【题目】We'd better set off or it will be dark __________ we know it.

A. before B. after

C. when D. until

【题目】Are you single or married? Are you a cat or a dog owner? Do you exercise, or are you a “couch potato” (a person who sits on the sofa all day watching TV, eating and basically doing nothing)? These questions and many others are about your lifestyle.

People in the United States feel that they can choose their lifestyles and even shape their own identities. The great variety of lifestyles leads to constant national discussion of choices that people make. This freedom of choice is fun and exciting, but it also creates stress and uncertainty. In newspapers, lifestyle issues are discussed in the features or style section. In The Chicago Tribune this section is called “Tempo”. People turn to this section for lively discussion on lifestyle choices they face with regard to their personal identities, their families, and their social lives.

Many American people believe that they can make their lives happy and satisfying despite their problems. If they lack confidence or tend to feel anxious, shy, angry, or depressed, they believe that they can change themselves. Self-help books, magazines, and feature articles are filled with advice from experts about steps to take to become a happier or more satisfied person and to improve one’s self-respect. Part of this research for self-improvement is a belief that even one’s own appearance can be controlled. This is why there are so many articles in the newspaper about looking young, wearing the latest fashions, and becoming physically fit.

Lifestyle choices also involve moral and social issues. How should children be raised? How should people behave on a date? How should elderly people be treated? How can people stay happily married? All these kinds of issues are constantly discussed and are constantly changing. Not only are experts such as psychologists consulted, but stars from the political and entertainment worlds are held up as lifestyle leaders as well. In the newspaper, feature articles called profiles（简介）discuss in detail the personal lives or public work of movie stars, authors, artists, and excellent individuals who are not stars. The lifestyle choices these people make contribute to the public discussion of all the issues that people think about.

A well-known advertising slogan is “Just do it.” In the culture of the United States, people believe that they can take action and become the kind of people they want to be and live the way they want to live.

【1】The section “Tempo” in The Chicago Tribune mainly discusses _________.

A.lifestyle choices

B.current affairs

C.experts’ opinions on life

D.how to improve one’s self-respect

【2】According to the author, Americans are pretty sure that they can _________.

A.live a happy life in spite of their problems

B.solve all the problems in their life

C.improve their life by following the elders’ advice

D.control their own appearance

【3】According to the passage, people’s opinions on moral or social issues can be influenced by _________.

A.their bosses

B.family members

C.friends and colleagues

D.experts and famous people

【4】Which is the best title for the passage?

A.Changes in the lifestyle

B.Choosing the Way We Live

C.Lifestyles in the United States

D.Make Our Lives Happy

【题目】It is obvious that chemical pollution will lead to a threat to agriculture and food chain, which will ________threat human health.

A. frequently B. significantly

C. approximately D. accordingly

【题目】阅读下列各小题，根据括号内的汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子，并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号后。

【1】University College London researchers tested pupils in 2004, with __________ 12 to 16. (range)

伦敦大学学院的研究人员在2004年对年龄在12岁到16岁间的一些学生进行了测试。

【2】The scientists have already figured out why it is __________ so quickly with the latest technology. (go)

科学家已通过最新的技术弄清楚了为什么气温上升如此之快。

【3】If you had taken your mother’s advice when you started to arrange for your wedding, you __________all your money so soon. (run)

要是开始筹办婚礼时你听了妈妈的建议，就不会那么快把钱都花光了。

【4】__________ English, and you will master the language sooner or later. (concentrate)

集中精力学习英语，你迟早会掌握这门语言的。

【5】__________ that the day before his retirement, Mr. Smith will have been teaching for a total of forty years. (coincidence)

到他退休的前一天，史密斯先生正好教了整整四十年的书，这真是太巧了。

【6】"Both of us stressed once again that under no circumstances _______ North Korea to possess nuclear weapons," he said. (allow)

他说：“我们双方都再次强调，任何情况下我们都不会让北韩拥有核武器。

【7】Be careful when you deal with this chemical, as it will explode __________ sunlight. (expose)

当你处理这种化学药品时要小心，因为当它暴露在阳光下时会爆炸。

【8】My neighbor who never cares about others’ feelings is always singing loudly at midnight, which is ___________. (stand)

我的邻居从来不在意他人的感受，经常在午夜时分大声唱歌，这是我最不能忍受的。

【9】The flat __________ a large sum of money a couple of years ago has now doubled in value. (pay)

几年前我们花巨资买的那套房子现在价值已经翻了一番。

【10】In the past few years the workers _________ a lot of suggestions but none of them was adopted. (put)

这几年来，工人们提出了大量的建议，但是一条也没有被采纳。

【题目】Not until Tom read his composition the second time ________ the spelling mistake.

A. does he notice B. he noticed

C. did he notice D. he had noticed

【题目】It is Mary along with her two friends that _______ for the job.

A. have applied B. apply

C. has applied D. had applied

【题目】Tomorrow being the last day, you should hand in your composition by emails to meet the ______.

A. pattern B. deadline C. schedule D. prediction

【题目】-- How about going to the cinema tonight?

-- ________ I have too many things to deal with.

A. No chance. B. That’s right.

C. Why not? D. My pleasure.

【题目】_______life in a new city can be hard, it can broaden a person’s view of the world.

A. Because B. When C. While D. As