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(2015 •呼和浩特中考) 

   Would you eat a ready meal from the fridge rather than cook by yourself? Have you been doing Internet shopping rather than going to the stores?

   A study into how lazy British people has found more than half of the adults are so lazy that they’d catch the lift rather than climb two flights of stairs.

   Just over 2, 000 people were quizzed by independent researchers in the Britain's largest health center. The results were very surprising.

   About one in six people who were asked said if their control was broken,they would continue watching the same channel rather than get up.

   More than one third of those asked said they would not run to catch a bus. Worryingly,of 654 respondents (离婚被告) with children,64% said they were often too tired to play with them.

   We know that it's no wonder that one in six children in the UK are very fat before they start school.

   Dr Sarah,Dauncey,medical director of the center,said, “People need to get fitter,not just for their own health,but for their families,friends and pets,too.

   “If we don't start to take control of this problem,a whole generation will become too unfit to perform even the most basic tasks. ”

   And Scotland's largest city,Glasgow,was shamed as the laziest city in the UK,with 75% asked thinking they do not get enough exercise,followed by Birmingham and Southampton,both with 67%.

   So there are some problems for the National Health Service,where fatness-related (相关的) illnesses such as heart disease and cancer have been on an increase for the past 40 years and are costing billions of pounds every year.

1. What does the underlined word “quizzed” mean?

   A. questioned   B. answered   C. listened   D. heard

2. Of 654 respondents with children,64% said .

   A. they were often too busy to play with their children

   B. they were often so tired that they couldn’t play with their children

   C. they were often so sad that they didn't want to play with their children

   D. they were often ill and they couldn’t play with their children

3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

   A. All the adults in the UK are very lazy.

   B. Half of the children are very fat before they go to school.

   C. Pets will be in trouble if their owners don't keep healthy.

   D. All people in Glasgow feel ashamed because they don't get enough exercise.

4. From the last paragraph,we can learnif they keep lazy.

   A. people may have heart disease

   B. people can work at home all the time

   C. people like shopping online

   D. people don't like climbing the stairs

5. What does the passage mainly talk about?

   A. The health service in the UK.

   B. A study of British people's lifestyles.

   C. A study of British people's laziness.

   D. The fatness problem in the UK.

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   Language is always changing and developing. This isnJt a bad thing. If English hadnJt changed for a long time,we won ’t have words to describe telephones,washing machines,computers or some other new things.

Language changes for several reasons. First,it changes because the needs of its speaker change.

    New technologies,new products,and new experiences need new words to express them clearly. Another reason for change is that different people have different language experiences. People use different sets of words and expressions,because they have different ages,jobs,education levels (水平) and so on.

   How does language develop then? On the one hand,many of the languages changes begin with young people. When young people communicate with others of their own age,their language grows in grammar,words and expressions that are different from the older people's. Some have a short lifetime but others can influence the language for long. On the other hand,we get new words in many different ways. We borrow them from other languages,we create them by making words shorter or combining words and we make them out of proper names.

   Languages that don't change over time are considered dead languages. The fact that English changes so much shows that it is alive and well.

1. What does the writer think of the change and development of language?

He thinks it is .

2. Why do people use different sets of words and expressions according to the passage?

Because their and education levels are different.

3. How many reasons for language change are mentioned in this passage?

The writer mentions reasons.

4. How do young people help develop language?

They do it when they others of their own age.

5. What is considered a dead language according to the passage?

I he one that over time is considered a dead language.

     People of Burlington are being disturbed by the sound of bells. Four students from Burlington College of Higher Education are in the bell tower of the church and have made up their minds to 1 the bells nonstop for two weeks as a protest (抗议) against heavy trucks which run 2 through the narrow High Street. 4<They not only make it 3 to sleep at night,but they are doing damage (损害) to our houses and shops of historical 4 ,” said John Norris,one of the protesters.

    “ 5we must have these noisy trucks on the roads ,” said Jean Lacey,a biology student, “why

don't they build a new road that goes round the town? Burlington isn’t much more than a 6 village. Its streets were never meant for heavy traffic”.

     Harry Fields also studying 7 said they wanted to make as much noise as possible to force the government officials to realize what everybody was having to stand. “Most of them don't live here any-way ,” he said ,“they come in for meetings and the Town Hall is soundproof (隔音的) ,so they probably don't 8 . It's high time they realized the problem. The fourth student,Liza Vernum,said she

thought the public were mostly on their side,and even if they weren’t they soon would be.

     I asked if they were 9 that the police might come to stop them.

   “Not really ,” she said ,“actually we are suitable bellringers. I mean we are assistant bellringers for the church. There is no 10 against practising.”

   I left the church with the sound of the bells ringing in my ears.

() 1. A. change   B. repair   C. ring   D. shake

() 2. A. now and then   B. day and night   C. up and down   D. over and over

() 3. A. terrible   B. difficult   C. uncomfortable   D. unpleasant

() 4. A. scene   B. period   C. interest   D. sense

() 5. A. If   B. Although   C. When   D. Unless

() 6. A. pretty   B. quiet   C. large   D. modern

() 7. A. well   B. hard   C. biology   D. education

() 8. A. notice   B. mention   C. fear   D. control

() 9. A. surprised   B. afraid   C. pleased   D. grateful

() 10. A. point   B. cause   C. need   D. law

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