A growing number of workers at Google Inc., Facebook Inc. and other employers are trading in their sit-down desks for standing ones, saying they feel more comfortable and energized. They also are motivated by medical reports saying that sitting for too long leads to increased health risks.
A standing desk sits high off the floor so a worker can either stand at it or sit on a high stool to use it. Officials at Palo Alto-based Facebook say a number of employees asked about standing desks after news articles were published about the health risks of sitting all day.
The stories cited medical studies that tied excessive sitting to increased obesity and other health problems because of factors including a drop in physical activity. A 2010 study by the American Cancer Society found that women who sat more than six hours a day were 37% more likely to die prematurely than women who sat for less than three hours, while the early-death rate for men was 18% higher. The American College of Cardiology released a study in January that found increased mortality (死亡率) among people who sat longer at home than those who didn't.
No one seems to compile statistics on the standing-desk trend. But anecdotal reports suggest Silicon Valley is embracing the movement.
Facebook officials say they have seen an upsurge in requests for standing desks to five to eight a week with a total of between 200 and 250 deployed (配置) at the company of more than 2,000 employees. Facebook also is trying out a treadmill station ─ where a worker can walk or run on a treadmill while tapping at a computer.
Google spokesman Jordan Newman said that 'many employees at Google opt for standing desks, and we offer them as part of our wellness program' though he said he didn't know the exact number.
Greg Hoy, 39 years old, asked for a standing desk shortly after joining Facebook seven months ago as a design recruiter. 'I don't get the 3 o'clock slump anymore,' he said. 'I feel active all day long.'
【小题1】The underlined word “motivated” in paragraph 1 can be replaced by          .

“Tomorrow is another day”---- this line has impressed various people at various times. It's now 70 years after it appeared in the film, but it still seems to hold its power especially during an economic downturn.
The phrase comes from a film adaptation of Margaret Mitchell's successful 1936 novel Gone With the Wind. It's set in the American South and tells the story of a strong heroine, Scarlett O' Hara, who struggles to find love during the Civil War and, afterwards, of her strength in surviving the war and its hardships.
Love story 
In a moment of despair, Scarlett finally realizes that her love belongs to Rhett Butler. For many audiences, it is the theme of love and struggle that has kept the movie alive. While the burning of Atlanta might seem irrelevant(不相关的) to today's viewers, the timeless theme of love keeps its ability to touch people.
With a promise to her lover still in her mind, Scarlett chooses to stay in the midst of war and take care of Melanie. But her heart is broken when Rhett just walks away, leaving the woman that he once loved with cruel words, "Frankly, dear, I don' t give a damn."(毫不在乎)
Great epic (史诗)
The film shows the love-hate relationship of these characters, but also American history, the fall of the Confederacy and the following period of Reconstruction in the South. The background made this film a true classic in the epic genre.
When the film opened after World War II, French viewers loved it, and it reminded them of their fight against the Nazis. In 1940 Shanghai, during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression(侵略), people stood in line for hours to watch this film, and saw the same suffering they were having as well as the hope and possibility of building a new homeland from the ruins.
Each nationality could identify with the story and see it as a victory. In fact, Gone With the Wind never lost its charm and ability to inspire and amaze.
Biggest of all time
The film had five directors, 15-plus screenwriters, and an unexpected $3.9 million budget. The film brought in $ 200 million, which makes it the biggest selling film of all times in North America. It also won 10 Academy awards in 1940.
【小题1】The underlined "it" in the first paragraph refers to _______.

短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线( \ )划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号( ∧ )，在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：请在答题卡上作答。

A terrible storm took place in a Friday night. The wind was so      76__________

strong that many tree were brought down. It was eleven o’clock.            77__________

Li Ming was still not back but his parents were very anxious                78__________

about him. Half an hour after, the wind stopped, but it was still         79__________

raining hardly. Li Ming’s parents were about to look for him        80__________

when he come home. Li Ming explained that the storm pushed              81__________

over big trees as well as electricity poles, blocked the roads and             82__________

that the bridge had washed away by the floods. Therefore, they           83__________

had to find another way back. What was even more worse, one of        84__________

his classmates had a arm hurt, so they took him to the hospital.           85__________

单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

仔细阅读下列各句，根据所给中文或首字母写出相应单词的正确形式。

1. Martin Luther King’s speech was so exciting that the audience rose to a____________.

2.But Gandhi（甘地）himself was shot 5 months later by an Indian who o___________ his views.

3. As is known to all, taking exercise regularly is greatly b___________ to people’s health.

4. The volunteers were kept busy d___________ food and drinks to the people affected by theearthquakes.

5.Hearing that many foreign experts will visit our company, the manager made __________（安排）for a welcome team to meet them at the airport immediately.

6.The study showed that the elderly of being ___________（遗弃）feared to be cared by strangers.

7.Jack has the ___________（潜在的）ability to do this job pretty well.

8.This medicine can prevent flu from spreading ___________（有效地）.

9.The company is just a few minutes by bicycle from my home, which means I will be ___________（准时的）every day.

10.The number of road accidents and the deaths __________（由……引起）from those accidents has increased over the past year.

第四部分：

第一节：短文填词。(共l0小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1)汉语提示；2)首字母提示；3)语境提示，在每个空格内填人一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确、拼写正确。

Dr.Carl wight is an expert on the_________(环境)。He       76___________

speaks to our r__________,“It is clear that in the next 77___________

few years the Earth’s c________ is going to change.I’m 78__________

afraid tht this probably means that many kinds           

of animals,such as the South China tiger,are going 

to ______(消失)soon.Changes in climate are                79__________

going to certainly _________(影响) people’s lives too.  80__________

Because of g_______ warming,the sea has already          81__________

destroyed parts of Britain.It is o_______that this       82__________

_________(破坏) will become more dangerous in            83___________

the future.We have to take i_________action,or          84___________

I_________(担心)that life on Earth will get worse.”    85___________