People who are outdoors in cold weather should avoid actions like suddenly lifting a heavy basket full of snow. Even walking through heavy, wet snow can strain a person’s heart.

Many people aren’t conditioned to the physical stress of outdoor activities and don’t know the dangers of being outdoors in cold weather. Those who like winter sports can suffer accidental hypothermia if they don’t make certain preparations.

Hypothermia means the body temperature has fallen below normal. It occurs when your body can’t produce enough energy to keep the internal (内部的) body temperature warm enough. It can kill you. Heart failure causes most deaths in hypothermia.

Children, the elderly and those with heart disease are at special risk. As people age, their ability to keep a normal internal body temperature often decreases. Elderly people can suffer hypothermia without knowing they’re in danger because they can’t notice the cold conditions as quickly as the young.

Besides cold temperatures, high winds,  snow and rain can also steal body heat. Wind is especially dangerous because it removes the layer of heated air from around your body. At 30 degrees Fahrenheit in a 20-mile-per-hour wind, the cooling effect is equal to calm air at four degrees. Similarly dampness (湿气) causes the body to lose heat faster than it would at the same temperature in drier conditions.

To keep warm, wear more clothes. This traps air between layers. Also, wear a hat or head scarf. Much of your body’s heat can be lost through your head. Keep your hands and feet warm, too, as they tend to lose heat rapidly.

Don’t drink alcohol before going outdoors or when outside. Alcohol makes you feel warm at first because blood vessels in the skin expand. But heat is then drawn away from the body’s important organs.

1.The underlined word “strain” in Paragraph 1 means ________.

A. injure       B. warm         C. control          D. burn

2.What is implied in the passage about hypothermia?

A. It means the body temperature falls rapidly.  B. Most heart attacks are caused by it.

C. It is not as scary as people think.          D. It can threaten a person’s life.

3. Based on the passage, one of the reasons why the elderly are at special risk of suffering from hypothermia is that _______.

A. they like exercising outside in cold mornings

B. they can’t notice cold conditions if they are not told

C. their body temperature is generally lower than young people’s

D. their ability to keep a normal internal body temperature is not so good

4.What is Paragraph 5 mainly about?

A. What causes the body to lose heat faster.  B. The advantages of drier conditions.

C. What else can steal body heat.          D. Dangers of high winds.

5.Which of the following is NOT a result of drinking alcohol before going outdoors?

A. Feeling warm at first             B. The body’s heat is taken away

C. Blood vessels in the skin expand   D. The risk of hypothermia is reduced

The United Nations says forty million people or so around the world went hungry in 2008, mainly because of higher food prices. Early estimates from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) show that 963 million people did not get enough to eat.

World food prices have dropped since early 2008. Prices of major crops have decreased by more than half from their height earlier last year. But they remain high compared to earlier years.

    But FAO official Hafez Ghana says lower prices have failed to end the food crisis（危机）in many poor countries. "For millions in developing countries," he says, "getting enough food every day to live an active and healthy life is a distant dream.”

    The FAO says food shortage is a threat to people's health. Today, two-thirds of the world's undernourished people live in just a few countries. These are India, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan, Ethiopia and so on.

    A report on food insecurity warns that the current economic crisis could send even more people into hunger and poverty.

    In sub-Saharan Africa, the percentage of the people who continually go hungry fell from 34% in 1997 to 30% in 2008. But the FAO says Ghana is the only country that has reached two sets of hunger reduction targets. These were set by the 1996 World Food Summit and the Millennium Development Goals. The main reason is the growth in agricultural production in Ghana.

    The FAO says some countries in Southeast Asia like Thailand and Vietnam have made progress in hunger reduction goals. But South Asia and Central Asia haven't, and North Korea is still in hot water.

1. What FAO official Hafez Ghana says implies _________.

A. it's easy but takes long to provide people with enough food

B. enough food can make people more active and healthier

C. there is difficulty solving the food shortage in a short time

D. people in developing countries will never get enough food

2.Ghana has reached the targets of hunger reduction mainly because of ________.

A. the still high food prices               B. the donation of developed countries

C. the two targets of hunger reduction      D. the growth in agricultural production

3. The underlined word “undernourished” in Para. 4 probably means _________.

A. hungry and unhappy                   B. unhealthy for lack of food

C. not fat because of poverty               D. undeveloped and poor

4. Which country has not made progress in hunger reduction?

A. North Korea          B. Thailand     C. Vietnam      D. Ghana

5.What is the best title of this passage?

A. The food production of the world      B. The hunger reduction target of the FAO

C. The food shortage around the world    D. The solution to the global food shortage

“The Lord of the Rings”, one of the best sellers in the new millennium(千年), was made up of three parts—“The Fellow Ship of the Ring”, “Two Towers”, and “The Return of the King”. Millions upon millions of people have read it in over 25 different languages, but fewer know about the author and the history of the composition of the creative masterwork.

    John Ronald Refuel Tolkien was born in South Africa in 1892. His parents died when he was a child. Living in England with his aunt, Tolkien and his cousins made up play languages, a hobby that led to Tolkien’s becoming skilled in Welsh, Greek, Gothic, Old Norse and Anglo—Saxon.

    After graduating from Oxford, Tolkien served in World War I. In 1917, while recovering from trench fever he began composing the mythology for The Rings. As a professor of Anglo-Saxon in the 1930s at Oxford, Tolkien was part of an informal discussion group called the Inklings, which included several writers. The group was soon 1istening to chapters of Tolkien’s imaginative work “The Hobbit”.

    Hobbit was a name Tolkien created for people that could best be described as half-sized members of the English rural(乡村的)class. Hobbits live in hillside holes. One of them，Bilbo Baggins, looks for treasures with a group of dwarves(侏儒). On the way, he meets the twisted, pitiful creature Gollum, from whom he sees a golden ring that makes the holder invisible.

    One of Tolkien’s students persuaded her employer, publisher Allen & Unwind, to look at a draft (草稿). The chairman of the firm, Stanley Unwind, thought that the best judge for a Children’s book would be his ten-year-old son. The boy earned a shilling for reporting back that the adventure was exciting, and “The Hobbit” was published in 1937.

    It sold so well that Unwind asked for a continuation. Over a dozen years later, in 1954, Tolkien produced “The Lord of the Rings”, a series of books so creative that they hold readers both new and old -- after their publication.

1.What can we learn from the text?

A. “The Lord of the Rings” didn't sell well in the last millennium.

B. People know better about Tolkien himself than about his works.

C. Tolkien was quite familiar with Old English.

D. Tolkien knew very well about different kinds of local languages in Africa.

2.What can we learn about "Hobbit" that Tolkien created in his works?

    A. Hobbit was a race living in English downtown areas.

    B. Hobbit was a local people who were very tall and strong.

    C. Hobbit was a social group of people who lived in old castles.

    D. Hobbit was a group of people who were mostly dwarves.

3. Which of the following helped most in making “The Hobbit” published?

    A. One of Tolkien's students.           B. Stanley Unwind's son.

    C. Allen & Unwind.                  D. Bilbo Baggins.

4.What is mainly discussed in the text?

    A. “The Lord of the Rings” and its writer.

    B. A completely new masterwork in the new millennium.

    C. A famous professor at Oxford University.

    D. The power of the magic ring.

5. Which of the following shows the right order of Mr. Tolkien's life experience?

    a. He had his “The Hobbit” published.

    b. He became a member of the Inklings.

    c. He served in World War I.

    d. He became an undergraduate at Oxford.

    e. His work “The Lord of the Rings” came to the world.

    f. He moved to England to live with his aunt.

    A. f-d-b-c-a-e                     B. f-d-c-b-a-e

C. f-c-d-b-e-a                         D.d-f-c-a-b-e

Soon Tommy’s parents, who had recently separated, would arrive for a conference on his failing schoolwork and bad behavior. Neither parent knew that I had called the other.

    Tommy, an only child, had always been happy, cooperative and an excellent student. How could I convince his father and mother that his recent failing grades represented a broken-hearted child’s reaction to his parents’ separation and pending (即将发生的) divorce?

    Tommy’s mother entered and took one of the chairs. Soon the father arrived. Good! At least they were concerned enough to be here in time. They ignored each other.

    As I gave a detailed account of Tommy’s behavior and schoolwork, I prayed for the right words to bring these two together to help them see what they were doing to their son. But somehow the words wouldn’t come. Perhaps if they saw one of his dirty, carelessly done papers?

    I found a sheet in the back of his desk. Writing covered both sides: not the assignment, but a single sentence scribbled (潦草地写) over and over.

    Silently I gave it to Tommy’s mother. She read it and then handed it to her husband. Then his face softened.

    At last he folded the paper carefully, placed it in his pocket, and reached for his wife’s hand. She wiped the tears from her eyes and smiled up at him. He helped her with her coat and they left together.

    In his own way God had given me the words to reunite that family. He had guided me to the sheet of yellow copy paper covered with the pain out pouring of a small boy’s troubled heart.

    The words are “Dear Mom…Dear Daddy… I love you…”

1.The author called Tommy’s parents in order to ________.

A. solve the couple’s problem

B. scold them for their divorce

C. help them realize their influence on Tommy

D. blame Tommy for his failing grades

2.This passage is most probably written by _________.

A. a teacher            B. a journalist         C. a lawyer         D. a doctor

3.How did Tommy’s parents feel after seeing the words?

A. Satisfied.           B. Troubled.            C. Depressed            D. Moved

4. We can learn from the passage that _______.

A. the author knew Tommy often wrote to his parents

B. the author said a lot to make Tommy’s parents reunite

C. Tommy hated his parents divorcing

D. Tommy was greatly influenced by his parents

5. What would be the best title for this passage?

A. A separate family                    B. Tommy’s essay

C. Never divorce                        D. A good teacher

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空

It’s really hard for any of us to be faster than Liu Xiang, but still we can do our share during the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Since the first modern Olympics, volunteers   1.   (become) an important and insuperable part of the great event. There were 900 people   2.   (work) for free at the first modern games and    3.   number of volunteers increased since then.

      4.   has been estimated that around 100,000 volunteers will be needed for the Beijing Olympic and Paralympics Games. It might be the   5.   (big) volunteer recruitment in the history of modern Olympics.

    There are many kinds of volunteers. “Towards Olympics” volunteers refer to those   6.   help the whole nation preparing for the games when the final day comes closer. “Games-time” volunteers refer to volunteers recruited directly by BOCOG. They perform post-specific  7.  (responsible) during the Games, work at the times and places designed by BOCOG and serve at the Beijing Olympic Games   8.   pay. High school students are welcomed to become city volunteers. They will have   9.   (fix) or specially assigned working positions during the Games. Anyone can be a social volunteer,    10.  jobs are spreading Olympic concepts and culture, maintaining social orders, optimizing city environment and advocating civilized behavior.

 My best friend is Cocoa, and I live in a senior-citizen apartment. Cocoa is a ten-year-old dog and I am a sixty-nine-year-old lady, so you can see we both qualify as   1   citizens.

    He is a   2   companion. He does many amusing things that make me   3  , and when that happens, he is so delighted   4   he just keeps it up.

    But one afternoon, Cocoa started acting strangely. I was sitting on the floor playing with him,   5   he started pawing and smelling at the right side of my   6  . He had never done anything like this ever before, and I told him, “No.” To Cocoa, one “no” is usually   7  , but not that day. He stopped briefly, and then   8   ran toward me, throwing his entire weight at the right side of my chest. He crashed into me and I cried in   9  , falling down to the floor. Soon after this, I felt a lump (肿块). I went to my doctors, and after X-rays  10   and lab work were done, they told me I had cancer.

   When cancer starts, a  11   of calcium (钙) builds. Then the lump or cancer attaches itself to this wall. When Cocoa jumped on me, the force of the impact broke the lump away from the wall. This made it possible for me to  12   the lump.

I had a complete mastectomy (乳房切除术) and the cancer has not   13   to any other part of my body. The doctors told me if the cancer had gone undetected even six more months, it would have been too   14  .

    Was Cocoa  15   of just what he was doing? I’ll never really know. What I do know is that Cocoa not only shares his life with me, he has also made sure that I will be around to share my life with him!

1.A. good               B. standard     C. senior           D. great

2. A. wonderful     B. tiring           C. hungry       D. bad

3. A. leave         B. cry          C. laugh            D. jump

4.A. as             B. when             C. and          D. that

5.A. when           B. then         C. though           D. as

6. A. chest         B. body         C. shoulder     D. arm

7. A. right         B. good         C. enough       D. unexpected

8. A. hurriedly         B. rudely           C. slowly   D.suddenly

9. A. pain              B. surprise     C. trouble  D.danger

10. A. experiments      B. researches       C. tests    D.papers

11. A. wall         B. cancer           C. body         D. number

12. A. watch            B. have         C. get          D. notice

13. A. ran              B. kept         C. entered      D. spread

14. A. common       B. late         C. much         D. early

15. A. ashamed      B. aware            C. afraid           D. tired

 我国文化遗产是人类文明的重要组成部分，获

联合国文化遗产保护大奖第一名的广裕祠是其代表

之一。你的美国朋友Patti写信给你想了解其情况。

【写作内容】

    请根据以下信息以英语书信形式给Patti写封回信。

字数为100~120个词。信的开头和结尾已给出。

    1．广裕祠位于广东省从化市。

    2．据说建于1426~1435年间。占地约900平方米。

    3．始建后历代均有维修，有七处文字记载。

    4．广东第一次发现有确切建筑年代的古建筑。

    5．当地村民与政府珍爱文化遗产，精心保护与修复。

    6．2003年获联合国文化遗产保护大奖第一名。

Dear Patti,

    As you know, cultural relics are a very important part of human civilizations. So I feel proud to introduce Guangyu Temple to you.                                                

                                                                   Yours truly,

                                                                  Li Ping

1.他表达了一个愿望，他会下个月来参观中国。(express; 同位语从句)

2.我们认为学习英语和电脑在现代非常重要。(it作形式宾语)

3.春天树木不仅复苏，而且长得很快。(not only…but also…; come to life)

4. 当地政府应该阻止毒气泄漏。(prevent…from…)

5.我想先得到一些工作经验，而不是直接上大学。(rather than)

根据短文内容，在空格中填入一个合适的单词，单词的首字母已给出。

    Some humor can be cruel but some people seem to enjoy seeing other people’s bad luck at times. Perhaps it makes us feel more c  1.    with our life because we feel there is someone else w   2.     off than ourselves. However, Chaplin made people laugh at a time when they felt depressed. The character in The Little Tramp was a social f   3.   , but he won the love of audience for his determination to o  4.      difficulties and being kind to others. In his film The Gold Rush, Chaplin successfully made a sad situation e   5.    by eating a boiled shoe.

根据短文内容，选择合适的单词填到空格中，并使用该词的恰当形式。每个单词只能用一次。

 It is obvious that festivals are times of happiness, fun and excitement, not of  1.      .

There are festivals to celebrate almost every kind of happy event. Some are for  2.          

reasons, such as the beginning of the planting season or at harvest time. Others are in memory of one-time events, such as the    3.  of a country or the    4.   of a famous person, like Columbus Day in the USA. No matter what the reason, however, festivals are always times for great    5.    with lots to eat, special and often new clothing to wear and generally lots of fun.