Over the years the European Union has made great efforts to _______ the safety of food and protect the health of its people.

A. discover       B. ensure          C. revise        D. react

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Not so long ago, if you avoided drinking water during a workout（训练）, you were considered tough. Today, most experts     36   , you would be considered unintelligent.

Even in you don’t sweat much or feel    37   and even if there is a nice breeze,    38     experts say drinking water- or something    39   is necessary before, during and after all warmer-weather   40  .

Only a few years ago, many coaches   41   players from drinking anything during the game----they thought it was   42   for them to rinse(漱口) their mouths,   43  swallowing anything might slow them down.

Now, there’s   44   plenty of water on the sidelines for athletes to drink. The National Hockey League even   45   goalkeepers to put water bottles on top of their nets.

These new practices   46  be lost on the recreation(消遣) athlete. Some   47  advise you to drink about two cups of water 15 minutes or so after you   48  exercising and the same amount every 15 minutes. In some types of exercises-running, for example-others encourage drinking a cup or two of water   49  the workout.

Don’t drink any more, experts say too much fluid makes   50 and exercise uncomfortable. In   51   continuous hot-weather exercise,   52   can sweat and breathe away 1.8 kilograms of   53   an hour.

Drinking water does two things: restore some   54   and allow you to keep sweating so the skin can be kept  55  . Doctors say drinking six or eight cups a day can help digestion.

36. A. discover                     B. suggest                     C. agree                       D. fear

37. A. thirsty                       B. hungry                     C. hot                          D. tired

38. A. labour                       B. children                   C. water                       D. exercise

39. A. else                          B. instead                           C. fresh                        D. tasteful

40. A. seasons                     B. lessons                     C. days                         D. activities

41. A. excused                           B. discouraged                    C. prevented                 D. saved

42. A. possible                           B. unnecessary              C. difficult                   D. right

43. A. but                                  B. then                         C. therefore                  D. though

44. A. seldom                     B. forever                     C. usually                     D. sometimes

45. A. allows                      B. promises                  C. forbids                     D. guides

46. A. couldn’t                           B. wouldn’t                  C. shouldn’t                  D. mustn’t

47. A. teachers                           B. parents                     C. players                     D. doctors

48. A. stop                           B. start                         C. give up                    D. begin with

49. A. after                          B. before                     C. with                         D. from

50. A. walking                           B. breathing                  C. swallowing              D. drinking

51. A. heavy                        B. easy                         C. pleasant                    D. everyday

52. A. a patient                    B. a drinker                  C. an athlete                 D. an expert

53. A. air                            B. atmosphere              C. oxygen                     D. water

54. A. sweat                         B. weight                           C. breath                     D. height

55. A. warm                        B. strong                     C. cool                         D. safe

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑.

“Down-to-earth” means someone or something that is honest, practical and easy to deal with. It is   36   to find someone who is down-to-earth. A person who is down-to-earth is easy to talk to and   37   other people as equals. A down-to-earth person is just the   38   of someone who acts important and proud.

Down-to-earth persons   39   be important members of society, of course.   40  they do not let their importance “go to their heads”. They do not   41   themselves to be better persons than others of less importance. Someone who is filled with his own importance and pride, often without cause, is   42   to have “his nose in the air”. There is   43   way a person with his nose in the air can be down-to-earth.

Americans   44   another expression that means almost the same as “down-to-earth”. The expression is “both-feet-on-the-ground”. Someone with both-feet-on-the-ground is a person with a good   45   of reality. He  46   what is called “common sense”. He may have   47  , but he does not allow them to   48   his knowledge of what is real.

The opposite kind of   49   is one who has his “head-in-the-clouds”. A man with his-head-in-the-clouds is a dreamer whose   50   is not in the real world.

   51  , such a dreamer can be brought back to earth.   52   words from a teacher can usually bring a day-dreaming student down-to-earth..

Usually, the person who is down-to-earth is very   53   to have both feet on-the –ground.   54   we have both our feet on-the –ground, when we are down-to-earth, we act honestly and openly   55   others. Our lives are like the ground below us, solid and strong.

36. A.pleasant        B.sad           C.common           D.surprising

37. A.meets           B.welcomes      C.receives         D.accepts

38. A.case            B.kind          C.opposite         D.example

39. A.must            B.may           C.should           D.will

40. A.But             B.So            C.For              D.And

41. A.wish            B.expect        C.desire           D.consider

42. A.said            B.told          C.asked            D.made

43. A.some            B.a             C.no               D.every

44. A.discover        B.find          C.make             D.use

45．A.understanding   B.wish          C.reason           D.expectation

46. A.demands         B.lacks         C.has              D.likes

47. A.fortunes        B.dreams        C.achievements     D.disadvantages

48. A.block           B.protect       C.own              D.gain

49. A.idea            B.people        C.attitude         D.person

50. A.mind            B.life          C.body             D.head

51. A.Always          B.Therefore     C.However          D.Sometimes

52. A.Sharp           B.All           C.No               D.Bad

53. A.possible        B.probable      C.likely           D.able

54. A.Though          B.Since         C.When             D.Unless

55.A.toward           B.for           C.over             D.onto

Dr. Green, Mrs. Brown, Li Ming 以及其他的读者，Mr. King 和Henry Jordan 正在书店选择自己所需的书刊。阅读下面六个介绍书籍及杂志的广告（选项A、B、C、D、E和F），选出符合各人需要的最佳选项，并标在相应的位置。选项中有一项是多余选项。

____1. Dr. Green — a historian who is interested in the English history.

____2. Mrs. Brown — a woman who tries her best to keep pace with the fashion.

____3. Li Ming—a Chinese student who considers English a headache but wants to make progress in it.

__ _4. Mr. King—a CEO in an IT company.

____5. Henry Jordan—an ordinary worker who is crazy about the mysteries of nature.

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D
It seems that great artists and scientists often suffer from mental problems. Both Einstein and Dickens had mental illness. Now scientists have started to look at whether mental illness and genius are linked.
Dr Adele Juda studied 5,000 creative people in Germany. She found there were more people with mental illness in this group than in the general population. Poets had the highest rate of mental illness, followed by musicians, with lower numbers for painters and architects.
Other scientists did research which also showed a strong link between mental problems and creativity. But, it did nothing to explain it.
Dr Ruth Richards of Harvard University made a breakthrough. Instead of studying creative people, she took a group of psychiatric (精神病的) patients and tested them for creativity. The patients got much higher scores than a normal group.
Also, the patients’ close relatives were much more creative than the patients and a normal group. This suggests that the key to the link between creativity and mental illness is in our genes (基因).
But this is a problem. According to Darwinism, harmful genes should be removed. Some scientists believe that evolution (进化) has created a balance, where the madness of a few people leads to the development of the whole human race.
Geniuses(天才人物) may be mad, bad or just difficult to understand, but their discoveries have improved the world we live in. It seems that a little creative madness is good for us all.
67. According to Dr Adele Juda, which of the following has the lowest rate of mental illness?
A. Painters                   B. Musicians                C. Poets                D. Bus drivers
68. The underlined phrase “make a breakthrough” in the 4th paragraph means “ ___________ ”.
A. discover or find something new and important.
B. make a way through using force.
C. (of the sun or moon ) appear from behind (clouds).
D. suddenly change (from a slower to a faster pace)
69. Based on the research of Dr Ruth Richards of Harvard University, we can conclude that .______
A. great artists and scientists often suffer from mental problems
B. the patients’ close relatives were much more creative than the patients and a normal group
C. psychiatric patients have more creativity than the average people
D. it is our genes that determine the link between creativity and mental illness
70. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. Among the 5,000 creative Germans, more people suffer from mental diseases.
B. There is a strong link between mental problems and creativity.
C. Psychiatric patients make greater contributions than common people.
D. The key to the link between creativity and mental illness is in our genes.
71. What is the writer’s attitude toward madness?
A. Madness is harmful to the whole society.
B. A little creative madness is good for us all.
C. All the talented people are mad.
D. Only the people with mental illness have more creativity.