1、 Youre not alone. Ask other people and youll find that just about all people adults or teenagers, feel some anxiety before a test. In fact, a small dose of anxiety can be helpful, keeping you sharp and focused. But when your symptoms(症状)take over so that you cant function or when youre so anxious th
2、at you feel sick, you might not be able to do your best.Of course, if you didnt study for the test, you might be worried-and for good reason. That kind of anxiety isnt as easy to tackle because even if you find a way to calm down, you still might not know what the tight answers are. When you are pre
3、pared for a test and you get a handle on your anxiety, youll be ale to let your knowledge shine and score a good grade.55. Which one of the following is NOT the result of test anxiety?A. Sweaty B. Nervous. C. Shaky D. Calm.56. We can learn from this passage that _.A. a student with strong test anxie
4、ty must feel sickB. actually only a few people feel test anxietyC. it may be helpful to have a small amount of anxietyD. if you feel a lot of anxiety you can get a good result57. You may feel test anxiety if _.A. you are not well prepared for the testB. there is something wrong with your bodyC. you
5、are not clever enough to work out all the problemsD. you cant keep yourself focused all the time58. Which can be the best title of the passage?A. Anxiety is useful B. Performance anxietyC. All kinds of anxietyD. Test anxietyB Exercise. Get fit. Watch your weight. We see these messages all around us
6、in magazines and newspapers, but how do you choose the right activity? There are three main goals for fitness. First, strengthening the heart and lungs. Second, strengthening the muscles. Third, controlling body weight. Not all activities will meet each goal. You may center on one goal or, for total
7、 fitness, all three.Running No other exercise will help you lose weight faster than running. It also strengthens your heart, lungs, and leg muscles. But it can hurt your joints. If you feel pain in your knees, you need to stop and choose a different activity.Walking This activity puts less stress on
8、 the body than running. But to see results you need to get your heart beating faster. This means youll need to walk fast.Swimming Swimming is a great way to strengthen different pasts of your body. But if weight loss is your goal, you may want to pass on the pool. The water in a swimming pool is coo
9、ler than our body temperature. The body naturally protects itself from the cold by keeping fat.Cycling Riding a bicycle will help you lose weight and work your leg muscles. But be careful! If you live in the city, stay on bike path, away from traffic. Or you can ride indoors on a stationary bike.Wei
10、ght lifting We often hear of elderly people falling and hurting themselves. They just dont have the strength to catch themselves. Lifting weights can prevent that. It also helps prevent injury form other activities. The drawback to weight lifting is that youll need to pay for a membership at a gym.6
11、8. Running can help you a lot, but it cant _. A. strengthen your heart and lungs B. strengthen leg muscles C. control body weight D. prevent pains in your joints69. You can choose any activity below to lose your weight except _. A. running B. walking C. swimming D. cycling70. Which of the following
12、statements is not mentioned in the text? A. Running is the fastest way of loosing weight. B. You need to walk fast in order to build up your strength. C. Cycling is the perfect way to get total fitness. D. You need to pay for a membership at a gym if you want to exercise weight lifting.C Let us begi
13、n by saying what causes our dreams. Our dreams do not come from another world. They are not messages from some outside source .They are not a look into the future, either.All our dreams have something to do with our feelings, fears, longings, wishes, needs and memories. If a person is hungry, or tir
14、ed, or cold , his dreams may include a feeling of this kind. If the covers on your body, such as a quilt or a blanket, have slipped off your bed, you may dream that you are sleeping on ice or in snow. The material for the dream you will have tonight is likely to come from the experience you have tod
15、ay.So the subject of your dream usually comes from something that has effect on you while you are sleeping(feeling of cold, a noise, a discomfort, etc.)and it may also use your past experiences and the wishes and the interests you have now. This is why children are likely to dream of fairies, older
16、children of school examinations, hungry people of food, home-sick soldiers of their families and prisoners of freedom.To show you how this is happening while you are asleep and how your needs and wishes can all be joined together in a dream, here is the story of the experiment. A man was asleep and
17、the back of his hand was rubbed with a piece of soft cotton. He would dream he was in hospital and his charming girlfriend was visiting him, sitting on the bed and feeling gently his hands!There are some scientists who have made a special study of why we dream, what we dream and what those dreams me
18、an. Their explanation of dreams, though a bit reasonable, is not accepted by everyone but it offers an interesting approach to the problem. They believe that dreams are mostly expressions of wishes that did not come true. In other words dreaming is a way of having your wishes carried out.46. From th
19、e passage we know that our dreams .A. are imagination of our daily lifeB. are mans curious look into the futureC. have nothing to do with our feelingsD. are to some degree connected with our feelings47. In your dream when you feel like eating something it indicates(暗示)that A. you are in a state of b
20、eing cold B. you are in a state of being tiredC. you are in a state of hungerD. you should have had your dinner that day48. Older children often dream of examinations probably because A. they are interested in exams B. they are often worried about their studiesC. they hope for better life D. they sh
21、ow much interest in their studies49. Some scientists explanation of dreams A. is not widely accepted though a bit reasonableB. gives an exact description of our lifeC. provides us with information of dreamsD. is of no use for usD Members of an elephant family may be out of sight but they are always
22、in the minds of the herds matriarchs (象群的女家长), researchers have found.Tests have found that female elephants are able to remember the whereabouts of at least 17 family members simultaneously and perhaps as many as 30. They watch which of their relations are ahead of them when the herd searches for f
23、ood, which of them are lagging behind and which are traveling in separate groups.Professor Richard Byrne, of the University of St Andrews, said that the elephants performed a good memory by being able to recall where each of their relatives was in a changing environment. “Its hard enough for us to w
24、atch two or three children in a busy shopping centre. Imagine trying to do it with 30 or so,” he said.Researchers tested the ability of African elephants to remember where each family member had got to. Elephants have poor eyesight but an excellent sense of smell and are able to identify (鉴别) one an
25、other from traces of urine (尿) on the ground.To test the memories of the elephants, samples of urine-soaked earth were collected by researchers and placed in positions where a herd was about to pass. Observations showed that the animals exhibited surprise when they could detect the odor of a family
26、member they knew was behind them. Interest was shown when the urine was that of a close relative traveling in the same group or in a separate herd, but samples left by unknown individuals were ignored.The researchers, who reported their findings in the journal Biology Letters, concluded: “ It seems
27、that female elephants have a general interest in monitoring family members with whom they are traveling. Elephants order of traveling often changes and overtaking is common, suggesting that elephants must frequently update their expectation of where others are in relation to themselves.”73. Accordin
28、g to the passage, female elephants A. are usually stronger than male elephants B. usually stay at home while male elephants search for food C. can remember where their family members are while traveling D. can recognize the odor of human beings74. The third paragraph is developed by A. space B. frequency C. time D. comparison75. Elephants identify their family members mainly by using their A. eyes B. nose C. ears D. mouth76. Whats the researchers conclusion about their findings? A. Male elephants have no interest in other family members. B. An elephant never goes to searc
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