Modern life can be stressful. It’s full of pressure and hardships, worries and annoyances. But after years of being dosed up by doctors and seeking solutions on the self-help shelves, can most common complaints be cured through your next holiday?

The festival doctor will see you now.

21. When celebrating the festival Just for Laughs in Montreal, you will _________.

A. empty your mind with meditation sessions  

B. be thrilled and your depression will not be removed  

C. burst into tears by watching comedy films  

D. have discussions on the meaning of life

22. If you are thinking too much about work, you can spend a few days at ___________.  

A. Wanderlust Festival          B. How The Light Gets In  

C. Just For Laughs             D. Ireland’s Matchmaking Festival

23. According to the passage, we can learn the festival doctor specializes in ________.  

A. treating people falling ill during festivals  

B. listening to people’s complaints during festivals  

C. offering a cure through the festival form  

D. celebrating the festivals with the patients

 The boy ______ in the exam is a student in Class Nine.

A. catching cheating                B. caught cheated    

C. catching cheated                 D. caught cheating

We discuss the issue of when to help a patient die. Doctors of our generation are not newcomers to this question. Going back to my internship（实习）days, I can remember many patients in pain, sometimes in coma(昏迷), with late, hopeless cancer. For many of them, we wrote an order for heavy medication—morphine(吗啡)by the clock. This was not talked about openly and little was written about it. It was essential, not controversial.

The best way to bring the problem into focus is to describe two patients whom I cared for. The first, formerly a nurse, had an automobile accident. A few days later her lungs seemed to fill up; her heart developed dangerous rhythm disturbances. So there she was: in coma, on a breathing machine, her heartbeat maintained with an electrical device. One day after rounds, my secretary said the husband and son of the patient wanted to see me. They told me their wife and mother was obviously going to die; she was a nurse and had told her family that she never wanted this kind of terrible death, being maintained by machines. I told them that while I respected their view, there was nothing deadly about her situation. The kidney(肾) failure she had was just the kind for which the artificial kidney was most effective. While possibly a bit reassured, they were disappointed. Here was the head surgeon seemingly determined to keep everybody alive, no matter what.

Within a few days the patient's pacemaker(起搏器) could be removed and she awoke from her coma. About six months later, the door of my office opened and in walked a gloriously fit woman. After some cheery words of appreciation, the father and son asked to speak to me alone. As soon as the door closed, both men became quite tearful. All that came out was, "We want you to know how wrong we were."

The second patient was an 85-year-old lady whose hair caught fire while she was smoking. She arrived with a deep burn; I knew it would surely be deadly. As a remarkable coincidence there was a meeting for discussion going on at the time in medical ethics(道德). The speaker asked me if I had any sort of ethical problem I could bring up for discussion. I described the case and asked the students their opinion. After the discussion, I made a remark that was, when looking back, a serious mistake. I said, "I'll take the word back to the nurses about her and we will talk about it some more before we decide." The instructor and the students were shocked: "You mean this is a real patient?" The teacher of ethics was not accustomed to being challenged by actuality. In any event, I went back and met with the nurses. A day or two later, when she was making no progress and was suffering terribly, we began to back off treatment. Soon she died quietly and not in pain. As a reasonable physician, you had better move ahead and do what you would want done for you. And don't discuss it with the world first. There is a lesson here for everybody. Assisting people to leave this life requires strong judgment and long experience to avoid its misuse.

50. In the early days when a patient had got a deadly, hopeless illness, _____.

A. doctors used to ask the patient to go back home and wait for death

B. doctors would write all their treatment plan on the patient’s medical record

C. doctors would talk about their treatment plan openly

D. usually doctors would inject more morphine into the patient to end his life

52. In the second paragraph, why were they disappointed?

A. Their wife and mother was going to die.                          

B. They doctor didn’t do as they asked to.

C. Their wife and mother had to receive a kidney transplant.

D. The doctor scolded them for their cruelty                                

53. At the meeting, the author discussed with the students_____.

A. how to help patients end their lives

B. the importance of mercy killing

C. the relationship between mercy killing and ethics

D. the case about an old lady

54. The author suggested that doctors_____ before they assist a patient in killing himself.

A. discuss it with the others first

B. make sure there is no other choice left

C. be required to do so first by the patient

D. give the patient enough morphine

55. Which of the following can best describe the author?

A. Cruel.        B. Determined.     C. Experienced.         D. Considerate.

 I’ll take seriously ___________ advice you put forward.

A. whatever         B. however                C. whichever       D. whenever

Mr. Smith ________ these days. I think he should take a holiday before he burns out.

A. has been overworking       B. overworked

C. had overworked             D. was overworking

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线〔\〕划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

I used to feel sleepy in class and I couldn’t focus to my lessons. As a result, not only did I do badly in our studies, but also my health went from bad to worse, for that I was often scolded by my parents. I decide to change my situation. Half a year ago, followed my teacher’s advice, I began to join some sports activities. I now play the basketball for 45 minutes every day. My health has improved, but at the same time, I’ve made lots of progresses in my studies. Physical exercise has changed me into an entire new person.

In the United States there was an unusual tale telling of the daughter of a mechanic（技工）. One day while walking along the bank of a lake, the girl   41   to see 20 eggs laid by a wild goose. After some time the girl   42   the mother would not return to her eggs and she   43   to take them home. There she carefully   44   the eggs in the heat of a lamp. Several days   45   the eggs broke and the baby geese came into the   46  .

Geese are known to take the first living thing they see as their mother.   47  , to these young geese, the girl was their mother.

As they   48  , the girl was able to   49   her birds to run across the grass, but she could not teach them to   50  . The girl became increasingly worried about this, both when   51   and in her dreams. Later, she had a(n)   52  : She would pilot a plane to guide them in   53  . She asked her father for a plane and he assembled（组装）a small aircraft for her.

Caring about   54   safety, the father decided to pilot the plane himself. However, the birds did not   55   or follow him, and   56   slept in the grass.

One day, the girl   54   into the plane, started it and soon left the   58  . Seeing their mother take to the air, the birds   56   flapped（拍打）their wings and   60  . She flew the plane freely in the sky, her young birds following.

41. A. managed     B. wanted       C. happened        D. supposed

42. A. realized         B. expected                 C. imagined        D. admitted

43. A. helped           B. decided                  C. afforded             D. meant

44. A. placed           B. protected                C. treated              D. examined

45. A. ago              B. out                      C. later                D. long

46. A. family           B. lake                     C. home             D. world

47. A. But              B. Also                     C. Thus            D. Still

48. A. increased        B. improved                 C. rose                 D. grew

49. A. ask              B. lead                     C. want            D. allow

50. A. fly              B. race                     C. swim            D. sing

51. A. asleep           B. away                     C. around          D. awake

52. A. idea             B. opinion                  C. view             D. excuse

53. A. sky              B. heaven                   C. flight               D. plane

54. A. his              B. her                      C. their           D. its

55. A. respect         B. remember                 C. recognize       D. receive

56. A. so               B. instead                C. hardly             D. too

57. A. climbed          B. looked                   C. reached         D. fell

58. A. house            B. floor                    C. water           D. ground

59. A. secretly        B. disappointedly           C. patiently            D. eagerly

60. A. looked away      B. set out                  C. went by          D. turned back

 (The students are having a discussion about health issues. )

S1: In my opinion, a healthy life should include two aspects: physical health and mental health. So a person ____61____ lacks either is not a healthy person. I think of several issues that may concern people most, namely, food security, medical service problems, AIDS and effects of environmental ____62____ (pollute) on health.

S2: I think that drug taking is particularly destructive. As we all know, drug taking ____63____(do) great harm to people's health; it will ____64____ (gradual) kill a person if he gets ____65____ (addict) to it. Buying drug costs a lot of money, ____66____ many drug takers sell out their fortune ____67____ (afford) the drug they need. As a result, many families break up in this way.

S3: From my understanding, bad parenting is ____68____ (worrying) issue of all, because many issues arise due to lack of care and love. If children ____69____ (bring) up in happy and healthy families, they will form good habits and keep away ____70____ those bad ones.

   Did you know that women’s brains are smaller than men’s? The average women’s brain weighs 10% less than men’s. since research has shown that the bigger the brain ,the cleverer the animal, men must be more intelligent than women. Right? Wrong. Men and women always score similarly on intelligence tests, despite the difference in brain size. Why? After years of study, researchers have concluded that it’s what’s inside that matters, not just the size of the brain. The brain consists of “grey matter” and “white matter”. While men have more of the latter ,the amount of “thinking” brain is almost exactly the same in both sexes.

It has been suggested that smaller brain appears to work faster, perhaps because the two sides of the brain are better connected in women. This means that little girls tend to learn to speak earlier, and that women can understand sorts of information from different sources at the same time. When it comes to talking to the boss on the phone, cooking dinner and keeping an eye on the baby all at the same time, it’s women who come out on top every time.

     There are other important differences between two sexes. As white matter is the key to spatial(空间的) tasks, men know better where things are in relation to other things. “A great footballer always knows where he is in relation to the other players, and he knows where to go,” says one researcher. That may explain one of life’s great mysteries: Why men refuse to ask for directions … and women often need to!

    The differences begin when fetuses(胎儿) are about nine weeks old, which can be seen in the action of children as young as one. A boy would try to climb a barrier before him or push it down while a girl would attract help from others. These brain differences also explain the fact that more men take up jobs that require good spatial skills, while more women speech skills. It may all go back to our ancestors ,among whom women needed speech skills to take care of their babies and men needed spatial skills to hunt, according to one research.

     If all this disappoints you, it shouldn’t. “The brain changes throughout our lives according to what we do with it,” says a biologist.

12. Which of the following is true according to the first paragraph?

    A. Women’s brain is 10% less than men’s.

    B. Grey matter plays the same role as white matter.

    C. Grey matter controls thinking in the brain.

    D. Both sexes have the same amount of white matter.

13. What can we infer from the second and third paragraphs?

    A. Women prefer doing many things at a time.

    B. Men do better dealing with one job at a time.                                                                 

    C. Women do not need to tell directions.

    D. Men have weaker spatial abilities.

14. Which of the following do you agree with according to the fourth paragraph?

    A. Young boys may be stronger than young girls.

    B. More women take up jobs requiring speech skills.

    C. Women may have stronger feelings than men.

    D. Our ancestors needed more spatial skills.

15. What is the writer’s attitude in writing this passage?

A. Defensive.               B. Persuasive.             C. Supportive.              D. Objective.

A large number of women in Western European countries wish that they were born men. The number is said as high as 60% in West Germany.

“Women often wish that they had the same chance as men have, and believe it is still men’s world,” said Dr James Holden, one of the scientists who did the study.

Anne Harper has a very good job for an international oil company. She also believes in “Women’s Liberation”. “I don’t wish that I were a man,” she says. “And I don’t think many women do. But I do wish that people would stop looking down upon us women. At work, for example, we often do the work that men do but get paid less. There are still a lot of jobs that are usually the best ones and open only to men. If you’re a man, you have a much better chance of leading an exciting life. How many women pilots are there…or engineers or scientists?”

6. A lot of women in       wish that they were born men.

A. West Europe      B. West Germany    C. European countries        D. West Germany

7. The underlined sentence in the second paragraph means “       ”

  A. There’re more men than women in the world.

  B. Women have not been given the same chance as men.

  C. Women cannot live without men.

 D. There’re more men scientists or engineers than women in the world.

8. Anne Harper considers that women should      .

  A.be well paid    B. live a better life   C. be really liberated     D. get better jobs than men

 As is known to all, it is usually cold in this place in January, but it ___be warm sometimes.

   A. must      B. can         C. should         D. would

　Larry was on another of his underwater expeditions(探险)but this time, it was different. He decided to take his daughter along with him. She was only ten years old. This would be her first trip with her father on what he had always been famous for.

　　Larry first began diving when he was his daughter’s age. Similarly, his father had taken him along on one of his expeditions. Since then, he had never looked back. Larry started out by renting diving suits from the small diving shop just along the shore. He had hated them. They were either too big or too small. Then, there was the instructor. He gave him a short lesson before allowing him into the water with his father. He had made an exception. Larry would never have been able to go down without at least five hours of theory and another similar number of hours on practical lessons with a guide. Children his age were not even allowed to dive.

After the first expedition, Larry’s later diving adventures only got better and better. There was never a dull moment. In his black and blue suit and with an oxygen tank fastened on his back, Larry dived from boats into the middle of the ocean. Dangerous areas did not prevent him from continuing his search. Sometimes, he was limited to a cage underwater but that did not bother him. At least, he was still able to take photographs of the underwater creatures.

Larry’s first expedition without his father was in the Cayman Islands. There were numerous diving spots in the area and Larry was determined to visit all of them. Fortunately for him, a man offered to take him around the different spots for free. Larry did not even know what the time was, how many spots he dived into or how many photographs he had taken. The diving spots afforded such a wide array of fish and sea creatures that Larry saw more than thirty varieties of creatures.

Larry looked at his daughter. She looked as excited as he had been when he was her age.He hoped she would be able to continue the family tradition. Already, she looked like she was much braver than Larry had been then. This was the key to a successful underwater expedition.

21. In what way was this expedition different for Larry?

A. His daughter had grown up.       B. He had become a famous diver.

C. His father would dive with him.  D. His daughter would dive with him.

22. What can be inferred from Paragraph 2?

A. Larry had some privileges.  

B. Larry liked the rented diving suits.

C. Divers had to buy diving equipment.

D. Ten-year-old children were permitted to dive.

23.Why did Larry have to stay in a cage underwater sometimes?

A.To protect himself from danger.   B.To dive into the deep water.

C.To admire the underwater view.    D.To take photos more conveniently.

24.What did Larry expect his daughter to do?

A.Become a successful diver.        B.Make a good diving guide.

C.Take a lot of photos underwater.  D.Have longer hours of training.

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（^），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下面一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

A city library is reported to have banned children under 14 from entering into it,which has set off a heated discussion.Recently,our class also have had a discussion about if it is necessary for the library to do so.40% of my classmates speak in support for the idea.They said that as a result of the lack of self-control,children under 14 cannot behave them in the library.Beside,there are not enough books available for children in the library.However,60% of my classmates strong disagree with the idea.In their opinion,the library is a perfect place for children to develop habit of reading.In addition,the library should come up with better idea which help to encourage children to reading there instead of keeping them out.

以下每个句子各有一处错误。每处错误及其修改仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

1. At the end, it came down to a choice between Paris and London.

2. Some advertisements may suggest that buy a car may make you free.

3. Over the last decade, the government worked hard at using advertisements to educate the public.

4. A lot of money is spent to make these advertisements as visual attractive as possible.

5. It doesn’t mean that we can increase the amount of bad language using on television.

6. It is amazing that no one was bad hurt. 

7. The greengrocer’s truck is carrying a load of fresh strawberry.

8. He praised the bravery of the astronomers which were helped out of the windows by the firemen.

9. She was delighted and said: “I can’t help to crying with happiness.”

10. Even a group of mothers agree that a certain amount of bad language are OK in the films.

 ___to sunlight for too much time will do harm to your skin.

   A.Exposed      B.Having exposed  C. Being exposed  D.After being exposed

Thanks for signing up for the 2014 Black Friday Turkey Trot! This email will provide some basics about the race and some great news! 

First, your race packet (参赛物品包) is ready and can be picked up at the Fleet Feet Sports Tulsa location you’ve specified during registration.

Hours for pickup.

Tuesday, 10 am to 8 pm (Fleet Feet Kings Point)

Tuesday, 10 am to 7 pm (Fleet Feet Blue Dome) 

Wednesday, 10 am to 5 pm (both stores, closing early for Thanksgiving) 

Packets can also be picked up on the race day at BOK Center, beginning at 8:30 am.

Race Start Times  

1)  5 mile, 8:30 am        2) 1 mile fun run, 9:30 am

Parking 

There is surface parking to the east of the BOK Center, and some surface parking to the west of the Convention Center. Many lots will be pay-lots. Please pay attention to the signs. We suggest arriving early to find parking.

Racing Timing  

The 5 km run will be timed using the BIB-TAG system. Your race number will have a timing device attached to the back of the race number; don‟t remove or bend this device. Simply wear the Bib on the front of your body on the outside of your clothing so it is visible and facing forward. You don‟t need to return the Bib, which is disposable. 

The Turkey Trot is also a kick-off event for our weekend long “FITNATIC” celebration---we also have a huge number of events and specials all weekend. For more information, please visit http://www.fleetfeettulsa.fitnatic.com. 

See you on Friday. 

21. Where should a runner go to pick up his packet at 8:30 am on Friday?    

A. Kings Point.        B. Convention Center.   C. Blue Dome        D. BOK Center

22. How long will the FITNATIC celebration last?    

A. Seven days.         B. Five days            C. Two days         D. One day.

23. What is the purpose of the passage?    

A. To attract sports fans to apply for the activity.   

B. To inform the race participants of the activity.   

C. To describe details related to the activity.   

D. To collect money for the parking-lots. 

Researchers from France and Italy discovered that Canadian parents are less strict with their children than mothers and fathers in France and Italy.

“Our most important finding was the difference between Canadians and the others，” said Professor Michel Claes，the lead author of the study.“Canadians focus on independence and negotiation．On the other hand，Italians，for example，exercise more control．We found Canadians seem to focus on negotiation in case of a conflict.”

  Claes said Canada，France and Italy were selected for the study because they share important cultural and social factors.“We chose French­Canadians because they share the same language as France，and originally came from France and share certain values．Italy was included because it was considered to have similar，strong and important family values，” he explained.

  The researchers examined the emotional ties between parents and their children by questioning 1,256 students aged 11 to 19 years old.

  Canadian students reported less control and more free actions，according to the study．Italian parents were stricter and French parents were somewhere in the middle.

  Claes explains that the differences lie in education in Canada，France and Italy.

“North America has its own educational values，which promote individualization．Tolerance and comprehension are encouraged．Italy，on the other hand，promotes respect of authority，control，and the need for permission.” he said.

Children from all three countries described their mothers as warm and communicative．Italian and Canadian children had similar feelings about their fathers，and reported high levels of emotional ties．But French fathers were generally thought by their children to be more distant and cold.

  “We were surprised by this，” Claes admitted.“It seems as though the relationships between French mothers and their children were becoming closer over time，while fathers maintain a form of distance and coldness，which is more of a source of conflict in France than in the other countries.”

29．Professor Michel Claes believes that Canada，France and Italy ________.

A．have the same family spirit

B．have some similar cultural traditions

C．have experienced some similar social changes

D．have experienced similar cultural developments

30．How did the researchers carry out the study ?

A．By collecting answers of parents from Canada，France and Italy.

B．By collecting answers of children from Canada，France and Italy.

C．By questioning parents and their children from Italian Canadian families.

D．By  questioning  children  from  French­Canadian families.

31．According to Michel Claes，what mainly leads to the differences in parent­childrenrelationships among Canada，France and Italy?

A．Educational opportunities.               B．Traditional ideas.

C．Educational values.                     D．Historical events.

Despite being used by 1.34 billion people each year, traveling on the Tube in London can actually be quite lonely. An unwritten rule encouraging silence, mixed with classic British reserve, means that even though you’re packed into enclosed space wit hundreds of other people, the morning trip can leave you feeling somewhat lonely.

One London resident, however, is trying to change this. “You get on the Tube here and it’s completely silent and it’s strange,” says Jonathan Dunne, an American living in London, who has started a campaign of giving out badges (徽章) with the slogan “Tube Chat?” last month, encouraging travelers in London to get talking to one another.

Although Dunne says he’s received mostly positive responses, there are always exceptions.

Londoner Brian Wilson responded with a campaign of his own, handing out 500 badges with the words “Don’t even think about it” on them. “ I can’t stand the idea of having to talk to strangers on the Tube on my way to work,” he said.

Michael Robinson, a student from London, agrees. “Being on the Tube is the only peace and quiet some people get on their journeys to and from work. It doesn’t need to be spoiled by people coming up and chatting to you,” he says.

“People assume that I just walk up and talk to strangers, which I don’t, but it’s been a great way to meet people you would never have normally spoken to,” Dunne says.So if you ever end up using public transport in London, why not say hello to the person next to you? Just make sure to check for a badge first.

1. Which partly leads to the silence on the Tube in London?

A. The government’s rule.                                 B. People’s desire for quiet.

C. British people’s personality.                           D. Awareness of personal privacy.

2. What can the badge with “Tube Chat?” be seen as?

A. A request for keeping silent.                      B. A special way of greeting someone.

C. A signal of avoiding being disturbed.                     D. An encouragement to start a conversation.

3. Why does the author mention Brian and Micheal?

A. To stress the importance of communication.

B. To show not everyone agrees with Dunne’s idea.

C. To prove Londoners are speechless on the Tube.

D. To state the disadvantages of chatting with strangers.

4. What’s the best tile for the passage?

A. Silence on the Tube!

B. Tube Chat or Not

C. Lonely Travel in the London Tube

D. Tube Passengers Wearing Badges

 You should read the _________ in the car repair manual (手册)  carefully before you start to work on it.

  A. instructions    B. descriptions              C. introductions            D. explanations

Boys and girls,

Attention, please. I’ve got a good news for you. A new book How to Improve Your English is now on sell in a nearby bookstore. I think the book is a great help on our English study and suitable for our middle school students. Here I’ve got it. You may go to have a look to see whether you like it or not. The price is five yuan every. Those who want to buy the book should get your money ready for. By eleven o’clock tomorrow morning the money should be give either to me nor to our League Secretary. We’ll go to buy the books tomorrow afternoon.