Diet Coke, diet Pepsi, diet pills, no-fat diet, vegetable diet… We are surrounded by the word “diet” everywhere we look and listen. We have so easily been attracted by the promise and potential of diet products that we have stopped thinking about what diet products are doing to us. We are paying for products that harm us psychologically and physically.

Diet products weaken us psychologically. On one level, we are not allowing our brain to admit that our weight problems lie not in actually losing the weight, but in controlling the consumption of fatty, high-calorie（卡）, unhealthy foods. Diet products allow us to jump over the thinking stage and go straight for the counter instead. All we have to do is to swallow or recognize the word “diet” in food brands.

 On another level, diet products have greater psychological effects. Every time we have a zero-calorie drink, we are telling ourselves without our awareness that we don’t have to work to get results. Diet products make people believe that gain comes without pain, and that life can be without resistance and struggle.

 The danger of diet products lies not only in the psychological effects they have on us, but also in the physical harm that they cause. Diet foods can indirectly harm our bodies because consuming them instead of healthy foods means we are preventing our bodies from having basic nutrients(营养成分). Diet foods and diet pills contain zero calorie only because the diet industry has created chemicals to produce these wonder products. Diet products may not be nutritional, and the chemical that go into diet products are potentially dangerous.

 Now that we are aware of the effects that diet products have on us, it is time to seriously think about buying them. Losing weight lies in the power of minds, not in the power of chemicals. Once we realize this, we will be much better able to resist diet products, and therefore prevent the psychological harm that comes from using them.

1.The first paragraph mainly tells us _____.

A. diet products can bring out people’s potential

B. people have difficulty in choosing diet products

C. diet products are misleading people

D. people are fed up with diet products

2.One psychological effect of diet products is that people tend to ____.

A. resist a variety of diet foods

B. hesitate before they enjoy diet foods

C. pay attention to their own eating habits

D. watch their weight rather than their diet

3.The purpose of writing this passage is _________.

A. to warn people of the side effect of diet products

B. to tell people how to lose weight

C. to advise people to eat diet products

D. to introduce some diet products

4. Which of the following shows the structure（结构） of the passage?

CP: Central Point      P: Point       Sp: Sub-point(次要点)   C: Conclusion

Finding the right school for your child is a process． You will want to read about the school, talk to any friends who are involved in the school and, most important of all, visit the school．

The first step in finding out about Indian Creek is to request an information packet． We will be happy to send you a packet containing a brochure（小册子）, the fee structure and an application． The packet should answer most of your general questions about the school．

In order to get a true sense of Indian Creek School, you should come for an Admission Tour, which includes a personal meeting focusing on your child, a tour of the building and the classrooms, and a discussion of the curriculum（课程）．

This visit is no less important if the child for whom you are seeking admission is a teenager than if he or she is a three-year-old one． Every school has a different “school climate．” If you visit two or three schools, you will notice that each “feels” different． You know your child best and you will quickly develop a sense of whether a school is the right match or not．

●The initial point of entry for Indian Creek Students is at the pre-kindergarten level for three year olds．

●Children must be three years old by August 31st．

●We also have major points of entry from grade six to grade nine． At each of these levels, we open new sections and accept students in addition to those moving up from our own lower grades．

●There are scattered（零散的） openings available throughout the program due to attrition（学生流失）． Once an opening occurs, students spend a day at ICS, part of which includes admission testing．

1.You can NOT get to know about ICS by      ．

    A． getting an information packet   B． taking an admission tour

    C． asking friends involved in ICS  D． taking an admission test

2.During the Admission Tour, you can      ．

    A． having a meeting with the children               

    B． decide on the design of the classrooms

    C． talk with the school about the courses           

    D． choose the weather suitable for study．

3.Which of the following is NOT accepted for ICS when there is no attrition?

    A． A boy who will be 3 years old by July．          

    B． A fifth grader originally studying in ICS．

    C． An eighth grader from another school． 

    D． A fourth grader from another school．

4.The text is intended for      ．

    A． teachers            B． parents

    C． kindergarteners     D． school kids

第Ⅱ卷（非选择题 共35分）
第四部分  写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节  短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在其下面写出修改后的词。
注意：
1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Dear Wang Dan ,
We were having a wonderful holiday now. We haven’t seen a bear yet, but there are bear and deer in the forests around the lake where we’re staying .On our first night we saw amazing fireworks show. It doesn’t get dark here until 10 o’clock , so it was a real late night for us. Last night we rode in a car 2,000 meter to the top of Whistler Mountain .It was as floating in a glass ball, so peaceful and still. The city lights were beautiful. Today we went boat around the lake ,but had a very short swim .It was frozen .The weather has been sunny, but not like the weather at home .Bye for now. We will be home in
next week.
            Yours,
Li Hua

阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

Many students fail to perform well in an exam not because they lack ability, but because of the unique pressure of the exam room—the tense atmosphere, the ticking clock on the wall, the teacher walking around, and the thought that their future will be decided by the exam.

    It’s not just students who will face pressure. Human beings are competitive animals and we decide to evaluate each other, whether in exams, in job interviews or even on romantic dates, so all of us occasionally get nervous. Removing pressure from life is an impossible dream.

    However, there are some ways which can help reduce our pressure. It turns out that we are far more likely to overcome the pressure when we are as familiar as possible with the situation we are about to face. Of course, even when we are well-prepared, we may still feel nervous, but at least we will be more equipped to deal with our nervousness than if we have failed to prepare. Furthermore, we may also benefit from reminding ourselves that the big moment is not that big after all from a different perspective. Even a huge exam is not as important as a loving family, or good health.

【写作内容】

1. 以约30个词概括这段短文的内容；

2. 然后以约120个词谈谈你对“压力”的看法， 内容包括：

 （1）正确面对压力的重要性;

 （2）作为高三的学生，你通常面临哪些压力？

  (3) 你在生活和学习中应对压力的措施。

【写作要求】

1、在作文中可以使用自己亲身的经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子；

2、作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

【评分标准】

概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。

I was sitting in the surgical waiting area at the hospital waiting for word of my wife's operation. The small room was filled with other families and friends who were 36 waiting to hear how their loved ones were doing.

There was a young boy sitting quietly in the__37__.He held a small box of__38__in one hand and a tablet( 写字板)in the other. Every so often he'd place the tablet on his lap and draw something. As the hours passed I began to see the room almost__39__.And there was a strange silence.

“Daddy，when is Mommy going home？”the young boy asked，breaking the__40__.

“Tomorrow，”his father replied. The boy picked up his crayons and__41__something on the tablet.

I _42__him as he moved his feet back and forth，looking up at the ceiling and then toward the sunshine－filled window.“When's__43__，Daddy？”he asked. His father__44__him over to sit by him. “Come，_45__here next to me，”he said with a gentle tone in his voice.

__46__his things，the little boy walked slowly to his father's side from the corner.

The man_47__out and held his son by his shoulders.

“There are three days in life. Yesterday，today and tomorrow. One is over and done，one we live in，the other we__48__.We can't live in yesterday，but if we are happy enough today，we will be even happier tomorrow，”he said in an attempt to__49__the boy.

The little boy looked at him for a moment and said，“If Mommy is going home tomorrow，I'll be__50__. So，I want it to be tomorrow already, Daddy.”

Now hanging on every word of this__51__，I leaned forward to hear his response. It was__52__.

“Son，the one great thing about today is once it__53__，it is already almost tomorrow.”

I thought about how__54__it was. Even in my adult life. I still live waiting for what tomorrow may__55__.Now I know that it is already “almost tomorrow.”