Tour guides need to be independent, outgoing and have ______ desire to share ______ information.

A. /; the         B. a; /            C. the; the          D. a; the

    阅读下面短文，从各题A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。

    People who smoke could lose around one third of their daily memory, researchers say.

    A study by a team at Northumbria University showed that smokers lost more of their memory when compared to non-smokers.

    And the research also found that those who kicked the habit saw their ability to recollect information restored to almost the same level as non-smokers.

    The study involved more than seventy 18-to-25-year-olds and included a tour of the university’s campus. Those who took part were asked to recall small details, such as a list of songs played at a campus concert and tasks completed at various points－known as real world memory test. Smokers performed badly, remembering just 59 percent of tasks. But those who had given up smoking remembered 74 percent and those who had never smoked recalled 81 percent of tasks.

    Dr. Tom Heffernan, who leads Northumbria University’s Collaboration for Drug and Alcohol Research Group, said the findings would be useful in anti-smoking campaigns. He said, “Given that there are up to 10 million smokers in the UK and as many as 45 million in the United States, it's important to understand the effects smoking has on everyday cognitive（认知的）function-of which prospective memory is an excellent example. ”

    “This is the first time that a study has set out to examine whether giving up smoking has an impact on memory. We already know that giving up smoking has huge health benefits for the body, but this study also shows how stopping smoking can have knock-on benefits for cognitive functions too. ’’

    The research will now investigate the effects of passive smoking on memory, while Dr. Heffernan and Dr. Terence O’Neil will look into the effects of third-hand smoking－toxins left on curtains and furniture.

1. What’s the main idea of the passage?

    A. Smoking does harm to health.

    B. Smokers take a tour to the University’s campus.

    C. Smoking can affect one’s memory.

    D. Smokers are compared to non-smokers.

2. How did those who took part in the study perform when asked to recall small details?

    A. Smokers did the worst among the participants.

    B. Non-smokers could recall about half of them.

    C. Smokers could recall nothing at all.

    D. Those who gave up smoking did best.

3. According to Dr. Tom Heffernan, the findings_______.

    A. would be really a surprise to the public

    B. would contribute to fighting against smoking

    C. would be used in real world memory test

    D. would be nothing new to the researchers

4. What does the underlined word “impact’’ most probably mean?

    A. order    B. impression    C. expression    D. effect

5. What will Dr. Heffernan and Dr Terence O’Neil do?

    A. Investigate the effects of third-hand smoking.

    B. Do research on how smoking affects passive smokers.

    C. Find ways to persuade people to quit smoking.

    D. Study whether giving up smoking affects memory.

 完成句子

    请根据括号中所给词或短语提示翻译下列句子。

1. 当她听说儿子取得了很大进步，她兴奋不已。（be filled with）

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2. 我觉得听音乐非常令人放松。（find it +adj.）

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3. 即使有很多挑战，我们也会继续太空探索。（even if）

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4. 让孩子们学会独立生活是非常重要的。（on one’s own）

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5. 我们高兴地得知汤姆的父亲手术后康复。（pull through）

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6. Bush年轻时积极参加社会活动。（take part in）

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7. 老师祝贺我们在运动会上表现出色。（congratulate on）

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8. 据说这家餐馆供应的饭菜不错。（serve）

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 选词填空

请用方框中词语的适当形式完成下列句子，每词只用一次。

1. The retired teacher was very happy to receive a（n）________to the wedding ceremony of his student.

2. Nowadays people pay more attention to the________ festivals, which helps promote Chinese culture.

3. It’s everyone’s duty to make a（n）________to protecting the environment.

4. ________, I don’t think it a good way to learn English only by remembering words.

5. Many houses were ________in the earthquake in Yunnan Province.

6. Most of the people who attended the speech were ________with it and left the room earlier.

7. In order to ________my son’s education abroad, I have to take a part-time job on weekends.

8. We’ve known different kinds of________, such as history makers, sports stars and some astronauts.

    假设你是某中学高一年级学生赵明，昨天你和同学们一起听了一场讲座。请根据下面表中信息，完成一篇短文，并向校刊投稿。

    注：1. 讲座内容至少涉及两点。

    2. 词数80－100。

    3. 开头已给出。

My classmates and I attended a special lecture yesterday.                             

    阅读下面的短文和问题，根据短文内容，完成对该问题的回答。答语要书写工整，字迹清楚，结构正确，不多于八个单词。

    It is essential to our children’s development that they are provided with life skills. It is of great importance that our children should be taught basic life skill lessons in order to live the life they dream of as they enter adulthood.

    How we teach youth life skills is the focus of this article. We will explore and share life skill lessons with you so that the time you spend with each child is more productive and moves them to take positive action.

    What should be included in a youth life skills program?

    1）Financial literacy（理财素养）. Financial literacy training can improve every aspect of a child’s life. Studies show that people that have developed financial literacy skills are healthier, have better relationships, and have more confidence. Financial literacy training is the foundation which all the other youth life skills can build on and support.

    2）Relationships. Children need to understand the importance of encouraging relationships and develop the skills to maintain positive relationships. One key part of developing positive relationships is the ability to communicate effectively. This is a life skill that will not only benefit （使受益）their friendships but will help them in their careers as well.

    3）Strengths development. It is important for adults to focus on the strengths of their children and help them to take their strengths to the next level. For most, what we are good at is also what we enjoy doing. Make your youth life skill program one that helps them follow their passions and build upon the strengths they have developed while growing up.

    The focus of youth skills programs is recognizing students’ potential and providing them with the proper tools to enable them to develop their skill sets. You are helping to open up windows of opportunity for them and encouraging them throughout the process by making them feel worthy.

    The goal of youth life skill programs is to help our children grow into responsible adults. Children cannot grow into the wonderful human beings they are meant to be when they are shut down, turned away and ignored. They need the proper guidance that will enable them to feel proud of their achievements. They also need the opportunity to express themselves in an environment that is willing to listen to them and to help them as well. There is only so much they can stand on their own; the rest is up to the adults that play important roles in their lives.

1. What is important for children to learn according to the article?

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2. Who do you think the article is written to, students or teachers?

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3. What can children benefit from financial literacy skills?

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4. How can we encourage children to keep learning the life skill course?

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5. What do children need so that they can learn to stand on their own?

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    Most tourist destinations around China are witnessing travel peaks during the eight-day Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays that run through Sunday. In Beijing, the Palace Museum, or the Forbidden City, attracted 182, 000 tourists on Tuesday, the biggest number on a single day, as millions of visitors arrived in the national capital. “We saw absolutely nothing but people’s heads,’’ said Guo Zhijun, 42, of Henan province. “We wanted our 11-year-old son to learn something from the trip, but we only ended up very tired. ”

    Earlier, from Sunday noon to midday Monday, garbage collected at Tian’anmen Square in the heart of the city amounted to 7.9 tons, a quarter more than that in the same period of last year.

    In the eastern coastal city of Qingdao, its top five major tourist sites attracted more than 200, 000 visitors on Tuesday.

    Yesterday, thousands of cars jammed two 20-kilometer mountain roads winding to and out of the Lushan Mountain scenic area in the eastern province of Jiangxi. The area, with about 3, 000 car parking spaces, was unable to contain at least 8, 000 inbound cars, said head of the Lushan Mountain public security bureau.

    The Lushan Mountain tourism administration temporarily stopped selling entrance tickets to prevent the traffic from growing on Tuesday afternoon. Similar measures could be taken during the rest of the holidays, a police officer said.

    Emergency measures have been taken at other scenic sites. Crowded visitors overwhelmed the capacity（承载量）of the cable cars at Huashan Mountain, in Shaanxi province, leaving tens of thousands stuck at the peak late into Tuesday night. According to China Central Television, restless visitors demanded refunds from the tourism committee, and a lot of visitors had to give up and walk down the mountain.

    Chen Li, deputy director of the Shaanxi Provincial Public Security Department, said on his micro blog that more than 300 policemen and government officials climbed up the mountain to help trapped visitors. Fearing that tourist sites might become too crowded, many people are staying at home, going shopping or making short suburban trips. A resident Mr. Wang in Nanchang, capital of Jiangxi, canceled long-distance travel plans after learning of heavy traffic on many highways during the first two days of the holidays. Instead, Wang, his wife and son went fishing in the suburbs before having a picnic.

47. What happened in the Forbidden City that Tuesday?

    A. There were far more visitors coming than expected.

    B. A large number of zones were opened to the visitors.

    C. Over 7.9 tons of garbage was collected.

    D. More than 200, 000 visitors gathered there.

48. What does the underlined word “overwhelmed” mean in paragraph 6?

    A. showed up    B. added to    C. reached beyond    D. filled in

49. The writer wrote this article to________________.

    A. advise traveling to different places to learn something

    B. warn people not to climb those mountains on holidays

    C. encourage people to change the travel plans according to the traffic

    D. suggest we stay at home or go shopping during those holidays

50. Which of the following might be the best title?

    A. Experiences from Different Travel Plans

    B. Travel Peaks in China's Tourist Sites

    C. Floods of People to the Forbidden City

    D. Problems with Travelling on Holiday

　 Nanjing-style paper cutting is an important part of Chinese paper cutting. It is known for its different designs, simplistic but graceful shapes, finely cut lines and unique skills. Zhang Fanglin is a leading figure in the Nanjing-style paper cutting. Zhang was born in a paper-cutting family. He is the fourth generation to continue the family’s paper-cutting skills. Taught by his father, he began to learn paper cutting in his childhood. In 1963 when he was only 14 years old, he started his artistic career in a local folk handicraft factory. Over the past decades, Zhang has created many works and developed excellent skills. In 1985, Zhang was admitted into Nanjing Municipal Fine Arts Company, creating and designing paper cuts. Throughout his artistic career, Zhang has absorbed characteristics and elements（元素）of various styles of paper cutting and created a large number of creative paper-cutting works. Thanks to his great contributions, he won many national prizes and was awarded the title of “National Master Artist in Handicraft Art”.

　 As a leading figure, Zhang Fanglin has been invited to more than 30 countries and regions around the world, showcasing his paper-cutting skills. In the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, Zhang showcased his new creations of gold foil-embedded paper cutting works.

44. What is the passage mainly about?

　 A. Chinese paper cutting.　　 　　 B. Nanjing-style paper cutting.

C. A paper cutting family. D. A paper cutting artist.

45. How old was Zhang Fanglin when he was admitted into Nanjing Municipal Fine Arts Company?

　 A. 36.　　 B. 14.　　 C. 22.　　 D. 18.

46. What can we infer from the passage?

　 A. Nanjing-style paper cutting is the most important part of Chinese paper cutting.

　 B. Zhang is a creative artist who knows different styles of paper cutting well.

　 C. Zhang won many international prizes because of his great contributions.

　 D. All the members of the family taught Zhang how to design paper cuts.

    I can still remember the first day when I met my best friend. She had just moved into the neighborhood and her grandmother brought her down to meet me. I hid behind my mother and she hid behind her grandmother, scared to look at each other.

    Soon, we lost the shyness and started playing with each other, bike riding to each other’s house and having sleepovers. In 7^th grade she was going through family problems. However, every summer we would always sit at each other’s house and watch movies on TV and talk about all the boys we liked.

    It was last year when I noticed the problem. She suffered from clinical depression（抑郁症）, and had to go to a hospital during the day. I was very sorry for her at first. But with the late night calls, and meeting each other halfway up the street at midnight, we still stayed in touch. I wanted to be there for her since her new best friend left her, and I knew I still cared about her like a sister.

    Yesterday she came to me and said this. “I never knew what a best friend was until you were the only person that would stop me from cutting myself; the only person that ever made me feel better about myself and my problems. You didn’t know this but I was trying to kill myself that very night you called me and I was crying. I owe you so much, and you didn’t even know you were helping me. ”

    We both cried. And I guess a kind of lesson from my life so far is to never give up your friends. Even if they aren’t as cool as others, or people think they are crazy, they need someone there. If you leave them, you will only be very sorry. So if friends need you, and you care for them, you should be always there for them.

41. Why did the two girls hide behind their family members when they first met?

    A. Because they were playing a game.        B. Because they didn’t like each other.

    C. Because they quarreled before.               D. Because they were both shy.

42. What would have happened to her friend if the author had not cared about her?

    A. She would have lost her new best friend.

    B. She would have killed herself that night.

    C. She would have run away from her family.

    D. She would have stayed in hospital for a long time.

43. What lesson does the author learn from the story?

    A. Always care for your friends.             B. Don’t care about others’ opinions.

    C. Never owe your friends too much.         D. Try to be as cool as others.

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从各题A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。

Roy died at an old age with many memories. His life was full of both good and bad memories, but he  26  to remember mostly the good. The bad memories that broke his heart and that he  27  with friends, involved the big war－World War II. So many things about his war experience he remembered  28  great detail.

    Roy survived the attack on Normandy－he was part of the second wave that landed. He  29  with him the memories of water mixed with the blood of fallen soldiers. He experienced  30  , sweat, blood, fire and salt water just to get to the beach. In terror-filled moments that would forever change his life and the history of our world, his life was robbed of innocence（天真）  31  the realities of war engulfed（吞噬）him.

    Not too many months later, he found himself cold and  32  . Close to being completely  33  from air supplies（供给）because of the weather, Roy and his fellows hung on to what little hope they could have. Then Christmas morning came, the weather cleared long enough for supplies to be  34  and word to spread that other troops would soon be there.

    Many of the young men who began with Roy did not make it home  35  . They gave their lives to fighting against the Nazi. Those who did survive would never be the same. Many of them were the most patriotic（爱国的）people you would  36  meet, but most of them  37  war. They had experienced it. They knew its final realities－things got blown up while people were killed, and robbed of their beloved ones.

    It is Memorial Day in the United States today. We all pray for an end for the world’s need for young men and young women to be placed in harm’s way. We also need to remember those who paid the huge  38  of wars－costs not counted in dollars, but in lost lives, broken hearts, forgotten innocence, broken families, and terrible memories. And as we remember to  39  those who paid this awful price, we also remember in hopes to see an end to war itself.

    Please, in their honor, don’t forget their sacrifices（牺牲）. Please, for our world’s sake, don’t forget to pray for  40  .

26. A. refused         B. chose             C. promised                 D. planned

27. A. shared          B. lost                C. fought                     D. valued

28. A. at                 B. in                   C. for                          D. with

29. A. took             B. got                 C. brought                   D. carried

30. A. fear              B. disappointment   C. excitement               D. courage

31. A. but               B. as                  C. since                       D. so

32. A. sad              B. lonely             C. wounded                 D. hungry

33. A. cut off         B. kept away       C. left behind                      D. put down

34. A. taken            B. sent               C. dropped                   D. shipped

35. A. healthy         B. strong            C. alive                        D. safe

36. A. never                  B. ever               C. already                    D. yet

37. A. hated            B. liked               C. experienced             D. missed

38. A. money          B. efforts            C. attention                  D. costs

39. A. find              B. help               C. honor                      D. understand

40. A. luck             B. life                 C. peace                             D. happiness