For a while, my neighborhood was taken ever by an army of joggers(慢跑者). They were there all the time: early morning, noon, and evening. There were little old ladies in gray sweats, young couples in Adidas shoes, middle-aged men with red faces. “Come on!” My friend Alex encouraged me to join him as he jogged by my house every evening. “You’ll feel great.”

   Well, I had nothing against feeling great and if Alex could jog every day, anyone could. So I took up jogging seriously and gave it a good two months of my life, and not a day more. Based on my experience, jogging is the most overvalued form of exercise around, and judging from the number of the people who left our neighborhood jogging army. I’m not alone in my opinion.

   First of all, jogging is very hard on the body. Your legs and feet a real pounding（追擊）ruining down a road for two or three miles. I developed foot, leg, and back problems. Then I read about a nationally famous jogger who died of a heart attack while jogging, and I had something else to worry about. Jogging doesn’t kill hundreds of people, but if you have any physical weaknesses, jogging will surely bring them out, as they did with me.

   Secondly, I got no enjoyment out of jogging. Putting one foot in front of the other for forty-five minutes isn’t my idea of fun. Jogging is also a lonely pastime. Some joggers say, “I love being out there with just my thoughts”Well, my thoughts began to bore me, and most of them were on how much my legs hurt.

   And how could I enjoy something that brought me pain? And that wasn’t just the first week: it was practically every day for two months. I never got past the pain level, and pain isn’t fun. What a cruel way to do it! So many other exercises, including walking, lead to almost the same results painlessly, so why jog?

   I don’t jog any more, and I don’t think I ever will. I’m walking two miles three times a week at a fast pace, and that feels good. I bicycle to work when the weather is good. I’m getting exercise, and I’m enjoying it at the same time. I could never say the same for jogging, and I’ve found a lot of better ways to stay in shape.

1. From the first paragraph, we learn that in the writer’s neighborhood ______.

   A. jogging became very popular             B. people jogged only during the daytime

   C. Alex organized an army of joggers     D. jogging provided a chance to get together

2. The underlined word “them”(Paragraph 3) most probably refers to _____.

   A. heart attacks        B. Back problems   C. famous joggers  D. physical weaknesses

3. What was the writer’s attitude towards jogging in the beginning?

   A. He felt it was worth a try.                 B. He was very fond of it.

   C. He was strongly against it.                D. He thought it must be painful.

4. Why did the writer give up jogging two months later?

   A. He disliked doing exercise outside.  

   B. He found it neither healthy nor interesting.

   C. He was afraid of having a heart attack.

   D. He was worried about being left alone.

4. From the writer’s experience, we can conclude that______.

   A. not everyone enjoys jogging

   B. he is the only person who hates jogging

   C. nothing other than jogging can help people keep fit

   D. jogging makes people feel greater than any other sport.

A simple piece of clothesline hangs between some environmentally friendly Americans and their neighbors.

On one side stand those who see clothes dryers(干衣機) as a waste of energy and a major polluter of the environment. As a result, they are turning to clotheslines as part of the “what-I –can do environmentalism(環(huán)境保護主義).”

On the other side are people who are against drying clothes outside, arguing that clotheslines are unpleasant to look at. They have persuaded Homeowners Associations (HOAs) access the U.S. to ban outdoor clotheslines, because clothesline drying also tends to lower home value in the neighborhood. This had led to a Right-to-Dry Movement that is calling for laws to be passed to protect people’s right to use clotheslines.

So far, only three states have laws to protect clothesline. Right-to-Dry supporters argue that there should be move.

Matt Reck, 37, is the kind of eco-conscious(有生態(tài)意識的) person who feeds his trees with bathwater and reuses water drops from his air conditioners to water plants. His family also uses a clothesline. But on July 9, 2007, the HOA in Wake Forest, North Carolina, told him that a dissatisfied neighlzir had telephoned them about him clothesline. The Recks paid no attention to the warming and still dried their clothes on a line in the yard. “Many people e say they are environmentally friendly but they don’t take matters in their own hands,” says Reck. The local HOA has decided not to take any action, unless more neighbors come to them.

North Carolina lawmakers are saying that banning clotheslines is not the right thing to do. But HOAs and housing businesses believe that clothesline drying reminds people of poor neighborhoods. They worry that if buyers think their future neighbors can’t even afford dryers, housing prices will fall.

Environmentalists say such worries are not necessary, and in view of global warming, that idea needs to change. As they say, “The clothesline is beautiful”. Hanging clothes outside should be encouraged. We all have to do at least something to slow down the process of global warming.”

1. One of the reasons why supporters of clothes dryers are trying to ham clothesline drying is that

____.

   A. clothes dryers are more efficient

B. clothesline drying reduces home value

C. clothes dryers are energy-saving    

D. clothesline drying is not allowed in most U.S. states

2. Which of the following best describes Matt Reck?

   A. He is a kind-hearted man.                 B. He is an impolite man.

   C. He is and experienced gardener.         D. He is a man of social responsibility.

3. Who are in favor of clothesline drying?

   A. housing businesses.                         B. Environmentalists.

   C. Homeowners Associations.               D. Reck’s dissatisfied neighbors.

4. What is mainly discussed in the text?

   A. Clothesline drying: a way to save energy and money.

   B. Clothesline drying: a lost art rediscovered.

   C. Opposite opinions on clothesline drying.

   D. Different varieties of clotheslines.

根據(jù)下列句子及所給單詞的首字母，按題號寫出各單詞正確的完全形式（每空限寫一詞）。

1. This cake t      delicious. Would you like a try?

2. Lucy was badly hurt in a traffic a       last week.

3. Yesterday Michael a        to his boss for being late.

4. These books b       to Sarah--- I must give them back to her.

5. Mum is cooking in the k       while Dad is watching TV.

6. About 71 percent of the earth’s surface is e        by water.

7. I u     go to bed at 10:00 p.m., but I stayed up till 11:00 last night.

8. Plants and a      , including humans, need food and water to survive.

9. He was p      of the Olympic Gold Medal he won for his country.

10. Each student is allowed to borrow two books at a time from the school l       .

此題要求改正所給短文中的錯誤。對標(biāo)有題號的每一行作出判斷：如無錯誤，在該行右邊橫線上畫一個勾（√）；如有錯誤（每行只有一個錯誤），則按下列情況改正：

   此行多一個詞：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。

   此行缺一個詞：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號（∧），在該行右邊橫線上寫出該加的詞。

   此行錯一個詞：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，在該行右邊橫線上寫出改正后的詞。

   注意： 原行沒有錯的不要改。

   Last winter vacation, some of my classmates decide to          1.           

travel with their friends, while I chose to take par-time job          2.           

to gain experience and earn some money. I learned from my       3.           

teacher that a nearby company was looking after students          4.           

with good handwriting to write address on envelope. The           5.           

pay were 10 cent per envelope. I headed for the company,          6.            

feeling sue I would easy finish 300 envelops in five hours and        7.            

to earn the money. Actually, I only finished 200. Now, I            8.           

fully understand how hard is to earn money. Getting out          9.           

of the classroom is indeed necessary for we all.                 10.            

   人們完成工作的方式通常有兩種：獨立完成和合作完成。兩種方式各有特點。請你以“Working Individually or Working in a Team”為題，按照以下要點寫一篇英語短文：

1.         獨立完成：自行安排、自己解決問題。

2.         合作完成：一起討論、相互學(xué)習(xí)

3.         我喜歡的方式和理由

注意：詞數(shù)100-120，文章的題目和開頭已給出（不計詞數(shù)）。

Working Individually or Working in a Team

There are basically two ways to get work done.                                        

They will fly to Washington;       they plan to stay for two or three days.

A. where                     B. there                 C. which               D. when

It was not until midnight      they reached the camp site.

A. that                  B. when                C. while                D. as

Judy is going to marry the sailor she      in Rome last year.

A. meets                B. met                   C. has met             D. would meet

----Could we see each other at 3 o’clock this afternoon?

----Sorry, let’s make it       time.

A. other’s                     B. the other            C. another             D. other

People in Chongqing are proud of       they have achieved in the past ten years.

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