–Our food will _______．Hurry to get help from the nearby villagers．

--No need．It will last us for as long as two weeks．

A．lose out         B．give away           C．give out        D．go out

–I have taken someone else’s T-shirt by mistake．Is it Jane’s?

--It ______ be hers．She seldom wears red．

A．can’t          B．won’t           C．needn’t            D．mustn’t

It is a fact that there is a _______ towards regional cooperation．

A．a(chǎn)ttendance         B．tendency          C．pretence        D．fancy

--I regret _________you that John has been fired．

--I can hardly believe my ears．He is such a fine worker．

A．telling           B．having told           C．to tell         D．to have told

–Mum, what did your doctor say?

--He advised me to live ______ the air is fresher．

A．which            B．in which          C．where         D．what

       When I come across a good article in reading newspapers, I often want to cut and keep it．But just as I am about to do so, I find the article on the  1  side is as much interesting．It may be a discussion of the way to   2  in good health, or   3  about how to behave and conduct oneself in society．If I cut the front article, the opposite one is likely to   4  damage, leaving out half of it or keeping the text  5  the title．Therefore, the scissors would  6  before they start,  7   halfway done when I find out the  8  result．

       Sometimes two things are to be done at the same time, both worth your  9  ．You can　only take up one of them, the other has to wait or be  10 up．But you know the future is unpredictable -- the changed situation may not allow you to do what is left  11 ．Thus you are  12  in a difficult position and feel sad．How  13  that nice chances and brilliant ideas should gather around all at once? It may happen that your life  14  greatly on your preference of one choice to the other．

       In fact that is what  15   is like: we are often  16  with the two opposite sides of a thing which are both desirable like a newspaper cutting．It often occurs that our attention is drawn to one thing only  17  we get into another．The  18  may be more important than the latter and give rise to a divided mind．I 19  remember a philosopher's remarks: "When one door shuts, another opens in life．" So a casual  20  may not be a bad one．

1．A．front             B．same              C．either             D．opposite

2．A．get              B．keep               C．lead               D．bring

3．A．a(chǎn)dvice            B．news              C．a(chǎn) theory             D．a(chǎn) report

4．A．suffer            B．reduce              C．prevent           D．cause

5．A．on               B．for               C．without           D．off

6．A．use               B．handle               C．prepare               D．stay

7．A．or                B．but               C．so                 D．for

8．A．satisfying          B．regretful            C．surprising         D．impossible

9．A．courage     　   B．strength           C．a(chǎn)ttention          D．patience

10．A．given          B．held               C．made              D．picked

11．A．near           B．a(chǎn)lone               C．a(chǎn)bout              D．behind

12．A．filled             B．a(chǎn)ttracted         C．caught          D．struck

13．A．dares          B．comes            C．deals              D．does

14．A．improves       B．changes            C．progresses         D．goes

15．A．study          B．society           C．nature             D．life

16．A．faced       　 B．supplied            C．connected         D．fixed

17．A．before       　 B．a(chǎn)fter              C．until                D．a(chǎn)s

18．A．following        B．next             C．a(chǎn)bove               D．former

19．A．still              B．a(chǎn)lso                C．once                  D．a(chǎn)lmost

20．A．treatment        B．a(chǎn)ction               C．choice             D．remark

       You can improve your child's hearing memory considerably．Once his hearing memory has been greatly improved, he'll be able to use and remember what he listens to in class．The success of these suggestions depends upon your ability to use your child's natural desire to take part in games he finds simple and fun．

       A good way to begin is to read aloud a sentence from a book suitable for your child's reading age．Then ask your youngster to repeat the sentence back to you correctly．Next, reread the sentence, leaving out a particular word．See if your child can tell the word you left out．At the beginning use only simple sentences．Gradually, increase the length of the sentences．Make sure you don't rush things along too quickly, or your child may become discouraged and tired of the game．

       Take your child shopping with you often．He's to remember a list of items you want to buy in the supermarket．At first, ask him to remember only a few things．Then, as he shows increased ability to remember, make the list longer and longer．Praise him often and warmly when he shows increased ability to remember things．He'll become proud of his “good” memory and will happily play the game．

       Encourage your child to learn easy and short poems．As his ability to do this becomes stronger, encourage him to remember longer poems．Do the same with songs．

1．The suggestions will be successful if you ______．

       A．find simple and funny games for your child  

       B．can increase your child's interest in the activity

       C．force your child to take in more practice                               

       D．improve your own hearing memory first

2．The purpose of asking your child to repeat what you say is to _________．

       A．practice his pronunciation                     B．develop his reading skills

       C．help him remember what he hears         D．play a simple game he may find fun

3．The third paragraph mainly talks about __________．

       A．a(chǎn)nother way to improve your child's hearing memory

       B．how you should take your child shopping with you

       C．how to remember the items you want to buy

       D．the way you help your child do shopping

4．Who are the supposed readers of this passage?

       A．Children．　    B．Parents．       C．Teachers．　　      D．Psychologists．

       Sometimes people call each other “scaredy-cat”, but have you ever thought about this expression? When a cat is frightened, its heart starts beating faster, its muscles get tense, and there are changes in the chemicals in its blood-stream．

       Although the cat doesn’t realize this, its body is getting ready for action．If the danger continues, this animal will do one of the two things．It will defend itself, or it will run away as fast as it can．

       Something like this also happens to people．When we are excited, angry, scared, or aroused by other emotions, our bodies go through many physical changes．Our hearts beat faster, and our muscles get tense．All of these changes make us more alert and ready to react．We, too, get ready to defend ourselves or run．

       Human beings, however, have a problem that animals never face．If we give way to our feelings, we can get into trouble．Have you ever said something in anger—or hit somebody and regretted it later? Have you ever shouted at a teacher, told somebody you were lonely, or said you were in love, and then wished later you had kept your mouth shut? It isn’t always wise to express your feelings freely．

       Does this mean that it’s smarter always to hide our feeling? No! If you keep feelings of anger, sadness, and bitterness hidden away or bottled up inside, your body stays tense．Physical illnesses can develop, and you can feel churned up inside．It can actually be bad for your health．

       Feeling that you keep all bottled up inside don’t just go away．It’s as if you bought some bananas and stuck them in a cupboard．You might not be able to see them, but before long you’d smell them．And if you open the cupboard, chances are you’d see little fruit flies hovering all over them．They’d be rotten．

       You can try to treat emotions as if they were bananas in the cupboard, you can hide them and you can pretend they don’t exist, but they’ll still be around．And at last you’ll have to deal with them, just like those bananas．

1．It is mentioned in the passage that human beings get into trouble because they______．

       A．a(chǎn)re not as alert as animals

       B．sometimes can’t control their feeling

       C．a(chǎn)lways do something wrong to other people

       D．don’t pay attention to their physical changes

2．The underlined words “churned up” in the 5th paragraph mean “_________”．

       A．very shocked                                      B．beaten heavily

       C．very frightened                                    D．disturbed badly

3．The author wants to tell us in the last two paragraphs that_________．

       A．you’ll not completely get away from your feelings

       B．you should treat emotions as bananas in a cupboard

       C．feeling will gradually disappear when you hold them in

       D．it is good for your health to keep pleasant feelings inside

4．The author writes this article in order to_________．

       A．tell us that it isn’t good to keep feelings inside

       B．give us some advice on how to express our feelings

       C．make us deal with feelings in a wise way

       D．make us know that it isn’t always wise to express our feelings freely

       To what degree can a computer achieve intelligence? The answer to this question may lie in a newly-developed US computer program called Smarter Child and the Internet．

       If you ran into Smarter Child online, you would be surprised at this kid’s huge memory．It can recite many facts．For example, Smarter Child knows every baseball player in every team this season．

       He knows every word in the dictionary and the weather in every major city areas across the US．However, if you ask Smarter Child other questions, you get strange answers．A question about Smarter Child’s age returns．“One year, 11 days, 16 hours, 7 minutes, and 47 seconds!” Asking where he lives，you get, “In a clean room in a high-tech building in California．”

       Smarter Child uses the vast information on the World Wide Web as his memory bank．To answer questions about spelling, for instance, Smarter Child goes to American Heritage Dictionary online．For the weather, he visits www．intellicast．com．

       Some scientists believe that by joining the many systems of the Internet, an artificial being with the combined knowledge of, say, Albert Einstein, Richard Nixon and Britney Spears can be born．However, if Smarter Child wants to think and learn on his own like the boy-computer David in the movie A．I．（Artificial Intelligence）, he must overcome two problems．

       The first is that computers find it difficult to read web pages because the files are labeled in different ways．That’s why programmers need to tell Smarter Child where to look for the weather．It would be a much more difficult task to let him find it himself．

       Another problem is that while Smarter Child can process information more exactly and faster than any human, he lacks common sense—a basic grounding of knowledge that is obvious to any young child．

1．From the text we can infer that www．intellicast．com is a website          ．

       A．which is specially designed to help Smarter Child

       B．where we people can find Smarter Child

       C．where weather forecasts are made

       D．which is about artificial intelligence

2．It is probably most difficult for Smarter Child to         ．

       A．tell us how to spell a difficult word

       B．tell us how the American government is run

       C．provide us with a famous poem by Shakespeare

       D．learn the ability to tell right behaviors from wrong ones

3．Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?

       A．Smart Child has his own memory bank big enough for all kinds of information．

       B．A．I．（Artificial Intelligence） is probably the name of a film about a boy-computer．

       C．Smart Child can recognize different files and find information needed on his own．

       D．We have similar product now which has the knowledge of Einstein, Nixon and Spears．

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

       A．A New Web Child B．Smarter Child

       C．The Future of Internet                          D．Intelligence Development

       American pilots use enemy tactics（戰(zhàn)術(shù)）, fly F-5E Tigers painted to look like Migs, and line other American planes up in the cross airs of their weapons．

       Operation Red Flag is a training program operated by the US Air Force at Nell in Air Force Base in Nevada, where pilots from all over the United States come to complete their training or to take “refresher course”, as, each day, imitated （模仿） battles are performed high over the Nevada desert．Trainees in American planes try hard to fight off the planes from the Operation Red squadron（中隊）．

       Only the best pilots fly the Red Flag planes．The F-5E was chosen because it looks and performs like a Russian fighter, the Mig．The pilots in these planes have gone through extensive training to enable them to imitate Russian pilots．They read the Russian newspapers; their briefing room has Russian pictures on the walls; the pilots learn how Russian pilots grow up, how they are trained, how they think and in their planes, flying over wooden models of Russian tanks and trucks, they fly like Russian pilots．After each day's battle is over, they lecture the new pilots about the day's failures or success and about Russian tactics．

       Until Operation Red Flag began, American pilots finished their training by performing battles against other American pilots．But enemy pilots use different tactics, relying on radar rather than sight to spot the enemy．Now the training of American pilots is much more realistic．Computers and gun cameras record the battles for later analysis．Now a pilot can fly against an “enemy” and have a chance to learn his mistakes—before the mistakes have become very serious．

1．We can conclude from the passage that_________．

       A．several pilots in Operation Red Flag have been killed because they made mistakes

       B．most of the time arranged for Operation Red-Flag is spent in lecture

       C．Russian provides a similar program for Russian pilots in American tactics

       D．Operation Red Flag tries to make the program as realistic as possible

2．The passage suggests that__________．

       A．funds for Operation Red Flag have been cut back since the end of the cold war

       B．the Air Force accept only former Russian pilots for Operation Red Flag

       C．classroom training and basic flying lessons are not enough to prepare a pilot for battle

       D．Russian pilots are better fighters than American pilots

3．The main idea of the passage is that __________．

       A．learning to fly Russian Migs was necessary for American pilots

       B．American pilots were trained in imitated battles

       C．the Russian Air Force trains its pilots well

       D．Russian pilots fly differently from American pilots