The Wife-carrying World Championship has been celebrated in a small town in central Finland since 1992. In 1992, the people of the town decided to restart some long-forgotten traditions. 1 He was said to only accept men as members of his gang who proved their worth in challenges. At that time, it was also a common practice to steal women from neighboring villages.
2 A large number of competitors, people, and journalists from Finland to Canada attend the Wife-carrying World Championship every year.
3 The Wife-carrying World Championship is held on a 253.3 meters long official track. The track has two dry obstacles and a water obstacle, about a meter deep. The wife to be carried may be your own, or your neighbor’s. The minimum weight of the wife to be carried is 49 kg. If she is less than 49kg, the wife will be given a heavy bag to carry. Each time a competitor drops his wife, that couple will be fined 15 seconds. 4
Alongside with the Wife-carring World Championship, there is also a team competition. The distance is the same but three men in the team carry the wife in turns. At the exchange point the carrier has to drink official “wife-carrying drink.” Then he may continue the race. 5
While the Wife-carrying World Championship is being held, there are bands playing music, a wife carrying dance and other forms of entertainment.”
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A．There are a few basic rules. |
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B．People everywhere hold the event. |
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C．A special prize is awarded to the team. |
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D．Do you know how these traditions restarted? |
E．This event is becoming increasingly popular.
F．The winner is the couple who complete the course in the shortest time.
G．Back in the late 1800s, there was a robber called Rosvo-Ronkainen in that area.
Betty and Harold have been married for years .But one thing still puzzles (困扰) old Harold .How is it that he can leave Betty and her friend Joan sitting on the sofa ,talking ,go out to a ballgame ,come back three and a half hours later ,and they’re still sitting on the sofa ? Talking ?
What in the world ,Harold wonders ,do they have to talk about ?
Betty shrugs .Talk ? We’re friends .
Researching this matter called friendship ,psychologist Lillian Rubin spent two years interviewing more than two hundred women and men .No matter what their age ,their job ,their sex ,the results were completely clear :women have more friendships than men ,and the difference in the content and the quality of those friendships is “marked and unmistakable .”
More than two –thirds of the single men Rubin interviewed could not name a best friend. Those who could were likely to name a woman .Yet three-quarters of the single women had no problem naming a best friend ,and almost always it was a woman .More married men than women named their wife/husband as a best friend ,most trusted person ,or the one they would turn to in time of emotional distress （感情危机）.“Most women ,”says Rubin ,“identified （认定） at least one ,usually more ,trusted friends to whom they could turn in a troubled moment ,and they spoke openly about the importance of these relationships in their lives .”
“In general,”writes Rubin in her new book ,“women’s friendships with each other rest on shared emotions and support ,but men’s relationships are marked by shared activities.” For the most part ,Rubin says ,interactions （交往）between men are emotionally controlled –a good fit with the social requirements of “manly behavior .”
“Even when a man is said to be a best friend ,”Rubin writes ,“the two share little about their innermost feelings .Whereas a woman’s closest female friend might be the first to tell her to leave a failing marriage ,it wasn’t unusual to hear a man say he didn’t know his friend’s marriage was in serious trouble until he appeared one night asking if he could sleep on the sofa .”
1.What old Harold cannot understand or explain is the fact that .
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A．he is treated as an outsider rather than a husband |
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B．women have so much to share |
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C．women show little interest in ballgames |
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D．he finds his wife difficult to talk to |
2.Rubin’s study shows that for emotional support a married woman is more likely to turn to .
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A．a male friend |
B．a female friend |
C．her parents |
D．her husband |
3.Which of the following statements is best supported by the last paragraph ?
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A．Men keep their innermost feelings to themselves. |
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B．Women are more serious than men about marriage. |
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C．Men often take sudden action to end their marriage. |
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D．Women depend on others in making decisions. |
4.The research done by psychologist Rubin centers around________ .
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A．happy and successful marriages |
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B．friendships of men and women |
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C．emotional problems in marriage |
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D．interactions between men and women . |
假如你是某校高中学生李华，暑假应邀到新西兰参加国际学生联谊活动，现已回国。请你给在国外的教师Mr. Smith写一封信。内容主要包括：
1. 表达感激之情
2. 难忘的印象：人格魅力----- 严格，关爱
3. 授课方式----- 幽默, 生动；寓教于乐
4. 感受：开阔视野，增进友谊，收获很大
注意：1. 词数100左右。 2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 3. 开头和结尾已为你写好。
Dear Smith,
How time flies! It’s about two weeks since I returned home. ____________________________
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Best,
Li Hua
文中共10处错误。要求：加词：在缺词处加漏字符号∧，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删词：在文中把多余的词用斜线＼划掉。
改词：在错误的词下面划一横线，并在横线下写出修改后的词。
Heart disease is the most common cause of death in the United States. Over a million people each year will have a heart attack and 25% will die before they get to the hospital or in the Emergency Department. _1_ Prevention is the best way so it does not damage your heart and limit your ability to enjoy life. Simple ways might help reduce your risk:
Don’t smoke
This means that you should stop smoking as soon as possible if you already smoke, and if you live with a smoker , you should put limits on the smoker. _2_
Get moving
__3_ Find a form of exercise you enjoy enough to want to do it regularly and stick to it. If you have health issues that limit exercise, see your doctor for suggestions and make sure you begin with a program that will not be too challenging for you to keep with it.
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Make sure you follow a heart prevention diet, even if you don’t have any symptoms (症状) of heart disease. _5_ You should eat a high-fiber, low-fat diet rich in fruits, vegetables and whole grains. Meats should be lean (瘦的)，and fats should be limited to heart healthy fats such as olive oil. Sugars and processed foods should be limited, and fruits and vegetables should make up a large part of your daily meals.
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A．Eat healthy foods |
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B．Manage your weight |
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C．A heart attack is a very frightening event. |
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D．The key is to prevent the disease before it starts |
E. It’s best if you can get in 30 minutes a day of exercise.
F. If you feel any of these heart attack symptoms, do not ignore.
G. If you haven’t started smoking, be sure never to start this habit.
Details of the latest James Bond film Skyfall have been shown to the public. It comes 50 years to the day after actor Sean Connery first played Bond — the superspy in Dr No.
The new film, known at the moment only as Bond 23, will be the third to star Daniel Craig as the secretagent (特工). Other names in the cast include Albert Finney, Javier Bardem and Ralph Fiennes.
British film-maker Sam Mendes, who won an Oscar for American Beauty, will direct the latest adventure.
Ajay Chowdhury, from the James Bond International Fan Club, said, “Daniel Craig’s third time as 007 has been looked forward to by Bond fans around the world. The fans have been made to wait extra long for this film since the global economiccrisis (经济危机) delayed the film for some time.”
“Mendes has an unusual way of directing, and with the acting gift and the precedent (先例) set by the previous two films in which Craig played Bond, Skyfall promises a Bond film where the sky may not be the limit.”
It is reported that the film will send 007 to South Africa and India to hunt for a criminal (犯罪的) organization. Other reported locations for filming include Duntrune Castle, near Lochgilphead in Argyll, Scotland, which is believed to be the spy’s home.
The film is set to be released in the UK this October.
Craig’ s performance as Bond gave new life to the film series, leading to the highest ever 007 box office (票房) takings of ￡367 million for his role in Casino Royale in 2006. Quantum of Solace, the most recent film in the series released in 2008, made ￡353 million.
1.According to the text, who will play Bond in film Skyfall?
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A．Albert Finney. |
B．Sean Connery. |
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C．Daniel Craig. |
D．Sam Mendes. |
2.Which of the following is NOT true according to the text?
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A．Skyfall will be the last film of the 007 series. |
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B．Bond first appeared on the screen about 50 years ago. |
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C．Sam Mendes won an Oscar for American Beauty. |
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D．Skyfall will be shot in South Africa and India. |
3.What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 5 mean?
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A．Skyfall will also be a Bond film. |
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B．Skyfall will be a great film. |
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C．Skyfall will be longer than the previous ones. |
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D．Skyfall will be set in the sky. |
4.What can we learn from the text?
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A．The film Skyfall will be released later than planned. |
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B．It is the first time that Daniel Craig has played Bond. |
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C．Daniel Craig receives little attention from movie fans. |
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D．Quantum of Solace has made the most money so far. |
