Since life is too short, it’s high time that you drank from your finest crystal glasses and ate from your most delicate china. 

(A) You had better start to treat every day in your life as a special occasion. 

(B) You should start to buy some high-quality crystal glasses and dining china for your life. 

(C) You should start to show your generosity by sharing your fine, delicate personal belongings with people in your life. 

(D) You should try to make the most of your life by saving good things for special occasions.

38(A) wrong (B) synthetic (C) natural (D) right

39(A) nutritional (B) informal (C) careless (D) misleading

40(A) Nevertheless (B) However (C) For example (D) Moreover

The wait-and-see approach to networking in your professional circle is like playing the lottery—hanging on to your ticket and hoping you get lucky. (A) If you simply let others in your professional circle to take the initiative to stay in touch with you, you can only hope you’ll get lucky when you play the lottery.  (B) Without taking the initiative to work on your professional networking, you are simply betting on your luck when you need someone to come to your help.  (C) Running your professional networking is just like playing the lottery—you are bound to be disappointed if you simply wait for others to offer their services to you.  (D) When you run your professional networking like playing the lottery, you are quite sure that someone will come to your help.

When everyone begins to agree and there are no contradictory voices, even the most ill-conceived ideas can take root.  (A) When everyone in a group begins to have the same views on everything, even the worst ideas might be taken into account.  (B) When everyone in a group begins to listen to and believe in one another, even well-meant ideas may be viewed truly evil.  (C) When a group of people never agree with one another, they may end up coming up with some wrong ideas.(D) When a group of people never see things in different ways, they will never have to worry whether their ideas are good or bad.

As cheers from the sold-out audience of 9,200 reverberated around the baseball stadium, the star pitcher delivered the ball to home plate.  (A) The famous pitcher threw the ball to home plate as the crowd’s cheers filled the stadium.  (B) The famous pitcher was injured when he was throwing a ball to home plate in the crowded stadium.  (C) When the famous pitcher threw the ball to home plate, the audience got out of control in the stadium.  (D) When the famous pitcher was injured throwing a ball to home plate, a big cheers arose from the audience.

In recent years, scientists and doctors have made huge strides in treating killer diseases, but the cure for the common cold has remained out of reach.  (A) Scientists and doctors have found cures and treatment for many serious diseases including the common cold.  (B) There have been great progresses in treating severe illness except the treatment for the common cold.  (C) Many people have been killed by serious diseases, but the cures for them have remained impossible.  (D) In order to cure the common cold, scientists and doctors have developed different ways of treatment

What is the best title for this passage? (A) The Miracles of Human Brain (B) Experiencing a New Therapy (C) A New Hope for Mental Illness (D) Modern Technology

Which of the following statements is true about EP-MRSI? (A) EP-MRSI treatments have been used for mental illness for centuries. (B) It is an advanced magnetic brain scanning technology. (C) It is a major breakthrough in dealing with physical disorders. (D) It has not been used on Americans who suffer from depression.

Which of the following statements is true about “neurons”? (A) Neurons are excitable but cannot be activated. (B) Neurons cannot be influenced by the power of a magnet. (C) Neurons can be found only in the brain. (D) People’s feeling or memory may change if the nature of neurons’ signals changes.