Glynis Davis:

I first piled on the pounds when I was in the family way and I couldn’t lose them afterwards．Then I joined a slimming club．My target was 140 pounds and I lost 30 pounds in six months．I felt great and people kept saying how good I looked．But Christmas came and I started to slip back into my old eating habits．I told myself I’d lose the weight at slimming classes in the new year… but it didn’t happen．Instead of losing the pounds, I put them on．I’d lost willpower and tried to believe that the old bag of fish and chips didn’t make any difference---but the scales don’t lie．

Roz Juma:

To be honest, I never weigh myself any more．I’ve learnt to be happy with myself．It seemed to me that I would feel sorry about every spoonful of tasty food that passed my lips．My idea is simple．You shouldn’t be too much thinking about food and dieting．Instead, you should get on with life and stop dreaming of a super thin body．This is obviously the size I’m meant to be and, most of all, I’m happy with it．

Lesley Codwin:

I was very happy at winning Young Slimmer of the year．I’d look in the mirror unable to believe this slim lady was me! That might have been my problem—perhaps from then on I didn’t pay any attention to myself．Winning a national competition makes everything worse, though．Because you feel the eyes of the world are fixed upon you．I feel a complete failure because I’ve put on weight again．

Ros Langfod:

Before moving in with my husband Gavin, I’d always been about 110 pounds, but the pleasant housework went straight to my waist and I put on 15 pounds in a year．Every so often I try to go on a diet… I’m really good in a few days, then end up having the children’s leftovers or eating happily chocolate—my weakness．I’d like to be slim, but right now my duty is the children and home．I might take more exercise when my kids are older．

32．What do you think the four women were talking about?

       A．Their life after marriage．                         B． Their own slimming matter．

       C．Tex books for students．                         D．Different diets they prefer．

33．Where are these short passages most likely to be taken from?

       A．Advertisements on the wall．                   B． Talks on the air．

       C．Books in a library．                                 D．Magazines for children．

34．What does the underlined word “scales” possibly mean?

       A．Some tool to measure weight．                B． The coach in the slimming club．

       C．Glynis Davis’ dear husband．                  D．The salesperson in a food shop．

35．Which of the following best describes each of the four women’s attitudes towards slimming?

       ① Glynis Davis            a．I put on weight soon after I got married．

       ② Roz Juma                          b．Frame doesn’t necessarily mean success．

       ③ Lesley Codwin                  c．Facts speak much louder than words．

④ Ros Langfod                     d．I like myself as I am, and to be what you are．

       A．①-a; ②-d; ③-b; ④-c                            B．①-c; ②-b; ③-d; ④-a

       C．①-c; ②-d; ③-b; ④-a                            D．①-a; ②-b; ③-c; ④-d

假定你是李华，听闻国外某网站要在全球范围内评选 “The Most Qualified Student”（最美中学生），请你用英语给该网站写一封推荐信。内容包括：

1. 介绍被推荐人（林扬）的基本信息；

2. 说明推荐理由。

注意：

1. 词数100左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3. 开头语给出，不计入总词数。

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When others get off the train to finally go home,Leonie Muller slays behind.That’s because she is already home: The train is her apartment,and she says she likes it that way.The German college student gave up her apartment in spring.“It all started with an argument I had with my landlord,”Muller told The Washington Post via e-mail.“I immediately decided I want to live there anymore and then I realized: Actually,I didn’t want to live anywhere anymore.”

Instead,she bought a subscription (会员费) that allows her to board every train in the country for free.Now, Muller washes her hair in the train bathroom and writes her college papers while traveling at a speed of up to 190 mph.She says that she enjoys the freedom since she gave up her apartment.“I really feel at home on trains.It’s like being on vacation all the time,”Muller said.

“I want to inspire people to question their habits and the things they consider to be normal,” Muller told The Post.“There are always more opportunities than one thinks there are.The next adventure is waiting just around the comer-provided that you want to find it.”

Muller frequently travels late at night,although she tries to sleep at the apartments of relatives or friends. Often, she is accommodated by her boyfriend,her mother or grandmother.“Normally,we would have to have a long-distance relationship,but living on a train enables me to see him all the time,” Muller told German TV station SWR regarding her boyfriend.“Most of ray friends really like the idea,although some consider it to be quite adventurous. Others, however,have reacted more negatively.They feel offended by the fact that I question the ordinary way of life and living.”

The only problem? “Possessing a headset that reduces most surrounding noises is important,” she said.

28.What do we know about the direct reason for Muller s choice to live on trains?

A.She had an argument with her landlord.                B.She wanted to visit more people on the way.

C.She had to finish her graduate paper on the topic.        D.She planned to act against tradition.

29.According to Muller,which is one of the advantages of living on trains?

A.She can have more holidays.                       B.She can escape from college life.

C.She can possess a headset.                            D.She can see her boyfriend more often.

30.What does Muller want to express in Paragraph 3?

A.There are opportunities everywhere in life.           B.The next adventure is coming soon.

C.People need to make changes in their life.                D.People need to follow in her footsteps to live on trains.

31.What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 4 refer to?

A.The ordinary way of life and living.                  B.The thought of living on a train.

C.German TV station SWR.                            D.A long-distance relationship.

 ---How do you understand life?

  ----It is a constant match ________the greatest opponent is yourself

   A. what                     B. which            C. that             D. where

 The manager suggested an earlier date _____ the meeting.

   A. on                   B. for                 C. about                    D. with

Google works miracles

Google is a daily miracle(奇迹)to millions of people. You can type almost anything into the space provided, and soon it wil come up with hundreds, if not thousands, of references (参考). It is said that you can get into billions of websites through Google.

Yahoo becomes giant

Yahoo was the first wonder of the Web, and in many parts, it still is.

It started in January 1994 when two Californian graduate students, Jerry Yang and David Filo, started building a database of links(数据库的连接), mainly for their personal use. Well before the end of the year, it had become known as the Yahoo we know today.

Ebay enables everyone to buy and sell

Ebay, which carries out online auctions(拍卖), is one of the most important Internet companies. It has, for example, opened up a global marketplace in which people from Beigjing, San Francisco, Moscow or Buenos Aires can bid(竞价)against each other for products (new or old )put up auction by someone in London.

Amazon makes buying a new experience

For regular users, amazon has made itself the shortest possible path between wanting and buying. With amazon you can get something more cheaply and perhaps more quickly.

The search engine and one-click ordering system let you find and order something in seconds.But this is not the whole story. Amazon also uses technology very cleverly to keep you on the site, and to make you buy more.

69．What can you do through Google?

A．Buy what you like .                                        B．Watch films and listen to music.

C．Search the websites you like.                           D．Leave a message for your friends.

70．From this passage ,we know that Yahoo was first started___________.

A．by two Chinese university students                  B．in 1994

C．to provide services for foreigners                    D．for business use

71．If you have something old to sell online ,you can click onto_________.

A．amazon                      B．Yahoo                     C．Ebay                      D．Google

72．Which of the following is NOT true about amazon?

A．You can buy something quickly through it.

B．You can buy something cheaply through it .

C．It is a website which sells many kinds of things.

D．You can’t stay in the website for long because it’s busy.

Tips for Writing Essays on Reading

Take a look at the follow list so that you know you’re writing the best possible essay on reading.

Read what you’re interested in.

If you know that you’re going to be writing an essay on reading, be sure to select a text that you’re interested in.   36   . So make sure you read what you’re interested in.

Find your focus.

Before you write any kind of essay on reading, you need to decide what your essay on reading will be about.   37   . Or you can select a theme based on the text.

Practice close reading.

Close reading is a way of analyzing a writer’s word choice and balancing critical thinking as you’re reading whatever text.    38   . For example, analyze why the writer said that the main character was walking quickly instead of running. There is a difference between those two word choices.

Ask questions.

If you’re having trouble writing your essay on reading, go back to the text and train yourself to ask thoughtful questions.   39   . For example, while reading "Old Man and the Sea," ask why Ernest Hemingway spends so much time with a man by himself.

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Once you train yourself to ask questions, you need to look for clues in the text to lead you to a conclusion. As you look for answers in the text, sometimes you need to make a larger meaning out of something that seems small. This is called subtext(潜台词).

A. Look for unspoken words

B. But it will be fun for you to write

C. You can write how the brain reacts to reading

D. Essays on reading could be one of the most interesting topics

E. Your essay will suffer if what you’re reading is boring to you

F. These kind of questions would be a great way to start your essay

G. As you analyze and practice close reading, take a look at the word choice

红星中学拟于本周五上午8:00在阅览室举行英语读书会(reading circle)活动。假设你是高三学生李华，请给你的外教Mr. Black写一封邮件，邀请他参加活动。邮件的内容包括：

1.介绍读书活动的相关信息；

2.说明你发出邀请的原因；

3.询问对方的意向。

注意：    1. 词数不少于100词；

2. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Mr. Black,

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                                                        Yours sincerely,

                                                               Li Hua

Adding math talk to story time at home is a winning equation for children's math achievement, according to new research from the University of Chicago. The study from psychologists Sian Beilock and Susan Levine shows a marked increase in math achievement among children whose families used Bedtime Math, an iPad app that delivers engaging math story problems for parents and children to solve together. 

       Even children who used the app with their parents as little as once a week saw gains in math achievement by the end of the school year. The app's effect was especially strong for children whose parents tend to be anxious or uncomfortable with math.

       Previous research from this group has demonstrated the importance of adults’ attitudes about math for children's math success. For example, a recent study found that math-anxious parents who help their children with math homework actually weaken their children’s math achievement. 

       The new findings demonstrate that structured, positive interactions around math at home can cut the link between parents’ uneasiness about math and children's low math achievement.

       “Many Americans experience high levels of anxiety when they have to solve a math problem, with a majority of adults feeling at least some worries about math,” said Beilock, professor in Psychology and author of Choke, a book about stress and performance. “These math-anxious parents are probably less likely to talk about math at home, which affects how competent their children are in math. Bedtime Math encourages a dialogue between parents and kids about math, and offers a way to engage in high-quality math interactions in a low-effort, high-impact way.” 

       Study participants included 587 first-grade students and their parents. Families were given an iPad installed with a version of the Bedtime Math app, with which parents and their children read stories and answer questions involving math, including topics like counting, shapes and problem-solving. A control group received a reading app that had similar stories without the math content and questions related to reading comprehension instead. Children's math achievement was assessed at the beginning and end of the school year. Parents completed a questionnaire about their nervousness with math. 

       The more times parents and children in the math group used the app, the higher children’s achievement on a math assessment at the end of the school year. Indeed, children who frequently used the math app with their parents outperformed similar students in the reading group by almost three months in math achievement at year's end.

28.  Bedtime Math is an iPad app that _____.

       A. requires parents and children to answer reading comprehension questions

       B. assesses children’s math achievement and parents’ nervousness with math

       C. teaches children how to count, recognize shapes and solve practical problems

       D. encourages children together with their parents to solve math story problems

29.  The previous study found that _____.

       A. help from math-anxious parents improves children’s math achievement

       B. children’ math achievement is related to parents’ attitude about math

       C. interactions around math at home will cut off the family relationship

       D. children can achieve more success if they see the importance of math

30.  We can infer from the passage that ______.

       A. children using app for three months can see gains in math achievement

       B. children whose parents are uneasy about math outperform other students

       C. it is the math problems related to the stories that make the great difference

       D. the frequency of using the app has nothing to do with children’s achievement

31.  What is the theme of this passage?

       A. High-quality math interactions improve performance.

       B. Frequent use of app can develop problem solving ability.

       C. Low-effort activities create good parent-child relationship.

D. High-anxiety parents influence children’s attitude about math.

Alone in the wilderness. Nothing but jungle. A world of shadow with the rays of light falling like blonde hair from the crowns of the giant trees. Jungle in the midday sun. Everything motionless. Not a sound from sky or earth. Complete silence. Only some coconuts falling, at long intervals, very far away. The world reduced to the soft touch of cool grass along my naked back, and a sweet smell of rich soil and vegetation. Stretched out with closed eyes beside my heavy burden of fruit and firewood, I enjoyed the feeling of fresh blood streaming through every part of my body and fresh jungle air filling every corner of my lungs.

     Resting motionless, I could see the sun through my closed eyelids, alone in the sky, as lonely as I, and as motionless and silent as everything else. The earth had surely stopped turning and somewhere on this planet there was supposed to be roaring traffic in busy streets. What a crazy, unbelievable thought!

       Another coconut fell, to make the world come to a complete standstill. I had to roll over onto my stomach to feel that at least I could move and make noises. Then I found company. A little brown ant was struggling to find its way with a bit of dry straw through the jungle of leaves and grass below my nose. I wondered if I could give the little fellow a lift with its burden, but it showed not the slightest sign of tiredness and struggled on with all six legs, head first or head last, waving its feelers energetically as if the trip had just started. Who ever saw a tired ant? Tiredness, disagreeable tiredness, is restricted to hunted animals, slaves and modern man. It is as great an effort for an office clerk to walk five blocks with a loaded brief-case as it is for a jungle-dweller to cross a valley with a goat on his back. It is as hard to get up and climb or run when you have been seated for years as it is to get up and walk when you have been in bed for months. The body is strange. Spare it, and you get really tired for almost nothing; use it, and almost nothing makes you really tired.

       I rose to my feet. I had heard a horse neighing down in the valley. Above me, on the open highland plains, there were wild horses. But down in the valley there was never a horse unless there was a man on it. Somebody was making his way up the valley and my wife was alone.

71．The author mentions coconuts’ falling to          .

       A．show his loneliness                                            B．add beauty to the jungle

       C．express his love of nature                                          D．stress the absolute silence

72.   What’s the right order of the following vents?

       a. I heard a horse neighing down in the valley.

       b. I went to the jungle.

       c. I found an ant carrying a bit of dry straw.

       d. I lay on the ground to have a break.

       e. I picked fruits and chopped firewood.

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

73．How does the author feel about the ant?

       A．He admired its attitude toward work.                   B．He was amazed at its tireless efforts.

       C．He showed sympathy for the little ant.                 D．He was content to have it as a companion.

74．It can be inferred from the last paragraph that the author would probably          .

       A．work harder than before                                     B．talk to the man on the horse

       C．make his way home                                           D．stay in the valley

75．We can learn from the passage that the author          .

       A．enjoyed being alone                                            B．experienced a world of quietness

       C．missed his busy life in the city                             D．had an unforgettable adventure

Use More Facial Expression

   One psychologist feels that our facial expression is responsible more than anything else for the impression others have of us. In fact, more than 50 percent of another’s impression, he believes, is influenced by the look on your face. Naturally a smile in which the eyes participate is extremely communicative. An unfriendly look often brings the same thing in return. People tend to mirror your expression, so try to show how you feel about a topic or an idea or the audience through your facial expression.

Rid Your Inner Fear

   It’s natural to have some tension or nervousness when you appear before an audience. The way to handle it is to put it to work for you , get into action, as Shakespeare observed, action cures fear. There are only a few known ways to control fear. The first is to admit it , do the thing you fear and it will be the death of fear itself. Another simple aid at the last minute before you begin, is to take a few deep breaths, which will help keep your voice under control. In fact, if you’re thoroughly prepared, just taking a few deep breaths before you’re introduced will give you added confidence and balance. Other known ways to control nervousness and fear are to give yourself an encouraging talk or take some physical exercise.

Polish Your Voice

   Our voice is the main instrument we possess for communicating with people. We all sound sensitive. So invest in a tape-recorder, practice your speech by speaking it into the microphone and then listen to it .You can even have others join in the evaluation of your strong points and your weaknesses or faults as well. Remember that Demosthenes and Winston Churchill both used pebbles in their mouths while practicing their speaking. Simply reading out loud can also help you improve your voice and develop a personal style.

Strengthen Your Memory

   Psychologists tell us that most individuals don’t use above ten percent of their natural capacity for memory, that’s comparable to trying to run a car on one cylinder(汽缸).Why do most people use so little of their power of memory? Because they don’t practise the fundamentals of remembering. First and most important, it’s necessary to have a burning desire to remember; it’s difficult to recall anything without wanting to do so. Step two is concentration. Henry Ward Beecher once observed, one hour of intense concentration can accomplish more than years of dreaming. The next principle is repetition. We learned many things in school by repetition. When you hear a name for the first time, repeat it, spell it, write it down and review it. You’ll soon know it by heart.

66.Why should you polish your voice?

A. Because it can develop a personal voice.       

B. Because you can practise reading aloud

C. Because you can have other evaluated it       

D. Because it is the major instrument in communication

67. To make a good impression on others, you should pay special attention to your        .

A. words             B. facial expression              C. gestures                  D. voice

68. Which of the following ways to get rid of your inner fear is NOT included in the passage?

A. Taking a deep breath                                   B. Keeping your voice under control

C. Having an encouraging talk                           D. Taking some physical exercise

69.How can you strengthen your memory?

A. By having a desire to remember , concentrate and repeat

B. By practicing the fundamentals of remembering

C. By writing down what we want to remember

D. By repeating, spelling and reviewing it.

70.What can be the best title for the passage?

A. Action Cures Fears                                     B. How to Strengthen Your Memory

C. How to Communicate with People                       D. Four Efficient Ways to Improve Your Speech

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增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（/\），并在该句下面写出该加的词。

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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。

 例如：                                     

One morning I was out taking my dogs for a quick walk before work when I noticed, from a distance, an old man struggled with a wheelchair.

  As I got close, it was obvious there was anything wrong. Although I was not normally someone who got involving with other people’s business, he looked as he needed help.

  When I finally got to her, I asked if anything was wrong. The old man replied to that the battery on his wheelchair was flat, I offer to help him. At first he refused and said that he didn’t want to be bother. However, after I’d talked to him in a little while longer, he accepted my offer to help him.

________ a precious diamond necklace for his wife, Martin could hardly afford a tie for himself.

      A. Having bought  B. Buying                                                                                  C. Being bought            D. To buy

 Laura was away in Paris for over a week . When she got home，there was a pile of mail_____for her.

A．waited        B．waiting         C．to wait       D．was waiting

Only when _______ home_____ that he had left his bag in the taxi he had taken.

   A. he returned; did he realize     B. did he return; did he realize

   C. he returned; he realized       D. did he return; he realized