----The cake is delicious.
----Well, at least it is the one I baked last week.
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B．no better than |
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C．no worse than |
D．not better than |
Not far from the school there was a garden, owner seated in it playing chess with his little grandson every afternoon.
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A．its |
B．whose |
C．which |
D．that |
To make matters worse, Mr．Green lost his job last year．So the family are struggling to make ends meet．
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A．/; the |
B．/; / |
C．the; / |
D．the; the |
写作（满分30分）
请你以“Confidence and Hope”为题，写一篇120-150词的英语短文。内容包括以下信息：
1．生活中困难不可避免，面对困难需要信心；
2．举例说明信心在学习、生活等方面的作用；
3．你对困难的态度。
注意：为了使文章通顺完整，可以适当增加内容
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阅读表达（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分）
阅读下面的短文，并根据短文后的要求答题。（请注意问题后的词数要求）
〔1〕Too much TV-watching can harm children’s ability to learn and even reduce their chances of getting a college degree, new studies suggest in the latest effort to examine the effects of television on children．
〔2〕One of the studies looked at nearly 400 northern California third-graders．Those with TVs in their bedrooms scored about eight points lower on math and language arts tests than children without bedrooms TVs．
〔3〕A second study, looking at nearly 1,000 grown-ups in New Zealand, found lower education levels among 26-year-olds who had watched lots of TV during childhood．But the results don’t prove that TV is the cause and don’t rule out that already poorly motivated youngsters（年轻人）may watch lots of TV．
〔4〕Their study measured the TV habits of 26-year-olds between ages 5 and 15．Those with college degrees had watched an average of less than two hours of TV per weeknight during childhood,___________ more than 2½ hours for those who had no education beyond high school．
〔5〕In the California study, children with TVs in their rooms but no computer at home scored the lowest, while those with no bedroom TV but who had home computers scored the highest．
〔6〕While this study does not prove that bedroom TV sets caused the lower scores, it adds to accumulating findings that children shouldn’t have TVs in their bedrooms．
1.What would be the best title for this text?
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2.Which sentence in the text is closest in meaning to the following one?
Without the accurate proof , bedroom TV sets may be to blame for the reason for lower scores, besides．
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3.Fill in the blank in Paragraph 4 with proper words．（ no more than 8 words）
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4.What information can we get from these studies?（within 15 words）
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5.Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 into Chinese．
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Since we are social beings, the quality of our lives depends in large measure on our interpersonal relationships．One strength of the human conditions is our possibility to give and receive support from one another under stressful（有压力的） conditions．Social support makes up of the exchange of resources among people based on their interpersonal ties．Those of us with strong support systems appear better able to deal with major life changes and daily problems．People with strong social ties live longer and have better health than those without such ties．Studies over types of illnesses, from depression to heart disease, show that the presence of social support helps people defend themselves against illness, and the absence of such support makes poor health more likely．
Social support cushions stress in a number of ways．First, friends, relatives and co-workers may let us know that they value us．Our self-respect is strengthened when we feel accepted by others in spite of our faults and difficulties．Second, other people often provide us with informational support．They help us to define and understand our problems and find solutions to them．Third, we typically find social companionship supportive．Taking part in free-time activities with others helps us to meet our social needs while at the same time distracting（转移注意力） us from our worries and troubles．Finally, other people may give us instrumental support — money aid, material resources, and needed services — that reduces stress by helping us resolve and deal with our problems．
1.Interpersonal relationships are important because they can _______．
A．make people live more easily B．smooth away daily problems
C．deal with life changes D．cure types of illnesses
2.The researches show that people's physical and mental health _______．
A．lies in the social medical care systems which support them
B．has much to do with the amount of support they get from others
C．depends on their ability to deal with daily worries and troubles
D．is related to their courage for dealing with major life changes
3.Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word “cushions” ?
A．takes place of B．makes up of
C．lessens the effect of D．gets rid of
4.Helping a sick neighbor with some repair work in spare time is an example of _______．
A．instrumental support B．informational support
C．social companionship D．the strengthening of self-respect
5.What is the subject discussed in the text?
A．Interpersonal relationships．
B．Kinds of social support．
C．Ways to deal with stress．
D．Effects of stressful conditions．
