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London is a huge city with more things to do than anywhere else. With the London Pass, you get free entry to over 50 specially selected places with one purchase. In the list you’ll find:
●19 historic buildings
●22 museums and art galleries
●8 tours, cruises and walks and leisure activities
●13 places of interest including ships and aquariums
●12 restaurants and services
The London Pass offers not only great value and convenience , but also enables you to beat the queues at selected attractions. There are also special offers such as discounts at restaurants and theaters , where the attraction is normally free to the public. The London Pass also gives you great offers such as a free guided tour. So whether you prefer museums or cinemas, galleries or ice skating or zoos, with the London Pass there really is something for everyone.
You can buy Adult or Child passes for 2, 3 or 6 days. See all ticket prices below and choose what you need.
 Description  Price
 London Pass 2 days Adult-Item E-036  數(shù)學(xué)公式104
 London Pass 6 days Adult-Item E-038數(shù)學(xué)公式62
 London Pass 3 days Child (5-15 years)數(shù)學(xué)公式100
You can contact us by sending emails or making calls.
Please call 1-888-254-0637
Outside the US please call 00-800-84468370 or +1 210 507 5997
VIP reservations: Contact a Customer Service representative at 1-866-270-2849
NOTE: If your reservation is made prior to Jan 15th, 2013, email sales@previewhotels.com

  1. 1.

    With the London Pass you can probably do all the following things for free EXCEPT_________

    1. A.
      see famous buildings
    2. B.
      stay at hotels
    3. C.
      go boating
    4. D.
      join in entertainment activities
  2. 2.

    According to Paragraph 2, with the London Pass, visitors ________

    1. A.
      won’t have to pay for guided tours
    2. B.
      can eat meals for free at some restaurants
    3. C.
      will be fined unless they wait in line
    4. D.
      won’t be allowed to travel alone
  3. 3.

    How much should Mr King pay for the London Pass 2 days if he goes with his wife and 7-year-old son?

    1. A.
      $174
    2. B.
      $236
    3. C.
      $244
    4. D.
      $270
  4. 4.

    What can be inferred from the passage?

    1. A.
      The London Pass has discounts for students
    2. B.
      16 year olds can enjoy the London Pass 2 days Child
    3. C.
      Children under 5 don’t need the London Pass
    4. D.
      The London Pass cannot be bought on weekends
  5. 5.

    If you are a VIP customer, you can reserve by calling ______

    1. A.
      1-888-254-0637
    2. B.
      00-800-84468370
    3. C.
      +1 210 507 5997
    4. D.
      1-866-270-2849

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With the possible exception of equal rights, perhaps the most heated argument across the United States today is the death penalty (死刑). Many argue that it is an effective deterrent (威懾) to murder（謀殺）, while others think there is no enough proof that the death penalty reduces the number of murders. The argument advanced by those who are against the death penalty is that it is cruel and inhuman punishment, that it is a mark of a bad society and finally that it is of questionable effectiveness as a deterrent (威懾物) to crime (罪行) anyway.
In our opinion, the death penalty is a necessary action. Throughout recorded history there have always been those peculiar persons in every society who made terrible crimes such as murder. But some are more dangerous than others. For example, it is one thing to take the life of another in time of blind anger, but quite another to coldly plan and carry out the murder of one or more people in the style of a butcher. Thus, murder, like all other crimes, is a matter of different degree. While it could be argued with some reason that the criminal in the first instance should be merely kept from society, such should not be the fate of the latter type murderer.
The value of the death penalty as a deterrent to crime may be open to discussion. But the majority of people believe that the death penalty protects them. Their belief is proved by the fact that the death penalty prevents murder. For example, from 1954 to 1963, when the death penalty was carried out from time to time in California, the murder rate remained between three and four murders for each 100, 000 population. Since 1964 the death penalty has been done only once, and the murder rate has risen to10.4 murders for each 100, 000 population. The sharp climb in the state's murder rate, which began when killings stopped, does not happen by chance. It certainly shows that the death penalty does stop many murderers. If the law about death penalty is vetoed (否決), some people will be murdered----some whose lives may have been saved if the death penalty were in effect. This is really a life or death matter. The lives of thousands of people must be protected

  1. 1.

    The main purpose of this passage is to _________

    1. A.
      speak for the majority
    2. B.
      argue against the value of the death penalty
    3. C.
      speak ill of the government
    4. D.
      argue for the value of the death penalty
  2. 2.

    Which of the following is among the heated arguments across the USA besides death penalty?

    1. A.
      Air pollution
    2. B.
      The war against Iraq
    3. C.
      Equal rights
    4. D.
      Election of president
  3. 3.

    The numbers in the last paragraph show that ______

    1. A.
      if they stick to death penalty, the number of murders will be reduced
    2. B.
      death penalty almost stopped from 1954 to 1963
    3. C.
      the population of California has risen
    4. D.
      death penalty is of little value
  4. 4.

    It can be inferred that the writer thinks that ______

    1. A.
      the death penalty is the most important problem in the United States today
    2. B.
      the second type of murderers (in Paragraph 2) should be sentenced to death
    3. C.
      the veto of the law about death penalty is of little importance
    4. D.
      the value of the death penalty as a deterrent to crime is not to be discussed

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Bicycle Safety 
Operation  Always ride your bike in a safe, controlled manner on campus (校園). Obey rules and regulations. Watch out for walkers and other bicyclists, and always use your lights in dark conditions.
Theft Prevention  Always securely lock your bicycle to a bicycle rack -- even if you are only away for a minute. Register your bike with the University Department of Public Safety. It's fast, easy, and free. Registration permanently records your serial number, which is useful in the possible recovery of the bike stolen.
Equipment
* Brakes  Make sure that they are in good working order and adjusted properly.
* Helmet  A necessity, make sure your helmet meets current safety standards and fits    
properly.
* Lights  Always have a front headlight -- visible at least 500 feet in front of the bike.  
A taillight is a good idea.
Rules of the Road
Riding on Campus  As a bicycle rider, you have a responsibility to ride only on streets and posted bicycle paths. Riding on sidewalks or other walkways can lead to a fine. The speed limit for bicycles on campus is 15 mph, unless otherwise posted. Always give the right of ways to walkers. If you are involved in an accident, you are required to offer appropriate aid, call the Department of Public Safety and remain at the scene until the officer lets you go.
Bicycle Parking  Only park in areas reserved for bikes. Trees, handrails, hallways, and sign posts are not for bicycle parking, and parking in such posts can result in a fine.
If Things Go Wrong
If you break the rules, you will be fined. Besides violating rules while riding bicycles on campus, you could be fined for:
* No bicycle registration --------------------------數(shù)學(xué)公式30
* Blocking path with bicycle ----------------------數(shù)學(xué)公式35

  1. 1.

    Registration of your bicycle may help you ________

    1. A.
      find your stolen bicycle
    2. B.
      get your serial number
    3. C.
      receive free repair services
    4. D.
      settle conflicts with walkers
  2. 2.

    According to the passage, what bike equipment is a free choice for bicycle riders?

    1. A.
      Brakes
    2. B.
      A helmet
    3. C.
      A headlight
    4. D.
      A taillight
  3. 3.

    When you ride a bicycle on the campus, ________

    1. A.
      ride on posted bicycle paths and sidewalks
    2. B.
      cycle at a speed of over 15 mph
    3. C.
      put the walkers' right of way first
    4. D.
      call the police before leaving in case of accident
  4. 4.

    If you lock your bicycle to a tree on the campus, you could be fined _________

    1. A.
      $25
    2. B.
      $30
    3. C.
      $35
    4. D.
      $40
  5. 5.

    What is the passage mainly about?

    1. A.
      A guide for safe bicycling on campus
    2. B.
      Directions for bicycle tour on campus
    3. C.
      Regulations of bicycle race on campus
    4. D.
      Rules for riding motor vehicles on campus

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Have you heard of the scandal that happened in one of Great Britain’s biggest supermarket chains called Tesco? The British love Tesco as it sells very cheap products and it can be found on almost every corner of a British city or town.
On January 15th 2013 food inspectors discovered 30 % horsemeat in a certain brand of frozen beefburgers that were mostly sold by Tesco in the UK and Ireland.
In times of social media like Facebook and Twitter the news has spread fast and customers have been very concerned about what the food they buy actually contains. Tesco said it had taken away the burgers from the shop shelves immediately, and apologized to their customers. They also promised that they would find out what exactly happened and that they would work harder than ever so this would never happen again. Customers are also able to return the beefburgers and get a refund, that is, their money back.
However, it will be hard for Tesco to get the people’s trust back. Just imagine buying lovely beefburgers that you fry at home and suddenly you find out that you have actually eaten horsemeat! In this case not only horse lovers will be upset!
By the way, why are British people so shocked about eating horsemeat? In history, horses have played great roles as working animals and as an important means of transport. When Britons of today think of horses, they think of majestic animals or cute pets rather than meat.
But this is not the only reason for the protest: Customers also want to be sure that the products they buy contain what it says on the label. Hopefully, supermarkets can avoid mistakes like that in the future. Maybe there should be stricter regulations and more controls of our food? Otherwise we will soon find ourselves eating panda meat instead of pork and parrot instead of chicken. So the next time you are in a supermarket maybe check the ingredients of your food before you buy it or you could get a nasty surprise …

  1. 1.

    What is the scandal?

    1. A.
      Tesco’s products were much more expensive than they are supposed to be
    2. B.
      Tesco didn’t react immediately to a food quality issue
    3. C.
      Tesco sold expired food
    4. D.
      Horsemeat was found in burgers sold in Tesco
  2. 2.

    What didn’t Tesco do in response to the scandal?

    1. A.
      It withdrew the beefburgers
    2. B.
      It made an apology to the public
    3. C.
      It investigated and found out the cause and effect of the scandal
    4. D.
      It returned money to customers who bought the beefburgers
  3. 3.

    Which statement isn’t among the reasons why customers are furious?

    1. A.
      People trusted Tesco so much that they never expected a scandal like this
    2. B.
      Everyone can call himself or herself a horse lover in the UK
    3. C.
      Sellers shouldn’t cheat customers
    4. D.
      The horse is humans’ friend

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Scientists say they now have proof to support the old-fashioned advice that it's best to sleep on a problem. They say sleep strengthens the memory and helps the brain organize the masses of information we receive each day.
Lead researcher Bob Stickgold at the Harvard Medical School said, "Sleep helps us draw rules from our experiences. It's like knowing the difference between dogs and cats even if it's hard to explain."
The US research team studied how well students remembered connections between words and symbols (象征) , reports New Scientist. They compared how the students performed if they had had a sleep between seeing the words and having the test, and if they had not slept. They found that people were better able to remember lists of related words after a night's sleep than after the same time spent awake during the day. They also found it easier to remember themes (主題) that the words had in common. But they forgot around one in four more themes if they had been awake. Prof. John Groeger, of Surrey University's Sleep Research Centre, said, "People have been trying for years to find out what the purpose of sleep is, as we know that only certain parts of it have a restorative (有助恢復(fù)的) value. " "We form and store huge numbers of experiences in the head every day, and sleep seems to be the way the brain deals with it all."

  1. 1.

    The phrase" to sleep on a problem" in Paragraph 1 most likely means to______

    1. A.
      pay full attention to a problem
    2. B.
      wait until later for a decision
    3. C.
      sleep to forget a problem
    4. D.
      have difficulty sleeping
  2. 2.

    In the study by the US research team, students were asked to______

    1. A.
      put together words of similar meanings
    2. B.
      remember words and their meanings
    3. C.
      show their knowledge of words
    4. D.
      make up lists of related words
  3. 3.

    Which of the following may be easier to remember?

    1. A.
      Themes learned right before the test
    2. B.
      Rules from personal experience
    3. C.
      Words learnt before a good sleep
    4. D.
      Ideas stored together in the brain
  4. 4.

    What may be the importance of the research?

    1. A.
      It shows sleep may help us manage information
    2. B.
      It helps find out the common themes of word
    3. C.
      It tells us that more sleep can improve health
    4. D.
      It proves the value of old-fashioned advice

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That cold January night, I was growing sick of my life in San Francisco. There I was, walking home at one in the morning after a tiring practice at the theatre. With opening night only a week ago, I was still learning my lines. I was having trouble dealing with my part-time job at the bank and my acting at night at the same time. As I walked, I thought seriously about giving up both acting and San Francisco. City life had become too much for me.
As I walked down empty streets under tall buildings, I felt very small and cold. I began running, both to keep warm and to keep away from any possible robbers. Very few people were still out except a few sad-looking homeless people under blankets.
About a block from my apartment, I heard a sound behind me. I turned quickly, half expecting to see someone with a knife or a gun. The street was empty. All I saw was a shining streetlight. Still, the noise had made me nervous, so I started to run faster. Not until I reached my apartment building and unlocked the door did I realize what the noise had been. It had been my wallet falling to the sidewalk.
Suddenly I wasn’t cold or tired anymore. I ran out of the door and back to where I’d heard the noise. Although I searched the sidewalk anxiously for fifteen minutes, my wallet was nowhere to be found.
Just as I was about to give up the search, I heard the garbage truck (垃圾車) pull up to the sidewalk next to me. When a voice called from the inside, “Alisa Camacho?” I thought I was dreaming. How could this man know my name? The door opened, and out jumped a small red-haired man with an amused look in his eye. “Is this what you’re looking for?” he asked, holding up a small square shape.
It was nearly 3 A.M. by the time I got into bed. I wouldn’t get much sleep that night, but I had gotten my wallet back. I also had gotten back some enjoyment of city life. I realized that the city couldn’t be a bad place as long as people were willing to help each other

  1. 1.

    How did the writer feel when she was walking home after work?

    1. A.
      Cold and sick
    2. B.
      Disappointed and helpless
    3. C.
      Satisfied and cheerful
    4. D.
      Fortunate and helpful
  2. 2.

    On her way home the writer _______

    1. A.
      was robbed of her wallet by an armed man
    2. B.
      was stopped by a garbage truck driver
    3. C.
      lost her wallet unknowingly
    4. D.
      found some homeless people following her
  3. 3.

    In the fifth paragraph, why did the writer say she was dreaming?

    1. A.
      Someone offered to take her back home
    2. B.
      A red-haired man came to see her
    3. C.
      Her wallet was found in a garbage truck
    4. D.
      She heard someone call her name
  4. 4.

    From the text, we can infer that the writer _________

    1. A.
      would stay on in San Francisco
    2. B.
      would stop working at night
    3. C.
      would make friends with cleaners
    4. D.
      would give up her job at the bank

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Antidepressant（抗憂郁）drugs such as Prozac were viewed in the early 1900's as wonder pills that would remove depressive blues for good. But in the past five years, growing scientific evidence has shown these drugs work for only a minority of people. And now a research journal says that these antidepressants can make many patients' depression worse. This alarming suggestion centres on the very chemical that is targeted by antidepressants-serotonin（血清素）. Drugs such as Prozac are known as selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors（or SSRIs）. Their aim is to increase the level of this  “feel-good” chemical in the brain.
But the new research, published in the journal Frontiers In Evolutionary Psychology, points out that serotonin is like a chemical Swiss Army knife, performing a very wide range of jobs in the brain and body. And when we start changing serotonin levels purposely, it may cause a wide range of unwanted effects. These can include digestive problems and even early deaths in older people, according to the study's lead researcher Paul Andrews. “ We need to be much more cautious about use of these drugs,” says Andrews, an assistant professor of evolutionary psychology at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada.
Previous research has suggested that the drugs provide little benefit for most people with mild depression, and actively help only a few of the most severely depressed. Famous psychologist Irving Kirsch has found that for many patients, SSRIs are no more effective than a placebo pill. A research in 2010 on Danish children found a small, but significant, increase in the risk of heart problems among babies whose mothers had used SSRIs in early pregnancy. The key to understanding these side-effects is serotonin, says Andrews. Serotonin is also the reason why patients can often end up feeling still more depressed after they have finished a course of SSRI drugs. He argues that SSRI antidepressants disturb the brain, leaving the patient an even greater depression than before.
“After long use, when a patient stops taking SSRIs, the brain will lower its levels of serotonin production,” he says, adding that it also changes the way receptors in the brain respond to serotonin, making the brain less sensitive to the chemical. These changes are believed to be temporary, but studies indicate that the effects may continue for up to two years.
Most disturbingly of all, Andrews' review features three recent studies which, he says , show that elderly antidepressant users are more likely to die earlier than non-users, even after taking other important variables into account. One study, published in the British Medical Journal last year, found patients given SSRIs were more than 4 per cent more likely to die in the next year than those not on the drugs.
“Serotonin is an ancient chemical,” says Andrews. “It is regulating many different processes, and when you disturb these things, you can expect that it is going to cause some harm.”
Stafford Lightman, professor of medicine at the University of Bristol, and a leading UK expert in brain chemicals and hormones, says Andrews’ review highlights some important problems, yet it should also be taken with a pinch of salt. “This report is doing the opposite of what drug companies do,” he says. “Drug companies selectively present all the positives in their research, while this search selectively presents all the negatives that can be found. Nevertheless, Andrews' study is useful in that it is always worth pointing out that there is a downside to any medicine. ” Professor Lightman adds that there is still a great deal we don't know about SSRIs-not least what they actually do in our brains.
When it comes to understanding why the drugs work only for a limited part of patients, U.S.  scientists think they might now have the answer. They think that in many depressed patients, it’s not only the lack of feel-good serotonin causing their depression, but also a failure in the area of the brain that produces new cells throughout our lives. This area, the hippocampus, is also responsible for regulating mood and memory. Research suggests that in patients whose hippocampus has lost the ability to produce new cells, SSRIs do not bring any benefit

  1. 1.

    According to paragraph 2, serotonin, like a chemical Swiss Army knife, can             

    1. A.
      make many patients' depression worse
    2. B.
      cause a wide range of unwanted effects
    3. C.
      affect human body and brain in various ways
    4. D.
      provide little benefit for most depressed people
  2. 2.

    In Stafford Lightman's opinion,                    

    1. A.
      drug companies don't know the negative effect of antidepressants
    2. B.
      Andrews focused on different things from the drug companies
    3. C.
      scientists have found what SSRIs do in the brain
    4. D.
      Andrews' research has no medical value
  3. 3.

    Which of the following is TRUE about SSRIs?

    1. A.
      They are used to increase the “feel-good” medical in the brain
    2. B.
      They can work even when the hippocampus can't produce new cells
    3. C.
      They create a risk of heart problems in pregnant women
    4. D.
      They are responsible for controlling mood and memory
  4. 4.

    What is the text mainly about?

    1. A.
      The aim of drug companies
    2. B.
      The function of SSRIs
    3. C.
      The side-effects of antidepressants
    4. D.
      The cause of depression

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Pete Richards was the loneliest man in town on the day that little Jean Grace opened the door of his shop.
Pete's grandfather had owned the shop until his death. Then the shop became Pete's. The front window was full of beautiful old things: jewelry of a hundred years ago, gold and silver boxes, carved figures from China and Japan and other nations.
On this winter afternoon, a child stood there, her face close to the window. With large and serious eyes, she studied each piece in the window. Then, looking pleased, she stepped back from the window and went into the shop. Pete himself stood behind the counter. His eyes were cold as he looked at the small girl. “Please,” she began, “would you let me look at the pretty string of blue beads in the window?” Pete took the string of blue beads from the window. The beads were beautiful against his hand as he held the necklace up for her to see.
“They are just right,” said the child as though she were alone with the beads. “Will you wrap them up in pretty paper for me, please? I've been looking for a really wonderful Christmas present for my sister.”
“How much money do you have?” asked Pete.
She put a handful of pennies on the counter. “This is all I have,” she explained simply. “I've been saving the money for my sister's present.”
Pete looked at her, his eyes thoughtful. Then he carefully closed his hand over the price mark on the necklace so that she could not see it. How could he tell her the price? The happy look in her big blue eyes struck him like the pain of an old wound.
“Just a minute,” he said and went to the back of the shop. “What's your name?” he called out. He was very busy about something.
“Jean Grace,” answered the child.
When Pete returned to the front of the shop, he held a package in his hand. It was wrapped in pretty Christmas paper.
“There you are,” he said. “Don't lose it on the way home.”
She smiled happily at him as she ran out of the door. Through the window he watched her go. He felt more alone than ever.
Something about Jean Grace and her string of beads had made him feel once more the pain of his old grief. The child's hair was as yellow as the sunlight; her eyes were as blue as the sea. Once upon a time, Pete had loved a girl with hair of that same yellow and with eyes just as blue. And the necklace of blue stones had been meant for her.
But one rainy night, a car had gone off the road and struck the girl. After she died, Pete felt that he had nothing left in the world except his grief. The blue eyes of Jean Grace brought him out of that world of self-pity and made him remember again all that he had lost. The pain of remembering was so great that Pete wanted to run away from the happy Christmas shoppers who came to look at his beautiful old things during the next ten days.
When the last shopper had gone, late on Christmas Eve, the door opened and a young woman came in. Pete could not understand it, but he felt that he had seen her before. Her hair was sunlight yellow and her eyes were sea-blue. Without speaking, she put on the counter a package wrapped in pretty Christmas paper. When Pete opened the package, the string of blue beads lay again before him.
“Did this come from your shop?” she asked.
Pete looked at her with eyes no longer cold. “Yes, it did,” he said.
“Are the stones real?”
“Yes. They aren't the best turquoise(綠松石), but they are real.”
“Can you remember to whom you sold them?”
“She was a small girl. Her name was Jean. She wanted them for her sister's Christmas present.”
“How much were they?”
“I can't tell you that,” he said. “The seller never tells anyone else what a buyer pays.”
“But Jean has never had more than a few pennies. How could she pay for them?”
“She paid the biggest price one can ever pay,” he said.
For a moment there was no sound in the little shop. Then somewhere in the city, church bells began to ring. It was midnight and the beginning of another Christmas Day.
“But why did you do it?” the girl asked.
Pete put the package into her hands.
“There is no one else to whom I can give a Christmas present,” he said. “It is already Christmas morning. Will you let me take you to your home? I would like to wish you a Merry Christmas at your door.”
And so, to the sound of many bells, Pete Richards and a girl whose name he had not yet learned walked out into the hope and happiness of a new Christmas Day

  1. 1.

    When Pete saw Jean Grace, he was ______

    1. A.
      very enthusiastic, hoping for some business to be done
    2. B.
      cold but he still served the young customer
    3. C.
      cold, unwilling to serve the young customer
    4. D.
      very warm to the young customer though he did not want to sell anything to her
  2. 2.

    Pete did not say the price of the necklace because ______

    1. A.
      the seller never tells anyone else what a buyer pays
    2. B.
      he priced the necklace too high
    3. C.
      he knew it would disappoint the girl
    4. D.
      he didn't want to sell the necklace
  3. 3.

    The eyes of Jean Grace brought Pete out of his world of self-pity and he ______

    1. A.
      tried to forget the memory of his sweetheart
    2. B.
      began to look at the world optimistically
    3. C.
      remembered his lost love
    4. D.
      no longer felt the pain in him
  4. 4.

    A young woman came into the shop because ______

    1. A.
      she was afraid that there might be some mistake
    2. B.
      she thought that the stones she had bought were not real
    3. C.
      she was not sure if she could get more stones like those
    4. D.
      she did not like what she had once bought
  5. 5.

    By saying “She paid the biggest price one can ever pay,” Pete meant that Jean Grace    

    1. A.
      gave the most money for the necklace
    2. B.
      gave all she had with her for the necklace
    3. C.
      appreciated the value of the necklace
    4. D.
      wanted to have the best thing in the shop
  6. 6.

    At the end of the story we see that Pete _____

    1. A.
      found another girl that he could trust
    2. B.
      met someone who truly loved him
    3. C.
      found a place to go at last
    4. D.
      regained his ability to love

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Listening to music can help me focus better. Since I discovered it two years ago，I've used music to get through boring work or to focus creatively. I've found that it can make even the dullest jobs enjoyable and help clear mental blocks to creativity.
I first noticed the good effects of music while playing video games. It was a few days before Christmas in 2005 and I was playing online video games. My parents had just given me a new MP3，so I decided to listen to music through the headphones while I played. After a few minutes I noticed a great change in my style of play. I was playing more naturally. The music relaxed me，and，to a certain extent，distracted me from the game，allowing my subconscious(潛意識(shí)的)talent to come through. The music also helped me block out the outside world. With those headphones on I was like a machine，moving from one task to the next without unnecessary thoughts or actions.  
Music can also have a great effect on mood. If I'm in a bad mood at work，I'll listen to some of Bob Marley's and get down to business. It always takes my mind off what I'm doing and makes me a happier person. The same is true for classic rock. One summer，I did a boring job collecting bottle openers by hand. Without a radio playing classic rock in the background，I would have hated life.
Listening to music with relaxing rhythms and a positive message helps you forget your work and think happy thoughts. But the results you see will depend heavily on your personal tastes. Experiment with the types of music you listen to during certain tasks. By trial and error you'll finally discover your best choice.
I'm always looking for new concentration aids，so I'd love to know what type of music works best for me

  1. 1.

    We can infer that the passage was written in ________

    1. A.
      2005　　
    2. B.
      2006　　
    3. C.
      2007　　
    4. D.
      2008
  2. 2.

    The author first discovered the effects of music ________

    1. A.
      from his parents
    2. B.
      by chance
    3. C.
      at work
    4. D.
      when he was a child
  3. 3.

    The author mentions the experience of collecting bottle openers in Paragraph 3 to ________

    1. A.
      tell us that life is dull
    2. B.
      prove that music affects mood
    3. C.
      tell us how to seek happiness
    4. D.
      tell us bad mood can affect work

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“I've changed my mind. I wanted to have a telescope, but now I want my daddy back." Lucien Lawrence’s letter to Father Christmas written after his schoolteacher father had been knifed to death outside his school gate, must have touched every heart. Lucien went on to say that without his father he couldn't see the stars in the sky. When those whom we love depart from us, we cannot see the stars for a while.
But Lucien, the stars are still there, and one day, when you are older and your tears have gone, you will see them again. And, in a strange way, I expect that you will find your father is there too, in your mind and in your heart. I find that my parents, long dead now, still figure in many of my dreams and that I think of them perhaps more than I ever did when they were alive. I still live to please them and I' m still surprised by their reactions. I remember that when I became a professor, I was so proud, or rather so pleased with myself, that I couldn't wait to cable my parents. The reply was a long time in coming, but when it did, all Mother said was “I hope this means that now you will have more time for the children!” I haven' t forgotten. The values of my parents still live on.
It makes me pause and think about how I will live on in the hearts and minds of my children and of those for whom I care. Would I have been as ready as Philip Lawrence have been to face the aggressors (挑釁者)，and to lay down my life for those in my care? How many people would want me back for Christmas? It's a serious thought, one to give me pause.
I pray silently, sometimes, in the dead of night, that ancient cry of a poet “Deliver my soul from the sword (劍), and my darling from the power of the dog.” Yet I know the death comes to us all, and sometimes comes suddenly. We must therefore plan to live forever, but live as if we will die tomorrow. We live on, I'm sure, in the lives of those we loved, and therefore we ought to have a care for what they will remember and what they will treasure. If more parents knew this in their hearts to be true, there might be fewer knives on our streets today

  1. 1.

    According to the whole text we can see that the first paragraph ________

    1. A.
      explains the importance of a telescope
    2. B.
      shows the writer's pity on the kid
    3. C.
      acts as an introduction to the discussion
    4. D.
      makes a clear statement of the writer's views
  2. 2.

    In the second paragraph the author mainly wants to explain to us ________

    1. A.
      how much he misses his parents now
    2. B.
      why his parents often appear in his dream
    3. C.
      when Lucien will get over all his sadness
    4. D.
      how proud he was when he succeeded in life
  3. 3.

    In the writer's opinion, the value of a person’s life is ________

    1. A.
      to leave behind a precious memory to the people related
    2. B.
      to have a high sense of duty to the whole society
    3. C.
      to care what others will remember and treasure
    4. D.
      to share happiness and sadness with his family
  4. 4.

    What feeling did the author’s mother express in her reply?

    1. A.
      Proud
    2. B.
      Happy
    3. C.
      Disappointed
    4. D.
      Worried

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