I was fat kid who grew into an overweight adult. I was      laughed at for being heavier than the other kids,      me feeling shy. I tried several diets, but      worked, and I     gaining weight. Another factor        my weight gain was my love for cooking, especially rich, high-fat desserts, which I enjoyed preparing and, of course, eating. 　 
　When I finished high school at the age of 18, I weighed 215 pounds.       the self-confidence to go to a new, faraway school, I decided to stay close to home      going away to college. I continued with my unhealthful eating habits and felt more miserable as the weight came on, but I did nothing about it except buy larger plus-size clothes. 　 
My turning point came 10 years later at a friend's New Year's Eve party when I was at my all-time highest weight of 330 pounds. I caught my       in a mirror and the truth      me: I was overweight and unhealthy, and unless I did something about it now, I would only get bigger and       . 　 
After leaving the party, I thought about my past weight-loss     and realized they didn't work because they required me to abandon foods I loved. Then I would constantly think about food and binge,       the diet      my hunger and not feel deprived. 　 
　My biggest       was finding a way to fit my passion for cooking into my healthier lifestyle. At first, I tried to stay away from the kitchen to         myself thinking about food. The result: Food was all I thought about.       had to be some way to combine cooking with healthful eating. I found the     after reading several low-fat cookbooks. With some trial and error, I could modify my favorite foods and make them low in fat, yet delicious.　 
　The pounds started coming off, and when I started exercising (usually cardio and weight training five times a week), they seemed to melt away. I didn't feel deprived, and I felt free to give my body the care and attention it     .　 
I lost 165 pounds over the next two years. I had many ups and downs. I was determined to go on. Another challenge to me was not to beat myself up if I ate something that was unhealthy and to take it as a sign to abandon my healthful habits.      I vowed to start again and always keep my goal in mind.　 Thanks to losing weight and becoming fit I am         my body and myself. I have finally found myself. 　 

1.A．hardly???? B．frequently???? C．immediately???? D．instantly

2.A．left???? B．to leave???? C．leaving???? D．having left

3.A．nothing?? B．no one?? C．none?? D．anything

4.A．ended up??? B．ended over??? C．ended up with?? D．was ended up

5.A．contributing to? B．resulted in? C．resulting from? D．led to

6.A．lacking of B．lack of C．lacking D．lacked in

7.A．or rather? B．instead of C．together with D．as well as

8.A．reflection B．infection C．imagination D．attention

9.A．laughed B．hit C．knocked D．beat

10.A．unfamiliar B．unhappier C．unfriendly D．unfit

11.A．efforts B．affords C．effects D．infects

12.A．giving out? B．giving in ? C．giving up ? D．giving away

13.A．satisfy ? B．decrease ? C．increase ? D．fill

14.A．challenge ? B．success ? C．energy ? D．work

15.A．keep ? B．have ? C．prevent ? D．make

16.A．It ? B．They C．There ? D．I

17.A．solution ? B．secret ? C．answer ? D．road

18.A．deserved ? B．focused ? C．caught? D．paid

19.A．Instead ? B．However ? C．Therefore ?? D．So

20.A．keep up with? B．in line with? C．put up with? D．catch up with

　　April 27 is Take Our Daughters to Work Day in Britain. Started at first in the United States and brought to Britain in 1994, Take Our Daughters to Work Day has become a special day for girls between 11 and 15. On that day thousands of girls take a day off school and go together with one of their parents to their work places. The purpose of this day is to broaden girls' horizons（视野）and raise their self-confidence（自信）.

　　For many years people have thought that boys can do better than girls in society. But actually, “girls can be whatever they want to be just like boys, whether it is a pilot, a nurse or a chief executive（主管）,”says the chairman of Our Sons and Daughters Chartable Trust, an organization which supported the activity of the Day. “Now the girls have a close look at what their parents are doing and this may help them to be more self-confident when they are faced with a choice of work.”

　　Schools and many companies support the activity too. Palmers Green High School for girls in the north of London has made the Day a necessary part of careers education.

　　Zarina Bart, 15, from Palmers Green, went with her mother Gwen to her Lawyer's Office this year's Take Our Daughters to Work Day. “I learned how to fill in a legal aid（法律援助）and I read details（细节）of a case. Then I went to see the actual trial（审判）,” she said.

　　Zarina found it interesting to see her mother at work. “It's really strange seeing Mum at work--running around, getting serious and telling people what to do.” She has always liked the idea of going into law and thinks it likely that she will follow in her mother's footsteps. Having a chance to see how her mother works has given her more self-confidence.

　　Experts believe that girls with higher self-confidence aim higher and are more likely to be successful in life. Parents have important effect on the confidence of teenage girls. If parents believe in their daughters and show examples both at work as well as at home for them, this will give a lot of help to girls. Take Our Daughters to Work Day is surely a step in the right direction.

(1) The writer's purpose in writing this text is to ________.

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A．introduce to us a special day for girls

B．broaden girls' view and raise their confidence in themselves

C．show us that girls can do things as well as boys

D．tell us how the special day for girls came into being

(2) We can infer that the aim of “careers education” is mainly to ________

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A．teach children to respect their parents

B．help children to get along with grown-ups

C．help children learn about the future jobs

D．get children to be fit for the social life

(3) A particular mention of Zarina's story ________

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A．serves as an example of how the Day works

B．shows a successful mother's effect on the daughter

C．explains why a girl should go to see her mum's office rather than her dad's

D．shows what a woman lawyer's daily work is like

(4) After seeing her mum at work, Zarina Bart ________.

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A．learned how to work as a lawyer

B．decided to become a lawyer

C．started to work with her mum

D．felt more certain about her future

(5) In the text the writer especially suggests the importance of________.

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Listening to music can help me focus better. Since I discovered it two years ago，I've used music to get through boring work or to focus creatively. I've found that it can make even the dullest jobs enjoyable and help clear mental blocks to creativity.
I first noticed the good effects of music while playing video games. It was a few days before Christmas in 2005 and I was playing online video games. My parents had just given me a new MP3，so I decided to listen to music through the headphones while I played. After a few minutes I noticed a great change in my style of play. I was playing more naturally. The music relaxed me，and，to a certain extent，distracted me from the game，allowing my subconscious(潜意识的)talent to come through. The music also helped me block out the outside world. With those headphones on I was like a machine，moving from one task to the next without unnecessary thoughts or actions.  
Music can also have a great effect on mood. If I'm in a bad mood at work，I'll listen to some of Bob Marley's and get down to business. It always takes my mind off what I'm doing and makes me a happier person. The same is true for classic rock. One summer，I did a boring job collecting bottle openers by hand. Without a radio playing classic rock in the background，I would have hated life.
Listening to music with relaxing rhythms and a positive message helps you forget your work and think happy thoughts. But the results you see will depend heavily on your personal tastes. Experiment with the types of music you listen to during certain tasks. By trial and error you'll finally discover your best choice.
I'm always looking for new concentration aids，so I'd love to know what type of music works best for me.
【小题1】We can infer that the passage was written in ________.

A land free from destruction, plus wealth, natural resources, and labor supply—all these were important 1 in helping England to become the center for the Industrial Revolution. 2 they were not enough. Something 3 was needed to start the industrial process. That "something special" was men—4 individuals who could invent machines, find new 5 of power, and establish business organizations to reshape society.

　　The men who 6 the machines of the Industrial Revolution 7 from many backgrounds and many occupations. Many of them were 8 inventors than scientists. A man who is a 9 scientist is primarily interested in doing his research 10 .He is not necessarily working 11 that his findings can be used.

　　An inventor or one interested in applied science is 12 trying to make something that has a concrete use. He may try to solve a problem by 13 the theories 14 science or by experimenting through trial and error. Regardless of his method, he is working to obtain a 15 result: the construction of a harvesting machine, the burning of a light bulb, or one of 16 other objectives.

　　Most of the people who 17 the machines of the Industrial Revolution were inventors, not trained scientists. A few were both scientists and inventors. Even those who had 18 or no training in science might not have made their inventions 19 a groundwork had not been laid by scientists years 20 .

　　1.A.cases       B .reasons            C .factors            D .situations

　　2.A.But         B .And              C .Besides           D .Even

　　3.A.else        B .near               C .extra             D .similar

　　4.A.generating   B .effective           C .motivating         D .creative

　　5.A.origins       B .sources           C .bases             D .discoveries

　　6.A.employed    B .created            C .operated          D .controlled

　　7.A.came        B .arrived            C .stemmed          D .appeared

　　8.A.less        B .better              C. more             D .worse

　　9.A.genuine      B .practical           C .pure             D .clever

　　10.A.happily     B .occasionally        C. reluctantly         D .accurately

　　11.A.now       B .and                C .all               D .so

　　12.A.seldom     B .sometimes         C .all                D .never

　　13.A.planning   B .using              C .idea               D .means

　　14.A.of        B .with               C .to                 D .as

　　15.A.single      B .sole              C. specialized          D .specific

　　16.A.few       B .those              C .many              D .all

　　17.A.proposed   B .developed         C .supplied            D .offered

　　18.A.little       B .much             C .some              D .any

　　19.A.as         B .if                C .because            D .while

　　20.A.ago       B .past               C .ahead              D .before