Winter’s short days are more than cold. For many people, winter depression, the most common type of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), is as much a part of the season as hats and scarves.

     Winter serious SAD sufferers may need medical treatment. Those feeling a little depressed can help themselves by sticking to a healthy lifestyle. Here are some tips:

     Pace yourself. Don’t expect to do everything you normally can. Set a realistic schedule. Don’t listen to negative thinking, like blaming yourself or expecting to fail.

     Get involved in activities that make you feel good or feel like you’ve achieved something. For example, play table tennis or badminton.

     If you are feeling depressed, you may feel like staying away from friends. Yet this is a time when friends support can be helpful. Call them regularly. Remember, the more we put off calling or visiting a friend, the harder it is to rebuild a friendship.

     Think clearly about what’s wrong or right. Instead of giving in to vague(含糊的) feelings of sadness, look at your problems objectively. Break down problems into specific issues that you can work on.

     Regular exercise helps to prevent and ease depression.

     Eat well. Studies show that a healthy diet can help to maintain a healthy body and mind. The vitamins, minerals and micro-nutrients found in a balanced diet may help our bodies to produce feel-good hormones. Foods containing chemicals to help produce feel-good hormones（荷爾蒙） include bananas, turkey, nuts and seeds. Eat at least five pieces of fruit and vegetables every day.

     P.S. Symptoms of SAD:

     No interests or pleasure in things you used to enjoy

     Increased need for sleep

     A change in eating habits, especially an appetite（食欲） for sweet or starchy (含淀粉的) foods

     Weight gain

     A heavy feeling in the arms or legs

     A drop in energy level

     Difficulty in concentrating

     Overly（過度地） emotional

     Avoidance of friends and social situations

     Frequent feelings of guilt

     Long-term feelings of hopelessness, and physical problems, such as headaches

1．The writer of the passage agrees that      .

     A．the cold in winter makes us suffer from SAD

     B．hats and scarves are as important as SAD

     C．everyone of us meets SAD in winter

     D．we are depressed mainly because of short days in winter

2．We may infer that      according to the passage.

     A．a(chǎn) more darkness will make us sad

     B．we should wear hats and scarves in winter

     C．a(chǎn) healthy lifestyle prevents us from serious SAD

     D．staying away from friends makes us depressed

3．When we pace ourselves, we      .

     A．don’t do anything we can                     B．make a practical plan

     C．expect to succeed in nothing                  D．think something of guilt

4．The passage includes the following EXCEPT      .

     A．the earlier we meet friends, the easier it is to rebuild a friendship

     B．if we give up to unclear feelings of sadness, we’ll be caught in the SAD

     C．playing table tennis helps us achieve whatever we want

D．feel-good hormones from a balanced diet can help keep a healthy body

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　　Sometime today－perhaps several times－Dick Winter will think about the 19-year-old who saved his life.

　　Because of this young man, Winter enjoys things like friendships, colours and laughter every day.

　　The young man saved Winter’s life by signing an organ donor card(器官捐獻(xiàn)卡).

　　“I can’t say thank you enough,”Winter said yesterday at a news conference (meeting) marking the tenth anniversary of the Multi Organ Transplant program at Toronto General Hospital.

　　What Winter knows of the 19-year-old who saved his life is only that he died in a car accident and that his family was willing to honour his wishes and donate his organs for transplantation(移植).

　　His liver(肝臟)went to Winter, who was dying from liver trouble.“I know what a painful thing it must have been for them,”Winter said yesterday.

　　“They are very, very special people.”

　　Winter, 63, is fitter now than he was 10 years ago, when he got the transplant. He has five medals from the 1995 World Transplant Games in swimming and hopes to collect some more next year in Japan.

　　“At one time, we were probably strange people in the eyes of other people. Now it’s expected you should be able to go back and do everything you did before, only better.”

　　The biggest change for Winter, however, isn’t that he has become a competitive athlete. The biggest change is how deeply he appreciates every little thing about his life now.

　　“I have no time for arguments,”said Winter.

　　“You change everything. Material things don’t mean as much. Friendships mean a lot.”

　　Also at yesterday’s news conference was Dr. Gray Levy, Winter’s doctor.

　　Levy said he has bitter-sweet feelings when he looks at Winter and hears of his athletic actions.

　　Levy knows that for every recipient(接受者) like Winter, there are several others who die even though they could be saved because there aren’t enough donated organs.

　　“Unfortunately, we have five to ten people that will never be given the chance that Mr. Winter was given,”Levy said.

　　Levy said greater public attention and more resources are needed. He said that in Spain and the United States, hospitals receive $10,000 per donor to cover the costs of the operating room, doctors, nurses and teams to work with the donors’ families.

1．Which of the following is true about the 19-year-old?

[　　]

A．He died of liver trouble.

B．He got wounded in a battle.

C．He was willing to donate his organs.

D．He became a recipient of a prize.

2．What do we learn about Dick Winter?

[　　]

A．He is becoming less competitive now.

B．He is always thinking about his early life.

C．He knows all about the young man and his family.

D．He values friendships more than material things.

3．Dr. Levy would agree that ________.

[　　]

A．Spanish hospitals have more favorable conditions for organ transplant

B．the Canadian public have realised the importance of organ donation

C．Spanish hospitals received more money from the donors

D．Canadian hospitals now have enough donated organs

4．What’s the author’s purpose in writing this article?

[　　]

A．The public should give more support to organ transplant.

B．Transplant patients are thankful for the help they receive.

C．Transplant can change a patient’s life greatly.

D．It is not easy to get organs for transplant.

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The Winter Olympics proved no match for television's gold-medal winner, "American Idol". Fox's unbelievable successful contest crashed the Olympics in head-to-head competition on Tuesday night, 27 million viewers to 16.1 million, according to Nielsen Media Research.

The Olympics recovered a bit after "Idol" went off the air, but its overall audience of 18.6 million was the least-watched winter Olympics telecast since Nagano's closing ceremonies in 1998, Nielsen said.

Since its opening on Friday, the Turin games have been running well below the 2002 Salt Lake City games in viewership interest. Much of that was expected, but Tuesday's rating was the first alarming sign for NBC that increased TV competition has taken a toll.

"The competition from 'Idol' is heavier than the Olympics has ever seen," said NBC Sports spokeswoman Alana Russo.

It doesn't figure to get any easier, with "Idol" and ABC's "Lost" on the air Wednesday. CBS' "Survivor" and "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" offer more competition on Thursday.

Even figure skating, the most popular winter Olympics sport for viewers, didn't help much on Tuesday. NBC filled about two-thirds of the hour during which it competed with "American Idol" with tape of the men's figure-skating competition.

Through five nights of Olympics coverage, NBC's average prime time rating is 12.7 ( a rating point represents 1,102, 000 households, or 1 percent of the nation's estimated 110.2 million TV homes). NBC said before the games started that it had promised its advertisers a rating of between 12 and 14. If it slips below that, NBC will have to make it up to advertisers with free commercial time.

" ‘American Idol' is clearly a phenomenon," said Randy Falco, president of the NBC Universal Television Group. "But we expected it and are tracking fight where we planned to be at this point." Between NBC and its networks, about 65 percent of the nation's television homes have tuned in at least some of the games.

1.How many viewers watched the Winter Olympics on Tuesday night?

A．110.2 million

B．12.7 million

C．27million

D．16.1million

2.What did NBC do on Tuesday night to attract more viewers?

A．To ask the "idol" to go off the air.

B．To play the tapes of men's figure skating.

C．To add "Survivor" to its program.

D．To do more advertising.

3.If the rating slips below 12, NBC will          .

A．do more advertising for nothing

B．stop running normally

C．never cover the Olympics

D．pay extra money for advertisers

4.What does the underlined word "taken a toll" mean?

A．paid off.

B．caused loss.

C．broken out.

D．picked up.

 

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People travel for a lot of reasons. Some tourists go to see battlefields or other historic remains. Others are looking for culture, or simply want to have their pictures taken in front of famous places. Most European tourists are looking for a sunny beach to lie on.

Northern Europeans are willing to pay a lot of money for the sun because they have so little of it. People in cities like London, Copenhagen and Amsterdam spend much of their winter in the dark because the days are so short, and much of the year it rains. This is the reason why the Mediterranean has always attracted them. Every summer many people travel to Mediterranean resorts (度假勝地) and beaches for their vacation. They all come for the same reason. Sun!

The huge crowds mean lots of money for the economies of Mediterranean countries. Italy's 30,000 hotels are booked without a break every summer. And 13 million people visited French beaches, parks, and roadsides. Spain's long sandy coastline attracts more people than anywhere else. 37 million tourists visit there yearly, or one tourist for each person living in Spain.

But there are signs that the area is getting more tourism that it can deal with. The Mediterranean is already one of the most polluted seas on earth. None of this, however, is ruining anyone's fun. Obviously, visitors don't go there for clean water. They allow traffic jams and endure crowded beaches. They don't even mind the pollution. No matter how dirty the water is , the coastline still looks beautiful. And as long as the sun shines, it's still better than sitting in cold Berlin, London, or anywhere else.

1. The writer seems to imply that Europeans travel mostly for the reason that _____.

A．they want to see historic remains

B．they wish to escape from cold, dark and rainy days

C．they would like to take pictures in front of famous places

D．they are interested in different cultural and social customs

2. According to the passage, which of the following countries attracts more tourists than the others?

A．Italy.

B．Greece.

C．France.

D．Spain.

3.The underlined part in Passage 3, "one tourist for each person living in Spain" means _____.

A．a(chǎn)ll the 37 million people living in Spain are tourists

B．every person living in Spain has to take care of a tourist

C．every year almost as many tourists visit Spain as there are people living in that country

D．every family in Spain is visited by a tourist every year

4. What does the underlined phrase "without a break" mean?

A．不休息

B．不絕交

C．不間斷

D．不打碎

5. According to the passage, which of the following might ruin the tourists' fun at Mediterranean resorts and beaches?

A．Polluted water

B．Crowded buses

C．Rainy weather

D．Traffic jams

 

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It was a bitter, cold evening in northern Virginia. The old man’s beard was   11   by winter’s frost while he waited for a ride across the river. The wait seemed endless. Then he heard the weak sound of hooves(馬蹄) advancing along the frozen path.   12   , he watched as several horsemen rounded the bend. He let the first one pass by, then another. As the last rider drew near where the old man sat, the old man   13   the rider’s eye and said, “Sir, would you mind giving an old man a ride to the other side of the river?” Reining(勒住) his horse, the rider replied, “Sure thing.” Seeing the old man unable to   14   his half-frozen body from the ground, the horseman helped the old man onto the horse and took him to his   15  . On the way, the horseman said: “Sir, I notice that you let several other riders pass by. I'm   16   why, on such a bitter winter night, you would wait and ask the last rider.”The old man looked at the rider and replied, “I know people pretty good. When I   17   the eyes of the other riders, I immediately saw there was no   18   for my situation. But when I looked into yours, kindness and compassion(同情) were obvious. I knew that your gentle spirit would give me help in my time of   19   .” Those heart-warming comments   20   the horseman deeply. “I'm most grateful for what you have said,” he told the old man. “May I never get too busy in my own affairs that I fail to respond to the needs of others with kindness and compassion.”

1. A. marked             B. covered           C. equipped       D. filled

2.. A. Happily           B. Anxiously C. Appreciatively       D. Confidently

3.. A. stared            B. looked            C. caught         D. attracted

4.. A. lift              B. carry             C. rise           D. jump

5.A. home                B. company           C. destination    D. office

6. A. afraid             B. excited           C. delighted      D. curious

7. A. got into           B. ran into          C. looked into    D.broke into

8.. A. concern           B. worry             C. envy           D. doubt

9. A. trouble            B. need              C. danger        D. difficulty

10.A. amazed             B. promoted          C. touched        D. benefited

 

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Shay asked, “Do you think they’ll let me play?” Shay’s father knew that most of the boys would not want someone like Shay on their team, but the father also understood that if his son, mentally and physically disabled, were allowed to play, it would give him a much-needed sense of belonging and some confidence.
Shay’s father approached one of the boys on the field and asked if Shay could play, not expecting much. The boy looked around and said, “We’re losing by six runs (分) and the game is in the eighth inning (局).I guess he can be on our team and we’ll try to put him in to bat in the final inning.
Shay struggled over to the team’s bench and put on a team shirt with a broad smile and his father had a small tear in his eye and warmth in heart. The boys saw the father’s joy at his son being accepted.
In the bottom of the eighth inning, Shay’s team scored a few runs but was still behind by three. In the top of the final inning, Shay put on a glove and played in the field. Even though no hits came his way, he was obviously joyful just to be in the game and on the field. In the bottom of the final inning, Shay’s team scored again. Now, Shay was scheduled to be next at bat. Would they let Shay bat and give away their chance to win the game?
Surprisingly, Shay was given the bat. Everyone knew that a hit was almost impossible. The first pitch (投) came and Shay missed. The pitcher again took a few steps forward to throw the ball softly towards Shay. As the pitch came in, Shay swung at the ball and hit a slow ground ball right back to the pitcher.
The pitcher could have easily thrown the ball to the first baseman and Shay would have been out and that would have been the end of the game .Instead, the pitcher threw the ball right over the head of the first baseman, beyond the reach of all teammates, The audience and the players from both teams started screaming, “Shay, run to first! ” Never in his life had Shay ever run that far but made it to first base, wide-eyed and shocked..
Everyone should, “Run to second!” Catching his breath, Shay awkwardly ran towards second. By the time Shay rounded towards second base, the smallest guy on their team, who had a chance to be the hero for his team for the first time, could have thrown the ball to the second baseman, but he understood the pitcher’s intentions and he too intentionally threw the ball high and far over the third baseman’s head.
All were screaming，“Shay，Shay，Shay，all the way Shay.” Shay reached third base when one opposing player ran to help him and shouted, “Shay, run to third.” As Shay rounded third, all were on their feet, crying, “Shay, run home！”Shay ran to home, stepped on the home base and was cheered as the hero who the who won the game for his team.
That day, the boys from both teams helped bring a piece true love and humanity into this world. Shay didn’t make it to another summer and died that winter, having never forgotten being the hero and making his father so happy and coming home and seeing his mother tearfully hug her little hero of the day!

  1. 1.

    Not expecting much, Shay’s father still asked the boy if Shay could play, mainly because the father _________.

    1. A.
      noticed some of the boys on the field were tired
    2. B.
      guessed his presence would affect the boy’s decision
    3. C.
      learned some of the boys on the field knew Shay well
    4. D.
      understood Shay did need a feeling of being accepted
  2. 2.

    In the bottom of the final inning Shay was given the bat because the boys _________.

    1. A.
      believed they were sure to win the game
    2. B.
      would like to help Shay enjoy the game
    3. C.
      found Shay was so eager to be a winner
    4. D.
      fell forced to give Shay another chance
  3. 3.

    The smallest boy threw the ball high and far over the third baseman’s head, probably because that boy ________.

    1. A.
      was obviously aware of the pitcher’s purpose
    2. B.
      looked forward to winning the game for his team
    3. C.
      failed to throw the ball to the second baseman
    4. D.
      saw that Shay already reached second base
  4. 4.

    Which of the following has nothing to do with Shay’s becoming the hero for his team?

    1. A.
      The pitcher did not throw the ball to the first baseman.
    2. B.
      The audience and the players from both teams cheered for him.
    3. C.
      The opposing players failed to stop his running to home.
    4. D.
      One of the opposing players ran to help him.
  5. 5.

    What to you think is the theme of the story?

    1. A.
      True human nature could be realized in the way we treat each other.
    2. B.
      Everyone has his own strength even if mentally or physically disabled.
    3. C.
      Everyone can develop his team spirit in sports and please his parents.
    4. D.
      The results of the game should not be the only concern of the players.

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