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A．a guidebook

B．a notice C．a novel D．a newspaper

One day, a man saw an old lady sitting inside her car at the side of the road. Though it was dark, he could see she needed help. So he stopped his car and walked towards her. The old lady was worried, even though she noticed the smile on his face. Was he going to hurt her? “I’ll help you start your car, madam. By the way, my name is Bryan Anderson, ” he said.

While Anderson was fitting a spare tired(备胎) to her car, the lady began to talk to him. She thanked him much for coming to help.

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A few miles down the road, the lady saw a small restaurant. She went in and a waitress came over with a sweet smile. The old lady noticed the waitress was nearly eight months pregnant(怀孕的), but she never let the pains and aches change her smile when she served her.

The lady finished her meal and paid with a hundred-dollar bill. The waitress quickly went to get change, but the old lady was gone when the waitress came back. The waitress wondered where the lady could be. Then she found there was a note on the napkin(餐巾), “You don’t need to give me anything back. Somebody once helped me out the way I’m helping you. If you really want to pay me back, here is what you do—do not let this chain(链子) of love end with you.”

Under the napkin were four more $100 bills. 31．Why did Anderson tell his name to the old lady? A．Because he wanted to check if the lady knew him. B．Because he hoped that may help relax the lady. C．Because he thought he could be paid back one day. D．Because he wanted to leave his name for doing good things. 32．What does the underlined word they refer to (指的是)? A．The old lady and Anderson. B．The people who need help. C．The old lady and the waitress.

D．The people who help others.

33．Which is the right order of the old lady’s feelings?

①Thankful ②Happy ③Worried ④Helpless ⑤Willing and ready to help A．④③①⑤②

B．④①③②⑤

C．③②①⑤④

D．③①④⑤②

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34．What can be inferred(推断) from the passage? A．The meal cost the old lady 400 dollars. B．Anderson must be helped by someone before. C．The old lady was able to fit a spare tire herself. D．The waitress will probably help someone later. 35．What’s the best title for the passage? A．The Help of Strangers B．The Power of Smile ………线…………○………… C．The China of Love D．The Bill of Kindness

Are you afraid of going to the dentist(牙医)? If so, you're not alone.

These fears could just be in our heads, however. According to a recent survey by Martin Tickle, a professor at Manchester University in the UK, the pain isn’t felt most of the time in dental surgeries(牙科手术). In fact. among the 451 interviewed patients，75％ reported no pain at all during their visits, including situations when they had their teeth pulled out.

Could it be the sound of the drill(钻头)then?

“I found that the sound of drilling can evoke deep worry in dental patients. Actually they don’t have any pain. \the Guardian.

To find the reason why a drill might bring on a racing heart, Karibe divided the volunteers into low-fear and high-fear groups based on how much they feared a trip to the dentist. Volunteers were played the sound of a drill while their brain activities were watched by a machine.

What Karibe found in the low-fear group was increased activity in the areas of the brain relative to auditory processing(听觉处理)， which means， for these people， the sound of dental drills is no different from other sounds

In the high-fear group, however, the brain area that was activated(激活)was different. It was the area that carries out a number of duties, including learning, feelings and, most importantly, memory. This means that these volunteers not only heard the sound, but they remembered it-they made connections between the sound of a drill and the worry it produced in the past, causing their worry to return.

Understanding how brains reply to the sounds of dentists ' drills could help scientists find ways to make patients more relaxed, according to Karibe, because patients who worry about

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going to the dentist might keep putting off their visits. But the best way is to keep your teeth healthy.

36．How does the writer explain that the pain isn’t felt most of the time in dental surgeries? A．By showing facts with numbers. C． By giving examples group by group.

B．By asking questions one by one. D．By comparing results of patients.

37．According to the fourth paragraph, what does the word \ mean in Chinese? A．减轻

B．引起

C．显示

D．阻止

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B．For the low-fear group, it activated the brain area dealing with learning, feelings and memory

C．For the high-fear group, it caused more activities in the brain area relative to auditory processing.

D．It made people in the high-fear group remember their past uncomfortable memories. 39．What is the last paragraph mainly about? A．How the study might be useful. B．Some new ways to treat teeth C．The proper way to treat dental patients. D．The importance of keeping our teeth healthy. 40．What's the purpose of the passage? A．To show us different areas of fear in brains. B．To introduce us a recent survey by a scientist. C．To help us have less fear of a trip to the dentist. D．To make it clear that the sound of drilling is not terrible.

五、补全对话5选5

根据对话内容，从下面方框中选出恰当的句子补全对话。 A: Hello! This is Sam. 41． B: This is Lucy speaking.

A:Lucy,shall we go for a walk along the beach? B:42． I’m busy now. A:43．

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I am making apple pies. A: Sounds nice!44．

B: Thank you. The pies will be ready in 20 minutes. Would you like to try some? A:45． Apple pies are my favourite, you know, I can't wait to eat them! B: Come now! It will be the right time when you arrive A: Great! See you soon! B: See you!

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六、根据首字母填空

根括号内所给的中文提示，正确拼写单词。

46．The singer is good at playing the___________(吉他) and making wonderful music. 47．Bob and Jim have been good friends____________(自从) they joined the same tennis team.

48．The cinema was half__________(空的) because the movie was so boring.

49．Every time I want to give up, my parents always __________(鼓励))me to keep trying. 50．We will hold a party to say goodbye to our teachers next___________(星期三).

七、用所给单词的正确形式填空

根据句意，用括号中所给单词的正确形式填空。

51．The two ________ ( factory) were moved outside the city last year. 52．The higher we climbed, the________ (thin) the air became.

53．In summer, it often rains___________ (heavy) with strong wind in Southern China. 54．Which is more_________ (value) to you, health or wealth?

55．In the playground, I threw the ball to her and she___________ (catch) it.

八、用单词的正确形式完成短文

根据短文内容，从方框中选择恰当的单词填空，并将单词填写在答题卡对应的横线上。每个单词只能用一次，每空一词。

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