Swimming is one of those activities that can be learned early in life. Little children can learn to swim as soon as they walk. In fact, you need the same skills in walking as in swimming. However, I believe that five is the best age to learn. By five or six, a child knows fear of water, a very important thing to know. It's wise to be afraid, to recognize true danger. Young ones understand that the water can sometimes be very dangerous.

To really benefit from swimming, every swimmer should learn, as soon as possible, these four basic strokes; butterfly, backstroke, Breaststroke, and crawl. I feel that one of these-the breaststroke-is different from the others, since some young swimmers use this stroke naturally, without any training.

In swimming there are certain rules every swimmer should follow:

1). Never swim alone! No matter how good you are in the water, don’t risk drowning by swimming alone. If you swim by yourself, with no life guards or friends with you, you may get into trouble.

2). Don't go beyond your abilities. Most swimmers know enough not to swim too far from the bank or the beach, Showing off by doing dangerous tricks is no good. Swim safely and you will continue to swim and alive.

3). Don't smoke. Swimming depends on a healthy body; good lungs are part of it.

4). Work at any activity that builds muscles.

1. Little children can learn to swim as soon as _____.

A. they can talk                       

B. they start walking

C. they have no fear of the water          

D. they are five or six years old

2.The author believes that fear of water is_____.

A. stupid        B. sensible      C. dangerous      D. not smart

3. The stroke that some young swimmers use first is_____.

A. butterfly      B. backstroke    C. breaststroke     D. crawl

4.According to the passage, you should not swim alone because_____.

A. the water is too cold                   

B. your parents would not be happy

C. something in the water might attack       

D. you might drown

完型填空 （共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）

I was tired and hungry after a long day of work. When I walked into the living room, my 12-year-old son looked __26__ at me and said, “I love you.” I didn’t know what to say. __27__ several seconds all I could do was to stand there and __28__ down at him. My first thought was that he must need __29__ with his homework or he was trying to __30__ me for some news. Finally I asked, “What was that all about?”

“Nothing.” He said, “My teacher said we should __31__ our parents that we love them and see what they say. It’s a(n) __32__.”

The next day I called his teacher to __33__ more about this “experiment” and how the other parents had __34__.

“Basically, most of the fathers had the __35__ reaction as you did.” The teacher said, “When I first __36__ we try this, I asked the children what they thought their parents would say. Some of them thought their parents would have heart trouble.” “The __37__ is,” the teacher explained, “feeling loved is an important part of __38__. It’s something all human beings __39__. What I’m trying to tell the children is that it’s too __40__ that we don’t all express those feelings. A boy should be __41__ to tell his dad that he loves him.”

The teacher, a middle-aged man, understands how __42__ it is for some of us to say the things that would be good for us to say.

When my son came to me that evening, I held on to him for __43__ second. And just __44__ he pulled away, I said in my deepest, most manly voice, “Hey, I love you, too.”

I don’t know if saying that made either of us healthier, but it did feel pretty good. Maybe next time if my child says “I love you”, it would not take me a whole day to think of the right __45__.

1. A. down              B. away             C. out              D. up

2.A. After              B. For              C. At               D. On

3. A. glance            B. glare                C. stare           D. watch

4. A. patience              B. time             C. help             D. paper

5. A. report            B. prepare              C. answer               D. apologize

6.. A. help                 B. ask              C. tell                 D. make

7.. A. thing                B. experiment           C. word             D. sentence

8. A. search for            B. search           C. find out         D. find

9. A. said              B. reacted              C. done                 D. explained

10. A. same             B. different            C. usual                D. ordinary

11. A. allowed              B. agreed               C. suggested        D. planned

12. A. point                B. idea                 C. way                  D. cause

13. A. body             B. health               C. life                 D. study

14. A. have             B. know                 C. take                 D. require

15. A. bad              B. good                 C. late                 D. early

16. A. fit                  B. ready                C. nice                 D. able

17.A. easy              B. much                 C. often                D. difficult

18. A. a much           B. a full               C. an exact             D. an extra

19. A. before               B. after                C. because              D. if

20. A. answer           B. key                  C. reason               D experiment

There is a saying that acting before thinking always _________ failure.

A. requires of          B. results from         C. results in    D. belongs to

Our international conference is about the children ______ to domestic violence.

A. to expose            B. exposing             C. exposed       D. expose

There is _______ that English is the most widely used language in the world.

A. no fact              B. no wonder        C. no reason    D no doubt

It was in the university _______ they fell in love with each other, _____ brought both of them happiness.

   A. when, which           B. that , which         C. where, that      D. which , who

Mr. Green stood up in defense of the 16-year-old boy, saying that he was not the one _______.

A. blamed               B. blaming              C. to be blamed      D. to blame

–Have you got ready for your studying plan?

   --Yes! I have made it ______. Please give me some suggestions and then I will make some changes.

    A. cautiously         B. privately            C. roughly      D. deadly

He dressed himself quickly, _____ his schoolbag and went to school.

A. carrying                   B. to carry                    

C. carried                D. carries

Not only _____ a promise, but also he kept it.

A. he made           B. did he make      C. does he make   D. has he made