The _______ look in her face suggested that she ________ it before.

A. surprising; wouldn't know         B. surprised; hadn't known

C. surprising; hadn't known           D. surprised; shouldn't know

What a table! I’ve never seen such a thing before. It is _____ it is long.

  A. half not as wide as           B. wide not as half as

  C. not half as wide as           D. as wide as not half

“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(跑酷).

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.

Parkour has become popular throughout the world because of     .

A. its founder, David Belle                  B. the film, Casino Royale

C. its risks and tricks                          D. the varieties of participants

The underlined word “obstacles” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to “    ”.

A. streets                                           B. objects

C. barriers                                         D. roofs

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.

As its participants move around a city,     .

A. they can ask for help                      B. they may choose to escape

C. they should run to extremes             D. they must learn to survive

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.

  As they migrate（遷移) , butterflies and moths choose the winds they want to fly with, and they change their body positions if they start floating in the wrong direction. This new finding suggests that insects may employ some of the same methods that birds use for traveling long distances. Scientists have long thought that insects were simply at the mercy of the wind.

Fascinating as their skills of flight are, migrating behavior has been difficult to study in insects because many long distant trips happen thousands of feet above ground. Only recently have scientists developed technologies that can detect such little creatures at such great heights.

To their surprise, though, the insects weren't passive travelers on the winds. In autumn, for example, most light winds blew from the east, but the insects somehow sought out ones that carried them south and they positioned themselves to navigate directly to their wintering homes.

Even in the spring, when most winds flowed northward, the insects didn't always go with the flow. If breezes weren't blowing in the exact direction they wanted to go, the insects changed their body positions to compensate. Many migrating birds do the same thing.

The study also found, butterflies and moths actively flew within the air streams that pushed them along. By adding flight speeds to wind speeds, the scientists calculated that butterflies and moths can travel as fast as 100 kilometers an hour. The findings may have real-world applications. With climate warming, migrating insects are growing in number. Knowing how and when these pests move could help when farmers decide when to spray their crops.

What's the main idea of the text?

A. Windsurfing insects have real direction.

B. Wind helps insects greatly in migrating.

C. Insects migrate with the seasons.

D. Scientists have trouble in observing insects.

Scientists originally thought that _____.

A. insects were just blown about by the wind

B. insects chose the winds they wanted to ride

C. insects always waited for their favourable winds

D. insects positioned themselves in the winds

It is not easy to study the migrating behavior of the insects because ______.

A. the little creatures can fly very fast

B. their flight is long and high above ground

C. the wind's direction is hard to foresee

D. they have no regular migrating courses

We can learn from the text that _____.

A. insects never position themselves when flying low

B. insects travel more easily in autumn

C. insects fly in the way birds do

D. insects rest a lot when the wind pushes them along

According to the newsman, as a result of_____ heavy fog, _____ expressway has been closed up until further notice.

A. a; the            B. the; 不填        C. 不填;an        D. the; the

---John is said to have learned Italian in Italy for five years.

  ---_______ he speaks it like a native speaker.

    A. No doubt B. No problem   C. No wonder    D. No curiosity

I like this jacket better than that one, but it costs almost three times _______.

A. as much              B. as many as           C. so much as           D. so many

Boiler rooms are often dirty and steamy, but this one is clean and cool. Fox Point is a very new 47-unit living building in South Bronx, one of the city’s poorest areas. Two-thirds of the people living there are formerly (以前) homeless people, whose rent is paid by the government. The rest are low-income families.  The boiler room has special equipment, which produces energy for electricity and heat. It reuses heat that would otherwise be lost to the air, reducing carbon emissions(碳排放)while also cutting costs.

Fox Point is operated by  Palladia, a group that specializes in providing housing and services to needy people. Palladia received support from Enterprise Community Partners (ECP), which helps build affordable housing by providing support to housing developers.

ECP has created national standards for healthy, environmentally (環(huán)境方面) clever and affordable homes which are called, the Green Communities Standards. These standards include water keeping, energy saving and the use of environmentally friendly building materials.  Meeting the standards increases housing construction costs by 2%, which is rapidly paid back by lower running costs. Even the positioning of a window to get most daylight can help save energy.

Michael Bloomberg, New York's mayor, plans to create 165,000 affordable housing units for 500,000 New Yorkers. Almost 80% of New York City’s greenhouse-gas emissions come from buildings, and 40% of those are caused by housing. So he recently announced that the city’s Department of Housing and Preservation and Development (DHPD) , whose duty is to develop and keep the city’s supply of affordable housing, will require all its new projects to follow ECP’s green standards.

Similar measures have been taken by other cities such as Cleveland and Denver, but New York’s DHPD is the largest city developer of affordable housing in the country.

What is the purpose of describing the boiler room in the first paragraph?

    A．To explain the measures the city takes to care for poor people. 

    B．To suggest that affordable housing is possible in all areas.

    C．To show how the environment-friendly building works.

    D．To compare old and new boiler rooms.

What is an advantage of the buildings meeting the Green Communities Standards?

    A．Lower running costs.             B．Costing less in construction.   

    C．Less air to be lost in hot days      D．Better prices for homeless people.

It can be learned from the text that_______________.           

    A．New York City is seriously polluted

    B．people’s daily life causes many carbon emissions in New York City

    C．a(chǎn) great number of people in New York City don't have houses to live in

    D．some other cities have developed more affordable housing than New York City

What is the main purpose of this text?

    A．To call on people to pay more attention to housing problems.

    B．To prove that some standards are needed for affordable housing.

    C．To ask society to help homeless people and low-income families.

    D．To introduce healthy, environmentally clever-and affordable housing.

Lipitor

What is the major function of Lipitor?

A. To help to cure liver problems.

B. To control blood pressure.

C. To help to deal with muscle problems.

D. To lower “bad” cholesterol.

According to the passage, taking Lipitor is beneficial to _________.

A. breast-feeding women

B. children suffering from stomach

C. adults having heart trouble

D. teenagers with muscle problems

If it has been over 12 hours since you missed a dose, what should you do?

A. Reduce the amount of your next dose.

B. Eat more when taking your next dose.

C. Have a dose as soon as you remember missing it.

 D. Just take the next dose at your regular time.

Which of the following is the common side effect of taking Lipitor?

A. Throat swelling           B. Upset stomach.

C. Kidney failure.            D. Muscle weakness.

信息匹配：（共5小題，每題2分，滿分10分）

下面是一篇應(yīng)用文及其應(yīng)用場(chǎng)合的信息，請(qǐng)閱讀下列應(yīng)用文和相關(guān)信息，并按照要求匹配信息。選項(xiàng)中有一項(xiàng)是多余的。

首先，請(qǐng)閱讀下列廣告語(yǔ)：

A. “Just do it!” — This slogan (口號(hào)) speaks out to teens. It tells them to do something, but only if they think it’s worth it. And if so, why not do it wearing Nike?

B. “Always Coca-Cola.”— Coke’s slogans change every few years, but this one has enjoyed a lasting popularity because it shows the brand’s spirit. It seems to say “Coke is the only drink there is; there are no other forms of drink.”

C. “Share moments, share life.” — This slogan from Kodak connects photos and beauty. It asks people to remember the happy moments in life by taking photos of them — using Kodak film of course!

D. On hearing the slogan “Make yourself heard”, you will know there is Ericsson product for you to call anyone.

E. There are some public service advertisements (PSAs) that educate people about public service projects, such as Project Hope. Its slogan is “Project Hope（希望工程） — Schooling every child.”

F. One toothpaste ad says “Bright-teeth fights bad breath!” The advertisers want you to read the word “fight” and think that the toothpaste cures bad breath.

請(qǐng)閱讀以下購(gòu)買者的信息，然后匹配購(gòu)買者和他/她擬購(gòu)買產(chǎn)品的廣告語(yǔ)：

Jack passed the entrance exam and was admitted to a famous university. These days, his father is looking for a mobile phone for him so as to keep in touch with each other closely. 

Tom was a senior middle school student. He likes sports very much and plays football every afternoon. But after class this afternoon he has to buy a pair of shoes because his shoes have been worn out.

There’s a party this evening — for Mary’s 15th birthday. Her family are making preparations for it. Her brother’s job is to buy some drink.

Joan doesn’t want to forget the past, especially the happy moments.

Alice is afraid of opening her mouth, because a bad smell will come out, which makes her feel embarrassed when talking with others. So she needs something which can remove the smell no matter how much it is.    

購(gòu)買者                       廣告語(yǔ)

Jack                          A. Just do it!

Tom                           B. Always Coca-Cola.

Mary                      C. Share moments, share life.

Joan                          D. Make yourself heard. 

Alice                     E. Project Hope — Schooling every  child.

                                  F. Bright-teeth fights bad breath!