Two of the hardest things to accomplish in this world are to acquire wealth by honest effort and, having gained it, to learn how to use it properly. Recently I walked into the locker room of a rather well-known golf club after finishing a round. It was in the late afternoon and most of the members had left for their homes. But a half-dozen or so men past middle age were still seated at tables talking aimlessly and drinking more than was good for them. These same men can be found there day after day, and, strangely enough, each one of these men had been a man of affairs and wealth, successful in business and respected in the community if material prosperity were the chief necessity for happiness, then each one should have been happy. Yet, it seemed to me, something very important was missing, or else there would not have been the constant effort to escape the realities of life through Scotch and soda. They knew, each one of them, that their productivity had ceased(停止)．When a fruit tree ceases to bear its fruit, it is dying. And it is even so with man.
    What is the answer to a long and happy existence in this world of ours? I think I found it long ago in a passage from the book of Genesis which caught my eye while I was looking through my Bible. The words were few, but they became memorably impressed on my mind:“In the sweat of the face shall you eat the bread．”

To me, that has been a challenge from my earliest recollections (memories). In fact, the battle of life, of existence, is a challenge to everyone. The immortal words of St. Paul, too, have been and always will be a great inspiration to me. At the end of the road I want to be able to feel that I have fought a good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith.
32.Which of the following is indicated in the first paragraph?
A. Wealth results from honest effort.
B．The men seated at tables in the locker room are lost in the significance of life.
C．For some people, no way can be found to escape the realities of life other than Scotch and soda.
D．The men acquire wealth by planting fruit trees.
33. The underlined sentence “In the sweat of the face shall you eat the bread” means “________”．
A. Bread tastes delicious when sweat pours off your face
B．No pains, no gains
C．Failure is the mother of success
D．Bread comes from the sweat on your face
34.We learn from the passage that the author________．
A．was a wealthy person in the community
B．held a positive attitude towards an active life
C．was fond of associating with celebrities (名人)
D．kept a secret of the reason why he was so impressed
35.What is implied in the passage by the writer?
A．To use wealth properly, eat, drink and be merry.
B．Where there is a will, there is a way.
C．As life is but like a dream, a man is like a fruit tree.
D．If you cease to struggle, you cease to live.                   

Eco-friendly Car Racer

Can you image a car racer is so eco-friendly that its tyres are made from potatoes, its body is created from hemp（大麻）and rapeseed oil and it runs on fuel made from wheat and sugar beet? The one-seater racing car called Eco One is built by experts from Warwick University, who hope that Eco One will be adopted by the automotive industry．It is sold at $51,000．

Pollution-sensitive Dress

Don’t be caught outside unaware of pollution levels in the air．The pollution-sensitive EPA Dress by Stephanie Sandstrom notices pollution in the air accordingly. This dress - which is actually quite pretty-look like you pull it from the bottom of the dirty laundry pile when the air is dirty. It might protect your hea1th by advising you to stay indoors for the day, but it won’t do you any favor if you’re meeting with clients.

Eco-friendly Umbrella

Traditional umbrellas come with a fixed surface. Although it is changeable, you cannot replace it easily. This eco-friendly design is more flexible. It is actually only an umbrella skeleton without any surface, which can be folded, so you can put anything such as newspapers, plastic bags or whatever you want to serve as the protecting surface.

Eco-friendly Moss(苔藓)Carpet

It is said that walking on fresh grass increases your blood circulation. The Moss Carpet, created by Nguyen La Chanh, looks at getting the grass to your feet. The mat includes ball moss, island moss and forest moss. The humidity(湿度)of the bathroom ensures that it grows well. And that’s why you need to place it there and not anywhere else.

21.According to Paragraph 1,we can find Eco One     .

A. can seat one passenger and one driver

B. can’t be afforded by the public at present

C. is mainly made from some kinds of plants

D. will that the place of the traditional car industry

22. Why is EPA Dress designed?

A. To advise people to stay at home as often as possible

B. To keep users informed of the polluted levels in the air．

C. To make women look pretty even in the polluted air.

D. To stop people from meeting their clients if necessary.

23. Where does the text probably come from?

A. A science report

B. A personal blog

C. A health report

D. An official document

We know that hugs make us feel cosy inside. And this feeling could actually ward off stress and protect the immune (免疫) system, according to a new research from Carnegie Mellon University.

It’s a well-known fact that stress can weaken the immune system. In this study, the researchers sought to determine whether hugs could protect individuals from the increased sensitivity to illness brought on by the particular stress that comes with interpersonal conflict.

“We know that people experiencing ongoing conflicts with others are less able to fight off cold viruses. We also know that people who report having social support are partly protected from the effects of stress on psychological states, such as depression and anxiety, ” the study’s lead author, psychologist Dr. Sheldon Cohen , said in a statement. “We have tested whether awareness of social support is equally effective in protecting us from sensitivity to infection caused by stress and also whether receiving hugs might partially account for those feelings of support and thus protect a person against infection.”

In the experiment, over 400 healthy adults filled out a questionnaire about their perceived (感知到的) social support and also participated in a nightly phone interview for two weeks. They were asked about the frequency that they engaged in interpersonal conflict and received hugs that day.

Then, the researchers exposed the participants to a common cold virus, and monitored them to assess signs of infection. They found that both perceived social support and more frequent hugs reduced the risk of infection associated with experiencing interpersonal conflict. Regardless of whether or not they experienced social conflicts, infected participants with greater perceived social support and more frequent hugs had less severe illness symptoms.

“This suggests that being hugged by a trusted person may act as an effective means of conveying support and that increasing the frequency of hugs might be an effective means of reducing the effects of stress,” Cohen said. “The apparent protective effect of hugs may result from the physical contact itself or hugging being a behavioral indicator of support and closeness. Either way, those who receive more hugs are somewhat more protected from infection.”

If you need any more reason to wrap your arms around someone special, consider this: hugs also lower blood pressure, reduce fears, improve heart health and decrease feelings of loneliness.

28. In Paragraph 1, the underlined words “ward off “can be replaced by ____.

A. produce           B. increase         C. prevent          D. support

29. Dr. Sheldon Cohen’s experiment shows that ____.

A. hugs can hide serious illness symptoms

B. social conflicts can monitor signs of infection1111]

C. social support can reduce the risk of having a cold

D. depression and anxiety result from less social support

30.The passage aims to convey that ____.

   A. hugs can have protective effects           B. social support can cure diseases 

   C. interpersonal conflicts cause infections     D. stress can weaken our immune system

31. The passage is most likely to be found in ____.

   A. a social science magazine                B. a commercial brochure 

   C. a medical report                        D. an academic essay

As her son Cameron sits at his laptop completing a task for his math degree course, Alison Thompson，a full-time mum，is busy helping her daughter Emma (two years younger than Cameron) get dressed. While help has always been available for Emma, Alison and her husband also have to fight to get Cameron the support he needs. “People could see that Emma has special needs but because Cameron was doing so well at school, his teachers never thought there was a problem with him.”    says Alison.

It took Alison and her husband a while to realize their son was different. Cameron’s ability didn’t become clear until he began primary school. Once he even corrected the teacher when she told the class that zero was the lowest number. Cameron told her she was wrong because there were negative numbers (负数). He was four at the time. Now 14-year-old Cameron is at secondary school, studying for a distance learning math degree with the Open University, having sailed through his GCSE at 11 and his A-level at 12, achieving top grades.

Bethany, another daughter of Alison, is bright too but not gifted. She is the one who will remind absent-minded Cameron to put on his coat. She also helps him out in social situations.

Emma attends a specialist school and the family is quick to celebrate her successes too.

“The other day she did up the buttons on her coat, which was real progress,” Alison says.

Late last year the Thompsons took part in a television documentary (纪录片) to prove that not all gifted children are the result of extremely ambitious parents. Gifted children need support too, but their lives don’t have to be that different. Cameron is an example.

8. What does Paragraph 1 indicate?

A. Cameron helps Emma with her math tasks.

B. Teachers at school ignored Emma’s problems.

C. Both Cameron and Emma need parental support.

D. The couple often have fights because of Cameron.

9. What does the underlined phrase “having sailed through his GCSE” probably mean?

A. Having passed his GCSE easily.      B. Having taken his GCSE seriously.

C. Having worked hard at his GCSE.    D. Having suffered a lot from his GCSE

10. There are at least         people in Mrs. Thompson’s family.

A. three    B. four

C. five    D. six

11. What can be known from the passage?

A. Emma has learned to take good care of herself.

B. Cameron showed his gift before primary school.

C. The children of the family are bright and gifted.

D. Gifted kids are not so different as people expect.

“In only six days I lost seven pounds of weight.”

“Two full inches in the first three days！”

These are the kinds of statements used in magazine，newspaper，radio and television ads，promising new shapes and new looks to those who buy the medicine or the device. The promoters of products say they can shape the legs，slim the face，smooth wrinkles，or in some other way to add to beauty or desirability.

Often such products are nothing more than money­making things for their promoters. The results they produce are questionable，and some are dangerous to health.

To understand how these products can be legally promoted to the public，it is necessary to understand something of the laws covering their regulation. If the product is a drug，FDA(Food and Drug Administration)can require proof under the Food，Drug，and Cosmetic Act that is safe and effective before it is put on the market. But if the product is a device，FDA has no authority to require premarketing proof of safety or effectiveness. If a product already on the market is a danger to health，FDA can request the producer or distributor to remove it from the market voluntarily，or it can take legal action，including seizure(查封)of the product.

One notable case a few years ago involved an electrical device called the Relaxacisor，which had been sold for reducing the waistline. The Relaxacisor produced electrical shocks to the body through contact pads. FDA took legal action against the distributor to stop the sale of the device on the grounds that it was dangerous to health and life.

Obviously，most of the devices on the market have never been the subject of court proceedings(法律诉讼)，and new devices appear continually. Before buying，it is up to the consumer to judge the safety or effectiveness of such items.

64．It can be inferred that the ads mentioned in the text are________.

A．objective  B．costly             C．unreliable  D．illegal

65.Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?

A．The court is in charge of removing dangerous products.

B．New products are more likely to be questionable.

C．The production of a device must be approved by FDA.

D．The promoters usually just care about profits.

66．FDA can ask for the proof of safety and effectiveness of a product________.

A．if it is a drug                                B．if it is a device

C．if its consumers make complaints   D．if its distributors challenge FDA's authority

67．The Relaxacisor is mentioned as________.

A．a product which was designed to produce electricity

B．a product whose distributor was involved in a legal case

C．a successful advertisement of a beauty product

D．an example of a quality beauty product

We won’t keep winning games             we keep playing well.

       A．because               B．unless                 C．when                D．while

—He is good at a lot of things but it doesn’t mean he is perfect.

— ___________ Actually no one is.

A. What’s going on?    B. Let’s get going.

    C. Thank goodness.  D. I’m with you on that.

______________ (在老师不在的时候)，Wei Minzhi is in charge, looking after students. (absence)

___________ in making for 4As in the academic proficiency test, which most classmates had not  expected, made her parents very upset.

A. Wang Qiang was defeated

B. Wang Qiang being defeated

C. Wang Qiang’s been defeated

D. Wang Qiang’s being defeated

       PARIS—Pregnant mothers in Denmark who regularly used mobile phones were more likely to have children with behavioural problems, according to a study released Tuesday.

       “The risk was higher when the kids themselves began using cell phones at a very early age,” researchers reported in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.

       Leeks Kheifets of the University of California at Los Angeles and colleagues examined the health records of 28,000 seven-year-olds and their mothers enrolled in the Danish National Birth Cohort. The survey, which included nearly 100,000 women between 1996 and 2002, was designed to track the long-term health of the children. Mothers supplied detailed information about their lifestyles, diet and habits during and after pregnancy, including cell phone use. When their kids reached the age of seven, moms were again quizzed on their own and their children’s health and behaviour.

       The researchers found that kids who had been exposed to mobile phones both before and after birth were 50 percent more likely to have behavioural problems. Kids exposed to cell phones only while in the womb(子宫)were 40 percent more likely to show abnormal behaviour, with the percentage dropping to a fifth for children whose first access to the devices occurred after they were born.

       The results mirror an earlier study by the researchers of 13,000 other mothers and their kids enrolled in the same national survey. In both groups, about three percent of the children were found to exhibit abnormal behavior, with another three percent borderline(介于两者之间/不明确的).

       The author cautioned against drawing a straight line between cell phones and difficult children, but said the findings were troublesome. “Although it is premature(不成熟的/仓促的) to interpret these results as causal, we are concerned that early exposure to cell phones could carry a risk which, if real, would be a public health concern given the widespread use of the technology.” they concluded.

27. Which of the following best summarizes the passage?

       A. Cell phones can do harm to children’s growth.

B. Children suffer more from cell phone used.

C. A new side effect of cell phones has been proved.

D. Cell phone use is linked to children’s behavioural problems.

28. The researchers thought their findings were troublesome because the findings           .

       A. could be interpreted as causal          B. still lacked solid evidence.

C. could cause great concern among cell phone users

D. could make the cell phone manufactures angry

29. What can we infer from the passage?

       A. Pregnant mothers should limit their cell phone use.

B. Children are allowed to use cell phones too early.

C. Cell phone use has no long-term effect on children.

D. Cell phones have no bad effect on children who use them late.

30. The underlined part “drawing a straight line” in the last paragraph probably means “          ”.

       A. giving a clear explanation         B. drawing an absolute conclusion

C. finding the shortcut                 D. telling the difference

 With international ______ and education exchanges increasing every year, the number of Chinese students studying abroad has increased rapidly.

       A. cooperation         B. competition        C. construction       D. conflict

If he had started at nine o’clock, he _____ have been in London by eleven o’clock．

A．must             B．may              C．would   D．has to

   Not until David came up to me，＿．

      A.  I noticed him                B.  I did notice him

      C.  did I notice him             D.  had I noticed him

I hate nosy (爱管闲事的) neighbors and it’s very unlucky that I had one for myself. They moved in a couple of months back and although I never felt that they were a strange family, I’ve always hated the way they get “too close” to me, my house, my garden, and even my garbage cans.

One day, my neighbors were mowing their lawn (草坪). My garbage cans were near their lawn. For some strange reason, I found the wife looking through my garbage cans. I felt angry but since they were from a different culture, I thought that maybe it was “normal” from their ideas.

That afternoon, the couple knocked on my front door. When I opened, they gave me a plastic bag. Inside were my old daily bills, credit cards and bank statements, and an old birthday card that my old uncle sent. They said that they were returning them to me because these documents contained very private information that may be used by others.

I’ve heard of it before. I asked them how those documents can be used by others and they started telling me their very own experience, which forced them to leave their home and move next door to us. The wife told me that she never destroyed the bills. They also had a “nosy neighbor” who looked through their garbage cans which they actually thought was pretty strange. Little did they know that this “nosy neighbor” was collecting their personal information from their rubbish. Then all their money was taken out from the bank by their neighbor.

It was a very painful experience for all of them and they wanted to leave it all behind so they left. I was very thankful. They were not nosy neighbors. They simply didn’t want us to experience the same thing that they did.

1．What made the author angry?

A. His neighbors came to knock at his door at night.

B. His neighbors were mowing their lawn one morning.

C. His neighbors got too close to his own home.

D. His neighbor’s wife was looking through his rubbish.

2．Why did the couple come to the author’s home?

A. To return the documents to the author.

B. To get to know each other better.

C. To introduce themselves to the author.

D. To borrow some money from the author.

3．Which of the following can we infer from the last paragraph?

A. The author was kind and helpful to the neighbors.

B. The author changed his idea about his neighbors.

C. The neighbors didn’t have enough money.

D. The neighbors had to move from place to place.

Have you complained ___41___ your family, your boss, or even your life? Maybe everyone has, but after reading this story, you may change your view and treat the world with another attitude.

An ass (驴), ___42___ (belong) to an herb-seller who gave him too little food and too much work, could not bear the life any longer. So he made a request to God, to be released from his present service and provided with ___43___ master. After warning him ___44___ he would regret doing it, God made him to be sold to a tile-maker. Shortly afterwards，the ass found that he had ___45___ (heavy) loads to carry and harder work in the brick-field,and asked for another change again. God, telling him that it would be ___46___ last time that he could satisfy his request, made him sold to a tanner (皮革工).The ass found that he ___47___ (fall) into worse hands. Knowing his new master’s occupation， he said, “It would have been better for me either to have been starved by the first owner ___48___ to have been overworked by the second. But now I have already been bought by my present owner,___49___ will peel off my skin even after I am dead, and make me useful.”

We can see that people with dissatisfaction in a place are not ___50___ (like) to find happiness in another.

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。每处错误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：在错的词下画一横线，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。

Three years ago I fail an important exam in my life and became a student in a ordinary school. Disappointing as I felt at the shabby campus and the poorly-equipped classroom, I found the teachers patiently. Besides, I enjoyed the friendly atmosphere in class. I decided make the best of it. I worked hard and got along well with my teachers and classmate. Whenever I had difficulties, you were always available. Soon I became one of the most best students in my class.

My experience tells me that it’s not what you are given and how you make use of it which determines who you are.

— I hope to take the computer course.

— Good idea. ____ more about it, visit this website.

A. To find out                                B. Finding out       

C. To be finding out                       D. Having found out

假设你是星光中学学生李华，你校美国外教对中国传统文化很感兴趣。近期学校邀请某大学王教授到校举行“孔子及其思想”（Confucius and Confucianism）的讲座。请给Jim写一封信，介绍讲座的有关事宜，并邀请他来参加。

1. 讲座时间：5月16日（星期六）上午8:00~11:00

2. 讲座地点：1号教学楼三楼302室

3. 活动安排：8:00~10:00听讲座；10:00~10:30 讨论及提问；10：30~11:00诵读孔子经典名句

注意：

1.词数100左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

 Dear Jim , _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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                                                         Yours,

                                                         Li Hua

假定你是李华，你的美国朋友Peter对你不久前参加的第一届全国青运会志愿者活动很感兴趣，希望了解你的活动情况。请你根据以下信息给他写信。　　

内容包括：　　

1.       时间：10月份每星期五、六、日下午3点至5点；　　

2.     地点：火车站出站口；　　

3.       活动：指导旅客如何出站、乘车；提供有关住宿、旅游景点等信息；　　

4.       感想。　　

注意：　　

1.       词数100左右；　　

2.       可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；　　

3.       开头语已为你写好。

Dear Peter,　　

I’d like to tell you something about my volunteering activities during the First National Youth Games held in our province last October.                                        

Yours,

Li Hua