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For centuries, the body’s blood has been linked closely with the emotions. People who show no human emotions or feelings, are said to be cold-blooded killer. For example, the police are searching for a cold-blooded killer. He seems to kill for no reason, and no emotion, as if taking someone’s life as nothing.
Cold can affect other parts of the body. The expression “get cold feet” has nothing to do with cold or your feet. The expression means being afraid to do something you have decided to do. For example, you agree to be president of an organization. But then you learn that all the other officers have resigned, and all the work of the organization will be your responsibility. You are likely to get cold feet about being president when you understand the situation.
The expression “give someone the cold shoulder” probably comes from the physical act of turning your back toward someone, instead of speaking to him face to face. You may give a cold shoulder to a friend who has not kept a promise he made to you. Or, to someone who has lied about you to others.
A cold fish is not a fish.It is a person.But it is a person who is unfriendly, unemotional and shows no love or warmth. A cold fish does not offer much of himself to anyone.Someone who is a cold fish could be cold-hearted. Now a cold-hearted person is someone who has no sympathy.Several popular songs in recent years were about cold-hearted men or cold-hearted women who, without feelings, broke the hearts of their lovers.
Out in the cold means not getting something that everybody else got.A person might say that everybody but him got a pay raise---he was left out in the cold.And it is not a pleasant place to be.
When you refuse to speak to a man and treat him in a distant way, you may express by “____”.

A．I think he is a cold fish

B．I give him the cold shoulder

C．I think he is a cold-blooded man

D．I’m likely to get cold feet

If Sue shows absolutely no reaction to those awful pictures of starving children in Africa, you will say _________.

A．she is a cold fish	B．she is out in the cold
C．she is a cold-blooded killer	D．she gets cold feet

We can use the expression “__________” to describe a man who abandons or hurts his lover without mercy.

A．cold feet	B．cold shoulder
C．cold-hearted	D．cold-blooded

The topic of this passage is about _________.

A．some expressions about friendship

B．how cold weather comes into being

C．some expressions connected with cold

D．the relationship between cold and our body

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◇ part-time laboratory assistant wanted required by busy electronics(电子) company to help with development of computer. should have an electronics degree and some practical experience of working in an electronics laboratory. hours 9:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. mon.-fri. fourteen days paid leave. salary ￥6598-￥10230 dependent on experience. letter of application to: mrs. g chan, nova electronics, 45 gordon rd, hung hom kowloon.
The one who put on the first ad probably wants to _______.

A．rent(租) a beautiful flat of her own in happy valley

B．find another lady to share the cost to rent a flat

C．share her room in a flat with whoever has no pet

D．take on a maid to look after herself and the flat

According to the ads, you may _______.

A．call at 2521-6011 and see a beautiful park

B．buy an old picture for $150

C．buy two armchairs for $ 400

D．hire a maid by paying $6 800

If you want to buy some old furniture, you may_______.

A．get in touch with nova electronics

B．call at 2524-5867 any day except Monday

C．do it before you move to another place

D．call at either 2524-5867 on Monday or 2521-6011 on Saturday

Once you can get a part-time job in nova electronics, _______.

A．you have to work at least 4 hours a day

B．you should write a letter to mrs. g chan

C．you will get no more than $6 598 each money

D．you will be given 14 days off each year besides weekends

DALLAS – A suburban Dallas woman accused of killing her two young children told a 911 operator that she first tried to poison them because they were autistic(自闭症) and she wanted "normal kids," then choked(窒息) them with a wire until they stopped moving, according to the recorded call.
Irving police on Wednesday released recordings of the 911 call after Saiqa Akhter was charged with capital murder in the death of her 5-year-old son, Zain Akhter and her 2-year-old daughter, Faryaal Akhter. Police said the children were attacked at the family's apartment Monday night.
In the recording released Wednesday, the woman identified herself as Saiqa Akhter and repeatedly told the operator she killed her two children. At one point, the woman hung up and the dispatcher(调度员) called her back.
"I killed both of them. I told you," she told the operator. Later, she explained that both children were lying motionless on the bed in the master bedroom.
"They are not doing anything. They are just blue and they are not taking any breaths and ... their heart is not beating," she said.
She told the operator she initially tried to poison the children with bathroom cleaner but they refused to drink it. When that didn't work, "I used a wire on their necks," she said.
When the operator asked the woman why she attacked her children, she said, "They're both not normal, not normal. They're autistic. Both are autistic." Pressed further, she said, "I don't want my children to be like that. ... I want normal kids."
Later, the dispatcher asked the woman what she was feeling. "Nothing," she responded.
At one point, water could be heard running in the background and the dispatcher asked what the woman what she was doing. She told the operator she was trying to wash the smell of cleaner off of her hands. The dispatcher then told the woman to go sit on a couch in the living room and wait for police.
At the end of the recording, police can be heard arriving at the home.
The woman killed her two young children by____.

A．poisoning them

B．choking them

C．first poisoning and then choking them

D．striking them with bathroom cleaner

According to this passage, the killing happened_____.

A．on Wednesday	B．on Monday night
C．on Monday morning	D．after the woman telephoned the 119

What can be inferred from the passage?

A．The woman`s two children were autistic.

B．The woman did not take the killing seriously.

C．The woman hanged up immediately after she called 911.

D．The children did not drink the bathroom cleaner.

What would be the best title for this text?

A．A Dallas Mom Killing Her Two Children

B．A Woman Who Suffers From Autism

C．A Woman and Her Two Children

D．A Dallas Woman Murderer

"A photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically with a smart phone or webcam and uploaded to a social media website" is the definition of "selfie" in the Oxford English Dictionary. In fact, it wasn't even in the dictionary until August of last year. It earned its place there because people are now so obsessed with (对……痴迷) selfies ─ we take them when we try on a new hat, play with our pets or when we meet a friend whom we haven't seen in a while.
But is there any scientific explanation for this obsession? Well, you should probably ask James Kilner, a neuroscientist(神经系统科学家) at University College London.
Through our lifetime we become experts at recognizing and interpreting other people's faces and facial expressions. In contrast, according to Kilner, we have a very poor understanding of our own faces since we have little experience of looking at them ─ we just feel them most of the time.
This has been proved in previous studies, according to the BBC.
Kilner found that most people chose the more attractive picture. This suggests that we tend to think of ourselves as better-looking than we actually are. To further test how we actually perceive our own faces, Kilner carried out another study. He showed people different versions of their own portrait ─ the original, one that had been edited to look less attractive and one that was made more attractive ─ and asked them to pick the version which they thought looked most like them. They chose the more attractive version.
But what does it say about settles? Well, isn't that obvious? Selfies give us the power to create a photograph ─ by taking it from various angles, with different poses, using filters (滤色镜) and so on ─ that better matches our expectations with our actual faces.
"You suddenly have control in a way that you don't have in non-virtual(非虚拟的) interactions," Kilner told the Canada-based CTV News. Selfies allow you "to keep taking pictures until you manage to take one you're happy with" , he explained.
What is the passage mainly about?

A．The definition and fun of taking selfies.

B．A study of why people love taking selfies.

C．How taking selfies influences people's daily lives.

D．How to interpret people's facial expressions in their selfies.

The underlined word "perceive" in Paragraph 5 can be replaced by "______".

A．interpret

B．beautify

C．choose

D．explain

What did Kilner discover from his researches?

A．People interpret others' facial expressions worse than their own.

B．People tend to spend more time looking at their faces than at others'.

C．People tend to believe they look more attractive than they actually are.

D．People who like taking selfies know more about their facial expressions.

According to Kilner, people like taking selfies probably because they think ______.

A．it is a good chance to learn more about their actual faces

B．it is a way to respond to others' facial expressions correctly

C．it enables them to interact with their friends in social media

D．it allows them to satisfy their expectations with their appearances

Foxes and farmers have never got on well. These small dog-like animals have long been accused of killing farm animals. They are officially classified as harmful and farmers try to keep their numbers down by shooting or poisoning them.
Famers can also call on the services of their local hunt to control the fox population. Hunting consists of running after a fox across the countryside, with a group of specially trained dogs, followed by men and women riding horses. When the dogs eventually catch the fox, the kill it or a hunter shoots it.
People who take part in hunting think of it as a sport. They wear a special uniform of red coats and white trousers, and follow strict rules of behavior. But owning a horse and hunting regularly are expensive, so most hunters are wealthy.
It is estimated that up to 100,000 people watch or take part in fox-hunting. But over the last couple of decades the number of people who are against fox-hunting, because they think it is brutal(残暴的), has risen sharply. Nowadays it is rare for a hunt to pass off without some kind of conflict between hunters and hunt opponents (阻止者). Sometimes these incidents lead to violence, but mostly opponents discourage the hunt by misleading riders and disturbing the trail of the fox's smell, which the dogs follow.
Noisy conflicts between hunters and opponents have become so common that they are almost as much a part of hunting as running after foxes itself. But this year supporters of fox-hunting face a much bigger threat to their sport. A Labour Party member of Parliament(英国议会), Mike Foster, is trying to get Parliament to approve a new law which will make the hunting of wild animals with dogs illegal. If the law is passed, wild animals like foxes will be protected under the ban in Britain.
Wealthy people in Britain have been hunting foxes to ______.

A．benefit the farmers	B．get entertainment
C．show off their wealth	D．limit the fox population

The opponents of fox-hunting often discourage the game by ______.

A．using violence

B．taking legal action

C．seeking help from farmers

D．confusing the fox hunters

A new law may be passed by the British Parliament to ______.

A．protect wild animals like foxes

B．control fox-hunting on a large scale

C．prohibit farmers from hunting foxes

D．standardize the behavior of fox-hunting

What can be inferred from this passage?

A．Limiting the fox population is unnecessary at all.

B．Killing foxes with poison is not allowed by the law.

C．Hunting foxes with dogs is considered cruel and violent.

D．Fox-hunting causes conflicts between hunters and farmers.