Would you eat a ready meal from the fridge rather than cook from scratch? Have yon 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 men than half of adults are so lazy they'd catch the lift rather than climb two fights of stairs.

       Just over 2000 people were quizzed by independent researchers at Nuffield Health．Britain’s largest health charity. The results were astonishing．

       About one in six people surveyed said if their remote control 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 respondents with children, 64% said they were often too tired to play with them.

       This led the report to conclude that it'8 no wonder that one in six children m the UK are classified as obese （very fat） 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, friends and evidently their pets too.

       “If we don’t start to take control of this problem, a whole generation will become become too unfit to perform even the most rudimentary of tasks.”

       And Scotland's largest city, Glasgow, was shamed as the mo．t inactive city in the UK, with 75% surveyed admitting they do not get enough exercise, follow．d closely by Birmingham and Southampton, both with 67%．

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

1．What causes children in the UK to be, obese?

       A．Eating ready meal                          B．Watching TV

      C．Doing Internet shopping                   D．Being lazy

2．What can be inferred from the passage?

       A．British people are too lazy to do anything．

       B．internet shopping will do harm to your health．

       C．Many people would not run to catch a bus in Britain．

       D．People should be more active and take regular exercise to keep fit．

3．Which of the following is Not true according to the passage?

       A．One sixth of British people use remote control when watching TV．

       B．People will benefit not only themselves but their families by getting fit．

       C．Fatness can cause diseases such as heart disease and cancer．

       D．More people get obesity-related illnesses now than 40 years ago．

4．What does the underlined word rudimentary most probably mean?

       A．basic                B．serious               C．vital                   D．hard

5．All the following are among the most lazy cities in the UK except _____．

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

Greenland is the largest in the world． It covers over 2,000,000square kilometers．Most of it lies inside the Arctic Circle, and a huge sheet of ice covers 85％of it．Imagine that a map of Greenland is on top of Europe．Greenland stretches（延伸）from London to the middle of the Sahara Desert．The ice sheet is more than 1．6 kilometers thick, and it never melts（溶化）．

Along the sea coast, mountains rise from the sea．There are a few low trees in the southwest, but no forests．Snow covers everything in winter, but in summer very low plants cover the ground between the sea and the ice sheet．Norwegians were the first Europeans to see the island in 875 A．D．, but no one visited it until 982．Three years later a few Norwegians went to live there．In 1261, the people in Greenland decided to join Norway．Norway and Denmark united in 1380．This union ended in 1814, and Greenland stayed with Denmark．Greenland is fifty times larger than Denmark, but it is still a part of this small country．

1．As you study a globe, you may notice that Greenland      ．

A．mostly lies within the Arctic Circle

B．is connected with Denmark and Norway

C．lies just on top of Europe

D．stretches from London to the Sahara Desert

2．What will you probably see when you come to the southwest of Greenland in summer?

  A．Low trees in the mountains

  B．Nothing but ice sheet everywhere

  C．Very low plants along the seaside

D．Snow covers the top of the mountain．

3．How long did Greenland stay with Norway?

       A．About 120 years                           B．About 400 years     

C．About 550 years                          D．About 500 years

4．Which of the following is NOT true?

       A．Greenland now belongs to Denmark     

B．Denmark is much smaller than Greenland

    C．Norway and Denmark didn’t unite until 1380

D．Norway and Denmark have been one country since 1380

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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意, 然后从1～25各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

　　　Peter took his girl friend to a 　1　for dinner．The head waiter 　2　them two menus and 　3　their order．Judith chose soup, chicken 　4　vegetables, cheese and biscuits．．．Peter ordered soup fish and chips, then chocolate ice- cream．

　　　Peter　 5　rather afraid of that waiter 　6　his fine suit． The man knew 　7　about food; and he 　8　Peter's order, “You'll have fish, sir, ”he said, “with French fries．”

　“Er-yes, ”said Peter, “yes, that's 　9　．”French fries?　10　that was the mo-dern name 11 chips, but Peter wasn't sure．

　　　The dinner was very nice．Judith ate 　12　hers, but Peter couldn't quite finish his．(The French fries were 　13　just potato chips．)The head waiter brought the 　14　．

　　　Peter knew at once that 　15　was wrong．There was a mistake in the bill．On the menu chicken and vegetables cost 　16　60 pence．But on the bill it was￡　　 1．60．The bill ought to be ￡ 2．00 　17　, not ￡ 3．00． What was he going to do? Ought he 　18　 the waiter? Or say nothing and just 　19　?

　　　He continued to talk to Judith, 　20　he was feeling uncomfortable．The head waiter was looking hard at him, and Peter's face grew 　21　“Perhaps he's right, ”Peter thought, “and I 　22　．What will Judith think if I make another?”

　He called to the waiter．The man smiled and came slowly across the room．Peter 　23　him the bill and three pound notes．

　“Thank you, sir”, he said．“I hope you 　24　the meal．”

　　　Peter stood up quickly, and Judith and he went out．In the street Judith said, “I left 10 pence under my plate 　25　that nice head waiter．”

单词拼写（每小题1分，满分10分）

1.When asked whether he would give up, he gave us a d___________ look, which meant he would not change his mind.

2.One third of the people in the building were killed or i_________ (受伤) during the big fire.

3.After the flood, nearly everything was d_______(摧毁)) and the villagers sank into sadness.

4.The film Red Sorghum（红高粱） is b________ on the novel written by Mo Yan, who won the Nobel Prize for literature (文学) this year.

5.Do keep c___________ when facing something emergent (危急情况).

6.My father is a heavy smoker. I ever tried to p_________ him to give up smoking but I failed.

7.After g__________ from college, Wang Kun and Wang Wei finally got the chance to cycle along the Mekong River from where it begins to where it ends.

8.Playing games on the Internet _____________(频繁地) does harm to your health.

9.Compared with Tom, I think Lily is much more _______________( 可信赖的)

10.__________________(祝贺) to you on passing the exam and getting the first prize.

Hee-haw! Scores of farms across the country are opening up to overnight guests. The best have all the appeal of a first-rate inn ----- plus here a moo, there a moo.
Sure, you and your kids plan to conquer the theme parks. In the meanwhile, why not make a little hay? Farm stays are fast becoming the great American alternative to the pre-packaged vacation.
LIBERTY HILL FARM
Rochester, Vt.; 802/767-3926; www.libertyhillfarm.com. Adults$75, teens $50,kids 12 and under $35, including breakfast and dinner; shared baths.
Beth and Bob Kennett run a farm straight out of a storybook. You’ll find Beth in the kitchen, rolling out dough（生面团） for a pie. Bob’s busy with other work. Guests sleep in seven sunny bedrooms right in the farmhouse and can participate in any of the farm jobs. Maybe you and your kids won’t be up at 6 a.m. to meet the milk truck, but you can help with the milking twice a day, collect eggs, and pick sweet corn and wild blackberries in season.
HULL-O FARM
Durham, N.Y.; 518/239-6950; www.hull-o.com; Adults $110, kids 10—14 $60, 5—9 $50, 2—4 $35, under 2 free, including breakfast and dinner; private baths.
It started in 1993 as a way to bring in some extra money at a time of falling milk prices. But soon after Frank and Sherry Hull opened their Catskill Mountains dairy farm to overnight visitors, they discovered they loved it. As you drive up, Sherry greets you on the porch（入口处）of the 1825 farmhouse with a cow-shaped cookie jar. Before long your kids are playing around with the cows, sheep, ducks, goats and getting ready for a hayride（乘坐装满干草的牛车出游）.
MERAMEC FARM CABINS
Bourbon, Mo.; 573/732-4765; http://www.wine-mo.com Doubles with private bath $75, $10 per additional person. Trail and riding fees extra.
Climb onto the back of the Ford pickup and catch up with the herd. One gentle cow named Cricket will even let the kids sit on her back. At the barn（牲口棚）, Carol will introduce you to the horses ---15 Missouri Fox Trotters --- and lead you on a trail ride over the hills and down along the spring-fed Meramec River, where everyone swims. Grab a fishing pole and head back to the river. When you have your fill of the wild, try Carol and Dave’s favorite restaurants or wineries（酿酒厂）, within 20 miles of the farm.
【小题1】The underlined sentence in the first paragraph implies that ___________.