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21．One of the benefits mentioned in HD Magazines is that       .

A．you can read Kindle Magazines with a 30-day free trial

B．readers can read magazines at any time and at any place

C．readers can only look through just a few magazines given

D．readers can take back issues home free of charge

22．What do you think of Ian Fleming?

A．A seller   B．A film  C．A book  D．A writer

23．How much will the reader probably save if he or she wants to buy Kindle e Textbooks at most?

A．20%    B．50%    C．58%    D．80%

School children are using mobile phone applications to do their homework, which seem to be increasing during summer vacations. But instead of blaming students for their behavior, we should say to too much homework. This is important because by using mobile phone applications to do their homework, students don’t add much to their knowledge, says an article in Guangzhou-based Yangcheng Evening News.

Using mobile phone applications to do homework is no different from eopying from someone else’s work. This is the opinion of a vast majority of teachers. Students who seek cell phone apps help to do their homework will pay dearly during major exams when they cannot seek the help of such applications, the teachers say.

The heavy load of homework Chinese students are burdened with, said to be the heaviest in the world, has led to the popularity of these applications.

Senior high school students in China rarely go to bed before 11 pm. A report in Shanghai published in 2013 showed that students in the city on average spend 28.2 hours in class every week, the 9^th highest among 65 countries and regions surveyed. Also, they spend an average of 13.8 hours a week doing homework, most in the world.

There is no association between the amount of homework one does and the amount of knowledge one gathers. In fact, a research by Australian experts shows that the result is exactly the opposite: the more hours students spend doing homework, the less offective they will be in gaining know ledge.

The United States is one of the countries where students do little homework, but that has not damaged the country’s academic status in the world.

So, it’s time Chinese schools understood this fact and freed students of the unnecessary burden of homework.

24．What’s the writer’s attitude toward the students’ using mobile phone applications to do their homework?

A．Supporting    B．Understanding   C．Scolding   D．Praising

25．The cause of the students’ using mobile phone applications to do their homework is      .

A．the heavy burden of homework    B．the advance of modern technology

C．the pressure of the students’ parents   D．the influence of other countries

26．What does the underlined phrase“pay dearly”mean?

A．be rewarded   B．be dismissed   C．provide much money  D．suffer a lot

27．Which of the following is probably the best title?

A．Free kids of the burden of homework

B．Stop using mobile phones to do homework

C．Spend less time to gain much knowledge

D．Improve China’s academic status in the world

     For Yali Liu, the hardest thing about UK higher education is having to go to the pub. “It’s how much you need to invest socially with other students,”she says。“I don’t like going to a pub or club, but people just keep going out and I feel the pressure to go out too.”This is because, unlike in China, she says, there is so much emphasis during the course on teamwork and group projects, so socializing with other students –especially British people, is crucial.

     Liu, 23, who is in her final year in business administration at the University of Bath, is one of more than 80,000 Chinese students studying in UK universities. They are responsible for a large proportion of the more than F10bn a year that international students contribute to the UK economy. However, research shows that where their academic attainment（成就）is concerned, the picture is not satisfactory. While nearly 58% of all students- and 45% of overseas students graduated with a first-class degree last year, this was true of only 35% of students from China.

To find an explanation, Zhiql Wang and Ian Graford, lecturers at the University of Bath, compared the performance of Chinese and British undergraduates in each year of their degree. Taking a sample of 100 British and Chinese students and comparing their average marks and final degree year one, when they performed better than their UK counterparts, and year two, when they performed worse.

They believe the drop results from two factors. First, Chinese students fail to adapt their approaches to learning and so their performance declines in the later years when the complexity of the work increases. Second, many young people in China enroll in higher education due to pressure from family rather than their own motivation.

Professor Sedghi thinks part of the problem may be the changing socio-economic background of Chinese undergraduates. While 85% of Chinese students at British universities before 2000 were mature students, often funded by the government, since 2004, however, they have been younger, most funded by their families.

Maybe UK institutions need to work harder to take into account what a big challenge it is for young people from a radically different culture and linguistic background to adapt to life in the UK.“We need to do more, contacting students before their arrival, assigning them tutors, encouraging peer-assisted learning, for example,”says Sedghi.

28．What can be inferred about Yali Liu from the passage?

A．She is not good at socializing with local students

B．She is bored with the teamwork and group projects

C．Her family can’t afford her education in the UK

D．The university won’t award her a first-class degree

29．Which of the following is NOT a possible factor for Chinese students’ unsatisfactory attainment?

A．They don’t adjust their studying methods in time

B．They are lacking in motivation to achieve success

C．They are too young and mostly come from poor families

D．They haven’t got necessary support from the UK universities

30．The passage mainly talks about        in UK universities.

A．the great pressure Chinese students are suffering

B．cultural differences between the east and the west

C．main reasons for Chinese students’ poor performance

D．possible solutions to the problems facing Chinese students

31．What can we infer from the underlined sentence?

A．Universities in UK prepare to take measures to cope with the present situations

B．Universities in UK hesitate to handle the problem

C．Educational organizations in UK have already settled the problem

D．Schools in UK don’t have to consider the challenges faced by students

Hostility（敌意）has often been linked with being had for our hearts— but could your skin color be the reason why you die earlier?

White people are more likely to suffer from heart disease caused by anger than black people, a new study claims. Research from the University of Michigan found white adults who behaved in an aggressive manner were 40 percent more likely to develop deadly cardiovascular（心血管的）problems.

Dr Shervin Assari, from the University of Michigan, said:“This suggests white people are more fragile to  the bad effects of hostility and anger on the cardiovascular system. On the contrary, black people may have develop a type of resilience（适应力）to a wide range of psychosocial risk factors including, but not limited to , hostility and anger.”

“This new finding is in line with our previous findings that education, self-rated health, depression and sense of control over time are more important risk factors for white people than black people. So, whatever black people’s resilience is, it is consistent and systematic and works across the broad.”

Anger levels were measured among nearly 1,600 participants between 2001 and 2011 to measure their hostility and anger. They noted whether the person was more likely to turn their anger inwards or to express it outwardly through verbal or physical attack. Deaths due to cardiovascular disease were then tracked for a 10-year period as they found the result was the same in both genders（性别）.

And for those experiencing high levels of anxiety, the risk of suffering from a heart attack in the hours after losing one’s temper is nine and a half times greater, scientists discovered.

Dr Thomas Buckley, from Australia, said:“While the absolute risk of anger causing a heart attack is low, our date shows that the danger is real.”

32．According to Dr Shervin Assari, we know that        .

A．black people can control their hostility and anger, while white people can’t

B．the bad effects of hostility are the same for white people and black people

C．white people are more likely to suffer from heart disease than black people

D．black people can deal with all psychosocial risk factors easily

33．Compared with black people, which of the following are important risk factors for white people?

a．Education     b．Self-rated health

c．Depression    d．Aggression

A．a c d    B．a b c   C．a b d   D．b c d

34．According to the research, who are more likely to suffer from a heart attack?

A．People who express their anger outwardly

B．People who turn their anger inwards

C．People who get angry with themselves easily

D．People who experience high levels of anxiety

35．Where is the text most probably taken from?

A．A news report    B．A social magazine C．A lesson plan  D．An advertisement

Most students have had a love-hate experience with procrastination（拖延）. Here are some tips to help you reduce this age-old practice.

◆Set goals.

In order to achieve a particular result, you should constantly set and update goals. It can be beneficial to mark all deadlines in a planner. And then you think about how much time you need to meet them all  36 .

◆  37 .

Sometimes you may consider some work or a class pointless and not useful to your further studies. However, when these thoughts arise and you think that getting a pint of beer is a better idea than getting a good grade, remind yourself what the ultimate goal of your schooling is. Remind yourself why you wanted to go to school and take this program in the first place.

◆Turn off the Internet.

The most common things that take your attention away are those found on the Interne-social media sites, and videos. If you do not need the Internet to do your work, turn it off so that you are not receiving notices while completing your work.   38  You can take a break from being connected to the cyber world in order to do your school work. If you feel the need to check messages and websites often, set times when you will allow yourself to do so rather than constantly staying connected.

◆  39 .

Being productive for all hours of everyday does not work—you do need breaks, and as a student you have the right to have a lot of fun  40  Ideally, social and relaxation plans should be made for after a significant portion of work is complete. This way, while you are working, you can keep in mind that once you have finished your work you can go out and not worry about your assignments.

A．The same goes for your cell phone

B．Have something to look forward to

C．Do not worry about your assignments

D．Remind yourself of what you are doing

E．It can be difficult to mark all deadlines in advance

F．So plan time to go out with friends or do something relaxing

G．Additionally, make a daily schedule in order to reach necessary goals before going to bed