Never go into a supermarket hungry! This is a good piece of advice. If you go shopping for food before lunchtime, you’ll probably buy more than you plan to. Unfortunately, however, just this advice isn’t enough for consumers these days. Modern shoppers need an education in how and how not to buy things at the store. First, you check the weekly newspaper ads. Find out the items that are on sale and decide if you really need these things. In other words, don’t buy anything just because it’s cheaper than usual! “New and Improved!” or “All Natural” on the front of a package influence you. Instead, read the list of ingredients(contents) on the back. Third, compare prices: that is, you should examine the prices of both different brands and different sizes of the same brand.
Another suggestion for consumers is to buy ordinary items instead of famous brands. Ordinary items in supermarkets come in plain packages. These products are cheaper because producers don’t spend much money on packing or advertising. The quality, however, is usually as good as the quality of well-known name brands. In the same way, in buying clothes, you can often find high quality and low prices in brands that are not famous. Shopping in discount clothing stores can help you save a lot of money. Although these stores aren’t very attractive, and they usually do not have individual dressing rooms, not only are the prices low, but you can often find the same famous brands that you find in high-priced department stores.
Wise consumers read magazine ads and watch TV commercials, but they do this with one advantage: knowledge of the psychology behind the ads. In other words, well-informed consumers watch for information and check for misinformation. They ask themselves questions: Is the advertiser hiding something in small print at the bottom of the page? Is there any real information in the commercial, or is the advertiser simply showing an attractive image? With the answers to these questions, consumers can make a wise choice.
小題1:All the following statements are true about the phrase “ordinary items” in Paragraph 2 EXCEPT __________.
A．ordinary items never say “New and Improved” or “All Natural”
B．ordinary products are usually cheaper than famous brands
C．producers spend less money on packaging of ordinary items
D．the quality of ordinary items is usually as good as that of famous brands
小題2:What does the writer think about ads? __________
A．They are believable.B．They are attractive.
C．They are full of misinformation.D．They are helpful to consumers.
小題3:One of the author’s suggestions to consumers is __________.
A．to make use of ads
B．not to buy items with words like “New and Improved” or “All Natural”
C．to buy high quality items such as famous brands after lunch
D．to buy any ordinary items instead of famous brands
小題4:The author implies that __________.
A．going into the supermarket hungry, you may buy more than you plan to
B．the quality of ordinary items is usually high and the prices are relatively low
C．discount clothing stores are good places to go to
D．a(chǎn)ds sometimes don’t tell the truth

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Many scientists are now making a study of animal and plant life in the sea. They hope to find new resources for mankind.
小題1:. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A．Land covers one fourth of the area of the earth.
B．The depths of the sea are different in different places.
C．The depth of a sea at one spot near Japan is nearly the height of the highest mountain.
D．The salt in the sea mainly comes from the land.
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B．Some fish give out light for themselves.
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A．The necessity of the study of the sea.B．The purpose of man’s further study of the sea.
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During the day people like to look for teachers that they remember from long ago. Often they see old friends and they talk together about those happy years in school.
Everyone soon comes to watch the football game. When the game is half over, the bandcomes onto the field and plays school songs. Another important moment is when the Home-corning Queen or King appears. All the students vote a most popular student Homecoming Queen or King. It is a great honor to be chosen.
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C．To watch the football game.D．To go home to see their family.
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Jernigan’s musical interests are varied. “I was formerly trained in the piano and guitar. The alto sax, and the flute, I picked up while working here.”
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But West has concerns about the future of music in the electronic age.
“This instant age has taken away from the sit-down, the patience. And to learn to play an instrument, it takes patience, it takes diligence, it takes time.”
Being able to enjoy music on the job is one of the benefits of the job. Both men agree their best rewards are the students’ performances.
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A．Teaching music.
B．Writing music.
C．Making musical instruments.
D．Repairing musical instruments.
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A．They have fixed 450 instruments in the past 20 years.
B．They can play and repair musical instruments.
C．Jernigan used to play in an army band.
D．West was trained to play the piano.
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A．Teamwork and patience.B．The value of time.
C．The truth of society.D．Diligence and confidence.
小題5: What is mainly talked about in the text?
A．How to repair musical instruments.
B．Learning experiences of two repairmen.
C．How to prepare a musical performance.
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B．They took the order only when rewarded.
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A．originated from Range’s research on dogs.
B．showed that animals do pay attention to inequity.
C．began the argument that only humans are aware of inequity.
D．was conducted to find out how monkeys reacted to humans’ orders.
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B．was given more food.
C．was given the same type of food.
D．was given more delicious food.
小題4: Range found that, compared with monkeys, dogs ____________.
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B．care less about what they are rewarded with.
C．care more about what they are ordered to do.
D．care less about who gives them orders.
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A．Animals have various ways to show their anger.
B．Dogs are less intelligent than monkeys.
C．Dogs have a sense of fairness.
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A．a(chǎn)s accurate as other basic units
B．not universally accepted in the world
C．not defined according to natural properties
D．defined in the same way as other basic units
小題2:The author introduced the examination of copies of a platinum-iridium alloy cylinder in the 1980s to indicate that ____.
A．the causes of weight changes had been found
B．such kind of checks had been carried out regularly
C．the changes in weight challenged the definition of the kilogram
D．the consequences of such changes were great in research
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A．is the only way to redefine the kilogram scientifically
B．has been accepted as the only possible redefinition project
C．is not as complicated as people understand
D．has been considered by some scientists as a better approach
小題4: Which of the following cannot be concluded from the passage?
A．Scientists will achieve success in redefining the kilogram in the near future
B．Some scientists are trying to redefine the kilogram according to basic physical quantities.
C．The redefining of the standard kilogram is quite complicated and can be affected by a number of factors.
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Director of Studies: Geoff Cocksworth: grc@kings-school.co.uk
Examinations Officer: Elaine McDowell: eam@kings-school.co.uk  
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A．the King's SchoolB．the curriculum
C．the teaching planD．British education
小題2: Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage ?
A．The King's School, Canterbury is a famous high school in Britain.
B．The curriculum at King’sis best in traditional and modern education.
C．All pupils of the school go to university immediately after they graduate.
D．pupils’ dormitories as well as classrooms are provided with network
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A．The King's School focuses on pupils’ individual development
B．pupils in the King's School who pass GCSEs will go to university
C．pupils in the King's School have an easy access to the school library
D．pupils in the King's School receive good education
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Researchers who helped discover a new species of Mexican butterfly are offering to sell the naming rights to raise money to fund more research. Co-discoverer Andrew Warren is hoping to raise at least $50,000 by auctioning(拍賣(mài)) off the rights to name the 4-inch “owl eye” butterfly, which lives in Sonora, a Mexican state bordering Arizona.
“That would support at least two years of research for our team down in Mexico,” Warren said. “Money goes a long way down here in Mexico.”
According to the scientific tradition, discoverers of a new species have the say in naming it. In recent years, some discoverers have auctioned off their naming rights to raise money.
Warren said the amount being sought for the butterfly is not out of the question, noting that naming rights for a new monkey species brought in $650,000 two years ago. A group of 10 new fish species that went on the naming auction block at the same time earlier this year brought in a total of $2 million.
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After checking photos and comparing it with other known species, they determined it was a separate species.
小題1:Where did the researchers discover the new species of butterflies?
A．In Sonora.B．In Mexico state.
C．In a place in US.D．Near the US-Mexico border.
小題2: Why will the researchers sell the naming rights of the butterfly?
A．To raise money for wildlife protection.
B．To raise money for more research.
C．To cause people’s attention to the new discovery.
D．To cover the cost of the research.
小題3:When the butterfly was first discovered, people thought ______.
A．it was a new species at once
B．it wasn’t a species of American butterfly
C．it belonged to the monarch branches
D．it belonged to a new species
小題4: We can infer from the passage that ______.
A．the new species of butterfly live both in the US and Mexico
B．it took the researchers a lot of efforts to determine the new species of butterfly
C．the researchers are not sure whether they can get the money they want from the auction
D．it is the first time that the new species of butterfly has been found

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