[单项选择]According to Fozard's argument, people can make their brain work more efficiently by______ .


A. taking part in various mental activities
B. making frequent adjustments
C. going through specific training
D. constantly doing memory work

[单项选择]According to the last sentence, we can make all the following statements EXCEPT that ______.


A. the process of learning is complicated
B. the older a learner is, the less efficient his learning is
C. ageing of the brain influences learning
D. learners can benefit from their learning experience

[单项选择]Doctors say that people can dramatically reduce their risk of heart disease by quitting smoking and adopting an ______ lifestyle.
A. acting
B. active
C. action
D. actively

[单项选择]What comment did the Sudanese president make on the crisis in his country


A. He will stick to Islamic law.
B. He will remove religious confrontations.
C. He will dissolve ethnic misunderstandings.
D. He will seek international aid.

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Soccer is played by millions of people all over the world, but there have only been a few players who were truly great. How did these players get that way — was it through training and practice, or are great players "born, not made" First, these players often came from places that have had famous stars in the past — players that a young boy can look up to and try to imitate. In the history of soccer, only six countries have ever won the World Cup — three from South America and three from Western Europe. There has never been a great national team — or a really great player from North America or from Asia. Second, these players have all had years of practice in the game. Aifredo Di Stefano was the son of a soccer player, as Pele was. Most great players begin playing the game at the age of three or four.
Finally, many great players come from the same kind of neighborhood — a poor, crowded area where a boy’s dream is not to be a d
A. where soccer players get the way
B. how neighborhood affects a soccer player's success
C. where they can produce the best soccer teams
D. what a poor, crowded area provides a future soccer player with

[单项选择]What will happen when some people finally reach the point of marriage according to the students.（）
A. True love dies.
B. Make a self sacrificial commitment.
C. Get realistic impressions.
D. All of the above.

[单项选择]Quizzes are given every other week to make sure that the students ______ keeping in pace with what is going on in the class.


A. are to be
B. will be
C. shall be
D. are

[单项选择]Cool colours are liked by the people working in the offices because they _________.


A. want time to go by slowly
B. are scientists and enjoy the colours
C. often have a rest during the working hours
D. want to pass time quickly

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Britain’s richest people have experienced the biggest-ever rise in their wealth, according to the Sunday Times Rich List. Driven by the new economy of Internet and computer entrepreneurs, the wealth of those at the top of the financial tree has increased at an unprecedented rate. The 12th an- num Rich List will show that the collective worth of the country’s richest 1,000 people reached nearly 146 billion by January, the cut-off point for the survey. They represented an increase of 31 billion, or 27%, in just 12 months. Since the survey was compiled, Britain’s richest have added billions more to their wealth, thanks to the continuing boom in technology shares on the stock market.
This has pushed up the total value of the wealth of the richest 1,000 to a probable 160 billion ac- cording to Dr Philip Beresfod, Britain’s acknowledged expert on personal wealth who compiles the Sun- day Times Rich List. The millennium boom exceeds anything in Britain&rs
A. more and more people start hi-teach business to a mass fortune.
B. people are becoming rich at younger ages.
C. most of the richest make their fortune by inheritance.
D. all the richest millionaires are aged 30 or above.