[单项选择]The first trees were like modern trees in most ways except that ______.
A. they do not have branches
B. they do not have flowers
C. they do not have seeds
D. they do not need sunlight

[单项选择]According to the passage, trees were initially needed by the Nebraskan settlers for ______.
A. shade
B. the prevention of soil erosion
C. the creation of parks
D. construction

[单项选择]It was a freezing winter. The trees were （） and the branches were still.
A. bare
B. empty
C. vacant
D. blank

[单项选择]______ that many of the big trees were damaged.
A. The storm was such severe
B. So severe was the storm
C. So the storm was severe
D. Such was the storm severe

[单项选择]It was a freezing winter. The trees were ______ and the branches were still.
A. bare
B. empty
C. vacant
D. blank

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Passage Three
If you are like most people, your intelligence varies from season to season. You are probably a lot sharper in the spring than you are at any other time of the year. A noted scientist, Ellsworth Huntington(1876-1947),concluded from other men’s work and his own among peoples in different climates that climate and temperature have a definite effect on our mental abilities.
He found that cool weather is much more favorable for creative thinking than is summer heat. This does not mean that all people are less intelligent in the summer than they are during the rest of the year. It does mean, however, that the mental abilities of large numbers of people tend to be lowest in the summer.
Spring appears to be the best period of the year for thinking. One reason may be that in the spring man’s mental abilities are affected by the same factors that bring about great changes in all nature.
Fall is the next-best season, then win
A. a great effect on everyone's intelligence
B. same effect on most persons' intelligence
C. some effect on a few persons' intelligence
D. no effect on most persons' intelligence

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If you are like most people, your intelligence varies from season to season. You are probably a lot sharper in the spring than you are at any other time of the year. A famous scientist concluded that climate and temperature have a definite effect on our mental abilities, and that cool weather is much more favourable for creative thinking than in summer heat. This does not mean all people are less intelligent in the summer than they are during the rest of the year. It does mean, however, that the mental abilities of large members of people tend to be lowest in the summer. Spring appears to be the best period of the year for thinking. One reason may be that in the spring man’s mental abilities are affected by the same factors that bring about great changes in all nature. Autumn is the next best season, then winter. As for summer, it seems to be a good time to take a long vacation from thinking.

Generally speaking, it is far fitter for creative thinking when the weather i
A. sunny and fine
B. windy and rainy
C. warm and wet
D. neither cold nor hot

[单项选择]What did Seymour's daughter like most about visiting the factory
A. watching her father make gloves
B. helping to shape the gloves
C. making gloves for her school friends
D. seeing the brass hands

[单项选择]—Which of those silk shirts do you like most
— ______ of them. They are both nice and comfortable to wear.


A. Both
B. Neither
C. All
D. None

[单项选择]If you are like most people , your intelligence ____ from season to season.
A. turns
B. change
C. varies
D. ranges

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Passage Three If you are like most people, your intelligence varies from season to season. You are probably a lot sharper in the spring than you are at any other time of the year. A famous scientist concluded that climate and temperature have a definite effect on our mental abilities, and that cool weather is much more favourable for creative thinking than in summer heat. This does not mean all people are less intelligent in the summer than they are during the rest of the year. It does mean, however, that the mental abilities of large members of people tend to be lowest in the summer. Spring appears to be the best period of the year for thinking. One reason may be that in the spring man’s mental abilities are affected by the same factors that bring about great changes in all nature. Autumn is the next best season, then winter. As for summer, it seems to be a good time to take a long vacation from thinking.

Summer seems to be a good period of the year for（）
A. travelling
B. holidays
C. reading or writing
D. thinking during the vacation