8．Traffic Safety Tips
If you are among those who think that traffic safety tips are something that needs to be given to children and not adults，you are so very wrong．Being an adult，it is our responsibility to set a good example for others．Some of the effective traffic safety tips are mentioned below．
Put your seat belt on．
The first thing that you are supposed to do，and make sure that others in the car also do，is to put your seat belt on．Kids under the age of 12should never sit on the front seat．
（16）D
Teenagers and young adults especially，don't realize the risks they are putting themselves into．Alcohol influences your mood and mind and may not give you the judgment and control that you need to have when driving．Even smoking should be avoided and drugs should not be consumed if you are planning to drive．
Don't try to multitask．
Do you drive，listen to music，eat your sandwich and speak on the phone all at the same time？If you do this，you are not displaying your super powers but allowing different kinds of things to distract （使分心） you．Once you are driving，be it alone or with your friends and family，you are responsible for everyone present in the car．（17）E
Stay focused on the road．
Driving under pressure with your mind full of problems at work or at home would easily allow you to distract your mind off the road leading to an accident．（18）GSleep properly and stay relaxed before hitting the road．
Don't break the signal．
（19）FOr break the speed limit because you re getting late．Don't do that!The consequences for that may actually be enough to separate you from your driver's license on a permanent basis．Make sure you obey the traffic rules and guidelines and do all that you can to be a responsible citizen．
（20）C
Last but not the least，keep your car in good condition．Make sure you are giving your car for servicing and maintenance（保養(yǎng)） on time．Make sure you always check your car tires（輪胎） before hitting the road and don't run out of gas!

A．Be in a good mood．
B．Obey the speed limit．
C．Keep your vehicle in good condition．
D．Drinking and driving has deadly consequences．
E．So stop doing other things and focus on driving safely．
F．Your emotions or impatience may make you break the signal at times．
G．Don't let the things outside your car affect you when you are in the car．

7．Do you still remember a time when the product you bought isn't what you had planned to buy before？Some sort of propaganda（宣傳）influenced you to make that decision．That thing has a name and it's called persuasion，a process which aims to change one's attitude，behavior，beliefs，intention and principles．Persuasion is a very powerful weapon that can be used wisely in all types of businesses，presentations and public speeches．So it's necessary to master the art of persuasion．
There are many benefits of mastering the art of persuasion．Firstly，it can help you convince and encourage people of your class．By mastering the art of persuasion，you can change a person's attitude towards something．We often convince our parents to spend some money and buy us cars，cinema tickets and beautiful clothes．You steer（駕馭） all these actions by using effectively the art of persuasion．Most of us don't even realize that our lives are getting influenced by persuasion．
Secondly，it can help you succeed in a job interview．When you apply for a job，you know there are thousands of applicants for the same job you're eager to get．The only way to stand out from thousands of interviewees for that particular job is by applying persuasion to nail that job．You sell yourself to him，convince your interviewer that he won't find somebody like you else where and he'll look to you in a brighter way than the others．
Thirdly，it can help you succeed in your business．The business world today is getting larger and more competitive and it doesn't fit everyone．Only teh ones who can master the art of persuasion are able to succeed．Persuasion in business can be applied through several ways，such as propaganda and advertising．Therefore，you should realize that persuasion is quite helpful in selling more products or services and can help you succeed in all types of businesses．
Lastly，it can help you avoid being persuaded by other people．Can you recall teh product that you bought in a shop that seemed to be very useful and cost-effective at first glance and made you change your view upon it，but after a while you realized that you wasted your money for something worthless？I know you remember it．And that was a successful attempt of persuasion．You could have prevented that purchase if you mastered the art of persuasion by making the right decision with a reasonable response．

12．What is the text mainly about？B
A．The specialty of persuasion．
B．The importance of persuasive skills．
C．The concept of persuasion．
D．The difficulty of grasping persuasive skills．
13．According to the second paragraph，the art of persuasion canB．
A．help you change others'lives
B．help you change a person's opinion
C．make you have more friends
D．prevent your life being influenced
14．In an interview，you can make yourself outstanding byC．
A．showing your brightness
B．speaking confidently
C．using your skills of persuasion
D．focusing on the job
15．Which of the following best shows the structure of the text？D

6．It's given us robot cars and internet-enabled glasses-but when it came to creating a"Street View"of a desert，Google hit on a low-tech solution．It hired a camel．
The beast has become the first animal to carry Google's Trekker camera，which is typically lifted up by humans to capture（捕捉）360-degree pictures of destinations inaccessible to its Street View cars．
Google spokeswoman Monica Baz says the camel，reportedly named Faffia，was an appropriate way of documenting the beautiful moving sands of Abu Dhabi's Liwas Oasis，a 100kilometer-wide（62-mile）scenic desert，southeast of the city of Abu Dhabi．
"With every environment and every location，we try to customize the capture and how we do it for that part of the environment，"she told The National newspaper．
"In the case of Liwa we made it in a way so that it goes on a camel so that it can capture pictures in the best，most authentic and least damaging way，"Baz said．
Street View Treks have previously explored sites including the Grand Canyon，Mount Everest，the Eiffel Tower，the Egyptian pyramids and buildings of temples around Angkor Wat in Cambodia．There's even a subaquatic Trek of waters around the Galapagos islands．
Of course，while the camel can only be seen in shadow on the images it captured，Google's Street View cars have witnessed plenty of other very strange sights．Earlier this year one clocked what appeared to be the scene of a murder on the streets of Edinburgh．It later turned out to be a trick staged by auto mechanics who'd spotted the car on its approach．Another hoax was about a woman pretending to give birth on a roadside．The service，which began in 2007，has also hosted more amazing sights such as a bare guy climbing out the trunk（后備箱） of a car and a man with the head of a horse．

5．According to the text，RaffiaD．
A．Was led by Street View cars
B．Measured the size of a desert
C．Documented the city of Abu Dhabi with a camera
D．Carried a camera to capture the pictures of the desert
6．What does the underlined word"clocked"in the last paragraph probably mean？B
A．Timed．        B．Recorded．
C．Reported．     D．Approached．
7．What is the author's attitude towards Street View Treks？A
A．Objective．    B．Uncaring．
C．Doubtful．     D．Favorable．
8．Which of the following can be the best title for the text？C
A．New Street View Treks to Capture Pictures
B．Amazing Sights from Street View
C．Google Hired Camel for Desert Street View
D．Google Designed New Street View Cars for the Desert．

5．Shakespeare，more perhaps than any other writer，made full use of the greatest resources of the English language．Most of us use about five thousand words in our normal employment of English：Shakespeare in his works used about twenty-five thousand!There is probably no better way for a foreigner to appreciate the richness and variety of the English language than by studying the various ways in which Shakespeare uses it．Such a study is well worth the effort，even though some aspects of English usage，and the meaning of many words，have changed since Shakespeare's day．
However，it is surprising that we should know comparatively little about the life of the greatest English author．We know that Shakespeare was born in 1564in Stratford-on-Avon，and that he died there in 1616．He almost certainly attended the Grammar School in the town，but of this we cannot be sure．We know he was married there in 1582to Anne Hathaway and that he had three children．We know that he spent much of his life in London writing his masterpieces．But this is almost all that we do know．
However，what is important about Shakespeare's life is not its incidental details butits products，the plays and the poems．For many years scholars have been trying to add a few fats about Shakespeare's life to the small number we already possess and for an equally long time critics have been theorizing about the plays．Sometimes，indeed，it seems that the poetry of Shakespeare will disaapear under the great mass of comment that has been written upon it．
Fortunately this is not likely to happen．Shakespeare's people have long delighted not just the English but lovers of literature everywhere，and will continue to do so after the scholars and critics and all their works have been forgotten．

1．The first paragraph mainly deals withD
A．the great length of each chapter
B．the great varieties in writing styles
C．the richness of the content in Shakespeare's works
D．the rich English language used by Shakespeare
2．According to the author，which of the following remains uncertain about Shakespeare？C
A．His date of birth．
B．His marriage．
C．His life in the Grammar School．
D．His date of death．
3．It can be inferred from Paragraph 3thatA．
A．Not all the comments on Shakespeare's works have produced good efforts
B．The details of Shakespeare's life are more attractive than his literary works
C．Scholars have successfully collected facts about Shakespeare's life
D．Critics are more interested in Shakespeare's play than his poetry
4．What does the last sentence in Paragraph 3mean？B
A．People don't consider the poetry of Shakespeare good any more．
B．People pay more attention to the comment than the poetry of Shakespeare．
C．People can't read the poetry of Shakespeare any more．
D．The comment is printed on the poetry of Shakespeare．

4．Tips for Cooking on a Tight Schedule
From my experience，there are three main reasons why people don't cook more often：ability，money，and time．（36）BMoney is a topic I'll save for another day．So today I want to give you some wisdom about how to make the most of the time you spend in the kitchen．Here are three tips for great cooking on a tight schedule：
1．Think ahead．The moments when I think cooking is a pain are when I'm already hungry and there's nothing ready to eat．So think ahead of the coming week．When will you have time to cook？Do you have the right materials already？（37）G．
2．Make your time worth it．When you do find time to cook a meal，make the most of it and save yourself time later on．Are you making one loaf of bread？（38）CIt takes around the same amount of time to make more of something．So save yourself the effort for a future meal．
3．（39）AThis may surprise you，but one of the best tools for making cooking worth your time is experimentation．It gives you the chance to hit upon new ideas and recipes that can work well with yor appetite and schedule．The more you learn and the more you try，the more ability you have to take control of your food and your schedule．
Hopefully that gives you a good start．（40）FAnd don't let a busy schedule discourage you from making some great changes in the way you eat and live!

A．Try new things．
B．Ability is easily improved．
C．Make three or four instead．
D．Understand your food better．
E．Cooking is a burden（負(fù)擔(dān)） for many people．
F．Let cooking and living simply be a joy rather than a burden．
G．A little time planning ahead can save a lot of work later on．

3．Like human beings，dogs may catch a cold because of cold weather，wet conditions or can also get it from other sick dogs．If a dog has a running nose and watery eyes，coughs or sneezes（打噴嚏），then it is quite probable that the dog has caught a cold．
A dog's cold can get over after a few days without treatment but it totally depends upon the owner to treat it with medications or improve its immune power （免疫力） to get rid of the cold naturally．Following are some of the things you can do if your dog gets a cold．
You can improve its immune power by giving it proper nutrient diet．Healthy food can really do wonders．Try to give it food which is either suggested by the vet（獸醫(yī)） or is healthy for your pet．Increase the intake of food which is rich in vitamins A，C and E．
Keep your dog warm．．The best place for your dog in winter is inside your house．Do not keep your dog outside when it is cold and wet．At home you can also keep the dog warm with the help of carpets．This will make him comfortable and help him to recover fast．
Increase the fluid（流質(zhì)）intake as it helps a lot．Water can be the best choice but you can also add broth （肉湯）in water which will give your dog strength．Warm water will make your dog more comfortable and will also keep the dog away from the respiratory infections（呼吸道感染）．
Steam treatment is considered to be effective in getting rid of cold．It makes the nasal（鼻的） passage wet，which helps proper breathing．Just fill your bathroom with steam and leave your dog inside the bathroom for 15minutes．Do it nearly 2to 3times a day and you will see your dog recovering．
These are some of the things you can do to help your dog recover from cold．However，if you are not able to find any improvement in its health，then turn to the vet for help immediately．Take your dog for regular checkups so as to avoid complications（并發(fā)癥）．

32．From the first paragraph we know aboutD．
A．the difficulty in keeping a dog as a pet
B．characteristics of sick dogs
C．the similarities between dogs and human beings
D．causes and symptoms of cold in dogs
33．When your dog catches a cold，you should feed it onB．
A．its favorite food                  B．the suggested food by the vet
C．some meat and water                D．food rich in vitamin B
34．When a dog catches a cold，it is wrong toC．
A．keep it inside during cold and wet weather
B．leave it inside the bathroom full of steam
C．let it eat too much solid food
D．keep it sleeping on rugs at home
35．It can be learnt from the text thatC．
A．a(chǎn) dog's cold can always disappear naturally
B．it's quite easy to make a sick dog recover from cold
C．treating a dog's cold sometimes needs a vet's help
D．cold in dogs won't spread between each other．

2．There are thousands of products of all colors and shapes in a supermarket，making you believe that they are worth a try．How？Packaging（包裝）is the silent but persuading salesman．
There on the shelves，each bottle，can，box，and jar has been carefully designed and measured to speak to the inner self of the consumer（消費(fèi)者），so that he is buying not only a product but also his belief in life．Scientists have studied consumer behaviour recently and found that the look of the package has a great effect on the"quality"of the product and on how well it sells，because"Consumers generally cannot tell between a product and its package．Many products are packages and many packages are products，"as Louis Cheskin，the first social scientist studying consumers'feeling for packaging，noticed．
Colors are one of the best tools in packaging．Studies of eye movement have shown that colors draw human attention quickly．Take V8for example．For many years，the bright red color of tomatoes and carrots on the thin bottle makes you feel that it is very good for your body．And the word"green"today can keep food prices going up．
Shapes are another attraction．Circles often suggest happiness and peacefulness，because these shapes are pleasing to both the eye and the heart．That's why the round yellow M sings of McDonald's are inviting to both young and old．
This new consumer response（反應(yīng)） to the colors and shapes of packages reminds producers and sellers that people buy to satisfy both body and soul．

24．According to the passage，Aseems to be able to persuade a consumer to buy the product．
A．the pleasing color of the package
B．the special taste of the product
C．the strange shape of the package
D．the belief in the product
25．If a package or a product is round in shape，it canD．
A．bring excitement to the consumers
B．a(chǎn)ttract the consumers'attention
C．catch the eye movement of the consumers
D．produce a happy and peaceful feeling
26．"And the word‘green'today can keep food prices going up．"This sentence suggests that consumers today areD．
A．starting to notice the importance of new food
B．enjoying the beauty of nature more than before
C．beginning to like green vegetables
D．paying more attention to their health
27．It can be inferred from the passage that V8is a kind ofB．
A．vegetable dish          B．healthy juice
C．iced drink              D．red vegetable．

1．Six Ways to Improve Reading Comprehension
    Help your child keep what he reads-a crucial skill，especially as he gets older and needs to gain important information from textbooks．
    Have him read aloud．This forces him to go slower，which gives him more time to hear what he reads．（36）EChoose the right kinds of books．，not have too many new words that he can't understand．（37）D．or else he can't understand  the overall meaning of the story．
（38）C．To gain meaning from text，your child needs to read quickly and smoothly-a skill known as fluency．Rereading familiar，simple books gives your child practice at decoding words quickly so he'll become more fluent．
     Talk to the teacher．If your child is struggling hard with comprehension，he may need more help with his reading-for example，building his vocabulary or practising phonics skills．
     Supplement class reading．If his class is studying a particular theme，look for easy-to-read books or magazines on the topic．Some prior knowledge will make his way through tougher classroom texts．
     Talk about what he's reading．This"verbal processing"helps him remember and think through the themes of the book．（39）BFor example：
●Before："What interests you in this book？What doesn't？"
●During："（40）A．Is it turning out the way you thought it would？"
●After："Can you summarize the book？What did you like about it？"

A．What's going on in the book？
B．Ask questions before，during，and after a reading session．
C．Reread to build fluency．
D．He should recognize at least 90 percent of the words without any help．
E．Plus，he's not only seeing the words，he's hearing them，too．
F．Look up new words in the dictionary．
G．Do you know all the characters in the story？

20．If you talk to a man in a language he understands，that goes to his head．If you talk to him in his own language，that goes to his heart．-Nelson Mandela
But learning a language can seem difficult，so I'm going to provide an overview of the general strategy before we get into the specifics．
Here is the breakdown．We'll go more in depth into each of these later on．
1．Get the right resources for learning：a grammar book，memorization software，and films or books．
2．Get a private tutor．You want one for at least a month．I recommend four hours per day．
3．Attempt to speak and think only in the new language．Every time you can't remember a word，put that word into your m emorization software．Practice your vocabulary daily．
4．Find friends，language partners，and other speakers of the language．Once you can have basic conversations with your private tutor，you need to find other partners．If you haven't already，think about moving to the country where the language is spoken．Consider a group class．Practice continuously．Stop speaking English．
That's the basic strategy．Again，this strategy is intensive，because learning a language in three months is a difficult task．If you'd prefer to learn the language more slowly or you don't have the ability to move to a new country and practice 4-8 hours a day，the n you can modify the plan．It is extremely important that you practice every day，however-20 minutes a day is much better than once or twice a week．
Some of these concepts are hard to understand through the written word，so I created a video series，just for Zen Habits readers，that teaches the steps to learn a language．Get the Hack The System Language Learning Videos here．
33．The quote in the first paragraph is used toB．
A．let readers study a famous saying
B．introduce the topic of the passage
C．show who is Nelson Mandela
D．tell reader the famous saying of Nelson Mandela
34．The passage is written for readers who speakC．
A．French            B．Chinese          C．English      D．Italian
35．The underlined word"modify"can be replaced by"A"．
A．change            B．measure          C．manage       D．destroy．

19．You might think that"global warming"means nothing more than a rise in the world's temperature．But rising sea levels caused by it have resulted in the first escape of an island nation-the citizens of Tuvalu will have to leave their homeland．
During the 20th century，sea level rose 8-12 inches．As a result．Tuvalu has experienced lowland flooding of salt water which has polluted the country's drinking water．
Paani Laupepa，a Tuvaluan government official，reported to the Earth Policy Institute that the nation suffered an unusually high number of fierce storms in the past ten years．Many scientists connect higher surface water temperatures resulting from global warming to greater and more damaging storms．
Laupepa expressed dissatisfaction with the United States for refusing to sign the Kyoto Protocol（京都協(xié)議書），an international agreement calling for industrialized nations to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions，which are a main cause of global warming．"By refusing to sign the agreement，the US has effectively taken away the freedom of future generations of Tuvaluans to live where their forefathers have lived for thousands of years，"Laupepa told the BBC．
Tuvalu has asked Australia and New Zealand to allow the gradual move of its people to both countries．
Tuvalu is not the only country that is affected by rising sea levels．Maumoon Gayoon，president of the Maldives，told the United Nations that global warming has made his country of 311，000 an"endangered nation"．
29．The text is mainly aboutB．
A．rapid changes in earth's temperature     
B．bad effects of global warming
C．moving of a country to a new place    
D．reasons for lowland flooding
30．Laupepa was not satisfied with the United States because it did notA．
A．a(chǎn)gree to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions
B．sign an agreement with Tuvalu
C．a(chǎn)llow Tuvaluans to move to the US
D．believe the problems facing Tuvalu were real
31．The country whose situation is similar to that of Tuvalu isC．
A．Australia       B．New Zealand   
C．the Maldives    D．the United States
32．Which of the following words has the similar meaning as the word"forefathers"in the fourth paragraph？C
A．citizens             B．relatives    
C．Former ancestors     D．Future generations．