_____ they are fit, I see no reason why they shouldn't go on playing basketball for another four or five years.
A. In case B. Provided that C. Unless D. As if
It was not until dark ______ he found ______ he thought was the correct way to solve the problem.
A. that; what B. that; that C. when; what D. when; that
What a great weight she felt ________ off her mind the moment she heard she had passed the College Entrance Examination!
A. take B. to take C. taking D. taken
– What a terrible collision accident!
– Judging from the scene, personally, it is one or two car drivers, rather than the truck driver, who _____.
A. is to blame B. are blamed C. are to blame D. is blamed
Retail therapy（购物疗法）has long been considered as a good way to let off stress. Now, US scientists have discovered not only does retail therapy exist，but that it could be caused by an individual's fear of sudden death.
Researchers found materialistic people thought terrorism and war more stressful than others.
Psychologists believe the rise of materialism around the world and its treatment effect on extreme stress might be a response to fear of death caused by acts of terrorism, disease and natural disasters.
The scientists from Michigan State University said people with possession obsessions（妄想）often have lower self-esteem than others so are more likely to shop as the result of severe psychological suffering.
Ayalla Ruvio，a business professor studying people's shopping habits while rockets fell in Israel, said, "When the going gets tough, the materialistic people go shopping. This stress spending is likely to produce even greater stress and lower well-being. Essentially, materialism appears to make bad events even worse.
Dr Ruvio led a two-part study of Israeli citizens living in a town that came under extreme rocket attacks for about six months in 2007. She compared 139 residents of the southern town with 170 from another town that was not under attack to see how their symptoms of post-traumatic stress and shopping habits varied. Dr Ruvio found that, when faced with a deadly threat, those who are highly materialistic suffered much higher levels of stress，while their tendency to shop was increased.
Dr Ruvio said, "The relationship between materialism and stress may be more harmful than commonly thought.”
The second stage of their research surveyed 855 Americans about their materialistic nature and fear of death. They found shopping was used to relieve feelings of stress and anxiety about death but this was in response to fear of a variety of life-threatening events like car accidents, criminal attacks and natural disasters.
1.Which of the following opinion is NOT right according to the text?
A. Terrorism is believed to easily cause the rise of materialism.
B. The materialistic find terrorism and war more stressful than others.
C. The scientists think possession obsessions help people get self-respect.
D. The scientists think people with possession obsessions suffer a lot mentally.
2.Why did Dr Ruvio choose to study the two groups of Israeli citizens mentioned in the passage?
A. They enjoy the special shopping culture.
B. The stresses they face are usually deadly.
C. They are in different situation in terms of war.
D. They are usually active participants for researchers.
3.What's the result about Dr Ruvio's research?
A. Impulsive spending does good to people's health.
B. Shopping can't lower one's stress as it is expected.
C. Faced with great stress, people feel hopeless for life.
D. Faced with threat，people's wish to shop will decrease.
4.Which of the following events threaten people's life?
①Greater stress; ②Car accidents; ③Criminal attacks；. ④Natural disasters;
A.①②③ B.②③④ C.①②④ D.①③④
5.What's the main idea of the passage?
A. Greater stress can lead to shopping.
B. Greater stress can cause a lot of diseases
C. Shopping is very important in people's life.
D. Can shopping reduce the stress and relieve the fear of death?
In the Netherlands，cycling isn't seen as eccrfriendly exercise; it's part of everyday life, as it's people's top choice to school and work. There are more bicycles than residents in the Netherlands. In cities like Amsterdam and The Hague, up to 70 percent of all journeys are made by bike.
So how did cycling become such a popular means of transportation in the European country?
In the 1970s, the Dutch government began to improve its cycling infrastructure（基础设施）due to both a social movement demanding safer cycling condition for children and the oil crisis in the Middle East, when oil producing countries stopped their exports to Western Europe.
To make cycling safer and more appealing, the Dutch have built the widest cycling net- work in the world. The country has over 40，000 kilometers of bicycle lanes and paths，which are clearly marked. They have smooth surfaces，separate signs and lights for those on two wheels. The lanes are wide enough to allow side-by-side cycling and passing.
In many cities the bike lanes are completely segregated（隔离的）from motorized traffic. And in many traffic situations cyclists are given priority（优先权）over drivers. Sometimes， where space is limited and both must share, you can see signs showing an image of a cyclist with a car behind accompanied by the words "Bike Street：Cars are guests".
As young people aren't allowed to drive alone until they are 18，cycling offers Dutch teen- agers an alternative form of freedom. The government also makes cycling training lessons a compulsory part of the Dutch school curriculum（课程）．
Bike parking facilities are ubiquitous in the country. Cyclists are accommodated in the way motorists are elsewhere. Take Groningen, a city in the northeastern part of the Netherlands，for example. The city's central train station has underground parking for 10，000 bikes.
1.We can conclude that in the Netherlands cycling is____．
A. regarded as eco-friendly exercise
B. thought of as part of people's life
C. looked on as a way to lose weight
D. considered as a way to entertain
2.What can we learn about the Netherlands from the first paragraph?
A. Most vehicles the Dutch use are buses.
B. The native people cycle the best in the world.
C. Everyone has one bike on average in the Netherlands.
D. The number of bikes is larger than the population there.
3.Which of the following made the government improve the cycling infrastructure?
A. A large number of bikes.
B. Hope for healthy life style.
C. People's preference to bikes.
D. Children's safety demand and lack of oil.
4.The underlined word "ubiquitous" in the last paragraph means“＿，，．
A. high quality B. unique C. very common D. special
5.What does the Dutch government do about teenagers cycling?
A. It makes cycling covered by school education.
B. It encourages teenagers to cycle alone.
C. It will watch over teenagers who ride bikes.
D. It suggests teenagers cycling before driving.
