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Most students do an IQ text early in their school career．Even if they never see their results, they feel that their IQ is 31 determines how well they are going to do in life．When they see other students doing 32 (good) than them, they usually believe that those students have 33 higher IQ and 34 there is nothing they can do to change facts．However, new research 35 EQ suggests that success is not simply result of a high IQ．
While your IQ tells you how 36 (intelligence) you are, your EQ tells you how well you use your intelligence．Professor Salovery, 37 invented the term EQ, gives the following description: At work, it is IQ that 38 (get) you promoted．Supported by his academic research, Professor Salovery suggests that when 39 (predict) someone’s future success, their character, 40 _ measured by EQ tests, might actually matter more than their IQ． 第三部分：阅读（共两节，满分40分）
第一节：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
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China is having such a huge influence on the United States that many Americans are struggling to learn the Chinese language in a bid to keep competitive．
\the past five years,\．China's quick rise to near-superpower and its effects politically, economically and culturally are driving the American's interest to learn the language, experts say．From kindergartens to high schools, studies by the Asia Society show, there is a \．
\for all of our students to be better prepared,\said Michael Levine, Asia Society's executive director of education．A survey found that 2,400 high students—an unbelievable high number—would be interested in offering the Advanced Placement(AP) courses in Chinese language and culture when the courses become available in 2006．
China, the world's most populous nation, is important to the United States because it is a
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leading trader, consumer and investor．Its political influence is also rising across the world．It has replaced the United States as the world's largest consumer and could become the second largest economy in the world, after the United States, in the next two to three decades．
Even though the US State Department has described the Chinese language \to national prosperity and security, \current facilities to support recruitment (招募)of students and teachers as well as the growth of high quality programs is terribly not enough,\an Asia Society study says．The Society has set an aim of having at least five percent of American high school students learning Chinese by 2015．
\said Andrew Corcoran of the San Francisco-based Chinese American International School．The most popular languages after English in US schools at present are Spanish and French while Japanese is the most popular Asian language．
41．The underlined word blossoming (Para．3) means ____________________． A．developed B．developing C．old 42．Why do more and more Americans begin to learn the Chinese language? A．To keep competitive．
B．To gain advantage in trade．
C．Because they are always interested in it． D．To be a bridge between the two big countries．
43．What problem is the US faced with when it comes to learning Chinese? A．Too many Chinese are learning English． B．Not many people want to learn foreign languages． C．The language is rather difficult compared with English．
D．A lack in current facilities to support recruitment of students and teachers and programs． 44．What is the best title for this passage? A．Danger from China
B．Foreign Language Learning
C．The Chinese Language gets More Popular D．Difficulties in Learning the Chinese Language
D．weak
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45．Which of the following is true according to the passage? A．China is the largest consumer in the world． B．China is the second largest economy in the world．
C．The Chinese language is the most popular Asian language in US schools．
D．The US government is worried because more and more Americans learn the Chinese
language．
B
Psychologists tell us that there are four basic stages that human beings pass through when they enter and live in a new culture．This process, which helps us to deal with culture shock, is the way our brain and our personality react to the strange new things we encounter when we move from one culture to another．If our culture involves bowing when we greet someone, we may feel very uncomfortable in a culture that does not involve bowing．If the language we use when talking to someone in our own culture is influence by levels of formality based on the other person's age and status, it may be difficult for us to feel comfortable communicating with people in the new culture．
Culture begins with the \．This is the period of time when we first arrive in which everything about the new culture is strange and exciting．We may be suffering from \lag\language, eating new kinds of food．This honeymoon stage can last for quite a long time because we feel we are involved in some kind of great adventure．
Unfortunately, the second stage of culture shock ．can be more difficult．After we have settled down into our new life, working or studying, buying groceries, dong laundry, or living with a home-stay family, we can become very tired and begin to miss our homeland and our family, girlfriend/boyfriend, pets．All the little problems that everybody in life has seem to be much bigger and more disturbing when you face them in a foreign culture．This period of cultural adjustment can be very difficult and lead to the new arrival rejecting or pulling away from the new culture．This \habits(smoking and drinking too much, being too concerned over food or contact with people from the new culture)．This can, unfortunately lead to the person getting sick or developing skin infections or rashes which then makes the person feel even more scared and confused and
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helpless．This stage is considered a crisis in the process of cultural adjustment and many people choose to go back to their homeland or spend all their time people from their own culture speaking their native language．
46．According to the passage, culture shock happens _____________________． A．when you reach your teens
B．when you move to a big city
C．when you go to live in a foreign culture． D．when you meet foreign people for the first time
47．The writer mentions bowing to greet in order to ___________________． A．imply that bowing is the best greeting way B．show that some people are really polite C．give an example of culture shock D．praise those people who bow
48．You will feel _____________ during the first stage of culture shock． A．happy and excited C．lonely and depressed
B．bored and homesick D．angry and frustrated
49．The underlined word \．
A．reluctant B．excited C．curious D．Nervous 50．You will feel ____________ during the second stage． A．homesick and afraid C．sressed,but positive C
Lot Thompson has a black eye and a large wound across his forehead, but his love for soccer drives him to finish the tsunami recovery matches．
The 20-year-old has much deeper wounds．Half the Thompson family were killed in last year's tsunami which destroyed India's remote Andaman and Nicobar islands．\short, strong Thompson, \．\
\trying to forget all that,\he says, recalling how he ran into the jungle and climbed a coconut tree to escape the giant waves that washed the small islands away from India's eastern
B．interested and amused D．you have no particular feelings
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