(2013·南京三模)—Sorry，it’s already 6 o’clock.I have to be off for an appointment.
—OK.________.
A．It couldn’t be better B．You really have me there
C．Let’s call it a day D．Take your time
When you tidy your messy bedroom，it gets a lot easier to find things.Dreams may work the same way for a messy brain，helping you learn by organizing memories and ideas.
To test how much dreams can help learning，Robert Stickgold had some students play a shapefitting game called Tetris (俄罗斯方块) for a few hours and then go to sleep.Soon they were dreaming of falling Tetris shapes.Interestingly，the worst Tetris players had the most Tetris dreams and improved their game the most.Similar tests have shown the same results for all kinds of skills.
As we dream，many important tasks are getting done.The brain decides what to keep and what to forget.It is connecting new experiences to older learning.In fact，the brain is learning all night long.
Another important task of dreams may be to help us deal with emotions (情绪)．At night，emotions are in the driver’s seat.People who have had an upsetting experience often dream about it afterward.Often the dream event changes somehow—another way the brain tries to make the memory less upset.So if your best friend moves away，you might dream that you’re the one who’s moving.In fact，dreams have a proven power to improve mood，and people who dream about what’s bothering them usually feel better sooner than those who don’t.
Everybody dreams for a couple of hours every night—in the course of your life，you’ll spend about 25 years asleep and 6 years dreaming.There’s probably no single answer to the question why we dream，but there doesn’t have to be.One dream might help you remember your math facts，while another might lead to a new invention，or give you a fun，crazy story to tell your friends.It’s all in a night’s work for our busy，mysterious brains.
1.Robert Stickgold’s test shows that________.
A．games are useful for memory
B．dreams can help improve skills
C．players stop learning in dreams
D．tasks can only be settled through dreams
2.We can learn from Paragraph 4 that________.
A．dreams can get rid of sufferings
B．only drivers can deal with emotions
C．one may be less upset after a dream
D．dreams can copy what one experienced
3.Which of the following does the author probably agree with?
A．Dreaming does harm to one’s mood.
B．Dreaming affects the quality of sleep.
C．It’s hard to find out the secrets of dreaming.
D．It’s not so important to know the cause of dreaming.
4.What does the text focus on?
A．Dreams and memories. B．Dreams and emotions.
C．The benefits of dreams. D．The patterns of dreams.
5.In which part of a magazine can this text be found?
A．Entertainment. B．Tourism.
C．Science. D．Advertisement.
Body language is the quiet，secret and most powerful language of all！It speaks ____than words.According to specialists，our bodies send out more___than we realize.In fact，nonverbal (非言语) communication takes up about 50% of what we really____.And body language is particularly____when we attempt to communicate across cultures.Indeed，what is called body language is so____a part of us that it’s actually often unnoticed.And misunderstandings occur as a result of it.____，different societies treat the____between people differently.Northern Europeans usually do not like having___contact (接触) even with friends，and certainly not with____.People from Latin American countries，____，touch each other quite a lot.Therefore，it’s possible that in____，it may look like a Latino is____a Norwegian all over the room.The Latino，trying to express friendship，will keep moving ____.The Norwegian，very probably seeing this as pushiness，will keep____—which the Latino will in return regard as ____.
Clearly，a great deal is going on when people____.And only a part of it is in the words themselves.And when parties are from____cultures，there’s a strong possibility of ____.But whatever the situation，the best____is to obey the Golden Rule：treat others as you would like to be____.
1.A．straighter B．louder
C．harder D．further
2.A.sounds B．invitations
C．feelings D．messages
3.A.hope B．receive
C．discover D．mean
4.A.immediate B．misleading
C．important D．difficult
5.A.well B．far
C．much D．long
6.A.For example B．Thus
C．However D．In short
7.A.trade B．distance
C．connections D．greetings
8.A.eye B．verbal
C．bodily D．telephone
9.A.strangers B．relatives
C．neighbours D．enemies
10.A.in other words B．on the other hand
C．in a similar wayD．by all means
11.A.trouble B．conversation
C．silence D．experiment
12.A.disturbing B．helping
C．guiding D．following
13.A.closer B．faster
C．in D．away
14.A.stepping forward B．going on
C．backing away D．coming out
15.A.weakness B．carelessness
C．friendliness D．coldness
16.A.talk B．travel
C．laugh D．think
17.A.different B．European
C．Latino D．rich
18.A.curiosity B．excitement
C．misunderstandingD．nervousness
19.A.chance B．time
C．result D．advice
20.A.noticed B．treated
C．respected D．pleased
(2014·河南豫北三校高三下学期联考)Honesty is a virtue________greed is an evil，as the saying goes.
A．while B．when
C．as D．and
Parents，of course，will do everything they could to________their children from harm.
A．defend B．convince
C．overcome D．reduce
(2014·湖南六校联考)I know it’s normal for such a thing to happen，but we________it if we’d been more careful.
A．need have avoided B．could have avoided
C．will have avoided D．had avoided
