When you#39;ve read the same paragraph 10 times and you still make little of it as you are reading ancient Egyptian, and you#39;re not studying ancient Egyptian, it#39;s time for you to put the books down. Experts say good breaks are a critical part of exam preparation and actually make your brain work better. Debbie Bruckner, the director of the Student Union Wellness Centre at the University of Calgary, says an overburdened brain stops processing new information.quot;You#39;ve got to put it into your short-term memory and then move it into your long-term memory,quot; she says. To do that, you need to stop cramming new knowledge into your head. Psychologist Joanne Mills says most people can concentrate for 45 minutes to an hour at a time, but then need 15 minutes to rest. She suggests picking your break activity -- taking a walk, listening to music -- and setting a timer for 15 minutes. quot;It#39;s a cue to your mindquot; she says. Mills also suggests setting targets and stopping when you#39;ve reached them.quot; Some students will take that break even if they haven#39;t finished what they set out to do and then they don#39;t really relax or enjoy it because their mind is racing with #39; I must, I should, I have to.#39; “If you#39;re in the flow, ride the momentum until you come to a natural break in the material,then set the timer again and walk to the corner store. Alternating which books you#39;re hitting also helps. Work on English for an hour, then switch to math. It#39;s like exercising multiple muscles at the gym, as different parts of your brain work for different subjects. Bruckner says that to maintain a healthy mind-body-spirit temperament in the heat of exam season, sit down with your calendar. quot;Make a schedule for a month -- when your assignments are due, when your final exams are, what the weighting is for each,quot; she says.1.[单选题]By saying quot; what the weighting is for eachquot; the author means that you will know_____.A.which exam is the most importantB.what time each exam isC.how to balance your timeD.what is the most important task each time2.[单选题]According to Debbie Bruckner, to learn new knowledge well_____.A.you need to stop learning new informationB.you need to process it as quick as possibleC.you should put it into your long-term memoryD.you don#39;t need to put it into your short-term memory3.[单选题]The word quot;cramquot; in the second paragraph isclosest in meaning to_____.A.put something into a container, especially in a hurryB..put many things into a place at one time that makes itcompletely fullC.teach students as much as possible in a short time beforethe examinationD.put too much knowledge into the brain, although there ishardly enough room for it4.[单选题]The author uses quot;ancient Egyptianquot; to infer to that the reading is_____.A.very interestingB.hard to understandC.very boringD.of different culture5.[单选题] If you haven#39;t finished the target you set, youshould_____.A.still take the break in every 45 minutesB.wait until you come to a natural break in the materialC.set the timer again and walk to the corner storeD.stop thinking quot;I must, I should, I have toquot;

Task 1Directions: After reading the following passage, you will find 5 questions or unfinished statements, numbered 36 through 40. For each question or statement there are 4 choices marked A, B, C, and D. You should make the correct choice.In many countries in the process of industrialization, overcrowded cities present a major problem. Poor conditions in these cities, such as lack of housing, inadequate sanitation(卫生) and lack of employment, bring about an increase in poverty, disease and crime. The over-population of towns is mainly caused by the drift of large numbers of people from the rural areas. These people have become dissatisfied with the traditional life of farming, and have come to the towns hoping for better work and pay. One possible solution to the problem would be to impose registration on town residents. Only officially registered residents would be allowed to live in the towns and the urban population would thus be limited. In practice, however, registration would be very difficult to enforce(推行); it would cause a great deal of resentment(不满), which would ultimately lead to violence. The only long-term solution is to make life in the rural areas more attractive, which would encourage people to stay there. This could be achieved by providing encouragement for people to go and work in the villages. Facilities in the rural areas, such as transport, health and education services should be improved. Education should include training in improved methods of farming and other rural industries, so as to develop a more positive attitude towards rural life. The improvement of life in the villages is very important, because the towns themselves cannot be developed without the simultaneous or previous development of the rural area.What does the word 'urban' (Line 2, Para. 3) mean?A．Of the city.B．Out of work.C．In a bad condition.D．Of enormous size.

(单选题) — ____________________________ — Good night.(本题2.0分) A、 I hope to see you again sometime. B、 It’s getting late. I must go now. C、 I’m afraid I have to go. D、 Good night and thanks for everything.

The relationship of lungs and kidney centers on(). A. FluidsB. EssenceC. Blood

Food and clothing are ____ （universe）human needs.

Stress may be defined as the response of the body to any demand. Whenever people experience something pleasant or unpleasant, we say they are under stress. We call pleasant kind “eustress”, the unpleasant kind “distress”. People sometimes compare our lives with that of the cave man, who didn’t have to worry about the stock market or the atomic bomb. They forget that the cave man worried about being eaten by a bear or about dying of hunger—things that few people worry about today. It’s not that people suffer more stress today; it’s just that they think they do. It is inconceivable that anyone should have no stress at all. Most people who are ambitious and want to accomplish something live on stress. They need it. But excessive stress is by all means harmful. Worse, chronic exposure to stress over a long time may cause more serious diseases and may actually shorten your life. The most frequent causes of distress in man are psychological – lack of adaptability, not having a code of behavior. So the secret of cooping with stress is not to avoid it but to do what you like to do and what you were made to do, at your own rate. For most people, it is really a matter of learning how to behave in various situations. The most important thing is to have a code of life, to know how to live. The modern man is suffering _____. A.more stress than the cave man B.less stress than the cave man C.different stress from the cave man D.same stress as the cave man According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?A.Every one will suffer certain kinds of stress in his life B.Chronic exposure to stress may shorten your life C.Excessive stress is especially harmful to health D.Most people can learn to avoid stress. In the second sentence of the third paragraph, “live on stress” implies that ___.A.stress is necessary to them. B.they can control stress. C.stress is by all means harmful to them. D.they have too much stress. According to the passage, one should _______.A.try to avoid as much stress as possible B.cope with stress in different ways C.learn to do things at his own rate D.have the response of the body to any demand Which of the following is not an example that causes distress?A.Lacking in adaptability and code of life B.Killing a bear in hunting C.The failure to pass final examinations. D.Having an economic problem.

We will have to pay them a large ______ of money for their service. A. sizeB. setC. amountD. series

How do you punish the kids who ______ stones at tourists?A. pointB. drawC. pullD. throw

Section C（题干） Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. Passage One Questions 46 and 50 are based on the following passage. That people often experience trouble sleeping in a different bed in unfamiliar surroundings is a phenomenon known as the “first-night” effect. If a person stays in the same room the following night they tend to sleep more soundly. Yuka Sasaki and her colleagues at Brown University set out to investigate the origins of this effect. Dr. Sasaki knew the first-night effect probably has something to do with how humans evolved. The puzzle was what benefit would be gained from it when performance might be affected the following day. She also knew from previous work conducted on birds and dolphins that these animals put half of their brains to sleep at a time so that they can rest while remaining alert enough to avoid predators (捕食者). This led her to wonder if people might be doing the same thing. To take a closer look, her team studied 35 healthy people as they slept in the unfamiliar environment of the university’s Department of Psychological Sciences. The participants each slept in the department for two nights and were carefully monitored with techniques that looked at the activity of their brains. Dr. Sasaki found, as expected, the participants slept less well on their first night than they did on their second, taking more than twice as long to fall asleep and sleeping less overall. During deep sleep, the participants’ brains behaved in a similar manner seen in birds and dolphins. On the first night only, the left hemispheres (半球) of their brains did not sleep nearly as deeply as their right hemispheres did. Curious if the left hemispheres were indeed remaining awake to process information detected in the surrounding environment, Dr. Sasaki re-ran the experiment while presenting the sleeping participants with a mix of regularly timed beeps (蜂鸣声) of the same tone and irregular beeps of a different tone during the night. She worked out that, if the left hemisphere was staying alert to keep guard in a strange environment, then it would react to the irregular beeps by stirring people from sleep and would ignore the regularly timed ones. This is precisely what she found. What did researchers find puzzling about the first-night effect？ A. To what extent it can trouble people. B.What role it has played in evolution. C. What circumstances may trigger it. D.In what way it can be beneficial. What do we learn about Dr. Yuka Sasaki doing her research？A.She found birds and dolphins remain alert while asleep. B.She found birds and dolphins sleep in much the same way. C.She got some idea from previous studies on birds and dolphins D.She conducted studies on birds’ and dolphins’ sleeping patterns. What did Dr. Sasaki do when re-running her experiment？A.She analyzed the negative effect of irregular tones on brains. B.She recorded participants’ adaptation to changed environment. C.She exposed her participants to two different stimuli. D.She compared the responses of different participants. What did Dr. Sasaki find about the participants in her experiment？A.They tended to enjoy certain tones more than others. B.They tended to perceive irregular beeps as a threat. C.They felt sleepy when exposed to regular beeps. D.They differed in their tolerance of irregular tones. What did Dr. Sasaki do when she first did her experiment？A.She monitored the brain activity of participants sleeping in a new environment. B.She recruited 35 participants from her Department of Psychological Sciences. C.She studied the differences between the two sides of participants’ brains. D.She tested her findings about birds and dolphins on human subjects.

12.Do you see a __ of marble lie on the road?-|||-A.lack B. bottle C.block D.bunch