The tradition of “suspended coffee” (待用咖啡) begun in Italy increased in popularity after the Second World War. The idea of suspended coffee has become a hit with coffee shops in Europe and North America on the Internet. The Facebook page alone has more than 28,000 “likes.”

How about buying a cup of coffee for someone you’ll never meet? A customer-in-need can then later ask if there is a “suspended coffee” and have a hot drink without having to pay for it.

Inspired by the success of “suspended coffee” as an act of kindness to a stranger, a restaurant in Xi’an, Shaanxi province has started to offer “suspended lunch”.

Gao Wenqi’s restaurant allows customers to buy up to 30 portions (份) of free lunches each day. Each free lunch costs 20 yuan (3.2$). “If nobody comes to take the prepaid lunch, we will stop the program and donate them to those in need in the community”.

An old man came to have the free lunches on Sunday, April 14. “I am worried that some people may take advantage of the opportunity, but I believe it is worthwhile (值得的) if we can help only one person.” GaoWenqi said.

Sociology scholar Chen Li spoke highly of “suspended fast food” on his Weibo on April 12.  A famous reporter from CCTV also gave support to the charity program on Weibo. This story will warm you better than a coffee or a meal in a cold winter day.

(    ) 38. “Suspended coffee” was first begun in         .

         A. China         B. Italy        C. North America    D. Europe

(    ) 39. The underlined word “them” refers to         .

A. the customers   B. 3.2 dollars     C. the prepaid coffee   D. the prepaid lunches

(    ) 40. From the passage, we know that         .

         A. the prepaid lunches are offered for free

B. if nobody comes, they will throw away the prepaid lunches

C. no one came to take the prepaid lunches, so the owner stopped the program

D. the idea of suspended lunches has more than 28000 “likes” on the facebook page

(    ) 41. The passage mainly tells us to offer others        .

         A. free coffee    B. only free fast food   C. different helps   D. warm clothes

 

We are in the middle of the winter. It’s cold and we’re suffering from (受……苦) the cold wind and rain. The sun, and even when it does show its face, is setting at 4 pm. It’s no wonder people in the street look sad.

But according to most of the research on the connection between weather and mood (情绪), they shouldn’t be. Weather has little effect (影响) on mood.

  When you tell people this, though, they don’t believe it. Most of us think the weather has quite a strong effect on our mood. Many think that the rain and cold weather dejects us and the sun and warmth cheers us up.

So why don’t we see this effect in the research? That’s the question a new study by Klimstra et al. tries to answer with a group of young people and their mothers. In fact, Klimstra et al.found 4 different groups.

1.       The unaffected (不受影响的人): about half the people in their study fell into this group. For these people it didn’t matter that much whether it was raining or sunny, hot or cold, their mood was mostly unaffected.

2.       Summer lovers: here’s the group you’d expect. For these people, their mood improved with less rain, more sun and high temperatures (15% of young people and 30% of their mothers).

3.       Summer haters: here’s a group of people you hear less about. They were happier when there was more rain, less sun and lower temperatures (27% of young people and 12% of their mothers).

4.       Rain haters: this group’s mood didn’t change with the temperature, sunshine or the wind; they just hated the rain (8% of the young people and 12% of their mothers ).

This helps explain why studies keep finding that weather doesn’t have much effect on mood; it’s because we’re different and these differences are mostly being averaged.

(    ) 42. It’s found in the study that         .

   A. cold wind and rain makes most people look sad  B. weather has a strong effect on mood

   C. the sun and the warmth cheers most people up    D. mood is little effected by weather

(    ) 43. The underlined word “dejects” in the third paragraph probably means         .

A. make sb. sad        B. make sb. happy      C. make sb. angry       D. make sb. silly

(    ) 44. Which group of people like dry and hot weather?

   A. The unaffected.    B. Summer lovers.    C. Summer haters.     D. Rain haters.

(    ) 45. The best title for the passage is         .

     A. Do different people have different mood?   B. Why do people feel sad in cold winter?

C. Does the weather really affect your mood?  D. How many different groups are there?

试 题 卷  II

VI. 词汇运用（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

A. 根据电子邮件内容和括号内所给汉语意思，写出空白处各单词的正确形式（每空一词）。

 

B. 用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使对话通顺、正确。每词仅用一次（每空一词）。

Tom: Hello, Helen. What are you doing?

Ann: I’m   56   a book.

Tom: What’s the name of it?

Ann: The Young Green Consumer Guide by Jone Elkington and Julia Hailes.

Tom: What’s it about?

Ann: The environment is   57   seriously. The book is asking us to become a green consumer.

Tom: In what way?

Ann: It says we should only buy and use “environmentally friendly”   58  . By the way, do you have a shower or a bath every day?

Tom: A bath.

Ann: How   59   does it take?

Tom: Half an hour.

Ann: Too much time. The book tells us to have showers   60  of baths.

Tom: I see. It can save a lot of water.

VII. 语法填空（开放式语篇填空）（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

One day in Africa, a mouse was hurrying home. He was going so   61   that he ran right into a sleeping lion. The lion woke up and   62   (catch) the mouse. “If you let me go, I’ll do something for you in return,” the mouse cried. “How could a small animal like you help   63    a big and strong animal as me?” But the lion still let him go. “Thank you! I won’t forget you,” said the mouse.

A few days later, some people were looking for wild animals. They   64   (hang ) a big net from three trees and tied a piece of meat to it.

One evening, the lion made no kill and decided to return home. Just then, he smelled   something delicious. When the lion found the   65   , he pulled it down and the net fell down over him. The lion tried to get away but it was no use. After a while, he stopped trying. Before long, the lion   66   (hear) a voice. It was from the mouse he had set free a few days ago. “I’ve come to help you” said the mouse. “How can you help me? I’m caught in the net and   67   can help me now” the lion said sadly. But the mouse got to work, biting the net with his sharp   68   (tooth). At last, he made a   69   in the net big enough for the lion to escape.