My dad also taught me，by example，that a healthy lifestyle is important．He was hardly ever sick．But I don’l think my dad ever even had a cup of coffee．He barely touched alcohol．
He would say，“Boonnie，your voice is a reflection of your overall physical well-being．So if you want to sing well，take better care of yourself.” If I became hoarse(嘶哑)or caught a cold，he didn’t blame me directly：“Well，Bonnie，you know，if you’d get to sleep a little earlier，that would probably be a good idea．”When I decided to get unexcitable about 18 years ago，he told me．“See，
Bonnie，it's so great to see you in such strong voice all the time．”
He just did not complain，even when he was uncomfortable toward the end，from the pneumonia that eventually took his life．He simply made a choice to be positive and not negative．
I am so glad that we had the chance to perform together．I was touched that he tried singing my music，even though the bluesy style didn’t come naturally to him．Then，when I had so much
Grmnmy success with my album Nick of Time in 1990，I realized. Hey，I have one of the greatest singers of all time in my family．I was very nervous about doing the Boston Pops show on TV with my dad．To calm me，he said，“Bonnie，a beautiful song is a beautiful song．Just believe it．”I looked in my dad’s eyes，and there we were singing the Irving Berlia song with the lvric．Of all the duets I've done．that one wiU always be a highlight．
60．the second paragraph shows that ．
A．the author’s father had a loving, in-the-moment and joyful approach
B．the author’s father had a very healthy lifestyle
C．the author’s father was very strict with his son
D．the author’s father devoted himself to his son
61．The author。father died because of ．
A．coffee B．alcohol C．pneumonia D．tire
62．The underlined word “inexeitable” means
A．heated B．silent C．angry D．amused
63．From the last paragraph we may learn that ．
A．the father and his son often performed together
B．playing blues is the father' s favourite
C．The author was good at orchestral music
D．the father and his son are both musicians
Kids are far better than adults at learning how to speak multiple languages. Research now shows that very young infants might have some of the best language skills of all．
A new study suggests that babies between 4 and 6 months old can tell the difference between two languages just by looking at the speaker's face．They don't need to hear word．Sometimes between 6-8 months of age, babies raised in homes where just one language is spoken lose this ability．Babies from bilingual(双语的) homes, on the other hand, keep the face-reading ability until they're at least 8 months old．
Researchers in Canada studied 36 babies from English-speaking families．Twelve of the babies were 4 months old,12 were 6 months old, and the rest were 8 months old．Each baby sat on his or her mother's lap and watched video clips(电影片断) of a woman talking．The woman was fluent in both English and French．In some clips, she read from a storybook in English．In ot
her clips, she read in French．In all of the videos there was no sound．What is mainly discussed in the passage ?
| A．Language teaching． |
| B．Language learning |
| C．Babies and language learning |
| D．Parents and language teaching |
What do the underlined word in the second paragraph refer to ?
| A．Two or more． | B．Foreign. | C．difficult. | D．At least one. |
We can know from the passage that.
A．all the babies in the study are of the same age． |
| B．the babies could hear the woman's voice while watching the videos． |
| C．the stories the woman read were written in either French or German． |
| D．it's still unknown how babies could tell the difference between languages． |
Why did the 8-month-old pay no attention when the language was changed ?
| A．They had lost the ability to distinguish different languages． |
| B．They were too tired to open their eyes and fell asleep． |
| C．They couldn't hear what the speaker was talking about． |
| D．They had lost the interest in bilingual speakers． |
People playing computer games to train their brains might as well be playing Super Mario, a new research suggests. In a six-week study, experts found people who played online games designed to improve their cognitive skills didn’t get any smarter．
Researchers recruited（招募） participants from views of the BBC’s science show Bang Goes the Theory．More than 8,600 people aged 18 to 60 were asked to play online brain games designed by the researchers to improve their memory, reasoning and other skills, for at least 10 minutes a day, three times a week．What’s the purpose of online brain games according to the designers?
| A．To take part in the study. |
| B．To draw public attention to computer. |
| C．To provide free service to teenagers. |
| D．To improve players’ IQ. |
How many people were inveolved in the study made by the researchers?
| A．About 60. | B．Only 2700. | C．8600 or so. | D．Around 11,300. |
．What’s the result of the study about online games?
| A．Those who didn’t play online games felt disappointed. |
| B．Those who played online games proved smarter. |
| C．Online games don’t improve the players’ skills at all. |
| D．Online games will be more popular than before. |
The best title for the passage may probably be.
A． Don’t Play Games Any More |
B．New Study of IQ |
| C．Brain Games Don’t Raise IQ | D．Brain Games and Super Mario |
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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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When she flew into Athens on an unseasonably cold day in September, she quickly realized that she hadn’t brought enough warm clothes. Walking through the streets of the Greek capital, she happened to see a nice coat in a shop window and went in to ask about the price. The coat was too expensive, but as Christine was about to leave the shop, the woman asked her where she was from. When Christine answered Australia, the woman agreed to reduce the price because she knew a nice girl from Australia called Elena. Christine then noticed a photo of a young man standing next to a motorbike. Her eyes opened wide with astonishment. It was Nicos! Indeed the young man was Nicos, and the woman in the shop was Maria. She had come to Athens from Santorini to look after the shop for a friend.
Sadly, the story has a tragic ending. Nicos had been killed in a motorcycle accident.
“I wanted to tell Elena,” said Maria. “But I didn’t know how. Now that I have met you, I know that it’s time to tell her.”Elena went to Greece in order to visit.
| A．her parents | B．Christine | C．Nicos. | D．her grandparents |
Why did Nicos stop writing to Elena?
| A．He had moved away. |
| B．His mother forbade him to do so. |
| C．He h ad died in an accident. |
| D．They had lost touch with each other. |
What can be inferred from the fact that Christine and Maria had a talk in the shop?
| A．They two had planned the talk before. | B．They met each other accidentally. |
| C．They were business partners. | D．They recognized each other. |
I love science and science fiction. Like many science fiction fans, I am fascinated by the possibility of time travel. However, one must combine romance with reasoning and look into the chances of time travel critically.
First of all, we must remember the whole universe is in motion. If we want to go back to yesterday, our "time machine" has to move back in time and space. If someone claimed he was at home when he suddenly travelled 200 years back in time, he either had an illusion or made the story up. Two hundred years ago, Earth was in a different place in space, so how can you travel back 200 years without moving in space? Don't get me wrong. I am not knocking the genius of science fiction writers. H.G. Wells's "The Time Machine" is a great work of fiction, but that’s all. I have read many other time travelling science fiction stories since reading H.G. Wells, but none address this problem of displacement.
My own argument for the im
p
ossibility of time travel is that physical states of the past no longer exist and those of the future are not here yet. To be able to move back and forth in time requires everything that has happened, is happening, and will happen everywhere in the whole universe at every single moment in time－past, present, and future－to be stored as a "reality" somewhere－like the save game file of a computer game that contains every single byte of information of the game at the point it was saved, but you would need an almost extremely large file and almost extremely many of them－so it can be re-entered and communicated with, and not just light signals for viewing. To me, I don’t buy it.Which of the following can be the best title?
| A．How to make time travel possible? |
| B．Why am I fascinated by time travel? |
| C．Why do I think time travel is not possible? |
| D．How to explain the possibility of time travel? |
What’s the meaning of the underlined word “illusion”?
| A．success | B．dream | C．switch | D．support |
According to the author, which of the following is RIGHT?
| A．We can go back to the past by time travel. |
| B．People can travel to the future by moving in space. |
| C．“The Time Machine” is nothing more than a science fiction. |
| D．Everything that happened, is happening and will happen can be stored somewhere. |
In the author’s opinion, time travel might be possible if .
| A．people could combine romance with reasoning |
| B．people could stop the movement of the whole universe |
| C．people could use time machine under the instruction of H.G. Wells |
| D．people could “save” everything in the past, present and future in a certain space |
As we have seen, the focus of medical care in our society has been shifting from curing disease to preventing disease－especially in changing our many unhealthy behaviors, such as poor eating habits, smoking, and failure to exercise. The line of thought about this shift can be pursued further. Imagine a person who is about the right weight, but does not eat very nutritious foods, who feels OK but exercises only occasionally, who goes to work every day, but is not an outstanding worker, who drinks a few beers at home most nights but does not drive while drunk, and who has no chest pains or abnormal blood counts, but sleeps a lot and often feels tired. This person is not ill. He may not even be at risk for any particular disease
. But we can imagine that this person could be a lot healthier.
The field of medicine has not traditionally distinguished between someone who is just “not ill” and someone who is in excellent health and pays attention to the body’s special needs. Both types have simply been called “well”. In recent years, however, some health specialists have begun to apply the terms “well” and “wellness” only to those who are actively attempting to maintain and improve their health. People who are well are concerned with nutrition and exercise, and they make a point of monitoring their body’s condition. Most important, perhaps, people who are well take active responsibility for all matters related to their health. Even people who have a ph
ysical disease or handicap (缺陷) may be “well”, in this new sense, if they make an effort to maintain the best possible health they can in the face of their physical limitations. “Wellness” may perhaps best be viewed not as a state that people can achieve, but as an ideal that people can struggle for. People who are well are likely to be better able to resist disease and to fight disease when it strikes. And by focusing attention on healthy ways of living, the concept of wellness can have a beneficial influence on the ways in which people face the challenges of daily life.Today’s medical care is placing more stress on .
| A．monitoring patients’ body functions |
| B．removing people’s bad living habits |
| C．ensuring people’s psychological well-being |
| D．keeping people in a healthy physical condition |
Traditionally, a person is considered “well” if he or she .
| A．is free from any kind of disease |
| B．does not have any physical handicaps |
| C．attempts to maintain the best possible health |
| D．keeps a proper balance between work and leisure |
According to the passage, which of the following is WRONG?
| A．Wellness is now just an ideal in many people’s mind. |
| B．Someone who drinks a few beers at home most nights is not healthy. |
| C．The concept of wellness can help people face the challenges of daily life. |
| D．A man without any physical or mental problem may not be really healthy. |
According to the author, healthy people are those
who .
| A．do not have any symptoms of disease |
| B．have strong muscles as well as slim figures |
| C．try to keep healthy as possible, regardless of their limitations |
| D．can recover from illness even without seeking medical care |