A feeling of excitement overcame me as I looked around the stadium.

At 5:30 pm, two hours before game time, I walked into the locker room（更衣室. My    _36  of school, music and what I planned to do on Saturday night were   37   with the simple aim to beat the football team across the field from us tonight.

Approaching my locker（衣物柜）, I noticed my teammates   38  . Some rested on benches, staring up at the ceiling _ 39   it were a film of the opposing team’s play. Some seemed a bit more   40  , using the time to tell jokes. A few stared at the field,  _41   what would happen in 120 minutes.

Our coach, Tony Severino, came out of his office at 6 o’clock. He told the team how   42    this game was for the season, between two of the state’s top teams — my school and our opposing team, Liberty High School. His words gave the team impulse (冲动) it needed to   43  .

At 7:10 pm, warm – ups finished, we went over the game   44   and discussed what we needed to do for the next three hours. The sound of the national anthem (国歌)   45   that we were only minutes from the action. Our coach usually made a final   46  . But tonight was different. On this clear night he   47   looked around the room at all the players and shouted, “Let’s go and get them.” Even   48   the “get” came out of his mouth, we were already   49    our way out of the door.

Outside, a few young fans reached to touch our hands, eager to be a   50   of our school’s winning tradition. When I smiled and   51   my hand, the young faces lit up as if they had just met Superman.

Seconds later, the team ran onto the   52  , moving as a mass of blue, in front of a packed stadium. We enjoyed a noisy   53   from fans and the fight song played by our school band. Breathing in the   54   of one of the biggest games of the year, I felt we were sure to win. I told myself, “This was what it was all about” and   55   that it was for moments like this that I loved high school football.

36. A. thoughts y              B. ideas                      C. pictures                  D. minds

37. A. covered                  B. mixed                     C. replaced                 D. filled

38. A. exercising               B. struggling               C. preparing                D. previewing

39. A. in case                    B. even though            C. as long as               D. as if

40. A. relaxed                   B. worried                  C. frightened               D. impressed

41. A. dreaming                B. wishing                  C. expecting               D. imagining

42. A. useless                   B. difficult                  C. available                 D. important

43. A. warm up                 B. pick up                   C. get up                    D. rise up

44. A. route                      B. frame                     C. plan                       D. forecast

45. A. urged                     B. insisted                   C. suggested               D. stressed

46. A. speech                    B. preparation             C. decision                 D. change

47. A. finally                     B. simply                    C. actually                  D. eventually

48. A. when                      B. before                    C. as                          D. since

49. A. leading                    B. dragging                 C. showing                 D. making

50. A. player                     B. friend                     C. part                       D. team

51. A. held out                  B. took out                 C. got out                   D. brought out

52. A. field                       B. stage                      C. yard                       D. garden

53. A. success                  B. reply                      C. achievement           D. welcome

54. A. atmosphere             B. experience              C. expectation             D. examination

55. A. accepted                 B. admitted                 C. realized                  D. recognized

When I walked into the house after school, the first thing I noticed was a box with items I recognized from my dad’s office.

“What are you doing home already?” I asked casually.[来源:ZXXK]

“Andrew, I was laid off today.” he answered quietly.

I was sure he was joking. “No, you weren’t. Why are you really home?”

Then I noticed his seriousness and realized he was telling the truth. My father has always been a hard worker and prided himself on his career. Providing for our family has been his joy, and I guess I had taken his work for granted.

My father’s unemployment created many changes in our lives. For starters, he was home all the time, which meant my bed had to be made, my room cleaned up, and my homework done right after school. I would come home every day to find him at the computer searching for jobs. I began to notice how down he seemed, and how losing his job had affected his self-esteem, though he tried to be optimistic. For the first time, I saw my dad as vulnerable. He asked my brother and me to spend less. I gave up my allowance, which even though it wasn’t much, felt like the right thing to do. I also found a part-time job.

After several difficult months of searching, my dad decided to go in a totally different direction. He explained that he never wanted to be laid off again, so he was going to start his own business. Day by day, I watched him build it, and I admired how much time and energy he expended.

One evening I asked if he needed help.

“Only if it doesn't interfere with school,” he said.

I showed up at his office the next afternoon, and most afternoons after that for two months. I always knew he was a hard worker, but watching him in action really impacted me. Although this was one of the worst experiences for our family, it taught me a lot about dealing with adversity. Now I know that through creative problem-solving, I can always find Plan B, ask for help, and take risks. What I have learned from my dad’s understanding of business and his work ethic are two of the most important lessons I will ever learn, and will be my foundations for success.

1. The author’s father stayed at home because ________.

A. he had to help with the author’s lesson

B. he had been unemployed by his company

C. heavy housework was waiting for him to do

D. he wanted the author know the truth?

2. What made the author know the truth?

   A. The box from his dad’s office                         B. His father’s words

   C. His father’s expression                                          D. Being informed by his family

3. The author’s attitude toward his father’s former job was ________.

   A. unconcerned                      B. sympathy                 C. doubt                D. tolerance

4. By saying “Only if it doesn't interfere with school”, the author’s father seemed ________.

   A. to refuse the author’s advice on the new business

   B. to show his discontent with the author’s schoolwork

   C. to have said yes to the author’s offer of help

   D. to be looking forward to the author’s good behavior at school

5. It can be inferred from the text that ________.

   A. the author’s father was more optimistic to stay at home

   B. the author couldn’t put up with his dad’s own business

   C. the author’ s father offered little allowance to the author

D. the author benefited from his father on how to deal with adversity

D
Many of the snacks are high in sugar, fat and salt. Vending machines(自动售货机) filled with unhealthy snacks in leisure centres run the risk of fuelling childhood obesity.
The British Heart Foundation found that despite being banned from schools and children’s TV, crisps and chocolate are on sale where children exercise. And children’s meals on offer at the 35 venues spot-checked were mostly chips, chicken nuggets(鸡肉块), sausages and burgers.
The charity (慈善机构) wants stricter regulation over the food choices available.
The report was prepared by the Food Commission, which looked at leisure centres, bowling clubs, ice skating centres and park cafes.
The average calorie content of vending machine snacks was 203 calories, which would take a seven-year-old 88 minutes of swimming to use up.
Fresh fruit was displayed at less than half of the places visited, and nutritional information was displayed at just two of the places visited. The BHF said this severely limits children’s and parents’ ability to assess the nutritional values of the products they are buying.
BHF’s chief executive Peter Hollins said: “It’s fantastic that these kids are getting fit and having fun at the same time but this is being undermined by junk food sold to them.
“Councils and leisure providers need to reconsider the food choices they are providing and make it easier for parents and children to make healthier choices.”
The charity is now calling for public and private sector providers to lead the way in ensuring healthy food choices available and easily identifiable(可辩认的). It says it should be made a requirement that vending machines in publicly owned facilities be stocked with healthier products.
A spokeswoman of the Department of Health said: “We fully encourage the adoption of healthy vending machines across the country and expect local authorities to make sure there are healthy food options available in their leisure centres.”
53. Children’s meals offered at leisure centres mostly consist of ____.
A. snacks, vegetables, chips and burgers 
B. chips, chicken nuggets, sausages and burgers
C. fresh fruit, vegetables, sausages and burgers
D. fresh fruit, vegetable, crisps and snacks
54. Which of the following can make the children and their parents aware of the nutritional values of the products they are purchasing?
A. Displaying the nutritional information.     B. Displaying fresh fruit.
C. Selling junk food to them.               D. Reconsidering food options.
55. It is implied in the passage that ____.
A. vending machines sell a lot of unhealthy food that causes obesity.
B. leisure centres provide children with food that is not healthy.
C. there isn’t a requirement yet that vending machines sell healthier products.
D. it’s fantastic that kids are getting fit and having fun in leisure centres.
56. The underlined word “fuelling” in the first paragraph most probably means_____.
A. preventing     B. filling with gas    C. increasing    D. Planning

Most people know that awkward feeling when you walk into an elevator with other people and try not to make eye contact(接触). But a new research suggests it may be down to a subconscious power struggle being played out as you make your way up and down.

? ? A study found that people decide where they stand based on a micro social status，established within seconds of entering the lift.

? ? Rebekah Rousi．a Ph. D．student in cognitive(认知)science，conducted an ethnographic(人种论)

Study of elevator behaviour in two of the tallest office buildings in Adelaide，Australia.As part of her research，she took a total of 30 lift rides in the two buildings，and discovered .There was an established order to where people tended to stand

? ? In a blog she writes that more senior men seemed to direct themselves towards the back of the elevator She said：“In front of them were younger men，and in front of them were women of aII ages.”She also notice there

was a difference in where people directed their gaze(注视)half way through the ride．“Men watched the monitors，looked in the side mirrors(in one building)to see themseIves．And in the door mirrors(of the other building)to also watch others Women would watch the monitors and avoid eye contact with other users(unless in conversation)and the mirrors，”she writes．

? ? She concluded it could be that people who are shyer stand toward the front，where they can’t see other passengers，whereas confident people stand in the back，where they have a? view of everyone else.

1.The passage is mainly about??????

A. elevator riding manners???

B communication in the elevator

C. elevator riders’ standing positions?

D. micro social status in the elevator

2.The underlined word“it”in the first paragraph probably refers to“????? ”

A. an elevator??? B．the new research? C. eye contact? D.social status

3.A person who stands in the back of the lift is probably ????

A confident??? B shy??? C honest

4.The conclusion of the research in the passage is ????????

A. subjective??? B．objective??? C critical???? D doubtful

Modern society cannot well do without the contribution that women can make in the professions and other kinds of work. There is a serious shortage of nurses and teachers, to mention only two of the occupations followed by women. It is a waste to give years of training at public expense only to have the qualified teacher or nurse marry after a year or two and be lost forever to her profession. The training, it is true, will help her in her duties as a mother, but if she continued to work, her service would be more widely useful. Many factories and shops, too, are largely staffed by women, many of them married. While here the question of training is not so important, industry and trade would be seriously short of staff if married women did not work.

We can see then that there are good reasons for regarding it as desirable that married women should have some occupation outside the home. However, there are serious objections. Schools do not keep children occupied the whole day and school holidays are long. The mother’s working day will almost certainly end well after the school day and her holiday will not begin at the same time as her children’s. There will be therefore a period when children are not taken care of unless a substitute for the mother can be found, or unless it becomes more generally possible for women to work part-time. There seem to be some grounds for believing that there is more bad behavior among the children of working mothers than among those of mothers who stay at home, but more evidence is required before we can be certain of this. What we can be certain of, however, is that many more will continue to do so.

1.According to the writer, women nurses and teachers ought to carry on their occupation after marriage because______.

  A. they are not allowed to give up their jobs          

B. their training should not be wasted

  C. they want to make a living by themselves        

D. they must still improve themselves as mothers

2.According to the writer, one possible way for the children of working mothers to be attended to is that________.

   A. schools keep children occupied the whole day   

B. their mothers change their occupation

   C. their mothers do not work full time            

D. their mothers should stay at home

3.The clause “unless a substitute for the mother can be found” means_______.

   A. if someone takes over the mother’s occupation 

B. if no mother works all day

   C. if no one takes care of the children for the mother

   D. if someone takes care of the children for the mother

4.The writer believes that bad behavior among the children of mothers who do not work is _________ among the children of working mothers.

   A. possibly less than   B. about the same as      

C. a little greater than   D. certainly more than