Geena David knew she wanted to be a movie star when she was very young．She was not sure what gave her the idea, but she wanted to look like a movie star．“I have a lot of pictures from my childhood of me wearing sunglasses,” she says．“I used to wear them to watch TV．”

         Early movie actors started wearing sunglasses not because they looked good, but because their eyes hurt．The lights used on movie sets were extremely bright and could cause a painful problem known as “Klieg eyes”．It was named after the Klieg brothers who invented the lights．Actors wore sunglasses to give their eyes a rest．But when movie stars began wearing their sunglasses in public, they quickly became a must．

         Eventually actors started wearing sunglasses in their movies as well as on the street．Audrey Hephburn wore ultra-cool Ray-Ban sunglasses in the 1961 movie, Breakfast at Tiffany’s．As a result, Ray-Ban sunglasses started to appear more and more in the movies．In 1979, Ray-Ban “Wayfarers” were worn by Jake and Elwoo d in The Blue Brothers．Tom Cruise wore Ray-Ban “Aviator” sunglasses in the 1986 hit, Top Gun．Then in 1997, Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones made Ray-Ban “Predator” sunglasses famous in Men in Black．

         Of course sunglasses aren’t just a fashion statement．The main reason to wear sunglasses is to protect our eyes against UV radiation．UV radiation can damage our eyes, so people now choose their sunglasses carefully．But you don’t have to give up style for safety．The choice of frames and lenses available these days is huge．So you can protect your eyes and still be the coolest person on the beach．

1.What is mainly discussed in this passage?

         A．The use of sunglasses．   B．The history of sunglasses．

         C．The sunglasses wearing．        D．Why movie stars like to wear sunglasses．

2.Why did Geena David like to wear sunglasses?

         A．She was a movie star．

         B．She wanted to follow a movie star．

         C．Wearing sunglasses was good for her eyes．

         D．It was good to wear sunglasses when watching TV．

3.Early actors’ eyes hurt because ______．

         A．they wore sunglasses        B．they went out in the sun too much

         C．the lights on movie sets were too bright  D．their scripts were written in very small writing

4.We may know from this passage that ______．

         A．Audrey Hephburn was a famous film star

         B．Ray-Ban is the name of sunglasses maker

         C．Sunglasses made Top Gun the hit in 1986

          D．Men in Black must be an advertisement of sunglasses

5.Now people wear sunglasses ______．

         A．just to protect their eyes  B．for fashion and to protect their eyes

         C．because of bright lights     D．because movie stars wear them

 

About ten men in every hundred suffer from color blindness in some way. Women are luckier，only about one in two hundred is affected in this matter. Perhaps, after all, it is safer to be driven by a woman.

There are different forms of color blindness. In some cases a man may not be able to see deep red. He may think that red, orange and yellow are all shades of green. Sometimes a person cannot tell the difference between blue and green. In rare cases an unlucky man see everything in shades of green—a strange world indeed.

Color blindness in human beings is a strange thing to explain. In a single eye there are millions of very small things called "cones". These help us to see in a bright and tell difference between colors. There are also millions of "rods ", but these are used for seeing when it is nearly dark. They show us shape but no color.    Some insects have favorite colors. Mosquitoes(蚊子) like blue but do not like yellow. A red light will not attract insects, but a blue lamp will. In a similar way human being also have favorite colors. Yet we are lucky. With the aid of the cones in our eyes we can see many beautiful colors by day, and with the aid of the rods we can see shapes at night, One day we may even learn more about the invisible colors around us.

1.According to the passage, with the help of the "cones", we can        

A．tell different colours                     B．see in a weak light

C．tell different shapes                     D．tell orange from yellow

2. Why do some people say it is safer to be driven by women?

A．Women are more careful.

B．There are fewer color-blind women.

C．Women are fonder of driving than men.

D．Women are weaker but quicker in thinking.

3.Which of the statements about the color-blind is true?

A．Not all of them have the same problem in recognizing colors.

B．None of them can see deep red.

C．None of them can tell the difference between blue and green.

D．All of them see everything in shades of green.

4.We can attract and kill mosquitoes by using a        

A．red light                              B．yellow light

C．blue light                              D．green light

 

Dogs may not know exactly what you are doing especially when you’re trying to figure out a square root or diagram a sentence. But according to a new study, dogs can understand what we’re thinking and feeling by reading our facial expressions and body language and following our eyes.

Researchers studied 29 dogs. The dogs were shown a movie where a woman looked directly at them and said “Hi dog!” Then, the woman looked at a flowerpot sitting next to her. The researchers found that when the woman looked at and spoke directly to a dog, the dog usually followed her eyes to the flowerpot. It proved that the dogs knew that the woman was thinking about the flowerpot.

“By following the eye movements of dogs, we were able to get a first-hand look at how their minds are actually working,” said Jozsef, the senior researcher.

Later in the movie, the woman said “Hi dogs” in a low voice and didn’t look at the dog before looking at the flowerpot. In that situation, the dogs didn’t seem to understand what the woman was thinking. There was no eye contact, and the woman didn’t appear to speak to the dogs directly.

That comes as no surprise to dog trainer Jones. “Dogs normally speak through nonverbal signals. It’s more natural to them,” she said. “If you’ve ever watched dogs at a dog park, you’ve seen it. Within 30 seconds they enter the park, much information has passed between the new dog and the ones already in the park. They’re exchanging looks, observing eyes and body posture. On the other hand, when you speak to a dog, they are learning a foreign language.”

Picking up your nonverbal signals seems more natural. So, if you were hoping that all this means your dog could help you solve your math problems, you’re probably out of luck. But he or she might be a lot more in tune with what you’re thinking than you previously thought.

1.How could the researchers find that the dogs understood the woman’s intention?

A．By speaking to them directly.

B．By reading their eye movements.

C．By following their facial expressions.

D．By asking the dog trainer questions.

2.According to the text, Jones finds that ______.

A．dogs usually speak through verbal signals

B．dogs learn a great deal more at a dog park

C．dogs can understand humans’ words easily

D．dogs speak through eyes and body language

3.It is implied in the text that dogs can read your emotions only if ______.

A．you manage to get their attention

B．you like making friends with them

C．you are familiar with their behavior

D．you can pick up their verbal signals

4.What does the underlined phrase “be in tune with” in the last paragraph mean?

A．refuse

B．approve

C．understand

D．love

 

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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，从短文后所给题目的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Mother used to ask me what the most important part of the body is. Through the years I would  ­­21 ­­­ at the correct answer. When I was younger, I thought   22   very important to us, so I said, “My ears, mum.” She said, “No, many people are   23  . But think about it and I’ll ask you again.”

Since making my first   24  , I had often thought over the question. So the next time I told her, “Mum, it must be our eyes.” She said, “You are   25   fast, but the answer isn’t correct because there are blind people.”

26   the years, mother asked me a couple more   27   and always her response was, “No, but you are getting   28  , dear.” Last year, my Grandpa   29  . Everybody was heartbroken, crying. When it was our   __30   to say our final good-bye to Grandpa, Mum asked me, “Do you know the important body part yet, my dear?”

I was   31   when she was asking me. I always thought this was a    32__ between us. She saw the   __33   look on my face and told me “This question’s very important. It shows you have really   34   your life.” I saw her eyes full of tears. She said, “My dear, the most important body part is your   35  .” I asked, “Is it because they hold up your head?” she replied, “No, it is   36   on them a crying friend or a loved one can   __37   their head. I hope you’ll have a shoulder to cry   38   when you need it.”

Then and there I understood the most important body part is not a   39   one. It is being sympathetic(同情的) to the pain of   40  .

21. A. guess           B. believe             C. doubt                  D. notice

22. A. love            B. health               C. sight             D. sound

23. A. blind          B. invisible            C. deaf             D. thoughtful

24. A. discovery    B. decision            C. advice           D. attempt

25. A. thinking       B. learning            C. growing           D. changing

26. A. Over           B. Till              C. Beyond            D. Before

27. A. times           B. things               C. questions          D. ways

28. A. stronger      B. taller            C. nicer             D. smarter

29. A. left out       B. got ill               C. passed away      D. got wounded

30. A. turn             B. duty              C. pity              D. chance

31. A. satisfied              B. shocked             C. interested          D. excited

32. A. test              B. secret            C. match               D. game

33. A. worried       B. regretted           C. puzzled             D. pained

34. A. lived           B. found               C. disliked            D. enjoyed

35. A. feet             B. shoulders           C. hands               D. hair

36. A. how            B. why              C. because             D. whether

37. A. put             B. carry            C. leave             D. rest

38. A. on           B. by                C. above               D. for

39. A. valuable      B. selfish           C. useful           D. precious

40. A. Grandpa      B. the deaf        C. others         D. the blind

 

 

第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每题2分，满分40分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

The Pillow

At the age of sixteen, I joined a volunteer group with my dad. I went on my first volunteer project in West Virginia. On the night we arrived, we discovered that “our family” was living in a trailer(拖车) that was in poor condition. A crew had been working on it for two weeks, but every time they finished one problem, another surfaced.

We decided the only reasonable solution was to build a new house – something unusual but necessary under these circumstances. The family was overjoyed with their new house that was twenty by thirty feet with three bedrooms, a bath and a kitchen.

On Tuesday of that week, while we ate lunch together, I asked the family’s three boys, Josh, Eric and Ryan, "What do you want for your new room?" Expecting toys and other gadgets that children usually ask for, we were surprised when Josh responded, "I just want a bed."

The boys had never slept in a bed! They were accustomed to plastic mats. That night we had a meeting and decided that beds would be the perfect gift. On Thursday night, a few adults in our group drove to the nearest city and bought beds and new bedding.

When we saw the delivery truck coming, we told the family about the surprise. We could hardly contain ourselves. It was like watching excited children on Christmas morning.

That afternoon, as we fitted the frames of the beds tog tether, Eric ran into the house to watch us. Too dirty to enter his room, he observed with wide-eyed enthusiasm from the doorway.

As my father slipped a pillowcase onto one of the pillows, Eric asked, "What is that?"

    "A pillow," she replied.

    "What do you do with it?" Eric continued to ask.

    "When you go to sleep, you put your head on it,” I answered softly. Tears came to our eyes as she handed Eric the pillow.

    "Oh . . . that's soft," he said, hugging it tightly.

Now, when my sister or I start to ask for something that seems urgent, my Dad gently asks, "Do you have a pillow?"

We know exactly what he means.

1．The writer’s first volunteer project was         .

        A．working on a poor trailer  B．helping a poor family

         C．donating beds and bedding       D．dealing with a housing problem

2．On bearing Josh’s answer, the writer was shocked because         .

         A．the family lived in a trailer         B．he expected to get some toys

         C．he didn’t know what a bed was         D．the boys had no bed to sleep in

3．From the passage, we can learn that Eric had never seen       before.

         A．a trailer      B．a truck        C．a pillow      D．a house

4．By saying “Do you have a pillow?”, the writer’s father means that        .

        A．what they want to get may be unnecessary

         B．they should not waste money on small things

         C．they should do more volunteer work for the poor

D．what he will buy is not what they want but a pillow