【題目】Lines around the eyes mean the aging process in the body. Though aging is considered as one of the most unavoidable occurrence in one’s life, it is not entirely the thing. You just need to know that you can deal with it in your life. For example, if you are willing to spend a considerable amount of money to make yourself look young again, then you can try eye lifts. However, if you are more of the money-conscious type, then you should decide to go for eye creams which bring the same results but with lower prices.

Despite of the advantages of using eye creams, however, there is a disadvantage in trying them. This is due to the hundreds of brands o eye creams being marketed at present. If you do not know how to choose the best eye cream in the countless brands available, then you might fall victim to eye creams that do not really fulfill their promised effects.

What’s good is that looking for the best eye cream does not involve too much effort. You just have to look for eye cream reviews to know how a product performs and if it lives up to its promises. If you have a dermatologist(皮膚科醫(yī)生), then you can ask for advice. If you have none, however, then you can just browse on the net for the best cream for your needs.

In searching for eye cream reviews, look for those with reviews based on the results of product testing. Doing so can ensure you that you are not basing your decision on fake review sites that are only made to build up an image of a certain product. Follow these tips and guidelines and you are sure to finally spot the best eye cream that can solve your aging problem.

【1】 To deal with lines around your eyes, you can______________.

A. try your best to stop yourself aging

B. make up by using eye shadow

C. raise your hand to lift your eyes

D. try to use eye creams

【2】What can we learn from the second paragraph?

A. None of the eye creams will be benefit you properly.

B. You should buy an eye cream according to your economic power.

C. You will suffer from a wrong eye cream.

D. You can take advantage of any eye creams.

【3】The best way to buy an eye cream is by_____________.

A. reading the reviews first

B. comparing the prices of all the products

C. surfing the Internet for the best eye cream

D. trying to visit dermatologists as often as possible

【4】 When reading reviews if the eye creams, you should_________.

A. be careful of the package of the products

B. notice the function of the products

C. know of the quantity of the products

D. pay attention to the production date of the products

【題目】We are now faced with a new problem involved in the popularity of private cars __________ road conditions need __________.

A. which; to be improved B. that; to be improved

C. where; improved D. when; improved

【題目】Most children have heard their parents at one time or another yell “sit up straight!” or “don’t slouch!” In the past, this was usually heard at the dinner table as children ate dinner. But these days, it is also heard around another activity – video games.

Ten-year old Owaish Batliwala, from Mumbai, India, admits he spends three to four hours each day playing games on his tablet computer. His mother Mehzabin became concerned when her son started saying that his neck hurt. She said, "My son started having neck problems around June or July. The pain slowly spread to his hand and his back. He plays for hours on the iPad and mobile phone. This is what has caused the problem."

Sadia Vanjara is a physical therapist. She says the number of young children with chronic pain in their necks, arms and shoulders is on the rise. Dr. Vanjara says the pain is not from aging, accidents or disease. It is from poor posture, or body position, while playing video games.

This is a problem in many parts of the world. But there are more smartphone users in India than anywhere else in the world, except China. Networking equipment company Cisco estimates that the number of smartphone users in India will increase from 140 million today to 651 million by 2020.

19-year old student Nida Jameel says she feels pain in the finger which holds the weight of her smartphone most of the day. She says she uses her smartphone 24/7. This means 24 hours a day, seven days a week, or all the time.

Dr. Vanjara says the best treatments for the pain are daily exercises. Experts advise taking breaks from using a computer or other device often. Stand up. Stretch your legs, back, shoulders and arms. And when your work or school work is done, unplug and exercise.

【1】 What can be the best title of the passage?

A. Too Much Gaming is a Pain in the Neck

B. The Influence of Too Much Gaming on People’s Health

C. How To Avoid the Pain in the Neck

D. How To Be More Fit

【2】In paragraph 1, the underlined word “slouch” means _____

A. stopping working

B. bending one’s head or shoulders forward

C. being much too calm about something

D. being enthusiastic about the things that are not related with study

【3】 In which part of a website can we read the passage?

A. School and Education B. Entertainment

C. Health and Lifestyle D. Food and Recipes

【題目】It is known to us all that the People's Republic of China __________ on October 1，1949.

A. was founded B. was found

C. is founded D. is found

【題目】This kind of cloth washes well. I think it is worth __________.

A. buying B. being bought

C. bought D. to be bought

【題目】More than one student __________ sent to the hardest place since 1979.

A. is B. are

C. has been D. have been

【題目】Dear daughter,

As we drove off from Columbia, I wanted to write a letter to you to tell you all that is on my mind.

I want to tell you how proud we are. Getting into Columbia is a real testament of what a great well-rounded student you are. Your academic, artistic, and social skills have truly blossomed in the last few years. You have become a talented and accomplished young woman.

College will be the most important years in your life. It is in college that you will truly discover what learning is about. You often question "what good is this course". I encourage you to be inquisitive, but I also want to tell you: "Education is what you have left after all that is taught is forgotten." What I mean by that is the materials taught isn't as important as you gaining the ability to learn a new subject, and the ability to analyze a new problem. That is really what learning in college is about – this will be the period where you go from teacher-taught to master-inspired, after which you must become self-learner. So do take each subject seriously, and even if what you learn isn't critical for your life, the skills of learning will be something you cherish forever.

Follow your passion in college. Take courses you think you will enjoy. Don't be trapped in what others think or say. Steve Jobs says when you are in college, your passion will create many dots, and later in your life you will connect them. In his great speech given at Stanford commencement, he gave the great example where he took calligraphy, and a decade later, it became the basis of the beautiful Macintosh fonts, which later ignited desktop publishing, and brought wonderful tools like Microsoft Word to our lives. His expedition into calligraphy was a dot, and the Macintosh became the connecting line. Enjoy picking your dots, and be assured one day you will find your calling, and connect a beautiful curve through the dots of yourself .

Most importantly, make friends and be happy. College friends are often the best in life, because during college you are closer to them physically than to your family. Also, going through independence and adulthood is a natural bonding experience.

So please treasure your college years – make the best of your free time, become an independent thinker in control of your destiny, evolve yourself into a bi-cultural talent, be bold to experiment, learn and grow through your successes and challenges.

When I faced the greatest challenge and opportunity in my life in 2005, you gave me a big hug and said "bonne chance", which means "good luck" and "good courage". Now I do the same for you. Bonne chance, my angel and princess. May Columbia become the happiest four years in your life, and may you blossom into just what you dream to be.

Love,

Dad (& Mom)

【1】What can we learn from the passage?

A. The daughter is a well-rounded college student.

B. The father faced the greatest challenge in 2006.

C. The daughter is a freshman in college.

D. Steve Jobs gave the great example where he took calligraphy at Columbia commencement.

【2】The father may agree that _____.

A. you will be well-educated if you forget all is taught

B. there are only master-inspired students in college

C. the daughter will be thinner if she goes on a diet

D. the skills of learning is very important for his daughter’s life

【3】The example of Steve Jobs in Paragraph 4 is to show _____.

A. how Steve Jobs invented the basis of the Macintosh fonts

B. it is important for the daughter to follow her passion in college

C. Steve Jobs made great contributions to Microsoft Word

D. the father wishes his daughter to be as successful as Steve Jobs

【4】College friends are often the best to you because_____.

A. your family are far away while college friends are around you within an easy reach

B. they are closer to you psychologically than to your family

C. they are better than your family

D. going through independence and adulthood is unusual bonding experience

【題目】No matter how well you understand a foreign language, misunderstanding still exists between native speakers and you. Here is such an example.

Three young Frenchmen were travelling in Britain. Though they had taken a few English lessons before their holiday, they were often in trouble because of their misunderstanding of English. One day they talked about their misfortunes (不幸) together.

The first Frenchman said, “I once heard someone shout ‘Look out’, I put my head out of a window and a bucket (一桶) of water fell on me.”

The second Frenchman said, “I was once in a ship and heard the captain shouted, ‘All hands on decks (甲板)’ I put my hands on the deck and someone walked on them.”

The third Frenchman said, “I once called early on an English friend and the maid (女傭) who came to the door said, ‘He’s not up yet’ When I went again for him, she said, ‘He’s not down yet’. I said, ‘If he’s not up and he’s not down, where is he?’ She said, ‘He’s still upstairs now. When I told you he was not up I meant he had not got up yet, so he has not come downstairs by now’ ”

【1】Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A. Misunderstanding of English

B. Three Young Frenchmen

C. Misfortunes of Three Frenchmen

D. A Few English Lessons

【2】When someone is calling “l(fā)ook out” to you，he probably wants you to ______.

A. put your head out of the window B. go away

C. receive a bucket of wate D. be careful

【3】The sentence “All hands on decks” may mean ______.

A. you should put your hands on the deck

B. everyone should get ready

C. someone walks over one’s hands

D. someone is making fun of a foreigner

【題目】Many songs, poems, and books have been written on love’s strong effect on people. The state of being in love has even been compared to being sick or mad. A study by Professor Semir Zeki of University College London has found that love does affect people’s brains by making them feel great.

Zeki studied young men and women who had recently fallen in love. He found that, when they were looking at photos of their loved ones, there was heightened activity in four areas of their brains. These areas deal with emotions, and one of them, in particular, is known to respond to drugs that cause feelings of great joy and excitement.

Interestingly, the study also found a lack of activity in two other areas of the brain when the volunteers looked at their lovers’ photographs. One of these areas is linked to feelings of sadness, while the other is often active in people suffering from depression. It seems love really can be uplifting.

The state of being in love, according to some scientists, may actually be good for your health. Although scientists know that being in love can make a person feel great, the exact influence of love on a person’s health is harder to determine. However, scientists say that people do need love in order to live healthy lives.

According to Dr. Thomas Lewis, people need to be in relationships because that is how we are designed. He says the brain can only maintain(保持) the overall stability of a person’s immune(免疫) system, bodily rhythms, and heart if it receives input(輸入) from outside the body in the form of emotional connections with others.

Professor Antonio Damasio has a similar view. He says that love enriches a person’s imagination and creativity, and makes a person’s body work better. He also believes that love can even improve the body’s ability to fight against disease. Damasio’s wise words of advice are “ Choose love and you will live longer.”

【1】The main idea of this passage is __________.

A. love can really cause people active

B. love has effect on songs and books

C. love is linked with emotion

D. love is what we need

【2】What does the underlined word “uplifting” mean? It means __________.

A. inspiring B. available C. cold D. mad

【3】From the passage we know__________.

A. People write songs, poems and books to say love is the sweetest thing

B. nobody but Professor Semir Zeki has found love does affect people’s brains

C. being in love sometimes may make someone act as if he/ she were mad

D. love causes heightened activity in all areas of a person’s brains

【4】Which of the following statements is not true?

A. Some scientists have the idea that love does good to people.

B. It is possible for scientists to decide how much influence love can give people.

C. People are born to be in need of getting on touch with each other.

D. A person’s health depends on partly on emotional connections with others.

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【1】Many Americans fail to lose weight probably because _______ .

A. they lack confidence

B. they do exercise alone

C. they are under great pressure

D. they don’t get enough exercise

【2】From the text, we can learn that if you join the gym, _______ .

A. you’ll lose weight safely but slowly

B. you’ll struggle with workout routines

C. you’ll be advised to pay attention to nutrition

D. you’ll be advised to have nothing in between workouts

【3】How much do a couple have to pay if they join the gym today?

A. $800. B. $500. C. $900. D. $1,000.

【4】This text is most probably taken from a ________ .

A. newspaper B. magazine

C. website D. textbook