Do you always forget where you placed your keys or your purse? What was the name of the movie you saw last week? The major cause of your forgetfulness may be linked to what you store in your body, not in your short-term memory bank.
Tests continue to show that people with enough Vitamin B-2 do well in memory exams. The "B" could stand for "brain", if you're one of many with limited instant recall. And the number one source of that vitamin is sunflower seeds.
Even when you're sleeping or relaxing, your brain is still at work. Although it makes up just two percent of your total body weight, it uses up to 30 % of the calories you take in each day. For it to work properly, it must be fed. Even if you're not a breakfast eater, that meal is the best way to prepare your brain for the day. A quick and easy English muffin with peanut and butter in it, a glass of milk, and an orange, might be what your brain may be asking you the first thing in the morning when you feel your head is in a fog. Having sunflower seeds and fruit between meals adds more muscle to that hungry, demanding organ. Vitamin B-1 also helps the memory, and that is found in eggs, meats and nuts. In Chinese culture, walnuts (核桃) are known as the fruit for a long life because it is believed that they feed both the kidneys and the brain. And according to Chinese culture, if you keep those two important organs in good working order, you'll live longer.
However forgetful you are, just keep in mind the letter "B", which will help you to "bear in mind almost everything" even on those days when life's challenges are sending you in a billion directions.
57. The underlined word "muffin" in the third paragraph probably means_________.
A. menu B. dinner C. calorie D. cookie
58. In the passage, Chinese culture is mentioned to____________.
A. support the idea of long life B. show the importance of vitamin B-1
C. warn the readers of two organs D. remind us of walnuts and sunflower seeds
59. What can we conclude from the passage?
A. What we eat seems more important than what we learn in terms of memory.
B. Two percent of our brain is still active when we are sleeping or relaxing.
C. It doesn't make much difference to our brain whether we have breakfast or not.
D. Life's challenges have no effect on our memory, if dealt with in a proper way.
60. The best title for the passage could be_______________.
A. Human of Memory Loss B. Vitamin B-2 and Memory
C. Forgetful? But not Brain D. Chinese Culture of Long Life
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Have you ever been afraid to talk back when you were treated unfairly? Have you ever bought something just because the salesman talked you into it ?Are you afraid to ask someone for a date?
Many people are afraid to assert themselves．Dr．Robert Albert, author of “Stand Up, Speak Out, and Talk Back”, thinks it's because their self-esteem is low． “Our whole set-up is geared to make people distrust themselves, ” says Albert．“There’s always a superior around : a parent, a teacher, a boss---who knows better． These superiors often gain when they ship away at your self-image．”
But Albert and other scientists are doing something to help people assert themselves．They offer “Assertiveness Training”courses, “AT”for short．In the AT course people learn that they have a right to be themselves． They learn to speak out and feel good about doing so．They learn to be aggressive without hurting other people．
In one way, learning to speak out is to overcome fear．A group taking an AT course will help the timid person to lose his fear．But AT uses an even stronger motive---the need to share．The timid people speak out in the group because he wants to tell how he feels．
Whether or not you speak up for yourself depends on your self-image．If someone you face is more “important” than you, you may feel less of a person．You will start to doubt your own good sense．You go by the other person’s label．But, why should you?AT says you can get to feel good about yourself．And once you do, you can learn to speak out．
(1) The problem the writer talks about is that ______．
[ ]
A．some people buy things they don’t want
B．some people are afraid to speak out for themselves or to talk back
C．there are too many “chiefs” and not enough “Indians．”
D．some people don’t think highly enough of themselves
(2) The cause of the problem talked about in this passage is that ______ ．
[ ]
A．some people have a low self-image
B．there is alway someone around who “knows better”
C．salesmen talk people into buying things they don’t want
D．people don’t share enough
(3) The effect of our set-up on people is often to ______．
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A．make them distrust their own answres to problems
B．make things more favourable for “superiors”
C．keep them from knowing as much as their “superiors” know
D．help them to learn to speak up for their rights
(4) A good title for this passage could be ______．
[ ]
A．Stand Up, Speak Out, Talk Back
B．One Way to Overcome Timidity
C．The Problem of Learning
D．Protect yourself and your family
(5) “AT course” means ______．
[ ]
A．a course which helps you to assert yourself
B．a course in which you will learn the usage of prepositions
C．a course in which you will learn to fight against your enemy and your friends
D．a course which teaches you the knowledge of human life
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當前不少文學作品被改編成電影。有人選擇看電影，有人則喜歡讀原著。請你以“Film or book, which do you prefer?”為題，按照下列要點寫一篇英語短文。
看電影：省時、有趣、易懂
讀原著：細節更多，語言優美
我的看法和理由
注意：1. 詞數：100-150。文章題目和開頭已給出（不計入總詞數）。
2. 參考詞匯：原著：original work或book in the original
Films or book, which do you prefer?
Some of us think that it is better to see the film than to read the book in the original.
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The Haitian tsunami gave scientists a chance to find out how well vital and potentially life-saving warning systems were working.
Noaa’s Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory has developed a warning system that picks up signals of tsunamis directly from the sea-floor.
It is called Dart-the Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis. If seismometers(地震儀) detect an earthquake, the Dart buoys（浮標） will determine what is happening to sea levels, and whether a big wave might be on the way. This information is then sent via satellite to a central location which can organize an alarm. Within 50 minutes of the Haiti earthquake, this system was able to issue an alarm to other countries in the Caribbean to say that a small tsunami had been caused to start, and that was unlikely to affect them.
Dr Bernard said, “The first 30 minutes following the earthquake, we have to rely on education.” The critical aspects of this are: do you feel the earthquake; do you see the ocean draw down; and do you hear that loud roar? If so, you should run for higher ground.
“But after the first few minutes, it’s crucial that we have the technology—the measurements to avoid unnecessary evacuation(疏散撤離)and tell people when it is safe to return.” Right now, there are 50 of these Dart buoys all over the globe—four of which are in the Caribbean.
Dr Bernard says that, with 75 to 100 buoys worldwide, this system could provide global tsunami warnings within one hour.
“That’s for everywhere we know that tsunamis have happened. If we wanted to go to half an hour detection, we could probably double or multiply by four times that number,” he said.
“In some countries, including Haiti, there may not be enough resources to support a specific tsunami warning centre for something that happens so infrequently.”
He said that this system was relatively inexpensive to fix and operate.
“To get it down to an hour for everywhere affected would cost $50m initial investment and then 10% of that to maintain it,” he said.
“That’s not a terribly expensive system considering the potential savings of lives.”
In which section would you probably read the passage in a newspaper?
A. Education and Society
B. Culture and Leisure
C. Science and Technology
D. Health and Medicine
How many buoys would at least be needed for global tsunami warnings within half an hour?
A. 150
B. 100
C. 75
D. 50
Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
A. The system can warn people of the coming of tsunami directly after the earthquake.
B. We can’t escape the danger of tsunami within 30 minutes following the earthquake.
C. Each country can easily afford a tsunami warning centre though it seldom happens.
D. It’s worthwhile to spend money on the warning system for possible savings of lives.
Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?
A. Tsunami Assessment
B. Earthquake detecting
C. Disaster Warning System
D. Life Saving System
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—— Do you think he will do me a favor?
—— As far as I know, he is the last one to help others. He＿＿＿＿be prepared to give you a hand, though.
A. might B. must C. can D. should
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