【正文】 devoted to play, and his willingness to ___________ (5) changed the world of entertainment. The next time you are stuck in a ___________ (6) way of life, pull out a box of color pencils, modeling clay, glue and scissors, and ___________ (7) and break free. You will be amazed at the way your thinking ___________ (8).Playing can bring greater joy into your life. What do you think the world would be likeif ___________ (9) each day in play? I bet just asking you this question has ___________ (10). Play creates laughter, joy, entertainment, ___________ (11). Starting today, try to get 30 minutes each day to engage in some form of play, and ___________ (12) rise!Play is known ___________ (13). Studies show that, as humans, play is part of our nature. We have the need to play because it is instinctive and ___________ (14).With regular play, our problemsolving and ___________ (15) will be in much better shape to handle this plex world, and we are much more likely to choose ___________ (16) as they arise. It creates laughter and freedom that can instantly reduce stress and __________ (17) to our daily living.Play can ___________ (18), curiosity, and creativity. Research shows that play is both a ‘handson39。 and ‘mindson39。(B) In the United States, there are twice as many centenarians as there were ten years ago.(D) Almost all the residents in Cherry Blossoms Village have unusual hobbies.2. (A) Whether the centenarians can live independently in small apartments.(C) What percentage of the population are centenarians in the state of Georgia.(B) Optimism, mitment to interesting things, activity or mobility, and adaptability to loss.(D) Diet, exercise, mitment to something they were interested in, and genetics.4. (A) The centenarians had a high calorie and fat intake.(C) The centenarians eat a lowfat and lowcalorie, unprocessed food diet.(B) Stay busy.(D) Always find something to laugh about.Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following news.6. (A) Global temperatures rose by 3 degrees in the 20th century.(C) Developed countries no longer depend on fossil fuels for transport and power.(B) Creating a leadership vacuum at the country39。(C) Misusing pany funds for personal spending.(B) The eruption of Mount Merapi has been the worst in Indonesia over the past two decades.(D) The eruption process was a sudden burst and has caused extensive damage and heavy casualty.9. (A) 6 to 7.(C) 11 to 16.(B) Fighting organized crime.(D) Surveying the threats to national security.Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following interview.11. (A) A wine taster.(C) The host of the show.(B) Santa Barbara.(D) Sacramento.13. (A) Being saucy and piquant.(C) A certain amount of minerals.(B) Tastingsmellinglooking.(D) Tastinglookingsmelling.15. (A) Bathing.(C) Swimming.(B) Increase the students39。(C) Improve math, but not reading skills.(B) To make the students39。(C) To investigate the impact of arts training. math skills.18. (A) Once weekly.(C) Once a month.(B) Seven months.(D) Nine months.20. (A) The children39。(B) The children39。(C) Both the children39。(D) Both the teachers39。s attitude.SECTION 2: READING TEST (30 minutes)Directions: In this section you will read several passages. Each one is followed by several questions about it. You are to choose ONE best answer, (A), (B), (C) or (D), to each question. Answer all the questions following each passage on the basis of what is stated or implied in that passage and write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.Questions 15Anyone who doubts that children are born with a healthy amount of ambition need spend only a few minutes with a baby eagerly learning to walk or a headstrong toddler starting to talk. No matter how many times the little ones stumble in their initial efforts, most keep on trying, determined to master their amazing new skill. It is only several years later, around the start of middle or junior high school, many psychologists and teachers agree, that a good number of kids seem to lose their natural drive to succeed and end up joining the ranks of underachievers. For the parents of such kids, whose own ambition is often inextricably tied to their children39。s no wonder some parents find themselves hoping that, just maybe, ambition can be taught like any other subject at school.It39。t be forced, says Jacquelynne Eccles, a psychology professor at the University of Michigan, who led a landmark, 25year study examining what motivated firstand seventhgrades in three school districts. Even so, a growing number of educators and psychologists do believe it is possible to unearth ambition in students who don39。t suffer from an emotional or learning disability, or isn39。t cool. Kids get so caught up in the momenttomoment issue of will they look smart or dumb, and it blocks them from thinking about the long term, says Carol Dweck, a psychology professor at Stanford. You have to teach them that they are in charge of their intellectual growth. Over the past couple of years, Dweck has helped run an experimental workshop with New York City public school seventhgraders to do just that. Dubbed Brainology, the unorthodox approach uses basic neuroscience to teach kids how the brain works and how it can continue to develop throughout life. The message is that everything is within the kids39。 interest in school and turned around their declining math grades. More than any teacher or workshop, Blackwell says, parents can play a critical role in conveying this message to their children by praising their effort, strategy and progress rather than emphasizing their ‘smartness39。t considered gifted and talented. They destroy their confidence, says Jeff Howard, a social psychologist and president of the Efficacy Institute, a Bostonarea organization that works with teachers and parents in school districts around the countr