[单项选择]Have you ever heard your own voice "Of course," you say.
Has anyone else ever heard your voice Again you say, "Of course. "
But that’ s not quite true. Nobody else has ever heard your voice—the way you hear it. When you talk, you set up sound waves. The air outside your head carries the sound waves to your outer ears. But, of course, the sound of your voice begins inside your head. The bones of your head pick up the sound waves, too. They carry the sound waves straight to your inner ears. You get the sound from the outside and the inside too. Other people get just the sound waves from the outside. That’s why they don’t hear your voice the way you do.
Sound travels in the form of ______.
A. bones
B. air
C. waves
D. voice

[单项选择]Have you ever heard your own voice "Of course," you say.
Has anyone else ever heard your voice Again you say, "Of course. "
But that’ s not quite true. Nobody else has ever heard your voice—the way you hear it. When you talk, you set up sound waves. The air outside your head carries the sound waves to your outer ears. But, of course, the sound of your voice begins inside your head. The bones of your head pick up the sound waves, too. They carry the sound waves straight to your inner ears. You get the sound from the outside and the inside too. Other people get just the sound waves from the outside. That’s why they don’t hear your voice the way you do.
The sound of your voice begins ______.
A. inside your head
B. outside your head
C. in your inner ears
D. in your outer ears

[单项选择]—Have you ever heard of Hemingway
—Yes, of course, the book The Old Man and the Sea ______ by him.
[A] is written
[B] wrote
[C] written

[单项选择] You’’re in trouble if you have to buy your own brand-name prescription drugs. Over the past decade, prices leaped by more than double the inflation rate. Treatments for chronic conditions can easily top ＄2,000 a month-no wonder that one in four Americans can’’s afford to fill their prescriptions. The solution A hearty chorus of “O Canada.” North of the border, where price controls reign, those same brand-name drugs cost 50% to 80% less. The Canadian option is fast becoming a political wake-up call, “If our neighbors can buy drugs at reasonable prices, why can’’t we ”Even to whisper that thought provokes anger. “Un-American!” And-the propagandists’’ trump card(王牌)—“Wreck our brilliant health-care system.” Supersize drug prices, they claim, fund the research that sparks the next generation of wonder drugs. No sky-high drug price today, no cure for cancer tomorrow. So shut up and pay up. Common sense tells you that’’s a false alternative. The reward for finding. Say, a canc
A. A quarter of Americans can’’t afford their prescription drugs.
B. Many Americans can’’t afford to see a doctor when they fall ill.
C. Many Americans have to go to Canada to get medical treatment.
D. The inflation rate has been more than doubled over the years.

[单项选择] Triple Your Personal Productivity
Have you ever had the experience of looking back on your week with the sinking feeling that you didn’t get as much done as you’d hoped When building a successful career or a business of your own, your time is perhaps your most valuable asset, and your income is a direct result of how you spend your time. You cannot buy any more time than you’re given, and the clock is always ticking.
A few years ago, I discovered a simple system that allowed me to nearly triple my productivity, and in this article I’ll share some very practical ideas you can apply right away to increase your effectiveness without working any harder than you do now.
Keep a detailed time log.
The first step to better managing your time is to find out how you’re currently spending your time. Keeping a time log is a very effective way to do this, and after trying it for just one day, you’ll immediately gain tremendous insight into where you
A. what activities you are doing every day
B. how you are spending your time every’ day
C. what benefits you can gain by managing time
D. how you can improve your performance at work