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More Australians are overweight or obese than ever before, and the number is steadily increasing. Around 64 percent of men and 47 percent of women are carrying too much body fat. This means that the chances of obesity-related disorders, such as coronary heart disease(冠心病) and diabetes(糖尿病), is also on the rise. The popularity of crash dieting has caused many misunderstandings about weight loss. Most of these misunderstandings cause unhealthy weight loss behaviors.

A recent research of deaths in the United States from their National Health Nutrition Examination Survey suggests that being overweight may not increase your risk of dying. This finding is contrary to the past research that they thought the numbers of premature death(早死) linked to weight in the year 2000. The findings were that underweight and seriously obese people have an increased chance of dying compared with normal weight people. Interestingly, however, being overweight is related to a slightly lower chance of dying for your age. The effect of obesity on death rate may have reduced over time, perhaps because of improvements in public health and medical care. The authors say that body weight may not be such an important risk factor for premature death and that fitness, while smoking and too much fat in your diet may be more important.

65. If a person carries much fat, he or she _______________ .

knows how to keep healthy better than those who don’t

should lose weight as soon as possible to keep healthy

will surely suffer from both coronary heart disease and diabetes

might suffer from some diseases related to obesity

66. The underlined phrase “is contrary to” in the second paragraph probably means ___________.

       A. agrees with                                           B. disagrees with

       C. proves                                                 D. combines

67. According to the recent research of deaths in America, ______________ .

underweight people will live longer than those overweight people

dying at an early age is connected with overweight

being overweight doesn’t necessary lead to premature deaths

being overweight is healthier than normal people

68. We can infer from the text that _____________ . Ks5u

the writer wants to persuade people not to lose weight

misunderstandings about weight loss are more serious than ever

much progress has been made in public medical condition

the cause of premature deaths is heavy smoking

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Green is an important color in nature. It is the color of grass and the leaves on trees. It is also the color of most growing plants.

Sometimes, the word green means young, fresh and growing. Sometimes, it describes something that is not yet ripe(成熟) or finished. For example, a greenhorn is someone who has no experience, who is new to a situation. In the fifteenth century, a greenhorn was a young cow or ox whose horns(角) had not yet developed. A century or so later, a greenhorn was a soldier who had not yet had any experience in battle. By the eighteenth century, a greenhorn had the meaning it has today—a person who is new in a job.

Someone who has the ability to grow plants well is said to have a green thumb. The expression comes from the early nineteen hundreds. A person with a green thumb seems to have a magic touch that makes plants grow quickly and well. You might say that the woman next door has a green thumb if her garden continues to grow long after your plants have died.

The Green Revolution is the name given some years ago to the development of new kinds of rice and other grains. The new plants produced much larger crops. The Green Revolution was the result of hard work by agricultural scientists who had green thumbs.

Green is also the color used to describe the powerful feeling, jealousy(嫉妒). The green-eyed monster is not a frightening creature from outer space. It is an expression used about four hundred years ago by British writer William Shakespeare in his play “Othello”. It describes the unpleasant feeling a person has when someone has something he wants. A young man may suffer from the green-eyed monster if his girlfriend begins going out with someone else. Or, that green-eyed monster may affect your friend if you get a pay rise and she does not.

Greenhorn now refers to ____.

       A. a person who is new in a job    B. a new solider     C. a young horse    D. a thumb

A person who has a green thumb is a person ____.

       A. whose garden is greener than others’                   B. whose thumbs are in green color

       C. who is good at growing plants                   D. who is younger than his neighbors

The author is actually talking about ____.

       A. colors                      B. language               C. politics                     D. agriculture 

Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

       A. In about the 16th century, a greenhorn meant an experienced soldier

       B. The Green Revolution may have some connection with green thumbs

       C. The green-eyed monster was probably created by William Shakespeare

       D. The green-eyed monster can be used to describe a person who is jealous

第二部分  阅读理解(共两节,满分40分)

第一节(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)

阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One night I went to pick up a passenger at 2:30 AM. When I arrived to collect, I found the building was dark except for a single light in a ground floor window.

I walked to the door and knocked, “Just a minute,” answered a weak, elderly voice.

After a long pause, the door opened. A small woman in her eighties stood before me. By her side was a small suitcase.

I took the suitcase to the car, and then returned to help the woman. She took my arm and we walked slowly toward the car.

She kept thanking me for my kindness. “It’s nothing,” I told her. “I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother treated.”

“Oh, you’re such a good man.” She said. When we got into the taxi, she gave me an address, and then asked, “Could you drive through downtown?”

“It’s not the shortest way,” I answered quickly.

“Oh, I’m in no hurry,” she said. “I’m on my way to a hospice(临终医院). I don’t have any family left. The doctor says I don’t have very long.”

I quietly reached over and shut off the meter(计价器).

For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked, the neighborhood where she had lived, and the furniture shop that had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl.

Sometimes she’d ask me to slow down in front of a particular building and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing.

At dawn, she suddenly said,” I’m tired. Let’s go now.”

We drove in silence to the address she had given me.

“How much do I owe you?” she asked.       “Nothing.” I said.

“You have to make a living,” she answered.   “Oh, there are other passengers,” I answered.

Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She held onto me tightly. Our hug ended with her remark, “You gave an old woman a little moment of joy.”

41. The old woman chose to ride through the city in order to ______.

A. show she was familiar with the city         B. see some places for the last time

C. let the driver earn more money             D. reach the destination(目的地) on time

42. The taxi driver did not charge the old woman because he ______.

A. wanted to do her a favor(帮忙)              B. shut off the meter by mistake

C. had received her payment in advance         D. was in a hurry to take other passengers

43. What can we learn from the story?

A. Giving is always a pleasure.               

B. People should respect each other.

C. An act of kindness can bring people great joy. 

D. People should learn to appreciate others’ concern.

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第三部分:阅读理解(共15小题;每小题2分,共30分)

阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Mark was walking home from school one day when he noticed the boy ahead of him had tripped (绊倒)and dropped all of the books he was carrying, along with two sweaters, a baseball bat, a glove and a small tape recorder. Mark knelt down and helped the boy pick up the scattered (散落的)articles. Since they were going the same way, he helped to carry part of the burden. As they walked Mark discovered the boy’s name was Bill, that he loved video games, baseball and history, and that he was having lots of trouble with his other subjects and that he had just broken up with his girlfriend.

    They arrived at Bill’s home first and Mark was invited in for a Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed pleasantly with a few laughs and some shared small talk, then Mark went home. They continued to see each other around school, had lunch together once or twice, then both graduated from the junior high school. They ended up in the same high school where they had brief contacts over the years. Finally the long awaited senior year came and three weeks before graduation, Bill asked Mark if they could talk.

    Bill reminded(提醒) him of the day years ago when they had first met. “Did you ever wonder why I was carrying so many things home that day?” asked Bill. “You see. I had stored away some of my mother’s sleeping pills and I was going home to kill myself. But after we spent some time together talking and laughing, I realized that if I had killed myself, I would have missed that time and so many others that might follow. So you see, Mark, when you picked up those books that day, you did a lot more, you saved my life.”

56. Mark helped Bill _______ on his way home.

    A. read all his books                                 B. play baseball in a game

    C. buy two sweaters and a glove                 D. pick up the scattered articles

57. They watched TV, and drank Coke _______.

    A. at Bill’s home   B. at Mark’s home   C. at school       D. at the college

58. Bill wanted to kill himself by _______.

    A. carrying many things home                   B. taking sleeping pills

    C. cleaning his locker                                D. talking and laughing

59. We learn from the passage that _______.

   A. Mark saved Bill’s life              

B. Bill’s mother asked him to die

C. Bill’s girlfriend carried books for him   

D. Mark wanted to commit suicide, too

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