9．Have you eaten too much over the holidays？You should try fidgetingfor a while．Those around you might not like it，but scratching （moving your nails against a part of your body） and twitching （moving suddenly and quickly when you don't want to） is an important way of burning up calories．
 American researchers have found that some people's squirming （continuously turn your body when nervous） and wigging （move in small movements，especially from side to side） equals several miles of slow running each day．
 The scientists，based at the National Institute of Health's laboratory in Phenix，Arizona，are studying why some people get fat and other stay slim．
  In one study 177 people each spent 24 hours in a room in the institute where the amount of energy is measured by their oxygen and carbon dioxide levels．By the end of the day，some people had burned up 800 calories in toe-tapping，（moving the front part of your foot up and down） finger-drumming （hitting your fingers continuously and lightly against something hard） and other nervous habits．However，others had burned up only 100 calories．
  The researchers found that slim women fidget more than fat women，but there was no significant difference in men．Heavy people burn up more energy when they fidget than thin people do．
31．Which of the following can be used to explain the meaning of"fidgeting"？D
A．scratching and twitching            
B．squirming and wigging
C．slow running                         
D．moving one's body nervously
32．According to the scientists，the reason why some people get fat and other people stay slim is thatC
A．thin people burn up less calories than fat people
B．fat people burn up more calories than thin people
C．those who burn up more calories than others will be thinner
D．those who fidget more than others will be thinner
33．Scientists found in the experiment thatA．
A．the energy burned up by fat people when they fidget was more than that burned up by thin people
when they fidget
B．some people's fidgeting burned up more than 800 calories，but some people's fidgeting burned up less
than 100 calories
C．slim women fidget more than fat women but fat men fidget more than thin men
D．thin men fidget more than fat men
34．If someone is thin in a pleasant way，we say they areC．
A．skinny        B．bony      C．slim            D．underweight
35．Scientists think a fidget habit to beA．
A．a(chǎn) way to lose fat                     
B．a(chǎn) nervous habit annoying the people around
C．a(chǎn) better exercise than slow running     
D．a(chǎn) habit of thin people．

8．It was a youthful indiscretion（不檢點(diǎn)行為） that scarred the ancient world．
A 15-year-old Chinese boy has been outed as the person who scrawled graffiti（涂鴉） on a 3，500-year-old temple in Luxor，Egypt．The boy's crudely carved message，which was written with Mandarin characters on a bass relief in the Luxor Temple，read，"Ding Jinhao was here．"
A photograph of the graffiti taken by another Chinese tourist quickly went viral in China on Friday after being posted to social media site Weibo，where it received more than 100，000 comments．Users on the website were able to identify of the boy and posted his address online．Over the weekend，his school's website was hacked，and reporters descended on his home in the city of Nanjing．
Besieged by reporters，the child's mother offered a formal apology on Saturday for her son's behavior．"We want to apologize to the Egyptian people and to people who have paid attention to this case across China，"the boy's mother told local newspaper Modern Express．
With China's economy booming over the past decade，a growing number of the country's residents have become global tourists．Earlier this month，Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang addressed what he termed the"uncivilized behavior"of some of tourists that was giving his country a bad name abroad．
The teenager whose act now symbolizes a national shame，meanwhile，wishes he could return to anonymity（匿名） once more．"The boy has known about it since Friday and cried all night．He has had to be moved around because reporters rushed to their house for interviews，"a reporter from the Modern Express who talked with the parents told the Global Times．
On the bright side，Egypt's ministry of antiquities described the damage to the temple wall as superficial and said it would attempt to restore it．
68．From the second paragraph we can learnC．
A．Ding Jinhao is admired by his peers
B．People in China are tolerant of Ding's behavior
C．Ding's graffiti has caused a great wave in mainland China
D．Weibo is very popular with young people
69．The underlined expression in the third paragraph can be replaced byC．
A．Permitted      B．Encouraged      C．Surrounded   D．Determined
70．What is the boy's wish nowB．
A．he wants to live in America to shy away the attention from the public
B．he just wishes he could live back a normal life
C．he wants to go back to Egypt to remove his graffiti
D．he wants to be one of the working staff for Global Times
71．The writer uses the quotation by Vice Minister Wang Yang to showA．
A．Chinese should reflect upon some misconducts
B．China is a civilized country
C．people shouldn't go abroad
D．China is an influential country．

7．Children's lives have changed greatly over the last 50 years．But do they have a happier childhood than you or I did？
It's difficult to look back on one's own childhood without some element of nostalgia（懷舊的）．I have four brothers and sisters，and my memories are all about being with them．Playing board games on the living room floor，or spending days in the street with the other neighborhood children，racing up and down on our bikes，or exploring the nearby woods．My parents hardly appear in these memories，except as providers either of meals or of severe blame after some particularly risky adventure．
These days，in the UK at least，the nature of childhood has changed greatly．Firstly，families are smaller，and there are far more only children．It is common for both parents to work outside the home and there is the feeling that there just isn't time to bring up a large family，or that no one could possibly afford to have more than one child．As a result，today's boys and girls spend much of their time alone．Another major change is that youngsters today tend to spend a huge amount of their free time at home，inside．More than anything this is due to the fact that parents worry far more than they used to about real or imagined dangers，so they wouldn't dream of letting their children play outside by themselves．
Finally，the kind of toys children have and the way they play is totally different．Computer and video games have replaced the board games and more interesting activities of my childhood．The iron（令人啼笑皆非的事情） is that so many ways of playing games are called"interactive"．The fact that you can play electronic games on your own further increases the sense of loneliness felt by many young people today．
Do these changes mean that children today have a less relaxing childhood than I had？I personally believe that they do，but perhaps every generation feels exactly the same．
60．What is the purpose of the direct question given in the first paragraph？A
A．To get people's attention and lead in the topic．
B．To gather people's opinions on childhood．
C．To show who the passage is written for．
D．To compare the childhood lives of two generations．
61．Which is a reason for the changes？B
A．Families are bigger today
B．It's too dangerous to play outside．
C．Children play more interactive games
D．Parents worried too much about their children．
62．What does the writer focus on in the fourth paragraph？B
A．Young people today shouldn't play electronic games．
B．Some games that young people play today aren't really good．
C．Computer and video games have replaced the board games．
D．Board games are much more interesting than computer games．
63．The writer's attitude towards the childhood changing isB．
A．a(chǎn)pproving        B．objective         C．unconcerned    D．optimistic．

6．Women make better drivers than men for many reasons．Why is that，do you suppose？Wouldn't you think that competing at who has better driving abilities is pointless？If you ask me，I'd like to say，men know that women are better drivers but do not have the courage to admit the truth-women are queens of the road．
Unlike men，women stop for directions when they have no idea as to where they are going．We don't drive around for hours pointlessly wasting a tank of gas only to find ourselves heading in the wrong direction．Have you ever be in a car with a man who is lost？He tells you to shut up when you begin to open your mouth．And every five minutes or so he takes a turn going forty-five miles per hour only to find out he's made another wrong turn．
Speeding is what men do best on the road．Traffic is not a race．There is a reason why men get more speeding tickets than women．Not because we trick to get out of tickets but only because we don't get pulled over as frequently．We don't speed．We have more intelligence than senselessly to put our own lives as well as the lives of others in danger．
My largest issue with male drivers is how a majority of them drive with one hand on the wheel and the other hand doing only God knows what．The seat is backed as far as possible，and they're totally lost into loud music beyond a necessary level．You don't ever see women driving like that．
I feel that the above evidence more than proves my points that women are not only better drivers but also safer drivers than men．We women rule the road．Oh，and men，if you want to continue criticizing （批評(píng)） women for being bad drivers，bring it on．We know you lack confidence，or else you wouldn't be wasting your valuable time making jokes about the ones you may choose to spend the rest of your days with．
66．If a woman driver feels lost，she willD．
A．tell the man next to her to shut up         
B．drive aimlessly for hours without stopping
C．take the wrong turns at a high speed        
D．stop the car and ask people for help
67．In Paragraph 3，the writer tries to tell us thatA．
A．women drivers have more responsibility for lives
B．women drivers often play tricks on the police in charge
C．men drivers are more confident and skillful in driving
D．men drivers usually have to be pulled over to the roadsides
68．According to the passage，what does the writer worry most about men drivers？C
A．not stopping for directions             
B．making jokes about women
C．not paying full attention                   
D．getting more speeding tickets
69．Which of the following shows the structure of the passage？C

70．What's the main topic of the passage？C
A．Why are women good at driving？
B．Why do men have better driving abilities？
C．Why are women better drivers than men？
D．Why should women be respected？

5．In America，square dancing has been the most popular form of folk dancing since the early days．In early times，when men and women worked in groups to build a barn （谷倉(cāng)） or harvest crops，they danced when the work was done．The music came from the violin for the most part，but if there was no one to play a musical instrument，clapping was used to produce the rhythm by which to dance．The early settlers danced in a store，in a barn，or in a farm kitchen．
A square is formed by four couples （對(duì)）who stand facing the centre of the square．Each couple stand on one side of the square，the boy on the left and the girl on the right．
The caller is an important part of the dance，since he tells the dancers which steps to do．If the dancers do not know the steps，he teaches them．It takes time to learn to be a good caller，and good callers are always in demand（被需要）．
These are the names of some of the steps the dancers do：Form a square； Circle； Honour your partner； Swing your partner； Form a star．There are many more．As the callers tell the dancers what to do next，they move to form the pattern（圖形）he calls．
Large or small numbers of people can dance at one time．Sometimes 800or 1，000people may be dancing at the same time．Or there may be only one square of eight people．
Special clothes are worn by some when dancing．This makes the dance more colourful to watch．The special clothes are different from place to place．Women often wear full skirts of various colours with a pretty blouse．Men have coloured shirts and western trousers that they wear only when square dancing．In some country areas，everyone wears his best clothes．
Today in some parts of the United States you will find some schools，clubs，or groups square dancing for fun．

32．From the passage we know that square dancing came fromD．
A．the clubs      B．the schools  　   C．big cities    D．the countryside
33．How many steps do the dancers usually do while square dancing？D
A．At most four．    B．At least one thousand．
C．At most eight．   D．At least five．
34．For what purpose do the American men and women dance？C
A．For money．       B．To lose weight．
C．For fun．         D．To show their beautiful clothes．
35．If 800people dance at the same time，how many squares can be formed？B
A.200squares．       B.100squares．
C.400squares．       D．One big square．

4．As we know，most of the material things in our daily life have to be bought with money．But money is not all powerful．Money can't buy many things such as time and true love．There are 24 hours in a day．Sometimes when we are very happy，we wish that the period of happiness would last longer．But no matter what we do，or how much money we are willing to pay，we cannot make a day last longer than 24 hours．On the other hand，when we are unhappy，money cannot make the unhappy time pass away more quickly．True love is another thing which money cannot buy．Suppose we have someone who really loves us very much．Once he dies，he can give us no more love．Can our money raise him from death and make him love us as before？Here we can see very clearly that money cannot buy us love．Money can buy us diamond things，beautiful clothes，but never time and love．So money，after all，is not all powerful．
66．What does"powerful"mean in the passage？B
  A．strong            B．effective             C．great          D．a(chǎn)ctive
67．According to the passage，it is quite impossible for you to buyA．
A．true friendship                         B．real diamond    
C．a(chǎn) large house                            D．a(chǎn)n expensive car
68．Which of the sentences expresses the main idea of this passage？D
A．Money cannot buy time and love
B．Money is not powerful at all．
C．Money can buy people material things
D．Money doesn't mean everything．
69．Through the passage the writer wants to tell people not toD．
A．make money                               B．waste money     
C．save money                               D．worship （崇拜） money
70．From the passage we can see that in our life，besides something material，we need somethingA．
A．spiritual            B．beautiful            C．lovely         D．useful．

3．As the summer time approaches，more and more commercials and advertisements can be seen on the mass media encouraging students to join English study tours abroad．The purpose of these tours is to provide students with an opportunity to learn English in a native speaking environment and use English in real situations．Parents always believe that their children will automatically speak good English after attending these study tours．However，for me，as an English major and former participant of many English study tours，I find these summer tours ineffective．
Parents who send their children abroad for a summer to study English usually believe that the native speaking environment，including the courses，teachers，and host families，can help their children to learn English better．This might be true if the students really study hard and they really get an all-English environment．But the fact is that，most of the time，the tour part is more important than the study part．Although these tours take place in foreign countries，students are rarely exposed in an all-English environment．You will find that，in the morning classes，Taiwanese students would like to stick together and speak Chinese with each other，even though there are some students from other countries．In the afternoon，the students go on a sightseeing excursion with their companions from Taiwan； they speak Chinese of course．In the evening，when students return to the host families，they would stay in their room and share the day with their roommate，another Taiwanese student．People who speak the same language with you is like a log（原木）in the ocean when living in a foreign country where you can not express yourself well，so that you would naturally stick with them．This is especially true with children．
Another unrealistic expectation parents have for these tours is that the experience of living abroad can make their children more independent and mature．However，maturity does not come overnight．It takes time and practice．The most important of all is that they need a good mentor（顧問(wèn)）．None of these exist in the study tours．

30．Which of the following is the most important thing for children who study in an English environment according to the writer？B
A．Host families．    B．Hard work．    
C．Courses．          D．Teachers．
31．The underlined word"mature"in the last paragraph probably meansD．
A．a(chǎn)ctive         B．free        
C．outgoing       D．grown-up
32．What's the author's attitude towards the English study tours abroad？B
A．Doubtful．     B．Negative．   
C．Positive．     D．Neutral．

2．A dog-lover has invented a high-tech way of feeding his pet by Twitter（推特，流行社交網(wǎng)絡(luò)）．Computer expert Nat Morris，30，has designed a system to give his pet a"tweet treat"by sending him a Twitter message．
His dog Toby gets some delicious dog biscuits from a computer-controlled food machine whenever Nat sends a message to"@feedtoby"．
Nat often works away from home and isn't always able to feed Toby by hand．But his new invention allows Nat to feed his dog from anywhere in the world．
Nat said，"Toby absolutely loves it．At first he didn't know what was going on．Now he sits underneath the machine，wagging his tail and waiting for the treats to drop．"
Nat fills the food machine with small pieces of dog biscuits，but not too many in case four-year-old Toby gets too many messages．And Nat has even equipped his house with an online camera so he can see Toby enjoying the food at his home．
But one problem is that friends and family have been so amazed with the"Tweet treat"machine that．they have starting to send tweets to Toby too．So Nat has had to restrict feeding time to make sure Toby doesn't turn into Tubby．
"People have been sending him food at all hours of the day，so I had to limit it to between 9a．m．a(chǎn)nd 9p．m..I'm thinking of doing an updated one which measures his weight before he is fed，just to make sure he's not putting on too much puppy fat，"explained Nat．
How Nat's Twitter Feeder Works：
When a message is sent to@feedtoby it is received by a mini-computer that is linked to the food machine．
When the mini-computer receives the message，a bell rings and Toby comes running over and sits in front of the feeding machine．Next the machine's motor pulls open a trap door which releases a serving of food．
The doggy biscuits then drops into Toby's food bowl．Finally a digital camera takes a photo of him and sends it back to Nat on Twitter-so he knows Toby has been fed．

25．Nat has invented a high-tech way to feed his dog because heC．
A．wants his friends to feed Tody
B．has very strong computing skills
C．is often too busy to feed his dog
D．doesn't like to feed Tody by hand
26．Why has Nat decided to limit the feeding machine's opening time？A
A．He doesn't want Toby to get too fat．
B．He fears the machine will run out of food．
C．He wants hid friends to stop feeding Toby．
D．He doesn't want Toby to be woken up at night．
27．It can be learned from the passage that TobyB．
A．sits beneath his feeder all day long
B．is now used to being fed by machine
C．doesn't know what happens to the feeder
D．no longer receives tweets from Nat's friends
28．Which of the following shows the correct order of how the Twitter Feeder works？C
a．The bell goes off．
b．A message is sent to@feedtoby．
c．The mini-computer gets the message．
d．The digital camera takes a photo of Toby and sends it to Nat．
e．The motor starts to work and opens the door to release dog food．
A．a(chǎn)，b，c，e，d       B．b，c，e，a，d       
C．b，c，a，e，d       D．c，b，a，d，e
29．In which section of the newspaper would you most probably find this passage？A
A．Technology     B．Health   
C．Environment    D．Style．

1．Advertising gives useful information about which products to buy．But modern advertising does more than gives news about products and services．Today's advertisements，or ads，try to get consumers to buy certain brands．Writers of advertising are so skillful that they can，sometimes persuade a consumer to wear a certain kind of clothing，eat a special kind of cereal，or see a movie．Consumers might never even want a product if they did not see or hear advertisements for it．
For example，you probab1y do not need the newest cereal in the supermarket．There are probably many cereal brands on your kitchen shelves．You may not have space on a shelf for another．But if you see ads about a new cereal that is your extra-tasty and has a free prize in the box，you may want it．
Advertising must get attention．To be effective，it must be exciting，entertaining，or provide some pleasure．The secret of writing good advertising copy is to offer a good idea as well as a product．The idea is what the ad is really selling．One example is an ad that says eating a certain cereal will make a person do well in sports．That cereal brand may sell better if consumers think it offers strength and energy．

21．What is discussed in this passage？B
A．The content of modern advertising．
B．The skills of modern advertising．
C．The results of modern advertising．
D．The writing of modern advertising．
22．According to the passage，a good advertisement shouldA．
A．be both persuasive and effective
B．give people useful information
C．show people a product
D．show people a new idea of a product
23．From the passage，we know thatD．
A．modern advertising has less effect on customers
B．once customers see ads about a new cerea1，they are sure to buy it
C．cereal can make people strong
D．cereal is a kind of food which is popular among people
24．What can we infer from the passage？A
A．Customers can easily be persuaded by advertisements．
B．Customers should be persuaded by advertisements．
C．It's impossible for customers to buy a product without advertisements．
D．Customers buy products according to their demands rather than the advertisements．

20．In most situations，light helps us see．But when it comes to looking at the night sky，light is actually a kind of pollution．It prevents our view of some of life's most striking sights：stars，planets，and even galaxies（銀河系）．
"When I was a little boy，I loved the night sky．I remember looking up and the sky was filled with stars．I became an astronomer because I was amazed by their beauty，"says Robert Gent，"Now in most big cities kids can't see the stars like I did．"
      Normally，about 2，500 individual （單個(gè)的） stars are visible to the human eyes without using any special equipment．But because of light pollution，you actually see just 200 to 300 and fewer than a dozen from some cities．Only one in three Americans can see our own galaxy with the naked eyes．Those people live far away from the lights of big cities，office buildings，and shopping malls．
      Fortunately，there's an inexpensive and useful way．If we shine lights down at the ground instead of up into the sky，and use lower brightness levels，we can save big amounts of energy and keep the beauty of the night sky．Many cities and towns have passed laws limiting lights at night，making sure enough shine for safety without creating much light pollution．
      Light pollution affects more than our view of the heavens and can harm wildlife．Migrating birds（候鳥(niǎo)） sometimes fly over cities and become confused by the brightness，flying in circles until they drop from exhaustion．  Sea turtles need dark beaches for nesting and won't approach bright lights．Too much light at night may even affect human health．For all these reasons，researchers are working on ways to use lights only when and where they are truly needed．Everyone deserves to look up at the sky．
 
71．According to the text，using our naked eyes，A．
A．people in remote areas can see more stars than those in big cities
B．over one third Americans can see our own galaxy 
C．a(chǎn)bout one in three Americans in big cities can see our own galaxy  
D．Americans can only see 200 to 300 stars
72．Many cities and towns have passed laws limiting lights at night mainly toD．
A．save the electricity                        
B．make sure of migrating birds'safety    
C．let you count the number of stars             
D．a(chǎn)void much light pollution
73．What does the fourth paragraph mainly talk about？B
A．The cause of light pollution
B．The way to reduce light pollution
C．The effect of light pollution．
D．People's attitude towards light pollution
74．The underlined word"exhaustion"in the last paragraph meansB．
A．a(chǎn)ir pollution        B．tiredness          C．breath      D．brightness
75．Which would be the best title for the text？A
A．Light Pollution   B．Seeking the Sky   C．Stars in the Sky      D．City Pollution．