This lucky deal inspired Mr. Boggis. He _________ a good idea.

Lucky people use counter-factual thinking to ______.

A．encourage others to be happier

B．move their misfortune to others

C．weaken the impact of misfortune

D．help unlucky people deal with misfortune

The sentence "we pay for our sentitivity" in Para.2 most probably means ______.

A．we suffer because of being sensitive

B．our sensitivity costs us a great deal

C．we have to pay the dentist for his making us sensitive to pain

D．we are lucky to have developed our senses

Among the following which one is not the negative consequence according to the passage？

A．The kids are emotionally fragile and they can't stand on their own.

B．They don't know how to make sound decisions.

C．They aren't equipped to deal with failure and frustration.

D．They are lucky to have their parents aroun

In ancient (古代的) times the most important examinations were spoken, not written. In the schools of ancient Greece and Rome, testing usually consisted of saying poetry aloud or giving speeches. In the European universities of the Middle Ages, students who were working for advanced degrees had to discuss questions in their field of study of the subject. This custom exists today as part of the work of testing candidates (候选人)for a master's or doctor's degree.

Generally, however, modem examinations are written. Two types of tests are commonly used in modem schools. The first types sometimes called an objective (客观的) test, it is intended to deal with facts, not personal opinions. To make up an objective test the teacher writes a series of questions, each of which has only one correct answer. Along with each question the teacher writes the correct answer and also three statements that look like answers to students who have not learned the material properly.

The student has just one task: he must recognize the correct answer and copy its letter or number on his examination paper. For testing a student's memory of facts and details, the objective test has advantages. It can find out a great deal about the student's range of knowledge. For testing some kinds of learning, however, such a test is not very satisfactory. A lucky student may guess the correct answer without really knowing the material.

The passage is mainly about______.

A．examinations in the ancient times

B．modern examinations

C．how to do well in an examination

D．setting questions for an examination

A: Look at the mess. And the inspector will be here any minute. B: ______.

A．Relax. The inspector will be late.

B．No problem, it looks fine.

C．Take .it easy. I'll make sure the room is in order.

D．Do you think so？

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)

Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. For questions 8- 10. complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.

How to Get Lucky and Live a Charmed Life

For centuries, people have recognized the power of luck and have done whatever they could to try seizing it. Take knocking on wood, thought to date back to pagan rituals aimed at eliciting help from powerful tree gods. We still do it today, though few, if any, of us worship tree gods. So why do we pass this and other superstitions down from generation to generation？ The answer lies in the power of hick.

Live a Charmed life

To investigate scientifically why some people are consistently lucky and others aren't, I advertised in national periodicals for volunteers of both varieties. Four hundred men and woman from all walks of life--ages 18 to 84—responded.

Over a ten-year period, I interviewed these volunteers, asked them to complete diaries, personality questionnaires and IQ tests, and invited them to my laboratory for experiments. Lucky people, I found, get that way via some basic principles-- seizing chance opportunities; creating self-fulfilling prophecies through positive expectations; and adopting a resilient attitude that turns had luck around.

Open Your Mind

Consider chance opportunities: Lucky people regularly have them; unlucky people don't. To determine why, I gave lucky and unlucky people a newspaper, and asked them to tell me how many photos were inside. On average, unlucky people spent about two minutes un this exercise; lucky people spent seconds. Why？ Because on the paper's second page--in big type--was the message "Stop counting: There are 43 photographs in this newspaper." Lucky people tended to spot the message. Unlucky ones didn't. I put a second one halfway through the paper: "Stop counting, tell the experimenter you have seen this and win＄250." Again, the unlucky people missed it.

The lesson: Unlucky people miss chance opportunities because they're too busy looking for something else. Lucky people see what is there rather than just what they're looking for.

This is only part of the story. Many of my lanky participants tried hard to add variety to their lives. Before making important decisions, one altered his route to work. Another described a way of meeting people. He noticed that at parties he usually talked to the same type of person. To change this, he thought of a color and then spoke only to guests wearing that color--women in red, say, or men in black.

Does this technique work？ Well, imagine living in the canter of an apple orchard. Each day you must collect a basket of apples. At first, it won't matter where you look. The entire orchard will have apples. Gradually, it becomes harder to find apples in places you've visited before. If you go to new parts of the orchard each time, the odds of finding apples will increase dramatically. It is exactly the same with luck.

Relish the Upside

Another important principle revolved around the way in which lucky and unlucky people deal with misfortune. Imagine representing your country in the Olympics. You compete, do well, and win a bronze medal. Now imagine a second Olympics. This time you do even better and win a silver medal. How happy do you think you'd feel？ Most of us think we'd be happier after winning the silver medal.

But research suggests athletes who win bronze medals are actually happier. This is because silver medalists think that if they'd performed slightly better, they might have won a gold med

A．the power of luck

B．the power of God

C．the power of belief

D．the power of intelligence

听力原文： What can hospitals do to help patients recover faster from illness？ Apart from nursing and medicine, (26)one way that is getting more attention is to improve the quality of the environment in hospitals. (27) Now some of Britain's most talented artists have been called in to transform. older hospitals. Of the 2 500 National Health Service hospitals in Britain, (27)almost 100 now have large collections of contemporary art in corridors, waiting areas and treatment rooms.

(28)These recent creative ideas owe a great deal to one artist, Peter Senior. He set up his studio at a Manchester hospital in northeastern England during the early 1970s. (29)He felt the artist had lost his place in modern society, and that art should be enjoyed by a wider audience.

A typical hospital waiting room might have as many as 5 000 visitors each week. What better place to hold regular exhibitions of art! Senior was so popular that he was soon joined by six young art school graduates.

The effect was striking. Now in the corridors and waiting moms the visitors have a full view of fresh colors, amusing images and peaceful courtyards.

The quality of the environment may reduce the expensive drugs when a patient is recovering from an illness. According to a study, patients who had a view of a garden needed half the number of strong pain killers compared with patients who had only a brick wall to look at. Those lucky patients said they used to be so upset when they saw the dull environment in hospitals.

(33)

A．Expensive medicine.

B．Good nursing.

C．Better environment in hospitals.

D．Recovery at home.

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What is Chinese New Year？

In many parts of Asia, nations follow the lunar calendar rather than the Gregorian calendar used by the rest of the world. __________ (46) Many nations including Vietnam and KoreaceleB．rate the lunar New Year with festivals and special foods. The Chinese, however, have turned the cele- bration into an art forrn:a15 day festival called the Spring Festival in China, although it is known to the rest of the world as Chinese New Year.

__________ (47) which is considered to be aparticularly auspicious day. Children are givenhongbao, lucky red envelopes full of money, and households exchange visits and gifts. Most cele-brants at Chinese New Year wear red, which is alucky color, and also refrain from reflecting onthe past year and uttering unlucky words, as it is believed that the first day of the new year willdetermine your fortune in the months to come.

Chinese New Year continues with 15 days of celebration and auspicious days, including aday to welcome the god of wealth, aday to celebrate farming and produce, and days to celebratefriends and family. Friendships and family relationships are avery important part of Chinese NewYear, __________(48) Numerous lucky foods are served throughout the Chinese New Year festi-val, and after all that rich dining, the 13th day of the festival is set aside for eating rice and B．ittergreens to cleanse the palate.

On the 15th day, the Chinese New Year celebration culminates with the Lantern Festival,which is traditionally held at night. During the Lantern Festival, hundreds of citizens flood thestreet with lanterns representing wealth, animals, historical figures, plants, and avariety of otherthings. __________ (49) The Lantern Festival ends with aburst of fireworks to celebrate the up-coming year while celebrants eat special round dumplings to celebrate unity.

In Vietnam, the new year festival is known as Tet Nguyen Dan, and is celebrated for sevendays. Much like Chinese New Year, Tet is believed to be an especially auspicious period in Viet-nam which will establish the fortunes of celebrants for the coming year.(50) In Korea,the one day festival is known as Sol-nal, and is atime to reflect on ancestors and family.

A．and agreat deal of food and dinner invitations are exchanged as part of this tradition.

B．The lanterns are paraded through towns and cities throughout China, Taiwan, and partsof the world with large Chinese communities.

C．As A．result, the year starts on adifferent day, usually in January or February by the Gre-gorian calendar.

D．Chinese New Year is the most important festival in Chinese culture.

E．Chinese New Year begins on the first day of the first moon of the year.

F．Special foods are eaten and gifts are exchanged.

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A.a writer

B.B

C.C

D.D

E.E

F.F

SECTION A CONVERSATIONS

Directions: In this section you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow.

听力原文：M: Lisa, do you think it's good that Miss Rice's been nominated to be chairman of the department？

W: Yes, I do. Rice is so well liked. She really gets along with people well. She really knows how to handle them.

M: That's true. And I do think it's nice that it's a woman that's been nominated. You know women have had trouble for such a long time. But in the long run I think it's important that a man is the head of the English department.

W: Why？ And what's so special about a man？

M: Because men are stronger than women.

W: I don't think that has anything to do with it. I think we should look at it as to who is more qualified.

M: But I think men are basically, inherently stronger than women.

W: Don't be so chauvinistic, Garry. Look at Thatcher, for example. She is an exception to the rule.

M: I think that she's just lucky enough to beat the men at their own game.

W: Well, Garry. That's because women aren't so accepted, it may be putting Rice in a difficult situation if she is made department head. And that's why we have to support her, even bring up false arguments.

M: Well, I'm just wondering how her fellow male colleagues in the university are going to react to a woman as the department head.

W: That's a good point, and I think that since we all know she's qualified, so with our support she can do it.

M: OK, I will try.

Which of the following is NOT the reason that Lisa thinks Rice is qualified for the position？

A．She is well liked and has good qualifications.

B．She gets well along with other people.

C．She knows how to deal with and handle people.

D．Women are more likely to be accepted by others.