I can’t but ________ to hear such a story.

　 A. to laugh　　　 B. laugh　　　　 C. laughing　　　　 D. to laughing

Since the pre-historic times, man has had an urge to satisfy his needs. Be it hunger, shelter or search for a mate, he has always controlled the situations to his advantage. Probably this might be the reason why we humans are the most developed of all living species on the earth. As we climbed the steps of development, we somehow left behind common sense and logical thinking -- we forgot that we have stopped thinking ahead of time.

If you are hungry, what do you do? Get a piece of your favorite meal and stay quiet. Just like your stomach, even your mind is hungry. But it never lets you know, because you keep it busy thinking about your dream lover, favorite star and many such things. So it silently began to care about your needs and never let itself grow. When mind looses its freedom to grow, creativity gets a full stop. This might be the reason why we all sometimes think "What happens next?", "Why can't I think?" "Why am I always given the difficult problems?" Well, this is the result of using our brain for thinking of not-so-worthy things.

Hunger of the mind can be actually satisfied through reading. Now why reading and not watching TV? Because reading has been the most educative tool used by us right from the childhood. Just like that to develop other aspects of our life, we have to turn to reading. You have innumerable number of books in this world which will answer all your "How to?" questions. The interesting part of the book is stored in your mind as a seed. Now this seed is unknowingly used by you in your future to develop new ideas. The same seed, if used many times, can help you link and relate a lot of things, of which you would have never thought in your wildest dreams! This is nothing but creativity. More the number of books you read, your mind will open up like never before.

1. What is the function of the first paragraph?

A. To show humans are the most developed.

B. To introduce the topic of the passage.

C. To indicate people have different needs to satisfy.

D. To explain why people need to read.

2. What does the author mean by saying "When mind looses its freedom to grow, creativity gets a full stop."

A. When mind keeps growing, creativity fully stops.

B. When freedom is lost, creativity gets a full stop.

C. When mind stops growing, creativity fully stops.

D. When growing is lost, creativity gets a flail stop.

3. The paragraph following the passage is probably about ______.

A. how the pre-historic man feeds his mind

B. what other advantages reading brings

C. how to develop creativity

D. how to satisfy your mind by watching TV

4. The author tends to tell us ______.

A. reading can satisfy your all needs　　　 B. reading can result from creativity

C. reading can feed your mind　　　　　　 　 D. reading can realize your dreams

No progress was made in the trade talk as neither side would accept the conditions of ______.

　 A. others　　 B. the other　　　　 C. either　　　　　 D. another

我主張你仔細(xì)地讀一下這個報告。（urge）

A teacher can’t give ________ (個別的) attention to each pupil if his class is large.

Our eating habits(習(xí)慣) are very important for good health and a strong body. There are times when most of us would rather eat sweets and ice-cream than meat and rice. Sweets and ice-cream are not bad if we eat them at the end of a meal. If we eat them before a meal, they may take away our appetite(食欲). It is important for us to eat our meals at the same time each day. When we feel hungry, it is a sign that our body needs food. When we feel angry or excited, we may not want to eat. A long time ago, in England, some judges(法官) used to decide whether a man was telling the truth by giving him some dry bread. If the man could not eat the bread, it showed that he was telling lies. Although this seems very strange and rather foolish, it is indeed a very good way of finding out the fact. A man who is worrying about something has difficulty in eating anything dry. Because he is worrying, he loses his appetite and does not want to eat.

1. We must have good eating habits because ____.

A. we want to eat more　　　　　　 　B. we want to enjoy our meals

C. we want to be healthy and strong　　 D．we want to have a good appetite.

2. It is good to eat sweets and ice-cream ____.

A. when we are hungry . B. when we want to C. after the meal D. before the meal

3. We'd better have our meals ____.

A. at the same time each day　　　　 B. when our work is over

C. when the meal is still hot　　　　 D. when every one of the family is home

4. According to the judges in England, if a man tells a lie, he____.

A. eats dry bread easily　　 　　 B. eats dry bread with difficulty

C. eats a lot of dry bread　　　　 D. drinks milk with difficulty

5. A man who is angry ____.

A. has a better appetite　　　　 B. likes to tell lies

C. likes to eat ice-cream　　　　 D. has a poor appetite

Life on earth depends on water, and there is no substitute for it. The current assumption is that our basic needs for water — whether for drinking, agriculture, industry or the raising of fish will always have to be met . Given that premise (前提), there are two basic routes we can go: more equal access to water or better engineering solutions.

Looking at the engineering solution first, a lot of my research concentrates on what happens to wetlands when you build dams in river basins, particularly in Africa. The ecology of such areas is almost entirely driven by the seasonal changes of the river — the pulse of the water. And the fact is that if you build a dam, you generally spoil the downstream ecology. In the past, such problems have been hidden by a lack of information. But in the near future, governments will have no excuse for their ignorance.

The engineers’ ability to control water flows has created new kinds of unpredictability, too. Dams in Africa have meant fewer fish, less grazing and less floodplain (洪泛區(qū)) agriculture — none of which were expected. And their average economic life is assumed to be thirty years. Dams don’t exist forever, but what will replace them is not clear.

The challenge for the future is to find new means of controlling water. Although GM technology (轉(zhuǎn)基因) will allow us to breed better dry-land crops, there is no market for companies to develop crops suitable for the micro-climates of the Sahel and elsewhere in Africa. Who is going to pay for research on locally appropriate crops in the Third World?

1．What’s the main idea of this passage?

　 A．The engineering solutions to water resource and their limitation.

　 B．The challenge for the future.　　　　　　　

　 C．The basic means of controlling water.

　 D．The challenge for developing crops.

2．Which of the following statements is NOT true for meeting our basic needs for water?

　 A．Water resource should be used more reasonably.

　 B．More dams should be built in river basins.

　 C．More wetlands should be protected from destruction.

　 D．More dry-land crops could be developed in Africa.

3．The author suggests that governments will have no excuse for their careless ignorance in the future because 　　　 .

　 A．The ecological destruction will be known to the public by researchers

　 B．The ecological destruction will no longer be a problem in the future

　 C．The future is an information age

　 D．Governments will face greater challenge in the future

4．The author mentions all the problems caused by dams EXCEPT 　　　　 .

　 A．fewer fish B．less grazing land C．less floodplain agriculture D．less farming land

5．The last sentence probably implies that 　　　　 .

　 A．No one will invest in developing locally appropriate crops in Africa

　 B．Researchers have no interest in developing dry-land crops

　 C．Research on locally appropriate crops in the Third World may be profitable

　 D．There is less water resource in the Third World