5、Dangerous Sports

Around the world more and more people are taking part in danger our sports and activities．Of course, there have always been people who have looked for adventure—those who have climbed unknown parts of the world or sailed in small boats across the greatest oceans．Now, however, there are people who seek an immediate thrill, a risky activity, which may only last a few minutes or even seconds．

I would consider bungee jumping to be a good example of such an activity．You jump from a high place（perhaps a bridge or a hot-air balloon） 200 meters above the ground with an elastic（有弹性的） rope tied to your feet．You fall at up to 150 kilometers an hour until the rope stops you from hitting the ground．It is said that about 2 million people around the world have now tried bungee jumping. Other activities which most people would say are as risky as bungee jumping include jumping from tall buildings and diving into the sea from the top of high cliffs.

　　Why do people take part in such activities as these? Some psychologists suggest that it is because life in modern societies has become safe and boring．Not very long ago, people’s lives were constantly in danger. They had to go out and hunt for food, diseases could not easily be cured, and there was a continuous battle for survival．

Nowadays, according to many people, life offers little excitement．They live and work in comparatively safe environments; they buy food in shops; there are doctors and hospitals to look after them if they become ill．The answer for some of these people is to look for danger in activities such as bungee jumping．

1．The best title for the text is          .

       A．Dangerous Sports: What and Why

       B．The Boredom of Modern Life

       C．Bungee Jumping: Is It Really Dangerous.

       D．The Need for Excitement

2．More and more people today           .

       A．are tying activities such as bungee jumping

       B．are climbing the highest mountains

       C．are coming close to death in sports

       D．are looking for adventures such as traveling into unknown places

3．The writer of the text has a        attitude towards dangerous sports.

       A．positive               B．negative               C．neutral（中立的）  D．nervous

4、

1．According to Rao, what is the problem with veg food?

       A．It damages our immune system.

       B．It has few nutrients.

       C．It contains too much omega 3.

       D．It is lacking in protein.

2．In the opinion of Sai, humans are born vegetarian because humans        .

       A．have the same teeth structure as plant-eating animals

       B．believe that veg foods are good for their teeth

       C．belong to the plant-eating animal family

       D．can adapt to the living conditions like plant-eating animals

3．What advice is given by Santos?

       A．To have a saily veg+ meat diet.

       B．Not to eat non-veg food every day.

       C．To eat digestible food every day.

       D．Not to eat food without protein.

3、根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中，选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Last month, students from one hundred and three universities in eighty-eight countries took part in an international computer programming contest. The Battle of the Brains took place in Harbin, China.    1    

Jerry Cain, coach of Stanford University Team, California, says “One of the programming problems was trying to figure out how to break an arbitrary chocolate bar into a certain number of pieces of a certain number of sizes and to do it as quickly as possible.    2    ”

The students first listed the problems in order of difficulty.  3  They designed ways to test their solutions. And they wrote needed software systems. Even the winning team form Shanghai Jiaotong University in China was not able to solve all the problems within the given time limit. Stanford’s team solved five problems and finished in 14th place. Stanford was one of twenty-one American universities that took part in the contest this year.

    4    It began in 1970 at Texas A and M University. The contest quickly became popular in the United States and Canada. It developed and grew as more and more schools took part in local and area contests.

The first final competition was held in 1977 at the Association for Computer Machinery Computer Science Conference. Today, a network of universities holds area competitions that send the winners to the world finals, now organized by IBM. Contest spokesman Doug Heintzman says the world champions receive prizes and scholarships.    5   

A．The competitors show great interest in IBM.

B．Then they figured out the requirements of each.

C．And that’s probably the simplest of all of them.

D．This competition is an opportunity to be recognized by famous universities from the world.

E．Three-person teams from each school had five hours to solve eleven real world problems.

F．The official name of the Battle of the Brains is the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest.

G．They are also guaranteed and offer of employment with IBM.

2、英语课上，老师要求同桌同学相互修改作文。假设以下小作文为你同桌所写，请你对其进行修改。文中共有10处错误，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（^），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（/）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

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。

3．必须按答题要求做题，否则不给分。

Music is one of the arts. It is like the speaking language, but it uses sounds. Who invented music? Who sing the first song? No one knows exactly the answers of these questions. But we know that music play an important part in almost everyone’s life. Baby and young children love to hear people singing to them. When they are a little old, they like to sing the songs they have heard. When children go to the school, their world of music grows. In the middle grades students take music lessons. When they reach high school, we become interested in listening pop music. Music has meaning for everyone. It can make people happy but it can make them sad.

1、假如你是李华，你的笔友Ram听说你的家乡海南岛成为国际旅游岛，对此特别感兴趣，专门来信询问你对于建设国际旅游岛的看法。请根据以下要点回一封信，并在回信中增加至少一个要点。

要点。

1．吸引更多游客，带动旅游业发展。

2．增加就业机会，提高居民生活水平。

3．交通更便利，环境更优美。

4．……

注意：

1．词数100左右

2．开头已经给出，但不计入总词数

3．回信必须包含以上所有内容

参考词汇：

海南国际旅游岛的建立the construction of Hainan International Tourism Island

交通  transport

Dear Ram,

Thank you for your concern about the construction of Hainan International Tourism Island.

                                                                       Yours,  

                                                                       Li Hua 

33、— It’s such a pity．I didn’t get the first place in the exam．

— Come on． __________

A．Nobody is perfect.                              B．Congratulations!     

C．Bad luck!                                          D．You really did badly

32、I’ve already forgotten ___________ you put the dictionary．

A．that it was where                               B．where it was that   

C．where was it that                                      D．that was it that

31、It is _____that he has been addicted to the drugs and has difficulty quitting it．

A．obviously           B．apparently          C．possibly           D．likely