---I went to the beach and got plenty of rest.

   ---       You looked tired last time I saw you.

   A.I had hoped so    B.Really?      C.I’m glad you did     D.That sounds a good idea

Someone who lacks staying power and perseverance is unlikely to _________a good researcher.

A．make 　　　　　　　　　　　　B．turn

C．get 　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．grow

With the change of the economic foundation，the entire immense superstructure is _____ rapidly transformed.

   A. anything but     B. more or less       C. at length        D. any more

At the end of last year, New York's stock market fell, ________a global financial crisis.

A. setting off         B. driving off               C. giving off          D. laying off

Richardson______from his studies that gender equality is still a long way off.

       A.accounted    B.concluded    C.resulted       D.confirmed

—How did you do in the driving test yesterday?

   —I had a narrow ______. My month-long practice gave me some comfort.

A. chance              B. surprise            C. hope               D. pass

I thought it was __________ to donate money to this fund.

A. worth      B. worthy      C. worthwhile      D. worthless

When you read English texts, you’d better make a mark    you have any questions.

A. at which B. at where C . the place where D. where

B

I found a website that has changed my life. The website is wishuponahero.com and it is all about people helping others, not expecting anything in return.

I am a single mom with a son. My son’s 12th birthday was on October 29th, 2007. Knowing that I didn’t have money to buy him a birthday gift had broken my heart. So, I decided to post a wish on wishuponahero.com for people to send my son birthday cards.

Many cards just started coming in and my little son was very excited and this went on for about three weeks. The smile on his face and the sparkle (閃光) in his eyes brought me to tears.

Then, at the end of November, he started thinking about Christmas and he already knew that there would not be a tree for him because we didn’t have enough money. However it didn’t matter to him. All he talked about was how much he wanted to make other children smile. So he decided to earn money to buy Christmas cards and send them to other children from poor families. My son went out daily and raked leaves and walked some dogs to make money. Not only did he buy cards, but he also made enough money to buy all the stamps and lollipops to send with the cards. He sent out about 100 cards. Doing this brought him the same smile and sparkle in his eyes as the birthday cards that he received did.

60. The single mother posted a wish on wishuponahero.com because ______.

A. she wanted to send her son a card on the website

B. she liked the website very much

C. she was too poor to buy her son a birthday present

D. she thought her son would like the website very much

61. What did the son do for other poor children on Christmas?

A. He sent them his own Christmas tree.

B. He earned money to send them cards with candy.

C. He raked leaves and walked dogs for them.

D. He made some lollipops to make them smile.

62. Why was there sparkle in the son’s eyes at the end of the story?

A. He thought of his birthday cards and other good people.

B. He earned a lot of money by himself.

C. He thought of what his mother had done for him.

D. He was glad and excited to help other poor children.

63. What can we conclude from the story?

A. Surfing the Internet is of great use.

B. One should take care of his or her children.

C. People can ask for help from wishuponahero.com.

D. Learning to give makes one’s life more meaningful.

Do you find getting up in the morning so difficult that it's painful? This might be called laziness, but Dr. Kleitman has a new explanation. He has proved that everyone has a daily energy cycle.         

During the hours when you labor through your work you may say that you're “hot”. That's true. The time of day when you feel most energetic is when your cycle of body temperature is at its peak(高峰). For some people the peak comes before noon. For others it comes in the afternoon or evening. No one has discovered why this is so, but it leads to such familiar monologues ( 自言自語(yǔ) ) as: “Get up, John! You'll be late for work again!” The possible explanation to the trouble is that John is at his temperature-and- energy peak in the evening. Much family quarrelling ends when husbands and wives realize what these energy cycles mean, and which cycle each member of the family has.

You can't change your energy cycle, but you can learn to make your life fit it better. Habit can help, Dr. Kleitman believes. Maybe you're sleepy in the evening but feel you must stay up late anyway. Counteract ( 對(duì)抗 ) your cycle to some extent by habitually staying up later than you want to. If your energy is low in the morning but you have an important job to do early in the day, rise before your usual hour. This won't change your cycle, but you'll get up steam ( 鼓起干勁 ) and work better at your low point.

Get off to a slow start which saves your energy. Get up with a leisurely yawn and stretch. Sit on the edge of the bed a minute before putting your feet on the floor. Avoid the troublesome search for clean clothes by laying them out the night before. Whenever possible, do routine work in the afternoon and save tasks requiring more energy or concentration for your sharper hours.

If a person finds getting up early a problem, most probably________.

A. he is a lazy person              

B. he refuses to follow his own energy cycle

C. he is not sure when his energy is low     

D.he is at his peak in the afternoon or evening

Which of the following may lead to family quarrels according to the passage?

A.Unawareness of energy cycles.      B.Familiar monologues.

C.A change in a family member's energy cycle.

D.Attempts to control the energy cycle of other family members.

. If one wants to work more efficiently at his low point in the morning, he should________.

A.change his energy cycle                B.overcome his laziness

C.get up earlier than usual                D. go to bed earlier

Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A.Getting off to work with a minimum effort helps save one's energy.

B.Dr. Kleitman explains why people reach their peaks at different hours of day.

C.Habits help a person adapt to his own energy cycle.

D.Children have energy cycles, too.