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“Old wives tales” are beliefs passed down from one generation to another, For example, most of us remember our parents’ telling us to eat more of certain foods or not to do certain things．Is there any truth in these teachings? Some of them agree with present medical thinking, but others have not passed the test of time．

Did your mother ever tell you to eat your carrots because they are good for your eyes? Scientists now report that eating carrots can help prevent a serious eye disease called macular degeneration．Eating just one carrot a day can reduce the possibility of getting this disease by 40%．Garlic is good for you, too．It can kill the type of virus that causes colds．

Unfortunately, not all of Mom’ s advice passed the test of medical studies, For example, generations of children have been told not to go swimming within an hour after eating．But research suggests that there is no danger in doing so．Do sweets cause tooth problems? Well, yes and no．Sticky sweets made with grains tend to cause more problems than sweets made with simple sugars．

Even though science can tell us that some of our traditional beliefs don’t hold water, there is still a lot of truth in the old wives’ tales．After all, much of this knowledge has been accumulated from thousands of years of experience in family health care．We should respect this body of knowledge even as we search for clear scientific support to prove it true or false．

1.Which of the following is TRUE according to the test?

A．Eating garlic is good for our eye

B．Carrots prevent people from catching colds．

C．Swimming after a meal is dangerous．

D．Sticky sweets are damaging to our teeth．

2.The author develops the third paragraph mainly________．

A．by cause and effect

B．by order in space

C．by examples

D．by order in time

3.The phrase “hold water” in the last paragraph most probably means”_____”．

A．to be suitable

B．to be valuable

C．to be admirable

D．to be believable

4.What’s the author’s attitude towards “old wives’ tales” in the text?

A．objective

B．subjective

C．dissatisfied

D．curious

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A． to B． off C． with D． from

书面表达,请阅读下面短文，并按照要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。

The rise of selfie(自拍)photography in some of the world’s most beautiful and dangerous places is causing a range of interventions(干预措施)aimed at fighting risk-taking that has resulted in a string of shocking deaths worldwide.

The act of taking a picture of oneself with a mobile phone, placing the subject centre-stage, has exploded in popularity in recent years, with everyone from Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II to U.S. President Barack Obama joining in.

But the selfie has also inspired a lot of risk-taking and offensive public behavior, pushing the boundaries of safety and behavior, whether by hanging from a skyscraper or posing with live explosives.

Several governments and regulatory bodies have now begun treating the selfie as a serious threat to public safety, leading them to launch public education campaigns reminding people of those against smoking and excessive drinking.

【写作内容】

1.用约30个单词写出上文概要；

2.你对此现象所持的观点；

3.用2—3个理由或论据支撑你的观点。

【写作要求】

1.写作过程中不能直接引用原文语句；

2.作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称；

3.不必写标题。

【评分标准】

内容完整，语言规范，语篇连贯，词数适当。

American researchers found females are the more talkative sex because of a special “language protein” in the brain.

The study, conducted by neuroscientists(神经学家) and psychologist from the University of Maryland, concluded that women talked more because they had more of the Foxp2 protein．The research, published in the Journal of Neuroscience, found that higher levels were found among humans that were women but in rats that were males．Their findings came after it was previously claimed that ladies speak about 20,000 words a day – over 13,000 more than men．“This study is one of the first to report a sex difference in the expression of a language-associated protein in humans or animals,” said Prof Margaret McCarthy, who led the study．In their study, the researchers attempted to determine what might make male rats more vocal than their female friends．

They separated four-day-old rats from their mothers and then counted the number of times they cried out in the “ultrasonic（超声波的） range”, the frequencies higher than humans can hear, over five minutes．While both sexes called out hundreds of cries, the males called out twice as often, they found．But when the pups were returned to their mother’s cage, she fussed over her sons first．Tests conducted on the parts of the brain known to be associated with vocal calls showed the male pups have up to twice as much Foxp2 protein as the females．The researchers then increased the production in the brains of female pups and reduced it in males．This led to the female rats crying out more often and their mothers showing more interest to them．In contrast, males became less “talkative”.

The researchers then tested samples from ten children, aged between three and five, which showed that females had up to 30 per cent more of the Foxp2 protein than males, in a brain area key to language in humans.

“Based on our observations, we assume higher levels of Foxp2 in girls and higher levels of Foxp2 in male rats is an indication that Foxp2 protein levels are associated with the more communicative sex,” said Prof McCarthy.

“Our results imply Foxp2 as a component (成分)of the neurobiological basis of sex differences in vocal communication in mammals.”

1.From the second paragraph, we can learn that ________.

A．women always speak more words than men

B．men and male rats have low levels of language protein

C．women and male rats have similar levels of Foxp2

D．McCarthy isn’t the first to find females more talkative

2.The underlined phrase “fussed over” in the third paragraph probably means______.

A．paid attention to

B．related to

C．put pressure on

D．counted on

3.The researchers carried out the experiments on rats in order to _______.

A．test which part of the brain is key to language in rats and humans

B．prove the levels of Foxp2 protein in humans and rats are different

C．determine the reason why female rats are more talkative than male rats

D．discover the association between Foxp2 protein and vocal communication

4.Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

A．Tests on humans and rats

B．Why women are the talkative sex

C．Sex differences in Foxp2 protein

D．Foxp2 protein determines oral ability

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A month after Hurricane Katrina，I returned home in New Orleans．There lay my house，reduced to waist-high rains，smelly and dirty．Before the trip，I’d had my car fixed．When the office employee of the garage was writing up the bill．she noticed my Louisiana license plate．“You from New Orleans? ”she asked．I said l was，

“No charge．”She said，and firmly shook her head when I reached for my wallet．The next day I went for a haircut，and the same thing happened．

As my wife was studying in Florid，we decided to move there and tried to find a rental house that we could afford while also paying off a mortgage（抵押贷款）on our ruined house．We looked at many places，but none was satisfactory．We’d begun to accept that we’d have to live in extremely reduced circumstances for a while，when I got a very curious e-mail from a James Kennedy in California．He’d read some pieces I’d written about our sufferings for State，an online magazine and wanted to give us (“no conditions attached”)a new house across the lake from New Orleans．It sounded too good to be true，but I replied，thanking him for his exceptional generosity，that we had no plans to go back．Then a poet of the University of Florida offered to let his house to me while he went to England on his one-year-paid leave．The rent was rather reasonable．Imentioned the poet’s offer to James Kennedy，and the next day he sent a check covering our entire rent for eight months．

Throughout this painful experience，the kindness of strangers backs my faith in humanity．It’s almost worth losing you worldly possessions to be reminded that people really want to be kind when given a channel．

1.Which one shows the right time order？

①James Kennedy sent us a check

②A poet offered his house to us

③Our home was reduced to ruins

④The garage employee charged us nothing

⑤We came back to New Orleans

A．④③⑤①② B．③④⑤②①

C．④③⑤②① D．③④⑤①②

2.What do you know about James Kennedy?

A．He was a friend of the writer

B．He offered the writer a house in California

C．He worked for an online magazine

D．He was concerned about the writer’s sufferings

3.It can be inferred from the passage that________．

A．The mortgage on the ruined house didn’t need to be paid off

B．The house rents in New Orleans were reasonable after the hurricane

C．The writer rebuilt his faith in humanity by losing his worldly possessions

D．The writer made it through the painful period with people's kindness

4.How is the passage developed?

A．By showing contrasting facts

B．By making classification

C．By giving examples

D．By analyzing causes and effects

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人人都在渴望幸福，人人都在感受幸福。请用英语写一篇120词的短文，描述你体验幸福的一次经历，并谈谈你对幸福的理解。

注意：1．词数：120左右；2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

I still remember ______________________________________________________

The school had promised to keep parents fully _____ about the conditions of their children at school．

A．informB．informing

C．informedD．being informed

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后面各题所给的四个选项(A、 B、C 和 D)中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Being a physician who flies much often, a lot of my time is spent on planes listening for that fearful “Is there a doctor on board?” announcement. I’ve been ________only once --- for a woman who had merely fainted(昏厥). But the ________ made me quite curious about how________this kind of thing happens. I wondered what I would do if ________ with a real mid-air medical emergency --- without access ________ a hospital staff and the usual emergency equipment. So ________ the New England Journal of Medicine last week________a study about in-flight medical events, I read it with ________.

The study estimated that there are a(n) ________of thirty in-flight medical emergencies on U.S. flights every day. Most of them are not ________; fainting and dizziness are the most frequent complaints. ________13% of them --- roughly four a day --- are serious enough to ________ a pilot to change course. The most common of the serious emergencies ________ heart trouble, strokes, and difficult breathing.

Let’s face it: plane rides are ________. For starters, cabin pressures at high altitudes are set at roughly ________they would be if you lived at 5,000 to 8,000 feet above sea level. Most people can tolerate these pressures pretty ________, but passengers with heart disease ________experience chest pains as a result of the reduced amount of oxygen flowing through their blood. ________ common in-flight problem is deep venous thrombosis(静脉血栓) --- the so-called economy class syndrome. ________ happens, don’t panic. Things are getting better on the in-flight-emergency front. Thanks to more recent laws, flights with at ________one attendant are starting to install(安装) emergency medical equipment to treat heart attacks.

1.A. addressed B. called C. informed D. surveyed

2.A. affair B. condition C. incident D. disaster

3.A. soon B. long C. often D. many

4.A. provided B. treated C. identified D. faced

5.A. to B. for C. by D. through

6.A. before B. since C. while D. when

7.A. collected B. published C. discovered D. conducted

8.A. patience B. joy C. interest D. sorrow

9.A. average B. amount C. sum D. number

10.A. significantB. serious C. common D. heavy

11.A. For B. Or C. So D. But

12.A. inspire B. require C. engage D. command

13.A. contain B. show C. imply D. include

14.A. enjoyable B. stimulating C. stressful D. boring

15.A. who B. which C. what D. that

16.A. hard B. unwillingly C. happily D. easily

17.A. may B. ought to C. used to D. need

18.A. Any B. Another C. Other D. One

19.A. Wherever B. Whichever C. Whenever D. Whatever

20.A. least B. worst C. most D. Best

—Cathy，did you attend the lecture given by Mr．Black last night？

—No．I ______ a report at the office．

A．was writingB．wrote

C．had writtenD．have been writing

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