【2012年广东深圳】Information is received into our brain by attention, and its quality determines (决定) how wellitwill be processed, saved and used afterwards.
All information we receive is chosen by our attention. Factors (因素) affecting (影响) our attention are personal interest, experience, ability, feelings, knowledge, environment, timing, and so on. The same information may attract different forms and levels of attention from different people. Some people can get and save the information easily; some may have great difficulty; while others may just turn a blind eye to it. To the same information, one may even pay different levels of attention at different times. But if the facts work together, the quality of attention may be better. Therefore, it is not surprising to see that somebody with average intelligence (智力) can have excellent performances in some fields.
The good news is that a person's attention can be shaped, trained and made stronger by effective exercise. With this in mind, we should keep improving the quality of our attention."it" in Paragraph 1 means _______.
| A．information | B．brain |
| C．attention | D．quality |
All information we receive depends on _______.
| A．information itself | B．our attention |
| C．our intelligence | D．the environment |
Which is not the factor that affects our attention according to the passage?
| A．Interest and experience. |
| B．Experience and knowledge. |
| C．Ability and feelings. |
| D．Food and drinks. |
About attention, which of the following statements is right?
| A．People always have the same level of attention. |
| B．People pay the same attention to the same information. |
| C．A person may pay different levels of attention to the same information at different times. |
| D．All factors affecting attention never work together. |
According to the passage, _______ can help people to make their attention better.
| A．speaking more | B．effective exercise |
| C．hard work | D．high intelligence |
Mary 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 really 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.
From then on, actors started wearing sunglasses in their movies as well as on the street. Audrey Hepburn 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 Elwood 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.Why did Mary David like to wear sunglasses?
| A．She was a movie star. |
| B．She wanted to follow a movie star. |
| C．Wearing sunglasses was good to her eyes. |
| D．It was good to wear sunglasses when watching TV. |
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 words were written in very small writing |
In order to ________, the actors wore sunglasses in the movies at first .
| A．be cool |
| B．get a must |
| C．give their eyes rest |
| D．keep off the sunlight. |
We may know from this passage that ________.
| A．Audrey Hepburn 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 |
What is the main idea of this passage?
| A．The use of sunglasses. |
| B．The history of sunglasses. |
| C．The sunglasses and movie stars. |
| D．Why movie stars like to wear sunglasses. |
When I was a soldier , my first Christmas came. I was in training in New Jersey and not sure if I could make it home for the holidays. Only on the afternoon of December 23 was the list of men who would have three-day passes (通行证) posted. I was one of the lucky soldiers.
It was Christmas Eve when I arrived, and a light snow had fallen. Mother opened the front door. I could see beside her, into the corner of the living room where the tree had always stood. There were lights, all colors, and ornaments (装饰物) shining against the green of a pine tree.
“Where did it come from？” I asked.
“I asked the Gates boy to cut it,” my mother said. “I wouldn’t have had one just for myself, but when you called--- oh, such a rush! He just brought it in this afternoon…”
The pine was so high, almost to the ceiling, and the Tree Top Krystal Star was in its place. A few green branches reached out a little ugly at the side, I thought, and there was a bit of bare trunk showing in the middle. But the tree filled the room with warm light and the whole house with pleasant smell of Christmas.
“It’s not like the ones you used to find,” my mother went on. “Yours were always in good shape. I suppose the Gates boy didn’t know where to look for them. But I couldn’t be picky.”
“Don’t worry, ” I told her. “It’s perfect.”
It wasn’t, of course, but at the moment I realized something for the first time: all Christmas trees are perfect. The Christmas tree was from ________.
| A．a shop | B．the writer |
| C．his mother | D．the Gates boy |
When the writer got home, ________.
| A．it was December 23 |
| B．it was snowing heavily |
| C．he found a Christmas tree in the living room |
| D．the Gates boy was cutting a Christmas tree for his mother |
From the passage, we can learn that ________.
| A．the writer used to cut very beautiful Christmas trees |
| B．his mother didn’t like perfect trees |
| C．his mother didn’t want to have a tree |
| D．the writer wouldn’t have a tree cut by someone else |
“All Christmas trees are perfect”, because they can remind you of ________.
| A．the wartime | B．the green of a pine |
| C．the pleasant smell | D．the sweet home |
The best title for this passage would be “________”.
| A．How to Choose a Christmas Tree |
| B．How Soldiers Spent Christmas |
| C．The Perfect Christmas Tree |
| D．The Christmas Without a Tree |
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My teachers thought I was the_________(差) student. My family also had the same thought _
_____(与……一样) my teachers.
When I was going to give up my studying. a new teacher. Miss White came to our school. She was young. ________(美丽的) and knowledgeable.
One day. I was sitting __________(独自)in my classroom. Miss White came up to me and talked to me happily. Soon her smile drove away my ___
_____（不快）
“Do you think I can go to college?” I didn’t know why I asked such a question. I thought she must say “no”. because everyone _______(别的) said so. But she said. “Dear. you can do anything you want. Just try. and you’ll get closer to success. I ____
_____（相信） you are the best!”
I was ________ (感动，触动) deeply by her words. I decided to work hard. From then on. we became good __
____（朋友）. She often helped me with my study in her free time.
In the end. I did well in my studies and went to a good college. Miss White is an angel(天使). Her words have kept me going forward. She helped me to see that I am special and can be ____ （成功）in life.
Practicing yoga(瑜伽) is a helpful. popular way to keep fit. It has many followers around the world. There are many kinds of yoga. You may have heard of “hot yoga” before. Now. in India. a new kind of yoga. water yoga. is becoming more and more popular among the local people.
In the city of Agra. people practice yoga in water. It is more difficult to practice yoga in water than on land. But practicing yoga in water can be good for your flexibility (灵活性).
Harish Chaturvedi. a lawyer. teaches people water yoga for free—even the poor people can learn from him. “Water yoga can become more popular than other kind of yoga. because the body does not get tired so quickly.” he said. “Everybody can learn to swim. but if they learn yoga at the same time. they will never feel tired.”
“The level of Oxygen(氧气) is very high in water. and you will not have any breathing problem.” he added.
Harish believes that water yoga really helps people to keep away from illness. He mainly trains children. He has classes at the swimming pool of a local sports room regularly. Many children are interested in it and come to learn from him.
“Harish is very good at performing yoga in water.” said Sudhir Narayan. a water yoga student. “He is teaching children free of cost and that is a very good thing.”What is Harish Chaturvedi?
| A．A teacher. | B．A lawyer. |
| C．A doctor. | D．A swimmer. |
Why is water yoga more popular than others?
A. Because you can learn to swim at the same time.
B. Because you don’t get tired so quickly.
C. Because it can keep people fat.
D. Both A and B.The underlined phrase “for free” in the passage means _______.
| A．快乐地 | B．自由地 | C．免费地 | D．规律地 |
There are more _______ than _______ in Harish’s yoga class.
| A．children; adults | B．adults; children |
| C．women; men | D．olds; adults |
What can be the best title of the passage?
| A．Ways to keep fit |
| B．Water yoga in India |
| C．Hot yoga in the world |
| D．Harish Chaturvedi and his classes |
Bookstores are second homes for readers. Although many people can now buy books online. many readers still like the feeling in bookstores. They can touch the books and smell the print.
In China. there are many special bookstores. Sanlian Taofen Bookstore became the first 24-hour bookstore in Beijing at the beginning of April. Popular Holdings in Shanghai is a film-themed bookstore. It has film books and posters. Eslite Bookstore in Taiwan often has activities like talks with famous writers.
At the same time. bookstores outside China can be very colorful. too. Scarthin Books is a small bookstore in the UK. It sells new and second-hand books. There are more than 100.000 books lying on the shelves of the store’s 12 rooms. Bart’s Books in the US is a good place to enjoy the sunshine while reading books. It’s an outdoor bookstore. Bookshelves are on the street. When the store is closed. people can still buy books. They just put money into the door’s coin box. Where can you find a café. bar and bookstore in just one place? The answer is probably El Pendulo in Mexico. Books line(排列成行) the walls of the store. On the second floor. visitors can order everyday meals in the café and drinks from the bar. In order to keep cool. there are green plants and trees inside. Does it look like a park?______ special bookstores inside China are mentioned in the passage.
| A．2 | B．3 | C．5 | D．6 |
.Scarthin Books is ______.
| A．a 24-hour bookstore | B．an outdoor bookstore |
| C．in the US | D．small |
People can still buy books at ______ when it’s closed.
| A．Bart’s Books | B．Popular Holdings |
| C．Eslite Bookstore | D．El Pendulo |
.Readers can ______ at El Pendulo.
| A．talk with famous writers | B．order meals |
| C．enjoy the sunshine | D．buy film posters |