MUNICH— Albert Einstein and Leonardo Da Vinci were in the club; Bill Clinton and Bill Gates are also among its most famous members.

Left-handed people, however, are considered less intelligent or unskillful with their hands.

Schools in many countries may allow children to write with their left hands, but in the meantime “the idea that children should be re-educated to write with right hands has not yet been removed from the heads of many parents and grandparents,” says Elizabeth Werthmueller of the Left-handers’ Initiative in Fulda in central Germany.

International Left-handed Day was held on August 13, 1976 ---it was a public holiday-- in the USA.

Nowadays interest is steadily growing and there are several advice centers to provide advice and actively campaign against the opinion that left-handers are unskillful.

Psychologist and psychotherapist（精神病醫(yī)生）Johanna Barbara Sattler, who founded the first advice center for left-handers in Munich in 1985,can only shake her head over some of the conclusions she’s heard. “Left-handed people die nine years earlier than the right-handers” is one rumor.（謠言）

Sattler says that the process of changing writing hands means a sudden attack on the brain. Memory and speech defects（缺點）are the results, she says, because left or right-handedness, which scientists say is in any case inherited（遺傳）, is controlled by the hemispheres（大腦半球）of the brain. These are connected to the opposite body-half by crossed nerves.

In left-handers, the right hemisphere is functionally dominant（支配）. It is primarily responsible for determining space preferences and thought. This explains why left-handed people are often described as particularly creative.

But in the workplace, they often have problems in using technical devices. However, it is always better to choose another job than to be forced to use the right hand, says Expert Sattler.

In contrast to 30 years ago, left-handers are no longer forced to switch to their right hand in German schools, yet many teachers still have no idea how they can help left-handers with practical advice. Instead, these children often have to hear that they have to get along with “the problem” themselves.

1．The first paragraph tells us that ___________.

A．scientists in the world are all left-handers

B．a(chǎn)rtists in the world are all left-handers

C．famous people all over the world are members of this special club

D．some famous people may be left-handers

2．From the third paragraph, we learn that ___________.

A．students in many schools must write with their left hand

B．students in many schools sometimes write with their left hand

C．many parents insist that students write with their right hand

D．many parents insist that students write with both hands

A．unskillful in the workshop                     B．often full of imagination in their work

C．a(chǎn)lways trying to defeat right-handers     D．often simple-minded and foolish

4．From the last two paragraph we find that ________.

A．people’s opinion about left-handers has changed

B．German students seldom get help from their teachers

C．left-handers at German schools feel disappointed

D．left-handers at German schools find no trouble using anything

根據(jù)對話內(nèi)容，從對話后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。

—Good morning, Sir. Can I help you?

—          1            

—Yes, sir. Which country would you like to visit?

—          2             I am too tired and I just want to relax myself.

—Maybe you can spend your holiday in Switzerland.          3            

—But it’s too cold.          4            

—What about Australia? There is a lot of sunshine there all the year round.

—          5             And I can practice my English as well.

A．Where are you going?

B．It’s a wonderful place for skiing.

C．I’d like to spend my holiday abroad.

D．I’ve no idea.

E．Good idea.

F．It doesn’t matter.

G．I prefer warm places.

根據(jù)下列句子及所給漢語注釋，在句子右邊的橫線上寫出空缺處各單詞的正確形式。

1．Our new teacher is an         woman---she never seems to get tired.（精力充沛）

                                                                                                      1．          

2．Silk from China found its way over land along the Silk Road to India and Middle East in

e         for spices.                                                            2．           

3．He worked hard and made a great contribution, so he was         （提升）to an important  position.                   3．          

4．Thanks to the measures taken by the government, the gap between the city and the country reduced         （逐漸）                                     4．          

5．More mad more people v         to work for the Olympic Games in Beijing. Would you like to join them?                5．          

6．Armed robberies are happening quite         （頻繁） in this area. Measures must be taken about it.                      6．          

7．House repairs, holidays and other e         have reduced her bank balance to almost nothing.

                                                                                                      7．          

8．The football match will be b         live on TV this evening.       8．          

9．Saving money year after year, his parents         （積累）enough money to pay for his education abroad.               9．          

10．The wombat and the small bear come from the same family but d         in body shape and eating habits.                                                                                      10．          

短文改錯

Dear Ms. Donforth,

I’m writing to ask you come to our class for a visit. I’ve             1．          

heard that you have been to Greece. In our Greece unit, we                 2．          

have been learning about it’s rich culture and long history.                   3．          

Since you have visited Greece several times, so I would like to            4．          

know whether you have seen the old buildings here. We have              5．          

learned a lot from the textbooks, but I believe you personal                  6．          

experiences will be a lot better. Your knowledges of Greece can           7．          

help the whole class. Could you share your experiences for                 8．          

us? It will be surely exciting and rewarding. I hoped that you               9．          

will think about my request and visit us as soon as possibly.                10．          

Sincerely,

Jeremy Taylor

隨著廣告業(yè)的發(fā)展，廣告已與我們的生活息息相關(guān)。但是廣告是利是弊？請根據(jù)下列兩組討論意見，用英語寫一篇100詞的文章，并說明自己的看法。文章開頭已給出。

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With the development of advertising, ads have been connected with people’s life. Is it good or bad? We had a discussion.

It is not rare in _____ that people in ____ fifties are going to university for further education.

A．90s; the            B．the 90s; /            C．90s; heir             D．the 90s; their

She feeds the baby 　　  milk and hay　　 　 her cattle.

A．on; to                     B．to; on                            C．with; on                  D．on; with

I spent the morning trying to　　   the documents I needed.

A．round up                 B．round off                C．round out                D．round on

He drew the picture quite  　　 the others.

A．different from         B．different with          C．differently from　   D．differently with

Only in this way            to make improvements in the operating system.

A．you can hope         B．you did hope         C．can you hope　              D．did you hope