17．Your house may have an effect on your figure（體型）．Experts say the way you design your home could play a role in whether you pack on the pounds or keep them off．You can make your environment work for you instead of against you．Here are some ways to turn your home into part of diet plan．
Open the curtains and turn up the lights．Dark environments are more likely to encourage overeating，for people are often less self-conscious（難為情）when they're in poorly lit places-and so more likely to eat lots of food．If your home doesn't have enough window light，get more lamps and flood the place with brightness．
Mind the colors．Research suggests warm colors fuel our appetites（食欲，胃口）．In one study，people who ate meals in a blue room consumed （消耗）33percent less than those in a yellow or red room．Warm colors like yellow make food appear more appetizing，while cold colors make us feel less hungry．So when it's time to repaint，go blue．
Don't forget the clock-or the radio．People who eat slowly tend to consume about 70fewer calories（卡路里） per meal than those who rush through their meals．Begin keeping track of the time，and try to make dinner last at least 30minutes，And while you're at it，actually sit down to eat．If you need some help slowing down，turn on relaxing music．It makes you less likely to rush through a meal．
Downsize the dishes，Big serving bowls and plates can easily make us fat．We eat about 22percent more when using a 12-inch plate instead of a 10-inch plate．When we choose a large spoon （湯匙）over a smaller one，total intake（攝入） jumps by 14percent．And we'll pour about 30percent more liquid into a short，wide glass than a tall，skinny glass．

32．The text is especially helpful for those who care aboutB．
A．their home comfort      B．their body shape
C．house buying            D．healthy diets
33．A home environment in blue can help peopleB．
A．Digest（消化） food better        B．reduce food intake
C．burn more calories               D．regain their appetites
34．What are people advised to do at mealtimes？C
A．Eat quickly．
B．Play fast music．
C．Use smaller spoons．
D．Turn down the lights．
35．What can be a suitable title for the test？A
A．Is Your Hourse Making You Fat  
B．Ways of Serving Dinner
C．Effects of Self-Consciousness 
D．Is Your Home Environment Relaxing．

16．Organic food（有機(jī)食品） is very safe and healthy not just for our body but also the environment．It is free from harmful chemicals that may affect us．It also strengthens our immune system（免疫系統(tǒng)）．However，compared with conventional food，which is more common，organic food is much more expensive．There are a lot of reasons．Growing organic food takes a lot of effort and money and shops selling organic food are using the popularity of organic food to sell it at a much higher price．
The number of organic crops is smaller than that of conventional crops．The production costs are very high in organic farming．Many farmers don't use herbicides （除草劑）or pesticides （殺蟲劑）so they have to get rid of the weeds and pests in the fields all by hand，which adds to the cost of organic food．
Also，conventional agriculture（農(nóng)業(yè)） is heavily supported by the government in terms of taxes，while organic farming gets no help from the government at all．What's more，the farmers can't use sewage sludge（下水道污泥） and chemical fertilizers（肥料），which are cheap to buy．
Another reason is that the demand is much higher than the supply．While there are many people who are trying organic food，there are only a limited number of farmers who produce it．The output （產(chǎn)量） of organic food is low while the transport and packaging costs are the same，which lead to its higher price．
Organic farming requires a lot of things that are not needed in conventional farming．But if the demand becomes high enough，the government might one day help organic farming to lessen the costs．

29．Which of the following is the closest in meaning to the underlined word"conventional"in paragraph 1？C
A．Simple  B．Real  C．Usual  D．Similar．
30．We can learn from the passage thatC．
A．organic farmers use more expensive materials．
B．a(chǎn) large number of farmers produce organic food．
C．the government will soon help organic farming．
D．organic farmers also use herbicides or pesticides．
31．What is mainly discused in this passage？B
A．How to grow organic food．
B．The benefits of organic food．
C．Organic food and the environment．
D．Why organic food costs more．

15．At thirteen，I was diagnosed（診斷） with kind of attention disorder（紊亂，失調(diào)）．It made school difficult for me．When everyone else in the class was focusing on tasks，I could not．
In my first literature class，Mrs．Smith asked us to read a story and then write on it，all within 45minutes．I raised my hand right away and said，"Mrs．Smith，you see，the doctor said I have attention problems．I might not be able to do it．"
She glanced down at me through her glasses，"you are no different from your classmates，young man．"
I tried，but I didn't finish the reading when the bell rang．I had to take it home．
In the quietness of my bedroom，the story suddenly all became clear to me．It was about a blind person，Louis Braille．He lived in a time when the blind couldn't get much education．But Louis didn't give up．Instead，he invented a reading system of raised dots（點(diǎn)），which opened up a whole new world of knowledge to the blind．
Wasn't I the"blind"in my class，being made to learn like the"sighted"students？My thoughts spilled out and my pen started to dance．I completed the task within 40minutes．Indeed，I was not different from others； I just needed a quieter place．If Louis could find his way out of his problems，why should I ever give up．
I didn't expect anything when I handled in my paper to Mrs．Smith，so it was quite a surprise when it came back to me the next day   with an"A"on it．At the bottom of the paper were these words："See what you can do when you keep trying"．

25．The author didn't finish the reading in class because．C
A．He was new to the class 
B．He was tired of literature
C．He had an attention disorder 
D．He wanted to take the task home
26．What do we know about Louis Braille from the passage？B
A．He had good sight 
B．He made a great invention．
C．He gave up reading    
D．He learned a lot from school
27．What was Mrs．Smith‘s attitude to the author at the end of the story？D
A．Angry  B．Impatient  C．Sympathetic  D．Encouraging
28．What is the main idea of the passage？C
A．The disabled should be treated with respect．
B．A teacher can open up a new world to students．
C．One can find his way out of difficulties with efforts．
D．Everyone needs a hand when faced with challenges．

14．文中共有10處語言錯(cuò)誤，每句中最多有兩處，每處錯(cuò)誤僅涉及一個(gè)單詞的增加、刪除或修改．
刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（\）劃掉．
增加：在缺詞處加一個(gè)漏字符號（/\），在其下面寫出該加的詞．
修改：在錯(cuò)的詞下畫一橫線，在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞．
注意：1．每處錯(cuò)誤及其修改均限一詞；
  2．只允許修改10處，多者（從第11處起）不計(jì)分．
    Last weekend I visited my best friend in London，which was supposed to be excited．Melina，whom I have not seen her for three years，offered to take me on a sighting tour by car．Unlucky，she ended up doing everything but that!First，she showed me around the building where she had gotten her first job．Then she drove me to café where she had met her first boyfriend．Before I could say everything，she smiled at me and said she wanted to take me to another place where was special to her．I was very disappointed when we got on the place where she had bought her car!Besides，she kept talk about herself all day long!I was fed up with it，so I couldn't make her stop．When she finally decides to call it a day，she turned around and found me asleep!

13．Gandhi，an Indian national hero，was honored （1）asthe father of the Indian nation．He has been respected and beloved by the Indians．
He was born in India in 1869．Following the local custom，he got（2）married（marry） at the age of 13．In 1888 he sailed to England，（3）wherehe studied law for three years and became a lawyer．On his return to India，he was sent to South Africa to work on a law case．
In South Africa he （4）was surprised（surprise） to find that the problem of racial discrimination （種族歧視）was serious．There he formed an organization and started a magazine to fight （5）forequal rights．
Gandhi returned to India in 1915，（6）whenIndia was controlled by the British．He led the Indians to fight for an end to the British rule and （7）independence（depend） for his country．In the political movement many Indians including Gandhi were put in prison．（8）However，the struggles never stopped．The British government had to give（9）inand India won its independence in 1947．（10）Unfortunately（fortunate），Gandhi was shot by an Indian who opposed his views and died on January 30th，1948．

12．The fact that she is not coming today makes her grandmother feel lonely and neglected．

11．How to Improve Eyesight Naturally
Eyes are important for everybody．You must take care and try everything in your hand to keep them in good condition．Here are some of the tips to improve your eyesight naturally．
（46）AStrain is known to be a factor in many health conditions and eyestrain is no exception．Try meditation，yoga or other methods of stress relief to improve your vision and overall health．
Try palming．
Sit upright in a comfortable chair．（47）FCup your hands so that there is no pressure on your eyes．Let your fingers rest across your forehead．There should be no light entering your eyes．Palming should be done for a period of 5 to 10 minutes to start．Palming should be relaxing．It may help to do palming in a darkened room．
Avoid sugar as much as possible．
 （48）CIt will unpleasantly affect your eyesight，which affects the eyes by producing a larger amount of insulin （胰島素） in the blood．Therefore you shouldn't be having much fruit juice or something that contains a lot of sugar．
Exercise your eyes．
The only exercise most eyes get is that daily rubbing we give them when we're tired or suffering from eyestrain．But eye exercises are actually good for your eyes and can improve your vision．（49）D Blink as fast as you can for a few seconds then close your eyes tightly，open and repeat．Do this exercise 3 to 4 times daily．
Eat healthy．
You probably hear that statement all the time but eating the right foods are necessary to good health．（50）EFoods that are high in fiber，vitamin C，D and beta carotene as well as other vitamins and minerals can help improve your vision．Here are a few foods that can be beneficial to good vision：carrots，eggs，blueberr ies，spinach，kale，grapes，and fresh garlic．

A．Reduce eyestrain．
B．Keep your eyes moist．
C．Sugar is your eye's worst enemy．
D．Give your eyes a workout with the following exercise．
E．You may not be aware that your diet affects your vision but it does．
F．Close eyes and cover them with the palms of your hands．
G．Be sure to get plenty of sleep so your eyes don't strain to stay open during the day．

10．Now scientists have discovered the first evidence that the animals actually behave like their masters．Just like children，they adopt a"look and learn"approach which means they can mimic （模仿） human's actions when going about their tasks．
    Biologists and psychologists at the universities of Vienna and Oxford designed an experiment to test the theory that dogs do have the ability to copy what they see，using a simple wooden box．In the study，ten owners showed their dogs how to open the wooden box，sometimes using their heads to push a handle and sometimes using their hands．
    In the first part of the test，five dogs were rewarded with a piece of sausage for copying their owners'actions．The other five were rewarded with food for not copying，and using other methods．With each dog the experiment was repeated hundreds of times，and the time taken for a dog to get it"right"on 85 percent of attempts （17 goes out of 20）was recorded．The dogs encouraged to mirror their owners reached this point almost three times sooner on average than those rewarded for not copying them．In the second part of the test，all the dogs were only rewarded for copying the method their owners used．The five dogs previously rewarded for copying their owners reached the 85 percent mark more than twice as the other five．
    In a paper published in Proceeding of the Royal Society，they concluded，"Like humans，dogs can't help imitating actions they see．"Going further，they said，"The results suggest the imitative （模仿的） behavior of dogs is shaped more by their developmental interactions with humans than by their evolutionary （進(jìn)化的） history of domestication （馴化）．"
    Caroline Kisko，from the Kennel club，said，"A dog's behavior is influenced much like that of a child learning right from wrong and adopting similar patterns of behavior．We hope that owners understand the importance of their actions and use this knowledge to set good examples and therefore positively influence the behavior of their pets．"
38．What's the best title of the passage？C
A．Dogs Are Intelligent Animals         
B．Dogs Are like Children Most
C．Dogs Behave like Their Masters         
D．Dogs Can Complete Simple Tasks
39．The underlined part"they"in Paragraph 4 most probably refers toD．
A．the dogs'masters                    
B．the magazine's publishers
C．a(chǎn)ll the people involved in the experiment
D．the biologists and psychologists
40．The researchers believe dogs'imitative behavior comes mainly fromD．
A．domestication            
B．human rewards     
C．evolution             
D．human-dog interactions
41．What can be inferred from the last paragraph？B
A．Masters should influence their dogs as early as possible．
B．A man's bad behavior may influence his dog．
C．Dogs can't be influenced by men easily．
D．Dogs always behave positively．

9．Christmas Eve was tomorrow．I hoped one of the packages that held a camera had already been placed under the Christmas tree．It was the only thing I wanted．I had been dropping hints to my parents．I love taking photos．My bedroom walls are covered with photos I had taken with my mom's old camera．I'm always trying to capture those perfect moments in which you can hear the laughter or touch the beautiful scene，but my camera has always seemed to fall short．
    I knew Mom had put a few presents under the tree this morning，so I went on a hunt in my mom's room．I opened the door and found my Christmas present was lying unwrapped on the floor-a big pink cat．I felt so disappointed．
    Mom seemed to notice that，and she tried to cheer me up．"Stacy，I got your present today．I am so excited to surprise you!""I can't wait，"I said．The next day I couldn't wait any longer．I needed to tell her．
"Mom，may I talk to you for a second？"
"Sure，dear．What do you need to talk about？"she asked．
    And so it came-how upset I was that I was getting a cat．
"Stacy，that cat is for your sister Julia!"she said with a smile．
"Then what am I getting？"I asked．
    She just smiled．"You'll have to wait and see．"
    Next morning，I happily got into the living room and sat next to the tree．I pulled out the box with my name on it and opened the wrapping paper to find…
    My camera!"Thank you!"I said to both Dad and Mom．
    Dad picked up the camera and took a picture of Julia，Mom and me．It has become one of my favorite pictures．Just on that Christmas morning，I took lots of photos with my camera-my little sister making a face，my parents giving me a soft smile-and all of these photos have come to mean one thing to me：love．
34．The underlined phrase"dropping hints"in Paragraph 1 meansB．
A．talking often        
B．suggesting indirectly
C．sending presents     
D．taking pictures
35．Why did Stacy feel disappointed at first？C
A．Her mother couldn't understand her at all．
B．Her mother didn't buy her any Christmas gift．
C．She mistook her sister's Christmas gift for hers．
D．She didn't find her present in her mom's room．
36．We can learn from the passage thatB．
A．her mother bought Stacy a camera after discovering her disappointment
B．her mother knew what gift Stacy wanted for Christmas
C．Stacy thought it's OK to have an old camera
D．Stacy finally got her gift on Christmas Eve
37．What would be the best title for the passage？A
A．A Christmas gift as wished              
B．Love is more important than gifts
C．A wonderful Christmas．
D．Love can not be bought．

8．When you travel in other countries，you'll have to get yourself well prepared to ensure your safety and handle emergencies．
Before you leave，you'd better：
1．Take out medical insurance policy and learn what the plan covers and whether departure or return to the hometown is covered．Figure out payment choices，such as whether you have to speak directly with the insurance company，before or after treatment，whether you have to pay first and get compensation later．
2．Keep up to date on all required vaccinations （接種疫苗）．
3．Learn about the city or area where you are going to travel．Know how to say street names and landmarks in the local language．Figure out unique climate issues such as altitude，seasonal changes，potentially risky animals and insects．
4．Visit some local hospitals and write down addresses in the local language along with emergency entrance locations； do the same for dental/pediatric （小兒科的） services．Get first aid equipment with necessary medications．Take enough prescribed medication from the home country．
5．Carry a card or note written in both English and the local language listing your emergency contact numbers，name，basic medical information such as blood type and allergies （過敏）．
6．Ensure a reliable means of communication is available and carry an extra phone battery and a charger．Ensure that housemaids，drivers，office assistants，those who work or travel know how to call for medical assistance since they may be the only ones available in an emergency．
7．Make sure to bring all documents and visas along with you．Plan your journey carefully and carry copies of documents （ID，insurance policy records，medical records） and keep in a place where someone else could access them in an emergency．
31．In case you come across an emergency，you shouldB．
A．carry a card or note which is written in the local language only
B．make sure your means of communication is available and reliable
C．buy enough prescribed medication from the foreign country
D．buy a guide book which includes basic emergency instructions
32．According to the passage，the following are true EXCEPT thatC．
A．you should try to make a good study of medical insurance policy
B．you'd make sure someone will be able to help you in emergencies
C．you'd hide your copies of documents for safety in a place that no one can find
D．you should try to get familiar with the city or area that you will visit
33．The best title for the text isA．
A．How to Prepare for a Safe Travel                  
B．Emergency Help at Home and Abroad
C．How to Know the Place You Will Visit          
D．Keep Yourself Healthy When Traveling．