【正文】 we’ve got two young children and I think, well, if their lives change dramatically then it’s not fair on them. So I just want to keep things as they are.‖ 19. The woman let out her secret ______________. A. fifteen years later B. in a radio program C. to a woman named Jane D. after a pay rise 20. Why did the woman keep her fortune hidden from her husband? A. Because she wanted the fortune in her control. B. Because her husband was in poor health. C. Because she didn’t have to worry about bills any more. D. Because she feared that her husband would take drugs again. 21. The underlined expression ―splash out‖ in paragraph3 most probably means ___________. A. to spend money wastefully B. to let out a secret accidentally C. to go abroad for a holiday D. to stay outside for sightseeing 22. The best title for the passage would be __________. A. Woman hiding lotter win from husband B. A mystery but guilty woman in UK C. million pounds won by a woman D. A way to keep things as they are. C The entire family was here recently –14 in all, including six kids under the age of 5. We had a joint birthday party for two of the grandkids. The day after everyone cleared out I noticed that the drain stopper（排水塞） was missing from downstairs bathroom sink. The last thing you want to do is accuse your own fresh and blood of stripping hardware from your bathroom, but a drain stopper doesn’t just wash itself down the drain. So I sent out a carefullyworded saying what a wonderful time we had and asking if anyone had accidently tucked a drain stopper in a purse, pocket or suitcase. I even attached a picture of a drain stopper in case there was any doubt as to what the missing part looked like. Our son responded that he thought his 10monthold might have eaten it. He said he’d let us know if they found it in the next day of two. Our youngest daughter responded that she thought she saw it in her husband’s lunchbox that morning, but she could be wrong. Our oldest daughter replied that she had suspected her sister’s husband all along. He replied that he had been framed. Our oldest daughter then checked the guilt of one of her twins with following exchange: Mommy: ―Do you know where Grandma’s drain stopper is?‖ Threeyearold: ―Yeah, let me show you.‖ (Heads to the bathroom.) Mommy: ―No, not ours, where is Grandma’s? Did you take it?‖ Threeyearold: ―I think she took it.‖ (She points at her 18monthold baby sister). ―She’s a naughty kid.‖ Naturally, the 18monthold defended herself by saying: ―Bububbubnananabublalala!‖ The next day, an arrived from our daughterinlaw. ―Guess what I found in my laundry this morning? I thought the dryer was louder last night.‖ Our “perp” was short. He has a known history of building and disassembling, is mechanically inclined, determined and just turned 3. It’s always good to know a child’s interests and talents. We have a valve（閥門） that occasionally drips under the kitchen sink. I may have him take a look at it the next time he’s here. But I’ll pat him down before he leaves. 23. What is the key message the author would like to convey through this article? A. People should always believe in their family members. B. with lots of kids around, anything silly and unbelievable could happen. C. people should not jump to judgment before finding clear evidence. D. Unexpected incidents in our life can lead to inspiring discoveries and fun. 24. The underlined word ―perp‖ probably refers to the person _____________. A. who was accused of somethingB. who was given help C. who didmechanical work D. who told a lie 25. Why did the 3yearold grandson take the drain stopper? A. Because he found that it was of a very strange shape. B. Because he thought it could be set on his toy. C. Because he was interested in mechanics. D. Because he wanted to fix the author’s kitchen sink. 26. What is the tone of the author at the end of the article? A. Angry B. Embarrassed C. Humorous D. Worried D New research findings show bilingual(able to speak two languages equally well) people are great at saving brain power. To do a task, the brain recruits different works, or the highways on which different types of information flow, depending on the task to be done. A research team from Montreal, Canada, pared what are known as functional brain connections between seniors who are monolingual (speaking or using only one language) and seniors who are bilingual. The team established that years of bilingualism change how the brain carries out tasks that require concentrating on one piece of information without being distracted by other information. This makes the brain more efficient and economical with its resources. To arrive at this finding, the team asked two groups of seniors (one of monolinguals and one of bilinguals) to perform a task that involved focusing on visual information (the color of an object) while ignoring spatial information (the position of the object). The researchers pared the works between different brain areas as people did the task. They found that monolinguals recruited a larger circuit with multiple connections, whereas bilinguals recruited a small circuit that was more appropriate for the required information. These findings were published in the Journal of Neurolinguistics. ―After years of daily practice managing interference between two languages, bilinguals bee experts at selecting relevant information and ignoring information that can distract from a task. In this case, bilinguals showed higher connectivity between visual processing areas located at the back of the brain. This area is specialized in detecting the visual characteristics of objects and therefore is specialized in the task used in this study. These data indicate tha