C．Cleaners. D．Typists.

　　6．Why did volunteers in Leslie John's experiment cheat more than others?

　　A．Because they were not as smart as others.

　　B．Because they thought others cheated too.

　　C．Because they felt a sense of unfairness.

　　D．Because they were tired and hungry.

　　7．The underlined word "antidotes" in the last paragraph can be replaced by ________.

　　A．explanations B．solutions

　　C．studies D．novels

　　8．What's the best title for the text?

　　A．Why people break the rules

　　B．How people break the rules

　　C．The influence of breaking the rules

　　D．Different ways of breaking the rules

　　Ⅳ.短文改错

Last week I got a chance participate in the Chinese Characters Dictation Competition. I had been busy prepare for it. My classmate all volunteered to help. Some of whom dictated various characters they found in the dictionary to me when others offered to check my answers. As the competition was approaching, I felt more and more confidently. The day finally come. Some characters were such challenging that many of the competitors got stick, but I was able to write down most of them. Although I won first prize, but I felt that the victory and honor belonged to all of us.

　　课下能力提升(七)

　　Ⅰ.1.May　2.may　3.may　4.shall　5.may

　　6．Must　7.won't　8.should

　　Ⅱ.1.was able to swim back　2.didn't need to

　　3．It is certain that certain plants　4.pay attention to the advantages　5.to protect himself from the cold

　　Ⅲ.

　　1．解析：选A　推理判断题。第一段中提到作者所在的街区到处都是形形色色的慢跑者，由此可推断A项正确。B项与本段第二句内容不符；后两项在文章中没有信息支持。

　　2．解析：选D　词义猜测题。本句的前面提到如果你有任何的身体虚弱症状，慢跑都会让它们显示出来，由此可推断此项正确。文章中没有提到作者患有心脏病，所以A项与句中的as they did with me不符；B项只是身体虚弱的一个方面的表现。

　　3．解析：选B　推理判断题。结合第三段的第一句、最后一句和第四段的第一句可推知此项正确。作者是深受慢跑之害后才决定放弃这种运动的，而且文章的后半部分提到作者喜欢外出快走和骑自行车去上班，所以A项不正确；后两项在文章中没有信息支持。

　　4．解析：选A　推理判断题。文章开头部分提到慢跑在作者所在的街区已经蔚然成风，可作者尝试一段时间后不得不放弃，由此可推断并非每个人都喜欢慢跑。B项过于绝对；作者没有推崇慢跑的意思，因此后两项不恰当。

5．解析：选B　推理判断题。根据第二段中的"... but creativity was. The more creative you are, the easier it is to retell the story of what happened when you behaved dishonestly"可知，越