here ______in the world ______China is a great country with a long history and rich culture.

A. are no doubt ; that  B. are not doubts ; if    C. is no doubt; that    D. is not doubt; if

Since the pre-historic times, man has had an urge to satisfy his needs. Be it hunger, shelter or search for a mate, he has always controlled the situations to his advantage. Probably this might be the reason why we humans are the most developed of all living species on the earth. As we climbed the steps of development, we somehow left behind common sense and logical thinking -- we forgot that we have stopped thinking ahead of time.

If you are hungry, what do you do? Get a piece of your favorite meal and stay quiet. Just like your stomach, even your mind is hungry. But it never lets you know, because you keep it busy thinking about your dream lover, favorite star and many such things. So it silently began to care about your needs and never let itself grow. When mind looses its freedom to grow, creativity gets a full stop. This might be the reason why we all sometimes think "What happens next?", "Why can't I think?" "Why am I always given the difficult problems?" Well, this is the result of using our brain for thinking of not-so-worthy things.

Hunger of the mind can be actually satisfied through reading. Now why reading and not watching TV? Because reading has been the most educative tool used by us right from the childhood. Just like that to develop other aspects of our life, we have to turn to reading. You have innumerable number of books in this world which will answer all your "How to?" questions. The interesting part of the book is stored in your mind as a seed. Now this seed is unknowingly used by you in your future to develop new ideas. The same seed, if used many times, can help you link and relate a lot of things, of which you would have never thought in your wildest dreams! This is nothing but creativity. More the number of books you read, your mind will open up like never before.

1. What is the function of the first paragraph?

A. To show humans are the most developed.

B. To introduce the topic of the passage.

C. To indicate people have different needs to satisfy.

D. To explain why people need to read.

2. What does the author mean by saying "When mind looses its freedom to grow, creativity gets a full stop."

A. When mind keeps growing, creativity fully stops.

B. When freedom is lost, creativity gets a full stop.

C. When mind stops growing, creativity fully stops.

D. When growing is lost, creativity gets a flail stop.

3. The paragraph following the passage is probably about ______.

A. how the pre-historic man feeds his mind

B. what other advantages reading brings

C. how to develop creativity

D. how to satisfy your mind by watching TV

4. The author tends to tell us ______.

A. reading can satisfy your all needs　　　 B. reading can result from creativity

C. reading can feed your mind　　　　　　 　 D. reading can realize your dreams

--- Was his father very strict with him when he was at school?

--- Yes. He had never praised him _____ he became one of the top students in his grade.

 A.after                 B. unless                     C. until                  D. when

To learn English well, read _____ after class.

A. so much as possible 　 B. as possible as you can

C. as much as you can 　 D. as many as possible

I should very much like to have gone to that party of theirs,but　　 .

A、I’m not invited　　 B、I have not been invited　　

C、I was not invited　　 D、I will not be invited

Hearing what I had said, the old man shook his head in _______.

A. satisfaction 　B. understand-ing　　 C. disagree　 　　D. disapproval

He isn't such a man ______he used to be.

A. who 　　　B. whom 　　　C. that 　　　 D. as

You are only allowed to take less than 30 kilograms of carry-on(随身携带的)　　　 onto a plane.

　 A. food　　　 B. luggage　　　 C. fruits　　　　 D. bag

There are different t__________ about the origin of the universe. Which one do you agree to?

Whether we can get the money we need for the project or not, we will ______ it to the end.

　　 A. carry on with　 　B. move on with　 　　C. come on with　 　 D. take on with