China is a country on the move- especially around its Lunar New Year holiday. This year, the holiday crush(客流量) promises to be even heavier than before.

Government officials estimate that Chinese people will take to the air, roads and railways 3.62 billion times over a 40-day period around the nation's most important holiday this year as people push their way home for family gatherings or to satisfy their new-found passion for travel.

Getting tickets to all those would-be travelers is a discounting challenge that annually tries patience. And it is the railway system that routinely is most unable to cope. Railways are the transport of choice for low-cost long-distance travel, and that's where the ticketing system routinely falls down.

Much of the criticism has, focused on the railway's-online purchasing system. Which has been unable to keep pace with the huge demand and also failed to stop scalpers(票贩子) from ending up with many of the hard-to-find tickets.

While insisting that online sales were the fairest way to get tickets for travelers, railway officials told reporters that the public need to be patient. Efforts were being made to provide online identity checks that would reduce the ticket scalping problems. While officials had little good news for rail passengers, they did manage to bring a few smiles to those traveling by car as the country's extremely expensive highway tolls (通行费) will be free of charge for the period of the official holiday.

1.Which of the following words can replace the underlined word "discounting" in Paragraph 3?

A. Promising. B. Discouraging.

C. Pleasing. D. Rewarding.

2.According to the text, getting tickets_____ around the official holiday.

A. is just a piece of cake

B. is more costly

C. takes great effort

D. is convenient for travelers

3.We can learn from the text that _______ around the New Year holiday.

A. there will be 3. 62 billion people going home

B .the railway system will be facing more stress

C. people's complaint focus on the failure of online purchase

D. not railways but cars are the best choices for traveling

4. Which of the following can best describe the author's attitude to the railway service?

A. Objective. B. Doubtful.

C. Satisfied D. Worried.

When did you last see a polar bear(北极熊)?On a trip to a zoo, perhaps? If you had attended a winter activity in New York a few years ago, you would have seen a whole polar bear club. These "Polar Bears" are people who meet frequently in the winter to swim in freezing cold water. That day, the air temperature was 3℃,and the water temperature was a little higher. The members of the Polar Bear Club at Coney Island, New York are usually about the age of 60.Members must satisfy two requirements. First, they must get along well with everyone else in the group; this is very important because there are so many different kinds of people in the club. Polar Bears must also agree to swim outdoors at least twice a month from November through February.

Doctors don't agree about the medical effects of cold-winter swimming. Some are worried about the dangers of a condition in which the body's temperature drops so low that finally the heart stops. Other doctors, however, point out that there is more danger of a heart attack during summer swimming because the difference between the air temperature and water temperature is much greater in summer than in winter.

The Polar Bears themselves are satisfied with the benefits of cold-water swimming. They say that their favorite form of exercise is very good for the circulatory system(循环系统)because it forces the blood to move fast to keep the body warm. Cold-water swimmers usually turn bright red after a few minutes in the water. A person who turns blue probably has a very poor circulatory system and should not try cold-water swimming.

The main benefits of cold-water swimming are probably mental. The Polar Bears love to swim all year round; they find it fun and relaxing. As one 70-year-old woman says," When I go into water, I pour my troubles into the ocean and let them float away."

1.The members of the Polar Bear Club must meet the following requirements except that_____.

A. they must swim outdoors at least 8 times in the four cold months

B. they must reach the age of 60

C. they should be easy to make friends with

D. they must agree to swim outdoors from November through February

2.According to the passage, some doctors believe it is true that_____.

A. Polar Bears are bears swimming in freezing water

B. cold-water swimming can make the body temperature dangerously high

C. you are healthy if cold-water swimming turns your skin color blue

D. cold-water swimming causes more heart attacks in summer than in winter

3.The Polar Bears like to swim all year round, for_____.

A. it is an easy way to keep the body warm in winter

B. they can remain young

C. they find it enjoyable and interesting

D. they might meet fewer troubles in life

4.The passage is mainly about_____.

A. the requirements of the Polar Bear Club

B. a group of cold-water-swimming lovers

C. the Polar Bears' life in New York

D. doctors' ideas about cold-water swimming

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On my way to work every day, I drive down a street lined with pine trees.One tree in particular my attention.It must have suffered some .Part of its trunk grew nearly parallel to the ground, and then in an effort to its own course of life, the trunk took a 90 degree turn to stand tall and stretch toward the sun.

Each day as I drove by, I saw this bent but determined tree and I would be .It was a reminder to me that I may not have had the best start in life, I could change in the parts of my life at any time.

I was planning to stop one day to get a perfect of my kindred-spirit (志趣相同的) tree.But that week I was busy.After that week, I still didn’t take any action.Every time I drove by the tree I would myself, “Tomorrow, I’ll stop tomorrow to take one.” Then one day, as I drove by “my” tree, I glanced over, and much to my , I found a sawed-off stump (树桩) where that tree had stood.I had my plan until “tomorrow” and tomorrow proved to be too .

What have you been putting off? What would you do today if you knew you would have the opportunity to do it again? Why not do those things that you have been putting off until tomorrow?

1.A.caught B.paid C.fixed D.escaped

2.A.experience B.influence C.defeat D.damage

3.A.change B.design C.follow D.imagine

4.A.applying B.attempting C.learning D.happening

5.A.satisfied B.interested C.encouraged D.educated

6.A.even though B.as if C.in case D.if only

7.A.habit B.direction C.plan D.purpose

8.A.review B.picture C.glance D.knowledge

9.A.call B.help C.tell D.warn

10.A.regret B.pleasure C.happiness D.surprise

11.A.cut off B.taken off C.put off D.called off

12.A.sad B.far C.good D.late

13.A.never B.ever C.surely D.almost

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