1、If you are looking for a unique gift, come to this shop on the first floor. Here, you can find personal photo frames, key chains, bracelets and much more. This is the shop to visit if youre a follower of Japanese culture. It sells hundreds of Japanese magazines on fashion, sports, games. you name it
2、!SPECIAL OFFERSIf youre looking for the best bargains, come around Christmas and take home some pieces of our special gifts. That is when the shops are selling many items on special offerfrom 30 percent off to half price.OUR LOCATIONConveniently located in the heart of Mong Kok, Trendy Zone is the p
3、lace to shop for the young and the young at heart.Transportation:MRT （地铁）：Yau Ma Tei Station1The underlined word that in Column 3 refers to_.Aoffer Bgift CNew Year DChristmas2Who will probably like shopping in TRENDY ZONE?AGirls who love Japanese culture. BBoys who want to find delicious food to eat
4、.CMen who are expecting to get a good job. DWomen who like to buy vegetables every day.3Which of the following statements is true?AYou can have special offers on weekends. BYou can get to TRENDY ZONE by subway.CYou can find key chains on the fifth floor. DYou can see almost 120 gift shops here. Coin
5、cidences （巧合）happen all the time, but last week something happened that really blew my mind.Im from Chicago, but I do business in Baltimore. That started on the night before an important business lunch. I usually sleep like a dog, but that night, I didnt fall asleep until at around 2 oclock because
6、the last time I looked, it was 1:45. The following morning, I woke up very late, as I rushed out, I noticed the number. Room 145. Thats odd, I thought.The hotel waiter told me any bus that says downtown would take me there. As soon as I got to the bus stop, I saw a bus coming and I found it was 145;
7、 however. It didnt say . It came to a stop right in front of me and the doors opened. I dont know what came over me, but I just got on.The bus was empty. “What am I doing? I thought to myself. I was just about to get off when I saw an envelope on a seat and picked it up. It wasnt sealed （封口）so I loo
8、ked inside and my jaw（下巴） dropped. It was full of money. I started counting-140 dollars. Almost I thought. That would have been strange, Then, I noticed something on the floor. A five-dollar bill had fallen out. Things were starting to get spooky（诡异）.There was an address on the envelope: Bellmore St
9、reet and you can guess which number. I had to go there. So, I waited for the bus driver to stop and asked him how to get to Bellmore Street. “Is this a joke? he asked as he pointed at a street sign. We were on Bellmore Street. So I got off and searched for the number. My heart was in my mouth when a
10、n old lady answered. She looked at me, and then at the envelope and simply said Oh, thanks,” and closed the door. And that was it.I stood there for a while. Then I remembered my business lunch. What time is it? I thought. I saw it was 12:45. But as I was walking towards the bus stop, I realized some
11、thing. My watch was still set to Chicago time, which is an hour behind! The actual time was.4Which bus did the writer take?ABus 145 that was going downtown. BA bus that wasnt going downtown.CThe first bus stopped that was going downtown. DA bus that the waitress showed him to downtown.5Why did the b
12、us driver stop at Bellmore Street?ABecause thats where the next stop was.BBecause the writer asked him to stop there.CBecause that was the address on the envelope.DBecause the driver wanted to play a joke on the writer.6How did the old lady feel when she saw the writer?AShe was afraid to get her mon
13、ey back. BShe felt nervous when she saw the writer.CShe didnt show any feelings on her face. DShe was angry that the writer had her money,7What is the correct order in which these events happened?The writer searched for the number on Bellmore Street.The bus came to a stop right in front of the write
14、r.The writer realized that the actual time in Baltimore was 1:45.The writer was surprised to find so much money on the bus. The hotel waiter told the writer about the way to .A B C D A feral child is a child who, from a young age, has lived with animals in the wild. What makes wild animals adopt the
15、se children and raise them as their own is a mystery. Since feral children have often had no contact with humans for a long time, they may be more like wild animals than people. Their stories, although often upsetting can teach us how people learn and use language and perhaps even what it means to b
16、e human.In Uganda in 1991, a tribeswoman saw a naked boy living with a troop of wild monkeys in the jungle. The woman was shocked and quickly told the people in her village about the boy. When they tried to take him away from the monkeys, the frightened boy threw sticks at them and climbed up a tree
17、 to hide. The monkeys fought fiercely, trying to stop the tribesmen from taking him away, but they did not succeed.After his rescue, the boy was taken to Kamuzinda Chritan Orphanage, outside Kampala, the capital city of Uganda. He was identified as John Ssabunnya, a boy who had disappeared three yea
18、rs earlier after his mother was murdered and his father went missing. John was only two years old when he disappeared.John couldnt speak when he arrived at the orphanage. It was obvious that he did not know how to act in a human way- he knew only how to behave like a monkey. However, he soon began t
19、o talk and was found to have a beautiful singing voice.John shot to fame at the age of fourteen, when he toured the UK with a childrens choir（合唱队）. His is a remarkable story. One day it could even be made into a film.” said tour organizer Hillary Cook.8The underlined word had no contact with in para
20、graph 1 is closest to_.Ahad no patience with Bhad no communication withChad no quarrel with Dhad no choice but stay with9What can we learn from Hillary Cooks words in the last paragraph?AJohn could not act like a human. BJohns experience is quite unusual.CJohn is like other boys in the choir. DPeopl
21、e saved John and protected him.10It can be inferred from the passage that_.Aferal children are born with the talent to talk with animalsBferal children are sure to be back to the human communityCall feral children can be successful after living with humansDthe study of feral children may help the re
22、search on language11The writer organizes the passage by_.Ausing numbers Bshowing opinions Ctelling a story Dlisting reasons We like to believe that before we make a decision, most of the time, we take time to consider all the facts carefully. However, Experts believe that only 5% of our decisions ar
23、e based on a rational （理性的）thought process. So, what influences our decision-making process?We often leave decision-making to our instincts（本能）.Scientists have found out that if we had the choice, we like to avoid pain rather than get something. In fact, were twice as happy when we try to avoid a ba
24、d situation than when we experience a good one. This is why when companies send ads, they use phrases like How to avoid., Dont miss out!, etc.There are also physical reasons that affect our decision-making. Psychologist （心理学家）John Bargh carried on an experiment where people were asked what they thou
25、ght of a fictional person, while holding a cold or a hot cup of coffee. Those holding the hot cup believed the person to be warmer and more sociable than those holding the cold cup. So, when temperatures rise, the more likely we are to believe in strangers.Stress is another thing which affects our d
26、ecisions. Different situations are more or less stressful for different people. Researchers have found, though, that women are more conservative （保守的）about decisions when stressed, while men are to make riskier choices.It may come as a surprise but every day from the minute we get up, we have to mak
27、e countless decisions, like what to wear, what coffee to have and so on. Each choice makes our brain a little bit more tired, and this affects our decision-making. Thats why important people, like presidents wearing the same three suits all the time, want to limit the small choices and spend more br
28、ain power （力量）on the bigger ones.12Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?A B C D13What is the main idea of the last paragraph?AEvery day we have to make lots of big decisions.BPeople sometimes judge a person by what he wears.CWhat people wear influences their decision making.DMak
29、ing fewer decisions helps to save brain power.14What can we learn from the passage?AWe make most of the decisions after our careful thinking.BPeople are likely to be happier to avoid something bad.CAs the temperature is low, we are likely to believe othersDPeople usually have risky decisions under heavy pressure.15The purpose of the passage is to_.Atell us what influences decision-making Badvise people to make rational decisionsCwarn people not to make risky decisions Dshow disadvantages of rational decisions二、补全短文6选5下面文章中有五处需要添加首句。请从以下选项（A、B、C、D、E和F）中选出符合各段意思的首句。选
