I don’t mind picking up your things from the store．_______, the walk does me good

A．Sooner or later          B．Still            C．In time              D．Besides

       In some cities, workaholism （工作狂） is so common that people don’t consider it unusual, they accept the lifestyle as  1 ．Government workers in Washington D．C． 2    , frequently work sixty to seventy hours a week．They don’t do this because they have to; they do it because they   3  to．Workaholism can be a  4  problem．Because true workaholism would rather work than do anything else, they   5  have no idea of how to relax; that is, they might not  6  movies, sports, or other types of entertainment．Most of all, they  7  to sit and do nothing．The lives of workaholism are usually stressful, and this tension and worry can cause  8  problems such as heart attacks and stomach diseases． 9  , typical workaholism don’t pay much attention to their families．Their marriages may end in  10   as they spend little time with their families．

       Is workaholism  11  dangerous? Perhaps not．There are, certainly, people who work  12   under stress．Some studies show that many workaholism have great energy and interest in work．They feel  13  is so pleasurable that they are actually very happy．For most workaholism, work and entertainment are the same thing．Their jobs  14  them with a challenge; this keeps them busy and creative．

       15   do workaholism enjoy their jobs so much? There are several  16  to work．Of course, it provides people with paychecks, and this is important．But it offers  17   financial security．It provides people with self-confidence; they have a feeling of satisfaction  18  they have produced a challenging piece of work and are able to say “I  19   it”．Psychologists（心理學(xué)家） claim that their work gives people an identity（自身價(jià)值）．After they take part in work, they  20  a sense of self and individualism．

1．A．strange            B．boring           C．pleasant            D．normal

2．A．for example         B．on the other hand C．what’s more      D．a(chǎn)fter all

3．A．a(chǎn)gree             B．promise          C．dare            D．want

4．A．slight             B．serious           C．obvious          D．difficult

5．A．still               B．probably         C．certainly          D．mostly

6．A．a(chǎn)fford            B．enjoy              C．watch         D．a(chǎn)llow

7．A．dream            B．decide           C．intend             D．hate

8．A．physical               B．cultural           C．social            D．mental

9．A．Therefore             B．However           C．Anyway          D．Besides

10．A．happiness        B．silence           C．failure            D．surprise

11．A．sometimes       B．a(chǎn)lways             C．seldom           D．hardly

12．A．sadly             B．differently        C．efficiently         D．slowly

13．A．study          B．family            C．life                D．work

14．A．equip          B．pack             C．provide              D．fill

15．A．When              B．Why             C．How             D．Where

16．A．factors           B．a(chǎn)dvantages       C．steps             D．ways

17．A．no more            B．more or less      C．no more than     D．more than

18．A．when              B．before           C．unless              D．until

19．A．valued            B．failed              C．caught               D．made

20．A．give             B．lose             C．get                  D．need

       Some of the bridges, like the George Washington Bridge, and some of the tunnels, such as the Lincoln and Holland Tunnels, are famous．But the most famous of all is the Brooklyn Bridge, which was built over 100 years ago．

       Today, engineers have the experience and the special machines to do such things, but at that time, no one knew how to do them．The Brooklyn Bridge was the first bridge of its kind in the world．The box which Washington had studied in Europe was used．It was the size of a house and it was made of wood．It had three sides and a top, but no bottom．Air was forced into the box and water was forced out so the workers could work underwater．No one understood the problems of this kind of work．It was very dangerous and many men were sick．Needless to say （不用說(shuō)）, they were also frightened．Accidents were frequent．Roebling spent a great deal of time with the workers in the box to encourage them．

       The box began to affect the men．Some of them felt strange pains in different parts of their bodies．One day, a worker began to have strong pains in his stomach．He had been well and had begun work only half an hour before, but within minutes he was dead．This sudden incident was repeated several more times with other men．Roebling himself had a similar attack．He couldn’t talk or hear．Within days he became paralyzed（癱瘓的） and people feared that he, too, might die．But he recovered after a week or two and went back to work．A little while later, Roebling had a second attack, more serious than the first．This time he was crippled．He was unable to work again for the rest of his life．

       The bridge was a great success．People came from everywhere to see this strong and beautiful structure．It was one of the wonders of the nineteenth century, and it is still a wonder today．There is more traffic on it than ever before, yet the bridge remains sturdy．

1．Choose the one which is true．

       A．Roebling was put in charge of the building．

       B．His son returned from Europe with the idea of working in a large box underwater．

       C．Roebling was badly injured．

       D．Before dying, he asked his son to continue his work．

2．The box was used so that __________．

       A．workers working underwater could breathe and move about as if they were on the ground．

       B．workers could stand on it．

       C．more air could come to it．

       D．more water would come into it．

3．The Brooklyn Bridge is a monument to Roebling’s _________．

       A．devotion and contribution               B．interest

       C．life                              D．a(chǎn)ll of the above

4．Why was the building of Brooklyn Bridge very dangerous?

       A．Because all the workers were frightened．

       B．Because there is a rushing torrent（急流）．

       C．Because all the workers had to work underwater．

       D．Because no one was able to foretell the problems of this kind of work．

       Are Boys Superior to Girls in Mathematics?

       Scientists have tried to come up with biological explanations for the academic（理論的）difference between boys and girls．

       However, none were believable enough to explain the general picture．As one scientist points out, “There are slight genetic differences between the sexes at birth which may affect the subjects boys and girls choose．” But the difficulty is that by the time children reach school age, there are so many other effects that it is almost impossible to tell whether girls are worse at science and math, or whether they’ve been brought up to think of these subjects as boys’ “territory”．

       Statistics（統(tǒng)計(jì)數(shù)據(jù)） show that in mathematic, at least, girls are equal to boys．A recent report suggests girls only stop studying mathematics because of social attitudes．One of the reports’ authors says, “While it is still acceptable for women to say that they are ‘hopeless’ at math, our research shows that, although girls get marks which are as good as the boys, they have not been encouraged to do so”．

       The explanation for the difference, which is very clear during the teenage years, goes as far back as early childhood experiences．From their first days in nursery school, girls are not encouraged to work on their own or to complete tasks, although boys are．For example, boys and not girls are often asked to “help” with repair work．This encouragement leads to a way of learning how to solve problems later in the life．Evidence shows that exceptional mathematics and scientists did not have teachers who supplied answers; they had to find out by themselves．

       A further report on math teaching shows that teachers seem to give more attention to boys than girls．

       Most teachers who took part in the study admitted that they expect their male students to do better at mathematics and science subjects than their female students．All of this tends to encourage boys to work harder in these subjects, gives them confidence and makes them believe that they can succeed．

       Interestingly, both boys and girls tend to regard such “male” subjects like mathematics and science as difficult．Yet it has been suggested that girls avoid mathematics courses, not because they are difficult, but for social reasons．

       Mathematics and science are mainly male subjects, and therefore, as girls become teenagers, they are less likely to take them up．Girls do not seem to want to be in open competition with boys．Neither do they want to do better than boys, because they are afraid to appear less female, and so, less attractive．

1．According to scientific studies, __________．

       A．math is not fit for girls to learn

       B．boys have a special sense of math

       C．girls are poor at math because they are the weaker sex

       D．girls can learn math as well as boys, if given enough encouragement

2．Those who made extraordinary contribution in mathematics and science ___________．

       A．usually had good teachers to help them

       B．had the ability to solve problem by themselves

       C．usually worked harder than others

       D．were encouraged to repair things when young

3．Which of the following is not true according to the passage?

       A．It seems socially acceptable for a girl not to be able to read and write

       B．It is a social problem rather than a problem of brains that girls are poor at math

       C．Mathematics and science are not easy subjects for either girls or boys

       D．There is no connection between a girl’s ability in math and her appearance

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       Before I came to China, I had heard that, although North Americans eat more than Chinese, Chinese eat better．Since I have come to China, I have been able to experience these differences first-hand．A whole new world of food has been opened up to me．

       Along with these new experiences came the quite unexpected introduction to the rituals（慣例） associated with eating．For example, shortly after arriving, I was gently criticized for filling somebody’s teacup all the way up instead of half way．This was a signal to the person that I desired that he leave．

       There may be mixed messages about what it means when you do something associated with food．But the fact is that there may be a message contained in the preparation, serving and consumption（吃喝） of food in China．This was an idea that was totally new to me!

       More than one Chinese has made the comment to me that they were unhappy with the results of inviting a foreigner to a meal．They told me that the foreigner was not appreciative of the meal that was served to him or her and was hard to please．

       Having played the part of the foreigner at more than one Chinese buffet, I can understand where the misunderstandings come from．I myself have felt very uncomfortable during some of the dinners I have been invited to．

       One time I was invited to a dinner in a famous restaurant in Tianjin．Its menu was based on seafood．I was still relatively new to the concept （概念） that your fish would be brought live to your table．In Canada you are never introduced to your meal before hand．Something we don’t like is considering what our food looks before the actual consumption．

       However, having been in China for one year, I went along and helped point out some of the selections for the evening’s meal．I hesitated at the scorpions（蝎子）, but swallowed my distaste and indeed found later that they were tasty．

       The meal was winding its way（蜿蜒向前） along without any problems．Then they brought out the lobster（龍蝦）．I looked at it and then looked at it again and noticed that it was still moving! It had been brought out live to show that our raw lobster was indeed very fresh．

       At that point, I nearly lost it．It took all my composure（鎮(zhèn)定） for me to stay seated at the table and hurl（沖進(jìn)） myself in the bathroom and bring up the contents of the previous dishes．

       Now the interesting thing is that when I tell that story to a foreigner, the reaction is always the same: Horror, sympathy, shock．When I tell the same story to Chinese, they don’t understand my point of view．In fact, I often think that they believe that there is something truly wrong with me and not with the fact a lobster had been served live at the table．

1．According to the author of the passage, it is the Chinese custom ___________．

       A．to fill somebody’s teacup all the way up

       B．not to fill somebody’s teacup full

       C．not to fill somebody’s teacup half way

       D．not to desire the guest to leave

2．The author felt very uncomfortable during some of the dinners because _________．

       A．she disliked scorpions and lobster

       B．the service in the restaurants were not good enough

       C．she disliked that the things were brought live to the table

       D．she thought the food was not fresh enough

3．It can be inferred from the last paragraph of the passage that___________．

       A．the author can get support from foreigners

       B．Chinese don’t understand the author’s point of view

       C．something is truly wrong with the author

       D．different countries may have different rituals of consumption

4．The word “buffet” in the fifth paragraph means __________．

       A．meal             B．party            C．food             D．service

       Space is a dangerous place, not only because of meteors（流星） but also because of rays from the sun and other stars．The atmosphere again acts as our protective blanket on earth．Light gets through, and this is essential（不可缺少的） for plants to make the food which we eat．Heat, too, makes our environment endurable（能持久的）, Various kinds of rays come through the air from outer space, but enormous（巨大的） quantities of radiation from the sun are screened off（用屏幕隔開(kāi)）．As soon as men leave the atmosphere they are exposed to this radiation but their spacesuit or the walls of their spacecraft, if they are inside, do prevent a lot of radiation damage．

       Radiation is the greatest known danger to explorers in space．The unit of radiation is called “rem”．Scientists have reason to think that a man can put up with far more than 0．1 rem without being damaged; the figure of 60 rems has been agreed on．The trouble is that it is extremely difficult to be sure about radiation damage – a person may feel perfectly well, but the cells of his or her sex organs may be damaged, and this will not be discovered until the birth of deformed（畸形的） children or even grandchildren．Missions of the Apollo flights have had to cross belts of high radiation and, during the outward and return journeys, the Apollo crew accumulated（積累） a large amount of rems．So far, no dangerous amounts of radiation have been reported, but the Apollo missions have been quite short．We simply don’t know yet how men are going to get on when they spent weeks and months outside the protection of the atmosphere, working in a space laboratory．Drugs might help to decrease the damage done by radiation, but no really effective ones have been found so far．

1．According to the first paragraph, the atmosphere is essential to man in that ______．

       A．it protects him against the harmful rays from space．

       B．it provides sufficient（充分的） light for plant growth．

       C．it supplies the heat necessary for human survival．

       D．it screens off the falling meteors．

2．We know from the passage that___________．

       A．exposure（揭露） to even tiny amounts of radiation is fatal（致命的） ．

       B．the effect of exposure to radiation is slow in coming．

       C．radiation is avoidable in space exploration．

       D．a(chǎn)stronauts in spacesuit needn’t worry about radiation damage．

3．The harm radiation had done to the Apollo crewmembers ___________．

       A．is insignificant（不重要的）               B．seems overestimated

       C．is enormous                                    D．remains unknown

4．It can be inferred from the passage that ___________．

       A．the Apollo mission was very successful．

       B．protection from space radiation is no easy job．

       C．a(chǎn)stronauts will have deformed children or grandchildren．

       D．radiation is not a threat to well-protected space explorers．

5．The best title for this passage would be __________．

       A．The atmosphere and Our Environment

       B．Research on Radiation

       C．Effects of Space Radiation

       D．Importance of Protection Against Radiation

此題要求改正所給短文中的錯(cuò)誤，對(duì)標(biāo)有題號(hào)的每一行做出判斷；如無(wú)錯(cuò)誤，在該行右邊橫線上畫(huà)上一個(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；

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

       此行少一個(gè)詞：在缺詞處加一個(gè)漏字符號(hào)（∧），在該行右邊橫線寫(xiě)出該加的詞。

       此行錯(cuò)一個(gè)詞: 在錯(cuò)的詞下面畫(huà)一橫線，在該行右邊橫線上寫(xiě)出改正后的詞。

       注意：原行沒(méi)有錯(cuò)的不要改。

       It was Christmas time and Helen had done her Christmas

shopping．Now, with her bag fulled, she was waiting for           1．_____________

the bus go home．It was raining and she was wet and tired．                                2．_____________

When the bus finally arrived at, it was very crowded,                3．_____________

because everyone else had done shopping too．The                 4．_____________

boy in the front of Helen got on, but then the conductor              5．_____________

said, “Sorry, no more room．” Instead waiting for the                                       6．_____________

next bus, that might be full too, Helen started walking．              7．_____________

Then she thought she will take a taxi．                            8．_____________

But she stopped one．On half way home, however,                   9．_____________

the taxi could move．As she was watching the driver repairing       10．_____________

the taxi, a bus passed them, empty．

最近，你校組織高三學(xué)生開(kāi)展了一場(chǎng)討論。討論的主題是：雙休日要不要上課。請(qǐng)根據(jù)下面提供的信息，寫(xiě)一篇短文，客觀地介紹一下討論的情況。

       30%   1、要上課                        2、高考六月舉行，要抓緊時(shí)間復(fù)習(xí)

       30%   1、不要上課                      2、休息好，提高學(xué)習(xí)效率

       40%   1、其中一天學(xué)習(xí)，一天休息        2、學(xué)習(xí)與休息兩頭兼顧

       注意： 1、文章的開(kāi)頭已為你寫(xiě)好；        2、詞數(shù)：100左右。

       Recently, the students of Senior Three in our school have a discussion about whether we should have classes on weekends．

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Forbes magazine has named President Hu Jintao as the world's most powerful person, a move that analysts say shows global ________ of China's contribution to the world's economic recovery．

A．a(chǎn)cknowledgement                                       B．commitment

C．complement                                               D．requirement