【题目】J.K. Rowling is a very popular writer, but I just don’t like her writing ________.

A. attitude B. style C. quality D. mystery

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（2013 内蒙古包头一中期中）There is a limit __________ people's life, but no limit __________ the knowledge.

A. on; to learn

B. to; to learn

C. on; learning

D. to; to learning

【题目】Laresce was born with a condition called hypermobility(运动过度)which meant her joints were“bend”．The condition can use severe joint pain and lead to dislocations(脱臼)．

But rather than feel sorry for herself,she used her misfortune to inspire her to become Britain's strongest schoolgirl．

Just two years ago，the condition left Laresce in so much pain that she couldn’t even take part in sports．But now she has six British and World Champion powerlifting records．It’s an incredible achievement．

Laresce’s trainer Tania George said her condition is the secret to her success．“She has more flexibility in her back than most people，which gives her the technique of bending her back strongly and safely．Most powerlifters would kill to try to bend their backs like Laresce．She has perfected the technique to lift incredibly heavy weights，”Tania said．

“I used to suffer a lot of pain from my hypermobility．I remember coming home from school with pains in my knees，joints and hips．It would stop me doing normal things at schoo1．The pain would be so much that some nights I couldn't sleep at all and I just couldn’t face going to school like that．And after each dislocation，I had to do six months of physiotherapy(理疗)to recover,”said Laresce．

However,since taking up the sport of powerlifting 18 months ago she is now effectively cured．“really enjoyed the feeling of power I got and the excitement of people encouraging me to do my very best，”she said．

“I’ve made lots of friends a It’s an incredible feeling when everyone's cheering me on．It’s the support of other people that makes the difference to winning．Becoming a champion was a big surprise—I just started off for fun and wasn’t expecting anything．So to win six titles over just a few months was amazing．”

【1】We can learn from the passage that________．

A．Laresce is suffering a lot from hypermobility

B．hypermobility is helpful to increase one’s strength

C．Laresce didn't go to school because of her illness

D．the flexibility in Laresce's back helps her to lift heavy weight

【2】Laresce had to do long-time physiotherapy to________．

A．reduce the pains in knees and joints

B．recover from joint dislocations

C．fall asleep easily during nights

D．do normal things freely at school

【3】From Laresce's words in the last paragraph we know that________．

A．Laresce was determined to become a champion

B．Laresce trained for a long time to win the titles

C．Laresce didn’t expect to gain such a great success

D：Laresce’s friends contributed a lot to her success

【4】What could be the best title for this passage ?

A．A schoolgirl who turns misfortune into an advantage

B．Bendy-jointed teen becomes Britain’s strongest schoolgirl

C．An inspiring girl who has made great achievements

D．A British girl with great spirit and determination

【题目】Gregory Kloehn digs through dustbins every day,but not for the reason that most people would think．He isn’t homeless．In fact he is trying to help the homeless．

Gregory began his life as a sculptor．But he often felt that his sculptures．Which just stood in rich people’s houses for years，lacked a meaningful purpose．So in 201l he decided to put his artistic energies into creating homes to sell—not ordinary homes but small structures built entirely from recycled materials．

The thought of creating homes for the homeless didn’t occur to him until the year 2013， when a homeless couple asked him for a tarp(防水布)．Instead of a tarp，Gregory offered them something better：a small home with a water tank,a kitchen and a trap for waste．They were so grateful that Gregory decided to focus his efforts on helping house the homeless population in his city．And soon his“Homeless Homes Project”was started．

Before starting a new home，Gregory，goes hunting for materials by digging through dustbins．Everything he finds is usable—refrigerator doors become house doors；washing machine doors often serve as windows，and the tops of cars become strong roofs．He put wheels at the bottom for users to move their homes around easily．Each home takes two to three days to make．

So far Gregory has donated dozens of homes to the city's most needy．While his small low- cost mobile homes are not the final solution to the problem of homelessness，they are really practical and do provide a warm and safe place for the homeless to stay in．They are simply a way for one man to do something nice fo those in need of some help．

Gregory has written a book titled Homeless Architecture，where he explains techniques to build those homes and he is now working on weekend workshops．“A lot of people who hear about what I’m doing want to get involved，”he said．“Maybe we can meet someplace and put a couple of homes together．”

【1】Why did Gregory turn from making sculptures to creating homes?

A．He had no home to live in．

B．He had to make more money．

C．He lost interest in sculpture．

D．He wanted to help the homeless．

【2】The author mentions the story in Pamgmph 3 to tell us____________．

A．Gregory’s small homes were popular among the homeless

B．how Gregory got the idea of“Homeless Homes Project”

C．the homeless couple asked Gregory to produce more homes

D．housing the homeless in acity was not an easy task

【3】What can we conclude from Paragraph 4？

A．Gregory has great trouble hunting for materials for his small houses．

B．It takes Gregory a long time to produce a home．

C．Gregory’s work requires imagination and creativity

D．Everything in the dustbins will be used in Gregory’s work．

【4】What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A．Gregory’s project will help more homeless people．

B．Gregory doesn’t need to make small homes now．

C．Gregory’s work will completely solve the homelessness problem．

D．A single person can make no difference to social problems．

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You'd better not ring me up between 9:00 and 10:00 tomorrow. I __________ an important meeting then.

A. have

B. had

C. was having

D. will be having

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Isn't it lovely to think that I __________ myself on the sunny beach at this time tomorrow?

A. am enjoying

B. will enjoy

C. shall enjoy

D. will be enjoying

【题目】C

Of all the components of a good night’s sleep, dreams seem to be last within our control. In dreams, a window opens into a world where there is zero logic and dead people can speak. A century ago, Freud formulated(创立理论) his revolutionary theory that dreams were the hidden shadows of our unconscious desires and fears; by the late 1970s, neurologists(神经病学家) had switched to thinking of them as just “mental noise”—the random byproducts(副产品) of the neural repair work that goes on during sleep. Now researchers suspect that dreams are regulating moods while the brain is “offline”. And one leading authority says that these intensely powerful mental events actually can be bought under conscious control, to help us sleep and feel better. “It’s your dream,” says Rosalind Cartwright, chair of psychology at Chicago’s Medical Center. “If you don’t like it, change it.”

Evidence from brain imaging supports this view. The brain is as active during rapid eye movement sleep when most vivid dreams occur as it is when fully awake, says Dr. Eric Nofzinger at the University of Pittsburgh. But not all parts of the brain are equally involved: the limbic system or the emotional brain is especially active, while the prefrontal cortex—the center of intellect and reasoning, is relatively quiet. “We wake up from dreams happy or depressed, and those feelings can stay with us all day,” says Stanford sleep researcher Dr. William Dement. This link is shown among the patients in Cartwright’s clinic. Most people seem to have more bad dreams early in the night, progressing toward happier ones before awakening, suggesting that they are working through negative feelings generated during the day. Because our conscious mind is occupied with daily life we don’t always think about the emotional significance of the day’s events—until, it appears, we begin to dream.

There is probably little reason to pay attention to our dreams at all unless they keep us from sleeping or “We wake up in a panic,” Cartwright says. Those suffering from persistent nightmares should seek help from a therapist. For the rest of us, the brain has its ways of working through bad feelings. Sleep or rather dream on it and you’ll feel better in the morning.

【1】 What does Rosalind Cartwright think of dreams?

A. Dreamers can exercise conscious control over them.

B. They are shadows of our unconscious desires and fears.

C. People with more emotional changes dream more often.

D. They are actually products of our brain’s neural repairs.

【2】What is shown in Cartwright’s clinic?

A. The functions of vivid dreams.

B. The relation of dreams to emotions.

C. The functions of different brain parts.

D. The secret of rapid eye movement sleep.

【3】Casual nightmare sufferers are advised to .

A. ask for medical help

B. relax their mind during the day

C. don’t take the dreams seriously

D. realize the emotional significance of daily events

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At this time next week we __________ a football match against Class 9.

A. are going to play

B. will be playing

C. will play

D. are to play

【题目】B

Teenagers spend too much time using their cell phones and being connected online these days! Is this a new way to be more social or, does the technology really make them unsocial? And how will this constant connection affect them?

My daughter who is fifteen years old has a smart cell phone which means that she is constantly connected to the Internet and of course Facebook. To be around her means that you have to listen to constant “beeps” and sounds from the cell phone when her friends update their status. It makes me really stressed. But that is me. For my daughter, the cell phone is an extension to her body. She sleeps with her cell phone on the pillow; she eats with her cell phone nearby; She even takes the cell phone to the bathroom.

For the generation who has grown up with the Internet and cell phones, it is important for them to stay close to their cell phones. They get stressed when they are disconnected! And most of them haven’t experienced a life without cell phones. For them, being offline or not having a cell phone is like being totally isolated(与世隔绝的). And when they get online after a long disconnection they are so stressed out, because they have so much catching-up to do!

So how is this constant connection affecting the new generation who has been born with the opportunity to stay connected to the Internet all the time? I see them as guinea pigs(实验对象)! Because nobody knows how this will affect humans in the long run. No research has been done yet on long-term side effects of being constantly reachable and connected to others.

My conclusion is that teenagers’ addiction to cell phones makes them both social and unsocial. The new technology has changed the way they connect with people compared to former generations. They are more social and can be mobile but this also forces them to do more than one job at a time which distracts(分散) their attention and prevents them from focusing on the present, which makes them unsociable. No one knows how this use will affect humans. We will just have to wait and see.

【1】The author mentions her daughter to show .

A. he importance of cell phones

B. how annoying her daughter is

C. what stress her daughter has created

D. teenagers’ constant connection to cell phones

【2】The underlined word “this” in the passage refers to .

A. using cell phone at a young age

B. being online all the time

C. the feeling of isolation

D. being guinea pigs

【3】How does the overuse of cell phones affect teenagers?

A. It stops teenagers from feeling alone.

B. It improves teenagers’ work efficiency.

C. It forces teenagers to do several things at the same time.

D. It breaks teenagers’ connection with former generations.

【4】What’s the author’s attitude towards teenagers’ constant connection to cell phone?

A. Unconcerned B. Uncertain

C. Disapproving D. Disappointed

【题目】Sitting at a desk in a classroom all day can be pretty boring.

The teachers at Ward Elementary in Winston –Salem，North Carolina ，picked up on that and traded in their students’desks for exercise bikes as a part of their Read and Ride program!

The Read and Ride program began five years ago．One classroom has enough bikes for every student in any given class，and throughout the day teachers bring in their students to the room to ride them and read their books．

Even regular classrooms have one bike in the back of each room for students who just can’t sit still to use to help them burn energy in a good way．

Students love being more active!Teachers enjoy seeing students eager to read．Parents appreciate stronger，smarter children．Headmasters value this effective and cost-free program．“Riding exercise bikes makes reading fun for many kids who get frustrated(挫败的)when they read．Thus，they have a way to release that frustration while they ride，”said Scott Ertl，who started the program．“As we can see，everyone wants to promote literacy and lose weight!But many students who are overweight struggle with sports and activities since they don’t want to always be the last or lose with others watching on the playground．On exercise bikes，however，students are able to exert(发挥)themselves at their own level—without anyone noticing when they slow down or take a break．”

As it turns out，not only are the bikes helping the students burn calories，they’re also helping them learn better and stay focused．At the end of the school year the school analyzed testing data and found that students that spent more time reading and riding did more than twice as well on reading tests than their fellow students who spent the least time in the program．

【1】Why did the teachers start the Read and Ride program?

A．To get the students out of the classrooms．

B．To make the students more active in sports．

C．To read effectively in an active way．

D．To help the overweight students keep fit．

【2】According to Scott Ertl，riding exercise bikes___________．

A．is the least expensive way for exercise

B．call benefit overweight students in both ways

C．is the best way to build up students’ body

D．is a good way to avoid being watched by teachers

【3】The program helps the students in the following ways except________．

A．help them learn better

B．reduce their reading difficulties

C．build up their bodies

D．improve their learning concentration