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(紧张) 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(闲暇) 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(沮丧，挫败) 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(愤怒)” 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(减轻) 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

短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10 分）

     假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及每一个词的增加删除或修改。

     增加：在缺词处增加一个漏词符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

     删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词后面写出修改后的词

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2.只许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

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

读写任务（满分25分）

阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

Throughout history man has changed his physical environment in order to improve his way of life. With the tools of technology he has altered（改变）many physical features（特征）of the earth. He has transformed（完全改变） woodlands and prairies（大草原） into farms and made lakes and reservoirs（水库） out of rivers for irrigation purposes or hydroelectric power（发电站）. Man has also modified（修改） the face of the earth by draining marshes(排干沼泽) 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（生态的） 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（毁灭）of environment has brought about negative effects and even poses a great threat (威胁)to man's existence. Indifference to these problems will mean committing suicide. Therefore, effective measures should be taken and laws passed to conserve（保护） environment. Otherwise, man is certain to suffer from the serious consequences（后果）caused by this lack of care for his living surroundings.

[写作内容]  

以约30个词概括短文的要点；然后以约120个词就“如何保护地球环境”

这一主题发表看法，并包括如下要点：

 作业应正、反面纸都使用，不要浪费纸张；

 尽可能不使用一次性物品，提倡循环使用；

 应根据自己实际饭量买饭，避免剩饭剩菜造成浪费；

 破旧衣服可以继续使用，既节约又不给环境增加污染源。

[写作要求]     可以使用实例或其它论述方法支持你的论点，也可以参照阅读

材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子。

[评分标准]  概括准确、语言规范、内容合适，篇章连贯。

 (  )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(选拔赛) for cheerleaders(拉拉队队员). 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：写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节：短文改错（共10分，每小题1分，满分10分）

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一个行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画—个勾(√)；如有错误(每行只有一个错误)，则按下列情况改正：

该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

该行缺一个词：在缺词处加—个漏字符号(∧)，在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

该行错一个词：在错的词下面划一横线，在该行右边的横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错误的不要改。

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.