Before coffee was introduced, Muslims used to drink a special kind of soup to _______ awake.
A．appear B．prove C．stay D．feel
_______ the website of Entertainment in Baidu, and you will learn that the Korean singer PSY has released a new song named Gentleman.
A．Having searched B．To search C．Searching D．Search
根据以下提示，结合生活中的一个事例，用英语写一篇短文，谈谈你对“机会总是留给有准备的人”这句话的体会。
People often say, “I have good ability, but I don’t have the right opportunities to show myself, so it’s hard for me to succeed.” It’s true. Good ability does not always end in success, and opportunity plays an important part in one’s life.
注意：
1．无需写标题，如引用提示语则不计入总字数。
2．除诗歌外，文体不限。
3．内容必须结合自己生活或学习中的一个事例。
4．词数为120左右。
完成句子（共10小题，每小题2分，满分20分）
1.With many more trees ________________, the farmers refused to take a rest, for fear of missing the best planting time.（plant）
还要栽很多树，农民担心错过最佳栽种季节，都不愿休息。
2.________________ the possible snowstorm at hand, they determined to stay at home for the holiday.（inform）
得到通知可能有暴风雪即将到来，他们决定假期呆在家里。
3.I really want to know ________________ that Gangnan style is so popular all over the world.（why）
我真的想知道是为什么江南style如此风靡全世界。
4.Thank you for your help! Otherwise we ________________ the project on time.（complete）
非常感谢你的帮助！否则我们不会按时完成这项工程。
5.This is the most attractive book ________________.（read）
这是我所看过的最吸引人的一本书。
6.Mary left home after graduation and never ________________ since then.（hear）
玛丽毕业后就离开了家，从此我们再也没有收到她的来信。
7.Just accept them for who they are ，and give them encouragement to ________________ as you do.（live）
接受他们的现状并给予他们鼓励，让他们和你们一样过上丰富多彩而又充实的生活。
8.The rooms were in a total mess when we came back form Wuhan——the house seemed ________________.（break）
当我们从武汉回来时发现屋里一片狼藉——好像有人闯进来过。
9.If you can win the game today, ________________ to go on a holiday next month.（allow）
如果今天你赢了这场比赛，下个月就允许你去度假。
10.________________ matters most in the face of danger.（stay）
面对危险时最为重要的是我们应该保持镇静。
Scientists have transformed men’s minds into a virtual（虚拟的）woman’s body in an experiment that could throw light upon how humans distinguish themselves form others.
In a study at Barcelona University, men wore a virtual reality headset that allowed them to see and hear the world as a female character. When they looked down, they could even see their new body and clothes.
The “body－swapping” effect was so convincing that the men’s sense of self was transferred into the virtual woman, causing them to react to events in the virtual world they were immersed（沉浸）. “This work opens up another avenue for virtual reality, which is not just to transform your sense of place, but also your sense of self,” said Mel Slater, “If you can temporarily give people the illusion that their bodies are different, then the evidence suggests it also affects their behavior and the way they think. They can have new experiences: a person who is thin can know what it is like to be fat. A man can have an experience of what it’s like to be a woman.”
During the experiment, a “female” approached and hit the face of the character another man was playing. “Their reaction was immediate,” said Slate. “They would take in a quick breath and maybe flinch（退缩）. The more people reported being in the girl’s body, the stronger physical reaction they had.” But in all cases, the feeling was temporary and lasted only as long as the study.
The study shows that our minds have a very fluid picture of our bodies. The research is expected to shed light on the puzzle of how our brain tells the difference between a part of our own body and something else in the wider world. Thus the work might improve the conditions for those who have experienced strokes by placing them in a world that helps them to use their bodies to the full again.
1.How can a man’s mind get into a woman’s body?
A．by distinguishing themselves from women
B．by taking part in an activity actively
C．by wearing a special device（设备）
D．by transforming his sense of place
2.Of the following statements, which we can’t infer from the passage?
A．Men in the experiment can temporarily have the wrong feeling that they are women.
B．When hit, the men in the virtual world will react angrily to it.
C．As soon as the experiment is finished, the men will return to the normal state
D．Probably, this study can be applied to medical fields and benefit humans.
3.What is the author’s intention of writing this passage?
A．to introduce an interesting and advanced study
B．to inform us of the latest development of virtual reality
C．to illustrate the importance of virtual reality
D．to build up our confidence to fight stroke
For some reason, it takes constant reminders that we primates（灵长目）need nurturing.
In a recent study of 46 baby chimpanzee（黑猩猩）orphans, Kim Bard of the University of Portsmouth in England and her colleagues demonstrated that primate babies that have tight relationships with mother figures do much better on cognitive（认知）tests than babies who receive only food, shelter, and friendship with peers. But this is not breaking mews. In fact, it’s old news.
In the 1950s, Harry Harlow conducted a series of experiments with baby monkeys that showed, without doubt, that lack of love and comfort makes for a crazy monkey.
Harlow constructed a cage that included a wire monkey “mother” topped with a plastic face. In this wire he fixed Mom with a milk bottle. The cage also held another wire mother covered with terry cloth. The baby monkeys spent all their time with the cloth mother and only went to the wire mother to feed, demonstrating that a soft touch beat something to eat any day.
Harlow’s monkey work was important because, at the time, child care “experts” and everybody’s grandmother had a “no touch, no comfort” policy toward children. They advised parents not to respond to crying babies, felt babies should sleep alone to grow up independent, and for God’s sake put those kids down. But Harlow’s work changed all that. Mothers were soon permitted to have their newborns next to them in the hospital.
The current chimp research based on Harlow’s work shows that mother love not only makes for a psychologically well-adjusted child, but also makes for a smart kid. Bard and her colleagues evaluated the abilities of the chimps when they were 12 months old with standard human tests for children of that age, tests that ask little kids to imitate some action.
The highly raised chimps did better than the ones that were not loved, and what do you know, the well-raised chimps did even better than human kids on this small IQ test.
So we hear it once again. We are primates, social animals which need care and love. We need to be held and talked to and made to feel that at least one person wants to be with us all the time. And if we get that kind of connection, we are sure to be fine, even better than fine.
1.The study Kim Bard and his colleagues did ______.
A．included 46 baby and mother monkeys
B．was nothing new to people about the findings
C．showed that many chimpanzees lacked love when they were young
D．showed that many chimpanzees had good relationships with their mothers
2.Why was Harlow’s monkey work important?
A．Because the “no touch, no comfort” policy toward children was quite right.
B．Because parents were advised not to respond to babies’ crying.
C．Because Harlow’s work changed people’s former belief in child care.
D．Because mothers were not allowed to have their newborns next to them in the hospital.
3.Harlow built two “mothers” for baby monkeys to ______.
A．make them live comfortably B．let them have more choices
C．give them more love D．make a comparison
4.Which of the following is TURE according to the text?
A．Well-raised chimps always do even better than human kids.
B．A 12-month chimps is far cleverer than a child of that age.
C．The newborns were not allowed to be with their mothers in the past in the hospital.
D．Constantly touching the baby can make it feel safer.
