Hundreds of people lined up at Grand Central Terminal yesterday, but they weren’t there to catch a train．They came to New York City’s famous railroad station to trade in old dollar bills for the new George Washington Presidential$ 1 coin．

       The gold-colored coin is the first in a new series by the U．S．Mint（造币厂）that honors former U．S．Presidents．The Mint will issue（发行） four Presidential$ 1 coins a year through 2016．Like the popular 50 State Quarters program, which issues coins in the order in which each state joined the Union, Presidential$ 1 coins will come out in the order in which each President served．The George Washington coin is the first to be released．John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison coins will come out later this year．

       The Presidential $ 1 coins will be the same size and color as the Sacagawea Golden Dollar．However, there is an important difference．For the first time since the 1930s, there is an inscription（题字）on the edge of each coin．Each coin will show a different President on its face, or head side．It will also show the President’s name, the order in which he served and his years in office．The other side of the coin will show the Statue of Liberty and the inscriptions “United States of America” and “$ 1”．

       There will be one Presidential$ 1 coin for each President, except Grover Cleveland．He will have two! Cleveland is the only U．S．President to have served two nonconsecutive（不连续的）terms．

       The last President scheduled to get a coin is Gerald Ford because a President must have been dead for two years before he can be on a coin．

1．Why did people line up at the railway station?

       A．To book train tickets．                   B．To exchange money．

       C．To visit a coin show．                     D．To visit the station itself．

2．In which order will the Presidential$ 1 coins come out?

       A．Each state joined the Union．              B．Each President was born．

       C．Each President took office．               D．Each President died．

3．It can be inferred from the passage that         ．

       A．there are no words on the Sacagawea Golden Dollar

       B．the new coin can buy more than the old coin

       C．the new coin takes on a white colour

       D．the Sacagawea Golden Dollar is bigger

4．Why will Grover Cleveland have two coins?

       A．He served longer than any other President．

       B．He is the most famous President in the U．S．

       C．He is the only one who has served two terms．

       D．He served two terms but not continuously．

5．Which of the following could be the best title of the passage?

       A．Presidential$ 1 coin issued．

       B．Different ways to honor Presidents．

       C．The differences between Presidential$ 1 coin and other coins．

       D．Collections of old dollar bills．

Nancy had got a secretary’s job in a big company to work in the sales department. Monday was the first day that she went to work, so she was very   36  . She got up very early and arrived at the   37   at twenty to eight. She   38   the door open and found nobody there. “I am the   39   to arrive.” She thought and came to her desk. She was surprised to   40   a large bunch of flowers on it. They were fresh. She   41   the flowers from the desk and smelled them. “Oh, how lovely!” Nancy      42   joyfully. She then looked round for a   43   to put them in. “Somebody has sent me flowers the   44   first day!” She thought happily. “But who could it be?” She began to wonder.

The day passed very   45   and Nancy did everything with great interest and   46  . For the following days of the week, the first thing Nancy did was to change water for the flowers. And then she   47   herself in her work.

Then came another Monday. When she came near her desk she was overjoyed to see a(n) 48  bunch of flowers there. She quickly put them in the vase, replacing the old ones.

The same thing happened again the next Monday. Nancy felt it   49   and this time she began to think of ways to find out the   50  . On Tuesday afternoon, she was sent to   51   a plan to the general manager’s office. She had to stay for a while at his secretary’s desk waiting for his   52  . She happened to see on the desk a big note book   53  “Records of manager’s meetings”, and glanced at the   54   pages. Suddenly her eyes fell on these words: “In order to keep the secretaries  55  , the company has decided that every Monday morning a bunch of fresh flowers should be sent to each secretary’s desk.”

Later, she was told that their manager was a business management psychologist.

He held the blazing(点燃) matches to a piece of wood. After a while, he became aware that he could smell his hands burning. Then he began to feel the pain. He opened his hands, and the blazing matches fell on to the snow. The flame went out in a puff of gray smoke.
The man looked up. The dog was still watching him. The man got an idea. He would kill the dog and bury his hands inside its warm body. When the feeling came back to his fingers, he could build another fire. He called to the dog. The dog heard danger in the man's voice. It backed away.
The man called again. This time the dog came closer. The man reached for his knife. But he had forgotten that he could not bend his fingers. He could not kill the dog, because he could not hold his knife.
The fear of death came over the man. He jumped up and began to run. The running began to make him feel better. Maybe running would make his feet warm. If he ran far enough, he would reach his friends at Henderson Creek. They would take care of him.
It felt strange to run and not feel his feet when they hit the ground. He fell several times. He decided to rest a while. As he lay in the snow, he noticed that he was not shaking. He could not feel his nose or fingers or feet. Yet, he was feeling quite warm and comfortable. He realized he was going to die. Well, he decided, he might as well take it like a man. There were worse ways to die. The man closed his eyes and floated into the most comfortable sleep he had ever known.
The dog sat facing him, waiting. Finally, the dog moved closer to the man and caught the smell of death. The animal threw back its head. It let out a long, soft cry to the cold stars in the black sky.
And then it tuned and ran toward Henderson Creek... where it knew there was food and a fire

1. 1.

   Put the following statements in the correct order.
   ① The thought to kill the dog occurred to the man.
   ② The man failed to build a fire.
   ③ The dog headed for Henderson Creek.
   ④ The man’s life came to an end.
   ⑤ The man tried to warm by running on his frozen feet

   1. A.
      ②①⑤④③
   2. B.
      ①②⑤③④
   3. C.
      ①②③④⑤
   4. D.
      ②①⑤③④
2. 2.

   Why did the dog back away from the man?

   1. A.
      It never trusted human
   2. B.
      It smelt food somewhere
   3. C.
      It sensed murderous atmosphere
   4. D.
      It caught sight of the knife
3. 3.

   What does the underlined word “it” mean in the 5th paragraph?

   1. A.
      The dog
   2. B.
      The weather
   3. C.
      The death
   4. D.
      The cry
4. 4.

   It can be concluded from the passage that________

   1. A.
      Man can conquer nature
   2. B.
      the man tried hard to survive
   3. C.
      the dog obeyed human beings
   4. D.
      the man met death without dignity

America is growing older. Fifty years ago, only 4 out of every 100 people in the United States were 65 or order. Today, 10 out of every 100 Americans are over 65. The aging of the population will affect American society in many ways---education, medicine and business. Quietly, the graying(人口老化) of America has made us a very different society---one in which people have a quite different idea of what kind of behavior is suitable at various ages.
   A person’s age no longer tells you anything about his/her position, marriage or health. There is no longer a particular year in which one goes to school or goes to work or gets married or starts a family. The social clock that kept us on time and told us when to go to school, get a job, or stop working isn’t as strong as it used to be. It doesn’t surprise us to hear of a 29-year-old university president or a 35-year-old grandmother, or a 70-year-old man who has become a father for the first time. Public ideas are changing.
   Many people say, “I am much younger than my mother or my father was at my age.” No one says “Act your age” any more. We’ve stop looking with surprise at older people, who act in youthful ways.
50. It can be learned from the text that the aging of the population in America ______.
   A. has changed people’s social position       B. has changed people’s understanding of age
   C. has made people feel younger            D. has made people feel older
51. The underlined word “one” in paragraph 1 refers to ______.
   A. a society           B. America           C. a place            D. population
52. “Act your age” means people should ______.
   A. show respect for their parents young or old
   B. do the right thing at the right age
   C. be active when they are old
   D. take more physical exercise suitable to their age
53. If a 25-year-old man becomes general manager of a big firm, the writer of the text 
would most probably consider it ______.
   A. unbelievable        B. wonderful        C. normal           D. unreasonable

    阅读下面短文，从各题A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。

    People who smoke could lose around one third of their daily memory, researchers say.

    A study by a team at Northumbria University showed that smokers lost more of their memory when compared to non-smokers.

    And the research also found that those who kicked the habit saw their ability to recollect information restored to almost the same level as non-smokers.

    The study involved more than seventy 18-to-25-year-olds and included a tour of the university’s campus. Those who took part were asked to recall small details, such as a list of songs played at a campus concert and tasks completed at various points－known as real world memory test. Smokers performed badly, remembering just 59 percent of tasks. But those who had given up smoking remembered 74 percent and those who had never smoked recalled 81 percent of tasks.

    Dr. Tom Heffernan, who leads Northumbria University’s Collaboration for Drug and Alcohol Research Group, said the findings would be useful in anti-smoking campaigns. He said, “Given that there are up to 10 million smokers in the UK and as many as 45 million in the United States, it's important to understand the effects smoking has on everyday cognitive（认知的）function-of which prospective memory is an excellent example. ”

    “This is the first time that a study has set out to examine whether giving up smoking has an impact on memory. We already know that giving up smoking has huge health benefits for the body, but this study also shows how stopping smoking can have knock-on benefits for cognitive functions too. ’’

    The research will now investigate the effects of passive smoking on memory, while Dr. Heffernan and Dr. Terence O’Neil will look into the effects of third-hand smoking－toxins left on curtains and furniture.

1. What’s the main idea of the passage?

    A. Smoking does harm to health.

    B. Smokers take a tour to the University’s campus.

    C. Smoking can affect one’s memory.

    D. Smokers are compared to non-smokers.

2. How did those who took part in the study perform when asked to recall small details?

    A. Smokers did the worst among the participants.

    B. Non-smokers could recall about half of them.

    C. Smokers could recall nothing at all.

    D. Those who gave up smoking did best.

3. According to Dr. Tom Heffernan, the findings_______.

    A. would be really a surprise to the public

    B. would contribute to fighting against smoking

    C. would be used in real world memory test

    D. would be nothing new to the researchers

4. What does the underlined word “impact’’ most probably mean?

    A. order    B. impression    C. expression    D. effect

5. What will Dr. Heffernan and Dr Terence O’Neil do?

    A. Investigate the effects of third-hand smoking.

    B. Do research on how smoking affects passive smokers.

    C. Find ways to persuade people to quit smoking.

    D. Study whether giving up smoking affects memory.