We keep reading that TV is bad for you. If this is true, how come the current generation of TV-addicted kids is much smarter than we are? In my home, the only people who can work the remote control are the children.
Perhaps TV does educate you. For example, you learn a useful medical fact: A person who has been shot always has time to speak an incomplete sentence before he dies. “The killer was…” (dies)
But I guess the biggest things we learn from TV can be regarded as “Life Skills”. Bad things only happen on dark and stormy nights. Emotional breakdowns cause people to wander in the heavy rain without umbrellas. And contrary to what scientists say, the crack(霹靂) of lightning and the accompanying flash happen at exactly the same time, wherever you are.
I’ve even acquired useful geographical facts from science-fiction shows: Aliens speak English no matter which planet they come from.
Making use of what we learn from TV can improve our security. Consider these truths. If you are ever attacked by 20 bad guys, don’t worry about being outnumbered. The criminals will hang back and take turns to approach you in ones and twos just so you can conveniently defeat them all. Bad guys who are completely covered in black clothes always remove their black masks to reveal that they are in fact, aha, women.
TV also teaches us important information about escaping from danger. Watch and learn. (1) If anyone is running after you down a passage, you will find that boxes have been conveniently placed near all the walls you need to jump over. (2) If you are tall and handsome, you can run from any number of armed criminals, and every shot will miss you.
Be warned, however. If your name card says “henchman” (幫兇) and you are part of a group of plain-looking people trying to catch a handsome individual, a single shot will kill you. But don’t be anxious: TV also delivers useful information for bad guys. All cars are inflammable (易燃的) and have amazing shock absorbers that enable them to fly into the air and land without damage — except police cars.
TV even teaches us about TV. Whenever anyone turns on a TV, it shows a news flash about someone they know. They then turn the box off immediately after that news item.
小題1:By saying “A person who has been shot always has time to speak an incomplete sentence
before he dies” (Paragraph 2), the writer shows his________.
A．humorB．sympathy
C．deep concernD．medical knowledge
小題2:We can infer from Paragraph 3 that in the real world_______.
A．bad things cause people to break down in the rain
B．bad things never happen on dark and stormy nights
C．people with emotional problems like to walk in the rain without umbrellas
D．the crack of lightning and the accompanying flash don’t happen at the same time
小題3:On TV what usually happens when a person turns it on?
A．The news shown is always about someone the person knows.
B．The person always turns off the TV when it’s time for news.
C．The program shown is always about the importance of TV.
D．TV always shows news about famous people.
小題4:What’s the main idea of this passage?
A．Life skills can be learned from TV.
B．TV plays an important role in society.
C．Watching TV makes people more creative.
D．What happens in TV is very different from reality.

小題1:A
小題1:D
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小題1:D
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A．I’ll die in debt, say one in threeB．Desperate British
C．The beginning of the endD．Borrowing money from any source
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A．Most British adults are in debt in some v/ay．
B．It is hard for the British to borrow money through their bank．
C．Lots of people do not take repaying money seriously．
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C．ever sinceD．fore ever
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B．It is natural to owe money in Britain as long as you are in control．
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A．beforeB．a(chǎn)goC．a(chǎn)lreadyD．still
小題2:
A．townB．countryC．friendsD．way
小題3:
A．trainB．carC．highwayD．phone
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A．haveB．goC．rideD．cross
小題5:
A．safeB．dangerousC．fastD．slow
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A．directionB．roadC．disappointedD．interesting
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A．a(chǎn)boutB．overC．ofD．up
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A．a(chǎn)notherB．the otherC．otherD．others
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A．a(chǎn)skedB．forcedC．encouragedD．told
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A．farB．safeC．dangerousD．dirty
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A．landsB．carsC．farmsD．hills
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But Mika Kivimaki, of the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, and his colleagues, who studied the  54  histories of 812 healthy Finnish men and women in a metal industry company over 25 years, said job stress also plays an important role.
Workers who had the highest job-related stress levels at the start of the study were more than twice as  55   to die of heart disease,  56   the study published in The British Medical Journal.
Work stress  57  too much work as well as a lack of satisfaction and feeling undervalued and  58   .
Many people work long hours but if the effort is 59  the stress is minimized. Kivimaki said job pressure is damaging when being overworked is  60  with little or no control, unfair supervision and few career opportunities.
The British Heart Foundation said the results  61   earlier research showing that people in jobs with low control, such as manual workers, could be at greater  62  of heart disease than other employees.
“It is   63   for people to try to minimize levels of stress at work and for employers to  64  people to have more control at work and to be rewarded for their success,” the foundation said in a statement.
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A．though
B．seldom
C．even
D．thereby
小題2:
A．exercise
B．patience
C．enthusiasm
D．interest
小題3:
A．a(chǎn)dd
B．propose
C．introduce
D．contribute
小題4:
A．leading
B．plain
C．moderate
D．heavy
小題5:
A．personal
B．professional
C．medical
D．family
小題6:
A．much
B．likely
C．equal
D．stable
小題7:
A．due to
B．owing to
C．a(chǎn)ccording to
D．contrary to
小題8:
A．contains
B．brings
C．proceeds
D．involves
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A．isolated
B．unappreciated
C．disconcerted
D．stimulated
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A．rewarding
B．improved
C．increasing
D．neglected
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A．sponsored
B．responded
C．threatened
D．combined
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A．indicate
B．simplify
C．support
D．overflow
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A．portion
B．chance
C．danger
D．risk
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A．a(chǎn)dvisable
B．predictable
C．profitable
D．comfortable
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It was a winter morning, just a couple of weeks before Christmas 2005. While most people were warming up their cars, Trevor, my husband, had to get up early to ride his bike four kilometers away from home to work. On arrival, he parked his bike outside the back door as he usually does. After putting in 10 hours of labor, he returned to find his bike gone.
The bike, a black Kona 18 speed, was our only transport. Trevor used it to get to work, putting in 60-hour a week to support his young family. And the bike was also used to get groceries（食品雜貨）, saving us from having to walk long distances from where we live.
I was so sad that someone would steal our bike that I wrote to the newspaper and told them our story. Shortly after that, several people in our area offered to help. One wonderful stranger even bought a bike, then called my husband to pick it up. Once again my husband had a way to get to and from his job. It really is an honor that a complete stranger would go out of their way for someone they have never met before.
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B．It was their only possession.
C．It was a nice Kona 18 speed.
D．The man's job was bike racing.
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C．help someone with one’s best
D．enjoy the moment with someone
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A．the couple worked 60 hours a week
B．people were busy before Christmas
C．the stranger brought over the bike
D．life was hard for the young family
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A．From a stranger.
B．From a newspaper.
C．From TV news.
D．From radio broadcasts.
小題5:What do the couple learn from their experience?
A．Strangers are usually of little help.
B．One should take care of their bike.
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When you have a post-office box, the postman doesn’t bring letters to you, but you go to the post-office and get your letters and parcels from your box. The box is locked, only you have the key, so the letters and parcels are safe.
One day the headmaster of a school wrote to the post-office and asked for a post-office box for his school. He soon got an answer. It said, “We will give you a post-office box in one month.”
Three months later, the headmaster wrote to the post-office and said, “Why haven't we got a post-office box yet?”
This was the answer from the post-office:
“Dear sir,
We gave you a post-office box two months and wrote to you then to tell you. Here is the key to your box. You will find our letter to you in it.”
小題1:When you have a post-office box, _____.
A．it is easier for you to write lettersB．you will have more letters than parcels
C．you get your letters in front of your houseD．you got to the post-office to get your letters
小題2:The word “key” in this passage means _____.
A．郵件B．密碼C．編號D．鑰匙
小題3:The headmaster _____.
A．wrote many letters to the post-officeB．didn’t like the postman
C．didn’t know how a post-office box workedD．forgot to pay for the post-office box
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B．you must wait to get the post-office box
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D．you must pay for the box before you got it
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A．If you want to get a post-office box, you must let the post-office know.
B．When you get a post-office box, you have to do the work of a postman.
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Dick lived in England. One day in January he said to his wife, "I'm going to fly to New York next week because I've got some work there." "Where are you going to stay there?" his wife asked. "I don't know yet." Dick answered. "Please send me your address from there in a telegram (電報(bào))," his wife said. "All right," Dick answered.
He flew to New York on January 31st and found a nice hotel in the center of the city. He put his things in his room and then he sent his wife a telegram. He put the address of his hotel in it.
In the evening he didn't have any work, so he went to a cinema. He came out at nine o'clock and said, "Now I'm going back to my hotel and have a nice dinner."
He found a taxi (出租車) and the driver said, "Where do you want to go?" But Dick didn't remember the name and address of his hotel.
"Which hotel are my things in?" he said, "And what am I going to do tonight?" But the driver of the taxi did not know. So Dick got out and went into a post office. There he sent his wife another telegram, and in it he wrote, "Please send me my address at this post office."
小題1: Dick flew to New York because ___.
A．he went there for a holiday
B．he had work there
C．he went there for sightseeing (觀光)
D．his home was there
小題2:Why did his wife want a telegram from him?
A．Because she didn't know his address yet
B．Because she wanted to go to New York, too
C．Because she might send him another telegram
D．Because she couldn't leave her husband by himself in New York
小題3:Where did Dick stay in New York?
A．In the center of the city.B．In a hotel.
C．In a restaurant.D．At his friend's house.
小題4: Who would send him the name and address of his hotel?
A．The manager (經(jīng)理) of his hotel.B．The police office.
C．The taxi driver.D．His wife.
小題5:Which of the following is not true?
A．Dick stayed at a nice hotel in the center of the city.
B．Dick didn't work on the first night of his arrival.
C．Dick forgot to send his wife a telegram.
D．Dick wanted to go back to his hotel in a taxi.

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“Your major is of no use to society. What will you do with it when you graduate, other than teach? Plus, you’re going to be poor your whole life,” she said. “You have no soul and your degree is boring. I don’t care how much money you’re going to earn. I’d rather be poor and don’t mind being a teacher. If I love my work I’ll have something far more meaningful than a big bank account!” came the reply.
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I think I know better now, but it would have helped if we had been encouraged to think a little more outside our science and arts “boxes”.
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But now, people in China are asking: Is this forced, early decision good for young people or society? Young people need time to explore, to discover where their real talents and interests lie. There are more than just a few middle-aged people out there, stuck in jobs they hate because they made the wrong choice at the wrong time.
And from the point of view of society, isn’t it better for students to delay a while before they decide what to study? Scientists can benefit from learning to develop the critical skills associated with the humanities; students in the humanities, surely, only stand to gain by finding out a little more about science and technology, which are so important to the future of a developing country like China.
With any luck, in the future young people fresh to college will be better informed about the possibilities of education than people of my generation.
小題1:The author describes what happened at a fresher party to ________.
A．show that he was ready to defend the subject he enjoyed
B．lead up his argument that the sciences-humanities divide is harmful
C．prove that doing something meaningful is better than having a lot of money
D．describe how fierce students of different majors can be when arguing with each other
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A. Indifferent.         B. Uncertain.        C. Positive.          D. Negative.
小題3:In the sixth paragraph, an example mentioning middle-aged people is used to show that ________.
A．students should not make decisions too early
B．not all people have a talent for or are interested in the sciences
C．these people did not have the chance to make a choice earlier in life
D．the earlier young people make a decision, the better it will be for them
小題4:According to the text, it is safe to say that ________.
A. sciences are more practical in the modern world
B. C. P. Snow was a novelist who became a physicist
C. future generations will be able to get more out of education
D. a command of both the sciences and humanities is important to society
小題5:What’s the best title for the article?
A．The sciences or the humanities, which to choose?
B．High school education in China
C．Isn’t it better to delay the choice of the career direction?
D．A better time to decide what to study

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Free museums. No charge for good collections of art works
Pop music. Britain is the only country to rival(與…匹敵)the US on this point.
Cabs. London taxi drivers well know where they are going.
Choice of food. Visitors can find food from every corner of the world .
Fashion. Not only do fashion junkies love deeply and respect highly brand names such as Vivienne Westwood, Alexander McQueen; street styles are justly loved, too.
　　DISADVANTAGES
　　Poor service. People can dine out on the rudeness they have experienced,” says Professor Tony Seaton, of Luton University’s International Tourism Research Center.
　　Poor public transport. Trains and buses are promised to defeat tourists who have the most patience, so the over- crowded London tube is inexplicably(難以理解的) popular.
　　Rain. Still in the number one complaint. 
　　Overpriced hotels. The only European country with a higher rate of tax on hotel rooms is Denmark.
Drinking hours. Alcohol(酒) is in short supply after 11 pm even in “24-hour cities”.
小題1:What do tourists complain most?
A．Poor service. B．Poor public transport.
C．Rain. 　　D．Overpriced hotels.
小題2: When is alcohol not able to get?
A．At 9: 00 pmB．At 10: 00 pmC．At 11: 00 pmD．At 12: 00 pm
小題3:Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A．You have to pay to visit the museums.
B．Only clothing with brand names are sold in London .
C．You cannot find Chinese food there.
D．The public transport is poor there.

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