阅读理解。     Scientists say they now have proof to support the old-fashioned advice

阅读理解。     Scientists say they now have proof to support the old-fashioned advice

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阅读理解。     Scientists say they now have proof to support the old-fashioned advice that it"s best to sleep on a problem.
They say sleep strengthens the memory and helps the brain organize the masses of information we receive
each day.
     The lead researcher Bob Stickgold at Harvard Medical School said, "Sleep helps us draw rules from our
experiences. It"s like knowing the difference between dogs and cats even if it"s hard to explain."
     The US research team studied how well students remembered connections between words and symbols,
reports New Scientist. They compared how the students performed if they had had a sleep between seeing
the words and having the test, and if they had not slept. They found that people were better able to remember
lists of related words after a night"s sleep than after the same time spent awake during the day. They also
found it easier to remember themes that the words had in common. But they forgot around one in four more
themes if they had been awake.
     Prof. John Groeger, University of Surrey"s Sleep Research Centre, said, "People have been trying for years
to find out what the purpose of sleep is, as we know that only certain parts of it have a restorative (促使康复
的) value."
     "We form and store huge numbers of experiences in the head every day, and sleep seems to be the way
the brain deals with them all." 1. The phrase "to sleep on a problem" in Paragraph l most likely means to "____". A. pay full attention to a problem
B. wait until the next day for a decision
C. sleep to forget a problem
D. have difficulty in sleeping 2. In the study by the US research team, students were asked to ____. A. put together words of similar meanings
B. remember words and their meanings
C. show their knowledge of words
D. make up lists of related words 3. Which of the following may be easier to remember? A. Themes learned right before the test.
B. Rules from personal experiences.
C. Words learned before a good sleep.
D. Ideas stored together in the brain. 4. What may be the importance of the research? A. It shows that sleep may help us manage information.
B. It helps find out the common themes of words.
C. It tells us that more sleep can improve health.
D. It proves the value of old-fashioned advice.
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1-4: B B C A
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A. primarily   B. similar   C. considerately   D. connections   E. instructed
F. series   G. personal   H. served   I. defined   J. environment
阅读理解。
     The science of physics today is as current as the morning newspaper. Indeed, as a result of new advances
in physics and their rapid application to inventions designed to satisfy man" s wants, the world itself has been
changing rapidly. Space technology, industrial technology, and the technology of the home, the farm, the office,
the bank, and the department store have all been revolutionized.
     Clearly, every grown-up today would understand the world he lives in much better if he knew something
about physics. Whether it is Congress voting huge sums of money for new warships, space exploration, or
atomic energy, the office staff learning to use a new computer, son Bobby wanting to know about going to
the moon or the housewife learning to operate a new electric stove, physics seems to be everywhere.
     Teachers in thousands of schoolrooms in America are trying to communicate some of the excitement and
importance of these new developments to their students. They know that some of their eager students will
someday be scientists and will themselves then contribute to the development of new knowledge or its
application to new things.
     But in any case, they can be sure that if they bring a knowledge of science (any science) to their students in
meaningful and interesting ways, they have contributed much to helping each one live a more meaningful life.
1. The application of new advances in physics to inventions ____.
A. may solve all the problems in teaching
B. can help people understand the meaning of life
C. is intended to meet people"s needs
D. makes people communicate easier without face to face  
2. According to the passage, many American teachers are making efforts to do all of the following
    EXCEPT ____.
A. arousing(激起) their students" interest in physics
B. making their students understand the importance of physics
C. giving their students the information of new advances in science
D. creating excitement about their new inventions among their students
3. The word "themselves" in the third paragraph refers to ____.
A. some American teachers
B. some of the eager students
C. the new developments
D. the scientists in physics
4. The first two paragraphs of the passage mainly tell us ____.
A. new advances in physics can result in new inventions
B. physics is widely used in our life
C. the world has been changing rapidly
D. space and industrial technology have all been revolutionized
阅读理解。
     Greg Evans started to study film at Ryerson University, but had a change of heart and switched to social
work at George Brown College in second year. Yet the college recognized only one of Evans" general-interest
credits(学分) from Ryerson, and also made him take English all over again although he had passed it at
university.
     "So I spent time and money taking a course I had already taken before," complained Evans. "The system
really needs to change." Evans was part of a chorus of Ontario students on Monday cheering a new $ 73. 7
million five-year plan to help students switch from college to university, and from university to college.
     After years of urging from students, the Ontario government set up a new Credit Transfer Innovation Fund
to help students move back and forth between the more hands-on courses of community college to the often
broader academic focus of a university degree. "We hear horror stories about students who can"t get recognition
from one institution for a very similar course at another, and in one case I believe the same professor was
teaching them both," noted Milloy after announcing the new fund.
     Individual colleges and universities have decided on nearly 500 joint deals to honour each other"s credits in
certain courses. Each school is required to set targets for more credit-transfer agreements, and link these
increases to provincial funding.
     More than 4,000 college graduates transfer (转换) to university in Ontarion every year-twice as many as
eight years ago, noted Justin Fox, president of the College Student Alliance. Yet Ontario universities and colleges
have been cautious about transferring credits, in part to avoid copying each other"s courses, noted Bonnie
Patterson, president of the Council of Ontario Universities, who welcomed the increased flexibility.
1. What happened when Greg Evans switched to social work at George Brown College?
A. He was considered to be unqualified for social work.
B. His previous credits were not all recognized.
C. He wasn"t able to get enough credits.
D. His English didn"t reach the required standard.
2. With the new $ 73.7 million five-year plan, students can ____.
A. get enough money to go to university
B. can switch between colleges and universities
C. get enough general-interest credits
D. have a wise choice of courses
3. According to Paragraph 3, Milloy believes ____.
A. it is time that the system was changed
B. the same professor can"t teach in different schools
C. students should focus on their chosen courses
D. the students" stories are horrible
4. Ontario universities and colleges have been cautious about transferring credits partly to ____.
A. avoid accepting unqualified students
B. keep their similar courses
C. prevent courses becoming similar
D. attract famous professors
5. What attitude does Bonnie Patterson have towards the transferring system?
A. He is strongly against it.
B. He is very doubtful about it.
C. He thinks it is too flexible.
D. He supports it for its flexibility.
阅读表达。阅读下面短文并回答问题,然后将答案写到题目相应的位置上(请注意问题后的词数要
求)。
     [1] The more honest and modest an employee is, the more likely he or she is to receive a higher job
performance assessment by their boss, according to researchers at Baylor University in Waco, Texas.
The study finds that evaluations of honesty and modesty among employees may predict how their bosses
view job performance.
     [2] "As honesty and modesty increase, manager evaluations of job performance increase," said Dr.
Wade Rowatt, one of the study"s lead authors. "The effect honesty and modesty have on job performance
goes above and beyond other personality qualities that might be related to good performance."
     [3] Over a period of a year and a half, Rowatt and his team conducted online surveys of about 270
employees from 25 companies in the health care field. Participants in more than 20 states were asked to
self-report on their own character qualities. These results were then compared to performance reviews
completed by the employees" managers, who evaluated each worker according to 35 job skills. Employees
who self-reported high levels of honesty and modesty also received better job performance reviews by
their bosses.

     [4] Rowatt acknowledges that honesty and modesty will not predict job performance in every field,
especially for jobs where a high level of self-promotion is necessary, such as sales roles or entertainers.
He said, however, that in many workplaces, employees who show ____ will be liked by their colleagues.
     [5] "These are people who are trustworthy, down-to-earth, and easy to relate to," he told the Star.
"They probably get along with their managers and co-workers, and this is driving some of the better
performance evaluations."
1. What is the main idea of the text? (no more than 10 words)
2. Which sentence in the text is the closest in meaning to the following one? Honesty and modesty have
    a great effect on job performance than other personalities.
3. Fill in the blank in Paragraph 4 with proper words to complete the sentence. (no more than 6 words)
4. List three qualities that can better one"s job performance based on Paragraph 5. (no more than 10 words)
   ①_____ ②_____ ③_____
5. Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 into Chinese.
    ____________________________________________________________________________________
阅读理解。
     This year some twenty-three hundred teenagers (young people aged from 13-19) from all over the world
will spend about ten months in U.S. homes. They will attend U.S. schools, meet U.S. teenagers, and form
impressions of the real America. At the same time, about thirteen hundred American teenagers will go to other
countries to learn new languages and gain a new understanding of the rest of the world.
     Here is a two-way student exchange in action. Fred nineteen, spent last year in Germany with George"s
family. In turn, George"s son Mike spent a year in Fred"s home in America.
     Fred, a lively young man, knew little German when he arrived, but after two months" study, the language
began to come to him. The school was completely different from what he had expected-much harder.
Students rose respectfully when the teacher entered the room. They took fourteen subjects instead of the six
that are usual in the United States. There were almost no outside activities.
     Family life, too, was different. The father"s word was law, and all activities were around the family rather
than the individual. Fred found the food too simple at first. Also, he missed having a car.
     "Back home, you pick up some friends in a car and go out and have a good time. In Germany, you walk,
but you soon learn to like it."
     At the same time, in America, Mike, a friendly German boy, was also forming his idea. "I suppose I should
criticize American schools," he says. "It is far too easy by our level. But I have to say that I like it very much.
In Germany we do nothing but study. Here we take part in many outside activities. I think that maybe your
schools are better in training for citizens. There ought to be some middle ground between the two."
1. The whole exchange programme is mainly to ____.
A. help teenagers in other countries know the real America
B. send students in America to travel in Germany
C. let students learn something about other countries
D. have teenagers learn new languages
2. Fred and Mike agreed that ____.
A. American food tasted better than German food
B. German schools were harder than American schools
C. Americans and Germans were both friendly
D. there were more cars on the streets in America
3. What is particular in America schools is that ____.
A. there is some middle ground between the two teaching buildings
B. there are a lot of outside activities
C. students usually take fourteen subjects in all
D. students go outside to enjoy themselves in a car
4. After experiencing the American school life, Mike thought ____.
A. a better education should include something good from both American and Germany
B. German schools trained students to be better citizens
C. American schools were not as good as German schools
D. the easy life in the American school was more helpful to students