[单项选择]Tokyo is one of those places that you can love and hate at the same time.
In Tokyo there are always too many people in the places where I want to be. Of course there are too many cars. The Japanese drive very fast, but in Tokyo they often spend a long time in traffic jams. Tokyo is not different from London, Paris and New York in that. It is different when one wants to walk.Which is NOT true according to the passage
A. People in London, Paris and New York also spend a lot of time in traffic jams.
B. Tokyo is a friendly and surprising city.
C. In a Tokyo train most people read newspapers.

[单项选择]Tokyo is one of those places that you can love and hate at the same time.
In Tokyo there are always too many people in the places where I want to be. Of course there are too many cars. The Japanese drive very fast, but in Tokyo they often spend a long time in traffic jams. Tokyo is not different from London, Paris and New York in that. It is different when one wants to walk.In which way is Tokyo different from other big cities in the world
A. There is a bigger population.
B. There are more traffic jams.
C. There is more trouble for people to walk around.

[单项选择]Passage One
Tokyo is one of those places that you can love and hate at the same time.
In Tokyo there are always too many people in the places where I want to be. Of course there are too many cars. The Japanese drive very fast when they can. But in Tokyo they often spend a long time in traffic jams. Tokyo is not different from London, but it is different when you want to walk.
At certain times of the day there are a lot of people on foot in London’s Oxford Street. But the streets near Ginza in Tokyo always have a lot of people on foot, and sometimes it is really difficult to walk. People are very polite; there are just too many of them.
The worst time to be in the street is at 11:30at night. That is when the night-clubs are closing and everybody wants to go home. There are 35,000 night-clubs in Tokyo, and you do not often see one that is empty.
Most people travel to and from work by train. Tokyo people buy six million train tickets ev
A. it has a smaller population
B. it is an international city
C. it is more difficult to go somewhere on foot in Tokyo
D. its people are friendlier and politer

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W: David, can I give you a hand with one of those grocery bags
M: Sure, Jane. Could you take this one please I didn’t realize how heavy these bags would be.
W: Why did you buy so much stuff when you had to walk back home from the store
M: Well, I didn’t intend to buy a lot. But I’m having some people over and I guess I needed more than I expected.
W: What’s the occasion
M: Now the people I live with, the Kremers, have been on vacation for a month and I thought I’d surprise them. I’m inviting some of their friends and families for a welcome home dinner.
W: Oh, that’s really thoughtful of you.
M: I figure it’s the least I can do for them. I’ve been staying with them rent-free while I’m in school.
W: Really That’s pretty generous of them.
M: Well, they must understand how difficult it is to make ends meet when you’re a student. They’ve
A. On foot.
B. By bike.
C. By car.
D. Jane offers him a lift.

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[单项选择]One sure way you can tell how quickly a new idea, for example, the idea of "privatization," is taking hold among the population is to monitor how fast the word or words expressing that particular idea are passing into common usage. Professional opinions of whether or not words can indeed be said to have passed into common usage are available from dictionary editors, who are vitally concerned with this question. The method described above for determining how quickly a new idea is taking hold relies on which one of the following assumptions
A. Dictionary editors are not professionally interested in words that are only rarely used.
B. Dictionary editors have exact numerical criteria for telling when a word has passed into common usage.
C. For a new idea to take hold, dictionary editors have to include the relevant word or words in their dictionaries.
D. As a word passes into common usage, its meaning does not undergo any severe distortions in the process.
E. (E) Words denoting new ideas tend to be used before the ideas denoted are understood.

[单项选择]If those "mad moments"— when you can’t recall what your friend has told you or where you left your keys—are becoming more frequent, mental exercises and a healthy brain diet may help.
Just as bodies require more maintenance with the passing years, so do brains, which scientists now know show signs of aging as early as the 20s and 30s. "Brain aging starts at a very young age, younger than any of us have imagined and these processes continue gradually over the years," said Dr. Gary Small, the director of the Center on Aging at the University of California, Los Angeles. "I’m convinced that it is never too early to get started on a mental or brain-fitness program," he added.
In his book, "The Memory Bible," the 51-year-old neuroscientist lists what he refers to as the 10 commandments for keeping the brain young. They include training memory, building skills, minimizing stress, mental exercises, brain food and a healthy lifestyle. It’s a game plan for keeping brain cells sp
A. everyone can be forgetful sometimes regardless of one’s age
B. we can prevent our sound mind from aging with certain methods
C. brain aging starts from the time when we are in our 20s and 30s
D. memory loss is a sign that shows we are getting old