1、1根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Passage one A garden thats just right for youHave you ever visited a garden that seemed just right for you, where the atmosphere of the garden appeared to total more than the sum(总和) of its parts? _1_. But it doesnt happen by accident. It starts with looking
2、 inside yourself and understanding who you are with respect to the natural world and how you approach the gardening process._2_Some people may think that a garden is no more than plants, flowers, patterns and masses of color. Others are concerned about using gardening methods that require less water
3、 and fewer fertilizers(肥料 ). _3_ . However, there are a number of other reasons that might explain why you want to garden. One of them comes from our earliest years.Recall(回忆)your childhood memoriesOur model of what a garden should be often goes back to childhood. Grandmas rose garden and Dads veget
4、able garden might be good or bad, but thats not whats important. _4_ -how being in those gardens made us feel. If youd like to build a powerful bond with your garden, start by taking some time to recall the gardens of your youth._5_ Then go outside and work out a plan to translate your childhood mem
5、ories into your grown-up garden. Have fun.A. Know why you gardenB. Find a good place for your own gardenC. Its our experience of the garden that mattersD. Its delightful to see so many beautiful flowersE. Still others may simply enjoy being outdoors and close to plantsF. You can produce that kind of
6、 magical quality in your own garden, tooG. For each of those gardens, writer down the strongest memory you havePassage TwoEveryone knows that fish is good for health. _1_ But it seems that many people dont cook fish at home. Americans eat only about fifteen pounds of fish per person per year, but we
7、 eat twice as much fish in restaurants as at home. Buying, storing, and cooking fish isnt difficult. _2_ This text is about how to buy and cook fish in an easy way._3_ Fresh fish should smell sweet: you should feel that youre standing at the oceans edge. Any fishy or strong smell means the fish isnt
8、 fresh. _4_ When you have bought a fish and arrive home, youd better store the fish in the refrigerator if you dont cook it immediately, but fresh fish should be stored in your fridge for only a day or two. Frozen fish isnt as tasty as the fresh one.2There are many common methods used to cook fish.
9、_5_ First, clean it and season it with your choice of spices（调料）.Put the whole fish on a plate and steam it in a steam pot for 8 to 10 minutes if it weighs about one pound.(A larger one will take more time.) Then, its ready to serve.A. Do not buy it.B. The easiest is to steam it.C. This is how you c
10、an do it.D. It just requires a little knowledge.E. The fish will go bad within hours.F. When buying fish, you should first smell it.G. The fats in fish are though to help prevent heart disease.Passage Three The Science of Risk-SeekingSometimes We decide that a little unnecessary danger is worth it b
11、ecause when we weigh the risk and the reward, the risk seems worth tasking. 1 Some of us enjoy activities that would surprise and scare the rest of us. Why? Experts say it may have to do with how our brains work.The reason why any of us take any risks at all might have to do with early humans. Risk-
12、takers were better at hunting, fighting, or exploring. 2 As the quality of Risk-taking was passed from on ration to the next, humans ended up with a sense of adventure and a tolerance for risk.So why arent we all jumping out of airplanes then? Well, even 200,000 years ago, too much risk-taking could
13、 get one Killed. A few daring survived, though, along with a few stay-in-the-cave types. As a result, humans developed a range of character types that still exists today. So maybe you love car racing, or maybe you hate it. 3 No matter where you are on the risk-seeking range, scientists say that your
14、 Willingness to take risks increases during your teenage years. 4 To help you do that, your brain increases your hunger for new experiences. New experiences often mean taking some risks, so your brain raises your tolerance for risk as well.Mean taking some risks, so your brain raisers your tolerance
15、 for risk as well.5 For the risk-seekers a part of the brain related to pleasure becomes active, while for the rest of us, a part of the brain related to fear becomes active.As experts continue to study the science of risk-seeking, well continue to hit the mountains, the waves or the shallow end of
16、the pool.It all depends on your character.Those are the risks you should jump to take.Being better at those things meant a greater chance of survival.Thus, these well-equipped people survived because they were the fittest.This is when you start to move away from your family and into the bigger world.However, we are not all using the same reference standard to weigh risks and rewards.3New brain research suggests our brains work differently when we face a nervous situation.
