In winter，when the sun hides behind the clouds，everyone feels a bit low. You may be tired and find you want to sleep all the time. What you may not know is：you are suffering from (患有) SAD(季节性抑郁症)．
But don't worry—it's normal. Colder temperatures and fewer hours of daylight can steal your energy and put you in a bad mood.
Read on to find out what SAD is and what you can do to help yourself or those around you.
These days，Linda，a US teenager spends most of her holidays sleeping instead of doing sports outside. She has also had trouble concentrating(集中精力) on her homework. When her mother asks her what's wrong，Linda doesn't know what to tell her. Linda may not realize it yet，but she's suffering from SAD. It causes people to sleep，eat sweet food and get sad or angry for no reason.
About 15 percent of American people now suffer from SAD in winter according to the US Department of Health. The US government has taken measures to help people beat it. Local communities encourage people to take part in activities such as exercise，dance or art. And they advise people not to eat too much sweet food.
Like in the US，cold northern European countries such as Finland，Iceland and Russia see a large number of people suffer from SAD every year. So，the sunlamp is widely used in these countries. It's an electric lamp which is just like a “little sun” that gives off light to make people think the sun is shining and feel better.
小题1:Colder ________ and less ________ are the main causes of SAD.
小题2:Linda is feeling ________ and doesn't ________ doing sports because she's suffering from SAD.
小题3:      people suffer from SAD in        northern European countries.
小题4:In some northern European countries，the ________ is widely used to make people feel____ .
小题5:Taking an active part in ________ and eating ________ sweet food can help people beat SAD.

Bad breath (口臭) is a big problem. You can make people around you feel bad when you’ re talking to them.
Why do some people have bad breath? If you don’t brush your teeth, germs (细菌) will live in your mouth and between your teeth and you will have bad breath. You may also have bad breath because of foods like onions.
How can we stop bad breath? Some people say that gargling ( 漱口) can make bad breath go away, but it isn’t true. Gargling only stops bad breath for a short time. Some people also say that brushing your teeth can stop bad breath. Most people only brush their teeth for 30 to 45 seconds and it doesn’t work. To clean all of your teeth, you should brush for about 3 minutes each time.
If you don’t want to have bad breath, please look after your teeth and mouth well.

Reasons to have bad breath	People don’t 小题1:      their teeth and leave germs in their 小题2:     and between their teeth.
	People eat foods like 小题3:     .
小题4:    to stop bad breath	Gargling can only stop bad breath for a short time.
	We should brush our teeth for about 小题5:            .

 

Who help you most in your everyday life, families, charities, or friends? Don’t forget about your neighbours! Neighbours help you more than anyone else in your daily life. So it is important to have good neighbours.
What does it take to be a good neighbour? Here is some advice.
Good fences (栅栏) make good neighbours. One of the most important things in being a good neighbour is to respect (尊重) a person’ s privacy (隐私). If you go rushing over as soon as new neighbours move in, they may think you are going to come over at all hours of the day, not respecting their privacy.
It is always a good idea to be friendly to everyone in the neighbourhood. This can not only put you on good terms (关系和睦) with them, but will also be a kind of protection for your family and home. If you wave as they drive by or offer a friendly hello while they are out to work, they will think you respect them. If you are friendly to them, they are much more likely to watch out for anything wrong going on around your home while you are out and let you know if anything happens.
Another way of being a good neighbour is to be helpful in their hour of need. If you see that they are in need of a helping hand, it is good to offer your help. They will do the same if you are in trouble.
In a word, if you respect a person’s privacy, treat them kindly and be helpful when you see they are in need, you will be a great neighbour and anyone would be happy to have you next door!

小题1:    on how to be a good neighbour
小题2:    are good neighbours important?	Because they can help you 小题3:    in your daily life.
How to be a good neighbour?	Respect others’ privacy	Don’t rush over as soon as new neighbours 小题4:    　　 in.
	Be小题5:    　 to neighbours	It can not only make you get along小题6:    with your neighbours but also make your neighbours help you 小题7:    your home and family when you are out.
	Be小题8:   in their hour of need	Offer neighbours a helping hand when they are in need, and they will do the same when you have小题9:   .
Conclusion	Only 小题10:   you are a good neighbour yourself you can have good neighbours.

 

阅读下文并回答问题。
Van Gogh, the Dutch artist, is famous for his amazing use of color and shape. Born in 1853, he was painting at a time when art was changing. A long time ago, artists tried to make their paintings look real like photographs. But later on, art became more about the artist’s own ideas. If you see a Van Gogh, it won’t look like the real world. It will look even more beautiful.
Some of Van Gogh’s most famous paintings are of the nature and flowers, such as Sunflowers. He also painted many wonderful self-portraits (自画像). However, Van Gogh was a troubled man. At one point, he cut off his own ear.
Van Gogh is now one of the world’s most famous artists. But he died at the age of 37, alone and poor. Almost nobody knew or cared about his art at that time. Some say that his madness was the price he paid for his art.
小题1:Does Van Gogh’s paintings look like the real world?
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小题2:What’s Van Gogh famous for in his paintings?
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小题3:Who knew or cared about Van Gogh’s art before he died?
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短文填空。（每空2分，共16分）
根据下面短文内容，在短文的空格处填上一个恰当的词，使短文完整、通顺。
It is important for you to set goals. However, you   1  feel it difficult to do. I hope the following things can help you.
◆Have a strong wish for your goal（目标）
You should remember: the starting point of all success is a strong wish. Strong   2  make good results. So, the first step to   3  a goal is to have a strong wish.
◆Picture yourself reaching a goal
You can change your life by changing your mind. You should   4  stop thinking that you can reach your goal. For example, you can draw a picture   5  something that you want and put it up on the wall. Then you can see it every day and  6  seems that you have already got it. This will encourage you to make it come true.
◆Make a plan to reach your goal
To make a plan to reach your goal is the most important step. You should make sure that you think through everything in the plan first. Each day you should follow the plan so that you are  7   to reach your goal.
◆Check your progress
 8  you are trying to reach your goal, you need to check how much progress you have made and how many things you have missed. Write these things down and find out how to do them better.

Nobody likes making mistakes. But, no one is perfect. If you can learn from mistakes correctly, they can move you forward. Therefore, we should analyse how you can learn from them.
If you have made mistakes that harm other people, it is important to offer a sincere apology (道歉)in person. A good apology will likely make the other person forgive you. If you refuse to apologize, the person hurt by you will hold it against you.
If you go through life afraid to make a mistake, you will spend most of you life doing nothing. There is no harm in making mistakes; it is an essential part of going forward. The more duties you take, the more likely you will make mistakes.
Unluckily, it is our natural instinct（本能） to justify（为……辩解） our actions. When you make a mistake, you will first blame someone else. When mistakes are made, the boss is unlikely to be interested in justifications. Sometimes it is best to say, very simply--yes, I made a mistake.
Mistakes happen for various reasons. To avoid（避免）repeating them, you need to understand the main reason. For example, you may have made a mistake by saying some unkind words. If you make mistakes because you are tired, try to get more sleep; if you are stressed, look at ways to relax and keep away from the stress of work.
You should avoid feeling guilty about making mistakes, but at the same time, you should make a decision to learn from them. If you repeat the same mistakes, it shows you aren’t making progress and they cause repeating suffering. Often mistakes are caused by bad habits. To avoid making the same mistakes you need to break these bad habits. The sooner, the better.

How to earn from mistakes
Advice	Contexts
Say sorry___小题1:__	A sincere face-to-face apology helps him___小题2:___ you.
Don’t be a perfectionist(完美主义者).	It is __小题3:___that people make mistakes. A person who takes more duties will make ___小题4:___ mistakes.
Don’t ___小题5:___ time trying to justify mistakes.	When a mistake is ___小题6:___, you’d better admit it rather than blame it on someone else.
Understand___小题7:___the mistake happened.	You may say some unkind words to other people. Find the right ___小题8:___ and try to avoid the same mistake.
Avoid ___小题9:___ the same mistakes.	__小题10:___ your bad habits as soon as possible.

 

根据短文内容和首字母提示，在下文空格处填入适当的词使短文完整。（每空一词）
Japanese people often ask people what blood group they are. This is b ___小题1:___ they believe that a person’s blood group says a lot about their character and personality. The Japanese also believe that k___小题2:___ blood group can help them decide that if a person will be a person’s good friend. It is strange that this idea is so popular in Japan because it is not a traditional idea, but a m___小题3:___ one. Blood groups were only d___小题4:___ in 1901 and in 1916 a Japanese doctor suggested that blood groups were related to temperament (气质、性情).
In 1927, a writer did a large study of people and wrote a guide to blood groups. He said that people f___小题5:___ blood group O are calm, patient and in control of their emotions (情绪). They are f___小题6:___ of self-confidence but are also quiet. People from blood group A are gentle and careful, worry a lot, find it hard to make a d___小题7:___, and do not like arguments. People from blood group B are cheerful and “independent”(独立). They like to talk and do things w___小题8:___ needing help from others. Blood group AB is quite a strange group. These people may seem like people from blood group B but they are actually m___小题9:___like people from blood group A. They are shy and confident, trustworthy (可信赖的)and like to help others. The Japanese also think that your blood group a___小题10:___ your choice of job and even your choice of marriage partner!

阅读下面短文，然后根据括号内所给汉语意思写出单词的正确形式（每空一词）。
Great pressure, polluted environment and bad habits make us feel sick. And a new kind of bird flu puts us into a more serious situation. Now it is   1  (叫做)--H7N9. More and more people begin to think it’s really important to  2 （保持）healthy. There are four ways we can   3 (跟随).
First, it is very important to start good habits in your daily life, such as living without wine  4    (或者) smoke, sleeping on time and doing more exercise in your   5 （自由的）time. Second, try to eat the   6 (正确的) food in a balanced way. You should give up eating junk food if the weight   7 （问题）bothers you. Third, relax   8 （你自己）. Do not care too much about the little things and laugh at a certain time.   9 (第四)，travel a lot in your holiday. You can go to some beautiful places with   10  (干净的)  air and lovely plants. In this way, you can make the life better and healthier.

任务型阅读（本题有5小题，每小题1分，共5分）
每一幅新闻图片的背后都蕴藏着一个故事。配对新闻内容及图片，请把A、B、C、D、E字母填入相对应的题项空格中。
               
1.                        2.                       3.               
     
4.                       5.               
A. China's Li Na hits a shot during her first round match against Christina McHale of the US at the Sydney International tennis tournament Jan 7, 2013.
B. A teacher leads a class of students doing their exercises between classes in a classroom instead of outdoors, at a primary school in the city of Jinan on Jan 14.
C. An artist performs Beijing Opera to celebrate the upcoming Chinese Spring Festival in Cairo, capital of Egypt, Jan 28, 2013.
D. A child gets a haircut at a barber shop in Huaibei, Anhui province, March 13, 2013. Many Chinese who follow tradition choose to have their hair cut on Feb 2 on the lunar calendar.
E. Students carry trees to be planted in a school in Zhumadian city, Henan province, March 11, 2013.

阅读下文并回答问题。
Ben is now fifteen years old. He is interested in collecting coins. He has been collecting them for three years. He can still remember how he started to collect them.
Two years ago, on a Saturday morning, Ben was bored.  He didn’t have anything to do. He wasn’t interested in doing anything. He didn’t want to watch TV or listen to the radio. He didn’t want to play sports or read books. “I’m bored,” Ben said. “What can I do? I want to do something interesting.” Ben’s father had an idea. “I have an idea,” his father said. “Why don’t you collect coins? Coins are fun to collect. And coins are everywhere. You see coins every day. Some coins are valuable. They will make you rich.” Since then, he has been collecting them from his parents.
Now Ben has a big piggy bank (存钱罐) which is filled with coins. Sometimes he can take some of them to buy some snacks with his parents’ permission. In March, 2012, there was an earthquake in Yunnan, and Ben donated many of his coins to help the homeless children in Yunnan. He said he was happy to help others who are in trouble.
小题1:What is Ben interested in?
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小题2:Did Ben’s father advise Ben to collect coins?
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小题3:How did Ben feel when he helped others in trouble?
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