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5．Ways to fight the flu
The flu is annoying enough on its own．In order to keep yourself from it，follow these tips．
★Get the flu vaccine（疫苗）．It's the best way to protect yourself against the flu．（36）F It also helps the people around you because there's less chance you will catch the flu and pass it on．
★Wash your hands often．Hand washing is an important way to protect against germs（细菌） like flu viruses．（37）E So get in the habit of washing your hands when you come home from school，the mall，or anywhere else where you are around a lot of people．
★（38）C Flu viruses travel through the air，so try to stay away from people who look sick．It's also a good idea to avoid touching your nose，eyes，and mouth-three places flu viruses can easily enter the body．
★Cough or sneeze into a tissue（手巾纸）-not into your hands．That way，you're not spreading the virus when you touch surfaces that other people may touch too．
★（39）A You don't want to pass your germs to someone else．And staying home is a great excuse to watch your favorite movie，play video games，or read to have a good rest．（40）B
You also can fight the flu by getting enough sleep，eating healthy foods，drinking plenty of water，and getting regular exercise．
Don't let the flu ruin your fall and winter fun．Fight back!

A．Stay home if you have the flu．
B．Rest can help the body recover faster．
C．Keep your distance if someone is sick．
D．Take some medicine as soon as you have the flu．
E．It also helps protect against other germs and illnesses．
F．Getting vaccinated doesn't just protect your own health．
G．Don't let the flu fall at one of the most exciting times of the year．

4．I had an experience once which taught me something about the ways people made a bad situation worse by blaming themselves．One January，I officiated（主持） at two funerals for two elderly women．（36）F．At the first home，the son of the deceased（已故） woman said，"If only I had sent my mother to Florida and gotten her out of this cold and snow，she would be alive today．It's my fault that she died．"At the second home，the son said，"If only I had not insisted her going to Florida，she would be alive today．（37）A．It is my fault．"
When things don't turn out as we would like them to，we tend to assume that had we done things differently，the story would have had a happier ending．Any time there is a death，the survivors will feel guilty．Because the course of action they took turned out bad，they believe that the opposite course，for example，keeping mother at home，would have turned out better．（38）B．
There seem to be elements involved in our readiness to feel guilty．The first lies in our belief that the world makes sense---there is a reason for everything that happens．
The second is the thought that we are the cause of what happens，especially the bad things that happen．（39）D．A baby comes to think that the world exists to meet his needs，and that he makes everything happen in it．He wakes up in the morning and calls the rest of the world to its tasks．（40）E．When he is hungry，people feed him，and when he is wet，people change him．Very often，we do not completely abandon that childish thought that our wishes cause things to happen．

A．That long airplane ride was more than she could take
B．After all，how could it have turned out any worse？
C．Life and dead is an unsolved mystery．
D．The roots of this feeling may lie in our childhood
E．He cries，and someone comes to attend to him
F．Both died a natural death
G．They believe that they are responsible for what has happened．

3．True friends are rare to make these days．Even if you believe you've connected with someone，how do you really know he is a true friend？And often you will find that someone who you thought you could trust may disappoint you．There are ways you can know if a friendship is true and how you can hold onto that friend．
A true friend is someone who will be there for you no matter what happens．Through good times and bad times，they will stand by you．They will accept you for who you are without trying to change you，and they will be there to help you grow in new ways．
Trust is another important aspect．A true friend will keep your secrets．You can depend on them．They will listen and be someone you know you can talk things over with，even if they may not have advice to share with you．
Friendship is a two-way street．To find true friends and keep them，you must in turn be the same as well．Be there for them in their hard times and share the good times with them．Be someone your friends can depend on and offer them the same things they give to you．A friendship will fall apart fast if only one person is giving and putting all the effort in．To keep a true friendship，you must be honest．
There will be barriers in the road but that is the test of true friendship．If it can survive those barriers，it will be stronger and last forever．St Thomas Aquinas said，"There is nothing on this earth more prized than friendship"and it holds true．

Title：Ways to find a true friend
Passage outline	Supporting details
Opinions on friends	●True friends are rare to make these days． ●Those who you regarded as your friends may make you （81）disappointed．
Characteristics of true friendship	A true friend will： ●support you （82）whatever happens． ●keep your secrets and be a good listener．
Tips on how to keep friendship	●Stay with your friends when they are in trouble． ●Be someone your friends can depend on and offer them the same things （83）given/offered to you． ●Be （84）honest and you can keep a true friendship．
（85）Conclusion/Summary	●True friendship can bear various tests and last forever．

2．Commercial advertisement was once thought of as a technique of the marketers to inform the potential buyers about the availability of certain products．It was seen more as a medium to inform the buyers rather than persuade them to buy．The present day marketers see advertisement as a medium to damage the image of their competitors and their products．This indeed，is an undesirable and an immoral practice．Instead of speaking about their own products，these marketers speak about the drawbacks （often without any basics） of the competing products．
People watching TV advertisements would notice that there has always been an advertisement war between the marketers of different consumer goods．A few such cases are given below．
1．Parachute Coconut Oil vs．V．V．D．Gold
Some time back，the producer of V．V．D Gold Coconut Oil claimed in their TV advertisement that only their products was superior and the one sold in blue colour bottles （the reference was to Parachute coconut oil） was suitable only for un-natural hair．
2．Tata Salt vs．Captain Cook
Tata salt was first iodised （碘处理） salt marketed by an Indian Company．It has been enjoying a good and steady market．Captain Cook，another producer of iodised salt，who entered the market later，had to adopt some strategy to get control of the market．The TV advertisement of Captain Cook stressed on‘Free flow'of their salt when transferred to a container．The producer of Tata Salt retaliated （报复） by saying that the claim of Captain Cook was a trick and those who were quality conscious should deal with it with caution．
3．Pepsi vs．Coco Cola
Coca Cola was selected as the official soft drink for the Wills World Cricket 1996．When the cricket series was on，the marketers of Pepsi constantly advertised on TV．Their advertisement gave the idea that the cricketers preferred only Pepsi and as a matter of fact there was nothing official about it．
4．Horlicks vs．Complan
Sometime back，the TV advertisement of Complan，a health drink directly attacked Horlicks，which has been in the market for several decades．The claim of Complan was that their brand （which according to them was Brand C） has a higher percentage of ingredients （材料） compared to Brand H （reference was nothing but to Horlicks）．
The above examples clearly show how the technique of advertisement is misused by some marketers to ruin the image of their competitors．This，certainly，is not a healthy trend．
Any marketer should only speak about his products and not about his competitors'products．The awareness of consumers has certainly increased over the years and they are no longer easily taken in．There are many consumer products like salt，oil shaving blades etc．But one thing for sure is that offering the same product in a different container will not make the product different．
Mass media like Radio，Television and newspaper should not allow advertisements that tell lies．Legal regulations，in this regard，should also be made stricter．

Comparison of the past and the present
In the past		At present
A technique mainly used for offering （66） information		A trick used as a means of unfair （67） competition
Unhealthy trend of the （68） misuse of advertisement
（69） Cases/Examples given	Products	Wrong （70） practice（s）
	V．V．D．Gold	l No product of the kind could （71） match it．
	Captain Cook	l Captain Cook stressed on their"free flow"when their product was put into a container．
	Tata Salt	l Tata salt warned consumers to be （72） cautious/careful．
	Pepsi	l Too much advertisement on TV seemed to say that Pepsi was the cricketers'（73） favorite．
	Complan	l Complan claimed that their product was much （74） richer in ingredients．
Solutions	Only （75） qualityof products is allowed to be mentioned in the advertisement．Stricter laws should be made to protect every producers'and consumers'benefits．

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1．Water runs downhill from mountaintops to streams to rivers to oceans．But downhill running isn't the only way that water moves．A new study measures how water travels from country to country for human consumption．This flow isn't the type we usually think about．These scientists looked at the water used to grow and make the products which get shipped from nation to nation as imports or exports．They call this a flow of"virtual water"．
We typically think of water as the liquid that flows from a tap．However，nearly all---92percent---of the water used by people goes into growing crops，according to water researcher Arjen Hoekstra at the university to Twente in the Netherlands．He and his team recently studied the hidden travels of virtual water used in products made from things like crops and meats．These products are shipped around the world．
Virtue water is immense．For example，consider a sugary soft drink．Hoekstra and his team estimated that to produce one half-liter of the drink requires between 170and 310liters of water．Only a tiny amount of that-about 1percent-is the water actually used in the soda．The vast majority of the water-about 95%-is used to grow and process the ingredients（原料）．Another 4percent goes into the packaging and labeling，said the scientists．In Hoekstra's calculation，when one country produces a half-liter of soda and sells it abroad，it exports as much virtual water as would make a large refrigerator full of water．
According to Heokstra's new report，dry countries like Israel and Kuwait，both in the Middle East，get the majority of their virtual water from other countries，through imported products．More surprisingly，a few wetter countries，like the Netherlands and the United Kingdom，also get the majority of their virtual water from other places．That means that most of the water used to grow or produce the products and food consumed in those countries came from other countries．
In the United States，most of the virtual water used comes from American sources； only about 20percent of the virtual water comes from outside national boundaries．In China，even less of the water associated with its products-about 10percent-comes from foreign countries．
Tracing the water trade，Hoekstra and his team turned up other surprising relationships．For instance，often a dry region sends virtual water to a wetter region．Dry areas in northern China，for example，send virtual water to the southern part of that country，which is wetter．
Title：Virtual water

General introduction	●Water flows downhill，and also travels （66）worldwide by means of import-export trade． ●The water used in all the processes （67）involved in producing goods and food is called virtual water．
An example	●Producing one half-liter of a sugary soft drink requires much water，（68）ranging from 170to 310liters． ●About 1percent of the water is used in the soda，while about 95percent is used for the （69）growth and processing of the ingredients． ●Another 4percent is used to （70）package and label the drink． ●The water used to produce and export a half-liter of soda could （71）fill a large refrigerator．
The（72）Content（s ） of Hoekstra's new report	●Dry countries as well as some wet countries get most of their virtual water from foreign countries by （73）importing products． ●China and the U．S．get virtual water （74）mostly/mainly from their own sources． ●Dry regions surprisingly （75）tend to send virtual water to wetter regions．

16．It is the second time that I ____ in Shanghai．What great changes!It's years since I ____ here last time．（　　）

15．They ______ so tired if they ______ for a whole day．（　　）

	A．	wouldn't feel，didn't walk
	B．	wouldn't feel，weren't walking
	C．	wouldn't be feeling，weren't walking
	D．	wouldn't be feeling，hadn't been walking

14．What you told me the other day is really true，_______？（　　）

13．-How did you find the long talk given by the headmaster on Teacher's Day？
-Boring．I'd rather he ______ it short．（　　）

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