By the time you _________ your work this evening, I will be watching my favorite Korean TV series.

A. get through                  B. had got through

C. will have got through       D. have got through

Every year on my birthday, from the time I turned 12, a white gardenia was delivered to my house. No card came with it. Calls to the flower-shop were not helpful at all. After a while I stopped trying to discover the sender’s name and just delighted in the beautiful white flower in soft pink paper.

But I never stopped imagining who the giver might be. Some of my happiest moments were spent daydreaming about the sender. My mother encouraged these imaginings. She’d ask me if there was someone for whom I had done a special kindness. Perhaps it was the old man across the street whose mail I’d delivered during the winter. As a girl, though, I had more fun imagining that it might be a boy I had run into.

One month before my graduation, my father died. I felt so sad that I became completely uninterested in my upcoming graduation dance, and I didn’t care if I had a new dress or not. But my mother, in her own sadness, would not let me miss any of those things. She wanted her children to feel loved and lovable. In truth, my mother wanted her children to see themselves much like the gardenia－lovely, strong and perfect with perhaps a bit of mystery (神秘).

My mother died ten days after I was married. I was 22. That was the year the gardenia stopped coming.

Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

A. A Childhood Dream         B. A Mother’s Love

C. A Graduation Party           D. A Special Birthday

The mother insisted that her daughter go to the graduation dance because ________.

A. she could take care of things herself

B. she hoped she would find a boyfriend

C. she wanted her to be happy and strong

D. she thought education was the most important

Who was the sender of the flower?

A. A boy the writer had run into.  B. One of the writer’s neighbors.

C. One of the writer’s classmates. D. The writer’s mother.

For years, there has been a bias (偏見) against science among clinical psychologists (臨床心理學家). In a two-year analysis to be published in November in Perspectives on Psychological Science, psychologists led by Timothy B. Baker of the University of Wisconsin charge that many clinical psychologists fail to “provide the treatments for which there is the strongest evidence of effectiveness” and “give more weight to their personal experiences than to science.” As a result, patients have no guarantee that their “treatment will be informed by … science.” Walter Mischel of Columbia University is even crueler in his judgment. “The disconnect between what clinical psychologists do and what science has discovered is an extreme embarrassment,” he told me, and “there is a widening gap between clinical practice and science.”

The “widening” reflects the great progress that psychological research has made in identifying (確認) the most effective treatments. Thanks to strict clinical trials, we now know that teaching patients to think about their thoughts in new, healthier ways and to act on those new ways of thinking are effective against depression, panic disorder and other problems, with multiple trials showing that these treatments — the tools of psychology — bring more lasting benefits than drugs.

You wouldn’t know this if you sought help from a typical clinical psychologist. Although many treatments are effective, relatively few psychologists learn or practice them.

Why in the world not? For one thing, says Baker, clinical psychologists are “very doubtful about the role of science” and “l(fā)ack solid science training”. Also, one third of patients get better no matter what treatment (if any) they have, “and psychologists remember these successes, believing, wrongly, that they are the result of the treatment.”

When faced with evidence that treatments they offer are not supported by science, clinical psychologists argue that they know better than some study what works. A 2008 study of 591 psychologists in private practice found that they rely more on their own and colleagues’ experience than on science when deciding how to treat a patient. If they keep on this path as insurance companies demand evidence-based medicine, warns Mischel, psychology will “discredit itself.”

Many clinical psychologists fail to provide the most effective treatments because ________.

A. they are unfamiliar with their patients                   B. they believe in science and evidence

C. they depend on their colleagues’ help              D. they rely on their personal experiences

The widening gap between clinical practice and science is due to _______.

A. the cruel judgment by Walter Mischel

B. the fact that most patients get better after being treated

C. the great progress that has been made in psychological research

D. the fact that patients prefer to take drugs rather than have other treatments

How do clinical psychologists respond when charged that their treatments are not supported by science?

A. They feel embarrassed.                                        B. They try to defend themselves.

C. They are disappointed.                                         D. They doubt their treatments.

In Mischel’s opinion, psychology will ____.

  A. destroy its own reputation if no improvement is made

B. develop faster with the support of insurance companies

  C. work together with insurance companies to provide better treatment

  D. become more reliable if insurance companies won’t demand evidence-based medicine

If not _______, you’re allowed to return everything within 10 days for a full refund and no further duties.

  A. to satisfy                  B. being satisfied        C. satisfied                 D. satisfying

Wang Ping was so angry          he heard his friend betrayed him          he tore the letter into two immediately.

A. that；when      B. that；that       C. when；what     D. when；that

—Does the film _____ you?

—Yes. I’ve been hooked deeply.

   A. appeal to                    B. care about         C. build on               D. result from

It will be less than a fortnight_______ we get to a turning point in our life.

A. since         B. when           C. if             D. before

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A man who knows how to write a personal letter has a very powerful tool. A letter can be enjoyed, read and reread. It can set up a warm conversation ___ two people far apart (遠離的); it can keep a ___   (friend) with very little effort.

I will give an example. A few years ago my older brother and I were not getting along. We had been close as children _ had grown apart. Our meetings were not ___ (pleasure); our conversation was filled with arguments and quarrels: and every effort to clear the air seemed to only ___ (deep) our misunderstanding. Then he moved to a small island in the Caribbean and we lost touch. One day he wrote me a letter. He described his island and __ people, told me what he was doing, said how he felt, and encouraged me to write. Rereading the letter, I __ (drive) by its humor（幽默）and clever expressions. These were all qualities for ___ I had once respected my older brother but thought he no longer had them. I had never known he could write so well. And with that one letter we became friends again.

___ might never have occurred to my brother to write me if he had not been in a place where there were no phones. For him, writing was a necessity. It also turned out to be the best way for us to get back in touch. Because we live in ____ age of easy communication（通訊）, people often forget that they don’t always have to phone or email. They have a choice. And that is to write.

— Do you have anything g to say for yourselves?

— Yes, there is one point ____ you must insist on.

A. why           B. where         C. how          D. /

I’m excited that my parents_______ of me having a travel to Africa.

A. agreed       B. promised     C. allowed       D. approved