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Ⅰ.单项填空
1. Tom lost his job half a year ago, ____, he was serious injured in the
earthquake.
A. in the first place B. to make matters worse
C. on the contrary D. in other words
2. Premier Wen Jiaobao and ____ United Nations Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon waved to quake survivors and rescuers after meeting at ____
Yingxiu township of Wenchuan county, Sichuan Province yesterday.
A. the; the B. 不填; the C. the; 不填 D. 不填; 不填
3. John—a driver could have survived but he ____ the seat belt.
A. had been wearing B. hadn’t worn
C. was wearing D. didn’t wear
4. ____ more energy to your studies instead of being crazy about
Internet games, you would be sitting in a comfortable office now.
A. If you devoted B. Had you devoted
C. Would you devote D. Should you devote
5. The place Mr. Li suggested____ the meeting is quite far from here.
A. hold B. to hold C. holding D. should hold
6. Mrs. Wang is continually ____ her position by getting other people to
do things for her.
A. acquiring B. abusing C. accusing D. adopting
7. The supermarket had to ____ a number of assistants because sales
were down.
A. lay out B. lay off C. lay aside D. lay down
8. ____ your advice, I would have been caught in the traffic and I
wouldn’t have been there on time.
A. Thanks to B. But for C. Because of D. As for
9. If you want to get a book out of the library, you should ____ the
index first.
A. consult B. instruct C. construct D. conduct
10. ——Were you in time for the lecture?
——If I ____ earlier,I would have been.
A. had been B. was C. were to be D. should be
11. The Medical Research Council said it could not ____ the use of the
new drug without further tests.
A. approve B. evaluate C. consult D. adopt
12. The film was so exciting that the children kept their eyes ____ on
the screen.
A. to fix B. to be fixed C. fixed D. fixing
13. Our bedrooms ____ in a traditional style and have air conditioning.
A. are furnished B. have been furnishing
C. were furnished D. are furnishing
14. There was a long silence when they met again, and ____ he asked,
“How have you been? ”
A. in detail B. in return C. at length D. in general
15. When I came in that evening, the door of the Cockney’s sitting room
was open and ____, cheers, and television music.
A. through it came laughter B. laughter came through it
C. came laughter through it D. it through came laughter
Ⅱ.完型填空
The temperature of your body should be always just the same, no matter whether the weather is hot or cold. That is __1__ the doctors uses his thermometer when you are sick. When you are well, your temperature is 37℃. If he finds it __2__ than that, it is a sure sign __3__ something is wrong.
The body keeps the same temperature all the time, because it balances the heat it produces and __4__ off. It is always burning up __5__ and producing heat. It can produce heat faster when it needs to or give off heat faster when it becomes too warm. Let’s see __6__ this happens.
The heat of your body is given off __7__ through the skin. When you are __8__, your skin is tight and __9__ “gooseflesh”. When you get chilly(寒冷的), you must dance around to keep warm or __10__ you will shiver(颤抖). __11__ your muscles begin to work, burn up fuel, and produce more heat. It is not __12__ to shiver, so you usually prefer warming up by exercise, or put __13__ more clothes to keep heat in.
When you are warm, the skin is loose and soft. It is so supplied __14__ blood that heat is given off rapidly. If you get too hot, you begin to sweat, and __15__ body heat is used in evaporating(蒸发) the moisture(潮湿) from your skin. You wear less clothing, too, in warm __16__ or in warm room, so that warmth can be given off freely. You feel you don’t __17__ exercising because your body is warm __18__, and the extra heat produced by exercise makes you uncomfortable.
You can see from this way you __19__ differently in different kinds of weather. In summer, when it is warm, you feel tired and lazy. You do not care to work or play, but enjoy lying and doing nothing. When you get out of doors in winter, the cold air makes you feel __20__. You want to run and play.
1. A. because B. why C. since D. for
2. A. taller B. better C. worse D. higher
3. A. which B. when C. that D. where
4. A. gives B. puts C. shows D. keeps
5. A. meals B. food C. petrol D. wood
6. A. how B. when C. what D. why
7. A. possibly B. immediately C. chiefly D. quickly
8. A. warm B. hot C. cool D. cold
9. A. has B. shows C. takes D. gives
10. A. but B. well C. so D. else
11. A. However B. While C. Then D. Therefore
12. A. glad B. pleasant C. surprising D. polite
13. A. off B. away C. up D. on
14. A. by B. with C. through D. of
15. A. more B. enough C. many D. little
16. A. weather B. climate C. air D. environment
17. A. take B. like C. do D. hate
18. A. yet B. still C. already D. too
19. A. wear B. feel C. dress D. sweat
20. A. lively B. lovely C. anxious D. disturbed
Ⅲ.阅读理解
(A)
Space travel is definitely bad for astronauts’ bones, reducing their bone density(密度) after only a month of weightlessness, according to French research published on Friday.
Laurence Vico and his fellow workers at St. Etienne University called for more research into the effects of microgravity, after their study of 15 astronauts from the Russian MIR station showed bone loss continued throughout space flights.
“Bone loss was especially striking in four astronauts,” the scientists reported in the Lancet Medical Journal.
They measured the bone mineral density(BMD) of bones in the forearm and lower leg of the astronauts who had spent one to six months in space.
The BMD loss was significant in the tibia(胫骨) of the lower leg, a weight-bearing bone, but barely changed in the radius of the forearm. “Our results indicate the need of investigate not only different bones, but also different areas of the same bone since not all sites of the skeleton are similarly affected by space conditions,” they added.
Without gravity the body isn’t bearing any weight so there is no need for calcium(钙) which makes bones strong, and it becomes empty into the bloodstream.
The research team suggested in future scientists should try to determine if the loss of bone density was only on weight-bearing bones on longer flights, also the possible recovery after returning to Earth.
1. French scientists did their research on Russian astronauts, because
____.
A. they only cared for the Russian astronauts
B. they were not interested in their own astronauts
C. the Russian government invited them to do their research
D. the Russian astronauts worked in space for a long time
2. Scientists have found that ____.
A. the BMD loss may cause serious illness to astronauts
B. the BMD loss may cause some change in astronauts’ bodies
C. astronauts shouldn’t care about the BMD loss
D. astronauts should take some calcium before space travel
3. What caused the BMD loss to astronauts, according to this passage?
____.
A. The food they ate in space B. The drinks they took in space
C. The temperature in space D. The gravity in space
4. In the third paragraph, the word “striking” means ____.
A. unusual B. simple C. weak D. slow
(B)
Perhaps the most famous theory, the study of body movement, was suggested by Professor Ray Birdwhistell. He believes that physical appearance is often culturally programmed. In other words, we learn our books—we are not born with them. A baby has generally informed face features. A baby, according to Birdwhistell, learns to set the eyebrows by looking at those around—family and friends. This helps explain why the people of some areas of the United States look so much alike, new Englanders or Southerners have certain common face feature that cannot be explained by genetics. The exact shape of the mouth is not set at birth; it is learned after. In fact, the final mouth shape is not formed until well after new teeth are set. For many, they can be well into grown-ups. A husband and wife together for a long time often come to look alike. We learn our looks from those around us. This is perhaps why in a single country area where people smile more than those in other areas. In the United States, for example, the South is the part of the country where the people smile most frequently. In New England they smile less, and in the western part of New York State still less. Many southerners find cities such as New York cold and unfriendly. Partly because people on Madison Avenue smile less than people on Peachtree Street in Atlantic, Georgia. People in largely populated areas also smile and greet each other in public less than people in small towns do.
1. Ray Birdwhistell believes that physical appearance ____.
A. has little to do with culture B. has much to do with culture
C. is ever changing D. is different from place to place
2. According to the passage, the final mouth shape is formed ____.
A. before birth
B. as soon as one’s teeth are newly set
C. sometime after new teeth are set
D. around 15 years old
3. Ray Birdwhistell can tell what area of the United States a person is
from by ____.
A. how much he or she laughs
B. how he or she raises his or her eyebrows
C. what he or she likes best
D. the way he or she talks
4. This passage might have been taken out of a book dealing with ____.
A. physics B. chemistry
C. biology D. none of the above
(C)
The common cold is the world’s most widespread illness, which is plagues(疫病) that flesh receives.
The most widespread mistake of all is that colds are caused by cold. They are not. They are caused by viruses passing on from person to person. You catch a cold by coming into contact, directly or indirectly, with someone who already has one. If cold causes cold, it would be reasonable to expect the Eskimos to suffer from them forever. But they do not. And in isolated Arctic regions explorers have reported being free from colds until coming into contact again with infected people from the outside world by way of packages and mail dropped from airplanes.
During the First World War soldiers who spent long periods in the trenches(战壕), cold and wet, showed no increased tendency to catch colds.
In the Second World War prisoners at the notorious Auschwitz concentration camp, naked and starving, were astonished to find that they seldom had colds.
At the Common Cold Research Unit in England, volunteers took part in experiments in which they gave themselves to the discomforts of being cold and wet for a long time. After taking hot baths, they put on bathing suits, allowed themselves to be with cold water, and then stood about dripping wet in dripping room. Some wore wet socks all day while others exercised in the rain until close to exhaustion. Not one of the volunteers came down with a cold unless a cold virus was actually dropped in his nose.
If, then, cold and wet have nothing to do with catching colds, why are they frequent in the water? Despite the most pains-taking research, no one has yet found the answer. One explanation offered by scientists is that people tend to stay together indoors more in cold weather than at other times, and this makes it easier for cold virtues to be passed on.
No one has yet found a cure for the cold. There are drugs and pain suppressors(止痛片) such as aspirin, but all they do is to relieve the symptoms(症状).
1. The writer offered ____ examples to support his argument.
A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 3
2. Which of the following does not agree with the chosen passage? ____.
A. The Eskimos do not suffer from colds all the time
B. Colds are not caused by cold
C. People suffer from colds just because they like to stay indoors
D. A person may catch a cold by touching someone who already had
one
3. Arctic explorers may catch colds when ____.
A. they are working in the isolated Arctic regions
B. they are writing reports in terribly cold weather
C. they are free from work in the isolated Arctic regions
D. they are coming into touch again with the outside world
4. The passage mainly discusses ____.
A. the experiments on the common cold
B. the fallacy about the common cold
C. the reason and the way people catch colds
D. the continued spread of common colds
(D)
Zinc(锌) is one of about 20 elements necessary for good health. It is present in the body in a very small amount but makes it possible for important chemical actions to be carried out in cells. Scientists are just beginning to discover how zinc and other elements work.
Researchers first studied zinc as a way to speed recovery. Dr. Waltor Powys formerly with the United States Air Force noted that the laboratory animals recovered faster when some matters were added to their food. One of these matters was zinc. Dr. Powys later tested the zinc treatment on an American airman recovering from medical operations. The airman who received zinc sulfate(硫酸盐) recovered in half of the usual time. Other doctors studied persons who had a number of strange disorders. The doctors learned that all of these problems were caused by lack of zinc in the body. They treated these disorders successfully by giving the patients zinc sulfate.
The amount of zinc in the body can be found by examining blood and hair. A lack of this important element is not uncommon among people in both industrial and developing countries. Zinc is found in most high protein foods such so meat, milk, fish and eggs. It is also found in whole gains. But many people do not eat enough of these food. Food markets should add these elements so that more people could get needed amount of these necessary matters.
1. Which of the following statements is true? ____.
A. Scientists found how zinc works a long time ago
B. People need a large amount of zinc to be healthy
C. Zinc allows important chemical actions to take place in cells
D. Zinc must be used in the course of medical operation
2. One of the results from the study of zinc is that ____.
A. there’s only a little zinc in the human body
B. food rich in protein contains more zinc
C. some physical problems are caused by lack of zinc
D. any patient who receives zinc sulfate gets well immediately
3. The best title for the passage may be ____.
A. A New Discovery B. Zinc and Health
C. How Zinc Works D. Add Zinc to Your Food
(E)
Exercise, everyone advised!But immediately, when you try, you run into trouble. There is so much contradictory, sometimes incorrect advice about exercising, that you become confused. Test yourself on the following true-false quiz. It will tell you what you need to know.
●The best way to reduce the mid-section is to do abdominal(腹部的) exercise.
False. Many people believe that when specific muscles are exercised, the fatty tissues in the immediate area are “burned up”. The truth is that exercise burns fat from all over the body, not from one specific area, regardless of the type of exercise of course. If you reduce the fat throughout your body, you will certainly see results around your waistline too!
●You burn more calories jogging one mile than walking the same distance.
False. You use the same amount of energy whether you walk or jog the mile, since in both cases you are moving the same weight the same distance. The speed doesn’t matter. Of course, if you jog rather than walk for 30 minutes, you’ll cover more distance, and ___________.
●If your breathing doesn’t return to normal within minutes after you finish exercising, you’ve exercised too much.
True. Five minutes or so after exercising, your breathing should be normal, your heart shouldn’t be pounding and you shouldn’t be exhausted. Beneficial exercise is not overly difficult, unpleasant and exhausting; it is moderate, enjoyable and refreshing.
●The minimum amount of time you should spend exercising in a day is 20 minutes.
True. There are more than 400 muscles that attach to your skeleton. A good exercise routine should contract and strength all these muscles, and this simply cannot be done with four or five exercises in five or ten minutes. From experience, I’ve found that about 20 minutes is the minimum amount of time needed for an adequate workout.
How long it takes you to become physically fit depends on how unfit you are when you start. If you are out of condition, you certainly can’t shape up in 21 days. It takes as much as exercise to stay in shape as it does to get there. But the work won’t seem as hard after a while because your body will be in good condition and all the moves will seem easier.
1. Which is the best title of the passage? (Please answer within 10 words.)
____________________________________________________
2. Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?
Since every part of your body needs exercising, jumping two or three times doesn’t do you much good.
______________________________________________________
3. Please fill in the blank in the third paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence. (Please answer within 10 words.)
_____________________________________________________
4. Are you willing to buy a machine that claims to make your waist thinner only? Why? (Please answer within 30 words.)
______________________________________________________
5. Translate the underlined sentence in the third paragraph into Chinese.
______________________________________________________
Ⅳ.短文改错
I will cost this summer holiday in the countryside. 1.____
Although the city is modern, but there are still some 2.____
problems, such as air pollution and noisy. In the 3.____
countryside I can enjoy a comfortable and quietly life. 4.____
Where, the air is fresh and the water is clean. Trees are 5.____
green and birds are singing. I can go boating, fishing 6.____
and swimming in the lake. I can also climb the hills. Both of 7.____
these will be interesting and good for your health. Above all, 8.____
I can learn more about the nature. So I want to go to the 9.____
countryside for a change. Now, I’m looking forward to leave. 10.____
Ⅴ.书面表达
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注意：
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According to a survey carried out by Horizon Research, Chinese senior high school students have different opinions on when to choose their majors and universities.
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Key(5)
1. Tom lost his job half a year ago, ____, he was serious injured in the
earthquake.
A. in the first place B. to make matters worse
C. on the contrary D. in other words
2. Premier Wen Jiaobao and ____ United Nations Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon waved to quake survivors and rescuers after meeting at ____
Yingxiu township of Wenchuan county, Sichuan Province yesterday.
A. the; the B. 不填; the C. the; 不填 D. 不填; 不填
3. John—a driver could have survived but he ____ the seat belt.
A. had been wearing B. hadn’t worn
C. was wearing D. didn’t wear
4. ____ more energy to your studies instead of being crazy about
Internet games, you would be sitting in a comfortable office now.
A. If you devoted B. Had you devoted
C. Would you devote D. Should you devote
5. The place Mr. Li suggested____ the meeting is quite far from here.
A. hold B. to hold C. holding D. should hold
6. Mrs. Wang is continually ____ her position by getting other people to
do things for her.
A. acquiring B. abusing C. accusing D. adopting
7. The supermarket had to ____ a number of assistants because sales
were down.
A. lay out B. lay off C. lay aside D. lay down
8. ____ your advice, I would have been caught in the traffic and I
wouldn’t have been there on time.
A. Thanks to B. But for C. Because of D. As for
9. If you want to get a book out of the library, you should ____ the
index first.
A. consult B. instruct C. construct D. conduct
10. ——Were you in time for the lecture?
——If I ____ earlier,I would have been.
A. had been B. was C. were to be D. should be
11. The Medical Research Council said it could not ____ the use of the
new drug without further tests.
A. approve B. evaluate C. consult D. adopt
12. The film was so exciting that the children kept their eyes ____ on
the screen.
A. to fix B. to be fixed C. fixed D. fixing
13. Our bedrooms ____ in a traditional style and have air conditioning.
A. are furnished B. have been furnishing
C. were furnished D. are furnishing
14. There was a long silence when they met again, and ____ he asked,
“How have you been? ”
A. in detail B. in return C. at length D. in general
15. When I came in that evening, the door of the Cockney’s sitting room
was open and ____, cheers, and television music.
A. through it came laughter B. laughter came through it
C. came laughter through it D. it through came laughter
Ⅱ.完型填空
The temperature of your body should be always just the same, no matter whether the weather is hot or cold. That is __1__ the doctors uses his thermometer when you are sick. When you are well, your temperature is 37℃. If he finds it __2__ than that, it is a sure sign __3__ something is wrong.
The body keeps the same temperature all the time, because it balances the heat it produces and __4__ off. It is always burning up __5__ and producing heat. It can produce heat faster when it needs to or give off heat faster when it becomes too warm. Let’s see __6__ this happens.
The heat of your body is given off __7__ through the skin. When you are __8__, your skin is tight and __9__ “gooseflesh”. When you get chilly(寒冷的), you must dance around to keep warm or __10__ you will shiver(颤抖). __11__ your muscles begin to work, burn up fuel, and produce more heat. It is not __12__ to shiver, so you usually prefer warming up by exercise, or put __13__ more clothes to keep heat in.
When you are warm, the skin is loose and soft. It is so supplied __14__ blood that heat is given off rapidly. If you get too hot, you begin to sweat, and __15__ body heat is used in evaporating(蒸发) the moisture(潮湿) from your skin. You wear less clothing, too, in warm __16__ or in warm room, so that warmth can be given off freely. You feel you don’t __17__ exercising because your body is warm __18__, and the extra heat produced by exercise makes you uncomfortable.
You can see from this way you __19__ differently in different kinds of weather. In summer, when it is warm, you feel tired and lazy. You do not care to work or play, but enjoy lying and doing nothing. When you get out of doors in winter, the cold air makes you feel __20__. You want to run and play.
1. A. because B. why C. since D. for
2. A. taller B. better C. worse D. higher
3. A. which B. when C. that D. where
4. A. gives B. puts C. shows D. keeps
5. A. meals B. food C. petrol D. wood
6. A. how B. when C. what D. why
7. A. possibly B. immediately C. chiefly D. quickly
8. A. warm B. hot C. cool D. cold
9. A. has B. shows C. takes D. gives
10. A. but B. well C. so D. else
11. A. However B. While C. Then D. Therefore
12. A. glad B. pleasant C. surprising D. polite
13. A. off B. away C. up D. on
14. A. by B. with C. through D. of
15. A. more B. enough C. many D. little
16. A. weather B. climate C. air D. environment
17. A. take B. like C. do D. hate
18. A. yet B. still C. already D. too
19. A. wear B. feel C. dress D. sweat
20. A. lively B. lovely C. anxious D. disturbed
Ⅲ.阅读理解
(A)
Space travel is definitely bad for astronauts’ bones, reducing their bone density(密度) after only a month of weightlessness, according to French research published on Friday.
Laurence Vico and his fellow workers at St. Etienne University called for more research into the effects of microgravity, after their study of 15 astronauts from the Russian MIR station showed bone loss continued throughout space flights.
“Bone loss was especially striking in four astronauts,” the scientists reported in the Lancet Medical Journal.
They measured the bone mineral density(BMD) of bones in the forearm and lower leg of the astronauts who had spent one to six months in space.
The BMD loss was significant in the tibia(胫骨) of the lower leg, a weight-bearing bone, but barely changed in the radius of the forearm. “Our results indicate the need of investigate not only different bones, but also different areas of the same bone since not all sites of the skeleton are similarly affected by space conditions,” they added.
Without gravity the body isn’t bearing any weight so there is no need for calcium(钙) which makes bones strong, and it becomes empty into the bloodstream.
The research team suggested in future scientists should try to determine if the loss of bone density was only on weight-bearing bones on longer flights, also the possible recovery after returning to Earth.
1. French scientists did their research on Russian astronauts, because
____.
A. they only cared for the Russian astronauts
B. they were not interested in their own astronauts
C. the Russian government invited them to do their research
D. the Russian astronauts worked in space for a long time
2. Scientists have found that ____.
A. the BMD loss may cause serious illness to astronauts
B. the BMD loss may cause some change in astronauts’ bodies
C. astronauts shouldn’t care about the BMD loss
D. astronauts should take some calcium before space travel
3. What caused the BMD loss to astronauts, according to this passage?
____.
A. The food they ate in space B. The drinks they took in space
C. The temperature in space D. The gravity in space
4. In the third paragraph, the word “striking” means ____.
A. unusual B. simple C. weak D. slow
(B)
Perhaps the most famous theory, the study of body movement, was suggested by Professor Ray Birdwhistell. He believes that physical appearance is often culturally programmed. In other words, we learn our books—we are not born with them. A baby has generally informed face features. A baby, according to Birdwhistell, learns to set the eyebrows by looking at those around—family and friends. This helps explain why the people of some areas of the United States look so much alike, new Englanders or Southerners have certain common face feature that cannot be explained by genetics. The exact shape of the mouth is not set at birth; it is learned after. In fact, the final mouth shape is not formed until well after new teeth are set. For many, they can be well into grown-ups. A husband and wife together for a long time often come to look alike. We learn our looks from those around us. This is perhaps why in a single country area where people smile more than those in other areas. In the United States, for example, the South is the part of the country where the people smile most frequently. In New England they smile less, and in the western part of New York State still less. Many southerners find cities such as New York cold and unfriendly. Partly because people on Madison Avenue smile less than people on Peachtree Street in Atlantic, Georgia. People in largely populated areas also smile and greet each other in public less than people in small towns do.
1. Ray Birdwhistell believes that physical appearance ____.
A. has little to do with culture B. has much to do with culture
C. is ever changing D. is different from place to place
2. According to the passage, the final mouth shape is formed ____.
A. before birth
B. as soon as one’s teeth are newly set
C. sometime after new teeth are set
D. around 15 years old
3. Ray Birdwhistell can tell what area of the United States a person is
from by ____.
A. how much he or she laughs
B. how he or she raises his or her eyebrows
C. what he or she likes best
D. the way he or she talks
4. This passage might have been taken out of a book dealing with ____.
A. physics B. chemistry
C. biology D. none of the above
(C)
The common cold is the world’s most widespread illness, which is plagues(疫病) that flesh receives.
The most widespread mistake of all is that colds are caused by cold. They are not. They are caused by viruses passing on from person to person. You catch a cold by coming into contact, directly or indirectly, with someone who already has one. If cold causes cold, it would be reasonable to expect the Eskimos to suffer from them forever. But they do not. And in isolated Arctic regions explorers have reported being free from colds until coming into contact again with infected people from the outside world by way of packages and mail dropped from airplanes.
During the First World War soldiers who spent long periods in the trenches(战壕), cold and wet, showed no increased tendency to catch colds.
In the Second World War prisoners at the notorious Auschwitz concentration camp, naked and starving, were astonished to find that they seldom had colds.
At the Common Cold Research Unit in England, volunteers took part in experiments in which they gave themselves to the discomforts of being cold and wet for a long time. After taking hot baths, they put on bathing suits, allowed themselves to be with cold water, and then stood about dripping wet in dripping room. Some wore wet socks all day while others exercised in the rain until close to exhaustion. Not one of the volunteers came down with a cold unless a cold virus was actually dropped in his nose.
If, then, cold and wet have nothing to do with catching colds, why are they frequent in the water? Despite the most pains-taking research, no one has yet found the answer. One explanation offered by scientists is that people tend to stay together indoors more in cold weather than at other times, and this makes it easier for cold virtues to be passed on.
No one has yet found a cure for the cold. There are drugs and pain suppressors(止痛片) such as aspirin, but all they do is to relieve the symptoms(症状).
1. The writer offered ____ examples to support his argument.
A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 3
2. Which of the following does not agree with the chosen passage? ____.
A. The Eskimos do not suffer from colds all the time
B. Colds are not caused by cold
C. People suffer from colds just because they like to stay indoors
D. A person may catch a cold by touching someone who already had
one
3. Arctic explorers may catch colds when ____.
A. they are working in the isolated Arctic regions
B. they are writing reports in terribly cold weather
C. they are free from work in the isolated Arctic regions
D. they are coming into touch again with the outside world
4. The passage mainly discusses ____.
A. the experiments on the common cold
B. the fallacy about the common cold
C. the reason and the way people catch colds
D. the continued spread of common colds
(D)
Zinc(锌) is one of about 20 elements necessary for good health. It is present in the body in a very small amount but makes it possible for important chemical actions to be carried out in cells. Scientists are just beginning to discover how zinc and other elements work.
Researchers first studied zinc as a way to speed recovery. Dr. Waltor Powys formerly with the United States Air Force noted that the laboratory animals recovered faster when some matters were added to their food. One of these matters was zinc. Dr. Powys later tested the zinc treatment on an American airman recovering from medical operations. The airman who received zinc sulfate(硫酸盐) recovered in half of the usual time. Other doctors studied persons who had a number of strange disorders. The doctors learned that all of these problems were caused by lack of zinc in the body. They treated these disorders successfully by giving the patients zinc sulfate.
The amount of zinc in the body can be found by examining blood and hair. A lack of this important element is not uncommon among people in both industrial and developing countries. Zinc is found in most high protein foods such so meat, milk, fish and eggs. It is also found in whole gains. But many people do not eat enough of these food. Food markets should add these elements so that more people could get needed amount of these necessary matters.
1. Which of the following statements is true? ____.
A. Scientists found how zinc works a long time ago
B. People need a large amount of zinc to be healthy
C. Zinc allows important chemical actions to take place in cells
D. Zinc must be used in the course of medical operation
2. One of the results from the study of zinc is that ____.
A. there’s only a little zinc in the human body
B. food rich in protein contains more zinc
C. some physical problems are caused by lack of zinc
D. any patient who receives zinc sulfate gets well immediately
3. The best title for the passage may be ____.
A. A New Discovery B. Zinc and Health
C. How Zinc Works D. Add Zinc to Your Food
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Exercise, everyone advised!But immediately, when you try, you run into trouble. There is so much contradictory, sometimes incorrect advice about exercising, that you become confused. Test yourself on the following true-false quiz. It will tell you what you need to know.
●The best way to reduce the mid-section is to do abdominal(腹部的) exercise.
False. Many people believe that when specific muscles are exercised, the fatty tissues in the immediate area are “burned up”. The truth is that exercise burns fat from all over the body, not from one specific area, regardless of the type of exercise of course. If you reduce the fat throughout your body, you will certainly see results around your waistline too!
●You burn more calories jogging one mile than walking the same distance.
False. You use the same amount of energy whether you walk or jog the mile, since in both cases you are moving the same weight the same distance. The speed doesn’t matter. Of course, if you jog rather than walk for 30 minutes, you’ll cover more distance, and ___________.
●If your breathing doesn’t return to normal within minutes after you finish exercising, you’ve exercised too much.
True. Five minutes or so after exercising, your breathing should be normal, your heart shouldn’t be pounding and you shouldn’t be exhausted. Beneficial exercise is not overly difficult, unpleasant and exhausting; it is moderate, enjoyable and refreshing.
●The minimum amount of time you should spend exercising in a day is 20 minutes.
True. There are more than 400 muscles that attach to your skeleton. A good exercise routine should contract and strength all these muscles, and this simply cannot be done with four or five exercises in five or ten minutes. From experience, I’ve found that about 20 minutes is the minimum amount of time needed for an adequate workout.
How long it takes you to become physically fit depends on how unfit you are when you start. If you are out of condition, you certainly can’t shape up in 21 days. It takes as much as exercise to stay in shape as it does to get there. But the work won’t seem as hard after a while because your body will be in good condition and all the moves will seem easier.
1. Which is the best title of the passage? (Please answer within 10 words.)
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2. Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?
Since every part of your body needs exercising, jumping two or three times doesn’t do you much good.
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3. Please fill in the blank in the third paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence. (Please answer within 10 words.)
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4. Are you willing to buy a machine that claims to make your waist thinner only? Why? (Please answer within 30 words.)
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5. Translate the underlined sentence in the third paragraph into Chinese.
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Ⅳ.短文改错
I will cost this summer holiday in the countryside. 1.____
Although the city is modern, but there are still some 2.____
problems, such as air pollution and noisy. In the 3.____
countryside I can enjoy a comfortable and quietly life. 4.____
Where, the air is fresh and the water is clean. Trees are 5.____
green and birds are singing. I can go boating, fishing 6.____
and swimming in the lake. I can also climb the hills. Both of 7.____
these will be interesting and good for your health. Above all, 8.____
I can learn more about the nature. So I want to go to the 9.____
countryside for a change. Now, I’m looking forward to leave. 10.____
Ⅴ.书面表达
如果你是考生，更喜欢哪种填报方式？
考试→成绩分数→填报82%
考试→估分→填报12%
填报→考试6%
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你是一名参加2008年高考的一名高中学生。请你根据上图所示加以描述，并谈谈你的看法。
注意：
1．词数：120左右；
2．开头已经给出，但不计入总数；
3．可适当增加内容以使行文连贯。
According to a survey carried out by Horizon Research, Chinese senior high school students have different opinions on when to choose their majors and universities.
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