and this will __46__ our relationship.”
Him: “Did you __47__the Mpemba Effect? If you put two __48__ containers filled with the same amount of water into the fridge except that one has boiling water in it while the other one has water at ambient(周围的) __49__, the boiling water will __50__ faster than the ambient water. Baby, you got to boil first, to cool down faster. That?s why the Italians live __51__ than Canadians.”
The connection he suggested is to be __52__, but I have learned a fact I didn?t know, one that has __53__ me to understand that if I?m angry about something or someone, for that anger to disappear, it has to be towards the __54__ or otherwise it is like hiding the dust under the __55__: your house might look clean, but it is not. 36. A. cheat 37. A. in return 38. A. hopelessly 39. A. always 40. A. working 41. A. boiling 42. A. possible 43. A. spread 44. A. more or less 45. A. vision 46. A. compensate 47. A. hear about 48. A. mobile 49. A. level 50. A. burst 51. A. longer 52. A. practiced 53. A. informed 54. A. outside 55. A. dustpan
第三部分：阅读理解 (共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分)
请阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
B. offend B. in place B. steadily B. ever B. disagreeing B. struggling B. abrupt B. withdraw B. sooner or later B. viewpoint B. sacrifice B. worry about B. relevant B. temperature B. deposit B. shorter B. proven B. reminded B. inside B. broom
C. impress C. in public C. hurriedly C. even C. operating C. controlling C. extra C. recover C. by and by C. attitude C. mend C. learn from C. solid C. heat C. explode C. wealthier C. inspected C. inspired C. public C. roof
D. defend D. in time D. blindly D. seldom D. trying D. preparing D. inner D. expand D. up and down D. attention D. clarify D. hear from D. similar D. environment D. freeze D. simpler D. created D. required D. personal D. carpet
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56. According to the passage, when in recovery position, the casualty is _________________.
A. lying on his/her back
B. lying on one side of his/her body D. being given initial breaths or CPR
C. in a relatively severe situation
57. Which of the following is NOT correct when giving first aid?
A. Make sure of your own safety before helping the casualty.
B. Call for an ambulance immediately if the casualty has no breathing. C. Make sure casualty?s chest rises when giving initial breaths. D. After every15 compressions, there should be one initial breath.
B
Decades ago, scientists had a much more fixed conception of the brain. They believed that how it develops when you?re a kid more or less determines your brain structure for the rest of your life.
But now we know that?s not true. A landmark study in 2000 looked at grey matter in London taxi drivers. The drivers had more grey matter volume in the hippocampus, a little seahorse-shaped part of the brain that deals with memory. Here was real evidence of neuroplasticity, the ability of the brain to change and form new neural(神经的) connections.
In 2010, Swedish scientists tested a group of younger (21-30) and older (65-80) adults for six months, and ?did not detect any significant age-related differences in neuroplasticity of white-matter microstructure?. Translation: older brains can change too.
So what happens to the brain of an adult who learns languages? A group of adult students learning Chinese were tested over a nine-month period in 2012, during which they showed ?improved white-matter quality?. White matter is what connects neural cells, so the better connected, the better you can accomplish a cognitive(认知的) task.
Still want more? Oh, alright then. Language learning builds up your \reserve\which makes you more resistant to brain damage. If you?re bilingual(双语的), congratulations! You may have just delayed the beginning of dementia(痴呆) by several years.
If you?re upset about not being quite as quick as you used to be, or your memory, there?s a silver lining. You?ve got something going for you that no teenager has. You?ve learned how to learn. You know the strategies that work for you and what not to waste your time on. You have better \
A few years ago, scientists tried to test this. They got groups of older people and younger people and showed them words with points values attached, ranging from low to high. Then they allowed the subjects to review whatever they wanted. They noticed that the older subjects spent
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more time on the valuable words but their recall was just as good as the younger subjects. The scientists later discovered that they?d sneakily(偷偷地) reviewed the high-value words just before the test.
So, there you have it: there?s absolutely no reason why you can?t learn a language up to a ripe old age.
58. What is the main theme of this passage?
A.
C.
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D.
②③④ ⑤ ⑥⑦ ⑧ ① ⑧ ②③ A. Human brain structure can develop at any age.
B. A ripe old age is no excuse for quitting language learning.
C. There is little difference in the brain ability between the young and the old. D. Older people actually perform better in language learning than younger ones.
59. What is the structure of the passage?
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B. ③ ①② ④⑤ ⑦⑧ ⑥ 60. What can we infer from this article?
A. Grey matter is of less importance to the brain than white matter. B. Learning another language can bring benefits to your cognitive ability. C. Your childhood will determine your brain structure for the rest of your life.
D. Metacognitive skills have no significant influence in young people?s language learning.
C
Celine is a housewife and lives in a rural district in Sub-Saharan Africa. Six years ago, she participated in the clinical trial for HIV which was running in her health district. When I first met Celine, a little over a year ago, she had gone for 18 months without any antiretroviral(抗后病毒的) treatment, and she was very ill. She told me that she stopped coming to the clinic when the trial ended because she had no money for the bus fare and was too ill to walk the
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