Changsha,

Hunan Province

May 6, 2010

Dear editor,

    Under China’s current educational system, there are those who do nothing but study. They of course are thought to be model students.

    But I feel that there is another type of student who, perhaps not as diligent (勤奋的) as the first type, uses his time more efficiently and achieves a lot academically.

    Last year, a classmate of mine was accepted by a top university. It surprised all of us. It was because, unlike most of us, he didn’t spend too much of his time studying.

    When I asked him the secret of his success, he said that the key was properly and scientifically arranging his time.

    “ I spent a lot of time keeping fit and as a result, I was able to better concentrate (集中) on my class work.”

The moral of the story is: it isn’t necessary to sit at your desk all day long to get high academic (学术) grades.

Yours,

Zhang Zishu

1.What does the letter-writer (a reader) think leads to the fact that many students do nothing but study?

A. The present educational system.      B.  People’s old ideas.

C. The teaching methods.                 D. The parents of these students.

2.It seems that this reader thinks        .

A. the first type of student is our model      

B. the second type of students is our model

C. both types of students are worth learning from

D. neither of the two types of students are good

3. The secret of his classmate’s success was        .

A. properly and scientifically arranging his time    

B. spending a lot of time studying

C. doing nothing but studying                  

D. playing all the time

4. The reader wrote the letter in order to        .

A. call on us to work even harder      

B. cause people to think about how to study more efficiently

C. advise people to do research into his classmate’s success  

D. criticize (批评) China’s educational system

5.What would be the best to stand for the letter-writer’s opinion?

A. Secret of success.             

B. China’s educational system needs changing.

C. Work while you work and play while you play.     

D. Keep fit first.

Please       this pair of shoes and see if it is the right size.

There was a rich man who wanted to choose a husband for his only child from a great number of pursuers. The man 31)_______ all the pursuers to a river and pointed to the crocodiles there, saying, “Anyone who can swim across the river safely will marry my 32)_______.” The pursuers looked at each other and no one 33)_______ take action. At that moment, a man plunged into the river and swam 34)_______ surprising speed to the other side. All the people there 35)_______ him with a great sense of admiration for his courage. 36)_______, the man, after landing on the bank, shouted 37)_______, “who pushed me into the river just now?”

Maybe the man, 38)_______ thinking about the whole 39)_______ and the happy consequences of his act, will eventually be 40)_______ to the one who pushed him into the river. In life it is fairly 41)_______ for disadvantages to turn into advantages and misfortunes into fortunes! But many of us are 42)_______ to realize the true 43)_______ of our “rivals” to success. Generally speaking, many people would see the one who “pushes him into the river” as an opponent. However, the one who “pushes him into the river” gives you a feeling of urgency and stimulates your ambition and 44)_______ to strive for success! You try your best to 45)_______ your difficulties and progress to the next stage in life!

If a man does not have rivals, he 46)_______ be satisfied with the present and will not strive to improve his 47)_______. He would 48)_______ in the face of difficulties and sink into laziness. Therefore, you rivals are not your opponents. Instead, they are good 49)_______! In our lives, we need some rivals to “pushes him into the river,” leading us to strive ahead in difficulties and competitions. Thank to our rivals, we can show our 50)_______ to its best. Thanks to our rivals, we are able to make continuous progress while competing with them!

31. A. walked                   B. led                        C. drove                   D. brought

32. A. daughter                 B. son                       C. brother                 D. sister

33. A. could                     B. would                   C. dared                    D. must

34. A. in                           B. at                         C. for                       D. with

35. A. welcome                B. observed               C. applauded             D. approved

36. A. But                        B. However               C. Meanwhile            D. Furthermore

37. A. angrily                    B. desperately            C. happily                 D. surprisingly

38. A. while                      B. before                   C. unless                   D. after

39. A. result                     B. program                C. process                D. accident

40. A. grateful                  B. satisfied                C. devoted                D. close

41. A. general                   B. ordinary                C. usual                    D. common

42. A. unable                    B. able                      C. willing                  D. unwilling

43. A. meaning                 B. significance           C. tendency               D. answer

44. A. demand                  B. deed                     C. desire                   D. defense

45. A. ignore                    B. overcome              C. overlook               D. meet

46. A. is bound to             B. is meant to            C. is intended to        D. is fit to

47. A. contribution            B. occasion               C. ambition               D. situation

48. A. hold out                  B. hold back              C. hold on                 D. hold off

49. A. rivals                      B. enemies                C. friends                  D. relatives

50. A. potential                 B. preference          C. character         D. knowledge

Little Tom easily ________ himself to the American life as he moved to the USA with his parents when he was only three.

A．suited            B．adapted           C．matched          D．fit

第二部分．阅读理解（共25小题。第一节每小题2分，第二节每小题1分；满分45分）
第一节阅读下面五篇短文，从每题后所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案。
Most of us lead unhealthy lives; we spend far too much sitting down. If in addition we are careless about our diets, our bodies soon become loose and fatty and our systems slow moving. There are some aspects(方面) of our unhealthy lives that we cannot avoid. I am thinking of such features of modern city life as pollution, noise, rushed meals and stress. But keeping fit is a way to reduce the effects of these evils. The usual suggestion to a person who is looking for a way to keep fit is to take up some sport or other. While it is true that every weekend you will find people playing football and hockey in the local park, they are outnumbered a hundred to one by the people who are simply watching them.
　　For those who do not particularly enjoy competitive sports — and it is especially difficult to do so if you are not good at them — there are such separate activities as cycling, walking, jogging and swimming. What often happens though is that you do them in such a leisurely way, so slowly, that it is doubtful if you are doing yourself much good, except for the fact that you have at least managed to get up out of your armchair.
　　Even after you have found a way for keeping in shape, through sport or gymnastics, you are still only half way to good health, because, according to the experts, you must also master the art of complete mental and physical relaxation(放松). It has to do with deep breathing, emptying your mind of all thoughts, meditation, and so on. Yoga, as practiced in the West, is the most widely known and popular of the systems for achieving the necessary state of relaxation. It seems ironical (讽刺性的), though, that as our lives have improved in a material sense we have found it increasingly necessary to go back to forms of activity — physical effort on the one hand and relaxation on the other — which were the natural way of life of our forefathers.
41. Pollution, noise and stress are examples of _____.
A. the causes of unfitness                                                         B. unavoidable things in town
C. the things we can completely do away with                 D. bad features of modern living
42. We don’t get much out of separate sports because we _____.
A. don’t do them very often                                                   B. don’t do them actively enough
C. find it hard to get out of our armchairs                          D. don’t find them interesting
43. To be healthy we must _____.
A. keep fit and active                                                              B. have a sound mind
C. be active and practise Yoga                                                        D. keep fit and learn to relax
44. Our forefathers were healthy because______.
A. their way of life closely connected with both exercise and relaxation
B. they were careful to get plenty of fresh air
C. they spent most of the time out of doors
D. their environment was not polluted