Driving a car is not just handling controls and judging speed and distance. It requires you to predict what other road users will do and get ready to react to something unexpected. When alcohol is consumed, it enters your bloodstream and acts as a depressant (抑制药), damaging eyesight, judgment and co-ordination(协调), slowing down reaction time and greatly increasing the risk of accidents. Even below the drink driving link, driving will be affected.
Alcohol may take a few minutes to be absorbed into the bloodstream and start action on the brain. Absorption rate is increased when drinking on an empty stomach or when consuming drinks mixed with fruit juice. To get rid of alcohol from the body is a very slow process and it is not possible to speed it up with any measures like taking a shower or having a cup of tea or coffee.
The present Road Traffic Ordinance states clearly that the limit of alcohol concentration is:
● 50 milligrams of alcohol per 100ml of blood; or
● 22 micrograms of alcohol per 100ml of breath; or
● 67 milligrams of alcohol per 100ml of urine (尿液).
Drivers who cause traffic accidents, or who commit a moving traffic offence or are being suspected of drink driving will be tested.
Any driver found drinking beyond the limit will be charged. The driver declared guilty may be fined a maximum of HK $25,000 and be sentenced to up to 3 years in prison and punished for 10 driving-offence points; or temporarily banned from driving.
The same punishment applies to failing to provide specimens (样本) for breath, blood or urine tests without good excuse.
Drink driving is a criminal offence（违法犯罪行为）. Be a responsible driver, think before you drink. For the safety of yourself and other road users, never drive after consuming alcohol.
1.The first paragraph is mainly about ________.
A. the introduction of driving skills
B. the damage of drinking to your body
C. the effect of drinking on driving
D. the process of alcohol being absorbed
2.The underlined word “it” in the second paragraph refers to “________”.
A. alcohol B. absorption C. blood D. process
3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Drinking below the drink driving limit has no effect on driving.
B. Alcohol is taken in more quickly when drunk with fruit juice.
C. Having a cup of tea helps to get rid of alcohol from the body.
D. 50 milligrams of alcohol per 100ml of breath is below the drink limit.
4.A driver suspected of (被怀疑) drink driving ________.
A. should provide specimens for testing
B. will be forbidden to drive for 3years
C. will be punished for 10 driving-offence points
D. should pay a maximum fine of HK $25,000
Facebook and Twitter have become a significant threat to marriage – with social media now a factor in an increasing number of divorce cases, say lawyers.
One in seven married individuals have considered divorce because of their spouse’s（配偶） postings of Facebook or other online sites, according to research. A similar percentage admit that they search online for evidence of their spouse’s disloyalty, while nearly one in five say they have daily quarrels because of the way their husband or wife uses social media. The research was assigned by law firm Gordon in response to an increase in the number of its clients who said that Facebook, Skype, Snapchat, Twitter or other social media sites had played a part in their divorce.
Andrew Newbury, of law firm Gordon, said: ‘Social media is the new marriage. Five years ago Facebook was rarely mentioned in the context of a marriage ending, but now it has become common.” Social media, specific pictures and posts on Facebook, are now being routinely raised in divorces.’ The survey by Censuswide among 2011 husbands and wives, found the most common reasons for checking their spouse’s social media accounts were to discover who they were talking to, who they were meeting and where they were going. A quarter of the married people said the resulting suspicions led to quarrels at least once a week, and 17 percent said such quarrels were daily events.
Arguments were caused by contact with former partners, by the sending of secret messages, and by the posting of ‘inappropriate’ pictures. Some 14 percent said they looked at their spouse’s social media with the specific intention of detecting evidence of adultery（出轨）.
1.The underlined word “disloyalty” in Paragraph 2 probably means _______.
A. affection B. discomfort
C. dishonesty D. violence
2.What might checking spouse’s social media accounts result in?
A. The couple let out secrets quickly.
B. The couple lost trust between each other.
C. All the couples quarreled at least once a week.
D. The couple felt comfortable about their relationship.
3.By saying “Social media is the new marriage minefield”, Andrew means that _______.
A. a new marriage needs social media field
B. social media is a good thing to marriage
C. social media is a new field of communication
D. marriage ending will be caused by social media
4.What can be the best title for the passage?
A. Facebook, a Multifunctional Tool
B. Social Media, a Threat to Marriage
C. Posting Pictures is Killing Marriage
D. Argument about Social Media Sites
书面表达：
假如你是李华，你的英国朋友Cindy最近身体不舒服，来信向你询问如何保持健康。
请你给她回信并提出建议，内容如下：
1． 注意合理饮食：多吃鱼，豆类等有营养的食品及新鲜蔬菜和水果，不要吃太多的肉和甜食；
2． 多参加体育锻炼；
3． 保证充足睡眠，不要熬夜，每天至少睡8个小时。
注意：1．词数：100左右
2．信的开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数。
3．参考词汇：有营养的：nutritious
Dear Cindy
Yours
Li Hua
短文改错
假定英语课上老是要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的一下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧)，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。
Thank you very much for invite me to your birthday party. I’d like to come and I have to go to my hometown to see my grandparents. They are very older and not in a good health recently. However, my mother makes a telephone call to them last week, promising to visit them with me this Saturday. My mother said we will stay at my grandparents’ the whole weekend. So I’m real sorry I can’t take part your party. Here I wish you a lot of funs on your birthday.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Mike: Hello, Nancy. How are you doing?
Nancy: Fine, thanks, Mike.
Mike: Spring is here. How would you like to spend your free time?
Nancy: I prefer___1.___ (go) outdoors and spend my free time in some different places and with some different people.
Mike: Why?
Nancy: The first reason__2.___outdoor activities is that I have spent too much time indoors. Most of the time I sit in the classroom, __3.__(listen) to the teachers or doing the exercises. The indoor activities are too___4.___(limit). Fresh air, sunlight and enough sports activities___5.__(need) for a healthy body. So when I am free, I should go out.
Mike: What is the second?
Nancy: The second reason is ___6.___ I want to have more experiences in my life. When you go out, or get far away from your daily life, you___7.___get a lot of exciting experiences. ___8.__, outdoor activities will take a lot of money and energy. ___9.__ you have not prepared enough, having some amusement indoors will also be a good choice, __10.__may be much cheaper and easier to carry out. Reading some books and enjoying music are also very good.
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，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
I could have easily gone through life without getting to know one of the most romantic feelings…love for a dog. For at least ten years my ___________ had been suggesting that we get a dog．There were several reasons why the idea ___________ . We had noticed that, on our block, couples with no children as a rule ___________ one large or two small dogs. So we got one puppy ___________ we too had no children.
He flew into the house with the ___________ of a Formula 1(一级方程式赛车). In several minutes he ran over all the house, ___________ from my shoulder onto the bed, and ended up in the ___________ , where my wife washed him with motherly ___________ . From that day on, the invisible(看不见的) ___________ for the love of the new member of our household began at my home.
He seemed to ___________ that at once. Most of the meals that my wife had ___________ for him with greater care than those for me…he didn’t ___________ look at.
Every evening I went out walking with him. I could not know who was walking whom ___________ one evening, when, tired from work, I ___________ the walk. The dog was very angry and dragged me out.
Last night our dog pulled me by the ear with his teeth, ___________ me up in my dream, and dragged me into the kitchen to make me turn off the ___________ which had disturbed(干扰) his sleep. I meekly(乖乖地) ___________ that I had forgotten to switch off the light, but that was not ___________ . He looked at me like a teacher at a pupil who repeatedly makes ___________ .
Now we finally know who’s the ___________ at home, and for twenty years we had seriously argued whether it was my wife or I.
1.A．son B．wife C．husband D．daughter
2.A. put up B．came up C．show up D．make up
3.A. kept B．rose C．carried D．invited
4.A. since B．if C．unless D．before
5.A. race B．shape C．cost D．speed
6.A. climbed B．jumped C．covered D．stopped
7.A. bathroom B．street C．kitchen D．yard
8.A. worry B．power C．identity D．care
9.A. war B．work C．signal D．truth
10.A. doubt B．understand C．wonder D．dislike
11.A. reached B．searched C．looked D．prepared
12.A. ever B．still C．even D．yet
13.A. while B．because C．as D．until
14.A. gave in B．gave up C．gave away D．gave out
15.A. broke B．woke C．picked D．packed
16.A. light B．heater C．cooker D．water
17.A. hoped B．considered C．admitted D．decided
18.A. good B．enough C．bad D．true
19.A. plans B．decisions C．mistakes D．faces
20.A. child B．member C．adult D．boss
