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B． Focus on a smaller goal first． C． Achieve a big goal at once． D． Try to finish a long term goal．
39． Which of the following is TRUE？ A． You can set many goals at a time．
B． You can achieve your goal easily without any motivations． C． You can finish your goal quickly only by writing it down． D． You can achieve your goal by keeping spending time on it．
40． What's your correct attitude（态度） towards your goals？ A． Careless． B． Inactive． C． Serious． D． Brave．
41． The passage is mainly written to ．
A． tell some ways to make the time to finish your personal goals B． encourage more people to plan out more personal goals C． you needn't finish your personal goals at once D． tell us different people have different personal goals
42．（8分）If English means endless new words， difficult grammar and sometimes strange pronunciation， you are wrong． Haven't you noticed that you have become smarter since you started to learn a language？
According to a new study by a British university， learning a second language can lead to an increase in your brain power． Researchers found that learning other languages changes grey matter（灰质）． This is the area of the brain which processes information． It is similar to the way that exercise builds muscles（肌肉）． The study also found the effect is greater when the younger people learn a second
language． A team led by Dr． Andrea Mechelli， from University College London， took a group of Britons who only spoke English． They were compared with a group of \， as well as a number of later learners．
Scans showed that grey matter density（密度） in the brain was greater in bilinguals than in people without a second language． But the longer a person waited before mastering a new language， the smaller the difference was．
\learning a second language，\．
It means that the change itself increases the ability to learn．
Professor Jones of the University of Wales， has researched the link between bilingualism and maths skills． \world and makes the brain more flexible（灵活的），\． \beyond language and have a better understanding of different ideas．\
The findings were matched in a study of native Italian speakers who had learned English as a second language between the ages of two and thirty﹣four． Reading， writing， and comprehension were all tested． The results showed that the younger they started to learn， the better． \to another world，\．
42． Who can study a second language easier？ A． The adults． B． The women． C． The old． D． The children．
43． What will change more when a person studies a second language？ A． Mental system． B． Muscles．
C． Grey matter density．
D． The appearance．
44． What does the writer want to tell us in the last two paragraphs？ A． Italian is the best choice for you as a second language． B． Learning a second language is the same as studying maths．
C． You'd better choose the ages between 2and 34to learn a second language． D． Early learning of a second language helps you a lot in studying other subjects． 45． What's the main subject talked about in this passage？ A． Language can help brain power． B． Language learning and maths study． C． Science on learning a second language． D． Man's ability of learning a second language．
四、词汇运用（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）根据句子意思，用括号中所给汉语提示或英语单词的适当形式填空．在答题卡标有题号的横线上，写出空缺处所填单词的正确形式．（每空一词）
46．（1分）This mother tried her best to look after her son． （单身的） 47．（1分）In spring， bees and butterflies play the flowers． （在……中） 48．（1分）The new flyovers（立交桥） close to our school will be in （服务） next year．
49．（1分）The BBC has just shown a new digital radio system． （成功地） 50．（1分）This famous university has high of teaching． （标准） 51．（1分）Tomorrow is my grandpa's birthday． （ninety） 52．（1分）We all think that he is much than his brother． （thin） 53．（1分）He my hand when we met for the first time． （shake） 54．（1分）Are you interested in those stories？ （hero） 55．（1分）The dress is made of cotton and it sells well． （it）
五、任务型阅读（共10空；每空1分，计10分）阅读下列短文，根据短文中的信息完成文后表格．在答题卡标有题号的横线上，写出空缺处所填单词的正确形式．（每空一词）
56．（10分）A language professor was explaining to her class that French nouns are grammatically designated as male or female． \， in French， is male； House， in French， is female．\
One puzzled student raised his hand and asked， \gender（性别） is a computer？\
The teacher did not know， and the word wasn't in her French dictionary． So for fun she divided the class into two groups and asked them to decide whether a computer should be a male or female noun．
Both groups were required to give four reasons for their recommendation．
The men's group decided that computers should definitely be of the female gender because：
1． No one but their creator understands their internal logic．
2． The native language which they use to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible（无法理解） to everyone else．
3． Even the smallest mistakes are stored in long﹣term memory for possible later retrieval（检索）．
4． As soon as you buy one， you'll find yourself spending half of your salary on accessories（零配件） for it．
The women's group， however， concluded that computers should be male because：
1． In order to get their attention， you have to turn them on． 2． They have a lot of data but they are still stupid．
3． They are supposed to help you solve problems， but half the time they are the problem．
4． As soon as you buy one， you'll be aware that if you had waited a little longer，