C.O.P.D(慢性障碍性肺病) blocks air flow through the lungs. It makes breathing difficult. The leading cause of C.O.P.D. is cigarette smoking. Experts at the National Institutes of Health in the United States say there is no cure to the damage to the lungs.

Dawn Demeo is an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. She said, “By 2020, C.O.P.D. may be the third leading cause of death across the world.”

C.O.P.D. is a new name for emphysema（肺气肿） and chronic bronchitis（慢性支气管炎）. These are the two most common forms of the disease. Many people with C.O.P.D. have both of them. And Doctor Demeo says more women than men now die from the disease.

She is the lead author of a study by a team from Harvard’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the University of Bergen in Norway. The new study adds to findings that women may be more at risk than men from the damaging effects of smoking.

The team examined results from a Norwegian study of 954 people with C.O.P.D. Inga-Cecilie Soerheim co-wrote the team’s findings. Doctor Soerheim says they show that women suffered the same level of C.O.P.D.as men. But the female smokers were younger and had smoked a lot less.

The team also looked at two groups among the people in the study. These were people under the age of 60 and those who had smoked for less than 20 years. In both cases, women had more serious C.O.P.D. and a greater loss of lung function (功能）than men.

1.Which of the following statements about C.O.P.D is NOT true ______.

A. Cigarette smoking is likely to cause C.O.P.D.

B. C.O.P.D. makes it hard for a person to breathe

C. C.O.P.D will be one of the most life-threatening diseases.

D. Many people with C.O.P.D. have either emphysema or chronic bronchitis.

2.It can be known from the study that_____.

A. female smokers die faster than male ones.  

B. women are more likely to suffer from the damaging effects of smoking than men.

C. women who suffer the same level of C.O.P.D as men were older and weaker.

D. in the group of people under the age of 60, men suffered more from C.O.P.D than women.

3.Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

A .Smoking Kills

B. Smoking Triggers Diseases

C. The Leading Causes of C.O.P.D.

D. Women Suffers More from C.O.P.D. than Men  

4.In which part of a newspaper would you most probably read this passage?

A. Science      B. Health report      C .Education      D. Business report

Some British and American people like to invite friends for a meal at home. You should not be upset (不安的) if your English friends don't invite you home. It doesn't mean they don't like you!?Dinner parties usually start between 7p．m．and 8p．m．, and end at about 11p．m． Ask your host (主人) what time you should arrive． It's polite to bring flowers, chocolates or a bottle of wine as a gift．

  Usually the evening starts with drinks and snacks (小吃)． Do you want to be extra (特别地) polite? Say how much you like the room, or the pictures on the wall. But remember — it's not polite to ask how much things cost．

  In many families, the husband sits at one end of the table and the wife sits at the other side． They eat with their guests．

  You'll probably start the meal with soup or something small, then you'll have meat or fish with vegetables, and then dessert (甜点心) followed by coffee． It's polite to finish everything on your plate and to take more if you want it．

  Did you enjoy the evening? Call your hosts the next day, or write them a short “Thank you” letter． British and American people like to say “thank you” all the time!

1.An English friend doesn't invite you to his or her dinner, which ＿＿＿＿．

 A． means he or she doesn't like you   B． means he or she likes you

 C． doesn't mean he or she likes you    D． doesn't mean he or she doesn't like you

2.You are going to attend a dinner party and ＿＿＿＿．

  A． you'd better bring a certain present with you

  B． you must leave home for it at 7 p．m．

  C． you should ask your host when you should leave

  D． you must arrive before 8 p．m．

3.It's impolite ＿＿＿＿＿．

  A． to say that you like the host's room very much

  B． for a guest to ask the host the price of the things in the room

  C． for a guest to have drinks and snacks before the evening

  D． for the host and the hostess (女主人) to sit and eat with their guests

4.In which order will you eat or drink the following things at a meal？

  A． Snacks, vegetables, meat, coffee．

  B． Coffee, drinks, soup, fish, vegetables, dessert．

  C． Soup, meat with vegetables, dessert and coffee．

  D． Drinks, soup, something small, fish and vegetables．

5.What is the proper way to express your enjoyment of the evening？

 A． Before leaving for home, you should say, “Thank you for inviting me．”

 B． When you shake hands with your host, you should say, “I did enjoy the evening．”

 C． You can write a “Thank you” letter to your host after that．

 D． You should finish everything on your plate and take more if you want it．

第Ⅱ卷(客观题共35分)

一、根据语境、首字母或汉语提示写出词汇(共2分)

76. How many people p__________ in the opening ceremony?

77. Everyone should o________ the traffic rules..

78. Would you please do me a f_______ to push the car to start.

79. As a _________(目击者), he gave the police a vivid description of the accident.

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案。     

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Part-time Waitress

Busy café needs honest and good-looking waitress for weekends. Must enjoy working with a team and dealing with customers. Call Li Ling at 0732-8536724 after 6 pm.

Delivery (投递) Person

Young, healthy person able to deliver heavy boxes of books. Must have a driver’s license and can carry heavy boxes. We’re looking for a person for this position. Call Liu Fang at 0732-7887766 at any time.

Nanny Wanted

Kind, hard-working nanny wanted to look after three friendly children. Must be experienced and have childcare quail fications(资格). Please call Chen Yiping at 0732-6774538 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m  

These are _______ in the newspaper.

A. notices          B. ads          C. stories          D. news

If you can get the job in the café, you must be a _______.

A. pretty young woman               B. good-looking boy

C. cool young man                   D. hard-working student

Who can do the delivery job?

A. A beautiful woman who is good at selling books.

B. A person who has been a taxi driver for more than 40 years.

C. A beautiful and hard-working girl.

D. A strong young man who can drive.

Which of the four statements is true?

A. You can call Chen Yiping in the evening.

B. If you want to call Li Ling, do it in the morning.

C. You can call Liu Fang at any time.

D. If you want to call Li Ling, you can do it in the afternoon.

What’s the Chinese for the underlined word “nanny”?

A. 奶奶             B. 阿姨             C. 保姆             D. 护士

Kuss Middle School serves students in Fall River, Mass. , a former mill town that has struggled economically for decades. Students at Kuss have struggled, too, usually falling short of making the academic progress required under the No Child Left Behind law.

Then, last year, the school experimented with extending the school day. Teachers got paid at a higher hourly rate.

Students weren't thrilled at first with leaving school at 4:15 p.m. instead of at 2:20 p.m. But the added hours gave them more time for physical education and let them select special interest classes. By the end of the year, student scores had risen by enough to enable Kuss to make the progress required under the federal No Child Left Behind law.

The only surprise is that more districts haven't lengthened school schedules set decades ago to accommodate (???) a farm economy rather the information economy of today.

New research suggests the time is ready for a change:

Matched against 39 other developed countries, the United States is near the bottom in the rankings of average weekly instructional time in school.  Measured over 12 years, students in the top-scoring countries spend the equivalent of a full extra year in school.

US students perform poorly on math and science tests compared to their international peers, according to a US Education Department comparison released earlier this month. In math, American 15-year-old scored near the bottom among the study's 30 developed countries.

Most countries that boost the number of minutes spent on math instruction find pay offs in improved math scores, according to a study released this month by the Brookings Institution. Small increases in the school day are more effective than a longer school year, the report concluded.

The most encouraging news about the benefits of extending the school day comes from Massachusetts, where an experiment with 10 schools, including Kuss, appears to be working. Those 10 schools lengthened their instructional days by 25% and boosted their state scores in math, English and science at all grades.

Perhaps the concept won't work everywhere. Certainly, it won't instantly be popular. But it's obvious that a problem exists or that adding class time seems to help.

1.What is the main idea of the above passage?

A. Experiments with extended school hours produce academic gains.

B. Kuss Middle School sets a good example for US education.

C. Academic progress has achieved under the No Child Left Behind law.

D. Information age calls for more instructional lime at all schools.

2.A longer school day is suggested for the following reasons except that _________.

A. students from many developed countries spend more time at school

B. American students do a bad job at science subjects

C. teachers are paid at a higher rate with time added

D. a longer school day works better than a longer school year

3.Which statement is true of Kuss Middle School?

A. Kuss Middle School lies in where a farm economy is changing to an information one.

B. Kuss Middle school has joined the federal "No Child Left Behind" progrann

C. Neither teachers nor students are happy with the longer school day.

D. Adding class time functions at Kuss Middle School.

4.The writer has expressed ____________.

A. a positive attitude towards adding school time

B. a negative attitude towards adding school time

C. a changing attitude towards adding school time

D. a right attitude towards adding school time