How Many Lies Do the Children Tell You?Mothers who feel their children don’t app

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How Many Lies Do the Children Tell You?
Mothers who feel their children don’t appreciate them can add another complaint to the list: half the time, their children are lying to them. A study designed to expose the

truth about lying shows that undergraduates lie to their mothers in 46% of their conversations. Still, mums should feel

better than-total strangers, who are told lies an aston

ishing 77% of the time.
Bella DePaulo and a team of psychologists from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, asked 77 undergraduates to keep a record of all their conversations for a week, and write down whether they lied at any time. DePaulo named lying broadly, as “when you intentionally try to mislead someone”, so she would catch the smallest of lies.
The students told an average of two lies a day. They said they had been studying when they had been out drinking. One told his parents that a textbook cost $50 rather than $20 so that

they would send him extra money. Female students constantly told their plain-looking roommates that they were pretty. “They are everyday lies,” says DePaulo.
DePaulo and her colleagues conclude that people tend to tell fewer lies to those they feel closest to. College students lied to their best friends 28% of the time but lied to acquaintances 48% of the time. In close relationships, people were more likely to tell “kind-hearted” lies, designed to protect feelings, rather than self-serving lies.
DePaulo finds that unmarried lovers can expect less honesty than best friends because of the insecurity that comes with romance.
Mothers can take heart from one other finding. They may have been lied to, but at least their children talked to them. The students were recorded telling few lies to their fathers because they had little interaction with them.
小题1: Female students lied to their roommates to ________.

A．get money from them	B．offer them the services
C．gain more security	D．make them happy

小题2: According to the passage, college students told fewer lies to ________.

A．mothers	B．best friends
C．acquaintances	D．romantic partners

小题3: Which of the following statements is correct ?

A．Undergraduates lie to their mothers in 77% of their conversations.

B．Strangers become very annoyed when children tell lies to them.

C．Compared with mothers, students’ fathers are told fewer lies.

D．Best friends can expect more insecurity than unmarried lovers.

小题4:What is the purpose of this article ?

A．To present a fact.	B．To argue an idea.
C．To tell a story.	D．To explain a theory.

答案

DBCA

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Another food which is closely associated with Americans is apple pie．Apple pie is often served hot with a spoon of ice cream or a slice of cheese at the end of the biggest meal of the day—dinner, and it is a favorite dessert throughout the nation, if a person is typical of Americans, we can say, "He is as American as apple pie．"
It is true that the apple and apple pie do not originate in America, but the expression "as American as apple pie" is not the product of a pure imagination．As early as 1625, the English colonists, having brought orchards （果园） on this new land and in most of the colonial times, the apple was a main material of both plain and fancy cooking．The first Massachusetts governor, William Endicott, was one of many keen apple planters who helped to lay the foundations for today" s apple-growing industry in America．
A major attraction of the apple for the colonists was that it could be made into cider （苹果酒）. Like most Europeans, English colonists held a strong suspicion （怀疑） of drinking water, and since grapegrowing was hindered by plant peats, cider became an alternative to wine．Cheap and easy to produce, it was the American drink of first choice well into the nineteenth century． Whether it was dried, raw or cooked, the apple also found its way into numerous colonial dishes, including apple sauces, pudding, stuffings and many desserts．Therefore, the conclusion to be drawn here is obvious．The apple pie became known as American, not because it was invented on this land （since it was proved that Europeans had been eating apple pies for centuries）, but because, thanks to the huge orchards in the states of Washington and New York, America became the world"s largest apple-producing nation．
小题1:If a person is said to be as American as apple pie, it means that _______．

A．he always prefers apple pie as a dessert	B．his favourite pie is apple pie
C．he behaves and thinks in the American way	D．he is good at making American apple pie

小题2:The apple can be used to make into all of the following except _______．

A．wine

B．sauces

C．pudding

D．cider

小题3:The underlined word hindered in Paragraph 3 means．________．

A．promoted

B．prevented

C．improved

D．enlarged

小题4:It can be concluded from the passage that_______．

A．the apple pie was first served in America

B．the English colonists developed a taste for the apple only after they, arrived at the New World

C．the expression "as American as apple pie" is a pure imagination

D．the apple pie is traditionally associated with Americans due to their large apple production

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The Golden Gate Bridge, the first sight for many people arriving in the United States by ship, is a well-recognized landmark, which spans(横跨) the Golden Gate Strait.
The idea for a bridge across the strait had been around for many years, but it was not easy to get the project started. The construction of the bridge finally began in 1933. The construction work set new standards for safety----workers were among the first required to wear hard hats, and an innovative（革新的） safety net saved the lives of nineteen men while the bridge was built. The Golden Gate Bridge was completed in 1937, which was finished ahead of schedule.
Joseph Strauss was the chief engineer in charge of the bridge project. However, he had little experience with the construction of suspension（悬浮）bridges. For this reason, other engineers, architects, and designers made great contributions to the design and construction of the bridge. For example, the bridge owes its art style and unique orange color to the architects Irving and Gertrude Morrow. Charles Alton Ellis was the main engineer on the project and did much of the technical work necessary to build the bridge.
Today, the Golden Gate Bridge has a main span of 4,200 feet and a total length of 8,981 feet, making it one of the longest bridges in the world. The bridge is 90 feet wide, and its span is 220 feet above the water. The towers supporting the huge cables (巨缆) rise 746 feet above the waters of the Golden Gate Strait, making them 191 feet taller than the Washington Monument. About 40 million cars cross the bridge every year. There are foghorns（雾角）to let passing ships know where the bridge is, and aircraft beacons（信号灯）on the tops of the towers to stop planes from crashing into them.
小题1:The purpose of the passage is to _______.

A．describe the construction work of the Golden Gate Bridge

B．introduce the Golden Gate Bridge

C．tell us the history of the Golden Gate Bridge

D．introduce the engineers in charge of the Golden Gate Bridge

小题2:Safety innovations during the construction of the bridge included ________.

A．hardhats and a safety net	B．aircraft beacons
C．foghorns	D．all of the above

小题3: It can be inferred from the passage that _______.

A．Joseph Strauss was skilled in the construction of suspension bridges

B．it took the construction workers three years to build the Golden Gate Bridge

C．about 100 thousand cars cross the Golden Gate Bridge every day

D．the Golden Gate Bridge is the longest bridge in the world

小题4:The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 4 refers to ________.

A．towers

B．cables

C．waters

D．bridges

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Sublet.com is not just for sublets (转租，分租) and

subleases（转租入，转租出）! If you are searching for a place to live or just need temporary rental housing, you will find the rental you need at Sublet.com. Sublet.com is a full service rental website where landlords(房东), tenants(房客) and roommates come together to rent apartments, houses and rooms.
At sublet.com tenants can search and find every type of rental housing. Sublet.com landlords rent and sublet apartments, houses, townhouses, rooms, hotels, Bed and Breakfasts, mobile homes, vacation rentals and dormitory rooms.

Sublet.com rentals and sublets meet every demand: pet friendly rentals and subleases, furnished or unfurnished rentals, short term or long term rentals, roommates, rentals and sublets for tenants with bad credit and obviously rentals for tenants with good credit. At Sublet.com tenants can search for rentals in many different ways. Search rentals by location neighborhood, by zip code(区号), by specific rental needs like doorman, pets, high speed internet, no smokers and more.
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Sublet.com does not share personal information. Even email addresses are not accessible to landlords or tenants. Sublet.com does not save credit card information. Sublet.com posts a TRUSTED logo(专用标识) for landlords that have been screened and checked. And tenant reviews of landlords are posted with each listing to express the quality of a rental or a landlord. Since all landlords with tenant complaints are blocked, the length of time a landlord has been posting is shown to indicate the quality of the landlord.
小题1:At Sublet.com, _________.

A．tenants with bad credit can not find their rentals

B．tenants can not find the rentals which provide Bed and

Breakfasts

C．landlords can post a flat or a room to rent without paying any money

D．landlords and tenants are informed of each other’s email addresses

小题2:This passage is probably_________.

A．an ad for a housing rental website	B．a guide for people to rent houses
C．a direction of making rental deals	D．a collection of rental information

小题3:People can do all the following at Sublet.com EXCEPT_________.

A．buy a well-furnished apartment

B．find a place to stay with their pets

C．evaluate the quality of a tenant

D．post their apartment or house for a short term or long term rental

小题4:The purpose of the last paragraph is probably to_________.

A．attract

more tenants

B．prove that sublet.com is the best

C．refuse people with bad credit

D．convince landlords and tenants of their privacy and security

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完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从第每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项
How often do you let other people’s nonsense change your mood? The mark of a successful person is how   36  he can get back his focus on what is important.
Two years ago I gained the knowledge about the Law of the Garbage Truck. I   37  it in a taxi. I got on a taxi, and we headed for Grand Central Station. We were 38 in the right lane(行车道) when   39 a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver stepped on his brakes(刹车)heavily, and    40  the car’s back end by just inches!
The driver almost caused a(n)   41 , saying bad words at us. My t

axi driver just smiled and waved at the guy 42   . So, I said, “This guy almost   43  your car and sent us to the   44  !” On the way to the Grand Central Station, my taxi driver told me what I now   45  “The Law of the Garbage Truck.”
“Many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of   46  , full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As their garbage becomes more, they needed a(n)   47 to dump(扔) it. When someone wants to dump it on you, don’t   48  it. You just smile, wish them well, and focus on important things quickly.
Good leaders know they have to be 49 for their next meeting. Good parents know that they have to welcome their children home from school with hugs and kisses. Good 50 and parents know what is   51 for them. The bottom line is that   52 people do not let garbage Trucks take over their day.
Life is too   53 to wake up in the morning with 54 , so take your time and love the peop

le who treat you right. 55 about the ones who don’t. Don’t be regretful for your life.

小题1:.

A．quickly

B．hardly

C．completely

D．directly

小题2:.

A．realized

B．observed

C．concluded

D．learned

小题3:

A．walking

B．driving

C．running

D．talking

小题4:

A．suddenly

B．slowly

C．secretly

D．finally

小题5:.

A．struck

B．hit

C．approached

D．missed

小题6:

A．argument

B．fire

C．accident

D．debate

小题7:

A．impatiently

B．friendly

C．angrily

D．impolitely

小题8:

A．destroyed

B．stole

C．burned

D．caught

小题9:

A．station

B．office

C．park

D．hospital

小题10:

A．imagine

B．believe

C．call

D．expect

小题11:

A．energy

B．garbage

C．happiness

D．possibility

小题12:

A．assistant

B．chance

C．tool

D．place

小题13:

A．value

B．refuse

C．mind

D．ignore

小题14:

A．ready

B．eager

C．anxious

D．suitable

小题15:

A. teachers

B doctors

C. drivers

D. leaders

小题16:

A．useful

B．important

C．necessary

D．dangerous

小题17:.

A．successful

B．busy

C．silly

D．common

小题18:.

A．long

B．hard

C．short

D．exciting

小题19:

A．aims

B．dreams

C．hopes

D．regrets

小题20:

A. Point

B. Forget

D. Wonder

D. Dream

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When you have a question about something, where do you go? For many people the answer is simple as they can go online to a search engine like Google or Yahoo. But what about people in rural or underdeveloped areas who may have no way to get on the Internet?
A business and international development professor in California, Rose Shuman, found an answer for them: Question Box. Question Box is a service that provid

es answers---free of charge--- for people who cannot search the Internet directly. The users of Questions Box might be those who might not be

able to read, or simply have no access to the Internet.
Question Box began three years ago in India. People used a metal call box with a push-to-talk button to connect a live operator. Rose Schuman explained,” You just need to push a big green button on the box which will connect you directly to our operators who are sitting in front of computers, and speak your language. You can ask them any sort of question you want, and they’ll look it up in English or in Hindi, or whatever the main language is, and translate the answer back for you.”
The service is currently offered in two villages. The latest version of the box uses mobile phone technology, and solar panels in case the electrical power fails. Rose Shuman says the aim was to make the box as easy as possible for users, “It is very efficient (效率高的). Rather than try to bring a lot of difficulties to them and expect them to spend a lot of time to learn how to use the Internet, the idea was to make a technology that even Grandma could use.”
In April 2009, Question Box was introduced to Uganda. Forty community workers with mobile phones connected villagers to call center operators in Kampala. The community workers went around telling people about the service. They wore T-shirts that said “Ask me.” But Internet service in Uganda proved slow and undependable. So Question Box teamed up with a local technology company to store information on a local server. That way, the researchers in Kampala could quickly search the database for answers.
小题1: The best title for the passage is __________.

A．Question Box ----taking the place of the Internet

B．Needing an answer? ----asking Question Box

C．Question Box ----A great invention in the world

D．Rose Shuman-----

A professor helping the poor

小题2: In Rose Schuman’s opinion, the greatest advantage of Question Box is that______.

A．It is the most advanced in the world

B．It is more convenient to carry.

C．It is much easier to use

D．it saves much more energy

小题3:The underlined word “them” in the fourth paragraph refers to______.

A．the users	B．the operators
C．the researchers	D．Question Box workers

小题4:What can we know from the passage?

A．Question Box costs the users much less than the Internet.

B．Question Box operators can look for information in any language.

C．Question Box is more efficient in solving problems in underdeveloped areas.

D．Question Box can work without the help of the Internet in Uganda.

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