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     Habits are a funny thing. We reach for them mindlessly, setting our brains on autopilot and
relaxing into the unconscious comfort of familiar routine. "Not choice, but habit rules the
unreflecting creatures." William Wordsworth said in the 19th century. In the everchanging 21st
century, even the word "habit" carries a negative meaning.
    So it seems contradictory to talk about habits in the same context as innovation (创新). But
brain researchers have discovered that when we consciously develop new habits, we create
parallel paths, and even entirely new brain cells, that can jump our trains of thought onto new,
innovative tracks.
     Rather than dismissing ourselves as unchangeable creatures of habit, we can instead direct
our own change by consciously developing new habits. In fact, the more new things we try, the
more creative we become.
    But don"t bother trying to kill off old habits; once those ruts of procedure are worn into the
brain, they"re there to stay. Instead, the new habits we deliberately press into ourselves create
parallel pathways that can bypass those old roads.
     "The first thing needed for innovation is attraction to wonder," says Dawna Markova, author
of The Open Mind. "But we are taught instead to "decide", just as our president calls himself "the
Decider". " She adds, "however  to decide is to kill off all possibilities but one. A good innovational
thinker is always exploring the many other possibilities."
     "All of us work through problems in ways of which we"re unaware," she says. Researchers in
the late 1960s discovered that humans are born with the ability to approach challenges in four
primary ways : analytically, procedurally, collaboratively (合作地) and innovatively. At the end
of adolescence, however, the brain shuts down half of that ability, preserving only those ways of
thought that have seemed most valuable during the first decade or so of life.
     The current emphasis on standardized testing highlights analysis and procedure, meaning that
few of us use our innovative and collaborative ways of thought. "This breaks the major rule in the
American belief system that anyone can do anything," explains M. J. Ryan, author of the 2006
book This Year I Will... and Ms Markova"s business partner. "That"s a lie that we have preserved,
and it fosters commonness. Knowing what you"re good at and doing even more of it create
excellence." This is where developing new habits comes in.

1. Brain researchers have discovered that ________.   A. the forming of new habits can be guided
B. the development of habits can be predicted
C. the regulation of old habits can be transformed
D. the track of new habits can be created unconsciously2. The underlined word "ruts" in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to ________   A. zones      
B. connections
C. situations    
D. tracks3. Which of the following statements most probably agrees with Dawna Markova"s view?A. Decision makes no sense in choices.
B. Curiosity makes creative minds active.
C. Creative ideas are born of a relaxing mind.
D. Formation of innovation comes from fantastic ideas.4. The purpose of the author writing this article is to persuade us ________.   A. to give up our traditional habits deliberately
B. to create and develop new habits consciously
C. to resist the application of standardized testing
D. to believe that old habits conflict with new habits
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阅读理解     Information has always been at the center of human communication. You may ask why. Well,
communication between people contains giving and receiving information. The way we give and
receive information today has experienced a revolution in the development of the mass media in the
20th century.
    The first truly mass communication medium was the newspaper.  For the first time in history people
could read about events in their country and from around the world every day. However, there were
two problems with newspapers of that time. Firstly, newspapers were available only in large cities, for
getting newspapers to the countryside was a difficult and timeconsuming (耗时的) task. Secondly,
newspapers weren"t always reliable, as there was a limited range of opinions.
     Nowadays, we can choose from a wide variety of sources to get information. Television and the
Internet have given us the chance to be informed about everything the minute it happens. Large
numbers of radio and TV stations, satellite channels and millions of websites help people keep up
with the latest news. People live in history and are part of it.
    The media have come a long way in the last century and there is no doubt that we now live in the
information age. Whatever type of media we choose, it all comes down to the need for information.
This will always be a basic need as long as communication is part of human nature.1. Information is considered the center of human communication because ________.  A. human communication means information exchange
B. human communication involves people"s participation
C. information is now experiencing a revolution
D. information helps people gather together2. What was the historical contribution of the newspaper as a source of information? A. It made the mass communication truly develop.
B. It helped the mass communication develop in cities.
C. It kept people timely informed about home and world events.
D. It kept reliable information available in big cities.3. The third paragraph mainly tells us that technology helps ________. A. information easily available
B. people be part of history
C. inform everything timely
D. produce the latest news4. It can be concluded from the last paragraph that a basic need today is ________.A. communication            
B. information
C. high technology            
D. media types
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阅读理解     If your parents take out a loan, remind themselves to make the payments on time. Otherwise it will
become a negative record in their personal credit reports, which are playing an increasingly big role in
people"s daily lives. A story carried by Chongqing Morning Post in June, underlines this trend.
    According to the report, a Chongqing student borrowed money from the bank to finance his university
studies. After he graduated in 2005, he went to work in Shenzhen. Later, he wanted to buy a house
using loans. But several banks turned down his loan applications. The reason was that he had not paid
back 1,500 yuan he borrowed from a bank when he was at university.
    A personal credit rating is becoming an essential "pass" in everyday life, as China establishes a
nationwide credit database. Personal credit systems go back 150 years. In developed countries,
enterprises and banks use them to decide whether or not to loan money or do other business with a
person.
     A credit report estimates the credit worthiness of an individual, a company, or even a country. It
is an evaluation made by credit bureaus of a borrower"s overall credit history and his or her ability to
repay debt. A poor credit rating means a high risk of defaulting on a loan, and thus leads to the refusal
of a loan by the lender.
     Today in China, credit history in banks is the major content of a credit report. But in the future,
reports will include information about the payment of telephone bills, water use fees, electricity and
natural gas bills, and taxes, according to officials of the People"s Bank of China, the central bank.
     Personal information such as appearance, genetic data, fingerprints, blood type, disease history,
ethnic identity, family and religious beliefs are not to be included in credit reports, according to a draft
regulation on credit rating issued last year by the Sate Council. The authors of the draft have just
finished soliciting(征求) public opinions.
     The Credit Reference Center run by the People"s Bank of China is in charge of developing a
nationwide credit database. Credit reports for all people with bank transactions (交易)began in 2006.
     A personal credit rating is important to the social and economic activities of a person. According
to the draft, if you have a personal negative credit record, it will be kept for five years.1. The author took the story as an example in order to ________.A. tell us the story of a Chongqing student
B. warn us of the importance of our personal credit report
C. encourage us to use credits widely
D. inform us to apply for a loan at university2. Credit reports will include the following except ________.

A. taxes                  
B. telephone bills
C. genetic data              
D. water use fees

3. According to the passage, which of the following statements    is TRUE?A. Personal credit systems go back 150 years in China.
B. Credit reports began in 2006 in China.
C. Credit history in banks is the only content of a credit report.
D. You can turn to the People"s Bank of China for the information about your credit report.4. What"s the best title for the passage?A. Credit Really Counts    
B. Credit in China
C. A Credit Report Rating    
D. Credit Report Contents
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阅读理解。     A father"s job is unique. If parents had job descriptions, mine would read: organize bills, play dates,
laundry, meals, carpool, snacks and outings. The only thing on my husband"s description would be the
word "fun" written in big red letters along the top.
    Our parenting styles complement each other. His style is a nonstop adventure where no one has to
worry about washing their hands, or eating vegetables. I"m too busy worrying to be fun. Besides, every
time I try, I am constantly outdone by my husband.
    I bought my children bubble gumflavored toothpaste, and I taught them how to brush their teeth.  
They thought it was neat until my husband taught them how to rinse(濑口)by spitting out water between
their two front teeth like a fountain.
    I tried singing fun songs as I washed behind my children"s ears during bath time. They enthusiastically
sang and clapped until their father came in and taught them how to catapult (弹射) the soap into the sink
with the washcloth.
    I took the children for a nature walk to corral (把……赶入……) a slow ladybug(瓢虫)into my son"s
insect cage. I was "cool" until their father came home, spent two minutes in the backyard, and captured
a beetle the size of a Chihuahua (吉娃娃,一种产于墨西哥的狗).
     I try to tell myself I am a good parent even if my husband does things I can"t do. I can make sure my
children are safe. But I can"t wire the VCR so my children can"t watch their favourite video.
     I can carry my children in my arms when they are tired and kiss them good night. But I can"t flip
them upside down so they can walk on the ceiling or prop them on my shoulders so they can see the
moths flying inside the light fixture.
     I can take them to doctor appointments, but I"ll never go into the wilderness to fish. I"ll even sit in the
first row of every Little League game, but I"ll never teach my children how to hit a home run or slide into
first base.
     I can do a lot of things for my children, but no matter how hard I try, I can never be their father.1. What"s the job of the mother in the passage?A.  Looking after children,  going shopping and doinghousework.
B. Going shopping and sending her children to school.
C.  Playing with her children and going to school with them.
D. Working in the office and taking care of her children and husband.2. The father will do the following EXCEPT   ________ according to the passage.A. going wild to fish with the children
B. making appointments with doctors
C. flipping the children upside down
D. teaching the children how to hit a home run3. What"s the best title for the passage?A. Mothers Have a Unique Job
B. Children Are Very Important
C. Fathers Have a Unique Job
D. Parents Have Gentle Children
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阅读理解     Adam Smith was the first person to see the importance of the division of the labor. He gave us
an example of the process by which pins were made in England.
    One man draws out the wire, another strengthens it, a third cuts it, a fourth points it, and a fifth
gives it a head. Just to make the head requires two or three different operations. The work of making
pins is divided into about eighteen different operations, which in some factories are all performed by
different people, though in others the same man will sometimes perform two or three of them.
    Ten men, Smith said, in this way, turned out twelve pounds of pins a day or about 4,800 pins a
worker. But if all of them had worked separately and independently without division of labor, they
certainly could not have made twenty pins in a day and not even one.
    There can be no doubt that division of labor is an efficient way of organizing work.  Fewer people
can make more pins. Adam Smith saw this, but he also took it for granted that the division of labor is
itself responsible for economic growth and development and it accounts for the difference between
expanding economies and those that stand still. In fact, the division of labor adds nothing new, and it
only enables people to produce more of what they already have.1. According to the passage, Adam Smith was the first person      to ________.A. take advantage of the physical labor
B. introduce the division of labor into England
C. understand the effects of the division of labor
D. explain the causes of the division of labor2. Adam Smith saw that the division of labor ________.A. enabled each worker to design pins more quickly
B. increased the possible output of per worker
C. increased the number of people employed in factories
D. improved the quality of pins produced3. Adam Smith mentioned the number 4,800 in order to ________. A. show the advantages of the old labor system
B. stress how powerful the individual worker was
C. show the advantages of the division of labor
D. stress the importance of increasing production4. According to the writer, Adam Smith"s mistake was in believing that the division of labor ________.A. was an efficient way of organizing work
B. was an important development in methods of production
C. finally led to economic development
D. increased the production of existing goods
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阅读理解     Live__the__"American__Dream"
     What is it: Work & Travel USA
     Who are qualified: Fulltime college students, above 18 years old
     About the program: Application for the 2009 Work & Travel USA program has just started.
It"s an 8~16 weeks" summer program for college students to work and travel in the U. S..
Employers include Boeing, Hilton Hotel and 7Eleven. For next summer, about 3,500 positions are
open to Chinese students. Applicants must pass a language test and sometimes an interview, and pay
a registration fee to join the program.
      (source : www. Cultureexchange. org)
     Hundreds__needed__by__Volkswagen
     What is it: Shanghai Volkswagen jobs
     Who are qualified: College students graduating in 2009
    About it: Shanghai VW offers over 300 positions from engineering to marketing to college students
graduating in 2009. Applicants should have an excellent academic record, CET6 or the same level
language certificate in German, and good computer skills.  Campus talks will take place in Shanghai,
Changchun, Harbin, Wuhan, Changsha, Nanjing, Beijing and Xi"an from October.
     (source: campus chinahr. com/2009/pages/csvw)
     Xiaonei__looking__for__graduates
     What is it: Oak Pacific Interactive (OPI) internships (实习)
     Who are qualified: College juniors and firstyear postgraduate students
     About it: OPI is now offering internship positions for test engineer, development engineer and
assistant to the director of corporate culture. For engineering positions, candidates should major
in computer science or a related field, have communication ability and be familiar with various
development languages. For assistant to the director positions, candidates should be adept in document
writing, activities organizing and office software.
     (source: campus. xiaonei. com)1. These advertisements are most probably advertisements ________. A. on the Internet intended for the general public to read
B. in a newspaper intended for large companies to read
C. on the Internet intended for college students to read
D. in a newspaper intended for college students to read2. The opportunity of ________ is offered only to college students graduating in 2009.A. working in America    
B. traveling in America
C. positions in VW        
D. OPI internship3. If you want to apply for assistant to the director positions you must ________.  A. be good at document writing
B. study computer science
C. have communication ability
D. be familiar with various languages
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