Long bus rides are like television shows. They have a beginning, a middle, and an end with commercials(商业广告) thrown in every three or four minutes. The commercials are unavoidable. They happen whether you want

A. the commercials both on TV shows and on billboards along the road are fun

B. they both have a beginning, a middle, and an end with commercials in between

C. the drivers are always reckless on TV shows just as they are on buses

D. both traveling and watching TV are not exeiting

A. Buses on the road

B. Films on television

C. Advertisements on the billboards

D. Gas stations

A. bus drivers who aren't reckless

B. driving alone

C. a television set on the bus

D. no billboards along the road

A. exeiting

B. comfortable

C. tiring

D. boring

A. To give the author' s opinion about long bus trips

B. To persuade you to take a long bus trip

C. To explain how bus trips and television shows differ

D. To describe the billboards along the road

You know the feeling- you have left your phone at home and feel anxious,as if you lost your conneetion to theworrld. Nomophobia(无手机恐惧症) affects teenagers and adults alike. You canevendo an online test to see，if

A. We waste too much time on phones

B. Phones have become part of some users

C. Addiction to phones makes memories suffer

D. Phones and blood pressure are closely linked

A. we are accustomed to having a phone with us

B. we need our phones to help us store information

C. we worry we may miss out what our friends are doing

D. we fear without phones we will run into a lot of trouble

A. Dependent on

B. Opposed to

C. Approving of

D. Determined by

A. Nomophobia has an influence on teenagers and adults alike

B. Expressions like “hurt"“ alone" are linked with a higher level of nomophobia

C. Nomophobia is the feeling that you will feel anxious without phones around

D. Altachment theory plays an essential role in explaining nomophobia

A. In a storybook

B. In a fashion brochure

C. In a tourist handbook

D. In a popular science magazine

Sometimes people give us nicknames(绰号) in order to make fun of us, which can really hurt.

A. Powerful Nicknames

B. Hurtful Nicknames

C. How to Make Fun of Others

D. How to Give Others a Nickname

A. joke

B. nickname

C. wound

D. game

A. show off his power

B. present his creative ideas

C. win reputation

D. make himself hurt by others

A. those who have hurtful nicknames are not confident

B. those who give others hurtful nicknames are confident

C. the ofcial“nickname makers" are usually very cool

D. the fficial“nickname makers" in fact feel bad about themselves

A. positive

B. negative

C. neutral

D. indifferent

Some psychologists maintain that mental acts such as thinking are not perforned in the brain alone, but thatone’ s muscles also participate. It may be said that we think with our muscles in somewhat the same way as welisten to music with our bodies.

A. not a mental process

B. more of a physical process than a mental action

C. a process that involves our entire bodies

D. a process that involves the muscles as well as the brain

A. both are mental acts

B. muscles paricipate in both processes

C. both processes are performed by the entire body

D. we derive equal enjoyment from them

A. moving some part of their body

B. stopping what they are doing

C. directing the orchestra playing it

D. wishing that they could conduct music properly

A. the unnoticeable motion of his muscles

B. participating in the performance

C. bending his mind to the musie

D. being the conductor of the orchestra

A. deliberate

B. fairly obvious

C. not readily apparent

D. impressive

Washington Irving was America's first man of ltters( 文人) to be known intemationally. His works werereceived enthusiastically both in England and in the United States. He was, in fact, one of the most successfulwriters of his time in the country, and at the same time winning the admiration of fellow writers like Scott in Britainand Poe and Hawthorne in the United States. The regard in which he was held was parly owing to the man himself,with his warm friendliness, his good sense, his urbanity(温文尔雅)，his high spirits, his artistie integrity, his

A. America's first man of ltters

B. a writer who had great success both in and outside his own country

C. a man who was able to move from literature to politics

D. a man whose personal charm enabled him to get by with basically inferior work

A. Irving enjoyed great popular admiration

B. Scolt, Poe and Hawthormne were primarily responsible for Iving’s success

C. Iving' s works were not only popular, but also of high literary quality

D. more Americans than Britons admired Irving

A. His personal qualities were entirely responsible for his literary success

B. His personal qualities were primarily responsible for his literary succes

C. His personal qualities had some ffects on his literary success

D. His personal qualities had no ffects on his literary suecess

A. It fostered his love for the theater

B. It developed his skill in business

C. It prompted his interest in law

D. It had almost no effects on his life

A. In a storybook

B. In a biography

C. In a culural report

D. In a fashion magazine