What is intelligence (智力) anyway? When I was in the army I    1    an intelligence test that all soldiers took, and, against    2    of 100, scored 160.

    I had an auto-repair man once, who, on these intelligence tests, could not    3    have scored more than 80.    4   , when anything went wrong with my car I hurried to him —and he always    5    it.

    Well, then, suppose my auto-repair man    6    questions for some intelligence tests. By every one of them I'd prove myself    7   . In a world where I have to work with my   8   , I'd do poorly.

    Consider my auto-repair man    9   . He had a habit of telling    10   . One time he said, “Doc, a deaf-and-dumb (聾啞) man    11    some nails. Having entered a store, he put two fingers together on the counter and made    12    movements with the other hand. The clerk brought him a hammer. He    13    his head and pointed to the two fingers he was hammering. The clerk    14    him some nails. He picked out the right size and left. Well, Doc, the    15  man who came in was blind. He wanted scissors (剪刀).    16    do you suppose he asked for them?” I lifted my right hand and made scissoring movements with my first two fingers. He burst out laughing and said, “Why, you fool, he used his    17    and asked for them. I've been    18    that on all my customers today, but I knew    19    I'd catch you.” “Why is that?” I asked. “Because you are so goddamned educated. Doc. I knew you couldn't be very    20   .”

    And I have an uneasy feeling he had something there.

    1．

A. failed　　　　　　　　　　　　  B. wrote

C. received　　　　　　　　　　  D. chose

    2．

A. an average　　　　　　　　  B. a total

C. an exam　　　　　　　　　　  D. a number

    3．

A. always　　　　　　　　　　    B. possibly

C. certainly　　　　　　　　　　 D. frequently

    4．

A. Then　　　　　　　　　　　　  B. Thus

C. Therefore　　　　　　　　   D. Yet

    5．

A. fixed　　　　　　　　　　　　  B. checked

C. drove　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. changed

    6．

A. answered　　　　　　　　    B. practiced

C. designed　　　　　　&nb?
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A. confirmed　　　　　　　　   B. assured

C. jammed　　　　　　　　　　  D. blocked

    10．

A. better　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. ruder

C. more polite　　　　　　　　  D. more frightening

 

sp;　　    D. tried

    7．

A. teacher　　　　　　　　　　   B. doctor

C. winner　　　　　　　　　　    D. fool

    8．

A. brains　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. effort

C. hands　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. attention

    9．

A. again　　　　　　　　　　　　  B. as usual

C. too　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. as well

    10．

A. lies　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. jokes

C. news　　　　　　　　　　　　  D. tales

    11．

A. bought　　　　　　　　　　    B. tested

C. found　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. needed

    12．

A. cutting　　　　　　　　　　    B. hammering

C. waving　　　　　　　　　　   D. circling

    13．

A. nodded　　　　　　　　　　   B. raised

C. shook　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. turned

    14．

A. brought　　　　　　　　　　  B. packed

C. sent　　　　　　　　　　　　    D. sold

    15．

A. clever　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. other

C. right　　　　　　　　　　　　   D. next

    16．

A. What　　　　　　　　　　　　  B. How

C. Who　　　　　　　　　　　　   D. Which

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A. imagination　　　　　　　　 B. hand

C. voice　　　　　　　　　　　　  D. information

    18．

A. trying　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. proving

C. practicing　　　　　　　　   D. examining

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Some kids can't sit still for long. They have a hard time paying attention to just one thing. They're easily distracted(分神).They can get very impatient. They hate standing in line or waiting for their turn in a game or activity. They get bored pretty fast. They may also be impulsive—saying the first thing that comes to mind or interrupting someone else who's talking.?

For certain kids, this problem is so severe(嚴重) that doctors have a name for it: attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD. Perhaps as many as 1 out of every 20 kids under the age of 18 have characteristics of ADHD. Often, these kids have trouble getting through school and face other difficulties later in life.?

Rizzo started developing the Virtual Classroom in 1999.He wanted to see if he could use it as a tool for testing and treating kids who have attention disorders.?

To diagnose(診斷) ADHD, doctors typically test patients by giving them tasks that require attention. As part of one classic test, you watch letters flashed on a computer screen. Every time you see the letter “A” followed by the letter “X”,you have to press the space bar. If you're paying close attention, you'll register all the times this combination occurs. If not, you'll miss some.?

The Virtual Classroom makes these tests more efficient, Rizzo says. In one experiment, he gave a group of kids the classic “A-X” test. Instead of looking at a computer screen in a doctor's office, though, the kids wore headsets that made it look like they were taking the test in a classroom.?

“Basically what we found,”Rizzo says,“is that, in 20 minutes of testing with virtual reality,?we? replicated(復制) a finding that usually requires a couple hours of standard testing with computer screens in the psychologist's office.”?

The first paragraph mainly tells us _______.?

A. how to find a patient with ADHD?

B. the behavior of some kids with ADHD?

C. kids with ADHD cannot sit still for a long time?

D. kids with ADHD are easily distracted

Perhaps as many as _______ kids have characteristics of ADHD. ?

A. one out of every twenty kids

B. five percent kids less than 18 years old?

C. one out of twenty kids at the age of 18

D. five percent kids more than age of 18

In the experiment, patients need to press the space bar, when _______.

A. see letters A following X  B. first see A then see B?

C. see letter X and A     D. see letters A followed by X

The main idea of the last paragraph is _______.

A. in virtual classroom, we finish the test in 20 minutes?

B. the standard test with computer screen usually costs several hours?

C. the experiment is easy to do?

D. the result of the experiment

Money, or the lack of it, changes everything, and that includes how people will be working out in 2010.

In these belt-tightening times  1  , cost-conscious workouts（鍛煉）at home and at the gym topped the list of fitness trends for this year in a survey, followed  2   by shorter, more time-efficient regimens, such as  3   boot camp（強力集中訓練） and circuit training.

"People are looking  4   for ways to accomplish as much as possible with as little  5   time and money as necessary," said Cedric X. Bryant, chief science officer of the American Council on Exercise (ACE), which conducted the online poll of fitness professionals.

"Last year money was on the list but this  6   year the majority of the respondents put  7   it as one of the top," he added.

Bryant said some 600 ACE-certified fitness  8   professionals responded to the annual poll  9  , which the non-profit organization has been conducting for a decade.

Other money-saving measures  10  , such as the shift from personal training sessions to small group training  11   classes and in-home workouts  12   using smaller, more portable equipment, also made the list.

"Personal trainers are seeing they've got to respond to market needs  13  . Working with two to four clients at a  14   time they can charge less  15   but still get their hourly fee," Bryant said.

Boot-camp workouts and circuit training, both of which burn  16   calories while building strength and endurance（持久性）, will be among the most popular trends in 2010, as time-constrained（受壓制的） consumers  17   seek shorter, more intense activities.

One bright spot is the rise of exergaming-type systems, like Nintendo's Wii Sports, Wii Fit and the PC-based Dancetown. Bryant says the fitness-based video games are turning up  18   in health clubs and senior centers.

Functional training workouts, which are geared to improving the quality of life and the ability to perform everyday tasks, will remain strong  19  , and the use of computerized tracking and online training and scheduling tools will increase  20   in the coming year.

(   ) 1. A. times                 B. years               C. centuries           D. societies

(   ) 2. A. caught                      B. followed           C. covered            D. conducted

(   ) 3. A. such like            B. in other words   C. such as             D. that is to say

(   ) 4. A. taking               B. developing        C. opening            D. looking

(   ) 5. A. little                  B. much                      C. many                      D. few

(   ) 6. A. that                   B. next                 C. this                  D. previous

(   ) 7. A. manage              B. put                   C. try                   D. organize

(   ) 8. A. medicine            B. train                 C. economy          D. fitness

(   ) 9. A. poll                   B. conference        C. observation       D. reception

(   ) 10. A. measures          B. procedures        C. policies            D. systems

(   ) 11. A. speaking           B. training            C. exercising        D. processing

(   ) 12. A. work              B. workouts          C. rest                  D. race

(   ) 13. A. changes            B. prices               C. needs                      D. habits

(   ) 14. A. some               B. no                    C. any                  D. a

(   ) 15. A. less                  B. fewer                      C. more               D. much

(   ) 16. A. produce            B. burn                 C. cut                   D. add

(   ) 17. A. professionals     B. students            C. consumers               D. trainers

(   ) 18. A. turning up               B. turning down    C. turning around D. turning out

(   ) 19. A. weak               B. useful               C. strong              D. possible

(   ) 20. A. decrease           B. appear              C. increase            D. want

Money, or the lack of it, changes everything, and that includes how people will be working out in 2010.

In these belt-tightening times  1  , cost-conscious workouts（鍛煉）at home and at the gym topped the list of fitness trends for this year in a survey, followed  2   by shorter, more time-efficient regimens, such as  3   boot camp（強力集中訓練） and circuit training.

"People are looking  4   for ways to accomplish as much as possible with as little  5   time and money as necessary," said Cedric X. Bryant, chief science officer of the American Council on Exercise (ACE), which conducted the online poll of fitness professionals.

"Last year money was on the list but this  6   year the majority of the respondents put  7   it as one of the top," he added.

Bryant said some 600 ACE-certified fitness  8   professionals responded to the annual poll  9  , which the non-profit organization has been conducting for a decade.

Other money-saving measures  10  , such as the shift from personal training sessions to small group training  11   classes and in-home workouts  12   using smaller, more portable equipment, also made the list.

"Personal trainers are seeing they've got to respond to market needs  13  . Working with two to four clients at a  14   time they can charge less  15   but still get their hourly fee," Bryant said.

Boot-camp workouts and circuit training, both of which burn  16   calories while building strength and endurance（持久性）, will be among the most popular trends in 2010, as time-constrained（受壓制的） consumers  17   seek shorter, more intense activities.

One bright spot is the rise of exergaming-type systems, like Nintendo's Wii Sports, Wii Fit and the PC-based Dancetown. Bryant says the fitness-based video games are turning up  18   in health clubs and senior centers.

Functional training workouts, which are geared to improving the quality of life and the ability to perform everyday tasks, will remain strong  19  , and the use of computerized tracking and online training and scheduling tools will increase  20   in the coming year.

(   ) 1. A. times                 B. years               C. centuries           D. societies

(   ) 2. A. caught                      B. followed           C. covered            D. conducted

(   ) 3. A. such like            B. in other words   C. such as             D. that is to say

(   ) 4. A. taking               B. developing        C. opening            D. looking

(   ) 5. A. little                  B. much                      C. many                      D. few

(   ) 6. A. that                   B. next                 C. this                  D. previous

(   ) 7. A. manage              B. put                   C. try                   D. organize

(   ) 8. A. medicine            B. train                 C. economy          D. fitness

(   ) 9. A. poll                   B. conference        C. observation       D. reception

(   ) 10. A. measures          B. procedures        C. policies            D. systems

(   ) 11. A. speaking           B. training            C. exercising        D. processing

(   ) 12. A. work              B. workouts          C. rest                  D. race

(   ) 13. A. changes            B. prices               C. needs                      D. habits

(   ) 14. A. some               B. no                    C. any                  D. a

(   ) 15. A. less                  B. fewer                      C. more               D. much

(   ) 16. A. produce            B. burn                 C. cut                   D. add

(   ) 17. A. professionals     B. students            C. consumers               D. trainers

(   ) 18. A. turning up               B. turning down    C. turning around D. turning out

(   ) 19. A. weak               B. useful               C. strong              D. possible

(   ) 20. A. decrease           B. appear              C. increase            D. want

“Mom, I have cancer.” These four words catapulted my son and me on a journey that lasted two years. On that day I felt a wave of paralyzing fear.

Scott was the oldest of my four children. He was 33 years old and a successful assistant principal at SamRayburn Hifht School in Pasadena, Texas. He and his wife Carolyn were busy raising four active children. Scott was 6’2’’, weighed 200 pounds and had never been sick a day in his life.

A few month earlier a mole（痣）on his neck had changed color. “Dr.Warner called,” Scott said that spring morning. “It’s melanoma.（黑素瘤）” I tried to comfort him, naming all the people I knew who had survived skin cancer. Yet, I felt small tentacles of fear begin to wrap around my chest.

Our next stop was MDAnderson, the famous cancer hospital in Houston. Scott had surgery at the end of May and was scheduled for radiation treatments over the summer recess. “There is an 80 percent chance it won’t reoccur,” the doctors said. At the end of summer, all his tests came back negative and Scott was back at school in the fall. However, in December, Scott discovered a lump on his neck. It was examined and the result came back “malignant.（惡性的）” We now realized that Scott fell into the 20 percent category. I could feel the tentacles tightening around my chest. He entered the hospital for an aggressive treatment, a combination of interferon and interleukin.

After five months of treatment, he had radical surgery on his neck. The test results were encouraging, only three of the 33 lymph nodes（淋巴結） removed were malignant. We were very hopeful.

For the next six months, Scott’s follow-up visits went well. Then in October, X-ray revealed a spot on his lung. The spot was removed during surgery and the doctors tried to be optimistic. It was a daily battle to control the fear and panic each setback brought.

In January, he was diagnosed as having had a “disease explosion.” The cancer had spread to his lungs, spine and liver and he was given three to six months to live. There were times during this period when I felt like I was having a heart attack. The bands constricting my chest made breathing difficult.

When you watch your child battle cancer, you experience a roller coaster of emotions. There are moments of hope and optimism but a bad test result or even an unusual pain can bring on dread and panic.

Scott was readmitted to the hospital for one last try with chemotherapy. He died, quite suddenly, just six weeks after his last diagnosis. I was completely destroyed. I had counted on those last few months.

The next morning I was busy notifying people and making funeral arrangements. I remember having this nagging feeling that something was physically wrong with me. It took a moment to realize that the crushing sensation in my chest was gone. The thing every parent fears the most had happened. My son was gone. Of course, the fear had been replaced by unbearable sorrow.

After you lose a child, it is so difficult to go on. The most minimal tasks, combing your hair or taking a shower, becoming monumental. For months I just sat and stared into space. That spring, the trees began to bloom; flowers began to pop up in my garden. Friendswood was coming back to life but I was dead inside.

During those last weeks, Scott and I often spoke about life and death. Fragments of those conversations kept playing over and over in my mind.

“Don’t let this ruin your life, Mom.”

“Make sure Dad re models his workshop.”

“Please, take care of my family.”

I remember wishing I could have just one more conversation with him. I knew what I would say, but what would Scott say? “I know how much you love me, Mom. So just sit on the couch and cry.” No, I knew him better than that. Scott loved life and knew how precious it is. I could almost hear his voice saying, “Get up Mom, Get on with your life. It’s too valuable to waste.”

That was the day I began to move forward. I signed up for a cake decorating class. Soon I was making cakes for holidays and birthdays. My daughter-in-law told me about a writing class in Houston. I hadn’t written in years, but since I was retired I decided it be time to start again. The local college advertised a Life Story Writing class that I joined. There I met women who had also lost their children. The Poet Laureate of Texas was scheduled to speak at our local Barnes and Noble. I attended and joined our local poetry society. I never dreamed that writing essays and poems about Scott could be so therapeutic. Several of those poems have ever been published. In addition, each group brought more and more people into my life..

I don’t believe you ever recover from the loss of a child. Scott is in my heart and mind every day. However, I do believe you can survive.

Scott fought so bravery to live and he never gave up. He taught me that life is a gift that should be cherished, not wasted. It has taken years to become the person I am today. The journey has been a difficult, painful process but certainly worth the effort and I know that my son would be proud.

1.How old was Scott probably when he died?

A．33               B．35                 C．37           D．40

2.What does the underlined sentence “ The bands constricting my chest made breathing difficult” probably imply?

A．It implies that Scott’s mother was likely to have a heart attack.

B．It implies that there was something wrong with Scott’s mother’s chest.

C．It implies that Scott’s mother was very upset and panic because of Scott’s severe illness.

D．It implies that the cancer had spread to her chest just like her son.

3.Which of the following statements best shows the author’s feeling about Scott’s death?

A．It was a daily battle to control the fear and panic each setback brought.

B．She felt a wave of fear.

C．She felt a feeling of fear begin to wrap around her chest.

D．The fear had been replaced by unbearable sorrow.

4.From Scott and his mother’s conversation, we can know that Scott is ________.

A．considerable      B．humorous         C．determined      D．sensitive

5.The author intends to tell us that___________.

A．it takes a long time to make a person recover from the shock of losing a child

B．Scott is proud of his mother

C．life is full of happiness and sorrow.

D．We’d better make our life count instead of counting your days.

6.What might be the best title of the passage ?

A．Life is valuable                         B．Grieving and Recovery

C．Love and sorrow                        D．Alive or dead