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Which of the following is NOT included in a starter pack??

      A．One hundred used stamps and hinges and album pages.?

      B．The Collectors Club Guide to Collecting and badge and stickers.?

      C．The latest Collectors Club magazine and membership card.?

      D．Royal Mail Stamp Calendar and Collectors Corner supplement.

This advertisement is written for people who want to_______.?

    A．make money through collecting stamps? 

      B．develop stamp collection as a hobby

    C．get something free from the club?    

      D．find out where the club is located

From the advertisement we can learn_____.?

      A．Collectors Club is among the biggest clubs in this country?

      B．how much you must pay to become a member of the club?

      C．today is the last day for stamp collectors to join the club?

      D．members may receive a set of album pages every month?

Where is this advertisement most probably found??

      A．In a newspaper.           B．On a web page.?

       C．In a magazine.         D．On a TV program.?

You may depend _________it won’t happen again.

A. that    B. on that  C. on it that   D. on it

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

Competitors who wear red win more than those that are dressed in any other color, according to a study in Germany.

1

Experts believe that red could make individuals and teams feel more confident as well as being perceived by others as more aggressive.

2 On the other hand, the results could suggest that the success of those teams has given those that wear the red color more confidence.

The study, by German sports psychologists at the University of Munster, was reported in New Scientist magazine. They showed video recordings of taekwondo(跆拳道) matches to 42 experienced referees(裁判). One fighter wore blue and the other wore red.

They then showed them the same recordings but digitally manipulated(操纵) the clothing to exchange the colors. 3

“If one competitor is strong and the other is weak, it won’t change the outcome of the fight,” said Norbert Hagemann, who led the study. “4”

In 2004 scientists at Durham University also looked at how color influenced sporting competitiveness. They analyzed Olympic contest sports such as boxing, tawkwondo, and freestyle wrestling and found that nearly 55 percent of which were won by the competitor in red.

“5” said Robert Burton, one of the researchers.

A．It is the color of fire and is often associated with energy, danger, strength, power, and determination.

B．The fighters wearing red were given an average of 13 percent more points than when they wore blue.

C．The study shows that football shirts from worldwide teams such as Arsenal, Liverpool, sell successfully.

D．It is reasonable that wearing red makes individuals feel more confident, although this hasn’t yet been tested.

E. Researchers found that those who wear red tops, jackets or clothing score 10 percent more in any competition than if they were in another color.

F. The findings could explain why Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal have been so successful.

G. But the closer the levels, the easier it is for the color to tip the scale

 

There is much more to growing up in a bilingual(双语的) family than learning two languages, and the cultural influences from both cultures are just as important.

In July we had a curious incident that shows the slight differences between cultures. My son has already changed a few of his baby teeth and since we lived in Italy we decided to go with the Italian version(版本) of the Tooth Fairy, which is not a fairy(仙女) but a little mouse. So last year when he lost his first tooth we had a visit from the little mouse who took the tooth away and left a rather good amount of coins --- when he lost the second tooth a few days later, however, the amount was significantly less! That in itself caused quite a few questions, but the real questions started when in July during a visit to the UK another tooth left my son’s mouth in Tooth Fairy land! The grandparents made a real problem out of it --- it was their first grandson’s tooth they got to say Goodbye to, so it was Tooth Fairy and rather generous, too!

The Qs & As

Son: Mum, how is the little mouse going to smell my tooth all this way? (as the story goes the little mouse smells a milk tooth and comes to collect it)

Me: No dear, it won’t! We are in England now so the Tooth Fairy will come.

Son: Oh, is she stronger than the little mouse? (I knew where this was going)

Me: She is very strong, and she is magic.

Son: What does the Tooth Fairy bring? (straight to the point)

Me: I am not sure. We’ll find out maybe a nice message.

Son: So is the little mouse coming too?

Me: No, it won’t make it all the way from Italy.

Son: But why don’t they have little mice in England?

Me: Because here the Tooth Fairy collects all baby teeth and she’s too fast, so the little mouse would always get there late.

Son: Oh!?

Italian kids are supposed to believe ________ will come and collect the milk teeth.

A. a little mouse

B. Tooth Fairy

C. their parents

D. the grandparents

The author thought Tooth Fairy would be rather generous because ________.

A. Italian parents often give much money for their kids’ lost baby teeth[

B. she knew Tooth Fairy was more generous than the little mouse 

C. she knew the grandparents would give her son a big gift

D. English people are usually more generous than Italians

Hearing “Oh, is she stronger than the little mouse?”, the author knew her son was actually worried about ________.

A. the tooth fairy’s health    

B. the little mouse’s coming

C. the amount of coins he could get

D. the story his grandparents know

By telling this story, the author intends to say it’s important to _________ in a bilingual family.

A. make kids know the folk stories

B. help kids choose one of the cultures

C. teach kids two languages

D. keep the balance of both cultures

　短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

此题要求改正所给短文的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：

该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉；在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉；该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧）；在该行右边横线上写出该加的词；该行错一个词，在错的词下划一个横线；在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。注意：原行没有错的不要改。

   When we feel sad or happily, a good cry is almost            1.______

impossible to resist. But do you know why we cry?             2. ______

Experts have found that tear contain some chemicals        3. ______

like hormone. When one is feeling stressed, it set free,       4.______

tears will come down. So crying is a way of get                5. ______

rid of the stress and you will often feel better before a     6. ______

good cry. Of course sex has nothing to do to crying.      7. ______

Women cry more often just because of they have more           8. ______

of this hormone than men. But next time you feel like      9. ______

bursting into tears, go ahead. It won't be good to your health. 10. ______