John requested that the door to his room     open．

A．be left             B．left            C．is left           D．leaves

—     I bring you your coffee now or     you rather have it with your lunch?

—I’d like it now，sweetheart．

A．Shall，would           B．Will，should           C．Should，would        D．Shall，will

When he was making himself a cup of tea，his parents             unexpectedly．

A．have been arriving               B．has been arrived       

C．arrived                       D．had arrived

—The meeting is scheduled to begin at 7 o’clock

—But     a delay．

A．it will be            B．there has been          C．there will be          D．there is

No one is permitted to enter the hall without first     his identification card．

A．having to show            B．show               C．showing            D．having shown

Do you want to leave everything to your wife in your will，or would you like anyone else              ．

A．to be mentioned                         B．to mention

C．being mentioned                          D．to have been mentioned

Just listen

I suspect that the most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen．Just listen Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our  1 ，and especially if it’s given from the  2 ．When people are talking，there’s no need to do anything but  3  them．Just take them  4 ．Listen to what they’re saying．Care about it．Most times caring about it is even more important than  5 it．

One of my patients told me that when she 6  to tell her story，people often 7  to tell her that they had once had something just like what happened to her．Subtly，her pain became a story about themselves． 8  she stopped talking to most people．It was just too 9 ．We connect through listening．When we interrupt what someone is saying to let them know that we understand．we move the  10  of attention to ourselves．But when we listen，they know we care．

I have ever learned to  11  to someone crying by just listening．in the old days I used to reach for the tissues （紙巾）  12  I realized that passing a person a tissue may be just another way to shut them  13，to take them out of their  14  of sadness and pain Now I just listen．When they have cried all they need to cry, they find me there  15 them．

This  16  thing has not been that easy to learn．It certainly went against everything I had been  17  since I was very young at school．I thought people listened only because they were too 18  to speak or did not know the answer．A loving silence often has far more  19  to connect than the most well-intentioned  20 ．

1．A．introduction           B．instruction           C．attention           D．relaxation

2．A．head                 B．memory             C．mind              D．heart

3．A．talk to                B．listen to             C．object to           D．stick to

4．A．in            B．up                 C．off               D．away

5．A．denying                B．remembering         C．questioning         D．understanding

6．A．managed               B．tried                C．hoped             D．expected

7．A．encouraged             B．interrupted           C．discouraged         D．urged

8．A．Eventually     B．Immediately         C．Completely          D．Especially

9．A．impolite              B．meaningless          C．lonely              D．selfish

10．A．middle             B．focus              C．center             D．choice

11．A．respond            B．compare           C．link               D．regret

12．A．unless             B．if                  C．until               D．when

13．A．down             B．away               C．in                 D．off

14．A．experiment         B．mixture             C．judgment           D．experience

15．A．with              B．against              C．for                D．among

16．A．complex           B．simple               C．complicated         D．single

17．A．mentioned          B．published     C．taught             D．proved

18．A．shy               B．greedy              C．active              D．proud

19．A．strength           B．energy              C．power             D．force

20．A．gestures           B．praise               C．criticism           D．words

There was one shop in the town of Mufulira which was widely known for its racial discrimination．It was a drugstore．While Europeans were served at the counter，a long line of Africans queued at the window and often not only were kept waiting but were treated rudely by the shop assistants．One day I was determined to make a public protest （抗議） against this kind of thing，and many of the schoolboys in my class followed me to the store．I simply went into the shop and asked the manager politely for some medicine．As soon as he saw me standing in the place where only European customers were allowed to stand，he shouted at me in a bastard（怪聲怪氣的）language，which is only used by a boss when speaking to his servants．I stood at the counter and politely requested in proper English that I should be served The manager became angry and said．“Even if you stand there till Christmas，I will never serve you．”

I went to the District Commissioner’s office．Fortunately, he was out，for he was one of the old school；however，I saw a young District officer, who was a friend of mine．He was very concerned to hear my story and told me that all I had to do was come to him personally and he would buy my medicine for me．I protested that was not good enough．I asked him to accompany me back to the store and to make a protest to the manager．This he did，and I well remember him saying to the manager，“Here is Mr. Kaunda，who is a responsible member of the Urban Advisory Council，and you treat him like a common servant．”The manager of the drugstore apologized and said，“If only he had introduced himself and explained who he was，then，of course，I should have given him proper service．”

I had to explain once again that he had missed my point．Why should I have to introduce myself every time I went into a store? Why should I have to buy my medicine by going to a European friend? I wanted to prove that ally man of any color，whatever his position，should have the right to go into any shop and buy what he wanted．After all，the money which I paid across the counter was exactly the same money as was paid by a European customer．

1．The writer was，at the time of the story，             ．

A．a European officer                         B．an African servant

C．a drugstore assistant                              D．a black school teacher

2．The manager of the drugstore shouted at the writer in dirty words because             ．

A．he could not speak English in a polite way

B．he thought the writer wouldn't understand English

C．that was the language he used when speaking to Africans

D．that was the only language he could speak when he was angry

3．In paragraph 2，the underlined sentence “he was one of the old school” means            ．

A．he stuck to those old racial ideas

B．he graduated from an old white school

C．he was in charge of an old black school

D．he was an old official in the government

4．Why didn’t the writer wait at the window of the drugstore like other Africans?

A．He believed his white friends would help him out．

B．He wanted to fight for equal rights of all black people．

C．He thought he was educated and should he treated differently．

D．He thought，being an important person，he should not be kept waiting．

Scientists have recently discovered that mothers tend to hold their baby on the left．Of 255 right-handed mothers，83％ held the baby on the left．And out of 32 left-handed women，78％held the baby on the left As a control（參照實驗），women were watched coming from supermarkets carrying baby-sized bags；the bags were held with no side preference．

Then，dental （牙科的） patients were given a large rubber ball to hold during treatment．The majority held the ball to their left side，even when it was interrupted with the dentist’s activities．

This suggested that in times of stress objects are held against the left side．

At that point，something clearly contrary was observed．A large number of mothers who brought their premature（早產的）babies to a clinic were seen to hold their babies against their right side．

So，115 mothers who had been separated from their babies for 24 hours after birth were observed for holding response．The experimenters presented the baby directly to midline of the mother’s body, and noted how she held the baby．53％ placed the baby on the left and 47％ on the right．And it was also noted that the mothers of the group who had held their baby on the left had already had a baby from which they had not been separated after birth．

Left-handed holding enables the baby to hear the heartbeat．In order to discover whether hearing the heart has a beneficial effect on the baby，the sound of a human heart-beat was played to 102 babies in a New York nursery for 4 days．A control group of babies was not exposed to heart-beats．The babies in the heart-beat group gained more weight and cried far less than the babies in the control group．

1．Scientists found that．

A．left-handed women tend to hold their babies on the right

B．more right-handed women than left-handed women tend to hold their babies on the left

C．only right-handed women tend to hold their babies on the correct side

D．women who hold their babies on the left are nearly all right-handed

2．What does the underlined part “some clearly contrary” in the second paragraph mean?

A．Mothers of premature babies held their babies on the correct side

B．Mothers of premature babies took their babies to a clinic．

C．Mothers of premature babies were seen to hold their babies differently from other mothers．

D．Mothers of premature babies showed no side preference．

3．In one experiment，102 babies spent four day．

A．not exposed to heart-beats                           B．in a control group

C．exposed to the sound of heart-beats                     D．in a New York heart-beat group

4．The experiments proved that       ．

A．mothers have an instinct to hold their babies on the left immediately after birth

B．mothers hold their babies on the left in times of stress

C．mothers of premature babies do not have the instinct to hold their babies on the left

D．mothers find it more comfortable to carry their babies on the left because the heart is on that side

In the age of reality television．success isn’t the only way to the public eye．Failure can also create fame，just like William Hung，21，a native of Hong Kong．

Hung recently has made an agreement with US-based entertainment firms Koch Records and Fuse Music Network．They wilt publish a full-length record，titled “The True Idol” on April 6．

The idol （偶像） is a civil engineering student at the University of California at Berkeley He did a version（改寫本）of Ricky Martin’s “She Bangs” on the television show “American Idol 3”，on January27．The Fox TV singing contest searches for pop stars among ordinary people．In the case of Hung，however, his act was so bad that the judges cut him off in mid-act．Hung’s response，“I already gave my best，so I have no regrets at all．”That’s good，because any common person would have found plenty to regret：The off-key singing．The blue Hawaiian shirt worn with pants pulled up too high The terrible dancing The hips jerking（搖擺）to a beat that did not belong to the song，maybe not even to this planet．It was，by all accounts，bad．

But，it was this very bad act that sold well．

Marc Juris，president of Fuse，explained it this way，“Every one of us is happily guilty of singing our favorite song at the top of our lungs with complete freedom．completely oft-key and completely unworried That’s what William did and immediately won the hearts of America．”

Whatever it is，for the moment it is big．Three websites devoted to Hung have gone up on the Internet in the past few weeks．Versions of his performance have been remixed with hip hop and techno-music and have made it to the top 10 request list at a Chicago radio station．

So，what does Hung think of this?

“There were all these people saying things about me A lot were saying I was very courageous （有勇氣的） and that I was great on the show, but some didn’t have much respect for me and some were kind of mean．”

Now he says he’s not so sure whether to distance himself from the glamour （魅力） or to accept it Returning to normal hasn’t been easy．

1．What is the main idea of this passage?

A．Sometimes an idol behaves quite foolishly．

B．Hung’s performance attracted the public eye．

C．How an unsuccessful person became famous．

D．Success sometimes does not require hard work．

2．What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 6 refers to?

A．William Hung．                              B．Hung’s bad act．

C．Hung’s website．                           D．The public’s opinion．

3．Which of the following shows the correct order of what happened to Hung?

a．The entertainment firms made an agreement with Hung．

b．The judges cut Hung off in mid-act in the singing contest．

c．Hung became popular among Americans．

d．Hung gave a terrible performance though he tried his best．

e．Three websites put Hung’s funny performance on the Internet．

A．d，b，e，c，a                         B．a，c，d，b，e

C．a，d，b，c，e                         D．d，c，b，a，e

4．Why was Hung able to win the hearts of America?

A．His success was based on his own hard work．

B．He attracted people’s attention in the contest．

C．He was good-looking though he didn’t sing well．

D．His character was completely different from other idols’．