A characteristic of American culture that has become almost a tradition is to respect the self-made man — the man who has risen to the top through his own efforts, usually beginning by working with his hands. While the leader in business, industry or the college professor occupies a higher social position and commands greater respect in the community than the common laborer or even the skilled factory worker, he may take pains to point out that his father started life in America as a farmer or laborer of some sort.

This attitude toward manual( 体力的) labor is now still seen in many aspects of American

life. One is invited to dinner at a home that is not only comfortably but even luxuriously (豪华 地) furnished and in which there is every evidence of the fact that the family has been able to afford foreign travel, expensive hobbies, and college education for the children; yet the hostess

probably will cook the dinner herself, will serve it herself and will wash dishes afterward, furthermore the dinner will not consist merely of something quickly and easily assembled(收 集 ) from contents of various cans and a cake or a pie bought at the nearby bakery. On the

contrary, the hostess usually takes pride in careful preparation of special dishes. A professional man may talk about washing the car, digging in his flowerbeds, or painting the house. His wife may even help with these things, just as he often helps her with the dish-washing. The son who

is away at college may wait on table and wash dishes for his living, or during the summer he may work with a construction gang on a highway in order to pay for his education.

32.         According to the passage, the hostess cooks dinner herself mainly because                .

A.   servants in Amercia are hard to get

B.   she can hardly afford servants

C.   she takes pride in what she can do herself

D.   it is easy to prepare a meal with canned food

33.         The expression “wait on table” in the second paragraph means “               ”.

A.   wait to lay the table                                 B. keep accounts for a bar

C. work in a furniture shop                          D. serve customers in a restaurant

34     We can conclude from the passage that                .

A.   people can always rise to the top through their won efforts

B.   people tend to have a high opinion of the self-made man

C.   college professors win great respect from common workers

D.   people feel painful to mention their fathers as laborers

35.         Which of the following may serve as the best title of the passage?

A.   Characteristics of Amercian Culture

B.  A Respectable Self-made Family

C.  Amercian Attitude Toward Manual Labor

D.   The Development of Manual Labor

Soon it would be the holidays, but before that, there were year exams. All the 41 had been working hard for some time, reviewing their lessons for the exams. If they didn’t 42 , they would have to retake them in September. There were usually a few who 43  , but Jane didn’t want to be one of them. She had worked hard all year, 44 just before the exams she was working so hard that her sister Barbara was 45 about her. She went to bed too 46  . The night before the first exam, Barbara  47  that she have an early night and take a  48  pill. She promised to wake 49  up in the morning.
    As she was falling asleep, Jane was afraid that she might oversleep. Her 50  kept jumping from subject to subject. At last, with the help of  51_ , she went to sleep. In no time（不久）at all, she was sitting in the examination hall, looking at the examination  52 , but she couldn’t answer any of the questions.  53   around her was writing pages and pages. 54 she thought hard, she couldn’t find anything to write  55  . She kept looking at her 56  . Time was running out. There was only an hour to go. She started one question, wrote two sentences,  57  and tried another one. With only half an hour left she wrote another two sentences. By this time she was so worried that she started  58  . Her whole body shook. It shook so much that she 59  up. She was still in bed and it had all been a 60  dream. A minute later, Barbara called her name.
41. A. teachers        B. students        C. classmates       D. schools
42. A. prepare         B. miss             C. join               D. pass
43. A. succeeded      B. failed           C. ended            D. called
44. A. but              B. so                C. and               D. because
45. A. excited         B. frightened       C. worried          D. pleased
46. A. early            B. late               C. heavily          D. eagerly
47. A. insisted         B. hoped           C. ordered           D. wished
48. A. sleeping        B. resting          C. exciting           D. breathing
49. A. him              B. her              C. them               D. herself
50. A. hand             B. eye              C. mind               D. body
51. A. her sister     B. her parents      C. the lessons        D. the medicine
52. A. result           B. marks            C. desk                D. paper
53. A. The teacher    B. The students    C. No one            D. Everyone
54. A.If                B. Though          C. So                   D. How
55. A. with            B. about             C. on                   D. to
56. A. watch           B. textbook        C. sister                D. subject
57. A. gave up        B. put off            C. look around       D. think over
58. A. examining     B. leaving            C. copying            D. crying
59. A. raised           B. woke             C. stood                D. cheered
60. A. nice            B. wonderful         C. terrible              D. special

This past Christmas season, I went to visit my parents. During the visit, l found the letters written by my parents to each other during the war in the attic (阁楼). The letters were piled high, dirty and had not been touched for decades. I asked mother and father if I could take the letters back to my home. They agreed.

As I opened each letter, all of them beautiful with age, I discovered a new page in this private part of my parents' lives. My father served in the army. His letters were full of frontline (前线) descriptions, and they continued all the way through the battle. Each of my mother's letters was sealed (密封) with her lipstick kiss. Father wrote that he sealed his return letters by rekissing her lipstick kiss. How they had been missing each other! I finished reading six months of the letters and discovered there were at least eleven months missing. Maybe they were lost forever.

Not long after our Christmas visit, Father became very ill and was in hospital. I went to the hospital to see him. As I sat by his bedside, he told me how much receiving those lipstick-kissed letters had meant to him when he had been so far from home.

Later that evening, Mother and I revisited the attic in search of the lost letters. Finally we dug them out of Mother’s old college trunk (皮箱). The next day was Valentine’s Day, and we went to the hospital. At my father's bedside, I showed him an old envelope. His curiosity was aroused. When he carefully opened the letter, he recognized it and his eyes were filled with tears. He read the love messages that had been delivered years before to my mother in a quavery (颤抖的) voice. This Valentine’s Day, we were lucky that we had everything.

9. Where did the writer find the missing letters?

A. In the hospital.    B. At her father's bedside.

C. In a trunk.    D. In her own house.

10. How did the writer’s father feel when he saw the letter?

A. Curious.    B. Touched.

C. Regretful.    D. Interested.

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

A. Christmas Gift    B. My Parents

C. Love letters    D. The Good Old Days

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。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，删减或修改。

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。

注意； 1. 每处错误及其修改的均仅限一词。

       2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

 Failure is part of our life. Somebody has ever achieved great success without

lots of failure. One experience left deep impression on me. I’ve been fond of playing

the piano since my childhood. Last year there was a piano competition for teenager in

my city and I take part in it. I couldn’t wait to show off. The day finally came.

However, when I was on the stage I was very nervous that I made several mistakes

while playing. My performance was a completely failure!

It was only after the competition when I realized my failure resulted in my lack

of practice. From then on, I devoted more time to play the piano because I firmly

believe that practice make perfect.

假设你是李华，最近国内一家英文报纸正在讨论北京动物园是否应迁出市区。以下是你所在班级讨论的情况。请你给该报写一封信，反映讨论结果。赞成迁出：1. 游客多，交通堵塞2. 郊区环境好。

反对迁出：1. 建于1906年，中外闻名2. 搬迁易造成动物死亡

注意：1. 词数100– 120;

2. 适当加入细节，以使充实、行文连贯，请勿提及真实学校名称。

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下短文。短文中共有10处错误，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(∧), 并在此符号下面写出该加的词。

    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。

One day, when I am walking in my neighborhood after supper, I saw wallet on the ground. I picked it up or opened it. I found there were several $100 bills in it but I didn’t know whom it belonged for as there was no information about the owners. Just as I was wondering how to deal with it, I saw a man look for something. I went to him and asked how he was trying to find. He said he had been lost his wallet. Then I asked him how many it was in it. I returned it to him after making sure the wallet was him. He couldn’t thank me enough.

Most young people enjoy some form of physical activity. It may be walking, cycling, or swimming, or in winter, skating or skiing. It may be game of some kind football, hockey, golf, or tennis. It may be mountaineering（登山）.

Those who have a passion for climbing high and difficult mountains are often looked upon with astonishment. Why are men and women willing to suffer cold and hardship, and to take risks on high mountains? This astonishment is caused probably by the difference between mountaineering and other forms of activity to which men give their relaxation.

Mountaineering is a sport and not a game. There are no man-made rules, as there are for such games as golf and football. There are, of course, rules of a different kind which it would be dangerous to ignore, but it is this freedom from man-made rules that makes mountaineering attractive to many people. Those who climb mountains are free to use their own methods.

If we compare mountaineering and other more familiar sports, we might think that one big difference is that mountaineering is not a “team game”. We should be mistaken in this. There are, it is true, no “matches” between “teams” of climbers, but when climbers are on a rock face linked by a rope on which their lives may depend, there is obviously teamwork.

The mountain climber knows that he may have to fight forces that are stronger and more powerful than man. He has to fight the forces of nature. His sport requires high mental and physical qualities.

A mountain climber continues to improve in skill year after year. A skier is probably past his best by the age of thirty, and most international tennis champions are in their early twenties. But it is not unusual for man of fifty or sixty to climb the highest mountains in Alps. They may take more time than younger men, but they probably climb with more skill and less waste of effort, and they certainly experience equal enjoyment.

32．The main difference between a sport and a game lies in ______.

A. activity         B. rules         C. uniform         D. skills

33．Mountaineering can be called a team sport because ______.

A. mountaineers depend on each other while climbing  B. teams compete against each other

C. it is an Olympic event                         D. there are five climbers on each team

34．Mountaineers compete against ______.

A. each other      B. other teams     C. nature     D. international standards

35．Which of the following might be the best title?

A. How to Climb High Mountains       B. Mountain Climbers

C. Challenging Sports Activities         D. Mountaineering

I was in a terrible mood. Two of my friends had gone to the movies the night before and hadn’t invited me. I was in my room thinking of ways to make them sorry when my father came in. “Want to go for a ride, today, Beck? It’s a beautiful day.”

“No! Leave me alone!” Those were the last words I said to him that morning.

       My friends called and invited me to go to the mall with them a few hours later. I forgot to be mad at them and when I came home to find a note on the table. My mother put it where I would be sure to see it. “Dad has had an accident. Please meet us at Highland Park Hospital”.

    When I reached the hospital, my mother came out and told me my father’s injuries were extensive. “Your father told the driver to leave him alone and just call 911, thank God! If he had moved Daddy, there’s no telling what might have happened. A broken rib（肋骨）might have pierced（穿透）a lung...”

My mother may have said more, but I didn’t hear. I didn’t hear anything except those terrible words: Leave me alone. My dad said them to save himself from being hurt more. How much had I hurt him when I hurled those words at him earlier in the day?

    It was several days later that he was finally able to have a conversation. I held his hand gently, afraid of hurting him.

       “Daddy… I am so sorry…”

“It’s okay, sweetheart. I’ll be okay. ”

       “No,” I said, “I mean about what I said to you that day. You know, that morning?”

       My father could no more tell a lie than he could fly. He looked at me and said. “Sweetheart, I don’t remember anything about that day, not before, during or after the accident. But I remember kissing you goodnight the night before. ”He managed a weak smile.

    My English teacher once told me that words have immeasurable power. They can hurt or they can heal. And we all have the power to choose our words. I intend to do that very carefully from now on.

21. The author was in bad mood that morning because _______.

A. he couldn’t drive to the mall with his friends.

B. his father had a terrible accident

C. his father didn’t allow him to go out with his friends                       

D. his friends hadn’t invited him to the cinema

22. Why did the author say sorry to his father in the hospital?

A. Because he was rude to his father that morning.                       

B. Because he didn’t get  along with his father.

C. Because he failed to come earlier after the accident.

D. Because he couldn’t look after his father in the hospital.

23. The reason why the author’s father said he forgot everything about that day is that _____

A. he had a poor memory       B. he didn’t hear what his son said

C. he lost his memory after the accident      D. he just wanted to comfort his son

24. What lesson did Beck learn from the matter?

A. Don’t hurt others with rude words.

B. Don’t treat your parents badly.        

C. Don’t move the injured in an accident.

D. Don’t be angry with friends at small things.

--When did you move to Beijing? 

   ---Last year. But I _____ in a school in Japan for 8 years.

A. has taught      B. taught      C. has been taught        D. has been teaching

  Lisa, a middle-aged woman, went to prepare lunch, leaving her 3-year-old son, Barney, playing by himself in the backyard.

  All of a sudden, a sharp cry of Barney came into the mother's ears, and Lisa rushed into the backyard and found a big snake entwining（纠缠） the little child with its body and trying to swallow the boy. Lisa was terrified and quite angry. She made up her mind to save her son from the snake's mouth.

  It was a fearless mother's love that made Lisa forget what she faced. She took up an old hatchet （斧头）from the ground and struck the snake with all her strength.

  One...two... With the hatchet, Lisa hit the snake again and again, but she felt as if she were striking a mass of solid(坚固的) rubber. The little boy's voice and breath were getting weaker and weaker. Lisa's heart was broken and she nearly went mad.

  Suddenly Lisa put aside the hatchet and threw herself on to the snake, opened her mouth and bit into its back, as if tearing a tough steak（牛排）. Lisa was really mad.

  A small piece of flesh was bitten off. Lisa picked up the hatchet again and hit at the wound in the snake's back madly and savagely.

  Stinking blood was spraying out of the snake's body. The snake was so badly wounded that it let go of Barney and moved back into the forest. It had never imagined that human beings had such terrible, sharp teeth. Halfway home, the snake died.

32. Why did Lisa fail in killing the snake at first?

A. Because she was afraid that what she did would hurt her son.

B. Because the hatchet was not sharp enough and the snake's skin was too hard.

C. Because the snake was even stronger than Lisa.

D. Because she was too astonished to do anything.

33. ________, so she bit the snake.

A. Lisa was really driven mad

B. Lisa thought her teeth were much sharper than the hatchet

C. Lisa couldn't refuse the temptation of the snake's meat

D. Lisa had not got any other way to deal with the snake

34. From the story, we learned that it was a mother's love that made___________ .

A. Barney brave             B. the snake frightened 

C. Lisa mad and angry        D. the woman fearless

35. What does “made up her mind” in the second paragraph probably mean?

A. was determined   B. presented   C. wandered   D. was shocked

We met a little girl seven years ago during one of my daughter’s occasional hospital stays. Her name was Beth and she was my daughter’s roommate for a week. My Daughter and an incurable kidney(肾) disease. Beth was a very happy girl, despite the fact that she had cancer. I was amazed at her will and determination to never give up, however sick her treatment made her. She was always concerned about my daughter and the other children with cancer.

My daughter’s hospital treatment was completed in a week and we were waiting for her final discharge orders when Beth appeared. She said “I want you to have this. I know you need a new kidney, so keep this angel pin with you till you get better. She will watch over you and make you smile. My friend, John, gave it to me to watch over me. When you get your new kidney and smile, you can give this angel to someone that needs her, too”. My daughter thanked her and the girls exchanged hugs and big smiles. Later that year, Beth passed away.

We kept that angel for six more years. Finally, a kidney became available and she received a transplant.

Now she felt it was time to give it to someone who needed to be watched over until he or she could smile again. She gave it to an elderly man trying to recover from a heart problem.

How many families and hearts this angel has touched, no one knows for sure. But all that it took was a single gift of kindness. So in this Christmas season, create a tradition with your children or maybe someone you love. Give them a gift that keeps on giving. It’s a gift from your heart.

46. For what reason was the author impressed with Beth?(No more than 15 words)

47. Why did Beth give an angel pin to the author’s daughter?(No more than 10 words)

48. What does the underlined word “it” in the last paragraph refer to ?(No more than 5 words)

49. What tradition should be created as it is suggested in the passage? (No more than 15 words)

50. In your opinion what can be a gift from your heart? And why? (No more than 20 words)

假定英语课上老师要求同学们交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中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（），并在其下面写上该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。

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。

Nowadays surfing the Internet has been part of our life. The Internet have made our life more convenient in many ways. We can acquire information, keep in touch with our friends and relax us on the Internet. Therefore, the Internet has some negative effect on us teenagers. Some teenagers spent too much time chatting online. Others are addicted to play computer games. As result, they don’t have enough sleep or physical exercise, what is harmful to their health. Worse still, they have trouble concentrating in their lessons.

Because we are the masters of our country in the future, so we must learn to be responsible for ourselves. I hope we all can get rid of playing computer games.

Western civilization has been deeply influenced by Greek Culture. Many words from Greek mythology (神话) contributed to English vocabulary today. Greek mythology tells of the myths of ancient Greece, concerning its gods，heroes and the nature of the world. It attempts to explain the origin of the world and the adventures and lives of the gods, heroes and natural creatures. The following words exactly come from Greek mythology.

Echo; Narcissus

Echo was a fairy (仙女). She got the punishment of saying nothing but repeat others, last sentence said to her because she kept talking and talking before. Echo fell in love with Narcissus, but she was refused. Narcissus told Echo never to fall in love with him. Depressed and heartbroken by the hopeless love, Echo died, leaving “I fall in love with you” echoing in the cave. Nemesis, the god of revenge, determined to punish Narcissus for his coldness by making Narcissus love his own reflection in water. Finding it impossible to get together with his image, Narcissus died with sadness and transformed into a daffodil (水仙花) by the riverside.

Daphne

Daphne, one daughter of a river-god, was shot by Cupid’s lead arrow. Cupid, the god of love, shot a golden arrow at Apollo, the god of the sun, which made Apollo fall in love with Daphne. Crazily chased by Apollo, Daphne had no way to escape. However, Daphne was too shy to accept Apollo, so she begged to have her transformed into a laurel (月桂树). In English, Daphne refers to laurel. There also exists an idiom “as shy as Daphne”.

Atlas

Atlas was one of the Greek gods. Because he offended (冒犯) Zeus, the ruler of Gods and men, Atlas was ordered to carry the sky cm his shoulder. A Belgium geographer used Atlas to name his collection of maps with the pictures of Atlas who was carrying the Earth in it. Later, people refer to Atlas as the collection of maps.

16. Which of the following is NOT the theme of Greek mythology?

A. The origin of the world.

B. The nature of the world.

C. People’s lives of ancient Greece.

D. The adventures and lives of the gods and heroes.

17. Why was Echo punished?

A. Because she offended Zeus.

B. Because she talked too much.

C. Because she fell in love with Narcissus.

D. Because she was too shy to accept Apollo.

18.        is referred to as the collection of maps.

A. Daphne                         B. Echo                              C. Narcissus                      D. Atlas

    An explosion  on Thursday killed one and injured 21 in a busy street in Tongren.Southwest China's  Guizhou Province.　　

    The bomb was hidden in a rubbish bin in the city's commercial hub, where lots of shops and restaurants  are concentrated.　　

     The ear-splitting explosion was heard around 12: 50 p.m., said a local newspaper, which was described by witnesses. The power of the explosion shattered (使粉碎) nearby shop windows and ripped the stainless(不生锈的)steel rubbish can to pieces.

     One passer-by, identified（确认） only as Zhang, said she was shocked by the noise and saw a lot of pedestrians  lying on the ground when she got to the scene.

Thirteen of the injured were taken to a local hospital after the explosion. A doctor there said five were in serious condition but already out of danger after emergency treatment. The others were just slightly hurt.

     The cause of the explosion is still under investigation, said an officer with the Tongren police, but refused

to speculate as to the cause.

32. It can be inferred from the passage that _____. 

A. all the injured were taken to a hospital

B. 8 of the injured were not taken to a hospital

C. the rubbish bin with the bomb was in a restaurant

D. some shops were destroyed 

33. Which of the following statements is True according to the passage?

A. One passer-by,indertified only as Zhang,saw the man throwing a bomb into a bin,

B. Some customers in restaurants were injured.

C. The writer didn't get to the scene.

D. All customers in  shops got hurt.

34.In the last paragraph the underlined word “speculate”probably means    .

A.tell  B.guess  C.discuss  D.talk

35. What of the following can be the best title for the passage?

A. Bomb Hidden in a Rubbish Bin

B. The Cause of the Explosion

C. A Terrible Thing

D. Street Explosion Kills 1, Injures 21

We have two very good TEEL (Teach English as a Foreign Language) teaching opportunities available in Tetouan,, northern Morocco with a privately owned English language school which was founded in 2011and follows British courses. The new teachers needed by the school will begin to work on October 1st, 2016.

Overview

●Teach children from the ages of 7 or even younger to adults.

●Teach all levels of English from beginner to the advanced.

●Teach conversation classes.

●Teaching hours will be 6 to 40 hours a week depending on student enrollment(登记人数).

Salary ＆ Beneflts

●Provide accommodation: a small furnished apartment near to the school, which is close to the center of the city and transport links.

●Share an apartment with another teacher.

●Each teach will have their own bedroom but has to share a bathroom with another teacher.

●Electricity and water bills to be paid by the teacher.

●Receive weekly salary based on Moroccan standards of living of 600 dirhams (迪拉姆) a week.

Class for children

●All students are local Moroccan student who live in the surrounding area.

●Our school uses Macmillan books.

●We have three terms in a year and each term consists of 15 weeks. Classes are mostly in the evening from 5 pm to 9:30 pm; however, some morning classes are also available, which are usually classes for housewives.

●There are no classes on Saturday.

Requirements

●Bachelor’s degrees (any field).

●Native English speaker.

●Teaching experience preferred.

To apply, please email us with a copy of your information: jobs@eslstarter. com

16. We can learn from the passage that a teacher_.

A. will not give lessons on Saturday    

B. will have to teach 50 hours a week

C. can use electricity and water for free

D. will share a bedroom with another teacher.

7. Which of the following are needed for an applicant?

a. His/Her mother tongue is English.      b. He/She is a university graduate.

c. His/Her major is English.             d. He/She has some teaching experience.

A. a, b, c                 B. b, c, d,                C. a, b, d            D. a, c, d

Attractions

Do you:

? Love the National Park, value it and hope to safeguard its future?

? Wish to see the beautiful landscape of the Park protected?

? Like to enjoy peaceful, informal recreation within the Park?

Aims

  The Friends organization’s aims are to help protect and improve the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park for all to enjoy. We are a voluntary organization and registered charity without financial links to the National Park Authority.

Activities

We encourage everyone to enjoy the National Park through regular talks and visits to interesting places in the Park with expert guides.

We keep an eye on planning applications, Park Authority policies and threats to the National Park such as massive（大量的）leisure complexes(建筑群). We work with like-minded organizations such as the Campaign for National Parks to make our voice more effective.

We help children to understand the National Park by sponsoring publications such as an adventure booklet and projects in local schools.

Benefits

? Guided visits to places of interest which may not always be available to the general public.

? All members receive our regular News and Views.

? Talks by experts in their fields on current issues.

? A discount is available on Friends items for sale.

? Satisfaction of participation in work parties, for, those willing and able to be involved.

  If interested, please complete the Application Form at www. fpnp.org.uk.

21. Which of the following is discouraged by the Friends organization?

       A. To build massive complexes for public amusement.

       B. To prevent possible damages to the National Park.

       C. To help protect and improve the Park for all to enjoy.

       D. To sponsor publications and projects in local schools.

22. One of the benefits for members of Friends organization is to         .

   A. have Friends' goods free of charge      

   B. visit any place not open to the public

   C. take part in work parties if they want to     

   D. give talks in their fields on current issues

23. The purpose of this poster is to invite more people to         .

       A. raise money for the Friends organization

       B. join the Friends organization and be members of it

       C. work as managers for Pembrokeshire National Park

       D. enjoy the landscape of Pembrokeshire National Park

 The writer was so ________ in her work that she didn't notice him enter the room.

       A. abandoned                    B. focused           C. absorbed                D. concentrated

----The car crash hasn’t brought any traffic inconvenience, has it?

  ----Yes. The road ______up with several miles of vehicles within a few minutes.

   A. was chocked            B. has been chocked     C. had been choked    D. is choked

Exercise is very important when it comes to dropping pounds. So if you’re eager to lose weight, then here are three everyday changes that will help increase your calorie burn.

Hello Sunshine

   76   . Research shows that people who exercise in the morning work harder and for longer periods, which may be because they’re clearer in thinking and more energetic and they don’t feel as rushed as afternoon or evening exercisers.   77    , which will help even more with your weigh-loss journey.

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When it comes to cardio(有氧运动), running will help you lose more weight than walking since it burns more calories. But if you increase your speed just a little, then you’ll burn even more.    79   . Adding sprinting intervals(间隔冲刺) is a useful way to increase your calorie burn and has also been proven to reduce belly(腹部) fat. Also be sure to swing your arms as you move, and you’ll burn 15 percent more calories.

Strength Train

Muscle burns more calories than fat does, so the more muscle quality you have, the better it is for weight loss.    80   . Include strength-training moves throughout your day, such as push-ups on the bathroom counter and kick your legs while brushing your teeth. You can also work your body by carrying a basket instead of pushing a cart, using the stairs whenever possible and sitting on an exercise ball instead of a chair.

A. Getting into a morning routine will also help you stick with it

B. Run instead of walking

C. Muscles exercise is the key to weight-loss

D. And don’t stick to a consistent pace during the entire training

E. Morning exercises burn more calories

F. Don’t just hit the weight room at the gym

G. Get Speedy

Once upon a time, there was a man from the State of Chu who loved his sword very much. One day, he was sitting in a boat  61  (prepare) to cross a river, when he accidentally dropped his sword into the water.  62  the ship moving fast on and the water running, the people on board reminded that he should go into the water to find his beloved sword back. The man felt in great  _63  (anxious) too. However, he turned a deaf ear to that and instead, he  64  (immediate) took out a knife and made a notch（刻痕）on the side of the boat  65  his dear sword fell. The people wondered why he did so. He said proudly the notch could help  66  (get) his sword back. Shortly after the  67  (arrive) at the shore, he entered the water just beneath the notch he made. Though _68  (spend) rather a long time, he returned empty-handed. Without doubt, he was laughed at in public and his story became  69  well-known joke in China.

Today the idiom  70  (relate) to the story is used to describe a person who stick to rigid rules without considering a changing environment or describes an action made pointless by changing circumstances.