“Our aim is to take our art to the world and make people understand what it is to move,” said David Belle, the founder of parkour ( also called free running－a kind of extreme sport).
Do you love running? It is a good exercise, yet many people find it boring. But what if making your morning jog a creative one? Like jumping from walls and over gaps, and ground rolls? Just like the James Bond in the movie Casino Royale? Bond jumps down from a roof to a windowsill and then runs several blocks over obstacles on the way. It is just because of Bond’s wonderful performances that the sport has become popular worldwide.
Yes, that’s parkour, an extreme street sport aimed at moving from one point to another as quickly as possible, getting over all the obstacles in the path using only the abilities of the human body. Parkour is considered an extreme sport. As its participants dash around a city, they may jump over fences, run up walls and even move from rooftop to rooftop.
Parkour can be just as exciting and charming as it sounds, but its participants see parkour much more than that.
Overcoming all the obstacles on the course and in life is part of the philosophy(理念) behind parkour. This is the same as life. You must determine your destination, go straight, jump over all the barriers as if in parkour and never fall back from them in your life, to reach the destination successfully. A parkour lover said, “I love parkour because its philosophy has become my life, my way to do everything.”
Another philosophy we’ve learnt from parkour is freedom. It can be done by anyone, at any time, anywhere in the world. It is a kind of expression of trust in yourself that you earn energy and confidence.
1.Parkour has become popular throughout the world because of .
A. the film, Casino Royale
B. its founder, David Belle
C. its risks and tricks
D. the varieties of participants
2.The underlined word “obstacles” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to“ ”.
A. streets B. objects C. roofs D. barriers
3.Which of the following is true of parkour?
A. It challenges human abilities.
B. It is a good but boring sport.
C. It needs special training.
D. It is a team sport.
4.Which of the following is the philosophy of parkour?
A. Sports and extremes.
B. Excitement and popularity.
C. Dreams and success.
D. Determination and freedom.
Today’s museums include plenty of high culture, but you can still find shrines（圣地）to the extraordinary. Here’s a look at five curious museum stops across Canada.
Vancouver Police Museum
The setting, terrible enough, is the old Coroner’s（验尸官）Court and forensics lab, including the morgue(room where dead bodies are kept). Artifacts, from the 1870s on, include badges, uniforms, police equipment, items from criminals, and even preserved organs—all in all an arresting experience.
Vulcan Tourism & Trek Station
Designed to resemble a spacecraft, the Treck Station celebrates Vulcan’s coincidental relationship to Mr. Spock’s planet, Go to a building that features an 800-piece collection of Star Trek memorabilia — including Spock’s ears and floor-to-ceiling space paintings. If you want to know more about it, click here: http//www. Vulcantourism. com
Accordion（手风琴）Museum
Through instruments, photos and recordings, the museum traces the history of the accordion and its influence on Quebec culture. They’ve even acquired Asian instruments that show the use of the free reed— call them ancient ancestors of the accordion—that date back 4000 years.
Chocolate Museum
It’s chocoholic heaven — whole museum featuring displays on how chocolate is made, hands-on exhibits, collections of historic chocolate boxes, and antique candy- making equipment and, of course, lots of chocolate treats ,located in an old candy factory building. Click below to learn all about their hours and admission rates. http:// www. Chocolate museum .ca
Potato museum
A 14--foot high potato greets you at what’s billed as the world’s largest exhibit of potato artifacts. Explore the humble potato’s role in the economy, a collection of farm tools related to growing and harvesting potatoes, Hall of Fame.
1.If you are very interested in thrilling movies, you will probably be attracted by .
A. Accordion Museum B. Vancouver Police Museum
C. Potato Museum D. Chocolate Museum
2.We can infer from the passage that the ancestors of accordion originated in .
A．Canada B．America C．Asia D．Africa
3.The passage is most likely to be taken from .
A．a magazine B．a newspaper
C．a website D．a brochure
书面表达
假设你是光明中学的学生李华，得知国外某大学历史悠久，课程灵活，有意申请到该校英语系学习。请根据表格信息，用英语写一封自荐信。
个人信息 | 男，17岁，高三年级学生 |
性格与潜质 | 开朗，喜欢与人交往；有良好的团队精神；适应能力强 |
学习与获奖情况 | 学习刻苦，成绩名列前茅 曾获学校英语演讲比赛一等奖 |
注意： 1．词数100左右。 2．信的开头和结尾已经给出。
提示词：英语演讲比赛—English Speech Contest
Dear Sir，
My name is Li Hua from Guang Ming High School in Beijing, China.
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Looking forward to your early reply.
Yours，
Li Hua
短文改错假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(/)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Good morning, everyone，
It's great honor for me to speak here. My name's Li Xiaojun, born of a harmonious family. My father and mother are all high school teachers. Influenced by them, I read widely during my early age, but I've developed a great interest in arts and sports. I'm easygoing, get along well with my classmates.
It is this personality which helps me win over all my classmates' friendships, and also help me overcome many difficulties both in academic and personal life. Being admitted in your university has always been a beautiful dream for me. I dream constantly that I, along with mine classmates, will study happy with the help of the respectable professors; I dream that I will swim freely in the sea, enjoying the waves of knowledge.
I hope all my dream will come true in the near future.
Thank you.
语法填空
A guest comes up to Mrs. Dale, the Duty Manager, telling her__1.__(anger) about the Hall Porter's Department. Since there are__2.__guests present, the Duty Manager invites the guest to come to her office__3.__(talk) things over.
The guest says that the Hall Porter yesterday__4.__(promise) to get theatre tickets __5.__a show in the city. He says that today,__ 6._he went to collect the tickets there was__7._porter on duty. The porter could not find any tickets for the guest, __8.__could not find any record of the request for tickets. __9.__seems that the porter on duty today did not believe that the guest had made any request for tickets. The guest says that the tickets were promised,__ 10.__he has planned to go to the theatre that night, and that it is the hotel's job to provide the tickets.
完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
Mr. Glen is a millionaire. Five years ago, after returning from abroad to his motherland, he ____ up his small company. Speaking of success, Glen often tells us a story about his ___ expensive “school” fees. He always owes his success to it.
At that time, Glen, who already got a Ph. Degree, decided to return to the homeland, starting a company. Before ____， he bought a Rolex watch with the ____ made through years of work after school and the scholarships. At the airport he had to accept the routine customs check. The watch on his wrist was also demanded to be ____ down for inspection. Glen knew that carrying the ____ goods out had to pay the tax. And he worried about paying ____ for his watch. So when he was checked, he told a lie that his watch was a worthless ____. When he was ____ of his “smarts”， immediately, ____ the presence of Glen, the officers hit the watch, which ____ nearly ￥100,000, into pieces at hearing Glen's words. Glen was amazed. ____ he understood why, he was taken to the office to be __ _ strictly. For many times of entryexit ____ he knew that only those people in the “blacklist” would “enjoy” this special treatment. The officers looked out every thing carefully in the box, and warned him ____ time of entry and exit he must accept the check and if ____ reusing and carrying fake and shoddy (劣质的) goods, he would be charged according to law! Suddenly, his face turned red, and he had nothing in mind after ___ the plane for long.
After returning to the homeland, he often told the story to his family, and his employees, too. He said that this made a deep ____ on him, because an additional high “school” fee that he had ever paid made him realize the value of ____， which he would ____ as the secret of his success forever.
1.A. set B. Came C. went D. called
2.A. good B. Bad C. extra D. few
3.A. staying B. Leaving C. living D. coming
4.A. books B. Things C. saving D. pounds
5.A. put B. Looked C. taken D. lied
6.A. ordinary B. Common C. specific D. many
7.A. one B. It C. them D. these
8.A. present B. Trade C. toy D. fake
9.A. afraid B. Proud C. well D. hard
10.A. in B. On C. before D. after
11.A. paid B. Spent C. took D. cost
12.A. Before B. After C. If D. Though
13.A. appreciated B. Beaten C. spoken D. examined
14.A. conditions B. Experiences C. experiments D. chances
15.A. no matter what B. no matter how C. no matter when D. no matter why
16.A. came out B. found out C. sent out D. set out
17.A. landing B. Flying C. catching D. boarding
18.A. expression B. Idea C. thought D. impression
19.A. honesty B. Lies C. goods D. things
20.A. remember B. Learn C. revise D. read
