阅读短文，然后用短文括号中所给词的适当形式填空。

A good memory is often seen as something that comes naturally, while a bad memory as something that cannot be changed. In fact, there is a lot that you can do 1.(improve) your memory. Here are some tips（建议）for you.

Take an interest.

We remember the things we take an interest in, and forget the ones that bore us. This explains the reason why schoolboys remember football results 2.(easy) but have difficulty with dates from their history lessons! Develop an active interest in what you want to remember. One way to make yourself more 3.(interest) is to ask questions – the more he better!

Repeat things in chunks（块）.

Repeating things in chunks is the best way to remember things for a short time, for example, remembering a phone number for a few 4.(second). Grouning numbers may help you remember them. The following numbers would be 5.(possible) for most of us to remember: 1492178919318483. Bur look at them in “groups” or “chunks” repeatedly, and it becomes much easier.

Invent a story.

To remember long lists, try inventing a story which includes all the things you want to remember. In experiments, people were asked to remember up to 120 words using this way. When they 6.(test) late, they could remember about 90% of them. The test result was really amazing!

Take physical exercise.

Physical exercise is important for your memory, because it increases your heart rate（心率）and sends more oxygen（氧气）to your brain, and that makes your memory 7.(work) better. Exercise also lowers stress. As we know, too much pressure is very bad for the memory.

The winter of 2007-2008 was one of the coldest on record in China, with many areas in Central and South East China receiving snow from 10 January to 6 February. Many places suffered the worst snowstorms in more than fifty years.

The snowstorms caused many problems because they (A) took place during the Spring Festival, when many people like to travel. The snow damaged the railway line between Beijing and Guangzhou. More than six million people were stranded（滞留）. In Guangzhou alone, (B)50多万旅客陷入困境长达数日，and were not able to go home. There were so many people that the hotel were (C) and some people had to (D) remain at railway stations. Many people were also stranded at bus stations, airports and on roads.

The snow was so heavy that more than 220,000 homes were destroyed and 860,000 were damaged. The snow broke power lines and the cold broke water lines, so even those with a place to stay had no heat or water.

The snowstorms also caused many economic problems. The cold weather and snow destroyed vegetables and fruit that were growing in fields kept many factories closed and hurt thousands of businesses. (E) All of these led to a rapid increase in the price of food and other goods.

However, the worst part of the storms was number of people it hurt. It is thought that more than 100 people died in the storms (F) from the cold or from their houses falling on them. In addition, more than 200,000 people were treated in hospital because they got hurt or became ill during the storms.

1.写出画线部分（A）和（D）的同义词或近义词：__________；__________

2.将画线部分（B）翻译成英语：___________

3.在（C）和（F）的空白处分别填入一个适当的单词：____________；____________

4.将画线部分（E）改写为：

____________ ___________ all of these, the price of food and other goods increased rapidly.

5.从文中找出能表达文章主旨大意的短语：______________________

In the 13th century, Marco Polo, the world known Italian traveller, saw many wonderful things in China. One of the things he discovered was money made of paper. People in the West did not have such kind of money until the 15th century. However, (A) 中国人在七世纪就开始使用纸币了.

Paper was invented by a Chinese man called Cai Lun almost 2,000 years ago. But it was not made in Europe until the year 1100. Four hundred years later, a German discovered that he could make the best paper form trees. After that countries rich in forests, such as Canada. Sweden, America, Finland became the most important (B) ones in paper making.

Paper can be used in many ways. It’s usually used for printing books and newspapers. But do you know that paper can be used for keeping warm? In Finland, the farmers wear paper boots to keep their feet warm in the snow. And even houses can be insulated（使绝缘）from (C) or cold with paper.

However, we have to understand that paper still comes from trees now. (D) If we keep on wasting so much paper, there will not be any trees left some day in the near future. Every day people throw away about 2,800 tons of paper in our city. It takes 17 trees to make one ton of paper. This means that we are cutting down nearly 48,000 trees every day. The fact is that it takes more than 10 years for a tree grow.

So we must start (E) paper right now. We can use both sides of every piece of paper. We can make useful things out of used paper. We can use china cups instead of paper ones. When shopping, we can use fewer paper bags and reuse them if we have some.

In short, we should keep a balance between using paper and protecting trees, and do it now before it is too late.

1.将画线部分（A）译成英语：______________

2.画线部分（B）指代的是：____________

3.在（C）和（E）的空白处分别填入一个适当的单词：___________；_____________

4.将画线部分（D）改写为：If we ___________ wasting so much paper, we won’t ____________ any trees left some day in the near future.

5.从文章中找出两个说明纸张用途的介词短语：____________；____________

某英文报刊开辟中学生栏目，请你以“ helps to lead a balanced life”为题写一篇小短文，为报社投稿。

（要求）

1.确定主题，说明原因；

2.围绕主题，进行叙述或阐述；

3.词数80~100。

（注意）1.补全标题（参考词语：taking part in after-school activities; taking up a hobby; doing regular exercise; being positive等）；

2.可以使用亲身经历或虚构的故事，也可以阐述具体观点；

3.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

4.作文中不要出现考生和相关人物的真实校名和姓名。

Boys and girls, you are in the examination room at this moment. As long as we fight on with the ______and efforts, the result will finally end in success.

A.wisedom B.wise C.wisdom

_________! This is a chance to make your dream come true. Believe in yourself. Confidence leads to success. Good luck!

A.Take it easy B.Take pride in C.Take it seriously

-- Do you think English is very important?

-- Yes. English is _____ language that all of the students should try to learn it well.

A.such a useful B.so useful C.such an useful

–Which is the best way to Harbin West Railway Station?

--By subway. It is _________ ride from your home to the station.

A. a fifteen minutes B. fifteen minute’s C. a fifteen-minute

–The competition is coming, but the players’ level is still a little low.

--Don’t worry. The coach will _____ to train for it.

A. put in more effort B. put to better use C. put on more weight

--- Time is of great value. We should never _____ today’s work till tomorrow.

--- Yeah. To cherish(珍视) time is to cherish life. Life never returns.

A. put off B. part with C. put on