some of them had sons or daughters but none had a baby at the time. They played whack-a-mole after listening to different sounds, including babies crying, the crying of adults in trouble and birdsong played at a similar pitch to the babies' cries.
The volunteers' scores were higher after listening to the sound of crying babies. Men and women had similar scores overall. The results showed that a crying baby gets special attention.
"Few sounds make people react quite like the cry of a baby," said Morten Kringelbach of Oxford's psychiatry（精神病學） department, who led the study. "For example, it's almost impossible to ignore(忽視，不理) crying babies on planes. This is true even though there are so many other noises around." 
He added that a baby's cry can increase adults' heart rate and blood pressure. This is understandable, because in the course of human evolution (進化), taking care of babies has always been an important job for adults. When a baby is hungry or feeling bored or unwell, it will cry. As a result, human brains and bodies develop a special reaction to a baby's cry.
【小題1】According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?

A．There were 80 volunteers who took part in the study.

B．The youngest volunteer was 19 and the oldest was 59.

C．Some volunteers had babies at that time in the study.

D．The volunteers were affected by the sound of a baby’s cry.

【小題2】The game “whack-a-mole” shows ______.

A．a(chǎn) baby’s cry can get special attention from adults

B．men and women have different reaction speed and accuracy

C．a(chǎn)dults without babies react less quickly to a baby’s cry

D．women react to a baby’s cry more quickly than men

【小題3】“Whack-a-mole” requires people to hit _____ at a time.

A．one button	B．one of nine buttons
C．nine buttons	D．ten buttons

【小題4】According to the passage, a baby’s cry ______.

A．has the same pitch as birdsong

B．is the noisiest sound there is

C．can increase adults’ heart rate and blood pressure

D．is good for its health

【小題5】From the last paragraph, we learn that ______.

A．taking care of the younger babies was the most important thing in the past

B．human brains and bodies have developed to take care of babies

C．baby cries are a good way make adults react quickly

D．baby cries have developed a lot during the course of human evolution

Are you still doing the V for victory sign? It’s out. The latest popular hand gesture（手勢）is to curl both of your hands and put them together to make a heart—shape. Known as “hand heart”, many young stars in the US including Justin Bieber , Blake Lively and Taylor Swift have done the move in recent photos.
“The heart — hand gesture means something between ‘I love you’ and ‘thank you’, ”said the country singer Taylor Swift,21.”It’s a sweet, simple message which you can send without saying a word.”
Taylor Swift often puts her hands above her head in the heart shape at her concerts. And she is believed to be the first to make the gesture popular.
Last month during a charity show, Justin Bieber and his superstar friends did it to help out three kids whose parents were killed in a car accident. The gesture became a real hit after that.
“It used to take longer for nonverbal（不用語言的）culture to move. But now ,with smart phones and the Internet, it’s much faster,” said Patti Wood, an American language expert.
In the Republic of Korea, the hand heart has been popular for a long time, in a different way. People there like making a “bigger heart” by putting their hands above their heads and making a heart shape with their arms. It means: “I love you.”
【小題1】When we want to express ideas, we often move our hands to mean something besides language. Do you know the meaning of this gesture(手勢)?

A．Good luck.	B．We’ve won.
C．Everything is all right.	D．Best wishes.

【小題2】Who is the first to make the heart — hand gesture popular?

A．Justin Bieber

B．Blake Lively

C．Patti Wood

D．Taylor Swift

【小題3】A charity show is a show that is put on to.

A．help the people in need	B．make a gesture popular
C．express your love or thanks	D．show your special gesture

【小題4】Which of the following statements is true?

A．Smart phones and the Internet are improving fast.

B．Smart phones and the Internet used to take longer time in use.

C．It’s much easier for nonverbal culture to reach more people.

D．It takes nonverbal culture a long time to become popular.

When you are next in Hawaii, be sure to stay at the Garden Hotel. Whether you come on business or on holiday, you will find everything as comfortable and as convenient as you would expect in a first-class international hotel.
Every bedroom has its own private bathroom, telephone, wall-to-wall carpeting and colorful, modern materials and furniture in the local style.
In the Mitsui Restaurant, you can choose your meals from as wide a variety of dishes, both Eastern and European, as you will find anywhere in the country. In the Beach Bar, you can drink with your family and friends in air-conditioned comfort, to the music of internationally known musicians. Or you can take your drink outside into the beautiful garden that gives the hotel its name, or to the tables that surround the swimming pool. Throughout the hotel, you will find the service is both friendly and efficient.
The Garden Hotel is right on the beach, only five minutes from Hawaii’s modern shopping center. Here you will find all that money can buy, at prices you can afford.
【小題1】Every bedroom at the Garden Hotel have________.

A．a(chǎn) colorful, local style telephone

B．a(chǎn) bathroom with a carpet from wall to wall

C．local style furniture

D．comfortable and modern furniture’

【小題2】The Mitsui Restaurant serve_______

A．both Eastern and Western varieties

B．food from all over the world

C．American style food

D．local style food

【小題3】“Service is both friendly and efficient” means______.

A．you can get what you want quickly and pleasantly.

B．you can serve yourself, you family and your friends

C．internationally known musicians will serve you

D．you can meet your friends there in air-conditioned comfort

【小題4】The Garden Hotel lies________.

A．on the beach not far from Hawaii’s excellent shops

B．on the beach where you will find all the money can buy

C．close to shops where everything is cheap and justly famous

D．just off the coast, five minutes from the shop.

【小題5】You will ______at the Garden Hotel.

A．sleep well

B．eat well

C．have fun

D．a(chǎn)ll of the above

Airline	Flight number	Destination	Departure time	Gate
Air Canada	137	Beijing	10.12a.m.	24
Japan Airlines	320	Tokyo	10.30a.m.	18
British Airways	405	Paris	11.00a.m.	20
Pan American	226	London	11.20a.m.	12
Pan American	12	Beijing	11.43a.m.	15
Air Canada	178	Tokyo	12.32p.m.	21
CAAC	289	Hong Kong	12.32p.m.	14

【小題1】If you want to fly to Paris, you should take________.

A．Flight 137

B．Flight 320

C．Flight 226

D．Flight 405

【小題2】Flight 289 to Hong Kong leaves at_______.

A．11.43a.m.

B．10.12a.m.

C．12.32p.m.

D．10.12a.m.

【小題3】A lady wants to take Flight 12 to Beijing, she should go to Gate________.

A．14

B．15

C．12

D．18

【小題4】Flight 226 to London is from _________.

A．Pan American

B．Japan Airlines

C．Air Canada

D．CAAC

【小題5】A man is at Gate 18. He’s going to________.

A．Tokyo

B．Hong Kong

C．London

D．Paris

Feeling left out?
A reader wrote in to say that she was feeling lonely at break because her best friend wasn’t around．Here’s our advice to her—and to all kids who feel lonely sometimes. It’s hard when a best friend isn’t around—maybe because she moved to a different school or a different class．You may feel lonely at break or lunchtime．You want to have new friends．But how do you make them? Maybe it seems like everybody else already has their friends．But remember, there’s always room for more friends．
Start by looking around your classroom—think about which kids you’d like to play with at break．Look for chances to say hi to them，smile，and be friendly．Offer to share something or express your appreciation(欣賞)to them．Invite someone to play with you or say “Do you want to sit here?” in the lunchroom．When you’re at break，walk over to kids you want to play with．Act friendly，and say “Hi，can I play, too?” or just join in．
If you have trouble doing this or if you’re feeling shy, ask your teacher to help you make  new friends．Teachers are usually pretty good at matching up friends．The best way to make friends is to be a friend．Be kind，be friendly，share，say nice things，offer to help—and pretty soon，you’ ll have one，or two，or even more new friends. You might still miss that special best friend．But when you see each other, you can share something you didn’t have before she left：You can introduce her to your new friends!
【小題1】This text is written for ________ ．

A．teachers

B．parents

C．students

D．visitors

【小題2】According to the writer, some kids feel lonely at break because they  ________  ．

A．have trouble with their studies

B．don’t have their best friends around

C．need their parents to be with them

D．a(chǎn)re too young to look after themselves

【小題3】The underlined words in Paragraph 4 refers to ________  ．

A．sharing your ideas	B．talking before many people
C．studying better at school	D．developing new friendship

【小題4】Some kids need help from teachers to make friends because  ________   .

A．they miss their old friends a lot

B．they have no time to stay with others

C．teachers know who wants a new friend

D．they are shy or not good at making friends

【小題5】The expression “feeling left out'’ means“ _______    ” in Chinese．
A．受冷落    8．被調(diào)侃    C．挨批評    D．遭攻擊

Dear Dad, ＄chool is really great. I am making lot＄ of friend＄ and ＄tudying very hard. With all my ＄tuff, I ＄imply can’t think of anything I need. ＄o if you would like, you can ＄end me a card, a＄ I would love to hear from you. Love, Your son

 

Dear Son, I kNOw that astroNOmy, ecoNOmics and oceaNOgraphy are eNOugh to keep an hoNOur student busy .Do NOt forget that the pursuit（追求）of kNOwledge is a NOble task , and you can never study eNOugh. Love, Your Dad

【小題1】Why does the son write the letter?

A．He misses his father.

B．He wants to show his love to his dad.

C．He studies too hard.

D．He needs some money.

【小題2】What card do you think he wants to get ?

A． A postcard.	B． A Christmas card.
C． A credit card.	D． A birthday card.

【小題3】Will his father send him what he wants?

A．Yes.

B．No.

C．I’ve no idea.

D．Of course.

【小題4】55. Which of the following is TRUE?

A．The son can’t write the letter “s” correctly.

B．The son only wants to get a letter from his father.

C．The father is not clever enough to understand his son.

D．The father can understand his son well.

“Who needs a shopping mall (購物中心)if you have Taobao ?” says Wang Lin , 28 , a\ writer in Beijing . Taobao  , China’s largest online shopping site （網(wǎng)上購物網(wǎng)站）, has become an important part of Wang Lin’s life . She spends lots of money on Taobao. A growing number of Chinese Internet users like Wang have found the joys of online shopping . Most online shoppers are students or young workers . More women shop on line then men. Clothing and home-use products are the most popular online. It was reported that more than 250 billion yuan was spent on online shopping last year,80% through Taobao . Taobao means “l(fā)ooking for treasure” in Chinese. People can find almost everything they need on Taobao, from clothes to books ,from candies to DVD players .
【小題1】What are  the most popular online?
A. Candles and DVD players           B. Clothes and books.
C. Clothing and home-use products.  D Treasure
【小題2】Taobao is ____________.

A．a(chǎn) shopping mall	B．a(chǎn)n online shopper
C．a(chǎn)n online shopping site	D．A kind of treasure

【小題3】Most online shoppers are ________.
A. young     B. old     C. babies   D Men

Yesterday my son, daughter and I went to the grocery store. In front of us in line was a little girl with her mother. The little girl was asking her mother for a box of Smarties. The polite way she was asking almost broke the mother’s heart, “I’m sorry, Honey, but we have no money to buy it ”
My son was watching that dialogue. By the way, he had been raking(用耙子耙)leaves our garden to raise himself some money to buy a bike. As he watched the mother and daughter leave the store, he ran to the candy counter(柜臺)and bought a box of Smarties with the money .
He turned to look at me and I just nodded. He ran out after the little girl and her mother and he gave them the box. He came back and told me what he told them. “Every kid should have a pack of Smarties because they can make you smart.”
I was so excited that I bought a pack of Smarties for my son. I told him that I was proud of him, and that was for his act of generosity(慷慨)because he gave his own Smarties to others  Quickly, he replied, “But you do nice things for people and you never get anything for it .”explained, “when you do something nice for someone, you shouldn’t expect to get anything, when you do get something you should be very thankful.”
【小題1】When the writer and her children went to the grocery store, they saw a little girl asking ____.

A．her mother for a nice toy

B．her mother for a box of Smarties

C．where she could find a box of Smarties

D．her mother if she could had enough money

【小題2】From the passage we know Smarties are ____.

A．a(chǎn) beautiful doll

B．a(chǎn)n interesting story book

C．a(chǎn) kind of candy

D．some leaves of a nice tree

【小題3】The writer was____to see her son buy a pack of Smarties for the little girl.

A．sad

B．excited

C．a(chǎn)ngry

D．proud

【小題4】What can we learn from the story above?

A．Every kid should have a pack of Smarties..

B．Everyone should have a good mother.

C．Everyone should do nice things for others.

D．Every mother should often do something for her children.

Here are two letters to George and his replies.

Dear George, I’m fourteen and I’m much shorter for my age. What’s worse, I’m very fat. I want to be 55 kg and to be taller and then I can go to the school basketball team and enjoy myself. Can you help me? Bob

Dear George, I’m learning French but I don’t get good marks. I don’t know why. Sometimes I want to give up, but I know I shouldn’t because languages are going to be very important. What should I do? Alice

Dear Bob, Don’t worry if you’re shorter than your friends. Teenagers grow at different times. It doesn’t matter how heavy you are. You are still the same person. Plan your meals with your mum, and she can help you lose weight. Also, try taking more exercise. George

Dear Alice, You’re right. You should never give up, and I’m sure that you’ve made more progress than you think. You can talk to your teacher and ask her what you should do to get a better grade. Talk to your friends who are good at French. Find something that helps you. George

【小題1】Alice is worrying about­­________.

A．her friends

B．her marks

C．her height

D．her weight

【小題2】Bob should ­­________ according to George’s letter.

A．take more exercise	B．talk to his friends
C．join a basketball term	D．learn some French

【小題3】George advises Alice to talk to­­________for help.

A．her mother	B．her teacher、
C．Bob’s teacher	D．Bob’s friends

In our town, there is a big zoo with a lot of animals in it. There are so beautiful tigers and two old lions. They eat a lot of meat every day.
There are also two big elephants and one baby elephant. The elephants are kind animals. They eat a lot every day. They like children. Children often give them bread and bananas. Elephants like bananas best.
In our zoo there are also brown bears, black bears and white bears. They stand on their hind legs, hold up their four legs and ask for food. They like cakes very much.
There's also a children's corner in our zoo. Children ride horses and donkeys and watch the monkeys there. The monkeys are very funny. They climb up ropes and jump down again and play with each other like small children.
【小題1】Which animal likes bananas best ?

A．monkeys

B．tigers

C．elephants

D．donkeys

【小題2】The zoo is ______________ .

A．near our town

B．very big

C．very small

D．next to the city

【小題3】Which animal plays like small children ?

A．the monkeys

B．the tigers

C．the bears

D．lions

【小題4】Why do bears stand on their hind legs ?
A. They are tired and want to have a rest.  B They want to jump out
C. They want to ask for food.           D.  They want to eat people
【小題5】How many kinds of bears are there in the zoo ?

A．one

B．two

C．three

D．five