If you are hungry, what will you do? Grab a piece of your favorite meal and stay quiet after that? Just like stomach, even your mind will be hungry. But it never lets you know, because you keep it busy thinking about your dream lover, favorite star and many such absurd things. So it silently begins to hide your needs and never lets itself grow. When mind loses its freedom to grow, creativity gets its full stop. This might be the reason why we all sometimes think “What happens next？”， “Why can't I think？”， “Why am I always given the difficult problems？” Well, this is the aftereffect of using our brain for thinking of notsoworthy things.
Hunger of the mind can be actually satisfied through extensive reading. But why is it reading but not watching TV? Because reading has been the most educational tool used by us right from the childhood. Just like that to develop other aspects of our life, we have to turn to reading for help. You have a number of books in the world which will answer all your “howto” questions. Once you read a book, you just don't run your eyes through the lines, but your mind decodes (译解) it and explains it to you. The interesting part of the book is stored in your mind as a seed. Now this seed is unknowingly used by you in your future to develop new ideas. The same seed, if used many times, can help you link and relate a lot of things, which you would never think of in your wildest dreams！This is nothing but creativity. The more books you read, the wider your mind will become. Also this improves your oratorical (speechmaking) skills to a large extent and also makes a significant contribution to your vocabulary. When you start speaking English or any other language fluently with your friends or other people, you never seem to run out of the right words at the right time.
Actually, I had a problem in speaking English fluently，but as I read, I could improve significantly. So guys, do join me and give food for your thoughts by reading, reading and more reading. Now what are you waiting for? Go, grab a book and let me know!
1.What's the best title of the passage?
A. Hunger of the mind
B. Stomach and Mind
C. Feed your Mind by reading
D. Reading or Watching TV
2.You don't know your mind is in hunger because ________.
A. you are not hungry
B. you keep it thinking of silly things
C. your creativity gets a full stop
D. you always meet with difficult problems
3.Which of the following is NOT mentioned as the advantage of reading?
A. Reading can make your dream come true.
B. Reading can contribute to your vocabulary.
C. Reading can improve your spoken ability.
D. Reading can make people creative.
4.The purpose of the author in writing this passage is to ________.
A. comment and blame B. introduce and describe
C. explain and persuade D. advise and inform
Wow，ladies! That is all I can say, I write this article with mixed emotions. Having Aiko the female robot around the house to help out could be either a blessing or a nightmare. If you are a working mother like me, then the idea of having a helping hand around would be a good thing. We working mothers dream about going home to find dinner on the table, a clean house and everything ready for the next day，that would be the perfect world.
Yet as always we women worry about being replaced，me included. Aiko has been created with special sensors (感应器) underneath her immediate“skin”cover. I believe her creator, Le Trung，has other motives(动机). Of course, he says it's not true. She doesn't complain, argue or talk back. She can carry on a conversation and help you with your math homework. She can tell you the weather outside and can speak in English and Japanese. She doesn't require any sleep nor does she complain about a headache or being tired. She can serve tea and give back massages. I'm sure some men out there would view her as the perfect woman or even“superwoman”. So with good reason I say having Aiko around could prove to be bad. As a woman and a wife，I worry about being replaced or even being compared to Aiko. How can you compete with someone or something so perfect like that?
Scientists have been trying to invent robots for a long time. There are many movies and books out there about robots. It looks like those crazy scientists are closer than we thought. Ladies, I think we are fighting a losing battle. So instead of trying to fight it，I guess we have no choice but to join them. Now where is my male robot? Hmm...I want him to look exactly like my Ken Barbie doll. Okay?
1.Le Trung created Aiko mainly to ________.
A. keep people company
B. teach people foreign languages
C. help children with their homework
D. help working mothers do housework
2.What can we learn about Aiko from the second paragraph?
A. She is poorly designed.
B. She is perfectly made.
C. She works better than expectations.
D. She is especially made for housewives.
3.Why does the author think having Aiko around could prove to be bad?
A. The robot could replace her.
B. The robot can do more than she does.
C. The robot makes a mess in the house.
D. The robot can speak human language.
4.What could be the author's purpose in writing the text?
A. To introduce a robot.
B. To argue against robotmaking.
C. To show her fights with robots.
D. To describe the daily life of a working mother.
Grandma had the coin for as long as I can remember. Every time I went over to her house, she told me the story of the coin：
It was the day after the ship had ______ in New York City. My grandmother and grandfather had come from Poland on that ship. They came to______ for a new life in the United States, ______ from the poverty and war in their native land.
They were walking to their new ______ from their factory jobs when they saw a small glint (闪光) on the sidewalk. My grandmother bent over to ______ it more closely. It turned out to be a dark and dirty quarter. My grandmother ______ it up and said，“This coin is a good omen, a ______ of good fortune to come.” They took the coin to their little apartment and ______ it to make it shine. The next day my grandmother got a(n) ______ job at a jewelry store.
As the years passed, my grandparents______good times and bad. My father and uncles were born, my grandfather was ______from the factory, but got a job at a big machinery company. There, my grandparents finally found the good ______ my grandmother had ______.
When my grandfather died three years ago, my grandmother ______ in to live with my family. This is when she ______the coin to me. Every day she told me this story. After a few months I could ______ tell the story in my sleep, ______ still she told me the story every day, stressing the importance of ______ on the coin. Last week she died. According to her ______， I got the coin. I think I was fortunate enough because I got the thing that ______ the most to my grandmother, and I will cherish it forever.
1.A. sailed B. joined C. landed D. pulled
2.A. prepare B. ask C. apply D. search
3.A. absent B. fre C. tired D. independent
4.A. restaurant B. store C. apartment D. cottage
5.A. examine B. observe C. test D. touch
6.A. picked B. dug C. lifted D. fixed
7.A. moment B. message C. gift D. sign
8.A. packed B. cleaned C. repaired D. rebuilt
9.A. worse B. greater C. better D. easier
10.A. got over B. took up C. passed by D. went through
11.A. laid off B. laid down C. shut off D. broken down
12.A. wealth B. chance C. fortune D. situation
13.A. described B. planned C. experienced D. predicted
14.A. settled B. moved C. entered D. dropped
15.A. promised B. presente C. sent D. gave
16.A. hardly B. practically C. particularly D. usually
17.A. and B. so C. but D. however
18.A. keeping B. passing C. carrying D. holding
19.A. order B. dream C. explanation D. will
20.A. proved B. offered C. meant D. contributed
________the difference between the two research findings will be one of the worst mistakes you make.
A. Ignore B. Ignoring
C. Ignored D. Having ignored
The children________lost in the woods; otherwise, they would have been at the lakeside camp as scheduled.
A. must have got B. must get
C. should have got D. should get
There is hard evidence ________ George has something to do with the murder.
A. which B. what
C. why D. that
