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You either have it, or you don"t-a sense of direction, that is. But why is it that some people could find
their way across the Sahara without a map, while others can lose themselves in the next street?
Scientists say we"re all born with a sense of direction, but it is not properly understood how it works. One
theory is that people with a good sense of direction have simply worked harder at developing it. Research being
carried out at Liverpool University supports this idea and suggests that if we don"t use it, we lose it.
"Children as young as seven have the ability to find their way around," says Jim Martland, Research
Director of the project. "However, if they are not allowed out alone or are taken everywhere by car, they never
develop the skills." Jim Martland also says that young people should be taught certain skills to improve their
sense of direction. He makes the following suggestions: .
●If you are using a map, tum it so it connects with the way you are facing.
●If you leave your bike in a strange place, put it near something like a big stone or a tree. Note landmarks
on the route as you go away from your bike. When you retum, go back along the same route.
●Simplify the way of finding your direction by using lines such as streets in a town, streams, or walls
in the countryside to guide you. Count your steps so that you know how far you have gone and note any
landmarks to help you. Now you need never get lost again!
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2. When do we get a sense of direction according to the passage?
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3. Why don"t some people have the sense of direction?
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4. What does the underlined word "landmarks" mean in English?
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5. What does the passage mainly talk about?
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答案
2. When we are born.
3. Because they don"t use or develop it.
4. It means "things or places which are easily seen".
5. It mainly talks about the sense of direction and how to improve it in our daily life.
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They invite their friends to join the celebration. The party may not be held on the exact date of their birthday if
it falls on a school day. It may be held on the closest weekend instead.
Today two kinds of parties are most popular. One is held at home. Parents make the house beautiful with
balloons and colored paper. They cook for children. The children play games. Another kind is held away from
home. 2_____ The children eat pizza and ice cream. The waiters, who serve the food, also sing and tell jokes
to the children. Other parties may be held at a park, or a movie theater, or some other places.
3_____ There is one candle for each year of a birthday boy or girl"s age. When the candles are lighted,
everyone sings the special birthday song: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.
As Americans grow older, their birthday parties change. 4_____ They say they would like to forget how old
they are. Yet they do like to remember the happy birthday parties of their childhood.
B. Some people are at a special restaurant.
C. American children usually celebrate it with a party.
D. They say, "Happy birthday to you."
homework, when your team loses an important game, when a friend borrows your favorite video game
and then breaks it, you can get really angry.
Usually, your body will tell you when you are angry. For example, you breathe faster, your face tums
red,and you may want to break something or hit someone, but sometimes, you hide your anger. For example,
you may hide it in your heart. The problem is that if you do this, you may get a headache or your stomach
may hurt.
In fact, it"s not good to hide your anger, and it"s important for you to get angry sometimes. But anger
must be let out in the right way, without hurting others or yourself.
When you get angry, you can talk about it with other people. It"s helpful to talk about your anger with
an adult,such as a parent,a teacher, etc. When you talk about anger, those bad feelings can start to go away.
Here are some other things you can do when you start to feel angry: talk to a good friend; count from l to
100; give someone a hug; go for a bike ride; think about good things, etc.
Remember that how you act when you are angry can make everything better or worse. Don"t let your
anger control you.
B. Losing a game.
C. Getting something from friends.
D. Your broken video game.
B. hit someone
C. talk about it
D. breathe faster
B. normal
C. wrong
D. strange
expected, it would be much pleasant. But find out the social position and religion of your hosts before
you choose the gift. A bottle of foreign whisky would be the perfect gift for some, but not at all suitable
for others. If you know the people you are going to stay with, it is a good idea to ask them what they
would like. Some things are just not available in India.
It is not necessary to bring a gift when you are invited to dinner. After all, you are the honored guest.
Several years ago, it was almost unpleasant to bring sweets or a bottle of wine. But this is not true today.
Nowadays it is a custom which is becoming popular with many Indians. Fruit, flowers or a box of sweets
are perfect gifts, and will make no one unhappy.
In all classes of society, both in the city and in the country, food is only taken to the mouth with the
right hand. This is the most important part of the etiquette (礼节) of eating in India. When you watch
Indians eat something, you will see that they keep their left hands on their legs.
If you want to find a conversation topic in India, talk about families. Another useful subject to start with
is cricket (板球). But once you get to know a person better, any topic is acceptable. Indians love to talk
about politics and religion. They enjoy heated discussions. Conversation is an art form and people take the
time to really talk.
B. you will hurt your hosts if you take anything
C. it is fashionable to take flowers or sweets
D. it is traditional to take whisky
B. prefer to"have heated discussions
C. don"t like talking about themselves
D. get away from religion and politics
B. they don"t make these things in India
C. they never avoid these things in India
D. you can"t get these things in India
B. playing cricket with left hand is popular in India
C. Indians normally use their right hands for food they eat
D. Indians like to talk about serious things with guests
the TV or her boyfriend, she said "the phone". Personally, I could do without the phone entirely, which
makes me unusual, because the telephone is changing our lives more than any other piece of technology.
Point l. The telephone creates the need to communicate, in the same way that more roads create more
traffic. My daughter comes home from school at 4:00 pm and then spends an hour on the phone talking to
the very people she has been at school with all day. If the phone did not exist (存在), would she have
anything to talk about?
Point 2. The mobile phone means that we are never alone. "The mobile saved my life," says Crystal
Johnstone. She had an accident in her Volvo on the A45 between Otley and Skipton. Trapped inside, she
managed to make the call that brought the ambulance (救护车) to her rescue.
Point 3. The mobile removes our secrets. It allows marketing manager of Haba Deutsch, Carl Nicolaisen,
to ring his sales staff all round the world at any time of day to ask where they are, where they are going,
and how their last meeting went.
Point 4. The telephone separates us. Antonella Bramante in Rome says, "We worked in separate offices
but I could see him through the window. It was easy to get his number. We were so near, but we didn"t meet
for the first two weeks!"
Point 5. The telephone allows us to reach out beyond our own lives. Today we can talk to several complete
strangers at the same time on chat lines (at least my daughter does. I wouldn"t know what to talk about). We
can talk across the world. We can even talk to astronauts while they"re space-walking. And, with the phone
line connected with the computer, we can aceess (进入) the Intemet, the biggest library on Earth.
B. People communicate because of the creating of the telephone.
C. People communicate more since telephone has been created.
D. People communicate more because of more traffic.
B. Mobile phones are so important and should be encouraged.
C. Mobile phones bring convenience (便利) as well as few secrets to people.
D. Mobile phones can be used to talk to astronauts while they"re space-walking.
B. Point 4 and Point 5.
C. Point l and Point 3.
D. Point 2 and Point 5.
B. Kinds of Phones
C. How to Use Phones
D. Advantage of Phones