There were quite a lot of things that the philosophers of the old times got right and one of those things was that there is a very strong need for lawyers and government in a society. The government looks to protect and help you in times of need and the lawyers are there to fight for your case if you are treated unfairly. Just like then, there is still a need for government to help people when they need help now in today’s world. This sort of help can come from when people need social security benefits because they become disabled after some sort of accident.
If you have become disabled in recent days, then you certainly have rights go to find out whether you are qualified to receive the social security disability benefits. The social security disability is for those who have become disabled or are disabled due to some sort of accident that may have happened and that forces you to be out of work. This can be very frustrating because being out of work means that you cannot make money that you need in order to provide for yourself and those you are possible taking care of. This is where the government comes into play. The government will help you out with this and possibly give you money in order to keep yourself from ending up on the streets.
They understand that accidents do happen and that there needs to be some sort of help for those who get into accidents and cannot provide for themselves. If you are sure that you have a disability, get in touch with the social security department for more information. Meyers Law Firm can help you get the social security disability benefits you have rights to gain.
小題1:This passage talks mainly about              .

A．suggestions for you to contact related department	B．the disabled need protection from lawyers.
C．how you ask for help when having an accident	D．the government helps the disabled people

小題2: If you are disabled the author suggests you              .

A．find out whether you can get the money	B．go to the related department to treat
C．a(chǎn)sk your family members to give a hand	D．provide evidence for the social department

小題3:When having an accident and becoming disabled people need to                .

A．a(chǎn)sk the lawyers for help	B．turn to the government for help
C．fight for their benefits	D．seeking money from the accident

小題4:What does the underlined part mean in the 2nd paragraph?

A．Make you homeless.	B．Get you to live a happier life.
C．Stop you wandering in the street.	D．End your poor life.

小題5:The social security disability is given to those who              .

A．a(chǎn)re out of work making no money	B．have a deadly illness in the hospital
C．become disabled after an accident	D．have the disabled in their family

People from East Asia tend to have more difficulty than those from Europe in distinguishing facial expressions--and a new report published online in Current Biology explains why．
Rachael Jack, University of Glasgow researcher, said that rather than scanning evenly across a face as Westerners do, Easterners fix their attention on the eyes．
“We show that Easterners and Westerners look at different face features to read facial expressions,” Jack said．“Westerners look at the eyes and the mouth in equal measure, whereas Easterners favor the eyes and ignore the mouth．”
The researchers studied cultural differences in the recognition of facial expressions by recording the eye movements of 13 Western Caucasian and 13 East Asian people while they observed pictures of expressive faces and put them into categories: happy, sad, surprised, fearful, disgusted, angry, or neutral．They compared how accurately participants read those facial expressions using their particular eye movement strategies．
It turned out that Easterners focused much greater attention on the eyes and made significantly more errors than Westerners did．“The cultural difference in eye movements that they show is probably a reflection of cultural difference in facial expressions,” Jack said．“Our data suggest that whereas Westerners use the whole face to convey emotion, Easterners use the eyes more and mouth less．”
In short, the data show that facial expressions are not universal signals of human emotion．From here on, examining how cultural factors have diversified these basic social skills will help our understanding of human emotion．Otherwise, when it comes to communicating emotions across cultures, Easterners and Westerners will find themselves lost in translation．
小題1:The discovery shows that Westerners _______.

A．pay equal attention to the eyes and the mouth

B．consider facial expressions universally reliable

C．observe the eyes and the mouth in different ways

D．have more difficulty in recognizing facial expressions

小題2:What were the people asked to do in the study?

A．To make a face at each other．	B．To get their faces impressive．
C．To classify some face pictures．	D．To observe the researchers’ faces．

小題3:What does the underlined word "they" in Paragraph 5 refer to?

A．The participants in the study．	B．The researchers of the study．
C．The errors made during the study．	D．The data collected from the study．

小題4:In comparison with Westerners, Easterners are likely to ________.

A．do translation more successfully	B．study the mouth more frequently
C．examine the eyes more attentively	D．read facial expressions more correctly

小題5:What can be the best title for the passage?

A．The Eye as the Window to the Soul

B．Cultural Differences in Reading Emotions

C．Effective Methods to Develop Social Skills

D．How to Increase Cross-cultural Understanding

In some countries，people eat rice every day．36 they eat it two or three times a day，for breakfast， lunch and supper． They can 37 it， fry（煎）it or 38  it into rice noodles．They usually eat it 39 meat，fish and vegetables．
Some people do not eat some kind of 40． Muslins，for example，do not eat pork，and Hindus do not eat beef．
The Japanese eat a lot of fish．Japan is an island and its 41 go all over the  Pacific looking for fish to 42．The Japanese sometimes eat uncooked fish，and they also eat a lot of rice．
In 43 such as Britain，Australia and the United States，the most important food is 44 or potatoes． People there usually make their bread from wheat flour． They  45 potatoes in different ways． They can boil them，fry them and roast（烤）them．
In Africa，maize（玉米）is the most important food．46 rice and wheat，maize is a kind of cereal（谷物）． African people make the maize 47 flour． From this flour they make 48 kinds of bread and cakes．Many Africans are very 49 and they can’t afford to eat much 50 with their cereal．
Cereals are a very important kind of food 51 we also need plenty of vegetables and lots of fresh 52．
Some people eat 53 fruit and vegetables． They do not eat meat or fish or54  that comes from animals． They eat only food from 55． Some people say that food from plants is better for us than meat．

小題1:	A．Sometimes B．Sometime C．Some time D．Some times

小題2:	A．drink B．eat C．have D．boil

小題3:	A．make B．turn C．change D．eat

小題4:	A．a(chǎn)s B．like C．with D．together

小題5:	A．a(chǎn)pples B．fish C．meat D．vegetables

小題6:	A．trains B．planes C．fishing boats D．life boats

小題7:	A．buy B．weigh C．hold D．catcj

小題8:	A．the world B．countries C．the east D．developing countries

小題9:	A．bread B．cake C．flour D．vegetables

小題10:

A．cook B．eat C．make D．take

小題11:

A．Like B．As C．Being D．With

小題12:

A．of B．from C．into D．up to

小題13:

A．the same B．different C．every D．each

小題14:

A．rich B．poor C．strong D．weak

小題15:

A．meat B．maize C．flour D．bread

小題16:

A．so B．a(chǎn)s C．because D．but

小題17:

A．rice B．cakes C．fruit D．potatoes

小題18:

A．not only B．only C．besides D．except

小題19:

A．something B．a(chǎn)nything C．pork D．beef

小題20:

A．plants B．a(chǎn)pples C．pigs D．fish

People smile at times. However, the meaning of a smile in different cultures may be different. Depending on different cultures, smiling can express joy and amusement, but it can also show embarrassment.
People in the United States smile a lot. Every one smiles at each other in order to show they are open and friendly. However，in China, smiling is not only an expression of happiness, but also a way to avoid being embarrassed. Chinese people like smiling when they are embarrassed in order to avoid embarrassment. Smiling is a kind of good will but not sneer（嘲笑）. For example: When a child falls off from a bike, the adults in China may smile, which is a kind of gentle encouragement and not a kind of impolite laugh.
When a person from the United States might blush（臉紅）with embarrassment or become offensive(冒犯的), a Chinese might blush with smile. To avoid serious misunderstanding, people who engage in intercultural communication should be able to understand the meaning of smiling properly.
小題1: We can use smile to express all of the following feelings except _________,

A．joy and happiness

B．a(chǎn)musement

C．embarrassment

D．fear

小題2: People often smile at each other in the United States because _________.

A．they are very happy

B．they want to show they are friendly

C．they want to hide their true feelings

D．they want to avoid embarrassment

小題3: In China, seeing a child falls off a bike, an adult will smile in order to _______.

A．laugh at him

B．a(chǎn)void his own embarrassment

C．a(chǎn)void embarrassment and encourage the boy

D．show his politeness

小題4: What is mainly talked about in the passage?  

A．People smile at times.

B．Smiling can express different feelings depending on different cultures.

C．Americans are more open and friendly than Chinese people.

D．The Chinese people often hide their true feelings.

Weddings in the United States vary as much as the people do. There are church weddings with a great deal of fanfare（儀式上用的短曲）; there are weddings on mountain-tops with guests barefooted (赤腳的); and there have been weddings on the ocean floor with oxygen tanks for the guests. But many weddings, no matter where or how they are performed, include certain traditional customs.
Before a couple is married, they become engaged. And then invitations are sent to those who live nearby, their close friends and their relatives who live far away. When everything is ready, then comes the most exciting moment.
The wedding itself usually lasts between 20 and 40 minutes. The wedding party enters the church while the wedding march is played. The bride carrying a bouquet （花束）enters last with her father who will "give her away ". The bridegroom enters the church from a side door. When the wedding party is gathered by the altar, the bride and bridegroom exchange vows (誓言). It is traditional to use the words "To have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do us part ". Following the vows, the couple exchange rings. Wearing the wedding ring on the fourth finger of the left hand is an old custom.
After the ceremony there is often a party, called a "reception" which gives the wedding guests an opportunity to congratulate the new couple . The car in which the couple leaves the church is decorated with balloons, streamers and shaving cream. The words "Just Married" are painted on the trunk or back window. The bride and bridegroom run to the car under a shower of rice thrown by the wedding guests. When the couple drives away from the church, friends often chase them in cars, honking (鳴汽車?yán)��?and drawing attention to them. And then the couple go on their honeymoon.
小題1:This passage is written mainly to let us know something about _______ .

A．health and lifestyle	B．science and technology
C．culture and custom	D．education and entertainment

小題2:Why do the wedding guests throw a lot of rice at the bride and bridegroom when they run to the car ?

A．To wish them good luck .	B．To make fun of them.
C．Not mentioned .	D．To draw attention to them .

小題3:Which of the following is TRUE of American weddings ?

A．They are always held in churches whoever they are .

B．The bride’s father is usually present to lead his daughter to the bridegroom and give her to him .

C．Only bridegrooms send rings to brides .

D．Brides needn’t make vows before bridegrooms .

小題4:Which of the following is the correct order in which the following events happen ?
a. sending invitation           b. going on honeymoon
c. attending the wedding        d. giving a reception
e. getting engaged

A．e-b-c-d-a

B．e-c-d-a-b

C．b-c-d-a-e

D．e-a-c-d-b

When first entered, Vanak Restaurant does not look like much of a restaurant, but once the pleasant smells of kabob（烤肉串）hit the senses, you are incapable of calling it anything else．
Owned by a local couple, this Persian restaurant has an inviting, homelike atmosphere that many restaurants lack．
The space is small with only a few dining tables and nearly no decoration, but the environment is truly charming．
Lying in a hardly noticeable street corner, the restaurant still attracts all customers, especially those experienced in the delights of Middle Eastern cooking．
A common sight is that of old Persian men sitting in the corner talking loudly about world topics, watching news events on TV, drinking a black tea known as Persian chai, and reading local Persian newspapers all the while trying to finish off their plate piled with food．
The variety of food at the restaurant is limited, but the amount of each dish is fairly large．Most of the meals can serve two people and are under $10, so not only is it affordable but practical as well．
The food especially appeals to health-conscious eaters because each dish is very healthy, made with limited fat and oil and served straight off the grill （烤肉架）．
The main dish that the restaurant is popular for is its kabobs, which are different style of grilled meat．
One delicious and extremely healthy dish is the Joojeh Kabob, which is made of grilled chicken pieces served with either rice or bread．Another great kabob is the Chelo Kabob, a kabob consisting of grilled beef．
Although the restaurant is small, the atmosphere and the food is delicious．It is a place that should not be overlooked．
小題1:When first entering the restaurant, one can find that it ________．

A．is splendidly decorated	B．has pleasant smells of kabobs
C．is crowded with dining tables	D．looks like a common restaurant

小題2:What activity is also mentioned apart from dining in the restaurant?

A．Watching news events on TV．	B．Drinking a kind of black coffee．
C．Reading local English newspapers．	D．Discussing world topics in low voices．

小題3:The food of the restaurant ________．

A．is served in small amounts	B．is rather expensive
C．is rich in variety	D．is very healthy

小題4:What is the dish Joojeh Kabob mainly made of?

A．Rice

B．Chicken

C．Bread

D．Beef

小題5:It can be inferred from the passage that the restaurant ________．

A．occupies a large space	B．owns a favorable location
C．is popular for its special food	D．has a quiet environment inside

American is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon if situations change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a while—then no more. If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand, because friendships between us flower more slowly but then may become lifelong feelings, extending (延伸) sometimes deeply into both families.
Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. They will enjoy welcoming us and be pleased if we accept their hospitality (好客) easily.
Another difficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that although they include us warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to us if it requires a great deal of time. This is usually the opposite of the practice in our country where we may be generous with our time.Sometimes , we, as hosts, will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off to act as guides to our foreign friends. The Americans, however, express their welcome usually at homes, but truly can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily routine (常規(guī)). They will probably expect us to get ourselves from the airport to our own hotel by bus. And they expect that we will phone them from there. Once we arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real. We will find ourselves treated hospitably.
For the Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to go to restaurants, except for purely business matters. So accept their hospitality at home!
小題1:The writer of this passage must be ____.

A．a(chǎn)n American

B． a Chinese

C．a(chǎn) professor

D．a(chǎn) student

小題2: Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Friendships between Americans usually extend deeply into their family.

B．Friendships between Americans usually last for all their lives.

C．Americans always show their warmth even if they are very busy.

D．Americans will continue their friendships again even after a long break.

小題3: From the last two paragraphs we can learn that when we arrive in America to visit an American friends, we will probably be ___.

A．warmly welcomed at the airport	B．offered a ride to his home
C．treated hospitably at his home	D．treated to dinner in a restaurant

小題4:From the underlined sentence, we can know the Chinese people  ____.

A．a(chǎn)re strict with time	B．don’t take time seriously
C．don’t know how to use time	D．a(chǎn)re willing to spend time for friends

小題5:A suitable title for this passage would probably be “____”

A．Friendships between Chinese	B．Friendships between Americans
C．Americans’ hospitality	D．Americans’ and Chinese’s views of friendship

There is no doubt that music plays a powerful role in our lives. It can calm our tired nerves after a busy day of work. Music even has the power to move us to tears when it stirs(激起) an emotional reaction. How then, does music play a role in special education?
If music has the ability to touch those hidden places we all carry inside, it proves an important tool for the special education teacher. For students with emotional problems, music can help soothe(撫慰) sadness. Consider the child that arrives in class depressed and upset. If music can indeed relax and calm him, he is more likely to focus and participate in class.
Dr. R. Joseph, author of Behavioral Neurology, writes, “It is well recorded that patients with left hemisphere(大腦半球) damage, who may be unable to speak or recognize words, can sing a melody(曲調(diào)).”
For this reason, some special education teachers have found it helpful to set their lessons to music. When students cannot understand or remember certain things, singing them helps make it easier.
Nature magazine reported “Music training helps underachievers. In Rhode Island, researchers studied eight public school first grade classes. Half of the classes became ‘text-arts’groups, receiving ongoing music training. After seven months, the students were given a test. The tested group had caught up with their fellow students in reading and surpassed(超過) their classmates in math by 22 percent. In the second year of the project, the tested students widened this even further. Students were also tested on attitude and behavior. Classroom teachers also noted improvement in these areas.”
It seems music does, indeed, play an important role in education. For the special education teacher, this is especially encouraging.
小題1:The first paragraph is mainly about _______.

A．the role of music in education

B．the importance of music in life

C．the relationship between music and work results

D．the relationship between music and behavior

小題2:For students with emotional problems, music might be _______.

A．a(chǎn) toy

B．a(chǎn) punishment

C．a(chǎn) medicine

D．a(chǎn) puzzle

小題3:According to Dr. R. Joseph, people with left hemisphere damage _______.

A．a(chǎn)re unable to recognize people

B．can produce some musical sounds

C．can become special education teachers

D．might suffer right hemisphere damage too

小題4:The tested students mentioned in the fifth paragraph _______.

A．behaved badly after the study

B．Didn’t show any difference after the study

C．had done well in their reading and math before

D．received certain music education during the study

小題5:What is the text mainly about?

A．The meaning of special education.

B．The history of music education.

C．The problem in music education.

D．The role of music in special education

Experts say that it is not easy to get used to life in a new culture. “Culture shock” is the term specialists use when talking about the feelings that people have in a new environment. “There are three stages of culture shock,” say the specialists. In the first stage, the newcomers like their new environment. Then, when the fresh experience dies, they begin to hate the city, the country, the people, and everything else. In the last stage, the newcomers begin to adjust to their surroundings and, as a result, enjoy their life more.
　　There are some obvious factors in culture shock. The weather may be unpleasant. The customs may be different. The public service systems---the telephone, post office, or transportation---may be difficult to work out. The simplest things seem to be big problems. The language may be difficult.
　　Who feels culture shock? Everyone does in this way or that. But culture shock surprises most people. Very often the people having the worst culture shock are those who never had any difficulties in their home countries and were successful in their community. Coming to a new country, these people find they do not have the same established positions. They find themselves without a role, almost without an identity.
　　They have to build a new self-image.
　　Culture shock gives rises to a feeling of disorientation (迷惘). This feeling may be homesickness. When homesick, people feel like staying inside all the time. They want to protect themselves from the strange environment, and create and escape inside their room for a sense of security. This escape does solve the problem of culture shock for the short term, but it does nothing to make the person familiar with the culture. Getting to know the new environment and gaining experience are the long-term solutions to the problem of culture shock. 
小題1: When people move to a new country, they _________.

A．will get used to their new surroundings with difficulty

B．have well prepared for the new surroundings

C．will get used to the culture of the country quickly

D．will never be familiar with culture of the country

小題2:According to the passage, factors that give rise to culture shock include all of the following except __________.

A．language communication	B．weather conditions and customs
C．public service systems	D．homesickness

小題3:When people are homesick, they tend to ________.

A．find some people to talk to	B．go outside to have a walk
C．visit their friends far away	D．stay indoors all the time

小題4:The writer tells us that the best way to overcome culture shock is to _______.

A．protect ourselves from unfamiliar environment	B．develop a strange sense of self-protection
C．get familiar with new culture	D．return to our own country

I went to the Chinatown market in London last Sunday. The first thing I did was to go to one of the Chinese green grocers’ shops. As soon as I entered the shop, I smelt mixtures of Chinese spices and saw the new season’s fruits. My son wanted a bag of sweets, so we popped into the shop next door which sells many kinds of candy.
There’s a lot of noise in the Chinatown market and you will see many tourists too. There are a lot of cars and trucks that never stop beeping. While people are loading and unloading their goods, most of them have their cars and trucks parked in the middle of the road. This causes great inconvenience for other drivers. Can you imagine that?
After we had done all our shopping, my son and I went to a restaurant for lunch. We enjoyed our meal very much. But the shopping made us both very tired at the end. We headed down the road to catch our bus home. My son and I enjoyed riding in the bus. We also enjoyed looking at different buildings and people walking by dressed in fancy outfits. Although Chinatown can be a busy place to shop, I do enjoy going there now and then. I can buy some of my necessities, and I can also look and browse around the other shops and department stores where I can indulge (使沉迷) myself with some nice things. Chinatown is located in the heart of central London where you can find tons of shops and other places to amuse you. And for me, I certainly don’t mind going back there again soon.
小題1:The underlined words “popped into” most probably could be replaced by “_____”.

A．broke into

B．rushed into

C．pushed into

D．walked into

小題2: The author probably didn’t go to a ______.

A．restaurant	B．grocery
C．clothing store	D．sweets shop

小題3:What can we learn from the passage?

小題4:From the passage, we can infer that the author most probably went to Chinatown by­­_____

小題5:What does the last sentence of the passage imply?