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Doctors say anger can be an extremely damaging emotion, unless you learn how to deal with it. They warn that anger can lead to heart disease, stomach problems, headaches, emotional problems and possibly cancer. Anger is a normal emotion that we all feel from time to time. Some people express anger openly in a calm reasonable way. Others burst with anger, and scream and yell. But other people keep their anger inside. They can not or will not express it. This is called repressing anger. For years many doctors thought that repressing anger was more dangerous to a person's health than expressing it. They said that when a person is angry, the brain releases the same hormones (荷尔蒙).They speed the heart rate, raise blood pressure, or sugar into the blood, etc．In general the person feels excited and ready to act. Some doctors say that both repressing and expressing anger can be dangerous. They believe that those who express anger ferociously may be more likely to develop heart disease, and they believe that those who keep their anger inside may face a greater danger of high blood pressure. Doctors say the solution is learning how to deal with anger. They say the first step is to admit that you are angry and to recognize the real cause of the anger, then decide if the cause is serious enough to get angry about. If it is, they say, “Do not express your anger while angry. Wait until your anger has cooled down and you are able to express yourself calmly and reasonably.” Doctors say that a good way to deal with anger is to find humor in the situation that has made you angry. They said that laughter is much healthier than anger. 1.The underlined word “ferociously” in Paragraph 2 probably means ______. A．mildly B．fiercely C．frequently D．hardly 2. Which statement is right? A．Were you angry, you would get cancer. B．Once you are angry, you will get cancer. C．Angry as you are often, you can't get cancer. D．Anger may cause you a cancer. 3. Expressing anger ferociously _________ repressing it according to some scientists. A．is just the same as B．is more harmful than C．is no better than D．is much better than 4.According to the author, you'd better _________. A．never be angry B．cool it down before you express your anger. C．laugh and laugh when you get angry D．admit you are wrong when you are angry 5. The main purpose of the text is to ______. A．describe people’s behavior at anger. B．present doctors’ different attitudes towards anger. C．stress the harm of anger D．instruct people how to deal with anger.
I was very disappointed not to be able to go to the jazz concert last Friday. The announcement in the paper said that you could buy tickets at the theater box office in Richland Hills any day between 10:00 and 4:00. Since I work from 9 o’clock to 5:30, the only time I could go to the theater was during my 45-minute lunch break. Unfortunately, the theater is on the other side of the town, and the bus service between my office and Richland Hills is not very good. But if you are lucky, you can make the round trip in 45 minutes. Last Monday, I stood at the bus stop for fifteen minutes waiting for a bus. By the time I saw one come around the corner, there was not enough time left to make the trip—so I gave up and went back to the office. The same thing happened on Tuesday, and again on Wednesday. On Thursday, my luck changed, I got on a bus right away and arrived at the theatre in exactly twenty minutes. When I got there, however, I found a long line of people at the box office. I heard one man say he had been waiting in line for over an hour. Realizing I would not have enough time to wait in line, I caught the next bus and headed back across the town. By Friday I realized my only hope was to make the trip by taxi. It was expensive, but I felt it would be worth hearing the concert. The trip by taxi only took 10 minutes, but it felt like an hour to me. When I got to the theatre, I was relieved to see that nobody was waiting in line. The reason, I quickly discovered, was that they had already sold all the tickets. 1.The writer is probably ______. A．worker B．a college teacher C．manager of a company D．a clerk 2.He learned ______ that there would be a concert last Friday. A．from his friends B．from one of his colleagues C．over the radio D．from the newspaper 3.He could go and buy the ticket ______. A．any day before work hours B．both before and after work hours C．only during lunch time D．on Saturday and Sunday 4.The word “relieved” in the last two sentences may best be replaced by “______”. A．surprised B．pleased C．puzzled D．sorry 5.The story is about ______. A．a good concert B．someone enjoying a good concert C．someone trying to buy concert tickets for his friends D．someone’s disappointment at not being able to go to the concert
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填人一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。 Do you feel 1 difficult to be happy all the time? Now I’ll give you some tips 2 how to make yourself happy. One way is being unselfish because __3__ (self) is the key factor 4 (require) if you want to get along well with others. By 5 (say) being unselfish we mean we should not want everything our own way or demand the best share of everything. 6 way is to look for good points in other people. You’ll find most people pleasant to go with and it will surely make you happy. Third, you can not expect to be too perfect, 7 don’t be too unhappy when you make a mistake. Everything will be OK if you try to make things right. Finally, it is important to remember while you are no 8_ (bad) than others, chances 9 you have may not be much better. In this case, 10_ surest way to be happy is to think yourself above other people.
Today, as in every other day of the year, more than 3,000 US adolescents (少年) will smoke their first cigarette on their way to becoming regular smokers as adults.During their lifetime, it can be __1__ that of these 3,000 about 23 will be murdered, 30 will die in traffic __2__， and nearly 750 will be killed by a smokingrelated disease.The number of deaths __3__ by cigarette smoking outweigh all other factors, whether __4__ or involuntary, as a cause of death.Since the late 1970s, when daily smoking among high school seniors __5__ 30%, smoking rates among __6__ have declined.While the decline is impressive, several important issues must be __7__.First, in the past several years, smoking rates among youth have __8__ very little.Second, in the late 1970s, smoking among __9__ high school seniors exceeded(超过) that among female by nearly 10%.The statistic is reversing.Third, several recent studies have __10__ that high school dropouts(辍学者)have excessively __11__ smoking rate, as much as 75%.Finally, though significant declines in adolescent smoking have __12__ in the past decade, no definite __13__ for the decline to exist.Within this context, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) began its current __14__ to take the most effective measures to __15__ smoking level among youth. 1. A．inferred B．believed C．expected D．hoped
2. A．peaks B．accidents C．problems D．jams
3. A．damaged B．caused C．led D．made
4. A．happy B．healthy C．voluntary D．crazy
5. A．had B．totaled C．got D．reached
6. A．youth B．students C．girls D．boys
7. A．raised B．lifted C．asked D．questioned
8. A．grown B．changed C．risen D．declined
9. A．old B．male C．young D．female
10. A．insisted B．indicated C．denied D．wondered
11. A．large B．small C．high D．low
12. A．sunk B．set C．produced D．occurred
13. A．reasons B．causes C．ways D．results
14. A．survey B．study C．figure D．effort
15. A．stop B．reduce C．forbid D．limit
阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。 Here are some comments on Li Hua from his classmates. Lily said, "Li Hua is the smartest student in our class and usually scores the highest marks in the English and mathematics exams. His homework and assignments are always done to a very high standard so our teachers ask us to follow his example. We all admire his intelligence." Kate said, "Li Hua is really a hard-working student. He spends at least four hours every day reviewing his lessons and his homework is never late. As the exams get closer he becomes even more diligent and works into the early hours of the morning, making sure he has gone over all of the information covered in our classes." John said, "Li Hua is the kind of person who is easy to co-operate with. Although he's very clever he is still willing to listen to others' opinions and take their suggestions. When we do groupwork in class we all want to be in his group because he always does his share of the work and is easy to get along with." Tim said, "Li Hua is the class monitor and the most helpful student in our class. He always makes sure the classroom is kept clean and assists the teacher in handing out and collecting the students' books and homework. When a student is absent from school he will call and tell them what they have missed." 【写作内容】 假设你叫李平，你的同学李华拟申请到美国某大学学习。申请材料需包括同伴的推荐信。李华邀请你为他写一封推荐信。上文是其他同学对李华的一些评价，请根据这些材料和你自己对李华的看法，写一封推荐信。以下是信的内容（信的开头和结尾已经为你写好）： 1. 以约30个词概括同学们眼中李华的特点和优点； 2. 以约120个词表达你对李华的看法，并包括如下要点： ⑴ 你对同学们评价意见的看法； ⑵ 以你和李华之间的经历来说明其中的一点看法。 【写作要求】 1. 作文中可使用自己的亲身经历或虚构的故事，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； 2. 信中不能出现真实的姓名和学校名称。
根据中文意义完成句子（每空1词，每题2分，共14分） 1.Tony just called me up to ____ ____ ____ ____. Tony打电话祝贺我的成功。 2.____ ____ ____ ____ the number of private cars, government should also provide more public transport. 除了减少私家车数量，政府还应该提供更多的公共交通工具。 3.Jim was sorry ____ ____ ____ ____ his wife to hospital when their baby was born. 在他们孩子出生时Jim对于没能陪他妻子去医院感到很抱歉。 4.William can’t bear ____ ____ ____ ____ like this before the whole class. William无法忍受在全班同学前被这样取笑。 5.I have a busy life with ____ ____ ____ ____ _____ feeling sorry for myself. 我生活充实，没有时间闲坐着自怜。 6.He was ____ ____ ____ ____ her yet he didn’t know what to say. 他对她充满了同情，却不知道该说什么。 7.She was adopted as a little baby, thus she ____ ____ ____ ____ her natural parents. 她在小婴儿的时候被收养，因此她对生身父母没感情。
运用所给单词的正确形式完成句子。 1.Fresh air is ______(benefit) to your father’s health. 2.Do you feel a sense of s_________(satisfy) at the end of the working day? 3.Praise acts as an _________ to the players, and therefore they will feel ______ and get the _________ to continue and improve their performance. (encourage)
根据首字母和英文解释完成下面的句子（每题1分，共11分）。 1.A survey c______(carry out; do) by China Daily shows that about 50% of the students use the Internet to study. 2.His words were beginning to a______(being angry or not pleased) me but he realized it and changed the topic. 3.Those who d_____( to refuse to do what a person, law, order, etc. tells you to do) must be punished by law. 4.In my opinion, the design is s_______(right for someone) for middle-aged women. 5.What we choose and decide forms our life, but a________(a strong wish to succeed) decides our choice and decision. 6.I was a bit a_______(worried or frightened) at how much weight she’d lost.
首先，请阅读下列应用文： A. TV 3 5.:30 pm. An hour-long children's programme presented by Terri Reene. Today's programme includes a documentary on Eastern Europe plus a look at one of the world's great orchestras in rehearsal. Also a new competition for children at secondary school. B. TV 1 7:20 pm. Find out more about Australia's animal life. This film was made last year by one of Australia's best-known cameramen, Dougie Bond. He spent over 200 hours filming the birds, animals and fish that inhabit this beautiful continent and for the first time brings some of these unusual animals to our TV screens. C. TV 3 9.00 pm. The popular science programme is back with the latest in technology and medicine. This week, cars that run on sunlight and the story of one baby's fight to live. D. TV 1 5:15 pm. Busy parents? Bored children? Do you want something educational to entertain your children while you do something else? This popular magazine programme is for the under-fives. More music, fun, songs and games with Carla and Larry. E. TV 3 6:45 pm. If you've always wanted to cook, now's your chance to learn. In the studio are two chefs who will take you through some simple recipes step by step. This is a repeat of the popular series shown last year, and a recipe book to accompany the series is available from most good bookshops. F. TV 3 7:40 pm. The latest music. Pete Hogg looks at the best of the current rap, ragga and new jack swing plus new video releases. This is the programme that tells you all about what's happening on the music scene and brings you interviews with tomorrow's young artists. 从以上选项选择出最适合以下人物的节目： 1.Although Rob leads a quiet life in a small village, that doesn't stop him from wanting to find out about the latest scientific developments. 2.Bella enjoys eating out but can't afford to spend very much at the moment as she is saving for a holiday. She has never learnt how to cook, so now might be quite a good time to find out! 3.Dan is interested in taking wildlife photographs and enjoys any kind of programme which gives him a chance to see a professional photographer at work. 4.Gina is a music teacher. Although she prefers classical music she likes to follow the kind of music that interests the teenagers she teaches. 5.Ron's wife is in hospital. He wants to find a programme suitable for his three-year-old son while he gets on with the housework and prepares a meal.
A small town in Tasmania, an island off the south coast of mainland Australia, is making itself an environmental role model by becoming the country's first plastic bag-free town. Since April 28, Coles Bay's population of 175 and its tourist shoppers have been using reusable paper or cloth bags to carry their shopping. Ben Keamey, a local businessman who supports the bag ban, said it would cut the amount of waste and prevent damage to native wildlife that try to eat the plastic. "Most businesses here come from the tourism and that's all based on the environment, so people were pretty supportive," he said. Every year Australians use more than six billion plastic bags. More than half of these come from the supermarket. Since it takes years for the bags to biodegrade（生物递减分解）, tens of millions end up polluting the environment. They kill about 100,000 sea-birds and animals, which mistake bags for food, every year. Only in the past few months have major Australian supermarkets begun cutting on their use of plastic bags. Environmental groups are pushing for a plastic bag fee like that in Ireland. There, since plastic bags cost 10 pence (about 1 yuan) each, their use has been cut by 90 per cent. Pollution caused by plastic bags is a big headache for countries all over the world. As early as 1999, Beijing said that only plastic bags of certain thickness could be used. This was to encourage them to be used again and again, since an average of six million plastic bags are used there every there every single day. 1.Which might be the best title for this passage? A．Deadly Plastic Bags B．The End of Plastic Bags C．How to Reuse Plastic Bags D．The Present Situation of Plastic Bags 2.Plastic bags will not be used by the native people of Coles Bay because they ______. A．cause the environmental pollution B．are not easy to be reused C．are not as good as cloth bags D．are not strong enough 3.Which of the following statements is NOT true? A．Plastic bags kill many animals in Australia each year. B．Most Australian supermarkets have begun cutting on their use of plastic bags. C．People at Coles Bay think poor environment may affect their tourism. D．You have to pay for the plastic bags if you go shopping in Ireland. 4.The example of Coles Bay is to show that ______. A．people take serious actions to deal with the plastic bag problem B．people begin to realise the harm of using plastic bags C．Australia is the first country in solving the plastic bag problem D．Australians are aware of the importance of protecting the small town 5.Which of the following measures on plastic bags is NOT mentioned in the passage? A．To forbid to use them by law. B．to charge fee for plastic bags. C．To make them thick enough to be reuseable. D．To make them environmentally friendly.
People often hear each others' voices without ever seeing the faces they belong to. "Nowadays we are talking away on the phone without meeting people," says Seung-Jae Moon. And from business conference calls to chat lines, people often imagine they would recognize the speaker if they saw him or her. Seung-Jae Moon, a linguist of Korea found that, under certain conditions, they're actually right. Moon decided to see just how close those mental pictures match up with reality and if there was any relation to how people speak rather than what they are saying. He recorded 16 Koreans, half men and half women, reading the same passage, and took a full-body photo and head shot of each speaker. Then he played the tapes for 361 Koreans and 173 Americans who did not speak Korean and asked his subjects to match up voice and picture. The Korean participants viewing full-body photos were quite perceptive. A majority linked 6 of the 8 women to the correct voice and did so for 5 of the 8 men. With the Korean group shown only faces, accuracy plummeted, but more than 20 percent of the subjects selected the same incorrect picture. The Americans showed no accuracy in matching the foreign voices to photos, but they too were consistent in their errors. That disconnection reveals conflicting ideas of physical and vocal beauty. Moon asked people to pick a favorite face and voice. Seventy percent of the Koreans picked one voice, but there was no agreement on a face. Americans didn' t agree on either count. And over 65 percent of both Koreans and Americans did not match their favorite face with their favorite voice. Moon hopes to use software to break voices into components like pitch and hoarseness to narrow down which elements trigger certain mental pictures. "If we can map which characteristics of the voice triggers what kind of linage, and it doesn't matter whether that image is the right or wrong one of the actual speaker, then we can create an image through voice,' he says. That capacity could help to create computer-synthesized voices tailored to conjure up specific associations — audio books for children that inspire motherly visages, or warning alerts that bring to mind a stern police officer. 1.People often think that they would ______ the speaker when they saw the speaker. A．understand B．recognize C．like D．surprise 2.Moon decided to do the experiment to ______. A．see how close mental pictures match up with reality B．how people speak C．see if there was any relation to how people speak rather than what they are saying D．both A and C 3.He asked ______ Korean women to speak and recorded their voices. A．12 B．16 C．8 D．10 4.______ were more perceptive in recognizing full-body photos. A．The Koreans B．The American women C．The Korean women D．The Americans 5.______ percent of Koreans and Americans matched their favorite face with their favorite voice. A．Less than 65 B．Less than 35 C．Over 65 D．About 20
As a teenager in 1972, Bill Gates boasted that he would be a millionaire by the time he was 20. While he did not quite achieve that goal, only 15 years later, he was a millionaire. And by 1992, as head of the Microsoft company, he became the richest man in America with assets（资产）of nearly US $ 6.3 billion. Born in Seattle, Washington on 28, October, 1956, Gates was named William Henry after his father and grandfather. From the beginning, he was an extremely energetic and intelligent child. He had read the entire world book encyclopedia（百科全书）by the age of nine. His favorite subjects at school were science and math and his favorite pastime was "thinking". Gates first started to play with computers at the age of 13. Before long he became an expert at working the school's computer. After his graduation from secondary school, Gates was accepted by the three top universities in the USA-Princeton, Harvard and Yale. He chose Harvard and began classes there the next autunm, majoring maths. But he was still obsessed（占据心里）with computers and spent as much time in the computer laboratories as he did in the lecture halls. By 1975, Gates and a partner, Paul Allen, had developed a software program called BASIC. This was not the first program ever created, but its inventors were the first to decide that people who wanted to use it should pay for it. BASIC was a success because until it came along, there had been no efficient way of getting computers to carry out instructions. Although he had not completed his degree, Gates left university and went to work full time for the new company he had formed called Microsoft. His next project was the software program that made him famous and very rich. It was called DOS, short for Disk Operating System, and it was purchased by IBM in 1980. Today it is the operating system used in more than 14 million personal computers around the world. As chief executive officer（首席行政长官）of Microsoft, Gates is known as a bright man, but one who is not easily satisfied. He is quick to criticize his staff and hates to be questioned about decisions he has made. He was regarded as a loner and unfashionable boring computer nut until his marriage to Microsoft manager Melinda French on New Year's Day 1994. Yet to many people now, Gates, is a person who is, in spite of his great wealth, humble（谦恭）and ordinary. He spends his money carefully. He eats in fast food restaurants and flies economy class. And when praised for Microsoft's great success, he has been heard to say, "All we do is put software in a box and if people see it in the stores and like it, they buy it." 1.When he was a teenager, Bill Gates wanted to be a ______. A．teacher B．doctor C．businessman D．professor 2.When Gates went to Harvard, he ______. A．was only interested in maths B．spent most of his time in computer laboratories C．developed the first computer software program D．divided his time between his maths studies and the computer laboratories 3.Before the development of BASIC, ______. A．no one was interested in computer software B．software programs were not considered commercial projects C．software programs were very expensive D．no one wanted to pay for computer software 4.When the writer says "He was regarded as a loner and unfashionable boring computer nut", he means ______. A．Bill was so strong-minded that no one could change his mind B．The only thing that could interest Bill in his life was computer C．Bill was such a boring young man that nobody would like to talk to him D．Bill couldn't work out the boring computer programs 5.Most people think that Bill Gates is ______. A．a crazy person B．a person obsessed with making money C．someone who spends money freely D．a quite common, normal person
Some young Cambodians are learning a new sport — skateboarding. Fifteen-year-old Chea Sophanit 1 (skate) for about six months. “When I see the different skaters, I just want to be like 2 .” he says. Sports like boxing and soccer are wildly popular in Cambodia, 3 Chea says skating has already become his favourite sport. 4 nongovernmental organization called Skateistan Cambodia organizes 5 (week) programs at the park. Skateistan Cambodia started its work in Afghanistan. Rory Burke works with the group, 6 expanded to Cambodia later. He says learning to deal 7 difficulties is part of the lesson for these young skateboarders. Seventeen-year-old Sang Rotha began skateboarding more than a year ago. “Sometimes I don’t do well 8 subjects like math,” he says. “I feel bad when I find 9 hard to keep up with my lessons.” Before he started training, it seemed very easy. But it was very difficult to learn tricks, and he got hurt a lot from falling off. 10 (learn) skateboarding has taught him to face difficulties and challenges.
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。 Many years ago, whites ruled South Africa. Apartheid（种族隔离制度）was the 16 of the land. One evening, two middle-aged blacks met in a “whites only” section of Johannesburg. One of them had a permit to work in the area, the other did not, which 17 he could be put behind bars（关押）for staying in this zone. 18 they saw a policeman coming towards them, and 19 . “Run!” whispered the man with the permit to his friend, “I’ll 20 .” They started running and the policeman began chasing them, shouting “stop, stop”. Finally he caught the second man. “Did you think you could outrun me!” he snarled. “Show me your 21 ！” The man, playing for time, began reaching in his pocket and finally took out his permit. The policeman was surprised and realized that he had been 22 . The man without the permit was now too far away to be caught. “When you had a permit why did you run!” he shouted 23 . “Doctor’s 24 ,” said the man. “He has asked me to run a mile every evening.” “Oh, yes? ” Sneered the policeman. “Then why was your friend 25 ?” “His doctor has also ordered him to run,” said the man. The policeman became 26 with anger. “You think you’re very 27 , don’t you?” he snarled. “But tell me, if you were running 28 for your health why didn’t you stop when you saw me running after you? And don’t tell me you didn’t see me chasing you. I know you did!” “Of course I 29 you were running after me,” said the man. “Then why didn’t you stop?” asked the policeman. “It was 30 of me,” said the man, “but I thought you too had been ordered to run by your doctor.” 1. A．property B．mistake C．law D．custom
2. A．meant B．showed C．replied D．imagined
3. A．Happily B．Suddenly C．Finally D．Generally
4. A．hid B．fell C．cried D．froze
5. A．fight B．explain C．follow D．walk
6. A．invitation B．permit C．pocket D．ticket
7. A．fooled B．hurt C．blamed D．abandoned
8. A．nervously B．sadly C．carefully D．angrily
9. A．attitudes B．methods C．orders D．hopes
10. A．stopping B．missing C．staying D．running
11. A．shy B．strict C．red D．serious
12. A．brave B．healthy C．native D．smart
13. A．only B．also C．never D．often
14. A．remembered B．knew C．believed D．agreed
15. A．stupid B．rude C．kind D．wise
下列表格反映的是上周你对某中学500名学生的睡眠状况的调查表。请你用英文为某报写一份调查报告，反映该中学学生的睡眠状况，分析其原因并提出相应的对策。
[写作内容] 1．根据调查报告显示，大多数的中学生睡眠不足，这会给学生的健康和学习都带来有害的结果。 2．睡眠不足的情况与原因。 3. 提出对策。 [写作要求] 只能使用5个句子表达全部内容。文章的开头已经给出，不计入句子数。 [评分标准] 句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。书写与卷面也作为评分参考。 Last week I did a survey on students’ average sleep hours among 500 students in a middle school. _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ ________________
短语考查 （共10小题，满分20分） 1.The Student’s Union ________ ________all students to donate money to the disaster-hit area. （呼吁） 2.When the girl saw the snake, she _________ ________ a scream. （发出） 3.The whole meal was good and the wine _______ ___________ was excellent. （尤其） 4.Most of the social problems were ________ ________ human errors. （由于） 5.You should ________ ________ ______ tell such lies. （感到羞耻） 6.Students are suggested ________ ______ their strength through physical exercise.（逐步增强） 7.It’s my honour to receive the prize ______ ________ ______ all the volunteers. （代表） 8.He is accustomed to g________ ________ the headlines of the daily paper at breakfast.（浏览） 9.The team slowly ________ ______ ______ back to the training base. （返回） 10.I ______ ______ ______ ring him when he called back. （正要）
单词考查 （共10小题，满分20分） 1.He was found in ____________（拥有） of drugs and was accused. 2.To t_____________（改造）hills into fields is an extremely tough job. 3.It was a long journey, but we e____________ (最终) arrived at the small village before dark. 4.He was b_______ from driving for three months owing to rushing red lights. 5.The door opens and closes _____________（自动地）. 6.Whatever you do, you’ve to take the possible c_____________. 7.The rise in carbon dioxide is causing a s__________（持续）increase in global warming. 8.Try to use e____________ friendly materials to consume less energy. 9.There’s a lot of a__________（焦虑）among the staff about job losses. 10.In autumn, the temperature in this city v_______ from 10c to 30c in a day.
Seeing a volcano erupt is a wonderful experience, and you can really feel the beat by climbing to the summit(山顶) of Pacaya for a close-up view. There are guided tours every day up this highly active volcano from Antigua, giving travelers a chance to see Mother Nature at her most powerful. Pacaya is an easy drive from Antigua, a beautiful city with many colorful houses along its old streets that are turned into art-works during its Holy Week festival. No matter when you come to Antigua, you won’t miss the Pacaya-tour companies. But climbing Pacaya is no easy job: it is 2560 metres high, and reaching the summit takes two to three hours of seemingly one-step-forward and two-step-back movements. As you climb, you hear the dull sounds of eruptions high above steaming. Hot remains from recent eruptions begin to line the path as you are near the active summit; the McKenney Cone(火山锥). Many tours are timed so when you arrive at the cone of the volcano there is plenty of time for sunset and the full contrast between the erupting red lava and the darkening sky. On a good day the view from the summit is extremely exciting. The active mouth boils, sending red lava over its sides, and once in a while shoots hot streams up to 100 metres into the air. There is a strong bad smell in the air even if you take care to be upwind of the cone. As evening turns deeper into the night, the burning lava quietly falls down the side of the volcano. For you, too, it is time to get down . 1.What is the main purpose of this passage? A．To attract tourists to Pacaya. B．To describe the beauty of Pacaya. C．To introduce guided tours to Pacaya. D．To explain the power of nature at Pacaya. 2.Antigua is a city . A．where people can have a close-up view of the volcano B．where the daring Pacaya tour starts C．that lies on the summit of Pacaya D．that is famous for its tour companies 3.Climbing to the McKenney Cone, people will . A．walk down to the active summit B．hear the continuous loud screams from above C．make greater efforts than to other summits D．see a path lined with remains of earlier eruptions 4.Many tours are timed for people to . A．get down the mountain in time when night falls B．avoid the smell from the upwind direction of the cone C．enjoy the fantastic eruption against the darkening sky D．appreciate the scenery of the 2560-metre-high mountain 5.The short passage probably comes from___________. A．a travel journal B．a popular science magazine C．A novel D．an advertisement
It’s true that quite a few most respected scientific authorities have confirmed that the world is becoming hotter and hotter. There’s also strong evidence that humans are contributing to the warming. Countless recent reports have proved the same thing. For instance, a 2010 summary about the climate science by the Royal Society noted that: “The global warming over the last half-century has been caused mainly by human activity.” You may not believe that humans could change the planet’s climate, but the basic science is well understood. Each year, billions of tons of greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere because of human activity. As has been known for years, these gases hold heat that would otherwise escape to space, wrapping the planet in an invisible (看不见的) blanket. Of course, the earth’s climate has always been changing due to “natural” factors such as volcanic eruption or changes in solar, or cycles concerning the Earth’s going around the sun. According to the scientific research, however, the warming observed by now matches the pattern of warming we would expect from a build-up of greenhouse gas in the atmosphere – not the warming we would expect from other possible causes. Even if scientists did discover another reasonable explanation for the warming recorded so far, that would give birth to a difficult question. As Robert Henson puts it: “If some newly discovered factor is to blame for the climate change, then why aren’t carbon dioxide and the other greenhouse gases producing the warming that basic physics tells us they should be?” The only way to prove with 100% certainty that humans are responsible for global warming would be to run an experiment with two identical Earths – one with human influence and one without. That obviously isn’t possible, and so most scientists are careful not to state human influence as an absolute certainty. 1.In most scientists’ opinion, the global warming is mainly caused by ________. A．solar activity B．volcanic activity C．natural factors D．human factors 2.The text is developed by ________. A．giving typical examples B．following the order of space C．analyzing a theory and arguing it D．comparing and finding differences 3.The underline word “identical” in the last paragraph probably means ________. A．totally different B．exactly the same C．extremely important D．partly independent 4.Which of the following is not the cause of climate change? A．volcanic eruption B．cycles concerning the Earth’s going around the sun C．changes in solar D．floods and droughts 5.Which of the following can be the best title? A．Are All the Scientists Really Scientific? B．Where Is Global Warming Leading Us to? C．Are Humans Definitely Causing Global Warming? D．What’s the Relation of Global Warming and Greenhouse Gases?
We have proof that you become what you eat. When you know the effects of different types of food, you can use your knowledge well and eat what you want to become. Food has an impact on our physical and mental health. Have you ever heard any of the following advice? Lettuce (莴苣) or milk can make you sleepy. To stop feeling sleepy you should eat peanuts or dried fish. Everyone has their own advice to give, which they have read about or have been told by older relatives. Some of these pieces of advice seem to contradict each other. Eating chocolate makes you fat and gives you spots. Chocolate contains the essential minerals: iron and magnesium (镁). What we need to figure out is what type of chocolate to eat to get the benefits and how much of it to eat. We can do this by reading the list of ingredients (原料) on the chocolate bar package. Exactly how much real chocolate is in there? And how much of that do we need to eat to get the benefits of the minerals it contains? Future restaurants might be named after the physical or mental state they hope to create. Their menus will list the benefits of each dish and drink. Some restaurants have already started this concept, and list the nutritional (营养的) content of their dishes on the menus. Let’s take the restaurant “Winners” as an example. Their menu would list dishes specifically designed to help you win sports competitions. Or you could choose the Go-faster salad, which is a large bowl of mixed raw vegetables in a light salad dressing, giving you energy without making you gain weight. And what kind of dishes do you think would be on the menu at the “Clever Café”? So what’s going to happen to hamburgers and biscuits? Will the concept of eating food, because it’s tasty, go out of fashion? Of course not! Junk food is also changing. If ice-cream is not good for children, can’t we give them fat-free, sugar-free tofu ice-cream? Unhealthy food is going out of fashion, so brands are changing. We are told not to drink cola because of the sugar and caffeine content so cola companies are making sugar-free and caffeine-free drinks. We are told dried fruit is a healthier snack than biscuits so some biscuit companies are making biscuits with added vitamins. 1.By saying “you become what you eat”, the writer means that ________. A．you will become your own food B．you will know what food is good by its appearance C．food has an effect on your health D．you will know the effects of different types of food 2.What does the underlined word “contradict” mean in the text? A．Oppose to B．Help with C．Have influence on D．Benefit from 3.How can we eat chocolate properly, according to the passage? A．To eat chocolate containing the essential minerals. B．To read the list of ingredients on the package. C．To get advice from others before eating real chocolate. D．To learn how much chocolate we can consume before eating. 4.Which is true about the future restaurants? A．The food in “Winners” can ensure you to win sports competitions. B．They might list the nutritional content of their dishes on the menus. C．Hamburgers will disappear in these restaurants. D．The Go-faster salad helps you go faster. 5.The concept of eating tasty food will not go out of fashion because ________. A．the junk food companies are changing their brand names B．biscuit companies are making dried fruit C．junk food will become healthier than before D．Cola companies are still making cola
When I was learning calligraphy my teacher told me a story. A calligrapher taught handwriting. One of his students who often practised handwriting with old sheets of newspapers complained that he made very little progress though he had learned it with the calligrapher for a long time. His teacher said to him, “Try to use the best paper. Maybe you’ll write better. ” The student did as he was told. It really worked. He made headway not long afterwards and felt curious. He asked his teacher about the reason. The calligrapher answered, “When you used old newspapers to practice handwriting，you would think you were writing a draft（草稿）. It didn’t matter if you wrote badly as old newspapers were plenty in supply. In that case you wouldn’t pay much attention to it. Now you use the best paper you’ll treasure it. Each time you write you feel strongly about the rarity (稀少) of chances and you’ll devote to it with all your heart and soul; you’ll do the handwriting much more attentively than otherwise practising it. Of course you’ve made rapid progress.” Indeed，we spend our ordinary days just as they are worthless “old newspapers”. We don’t care if we scrawl and waste them, thinking that they will come endlessly --- those “old newspapers” are inexhaustible. In such a mood we may each day pass by opportunities but fail to catch any of them. Life is not a military exercise but an actual war in which real weapons are used. In everyday life there’s no chance for us to draw a draft. That’s because what we call “draft” actually is the answer sheet we write that cannot be changed. Every day of our life is something new. Let us take every day as a sheet of best paper. 1.The calligrapher in the story told the student to write on the best paper because he thought _______. A．the student would practice more carefully on the best paper B．it was comfortable to write on the bet paper C．the student had enough money to buy the best paper. D．the student could write more on the best paper. 2.The student didn’t make much progress at first because _________. A．he regarded his writing on old newspaper just as a draft B．he was too poor to buy better paper to write C．he didn’t follow his teacher’s advice D．he was not used to the calligrapher’s teaching manner 3.We learn from the passage that _________. A．the student finally gave up B．the student made rapid progress by persisting more carefully C．the calligrapher was strict with his students D．old newspaper is not useful 4.Which of the following is true according to the passage? A．What teachers say is always true. B．Success calls for attentiveness. C．Handwriting is easy to practice. D．New things are always better than old ones. 5.The writer wants to tell us that _________. A．there are some good ways to practice handwriting B．life is like old newspaper C．we should learn from the student in the story D．life will not give us a chance to draw a draft
One winter term during college, I took a history class to fulfill a requirement. The professor was a 1 fellow with red hair. He would walk shyly into the room wearing his hooded (带帽的) winter coat, once not even 2 the hood during the lecture. He was terribly nervous in class and lowered his head 3 looking up through his glasses at his students. So I 4 a little game for myself. I would try to find something in his lecture to ask him an intelligent question about, 5 me to pay attention rather than letting my eyes close. He was obviously 6 to have a question to answer. In fact, his answers were always interesting. I continued to do this every day of the course and found myself actually enjoying the subject. The professor seemed to become a bit more 7 and some of the other students even 8 from time to time. My little game had saved me from being bored, as it was 9 to do. And, I learned quite a bit about ancient world history. Except for all of his strange __10 , he was indeed quite an expert in his field. On the last day of his class, we gathered our 11 and headed out the door. The shy, red-haired professor 12 directly in front of me, with obvious efforts, as I reached the door, and put out his hand. He said, “I want to thank you for making this class so interesting.” As he shook my hand and 13 for the first time, I was so surprised. To me, it had been a pleasant way to 14 the time. I had no idea that all of my question asking had any 15 on him or the others at all. Each of us, through the things we say and do, can have a great effect not just on our own experiences, but those of others. 1. A．strange B．patient C．popular D．proud
2. A．cleaning B．noticing C．removing D．wearing
3. A．hardly B．simply C．absolutely D．quickly
4. A．played B．continued C．created D．bought
5. A．reminding B．forcing C．allowing D．telling
6. A．angry B．surprised C．sad D．pleased
7. A．relaxed B．traditional C．reasonable D．concerned
8. A．gave up B．fell behind C．look back D．joined in
9. A．designed B．permitted C．challenged D．forbidden
10. A．explanation B．appearance C．secret D．hobby
11. A．collection B．friends C．game D．books
12. A．waited B．apologized C．greeted D．stepped
13. A．regretted B．smiled C．cried D．required
14. A．pass B．save C．fix D．waste
15. A．guidance B．result C．mercy D．effect
Childhood is a time （1）_____ there are few responsibilities to make life difficult. If a child has good parents, he is fed, looked after and loved, whatever he may do. (2)_____ is impossible that he will ever again in his life (3)________(give) so much without having to do anything in return. But a child hashis pains; he is not so free to do (4) _____he wishes to; he is continually being told not to do something, or being punished (5)_____ what he has done wrong. When the child has become a young man and this young man starts to earn his own living, he can no longer expect others to pay for his food, his clothes, and his room, but has to work on his own if he wants to live (6)________ (comfort). If he spends most of his time (7) ________(play) about in the way that he used to as a child, he will go (8)________ (hunger). If, however, he works hard, (9)________(keep) out of trouble and has good health, he can have the great happiness of building up for himself his own position in (10)________ (social).
Unless __________, she won’t go to any party. A．inviting B．having invited C．invited D．being invited
__________ his project, the boy had to stay up late. A．Not finishing B．Not finished C．Having not finished D．Not having finished
________ I agree with you; let’s combine our ideas into a strong point. A．On the whole B．As a whole C．In the way D．Under no circumstances
There are ________ food on sale in the trade fair. A．a great many B．lots of C．a great deal of D．large quantities of
_______ is agreed that the traffic accident was largely ________ the driver’s carelessness. A．He, leading to B．It, resulted in C．It, due to D．He, thanks to
I could never_________ such a person ________ always complains everything. A．come up with, who B．put up with, as C．end up with, who D．live up to, as
_________ can you expect success. A．By working hard B．Working hard C．Only with hard work D．Through hard work
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