Mar Levine, ____ scientist at University of Pennsylvania, US, has found that competitive eaters have stomachs that can expand like ____ balloon.

假设你是李华，曾在美国学习半年，现已回国。你想联系你的美国老师Mr. Smith,但没有其联系方式。请根据以下要点给你的美国同学Tom 写一封信： 感谢Tom对你英语学习的帮助； 

询问Mr, smith 的近况并索要其联系方式； 邀请Tom在春节期间来中国感受中国文化。 

注意：1. 词数120-150；  2．可适当增加细节。

Dear Tom ,

_______________________________________

Yours Sincerely,

Li Hua

填空

1.Yesterday I ____ _____ _____ (遭遇) a sandstorm.

2.Deserts are created because people______ ______(砍倒) trees and dig up grass.

3.He_____ ____ ____(放火烧)the houses and hundreds of houses caught fire.

4._____ _______(浏览) magazines to find pictures that you can stick on your poster.

5.Trees ______ _____(吸收) carbon dioxide and give out oxygen.

6.The report shows that we are making some progress but that we need to ________ ________ ___________(做出更大的努力) .

7.His father died, when he was young, and he was______ ______(抚养) by his mother.

8._____ ________(平均) there are twenty boys present every day .

9.I _______ ____(以…结束;最终) spending the night at the airport yesterday.

10.That will cost you 1,000 dollars _____ ______(总共).

填空

1.Paris is the capital and largest city of France,________ (坐落在)on the River Seine.

2.Fires caused by the California Earthquake did the most___________(损失).

3.F__________(幸运地), we put all the fires out quite quickly.

4.Confucius is the philosopher whose_______(影响) is the greatest.

5.Mencius was a thinker whose teachings were very________ (类似；相似) to those of Confucius.

6.Our teacher often stresses the___________ (重要性) of studying English.

7.You are___________(绝对地；完全地) right.

8.The earthquake in 1956 a________(影响) eight provinces.

9.The_________(以前的) owner of the flat is an old man.

10.Many people were made____________(无家可归的) after the earthquake.

11.The flood hit the city yesterday , __________(造成) three deaths.

12.We must protect____________(环境).

13.We___________ (经历) a lot of difficulty in selling our house the other day.

14.s.

15.This river is one of the most p___________ (受到污染的) areas in that region.

Melissa Poe was 9 years old when she began a campaign for a cleaner environment by writing a letter to the then President Bush. Through her own efforts, her letter was reproduced on over 250 donated ( 捐赠) billboards (广告牌) across the country.

The response to her request for help was so huge that Poe established Kids For A Cleaner Environment (Kids F. A. C. E.) in 1989. There are now 300,000 members of Kids F.A.C.E. worldwide and it is the world’s largest youth environmental organization.

Poe has also asked the National Park Service to carry out a “Children’s Forest” project in every national park. In 1992, she was invited as one of only six children in the world to speak at the Earth Summit in Brazil as part of the Voices of the Future Program. In 1993, she was given a Caring Award for her efforts by the Caring Institute.

Since the organization started, Kids F.A.C.E. members have distributed and planted over 1 million trees! Ongoing tree-planting projects include Kids’ Yards — the creation of backyard wildlife habitats (栖息地) and now Kids F.A.C.E. is involved in the exciting Earth Odyssey, which is a great way to start helping.

“We try to tell kids that it’s not OK to be lazy,” she explains. “You need to start being a responsible (负责任的) , environmentally friendly person now, right away, before you become a resource-sucking adult.”

1.Kids F.A.C.E. is __________.

A. a program to help students with writing

B. a project of litter recycling

C. a campaign launched by President Bush

D. a club of environmental protection

2.What can we learn about Poe?

3.Kid’s Yards is ____________.

4.Which of the following can be inferred from the text?

A. Adults are resources –sucking people.

B. Poe sought help from a youth organization

C. Kids F.A.C.E. members are from the U.S.

D. Kids are urged to save natural resources.

5.Poe was a girl aged _____when she began a campaign for a cleaner environment

by writing a letter to the then President Bush.

An increase in students applying to study economics (经济学) at university is being attributed to （归因于）the global economic crisis (危机) awakening a public thirst for knowledge about how the financial system works.  

Applications for degree courses beginning this autumn were up by 15% this January, according to UCAS, the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service. A spokesman for the Royal Economic Society said applications to do economics at A-level were also up.  

Professor John Beath, the president of the society and a leading lecture at St Andrews University, said his first-year lectures which are open to students from all departments—were drawing crowds of 400, rather than the usual 250.  

“There are a large number of students who are not economics majors, who would like to learn something about it. One of the things I have done this year is to relate my teaching to contemporary events in a way that one hasn’t traditionally done. ” He added.   

University applications rose 70% last year. But there were rises above average in several subjects. Nursing saw a 15% jump, with people’s renewed interest in careers in the pubic sector（部门）, which are seen as more secure in economic crisis.  

A recent study showed almost two thirds of parents believed schools should do more to teach pupils about financial matters, and almost half said their children had asked them what was going on, although a minority of parents felt they did not understand it themselves well enough to explain.  

Zack Hocking, the head of Child Trust Funds, said: “It’s possible that one good thing to arise from the downturn will be a generation that’s financially wiser and better equipped (使…有能力) to manage their money through times of economic uncertainty.”

1.Professor John Beath’s lectures are            .  

2. Careers in the public sector are more attractive because of their        .

3.In the opinion of most parents ,           .  

4.According to Hocking , the global economic crisis might make the youngsters_____.

5.What’s the main idea of the text?

 “In only six days I lost seven pounds of weight.”

“Two full inches in the first three days!”

These are the kinds of statements used in magazine, newspaper, radio and television ads, promising new shapes and new looks to those who buy the medicine or the device (设备；装置). The promoters (推销员；促销员) of products say they can shape the legs, slim the face, smooth wrinkles, or in some other way to beauty or desirability.  

Often such products are nothing more than money--making things for their promoter. The results they produce are questionable, and some are dangerous to health.  

To understand how these products can be legally promoted to the public, it is necessary to understand something of the laws covering their regulation (条例). If the product is a drug, FDA（Food Drug Administration） can require proof （证明）under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act that is safe and effective before it is put on the market . But if the product is a device, FDA. has no author to require premarketing proof of safety or effectiveness. If a product already on the marker is a danger to health, FDA can request the producer or distributor to remove it from the market voluntarily, or it can take legal action , including seizure （查封） of the product.  

One notable case a few years ago involved an electrical device called the Relaxacisor, which had been sold for reducing the waistline. The Relaxacisor produced electrical shocks to the body through contact pads. FDA took legal action against the distributor to stop the sale of the device  on the grounds that it was dangerous to health and life.  

Obviously, most of the devices on the market have never been the subject of court proceedings（法律诉讼）,and new devices appear continually. Before buying, it is up to the consumer to judge the safety or effectiveness of such items.  

1.It can be inferred that ads mentioned in the text are ______.  

2.Which of the following is true according to the text?

A. The court is in charge of removing dangerous product.  

B. New products are more likely to be questionable.  

C. The production of a device must be approved by FDA.  

D. The promoters usually just care about profits.  

3. FDA can ask for the proof of safety and effectiveness of a product ________.  

4.The Relaxacisor is mentioned as_______.  

5.The author intends to __________

A. make consumers aware of the promoters’ false promises

B. show the weakness of the law on product safety

C. give advice on how to keep young and beautiful

D. introduce the organization of FDA. 

A year ago August, Dave Fuss lost his job driving a truck for a small company in west Michigan. His wife, Gerrie, was still working in the local school cafeteria (自助食堂), but work for Dave was scarce (不足的，缺乏的), and the price of everything was rising. The Fusses were at risk of joining the millions of Americans who have lost their homes in recent years. Then Dave and Gerrie received a timely gift—＄7,000，a legacy （遗产） from their neighbors Ish and Arlene Hatch, who died in an accident . “ It really made a difference when we were going under financially, ” says Dave.  

But the Fusses weren’t the only folks in Alto and the neighboring town of Lowell to receive unexpected legacy from the Hatches. Dozens of (许多) other families were touched by the Hatches’ generosity. In some cases, it was a few thousand dollars ; in others, it was more than ＄100,000.  

It surprised nearly everyone that the Hatches had so much money, more than ＄3 million—they were an elderly couple who lived in an old house on what was left of the family farm .  

Children of the Great Depression, Ish and Arlene were known for their habit of saving, They thrived on（喜欢）comparison shopping and would routinely go from store to store, checking prices before making a new purchase (购买) .  

Through the years, the Hatches paid for local children to attend summer camp when their parents couldn’t afford it. “Ish and Arlene never asked if you needed anything,” says their friend Sand Van Weelden, “They could see things they could do to make you happier, and they would do them.  

Even more extraordinary was that the Hatches had their farmland distributed (分发；分配). It was the Hatches’ wish that their legacy—a legacy of kindness as much as one of dollars and cents should enrich the whole community（社区）and last for generations to come.

Neighbors helping neighbors ——that was Ish and Arlene Hatch’s story.  

1.According go the text, the Fusses ______.

2.Which of the following is true of the Hatches?

3.Why would the Hatches routinely go from store?

4. According to Sand Van Weelden, the Hatches were ______.

5.What can we learn from the text?

Even though it was only October, my students were already whispering about Christmas plans. With each passing day everyone became more  31  waiting for the final school bell. Upon its   32  everyone would run for their coats and go home, everyone except David

David was a small boy in ragged clothes. I had often  33 what kind of home life David had, and what kind of mother could send her son to school dressed so 34 for the cold winter months, without a coat, boots, or gloves. But something made David   35  . I can still remember he was always  36 a smile and willing to help. He always  37 after school to straighten chairs and mop the floor. We never talked much. He  38  just smile and ask what else he could do ,then thank me for letting him stay and slowly  39 home.

Weeks passed and the  40  over the coming Christmas grew into restlessness until the last day of  41 before the holiday break. I smiled in  42  as the last of them hurried out the door. Turning around I saw David 43 standing by my desk.  

“I have something for you” he said and   44 from behind his back a small box.  45   it to me, he said anxiously, “Open it. ”I took the box from him, thanked him and slowly unwrapped it. I lifted the lid and to my 46  saw nothing. I looked at David’s smiling face and back into the box and said. “The box is nice, David, but it’ s  47 . ”

“ Oh no it isn’t ,” said David “ It’s full of love, my mum told me before she died that love was something you couldn’t see or touch unless you know it’s there .”

Tears filled my eyes  48  Ilooked at the proud dirty face that I had rarely given  49  to. After that Christmas, David and I became good friends and I never forgot the meaning 50 the little empty box set on my desk.      

His sister left home in 1998, and_______ ever since.