Going to the park with your family is a time-honored tradition during the warmer months whether you live in the city or in a rural area. The most common thing for kids to do at the park is to play on the playground equipment. This is great for kids. For parents, however, playground time is something not quite as exciting. It’s nice to socialize with other parents and enjoy watching the little ones at play, but grown-ups can’t easily participate in the playground fun. In order to make the most of spring and summer park trips parents might want to consider trying a few new activities.
Soft Frisbees and balls are great things to bring to the park and enjoy with kids. Parents can participate in playing catch. They can enjoy the fresh air and physical activity together. Other lawn games and toys like badminton can easily be taken to the park for an afternoon of fun.
If it is a breezy day, it might be just perfect for flying a kite. Kite flying is a wonderful family fun activity. Children who are too small to fly a kite themselves can have fun chasing it and helping older siblings hold the string. Slightly older children can enjoy learning to fly kites. Teens and parents can enjoy the challenge of making kites. Best of all, kites are inexpensive and can be used in almost any open space on a breezy day.
After these, the first thought might be to head home for a meal or a snack. However, bringing a snack or having a picnic can add an exciting element to the day out and can allow the family to enjoy more park time together. Everyday foods like sandwiches and apples can be very appetising. If you decide to pack a picnic, just remember to bring bags for any garbage you might produce!
【小题1】Why is the playground time not quite exciting for parents?

第三部分：阅读理解 (共20小题；每小题2分, 满分40分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
A
The Kindle is coming! The Kindle is coming!
Amazon. corn will start selling its wireless electronic reader the Kindle in 100 countries, including China and most of Europe, from Monday, 19 October. The Kindle will cost $279 (189) globally. Amazon says 200,000 English-language books as well as over 85 newspapers and magazines will be available on the international device (设备).
The Kindle is popular with travellers who like the convenience of downloads and don't like carrying heavy books. Amazon says that for every 100 customers who buy a book in the US, some 48 now buy it as an e-book.
"Our vision for Kindle is every book ever printed, in print or out of print, in every language, all available within 60 seconds," Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos told the Irish Times, one of the newspapers that will be available on the device. The international Kindle version will store as many as 1,500 books, read PDF files and allow users to make annotations.
Forrester Research predicts that three million e-reader devices will be sold in the US this year, up from an earlier estimate of two million. That is expected to double next year. The research group says that Amazon will take a 60 per cent market share this year, followed by Sony’s Reader at 35 per cent. In July, Credit Suisse estimated that Amazon's revenues from the Kindle could reach $420 million this year, representing 8.4 per cent of the company's total income.
There are rumours that Amazon's next step will be to turn the Kindle into a device for tasks like e-mailing, texting and surfing the Web, thus competing with a tablet computer reportedly being developed by Apple.
56. The underlined word "revenues" in Paragraph 4 can be replaced ________.
A. users                   B. books                   C. income           D. device
57. Which of the following is true.'?
A. The Kindle can be bought in China now.
B. We can use the Kindle to surf the Internet.
C. The books the Kindle offers are written in 20,000 kinds of languages.
D. This readers are sold in 99 countries of Europe.
58. From this passage we can infer _______.
A. Next year Amazon will sell 6 million readers
B. This year the company's total income reach 5000 million
C. In the US about 48% customers who buy a book use the Kindle
D. You can't deal with the information Amazon provides
59. Which one of the following will like the Kindle most9.
A. Professor.         B. Students.                C. Traveller.          D. Businessmen.

III．完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
Last night, I was waiting for a taxi. After 5 minutes, I was  41 . The driver seemed to be angry. I asked him what the  42  was. He said he had just come from the airport without a  43 , which was basically $70 in lost fare.
Over the course of that ride, the anger slowly  44 . He mentioned he had read an article saying the  45  people are the ones that give, so he hoped he’d have more  46  to give in his life. I was starting to  47  being with him! We continued talking about why  48  is so beneficial both to the giver and the receiver and different ways to  49  it.
As we arrived at my destination, I  50  my fare. But I pulled out an extra $20 and said, “Since we’ve been talking about giving this whole time, I wanted to share that  51  with you. I’ve already paid my fare, but here’s an extra little bit. You can  52  it, since you’re already down $70 from the airport. But if you want to experience the  53  of the gift, then tell the next passenger in this taxi that their ride is a gift from another and they can  54  their gratitude in whatever way.”
The man turned toward me, tears in his eyes, and said, “Sir, I have a better  55 . You give that $20 to a  56  person around here and I’ll treat the next passenger with a  57  ride myself.”
Wow. This man was  58  10 minutes ago. I got out and walked around trying to find someone who needed help  59  heading to my destination.
It was an honor meeting that driver and  60  the lesson of how everyone is capable of giving.
41．A．gotten off          B．put down           C．called up         D．picked up
42．A．question          B．time               C．problem          D．cost
43．A．friend             B．stranger            C．driver                 D．customer
44．A．died out           B．appeared           C．died down         D．died off
45．A．happiest           B．poorest            C．richest            D．strongest
46．A．kindness           B．chances            C．suggestions         D．money
47．A．mind             B．stop               C．allow             D．enjoy
48．A．collecting          B．giving             C．receiving        D．existing
49．A．practise           B．explain             C．watch             D．consider
50．A．printed            B．recorded            C．paid            D．examined
51．A．adventure          B．information         C．language           D．feeling
52．A．refuse             B．raise               C．keep              D．spend
53．A．direction          B．power              C．weight            D．size
54．A．share             B．earn               C．forget             D．miss
55．A．gift               B．idea               C．opinion            D．ride
56．A．homeless           B．native             C．nice               D．brave
57．A．long              B．comfortable        C．free               D．safe
58．A．bored             B．tired              C．rude               D．angry
59．A．after              B．before             C．when              D．as
60．A．learning           B．preparing          C．finishing           D．providing

I am an e-mail user．When I first started to use the e-mail system. I used to read all my e-mail．I didn’t have much mail．1 was very excited about receiving any e-mail．I gave my friends my e-mail address．Soon I had more mail than 1 wanted．Some of the mail was junk mail．1 was worried．I didn't want my mail to control me．
I've tried some methods to help me get control of my mail．First，I check my mail at the same time every day．Also I try to allow myself only 15-20 minutes every day to process my e-mail．This doesn't always work，but I try．Sometimes I save the messages．Sometimes I just read them，maybe answer a few，and then delete them．Sometimes I'm not at all interested in a message，so I don't even open it．I delete it right away．This is very much the way I go through the mail that the postal service delivers to my home．
These methods are very simple．I have some friends who are very clever with computers．From time to time，they teach me new tricks for managing my e-mail．I've also learned to transfer(转存)some messages to a disk so they don't fill up my mail files(文件夹)．Then I can read them later and maybe use them in my work．I'm still amazed at what e-mail can do for me! I'm still worried，however，about having too much to read．
【小题1】The writer used to read all his e-mail because __________.

第三部分：阅读理解(共两节，16小题；每小题2分，满分32分)
第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
A
Good health is the most valuable thing a person can have, but one cannot take good health for granted. It is important to remember that the body needs proper care in order to be healthy. There are three things that a person can do to help stay in good shape: eat right food, get enough sleep, and exercise regularly.
Proper nutrition (营养) is important for good health. Your body cannot work well unless it receives the proper kind of “fuel”(燃料). Don't eat too much food with lots of sugar and fat. Eat plenty of foods high in protein, like meat, fish, eggs and nuts. Vegetables and fruits are very important because they provide necessary vitamins and minerals. However, don't overeat. It is not helpful to be overweight.
Getting the proper amount of sleep is also important. If you don't get enough sleep, you will feel tired and easily get angry. You have no energy. Over a long period of time a little amount of sleep may even result in a change of personality (个性). Be sure to allow yourself from seven to nine hours of sleep each night. If you do, your body will feel strong and refreshed, and your mind will be sharp.
Finally, get plenty of exercise. Exercise makes the body strong and and prevents you from putting on weight. It also improves your heart and lungs. If you follow a regular exercise program, you will probably increase your life-span (寿命). Any kind of exercise is good. Most sports are excellent for keeping the body in good shapes: basketball, swimming, bicycling, running and so on, are good examples. Sports are not only good for your body, but they are enjoyable and interesting, too.
If everybody were to eat the right foods, get plenty of sleep and exercise regularly, the world would be a happier and healthier place. We would all live to be much older and wiser.
46. In order to keep good health, ________.
A. we should eat a lot of sweets    B. one needs a large amount of fat
C. people should eat according to the foods nutrition
D we must try to sleep now and then
47. Eating more and sleeping less ________.
A. can keep healthy              B. are no good for you  
C. gets you more energy       D. will keep your personality
48. The title of the article should be ________.
A. Eating and Exercising                 B. How Vitamins Work in Man's Body
C. How to Stay Healthy                    D. Sleeping Well
49. The passage is probably taken from ________.
A. an advertisement       B. a travel journal  C. an English dictionary D. a magazine