1、AEvery school has an ugly girl. In my primary school, it was me.From first grade through fourth, I had to wear heavy orthopedic(整形外科的)shoes because of my weak ankles. I sounded like an overweight elephant wearing bricks whenever I took a single step.“Hey, Bigfoot!”“Geez, youre going to start an eart
2、hquake!”Then in sixth grade I had to start wearing glasses. Mom asked for the least expensive ones and that made me look like a fool.“Four eyes!”“Couldnt you cover up more of your face? Why stop at the eyes?”In seventh grade, I started competing on the city swim team, thinking that if I got a killer
3、 body, nobody would notice my face. Wrong again. I loved being fast and winning ribbons now and then, but now I had red wet eyes from the chlorine(氯) in the pool. I also did not develop a killer body.I changed my strategy in eighth grade, the last year of middle school. I offered my help to anyone w
4、ho needed. I worked for other girls, so they could hang out with their friends. My new program began to work. People who would never have acknowledged my existence before were suddenly seeking me out.Id been feeling pretty good until one day I went to Christines house to help her fill envelopes. Goi
5、ng into each envelope was an invitation to Christines birthday party; it was a big event at a fancy hotel. Complete with dinner. She asked me to help her address these envelopes. There was no envelope for me.My heart was broken. I tried to escape from all the eyes. High school would be better, right
6、？ Yes and no. Now that Im here, I know there are still lots of shallow people judging you on what youre wearing or how cool your hair is. But there are also kids who talk to you because they like your answers or just because youre kind, honest, and a good friend.I still do kind things because I like
7、 the feeling I get when I am helping people. I, with my friends, went to Childrens Hospital, playing games and reading to the sick kids.I still had red wet eyes and not a smart look, but you cannot tell me I am not beautiful. Every time I visit the hospital, five-year-old Terry grasps my hand, “Morr
8、i, you are so nice. I want to grow up to be just like you.”51. Why was Morri laughed at by her classmates when she was in primary school?A. She had weak ankles and eyesight problems.B. Her glasses couldnt cover up all her face.C. She couldnt get along well with them. D. She looked like an overweight
9、 elephant.52. Which of the following is the real reason for Morris competing on the city swim team?A. To win more ribbons. B. To shift others attention from her face.C. To develop a killer body. D. To have red wet eyes.53. From what Morri experienced in the last year of middle school, we can learn _
10、.A. her classmates thought highly of her B. she was very popular among her classmatesC. she was often cheated by her classmates D. her classmates just took advantage of her54. The passage is intended to encourage people to _.A. address as many as invitation envelopes as possibleB. take part in more
11、activities including swimmingC. take others comments into careful considerationD. take a positive attitude towards difficulties in lifeBYour beliefs are very powerful and have the power to create or to destroy your life. In most cases, whatever you believe is what you will become. If you believe tha
12、t you are loser, that you never get a break in life, and that you can t accomplish anything, these things will be your reality. Believe that you are unlimited, that you can do anything you determined to do, and when you do, your accomplishments will know no bounds. You control your beliefs, and that
13、 is how you unlimitedly control of your life.This is a very important point. So how do you develop beliefs that will enable you? Many of our beliefs come from our environment, the world we live in on a daily basis. If your environment is limiting your beliefs, then work very hard on changing it. If
14、you are constantly around people who are negative and limiting, find other people to hang out with. Get around positive, successful people. Beliefs also come from past experiences. That is why it is so important to experience success on a regular basis. Set small, achievable goals, and then try your
15、 best to reach them. I will finish this project by early afternoon. I will make six calls on the phone in the next hour.” I will exercise for 20 minutes tonight. When you start to experience success, then you start to believe in success, and that leads to more and bigger success.Beliefs come from kn
16、owledge. The more you learn, the more things you will know to be possible. Always take advantage of opportunities to learn something new. It will bring new possibility into your beliefs and your life. Most importantly, you can develop new beliefs by setting and imagining goals for your life. Define
17、your goals clearly and accurately. Then, in your mind, see yourself achieving them in all of their sensible details. Mentally live the experience, see the sights, hear the sounds, smell the aroma, feel the feelings. Your brought-up beliefs will lead you to their reality.55. What does the author want
18、 to tell the reader in the 1st paragraph? A. The importance of having beliefs in oneself. B. Positive beliefs in oneself do one good in his life. C. Negative beliefs in yourself surely will destroy you. D. Do whatever you want to in your life.56. In the third paragraph, the author suggests that_. A.
19、 youd better get rid of those who dont have the same belief with you B. environment has a great effect on ones development C. one should hang out to choose who have the same belief with you D. successful people are hard to get along with in daily life57. Which of the following is true according to t
20、he passage? A. It is important to experience all kinds of success and failures. B. When you learn more, you find theres so much for you to learn. C. Beliefs can be built up little by little. D. Beliefs will turn into realities if you have them in mind.58. Whats the best title for the passage? A. The
21、 importance of beliefs B. Environment and beliefs C. The approaches to developing beliefsD. Beliefs and past experiencesCHospital emergency rooms treat injured fingers all the time. Without treatment, a bad cut can lead to permanent damage. But how should a person know when a bleeding cut is serious
22、 enough to require medical attention? We asked Dr. Martin Brown, chairman of the department of emergency medicine at Inova Alexandria Hospital in Virginia.First, the medical term for a cut or tear in the skin is a laceration（伤口）. Dr. Brown says the length is usually not as important as the depth. He
23、 says a long cut on a finger can likely be treated without a visit to a doctor if the wound is not very deep. “If you have a short but deep laceration where theres been a structure underneath thats been damaged a tendon, a nerve or a blood vessel,” says Martin, “ it may, in fact, need professional a
24、ttention.Some injuries like a fingertip that gets cut off might even require surgery to repair. That requires a specialist to either file down（锉平）the bone or reattach the fingertip. More often, filing down the bone is what is done because reattaching a fingertip is often not successful.How a wound b
25、leeds can be a sign of how serious it is. Minor cuts usually produce what is known as venous（静脉的）bleeding. This means the blood flows steadily from the injury. The bleeding will often stop when pressure is put on the wound. Dr. Brown says in most cases holding direct pressure with clean gauze or a c
26、loth for four to five minutes should stop the bleeding. With a cut finger, holding the hand above the heart can reduce the loss of blood. But if a cut appears to be pumping blood out with some force, this may be a sign of arterial（动脉的）bleeding. This kind of injury should be treated by a medical prof
27、essional as soon as possible.Even a cut that does not require medical attention must be kept clean to prevent infection. Small cuts should be cleaned gently with clean water. Use a washcloth to clean the area if the wound is dirty. Dr. Brown says cuts should be covered with a clean, dry bandage. 59.
28、 What does the writer want to tell the readers in the first paragraph? A. Hospital emergency rooms always treat injured fingers. B. A bleeding cut is serious enough to require medical attention. C. Dr. Martin Brown is in charge of Inova Alexandria Hospital. D. It is important for us to be able to te
29、ll how serious a finger cut is.60. According to the passage, _. A. a finger cut without treatment will certainly lead to permanent damage. B. the length of a cut on a finger is more important than the depth. C. a long but not very deep cut often doesnt need professional attention. D. a short but dee
30、p laceration must be given professional attention.61. The underlined word “reattach” in Para.3 is closest in meaning to _. A. repeatB. rebuildC. reconstructD. reconnect62. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage? A. How a wound bleeds can show us how serious the wound
31、could be. B. Venous bleeding will often stop when we put pressure on the wound. C. Holding up the hand with a finger cut can reduce the loss of blood. D. Arterial bleeding should get professional treatment as soon as possible.DAngry Birds is a video game developed by Finnish computer game developer
32、Rovio Mobile. Inspired primarily by a sketch of stylized wingless birds, the game was first released for Apples mobile operating system in December 2009. Since then, over 12 million copies of the game have been purchased from Apples App Store.With its fast-growing popularity worldwide, the game and
33、its characters angry birds and their enemy pigs have appeared in television programs throughout the world. The Israeli comedy A Wonderful Country, one of the nations most popular TV programs, satirized recent failed Israeli-Palestinian peace attempts by featuring the angry birds in peace negotiation
34、s with the pigs. Clips of the segment went prevailing, getting viewers from all around the world. American television hosts Conan OBrien, Jon Stewart, and Daniel Tosh have referenced the game in comedy sketches for their programs, Conan, The Daily Show, and Dash. O. Some of the games more famous fan
35、s include Prime Minister David Cameron of the UK, who plays the iPad version of the game, and Salman Rushdie, who is believed to be something of a master at Angry Birds.Angry Birds and its characters have also been featured in advertisements in different forms. In March 2011, the characters began ap
36、pearing in a series of advertisements for Microsofts Bing search engine. In the same year, Nokia produced an advertisement in Austin, Texas that included the games characters on a downtown building for its new mobile phone. Later, a T-Mobile advertisement filmed in Spain included a real-life mock-up
37、（实物模型）of the game in a city center. Nokia also used the game in Malaysia to promote an attempt to set a word record for the largest number of people playing a single mobile game.Angry Birds has been inspired works of philosophical analogy（哲学类比）. A five-part essay with the title “Angry Birds Yoga How
38、 to Eliminate the Green Pigs in Your Life” was written by Giridhari Dasar in Brazil, utilizing the characters and gameplay mechanics to interpret various concepts of yoga philosophy. The piece attracted much media attention for its unique method of philosophical presentation. 63. What is the purpose
39、 of the passage? A. To explain how the video game Angry Birds was devised. B. To investigate why Angry Birds quickly becomes popular. C. To improve Angry Birds and its characters in TV programs and advertisements. D. To report on the spread of Angry Birds in different media around the world.64. Whic
40、h of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word “prevailing” in Para.2? A. apparentB. popularC. excitingD. disgusting65. According to the text, which of the following is good at playing Angry Birds? A. Salman Rushdie.B. Conan OBrien.C. Giridhari Dasar.D. Daniel Tosh.66. Which of the
41、following is TRUE about Angry Birds according to the text? A. It has been used by the UKs Prime Minister to explain political issues. B. Its characters are mainly used in advertisements for Apples products. C. It has been developed into a film about the life of a Brazilian yoga master. D. Its real-l
42、ife mock-up has appeared in an advertisement for mobile phones.EPrecision agriculture（精确农业） is a way of thinking about how to improve production and get more from existing resources. It often involves the use of technology. An example found mostly in wealthier countries is a computer-guided tractor.
43、 The computer does most of the driving. It uses signals from satellites in the Global Positioning System. GPS technology helps the tractor cut rows in straight lines and put the right amount of fertilizer in the right place. Jimmy Messick is a farmer in northern Virginia, not far from Washington. He
44、 says the GPS guidance system makes it easy to come back later and plant the seed in his fields of maize, or corn. Because of the GPS guidance, Mr. Messick now pays half what he once did for fertilizer. Bruce Erickson is an agronomist at Purdue University in Indiana. He says saving even a little bit
45、 of seed, pesticide or fertilizer leads directly to expense savings and less environmental damage.Raj Khosla is an agronomist at Colorado State University. He says farmers in the developing world can use precision agriculture even without high-tech tractors. We do not necessarily have to have comple
46、x, large machinery to practice what could be done as simply as using bottle caps, Mr. Khosla says. The idea is to use a bottle cap to pour a measured amount of fertilizer right next to each plant. It takes more work than simply throwing handfuls of fertilizer across a field. But Mr. Khosla says when
47、 researchers taught this bottle cap method to farmers in sub-Saharan Africa, they discovered that it was worth the extra effort if they could only afford a small amount of fertilizer. There was a huge difference: more than double, in terms of productivity, Mr. Khosla says.Of course, new technology i
48、s not always so cheap. But Mr. Khosla says farmers could form a cooperative or combine their resources to pay for new equipment. He and other researchers worked with a farmer in India to precisely level his wheat fields. That kept the fields from developing wet and dry areas that reduced productivit
49、y. The farmer also added better fertilizers and insect control. As a result, he was able to grow almost three times as much wheat on the same amount of land. Mr. Khosla says with the extra money the farmer made, and a small loan, he bought his own precision leveler. And now, for a fee, he offers tha
50、t as a service to his neighbors and other farmers.67. With GPS technology, farmers can _. A. apply fertilizer preciselyB. cut rows without using tractors C. find the way to their fields easilyD. connect with their family conveniently68. The example of the bottle cap method intends to show precision
51、agriculture _. A. is worth the extra effortB. saves both money and time. C. takes more work than the traditional way. D. can be put into practice without high-tech tractors69. According to the passage the common advantage(s) about precision agriculture is (are) _. A. reducing the amount of time and
52、fertilizer B. saving both expense and human strength C. solving the problem of pest and disease damage D. increasing productivity and protecting the environment70. We can conclude from the passage that precision agriculture _. A. has become a trendB. is a good investmentC. means extra but worthwhile workD. is an expensive and unpopular way
