A. How to produce things. C. How to be green.

B. How to burn things. D. How to help others.

82. Which of the following is right?

A. Always throw away old things. B. Don't waste things. C. Always buy new things.

D. Never buy new things.

83. The underlined word \\ A. 中断

B. 持续

C. 终止

D. 凑合

84. It is better to use a china cup and a lunch box because we can them. A. reuse

B. reduce

C. repair

D. recycle

85. The passage may come from a . A. menu B

There is little doubt that house cat first developed naturally from ancient wild cats. The cleverest relative is the America wild cat which still lives in Africa today. This is understandable because the first house cats came from Africa.

Cats first started to live around people in Egypt about 6,000-7,000 years ago. From Egypt, cats started to move around the world. This is about the same time that Egyptians began storing grain(谷物) in buildings. Scientists used to believe that people tamed cats to catch mice and protect the grain. However, cats don't like to be told what to do! Now,

B. dictionary C. storybook D. magazine

scientists believed that cats followed the mice and learned to accept people. Finally, some of the cats began to grow comfortable around people, these were smaller cats that needed protection. As these cats and people got used to each other, then they moved in together. Around 5,000 years ago, cats started to live with people.

Soon cats were in Greece, then the Middle East and China. They moved along Egyptian business roads keeping away mice and keeping people around them. After the Romans came to Egypt, they also accepted the cats and brought them to Europe. These cat likely bred(繁殖) with other cats to form the many kinds of house cats we have today.

Cats are relatively recent house animals. House cats still have a lot in common with their wild relatives. Cats sleep a lot to save energy just like wild cats. They will often get food at night as well. House cats are generally peaceful and friendly, but be careful! If a cat feels it is in danger, it will fight back—just like a wild cat.

86. Where did the first house cats come from? A. Asia.

B. Africa.

C. Europe.

D. America.

87. When did cats start to live with people? A. About 4,000 years ago. C. About 6,000 years ago.

B. About 5,000 years ago. D. About 7,000 years ago.

88. According to the text, which of the following is TRUE?

A. Cats started to move around the world from China. B. Cats get food at night to save energy like wild cats. C. Cats have a little in common with their wild cats. D. Cats were accepted and brought to Europe by Romans. 89. What does the underlined word \ A. 驱散

B. 捕捉

C. 驯化

D. 引进

90. What does the text mainly talk about? A. The development of house cats. B. Different cats in different countries. C. The relationship between cats and people. D. The differences between house cats and wild cats. C

You're buying a used car, moving into a new house, or deciding which doctor should treat your illness. These are times when you need to get directly to the core(核心) of an important matter.

Asking general questions gets little valuable information and may even result in unreal answers, says Julia Minson, a visiting scholar in decision sciences at the University of Pennsylvania in the US. The best way, says Minson, is to ask a lot of questions that discover there are problems.

Let's say someone is selling a used iPod. An example of a general question is \you tell me about it?\positive-assumption(正面推测) question is \aren't any

problems with it, right?\such as \problems have you had with it?\will get the most honest answer, found Minson and her team.

In a study, 87% of the sellers warned the buyers to problems when asked a negative-assumption question, while 59% of those did the same thing to a positive-assumption one.

When you want the truth, you have to ask for it. What problems does this car have? What are the worst parts of this job? How many people with my kind of illness have been successfully treated? Your questions should communicate that you are sure there will be difficulties and that you want to know about them.

91. What can we do if we want the truth, according to the passage?

A. Ask for it ourselves. C. Study it ourselves.

B. Talk with honest people. D. Do some experiments.

92. What kind of questions has the best result? A. General questions.

B. Positive-assumption questions. C. Careful questions.

D. Negative-assumption questions.

93. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

A. How to Find Honest People Others

B. How to Talk with

C. How to Get an Honest Answer D. How to Avoid Being Cheated D

\is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon. They don't feel hurt. If the same two people meet again, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand. Friendships between us develop more slowly but may become lifelong feelings, extending(延伸) deeply into both families.

There is another difficult point for us to understand. Although Americans treat friends warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don't show their politeness to them if it requires a great deal of time. But in China, we are usually generous with our time. We, as hosts, will appear at an airport even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take day off from our work to act as guides to our friends. It is opposite in America. Americans can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily plans. They will probably expect the visitors to get themselves from the airport to the hotels. And they expect the visitors will phone them from there. Once the visitors arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real.