【正文】 WC, or water closet, is old﹣fashioned English. It sounds dirty to me. says Nancy, a young woman from the US. The old sign will bee Gents/Men and Ladies/Women. I see much poor English in everyday life, and not only on signs, she says, I know what they mean, but they are Chinglish, not real English. For example, when someone says to me My hometown is Guizhou Province, I know he or she should say My hometown is in Guizhou Province. Hometown is a smaller place in a province. The mon mistakes that Nancy picked up include Not Entry, which should be No Entry, Direction of Airport should be changed to To the Airport. And it is Room Rate, not Room Price. And remember to Keep off the Grass rather than Care of the Green. ve seen the English letters WC in your city. They show public toilets. But do you know it is far from native（地道的） English？In fact, foreigners from English﹣speaking countries seldom use the letters. we need to think twice before following others15．閱讀理解 t copy others39。products in the advertisement are the bestC.it39。D.copying others39。B.people can study better if they are alone（3）The underlined word It in Paragraph g refers to ________. A.s difficult to carry out the experiments ideasC.B.following others is always rightD.C.B. Social proof has special power. The advertising industry, for example, often makes use of it. So be capful whenever a pany says its product is the most popular.（1）At the beginning of the passage, the writer leads in the topic by ________. A. Why do we act like this? Well, in the past, following others was a way to keep from danger. Suppose that 5000 years ago you were hunting （打獵） with friends. Suddenly, they all ran away. What would you have done? Would you have stayed? No, you would have run, too. We are descendants （后代） of those who copied others39。s the social proof （社會認(rèn)同感） that works. In the park, you see a group of people, all looking up at the sky. Without thinking about it, you look upwards, too. Why? In the concert, someone begins to clap and suddenly the whole room joins in. You do, too. Why?a newspaper14．閱讀下列材料，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)。a novela noticea guidebookThe AI anchor can work 24 hours without mistakes.D.Xianice is a 17yearold girl.B.studied by three French artists over 15,000 timesD.a work painted by Vincent Van GoghB.be your friendD.go out to play with youB.it stops every time it sees a stop light（2）Xiaoice CAN39。the door is opened by the passengerC. The AI artist studied over 15, 000 paintings. In this way, it learned to paint. Now it is among the most popular artists in the world.（1）The fact about Apolong is that ________. A. It looks and speaks just like a real person. It speaks both Chinese and English. It can work 24 hours without any mistakes. The AI anchor joins Inhuman reporting team. You might see it on TV soon.Popular AI artist Hey, look! The famous Chinese anchor （主播） Qiu Hao is reporting the news for us. But, is he really Qiu Hao? The answer is no. This is the world39。m good at singing, writing poems and telling stories. I want to be your friend!World39。 Hi, everyone. I39。 It can seat 14 people and doesn39。s see the amazing AI.Cool driverless bus D.Health.B.Culture.D.C.B.first. A.D.C.B.Why is sadness good sometimes?（2）If we have depression, who probably first notices that we have been different? A.When is sadness a problem?C.What makes kids sad? When depression happens, it39。s a parent or teacher who notices children39。 When sadness starts to go away, it feels like a big stone is being lifted from your body. If sad feelings go on for too long, it39。s hard to stop. However, your feeling of sadness usually doesn39。 Everyone gets sad. Being sad can happen pretty often. More than half of teenagers go through a period of sadness at least once a month. When you39。D.Achievements in HistoryB.沖動的（5）The best title for the passage is __________. A.C.幼稚的People should be brave enough to dream when they are young.（4）The underlined word naive in the passage means __________ in Chinese. A.Developing technology can bring great progress.C.their dreams might change the world（3）What does the example of Colonel Saunders show us? A.they are greater than everyone elseC.have very good school results（2）Young people should be encouraged to dream because __________. A.dream and hold fast to themC.find a way to dreams in his time. Even in early time, people could realize the importance of dreams and knew that dreams gave meaning to life. Every great achievement has been the result of years of dreaming. If a person has a dream and holds fat to it, he or she will find a way to bring it into reality（現(xiàn)實(shí)）.News.11．根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容選擇最佳答案。A play.A novel.An advertisement （廣告）.D.Watch an animal show.B.See a film.At the Museum Theatre.D.At the City Square.B.D.wonderful picturesB.interesting storiesBy looking through the website.（2）Children cannot enjoy By sending an .C. The Zoo, a popular rock group from Australia, will give their first US concert at 8:00 . at Rose Hall, City College, Sunday.（1）How can you get more information about the films at the Museum Theatre? A. Do your children enjoy interesting stories, funny games, and exciting dances? Captain Good Fellow will be ready to teach all these things to children of al