I smell something （) in the kitchen. Can I call you back in a minute？

across the sun, Walt, a small boy, looked up. "I smell a storm (暴风雨) ," he thought.

Shorty, a man of forty, had gone into town. He had said he would be back before two. He had told Walt to watch the boats and the shop. There were no people around. They had all gone out on the lake to fish.

So Walt went to work on one of the boats. From there he could hear the telephone if it rang. And he could watch the door.

It was a little after two when the stranger came. Walt saw him stop by the shop. The stranger looked in for a minute. Then he went down to the boats. He was a big man in a coat.

Walt called to him, "Do you want something, sir？"

The stranger looked at Walt and said, "No, thanks." Then the stranger moved slowly away. As he went on, he looked at the boats one by one.

Walt sat there with his eyes on the back of the stranger's coat. He thought, "I can smell something as I smell that storm. I hope Shorty comes back soon."

The story happened ______.

A．on the lake at night

B．by the lake in the afternoon

C．along the river in spring

D．near the river in summer

blem, because most families love home cooking! The food tastes good and warm, and a family meal brings everyone together.In some families, meals are often the only times everyone sees one another the same time.

Another reason people enjoy home cooking is that it is often away of showing love.A parent who makes some cookies(小甜饼)is not just satisfying(满足)a child's sweet tooth.She or he is sending a message.The message says, “I care about you enough to spend an hour making cooking hat you will eat up in 15 minutes if I let you.”

There is also something about the smell of home cooking.The smell of home cooking pleases people of all ages.It makes most of us feel good and loved，even if we are the ones doing the next time you smell a cake making，stop for a moment and pay attention to your mood(心情).

1.Fewer people cook now because they have no time.()

A.T

B.F

2.A parents spends an hour making cookies just to satisfy her or his child's sweet teeth.()

A.T

B.F

3.The writer thinks the smell of home cooking makes people happy.()

A.T

B.F

4.The main idea of this passage is that homemade cookies taste better.()

A.T

B.F

5.A family meal can bring the family members together.()

A.T

B.F

Did you smell something ______？

A．burns

B．burning

C．burn

D．burnt

The ancient Greeks developed basic memory systems called Mnemonics. The name is(1)from their Goddess of Memory, Mnemosene. In the ancient world, a trained memory was an(2)asset, particularly in public life. There were no(3)devices for taking notes and early Greek orators (演说家) delivered long speeches with great(4)because they learned the speeches using Mnemonic systems.

The Greeks discovered that human memory is(5)an associative process—that it works by linking things together. For example, think of an apple. The(6)your brain registers the word "apple", it(7)the shape, colour, taste, smell and(8)of that fruit. All these things are associated in your memory with the word "apple".

(9). An example could be when you think about a lecture you have had. This could trigger a memory about what you were talking about through that lecture, which can then trigger another memory.

(10). An example given on a website I was looking at follows: Do you remember the shape of Austria, Canada, Belgium or Germany？ Probably not. What about Italy, though？(11)You made an association with something already known, the shape of a boot, and Italy's shape could not be forgotten once you had made the association.

Dialogue : Beautiful Packing

John: Glad to see you again, Sherman.

Sherman: Hi, glad to see you too.

John: Please, sit down．Would you like to try our new tea？

Sherman: Great! The main purpose of my visit today is to place another order of your Longjing tea．Actually, we will place regular orders from now.

John: Oh, it is a good news for us．I have the confidence that our tea won't make you disappointed.

Sherman: That is true．But before that, I'd like to talk something about the packing of Longjing tea.

John: Did you find any problems with the packing？

Sherman: No．My meaning is to improve the packing of your Longjing tea．There is no doubt that the quality of your tea is good．It is the packing that often gives the first impression on customers rather than the products themselves so we believe the packing is as important as the quality of the products themselves.

John: I agree with you．But could you be in details？

Sherman: Sure．Firstly, we believe the out-look of the package should attract customer．A beautiful packing is surely a great help in pushing sales．To be honest, your packing is not attractive enough to buyers.

John: Do you mean the color of the design should be more bright and eye-catching7

Sherman: Eye-catching with traditional Chinese style．You see, customers even can smell your culture before they open the box and drink the tea．As you know, one function of packing is to stimulate the buyer's desire to buy.

John: I'll pass your idea onto our designers and ask them to improve it.

Sherman: Thank you John．Secondly, if it is possible, we would like to advise you to improve your methods of packing.

John: Our packing is typical tin for tea．Any questions about this method of packing？

Sherman: I am thinking about how to let your packing speak for the good quality of the tea itself．Can we find some other packing ways to show off the appealing green and sl~ape of the tea？

John: We can leave an open window on packing.

Sherman: You get the point.

John: Thanks for your suggestion.

Passage Three

A group of scientists rowing toward the center of a lake saw something shocking. They turned back as fast as they could. What had they seen.？ The lake was boiling!

The group was investigating a crater lake in the mountains of St. Vincent. A crater lake is the mouth of a volcano that has been dormant for some time and has filled with water.

This particular crater was the tip of a volcano called Soufriere, which erupted last in 1902. Since that time, it had not shown any signs of action. But in the fall of 1971, mountain climbers who had hiked near the lake returned to the lowlands with strange stories. They said the water had turned yellow and was giving off a smell like burnt eggs. A seething fog was rising from the lake's surface.

Local scientists rushed to Soufriere to see if this might be the beginning of a new volcanic explosion. They found a huge black mass in the middle of the water. It was a great blob 1,000 feet long and 300 feet wide. Lava had pushed up through the bottom of the lake and formed a new island.

The investigators wanted to make sure that the volcano was safe, and that the lava would not over- flow into the surrounding countryside. But they could never reach the island to study it, because the lava was so hot that the water around it bubbled and boiled.

44. This passage is about ______.

A. mountain climbing

B. a boiling lake

C. a new volcanic island

D. a mysterious blob

A.something;something

B.nothing;something

C.nothing;nothing

D.something;nothing

I want _____to help me with my homework.

A. somebody

B. anybody .

C. something