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Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to the passage??

A．You can take the GRE® revised General Test at over 850 test centers in more than 160 countries.

B．It is offered as a computer-delivered test year round at most locations around the world.

C．You can take a paper-delivered test up to three times a year where there is no computer-delivered testing.

D．Register for a GRE test or to view your scores before creating your My GRE Account.

What does the underlined word “beverages “ in the passage mean?

A．drinks	B．dictionaries
C．bags	D．clocks

You can register for either the computer-delivered test or the paper-delivered test with_______ in Nigeria.

A．American Express	B．JCB and Master Card
C．PayPal	D．Discover

While the majority of people hold the opinion that laughter is one of the nature’s great treatments for lots of mental and physical diseases, it is still a serious scientific subject that researchers are trying to figure out.
“Laughter is social.” says Robert R. Provine, author of the book “Laughter: A Scientific Investigation”, who has been studying laughter for decades. “Almost all people laugh ‘ha-ha-ha’ basically the same way. Whether you speak Mandarin, French or English, everyone will understand laughter. There is a pattern generator(发生器) in our brain that produces this sound.
Laughing is also a good way of communicating. Babies laugh long before they speak. No one teaches them how to laugh. They just do it. People may laugh at a prank(恶作剧) on April Fools’ day. But surprisingly, only 10 to 15 percent of laughter is the result of someone making a joke. Laughter is mostly about social responses rather than reaction to a joke. Deaf people laugh without hearing and people on cell phones laugh without seeing, which shows that laughter isn’t dependent on a single sense but on social interactions.
And laughter is not just a human thing. Chimps tickle(挠痒) each other and even laugh when another chimp pretends to tickle them.
Jaak Panksepp studies rats that laugh when he tickles them. It turns out rats love to be tickled. They return again and again to the hands of researchers tickling them, Panksepp’s video shows.
By studying rats, scientists can figure out what’s going on in the brain during laughter. It has been found that laughter in rats produces a chemical that acts as an antidepressant(抗抑郁药) and anxiety-reducer. Scientists think the same thing probably happens in humans, too. This would give doctors a new chemical target in the brain in their effort to develop drugs that fight depression and anxiety in people.
Even so, laughter itself has not been proved to be the best medicine, experts said. “No study has shown that laughter produces a direct health benefit,” Provine said, “largely because it’s hard to separate laughter from just feeling good.”
The writer say “laughter is mostly about social responses rather than reaction to a joke” because____________________.

A．laughter is the same sound in all the human’s languages.

B．people can communicate with each other by laughing.

C．laughter is considered a basic language all people can learn.

D．everyone can understand the meaning of the word laughter.

We know from the last two paragraphs that______.

A．the medical functions of laughter are still under experiment

B．laughing every day can cure people of many diseases

C．laughter has no direct connection with good feelings

D．scientists have learned what is happening in a human brain when he laughs

Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to the passage?

A．People speaking different languages can understand laughter.

B．People can benefit laughter directly.

C．Rats love to be tickled.

D．Laughter is more social responses than reaction to a joke.

Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A．Laughter depends on many senses.

B．If you speak different languages, you will laugh differently.

C．Laughter is a social response shared by all creatures.

D．A new medicine has been developed based on the laughter research.

Some expectations are good to have and some are unhealthy. Here’s a list of expectations that if you have, you need to change. By changing certain expectations in your life, you are opening yourself up to new experiences, new ways of thinking and even a greater sense of accomplishment that you otherwise could not have received.
1. Stop Expecting People to be Perfect:
If you have this mindset, you will always be disappointed. People will never live up to your expectations. There’s nothing wrong with having high expectations for people, but understand that when they fail, and they will, they still tried. Be understanding and don’t expect perfection.
2. Stop Expecting the Worst from People:
On the flip side, if you’re always expecting people to fail, you’re not giving them the chance to succeed. Encourage those around you. Help them, teach them. That’s how they will grow and be able to accomplish hard things.
3.______________________________:
Your finances are your responsibility. You shouldn’t expect people to pay for your entertainment, your bills or even your groceries. Get in control of your money. Once you have a budget, stick to it. Just because all your friends go out to lunch doesn’t mean you have to. There are differences between needs and wants—if you want something, save up for it; don’t expect your friends or family to pitch in and get it for you.
4. Stop Expecting Things to Always Go Wrong:
Whatever streak of bad luck you may think you’ve been having, you shouldn’t come to expect that out of everything. Learn to stay positive. If you look for the good in things you will find them, and it’s the same with bad things. If your whole focus is on situations never turning out how you want them to, they never will.
Having expectations is about finding balance in life. You have to know when you’re asking too much and when you can ask for more. It can be hard but we all need to let go of our unrealistic expectations and learn to live a healthier, happier life.
Why shouldn’t we expect people to be perfect？

A．It’s wrong to have high expectations for people.

B．People are disappointing.

C．No one can do as well as you expect.

D．When they fail they still tried.

Fill in the blanks with a correct sentence________.

A．Stop Expecting Something for Nothing

B．Stop Expecting People to Change

C．Stop Expecting Fairness in Everything

D．Stop Expecting People to Pay for You

Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．We shouldn’t give others the chance to succeed

B．We shouldn’t expect to live a healthier, happier life.

C．If you look for the bad in things you will find them.

D．If you want something, expect your friends to pay for you.

What would be the best title for the passage?

A．Live up to your expectations

B．Change your expectations

C．Accomplish your expectations

D．Believe your expectations

You have probably heard of the Mozart effect. It’s the idea that if children or even babies listen to music composed by Mozart, they will become more intelligent. A quick Internet search exposes plenty of products to assist you in the task. Whatever your age there are CDs and books to help you taste the power of Mozart’s music, but when it comes to scientific evidence that it can make you more clever, the picture is more mixed.
The phrase “the Mozart effect” was made up in 1991, but it was a study described two years later in the journal Nature that sparked(激发) real media and public interest about the idea that listening to classical music somehow improves the brain. It is one of those ideas that sound reasonable. Mozart was undoubtedly a genius himself; his music is complex and there is a hope that if we listen to enough of it, we’ll become more intelligent.
The idea took off, with thousands of parents playing Mozart to their children, and in 1998 Zell Miller, the Governor of the state of Georgia in the US, even asked for money to be set aside in the state budget so that every newborn baby could be sent a CD of classical music. It was not just babies and children who were exposed to Mozart’s music on purpose, even an Italian farmer proudly explained that the cows were played Mozart three times a day to help them to produce better milk.
I’ll leave the debate on the effect on milk yield to farmers, but what about the evidence that listening to Mozart makes people more intelligent? More research was carried out but an analysis of sixteen different studies confirmed that listening to music does lead to a temporary improvement in the ability to handle shapes mentally, but the benefits are short-lived and it doesn’t make us more intelligent.
What can we learn from paragraph 1?

A．Mozart composed many musical pieces for children.

B．Children listening to Mozart will be more intelligent.

C．There are few products on the Internet about Mozart’s music.

D．There is little scientific evidence to support Mozart effect.

Why did many people believe in the idea of Mozart Effect?

A．Because a study described it in the journal Nature.

B．Because Mozart himself was a genius.

C．Because Mozart’s music is enjoyable.

D．Because Mozart’s music makes people relaxed.

The underlined sentence in paragraph3 suggests that .

A．people were strongly against the idea

B．the idea was accepted by many people

C．Mozart played an important part in people’s life

D．the US government helped promote the idea

What is the author’s attitude towards the Mozart effect?

A．Favorable	B．Objective
C．Doubtful	D．Positive

What would be the best title for the passage?

A．Listening to Mozart, necessary?

B．What music is beneficial?

C．What is the Mozart effect?

D．To be or not to be?

Dear Maya Shao-ming,
To me, June 6, 1990 is a special day. My long-awaited dream came true the minute your father cried, "A girl!" You are more than just a second child, more than just a girl to match our boy. You, little daughter, are the link to our female line, the legacy of another woman's pain and sacrifice 31 years ago.
Let me tell you about your Chinese grandmother. Somewhere in Hong Kong, in the late fifties, a young waitress found herself pregnant (怀孕) by a cook, probably a co-worker at her restaurant. She carried the baby to term, suffered to give it birth, and kept the little girl for the first three months of her life. I like to think that my mother—your grandmother—loved me and fought to raise me on her own, but that the daily struggle was too hard. Worn down by the demands of the new baby and perhaps the constant threat of starvation, she made the painful decision to give away her girl so that both of us might have a chance for a better life.
More likely, I was dropped at the orphanage (M JLR) steps or somewhere else. I will probably never know the truth. Having a baby in her unmarried state would have brought shame on the family in China, so she probably kept my existence a secret. Once I was out of her life, it was as if I had never been born. And so you and your brother and I are the missing leaves on a family tree.
Do they ever wonder if we exist?
Before I was two, I was adopted by an Anglo couple. Fed three square meals a day, I grew like a wild weed and grasped all the opportunities they had to offer—books, music, education, church life and community activities. In a family of blue-eyed blonds, though, I stood out like a sore thumb. Whether from jealousy or fear of someone who looked so different, my older brothers sometimes teased me about my unpleasing skin, or made fun of my clumsy walk. Moody and impatient, burdened by fears that none of us realized resulted from my early years of need, I was not an easy child to love. My mother and I conflicted countless times over the years, but gradually came to see one another as real human beings with faults and talents, and as women of strength in our own right. Lacking a mirror image in the mother who raised me, I had to seek my identity as a woman on my own. The Asian American community has helped me regain my double identity.
But part of me will always be missing: my beginnings, my personal history, all the delicate details that give a person her origin. Nevertheless, someone gave me a lucky name "Siu Wai." "Siu" means "little," and "Wai means "clever." Therefore, my baby name was "Clever little one." Who chose those words? Who cared enough to note my arrival in the world?
I lost my Chinese name for 18 years. It was Americanized for convenience to "Sue." But like an ill-fitting coat, it made me uncomfortable. I hated the name. But even more, I hated being Chinese. It took many years to become proud of my Asian origin and work up the courage to take back my birth-name. That, plus a little knowledge of classroom Cantonese, is all the Chinese culture I have to offer you. Not white, certainly, but not really Asian, I try to pave(铺) the way between the two worlds and bridge the gap for you. Your name, "Shao-ming," is very much like mine—"Shao" means "little." And "ming" is "bright," as in a shining sun or moon. Whose lives will you brighten, little Maya? Your past is more complete than mine, and each day I cradle you in your babyhood, generously giving you the loving care I lacked for my first two years. When I pat you, I comfort the lost baby inside me who still cries for her mother.
Sweet Maya, it doesn't matter what you "become" later on. You have already fulfilled my wildest dreams.
I love you,
Mommy
Why is June 6. 1990 a special day for Mommy?

A．Her dream of being a mother came true.

B．She found her origin from her Chinese mother.

C．She wrote the letter to her daughter.

D．Her female line was well linked.

How does Mommy feel about her being given away?

A．It is bitter and disappointing.

B．It is painful but understandable.

C．She feels sorry but pitiful.

D．She feels hurt and angry.

What does "I stood out like a sore thumb" in Paragraph 5 mean?

A．I walked clumsily out of pains.

B．I was not easy to love due to jealousy.

C．I was impatient out of fear.

D．I looked different from others.

What can be inferred from Mommy's Anglo family life?

A．She used to experience an identity crisis.

B．She fought against her American identity.

C．She forgot the pains of her early years.

D．She kept her love for Asia from childhood.

Why did Mommy name her daughter "Shao-ming?"

A．To match her own birth-name.

B．To brighten the lives of the family.

C．To identify her with Chinese origin.

D．To justify her pride in Chinese culture.

By "Your past is more complete than mine," Mommy means .

A．her past was completed earlier than Shao-ming's

B．Shao-ming has got motherly care and a sense of roots

C．her mother didn't comfort her the way she did Shao-ming

D．her past was spent brokenly, first in Asia, then in the US

A．Nanjing Road E. Station	B．Shandong Road N. Station
C．Fuzhou Road E. Station	D．Nanjing Road N. Station

A．No. 345, Nanjing Road.	B．No. 465, Fuzhou Road
C．No. 390, Fuzhou Road	D．No. 355, Fuzhou Road

A．9:30 and 21:30	B．9:30 and 20:30
C．9:00 and 18:00	D．9:00 and 17:30