The National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC has thousands of objects on display, including the 1903 Wright Flyer, Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis, the Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia, and a lunar rock you can touch. In addition to our exhibition galleries, you may want to visit the Albert Einstein Planetarium, Lockheed Martin IMAX Theater, and the Public Observatory on the east end. There are many things to do at the Museum in DC. We offer daily tours and educational activities for both children and adults. We also have scheduled lectures and events throughout the year.

Hours and Admission：Open every day except December 25. Admission is free.

Regular Hours：1000 am to 5:30pm

Extended Hours: 10:00 am to 7:30pm

December 26——30,2014                      March 30——April 20, 2015

Fridays and Saturdays, April 24——May 16,2015

May 17——September 7, 2015

VISITING TIPS：

Limit the number of bags: All visitors are screened through metal detectors upon entry. The fewer items you bring inside the Museum, the faster your entry. Before you visit, please review the list of prohibited items，which include pocket knives and tripods（三脚架）. Visitors carrying

prohibited items will not be allowed inside the Museum, so please leave them at home or in your car.

No Food or Drink: Only bottled water is permitted in the Museum. You may only consume food and other drinks in the Food Court, not in the Museum. Groups who bring food are encouraged to picnic on the National Mall.

Please Take Photos: You are welcome to take photos for personal use. However, tripods and monopods（单脚架）are not permitted without approval.

First Aid: The Museum has a First Aid office and a nurse on duty. Please contact the nearest security officer or the Welcome Center for assistance.

Visit the Welcome Center: At our Welcome Center in the South Lobby, staff and volunteers can answer any questions you have during your visit.

Open:10:00 am to 5:30 pm

Phone: 202-633-2214

E-mail: NASM-visitorservice@si.edu

21. According to the passage. the National Air and Space Museum is a museum           .

A. where only adults can take part in some educational activities

B. where one can touch anything he likes

C. everyone can visit without time limits all the year round

D. everyone can pay a visit to without buying tickets

22. A visitor to the Museum can        .

A. take photos with tripods for personal use

B. get some medical treatment if he suddenly falls ill

C. bring fewer bags to go through metal detectors

D. eat and drink in the Museum or in the Food Court

23. The purpose of this passage is to         .

A. attract people to explore the universe

B. encourage adults to bring their children there

C. make an advertisement for the museum

D. show what is on display in the museum

Why College Is Not Home

The college years are supposed to be a time for important growth in autonomy（自主性）and the development of adult identity. However, now they are becoming an extended period of  adolescence，during which many of today's students are not shouldered with adult responsibilities.

For previous generations, college was a decisive break from parental control；guidance and support needed to come from people of the same age and from within. In the past two decades, however, continued connection with and dependence on family, thanks to cell phones，email and social media, have increased significantly. Some parents go so far as to help with coursework. Instead of promoting the idea of college as a passage from the shelter of the family to autonomy and adult responsibility, universities have given in to the idea that they should provide the same environment as that of the home.

To prepare for increased autonomy and responsibility, college needs to be a time of exploration and experimentation. This process involves "trying on" new ways of thinking about oneself both intellectually（在思维方面）and personally. While we should provide "safe spaces" within colleges, we must also make it safe to express opinions and challenge majority views. intellectual growth and flexibility are fostered by strict debate and questioning.

Learning to deal. with the social world is equally important. Because a college community（群体）differs from the family, many students will struggle to find a sense of belonging. If students rely on administers to regulate their social behavior and thinking pattern, they not facing the challenge of finding an identity within a larger and complex community.

Moreover, the tendency for universities to monitor and shape student behavior runs up against another characteristic of young adults: the response to being controlled by their elders.

If acceptable social behavior is too strictly defined（规定）and controlled, the insensitive or aggressive behavior that administrators are seeking to minimize may actually be encouraged.

It is not surprising that young people are likely to burst out, particularly when there are reasons to do so. Our generation once joined hands and stood firm at times of national emergency. What is lacking today is the conflict between adolescents, desire for autonomy and their understanding of an unsafe world. Therefore, there is the desire for their dorms to be replacement homes and not places to experience intellectual growth.

Every college discussion about community values, social climate and behavior should include recognition of the developmental importance of student autonomy and self-regulation, of the necessary tension between safety and self-discovery.

24. What's the author's attitude toward continued parental guidance to college students?

A. Sympathetic    B. Supportive    C. Disapproving    D. Neutral

25. The underlined word "passage" in Paragraph 2 means        .

A. text    B. choice    C. extension    D. change

26. According to the author, what role should college play?

A. To foster students' intellectual and personal development.

B. To define and regulate students' social behavior.

C. To develop a shared identity among students.

D. To provide a safe world without tension for students.

27. Which of the following shows the development of ideas in the passage?

I: introduction  P: point  Sp: sub-point  C: conclusion

Last summer, two nineteenth-century cottages were rescued from remote farm fields in Montana, to be moved to an Art Deco building in San Francisco. The houses were made of wood. These cottages once housed early settlers as they worked the dry Montana soil; now they hold Twitter engineers.

The cottages could be an example of the industry's odd love affair with "low technology," a concept associated with the natural world, and with old-school craftsmanship that exists long before the Internet era. Low technology is not virtual（虚拟的）--so, to take advantage of it, Internet companies have had to get creative. The rescued wood cottages, fitted by hand in the late eighteen-hundreds, are an obvious example, but Twitter's designs lie on the extreme end. Other companies are using a broader interpretation of low technology that focuses on nature.

Amazon is building three glass spheres filled with trees, so that employees can "work and socialize in a more natural, park-like setting." At Google's office, an entire floor is carpeted in glass. Facebook's second Menlo Park campus will have a rooftop park with a walking trail.

Olle Lundberg, the founder of Lundberg Design, has worked with many tech companies over the years. "We have lost the connection to the maker in our lives, and our tech engineers are the ones who feel most impoverished, because they're surrounded by the digital world," he says. "They’re looking for a way to regain their individual identity, and we've found that introducing real crafts is one way to do that."

This craft-based theory is rooted in history. William Morris, the English artist and writer, turned back to pre-indu-strial arts in the eighteen-sixties, just after the Industrial Revolution. The Arts and Crafts movement defined itself against machines. "Without creative human occupation, people became disconnected from life," Morris said.

Research has shown that natural environments can restore our mental capacities. In Japan, patients are encouraged to "forest-bathe," taking walks through woods to lower their blood pressure.

These health benefits apply to the  workplace as well.  Rachel Kaplvin，a professor of environmental psychology, has spent years researching the restorative effects of natural environments. Her research found that workers with access to nature at the office--even views of trees and flowers—felt their jobs were less stressful and more satisfying. If offices can potentially nourish the brains and improve the mental health of employees then, fine, bring on the cottages.

28. The writer mentions the two nineteenth-century cottages to show that          .

A. Twitter is having a hard time

B. Internet companies have rediscovered the benefits of low technology

C. early settlers once suffered from a dry climate in Montana

D. old cottages are in need of protection

29. Low technology is regarded as something that          .

A. consumes too much energy      B. is related to nature

C. is out of date today            D. exists in the virtual world

30. The main idea of Paragraph 5 is that human beings         .

A. have destroyed many pre-industrial arts

B. can become intelligent by learning history

C. have a tradition of valuing arts and crafts

D. can regain their individual identity by using machines

31. What might be the best title for the passage?

A. The More Craftsmanship, the Less Creativity

B. Past Glories, Future Dreams

C. The Virtual World, the Real Challenge     

D. High-tech Companies, Low-tech Offices

The idea of being able to walk on water has long interested humans greatly. Sadly, biological facts prevent us ever accomplishing such a thing without artificial aid--we simply weigh too much, and all our mass pushes down through our relatively small feet, resulting in a lot of pressure that makes us sink.

However, several types of animals can walk on water. One of the most interesting is the common basilisk Basilicus basilicus, a lizard（蜥蜴）native to Central and South America. It can run across water for a distance of several meters, avoiding getting wet by rapidly hitting the water's surface with its feet. The lizard will take as many as 20 steps per second to keep moving forward. For humans to do this, we'd need huge feet that we could bring up to our ears in order to create adequate "hitting."

But fortunately there is an alternative: cornflour. By adding enough of this common thickening agent to water（and it does take a lot）. you can create a "non-Newtonian" liquid that doesn't be have like normal water. Now, if the surface of the water is hit hard enough, particles（微粒）in the water group together for a moment to make the surface hard. Move quickly enough and put enough force into each step, and you really can walk across the surface of an adequately thick liquid of cornflour.

Fun though all this may sound, it's still rather messy and better read about in theory than carried out in practice, if you must do it, then keep the water wings handy in case you start to sink--and take a shower afterward!

32. Walking on water hasn't become a reality mainly because humans         .

A. have biological limitations       B. are not interested in it

C. have not invented proper tools  D. are afraid to make an attempt

33. What do we know about Basiilins basilicus from the passage?

A. It is light enough to walk on water.

B. It can run across water at a certain speed.

C. Its huge feet enable it to stay above water.

D. Its unique skin keeps it from getting wet in watch

34. What is the function of the cornflour according to the passage?

A. To enable the water to move rapidly.         B. To turn the water into solid.

C. To help the liquid behave normally.     D. To create a thick liquid.

35. What is the author's attitude toward the idea of humans' walking on water?

A. It is risky but beneficial.

B. It is interesting and worth trying.

C. It is impractical though theoretically possible.

D. It is crazy and cannot become a reality.

Empathy

Last year, researchers from the University of Michigan reported that empathy, the ability to understand other people, among college students had dropped sharply over the past 10 years.

  36   Today ,people spend more time alone and are less likely to join groups and clubs.

Jennifer Freed, a co director of a teen program, has another explanation. Turn on the TV, and you're showered with news and reality shows full of people fighting, and generally treating one another with no respect.   37 

There are good reasons not to follow those bad examples. Humans are socially related by nature

   38   Researchers have also found that empathetic teenagers are more likely to have high self-respect. Besides, empathy can be a cure for loneliness, sadness, anxiety , and fear.

Empathy is also an indication of a good leader .In fact, Freed says, many top companies report that empathy is one of the most important things they look for in new managers.  39  "Academics are important .But if you don't have emotional intelligence, you won't be as successful in work or in your love life." she says.

What's the best way to up your EQ? For starters, let down your guard and really listen to others.   40 

To really develop empathy, you'd better volunteer at a nursing home or a hospital, join a club or a team that has a diverse membership，have a "sharing circle" with your family, or spend time caring for pets at an animal shelter.

A. Having relationships with other people is an important part of being human—and having empathy is decisive to those relationships.

B. "One doesn’t develop empathy by having a lot of opinions and doing a lot of talking," Freed says.

C. That could be because so many people have replaced face time with screen time, the researchers said.

D. Everyone is different, and levels of empathy differ from person to person.

E. Humans learn by example-and most of the examples on it arc anything but empathetic.

F. Empathy is a matter of learning how to understand someone else-both what they think and how they feel.

G. Good social skills-including empathy-are a kind of "emotional intelligence" that will help you succeed in many areas of life.