1 . Ten years ago, I set out to study luck. I wanted to know why some people are always in the right place at the right time, while others always experience ill luck.

Many people volunteered for my research. Over the years I interviewed them, watched their lives and had them take part in my experiments.

I carried out a simple experiment to discover why there were differences in their ability to spot (发现) opportunities. I gave both lucky and unlucky people a newspaper and asked them to look through it and tell me how many photos were inside.

I had secretly placed a large message halfway through the newspaper saying, “Tell the researcher you have seen this and win $50.” This message took up half of the page and was more than two inches high. It was staring everyone straight in the face, but unlucky people tended to (倾向) miss it and lucky people tended to spot it.

Unlucky people are just more nervous than lucky people. They are busy looking only for what they need and this stops them from noticing the unexpected. As a result, they miss out on opportunities.

Lucky people tend to be more relaxed and open. They can see everything that is in front of them, rather than just what they are looking for.

My research shows that lucky people live by several principles (原则). Here are some of these principles: Listen to your gut instincts (直觉)—they are often right. Be open to new experiences and break your normal thought patterns. Spend a few moments each day remembering things that went well. See yourself being lucky before an important meeting or phone call.

1. Why did the writer carry out this research?

A．To prove that luck is actually a matter of chance.

B．To study why some people are always lucky or unlucky.

C．To help people become luckier through experiments.

D．To study from the lucky people.

2. What does the underlined word “opportunities” in the passage mean?

A．Choices.

B．Chances.

C．Changes.

D．Characters.

3. Which action would decide if the volunteer was lucky or unlucky in writer’s experiments?

A．Counting the number of photos in the newspaper.

B．Correcting the exact height of the large message.

C．Throwing the hidden message halfway through the newspaper.

D．Finding a hidden message about winning $50 in the newspaper.

4. Why do unlucky people often miss opportunities according to the research?

A．They pay great attention to what they need.	B．They are always busy looking for good luck.
C．They care more about unexpected things.	D．They are good at dealing with different things.

5. Which of the following will NOT help you become a lucky person?

A．Listening to your gut instincts.	B．Thinking in a normal way.
C．Imagining yourself being lucky.	D．Spend some time remembering things that went well.

3 . 阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，完成下列各题。

In many countries, people are encouraged to buy electric cars. It is said that driving an electric car is good for the environment. But is that true? The University of Minnesota recently studied emissions (排放物) from different cars. The scientists found that sometimes, electric cars are more harmful than petrol (汽油) cars.

Surprising? Well, please pay attention to the word “sometimes”. Electric cars are supposed to be clean. The problem lies in the power that is used to charge them. If the power comes from wind or solar energy, electric cars will cause little pollution. However, if the power is produced from coal, they will be very harmful. According to the study, emissions from these cars kill about 3,000 people a year. However, pollution caused by petrol cars only leads to 880 deaths a year.

In fact, sales people are not lying when they say electric cars are clean. However, they are right only when the power used to charge their cars is also clean.

So how clean electric cars are depends on what its electricity comes from. In France, more than half of the power comes from nuclear (核) stations. Electric cars there should be as clean as they are marketed to be. In many developing countries, however, electricity mainly comes from coal. India, for example, depends on coal for 61 percent of its power. Only two percent of electricity comes from nuclear energy. In countries like India electric cars are not clean at all.

1. Why are people in many countries encouraged to buy electric cars? Because they think electric cars ______________________________________ the environment .
2. How are electric cars whose power come from wind or solar energy?
If the power of electric cars comes from wind or solar energy, it will cause ______________________________________.
3. How many people may be killed a year by the emissions from the cars whose power is produced by coal?
Emissions from the cars whose power is produced by coal can kill about ______________________________________ people a year.
4. According to the passage, in which country the electric cars are cleaner than many developing countries?
Electric cars from ______________________________________ are cleaner.
5. Where may power of electric cars come from? (至少写出文中提到的两种能源)
______________________________________.

5 . There are many different kinds of jobs for people to do in the world. Now there is a special job. Who does the special job? The workers are not men but dogs. These dogs are like the eyes of special people. Who are the special people? They can’t see with their eyes. So we call these dogs “seeing eye dogs”.

How long should these dogs usually learn? They need to learn for two or three years. And then they live with the special people. Their job is to help them walk everywhere. These dogs know how to help the special people walk at the crossing of the streets. Cars and bikes in the streets are dangerous, but these dogs can help the special people a lot.

Sometimes you can see these dogs playing with the special people. Just like other dogs, these dogs are lovely and smart. Are they dangerous? No, they are kind and friendly. They work hard and they can do a lot of things. With the help of these dogs, the special people’s lives become more convenient. They are the special people’s good friends and helpers.

1. What are special for the special people?

A．Their mouths.

B．Their noses.

C．Their eyes.

D．Their ears.

2. How does the writer start the second paragraph?

A．By telling a joke.	B．By asking a question.
C．By using an old saying.	D．By giving an example.

3. What do these dogs sometimes do with the special people in the third paragraph?

A．Study.

B．Play.

C．Walk.

D．Work.

4. What does the underlined word “convenient” mean in Chinese?

A．艰难的

B．痛苦的

C．方便的

D．复杂的

5. What’s the best title for the text?

A．Special People

B．A Special Job

C．A Special World

D．Special Animals