Menu

SANDWICHES（三明治）                                      DRINKS

Chicken                                            $5.20               Orange juice                   $1.70

Egg                                                    $3.60               Coke                                 $2.50

Fish                                                   $4.90               Coffee                              $2.80

Beef                                                  $4.50               Tea                                    $1.50

RICE                                                                            DESSERTS（甜食）

Fried                                                 $3.50               Ice cream                        $3.00

With chicken                                   $4.80               Apple pie                        $4.50

With meat                                        $4.50               Fresh fruit                       $3.30

With seafood                                  $6.50               Chocolate                        $5.50

1.How much is the rice with chicken?

A. $3.50                        B. $5.20                       C. $4.50                         D. $4.80

2.I have only two dollars. What can I buy?

A. Coke.                       B. Orange juice.    C. Chicken.                     D. Ice cream.

3.The most expensive dessert is ___________.

A. ice cream       B. apple pie         C. fresh fruit         D. chocolate

 

Here are four messages on Alan Marshall’s answer phone.

Monday  9:21

   Alan? Alan, if you’re at home, please answer the phone. Are you really not there? Well, I’d just like to say that I’m really annoyed with you—and your father is too. You know how much he loves our monthly family lunches. This is the fifth one you’ve missed. I hope you’ve got a really good reason this time. Oh, umm, this is your mother speaking.

Monday 10:02

Mr Marshall, this is Rose, Mr Smith’s assistant. I’m calling to make sure tomorrow’s lunch with Mr Smith of Rising Sun Computer Games. Mr Smith wants you to know that this meeting is very important. Please remember to bring the designs with you. He says that he is ready to pay for your new game! The restaurant is The Four Stars in Gower Street and I’ve booked a table for a quarter past one. Be there on time—please!

Monday 11:23

My name is Karen Miller. I’m manager at Superstar Computer Games, Australia. I saw your game “Kill the Enemy!” at the International Computer Game Fair. I think your work is great and I’d like to talk with you about buying your new game. Perhaps we can interact over lunch and know more about each other. I’m in London until Wednesday. My mobile number is 6130800.

1.Alan Marshall is a ________ according to these telephone messages.

A. psychologist    B. veterinarian    C. movie director   D. computer game designer

2.Alan’s mother was _________ when she called her son.

A. angry         B. patient            C. terrified     D. excited

3.________are going to buy Allan’s new game.

A. Mr Smith and Mr Marshall           B. Alan and Rose 

C. Mr Miller and Mr Smith             D. Alan and Karen

4.The underlined word “interact” means “_______” here.

A. discuss      B. play games     C. eat     D. fight

 

 Menu

HAMBURGERS                       DRINKS

Chicken             $5.50                     Orange juice          $1.50

Egg                  $3.40                     Coke                  $3.00

Fish                 $4.80                     Coffee               $5.50

Beef                $6.20                     Tea                  $2.00

RICE                                 DESSERTS

Fried              $3.50                     Ice cream             $2.50

With meat          $5.70                     Apple pie             $4.50

With eggs          $4.20                     Fruit                  $3.50

With vegetables      $3.90                Chocolate               $6.00

1. Where do we often see a menu?

A. In a hospital.              B. In a restaurant.

C. In a supermarket.           D. In a school.

2.I have only two dollars. What can I buy?

A. Coke.          B. Ice cream.         C. Tea.          D. Fruit.

3.I want to eat a beef hamburger, a cup of coffee and an apple pie. How much should I pay?

A. $ 15.20.      B. $ 16.70.        C. $ 16.20.       D. $ 15.80.

4.“Dessert” here means _______?

A. 沙漠          B. 冷飲           C. 熱飲          D. 甜點(diǎn)

5.The most expensive food in the above menu is _________.

A. beef hamburger    B. rice with meat    C. coffee    D. chocolate

 

Many strong and out-of-control emotions are recognized as an illness. People who are always very sad have depression (抑郁癥); those who worry a lot have anxiety.
But what about anger problems? Anger is largely viewed as a secondary emotion – one caused by other emotions. People are thought to be angry because they are sad, anxious or stressed. In the past, many doctors didn’t accept the idea that anger could be a problem all on its own.
Today, though, a growing number of mental health experts think that anger is a serious problem that needs its own treatment.
How to tell the difference between “normal” anger and “anger problem” is difficult. After all, everyone gets really mad from time to time. Experts point out a few ways.
Disordered anger, as it is sometimes called, tends to be of greater intensity (強(qiáng)度). It takes very little to set off a person with an anger problem, and their responses (反應(yīng)) are very strong. An example: While most people would get upset if a driver cut them off, someone with disordered anger might try to chase down the car and force it off the road.
And in cases of disordered anger, the person gets angry more frequently and his/her anger lasts longer. For most people, angry feelings disappear quickly. But people with anger problems often stay angry for days, weeks or even years; their feelings of anger don’t disappear over time.
Consequences are also important to consider: Disordered anger often damages people’s lives. “It interferes (干擾) with people’s relationships and their jobs,” says Raymond Chip Tafrate, a US psychologist. “Even their health is affected.”
Anger clearly increases the risk of certain health problems, as many studies have shown. “When a person is angry, their heart beats faster and their blood pressure goes up,” says Howard Kassinove, a professor at Hofstra University in New York. Over time, these changes take their toll on the body, he adds.
Experts suggest that people with an anger problem take anger-management programs. The programs teach people to control their responses to stressful situations through the use of relaxation techniques. The programs sometimes include life-skills training as well: increasing someone’s level of competence (競(jìng)爭(zhēng))– whether on the job or as a parent or partner – helps bring down stress and cut angry feelings.
【小題1】A person who _________ most possibly has disordered anger in the experts’ opinion?

A．can’t get out of anger quickly

B．is dissatisfied with relationships

C．has high blood pressure

D．is worried about his job

【小題2】What does the underlined word Consequences mean?

A．Responses.

B．Effects.

C．Reasons.

D．Feelings

【小題3】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Anger is an secondary emotion that makes people sad and stressed.

B．Anger was recognized as an illness by most doctors in the past.

C．A person with an anger problem gets angry more often and easily.

D．The use of relaxation techniques is the best way to manage anger.

【小題4】 What is the best title of the passage?

A．Can anger be an illness?

B．Is it disordered anger?

C．Can anger influence our life?

D．Is anger management important?

Have you ever had the strange feeling that you were being watched? You turned around and, sure enough, someone was looking right at you!
Parapsychologists (靈學(xué)家) say that humans have a natural ability to sense when someone is looking at them. To research whether such a “sixth sense” really exists, Robert Baker, a psychologist (心理學(xué)家) at the University of Kentucky, did two experiments.
In the first one, Baker sat behind unknowing people in public places and stared at the backs of their heads for 5 to 15 minutes. The subjects（受試者）were eating, drinking, reading, studying, watching TV, or working at a computer. Baker made sure that the people could not tell that he was sitting behind them during those periods. Later, when he questioned the subjects, almost all of them said they had no sense that someone was staring at them.
For the second experiment, Baker told the subjects that they would be stared at from time to time from behind in a laboratory setting. The people had to write down when they felt they were being stared at and when they weren’t. Baker found that the subjects were no better at telling when they were stared at and when they weren’t.
Baker concludes that people do not have the ability to sense when they’re being stared at. If people doubt the outcome of his two experiments, said Baker, “I suggest they repeat the experiments and see for themselves.”
【小題1】The aim of the two experiments is to ________.

A．explain when people can have a sixth sense

B．show how people act while being watched in the lab

C．study whether humans can sense when they are stared at

D．prove why humans have a sixth sense

【小題2】The underlined word “outcome” in the last paragraph most probably means ________.

A．value

B．result

C．performance

D．connection

【小題3】 In the second experiment, the subjects _________.

A．could tell when they were stared at and when they weren’t.

B．could tell when they were stared at but couldn’t tell when they weren’t.

C．couldn’t tell when they were stared at but could tell when they weren’t.

D．couldn’t tell when they were stared at or when they weren’t.

【小題4】What can be learned from the passage?

A．People are born with a sixth sense.

B．The experiments support parapsychologists’ idea.

C．The subjects do not have a sixth sense in the experiments.

D．People have a sixth sense in all places.