18．Most of us know we should cut down on fat，but knowing such things isn't of much help when it _________ shopping and eating．（　　）

A．

refers to

B．

speaks of

C．

focuses on

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comes to

17．We can stay young forever．That is the message Dr．Shen Ziyin wants to give the world．And the Chinese doctor claims that he has found an answer to the problems of aging．
His solution is a herbal medicine to slow the process of aging．
Dr．Shen Ziyin has been trained in Western medicine．At the same time he studied traditional Chinese medicine．And，he has been working for the past forty years to put together the best of both and find a cure for aging．He has taken a hint from the ancient Chinese medicine system called"shen"．
According to Shen，it is the kidney which adjusts the functioning of the body as well as its aging process．It is responsible for the level of activity that the human bodies go through．Studies conducted by Dr．Shen show that herbal medicine based on the shen system slow the aging process，says a report in The Telegraph newspaper．
We notice that when people grow old，they have reduced strength，loss of hair，backache，weakness in general，and wrinkles，among others．This happens because when people grow old，their bodies produce T-cells．These T-cells contain a particular substance called Fas．Fas makes the cells in the body destruct themselves．
So the only way to slow down aging is to slow the production of T-cells in the body．This can happen if people eat low calorie food．Then the body is not active enough to produce extra T-cells．But，is going hungry all the time a good price to pay for staying young？
This is where Dr．Shen's herbal medicine comes in．But how effective it will be，only time can tell．
9．How did Dr．Shen find the solution to the problem of aging？D
A．By studying Western medicine．
B．By learning traditional Chinese medicine．
C．By doing research on both Western and Chinese people．
D．By combining both Western and Chinese medicine．
10．What plays the most important role in keeping people young according to Shen？B
A．Medical treatment．B．People's good kidney．
C．Level of people's activity．D．Positive life attitude．
11．The reason why people become old is thatC．
A．their bodies are unable to fight diseases
B．their bodies produce T-cells
C．they have reduced strength，loss of hair
D．they become weaker and weaker
12．We can probably learn from the passage thatC．
A．people should try to quicken the production of T-cells in the body
B．the more Chinese herbal medicine people drink，the better for health
C．it remains unknown how effective Dr．Shen's herbal medicine is
D．producing more low calorie food allows people to keep young．

16．We took a rare family road trip to the Adirondacks in late August，and it was as refreshing and exhausting as family vacations tend to be．Toward the end of our long drive home，even the kids were leaning forward in their seats urging my lead foot on．At that point in a road trip，even sixty-five miles per hour feels slow．We have become numb to our speed and numb to the road signs flashing by．
My family lives on the edge of Lancaster County．Only thirty miles from home，I hit the brakes，and we began to roll，slowly，behind a horse-drawn carriage．We began to open our eyes again．We saw familiar green hills and the farm with the best watermelons．I rolled down the windows，and we breathed again．Just-cut hay and a barn full of dairy cattle．
At five miles per hour，you remember what you forget at sixty-five．You are thinking about a place，even when you are moving from place to place．
I am a placemaker．A homemaker，too．I am a mother of a young kid at home，and also a writer and a gardener．But，for me，those roles are wrapped up with the one big thing I want to do with the rest of my life：I want to cultivate a place and share it with others．
The place I make with my family is a red-brick farmhouse built in l880．It has quite a few nineteenth-century bedrooms and a few acres of land，and we love nothing more than to fill them with neighbors and friends．We grow vegetables and flowers，keep a baker's dozen of egg-laying chickens，and，since we moved in three years ago，we have planted  many，many trees．
Living with my life's purpose does not allow for much travel．I need to be here，feeding the chickens and watering the tomatoes．Any extra in the budget，and we spend it on trees．
But I learned something at the end of our family road trip．Travel can help me in the task of caring for my own place．When I slow down and pay attention to the road between here and there，travel tells me the connections between my place and all the other places．
5．What does the author try to express in the first paragraph？C
A．The tiredness of her past family life．
B．Her disappointment at the family road trip．
C．The family's eagerness to return home．
D．Kids'excitement at driving fast on the road．
6．Why did the author slow her car some miles from her home？B
A．Because she made a way for a horse-drawn carriage．
B．Because she enjoyed the scenery along the road．
C．Because she needed a break after the long drive．
D．Because she wanted to get rid of a fast-paced life．
7．The underlined word"placemaker''in the 4th paragraph refers to someone whoD．
A．devotes most of his energy and time to building his house
B．is ready to help anyone in need in the community
C．makes a creative design for others'houses
D．is good at cultivating a place and sharing it with others
8．What can be the best title of the passage？A
A．On the Way Home         
B．Never Travel again
C．Escape from a Family Life   
D．Life on the Farm．

15．When you're a parent to a young child，you spend a lot of time talking about feelings：about having to share，about being disappointed because you may not have a cookie instead of broccoli （绿花椰菜），about the great injustice of a parent pressing the elevator button before the child has a chance to．
And in a parenting culture that's increasingly concerned with centering children's needs above all else，mothers and fathers have become skillful at talking about their kids'feelings while masking their own．But new research suggests that parents who hide their negative emotions are doing their children，and themselves harm．
A study published this month says that when parents put on a faux-happy （假开心） face for their kids，they do damage to their own sense of wellbeing and authenticity．
"For the average parent the findings suggest when they attempt to hide their negative emotion expression and overexpress their positive emotions with their children，it actually comes at a cost：doing so may lead parents to feel worse themselves，"researcher Dr Emily Impett，says．
It makes sense that parents often fall back on amping up （扩大） the positivity for the sake of their children-there are a lot of things in the world we want to protect our kids from．But children are often smarter than we expect and are quite in tune with what the people closest to them-their parents-are feeling．
There was a time about a year or so ago，for example，when I received some bad news over the phone； I was home with my four-year-old and so I did my best to put on a brave face．She knew immediately something was wrong though，and was confused．
When I finally let a few tears out and explained that Mom heard something sad about a friend，she was，of course，just fine．My daughter patted my shoulder，gave me a hug，and went back to playing．She felt better that she was able to help me，and the moment made a lot more sense to her emotionally than a smiling mom holding back sobs．I was glad that I could feel sad momentarily and not have to work hard to hide that．
Relaying positive feelings to your children when you don't feel them is a move the researchers called high cost-that it may seem like the most beneficial to your child at the time but that parents should find other ways of communicating emotions that"allow them to feel true to themselves"．
But this is also about children seeing the world in a more honest way．While we will want to protect our children from things that aren't age-appropriate or harmful，it's better to raise a generation of kids who understand that moms and dads are people too．
58．What is the typical behavior of parents when they bring up their children？C
A．Allowing their children chances to do things themselves．
B．Expressing their dissatisfaction with their children．
C．Hiding their true emotions from their children．
D．Sharing their favorite food with their children．
59．If parents put on a faux-happy face，D．
A．their children will be protected
B．their children will be taken in
C．they will feel happy as a result
D．they will undergo worse feelings
60．The author mentioned the example of her daughter to illustrateB．
A．children are not so clever as parents think
B．children can often understand parents'true feelings
C．it's meaningful for parents to always look positive
D．it's necessary to expose children to harmful things
61．We can conclude from the passage thatB．
A．protecting children from age-inappropriate things is important
B．it makes sense for children to know their parents'negative feelings
C．children will admire their parents more because of being protected
D．separation from negative feelings helps children see the world honestly．

14．To have a second child or not，this is a question．
A concern about only one child is whether one child necessarily means a lonely child．Many parents of only child feel guilty of their decision to have only one child．There are no other children in the family for the child to associate with，which may lead to the child feeing lonely at times．
Another common argument against having just one child may be more spoiled than one with siblings．Many people believe that a single child will not have learned to negotiate with others，and respect the give-and-take involved in many relationships．Some think this may leave the child less capable of interacting well with people his or her own age．
Despite these arguments，the number of parents choosing to have only one child is increasing in the world．For some single-child parents，the pressures of devoting time and energy to a second child can result in them selecting have no more children．For other parents，the financial burden of having a second child may be the major consideration．Another important consideration is the increasing age at which women give birth to children．
Advocates of single-child families argue that there are advantages for the child as well as the parents．With just one child，the parents can give，and the child can receive，more quality time and attention．
However，there is no simple answer to the question of whether or not to have a second child．The circumstances affecting each set of parents are unique．The important thing，in the end，is to make a decision that both the wife and the husband feel confident．
32．What are the advantages of children with brothers or sisters？D
A．Less pressure and better energy
B．More respect and greater family wealth
C．Higher intelligence and more attention
D．Less loneliness and better social competence
33．What prevent some parents from having a second child according to the passage？B
A．Work pressures
B．Limited time，energy and money
C．The health and wealth of the first child
D．The negotiations between parents and children
34．What can we learn from the passage？C
A．The birth of a second child makes many parents guilty
B．The number of single-child parents is decreasing
C．Nowadays women delay giving birth to children
D．Family circumstances have little effect on parents'decision
35．How is the passage developed？D
A．By providing examples              
B．By listing suggestions
C．By offering descriptions              
D．By analyzing reasons．

13．-I didn't invite him to the party but he came anyway and got completely drunk．
-_________ he hadn't come!The party could have been a success．（　　）

A．

How come

B．

Only if

C．

What if

D．

If only

12．During       president's 3-day stay in Beijing，he was shown around       Tian-an Men
Square，the Great Wall and other popular tourist destinations．（　　）

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/，the

B．

the，/

C．

/，/

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the，the

11．You have a gift for art．____ you do your best，you are sure to create fine art works．（　　）

A．

As soon as

B．

Even if

C．

In case

D．

As long as

10．Peter will have to change his travel plan because his flight______．（　　）

	A．	had delayed		B．	delays
	C．	has been delayed		D．	was delayed

9．The Knicks'new point guard，who has only started in six games so far，has already earned praise from President Barack Obama，become the hottest sports star on earth，and inspired the entire Asian-American community．Despite not being born in China，Lin has moved over Yao Ming，as a powerful role model of newest basketball hero．
Lin went from Palo Alto High School，California to an economics degree at Harvard．After graduating from Harvard in 2010，Lin wasn't drafted by any NBA team，which would have made him the first Ivy League alumni （常青藤校友）to be drafted since 1955．But Lin remained commit-ted to making it as a professional basketball player．He started off on the Golden State Warriors．Lin first signed with the Warriors in July，2010，but rarely played in games before the start of the fourth quarter．His first time on the court for the Worriers earned him seven points，three rebounds（篮板） and two assists in just 11 minutes．
With every game，every precise pass and every clever drive to the basket，Lin is raising expectations，changing the Knicks'fate and redefining the word"unlikely．"On Twitter，fans are using
another term to describe the phenomenon："Linsanity．"（ Linsanity：Lin+insanity）
And now Time magazine is going to run a cover story on Jeremy Lin，the Taiwanese 一 American basketball sensation（轰动）•The cover of the Feb.27 edition of Time，which was released Thurs-day，will bear a photo of him going for an underhand lay-up （上篮），overlaid with the word"LIN-SANITY！"in all caps，with a subheadline reading 11 Jeremy Lin lights up the NBA．"
68．Which one is the best title for the text？C
A．A New Model．
B．A New Point Guard．
C．Linsanity  
D．A Basketball Sensation．
69．The underlined word"drafted"in Paragraph 2 probably meansD
A．doubted  B．refused  C．offered  D．selected
70．The right order of the following statements isB．
A．Lin received an economics degree at Harvard．
B．Lin signed with the Golden Slate Warriors．
C．Lin studied at Palo Alto High School，California．
D．Lin served the Knicks as a point guard．
A．c a b d  B．c a d b  C．d b c a  D．d b a c
71．According to the text，which of the statements of Lin is NOT correct？B
A．Although Lin has only started in six games，he has already been praised by President Barack Obama．
B．Born in China，Lin has replaced Yao Ming as a powerful role model of newest basketball hero．
C American Time magazine is planning to make a cover story on Jeremy Lin．
D．The cover of the Feb.27 edition of Time will bear a photo of Lin going for  an underhand lay-up．