閱讀下列短文，從每小題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)(A. B. C和D) 中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

Is veg food healthier than non-veg food? I feel this is a very common topic that people speak on．Please give me your opinions on this topic．
Rao 12-18-08		So far as veg food is concerned, it is also proved to be a healthy and nutritious diet, but has very few items which can provide us with proteins, but if you see non-veg food like eggs, chicken, and many more, such foods have a large content of proteins in them.
Sai 12-19-08		Man basically is herbivorous（食草的）. If we look at the animal kingdom We can see that all the herbivorous animals have the similar dental（牙齒的） structure, which clearly shows that the human being also ought to be vegetarian by birth. It is only the living conditions that make man carnivorous（食肉的）. The vegetarian foods are easily digestible.
Santos 12-20-08		Non-veg food items are better than veg items. A healthy person requires complete diet and veg+ meat makes the diet complete. The only caution that needs to be taken is not to have non-veg items on a daily basis. Once in a week or couple of weeks will be best.
Krishna 01-03-09		When we eat non-veg, we are all veg by nature. The chicken that we eat feeds on grains, the mutton that we eat feeds on grass, and the fish that we eat feeds on simple plants. So non-veg food by logic（邏輯）is better and suited for hauman beings.
Khan 01-05-09		Non-veg food is equally important in our diet as it helps in many ways, especially fish and other seafood as fish contains omega 3 which makes our immune system（免疫系統(tǒng)）stronger. Do you know that most of the veg food put together does not contain as much omega 3 as fish alone contains!
Khan 01-05-09	Non-veg food is equally important in our diet as it helps in many ways, especially fish and other seafood as fish contains omega 3 which makes our immune system（免疫系統(tǒng)）stronger. Do you know that most of the veg food put together does not contain as much omega 3 as fish alone contains!

小題1:According to Rao, what is the problem with veg food?

A．It damages our immune system.	B．It has few nutrients.
C．It contains too much omega	D．It is lacking in protein.

小題2:In the opinion of Sai, humans are born vegetarian because humans______.

A．have the same teeth structure as plant-eating animals

B．believe that veg foods are good for their teeth

C．belong to the plant-eating animal family

D．can adapt to the living conditions like plant-eating animals

小題3:What advice is given by Santos?

A．To have a saily veg+ meat diet.

B． Not to eat non-veg food every day.

C．To eat digestible food every day.

D．Not to eat food without protein.

Coin confusion
Rachel looked through troubled eyes at her sister and said, "I wouldn't have thought Eric would be a thief." Her sister Sarah replied, "Whoa, that's a      accusation to make against your best friend!"
Rachel remembered two days ago when she had brought out her coin collection for Eric to     . At the end of that day, Rachel's mother asked her to do her a favor, so she asked her friend," Is it okay if I leave you for a few minutes?" Eric said, "Go ahead. I’ll clean up here,"      at the piles of coins on the floor.
When Rachel returned, it never occurred to her to     her coins until two days later that she realized some quarters were      .
Sarah said, "Why don't you just ask him?"
"Ask him what? Hey, best friend, did you       my coin collection?" Rachel thought for a moment,        if that would be a good idea. The theft of her collection left her with a feeling of        "How could I have misjudged my friend's       ?"
The next day Rachel went to Eric's house. Eric was acting funny sort of nervous, like he couldn't be       . In fact, Rachel thought Eric acted like someone with a secret. Anger blossomed as Rachel watched Eric pretend to be kind,      Eric had obviously stolen from her. Rachel finally could not stand it anymore and stood up. Suddenly, Eric     ,"I can't stand it anymore!" Rachel was astonished at hearing her own      burst forth from her friend! Instead of sounding     , Eric sounded excited. He pulled something from underneath the chair.
"Go to open it! I was going to wait until your birthday, but I can't wait." Slowly, Rachel lifted the top of the     . Laid out in front of her were all of the quarters from her coin collection. Each quarter was in its own      in a new collection case. Each quarter shone like it was new.
Rachel felt      rush over her neck and ears. She said     , "Thank you! This means... a great deal to me." She was grateful that Eric had cut her      before she said something she would     . Eric was exactly the type of person she wanted as a friend!

小題1:	A．repeated B．false C．baseless D．serious

小題2:	A．clean B．store C．choose D．see

小題3:	A．working B．gesturing C．playing D．glaring

小題4:	A．seek B．select C．check D．collect

小題5:	A．destroyed B．messed C．missing D．decreasing

小題6:	A．replace B．steal C．pick D．remove

小題7:	A．deciding B．knowing C．a(chǎn)sking D．minding

小題8:	A．stupidity B．a(chǎn)bandon C．failure D．betrayal

小題9:	A．favour B．character C．a(chǎn)ppearance D．method

小題10:

A．still B．confident C．generous D．silent

小題11:

A．when B．so C．a(chǎn)fter D．if

小題12:

A．expressed B．condemned C．yelled D．a(chǎn)rgued

小題13:

A．purpose B．choices C．desire D．thoughts

小題14:

A．shocked B．curious C．guilty D．cruel

小題15:

A．jar B．box C．can D．bag

小題16:

A．spot B．form C．condition D．style

小題17:

A．a(chǎn)ir B．heat C．wind D．sweat

小題18:

A．a(chǎn)bsently B．unwillingly C．weakly D．fearfully

小題19:

A．off B．down C．in D．up

小題20:

A．suspect B．explode C．tolerate D．regret

Donna is 19 years old and loves animals, which is why I’m always happy to leave my dog with her when I go on holiday. Donna also helps to train hunting dogs, but recently, her boyfriend told me, she returned home from a farm in tears after being told to hit some dogs.
“She wasn’t being asked to hit them because they didn’t behave well,” he said. “She was told to punch these puppies with a closed fist simply to let them know who is the boss,” Donna refused. Good for Donna. In my view, you hit an animal for only two reasons: as a way to teach it an important lesson to protect it from danger, such as not into the road; or because you like hurting animals.
Last summer, I attended a horse race. I don’t know much about horses, but I was alarmed when I saw a horse with a huge ulcer (潰瘍) on its legs. “Surely this horse won’t race?” I asked. I was very surprised that nobody in the crowd seemed concerned.
The horse began the race, but later it fell heavily. It had broken its leg. The next thing I saw was its dead body in a bag, being driven past. No one seemed to care, except those who had bet on it. I know people care for horse racing, but do they really care for horses? I doubt it.
Oh, but it’s a tradition, I hear you say. Wouldn’t the world be a boring place if we didn’t occasionally hit, shoot and chase animals? Traditions are made by man and can be unmade. It was once acceptable to kill servants when their master died, to visit the mental hospitals to laugh at the patients or to watch public execution (執(zhí)行死刑).
Nor should it be forgotten that in our progress to a more civilized world, animals have played an important role: they have fed us, carried us, worked for us, rescued us, died for us and sometimes just saved us from loneliness. Surely by now they deserve our kindness. At the very least, they deserve our respect.
小題1:Donna was asked to hit the young dogs because ________.

A．they misbehaved

B．their owner disliked them

C．people on the farm enjoy hurting them

D．it was a way to train them to obey people

小題2:What does the underlined word in paragraph 2 probably mean?

A．strike

B．stroke

C．scold

D．pump

小題3:What is the author’s purpose in telling the readers the story about the horse?

A．To explain the traditional horse race to readers.

B．To prove that the weak horse can’t win in the race.

C．To show that animals are treated unfairly by humans.

D．To say that people care more for horses than horse racing.

小題4:Which of the following is NOT true?

A．People no longer watch killing criminals in public.

B．The author cannot accept anyone who hits the animals.

C．It was a traditional practice to kill servants for their dead master.

D．The author thinks it is possible to change the traditions made by man.

小題5:What’s the best title of the passage?

A．No One Cares for Animals Nowadays.

B．Let’s Protect the Endangered Animals.

C．Show Animals the Respect They Deserve.

D．The Stories Between Animals and People.

It's time to remind myself what I love about life here in California,USA, to remember what I desperately miss when I go home.
Real radio
In the USA there are so many radio stations that those iPod tuner things don’t work at all. There is, simply, no dead air. It took me a while to discover the USA's many pub­lic radio stations, which don't broadcast any advertisements. KCRW is my favorites station, for its blend of indie music and current affairs. But I also listen to KJAZZ and KPCC. But before you feel jealous — it’s all online. My favorites: American life Snap Judgement and Henry Rollins live every Saturday night. Take listen online for free News? Well, there's not a lot of news from South Africa, and when it is, it's bad and full of fear, so I ignore it. But I care about any place I live in, and that includes the USA. And on public radio, the USA is covered in depth, from the perspective of individual stories rather than statistics.
The festivals
I’m jealously watching tweets and Facebook boasts and reviews from SXSW — seems like half the people I used to work with in South Africa are there,meeting Grumpy Cat and watching bands they’ve always wanted to see live. It’s great to know that these 1000s of festivals are so close, and that one day,if film school schedule ever allows me to leave campus for more than a few days, I can go to one or two of them. I have already ex­changed my much loved Ford Mustang for a bigger, less sexy car — a car spacious enough to sleep in — so that next year I can be there, not just dream of it.
The famous people
When I go back to SA, I'm often asked if I’ve spotted any famous people. It's awkward for me. I feel the the same way about it as I feel when an American asks me if there are lions in the streets. Except yes, I have. No,not lions. I have met some famous people. I chatted to RJ Mitte from Breaking Bad outside a dub in West Hollywood. Many of my professors are famous directors. The problem is, once you meet these famous people, they're just people, FFS. This feels disappointing at first, like you're missing a Jesus mo­ment of some sort. But if you think about it, it's inspiring. What it means, is that I, litlle me (right now, also "just a person") could be a famous just-a-person person one day, and get to make all the films I just dream of now.
小題1:The underlined sentence "There is,simply, no dead air." probably means____.

A．there is no useless radio programmes in the USA

B．there is no useful radio programmes in the USA

C．there is no polluted air in the USA

D．there is no advertisements from the radio programmes in the USA

小題2:There are so many festivals that_____.

A．I often leave campus for more than few days

B．I often attend some of them in person

C．I bought a bigger Ford? Mustang

D．I can share many reviews and performances online with my friends in South Africa

小題3:The author thinks the famous people in the USA _____.

A．a(chǎn)re just Like lions	B．a(chǎn)re well-known but ordinary
C．a(chǎn)re disappointing	D．a(chǎn)re inspiring

小題4:The author is most likely to be _____.

A．a(chǎn) director in America	B．a(chǎn) professor in South Africa
C．a(chǎn) student in America	D．a(chǎn)n actor in South Africa

Although similar in appearance to hyenas(土狼), African wild dogs are nevertheless true wild canine(犬). They are a mixture of black, yellow, and white in such a wide variety of patterns that no two individuals look exactly alike. African wild dogs are widely distributed across the African plains but they do not live in jungle areas.
They are social animals, living in groups of usually from 2 to 45 individuals. A hierarchy（統(tǒng)團(tuán)） exists within the group,  but the animals are friendly to one another. The young and the infirm（體弱的） are given special privileges within the group.
African wild dogs use their sense of sight, not smell, to find their prey. They can run up to 55 km/h for several kilometers. In eastern Africa, they mostly hunt Thomson's gazelles, but they will also attack calves, warthogs, zebras, impalas, and the young of large antelopes such as the gnu.
Growing human populations have decreased or degraded the African wild dog's habitat and also diminished their available prey. Road kill and human persecution（迫害） have also had a negative impact on African wild dog populations. This species is also susceptible to a variety of diseases such as distemper, which is controlled in domestic .dogs. Conservation of the African wild dog's natural habitat must have the highest priority, as these dogs suffer in habitats modified by human intrusion（干擾）．
小題1:What does the underlined word "susceptible" mean?

A．easily affected or suffered	B．badly doubtful
C．seriously harmful	D．highly dangerous

小題2:What factors affect the population of the wild dogs?
a. the distribution of the dogs                  b. social living
c. highly increasing human populations          d. human's killing the dogs
e. many diseases                           f. the changes of their habitats
g. domestic dogs                            h. food reduction

A．a(chǎn). b, c, d, e

B．b, c, d, e, f

C．c, d, e, f, h

D．d, e, f, g, h

小題3:From the passage we can conclude that_______.

A．African wild dogs are completely different from domestic dogs in size, weight

B．African wild dogs are living in groups

C．African wild dogs use their eyes mostly when sleeping to guard

D．African wild dogs use their noses to find their food in most cases

小題4:What can we know about African wild dogs?

A．In a pack there may be about 90 wild dogs and no leader.

B．There are no such wild dogs that are different.

C．African wild dogs can run at a speed of about 15 m/s for a long distance.

D．All African wild dogs kill zebras, impalas, and antelopes as their food.

小題5: What can we infer from the passage?

A．African wild dogs are not in danger, because there are such a wide variety of patterns.

B．African wild dogs are not in danger, because are widely distributed across the African plains.

C．African wild dogs are in danger, because human's activities have a great effect on them.

D．African wild dogs are in danger, because their habitats have been changed much.

The interview has been going on for about 20 minutes and everything seems to be going well．Then, suddenly, the interviewer asks an unexpected question, “Which is more important, law or love?”
Job applicants in the West increasingly find themselves asked strange questions like this．And the signs are that this is beginning to happen in China．
Employers want people who are skilled, enthusiastic and devoted．So these are the qualities that any reasonably intelligent job applicant will try to show no matter what his or her actual feelings are．In response, employers are increasingly using the questions which try and show the applicant’s true personality．
The question in the first paragraph comes from a test called the Kiersey Temperament Sorter．It is an attempt to discover how people solve problems, rather than what they know．This is often called aptitude (天資) test．
According to Mark Baldwin of Alliance, many job applicants in China are finding this type of questions difficult．“When a Chinese fills out an aptitude test, he or she will think there is a right answer but they may fail because they try to guess what the examiner wants to see．”
This is sometimes called the prisoner’s dilemma(窘境)．Applicants are trying to act cleverly in their own interest, but they fail because they don’t understand what the interviewer is looking for．Remember that in an aptitude test, the correct answer is the honest answer．
小題1:What is the purpose of the passage?

A．To give a piece of advice to job interviewees．

B．To tell you how to deal with job interviews．

C．To advise you how to find a good job．

D．To describe an aptitude test．

小題2:According to the writer, in an aptitude test, Chinese job applicants should ________.

A．not tell the truth

B．offer a complete answer

C．learn to tell what they really think

D．find out what the examiner wants to know

小題3:From the passage we know that ________．

A．job applicants are always trying to show their actual feelings

B．a(chǎn)pplicants should not act as cleverly as possible

C．more Chinese applicants fail to find a job

D．a(chǎn)ptitude test is becoming world-wide popular

A report brought back by most visitors to the US is how friendly, polite, and helpful most Americans were to them. To be fair, this observation is also frequently made of Canada and Canadians, and should best be considered North American. There are, of course, exceptions. Small-minded officials, rude waiters, and ill-mannered taxi drivers are hardly unknown in the US. Yet American’s friendliness and helpfulness is an observation made so frequently that it deserves comment.
For a long period of time and in many parts of the country, a traveler was a welcome break in an otherwise dull existence. Dullness and loneliness were common problems of the families who generally lived distant from one another. Strangers and travelers were welcome sources of distraction, and brought news of the outside world．
The tough realities of the border also shaped this tradition of hospitality. Someone traveling alone, if hungry, injured, or ill, often had nowhere to turn except to the nearest settler agent. It was not a matter of choice for the traveler or only a charitable impulse (沖動(dòng)） on the part of the settlers. It reflected the hardship of daily life: if you didn't take in the stranger and take care of him, there was no one else who would. And someday, remember, you might be in the same situation．
Today there are many charitable organizations which specialize in helping the exhausted traveler. Yet, the old tradition of hospitality to strangers is still very strong in the US, especially in the smaller cities and towns away from the busy tourist routes. "I was just traveling through, got talking with this American, and pretty soon he invited me home for dinner, amazing." Such observations reported by visitors to the US are not uncommon, but are not always understood properly. The casual friendliness of many Americans should be understood neither as superficial（表面的）nor as artificial（虛偽的）, but as the result of a historically developed cultural tradition.
As is true of any developed society, in America a complex set of cultural signals and customs is the basis of all social inter-relationships. And, of course, speaking a language does not necessarily mean that someone understands social and cultural patterns. Visitors who fail to "translate" cultural meanings properly often draw wrong conclusions. For example when an American uses the word "friend", the cultural meanings of the word may be quite different from those it has in the visitor's language and culture. It takes more than a brief encounter on a bus to tell polite customs from individual interest. Yet, being friendly is a virtue （美德） that many Americans value highly and expect from both neighbors and strangers.
小題1:In the eyes of visitors from the outside world, ________．

A．rude taxi drivers are hardly seen in the US

B．small-minded officials deserve a serious comment

C．Canadians are not so friendly as their neighbors

D．most Americans are ready to offer help

小題2:We can know from the last paragraph that _______．

A．culture has an influence over social inter-relationship

B．polite customs and individual interest are inter-related

C．various virtues shows themselves only among friends

D．social inter-relationships equal the complex set of cultural customs

小題3:Families who lived far from one another used to entertain strangers _______．

A．to improve their hard life	B．in view of their long-distance travel
C．to add some taste to their own daily life	D．out of a charitable impulse

小題4:The tradition of hospitality to strangers _______．

A．tends to be superficial and artificial

B．is generally well kept up in the United States

C．is always understood properly

D．has something to do with the busy tourist route

Over the past century, all kinds of unfairness and discrimination have been made illegal. But one popular form continues to exist, that is alphabetism (字母排序法). This, for those as yet unaware of such a disadvantage, refers to discrimination against those whose surnames(姓氏)begin with a letter in the lower half of the alphabet.
It has long been known that the cars of a taxi firm called AAAA have a big advantage over Zodiac cars when customers look through their phone directories. Less well known is the advantage that Adam Abbot has in life over Zoe Zysman. English names are fairly spread between the halves of the alphabet. Yet a quite large number of top people have surnames beginning with letters between A and K.
Thus the American presidents and vice-presidents have surnames starting with B and  C separately and 26 of those before George Bush took office (including his father ) had surnames in the first half of the alphabet against just 16 in the second half. Even more striking, six of the seven heads of government of the G7 rich countries are alphabetically advantaged (Berlusconi, Blair, Bush, Chirac, Chretien and Koizumi). The world's three top central bankers ( Greenspan, Duisenberg and Hayami)are all close to the top of the alphabet, even if one of them really uses Japanese characters. The same case are the world's five richest men ( Gates, Buffet and so on) .
Can this merely happen by chance? At the start of the first year in primary school, teachers seat pupils, alphabetically from the front, to make it easier to remember their names. So shortsighted and small-sized Zysman junior gets stuck in the back row, and is seldom asked the improving questions by those teachers. At that time the alphabetically disadvantaged may think they have had a lucky escape. Yet the result may be worse qualifications, because they get less attention, as well as less confidence in speaking publicly.
The unfairness continues. At university graduation parties, the ABCs proudly get their awards first. However, by the time they reach the Zysmans most people are a little tired. Lists of job interviews and conference speakers and attendees all tend to be drawn up alphabetically, and their readers lose interest as they plough through them.
小題1:What does the author intend to show with AAAA cars and Zodiac cars?

A．An example of competition of two kinds of cars.

B．Some advantages of AAAA cars in the taxi firm.

C．An example of unfairness caused by alphabetism.

D．Some disadvantages of Zodiac cars in the taxi firm.

小題2:What can we infer from the first three paragraphs?

A．The alphabet is to blame for the failure of Zoe Zysman.

B．In both East and West, names are important to success.

C．Customers often pay a lot of attention to companies' names.

D．The discrimination in alphabetism can be found in many areas.

小題3:The fourth paragraph suggests that         .

A．a(chǎn)lphabetically disadvantaged often escape from class

B．teachers should pay equal attention to all their students

C．questions are often put to the more intelligent students

D．students should be seated according to their eyesight

小題4:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．VIPs in the western world gain a great deal from alphabetism.

B．People with surnames beginning with N to Z are often misunderstood.

C．Putting things alphabetically may lead to unintentional unfairness.

D．The movement to get rid of alphabetism still has a long way to go.

Snapshots, the new fashion for an artistic portrait (肖像) photo: Take it underwater. Zhang Xiaomei, a 20 something Shanghai native who works in the media industry, tried it out twice.
"It was a completely different experience," says Zhang of her first such experience last May. "You get the feeling that you're cut off from the rest of the world. But also it s romantic and like a fairy tale."
She then successfully convinced her husband to be to have their wedding photos taken underwater a couple of months after her first try. "Can you imagine a 1.87-meter-tall man trying out something like a fishtail under the water?" Zhang says, laughing.
A commercial underwater photo portrait is perfect for post 80 and post 90 generations who adore taking snapshots, but are looking for new ways to be artistic, says Ai Cheng, owner and photographer of No.55 Underwater Photography in Shanghai.
Ai opened a studio in Shanghai's suburb of Songjiang two years ago, building a 5-meter- deep, fan-shaped pool equipped with heating facilities to start up the business. A 30-minute training on how to smile under the water so that you won't drink too much water and how to open your eyes underwater is offered in his studio for those who don't know how to swim.
Ai says most of his customers are female—half of them coming for an artistic portrait photo and the rest for wedding pictures. "Some of them drag their boyfriends or husband-to-be, who are unwilling to go down to the water, to shoot as well," he says.
小題1:What would be the best title for the text?

A．The Best Smiles May Be All Wet.

B．The Sweetest Smile in the World.

C．Smiling, a Universal Language.

D．A New Challenge, a New Trend.

小題2:What does Zhang Xiaomei think of underwater snapshot?

A．Funny.

B．Dangerous.

C．Fantastic.

D．Strange.

小題3:Who are most likely to take photos underwater?

A．Young people eager to be special.

B．Senior people to recall their old days.

C．Couples to celebrate their anniversary.

D．Artists to create new styles.

小題4:It can be inferred from the last two paragraphs that ______.

A．young people are in for this fashion

B．fewer men would show interest in this fashion

C．men are more romantic than women

D．women would like to take more adventures

Are you feeling stressed out? Anxious? Is your mind racing in circles? Are you worried about all the things you have to get done? Here’s a quick—acting trick that can make you feel better.
If you are sitting at a desk, place the palm of your hand on the desk, and take a moment to focus on what the surface of the desk feels like. Is it hot or cold, rough or smooth? Put all of your attention on the sensations in your palm, on how the desk feels underneath your hand. If you are not at a desk, do the same exercise by placing your palm on any nearby object—a wall, a chair, even your opposite arm.
When you are feeling stressed, your thoughts tend to take on a life of their own. You may be thinking about things you wish you had done differently in the past or worrying about things that you have to do in the future. These thoughts will make you feel anxious. The anxiety, in turn, increases the number of anxious thoughts.
If you can ground yourself even for a moment in the present, you will break the cycle and feel instant relief. Paying attention to what objects in your environment feel like forces you to pay more attention to the present moment than to negative, anxiety—provoking (刺激的，誘發(fā)的)thoughts about the past or about the future.
Try using your other senses too:
Try closing your eyes for a second(don’t try this while driving!) and breathe deeply through your nose. What do you smell?
When eating, put all your attention on how your food tastes.
What do you hear? What little noises are there around you that you didn’t notice before?
Look closely at an ordinary object. Do you see anything you haven’t noticed before?
小題1:By saying  “Is your mind racing in circles”, the author intends to mean that______.

A．you did something wrong in the past and wouldn’t forgive yourself

B．your mind is quick and bright when in a state of anxiety

C．you are thinking in a stupid way when anxious thoughts worries you a lot

D．you worried a lot and the anxious thoughts will increase your anxiety

小題2:The author advises to put your palm on the desk or any things nearby in order to ____

A．play a small trick	B．feel the surface of the object
C．do some exercises	D．reduce your anxiety

小題3:The writer mentioned some senses that could be used to reduce stress except the _____.

A．sense of touching

B．sense of smell

C．sense of humour

D．sense of listening

小題4:Which of the following can be served as a title for the article?

A．Frist Aid to Anxiety----Senses

B．How Anxiety Works

C．The Cause of Anxiety—Senses

D．How to Deal with Anxiety