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During my last stay in France, I took to biking down a quiet road£®Round a 1 , I found a woman sitting in front of a little shabby house£®I don¡¯t know why, but something about her attracted my 2 £®I waved at her as I went by, and she must have thought I was some 3 tourist because she didn¡¯t wave back£®The same thing happened the second day£®But on the third day, the old woman returned a hesitated 4 , and the next day, she 5 got out of her chair as I called out, ¡°Morning, madam!¡± It became a small ritual(ÒÇʽ) 6 us£®She had no idea who I was, nor 7 I was coming, but she seemed to be 8 for me.

On my last ride, I bought some flowers and 9 down to the house, only to find she wasn¡¯t there£®She had gone to hospital for surgeries£® 10 , I tied the flowers to her gate as a 11 gift£®Back at my place, I 12 Roger, the gardener, of my missed 13 £®¡°The old lady at the corner is suffering 14 injuries, through which walking has been troubling her,¡± he said, 15 ¡°by the quiet road there used to be a station£®Whenever a train passed, the couple would see the passengers waving 16 , especially the children¡ªfor them, such a ride was high adventure£® 17 , everything is gone except for this couple.¡±

It seems that my bicycle ride 18 mind her past days£®As Roger said, ¡°she has 19 the trains and the waves£®You brought them back to her.¡± By reaching out, in a way that cost me 20 , I¡¯d given more than I had realized.

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Geniuses amaze us, impress us and make us all a little jealous£®How do they differ from the average person? Scientists are working hard to figure out that answer£®Tune in to the National Geographic Channel to find out about the discoveries they¡¯re making in the series My Brilliant Brain.

When Marc Yu was only two years old, he began to play the piano£®After a year, he started learning pieces by Beethoven£®Now he¡¯s a world-famous concert pianist at age eight£®He learns newer and more difficult pieces with ease and can identify any note he hears£®He seems to be specially designed for music£®In Born Genius, National Geographic looks at the science behind child prodigies (Éñͯ) to explain why some children seem to be born without limits.

Genius didn¡¯t come naturally to Tommy McHugh£®His came only after he nearly died from bleeding in his brain£®After recovering, McHugh¡¯s head was filled with new thoughts and pictures£®So, he began to express them in the form of poetry and art£®Now, he¡¯s a seemingly unstoppable creative machine£®Sufferers of autism and brain injury have shown that great mental ability can sometimes come from damage or disease£®Accidental Genius explores this puzzling relationship.

Can normal people be trained to be geniuses? Susan Polger has shown no signs of extraordinary intelligence£®Yet, during her childhood, she studied thousands of chess patterns and learned to

recognize them immediately£®As a result, she was able to beat skilled adult players by age 10 and can now play up to five games at the same time without even seeing the boards£®Make Me a Genius examines what it takes to turn an ordinary brain into that of a genius.

If becoming a genius were easy, we¡¯d all be one£®Yet, there is much more to super intelligence than simply being born lucky£®Learn more about amazing brains this month on National Geographic¡¯s My Brilliant Brain.

21£®My Brilliant Brains is most probably from _______. A£®a website

B£®the radio

C£®a magazine

D£®a newspaper

22£®The author takes Marc Yu as an example to show that a child prodigy is . A£®a person who learns something easily B£®a child who is eager to learn new things C£®a student who practices an instrument a lot D£®a kid who works hard to do well in school

23£®Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? A£®New things about the brain are still being discovered. B£®People without natural abilities can learn to do things well. C£®Some people naturally have more active brains.

D£®People are usually smarter when they recover from brain injury. 24£®What would be the best way to describe Susan Polger¡¯s special abilities? A£®Born£®

B£®Magical£®

C£®Developed£®

D£®Ridiculous.

25£®From the passage, we know that . A£®scientists completely understand the brain B£®people can only be born as geniuses C£®there¡¯s no such thing as a true genius D£®there are many factors in being a genius

26£®The author develops the passage mainly by . A£®providing typical examples B£®following the natural time order

C£®presenting a cause and analyzing its effects D£®comparing opinions from different scientists

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During the recent milk crisis in China, different related parts of the society have been put under the microscope, including stars.

An online survey asked if celebrity spokespersons should bear responsibility for endorsing £¨´úÑÔ£© tainted milk products£®Thirtyª²four percent answered ¡°yes¡±£®They said that the celebrities had betrayed the trust of the people and should be more morally responsible.

They are right£®But what¡¯s more important is that we should train ourselves to be wise enough not to blindly accept what is being sold, even by our favorite stars.

No doubt television advertisements, together with other media products, inform and entertain us£®But, too often, there are hidden messages in the information we receive£®The songs we hear, the images we see, and the articles we read, are carefully selected to convey political, cultural, economic and moral messages£®The mass media delivers us these messages in an attempt to persuade us into believing or buying whatever is being pushed.

The question is: should we always believe what the advertisement or mass media says? The answer is that we should use our minds to dig out the hidden meaning and rely on our own judgment to make a choice.

In some countries, students take a course called ¡°media literacy¡±£®They learn to analyze the mass media£®They are encouraged to challenge everything they see or hear and to do research into missing views£®They learn to ask questions and to be critical £¨ÅúÅÐÐԵģ© thinkers.

27£®What does the underlined word ¡°tainted¡± in the second paragraph probably mean? A£®Popular£®

B£®Healthy£® C£®Tasteless£®

D£®Harmful.

28£®The writer mentioned celebrity spokespersons to . A£®point out the shortcomings of advertisements B£®call on us to think more about the product C£®warn us not to blindly copy popular stars D£®stress that they are to blame for misleading 29£®What can we conclude from Paragraph 4? A£®The media products are created with a purpose. B£®We should take media products as entertainment.

C£®Messages in products do no good to customers. D£®We seldom take some information for granted.

30£®To think critically, we need to do the following except . A£®making judgment about what we see and hear B£®analyzing the intention of messages presented C£®making a decision after asking for others¡¯ opinion D£®digging out the missing views behind the information

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