24. What is the percentage of employment among the applicants?
A. About half of them. B. About 8 to 14.
C. About 120. D. Less than 0.08 percent.
25. Which do you think is the most important personality quality according to NASA’s Selection Manager?
A. Devotion. B. Communication. C. Team spirit. D. Perseverance.
26. Which is NOT the basic requirement the applicants have to meet?
A. Related experience.
B. Speaking Russian fluently.
C. A college degree in required areas.
D. Passing physical and personality tests.
27. What may be the best title for this text?
A. NASA Astronaut Candidate Program
B. NASA Welcomes its Most Applicants ever
C. What It Takes to Be a NASA Astronaut
D. What an Astronaut should Train in
C
One thing the tour books don’t tell you about London is that 2,000 of its residents are foxes. They ran away from the city about centuries ago after developers and pollution moved in. But now that the environment is cleaner, the foxes hav e come home.
“The number and variety of wild animals in urban areas is increasing,” says Corner Jones. A survey of the wildlife in New York’s Central Park last year counted 14 kinds of animals. A similar survey carried out in the 1890’s counted only five kinds.
Several changes have brought wild animals to the cities. First, the air and water quality in many cities have improved as a result of the 1970s pollution-control efforts. Meanwhile, rural areas have been built up, and many animals have gone to the area outside the centre of a city. In addition, urban wildlife refuges (避难处) have been created. The Greater London Council last year spent $ 750, 000 buying land and building 10 permanent wildlife refuges in the city.
As a result, many birds are now living in the city. By 1970 the birds had died out east of the Mississippi because the DDT had made their eggs too thin to support life. That year, scientist Tom Cade of Cornell University began raising the birds for release in cities, for cities offered enough food.
Cities can attract wild animals without turning them harmful. The key is to create habitats where they are able to live happily. Such habitats can even be useful. In San Francisco, the local government is testing different kinds of rainwater control basins to see not only which ones keep the cleanest water but which will attract the most birds.
28. The first paragraph suggests that ________.
A. London is a city of fox
B. the environment is important for wildlife
C. foxes are highly adaptable to the environment
D. tour books are not always a reliable source of information
29. It can be inferred from the passage that ________.
A. Londoners are happy to see wild animals return to their city
B. Londoners are putting more and more wild animals into their zoos
C. Londoners are trying to move wild animals back to the countryside
D. Londoners have welcomed the wild birds, but found foxes a problem
30. Which of the following is NOT a reason why wildlife is returning to the cities?
A. There is plenty of food for wildlife in the city.
B. Air and water quality has improved in the cities.
C. Wildlife enjoys being watched and fed in the cities.
D. More and more special living areas have been built for the wildlife.
31. What is the passage mainly about?
A. Wild animals living in zoos.
B. 2,000 foxes returning to London.
C. A survey of wildlife in New York.
D. Wildlife returning to some larger cities.
D
Something I enjoy doing most in my leisure time is going to the cinema to watch a great film. It’s two hours of relaxation and escapism from real life. But when I get relaxed in my seat to enjoy the film and popcorn, I’m often irritated by seeing someone next to me texting on their mobile phone or worse still, talking to someone.
It’s no surprise that a proposal by a US cinema chain to let people use their phones during some film screenings was met with such anger, that the company had to take back the idea. People said it was ‘the worst idea ever’! Surely, going to watch the latest film is just that – watching not multi-screening. I am certainly distracted by the click-click on someone’s mobile keyboard as they text and the light of the bright small phone screen – why aren’t they concentrating on the big screen?!
However, it is convenient to watch streaming films and cheap DVDs at home. Cinemas are struggling to keep their customers. Some places now offer comfortable seats with snacks and drinks, so maybe trying to attract a younger audience by allowing the use of mobile phones is the way forward? A survey in 2012 found that a majority of 18-to-34-year-olds believed using social media while watching a movie would add to their experience.
However, not every young person wants to multi-task at the movies. Many of us still get annoyed by the theatre staff who appear not to do anything about it. Of course, we could ask people to turn their phones off. But as Adam Aron, head of AMC Entertainment, said in Variety magazine, “when you tell a 22-year-old to turn off the phone, don’t ruin the movie, they hear ‘please cut off your left arm above the elbow’.” Clearly this is not what I would like to see but if you want to use your mobile phone in the cinema that I’m at, please don’t sit next to me! What do you think is the right thing to do?
32. The underline word “irritated” in Paragraph 1 means _________.
A. annoyed B. terrified C. depressed D. embarrassed
33. Which of the following is True of the US cinema chain’s original advice?
A. The advice was carried out smoothly.
B. They forbade people to use the phone.
C. They permitted people to use the phone.
D. The advice was very popular with people.
34. What can we infer from Paragraph 3?
A. People prefer to watch films and DVD at home.
B. Young people use their social media frequently.
C. The cinema needn’t worry about their customers.
D. Sending messages is the best experience for young people.
35. What is the author’s attitude towards multi-task at the movies?
A. Sympathy. B. Enthusiasm. C. Disapproval. D. Encouragement.
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The Effects of Stress
There is a famous expression in English: “Stop the world, I want to get off!” This expression refers to a feeling of panic, or stress, that makes a person want to stop whatever they are doing, try to relax, and become calm again. 36 It is one of the most common causes of health problems in modern life. Too much stress results in physical, emotional, and mental health problems.
There are a number of physical effects of stress. 37 It can increase the pulse rate, make the heart miss beats, and can cause high blood pressure. Stress can affect the respiratory system. It can lead to asthma. It can cause a person to breathe too fast, resulting in a loss of important carbon dioxide. Stress can affect the stomach. 38 These are only a few examples of the wide range of illnesses and symptoms resulting from stress.
Emotions are also easily affected by stress. People suffering from stress often feel anxious. They may have panic attacks. They may feel tired all the time. When people are under stress, they often overreact to little problems. For example, a normally gentle parent under a lot of stress at work may yell at a child for dropping a glass of juice. 39
Long-term stress can lead to a variety of serious mental illnesses. Depression, an extreme feeling of sadness and hopelessness, can be the result of continued and increasing stress. Alcoholism and other addictions often develop as a result of overuse of alcohol or drugs to try to relieve stress. If stress is allowed to continue, then one's mental health is put at risk. 40
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