The best job is _______ which uses your skills in doing something together with your interest in the subject.

  A. something             B. the one              C. one            D. it

（十六）

Ways to Burn More Calories

Run through water

Running in water is one of the toughest activities you can perform because the wet stuff is about 12 to 15 times as resistant (具有阻力的) as air. Try your hardest to run and you can burn about 17 calories per minute.

Start fast

Don’t be fooled — slow and steady won’t win the race. A recent study found that after a short warm-up, cyclists who rode hard during the first half of their workouts and then slowed for the second half burned about 10 percent more calories than those who started slow and finished fast.

Take to the sand

Here is some easy-to-remember advice on burning calories: the softer the surface, the more you burn. By walking or running on the beach, you can use up 20 to 50 percent more calories than you do going at the same pace on a hard trail.

Shut up and dance

Here’s the perfect excuse to sign up for that hip-hop dance class you’ve been eager to try. Surprising your body with new activities — dance, a new sport, you name it — forces it to work harder because it’s doing unfamiliar movements and using muscle groups in different ways.

Use your arms

Getting both your upper and lower body involved can provide a big calorie-burning advantage. So if you’re short of time or want to get everything you can out of your usual 45-minute workout, try total-body activities such as rowing ormming. You can evenng your arms as hard as you can while you walk.

1. How can water help you burn more calories?

A. By pushing your body.

B. By wetting your clothes and shoes.

C. By forcing you to run faster.

D. By forcing your body to work harder.

2. What does “it” in Part 4 refer to?

A. Dance.

B. Movement.

C. Body.

D. Muscle.

3. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. One can burn more calories when walking on the sand than on land.

B. One can burn more calories when walking on stones than on earth.

C. One can burn more calories when running in water than on the sand.

D. One can burn more calories when exercising using the upper body than using the lower body.

Cancer is among the top killer diseases in our society today and scientists have found out that stress(緊張) helps to bring it on. It is worthwhile to consider, therefore, what are the causes of stress in our life, and whether we can do anything about them.

Are we underemployed, or overburdened with too many responsibilities? Do we have a right balance of work and leisure(閑暇) in our lives? Are our relationships with family, friends or fellow workers all they should be?

All these things can be a cause of stress, and it is best to face them honestly, and bring our frustrations(沮喪，挫敗) into the open. People who have a good row and then forget it are doing their health better than shoes who bottle up their feelings.

If our self-examination has brought any causes of stress to light, let us consider what we can do about them. It is possible to change jobs. We can make more leisure and fill it more happily, if we will accept a different living standard. We can improve our personal relationships by a different attitude. It is we who allow other people to make ourselves unhappy. Often the little things that disturb us are not worth an hour’s anger. The teaching in the Bible “Don’t let the sun go down upon your wrath(憤怒)” is good advice from the health point of view as well as the religions(宗教，信仰).

65. Which of the following statement is TRUE?

   A. Freedom from responsibilities helps relieve(減輕) stress.

   B. Stress is the direct cause of cancer.

   C. The cause of stress are worthy of serious study.

   D. Cancer is the number one killer in our society today.

66. According to the text, which of the following people is more likely to suffer from stress?

   A. People who have cancer.       

   B. People who like to quarrel with others.

   C. People whose living standard is low.

   D. People who have more responsibilities than they can handle.

67.The word “row” in the third paragraph most probably means          .

   A. a noisy quarrel                       B. a very loud noise

   C. a neat line of things side by side         D. a journey in a boat

68. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a way to reduce our stress?

   A. Changing our jobs.

   B. Changing our attitude about little things that make us unhappy.

   C. Speaking out about our frustrations.

   D. Reading the Bible.

C DAD

短文改錯(cuò)（共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10 分）

     假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文，請(qǐng)你修改你同桌的以下作文。文中共有10處語言錯(cuò)誤，每句中最多有兩處。錯(cuò)誤涉及每一個(gè)詞的增加刪除或修改。

     增加：在缺詞處增加一個(gè)漏詞符號(hào)（∧），并在其下面寫出該加的詞。

     刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（＼）劃掉

修改：在錯(cuò)的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞后面寫出修改后的詞

注意：1.每處錯(cuò)誤及其修改均僅限一詞；

2.只許修改10處，多者（從第11處起）不計(jì)分。

I want to work as a tour guide after my graduation from college. The

 first reason is that I can devote myself for work after years of hard

learning. Be interested in my career, I will fix my mind on my job to

show my talent and make a contribution to the  society, but I can

realize the meaning of life. Secondly, I can make my dream of traveling

around the world came true. While experiencing difference cultures,

I will give my helping hands to who are in need of help along my way. 

Last, it was high time that I should shoulder the duties. I should do

something for my parents and other family member because they had been 

giving so much love to them while I was growing up.

---- Oh, It’s you! I _________.

    ---- I’ve just had my hair cut and I’m wearing new glasses.

A.didn’t recognize                  B.hadn’t recognized  

C.haven’t recognized                D.don’t recognize

讀寫任務(wù)（滿分25分）

閱讀下面的短文，然后按照要求寫一篇150詞左右的英語短文。

Throughout history man has changed his physical environment in order to improve his way of life. With the tools of technology he has altered（改變）many physical features（特征）of the earth. He has transformed（完全改變） woodlands and prairies（大草原） into farms and made lakes and reservoirs（水庫） out of rivers for irrigation purposes or hydroelectric power（發(fā)電站）. Man has also modified（修改） the face of the earth by draining marshes(排干沼澤) and cutting through mountains to build roads and railways.

    However, man's changes to the physical environment have not always had beneficial（有利的）results. Today, pollution of the air and water is an increasing danger to the health of the planet. Each day thousands of tons of gases come out of the exhausts of motor vehicles. Smoke from factories pollutes the air of industrialized areas and the surrounding areas of the countryside. The pollution of water is equally harmful. The whole ecological（生態(tài)的） balance of the sea is being changed and industrial wastes have already made many rivers lifeless.

    Now environmental protection is more pressing than ever before. As we know, massive destruction（毀滅）of environment has brought about negative effects and even poses a great threat (威脅)to man's existence. Indifference to these problems will mean committing suicide. Therefore, effective measures should be taken and laws passed to conserve（保護(hù)） environment. Otherwise, man is certain to suffer from the serious consequences（后果）caused by this lack of care for his living surroundings.

[寫作內(nèi)容]  

以約30個(gè)詞概括短文的要點(diǎn)；然后以約120個(gè)詞就“如何保護(hù)地球環(huán)境”

這一主題發(fā)表看法，并包括如下要點(diǎn)：

 作業(yè)應(yīng)正、反面紙都使用，不要浪費(fèi)紙張；

 盡可能不使用一次性物品，提倡循環(huán)使用；

 應(yīng)根據(jù)自己實(shí)際飯量買飯，避免剩飯剩菜造成浪費(fèi)；

 破舊衣服可以繼續(xù)使用，既節(jié)約又不給環(huán)境增加污染源。

[寫作要求]     可以使用實(shí)例或其它論述方法支持你的論點(diǎn)，也可以參照閱讀

材料的內(nèi)容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子。

[評(píng)分標(biāo)準(zhǔn)]  概括準(zhǔn)確、語言規(guī)范、內(nèi)容合適，篇章連貫。

 (  )11. —Have you got any news from Jane about the English contest？

    Jenna, a popular girl from Westood Middle School, had graduated first in her class and was ready for new   36   in high school.

      37  , high school was different. In the first week, Jenna went to tryouts(選拔賽) for cheerleaders(拉拉隊(duì)隊(duì)員). She was competing against very talented girls, and she knew it would be  38   for her to be selected. Two hours later, the  39  read a list of the girls for a second tryout. Her heart  40   as the list ended without her name. Feeling  41  , she walked home carrying her schoolbag full of homework.

    Arriving home, she started with math. She had always been a good math student, but now she was   42  . She moved on to English and history, and was  43  to find that she didn’t have any trouble with those subjects. Feeling better, she decided not to  44  math for the time being.

    The next day Jenna went to see Mrs Biden about being on the school  45  . Mrs Biden wasn’t as  46   as Jenna. “ I’m sorry, but we have enough  47   for the newspaper already. Come back next year and we’ll take then.” Jenna smiled  48   and left. “Why is high school so     49    ?” she sighed.

    Later in  50  class, Jenna devoted herself to figuring out the problems that had given her so much  51   . By the end of class, she understood how to get them right. As she gathered her books, Jenna decided she’d continue to try to   52   at her new school. She wasn’t sure if she’d succeed, but she knew she had to  53   . High school was just as her mom had said: “You will feel like a small fish in a big pond  54   a big fish in a small pond. The challenge is to become the  55   fish you can be.”

36. A. processes                         B. decisions              C. challenges            D. exercises

37. A. Therefore               B. However             C. Otherwise           D. Besides

38. A. difficult                 B. easy                 C. boring              D. interesting

39. A. editor                 B. boss                 C. candidate           D. judge

40. A. jumped               B. sank                 C. stopped           D. raced

41. A. strange               B. happy                C. awful               D. lonely

42. A. struggling             B. improving              C. working               D. complaining

43. A. ashamed             B. disappointed           C. shocked              D. relieved

44. A. put up                B. prepare for              C. worry about           D. give up

45. A. committee             B. newspaper           C. radio                D. team

46. A. enthusiastic            B. artistic               C. sympathetic         D. realistic

47. A. speakers              B. readers              C. cheerleaders         D. writers

48. A. widely                   B. weakly               C. excitedly             D. brightly

49. A. similar                 B. ordinary              C. different            D. familiar

50. A. physics                B. history                 C. English               D. math

51. A. pleasure              B. hope                C. trouble               D. sorrow

52. A. fit in                  B. look out             C. stay up               D. get around

53. A. swim                  B. try                  C. ask                 D. escape

54. A. in return for            B. in case of            C. in terms of            D. instead of

55. A. slimmest               B. smallest                    C. best                D. gentlest

Working hard for fun

No more pencils! No more books

No more teacher’s serious looks!

    After a long period of study and work, the young Americans burst through the school doors singing.

But unfortunately, American students do very poorly and are among the worst students in the world. In the entire field of subjects---from geography and maths to science and general knowledge. American students are the poorest performers. Why? What’s the reason behind the scene? One problem lies in the fact that so little is expected from them. The standards of success are too low. Teachers are not willing to give out low grades and fail students. Besides, the existing negative results are few and mean little to students if their performance in study is poor . Of course some students realize that a high school diploma is a measure of success and will be important to get a job or get admitted into college. But they only have to go through the motions without really trying. They learn to get by with a minimum of effort.

In America, it is simply too easy for high school students to enter college. This forms a sharp contrast with the students in China and other Asian countries who have to suffer heavy pressure from parents, teachers and cruel social facts. Chinese students have to study hard for long years to pass the national college entrance examination which few Americans will take such trouble to enter to university. The majority American students know that they will be able to get into some college, so they do not really worry about it.

It turns out that American high school students are just too busy to find time to study. They spend almost no time on study while students from other countries spend four or five hours per day on homework. American students on the average give less than five hours per week to their studies. Learning and reading for future are not important to them. Many American never read. It is little wonder why Americans knows less than students from other countries.

1. Why are American students the poorest performers in the entire field of subjects?

   A. Because they are too busy to find time to study.

   B. Because they are too stupid and too lazy.

   C. Because they care little about their study.

   D. Because so little is required from them

2. Which of the following is Not true ?

   A. Most of American students spend less than five hours on their study every week.

   B. Few American students have trouble to enter college.

   C. American students can be admitted into college even without a high school diploma.

   D. It is hard for the students in China to enter college.

3. What seems to be the writer’s attitude towards American students?

   A. He probably thinks much should be expected from them.

   B. He is in favour of American students’ learning methods.

   C. He shows no interest in American students’ study.

   D. He thinks American students study hard.

第Ⅱ卷（共35分）

第四部分：寫作（共兩節(jié)，滿分35分）

第一節(jié)：短文改錯(cuò)（共10分，每小題1分，滿分10分）

此題要求改正所給短文中的錯(cuò)誤。對(duì)標(biāo)有題號(hào)的每一個(gè)行作出判斷：如無錯(cuò)誤，在該行右邊橫線上畫—個(gè)勾(√)；如有錯(cuò)誤(每行只有一個(gè)錯(cuò)誤)，則按下列情況改正：

該行多一個(gè)詞：把多余的詞用斜線(＼)劃掉，在該行右邊橫線上寫出該詞，并也用斜線劃掉。

該行缺一個(gè)詞：在缺詞處加—個(gè)漏字符號(hào)(∧)，在該行右邊橫線上寫出該加的詞。

該行錯(cuò)一個(gè)詞：在錯(cuò)的詞下面劃一橫線，在該行右邊的橫線上寫出改正后的詞。

注意：原行沒有錯(cuò)誤的不要改。

Last week, when I was taking train in Manchester, I saw a           76._______

scene it astonished me. On the platform I noticed a woman  in     77.__    _

worn clothes walking slowly. Suddenly, he fell to the ground.          78._______

There I see other people just keep walking as if                     79._______

something happened. For a moment the woman’s eyes were           80._______

full of hopelessness. Then she struggled to her foot and got on          81._______

a train. I just wondered why others didn’t try to help with this            82._______

woman. Later I talked about this event to my friend, who looked       83._______

at me and said, “What else did you do at that time? Just looking?”       84._______

I looked at him in silence. I realized I was just so selfish as others       85._______

on the scene, too.