The public commonly associates steroid use with big-time athletics. But the drugs may be even more of a menace to teenagers. The synthetic hormones can stunt a young person’s growth by prematurely closing the ends of the long bones in the skeleton. That means a 1.7 metre, 15-year-old high school student who uses steroids “might get bigger but won’t get any taller”, according to a US doctor.

Nearly seven percent of boys in the US try steroids before the end of high school, according to a 1988 study by professors Charles Yesalis and William Buckley, of Penn State University. The estimate comes from a poll of 3,400 seniors in 46 public and private schools across the US.

“Abusers of Steroids did it to improve their appearance and to excel at sports,” Professor Yesalis said. “Parents, teachers and coaches make boys believe that to be an ideal male you need to have these. Then they say: ‘you can’t play games to have fun; you play games to win.’”

“Such attitudes put many high school athletes at high risk of becoming abusers of steroids,” said Mike Gimbel, director of Baltimore County Office of substance Abuse. “For these athletes, the pressure to perform is incredible,” he said. “It was inevitable that it would seep down to high school level.”

The word “big-time” in Paragraph 1 most nearly means “________”.

A. long time               B. good time            C. top rank               D. modern

Why are steroids even more of a threat to teenagers?

A. Because they make teenagers grow too tall.

B. Because they make teenagers get too big.

C. Because they prevent teenagers from getting taller and taller.

D. Because they give teenagers too much pressure.

Which of the following statements is implied but not mentioned?

A. School athletes have too much pressure.

B. Steroids can help people have lots of muscles.

C. The pressure chiefly comes from parents, teachers and coaches.

D. Girls are not interested in steroids.

Which of the following is a good title for this passage?

A. Drugs and Sports

B. The Pressure to School Boys are Too Much

C. School Boys are Interested in Drugs

D. School Athletes Risk Damage from Drugs

The poor are very wonderful people. One evening we went out and we picked up four people from the street. And one of them was in a most terrible condition-and I told the sisters: You take care of the other three. I take care of this one who looked worse. So I did for her all that my love can do. I put her in bed, and there was such a beautiful smile on her face. She took hold of my hand as she said just the words “Thank you” and she died.
I could not help but examine my conscience before her and I asked what I would say if I was in her place. And my answer was very simple. I would have tried to draw a little attention to myself. I would have said I am hungry, that I am dying, I am cold, I am in pain, or something, but she gave me much more-she gave me her grateful love. And she died with a smile on her face. So did that man whom we picked up from the drain, half eaten with worms, and we brought him to the home. “I have lived like an animal in the street, but I am going to die like an angel, loved and cared for”,he said at the end . And it was so wonderful to see the greatness of that man who could speak like that, who could die like that without blaming anybody, without cursing anybody, without comparing anything. Like an angel-this is the greatness of our people. And that is why we believe what Jesus has said: I was hungry, I was naked, I was homeless, I was unwanted, unloved, uncared for, and you did it to me.
And with this prize that I received as a Prize of Peace, I am going to try to make the home for many people who have no home. Because I believe that love begins at home and if we can create a home for the poor I think that more and more love will spread. And we will be able through this understanding love to bring peace, be the good k*s#5^unews to the poor, the poor in our own family first, in our country and in the world. When I pick up a person from the street, hungry, I give him a plate of rice, a piece of bread, I have satisfied. I have removed that hunger. But to a person who is shut out, who feels unwanted, unloved, terrified, the person who has been thrown out from society, that poverty is so full of hurt and so unbearable… And so let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love, and once we begin to love each other naturally we want to do something.
56. What can be learned from the second paragraph?
A. The woman should have paid more attention to herself.
B. The man couldn’t blame anyone.
C. The author is religious.
D. The man died in the street.
57. The purpose of this passage is      .   
A. To appeal for more donation for the poor.
B. To call on the public to love each other.
C. To tell the readers the poor are wonderful.
D. To express how moved the author is to receive the prize.
58.       is NOT inferred from the passage?
A. The author has few supporters.
B. The author was somewhat surprised at what the man said.
C. The author is delighted to help others in trouble.
D. The author may agree to solve social problems in soft ways.
59. What’s the best title of this passage?
A. Have Sympathy for the Poor
B. The Poor are Wonderful
C. Smile and Love
D. Relieve Poverty

对话填空(共10小题,每小题1分,满分10分)

阅读下面对话,掌握其大意,并根据所给字母的提示,在标有题号的右边横线上写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式,使对话通顺。

R =" Reporter " Z =" Zhang" Ying

R: Mrs. Zhang,last year a heavy earthquake (76) s       this area and destroyed almost all the buildings in the village. Can you tell us the details?

Z: In two weeks it will be the first anniversary of (77) w     the earthquake destroyed our village on May 12,2008. My husband and I had been

(78) r       a restaurant for several years. On that terrible day,everything was destroyed. My husband was killed in the second quake.

R: What happened in the weeks after the quake and how did you get

(79)o       it?

Z: I moved to a nearby village. The death of my husband was of course the

(80) w      thing. I was desperate.

R: What made you decide to reopen the restaurant?

Z: First of all,I had to make a living. More importantly,I did it to

(81) h       my husband. The restaurant had been his greatest achievement.

R: Was it easy to reopen the restaurant?

Z: No. My friends and relatives put some money together. I received some financial (82) a       from the local government. I was also able to take out a

(83) l       ­from the bank. With the money and all the help I got,I reopened the restaurant.

R: Do you often think about the disaster?

Z: Yes. I thought the earthquake was the day my life ended,even though I was a survivor. But I (84) m       to cheer up. I just did not know I had the

(85) c       to keep it up.

 

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第四部分写作{共两节)

第一节:对话填空(共10小题,每小题1分,满分10分)

阅读下面对话,掌握其大意,并根据所给字母的提示,在标有题号的右边横线上写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式,使对话通顺。

R = Reporter  Z = Zhang Ying

R: Mrs. Zhang,last year a heavy earthquake (76) s        this area and destroyed almost all the buildings in the village. Can you tell us the details?

Z: In two weeks it will be the first anniversary of (77) w      the earthquake destroyed our village on May 12,2008. My husband and I had been

(78) r        a restaurant for several years. On that terrible day,everything was destroyed. My husband was killed in the second quake.

R: What happened in the weeks after the quake and how did you get

(79)o        it?

Z: I moved to a nearby village. The death of my husband was of course the

(80) w       thing. I was desperate.

R: What made you decide to reopen the restaurant?

Z: First of all,I had to make a living. More importantly,I did it to

 (81) h        my husband. The restaurant had been his greatest achievement.

R: Was it easy to reopen the restaurant?

Z: No. My friends and relatives put some money together. I received some financial (82) a        from the local government. I was also able to take out a

(83) l        ??from the bank. With the money and all the help I got,I reopened the restaurant.

R: Do you often think about the disaster?

Z: Yes. I thought the earthquake was the day my life ended,even though I was a survivor. But I (84) m        to cheer up. I just did not know I had the

(85) c        to keep it up.

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