【題目】You never played the video dance game? Now such games are used to help lose weight!

Like many other teenage boys, Jones loves sports. But at 5 feet, 175 pounds, he found his weight in trouble. His doctor wanted him to lose 50 pounds so that he may be a good football game player by the end of the summer.

Jones chose the popular Dance Revolution video game at home to increase his activity. He had lost about 10 pounds by changing his diet. Now, after two weeks’ playing the game, he has lost another 10!

A health study is being done by an insurance company. The company hopes that the game will lead to better health and lower costs. “Obesity claims last year cost us $ 77 million. We have to cut those costs,” said a member of the insurance group. The company provides a game console (游戲主機(jī)), a dance mat and software for the six-month, $ 60,000 study.

The study is more than a commercial thing of an insurance company. It is widely supported by physical education and health professionals.

In West Virginia, 43% of the nearly 6,000 children examined for heart disease risk were considered over-weighted; more than 25% were too fat. “We are in a crisis of childhood obesity not only in West Virginia but in America,” said a researcher.

Researchers are now looking at the potential for improving effects by using the game. A teacher in West Virginia has been using the video games in her classes since last fall. She reported that the game does improve heart health as well as eye-hand coordination (協(xié)調(diào)能力), and her students take the video game as a great alternative to jumping rope or ball games.

The US Education Department is putting the game in 20 schools to control childhood obesity. Well, are you going to try such to dance away your extra weight?

【1】The underlined part is trying to tell us _____.

A. the study involves many insurance companies

B. the study is only an insurance company’s business

C. the study is less important than the insurance company’s money

D. it’s not only the insurance company that is concerned about the study

【2】It can be inferred that _____.

A. the government thinks highly of the dance game

B. in West Virginia, more than 25 % of the adults were too fat

C. a teacher is a failure in using the video game in her classes

D. the US Education Department isn’t interested in the game

【3】The most suitable title of the passage is _____.

A. Dance Away Your Weight

B. Play the Video Dance Game

C. Solve the Problem of Obesity

D. Cut the Cost of Obesity Claims

【題目】Albert was an ordinary worker in an oil company in America. His workmates gave a nickname(綽號(hào)) “Four dollars a bucket (桶)” to him, for he was always used to leaving an advertisement of his company “Four dollars a bucket of oil” below his name whenever and wherever he wrote down his name.

As time went by, people forgot his real name. Later, when Rockefeller, the board chairman of the oil company, heard of it, he was very surprised, so he invited Albert to come to his office.

“Some people give you a nickname for ‘Four dollars a bucket’. Why aren’t you angry?” asked Rockefeller with some puzzlement in his eyes.

“Oh! Mr. Rockefeller! I like this nickname very much, because ‘Four dollars a bucket’ is our company’s advertisement. As long as someone calls me ‘Four dollars a bucket’ once, I think it’s a free advertisement for our company. I have no reason to get angry. Don’t you think so, Mr. Rockefeller?”

“Oh! What a fantastic man!” Rockefeller said excitedly when hearing Albert’s words. “Young man, work harder! You must succeed in the future! I believe in you!”

Five years later, Albert became the second board chairman after Rockefeller.

Later Albert said in one of his reports, “I don’t think we should feel frustrated when we have no way to do the world-shaking things. We should treat everything actively because maybe our future success will begin from a small thing!”

【1】What was Albert in the oil company at the beginning?

A. A customer.B. A worker.C. A manager.D. An assistant.

【2】Why wasn’t Albert angry at his nickname?

A. He could become famous.

B. He liked to have a nickname.

C. It could make his workmates happy.

D. It could advertise for his company for free.

【3】What is the main idea of this passage?

A. It’s very important to do small things well.

B. Rockefeller asked young people to work harder.

C. You can’t get angry when someone calls your nickname.

D. You should make more advertisements for your company.

【4】What would be the best title for this passage?

A. A Clever Way to Make Advertisements

B. Albert and Rockefeller

C. Four Dollars a Bucket

D. The Second Board Chairma

【題目】I really love my job because I enjoy working with small children and like the challenges and awards from the job. I also think my work is important. There was a time when I thought I would never have that sort of career.

I wasn’t an excellent student because I didn’t do much schoolwork. In my final term I started thinking what I might do and found I didn’t have much to offer. I just accepted that I wasn’t the type to have a career.

I then found myself a job — looking after two little girls. It wasn’t too bad at first. But the problems began when I agreed to live in so that I would be there if my boss had to go out for business in the evening. We agreed that if I had to work extra hours one week, she’d give me time off the next. But unfortunately, it didn’t often work out. I was getting extremely tired and fed up, because I had too many late nights and early mornings with the children.

One Sunday, I was in the park with the children, and met Megan who used to go to school with me. I told her about my situation. She suggested that I should do a course and get a qualification（資格證書）if I wanted to work with children. I didn’t think I would be accepted because I didn’t take many exams in school. She persuaded me to phone the local college and they were really helpful. My experience counted for a lot and I got on a part-time course. I had to leave my job with the family, and got work helping out at a kindergarten.

Now I’ve got a full-time job there. I shall always be thankful to Megan. I wish I had known earlier that you could have a career, even if you aren’t top of the class at school.

【1】 What is the author’s present job?

A. Working part-time in a college.

B. Taking care of children for a family.

C. Helping children with their schoolwork.

D. Looking after children at a kindergarten.

【2】When staying with the two girls’ family, the author ________.

A. was paid for extra work

B. often worked long hours

C. got much help from her boss

D. took a day off every other week

【3】Why did the author leave her first job?

A. She found a full-time job.

B. She was fed up with children.

C. She decided to attend a part-time course.

D. She needed a rest after working extra hours.

【4】What has the author learned from her own experiences?

A. Less successful students can still have a career.

B. Qualifications are necessary for a career.

C. Hard work makes an excellent student.

D. One must choose the job one likes.

【題目】閱讀下面材料，在空白處填入適當(dāng)?shù)膬?nèi)容(1個(gè)單詞)或括號(hào)內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。

A man once had four sons 【1】 never stopped quarrelling with one 【2】 . He was always telling them 【3】much easier life would be if they worked together, but they took 【4】 (absolute) no notice of him. One day he decided to show them 【5】 he meant.

He called all the sons together and put a tightly 【6】 (tie) bundle of sticks on the floor in front of them. "Can you break that?" he asked the son. The boy put his knee on the bundle but 【7】 he pressed and pulled with his arms he could not bend the wood. The father asked each son 【8】 turn to try to break the bundle, but 【9】 of them could do it . Then he untied the string and scattered the sticks. "Now try," he said. The boys broke the sticks easily in their hands. said the father. "If only you stand together, no one can hurt you .If you all 【10】 (agree) the whole time and insist on going your separate ways, the first enemy you meet will be able to destroy you.”

【題目】The Healthy Habits Survey shows that only about one third of American seniors have correct habits. Here are some findings and expert advice.

【1】 What is found out about American seniors?

A. Most of then have good habits.

B. Nearly 30% of them bathe three days a week.

C. All of them are fighting germs better than expected.

D. About one third of them brush their teeth only once a day.

【2】 Doctors suggest that people should wash their hands ________.

A. twice a day B. three times a day

C. four times a day D. eight times a day

【3】 Which of the following is true according to the text?

A. We should keep from touching our faces.

B. There are less than 300 types of bacteria in the mouth.

C. A kitchen sponge can carry more germs than a toilet.

D. We should wash our hands before touching a door handle.

【4】The text probably comes from ________.

A. a guide book B. a popular magazine

C. a book review D. an official document

【題目】單句改錯(cuò)

增加：在缺詞處加一個(gè)漏字符號(hào)（∧），并在其下面寫出該加的詞。

刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（\）劃掉。

修改：在錯(cuò)的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。

注意：每處錯(cuò)誤及其修改均限一詞。

【1】Many people are opposed to cut down the old tree for building a shopping center.

【2】You can be physical addicted to nicotine, which is one of the hundreds of chemicals in cigarettes.

【3】I do hope so because I want you to live as long and healthy life as I have.

【4】The accident resulted from three men being killed.

【5】Please tell me the effect that smoking can have in sporting performance.

【6】I’d appreciate that if you could teach me how to use the computer.

【7】With the door being locked, the students couldn’t get into the classroom.

【8】I enjoyed the movie very much. I wish I read the original book before.

【9】A medical team making up of three doctors and a nurse was sent there.

【10】The government has lifted the ban about importing from Japan.

【題目】D

Perhaps you think you could easily add to your happiness with more money. Strange as it may seem, if you're unsatisfied, the issue is not a lack of means to meet your desires but a lack of desires—not that you cannot satisfy your tastes but that you don't have enough tastes.

Real riches consist of welldeveloped and hearty capacities(能力) to enjoy life. Most people are already swamped(淹沒) with things. They eat, wear, go and talk too much. They live in too big a house with too many rooms, yet their house of life is a hut.

Your house of life ought to be a mansion(豪宅), a royal palace. Every new taste, every additional interest, every fresh enthusiasm adds a room. Here are several rooms your house of life should have.

Art should be a desire for you to develop simply because the world is full of beautiful things. If you only understood how to enjoy them and feed your spirit on them, they would make you as happy as to find plenty of ham and eggs when you're hungry.

Literature, classic literature, is a beautiful, richly furnished room where you might find many an hour of rest and refreshment. To gain that love would go towards making you a rich person, for a rich person is not someone who has a library but who likes a library.

Music like Mozart's and Bach's shouldn't be absent. Real riches are of the spirit. And when you've brought that spirit up to where classical music feeds it and makes you a little drunk, you have increased your thrills and bettered them. And life is a matter of thrills.

Sports, without which you remain poor, mean a lot in life. No matter who you are, you would be more human, and your house of life would be better supported against the bad days, if you could, and did, play a bit.

Whatever rooms you might add to your house of life, the secret of enjoying life is to keep adding.

【1】The author intends to tell us that________．

A．true happiness lies in achieving wealth by fair means

B．big houses are people's most valued possessions

C．big houses can in a sense bring richness of life

D．true happiness comes from spiritual riches

【2】The underlined sentence in the second paragraph probably implies that________．

A．however materially rich, they never seem to be satisfied

B．however materially rich, they remain spiritually poor

C．though their house is big, they prefer a simple life

D．though their house is big, it seems to be a cage

【3】It can be learned from the passage that ________．

A．more money brings more happiness

B．a(chǎn)rt is needed to make your house beautiful

C．literature can enrich your spiritual life

D．sports contribute mainly to your physical fitness

【題目】單詞拼寫

【1】We shook hands and __________ (交換) business cards.

【2】The company’s exports have been increasing ___________ (平穩(wěn)地).

【3】Some fortune-tellers say that they can ___________ (預(yù)測(cè)) future events.

【4】I behaved badly yesterday and I am __________ (羞愧的) now.

【5】Staying ___________ (精神上) healthy is not always easy, especially during tough times.

【6】You need to value quality more than __________ (數(shù)量).

【7】To my delight, my cousin has been awarded a ___________ (獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金) to study at Harvard.

【8】It must be ________ (強(qiáng)調(diào)) that this disease is very rare.

【9】He ___________(瞥一眼) at the envelope and recognized his uncle’s handwriting.

【10】I asked her to ___________ (傳達(dá)) my best wishes to her mother.

【題目】書面表達(dá)

近年來, 隨著私家車的增加, 城市交通越來越擁擠。在中、小學(xué)生上學(xué)或放學(xué)時(shí), 校門口以及學(xué)校附近擁擠問題更加嚴(yán)重。這給學(xué)生、教師、家長(zhǎng)和其他市民帶來許多不便。尤其值得注意的是, 學(xué)校附近的交通堵塞也存在不可忽略的隱患。為此, 這引起了不少民眾的擔(dān)憂。你作為一名在校學(xué)生, 署名張小明, 根據(jù)以下要點(diǎn)寫一封英語信, 向本校英語報(bào)投稿。

1. 為什么要寫這封英語信。

2. 你們學(xué)校門口及附近交通擁擠的原因。

3. 提出二至三條建議。

注意：詞數(shù)100左右。

Dear Editor,

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Yours,

Zhang Xiaoming

【題目】假如你是李明，你的筆友王軍寫信告訴你，因?yàn)榭荚囁�出現(xiàn)了一些焦慮癥狀，請(qǐng)你寫信給他一些建議：

建議內(nèi)容：1．考前制定好合適的復(fù)習(xí)計(jì)劃；

2．考試期間有規(guī)律的作息；

3．睡前洗熱水澡、喝熱牛奶等有助于睡眠；

4．體育鍛煉緩解壓力；

5．聽音樂放松。

注意：1.根據(jù)以上內(nèi)容寫一篇短文，不要逐句翻譯，可適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)以使行文連貫。

2.要準(zhǔn)確使用語法和詞匯；使用一定的句型、詞匯，清楚、連貫地表達(dá)自己的意思；

3.詞數(shù)：100個(gè)左右。開頭結(jié)尾已給出，不計(jì)詞數(shù)。