Tina sings more _______ /?la?dl?/ than Tara.

A. loud B. loudly C. aloud D. lonely

— You should say sorry to your father for the mistake you made, Tom.

— I don’t _______ to meet his eyes. What if he gets angry with me?

A. need B. have C. dare D. Refuse

—Can she play the guitar?

—No, she_______. It’s too hard for her.

A. Must B. should C. can D. can’t

There ____ two concerts tomorrow evening.

A. will are B. are going to be

C. is going to be D. are going to have

—Where’s my schoolbag?

— It’s ________ the table.

A. with B. under C. of D. For

—Do you like spring or winter?

—________. I really like the flowers and warm sunshine.

A. Yes, I do B. No, I don’t C. Spring D. Winter

As a student, we should do to protect our environment.

A. nothing B. Anybody

C. something D. Somebody

—Zhang Lili , the most beautiful teacher, moved us deeply.

—Yes, and she is ___________popular with her students.

A. sometimes B. never C. always D. Hardly

Maybe more than any other people, Americans have come to depend on their cars. The family car has been a _____ thing since the early twentieth century and it has ______ Americans’ life. Many people have ______ outside of the large cities to the suburbs(郊區(qū)). Some Americans______ two hours a day or more in their cars going to work and going home again. Cars have become the means of transportation ______ most Americans for going shopping and going on holidays.

Americans used to like big cars, because gasoline(汽油) used not to be so ______. Recently, however, the ______ of gasoline has increased. ______ cars have become more popular. Also ______ cars have become popular. Americans have bought large numbers of Japanese and German cars. They have bought cars from several_____ countries, too.

1.A. special B. common C. traditional D. bad

2.A. kept B. made C. taken D. changed

3.A. moved B. stayed C. flown D. gone

4.A. cost B. pay C. spend D. take

5.A. for B. to C. at D. on

6.A. cheap B. expensive C. high D. low

7.A. colour B. station C. number D. cost

8.A. Big B. Expensive C. Cheap D. Small

9.A. American B. foreign C. new D. old

10.A. the other B. another C. other D. Others

We often find that weekends and holidays feel so short while classes and work feel so long. Actually, though, we know that this is not true. But we still wonder where that strange feeling comes from.

In fact, this is one of the ways that we’re tricked by time, according to the website All That Is Interesting. The website lists several wrong impressions we often have about time. Let’s have a look.

First of all, emotions affect our time-keeping abilities. Negative emotions, especially anxiety and boredom, make time seem longer because they make us concentrate more on the passage of time. However, when we are enjoying ourselves, we pay more attention to what we are doing and are likely to lose track of (失去對……的意識) time.

Here is another example. In 2007, a group of scientists carried out a test. In the test, people fell 50 meters into a safety net and were then asked about their experience. Although the experience took shorter than 3 seconds, the people thought it was much longer than it actually was.

This is because of the way our bodies reply to danger, according to the scientists. Our bodies produce a chemical called adrenaline ( 腎 上 腺 素 ) when we are faced with danger. It allows us to concentrate better so that we can stay alive. As a result, we are able to remember far more details ( 細(xì) 節(jié) )over a short period of time, which makes it seem like time is going more slowly.

Another situation when we make mistakes about time is when we take afternoon naps (午覺). Have you ever had trouble telling what time it is after a long nap? That’s because the best amount of time for a nap is 20 minutes. After 20 minutes, you enter a new stage of sleep called slow-wave sleep. If you wake up mid-way in this stage, it will take a while before you can correctly perceive (感知) time again.

Yes, time can be mysterious and there is no way to control it. So, perhaps the best thing to do is to make good use of every minute.

1. According to the passage, what possibly makes people feel so long ?

A. weekends and holidays B. weekends and work

C. classes and work D. holidays and work

2. Which is NOT the wrong impressions that we often have about time according to the the website listing?

A. negative emotions B. positive emotions

C. adrenaline D. scientists

3.According to the passage, in which situation do we make mistakes about time?

A. We have many problems left in the test paper, but the time is up.

B. We have a math test when we fall down from a high place.

C. We may have trouble telling what time it is after a long nap.

D. We go to school on the school bus as usual on weekdays .

4.According to the passage , what will NOT happen when we are faced with danger ?

A. Our bodies will produce a chemical called adrenaline.

B. We are able to feel that time seems to go more slowly.

C. Adrenaline will make us concentrate better to stay alive.

D. We will forget far more details over a short period of time.

5.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage ?

A. Negative emotions, especially anxiety and boredom, make time seem longer because they make us concentrate more on the passage of time.

B. When we are enjoying ourselves, we pay more attention to what we are doing and we are able to feel like time is going more slowly.

C. If we wake up mid-way after a long nap, it will take a while before we can correctly perceive time again.

D. Time can be mysterious and there is no way to control it.So, perhaps the best thing to do is to make good use of every minute.