By Meng Jing (chinadaily.com.cn)

　　Beijingers(北京人) lost as much as 7,972 Yuan on average to traffic jams last year, the highest in the country, said a report.

　　Published by Didi Kuaidi, China's largest ride-hailing application and its partners, the report revealed Beijingers on average spent 52 minutes travelling 19.2 kilometers daily between their home and office.

　　White-collar workers in China's mega cities - Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Shanghai - were those who lost most money to congestion.

　　The cost ranged between 7,972 yuan and 6,324 yuan per person in the four cities whose residents are among the best paid employees in China.

　　Research based on data collected on Didi Kuaidi's online platform showed that not only those in mega cities suffered from poor traffic conditions.

The report said residents in second-tier cities spent 37 minutes on average between home and work with a travelling speed of 23 km/h due to congestion. The speed was even slower than first-tier cities' 24 km/h.

　　So, ____________________ For instance, the Fourth Ring Road in Beijing in a morning rush hour. City authorities are working on solutions to ease the pressures on traffic in the city.

　　21. According to the passage, People live in Beijing usually lost about _________ Yuan each month.

　　A. 664.3 B.7,972 C.22.14 D.1,126

　　22. What is cause the congestion based on the text?

　　A. Car numebers is increasing.

　　B. Too many people live in the city.

　　C. Drivers don’t obey the laws.

　　D. Poor traffic conditions.

　　23. What does the underlined sentence “mega” means? ___________.

　　A. big B. develop C. beautiful D. livable

　　24. At last paragraph , which sentences can be written in the black?

　　A. How to ease the pressure in the road?

　　B. People try their best to desrease the pressures on traffic.

　　C. The Fourth Ring Road in Beijing is crowed.

　　D. Citizens lost most money to congestion.

　　B

　　It all began with a stop at a red light.

　　Kevin Salwen was driving his 14-year-old daughter, Hannah, back from a sleepover in 2006 . While waiting at a traffic light, they saw a black Mercedes Coupe on one side and a homeless man begging for food on the other.

　　“Dad, if that man had a less nice car, that man there could have a meal.” Hannah protested. The light changed and they drove on, but Hannah was too young to be reasonable. She pestered(糾纏)her parents about inequity, insisting that she wanted to do something.

　　“What do you want to do?” her mom responded. “Sell our house?”

　　Warning! Never suggest a grand gesture to an idealistic teenager. Hannah seized upon the idea of selling the luxurious family home and donating half the proceeds to charity, while using the other half to buy a more modest replacement home.

　　Eventually, that’s what the family did. The project —crazy, impetuous (魯莽的) and utterly inspiring — is written down in detail in a book by father and daughter scheduled to be published next month: “The Power of Half.” It’s a book that, frankly, I’d be nervous about leaving around where my own teenage kids might find it. An impressionable child reads this, and the next thing you know your whole family is out on the street.

　　At a time of enormous needs in Haiti and elsewhere, when so many Americans are trying to help Haitians by sending everything from text messages to shoes, the Salwens offer an example of a family that came together to make a difference — for themselves as much as the people they were trying to help. In a column a week ago, it described neurological (神經(jīng)生物學(xué)的)evidence from brain scans that unselfishness lights up parts of the brain normally associated with more primary satisfaction. The Salwens’ experience confirms the selfish pleasures of selflessness.

　　Mr. Salwen and his wife, Joan, had always assumed that their kids would be better off in a bigger house. But after they downsized, there was much less space to retreat to, so the family members spent more time around each other. A smaller house unexpectedly turned out to be a more family-friendlyhouse.

　　25. What does the underlined word “inequity” most probably mean in Paragraph 3?

　　A. Unfairness. B. Satisfaction.

　　C. Reasonable statement D. Personal attitude.

　　26. What does the underlined sentence “Never suggest a grand gesture to an idealistic teenager.” means? ______

　　A. Don’t respond to a child's demands firmly without consideration.

　　B. Unless a child is realistic, never give an answer immediately.

　　C. Give an answer if the child is reasonable.

　　D. Never give a quick answer to an idealistic teenager.

　　27. What can we learn from the last paragraph?

　　A. The Salwens regretted selling their house.

　　B. The relationship between the family members of the Salwens is much closer.

　　C. Small houses can bring happiness.

　　D. The Salwens intend to buy another big house.

　　28. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

　　A. Mercedes Coupe is only an ordinary car which is quite cheap.

　　B. Unselfishness has nothing to do with people’s primary satisfaction.

　　C. Hannah asked her parents to do something charitable and they sold their house.

　　D. The writer’s children asked him to sell their house.

　　C

　　In modern society there is a great deal of argument about competition. Some value it highly, believing that it is responsible for social progress and prosperity (繁榮). Others say that competition is bad; that itsets one person against another; that it leads to unfriendly relationship between people.

　　I have taught many children who held the belief that their self-worth relied on how well they performed at tennis and other skills. For them, playing well and winning are often life-and-death affairs. In their single-minded pursuit (追求) of success, the development of many other human qualities is sadly forgotten.

However, while some seem to be lost in the desire to succeed, others take an opposite attitude. In a culture which only values the winner and pays no attention to the ordinary players, they strongly blame competition. Among the most vocal are youngsters who have suffered under competitive pressures from their parents or society. Teaching these young people, I often observe in them a desire to fail. They seem to seek failure by not trying to win or achieve success. By not trying, they always have an excuse: “I may have lost, but it doesn’t matter because I really didn’t try.” What is not usually admitted by them is the belief that if they had really tried and lost, that would mean a lot.

　　Such a loss would be a measure of their worth. Clearly, this belief is the same as that of true competitors who try to prove themselves. Both are based on the mistaken belief that one’s self-respect relies on how well one performs in comparison with others. Both are afraid of not being valued. Only as this basic and often troublesome fear beginsto dissolve(緩解)can we discover a new meaning in competition.

　　29.What does this passage mainly talk about?

　　A.Competition helps to set up self – respect.

　　B.Competition is harmful to personal quality development.

　　C.Failures are necessary experiences in competition

　　D.Opinions about competition are different among people.

　　30.Why do some people favor competition according to the passage?

　　A.It improves personal abilities. B.It builds up a sense of duty.

　　C.It pushes society forward. D.It encourages individual efforts.

　　31.The underlined phrase “the most vocal” in Paragraph 3 means ___________.

　　A.those who try their best to win

　　B.those who value competition most highly

　　C.those who are against competition most strongly.

　　D. those who rely on others most for success

　　32.Which point of view may the author agree to?

　　A.Fear of failure should be removed in competition.

　　B.Competition should be encouraged.

　　C.Winning should be a life – and – death matter.

　　D.Every effort should be paid back.

　　D

　　"A photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically with a smart phone or webcam and uploaded to a social media website" is the definition of "selfie" in the Oxford English Dictionary. In fact, it wasn't even in the dictionary until August of last year. It earned its place there because people are now so obsessed with (對(duì)……癡迷) selfies ─ we take them when we try on a new hat, play with our pets or when we meet a friend whom we haven't seen in a while.

　　But is there any scientific explanation for this obsession? Well, you should probably ask James Kilner, a neuroscientist(神經(jīng)系統(tǒng)科學(xué)家) at University College London.

　　Through our lifetime we become experts at recognizing and interpreting other people's faces and facial expressions. In contrast, according to Kilner, we have a very poor understanding of our own faces since we have little experience of looking at them ─ we just feel them most of the time.

　　This has been proved in previous studies, according to the 英語診斷考試試卷C.

　　Kilner found that mostpeople chose the more attractive picture. This suggests that we tend to think of ourselves as better-looking than we actually are. To further test how we actually perceive our own faces, Kilner carried out another study. He showed people different versions of their own portrait ─ the original, one that had been edited to look less attractive and one that was made more attractive ─ and asked them to pick the version which they thought looked most like them. They chose the more attractive version.

　　But what does it say about settles? Well, isn't that obvious? Selfies give us the power to create a photograph ─ by taking it from various angles, with different poses, using filters (濾色鏡) and so on ─ that better matches our expectations with our actual faces.

　　"You suddenly have control in a way that you don't have in non-virtual(非虛擬的) interactions," Kilner told the Canada-based CTV News. Selfies allow you "to keep taking pictures until you manage to take one you're happywith" , he explained.

　　33. What is the passage mainly about?

　　A. The definition and fun of taking selfies.

　　B. A study of why people love taking selfies.

　　C. How taking selfies influences people's daily lives.

　　D. How to interpret people's facial expressions in their selfies.

　　34. What did Kilner discover from his researches?

　　A. People interpret others' facial expressions worse than their own.

　　B. People tend to spend more time looking at their faces than at others'.

　　C. People tend to believe they look more attractive than they actually are.

　　D. People who like taking selfies know more about their facial expressions.

　　35. According to Kilner, people like taking selfies probably because they think ______.

　　A. it is a good chance to learn more about their actual faces

　　B. it is a way to respond to others' facial expressions correctly

　　C. it enables them to interact with their friends in social media

　　D. it allows them to satisfy theirexpectations with their appearances