A man enters a store to buy milk. He walks out of the store only with milk. But when a woman goes into the same store also to buy milk,she buys it,and she also buys chicken and lemons to make dinner that night. Then she remembers to buy food for her son to eat at school.

   And that is the difference between the male (男性) and female (女性.) brains simply explained in a store. Generally speaking,men do one thing at a time. Women do many.

   Now scientific research supports this about male and female brains. A recent study has shown that men and women think differently.

   Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania studied brain images (圖像) of 949 people. They found that male brains have more connections on one side of the brain. In the female brain,they found more activity and connections between the right and left sides of the brain. The left side of the brain is known as the side of "reason". The right part is known as the"creative" side.

   Regina Verma,one of the scientists,says women might use different parts of the brain when they are asked to do something difficult. Men,she adds,use just one side of the brain.

41. Generally speaking,men do one thing at a time while women do many.

42. Scientists have found that men and women think in the same way.

43. Develop the left side of your brain if you want to be more creative.

44. Men use both sides of the brain when doing something difficult.

45. The passage that we read above is a science report.

    Once upon a time,there was a lazy poor man living in a small house with spider webs (物蛛網(wǎng)) on the walls and mice running around. People 31 coming into such a dirty place and the poor man was lonely and sad every day. He thought it was poverty (貧困) that 32 his unhappy life.

    One day,the poor man dropped in on a wise old man and asked him for 33 about changing his life. The old man gave him a beautiful vase (花瓶) and said, " This is a magic vase that will bring you 34 "

    The poor man looked at the vase 35 Why would he need a vase in his poor house? However,he didn't want to 36 such a beautiful vase,so he brought it home and put it on the table.

   "It's not right for something so beautiful to be 37" the poor man looked at the vase and thought. Then he picked some wild flowers and put them into it,making it even more beautiful.

    38 he was still not satisfied. " It is not good for such a beautiful thing to stand next to a spider web. n At this,he st'tarted to do some cleaning in the house and paint the walls.

   His house turned into a 39 place immediately. The poor man 40 He suddenly realized that in the past it was his laziness that made him poor and unhappy. From then on,he worked hard and his life got better and better.

31. A. enjoyed   B. avoided

   C. forgot   D. considered

32. A. led to   B. connected to

   C. made up   D. set up

33. A. service   B. knowledge

   C. advice   D. care

34. A. peace   B. happiness

   C. mess   D. regret

35. A. sadly   B. nervously

   C. proudly   D. surprisedly

36. A. throw away   B. give out

   C. pay for   D. keep off

37. A. ugly   B. full   C. empty   D. dirty

38. A. Although   B. But

   C. So   D. Because

39. A. large   B. dark

   C. strange   D. comfortable

40. A. cheered up   B. rang up

   C. sped up   D. stayed up

30. —Hi,Tony!Do you know ?

—Yes,there is a coffee shop at the corner of the street.

   A. when I can get a cup of coffee

   B. when can I get a cup of coffee

   C. where I can get a cup of coffee

   D. where can I get a cup of coffee

29. kind and helpful to the people around us,and we will make the world a nicer place to live in.

   A. Be   B. Being

   C. To be   D. Been

28. Jane is very busy these days,for she has a lot of problems to

   A. deal with   B. keep up with

   C. agree with   D. come up with

27 . Wild animals are our friendsi. We shouldn’t kill them food or clothing.

   A. in   B. with   C. about   D. for

26. Soccer is a wonderful game for children. It great exercise,such as running and kicking.

   A. provides   B. remains

   C. practises   D. receives

25. —What's the matter with Tom? He has been absent for two days.

—Oh!He be ill. Let's go and ask Ms Brown.

   A. can   B. need   C. may   D. would

24. —What a clear blue sky it is!

—Yes. I have never seen sky.

   A. a more beautiful   B. a most beautiful

   C. the more beautiful   D. the most beautiful

23. I heard a new song on the radio. I high and low in the music store,but I can't find the song.

   A. search   B. have searched

   C. am searching   D. will search