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） 1 Survey Studies Internet Use in China (对中国英特网使用的调查研究) 难度：＊＊＊＊ 词数：262 标准时间：4.5分钟 完成时间：______ 正确数：______ A typical① Chinese Internet user is a young male who prefers instant messaging to e-mail, seldom makes online purchases② and favors news, music and games sites. According to a study, about two-thirds of survey participants③ use the Internet for news — often entertainment-related — or for online games. About half download music and movies. They also tend to prefer instant messaging to e-mail, and they are depending on the Internet more frequently than before to communicate with others who have the same professions, hobbies and political interests. Online purchases still remain unpopular in China. Three-quarters of users surveyed have never bought anything over the Internet, and only 10 percent make purchases even once a month. Among those who do buy online, most pay for entertainment while others buy phone cards, or computer hardware or software. “Many people don’t trust the quality of goods bought online,” Guo said Wednesday. “If they buy it in a store and don’t like it, they can easily bring it back.” The survey was done in five major cities: Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu and Changsha. Results do not necessarily project countrywide because Internet use in rural areas is lower than in cities. Guo describes the typical netizen in the five cities surveyed as young, male, richer and more highly educated. Males make up two-thirds of the Internet community, and more than 80 percent of users are under 24. Among people ages 25 to 29, 60 percent to 80 percent go online. China has more than 100 million people online, second in the world to the United States.
Notes: ① typical adj. 典型的 ② purchase n. / v. 购买 ③ survey participants 调查参予者 Choose the best answers according to the above: 1. A typical Chinese Internet user will be the one who ______. A. likes to send e-mails B. likes to buy goods online C. likes to pay for entertainment D. likes the games sites 2. Online purchases still remain unpopular in China mainly because ______. A. it is more difficult for sales returns B. people haven’t computers C. people can’t have a look at the goods D. goods bought online are of low quality 3. Which of the following words fails to describe the typical netizens in the five cities? A. well educated B. richer C. female D. young 4. According to the text, which of the following shows the right relation between online people and their ages? A. B. C. D. 2 Dreams May Provide Key to Self-knowledge (梦或许是自我认识的钥匙) 难度：＊＊＊＊ 词数：299 标准时间：5.5分钟 完成时间：______ 正确数：______ Looking for a low-cost path to self-knowledge? A way to mine your subconscious① for clues to your motivations, desires and fears? No need to have years of treatment or analysis. Just look to your dreams. “You can ignore your dreams, but you are really doing harm to yourself,” says Lauri Quinn Loewenberg. “If so, you’re letting red flags pass you by, letting great ideas pass you by.” Some sleep researchers believe dreams are more directly related to our moods and emotions and can serve as tools to self-understanding. Dreams occur during the REM (rapid eye movement) cycles of sleep each night. For adults, that means about every 90 minutes. The first period of REM sleep may be short, 5 to 10 minutes, followed by longer periods, finally reaching an hour or more in the fourth or fifth period. When people are dreaming, brain scans show a lot of activities. The brain is online during dreams. The experiences you have during the day are connected during dream sleep. People we know or experiences we’ve had at different times in our lives may be different in the same dream. AmyBeth Gilstrap has had the same recurring② dream that annoyed her since Hurricane Katrina drove her and her daughter and friends out of New Orleans. Ms. Gilstrap says, “It is always spies. My job is to get people to some place.” She’s certain the dream is related to her effort in the hurricane to help several families leave. Sometimes her cats also are part of that dream. That’s because she went back into New Orleans, before it was allowed, to rescue her cats. Today, through brain scans scientists have known that the parts of the brain that control emotion and long-term memory are active during REM sleep. Notes: ① subconscious adj. 潜意识的 ② recur v. 再次发生；循环 Choose the best answers according to the above: 1. The passage is mainly to tell readers ______. A. dreams are mainly caused by hard work B. dreams can offer us key to self-knowledge C. dreams are only activities of our brains D. how dreams help us solve our problems 2. According to the words from Lauri Quinn Loewenberg, ______. A. dreams can make you feel badly ill B. you often have red flags in your dreams C. dreams will make your life colorful D. you may get great help from your dreams 3. According to the passage, the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 5 refers to ______. A. Ms. Gilstrap’s dream B. Ms. Gilstrap’s job C. Hurricane Katrina D. New Orleans 4. According to the passage, when you are dreaming at night, ______. A. your dream is connected with your work that day B. the dream will generally last about 5 to 10 minutes C. the longer dream should be in the later part of the sleep D. your eyes will still move slowly during the time 3 Burn Calories in Your Sleep? (睡觉亦可消耗热量？) 难度：＊＊＊＊ 词数：300 标准时间：5.5分钟 完成时间：______ 正确数：______ The weight-loss world is full of assertions①, rarely proved, that some pill can help you “burn calories while yo
