When he heard how well the new company was doing, he took a calculated（) and invested all his money in it.

A.when

B.how

C.what

D.that

阅读材料，回答题。

No one knows how man learned to make words. Perhaps he began by making sounds like those made by animals. Perhaps he grunted like a pig when he lifted something heavy. Perhaps he made sounds like those he heard all round him-water splashing, bees humming, a stone falling to the ground. Somehow he learned to make words. As the centuries went by, he made more and more new words. This is what we mean by language.

People living in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fifteen hundred different languages in the world. Each contains many thousands of words. A very large English dictionary, for example, contains four or five hundred thousand words. But we do not need all these. Only a few thousand words are used in everyday life.

The words you know are called your vocabulary. You should try to make your vocabulary bigger. Read as many books as you can. There are plenty of books written in easy English for you to read. You will enjoy them. When you meet a new word, find it in your dictionary. Your dictionary is your most useful book.

From this passage， we know that________ 查看材料

A.man never made sounds

B.man made animal sounds

C.man used to be like animals to make sounds

D.man learned from the animals to make sounds

When he heard the new, his eyes (burned with) anger. 选择能代替括号里的选项

A、looked

B、were full of

C、opened

D、blazed

– Oh, you're back at work？ How was your holiday？ – （).

A. We had rain every day and stayed at the hotel most of the time

B. The ten-day holiday was not long enough

C. I was missing you when I was on holiday

D. I heard you were on holiday, too

laptop. An MBA student at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business, Heard thinks about his family constantly. But because he's away at B-school, he has experienced much of his son's first year via phone calls and digital photos. Says Heard, "It has been particularly hard, not being there with them every day. "

This was his family's choice. It didn't make financial sense for his wife, Eden, a corporate lawyer in Washington, to quit her job, sell their condo(公寓), and move to Charlotterville with her husband. So he went alone. In his first Year each spouse made the 200-mile round-trip commute on alternate weekends. Since their son was born last May, Addison has been doing most of the driving.

As complicated as the Heard's situation seems, it isn't all that rare. In any year, hundreds of couples deal with how to handle the family logistics(后勤工作) of going to B-school. Some choose a long-distance relationship, commuting back and forth on weekends and breaks. Others see partners and children only on vacations and holidays. Still others pack up the family and bring them along.

Being apart hasn't been easy, but the Heards have made it work. On weekends when the couple is in Virginia, they attend social events, so she can feel a part of the community. Heard also avoids Friday classes to gain more family time. "We've gotten into a routine that works," he says, "but I'm looking forward to being home, so the three of us can be a family. "

Any long-distance commute puts pressure on a relationship, causing some couples to drift apart. Being thrown in a rigorous academic schedule for one spouse and a demanding career for the other, the stress intensifies, often distracting students from their studies.

Some schools offer students in these situations a good deal of support. For faraway spouses, there are on-campus social events when they visit, online communities, even involvement in alumni networks in their home cities. But mainly B-schools try to make it easier for students to take their partners along for the ride. They help families find housing, preschools, or local employment.

The decision to attend a distant B-school is fraught(伴随着的) with financial and logistical problems. Students also must decide if their families should stay or go. Either way, schools try to accommodate them. "We have more than ourselves to think about," an MBA student, Cory Hricik says. "It's a family-influenced choice. "

Heard will come into contact with his son in his first year via____________________.

rson were hurt, he would lose the power of doing certain things. And so people thought that each part of the brain does a different job. But modem research discovered that this is not so, for it is not easy to show exactly what each part of the brain does. In the past fifty years there has been a great increase in the amount of research done on the brain. Scientists have found out the way the brain works is not so simple as people in general may think. Chemists fell us that about 100 000 chemical changes take place in the brain every second. Some recent researches also suggest that we can remember everything that happens to us. We, may not be able to think of the things we have heard and seen, but it is kept there in the storehouse (宝库 ) of the human brain. Earlier scientists thought that is not true. As long as the brain is given plenty of exercise, it keeps its power. It has been proved that an old person who has always been active in the mind has a quicker mind than a young person who has only done physical work without using much of his brain.

1.In the 19th century, scientist found that a person would lose the power to do certain things()

A、when he got weaker in health

B、if certain parts of his brain were hurt

C、after he did a quite different job

D、when he grew older

2.Scientists today are still unable to show exactly()

A、what each part of the brain is doing

B、how many chemical changes take place in the brain each second

C、whether each part of the brain does the same job

D、which part of the brain is the most important

3.It has been found that one's brain usually works ()

A、faster when he is old

B、a little now and a little then

C、in a very simple way

D、more complicated than we thought

4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the text？()

A、Scientists are working hard at the researches on the brain.

B、As many as six million chemical changes take place in the brain every minute.

C、A young man doing physical labor is sure to have a much slower min

D、Even an old man may have a quick mind if his brain is given much exercise.

5.The more work we give to our brains()

A、the less result we will gain

B、the more work they are able to do

C、the weaker their power will get

D、the more tired they will feel

毁) fourteen homes. Seven others were so badly damaged (破坏) that their owners had to leave them, and fifteen others had broken windows or broken roofs. One person was killed, several were badly hurt and taken to hospital, and a number of other people received smaller hurt. Altogether over two hundred people were homeless after the storm.A farmer, Mr. Tan, said that the storm began early in the morning and lasted for over an hour.“I was eating with my wife and children,” he said, “When we heard a loud noise. A few minutes later our house fell down on top of us. We tried our best to climb out but then I saw that one of my children was missing. I went back inside and found him, safe but very frightened.”Mrs. Woo Mei Fong said that her husband had just left for work when she felt that her house was moving. She ran outside at once with her children.“There was no time to take anything,” she said, “A few minutes later, the roof came down.”Soldiers helped to take people out of the flooded (水淹的) area and the welfare department (福利机构) brought them food, clothes and shelter.

1、How many homes altogether (总共) were damaged in the storm？()

A.Fourteen

B.Twenty-one

C.Twenty-nine

D.Thirty-six

2、Where was Mr. Tan when the storm first began？()

A.He was in bed

B.He was inside the house

C.He was outside the house

D.He was on the roof

3、Mrs. Woo and her family didn’t get hurt because ______.

A.her husband knew there would be a storm

B.they were all outside the house when the storm became worse

C.she felt the house was moving

D.the welfare department helped her

4、The underlined word “shelter” in this passage means ______.

A.something to eat

B.something to wear

C.somewhere to study

D.somewhere to stay

5、Which of he following may be the best title for this passage？()

A.Terrible Storm

B.A Lucky Woman

C.Good Soldiers

D.Clever People

Close Test

The manager of a small building company was very (21) to get a bill for two white mice which one of his workmen had bought. He sent for the workman and asked him why he had had the bill (22) to the company.

"well ," the workman answered , "you remember the house we were (23) in Newbridge last week. don't you？ One of the things we had to do there was to put in some

New electric wiring. Well , in one place we had to pass some wires through a pipe (24) and about an inch across ,

which was built into solid stone and had four big bends (弯角) in it. (25) could think how to do this unless I had a good idea. I went to a shop and bought two white mice ,

one of them male and the other female. Then I tied a thread to the body of the male mouse and put him into the pipe at one end , (26) Bill held the female mouse at the

other end and pressed her gently to make her squeak. When the male mouse heard the female mouse's squeaks ， he rushed along the pipe to help her. I suppose he was a gentleman (27) he was only a mouse. Anyway , as he ran through the pipe , he (28) the thread behind him. It was then quite easy for us to tie one end of the thread to the electric wires and pull them (29) the pipe. " The manager (30) the bill

for the white mice.

21. A. surprised B. sorry C. strange D. fearful

22. A. to be sent B. to sent C. send D. sent

23. A. mending B. cleaning C. repairing D. setting

24. A. thirty-feet-long B. thirty foots long

C. thirty feet long D. thirty feets long

25. A. None of us B. No one us

C. No of us D. None us

26. A. as B. so C. while D. when

27. A. even though B. as though

C. in fact D. sure enough

28. A. pulled B. pushed C. lifted D. brought

29. A. along B. through C. inside D. towards

30. A. received B. agreed C. paid D. cashed

mportant medical achievements. A newspaper reporter interviewed him why he was able to be so much more creative than the average person. What set him so far apart from others？

He responded that it all came from an experience with his mother that occurred when he was about two years old. He had been trying to remove a bottle of milk from the refrigerator when he dropped the slippery bottle, spilling its contents all over the kitchen floor—a real sea of milk!

When his mother came into the kitchen，instead of shouting at him, giving him a lecture or punishing him, she said,“Robert, what a great and wonderful mess you have made! I have rarely seen such a huge pool of milk. Well, the damage has already been done. Would you like to get down and play in the milk for a few minutes before we clean it up？”

Indeed, the boy did. After a few minutes, his mother said, “You know, Robert, whenever you make a mess like this, eventually you have to clean it up and restore everything to its proper order. How would you like to do that？ We could use a sponge(海绵), a towel or a mop. Which do you prefer？” He chose the sponge and together they cleaned up the spilled milk.

His mother then said, “You know，what we have here is a failed experiment in how to effectively carry a big milk bottle with two tiny hands. Let’s go out in the back yard and fill the bottle with water and see if you can find a way to carry it without dropping it.”The little boy learned that if he grasped the bottle at the top near the lip with both hands, he could make it. What a wonderful lesson!

This famous scientist then said that it was at that moment that he knew he didn’t need to be afraid to make mistakes.

1.When the mother found the kitchen floor covered with milk, she ________.

A.gave the boy a lecture instead of shouting at him

B.praised the boy instead of punishing him

C.felt satisfied with the boy’s trying to help himself

D.calmed down the boy and helped him find a way to clean the floor

2.The child’s experience resulted in the following BUT ________.

A.offering the boy a chance to grasp the bottle

B.benefiting the boy all his life

C.helping the boy be more creative

D.making the boy realize the mistake is of value

3.According to the passage, the way the scientist’s mother used is _____.

A.instructive

B.strict

C.formal

D.strange

4.The purpose of the passage is to show ________.

A.a usual way to cultivate a child

B.a scientist’s medical achievements

C.a mother’s wise way of helping her child

D.the advantages of making mistakes

5.When the mother found the kitchen floor covered with milk, she ________.

A.gave the boy a lecture instead of shouting at him

B.praised the boy instead of punishing him

C.felt satisfied with the boy’s trying to help himself

D.calmed down the boy and helped him find a way to clean the floor