____excited us greatly was that the Chinese team defeated their Egyptian team on Friday evening with 3-0.

  A. What      B.That     C. It      D. Which

When the teacher found some of his students getting nervous at the examination, he told them to ____  

A. take is seriously   B. take it easy  C. mind their business  D. come to the point

In front of the temple _____ which came here to be in search of the wanted person . 

A. several police cars were                                  B. were several police cars

C. was several police cars                                      D. several police cars was             

You’ll never guess who I met today—my old teacher! We _____ for 20 years.

A. don’t meet B. haven’t met      C. hadn’t met        D. couldn’t meet

She knew nothing about his journey _______ he was likely to be away for three months.

A. Except                                                 B. except for

C. except that                                           D. in addition

The doctor would allow him to go home _____ he remained in bed.

       A. as though  B. for fear that

      C. on condition that  D. as far as   

In my apartment there are two rooms, _____ is used as a living room.

A. larger one                                             B. the larger of which

C. the largest one                                      D. the largest of which

Sorry to say, our brains naturally start slowing down at the Cruelty young age of 30. It used to be thought that this couldn't be helped, but new studies show that people of any age can train their brains to work faster. "Your brain is a learning machine," says University of California scientist Dr. Michael Merzenich. Given the right tools, we can train our brains to act like they did when we were younger. All that's required is the practice designed just for the purpose: a few exercises for the mind.

Merzenich has developed a computer-based training method to speed up the process(過程)                         in which the brain deals with information (positscience.com). Since much of the data we receive comes through speech, the Brain Fitness Program works with language and hearing to better speed and accuracy (準(zhǔn)確性).

Over the course of training, the program starts asking you to distinguish (辨別) sounds (between "dog" and "bog", for example) at an increasingly faster speed. It's a bit like tennis instructor, says Merzenich, hitting balls at you ~faster and faster to keep you challenged(受到挑戰(zhàn)). You may start out slow, but before long you're pretty quick.

The biggest finding in brain research in the last ten years is that the brain at any age is highly plastic. If you ask your brain to learn, it will learn. And it may even speed up while in the process.

To keep your brain young and plastic you can do one of a million new activities that challenge and excite you: playing table tennis or bridge, doing crossword puzzles, learning a language.... "When it comes to preventing ageing, you really do 'use it or lose it' ," says Barbara Sahakian, professor at Cambridge University.

Dr. Merzenich’s training method mainly depends on ________.

A. speech training                           B. computer languages

    C. the activities one joins in             D. the information being dealt with

By saying "the brain at any age is highly plastic ", the writer probably means the brain can be______.

    A. used              B. mastered        C. developed             D. researched

What can we learn from the text?

    A. Practice makes a quick mind.

    B. Brain research started ten yeas ago.

    C. Dr. Merzenich is a scientist in computer,

    D. People believed nothing could stop the brain slowing down.

Which of the following agrees with the writer's idea?

    A. The training methods work better for the old.

    B. People should use the brain to stop it from ageing.

    C. The training of the brain should start at an early age.

D.  It's necessary to take part in as many activities as possible.

Air and the sun's rays create much distortion, and whatever tends to _____ their influence is useful to the astronomer.

　　A. exclude  B. eliminate  C. extinguish  D. impose

I'm afraid you have no _____ but to come along with us.

　　A. possibility  B. permission C. choice  D. selection