The best way to deal with sports injuries is to keep them from happening in the first place. Knowing the rules of the game you are playing and using the right  41  (equip) can go a long way toward preventing injuries. If you think you have been injured, pull  42  (you) out of the game or stop  43  (do) your activity or workout. Let a coach or parent know what happened in case you need to see a doctor. Serious head and neck injuries happen most often to athletes  44  play contact sports like football. Keep the injured person still with his or her head  45  (hold) straight while someone calls for emergency  46  (medicine) help. If the person  47  (lie) on the ground, do not try to move him or her.

       Your first question after a sports injury will  48  (probable) be, “When can I play again?” This depends on the injury and what your doctor tells you. Even if you can’t return to your sport right away, a doctor might have suggestions and advice  49  what you can do to stay fit. Always check with your doctor  50  trying any activity following an injury.

 Clean water is not only important for food production, but necessary for our life. However, large numbers of people in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa are going without. The World Health Organization reports that almost 4,000 children die each day for dirty water or lack of water.

Agriculture is the primary user of water at 70–85% of fresh water in the world. Industrial uses of water don’t often come to mind, but you may be surprised to know that industry uses 59% of the water supply in developed countries.

Home use takes up only 8% in the world. But as cities grow, the local government has to cut down on water use. Many cities are turning to privatization (私有化) of water as a method of controlling use. The poor are paying as much as a quarter of their monthly income for water in some developing countries.

In 60% of large European cities, groundwater is being used at a faster rate. People are saving water by simply using less and being careful with what they do use. Sometimes it’s as simple as not throwing out water that they could use elsewhere.

In Australia overuse of water has always been a problem. The Australian government has encouraged households and industries to collect rainwater and reuse water from showers. Technology is helping householders for shower and bath water for reuse in toilets or gardens.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has made a water saving program designed to encourage families and businesses to examine their water use and save more water. Good water management has been considered by scientists and the UN as the key to solving the water problem. We can all work together to protect our valuable water in our daily life.

8. In developed countries, most water is used by ______.

   A. industry       B. agriculture      C. families      D. businesses

9. To save water, what do Australians and Europeans both choose to do?

   A. Find more groundwater.

   B. Make good use of rainwater.

   C. Encourage people to have fewer showers

   D. Recycle water for a second use.

10. According to scientists, to deal with water shortage, the most important is to ______.

   A. popularize privatization of water

B. cut down on water use at home

   C. have good control over water use 

   D. introduce water-saving technologies

11. What would be the best title for the passage?

   A. Water—the source of all lives           

   B. Save water, save the world

   C. New ways to save water

   D. Water and people’s health

 Mary,  ________becoming a well-known singer, ________in the Voice of China.

   A. bending on; participated             B. bent on; participating

   C. bending on; participating              D. bent on; participated

 Halfway through the chapter ____ I didn’t take anything in.

   A. did I realize          B. had I realized        C. I realized            D. I would realize

Taking good notes is a time-saving skill that will help you to become a better student in several ways   36  . Second, your notes are excellent materials to refer to when you are studying for a test. Third, note-taking offers variety to your study time and helps you to hold your interest.

       You will want to take notes during classroom discussions and while reading a textbook or doing research for a report.   37   Whenever or however you take notes, keep in mind that note-taking is a selective process.   38  .

The following methods may work best for you.

● Read the text quickly to find the main facts and ideas in it.

● Carefully read the text and watch for words that can show main points and supporting facts.

● Write your notes in your own words.

●   39 

● Note any questions or ideas you may have about what was said or written.

As you take notes, you may want to use your own shorthand(速记). When you do, be sure that you understand your symbols(符号) and that you use them all the time.   40 

A. Use words not complete sentences.

B. There are three practical note-taking methods.

C. You must write your notes on separate paper.

D. Otherwise, you may not be able to read your notes later.

E. You will also want to develop your own method for taking notes.

F. That means you must first decide what is important enough to include in your notes.

G. First, the simple act of writing something down makes it easier for you to understand and remember it.

 I’m wondering whether the police have _______ a warning to people living in this area after several robberies.

    A. put away         B. put out          C. put off             D. pull out

In our everyday lives we meet situations in which we take many things for granted（不去重视）.We only treasure things when they are gone.This is a sad truth of human nature.One day,I found myself as a witness to a similar situation.

One evening,I left work and boarded the train.After entering,I noticed something unusual.The center of the car had a few empty seats while both ends were crowded with people standing.I didn't pay much attention and sat down on one of the empty seats.I sensed a funny smell.It wasn't long before I noticed a homeless person sleeping on three seats in front of me.He was bleeding from his nose.Why wasn't anyone helping him?

His clothes were torn and he was giving off a strange smell.Along with the smell,his eyes were dull,watery and red.Occasionally he scratched himself and people looked at him as if he had committed a crime.As the train stopped at stations and more people came in they covered their noses and faced away from him.All the seats around him were empty.

Suddenly,he began to swear at the people around him.A plain clothes policeman who looked like a construction worker took out his certificate and showed it to the homeless man.The officer,not wanting to touch the homeless man, told him his rights and directed him to exit the train.As the officer walked the man out of the train,the homeless man turned around and said "MY HOME!" and started crying.

A man doesn't value things until they are gone.If he didn't have a home,at least he had freedom.Now he has neither.No one wants to help someone who won't help himself.

24.When entering the car,how did the author feel at first?

A.Annoyed.                   B.Puzzled.                           C.Sad.                  D.Calm.

25.How did people react to the homeless man?

A.They caught him and called the police.                                  B.They covered him with clean clothes.

C.They disliked and avoided him.                                              D.They stared at him curiously.

26.It can be learned that the policeman        .

A.was very rude to the man                                                       B.sent the man back to his hometown

C.forced the man to leave the city                                             D.went off the train with the man

27.What does the author think of the homeless man?

A.He is a loser of life.         B.He is worth our respect.               C.He is very funny.             D.He is a fearless fighter.

Armed with only a light, some food and a map, the team searched the cave for the dangerous creature. Their leader, well experienced in cave expeditions,   41   (lead) the way. Suddenly he lost his footing and fell into a deep hole. Concerned for the   42  (safe) of their leader, the rest of the team looked down into the hole. Frightened, they turned round to leave the cave, but as they did so they heard   43  strange low noise behind them. They looked round and saw an enormous creature that was   44  tall as a tower.   45 (freeze) with horror, they stood, rooted to the spot, and stared at the creature. It came toward them slowly growling as it came. Just then they heard a cry from their leader. Determined not to leave him for the terrible monster to find, the group rushed   46   the animal shouting and waving their arms. The animal, frightened in   47   turn, ran back. Almost at the same moment their leader appeared, covered in mud like another   48    (small) monster. They screamed, scared to death. When he called them they realized it was their leader.   49  (eventual) they succeeded in  50  (catch) the creature anyway.

The story of the movie Inside Out mostly takes place inside the mind of 11-year-old Riley as she moves from Minnesota to San Francisco. The main characters are Riley’s emotions 一 Joy, Sadness, Disgust, Anger and Fear, which guide her decisions and often compete with one another for control of her brain.  

Fear is tall, thin, looks like a frayed(焦躁的）nerve and is purple. Not only that, his eyes are purple, too. Anger, which is red, looks like a brick and has red eyes. Disgust, who is green，has green eyes. Sadness，not surpridngly，is completely blue，and even looks like a teardrop. But Joy，who is mainly yellow，has more than one color in her. She has blue eyes and blue hair. Why? Well, if blue represents sadness, then the message is clear ； there is no such thing as “pure joy”. Instead, even in our most joyous times, there is often sadness mixed in.

After all, one of the most joyous moments we can experience is a wedding，but it may end with the breaking of a glass. It reminds us that our world is still broken. In other words，even at our highest moments, there is always a little sadness.

But the comfort is that the reverse is often true. Think about how you feel after crying. When you cry，your body is releasing some chemicals that often make you feel good. And that’s why you feel at ease after a good cry.

Indeed, Inside Out reminds us that even the emotions that appear “negative” have value. In other words, Inside Out shows us that the goal of life isn’t “to be happy”. We will feel sad, angry or frightened. But we need our whole range of emotions for developing our sense of self and our relationship with others.

28. According to the author, Joy is different in appearance because .

A. it is the leading character in our life

B. that shows it is joyful for a reason

C. that shows it doesn’t just mean pure joy

D. the director wants to make it prettier

29. Why does a wedding end with the breaking of a glass?

A. To remind the new couple not to overjoy.

B. To show the world we live in isn’t perfect.

C. To remind the new couple to pay attention to happiness.

D.To show the new couple about the real meaning of marriage.

30. The underlined part “the reverse is often true” in Paragraph 4 means  .

A. sadness is as important as joy

B. happiness doesn’t last very long

C. sadness can sometimes lead us to joy

D. we shouM never be too happy about something

31. The movie Inside Out is meant to tell us that   .

A. we should attempt to be as happy as possible

B. we should control our negative emotions

C. developing our sense of self isn’t that easy

D. we need both positive and negative emotions

Can you believe that in ______ a rich country there should be ______ many poor people ?

A. such ,such  B. such ,so   C. so ,so   D. so ,such

 Hearing the news of her sudden death in a car crash, I went _______with shock.

   A. tense               B. bitter            C. rigid              D. dull

1.      His mother is always              (担心) about his future and his happiness.

2.      As we all know, this kind of animals is on the         (边缘) of extinction.

3.      We must deal with this matter with           (谨慎).

4.      Will you kindly accept an        (歉意) for my not being present at your party yesterday evening.

5.      It is very           (考虑周到的)of you to let us know you would be late.

6.      The p          of the country is the duty of everyone.

7.      You needn’t wear a suit. It’s just an i             party.

8.      In a        to her work in school, our teacher gives music lessons after school hours.

9.      Tom r           wasting too much time watching TV.

10.  The government f           income mainly comes from revenue. 

 I, _______ your good friend , will try my best to help you out .

A. who ,is   B. which ,is   C. that ,is   D. who , am

He was told that it would be at least three more months                                   he could recover and return to work.

A. when                         B. before                       C. since                         D. that

The more you give to others，the more you reap yourself.When you share what you know，you will find that you grow according to the number of seeds that you sow.Such is the one secret to be happier in life.

Spread cheer and teach others to do the same.People will gather around you to hear your wisdom，and feel your love.They will come to receive your sharing of what is inside you，all around you，and the messages coming from above.

Life is all about giving back.It is not about heartache or lack.Count your blessings every day.Put them in a stack that grows higher and higher，till it sets your spirit on fire with joy!

Life is good when you stand up for what you believe.When you enrich the world with your truth，then you will receive all that is good and wonderful.All that is grand will come to you，too.All it takes is living from your heart to understand how the cycle of giving and receiving works.Ah yes！You will discover endless perks!

For many people today，especially women who are socialized to give of themselves，and told they are selfish if they want to do something for themselves，the cycle of giving and receiving gets blocked.When a person gives and does not receive，then the energy flow gets cut off.

Every person must receive，as well as give.Nature intended for that balance in creating that particular flow. Now why would that giving and receiving be a natural law？Because all people need to open themselves to receiving. In receiving you tell yourself you are worthy and deserving of what life has to offer.

5．According to this passage，the author wants to tell us ________.

A．Giving is more important than receiving

B．Receiving is more important than giving

C．Women need more receiving than giving

D．Giving and receiving is a natural law，and both are important

6．If you want to be popular with the people all around you，what should you do?

A．Giving them whatever they want to get.

B．Dancing to the music to amuse them.

C．Spreading cheer and teach others to do the same.

D．Sharing whatever you have with them.

7．For the women who are giving，which sentence is right?

A．They don't need receive or praise.

B．They are selfish if they want to do something for themselves.

C．They need receiving to encourage their energy to continue giving.

D．They can't understand the secret to be  happier in life.

8．The reason why receiving is important is that ________.

A．you are worthy and deserving of what life has to offer.

B．life is all about giving back not receiving from others.

C．the more you give to others，the more you reap yourself.

D．we living together is to receive our possessions.

    Are you having difficulty falling asleep? Try drinking a glass of warm milk. If that doesn’t work, listen to some soft, beautiful music. Still no luck? Try think about sheep jumping over a fence. If you are still awake, take a sleeping pill. People who take pills often become dependent on the drugs. So you lie awake knowing that the new workday will soon arrive. If you have been in such condition for at least one month, you may have primary insomnia(失眠症).

     A new study has found that you might fall asleep more quickly and stay asleep longer if you try “cerebral hypothermia.” It is not a complex medical process. It just means cooling down your brain. Eric Nofzinger and Naniel Buysse from the University of Pittsburgh Medical School led the study. They examined twelve people who had sleeping problems. Twelve others had no sleeping problems. Each of them wore a soft plastic cap on their head at bedtime.

The caps had tubes inside filled with water. The researchers moved the water through the tubes and then changed the temperature of the water. Other studies showed that people who had sleeping problems often had more chemical reactions in the front of their brain. The researchers thought cooling down the brain might help.

    On the first two nights of testing, the patients wore caps with no water. On the next two nights, the caps were worn, but the water was not cooled. Then the researchers cooled the water a little for another two nights. On the final two nights of the study, the temperature of the water was made much cooler. The researchers found that the water caps didn’ t help the patients until the temperature was about 14℃. Most of the patients fell asleep faster and slept better when the coolest water was moving around their head.

    Dr Nfzinger and Dr. Buysse noted that this was only the beginning of the brain temperature study. But they believed they had discovered something important that needed more research.

12. The first paragraph is written to _________.                   

A. put forward the topic of the passage.        

B. explain how serious insomnia is

C. tell us the causes of sleeping problems. 

D. tell us the danger of having sleeping problems.                               

13. From the passage we know that “cerebral hypothermia” is actually _________.

A. a complex medical process.         B. a psychological treatment.

C. a simple physical treatment.       D. a difficult scientific theory.                  

14. In the study, researchers helped people fall asleep faster through _________.

   A. increasing chemical reactions in the front of their brain.

   B. making them feel safe with a cap on their head

   C. asking them to drink water to cool down

   D. lowering the temperature of their brain

15. What is paragraph 4 mainly about?

  A. The cause of the study.               B. The function of the caps.

  C. People’s reactions to the study.     D. Some details of the study.

66. With Old Tom ________ him ______ (举起), James was confident to survive.

67. I’m new here,but I think I will _______  _______（适应）the new situation soon

68. He doesn’t seem to be ________ ______(意识到) the coldness of their attitude towards him.

69. Tim’s mom ______ him _____(让…一个人待着) when she was cooking.

70.  Only 40% of 5-year-olds ______ ____(有机会) to preschool education in that country.

One of my_61_(friend) was facing hard issues regarding her work.She told me this and asked how she could find the way out of it.I really had nothing_62_(show) her about the way out.I could do nothing to give her a_63_ (solute) because the problem she was facing was_63_(entire) different than I could help with.I decided to do_64_ least I could do.I just listened to her and told her that her situation made me_65_(concern) for her.

What I did certainly was really nothing to solve her problem but the next time she_66_(meet) me,she was very happy.I felt great to see her sunny face,and she said that she was grateful_67_she had known how to solve her issue, but just needed someone by her side who would listen to her_68_(silent).

I felt very happy that I could bring her_69_(happy).Many times people don't need a hand,just the moral support _70_keeps them going,and it takes nothing.Really nothing out of us could give them that joy.We all need a good listener in our life.

Every New Year's Eve in the past, we had breakfast at Aunt Dot's house.  My most vivid

41  of the meal was the centerpiece（中心装饰品）that Aunt Dot always   42   on her kitchen table-seven sets of salt and pepper shakers.  It wasn't until years later that I finally asked Aunt Dot about the unusual centerpiece.

She was then 87 but she  43  invited us to the last breakfast of the year. I had   44  early that morning to help with the meal  45  ．Though weak, Aunt Dot was  46  stirring（搅拌）pancake batter(糊状物)as she  47  my question. "You know I arrange those salt and pepper shakers on the table every single year.”

“I know," I said,   48  plates on the table. "But  49  do you always do that on New Year's Eve morning?"

“It helps to remind me that  50   the holidays are over, there's another whole year of them coming," Aunt Dot said thoughtfully.

I nodded   51   ,"1 guess that makes sense. "

"Let me tell you something more," she said.“I’ve learned over my many Tears that nothing really  52  ; every ending in life is really just another new  53  . " She pointed at me with the batter-covered spoon. "   54   that, my dear. "

"I will," I told her.

In the spring of that year, after a short illness, Aunt Dot passed away. To my  55 , I got the holiday salt and pepper shakers which I thought would be given to her own children. I  56   Aunt Dot wanted to make sure I remembered her philosophy.

I continued Aunt Dot's breakfast  57  at my own apartment with the salt and pepper shakers centerpiece  58  . The pancakes are never as delicious as Aunt Dot's,  59  the center of the table is covered with those old salt and pepper shakers,  60  us all that every ending is really just another beginning.

41.A.dream              B. memory               C. mind               D. worry

42.A.changed            B. listed                 C. arranged          D. cooked

43.A.still                  B. even                       C. ever               D. just

44. A. come through       B. come up                    C. come over         D. come across

45. A. orders             B. purchases          C. shares                     D. preparations

46. A. enthusiastically           B. nervously           C. sadly                       D. bravely

47. A. went through      B. figured out          C. replied to                  D. made out

48. A. removing           B. appreciating        C. washing             D. setting

49. A. when               B. why                        C. what                 D. where

50. A. now that            B. in case                     C. as though                  D. even if'

51. A. in vain              B. in doubt          C. in agreement               D. in demand

52.A.ignores              B. stops             C. requires                   D. lives

53. A. beginning           B. surviving           C. challenging         D. escaping

54. A. Remember          B. Forgive          C. Forget             D. Experience

55. A. disappointment      B. surprise           C. sadness           D. relief

56. A. find                 B. decide            C. guess              D. notice

57. A. principle             B. method            C. law                 D. tradition

58. A, under control        B. broken           C. changed           D. in place

59. A. but                         B. so                C. and                D. for

60. A. announcing                 B. reminding                C. persuading        D. suggesting

   The simplest way of listening to music is to listen for the sheer pleasure of the musical sound itself. That is the sensuous plane(感官层面). It is the plane on which we hear music without 29   in any way. One turns on the radio while doing something else and absent –mindedly bathes in the   30   .A kind of brainless but   31  state of the mind is caused by the mere sound effect of the music. This    32    to every normal human and is self-evident. The sensuous plane is an important one in music, a very important one, but it does not   33     the whole story.

There is, however, such a thing as becoming more sensitive to the different kinds of sound stuff as used by various composes. The stuff expresses, at different moments, serenity(宁静)or exuberance, regret or triumph, fury or delight. It expresses each of these   34    in a numberless variety of subtle shadings and differences. It may even express a state of meaning for which there exists no   35   world in any language. In that case,   36   often like to say that it has only a purely musical meaning.

While listening, each listener feels for himself the specific expressive quality of a   37     or, similarly, an entire piece of music. And if it is a great work of art, don’t expect it to mean exactly the same thing to you each time you   38    to it.

An intelligent listener must be prepared to increase his awareness of the musical material and what happens to it. He must hear the melodies, the rhythms, the harmonies, the different tones in a more conscious and fashionable way to follow the line of the composer’s   39   . In a sense, an ideal listener is both inside and outside the music at the same moment, wishing it could go one way or another--- almost like the composer at the moment he composes it;   40 in order to write his music, the composer must also be inside and outside his music,  41    by it  and yet coldly critical of it and yet coldly critical of it. A subjective attitude is implied in both creating and listening to music.                             

    What the listener should strive for, then is a more active kind of listening.   42    you listen to Mozart or Duke Ellington, you can deepen you understanding of music only by being a more conscious and aware listener--- not someone who is just listening, but someone who is listening for 43   

29. A, training    B. questioning    C. following    D. thinking

30. A. sound     B. story          C. meaning     D. situation

31 A. attractive   B good          C. healthy      D. simple

32. A. turns      B. Refers        C. appeals      D. sticks

33. A. go round   B. comes into    C. get out       D. make up

34. A. form      B. practice       C. moods       D. track

35. A. strong     B. adequate      C. academic     D. technical

36. A. listeners   B. musicians      C. players      D. writers

37. A. character     B. book     C. concert       D. theme

38. A. return        B. speak    C. attend        D. see

39. A. instruction    B. thought   C. advice        D. background

40. A. because      B. though    C. if            D. so

41. A. cheered up    B. woken up  C. carried away  D. taken away

42. A. Until        B. Whether    C. Unless       D. If 

43. A. life          B. culture     C. please       D. something