For years, experts have been encouraging people to exercise, using steps as simple as taking the stairs instead of a lift and walking to work, where possible. A recent study bolsters this advice — it shows that frequent active exercise throughout the day can have great health benefits.

The study, published in the magazine Preventive Medicine, found that just 2 minutes of stair-climbing several times a day can lower total cholesterol(胆固醇), raise HDL (“good”) cholesterol and improve the heartbeat in young women who do not have much activity during the day.“such improvements may have important effects on the health of women, since, like cigarette smoking, poor fitness have been shown to be a high risk for heart disease and death in women,”said Dr.Colin Boreham with the University of Ulster in Belfast, Ireland and the fellow researchers of this study group. Furthermore, improvements in total cholesterol levels achieved in the study could cut the rate of heart disease in women by a third, they noted.

The team of researchers from Britain studied 12 women between 18-22 years old, before and after the exercise program. The women used a public staircase for about 2 minutes a day for 5 days a week. Compared with a group of 10 women who did not take part in the stair-climbing program, the women who climbed stairs showed marked improvements in health and fitness levels after 7 weeks. However, they did not show any signs of weight loss.“A short-term stair-climbing program can give great health benefits to young women. Stair-climbing may be a particularly suitable way of combining exercise with an individual’s daily lifestyle,”they pointed out.

Experts advise visiting your doctor before beginning a new exercise program.

1.The underlined word “bolsters”( in Paragraph 1 ) means “_______”.

A. seeks B. offers C. follows D. supports

2.According to the study done by Dr.Boreham and his group, improvements in cholesterol levels are important in _______.

A. helping women to give up smoking

B. enabling women to take exercise

C. preventing women from having heart disease

D. helping women to lose weight

3.What is the main subject of the second and third paragraphs?

A. Causes of heart disease in young women.

B. Research findings of a stair-climbing program

C. Major contents of the magazine Preventive Medicine.

D. A report of a comparative study by Irish and British scientists.

4.What would be the best title for the text?

A. How to Prevent Heart Disease — What Do Doctors Say?

B. Stair-climbing Attracts More

C. Good Health Advice—take the Stairs

D. Yes, Exercise Is Good for You

Mr. Peter Johnson, aged twenty-three, battled for half an hour to escape from his trapped car yesterday when it landed upside down in three feet of water. Mr. Johnson took the only escape route — through the boot (行李箱).

Mr. Johnson’s car had finished up in a ditch (沟渠) at Romney Marsin, Kent after skidding (打滑) on ice and hitting a bank.“Fortunately, the water began to come in only slowly”, he said. “I couldn’t force the doors because they were jammed against the walls of the ditch and dared not open the windows because I knew water would come flooding in.”

Mr. Johnson, a sweet salesman of Sitting Home, Kent, first tried to attract the attention of other drivers by sounding the horn and hammering on the roof and boot. Then he began his struggle to escape.

Later he said, “It was really a half penny that saved my life. It was the only coin I had in my pocket and I used it to open the back seat to get into the boot. I hammered desperately trying to make someone hear, but no help came.”

It took ten minutes to open the seat, and a further five minutes to clear the sweet samples from the boot. Then Mr. Johnson found a tool and began to work on the boot lock. Fifteen minutes passed by.“It was the only chance I had. Finally it gave, but as soon as I moved the boot lid, the water and mud poured in. I forced the lid down into the mud and climbed out of my car as it filled up.”

His hands and arm cut and bruised, Mr.Johnson got to Beckett Farm nearby, where he was looked after by the farmer’s wife, Mrs.Lucy Bates. Covered with a blanket, he said,“That thirty minutes seemed like hours.”“Only the tips of the car wheels were visible,”police said last night. The vehicle had sunk into two feet of mud at the bottom of the ditch.”

1.It can be inferred from the passage that ______.

A. the police helped Mr. Johnson get out of the ditch

B. the accident happened on a clear warm day

C. the ditch was along a remote country road

D. Mr. Johnson had a tender wife and was well attended

2.Which of the following statements is True according to the passage?

A. Mr. Johnson’s car stood on its boot as it fell down.

B. Mr. Johnson could not escape from the door because it was full of sweet jam.

C. Mr. Johnson struggled in the mud as he opened the back seat.

D. Mr. Johnson’s car accident was partly due to the icy road.

3.The underlined part “Finally it gave”( in Paragraph 5 ) means that ______.

A. Luckily the door was torn away in the end

B. The lock came open after all his efforts

C. At last the tool went broken

D. The chance was lost at the last minute

4.What would be the best title for this passage?

A. The story of Mr. Johnson, a sweet salesman

B. Car boot can serve as the best escape route

C. The driver survived a terrible car accident

D. The driver escaped through the car boot

Archaeologists（考古学家） studying Stonehenge and its surrounding area say they've dug up the relics of an untouched, ancient campsite that dates back to 6,000 years—a find that could rewrite British prehistory.

“This is the most important discovery at Stonehenge in over 60 years,” Professor Tim Darvill, a Bournemouth University archaeologist and a Stonehenge expert who did not take part in the new discovery, told the Telegraph. And as he told The Huffington Post in an email, the discovery changes earlier theories that Stonehenge was built in a landscape that was not heavily used before about 3000 B.C.

The discovery was made during a dig at Blick Mead, a site about 1.5 miles from Stonehenge. Researchers found charcoal（木炭）dating back to 4,000 B.C. and evidence of possible buildings, according to a statement released by the university. They also dug up burnt stone and tools, as well as the remains of animals—ancient cattle that served as food for ancient hunter-gatherers.

The researchers plan further analysis on the artificial objects but say they're worried the tunnel construction (隧道建设) could damage the site and get in the way of their work.

“Blick Mead could explain what archaeologists have been searching for centuries—an answer to the story of Stonehenge’s past,” David Jacques, the University of Buckingham archaeologist who discovered the campsite, told The Guardian. “But our only chance to find out about the earliest part of Britain’s history could be ruined if the tunnel goes ahead.”

Stonehenge, a prehistoric monument made up of a ring of standing stones, lies eight miles north of Salisbury, England in Wiltshire. It has been listed as a World Heritage Site since 1986.

1.The main purpose of the passage is _________.

A. to introduce a recent discovery of ancient relics

B. to call on people to protect the ancient relics

C. to warn the researchers not to do further analysis

D. to attract more tourists to visit Stonehenge

2.We can learn from the passage that _______.

A. the researchers express their concern that the relics might be ruined

B. the ancient campsite has been destroyed by the construction workers

C. archaeologists are repairing artificial objects founded in the relic site

D. the tunnel construction rewrites the earliest part of Britain’s history

3.In which section of a newspaper can we read this passage？

A. Travel. B. Business. C. Lifestyle. D. Culture.

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。

When you are hungry, what will you respond? Have your favorite meal and stay quiet after that? 1. But it never lets you know, because you keep it busy thinking about your friends or favorite stars. So it silently serves your needs and never lets itself grow. When mind loses its freedom to grow, creativity sets a full stop. This might be the reason why we all sometimes think "What happens next?", or "Why can't I think?"

2. Why reading but not watching TV? It is because reading has been the most educative tool used by us right from childhood. Since it develops other aspects of our life, we have to take help from reading.

When you read a book, of course you run your eyes through the lines and your mind tries to explain something to you. 3. Now this seed is unknowingly used by you to develop new ideas. If it is used many times, the same seed can give you great help to relate a lot of things, which you would have never thought of in your wildest dreams!

This is nothing but creativity. 4. Within no time you can start talking with your friends in English or any other language and never run out of the right words.

So, friends, do give food to your thoughts by reading, reading and more reading. 5. Go and get a book!

A. The interesting part of the book is stored in your mind as a seed.

B. Why not do some reading while you are hungry?

C. Just like your stomach, your mind is also hungry.

D. Now what are you waiting for?

E. Hunger of the mind can be actually solved through wide reading.

F. Reading can help you make more friends, too.

G. Also this makes a significant contribution to your vocabulary.

完形填空

阅读下面短文。掌握其大意，然后从1-20各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答案卡上将该项涂黑。

When I come across a good essay in reading newspapers, I tend to cut and keep it. But just as I am about to do so I find the article on the_________ side is as much interesting as the one.

It may be a discussion of the way to _________ in good health, or _________ about how to behave and conduct oneself in society. If I cut the front essay, the opposite one is likely to _________ damage, leaving out half of it _________ keeping the text without the subject. As a result, the scissors would stay _________ they start, or halfway done when I _________ the regretful consequence.

Sometimes two things are to be done at the same time, _________ deserving your attention, you can only take up one of them, the other has to wait or be _________. But you know the future is unpredictable—the changed situation may not allow you to do what is _________ behind. Thus your are caught in a fix(困境) and feel sad. How come that nice opportunities and brilliant _________ should gather around all at once? It may happen that your life changes dramatically on your preference of one alternative to the other.

In fact that is what _________ is like: we are often _________ with the two opposite aspects of a thing which are both _________ like newspaper cutting. It often _________ that our attention is drawn to one thing only after we are engaged in another. The _________ may be more important than the latter. I still remember a philosopher’s words: “When one door shuts, another _________ in life.” So a casual or passive _________ may not be a bad one.

Whatever we do in our liftime, wherever life’s storm tosses (颠簸) us , there _________ be something we can achieve, some shore we can land, that opens up new visas to us. Don’t forget God always keeps an alternative _________ open for every one. While the front door is closed, there must be another open for you.

1.A.first B.last C.front D.opposite

2.A.keep B.get C.have D.make

3.A.discussion B.problem C.advice D.way

4.A.reduce B.suffer C.receive D.lead

5.A.and B.or C.but D.how

6.A.before B.after C.when D.until

7.A.understand B.know C.see D.find out

8.A.either B.neither C.nor D.both

9.A.refused B.picked C.given up D.followed

10.A.kept B.remained C.forgotten D.left

11.A.ideas B.news C.attention D.ways

12.A.future B.life C.work D.thing

13.A.faced B.connected C.supplied D.accustomed

14.A.interesting B.famous C.desirable D.funny

15.A.seems B.occurs C.come D.appears

16.A.beginner B.starter C.first D.former

17.A.closes B.locks C.opens D.frees

18.A.choice B.decision C.solution D.look

19.A.might B.can C.may D.must

20.A.window B.future C.door D.path

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。

It’s a simple and powerful idea. When 1. (ask) the key to recognizing opportunity to win success, Cuban, a billionaire, considers doing one’s homework as the 2. (important) factor. “The hard part is doing the homework to know 3. the idea could work in an industry or not,” he says. He admits that he does not have original ideas. He combines existing ideas in unique ways that no one else is doing, 4. he manages to know because he has thoroughly studied his industry.

He says that the characteristics of an entrepreneur (企业家) are 5. (willing) to learn, focus, and ability to absorb information.

When Cuban set the goal to retire at 35, he studied 6. he could find about business and the industries that 7. (interest) him. He actually considered any job as 8. paid opportunity to learn more about a business.

He advises young entrepreneurs 9. (learn) as much about their businesses as possible and never to take shortcuts. Over and over again, he emphasizes homework, superior knowledge, the drive to learn, and the need to get to work.

Anyone could adopt his ideas and do well in anything. Regardless 10. your dream, do your homework. It’s simple and insures success.

短文改错

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。作文中共有10处错误，每句中错误最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。按以下要求进行修改：

1）增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词；

2）删词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉；

3）修改：在错的词下画一条横线，并在该横线下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1、每处错误及修改均仅限一词; 2只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

I’m Tom and I’m writing to apply for the assistant post you advertised on Internet.

It is stated in my resume, I graduated from Hainan University with outstanding academic performances. I have a good command of English, it is an advantage when apply for a job like this. Among all the factors, cooperation is the most important strength of a good assistant. I think I do good in teamwork and I’m good at communicate with different people. Besides, I once get a part-time job in 2012 in Sanya and gained some precious work experience.

Since your company attaches important to employees’ creativity, that is an honor for me to be one of your staff. I’m positive that I can be capable of this job if offering the chance. Thanks for your consideration.

书面表达）

假设你是李华，你的英国笔友Liz最近对中国古钱币产生了兴趣，想请你介绍一种中国的古币。请你根据以下写作要点为她介绍唐朝开元通宝。

词数：100左右（开头结尾已给出，不计入总词数）。

参考词汇：开元通宝：Kai Yuan Tong Bao coin 方形：square 铜：bronze

五铢: Wuzhu coin

注意：1. 词数100词左右，不包括已给出内容。

2. 可根据文章内容进行合理拓展。

Dear Liz,

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Yours,

Lihua

The position, however, ____ you are applying, is not quite a well-paid one.

A. that B. which C. for which D. to which

________ I can see, there is only one way to solve this problem.

A. As far as B. Even if C. As long as D. As soon as