Passage 3

　　Question 11 to 15 are based on the following passage：

　　Regret is as common an emotion as love or fear，and it can be nearly as powerful. So，in a new paper，two researchers set about trying to find out what the typical American regrets most. In telephone surveys，Neal Rose，a psychologist and professor of marketing at the School of Management at Northwestern Universtiy，and Mike Morrison，a doctoral candidate in psychology at University of Illinois，asked 370 Americans，aged 19 to 103，to talk about their most notable regret .Participants were asked what the regret was，when it happened，whether it was a result of something they did or didn't do，and whether it was something that could still be fixed.

　　The most commonly mentioned regret involved romance （浪漫的事）（18%）——lost loves or unfulfilled relationships. Family regrets came in second （16%），whit people still feeling badly about being unkind to their brothers or sisters in childhood. Other frequently reported regrets involved career （13%）  ，education （12%），money（10%） and parenting（9%）。

　　Rose and Morrison's study，which is to be published in social psychological and personality science，is significant in that it surveyed a wide range of the American public，including people of all ages and socio-economic and educational backgrounds. Previous studies on regret have focused largely on college students，who predictably tend to have education-focused regrets，like wishing they had studied harder or a different major. The new survey shows that in the larger population，a person's major. The new survey shows that in the larger population，a person's “life circumstances—accomplishments，shortcomings ，situation in life—inject considerable fuel into the fires of regret，”the authors write.

　　（79）People with less education，for instance were more likely to report education regret. People with higher levels of education had the most career regrets. And those with no romantic partner tended to hold regrets regarding love. Broken down（分解、细分）by sex， more women（44%） than men （19%） had regrets about love and family——not surprising，since women “value social relationships more than men，” the authors write. In contrast ，men （34%）were more likely than women （27%）to mention work-related regrets，wishing they'd chosen a different career path，for instance ，or followed their passion.（80）Many participants also reported wishing they had worked less to spend more time with their children.

　　There was an even split between regrets about inaction （not doing something）and action （do something you wish you didn't）.But，like previous studies，the current research found that some regrets are more likely than others to persist over time：people tend to hang on longer to the regret of inaction；meanwhile，regrets of action tend to be more recent.

　　11.In the second paragraph，the author shows ______.

　　A. the researchers' findings      B. the importance of family

　　C. the importance of money     D. the importance of career

　　12. According to the passage ，college student participants mainly had regrets about their ______.

　　A. family and childhood      B. study and major

　　C. career and job            D. romance and fear

　　13.The word “notable” in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to ______.

　　A. common      B. capable      C. wonderful      D. remarkable

　　14. Which of the following statements is TRUE？

　　A. The less education he or she has，the more regrets she or he would have.

　　B. The more education he or she has，the less regrets she or he would have.

　　C. More women than men had regrets about love and family.

　　D. The regret of action seems to last longer than that of inaction.

　　15. What is the main idea of this passage？

　　A. How regret is understood by a typical American.

　　B .Common regrets is more important than love and hate.

　　C. Why regret is more important than love and hate.

　　D. How regret has shaped Americans.

　　PartⅡ  Vocabulary and Structure  （30%）

　　Directions：In this part there are 30 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are four choices marked A， B， C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentences. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

　　16. Mr Smith is coming to visit us soon. We'd better get everything ready before he _______.

　　A. arrives              B. arrive         C. will arrive         D. arrived

　　17._______yesterday，you would have met Professor Jones. But now he has left for London.

　　A. Did you come

　　B. Had you come

　　C. Should you come

　　D. Were you to come

　　18. The man denied_____ into the neighbor's garden and ______his cow.

　　A. going……stealing

　　B. going…stole

　　C. went…stealing

　　D. went…stole

　　19.Ted worked like a horse in his youth，______contributed to his great success later as a businessman.

　　A. that

　　B. who

　　C. what

　　D. which

　　20. A few hours ago，a small suitcase with some important papers _______ stolen from the general manager's office.

　　A.is               B.are               C.were               D. was

　　21.______ on the New World，he felt like crying.

　　A.land               B.Landed             C.To land             D.Having landed

　　22.Visit our store            Nowhere else such good bargains.

　　A.you find            B.find you            C.do you find          D.you do find

　　23.After        seemed an endless wait，ir was his turn to go into the doctor's office.

　　A，this                B.that               C.which               D.what

　　24.Ever since the Simiths moved to the lake area a year ago，they ______ better health.

　　A.could have enjoyed   B.had enjoyed         C.have been enjoying    D.are enjoying

　　25.The boss doesn't want to talk about the accident；now he is in no ______ to do so.

　　A.feeling              B.attitude          C.emotion      D.Mood

　　26.I can't understand why you regard it as music.It ______ me mad！

　　A.puts       B.sets      C.drivers      D.changes

　　27.Yesterday Mr Blake was caught in the rain and got wet through.______ he caught a bad cold.

　　A.Consequently      B.Finally      C.Lately      D.Strangely

　　28.William likes to eat out，but he is not ______ about what he eats.

　　A.pecrliar      B.unusual      C.particular      D.special

　　29.Their house stands at a hilltop，_____ the Hudson River down below.

　　A.seeing         B.viewing      C.looking at    D.overlooking

　　30. I can't understand why my boss is always _____fault with my work.

　　A.finding      B.seeking    C.looking    D.making

　　31. This is the same knife _____ I lost yesterday.

　　A.which       B.what       C.like            D. as

　　32. —— When will you be back？

　　—— I'll be back _____a couple of days.

　　A.after          B.for           C.about       D.in

　　33. We hear that they will _____ a new school here.

　　A.set down    B.set up      C.set off     D.set out

　　34. He will never forget the days _____ he spent in Japan.

　　A.when     B.after        C.that       D.how

　　35. Interestingly enough，the two brothers have noting in_______.

　　A. ordinary    B.Common   C.General   D.particular

　　36. The scientists are trying to find out the facts to _______ their theory.

　　A. support    B.carry    C.design    D.raise

　　37. The performance of the English team was ________. They played much worse than expected.

　　A. disappoint     B. disappointing     C. disappointed     D. to disappoint

　　38. You are welcome to order the goods now. But payment should be made________.

　　A. for advance    B. from advance     C. in advance     D. to advance

　　39. Speak louder so that you can make yourself _______.

　　A. heard       B.to hear     C.hearing     D.have been heard

　　40. Now it won't be long before we meet again，________？

　　A.will it       B.do we    C.won't we    D.does it

　　41. Americans eat______ vegetables per person today as they did in the 1960s.

　　A. more than twice                B. as twice many

　　C. twice as many                  D. more than twice as many

　　42. I was so familiar with her that I recognized her voice ______ I picked up the phone.

　　A. the moment      B. since      C. before       D. while

　　43. The education of ________ young is always ______ hot and serious topic.

　　A. /， /      B. the， a       C. /， the       D. the， the

　　44. Dad wondered where I'd been，and I ________ a story about being at Grandma's

　　A. made out        B. made up            C. looked out           D. looked up

　　45. Your sister doesn't study as _______ as you do.

　　A.hard     B.hardly     C.harder    D.hardest

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