What a good idea it is that Sarah and Dave are supposed to ______________ as movie characters for the party.

       A. give up                    B. call up                            C. dress up            D. build up

Could you tell us ______ happens when one student in class expresses a personal opinion _______ maybe upsets other students?

A. that; that                  B. what; where              C. that; where               D. what; that

The research carried out by the University of Bari in Italy could help prove hospitals who are accused of wasting money on art and decoration as it suggests a pleasant environment helps patients ease discomfort and pain.

A team headed by Professor Marina de Tommaso at the Neurophysiopathology Pain Unit asked a group of men and women to pick the 20 paintings they considered most ugly and most beautiful from a selection of 300 works by artists such as Leonardo da Vinci and Sandro Botticelli. They were then asked to look at either the beautiful paintings, or the ugly painting, or a blank panel while the team zapped(照射) a short laser pulse at their hand, creating a sensation as if they had been stuck by a pin. The subjects rated the pain as being a third less intense while they were viewing the beautiful paintings, compared with when looking at the ugly paintings or the blank panel. Electrodes measuring the brain's electrical activity also confirmed a reduced response to the pain when the subject looked at beautiful paintings.

While distractions, such as music, are known to reduce pain in hospital patients, Prof de Tommaso says this is the first result to show that beauty plays a part.

The findings, reported in New Scientist, also go a long way to show that beautiful surroundings could aid the healing process.

"Hospitals have been designed to be functional, but we think that their artistic aspects should be taken into account too," said the neurologist. "Beauty obviously offers a distraction that ugly paintings do not. But at least there is no suggestion that ugly surroundings make the pain worse. " "I think these results show that more research is needed into the field how a beautiful environment can alleviate suffering."

Pictures they liked included Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh and Botticelli’s Birth of Venus. Pictures they found ugly included works by Pablo Picasso, the Italian 20th century artist Anonio Bueno and Columbian Fernando Botero. "These people were not art experts so some of the pictures they found ugly would be considered masterpieces by the art world," said Prof de Tommaso.

1.The underlined word “alleviate” in the fifth paragraph probably means “_________”.

A. cure            B. ease              C. improve            D. kill

2.How many artists have been mentioned in the passage?

  A. 4.                       B. 5.                        C. 6.                               D. 7.

3.Which of the following is TURE about the view of Prof de Tommaso’s?

  A. Beautiful surroundings could help to heal sufferings completely .

  B. Hospitals must take their artistic aspects into consideration first.

  C. Ugly surroundings will surely make the pain worse.

D. Both music and beauty can reduce pain in hospital patients.

4.Which of the following is the suitable title for the passage?

  A. Beautiful surroundings can ease pain.           

B. Ugly paintings could be masterpieces.

  C. More research should be done in the field.       

D. Latest environmental research.  

______ strong and powerful China will certainly benefit ______ whole world.

A. A; a                  B. The; a               C. The; the                   D. A; the

 The mayor ordered that the food and tents ________ sent to the people in the earthquake as soon as possible.

  A. were          B. be             C. would be            D. had been

To gain a bigger _______ internationally, many companies are striving to make their products more competitive.

A. hold              B. share             C. interest             D. part

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My first job was at a local diner, where I worked for seven years and learned so many lessons, especially from a fellow waitress.

Helen was in her 60s and had extraordinary self-respect, something I was really lacking. I   36  to Helen because she was doing what she loved—  37 people--and nobody did it better.  She always made everyone, customers and co-workers,   38  and feel good.

Being a waitress changed my life. One of my  39  customers was Fred Hasbrook. He always ate an omelet, and when I saw him coming, I tried to   40  it on his table as soon as he sat down.

Thanks to the newfound confidence I  41  from Helen, I  42   having my own restaurant. But when I called my parents to ask for a loan (貸款), they said, "We just don't have the  43  ."

The next day, Fred saw me and asked,  "What's up? You're not smiling today”. I  44  my dream with him and said, "Fred, I know I can do more   45   somebody would just have faith in me."

  46   he handed me checks totaling $ 50,000--along with a 47 that read, "The only collateral(抵押) on this loan is my trust in your   48  as a person. Good people with a dream should have the chance to realize that dream."

I took the checks to Merrill Lynch, where the money was provided for me. I 49 working at the diner, making  50  for the restaurant I would open during the break. My plans failed,  51  ,and I lost the money.

Later I decided to apply for a job at Merrill Lynch.  52  I had no experience, I was  53 and ended up becoming a pretty good agent. 54 I paid back Fred the $ 50,000, plus 14 percent annual interest. Five years later, I was able to 55 my own firm.

36. A. looked on           B. looked forward    C. looked up     D. looked back

37. A. helping             B. respecting       C. serving       D. praising

38. A. smile               B. comfort         C. drink      D. sing

39. A. regular             B. average      C. common      D. fresh

40. A. have               B. offer           C. leave      D. do

41. A. found out           B. picked up    C. got back       D. took away

42. A. set about            B. dreamt of      C. tried on      D. went about

43. A. courage             B. way         C. idea         D. money

44. A. shared              B. told        C. exchanged     D. spared

45. A. while               B. until        C. if            D. unless

46. A. Long ago            B. Long before     C. Before long   D. Long after

47. A. letter                B. sign         C. word         D. note

48. devotion               B. responsibility     C. honesty      D. effort

49. A. finished             B. practiced       C. continued     D. enjoyed

50. A. wishes              B. suggestions     C.  decisions    D. plans

51. A. instead              B. therefore    C. though           D. meanwhile

52. A. Even though          B. As long as      C. Because     D. As

53. A. hired                B. refused     C. encouraged    D. discouraged

54. A. Fortunately           B. Eventually      C. Personally      D. Excitedly

55. A. design               B. open        C. set            D. expand

It may help you to know that there is no such thing as a perfect speech. At some point in every speech, every speaker says something that is not understood exactly as he has planned. Fortunately，such moments are usually not obvious to the listeners. Why? Because the listeners do not know what the speaker plans to say. They hear only what the speaker does say. If you lose your place for a moment, wrongly change the order of a couple of sentences, or forget to pause at a certain place, no one will be wiser. When such moments occur, don’t worry about them. Just continue if nothing happened.

Even if you do make an obvious mistake during a speech, that doesn’t really matter. If you have ever listened to Martin Luther Kings famous speech—“I have a Dream”, you may notice that he stumbles (結(jié)巴) over his words twice during the speech. Most likely, however, you don’t remember. Why? Because you were fixing your attention on his message rather than on his way of speech-making.

People care a lot about making a mistake in a speech because they regard speech-making as a kind of performance rather than as an act of communication. They feel the listeners are like judges in an ice-skating competition. But, in fact, the listeners are not looking for a perfect performance. They are looking for a well-thought-out speech that expresses the speaker’s ideas clearly and directly. Sometimes a mistake or two can actually increase a speaker’s attractiveness by making him more human.

As you work on your speech, don’t worry about being perfect. Once you free your mind of this, you will find it much easier to give your speech freely.

1. The underlined part in the first paragraph means that no one will _________.

A. be smarter than you                B. notice your mistakes

C. do better than you                  D. know what you are talking about

2. You don’t remember obvious mistakes in a speech because ___________.

A. your attention is on the content

B. you don’t fully understand the speech

C. you don’t know what the speaker plans to say

D. you find the way of speech-making more important

3. It can be inferred from the passage that___________.

A. giving a speech is like giving a performance

B. one or two mistakes in a speech may not be bad

C. the listeners should pay more attention to how a speech is made

D. the more mistakes a speaker makes, the more attractive he will be

4. What would be the best title for the passage?

A. How to Be a Perfect Speaker           B. how to Make a Perfect Speech

C. Don’t Expect a Perfect Speech          D. Don’t Expect Mistakes in a Speech

  SYDNEY: As they sat sharing sweets beside a swimming pool in 1999 , Shane Gould and Jessicah Schipper were simply getting along well , chatting about sport , life and “ anything else that came up . ”

    Yet in Sydney next month , they will meet again by the pool , and for a short time the friends will race against each other in the 50-meter butterfly（蝶泳）in the Australian championships at Homebush Bay .

    Gould , now a 47-year-old mother of four , has announced she will be making a return to elite competition（頂級(jí)賽事）to swim the one event , having set a qualifying（合格的）time of 30.32 seconds in winning gold at last year’s United States Masters championships . Her comeback comes 32 years after she won three golds at the Munich Olympics .

    Schipper , now a 17-year-old from Brisbane with a bright future of going to Athens for her first Olympics , yesterday recalled（回憶）her time with Gould fie years ago .

    “ I was at a national youth camp on the Gold Coast and Shane had come along to talk to us and watch us train , ” Schipper explained . “ It seemed as if we had long been good friends . I don’t know why . We just started talking and it went from there . ”

    “ She had a lot to share with all of us at that camp . She told us stories about what it was like at big meets like the Olympics and what it’s like to be on an Australian team . It was really interesting . ”

    Next time , things will be more serious . “ I will still be swimming in the 50m butterfly at the nationals , so there is a chance that I could actually be competing against Shane Gould , ” said Schipper , who burst onto the scene at last year’s national championships with second places in the 100m and 200m butterfly .

1. What is the passage mainly about ?

   A. Stories happening in swimming competitions .

   B. Two women swimmers winning Olympic golds .

   C. Lessons learned from international swimming championships .

   D. Friendship and competition between two swimmers .

2. Gould and Schipper are going to ________ .

   A. talk about sport and life                  B. go back to elite competition

   C. set a qualifying time and win gold      D. take part in the same sports event

3. Gould won her three Olympic golds when she was  ________ .

   A. 15          B. 17         C. 22        D. 30

4. The underlined word “ it ” in the fifth paragraph probably refers to ________ .

   A. the Olympics                  B. the youth camp      

   C. the friendship                   D. the Australian team

5. What Schipper said showed that she  ________ .

   A. was no longer Gould’s friend            B. had learned a lot from Gould

   C. was not interested in Gould’s stories     D. would not like to compete against Gould

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