5、People can be addicted to different things―e.g. alcohol, drugs, certain foods, or even television. People who have such an addiction are compulsive; i.e., they have a very powerful psychological need that they feel they must satisfy. According to psychologists, many people are compulsive spenders; they feel that they must spend money. This compulsion, like most others, is irrational― impossible to explain reasonably. For compulsive spenders who buy on credit, charge accounts are even more exciting than money. In other words, compulsive spenders feel that with credit, they can do anything. Their pleasure in spending enormous amounts is actually greater than the pleasures that they get from the things they buy.

   There is even a special psychology of bargain hunting. To save money, of course, most people look for sales, low prices, and discounts. Compulsive bargain hunters, however, often buy things that they don’t need just because they are cheap. They want to believe that they are helping their budgets, but they are really playing an exciting game: when they can buy something for less than other people, they feel that they are winning. Most people, experts claim, have two reasons for their behavior: a good reason for the things that they do and the real reason.

  It is not only scientists, of course, who understand the psychology of spending habits, but also business people. Stores, companies and advertisers use psychology to increase business: they consider people’s need for love, power, or influence, their basic values, their beliefs and opinions, and so on in their advertising and sales methods.

  Psychologists often use a method called “behavior therapy” to help individuals solve their personal problems. In the same way, they can help people who feel that they have problems with money.

67. According to psychologists, a compulsive spender is one who spends large amounts of money ____.

A.and takes great pleasure from what he or she buys.

B.in order to satisfy his or her basic needs in life.

C.just to meet his or her strong psychological need.

D.entirely with an irrational eagerness.

68. According to the writer, compulsive bargain hunters are in constant search of the lowest possible prices______.

A.because they want to save money to help their budgets

B.because they can openly boast of their triumph over others in getting things for less money

C.and will not have money problems if they can keep to their budget

D.but they seldom admit they feel satisfied if they can’t get things for less money than others

69. The passage is mainly concerned with____.

A. the psychology of moneyspending habits

B. the purchasing habits of compulsive spenders.

C. a special psychology of bargain hunting

D. the use of the psychology of spending habits in business

70. Which of the following statements is true?

A.All people spend money for exactly the same reason they need to buy things

B.Business people and advertisers can use the psychology of money to increase sales.

C.Business people understand the psychology of compulsive buying better than scientists do

D.Compulsive bargain hunters do not have problems with money.

 71..From the passage we may safely conclude that compulsive spenders or compulsive bargain hunters_____.

A. are really unreasonable .     

B. need special treatment.

C. are really beyond remedies（治療）.

D. can never get any help to solve their problems with money.

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4、   Depression(抑郁癥)is a serious problem today．Depression causes workers to be unproductive，causing companies and countries to lose billions of dollars．One expert says that depression is like cancer because it is “widespread，costly and deadly”．Depression hits one person in five around the world．

    Although people have believed depression to be a problem among the rich and educated，studies show that depression is a problem among everyone。Over any six-month period，between five to seven percent of the world's population will be suffering from a serious depression．

    Suicide(自殺)rates among people suffering from the disease in its extreme，or clinical form were 80 percent higher than in the population at large，and sufferers were four times more likely to have heart attacks. People who suffer from depression often have problems sleeping，getting up on time，and doing work productively．

   Depression，which researchers agree has its origin in the genes(基因)，brings loss of confidence and ability to concentrate-making it impossible for employees and managers to work efficiently．

   Depression is made more serious in China by Chinese's inability to face it．Many people believe that depressed people are either weak or lazy．  Besides，there is no good treatment，with few specialists available．

   “Most patients in China just don't get help，”a Chinese doctor says．“In my hospital．I have to see 30 or 40 patients in a morning，just have time to say “Hello how do you feel？”

   In Western countries，people are not afraid to admit that they have depression，but most do not tell it to their boss，because they fear that their boss would fire them．

   “In my experience，aging bosses are the most willing to admit they have it. Because they feel the most secure about themselves，”an American doctor says．

    Hopefully，in the near future，people around the world will be able to admit that they have depression so that they can get the right treatment．

63.Which of the following is true according to the passage？

     A.It is widely believed that everyone may suffer from depression．

      B.Depression brings great problems to its sufferers in their life and work

     C.Depression is a commonly-existing problem only in rich countries．

     D.The poorer and the less educated a person is，the less he will suffer from depression．

64.Compared to normal people，the depressed people are likely to be．

   A.very unconfident and often absent-minded

   B.easy to avoid being hit by heart attacks

   C.working efficiently and productively

   D.either weak or lazy

65.Depression becomes more serious in China because of．

   A.the understanding of the problem

   B.the lack of treatment and doctors

   C.their unwillingness to tell it to their boss

   D.the doctors' careless work

66.What can we infer from the passage?

   A.People are suffering from depression because of the shortage of specialists．

   B.The aging bosses around the world dare to say they are depressed．

   C.More and more patients will turn to specialists for help．

D.Western people are braver than Chinese people．

3、Although many Chinese students say that their knowledge of English grammar is good ,most would admit that their spoken English is poor .Whenever I speak to a Chinese student they always say, “My spoken English is poor.” However ,their spoken English does not have to remain “poor” ! I would like to suggest that there may be some reasons for their problems with spoken English.

        First ,they fail to find suitable words to express themselves due to a limited vocabulary .Obviously the better answer is to expand their vocabulary. However ,you can speak with a limited vocabulary, if your attitude is positive .Others will follow you as long as you use the words that you know.

Second ,they are afraid of making mistakes. Sometimes they make mistakes when they are speaking because they are shy and nervous .Yet students should remember that their goal should be FLUENCY NOT ACCURACY. Your aim in writing is to be accurate following the rules for grammar and using the right words and spelling them correctly .However ,in speaking your aim is fluency. You want to get your message across ,to talk to someone in English ,as quickly and as well as you can ,even though sometimes you may use a wrong word or tense ,but it doesn’t matter because the person you are speaking to will understand you and make allowances for any mistakes he hears.

       The third reason is that not enough attention is paid to listening .You have one mouth but two ears! All that hearing was necessary for you to start speaking.

       Fourth ,most Chinese students are reactive rather than proactive language learners .Instead of actively seeking out opportunities to improve their spoken English they passively wait for speaking opportunities to come to them and wonder why their English always remains poor .If you have this proactive outlook ,then you will see English opportunities wherever you go.

       If you do not use your English beyond the classroom you will forget what English you know .Remember : USE IT OR LOSE IT! You can learn how to speak English better by speaking English more.

60.What is most probably the writer’s purpose in writing the passage?

A.To improve your reading.                  B.To improve your spoken English.

C.To improve your listening.                 D.To improve your vocabulary.

61.It can be inferred from the third paragraph that         .

A.don’t be afraid of making mistakes .Just speak!      B.don’t be nervous ,don’t be shy .Just write!

C.don’t be fluency .Just be accuracy                D.don’t be shy ,don’t be fluency. Just listen and write!

62.The text is most probably taken from a        .

A．teacher’s diary         B．report on study     C．sports newspaper             D．movie magazine

2、   Despite their name, the Want Family don’t want much. They want enough money for a nice house and a holiday every year. But they don’t want to be millionaires. They want to do well at their job. But they don’t want to be the big boss. They do want to spend time improving their garden, visiting their families and taking their two kids, Nicolas and Leuan, to Mc Donald’s for lunch. But they don’t want to be famous.

   The Wants just want to be normal. That’s why they are famous. They have been selected as the most normal family in Britain. After a six-month search for the most ordinary family in Britain, the Wants were selected from hundreds of applicants.

   John wants a job in marketing for a food company. Claire has a part-time job renting out children’s play equipment. John doesn’t understand why they were chosen to represent ordinary English families. How are they normal?

   That is not a bad question. Nearly everyone does some of the things that the Wants do. But very few people do all of them. There have been great changes in the social structure of British life. It is becoming more common for people to have children when they are older than the Wants, and to have one child instead of two. A household with two children may be headed by a single parent, usually the mother. Or perhaps dad and mum are still together, but not married. Or maybe dad and mum are married. Dad goes out to work and mum stays at home and looks after the kids. They have traditional values――Every weekend the whole family goes to church.

   “What we have here is not an average family, but a traditional family,” says Cary Cooper, professor of philosophy at Lancaster University. “There is no such thing as a normal family anymore, in the way there was 20 or 30 years age. Of course the Wants exist, but for what do we need to celebrate them?” Perhaps because we think normal families are an endangered species. Examples of them have to be preserved（保護(hù)）to show future generations.

56.The Wants were selected as the most normal family in Britain because__________.

   A. they represent traditional English families        B. they don’t want much

   C. they don’t want to be famous                  D. they want to be normal

57. The following statements describe the great changes in British life EXCEPT that_________.

A.people have kids later than 20 or 30 years ago    B. some children are brought up by a single parent

  C. most families go to church every weekend     D. it’s more common for families to have only one kind

58. We may infer from the passage that __________.

  A. most British families hold traditional values

  B. traditional families are becoming fewer and fewer

  C. future generations are expected to study traditional families

  D. traditional families no longer exist in Britain

59. What might be the most suitable title for this passage?

  A. An Ordinary Family                   B. Families of Future Generations

  C. Celebration of a Family Competition      D. A Normal But Special Family

1、One night recently, I was driving down a two-lane highway at about 60 miles an hour. A car approached from 36 direction at about the same speed. As we 37 each other,I caught the other driver’s eye for only a second. I wondered whether he might be thinking, as I was, how 38 we were on each other at that moment. I was relying on him not to 39, not to be put off by a phone conversation, not to cross over into my lane and bring my life to a sudden 40. Though we had never spoken a word to each other, he  41 me in just the same way.

    Multiplied a million times over, I believe that is the way the world  42 . At some 43 ,we all depend upon one another. Sometimes that dependence requires us 44 not to do something like crossing over the double yellow line.And sometimes it requires us to act  45 , with friends or even with  46 .

    As technology 47 our world, the need increases for cooperative action among nations. In 2003, doctor in five nations were quickly organized to identify the SARS virus,which 48 thousands of lives.The threat of international terrorism has shown itself to be a 49 problem, one requiring coordinated action by police and intelligence forces across the world. We must recognize that our fates are not ours 50 to control

    In my own life, I’ve put great stock in 51 responsibility.  52 , as the years have passed, I’ve also come to believe that there are moments when one must rely upon the good faith and judgment of 53.  54, while each of us faces the case of driving alone down a dark road, what we must learn is that the approaching light may not be a threat, but a shared moment of  55.

26、The new machine, as is put in the report, will work twice as fast, _______ greatly reducing costs.

A. so                B. even              C. yet                D. thus

25、 In a time of social reform, people’s state of mind tends to keep _______ with the rapid changes of society.

A. terms              B. pace              C. progress            D. touch

24、When you come to China you can’t help noticing a “can-do” attitude and a general sense that this is a society _______ is looking ahead.

A. where              B. as                C. who               D. that 

23、I failed in the job interview last week and only then_________ the importance of English.

A.I realized      B.I had realized      C. had I realized     D. did I realize