Returning from Italy, he told us a lot of _______ about the Leaning Tower of Pisa, especially some tales about it and the present government’s efforts to save it from collapse.
A. interests B. anecdotes C. rumors D. assessments
While having lunch with a friend recently, we got into a _____ that is pretty frequent in China about morning greeting.
A. conversation B. conservation C. reservation D. criterion
假定你是李华，准备参加学校举办的主题为“健康成长”的英语作文比赛。请按照要求写一篇短文，主要内容包括：
1．乐观的人生态度； 2.努力学习； 3. 参加体育锻炼。
注意：1. 词数100左右； 2.可以适当增加细节，使行文连贯；3.开头已经给出
We all want to grow up happily and healthily, and for this goal we must do several things. ________________________________________________________________
Astronauts’ meals have come a long way from the free-dried powders and semi-liquid pastes of decades ago，now US scientists want to grow vegetables in mini-greenhouses on the moon．
Scientists say they are looking forward to a time when residents of future lunar or even Martian outsteps will be able to dine on fresh vegetables．Paragon Space Development Corporation has unveiled what it called the first step toward growing flowers——and eventually food—on the moon.
This is a sealed greenhouse that looks like a bell jar encased in a 46-cm triangular aluminium frame(三角铝框架)．It is designed to safely land a laboratory plant on the lunar surface，and protect it while it grows．
The miniature greenhouse is to be launched into space by Odyssey Moon Ltd, a participant in the Google Lunar X Prize. This competition offers $20 million to any entrant(参加者) who can launch，land and operate a rover（漫游）on the lunar surface.
Paragon officials say future testing of the“Lunar Oasis”will be driven by Odyssey’s flight schedule，which will not happen until 2012 at the earliest．
When it does lift off the greehouse will contain the seeds of Brassica, a hardy plant related to Brussels sprouts and cabbage．Because Brassica goes from seed to flower in just 14 days，it can complete its life cycle in a single lunar night
“Colonizing the Moon or Mars seems so far away，but it is important that we do this research now，” Paragon president Jane Poynter said．
“It takes a long time to get a lot of research，and to get integrated，reliable efficient systems before colonists move in．”she said．
1.The article is written mainly to _________.
A. predict the astronauts’meals in the future
B. introduce an experiment“Lunar Oasis’’
C. tell us the future development of astronomy
D. focus on the human’s great progress
2.The article implies that __________.
A. astronauts ean grow flowers in space at present
B. Paragon and NASA will carry out the test separately
C. Lunar Oasis is a series of experiments carried out in space
D. the earliest testing of the Lunar Oasis may be in 2012
3.The underlined word “colonists”in the last paragraph probably has the meaning of _______.
A. plants B. wild beasts C. human beings D. scientists
4.The seeds of Brassica will be contained in the greenhouse mainly because _______.
A. their life cycle is much shorter
B. they are more nutritious than other food
C. they are related to Brussels sporouts and cabbage
D. they are very delicious
第一节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
If someone asks you how you can make you always 5._______
happy, you will perhaps find rather difficult to give him 6._______
a proper answer．Did you remember the old saying“No 7._______
human being can really happy who is not giving or trying 8._______
to give happiness to others”? If you will always think of 9._______
taking more from others and give them less，you won’t be 10._______
able to have happiness in your life even you are very rich. 11._______
Here’s an article for you. If each of you follow it, there 12._______
will be all end of many unhappy days of yours．So you should 13._______
learn to give up your own interests when necessarily to do so. 14._______
The Harvard Student-led Walking Tour
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Let a student take you and your family, school，or organization on an engaging，hour-long free historical tour of the Harvard Campus. The tours leave from the Events＆Infomlation Centre．Not only will you discover the location of fascinating exhibition and programmers on campus, you will also see Harvard’s rich sampling of American history and architecture from the Colonial period to the present.
Sehedule of Tours
Tours leave the Events＆Information Centre at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Monday through Friday, and at 2 p.m. on Saturday through the academic year (February 4 through May 2；September 23 through December 16). Summer tours (June 24 through August 15) are offered at 10 a.m., 11:15a.m.，2 p.m.，and 3:15 p.m. Monday through Saturday．Reservations for special tours of 20 or more people may be made by calling the Events＆Information Centre at (617) 495—1573 or emailing icenter@ camail. harvard，edu．Tours are suspended March 23 through April 2 for Spring Break, May 3 through June 23 for Spring intercession(祷告)，and August 16 through September 22 for Summer intercession．
NOTE：Prospective(未来的)students may take tours originating at the Harvard Admission office, located at Byerly Hall on 8 Garden Street in Cambridge．From April through August，the Admissions staff conducts an information session at l0 a. m.，followed by an 11 a. m. tour．Monday through Friday On Saturdays．there is no information session but the 11 a．m．tour is still scheduled．Another session is held year round at 2 p. m. with a 3 p. m. tour following．For more information on tours for prospective students，please call at(617)495—1551．
Harvard University Events＆Information Centre
Location：Holyoke Centre Arcade．1350 Massachusetts Avenue，Cambridge MA 02138
Phone：(617)495—1573
1.A person can join in a tour at ________ on Saturday through the academic year．
A. 10 a.m. B. 2 p.m. C. 11:15 a.m. D. 3:15 p.m.
2.If you want to go for an information session, you can go on _________.
A. May 2 B. June 23 C. August 20 D. September 1
3.A student who wants an information session may _______ for more information．
A. call(617)495—1573 B. call(617)495—1551
C. email icenter@ camail. harvard, edu D. go to the Events＆Information Centre
4.The above advertisement is mainly intended for ____________.
A. foreign visitors B. freshmen
C. high school students D. those living near Harvard University
Depression(抑郁症)is a serious problem today. Depression causes workers to be unproductive，causing companies and countries to lose billions of dollars. One expert says that depression is like cancer because it is “widespread, costly and deadly”. Depression hits one person in five around the world.
Although people have believed depression to be a problem among the rich and educated, studies show that depression is a problem among everyone．Over any six-month period, between five to seven percent of the world’s population will be suffering from a serious depression．
Suicide(自杀) rates among people suffering from the disease in its extreme, or clinical form were 80 percent higher than in the population at large．and suffers were four times more likely to have heart attacks．People who suffer from depression often have problems sleeping，getting up on time，and doing work productively.
Depression，which researchers agree has its origin in the genes(基因)，brings loss of confidence and ability to concentrate—making it impossible for employees and managers to work efficiently．
Depression is made more serious in China by Chinese’s inability to face it．Many people believe that depressed people are either weak or lazy．Besides，there is no good treatment，with few specialists available．
“Most patients in China just don’t get help，”a Chinese doctor says．“In my hospital，I have to see 30 or 40 patients in a morning，and just have time to say ‘Hello，how do you feel? ’ ”
In Western countries，people are not afraid to admit that they have depression，but most do not tell it to their boss，because they fear that their boss would fire them．
“In my experience，aging bosses are the most willing to admit they have it, because they feel the most secure about themselves．”an American doctor says.
Hopefully，in the near future，people around the world will be able to admit that they have depression so that they can get the right treatment.
1.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. It is widely believed that everyone may suffer from depression．
B. Depression brings great problems to its suffers in their life and work．
C. Depression is a commonly-existing problem only in rich countries．
D. The poorer and the less educated a person is，the less he will suffer from depression．
2.Compared to normal people，depressed people are likely to be_________. ‘
A. very unconfident and often absent-minded
B. easy to avoid being hit by heart attacks
C. working efficiently and productively
D. either weak or lazy
3.Depression becomes more serious in China because of _________.
A. the understanding of the problem
B. the lack of treatment and doctors
C. their unwillingness to tell it to their boss
D. the doctors’careless work
4.What can we infer from the passage?
A . People are suffering from depression because of the shortage of specialists．
B. The aging bosses around the world dare to say they are depressed．
C. More and more patients will turn to specialists for help
D. Western people are braver than Chinese people
