Information is received into our brain by attention, and its quality determines (决定) how well it will be processed, saved and used afterwards.
All information we receive is chosen by our attention. Factors (因素) affecting (影响) our attention are personal interest, experience, ability, feelings, knowledge, environment, timing, and so on. The same information may attract different forms and levels of attention from different people. Some people can get and save the information easily; some may have great difficulty; while others may just turn a blind eye to it. To the same information, one may even pay different levels of attention at different times. But if the facts work together, the quality of attention may be better. Therefore, it is not surprising to see that somebody with average intelligence (智力) can have excellent performances in some fields.
The good news is that a person's attention can be shaped, trained and made stronger by effective exercise. With this in mind, we should keep improving the quality of our attention."it" in Paragraph 1 means _______.
| A．information | B．brain | C．attention | D．quality |
All information we receive depends on _______.
| A．information itself | B．our attention |
| C．our intelligence | D．the environment |
Which is not the factor that affects our attention according to the passage?
| A．Interest and experience. |
| B．Experience and knowledge. |
| C．Ability and feelings. |
| D．Food and drinks. |
About attention, which of the following statements is right?
| A．People always have the same level of attention. |
| B．People pay the same attention to the same information. |
| C．A person may pay different levels of attention to the same information at different times. |
| D．All factors affecting attention never work together. |
According to the passage, _______ can help people to make their attention better.
| A．speaking more | B．effective exercise |
| C．hard work | D．high intelligence |
More than 50, 000, 000 people live in the rainforests of the world and most of them do not hurt the forest they live in. They eat the fruits that grow on the forest trees, but they do not cut them down. They kill some animals to eat, but they do not destroy them.
When we cut down the rainforests, we destroy these forest people, too. In 1900, there were 1, 000, 000 forest people in the Amazon forest. In 1980, there were only 200, 000.
The Yanomami live along the rivers of the rainforest in the north of Brazil(巴西). They have lived in the rainforest for about 10, 000 years and they use more than 2, 000 different plants for food and for medicine. But in 1988, someone found gold in their forest, and more than 45, 000 people came to the forest and began looking for gold. They cut down the forest to make roads. They made over a hundred airports. The Yanomami people lost land and food. Many died because new illnesses came to the forest with the strange people.
The Yanomami people tried to save their forest, because it was their home. But the people who wanted gold were stronger.
Many forest people try to save their forests. Chico Mendes was famous in Brazil because he wanted to keep the forest for his people. “I want the Amazon forest to help all of us—forest people, and all the Earth,” he said. A few months later, in December 1988, people who wanted to cut down the forest killed Chico Mendes.
In Brazil, people were cutting down the forest of local people to sell the wood. Local people tried to save their rainforest. They made blockades(障碍) across the roads into the forest. In 1987, they closed fifteen roads for eight months. No one cut down any trees during that time.
In Panama (巴拿马), local people also saved their forest. They made a rainforest park which tourists must spend money visiting.
The number of the people living in the Amazon forest in 1980 was _______of that in 1900.
| A．half | B．one-third | C．two-fifths | D．one-fifth |
The people who _______have destroyed the rainforest of the Yanomami.
| A．made the roads and the airports |
| B．use plants for food and medicine |
| C．pick fruits and kill animals to eat |
| D．have lived there for about ten thousand years |
Those people built roads and airports probably in order to_______.
| A．carry the gold to other places |
| B．make people there live a better life |
| C．attract more tourists to the rainforests |
| D．stop the new illnesses from spreading |
In Panama, visitors have to_______ before they enter a forest park of local people.
| A．plant trees |
| B．pay for the gold |
| C．pay for the tickets |
| D．make blockades across the roads |
From the article, we learn that _______.
| A．to humans, gold is more important than trees |
| B．we mustn’t cut down any trees or kill any animals |
| C．we need wood to build houses, so we have to cut down trees |
| D．the rainforest people have done something to protect their home |
Dear One Family Members,
First, please accept our great thanks for your support, trust and donations towards our Ya’an earthquake relief (救济) work!
Recently, many worries were brought to our attention, and we managed to provide answers to some common questions.
Please read the Q&A in the following:
Q: Where may I find the latest news on One Foundation’s Ya’an earthquake relief work?
A: We warmly welcome you to visit our website, Sina Weibo, Tencent Weibo and you could get
all the news from there.
Q: How may I donate to One Foundation from abroad?
A: Thank you for your kind heart and support. At present, there are two official channels for
donations from abroad: Bank transfer and PayPal.
Q: How may I get a donation receipt (收据)?
A: If you have donated more than 20 U.S. dollars, please send your personal information to
idonation@one-foundation.com. We will send the e-receipt by the end of May.
Because of the large number of donations we have received recently, try as we might, we may
not be able to send the receipt soon enough. Thank you very much for your patience.
Once again, we give our faithful thanks to you. We will carefully plan and use the donations from every One Family Member and we will do our best to help those who need your support. One Foundation
May 9, 2013
______ about donating to One Foundation are answered in this passage.
| A．Some questions | B．Few questions |
| C．All the questions | D．No questions |
You can get up-to-date information by visiting the following websites except ______.
| A．Tencent Weibo |
| B．Sina Weibo |
| C．the website of Red Cross |
| D．the website of One Foundation |
How many official channels for donations from abroad are mentioned?
4. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four.
Why can’t One Foundation send the receipt soon?
| A．Because there aren’t enough receipts. |
| B．Because there are a large number of donations. |
| C．Because the people in the foundation are not experienced. |
| D．Because the people in the foundation are not hard-working. |
Which of the following sentences is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．One Foundation won’t accept donations from abroad. |
| B．No worries were brought to One Foundation’s attention. |
| C．One Family Members are trying to help people in Ya’an. |
| D．One Foundation will send e-receipts to all the people who have donated. |
Today we can use the Internet for many things: shopping, business, writing letters, talking to people, getting information and so on. In recent years, a new kind of English has grown on the Internet. There's no real word for it yet, so we call it e-talk.
People don't like typing too much. To save time, they turn phrases into a few letters， acronyms(首字母缩略词). Acronyms are often used in chat rooms. Some are as follows:
BRB (be right back), BTW (by the way), LOL (laughing out loud), IMO (in my opinion)
People also use many abbreviations. They are shortened forms of words. Some common abbreviations include info (information), pic (picture), puter (computer), sec (second), etc.
We usually don't see people when we communicate on the Net, so people have new ways to show feelings. Most people use their keyboards to draw "feelings", such as:
:-) (happy) ;-) (joking) :-( (sad) :-O (surprised)
These days, many public discussions have picture feelings, for example:
(happy) (sad) (angry) ( (cool)
There are even whole new words, like "newbies"(someone who is new on a chat board or forum). When you write something bad about someone else, it's called "burning" the person.
It takes time for people to get used to e-talk. Also, different groups on the Net have their own special ways of communicating. Newbies sometimes have to ask other people what they mean. As the Internet grows, e-talk will continue to grow and change.
Why do people type acronyms?
| A．To type them quickly. | B．To make jokes. |
| C．To make newbies puzzled. | D．To show their feelings. |
What does the sentence “BTW, my puter is not working well. :-( ”mean?
| A．The person is angry at somebody. |
| B．The person has to go away from their computer. |
| C．The person is happy about getting a new computer. |
| D．The person is sad because his computer is having problems. |
If someone is angry, what may he type?
A. LOL B. BRB. C. 
D. 
E-talk will probably____________.
| A．stay the same |
| B．keep changing |
| C．be used by people on the telephone |
| D．be easy for newbies to understand |
The best title for this passage is________.
| A．E-talk |
| B．Picture Feelings |
| C．How to Use Abbreviations |
| D．The Changing Internet |
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The purpose (目的) of this advertisement is to .
| A．invite more people to join the trip |
| B．describe how beautiful Taiwan is |
| C．ask people not to trouble them on Sunday |
| D．tell people about some interesting places in Taiwan |
If you go on a trip to Taiwan on September 5th, you will probably be back on .
| A．September 7th | B．September 8th |
| C．September 10th | D．September 11th |
You are going to visit main places if you take the trip.
| A．three | B．four | C．five | D．six |
is a good place for visitors to have a good time with Gaoshan people.
| A．Sun and Moon Lake | B．Ali Mountain |
| C．Peng Lake | D．Gao Xiong |
If you want to take the trip to Taiwan, you can book it by phone at .
| A．4:00 pm on Sunday | B．7:00 am on Monday |
| C．4:00 pm on Wednesday | D．7:00 am on Saturday |
Today almost everyone knows computers and the Internet. If I ask you “What is the most important in your life?” , maybe you will say “Computers and the Internet.”
The first computer was made in 1946. it was very big but it worked slowly. Today computers are getting smaller and smaller. But they work faster and faster. What can computers do? A writer has said, “People can’t live without computers today.”
The Internet came a little later than computers. It is about twenty-five years later than computers. But now it can be found almost everywhere. We can use it to read books, writer letters, do shopping, play computer games or make friends.
Many students like the Internet very much. They often go into the Internet as soon as they are free. They make friends on the Internet and maybe they have never seen these friends. They don’t know their real names, ages, and even sex. They are so interested in making the “unreal friends” that they can’t put their hearts into study. Many of them can’t catch up with others on many subjects because of that.
We can use computers and the Internet to learn more about the world. But at the same time, we should remember that not all the things can be done by computers and the Internet.The Internet can not be used for______.
| A．studying | B．shopping | C． thinking | D．playing |
When the computer was invented, it was______.
| A．large and worked quickly |
| B．small and worked slowly |
| C．large but worked slowly |
| D．small but worked quickly |
The Internet was born in about________.
| A．1960 | B．1970 | C．1980 | D．1985 |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．Few students like going into the Internet. |
| B．Students use the Internet to make “unreal friends.” |
| C．These “Unreal friends” often meet each other |
| D．Students know the friends on the Internet very well |
What does the writer think of the Internet?
| A．It is wonderful |
| B．It can make students study harder |
| C．It is not good for students |
| D．It is helpful, but we can’t do everything on it. |
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