1. The designing and organizing of Chinese gardens are more important than spiritual characters of gardens.

It is estimated that there are more than 8 million restaurants in the world today. So it might surprise you to learn that restaurants as we know have only existed for a few centuries. Before 1765, there were no restaurants. There was nowhere in which a server brought you food and drink that you chose from a menu. In fact, there was no menus anywhere. There were places where travelers could eat centuries before that. The countryside was full of inns that would serve food. And there were bars where one could get a drink. The rich could also eat meals supplied by private cooks. But there was nothing that could be called a "restaurant". A Frenchman changed that. In 1765, he opened a place in Paris that sold soups. On his sign, he used the term "restaurant" to describe what he was selling. Soups were considered "restorative", so he called them "restaurants". Finally, people started buying his soups even when not ill. And as time went on, people began to use the term "restaurant" to refer to the place where soup was sold rather than the soup itself. More "restaurants" opened up in France, and people began to buy soups more regularly. Then, restaurants in Paris began to serve food other than soups. In the 1780s, menus started to appear. By the 1800s, there were many types of restaurants, and the restaurant concept was spread throughout the British Empire. A slow start gave way to rapid growth. Cities and towns around the world are filled with restaurants today. It is estimated that there are 1.6 million restaurants in Europe. In America, there are nearly a half million restaurants. Today, diners have millions of choices. Before 1765, travelers could have meals at a(n)_____.A.bar

B.inn

C.restaurant

D.centeen

The first "restaurant" only served_____.A.soups

B.desserts

C.drinks

D.fruits

The restaurant concept started in_____.A.America

B.Britain

C.Germany

D.France

The best title for this text is_____.A.Definition of Restaurant

B.Importance of Restaurant

C.Origin of Restaurant

D.Types of Restaurant

The word "restorative" (Line 3, Para.3) most probably means_____.A.having a special flavor

B.making you happier

C.having a pleasant smell

D.making you heathier

What did the two reports show?

A．Teenagers are more efficient in learning.

B．Children learn languages more easily than adults.

C．The older you get, the harder you learn a language.

D．Adults may learn languages more easily than Children.

Traveling is more important than reading books in order to understand the people and the world. Do you agree or disagree with the statement? Use specific reasons to support your answer. You are to write an essay of about 400 words to express your statement on the following topic:

Traveling VS. Reading

In the first part of your writing you should present your thesis statement, and in the second part you should support the thesis statement with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary.

Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriacy. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.

Write your essay on ANSWER SHEET FOUR.

There are more drugs dispensed for pain than for any other disease on this planet. Drug companies enjoy earning huge profits from people suffering with chronic pain. Pain management clinics flourish throughout the world. Most conventional medicine【M1】______ prescribed for pain addresses a contemporary symptom removal(if【M2】______ you are lucky)rather than curing the cause of the pain. There are many "pain management" drugs and techniques. Most of these will dry up to your savings and at the end of the day you will still suffer【M3】______ from pain. This is not the worst part, but rather what your liver, kidneys【M4】______ and other organic eventually become poisoned by long-term use of【M5】______ synthetic drugs that is the most devastating to your health. Pain drugs are also addicted which will eventually cause other diseases.【M6】______ Useful pain management techniques, whether they involve【M7】______ poisonous drugs, pulsating your body parts with low voltage, rubbing your skin or using other inventions, only postpone the agony while the disease behind it will continue thriving. Many smart philosophers mention that the best way to keep young and healthy is to put food in your mouth that is healing: e.g. treat your food as your medicine while your medicine as your【M8】______ food. People following this simple prescription live to be good into【M9】______ their nineties or even hundreds and they feel thirty to fifty years younger than they really are. Cultures follow this principle have【M10】______ some of the healthiest seniors around.

【M1】

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There are more than 2600 four-year universities in the United States， according to the National Center for Education Statistics.But even with that26of choice， large numbers of high school students are applying to the same group of prestigious colleges.Today， any（27）is important for those hoping to be accepted by a prestigious school. Yale University， a member of the（28）group of universities known as the Ivy League， set a record this year， by accepting fewer than 9% of those who applied. Part of the problem is that there are more college-age students in the United States than ever——the population is growing.（29）rates are also lower because students are applying to more elite schools——（30）in the hopes of getting into at least one.

Students can now apply online instead of（31）pages of documents by hand. A few years ago， each student applied to three tofive schools（32）. "Today that number is much higher，" says college freshman Brian Kalish， who now leads campus tours for students. "Most kids apply to around five to seven colleges， but some of my friends went as high as 18 different colleges." These daysmany students begin preparing as much as three years before admission tim picking courses， getting（33）school activities andstudying for admissions tests. Educators say students should relax. They say a good edtication is（34）at many schools in the United States， which is（35）to have the finest higher education system. And they say the most important thing for students is to find a school where they feel comfortable.

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Sometimesperformanceismoreimportantthanavailability（e.g.，incaseswherethedatacanbeeasilyre-created）.Whichofthefollowingistheappropriatediskconfigurationforanapplicationthatrequiresfasterwritesoveravailability（）

A.RAID1

B.RAID6

C.RAID0+1

D.RAID0

Sometimesperformanceismoreimportantthanavailability（e.g.，incaseswherethedatacanbeeasilyre-created）.Whichofthefollowingistheappropriatediskconfigurationforanapplicationthatrequiresfasterwritesoveravailability？（）

A.RAID-1

B.RAID-5

C.RAID-0+1

D.RAID-0

What can we learn from the passage?

A．The population of America is more than 23 times of France.

B．There are more self-employed people in Britain than in Germany.

C．Most old Europeans are unwilling to meet risk.

D．All hope of European entrepreneurship lies in young people.