Planning to go to a gym? If you are one of those who have spent many days planning to join a gym or to attend it regularly, then why not choose some home exercise? Here are some home exercises without equipment.

Jumping jacks

This one is the best home workout without weights which is a great exercise that will work your hands and legs. Perform this exercise by standing with your feet placed together and arms at your sides. Now tuck in your abs(收腹) and jump by bending in your knees. At the same time, move your feet apart as much as you can and raise your hands to bring in line with your shoulder. While you come back you must be in a starting position, feet together, hands at sides and knees bent. You must land on your heels and again jump.

Jogging

Jogging is one of the best home exercises without weights. You don’t need to have a lawn or jogging track at home to perform this exercise. There are many benefits of jogging. It will work your entire legs. Moreover, it is a classic cardiovascular(心血管) workout. Make sure you wear jogging footwear even if you are jogging at home to avoid any stress on your feet. Also, you can gradually increase the jogging time and speed.

Rotating(旋转) exercise

Start by rotating your wrists, clockwise(顺时针地) and anticlockwise. Now, alternately rotate your feet in the same fashion. Now place both your hands on the shoulder and start rotating your shoulder clockwise and anticlockwise. Place an exercise mat and lie flat on your back. Now lift your left leg and rotate it clockwise; do not bend you knees. Now rest the left leg, lift your right leg and rotate it anticlockwise.

It is necessary to set a perfect mood for exercise which will help you stick to the exercise routine and excitement. Make sure you wear proper exercise clothes to perform the workout with ease. Also, putting on your favorite music will make your exercise session more lively. If you get bored with exercises, just dance, after all it’s also one of the best home exercises.

1.To carry out jumping jacks effectively, you________.

A. need to keep your two feet apart at first.

B. must stand straight first and bend your abs.

C. must use your arms to support your body.

D. need to use your heels to touch the ground.

2.What can we learn from Paragraph 3?

A. You may exercise your body entirely by jogging at home.

B. It may do harm to your feet to jog at home without shoes.

C. You’d better choose a space as the jogging track at home.

D. You must stick to a fixed time and speed while jogging.

3.What is the right order of your body parts during rotation exercise?

A. hands—legs---back----legs.

B. wrists—hands---feet---shoulders

C. wrists---feet---shoulders---legs

D. hands---shoulders---knees---legs

4.To carry out home exercises continuously, you need________.

A. a good atmosphere. B. a good coach.

C. a dance teacher D. a good timer.

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。

Not at all us are outgoing and ready to take the world by storm. 1.This usually happens when a person is still in his or her teen years and going through the socialization process. So, what can a person do to overcome this tendency to be awkward? Let’s try to find answers to the questions.

Stay in shape and dress up well

Sometimes, awkwardness could be due to being overweight. When you are large in size, you tend to get very self-conscious. So, in order to avoid this, get into the habit of exercising every day. 2.If you look as if you have just stepped out of a 1980’s film when actually it is 2011, there is no doubt that you are bound to feel awkward about yourself?

Be optimistic

Another effective tip on how not to feel awkward is to always keep a smile on your face.3.On the other hand, a smiling, happy and positive think person is appreciated by everybody. So, smile when you meet acquaintances or even strangers, say a cheerful “Hi!” and automatically some of your awkwardness will disappear completely!

Participate in team activities

This one really helps. Awkwardness generally develops when a person remains isolated from others. So ,in order to change this situation, join groups.4.Joining people in book reading sessions as well as debates will help remove your awkwardness. Choose any activity of your choice, such as playing team sports or joining a dance class, and soon you will find your comfort level around people increasing day by day!

Develop your personality

Being a book-worm or an Internet addict will not get you anywhere. For self-improvement, take up a hobby that adds meaning to your life. Learn singing or try adventure sports.5.

A. Learn how to end a conversation.

B. Secondly, have appropriate clothes on.

C. For instance, if you are a reading lover, join a book club.

D. If you look sad, nobody will actually like being with you.

E. Something as simple as listening to music will do wonders too.

F. Many among us are shy and may even feel kept apart from others.

G. Awkwardness could be because you do not have anything in common to talk about.

阅读下面短文，从短文后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。

The phone call came one cool winter day. I was that my father was seriously ill.

It had been long since I’d seen my father. Ever since his from my mom, my father had lived alone in a small trailer(房车) in California, 500 miles away from me. The real between us seemed so much greater. I was in no hurry to that, but somehow I heard myself to the owner of the trailer to be there the next day.

The whole drive down, flashed through my mind. I remembered my father, the proud Marine. He made sure the first song I was the Marine Hymn(《美国海军陆战队队歌》). He tore off the Christmas all the decorations the rest of us had and rehung them so there was the same space between them. But we didn’t need to those military orders, as we were not soldiers. I remembered the battles he had with my mother. I remembered hoping to hear my father say . once, “I love you, Patty,” only to have him at me, “You can’t do anything right!”

And now here I was standing outside his trailer, trying to my courage to face him one more time. I knocked on the door, my hand and my whole body . NO answer. Slowly I opened the door. I took a few inside and stopped, too shocked to believe my eyes.

My father was sitting on his sofa, looking confused and crying. This wasn’t the man I hand known growing up. He seemed broken.

A sense of overtook me, and I knew what I had to do. He would be my father forever. Without , I went back inside and packed up all of my father’s things. I would take him to my home-our home.

1.A. reminded B. convinced C. informed D. warned

2.A. divorce B. difference C. absence D. result

3. A. difficulty B. distance C. challenge D. pain

4. A. destroy B. distance C. increase D. change

5.A. announce B. explain C. promise D. apologize

6.A. memories B. doubts C. signs D. messages

7.A. performed B. learned C. admired D. composed

8.A. box B. gift C. tree D. cake

9.A. taken up B. made up C. rang up D. put up

10.A. uniquely B. exactly C. properly D. specially

11.A. master B. obey C. admit D. recite

12.A. eventually B. suddenly C. clearly D. regularly

13.A. just B. always C. seldom D. ever

14.A. point B. look C. laugh D. improve

15.A. show B. gather C. support D. improve

16.A. softening B. relaxing C. aching D. shaking

17.A. steps B. measures C. turns D. jumps

18.A. selfish B. angry C. mild D. strange

19.A. sorrow B. fear C. pride D. anger

20.A. effort B. pity C. hesitation D. rest

语法填空：阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

When my brother and I said we were going to spend our Christmas holidays abroad, the whole family objected violently. But nothing could persuade us1.(stay). Two days2. Christmas, we went to a small town in Southern Germany. We 3. (spend) the whole of Christmas Eve sightseeing.

There were 4. many activities in the town that they added to our excitement. The streets were crowded with people 5.the shops were full of wonderful things. In the evening. We went to listen to Christmas songs 6.(sing)by children around the 7. (bright) decorated Christmas tree in the main street. We planned to have 8. meal at the best restaurant in town the next day. However, in the morning the streets were empty. What’s worse, all the shops including the restaurants were shut. As last we had to return to our hotel, 9.(feel) very miserable. Our Christmas “feast” was a bag of fruits, 10.my brother had happened to buy the day before.

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，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，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2.只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

Dear Grace,

How is everything going with you?

I’ve been in Russia for two months. This is the first time that I’ve been away my family for such a long time. With the help of Katia, a roommate of me, I soon get used to live without my parents around. Katia, like many other Russian girls, are nice and lively. We became friend shortly after we met each other. Although her English is a little hardly to understand, we enjoy chatting and we usually talk a lot about our own family. We’re both surprising that Chinese culture and Russian culture were so different. Now, we are planning a small party for the next Sunday. There, Katia will introduce me to some of her friends, one of who has been to China several times. I just can’t wait.

Write back to me as soon as possible.

Yours,

Bettry

假设你是李明，你在报纸上看到一个广告，很感兴趣，但有些具体细节不清楚。请你根据下面电子邮箱地址发封邮件，询问有关情况。

1. Hours?

2. Which languages? How many?

3. Experience of teaching or caring for children?

4. How about meals?

注意：

1．词数100左右；

2．开头和结尾已给出，不计入词数。

Dear Sir/Madam,

Yours truly,

Li Ming

The ancient city is in Pingyao county, Shanxi Province. The city wall was first built during the Zhou Dynasty. Since 1997, it has been listed as a World Heritage Site. Now Pingyao city is the only one in China completely protected as it was hundreds of years ago.

The perimeter(周长) of this square city is 6.4km long and the city wall is the earliest and largest city wall in China. It is 12 m high with width of 5 m. The wall was built with earth and covered with bricks. Outside the city wall there is a river, 4 m wide and 4 m deep.

There are several gates of the city, two each on the east and west and one each on the south and north side. All the gates have two doors each. This has given the city the name “Turtle City” with the two gates on the south and north standing for the head and tail of the turtle and four gates on the east and west as the four legs. The doors on the south and north stand opposite each other, like the head of the turtle extending out and two wells just beyond southern gate are like a turtle’s two eyes.

Located on the trade route between Beijing and Xi’an, Pingyao developed into a merchant center where the local people set up the nation’s earliest banks. These banks were the first in China to use checks.

Several old courtyards have been turned into museums, most of which were homes and offices of Pingyao’s old banks. One of the most unusual aspects of a visit here is realizing that this place was very important to China’s financial(金融的) history.

1. What does the passage mainly talk about?

A. The ancient city—Pingyao.

B. China’s ancient financial center—Pingyao.

C. The city wall of Pingyao.

D. The museums in Pingyao.

2.How many gates are there in Pingyao city?

A. Four. B. Five. C. Six. D. Seven.

3.Which gate in Pingyao city stands for the head of the turtle?

A. The gate on the north.

B. The gate on the south.

C. The gate on the east.

D. The gate on the west.

4. It can be inferred from the last two paragraphs that__________.

A. Pingyao city played an important role in ancient China’s finance.

B. museums in Pingyao city are now used for bank offices.

C. Pingyao city was one of the largest cities in ancient China.

D. old banks in ancient Pingyao city used checks only.

The following are a few cities with cheap attractions or restaurants in California, the US.

Cathedral City 

The Indian Oven in the city will give you a high-quality dining experience. It’s a restaurant with traditional Indian dishes. All of the lunch specials are $5.95 and are served from 11:30 am to 2:00 pm. The windows of the restaurants give you the beautiful views of desert mountain scenes. You need to call 92234(760)770-3918 to book a table.

Palm Desert 

Palm Desert, a city in Riverside County, has a number of free desert hiking trails(小径). They are named after famous Western Hollywood cowboys. The trails are fun to hike on. At some points they go up very high and you can get a bird’s-eye view of the surrounding desert cities. The paths are dusty, so bring some good hiking boots and hats. Do bring some water and your phone. It’s great for an afternoon hike after 2 pm. Call 92260(760)340-0574 or 92253(760)564-4712 to learn more.

Lake Cahuilla 

Away from the busy streets of the city of Palm Springs, Lake Cahuilla is a great recreational(娱乐的) area you can visit in La Quinta. It is at the foot of the Santa Rosa Mountains. It costs $3.00 for per person to enter the area, but a half for kids under 7. The activities include: camping, fishing, bicycling, and horseback riding. If you want to save on rooms, you can stay in an RV. Call 92278(760)664-7215 and you’ll learn something else.

1.The desert hiking trails__________.

A. are named after some famous people

B. reach the top of some high mountains.

C. provide visitors with free water and food.

D. have attracted many well-known cowboys.

2. If you want to know more about the restaurants in Lake Cahuilla, you can call __________.

A. 92260(760)340-0574 B. 92278(760)664-7215

C. 92234(760)770-3918 D. 92253(760)564-4712

3.We can learn from the passage that ________.

A. the Indian Oven must be a well-known restaurant in India.

B. kids enjoy the hiking trails in Palm Desert at half price.

C. Palm Desert has been badly polluted by human activities.

D. staying in an RV costs less than staying in a hotel room.

If man’s best friend is a dog, then who is a dog’s best friend? That would be Rover, Glow, Ivan or Raina. They recently donated (捐赠) blood to other dogs. And they did it without having to travel far from home: they visited an animal bloodmobile.

Like the Red Cross vehicles for humans, the University of Pennsylvania’s traveling vet lab goes to where the donors are to make it easier to give. The bloodmobile makes weekly rounds through Philadelphia and New Jersey.

Like humans, not every dog is qualified(合格的) to donate blood. The dogs are examined for health first. Dogs must have the correct blood type, weigh at least 55 pounds and be under 8 year old. About 150 dogs take part in the program. Each donates three or four pints(品脱) a year, which can help animals suffering from illness like cancer or an accident like being hit by a car.

Sandy Lucas brought her 7-year-old dog, Raina, to the bloodmobile last week. She said she wouldn’t have taken the dog to Penn Vet’s animal hospital in downtown Philadelphia, which is twice as far from her home. “I was very, very excited that she had the right blood that was needed to help another dog out,” said Lucas. “We’ll surely do it again.”

Just like people, the donors get a snack and a heart-shaped sticker immediately after giving. What’s more, they receive dog food to take home.

If dogs are doing what they can to save other dogs, why can’t we do it to save other people? Next time you hesitate(犹豫) over whether to donate blood or not, think of the dogs.

1.The writer mentions Rover, Glow, Ivan and Raina in Para. 1 mainly because _________.

A. they are man’s best friends.

B. they are common names for dogs.

C. they get along well with other dogs.

D. they have donated blood to other dogs.

2.What do we know about the traveling vet lab?

A. It is a Red Cross vehicle.

B. It collects dogs’ blood for other dogs.

C. It travels through Philadelphia every day.

D. It was donated by the University of Pennsylvania.

3.What can we learn from Para.4?

A. Sandy Lucas is unwilling to let her dog donate blood.

B. The bloodmobile welcomes dogs from anywhere in the city.

C. Penn Vet’s animal hospital in downtown Philadelphia is popular.

D. The animal bloodmobile has made it easier for dogs to donate blood.

4.By writing the last paragraph, the author wants to ________.

A. ask us to help dogs.

B. show the importance of dogs.

C. encourage us to donate blood.

D. compare humans with dogs.

We always read reports about costs of oil going up and we will think this is our most valuable material. However, water is the most valuable resource(资源). People in the Middle East are more worried about this than oil. Maybe the next war will be about water.

In the future, to control the quality and quantity(数量), you will use different water for different usages. The water used to wash your car, water your flowers or wash your clothes doesn’t need to be as clean as the water you drink.

One in five people live in countries without enough fresh water and in 25 years, the number is believed to be one in every three people. Our world population is increasing. What do you suppose this will suggest for us in the future? Population control?

Traditional management of the water industry has been out of date since the 1990s. When technologies develop so rapidly in the world, we have loads of information for technologies in the business world, but in the water industry we don’t have any.

Britain and France have already taken measures to successfully improve their water industries. All the water services in Britain have been provided by private(私有的) companies since 1991. Since then, improvement has been made in the rules for their water quality and pricing.

What can you do now for the future? Using water more efficiently(有效地) in your house can make a great difference not only to the world but to your money. Even if you don’t have to pay much now, you will when you start to pay big prices for different water usages.

1.Water shortage is getting more serious because ______________.

A．the world population is growing up.

B．there will be more wars about water.

C．people don’t have efficient management of the water industry.

D．water services will be provided only by private companies.

2. Britain has improved their water quality by ___________.

A．raising the price of water.

B．reducing water pollution.

C．changing the management of the water industry.

D．opening more private companies for water services.

3. Which is the author’s suggestion for us?

A. Paying less money for water

B. Buying more water for future use.

C. Using different water for different usages.

D. Using as little water as possible in cooking.

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

A．Save water and save money

B．Easy ways to cut down on your water usage

C．Why you should teach your children to save water

D．Water is our precious resource—start to save it now