The incident _____ a chain of events which resulted in the outbreak of World War I.

  A. set out   B. set down    C. set up       D. set off

 Last year I had ______ narrow escape from a car crash, and I don’t want to risk

my life ______ second time.

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

假設(shè)你校準(zhǔn)備舉辦一次關(guān)于“夢(mèng)想”的英語(yǔ)演講比賽，你打算寫(xiě)一篇演講稿參加比賽。

演講主題：我們年輕人的夢(mèng)想是什么。
不同的人的夢(mèng)想

你對(duì)夢(mèng)想的理解

怎樣實(shí)現(xiàn)夢(mèng)想
注意：詞數(shù)100~120左右，第一句已為你寫(xiě)好，不計(jì)人總數(shù)

Young People's Dreams
　　Good morning, everyone! Today I'm going to tell you about young people's dreams.

     That's all. Thank you!                       命題人：王麗娜   審題人：李玉萍

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Cocaine is a   91     92  drug. Some drug users   93  cocaine, others smoke it. Both ways are dangerous. Users are also in more  94   if they share  95   with other users. 

86. The government should make smoking_______(非法的) in order to save lives.

87. ________ (統(tǒng)計(jì)數(shù)字) show that 50% of the new businesses fail in their first year.  

88. With the passing of the so-called “end of the world”, things returned to ________ (正常) soon.   

89. Usually what parents do i________ (影響) their children’s behavior in their later life.  

90. Doctors are aiming to c________ (集中)more on prevention than cure.

People often eat food to feel better. Recently, researchers have found that eating chocolate or drinking water can reduce pain, and reduce a rat’s response to heat.

The study was done by Professor Mason and Professor Foo at the University of Chicago. It is the first to show that this powerful painkilling effect occurs while the animals are ingesting(吸收) food.

In the experiments, rats were given either a chocolate chip to eat or had sugar water or common water flowed directly into their mouths. As the rat ate the chocolate or fluid, a light under the cage was turned on. It was done to provide heat that usually caused the animal to lift its foot off the floor. The researchers found that rats were much slower to raise their feet while eating or drinking, compared to tests done while they were not eating.

Surprisingly, the researchers found no difference in the delayed foot-lift response when the rat was eating chocolate and when it was drinking water. Former research showed that only sugary things reduce people’s response to pain.

“This really shows it has nothing to do with calories,”P(pán)rofessor Mason said.“Water has no calories, but it has the same effect as chocolate chip. It’s really shocking.”

The researchers believe that this effect is also present in humans. The painkilling effect can be turned to our advantage. For example, water perhaps can take the place of candy which is often used to calm children—or even adults—in the doctor’s office.“Eating is a painkiller, but we don’t need the sugar,”P(pán)rofessor Mason said.“So replace the doctor’s candy with a drink of water.”

82.What’s the best title for this passage?

  A.Chocolate is helpful to rats.

  B.People can eat food to feel better.

  C.A new way to kill pain is being studied.

  D.Chocolate and water can reduce the pain response to heat.

83.Which of the following statements about the experiments is WRONG?

  A.A light was turned on to provide heat.

  B.The rats ate the chocolate with water.

  C.Rats had slower response to heat after eating.

  D.Some rats ate nothing during the experiments.

84.The underlined word“it”in Paragraph 5 refers to“        ”.

  A.painkilling effect                       B.a chocolate chip

  C.water                                D.the result of the study

85.Which of the following is an advantage that the result of the study can bring us?

  A.Kids can eat a chocolate chip to reduce pain.

  B.Adults can drink sugar water to reduce pain.

  C.People can drink water to reduce pain.

  D.People can reduce pain in the same way rats do.

Hello, everyone! What is the true definition(定義) of Healthy Living? It sounds silly that we need to define Healthy Living. After all, we know what “Health” is and we also know what “Living” is. So today, let’s start by discussing what “Health” is.

Interestingly enough, health is not simply defined as just living without disease. The real definition of Healthy Living is the steps, actions and plans one puts in place to achieve the best possible health. Healthy Living is about making smart health choices for today and for the future. Eating right, getting fit and keeping a good emotional(情感的) condition are all part of creating healthy life. Since the whole of YOU, that is, all parts of yourself, must work in harmony together, you need to put balanced energy into each part of yourself.

The body or Physical　 You need good nutrition(營(yíng)養(yǎng)), proper weight, enough exercise and rest and proper stress management.

The mind of Emotional　 You need correct thoughts and a proper self-image. You also need to give and receive love; you need to experience happiness and you need joyful relationships with yourself and others.

The Spiritual　 You need inner calmness, openness to your creativity, and trust in your inner knowing. For some it needs having a relationship with a higher power.

Well, we all know when the body is out of balance, our body tells us right away. We might feel tired, catch a cold or become ill more often, but, believe it or not, we can also tell when the Emotional You is similarly out of balance.

78.What would be the best definition of Healthy Living?

A.Living happily and without any disease.

B.Taking steps to achieve properly made plans.

C.Making smart choices for getting one’s body fit.

D.Having one’s body, mind and spirit work in harmony.

79.The underlined part “work in harmony” refers to 　　　　.

A.keeping physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being

B.making all parts of oneself work in an active way

C.keeping your emotion and spirit in a good state

D.putting energy into each part of oneself in the right order

80.We can infer that the next part of this passage may tell us to 　　　　.

A.how to make each part of yourself fine

B.a few useful ways to live healthily

C.other definitions of “Healthy Living”

D.how to tell when the mind is out of balance

81.This passage is most probably taken from 　　　　.

A.a research document　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.a science book

C.a health lecture　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D.a hospital’s website

LONDON—England will join the growing list of places that don’t allow smoking in public buildings, taxis and other places that includes even Buckingham Palace with a strong law.

Pubs, clubs and restaurants will all be smoke-free places. Taxi drivers have been warned that they could be fined(罰款) 50 pounds, or about $100, if they are caught lighting up inside work taxis.

Experts say the bans have become unchangeable because of increasing health costs and public worry over second-hand smoke. Some of the strictest smoking bans are in some of the United States’ states, such as New York and Florida, which include bars and restaurants as smoke-free places.

Spain, Italy, Iran, Norway, Sweden, Singapore, South Africa, Uruguay and New Zealand have made laws to limit smoking. France banned smoking in many public places in February and cafes and restaurants will become non-smoking places next year. Finland will introduce a ban, too.

Bans are spreading among countries, and the World Health Organization supports them, but it said that by 2030 there will be“at least another two billion smokers in the world”and an expected decrease in male smokers“will be offset(抵消) by an increase in female smoking rates, especially in developing countries.”

In advance of the English ban, anti-smoking ads have coated bus stops and the government prepares to pay some money to help people give up smoking. The rest of Britain—Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland—already have smoking bans ready.

74.England does the following to ban smoking EXCEPT　　　 .

A.introduce a ban　　　　　　　　　　　 B.pay some money

C.reduce the health costs　　　　　　 　　 D.put up anti-smoking ads

75.What is the main idea of the first two paragraphs?

A.More places in Britain forbid smoking.

B.Taxis are smoking-free places in England.

C.People will be fined for smoking in public places.

D.A smoking ban must be put into use in England.

76.We can infer from the passage that　　　 .

A.the smoking situation is still serious around the world

B.the number of smokers in Finland is not large at all

C.ads did’t appear in England until the ban was started

D.Scotland will be one of the strictest anti-smoking places

77.The attitude of World Health Organization to the smoking bans is　　　 .

A.doubtful　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.supportive　　　

C.negative　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D.indifferent(漠不關(guān)心的)

Music will not earn an income unless it is well marketed. No matter how good you are at songwriting, composing music, playing instruments and everything on the creative side of music, you will never earn money without marketing it to your customers.

Let’s look at the steps in marketing and apply(應(yīng)用) it to the online business world to make an effective marketing plan for your music.

Find out customer’s need

Before you can discover, you need to make it clear who your customers are, by answering the following questions:

First, what industry do your customers belong to? For example, if you are a music producer, your customers will most likely be recording companies.

Second, what field are you in? Music is broad; you need to specialize. Are you a rock songwriter, a pop producer or a jazz musician?

You then need to judge your customer’s need by examining those things already commonly accepted in the marketplace: the lyrics and melodies that are popular.

In this stage, you should examine your competitors by visiting their websites to learn from them. What is done by your competitors in the marketplace(where your business belongs) is most likely to meet your customer’s need.

Predict customer’s need

What you have to predict are the things that even your competitors may not have realized. These can be discovered by doing a survey or interviewing your customers. For example, you need to ask them directly,“What things are you looking for in a music publisher? When you are searching for music online, what would be the best presentation of music material to make you interested?”

Now that you have known what your customers expect from your music, you need to write your music with the goal of meeting their expectations. This time your marketing efforts will most likely pay off.

70.We can learn from the first paragraph that        .

  A.musicians usually have little income

  B.music won’t be popular if it is too creative

  C.to earn money musicians have to give up the creative side of music

  D.it is not enough to only have good music if musicians want to earn money

71.To find out customer’s need, you have to        .

  A.interview a music producer

  B.join a recording company

  C.decide the kind of music you will make

  D.listen to popular songs in all fields

72.What is the best title to be put in the blank?

  A.Change the customers’ attitudes.

  B.Admit your own style.

  C.Meet the customers’ need.

  D.Try to get in touch with the customers.

73.Who are most likely to be interested in the passage?

  A.Famous musicians.

B.Recording companies.

C.Managers of big companies selling music instruments

D.Music-makers expecting to earn money.

Dear Daddy,

You’ve been gone for six years and I’ve had time to think. Now I’m ready to write this letter to you.

For a long time after Mom died, I thought I liked her more because I didn’t like your attitude and I thought that her softer side was more desirable. In my 15-year-old’s mind, I thought you could have stopped my mother from drinking herself to death. Instead, you were off playing tennis and working. Later, I realized that no one could make someone stop drinking. Support is important, but at the end of the day, it is a choice. You were just doing your best.

What I have learned is that I am much like you. You taught me self-confidence. I know if I am prepared to work hard enough for something, I will be successful. This is no small thing. What I’ve realized since you died is that you were always there for me. You fought to ensure that I got my place on the Quebec badminton team that I had earned. When I got divorced (離婚), you came up to see if I had what I needed to take are of the boys and you paid off my car.

You taught me not to spend money I don’t have. I’ve always kept to that rule. It has served me well. We always had a good home to live in, nice vacations, and everything we needed and most of what we wanted.

You were not a perfect parent and neither am I. My children are much more thankful than I ever was. I am thankful that I had you as my dad. I am still Daddy’s girl and I am proud of it.

66.We can know the writer’s father        .

  A.always put his family in first place       B.didn’t understand his daughter

  C.didn’t treat his daughter well            D.died six years ago

67.The writer now doesn’t think her father        .

  A.was a good husband or father

  B.had the right attitude towards her

  C.was responsible for her mother’s death

  D.did his best to prevent her mother from drinking

68.Which of the following things did the writer’s father teach her?

  a.self-confidence                       b.to love doing sports

  c.not to hate anybody                   d.to spend money properly

  A.abc               B.bd             C.cd             D.ad

69.What can we infer from the letter?

  A.The writer’s father cared about her very much.

  B.The writer didn’t have a good childhood.

  C.The writer’s children don’t love her.

  D.The writer now lives alone.