I seldom thought I had a passion. I would sit before the TV all day, thinking 1. nothing but the next shadow. It was not long ago that I first learned how important having a passion is to life.
One day I went with Mum to drop my sister off at the gym. Then, 2. Mum stopped at a red light, someone on the roadside caught my eyes. It was a man 3. (dress) in rags, homeless. That didn’t interest me, for I 4. (see) many like him before.
But he man wasn’t sitting down with a sad 5. (express). He had a radio in his hand and was dancing 6. (merry) to the music. The radio seemed to be the most precious thing 7. he had.
“Mum, why does that man have a radio even though he’s homeless?” I asked.
“He bought 8.,” she replied.
“But if he’s homeless, why doesn’t he use the money to buy food or clothes? He wasted it on something he doesn’t need.”
“Well, Sarah, sometimes food and clothes aren’t 9. only important things. We need happiness, too.”
“I see.” The man must care too much about music, so he bought a radio instead of food and clothes. I realized that happiness is the key to life. 10. it, there’s nothing to look forward to. A passion gives a person the happiness they need to keep going!
It is generally agreed that a good student must be able to concentrate for a reasonable time on a written text, yet most students are given very little help to practice this skill. Almost all classroom reading is into minutes of reading and therefore it is no wonder that a number of students have in this field.
If you have a problem with ,you must first examine the conditions in which you work. Lighting can be a problem: too many readers put up with lighting conditions. If this is a problem, and you don’t have a reading lamp, try a strong bulb(灯泡), read near a window in day time and always avoid reading in your own shadow. the light should come from overhead or over your shoulder. Reflective surfaces should be avoided. You should also excessive contrast (过度对比) caused by using a reading lamp as the only of light as this will cause great tiredness and probably eye injury.
A second reason for poor concentration is the of motivation, that is, an absence of any sense of purpose. If this is the cause, you will almost be bored by the text. Be sure that you keep your in mind during your reading so that you know you should also adopt some specific techniques—such as making notes from your reading—to aid your concentration.
If you play the role of a receiver of information, simply concentrating on absorbing everything you read, you will that your mind is overloaded, confused by the material. Then you should take a more active approach. Enter into a with the text, pausing to reflect on what you read, and what you find. That’ll be good for reading and comprehension.
1.A. forced B. driven C. admitted D. broken
2.A. problems B. abilities C. advantages D. mistakes
3.A. instruction B. communication C. concentration D. appreciation
4.A. good B. poor C. strong D. bright
5.A. Ideally B. Optionally C. Deliberately D. Cheerfully
6.A. promote B. ensure C. avoid D. increase
7.A. source B. grade C. aspect D. system
8.A. supply B. concern C. awareness D. lack
9.A. abnormal B. clear C. careful D. humorous
10.A. carefully B. strangely C. certainly D. naturally
11.A. objectives B. requirements C. memories D. considerations
12.A. sensitive B. relative C. conservative D. passive
13.A. forget B. doubt C. find D. believe
14.A. quarrel B. dialogue C. battle D. connection
15.A. refusing B. demanding C. receiving D. questioning
Many years ago, when I was fresh out of school , I was driving to my parents' home in Missouri for Christmas．I stopped at a gas station about 50 miles from Oklahoma City. While I was standing in line at the cash register(收款台), I said hello to an older couple who were also paying for gas．
I took off, but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car．I stopped and wondered what I should do．A car pulled up behind me．It was the couple. They said they would take me．We chatted and when I got out of the car, the husband gave me his business card．I wrote them a thank-you note．Soon afterward, I received a Christmas present from them．Their note that came with it said that helping me had made their holidays meaningful．
Years later, I drove to a meeting in the morning．In late afternoon I found that I'd left the lights on all day, and the battery was dead．Then I noticed that the Friendly Ford dealership was right next door．I walked over and found two salesmen in the showroom．
"Just how friendly is Friendly Ford?" I asked and explained my trouble．They quickly drove a pickup truck to my car and started it．They would accept no payment, so later, I wrote them a note to say thanks．I received a letter back from one of the salesmen．No one had ever written him and say thank you, and it meant a lot, he said．
"Thank you" - two powerful words．They're easy to say and mean so much．
[写作内容]
(1) 以约30个词概括短文的要点；
(2) 然后以120个词就“向别人道谢的重要性”这个主题发表你的看法, 并包括如下要点：
a) 叙述你向别人道谢的一次真实或虚构的经历；
b) 你是如何认识到向别人道谢的重要性的；
c) 向别人道谢对你和对方都带了什么影响。
[写作要求] 可以使用实例或其它论述方法支持你的论点, 也可以参照阅读材料的内容, 但不得直接引用原文中的句子
【评分标准】概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。
中国民工学校状况越来越受到人们的关注，假设你是李华，你和你的同学共同对你所在的城市的民工学校进行了调查。了解情况之后你写信给英语周报，呼吁全社会关注民工学校，帮助民工子弟。
[写作内容]：
民工学校的现状 | 1、设施简陋 2、师资缺乏 3、民工子弟热爱学习 |
改善民工学校现状的建议 | 政府方面：资金的投入 |
学生方面：...... （至少提两个建议） | |
呼吁全社会的人关注民工学校 |
[写作要求]
1、只能使用5个句子表达所有写作内容，信的开头与结尾已经给出，不计入句子个数。
2、文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。
[参考词汇]：民工学校：migrant school
首先，请阅读下列的应用文：
A. Chapter One. …you probably have an image in your mind of what the “perfect’ or “ideal” body looks like. Try not to press yourself to look that way. Each person is born with genes that control the shape of his/her body. Everyone is different. It’s important to be comfortable with the body you have.
B. Chapter Two. …You use energy for everything you do. That energy comes from the food you eat. Too much food or too little exercise causes your body to store the extra energy in fat cells. But, if you exercise regularly and eat a healthy diet, you’ll feel healthier and stronger not to mention look great.
C. Chapter Three. … Your body runs best on foods high in carbohydrates（碳水化合物） and low in fat and sugar. Eating a healthy diet will provide your body with everything it needs to run smoothly. Your body breaks down proteins into amino acids(氨基酸), so you don’t need to take in the amino acids separately.
D. Chapter Four. …Exercise does more than just burn calories. For instance, regular exercise makes your muscles strong and flexible, and increases the amount of muscle you have. It also makes your heart stronger and lowers your blood pressure; …
E. Chapter Five. …Always warm up and stretch for 5-10 minutes before you do strength or endurance exercises. Afterwards, take 10 minutes to cool down. Your heart should beat normally when you stop. Exercising with a group may help you to exercise regularly.
F. Chapter Six. …Supplementation of a mixture of essential amino acids will increase protein synthesis (蛋白质综合体). While supplementing with either carbohydrate or amino acids(氨基酸) may limit muscle damage and stimulate (激励) protein synthesis, there is increasing evidence that the combination can have an addictive effect.
以下是与上述章节相关的读者，请匹配读者和他/她需要了解的相关信息的所在章节。
1. Charity He always breathes heavily and his heart beats irregularly when he finishes his exercise. He wonders whether there is something wrong with his body or whether he is not suited for physical exercises.
2.Wander She likes eating meat a lot every day as she thinks that meat can provide people with energy. Besides, she does sports on weekends. However, she is not energetic enough to face the pressure.
3.Helly She has tried many ways of keeping fit, but she still gets fat because of stress from work. She doesn’t look well.
4.Tammy He is a Grade One college student majoring in gymnastics. He must write a passage about what a healthy body is.
5.Pandy He is a coach, working in a gym. He will start a new course next month on how to lose weight. For the first few lessons, he is going to talk about why people have to exercise.
Being sociable looks like a good way to add years to your life. Relationships with family, friends, neighbours, even pets, will all do the trick, but the biggest longevity(长寿)boost seems to come from marriage or an equivalent relationship. The effect was first noted in 1858 by William Farr, who wrote that widows and widowers（鳏夫）were at a much higher risk of dying than their married peers. Studies since then suggest that marriage could add as much as seven years to a man’s life and two to a woman’s. The effect holds for all causes of death, whether illness, accident or self-harm.
Even if the odds are stacked against you(the conditions are not favourable),marriage can more than compensate. Linda Waite of the University of Chicago has found that a married older man with heart disease can expect to live nearly four years longer than an unmarried man with a healthy heart. Likewise, a married man who smokes more than a pack a day is likely to live as long as a divorced man who doesn’t smoke. There’s a flip side, however, as partners are more likely to become ill or die in the couple of years following their spouses; death, and caring for a spouse with mental disorder can leave you with some of the same severe problems. Even so, the odds favour marriage. In a 30-year study of more than 10,000 people, Nicholas Christakis of Harvard Medical School describes how all kinds of social networks have similar effects.
So how does it work? The effects are complex, affected by socio-economic factors, health-service provision, emotional support and other more physiological mechanisms(机制).For example, social contact can boost development of the brain and immune system, leading to better health and less chance of depression later in life. People in supportive relationships may handle stress better. Then there are the psychological benefits of a supportive partner.
A life partner, children and good friends are all recommended if you aim to live to 100.The best social network is still being mapped out, but Christakis says:” People are interconnected, so their health is interconnected.”
1.William Farr’s study and other studies show that________.
A.social life provides an effective cure for illness
B.Being sociable helps improve one’s quality of life
C.Women benefit more than men from marriage
D.Marriage contributes a great deal to longevity
2.Linda Waite’s studies support the idea that________.
A.older men should quit smoking to stay healthy
B.Marriage can help make up for ill health
C.The married are happier than the unmarried
D.Unmarried people are likely to suffer in later life
3.It can be inferred from the context that the “flip side”(Line5,Para2)refers to________.
A.the disadvantages of being married
B.The emotional problems arising from marriage
C.The responsibility of taking care of one’s family
D.The consequence of a broken marriage
4.What does the author say about social networks?
A.They have effects similar to those of a marriage.
B.They help develop people’s community spirit.
C.They provide timely support for those in need.
D.They help relieve people of their life’s burden
5.What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A.It’s important that we develop a social network when young.
B.To stay healthy, one should have a proper social network.
C.Getting a divorce means risking a reduced life span.
D.We should share our social networks with each other.
