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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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These days, tall modern buildings are everywhere, But if you want to see how life was bac in the old days, China still has many beautiful water towns to visit. And now, CNN has chosen five of the country’s most beautiful ones.

The village of houhuang in Jiangsu calls itself the “oldest water town in China”. The village was built in 1086and is crossed with canals. Taing a boat ride through town, the red lanterns might mae you thin of China’s romantic past.

Hongcun in Anhui is 900 years old. It was built to loo lie a big o. Huangshan Mountain is the head; the town is the body and the bridges are legs. Hongcun is filled with laes and beautiful Anhui-style buildings.

Fenghuang in Hunan doesn’t loo lie a bird, but is name mans “phoeni” in Chinese. The town is really as beautiful as the mythical bird. The stilted buildings on each side of the Tuojiang River mae the area loo lie a scene from a postcard.

Huangyao in Guangi is nown for its natural fengshui. The town lies in a river bend. People say it can prevent the villagers’ good fortune from flowing away

While most water towns are in the south, Shangdong’s Tai’erhuang stands out in the north. The town lies on the ban of the Beijing-Hanghou Grand Canal. It was a busy trading center during the Ming and Qing dynasties. In the town, there are ancient bridges, a canal and temples, maing you thin of its past glory.

1. Where are we supposed to go if we want to taste the ancient beauty of China? A. The water towns. C. Jiangsu Province.

B. The modem buildings. D. North china.

2. Which of the following is true according to the tet? A. Hongcun is the oldest town in China.

B. The river bend in Huangyao can protect its villagers. C. Most water towns are located in the north.

D. Tai’er huang used to be a trading center. 3. What can be a suitable title for the tet? A. Welcome to China.

B

An upset little boy wanted to meet God. He thought it was a long trip to where God lived, so he paced his suitcase with a bag of potato chips and a si-pac of root beer and started his journey.

When he had gone about three blocs, he met an old woman sitting on a par bench alone. The boy sat net to her and opened his suitcase. He was about to drin his root beer when he thought that the old lady might be hungry, so he offered her some chips. She gratefully accepted it and smiled at him. Her smile was so pretty that the boy wanted to see it again, so he offered her a root beer. Again, she smiled at him. The boy was delighted! They sat there all afternoon eating and smiling.

As dus fell, the boy got up to leave; but before he had gone more than a few steps, he turned around, ran bac to the old woman and gave her a hug. She gave him her biggest smile ever.

When the boy opened the door to his own house, his mother was surprised by the loo of joy on his face. She ased him, “What did you do today that made you so happy?” He replied, “I had lunch with God”

Meanwhile, the old woman, also returned to her home with joy. Her son was stunned by the loo of peace on her face and he ased, “Mom, what did you do today that made you so happy?” She replied, “I ate potato chips with God.”

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a ind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.

4. What is the right order of the story? a. The boy shared food with the old woman b. The boy came across an old woman c. The boy set out to meet God

d. The boy arrived home and surprised his mother. e. The boy hugged the old woman. A. c-b-a-d-e

B. c-b-a-e-d

C. b-a-c-e-d

D.

B. China’s Water Towns.

D. CNN’s Choices.

C. Tips for Visiting China.

b-d-e-c-a

5. Which of the following best eplains “underestimate” underlined in the last paragraph? A. Forget. Support

6. What is the author’s purpose in writing this tet? A. To introduce a ind boy who helped an old woman.

B. To describe a moving story between a boy and an old woman. C. To inform us that the boy and the woman are God.

D. To remind us that little act of indness can mae a difference.

C

Night owls, people who stay up late and struggle to get out of bed in the morning, are more liely to die sooner than morning lars, the first study into their death rates has found.

New research by the University of Surrey and Northwestern University in the US found that people who naturally stay up late were 10 per cent more liely to die within the si-and-a-half-year study period compared to those who preferred the morning.

Researchers say that the ongoing stress of operating in a traditional 9-5 society was having a huge effect on millions of people and could be shortening their lives.

“This is a public health issue that can no longer be ignored,” said Malcolm von Schant, a professor of chronobiology at the University of Surrey. “We should discuss allowing evening types to start and finish wor later, where practical. And we need more research about how we can help evening types deal with the higher effort of eeping their body cloc in line with sun time”.

The research involved nearly 500,000 Brits aged between 38 and 73 and found that around nine per cent considered themselves evening people, while 27 per cent identified as morning types.

In the new study, Scientists found owls had higher rates of diabetes, psychological disorders and neurological disorders. But the team has previously shown that whether someone is an owl or a lar is half genetic and half environment, meaning there may be ways to eep body cloc issues under control.

The team recommends that night owls can help themselves by trying to become eposed to light early in the morning and not at night. eeping regular bedtimes, maintaining

B. Praise

C. Ignore

D.

a healthy lifestyle and trying to do tass earlier in the day can help to reset body rhythms.

The study was published in the journal Chronobiology International. 7. What docs the underlined word “their” in Paragraph 3 refer to? A. Night owls’ Scientists’

8. What can we now from Malcolm’s words?

A. People who stay up late may die before age 7. B. Staying up late is no longer a public health issue. C. When people should start wor will be discussed later. D. More research is needed to help solve the problem.

9. Which of the following is not suggested by the research team? A. Get up early. hours.

C. Get eposed to sunlight more often.

D. Go to bed at a fied time.

B. Mae full use of morning

B. Morning lars

C. Researchers’

D.

10. What is the author’s purpose in writing the tet? A. To tell the differences between two types of people. B. To introduce readers the result of a new research. C. To warn night owls of their bad genes and environments. D. To argue morning lars usually live longer than night owls. 第二节（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空山处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

What do the world’s most successful people all have in common? The researchers found that high achievers lie Robert Moses turn out to be all alie

Busy！Busy!

11 in a study of general managers in industry, John otter reported that many of them wored 60 to 65 hours per wee-which translates into at least si 10-hour days. The ability and willingness to wor difficult and tiring hours has characteried many powerful figures. Energy and strength provide many advantages to those seeing to build power.

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The difference between successful people and very successful people is that very successful people say “no” to almost everything. And that’s what gives them the