Dublin has the benefit of being a home to unequaled beaches．They can be especially attractive during the summer season．Experience this scenery for yourself and see what these beaches have to offer you．

Finding yourself at Dollymont makes you a fortunate tourist especially if you find beaches irresistible． Here you can swim away your worries through the Dollymont Blue Flag Beach．The beach provides a wonderful view which is perfect for some relaxing moments．Its shoreline is well recommended for a few quiet and unworried walks along the beach．

For some beach adventure, you can drive your way down the M50 and M 1 motorways to Donabate． This village in North County Dublin offers an attractive Blue Flag beach which is perfect for your swimming addictions．Lifeguards are on call during bathing period．The water is as overpowering as the surrounding．

For a double purpose beach, check out Killiney．This beach is a top off destination for a swimming adventure and it is equally grand for relaxing walks. The shoreline is covered with pebbles and rocks．This may seem averred with ordinary stony beach for some but for those who have strong interest in geological processes, Killiney is a best spot to discover part of．Dublin's history and Killiney's formation．

Another accessible Blue Flag Beach lies on Malahide in Fingal．You can enjoy the distinctive attraction of the water while still getting yourself amazed with the wonderful sights around Malahide．Beach is sandy and holds a harbor designed for pleasure boats at the Northern end．

For a bit of challenge and thrill, consider a swim at Seapoint Beach in Dun Laoghaire Rathdown．You can have the pleasure of an exciting surf adventure here apart from the usual swimming activity．This is often visited by tourists due to its various appeals: swimming on the north part of the beach while surfing, boating and jet skiing at the south．

Need to beat the heat off your summer vacation? There is nothing as satisfying as a visit to some of these outstanding beaches.

1.How many beaches are mentioned in this article?

    A．Five             B．Four             C．Three            D．Two

2.If you are visiting Killiney, which of the following activities can't you do?

    A．Having a swimming adventure．        B．Having some relaxing walks．

    C．Discovering some Dublin's history．  D．Practising operating boats for pleasure．

3.Some tourists choose a swim at Seapoint Beach probably because they can _____．

    A．get themselves interested in the sights around

    B．have a wonderful surf on the north of the beach

    C．enjoy several unusual and exciting activities

    D．call the lifeguards during bathing period

4.If you want to be quiet and have same relaxing walks, you may pay a visit to _____．

    A．Dollymont and Donabate               B．Donabate and Malahide

    C．Dollymont and Killiney               D．Killinev and Malahide

5.The best title of this article should be _____．

    A．Where to go swimming in summer                           B．Beating off the heat in Dublin

    C．Benifits of staying at beaches                           D．Geological researches in vacation

Would you eat a ready meal from the fridge rather than cook? Have you been doing internet shopping rather than going to the stores? What can’t you be bothered to do?

    A study into how lazy British people are has found more than half of adults are so idle（闲散的）they’d catch the lift rather than climb two flights of stairs.

    Just over 2,000 people were quizzed by independent researchers at Nuffield Health, Britain’s largest health charity. The results were shocking. About one in six people surveyed said if their remote control (遥控器)was broken, they would continue watching the same channel rather than get up.  More than one third of those questioned said they would not run to catch a bus. Worryingly, of the 654 questioned people with children, 64% said they were often too tired to play with them.  This led the report to conclude that it’s no wonder that one in six children in the UK are classifted as obese（肥胖）before they start school.

Dr Sarah Dauncey, medical director of Nuffield Health, said: “People need to get fitter, not just for their own sake, but for the sake of their families， too. If we don’t start to take control of this problem, a whole generation will become too unfit to perform even the simplest tasks.”

    And Scotland’s largest city, Glasgow, was shamed as the laziest city in the UK, with 75% surveyed admitting they do not get enough exercise, followed closely by Birmingham and Southampton, both with 67%.

The results pose serious challenges for the National Health Service, where obesity-related illnesses such as heart disease and cancer have been on a steady increase for the past 40 years and are costing billions of pounds every year. 

1. According to the researchers at Nuffield Health, about ________ people who were surveyed would not run to catch a bus.

A. 10            B. 150             C. 330              D. 660

2.One in six children in the UK are classified as obese before they start school because ________.

A. they stay too long a time with their pets   B. they spend too much time watching TV

C. their parents don’t play with them much   D. they suffer from obesity-related illnesses

3. ________ is the second laziest city in the UK.

    A. Scotland       B. Glasgow         C. Birmingham       D. Nuffield

4.What’s the writer trying to tell us?

    A. Parents have much to do with their children’s obesity-related illnesses.

    B. British people are getting lazier, which can cause serious social problems.

    C. The National Health Service has to face a lot of serious challenges every year.

    D. A study into how lazy British people are has been carried out at Nuffield Health.

As I drove my blue Buick into the garage. I saw that a yellow Oldsmobile was ___21___ too close to my space. I had to drive back and forth to get my car into the ___22___ space. That left ___23___ enough room to open the door. Then one day I arrived home___24___, and just as I turned off the engine, the yellow Oldsmobile entered its space — too close to my car, ___25___. At last I had a chance to meet the driver. My patience had ___26___ and I shouted at her, “Can’t you see you’re not___27___ me enough space? Park father over.” Banging(猛推) open her door into ___28___, the driver shouted back: “Make me!” ___29___ this she stepped out of the garage. Still, each time she got home first, she parked too close to my ___30___. Then one day, I thought, “What can I do?” I soon found ___31___. The next day the woman ___32___ a note on her windshield(挡风玻璃):

Dear Yellow Oldsmobile,

I’m sorry my mistress(女主人) shouted at yours the other day. She’s been sorry about it. I know it because she doesn’t sing anymore while ___33___. It wasn’t like her to scream ___34___. Fact is, she’d just got bad news and was taking it out on you two. I ___35___ you and your mistress will ___36___ her.

                Your neighbor,

                  Blue Buick

When I went to the___37___ the next morning, the Oldsmobile was gone, but there was a note on my windshield:

Dear Blue Buick,

My mistress is sorry, too. She parked so___38___ because she just learned to drive. We will park much farther over after this. I’m glad we can be___39___ now.

Your neighbor,

Yellow Oldsmobile

After that, whenever Blue Buick ___40___ Yellow Oldsmobile on the road, their drivers waved cheerfully and smiled.

21. A. driven  B. parked       C. stopped      D. stayed

22. A. complete     B. close   C. narrow       D. fixed

23. A. quite    B. nearly C. seldom       D. hardly

24. A. hurriedly     B. first    C. finally D. timely

25. A. as usual       B. as planned  C. as well       D. as yet

26. A. run into       B. run about   C. run out       D. run off

27. A. keeping       B. saving C. offering     D. leaving

28. A. mine    B. hers    C. itself   D. ours

29. A. For      B. With   C. From  D. Upon

30. A. room    B. area    C. front   D. side

31. A. an instruction      B. a result       C. an answer   D. a chance

32. A. put       B. wrote  C. sent    D. discovered

33. A. working      B. driving       C. returning    D. cooking

34. A. on end  B. so long       C. like that     D. any more

35. A. hope    B. know  C. suppose      D. suggest

36. A. comfort       B. help    C. forgive       D. please

37. A. office   B. flat     C. place   D. garage

38. A. crazily  B. eagerly       C. noisily       D. early

39. A. neighbors    B. friends       C. drivers       D. writers

40. A. followed      B. passed C. found  D. greeted

 A gentleman put an advertisement in a newspaper for a boy to work in his office. Out of the nearly fifty men who come to apply, the man selected one and dismissed the others.

“I should like to know,” said a friend, “the reason you preferred that boy, who brought not a single letter—not a recommendation (介绍信)，”

“You are wrong” said the gentleman. He had a great man. He wiped his feet at the door and closed the door after him, indicating that he was careful. He gave his seat immediately to that old man, showing that he was kind and thoughtful. He took off his cap when he came in and answered my questions, showing that he was polite and gentlemanly.

“ All the rest stepped over the book which I had purposely put on the floor.” He picked it up and placed it on the table; and he waited quietly for his turn instead of pushing and crowding.

When I asked to him, I noticed his tidy clothing, his neatly brushed hair, and his clean fingernails. “ Can’t you see that these things are excellent recommendations? I consider them more significant than letters.”

1.A gentleman put an advertisement in a newspaper___________

2.The underlined word “indicating” probably means ________.

3.___________ was the very person the gentleman preferred.

4.The gentleman dismissed the other boys because_________.

5.According to the passage, we know that the gentleman hired the boy______.

请认真阅读下面对话，并根据各题所给首字母的提示，在答题卡上标有题号的横线上，写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式，使对话通顺。

W: Hi, Fred．Where have you been?

M: I’ve been to the l____76____ and borrowed some English books．    76．        

What’s wrong?

W: I t___77 ___ you’d been to the post office．                       77．        

       Did you notice the money I left on the desk?

M: Yes, $10 altogether．But I didn’t know what it was f___78____．      78．        

W: Didn’t you see the note I left you with the money?

M: Note? What note? I didn’t see any note．

W: R___79___? That’s very strange．I left the money with a note  79．        

       saying I wanted you to go to the post office and get some

       e___80___ and stamps for me．I also put the ink bottle on           80．        

       them in case they might not draw your a___81____．         81．        

M: I see now．Why can’t you go and get them y__82___?        82．        

       The post office is only about 30 minutes’ walk from here．

       We often walk there after supper．

W: Of course I know how far it is from school．I can’t go there myself because

       I’m very busy doing some chemistry e___83___ in the lab．        83．        

       And what’s more, I have to p___84___ for my English exam．      84．        

       You know I f__85__ the last one．If I can’t pass this time,         85．        

       a hard time will be waiting for me．