單詞拼寫（每小題1分，共10分）

That lovely cottage by the seaside has been in the         （擁有）of their family for  more than eighty years.                 

July 13,2001 saw a very bright night in Beijing that will never．              （交談）from memory.

He give us an       （描述）of what happened.  

He is leading an        （獨立的）life. He lives on his own.     

There office is on the            （第九）floor.

         （相比較）with the service industry, foreign trade is more important.

Have you h ad any           （冒險的）experience? 

Your advice at present is       （有價值的）to me.    

On       （平均）,people who don’t smoke are healthier than people who do.

Young people usually have more    （能量）than older people.

完形填空 （共20小題；每小題1．5分，滿分30分）

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項。

Michael is the kind of guy you love to hate．He is always in a good  21 and always has something  22  to say．

     If an employee was having a bad day, Michael was there telling the  23  how to look on the positive side of the situation．Seeing this style really made me  24  , so one day I went up to Michael and asked him, "I don' t  25  ．You can' t be positive all the time．How do you do it?"

     Michael replied, each morning I  26 and say to myself 'Mike, you have two  27 today．You can choose to be in a  28  mood or be in a bad mood．' I  29  to be in a good mood．Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a  30  or choose to learn from it．I choose to learn from it．"

     "Yeah, right．It isn't that easy．" I protested．

     "Yes it is, " Michael said．"Life is all about choices．You choose how you react  31 situations and how people will affect your mood．You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood．The bottom line is: It's your choice  32  you live life．"

     Several years later, I heard Michael was involved in a serious 33 , falling off 60 feet from a communications tower．After l8 hours of surgery, and weeks of intensive  34  , Michael recovered．When I asked him what had  35  his mind as the accident took place．

     "The first thing that went through my mind was the well being of my soon-to-born daughter," Michael replied．"Then, as I  36  on the ground, remembered I had two choices: I could choose to live or I could choose to  37  ．I chose to live．"

     Michael lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also  38  his amazing attitude．

     I learned from him  39  every day we have a choice to live fully． 40 is everything．

21．A．mood       B．sense       C．feeling      D．emotion

22．A．active     B．positive    C．reactive    D．negative

23．A．trainee    B．interviewee     C．employee  D．bee 

24．A．moved    B．interested        C．precious         D．curious

25．A．take it      B．hold it     C．make it    D．get it

26．A．make up B．take up    C．wake up         D．bring up

27．A．roads       B．choices     C．ways        D．methods

28．A．good B．pretty      C．nice D．smart

29．A．decide     B．choose      C．feel   D．require

30．A．cook        B．receiver    C．victim      D．leader

31．A．by     B．against     C．with        D．to

32．A．what        B．that C．how  D．which

33．A．thing B．incident   C．accident    D．state

34．A．help  B．care        C．rest   D．holiday

35．A．gone through   B．broken through C．looked through D．read through

36．A．sat  B．lay    C．stood       D．lied

37．A．move       B．leave       C．die  D．remove

38．A．so long as       B．in case of        C．instead of       D．because of

39．A．what        B．how C．that   D．which

40．A．Attitude         B．Choice     C．Person     D．World

Do you love holidays but hate the increase weight that follows? You are not alone.

Holidays are happy days with pleasure and delicious foods . Many people , however , are worried about the weight that comes along with the delicious foods . With proper planning , though , it is possible to control your weight . The idea is to enjoy the holidays but not to eat too much . You don’t have to turn away from the foods that you enjoy . The following suggestions may be of some help to you .

Do not miss meals . Before you leave home for a feast ,have a small , low-fat snack . This may help to keep you from getting too excited before delicious foods .

Begin with clear soup and fruit or vegetables . A large glass of water before you eat may help you feel full .

Use a small plate ; a large plate will encourage you to have more than enough .

Better not have high-fat foods . Dishes that look oily or creamy have much fat in them .

Choose lean meat . Fill your plate with salad and green vegetables.

If you have a sweet tooth , try mints (薄荷) and fruits .They don’t have fat content as cream and chocolate.

Don’t let exercise take a break during the holidays. A 20-minute walk after a meal can help burn off excess calories .

In order to really enjoy your holidays without putting on weight , you’d better  _.

A. drink much water and have vegetables only

B. not eat much food in high-fat

C. not accept invitations to feasts

D. turn away from delicious foods

According to the passage , ____ is necessary part to stop you from putting on weight .

   A. vegetables  B. water    C. calories of energy         D. physical exercise

Many people can’t help putting weight after the holidays because they _______

   A. can’t control themselves        B. go to too many feasts                     

C. enjoy delicious foods           D. can’t help turning away from the foods

Excess calories can be found in your body in the form of _________

   A. energy        B. something invisible     C. food      D. fat

Dieters are often advised to stop drinking alcohol to avoid the extra calories lurking in a glass of wine or a favorite cocktail. But new research suggests that women who regularly consume moderate(適度的) amounts of alcohol are less likely to gain weight than nondrinkers and are at lower risk for obesity (fatness).

The findings, reported this week in the Archives of Internal Medicine, are based on a study of 19,220 United States women aged 30 to 40 who fall into the “normal weight” based on their body mass index. Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston tracked the women’s drinking habits over 13 years. About 60 percent of the women were light or regular drinkers, while about 40 percent reported drinking no alcohol.

Over the course of the study, 41 percent of the women became overweight. Although alcohol is packed with calories, the nondrinkers in the study actually gained more weight over time: nine pounds, on average, compared with an average gain of about three pounds among regular moderate drinkers. The risk of becoming overweight was almost 30 percent lower for women who consumed one or two alcohol drinks a day, compared with nondrinkers.

The findings are certain to be confusing for women who continue to receive conflicting messages about the health benefits and risks of alcohol. Although moderate drinking is associated with better heart health, regular drinking also increases breast cancer risk.

The trend toward less weight gain among drinkers doesn’t appear to hold true for men. A 2003 study of British men showed that regular drinkers gained more weight than nondrinkers. Studies suggest that drinking alcohol has different effects on eating habits among men and women. Men typically add alcohol to their daily caloric intake, whereas women are more likely to substitute（替代）alcohol for food. In addition, there may be differences in how men and women metabolize（代謝）alcohol. Metabolic studies show that after men drink alcohol, they experience little if any metabolic change. But alcohol appears to slightly speed up a woman’s metabolism.

The findings don’t mean women should rush to drink alcohol to lose weight. Other research shows that once a person is already overweight, her alcohol metabolism is more efficient, and so an overweight woman may gain more weight from alcohol than a lean(瘦的) woman. The data do, however, suggest that for many women facing weight problems, the extra calories are probably not coming from alcoholic drinks.

According to the study, which of the following regular drinker is less likely to gain weight than nondrinkers?

              

     A                 B                 C                  D

That men regular drinkers gained more weight than women regular drinkers is due to the following except ______.

 A. women are more likely to substitute alcohol for food.

 B. men drink alcohol much faster than women.

C. men and women metabolize alcohol differently.

D. men have different effects on eating habits with women.

The underlined word “whereas” may probably mean _______.

A. so          B. in order that    C. but       D. and then

What can a dieter probably do before reading this passage?

  A. Rush to drink alcohol to lose weight

B. Add alcohol to his or her daily caloric intake.

C. Face the weight problems alone.

D. Try to stop drinking any alcohol or wine.

Kids will often ignore your requests for them to shut off the TV,start their chores(雜事),or do their homework as a way to avoid following your directions.Before you know it,you’ve started to sound like a broken record as you repeatedly ask them to do their assignments,clean their room,or take out the trash.Rather than saying “Do your chores now.” you’ll be more effective if you set a target time for when the chores have to be completed.So instead of arguing about starting chores,just say,“If chores aren’t done by 4 pm,here are the consequences.”Then it’s up to your child to complete the chores.Put the ball back in their court.Don’t argue or fight with them,just say,“That’s the way it’s going to be.”It shouldn’t be punitive(懲罰性的)as much as it should be persuasive.“If your chores aren’t done by 4 pm,then no video game time until chores are done.And if finishing those chores runs into homework time,that’s going to be your loss.”O(jiān)n the other hand,when dealing with homework,keep it very simple.Have a time when homework starts,and at that time,all electronics go off and do not go back on until you see that their homework is done.If your kids say they have no homework,then they should use that time to study or read.Either way,there should be a time set aside when the electronics are off.

When a kid wears his iPod or headphones when you’re trying to talk to him,make no bones about it；he is not ignoring you,he is disrespecting you.At that point,everything else should stop until he takes the earplugs out of his ears.Don’t try to communicate with him when he’s wearing headphones — even if he tells you he can hear you.Wearing them while you’re talking to him is a sign of disrespect.Parents should be very tough about this kind of thing.Remember,mutual respect becomes more important as children mature.

According to the passage,it seldom happens that ________.

A．kids turn a deaf ear to their parents’ requests

B．parents’ directions sound like a broken record

C．children are ready to follow their parents’ directions

D．parents are unaware of what they are repeating to their kids

Parents will be able to deal with their children more effectively if they ________.

A．avoid direct ways of punishment      B．make them do things at their request

C．argue and fight with their children    D．allow their children to behave in their own way

When the kid is doing his homework,parents ________.

A．should provide him with a good learning environment

B．can do whatever they like

C．can stay aside watching TV

D．must switch off the power

It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

A．parents should take off his headphones when trying to have a talk with their child

B．it will make no difference that a kid is wearing his earplugs while talking to his parents

C．parents shouldn’t give in to their kid when he shows no sign of respect

D．kids’ purposely talking to their parents with iPod gives them a sense of power and

control

The main idea of the passage is ________.

A．that respecting each other is more important than anything else

B．how kids behave to ignore and disrespect their parents

C．that children should make choices and decisions on their own

D．how parents can deal with their kids’ behavior effectively