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Want to live longer? Win an Oscar.

A new study says that actors who received the award earn more than larger paychecks.

So when 94-year-old Katharine Hepburn once remarked that she was respected internationally “like an old building”, she had no idea that her four Oscars directly influenced her longevity(长寿).

The study says winning actors will live 3.9 years longer than their losing counterparts (对手). Actors who have won more than once, like Hepburn, live up to six years longer than those who were nominated (提名) but never won.

“We found that they died from the same things we all die from—cancer, heart disease, but they fought them a bit longer and diseases came a bit later,” says Dr. Donald Redelmeier, the leading author of the study. Redelmeier says the sense of success and satisfaction makes one’s soul become more full of life.

“We are not saying that you will live longer if you win an Oscar,” explains Redelmeier, “or that people should go out and take acting courses. Our main conclusion is simply that social factors are important.” The study’s implied conclusion, he says, is that doctors should ask about their patients’ personal feelings because mental well-being is related to physical health.

Redelmeier says he got the idea for the study when he watched a glowing Gwyneth Paltrow win an Oscar in 1999 for her role in Shakespeare in Love. Redelmeier says, “She looked more full of life than anyone I had seen.”

“We found, too, those that had multi-nominations and no win had the same life expectancy as those with just a single nomination and no win,” Redelmeier adds.

1.The longevity of Oscar winners mainly has something to do with___________.

A. the big money that was awarded

B. mental factors

C. rich and colorful lives

D. respect from others and better treatment

2.Tom had five Oscar nominations but win no Oscar and Peter had only one nomination and won no Oscar either. We can tell__________.

A. Tom probably will have a longer life than Peter.

B. Peter probably will have a longer life than Tom

C. Both Tom and Peter probably will have the same life expectancy

D. Both Tom and Peter probably will have a long life.

3.According to the passage, we know __________.

A. When Katharine Hepburn was 94, she knew her long life had something to do with her 4 Oscar prizes

B. In general the number of Oscar prizes has nothing to do with a person’s life expectancy.

C. That Gwyneth Paltrow’s full of life made Redelmeier decide to do the study.

D. If you want to live a happy and long life, you should take acting courses and win Oscars.

4.What would be the best title for the passage?

A. Most Oscar Winners Live Longer Lives

B. How to Get a Long Life

C. A New Study about Long Lives

D. An Amazing Finding

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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Elaine was a saleswoman，who drove all over the city five days a week．When all the freeway lanes were at a dead stop, she would drive quickly along the emergency lane．While driving she usually ______ on her cell phone. Drinking a soda or eating a sandwich----her hands，legs，and mouth were always______ while she was driving．

Last night she got ______ in Friday evening rush hour．She was going to be______for her date．She was already______ when things seemed to be getting worse and all the traffic stopped．Elaine drove ______over to the emergency lane．Soon she saw the red flashing lights in the mirror． She had to ______her car．A good-looking officer walked up．“Officer, I’m pregnant．I have constant morning sickness．I’m just trying to get to the nearest store to buy my______” She looked at the officer with ______eyes．

He looked at her pitifully, then said______．“Okay，ma'am． Take the first exit you come to．I hope you'll be feeling better.”

The officer walked back to his car and Elaine drove on． This was the second time that ______had worked for her．She had one more thing to do before she got home． She had to mail a package．When she got to the shopping mall at 7 pm，no parking was ______ ，except for the handicapped(残疾人的)space． Elaine drove right into it．It would only be a minute，and she told______．All she had to do was______ the mailbox store，get the package ______，and pay the clerk．

Fortunately，there was no______in the store．Everything was done so______that she was whistling while she walked back out to her car．Then she stopped______．There was an envelope on the windshield．She opened it slowly．She knew ______ it was，but not how much it was．She screamed when she saw the______. A dog started barking．

1.A．depended B．carried C．talked D．sold

2.A．full B．open C．free D．busy

3.A．hurt B．stuck C．annoyed D．punished

4.A．late B．ready C．excited D．mad

5.A．satisfied B．angry C．exhausted D．calm

6.A．unwillingly B．immediately C．guiltily D．gratefully

7.A．stop B．start C．discard D．speed

8.A．gas B．ticket C．medicine D．package

9.A．proud B．aggressive C．addicted D. innocent

10.A．softly B．rudely C．strictly D．skeptically

11.A．officer B．excuse C．driver D．mistake

12.A．adoptable B．accessible C．acceptable D．available

13.A．the clerk B．the guard C．the worker D．herself

14.A．take out B．get out C．run into D．push into

15.A．weighed B．bought C．repaired D．paid

16.A．car B．line C．police D．service

17.A．quickly B．slowly C．strangely D．quietly

18.A．talking B．driving C．thinking D．whistling

19.A．how B．why C．what D．that

20.A．letter B．order C．amount D．invitation

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阅读下面短文，从各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Young men often give flowers to young women when they are in love. This ______ may have come from Turkey.

In the 1700s in Turkey, it was quite ______ for people in love to send each other baskets full of strange ______ . The baskets were sent ______ to the person who was receiving it. Usually, an old woman who sold flowers or fruit on the street______ the basket beside the person’s door.

These baskets included a variety of “gifts”: flowers, stones, feathers, wax, and even charcoal(木炭). Each thing in the basket had a ______ meaning. By ______ the secret message contained in each item, the person who ______ the basket began to understand little by little what the sender really______ . This idea of sending gifts of love with secret meanings quickly______ to Germany, France, and England. ______, as time passed, only flowers ______ popular.

A bunch of flowers told young ladies about the ______ in the hearts of young men. Each different flower held a different meaning. ______ , the flowers from an orange tree meant, “You are beautiful and pure.” Pink carnations (康乃馨)meant, “My love for you is strong and great.” Yellow roses, on ______ hand, meant, “I saw you with someone else.” so a person had to be ______ about the flowers they chose to send.

By the 1880s, using flowers to send messages ______out of fashion, and ______ , the more direct way of sending love began. Today, flowers are still ______ as a lovely gift, but the meaning for each kind of flower is somewhat ______ .

1.A. story B. tradition C. saying D. hobby

2.A. interesting B. crazy C. strange D. popular

3.A. things B. flowers C. letters D. toys

4.A. carefully B. quickly C. secretly D. honestly

5.A. took B. left C. hid D. made

6.A. difficult B. correct C. positive D. special

7.A. finding out B. passing on C. asking for D. talking about

8.A. sold B. filled C. received D. chose

9.A. said B. meant C. had D. bought

10.A. responded B. led C. turned D. went

11.A. However B. Instead C. Therefore D. Besides

12.A. sounded B. proved C. remained D. seemed

13.A. plans B. feelings C. dreams D. gifts

14.A. As usual B. In fact C. For example D. At first

15.A. the other B. other C. another D. one

16.A. right B. careful C. worried D. meaningful

17.A. felt B. had felt C. had fallen D. has fallen

18.A. cards B. emails C. phones D. letters

19.A. regarded B. wished C. offered D. served

20.A. clear B. true C. deep D. different

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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Once a year, a race __1.__ (hold) for old cars. A lot of cars entered for this race last year and there was a great deal of excitement just before it began. One of the most handsome cars was a Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost. _2.__ most unusual car was a Benz __3._ had only three wheels. 4.__(build) in 1885, it was the oldest car taking part. After a great many loud explosions(轰响），the race began. Many of the cars __5._ (break) down on the way so some drivers spent __6._ time under their cars than in them! A few cars, __7.__, completed the race. The winning car reached a speed of forty miles an hour ----much faster than any of _8.___(it) rivals. It sped downhill at the end of the race and the driver had a lot of trouble __9.__(try) to stop it. The race gave everyone a great deal of pleasure. It was very different from modern car races but no less _10.___(excite).

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假如你是中学生李华，你的外教John 想推荐你去参加一次以环保为主题的英语演讲比赛，但是最近你母亲生病了，需要你照顾，所以你不得不谢绝。但是你向他推荐了你的好朋友张明参加。请根据以下要点给John写一封信，说明情况：

1.谢绝John的推荐；2.说明你的理由；3.推荐张明参加并说明原因。

注意：

1. 词数120左右（新的开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数）；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear John,

Thank you very much for your recommendation. ___________________________________

短文改错

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅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（/\），并在其下面写出该加的词；

删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉；

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

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。

Dear Chris．

I'm Li Ming, monitor of Class One, Senior One. I'm glad to hear that you will come to our school as exchange student next term. I feel it an honor of us to study with you. Now I have something to tell you about. Firstly, with the climate changing, you should prepared enough clothes. Then there are different kind of foods and snacks which will give you a chance to experiencing rich Chinese food culture. In addition, every student is friendly to foreign friends, that will make it easy for you to get along good with them.

Last but not least, we can do what we can to help you, and you must get prepared to meet all kinds of difficulties. During your stay here, I hope you can tell us more about American culture. Only by understanding and learn from each other can we spend these days together happily.

Yours,

Li Ming

I'm a blind teenager girl, but I am ashamed of it if it is known. I refuse to use a white stick and hate asking for help, and I couldn't bear people to look at me and think I am not like them. I must be a terrible danger on the roads. Coming across me wandering through the traffic, motorists probably would have to step rapidly on their brakes. Apart from that, there are all sorts of disasters that used to occur on the way to and from work.

One evening, I got off the bus about halfway home where I had to change buses, and as usual I ran into something. "I'm awfully sorry," I said and stepped forward only to run into it again. When it happened a third time, I realized I had been apologizing to a lamppost. This was just one of the stupid things that constantly happened to me. So I carried on and found the bus stop, which was a request stop, where the bus wouldn't stop unless passengers wanted to get on or off. No one else was there and I had to try to guess if the bus had arrived.

Generally in this situation, because I hated showing I was blind by asking for help, I tried to guess at the sound. Sometimes I would stop a big lorry and stand there feeling stupid as it drew away. In the end, I usually managed to swallow my pride and ask someone at the stop for help.

But on this particular evening no one joined me at the stop; it seemed that everyone had suddenly decided not to travel by bus. Of course I heard plenty of buses pass, or I thought I did. But because I had given up stopping them for fear of making a fool of myself, I let them all go by. I stood there alone for half an hour without stopping one. Then I gave up. I decided to walk on to the next stop.

1.The girl is unwilling to use a stick or ask for help because .

A. she thinks she might be cheated

B. asking for help will cost her money

C. she is normal and independent

D. she can't stand being found different from others

2. According to the passage, after the girl got off the bus that evening, she .

A. began to run away

B. knocked down a person as usual

C. hit a lamppost by accident

D. made several apologies to an old man

3. What was the problem with guessing at the sound to stop a bus?

A. All cars have exactly the same sound.

B. No bus would stop to pick up a blind girl.

C. Some lorries may have the same sound as that of the bus.

D. It took long for the girl to recognize the sound of a bus.

4.At last the girl decided to walk to the next stop, hoping

A. to find people there

B. to hear more buses there

C. to find the bus by herself there

D. to hear his parents waiting for her

Electricity bills can be highly expensive and the power we consume comes at an even greater cost to the environment when you consider that over 85% of the electricity produced in the United States comes from fuels. Whether you’re concerned about cleaning up the environment or you simply want to reduce your electricity bill，residential wind power generators（发电机）could be a solution.

Producing wind power at home will not work for everyone. If you live in a over-populated residential area，there may be certain laws and zoning requirements that prohibit the use of windmills（风车）.If you live on 1 acre of land or more,you probably won’t have any issues but you should investigate carefully to make sure that wind power generators are both legal and practical where you live. Even if there are no laws or regulations prohibiting wind power generators you still need to be in a location that gets enough wind on a regular basis.

Some producers of wind generators recommend that you live in an area with wind speeds that average at least 10 mph. Newer models have been developed recently that can operate with wind speeds as low as 4 mph but maximum efficiency is achieved at higher wind speeds. Before you fix a wind powered system,you will have to determine your power requirements. Will you be using it to charge a small battery for a boat or vehicle or will you need enough power to run your entire household and be completely off the grid（电网）？Once you know what your power requirements are，you can start shopping around for a system that can meet those needs.

Wind power generators are a great solution for a lot of people.They’re an ideal solution for remote locations where it would be impractical or simply too expensive to tap into the grid.They are quiet and totally clean，producing no pollution. They require no fuel and very little maintenance. Residential wind power offers a lot of benefits but it’s not for everyone. You’ll have to have some money up front to pay for the system and equipment;however,you could save quite a bit of money if you’re able to do much of the work yourself. You’ll also need to live in an area that gets enough wind to make the equipment worthwhile. You’ll need to do your homework before you make a purchase,but wind power generators could be a great solution for producing clean, low-cost energy.

1.What is the main idea of the first paragraph？

A. Electricity bills can be highly expensive.

B. Most of the electricity in the US comes from fuels.

C. Generating electricity does harm to the environment.

D. Residential wind power generators are useful and necessary.

2.What can we infer from the passage？

A. wind power generators enjoy a lot of benefits.

B. you can place wind power generators wherever you want.

C. wind power generators are affordable to most families.

D. wind power generators are an ideal solution for everyone.

3. What attitude might the writer hold towards residential wind power generators？

A. Negative B. Supportive

C. Skeptical D. Cautious

4.What is the best title for the passage？

A. Ways of Fully Using Wind Power

B. How to Reduce Your Electricity Bill

C. Alternative Solution-Wind Power

D. Function of Wind Power Generators

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阅读下列材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(一个词)或括号内单词的正确形式

In 2015, Adele Adkins（阿黛尔·阿德金斯） said “hello” to her greatest achievement yet. Despite giving every other musician an 11-month head start, she had no trouble ____1.___(beat) the competition, ____2.____ (become) not only the year’s most talked-about artist, but also its ___3.__ successful one. Her third album, 25, ___4.____ ( release) on Nov 20, not only broke a record for one-week album sales in just over three days, but also sold more than US singer Taylor Swift’s 1989 to become ____5.____ best-selling album of 2015. No ___6.___ USA Today named Adele “Musician of the Year” on Dec 28.

So what is behind the album’s ____7.____ (popular)? First and foremost, the 27-year-old British singer has “an awe-inspiring voice that shows her genuine talent”, wrote The Christian Science Monitor. But her directness is also a huge part of her appeal（魅力）. As the Chicago Tribute commented, “Adele sings about her personal struggles” with emotional lyrics (歌词) that invite everyone into her world.

Take the album’s hit single Hello ___8.___ an example. Adele has connected with people this tear-stained（泪痕斑斑的）song because, as the Chicago Tribute （芝加哥论坛报） put it, “who doesn’t need a good cry once in a while?” Music, after all, is ___9.__ Chris Ferguson, an associate professor of psychology at Stetson University in Florida called “a social event.” The pain in her songs satisfies everyone’s need for love. “It is this sense of ‘we’ve been here before’ ___10.___ makes Adele,” said the Chicago Tribute.

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