（) bright idea occurred to him by accident.

A.crisis

B.idea

C.pressure

D.thought

Such an idea would never occur ___________ me.

A.to

B.with

C.from

D.on

Passage 1 Falls are the number one cause of death to old people at home. Most old people can live safely at home if they make a few changes. Falls are common as people are getting older. Up to half of home accidents could be prevented by making some very simple changes. Here are a few suggestions. Mark trouble spots with bright tapes. The first and last steps on stairs are usually high-risk accident are- as. Applying bright tapes and using bright light in these areas would make these spots easier to see. Put grab bars(扶手) in the bathroom. A large number of falls occur in the bathroom. This is unfortunate(不幸的) because it's easy to make the area safe from accidents. Putting grab bars in the bathroom gives people something to hang on to. Invest in a personal alarm. A personal alarm can be started if a person falls or otherwise gets in trouble. With the push of a button, the alarm automatically sends a signal, which gets someone to call and see if the person needs help. 题目： 1. By making some very simple changes at home, old people ______.

A、are free from home accidents

B、can improve their health

C、are likely to live longer

D、can live more safely

听力原文： The old idea that talented children "burn themselves out" in the early years, and, therefore, are subjected to failure and at worst, mental illness, is unfounded. As a matter of fact, the outstanding thing that happens to bright kids is that they are very likely to grow into bright adults.

To find this out, 1,500 gifted people were followed up to their 35th year with the results as follows:

On adult intelligence tests, they scored as high as they had as children. They were, as a group, in good health physically and mentally. 84 percent of their group were married and seemed content with their lives.

About 70 percent had graduated from college, though only 30 percent had graduated with honours. A few had even dropped out, but nearly half of these had returned to graduate.

Of the men, 80 percent were in one of the professions or in business management or semiprofessional jobs. The women who had remained single had office, business, or professional occupations.

The group had published 90 books and 1,500 articles in scientific, scholarly, and literary magazines and had collected more than 100 patents.

In a material way they did not do badly either. Average income was considerably higher among the gifted people, especially the men, than for the country as a whole, despite their comparative youth.

In fact, far from being strange, most of the gifted were turning their early promise into practical reality.

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A．They are likely to fail in later life.

B．They are likely to grow into bright adults.

C．They are easy to gain success.

D．They are unlikely to burn themselves out.

e safely at home if they make a few changes.Falls are common as people are getting older.Up to half of home accidents could be prevented by making some very simple changes.Here are a few suggestions.

Mark trouble spots with bright tapes.The first and last steps on stairs are usually high-risk accident areas.Applying bright tapes and using bright light in these areas would make these spots easier to see.

Put grab bars(扶手) in the bathroom.A large number of falls occur in the bathroom.This is unfortunate(不幸的) because it's easy to make the area safe from accidents.Putting grab bars in the bathroom gives people something to hang on to.

Invest in a personal alarm.A personal alarm can be started if a person falls or otherwise gets in trouble.With the push of a button, the alarm automatically sends a signal, which gets someone to call and see if the person needs help.

21.By making some very simple changes at home, old people _____.

A.are free from home accidents

B.can improve their health

C.are likely to live longer

D.can live more safely

22.Last Steps on stairs may become a high-risk accident area if they are _____.

A.not painted in a different color

B.not marked with bright tapes

C.fixed with grab bars

D.very brightly lit

23.Falls in the bathroom are considered to be unfortunate because _____.

A.they can easily be avoided

B.old people seldom fall in bathrooms

C.grab bars do not help to prevent falls

D.bathroom accidents are difficult to prevent

24.A personal alarm is designed for old people to _____.

A.detect safety conditions at home

B.avoid falls in the bathroom

C.send out signals for help

D.make phone calls easily

25.The purpose of this passage is to tell people that _____.

A.most old people die from accidents at home

B.up to half of home accidents could be prevented

C.falls at home can be avoided by taking some simple measures

D.protection of old people should be the first concern for the public

ish language distinguish【C2】______different levels of intellectual skill: bright, dull, smart, stupid, clever, slow, and so on. Yet no【C3】______accepted definition of intelligence【C4】______, and people continue to debate【C5】______, exactly, it is.【C6】______scientists are asked to define intelligence【C7】______what causes it or what it actually is, almost every scientist【C8】______a different definition. For example, in 1921 an academic journal asked 14【C9】______psychologists and educators to define intelligence. The journal received 14 different definitions. People in the general population have【C10】______different conceptions of intelligence than do most experts. Now some scholars argue that this definition is【C11】______and that intelligence is whatever abilities are【C12】______by one's culture.【C13】______to this perspective, conceptions of intelligence【C14】______from culture to culture. For example, North Americans often associate verbal and【C15】______skills with intelligence, but some【C16】______cultures in the islands of the South Pacific view【C17】______memory and navigational skills as【C18】______of intelligence. Those who believe intelligence is culturally【C19】______dispute the idea that any one test could fairly measure intelligence【C20】______different cultures.

【C1】

A．ability

B．notion

C．knowledge

D．imagination

r.【C1】______some people have become【C2】______about another kind of pollution. It can be everywhere, depending on the time of day.【C3】______it is not thought of as a【C4】______. It is light.

The idea of light pollution has【C5】______with the increase of【C6】______in cities. In many areas, this light makes it【C7】______to observe stars and planets in the night sky. In 1922, the International Dark-Sky Association formed. This organization wants to reduce light pollution in the【C8】______sky. It also【C9】______the effective use of electric lighting.

Light pollution is the【C10】______of wasted energy. Bright light that shines into the sky is not being used to provide light【C11】______it is needed on Earth.【C12】______designed【C13】______causes a great deal of light pollution. Lights that are brighter than【C14】______also cause light pollution.

Most people in America are【C15】______to find out that they are not able to see our own galaxy, The Milky Way, with their own eyes.【C16】______about three-fourths of Americans cannot see the Milky Way because of【C17】______light.

Objects in the night sky are【C18】______that provide everyone【C19】______wonder. But light pollution threatens to prevent those wonderful sights【C20】______being seen.

【C1】

A．So

B．But

C．And

D．Hence

的，他们每个人赚得利润100美元；如果一个人不努力工作，企业将会变得不太成功，每个人只能赚得70美元；如果两个人都不努力工作，企业更不成功，他们每个人只能赚得利润60美元。努力工作需要价值20美元的努力程度。

a．建立像图19-1那样的“博弈”。

b．安迪与本喜爱什么结果？

c．如果每个人都预期他的伙伴会努力工作，将出现什么结果？

d．如果每个人都预期他的伙伴懒散，将出现什么结果？

e．这个博弈是合伙人之间关系的一种正确的描述吗？为什么是或为什么不是？

Coordination failure is an idea with many applications. Here is one: Andy and Ben are running a business together. If both work hard, the business is a success, and they each earn $100 in profit. If one of them fails to work hard, the business is less successful, and they each earn $70. If neither works hard, the business is even less successful, and they each earn $60 in profit, Working hard takes $20 worth of effort.

a．Set up this“game”as in Figure 19-1.

b．What outcome would Andy and Ben prefer？

c．What outcome would occur if each expected his partner to work hard？

d．What outcome would occur if each expected his partner to be lazy？

e．Is this a good description of the relationship among partners？ Why or why not？

o has lots of mirrors on its walls. It has been on Eighth Sweet and Thirty-Fifth Avenue for many years and shares the same name with the famous French palace. One goes to the Versailles not only to be seen, but to be multiplied (复制). This old, cheap, noisy restaurant that serves basic Cuban food is wonderful for the self-absorbed: people who like themselves very much. Because of the bright light, even the windows reflect (反射), the Versailles is a place where you can lunch, but you can't hide.

For years I have had the idea that those mirrors keep the blurred image (模糊影像) of every- one who has walked past before them. I think the mirrors have a memory. Every Cuban who has lived or set foot in Miami over the last 30 years has, at one time or another, seen himself or herself reflected on those shiny surfaces. Miami is a Cuban city not only because of the number of Cubans who live there but also because of the number who have died there. The Versailles is a shiny place where dead people are buried. The history of Little Havana is written on those walls. This may have been why, when the mirrors came down in 1991, there was such anger against it that some of them had to be put back. The Hall of Mirrors is also a house of spirits.

What is most special about Versailles according to the writer？

A．The blurred images reflected on the windows.

B．The number of French customers.

C．The expensive Cuban food.

D．The walls of mirrors.

to have such bizarre but vivid storylines.The findings deal a blow to the Freudian interpretation of dreams but leave open the possibility that some useful personal meaning can be extracted from them.The main purpose of dreams,however,the authors of the new study believe,is to test whether the brain has had enough sleep and,if so,to wake it up.The new results show that in sleep,the frontal lobes of the brain are shut down.In the absence of activity in these lobes,which integrate other information and make sense of the outside world,the sleeping brain's images are driven by its emotional centers.The content of these dreams may be vivid and gripping but lacks coherence.The new results are consistent with the theory that memories are consolidated during sleep.From the pattern of activity that was recorded,"it seems that memories already in the system are being read out and filed in terms of their emotional salience,with is an extremely interesting idea,"said Dr.J.Allan Hobson of Harvard Medical School.The new measurements were made by applying the technique known as PET scanning to sleeping subjects.The biologists focused on the two forms of sleep,known as slow-wave sleep and REM sleep.REM sleep,so named because of the rapid eyeball movements that occur then,takes palce about four times during the night and is the phase from which the most vivid dreams are recalled.

问题：Accoding to this study,the purpose of the dreams is to ()

A、test if the brain has had enough sleep

B、show the dreams bizarre but vivid storylines

C、prove the correctness of the Freudian interpretation of dreams

D、extract some useful personal meanings from the dreams