Does ______ matter if he can’t finish the job on time?

A. this     B. that    C. he    D. it　　　

—There is still a copy of the book in the library. Wall you go and bottow          ?

—No, I’d rather buy         in the bookstore.

A.it; one                  B.one; one                        C. one; it                  D.it; it

The weight-loss world is full of assertions①, rarely proved, that some pill can help you “burn calories while you sleep.” But a recent Dutch study reports that it can be done – simply by eating more lean protein②.

Researchers report for the first time that consuming nearly a third of daily calories as lean protein – for example, lean meats without the skin – speeds up a person’s metabolism③ during sleep and that higher protein intake increases the burning of calories and fat during the day. Plus, when the study’s participants, who were all women of healthy weight, ate more protein, they felt fuller, more satisfied and less hungry than when they consumed a diet with the amount of protein, about 10 percent of calories.

The findings suggest that adding lean protein to your daily food “enables you to reach the same level of satiety④ that you are used to with about 80 percent of your normal energy intake,” notes Margriet Westerterp-Plantenga. “That means you can eat about 20 percent less and still have the same satiety.”

What gives protein its caloric edge? It’s more difficult for the body to metabolize protein than either fat or carbohydrates⑤. The body also doesn’t store protein as efficiently as it does carbohydrates or fat. So protein is more likely to be burned and that in turn requires more oxygen and helps you feel satisfied in the hours after eating.

But the latest findings don’t mean it’s time to dust off those high-protein diet books. The current study limited fat to about 30 percent of daily calories, and included 40 percent of calories as healthy carbohydrates, including fruit and vegetables. For example, lunch included bread, soy milk, fruit yogurt, tuna in water, tomatoes, cucumbers, feta cheese and salad dressing.

1. According the first paragraph, we know that ______.

  A. there’re few studies on weight-loss in the world

B. many studies on weight-loss only cheat customers

C. only few studies are useful for weight-loss

D. there’re few studies about lean protein

2. According to the passage, lean protein can help burn calories while you sleep because ______.

  A. it can slow down a person’s metabolism       B. it’s difficult for the body to metabolize

  C. it will not make you feel full                D. it’s easy to be stored in the body

3. The underlined phrase “dust off” in the last paragraph means ______.

   A. get rid of      B. put away      C. get ready to rewrite      D. get ready to reuse

4. The passage is mainly to tell readers ______.

  A. there is a good diet for weight-losers

B. you can burn your calories in your sleep

  C. high-protein diet books will be popular

D. choosing right food is of great use

Only when the villagers were faced with water shortage___       how serious the problem of water pollution was．

A．did they realize      B．will they realize      C．they did realize     D．were they realized

Mary never does any reading in the evening ,______.

A. so does John     B. John does too      C. John doesn’t too   D. nor does John

Since my family were not going to be helpful about my taking a cooking job, I decided I  1  look for one all by myself and   2   them about it till I'd get one. I had seen an agency advertised   3   a local paper, so   4  there was no one about to say “ Where are you going? ”, I rushed out of the house   5  it. I was widely   6   and was nervous as if I   7  on the stage. Finding the place quite easily, I tore up three flights of stairs, and swung breathlessly  8   a door which said “ Enter without knocking, if you   9  . ”　　 

The simple atmosphere of the office   10  me, and I sat carefully down on the edge of a chair. The woman at the desk   11  looked at me for a while through her   12  , and I was about to move my feet   13  I realized that she was questioning me in a low voice. I answered softly and I started to feel   14  helpless.

She made   15  to me in a way that she wondered   16  I was looking for this sort of joB．I felt even more helpless when she told me that it   17  difficult to get a job without   18  or reference. Then I heard her say, “  19  , I've got someone in the office at   20   moment who might suit. ”

1．A．would       B．ought       C．wanted     D．liked

2．A．told    B．not tell     C．not told    D．not to tell

3．A．on      B．a(chǎn)t     C．for   D．in

4．A．a(chǎn)s soon as B．a(chǎn)s to        C．far    D．a(chǎn)s

5．A．search for B．in search of     C．finding    D．looked for

6．A．excited      B．worried    C．exciting   D．worrying

7．A．was going B．were coming   C．was coming     D．were going

8．A．through     B．by    C．in     D．to

9．A．pleased      B．pleasant   C．please      D．pleasure

10.A．calmed       B．excited     C．moved      D．frightened

11.A．opposite     B．a(chǎn)gainst     C．back        D．face

12.A．glass   B．glasses     C．eyes D．eye

13.A．while B．before      C．a(chǎn)fter        D．when

14.A．rather  B．fairly       C．too   D．little

15.A．it        B．that C．know       D．it known

16.A．how    B．why C．whether   D．where

17.A．were   B．should be        C．would be D．was

18.A．experience B．experiment      C．time        D．money

19.A．In a fact     B．As a matter of fact   C．As to fact     D．As a matter

20.A．a(chǎn) very        B．very a       C．very the   D．this very

Hard-working Making People Live Longer 努力工作使人長壽

Scientists find that hard-working people live longer than average men and women. Career women are ___1___ than housewives, Evidence (證據(jù)) shows that ___2___ are in poorer health than the job-holders. A study shows ___3___ the unemployment rate increases by 1%, the death rate increases correspondingly (相應(yīng)地) by 2%. All this ___4___ one point: Work is helpful to health.

      Why is work good for health? It is because work keeps people busy, __5___ loneliness and solitude (孤獨). Researches show that people feel __6___ and lonely when they have nothing to do. Instead, the happiest are those who are ___7___. Many high achievers who love their careers feel that they are happiest when they are working hard. Work serves as ___8___ between man and reality. By work, people ___9___ each other. By collective (集體的) activity, they find friendship and warmth. This is helpful to health. The loss of work __10___ the loss of everything. It affects man spiritually and makes him liable to (易于)___11___.

      __12___, work gives one a sense of fulfillment (充實感) and a sense of ___13___. Work makes one feel his value and status in society. When ___14___ finishes his writing or a doctor successfully __15___ a patient or a teacher sees his students ___16___, they are happy __17___.

      From the above we can come to the conclusion ___18___ the more you work, __19___ you will be. Let us work hard, __20___ and live a happy and healthy life.

A. more healthier    B. healthier          C. weaker             D. worse

A. career women          B. the busy          C. the jobless        D. the hard-working

A. that whenever           B. whether           C. that though              D. since

A. comes down to          B. equals to          C. adds up to        D. amounts to

A. 不填                    B. off                  C. in touch with      D. away from

A. happy, interested   B. glad, joyful  C. cheerful, concerned  D. unhappy, worried

A. busy                       B. free               C. lazy                  D. empty

A. a river                    B. a gap         C. a channel           D. a bridge

A. come across                    B. come into contact with

C. look down upon                                  D. watch over

A. means                   B. stands            C. equals                     D. matches

A. success              B. death         C. victory              D. disease

A. Besides             B. Nevertheless   C. However           D. Yet

A. disappointment        B. achievement      C. regret             D. apology

A. a worker                 B. a farmer        C. a writer            D. a manager

A. manages                  B. controls         C. operates on        D. deals with

A. raise                     B. grow         C. rise                   D. increase

A. in a word             B. without a word  C. at a word         D. beyond words

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

A. the lonelier and weaker                      B. lonelier and weaker

C. happier and healthier                           D. the happier and healthier

An old woman walked into a clothes shop. She asked the salesgirl to let her have a look at a new dress, but the girl stood still behind the counter(柜臺), taking no notice of the request. The old woman spoke to the girl again, raising her voice a bit, but still received no answer. The old woman looked at the girl and nodded to herself, “I am too old to see well. I can’t even tell a plastic model from a real girl!”

On hearing this, the salesgirl shouted to the old woman, “What? Did you call me a plastic model?” The old woman was greatly surprised. “Oh, dear me,” she said. “The model can speak!”

What did the old woman go to the shop to do?

A. To choose a dress. 　       B. To buy a dress for herself.

C. To show off her dress.      D. To pick a quarrel with the salesgirl.

The salesgirl did not make a reply ________.

A. because she didn’t see the old woman

B. because she didn’t think the old woman had enough money for a new dress

C. because she was too busy to notice the old woman

D. for some reason unknown in this story

It was not until that woman spoke for the _______ time that the salesgirl said something.

A. first    B. second

C. third   D. fourth

When the old woman said, “I am too old to see well,” she _______.

A. meant to say that she really had poor eyesight

B. wanted the salesgirl to excuse her　

C. was simply telling a lie

D. was, in face, trying to make the salesgirl open her mouth

What do you think the salesgirl would do on hearing this? She would ______.

A. be too angry to say a word for a moment

B. run and tell the shop-owner about it

C. apologize to the old woman and do what she had been asked to do

D. turn back and cry

Macao, also called Macau, is on the western side of the Pearl River entrance, at the head of which is the Chinese port of Guangdong and it stands opposite Hong Kong which is on the eastern side of the entrance. It is made of a small narrow peninsula(半島) sticking out from Guangdong province. The total area of Macao is about 21.45 square kilometers, and it is made up of three parts: Macao Peninsula, Dingbat Isle and Lehman Isle.

Between Macao Peninsula and Dingbat Isle there are two bridges which join the two parts together, and there is also a highway between the Dingbat and Lehman Isles. Therefore, two bridges and one highway make the three parts of Macao into an integrated region(一個整體).

Macao faces to the vast sea and its back is the Pearl River Delta. The two big cities, Hong Kong and Guangzhou, and the two special economic zones Hula and Shenzhen are its neighbors. All of this offers much advantage for its economic development.

Macao has a population of about 450, 000. This is very large against the size of the area. The average population density(密度) reaches 20, 000 per square kilometer. It is one of the densest population regions in the world. The majority of its people are Chinese, who make up 96% of the whole population.

Which is the advantage for Macao’s economic development?

A. Macao is on the coast line.

B. Macao is near some big cities or special economic zones.

C. Macao’s back is a rich delta.

D. All of the above.

In Macao there are only about _______ people who are not Chinese.

A. 18,000       B. 20,000

C. 21,450       D. 428,000

People Born in Autumn Live Longer

People born in the autumn live longer than those born in the spring and are less likely to fall chronically ill when they are older, according to an Austrian scientist.

Using census（人口普查）data for more than one million people in Austria, Denmark and Australia, scientists at the Max Planck Institute in the northern German town of Rostock found the month of birth was related to life expectancy（預期壽命）over the age of 50. Seasonal differences in what mothers ate during pregnancy, and infections occurring at different times of the year could both have an impact on the health of a new-born baby and could influence its life expectancy in older age. “A mother giving birth in spring spends the last phase of her pregnancy in winter, when she will eat less vitamins than in summer,” said Gabriele Doblhammer, one of a team of scientists who carried out the research. “When she stops breast-feeding and starts giving her baby normal food, it’s in the hot weeks of summer when babies are prone (易于)to infections of the digestive system.” In Austria, adults born in autumn (October-December) lived about seven months longer than those born in spring (April-June), and in Denmark adults with birthdays in autumn outlived those born in spring by about four months. In the southern hemisphere, the picture was similar. Adults born in the Australian autumn—the European spring—lived about four months longer than those born in the Australian spring. The study focused on people born at the beginning of the 20th century, using death certificates and census data. Although nutrition at all times of the year has improved since then, the seasonal pattern persists, Doblhammer said.

But on the other hand, according to a study of more 40,000 people, those born in spring and summer report themselves luckier than those born in autumn or winter. Professor Richard Wise-man who led the research explained that the temperature at the time of birth might influence the development of the brain and seasonal factors make a difference as well.

The underlined word “outlived” in the text probably means ________.

A. lived out of                                          B. depended on

C. had a shorter life than                            D. lived longer than

The census data of the following countries is used for research EXCEPT _______.

A. Germany.                                      B. Denmark.

C. Australia.                                      D. Austria.

What’s the main idea of this text?

A. Nutrition at all times of the year has improved since the beginning of the 20th century.

B. In Austria, adults born in autumn (October—December) lived about seven months longer than those born in spring (April— June).

C. People born in autumn live longer than those born in spring and are less likely to fall ill when they are older.

D. Babies are prone to infections of the digestive system.

Which of the following is NOT true according to the text?

A. Infections occurring at different times of the year influence the health of a new-born baby.

B. The study focused on people born in the late 20th century.

C. A mother giving birth in spring eats less vitamins during the last phase of her pregnancy in winter.

D. What mothers ate during pregnancy could have an impact on the babies’ life expectancy in older age.

The right sentence of the following is ________.

A. The month of birth was not related to life expectancy over the age of 50.

B. A mother giving birth in spring spends the last phase of her pregnancy in winter, eating more vitamins than in summer.

C. Stopping breast-feeding and starting giving babies normal food must make babies prone to get infected with the digestive system in the hot weeks of summer.

D. Adults born in the Australian autumn―the European spring―lived about four months longer than those born in the Australian spring.