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The idea of being able to walk on water has long interested humans greatly. Sadly, biological facts prevent us ever accomplishing such a thing without artificial aid--we simply weigh too much, and all our mass pushes down through our relatively small feet, resulting in a lot of pressure that makes us sink.
However, several types of animals can walk on water. One of the most interesting is the common basilisk Basilicus basilicus, a lizard（蜥蜴）native to Central and South America. It can run across water for a distance of several meters, avoiding getting wet by rapidly hitting the water's surface with its feet. The lizard will take as many as 20 steps per second to keep moving forward. For humans to do this, we'd need huge feet that we could bring up to our ears in order to create adequate "hitting."
But fortunately there is an alternative: cornflour. By adding enough of this common thickening agent to water（and it does take a lot）. you can create a "non-Newtonian" liquid that doesn't be have like normal water. Now, if the surface of the water is hit hard enough, particles（微粒）in the water group together for a moment to make the surface hard. Move quickly enough and put enough force into each step, and you really can walk across the surface of an adequately thick liquid of cornflour.
Fun though all this may sound, it's still rather messy and better read about in theory than carried out in practice, if you must do it, then keep the water wings handy in case you start to sink--and take a shower afterward!
32. Walking on water hasn't become a reality mainly because humans         .
A. have biological limitations      B. are not interested in it
C. have not invented proper tools  D. are afraid to make an attempt
33. What do we know about Basiilins basilicus from the passage?
A. It is light enough to walk on water.
B. It can run across water at a certain speed.
C. Its huge feet enable it to stay above water.
D. Its unique skin keeps it from getting wet in watch
34. What is the function of the cornflour according to the passage?
A. To enable the water to move rapidly.   B. To turn the water into solid.
C. To help the liquid behave normally.   D. To create a thick liquid.
35. What is the author's attitude toward the idea of humans' walking on water?
A. It is risky but beneficial.
B. It is interesting and worth trying.
C. It is impractical though theoretically possible.
D. It is crazy and cannot become a reality.
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Empathy
Last year, researchers from the University of Michigan reported that empathy, the ability to understand other people, among college students had dropped sharply over the past 10 years.
  36   Today ,people spend more time alone and are less likely to join groups and clubs.
Jennifer Freed, a co director of a teen program, has another explanation. Turn on the TV, and you're showered with news and reality shows full of people fighting, and generally treating one another with no respect.   37  
There are good reasons not to follow those bad examples. Humans are socially related by nature
   38   Researchers have also found that empathetic teenagers are more likely to have high self-respect. Besides, empathy can be a cure for loneliness, sadness, anxiety , and fear.
Empathy is also an indication of a good leader .In fact, Freed says, many top companies report that empathy is one of the most important things they look for in new managers.  39  "Academics are important .But if you don't have emotional intelligence, you won't be as successful in work or in your love life." she says.
What's the best way to up your EQ? For starters, let down your guard and really listen to others.   40  
To really develop empathy, you'd better volunteer at a nursing home or a hospital, join a club or a team that has a diverse membership，have a "sharing circle" with your family, or spend time caring for pets at an animal shelter.
A. Having relationships with other people is an important part of being human—and having empathy is decisive to those relationships.
B. "One doesn’t develop empathy by having a lot of opinions and doing a lot of talking," Freed says.
C. That could be because so many people have replaced face time with screen time, the researchers said.
D. Everyone is different, and levels of empathy differ from person to person.
E. Humans learn by example-and most of the examples on it arc anything but empathetic.
F. Empathy is a matter of learning how to understand someone else-both what they think and how they feel. 高考英语模拟试题库  http://www.17xuexiba.com/yy/