. Grammar and Vocabulary Section ADirections: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. The Story of LegoThe world-famous LEGO company has its origins in the workshop of a poor Danish carpenter. Ole Kirk Christiansen in the first half of the 20th century. (21) _ these humble beginnings, it has grown to become one of the most popular toys of all time. Ole, the tenth son in the family, earned a living (22) _ (make) toys with his father. Finally, he became a master carpenter and in 1932 he set up (23) _ own business. He called the company LEGO, (24) _ means play well in Danish. Unfortunately, ten years later his factory burned down. However, Ole had it (25) _ (rebuild) under great financial pressure. This took three years and during that time he learnt of a British company which specialized in plastic moulding machines. (26) _ his managers thought they were too expensive, Ole still bought one. It was worth the investment. At the end of the decade, the company was producing a successful range of toys and interlocking bricks, and Oles son, Godtfred, had joined him in the business. Sadly, Ole didnt see (27) _ successful his company later became. He died at the age of 66 and Godtfred became managing director. The modern brick design was patented on 28 January 1958, and bricks from that year are still compatible（兼容的）to bricks today. Unbelievably, in the 1960s, the LEGO factory (28) _ (strike) by lightning and burned to the ground again. After this, Godtfred had to rethink the direction of the company. This time, on the advice of his directors, he decided to concentrate mainly on the hugely successful interlocking plastic bricks. Godtfreds son, Kjeld, is the current Deputy-chairman and (29) _ (celebrate) the companys 80th anniversary, a short animated film (30) _ (name) The LEGO story was released in August 2012. Section BDirections: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A. avoid B. struggle C. rightly D. effects E harm F. intention G. instantH. complicated I. indirectly J. surrounded K created The Diet Zone: A dangerous PlaceDiet Coke, diet Pepsi, diet pills, no-fat diet, vegetable diet . We are _31_ by the word “diet” everywhere we look and listen. We have so easily been attracted by the promise and potential of diet products that we have stopped thinking about what diet products are doing to us. We are paying for products that _32_ us psychologically and physically. Diet products seriously weaken us psychologically. On one level, we are not allowing our brain to admit that our weight problems lie not in actually losing the weight, but in the _33_ to control the consumption of fatty, high-calorie, unhealthy foods. Diet products allow us to jump over the thinking stage and go straight for the scale instead. All we have to do is to recognize the word “diet” in food labels. On another level, diet products have greater psychological _34_. Every time we have a zero-calorie drink. we are telling ourselves without our awareness that we dont have to work to get results. Diet products make people believe that gain comes without pain, and the life can be without resistance and _35_. The danger of diet products lies not only in the psychological effects they have on us, but also in the physical harm that they cause. Diet foods can _36_ harm our bodies because consuming them instead of healthy foods means we are preventing our bodies from having basic nutrients. Diet foods and diet pills contain zero calories only because the diet industry has _37_ chemicals to produce these wonder products. Though the chemicals that go into diet products cant make a(n) _38_ impact, these products are not nutritional. Now that we are aware of the effects that diet products have on us, it is time to _39_ think about buying them. Losing weight lies in the power of minds, not in the power of chemicals. Once we realize this, we will be much better able to _40_ having diet products, and therefore prevent the psychological harm that comes from using them. . Reading Comprehension Section ADirections: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context. Studies have shown that something as simple as eating dinner together as a family every night can have a major impact upon the happiness and well-being of both parents and children. But with todays busy schedules most families are _41_ to eat dinner together about four days a week and the numbers _42_ as children get older. Yet eating dinner together is so important. It is one of the things that happy families do and heres _43_. Eating dinn