【題目】The police suspected him of carrying drugs so they________his bag，but found nothing.

A. looked up B. turned in

C. searched for D. went through

【題目】Mr. Sawyer started his career at Stanford University, _____ he became Professor of Physics in 2002.

A. which B. where C. when D. that

【題目】Successful students are highly motivated（激勵(lì)） by an inner drive to study well．They have a specific career goal in mind．_【1】 So they form their own good study habits，plan ahead and stick to their study timetable on their own initiative．

If you want to be a successful student，motivate yourself and know that it is only you who are responsible for your study．There are some great ways to improve your motivation．

1．You should write down your educational goals，which makes them become clear．

2．Imagine your success．Experience the feeling of reaching your particular goal．

3．__【2】_

4．Seek advice and study opportunities from the good students in your class．

Successful students tend to study hard．They pay attention to class as well as taking notes．__【3】__ Outside class they find a quiet study place to study，because they know that academic life comes before their social life．

Set your goals．After setting goals it is important to write them down for many reasons．

1．Goals that aren’t written are only wishes．

2．It helps you make a commitment（承諾） to yourself．

3．_【4】_

4．No one wants to regret not doing something they could have done．

Successful students manage their time well by setting up weekly timetable．They make the best use of their study time and find a quiet place and study there every day．_【5】_ Most of the suggestions mentioned above can improve your motivation．

A．Give yourself rewards．Each time you complete a lesson，do something special for yourself．

B．It gives you a way to see your progress．

C．They make study time productive and not necessarily long．

D．You will be proud of yourself when you achieve success．

E．They know that they are responsible for their success or failure．

F．When you set your goals，make sure that your goals are specific and realistic．

G．They arrive at the classroom early and sit in the front．

【題目】Sorry to say, our brains naturally start slowing down at the cruelly young age of 30. It used to be thought that this couldn’t be helped, but new studies show that people of any age can train their brains to work faster. “Your brain is a learning machine ”, says University of California scientist Dr. Michael Merzenich. Given the right tools, we can train our brains to act like they did when were younger. All that’s required is the practice designed just for the purpose: a few exercises for the mind.

Merzenich has developed a computer---based training method to speed up the process in which the brain deals with information. Since much of the data we receive comes through speech, the Brain Fitness Program works with language and hearing to better speed and accuracy.

Over the course of training, the program starts asking you to distinguish sounds (between “dog” and “bog”, for example) at an increasingly faster speed. “It’s a bit like tennis instructor,” says Merzenich , “hitting balls at you faster and faster to keep you challenged. You may start out slow, but before long you’re pretty quick.”

The biggest finding in brain research in last ten years is that the brain at any age is highly plastic. If you ask your brain to learn, it will learn. And it may even speed up while in the process.

To keep your brain young and plastic you can do one of a million new activities that challenge and excite you: playing table tennis or bridge, doing crossword puzzles, learning a language...... “When it comes to preventing aging, you really do “do it or lose it”, says Barbara Sahakian, professor at Cambridge University.

【1】Dr. Merzenich’s training method mainly depends on ________.

A. the information being dealt with

B. computer languages

C. the activities one joins in

D. speech training

【2】By saying “the brain at any age is highly plastic”, the writer probably means the brain can be____

A. developed B. mastered

C. used D. researched

【3】What can we learn from the text?

A. Practice makes a quick mind

B. Brain research started ten years ago.

C. Dr. Merzenich is a scientist in computer

D. People used to believe nothing could stop the brain slowing down.

【4】Which of the following agrees with the writer’s idea?

A. The training methods work better for the old

B. The training of the brain should start at an early age

C. People should use the brain to stop it from aging.

D. It’s necessary to take part in as many activities as possible.

【題目】We should learn to communicate in a kinder way with people who are ______ about what others say to avoid embarrassment.

A．curious B．a(chǎn)ttractive

C．sensitive D．Confident

【題目】On a freezing cold day, a couple had to move into a small apartment because of their failure in business．The husband worked day and night to support the family but with no care of his wife．So she thought, “He doesn't love me any more, he just cares about his business ．．．not me”．

One day, she was about to take a shower when he stopped her at the door, “Let me take it first, okay？”“Why not me first？” she asked．“I am tired, honey, you take it later, okay？”She was entirely unhappy．

One day, she found nothing to do and turned on his computer．A few words came into her sight．Reading them, she burst into tears．It was his diary：

Today, I was quite sad．She asked me why I was always taking the shower first, and I said to her, I was exhausted．She was unhappy．In her mind, I treated her not as well as usual, but what could I do? I was not as rich as before! We moved to the small apartment, and there was only one shower in the bathroom．It was so cold to take a shower in such a cold winter．But I found that if one person took the shower first, the room could get a little warmer．So every day I rushed to the bathroom first．I was thinking that, when she took the shower, the room would get warmer, even if it was only 1℃．

Now I cannot give her a comfortable life, take her to good restaurants, or buy expensive dresses for her, but at least, I can give her 1℃ love．

【1】Why did the couple move to the small apartment?

A．Both of them were out of work．

B．They wanted to live a better life．

C．The man could take better care of his business．

D．They were too poor to live in the former house．

【2】Which of the following can replace the underlined word “exhausted”？

A．Devoted． B．Worried． C．Tired． D．Injured．

【3】What can be inferred from the passage?

A．They would live a richer life soon．

B．The woman misunderstood her husband．

C．The man would care less about his business．

D．The woman would get angry after reading the diary．

【4】What's the best title of the passage?

A．A Love Story B．1℃ Love

C．A Suffering Couple D．Fight for the Bathroom

【題目】Tayka Hotel de Sal

Where：Tahua，Bolivia

How much：About $95 a night

Why it’s cool：You’ve stayed at hotels made of brick or wood，but salt？That’s something few can claim．Tayka Hotel de Sal is made totally of salt—including the beds （though you’ll sleep on regular mattresses（床墊） and blankets）．The hotel sits on the Salar de Uyuni，a prehistoric driedup lake which is the world’s biggest salt flat．Builders use the salt from the 4,633squaremile flat to make the bricks，and glue them together with a paste （糊） of wet salt that hardens when it dries．When rain starts to dissolve the hotel，the owners just mix up more salt paste to strengthen the bricks．

Green Magic Nature Resort

Where：Vythiri，India

How much：About $240 a night

Why it’s cool：Taking a pulley（滑輪）operated lift 86 feet to your treetop room is just the start of your adventure．As you look out of your open window—there is no glass！—you watch monkeys and birds in the rain forest canopy（罩篷）．Later you might test your fear of heights by crossing the handmade rope bridge to the main part of the hotel，or just sit on your bamboo bed and read．You don’t even have to come down for breakfast—the hotel will send it up on the pulleydrawn “elevator”．

Dog Bark Park Inn B&B

Where：Cottonwood，Idaho

How much：$92 a night

Why it’s cool：This doghouse isn’t just for the family pet．Sweet_Willy is a 30foottall dog with guest rooms in his belly．Climb the wooden stairs beside his hind leg to enter the door in his side．You can relax in the main bedroom，go up a few steps of the loft（閣樓） in Willy’s head，or hang out inside his nose．Although you have a full private bathroom in your quarters，there is also a toilet in the 12foottall fire hydrant（消防栓） outside．

Gamirasu Cave Hotel

Where：Ayvali，Turkey

How much：Between $130 and $475 a night

Why it’s cool：This is caveman cool！Experience what it was like 5,000 years ago，when people lived in these mountain caves formed by volcanic ash．But your stay will be much more modern．Bathrooms and electricity provide what you expect from a modern hotel，and the white volcanic ash，called tufa，keeps the rooms cool，about 65 in summer．（Don’t worry—there is heat in winter．）

【1】What do we know about Tayka Hotel de Sal?

A．It is located on a prehistoric lake．

B．It should be protected against the rain．

C．Everything in the hotel is made of salt．

D．You have to cross a rope bridge to the hotel．

【2】What is the similarity of the four hotels?

A．Being expensive． B．Being comfortable．

C．Being natural． D．Being unique．

【3】What does the underlined words “Sweet Willy” refer to?

A．The name of the hotel．

B．The name of the hotel owner．

C．The building of Dog Bark Park Inn B&B．

D．The name of a pet dog of the hotel owner．

【4】Which of the hotels makes you have a feeling of living in the far past?

A．Tayka Hotel de Sal．

B．Green Magic Nature Resort．

C．Dog Bark Park Inn B&B．

D．Gamirasu Cave Hotel．

【題目】As a result of the serious flood,two-thirds of the buildings in the areas ．

A．need repairing B．need to repair

C．needs repairing D．needs to repair

【題目】Knowing ________ you’re good at and doing even more of it creates excellence.

A．where B．which C．what D．that

【題目】There are thousands of products of all colors and shapes in a supermarket, making you believe that they are worth a try．How? Packaging is the silent but persuading salesman．

There on the shelves, each bottle, can ,box, and jar has been carefully designed and measured to speak to the inner self of the consumer, because he/she is buying not only a product but also his/her belief in life．Scientists have studied consumer behavior recently and found that the look of the package has a great effect on the “quality” of the product and on how well it sells, because “consumers generally cannot tell between a product and its package．Many products are packages and many packages are products．”, as Louis Cheskin, the first social scientist studying consumers’ feelings for packaging, noticed．

Colors are one of the best tools in packaging．Studies of eye movement have shown that colours draw human attention quickly．Take V8 for example．For many years, the bright red color of tomatoes and carrots on the thin bottle makes you feel that is it very good for your body．And the word“green” today can keep food prices going up．

Shapes are another attraction．Circles often suggest happiness and peacefulness, because these shapes are pleasing to both the eye and the heart．That’s why the round yellow M signs of McDonald’s are inviting to both young and old．

This new consumer response to the colors and shapes of packages reminds producers and sellers that people by to satisfy both body and soul．

【1】According to the passage, _____ seems to be able to persuade a consumer to buy the product．

A．the pleasing color of the package

B．he special taste of the product

C．the strange shape of the package

D．the belief in the product

【2】If a package or a product is round in shape, it can ____________．

A．bring excitement to the consumers

B．a(chǎn)ttract the consumers’ attention

C．catch the eye movement of the consumers

D．produce a happy and peaceful feeling

【3】“And the word green today can keep food prices going up ” This sentence suggests that consumers today are _________．

A．starting to notice the importance of new food

B．enjoying the beauty of nature more than before

C．beginning to like green vegetables

D．paying more attention to their health

【4】It can be inferred from the passage that V8 is a kind of ________．

A.vegetable dish B．healthy juice

C．iced drink D．red vegetable