1、All approaches to________ the problem are very reasonable.
A．solve
B．solving
C．solved
D．to solve
2、Miss Green thought __________ a great honor to be invited to speak to all of us.
A．that B．this C．it D．her
3、On the way, they fired on settlers’ houses and stole about twenty and six horses.
A.cattles B.head of cattles C.head of cattle D.heads of cattle
4、Jenny _______ have kept her word. I wonder why she changed her mind.
A.must B.should C.need D.would
5、---Was Peter there when you arrived?
--Yes,but he ___ soon afterwards.
A. left B. had left
C. will leave D. leaves
6、If you want to see the chairman, you’d better make an with his secretary first.
A. amusement B. achievement
C. appointment D. argument
7、Peter’s teacher is so proud that he is the only one of the brightest students ________ his degree.
A. received B. has received C. who receive D. receiving
8、Children like to _____ what they have but others don’t have, which makes them proud.
A. cheer up B. give up
C. show off D. put off
9、We the difficulty together, but why didn’t you tell me?
A. should face B. might face
C. could have face D. must have faced
10、So involved in his teaching business has Mr. Wang become that he can hardly ________ his family at weekends.
A．march
B．elect
C．socialise
D．accompany
11、---The family ________ when I came in.
A．was playing cards
B．were playing cards
C．are playing cards
12、— What about bringing my classmate to your birthday party?
— ________ The more, the happier.
A．No way!
B．So what?
C．Why not?
D．Enjoy yourself!
13、What is the best way you think ________the living conditions in the mountainous area?
A．of to improve
B．to improve
C．of improving
D．of having improved
14、 Pandas are native ______ China.
A．with B．to
C．for D．in
15、__________ you know, this is the day the quake happened
A. It B. As C. That D. What
16、See if you can understand the following. _______, you can look them up in the dictionary.
A．If any
B．If possible
C．If needed
D．If not
17、In fact, people from different continents prefer to________ the diversity of products ________ by various companies.
A．enjoying, made
B．enjoying, making
C．enjoy, making
D．enjoy, made
18、He is always seeking excuses for the debt, but I'd rather he __________ it off as early as possible.
A．would pay
B．would have paid
C．had paid
D．paid
19、First, gradually increase a gentle walk to 20 minutes. This can be done every day or _____.
A. every another day
B. every other day
C. every other days
D. every the other day
20、The professor announced, "I have another plan in which I compare just your final grade and what you did on the Final Exam. Then ________ is higher of the two is what I will take to determine your overall course grade."
A．what
B．whatever
C．which
D．whichever
21、Free Help for Mothers of 2-3 Year Olds
The Point of Woods Laboratory and Parenting Clinic at Stony Brook University is seeking volunteers for a research study that offers free help for mothers who are having difficulty managing their challenging2-3 year old kids. To obtain more information and to find out if you may qualify, call the Parenting Study at (631)632-7874
Women's Heart Health series
The Stony Brook Heart Center is presenting a lunchtime symposium (座谈会) focusing on heart diseases in women.
The symposium, which is free of charge, begins on Thursday June 13h from 12: 00 am to 1:00 pm, lecture hall 6.
Lunch will be provided and pre-registration is required. The series will continue on Thursday July 11th and Thursday August 15th. To register or find out more information, call 632-7415.
Summer Camp at Stony Brook June 24- August 16
The Summer Camp at Stony Brook is back for its third exciting year. The Camp combines a unique twist of educational activities and athletics for children between the ages of 5-12. Tuition includes provision of a camp T-shirt, as well as a hot lunch and snacks each day. For more information please call the Camp office at 632-4550.
Visit our website at www.stonybrook.edu/daycamp.10% Discount on Tuition for Stony Brook Staff Members.
【1】What does the writer of this passage intend to do?
A.To attract readers under 12
B.To provide choices of after-chool activities
C.To make an announcement for Stony Brook
D.To persuade people to became the member of Stony Brook
【2】If you have a child in primary school, you'd probably be interested in calling .
A.632-7415 B.632-4550
C.632-7874 D.(631)632-7874
【3】Stony Brook University staff members .
A.can take part in the lunch symposium on Thursday June 13th without making an appointment
B.should pay for the advice from Woods Laboratory and Parenting Clinic on how to care for2-3 year olds
C.need only to pay 90% of the fees if their children participate in the summer camp
D.will have their heart examined in the clinic free of charge
22、It is one of the oldest magic tricks in the book—a magician locks a woman in a box, with her head and feet sticking out from either end, and saws (锯) it in half. But when she finally jumps out of the box, the woman is unharmed.
This trick was introduced nearly a century ago. It has been around for some time, but it never goes wrong. Why is it so successful? The answer is simple: the human mind is easily fooled.
Our brain processes the world around us based on information that sensory organs, including the eyes, pick up. For instance, when we see a cow or a horse standing behind a tree, we automatically “fill in” the part of the animal’s body that is hidden from our sight. “So the brain is taking this kind of very sparse (匮乏的) information about the world and it’s generating this rich world by filling in information,” Stephen Macknik, a scientist at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Arizona, US, told Science magazine.
But since our brains are filling in the gaps, sometimes they get it wrong. They tend to be driven by our previous experiences and we expect things to go as they have in the past even if sometimes they do not.
This tendency explains magicians’ success in fooling people with well-known coin tricks. For example, when you see a magician throw a coin up and down in one hand and then fake a coin thrown to the other hand, you would naturally believe that the coin is in the other hand.
Apart from the information gaps, magicians also use the “blind spots” theory when doing their shows.
The most well-known experiment demonstrating this theory is called the “invisible gorilla (大猩猩)”, in which volunteers watch a video of two basketball teams. They are asked to count how many times the teams wearing white shirts pass the ball. In the meantime, a person dressed as a gorilla walks onto the court. But shockingly, half of the viewers don’t notice the gorilla, even when they appear to be looking directly at it.
Magicians employ this tactic (招数), what they call “misdirection”, in almost every one of their acts. They direct our attention somewhere else using comedy and music, which can make us miss stuff during the performance.
【1】The magic trick is mentioned in the first paragraph to ________.
A. introduce the steps of the magic trick
B. prove magic tricks seldom go wrong
C. reveal how magic tricks are designed
D. get us to wonder how magicians trick the mind
【2】We can conclude from the passage that the human mind is easily fooled because our brain ________.
A. may have difficulty remembering what we just saw
B. fills in information about the magic world
C. is influenced by our previous experiences
D. processes far more information than our sensory organs pick up
【3】What does the underlined word “invisible” in paragraph 7 refer to?
A. Unnoticed. B. Unimportant.
C. Unpleasant. D. Unprepared.
【4】During the “invisible gorilla” experiment, people watching the video ignore the “gorilla” because ________.
A. they don’t look directly at it
B. they are not interested in it
C. they are too focused on counting
D. they consider it to be a distraction
【5】Why do magicians usually use comedy and music when they play magic tricks?
A. To get viewers to stay focused on the show.
B. To make the show more fun and exciting.
C. To draw viewers’ attention away from a secret action.
D. To create information gaps between magicians and viewers.
23、For three days, the doctor didn’t get single patient. Then on the fourth day, a woman opened the door to his office, saw him and ran away.
“I had to run after her, saying I can help her with the problem,” said Diarra Boubacar. The 53-year-old still has a good laugh when he talks about his first day working as a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) at a private hospital in Chengdu, Sichuan province.
“If my approach is not effective, I will not take any money from you,” he promised the woman. The woman finally accepted his treatment and felt better. “She started bringing her parents and her husband, and they all became my patients.”
Born in the African country of Mali, Boubacar first came to China in 1984 on a student exchange programme majoring in Chinese language and culture at Beijing Language and Culture University. After the course, he studied TCM at Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine.
Since TCM is also related to Chinese history and culture, students have to study ancient Chinese literature as most of the medical texts were written in ancient Chinese characters. “That’s a subject even the Chinese find difficult; so think of me, a foreigner!” he said.
However, the greatest challenge for him was to convince people that even though he was a foreigner, he could still treat them effectively with TCM.
Besides his work in the community, Boubacar is also known as the “African Norman Bethune”. Doctor Bethune was a Canadian frontline doctor who ran mobile hospital in north China in the 1930s.
“I want to build not only a hospital but also an educational centre where people can come and learn about Chinese medicine,” Boubacar said.
He plans to build a hospital with an educational centre where people can learn TCM in Africa. “If they learn TCM, they will be able to treat people in Africa in a very cheap and effective way.”
【1】Why did the woman introduce her family to Boubacar?
A．The treatment is free.
B．The curative effect is good.
C．It is a private hospital.
D．The doctor is from Africa.
【2】What was Boubacar’s original intention of coming to China?
A．To run an educational centre.
B．To start a private hospital.
C．To learn Chinese language and culture.
D．To learn from Norman Bethune,
【3】What was the big difficulty Boubacar faced at the beginning of his study of TCM?
A．Understanding his teachers.
B．Studying Chinese language.
C．Convincing his classmates of his ability.
D．Understanding ancient Chinese literature.
【4】Which of the following best describes Boubacar?
A．Creative and modest.
B．Talented and patient.
C．Determined and ambitious.
D．Humorous and diligent.
24、 Brandon Olsen and Tylor Fritz of Hometown Sanitation (公共卫生) left gifts for three sisters who waved to them each Thursday after learning that one of them, 3-year-old Rose, had been fighting cancer.
The men also gave their parents free garbage service for one year.
“When they did that, it was a few weeks before the diagnosis (诊断) when every day just felt so impossible,” said Rose's mother, Angie Evenson, of Blue Earth, Minnesota. “Nothing in reality changes Rose’s diagnosis. But what they did makes us feel we are truly not alone in this fight.”
With binoculars (双筒望远镜) in hand, Rose and her two sisters, Grace, 5 and Sophia, 2 sat by the window and waved at their garbage men, Olsen and Fritz, as they drove by on their weekly route.
Olsen, 29, and Fritz, 24, told ABC News that the girl’s smiling faces are what they look forward to while working. They even left Halloween candy for the girls this year to show their appreciation. They hope that more and more people can understand and support their work.
But weeks later, Evenson wrote Olsen and Fritz a note explaining that little Rose wouldn’t be able to wave to them for a while since she'd be undergoing chemotherapy (化疗). Rose had been diagnosed with Stage 4 kidney cancer in September.
“As a father of three, it changed my outlook on things,” Olsen said. “It opened my eyes…you don’t know what someone else is going through.”
Fritz said he cried when he read the note. “I got to the chemo part and there were tears running down my face,” he recalled. “I don’t have any children of my own, but I can imagine if someone very close to me is diagnosed as cancer, I’ll be heartbroken.”
“Rose is being treated at Sanford Children’s Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. She will miss a few more Thursdays, when she can wave to her garbage men, but her chemo sessions will be switched to Mondays soon and she’ll be back by the window early next year. I have confidence in Rose’s recovery.” her mother said.
【1】How did the garbage men help Rose’s family?
A.They took the sick girl to hospital regularly.
B.They collected the garbage for free.
C.They looked after Rose in turn.
D.They offered money to help cure Rose.
【2】What can we learn about the garbage men?
A.They made the family famous. B.They encouraged the family.
C.They gave Angie Evenson a good lesson. D.They doubted about the doctor’s diagnosis.
【3】What do the garbage men wish for in terms of the girls’ smiling faces?
A.People’s appreciation for their work.
B.Good friendship with the young girls.
C.Making more efforts to do their work well.
D.The girls’ family’s caring more for their children.
【4】What can we infer from the passage?
A.Olsen has three sons. B.Fritz has not got married.
C.Fritz is faced with a serious disease. D.Evenson is optimistic about Rose’s condition.
25、 Laugh-lab, an experiment set up more than a year ago, established that the British, Irish, New Zealanders and Australians prefer a play on words and that the French, Danes and Belgians have a taste for the surreal（超现实主义的）. Americans and Canadians, _______, laugh at jokes showing one group’s superiority over another. The Germans apparently have the _______ sense of humor -- if only because they have no national preference, and therefore find almost anything funny.
The winning joke was the product of international selection. It was posted by Gurpal Gosall, a 31-year-old psychologist from Manchester. This joke, according to Richard Wiseman, founder of Laugh-lab, _______ all. It also contained the three _______ that were found central to humor: a sense of superiority, an unexpected response, and a sad feeling. The joke was that:
A couple of New Jersey hunters are out in the woods when one of them falls to the ground. He doesn’t seems to be breathing, his eyes are rolled back in his head. The other guy whips out his mobile phone and calls the emergency services. He gasps to the operator: ‘My friend is dead! What can I do?’ The operator, in a clam, soothing voice says: ‘Just take it easy. I can help. First, let’s make sure he’s _______.’ There is a silence, then a shot is heard. The guy’s voice comes back on the line. He says: ‘OK, now that?’
Dr Gosall and _______ the joke for years. He said: ‘It makes people feel better ... reminds you that there’s always someone out there doing something more _______ than you.’ It was one of a series of jokes read to a volunteer who was being given a brain scan. With each joke, a specific area at the front of the volunteer’s brain lit up. There was also a reaction in an area linked to _______, showing recognition of an old joke. ‘It _______ other research, because if people have damage to that part of the brain, then they lose their sense of humor,’ Dr Wiseman said.
There were other ____________. The Laugh-lab computers counted the number of words in every joke that people submitted（提交）. According to the data, jokes containing 103 are the funniest. Interestingly, the winning joke is 102 words long-almost the ____________ length for a joke!
Many of the jokes submitted contained references to ____________. The researchers found that jokes mentioning ducks were seen as funnier than other jokes. Perhaps it’s because of their webbed feet or their odd shapes. ____________, the implication is clear -- if you are going to tell a joke involving an animal, make it a duck.
The Laugh-lab computer also recorded the date and time that each person from the UK ____________ the jokes in Laugh-lab. Careful analysis of the data revealed that people found the jokes funniest on the 7th October at 6:03 in the evening. Perhaps they have ____________ discovered the funniest moment of the year!
【1】A.in addition B.on the other hand C.by all means D.to a certain degree
【2】A.keenest B.broadest C.strangest D.worst
【3】A.differed from B.relied on C.cared about D.appealed to
【4】A.elements B.parts C.functions D.styles
【5】A.kind B.alive C.dead D.quiet
【6】A.liked B.made C.missed D.shared
【7】A.violent B.helpful C.stupid D.sensible
【8】A.language B.laughter C.memory D.analysis
【9】A.dates back to B.keeps up with C.breaks away from D.fits in with
【10】A.terms B.jokes C.discussions D.discoveries
【11】A.perfect B.similar C.familiar D.expected
【12】A.ducks B.animals C.shapes D.fears
【13】A.Additionally B.Regardless C.Surprisingly D.Somehow
【14】A.tested B.told C.searched D.rated
【15】A.scientifically B.moderately C.separately D.occasionally
26、假定你是李华，为了提高市民的环保意识，倡导垃圾分类，你校志愿者社团将组织部分志愿者到鸠兹广场参加志愿者活动。请你用英语给你的好友Tom写一封电子邮件，邀请他一同前去。内容包括：
1. 活动时间：2. 活动内容：3. 交通工具。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Tom,
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Yours,
Li Hua