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     Try touring the Shanghai World Expo Site at night if you are tired of the endless queues, the blazing
sun and crowds of people during the daytime. Nitht -time tickets for the Shanghai World Expo are already available, and tourists can enjoy a completely different view when night falls.
     First, night -time tickets are much cheaper and tourists can avoid peak hours. A daytime ticket costs
160 yuan, while a night-time ticket only costs 90 yuan.
     Second , night-time tickets save tourists a significant amount of time spent in queues so they can visit
more pavilions. On the whole, although going at night allows only half the time during the day, tourists
spend less time in queues and can visit roughly as many pavilions as in the daytime.
     Third, the lights are all on at night, giving tourists a wonderful night view of bright lights that they cannot possibly see in the daytime. Dressed with all kinds of colored lights, the Expo Site looks brilliant and
charming at night.
      Fourth, the Expo is more pleasing and comfortable at night because pavilions provide more and better interactive activities at night. There are performances at the Expo Cultural Center every night, and concerts performed by world-famous singers on weekends.
      Fifth, services are still excellent at night. Tourists can glut themselves with delicacies at a food plaza (广场) which is ablaze with lights even past 10 p.m.. In addition, the plaza is much less crowded and busy at night than during day.

1. What's the disadvantage of touring the Shanghai World Expo Site at night?

A. Protecting yourself from the blazing sun.
B. Avoiding crowds of people.
C. Avoiding peak hours.
D. Less visiting time.

2. A night-time ticket __________.

A. costs twice less than a daytime ticket.
B. allows the tourists half as much time as a daytime ticket.
C. allows the tourists to visit more pavilions.
D. offers the tourists a free dinner at a food plaza.

3. Which of the following is wrong according to the passage?

A. The tourists can have a wonderful night view of bright lights at the Expo Site.
B. The Expo Site looks brilliant and charming at night because of all kinds of colored lights.
C. Tourists can enjoy interactive activities at night.
D. There are performances and concerts performed by world-famous singers at the Expo Cultural Centre every night

4. The underlined word " glut" in the last paragraph means ________.

A. overfeed
B. help
C. enjoy
D. make

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     Swimming cycling, jogging, skiing, dancing, walking or any of dozens of other activities can help your
heart.    1   . Whether it is a structured exercise program or just part of your daily routine, all exercise
adds up to having a healthier heart. Here are some tips for exercise success.
☆Choose activities that are fun and add variety. Develop several activities that you can
enjoy.    2
☆Wear comfortable, properly fitted shoes and comfortable, loose-fitting clothing appropriate for the
weather and the activity.
☆Find a convenient time and place to do activities.    3   . If you miss an exercise opportunity, work
activity into your day another way.
☆Use music to keep yourself entertained.
☆   4   Decide what kind of support you need. Do you want them to remind you to exercise? Exercise
with you regularly or occasionally? Be understanding when you get up early to exercise?Spend time with
the children while you exercise? Try not to ask you to change your exercise routine? Share your activity
time with others. Ask your family members, friends or co-workers for help.
☆Don't overdo it, especially at first. You can slowly increase the time and intensity (强度) of your
activities as you become more fit.    5
☆Keep a record of your activities. Reward yourself at times. Nothing will inspire you more than success!
A.Try to make it a habit, but be flexible.
B.They all cause you to feel warm and breathe heavily without being out of breath.
C.Be an active role model for your children.
D.That way, exercise will never seem boring.
E.If you are overweight or have a high risk of heart disease, see your doctor for medical advice before
exercising.
F.Surround yourself with supportive people.
G.Gradually, work up to exercising on most days of the week for 30-60 minutes.

     Believe it or not, optical illusion(错觉) can cut highway crashes.
     Japan is a case in point. It has reduced automobile crashes on some roads by nearly 75 percent using
a simple optical illusion. But stripes, called chevrons(人字形), painted on the roads make drivers think
that they are driving faster than they really are, and thus drivers slow down.
     Now the American Automobile Association Foundation(基金会) for Traffic Safety in Washington
D.C. is planning to repeat Japan's success. Starting next year, the foundation will paint chevrons and
other patterns of stripes on selected roads around the country to test how well the patterns reduce
highway crashes.
     Excessive (too great) speed plays a major role in as much as one fifth of all fatal traffic accidents,
according to the foundation. To help reduce those accidents, the foundation will conduct its tests in areas
where speed-related hazards are the greatest curves, exit slopes, traffic circles, and bridges.
     Some studies suggest that straight, horizontal bars painted across roads can initially cut the average
speed of drivers in half. However, traffic often returns to full speed within months as drivers become used
to seeing the painted bars.
     Chevrons, scientists say, not only give drivers the impression that they are driving faster than they really are but also make a lane appear to be narrower. The result is a longer lasting reduction in highway speed
and the number of traffic accidents.

1. The passage mainly discusses ________.

A. a new way of highway speed control
B. a new pattern for painting highways
C. a new way of training drivers
D. a new type of optical illusion

2. The underlined word "hazards" probably means ________.

A. accidents
B. traffic jams
C. dangers
D. cases

3. The advantage of chevrons over straight, horizontal bars is that the former ________.

A. can keep drivers awake
B. can cut road accidents in half
C. will look more attractive
D. will have a longer effect on driv

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     Long bus rides are like television shows. They have a beginning, a middle, and an end with commercials thrown in every three or four minutes. The commercials are unavoidable. They happen whether you want
them or not. Every couple of minutes a billboard glides by outside the bus window. "Buy Super Clean
Toothpaste." Drink Good Wet Root Beer." Fill up with Pacific Gas." Only if you sleep, which is equal to
turning the television set off, are you spared the unending cry of "You Need It! Buy It Now!"
     The beginning of the ride is comfortable and somewhat exciting, even if you've traveled that way before. Usually some things have changed new houses, new buildings, sometimes even a new road. The bus driver has a style of driving and it's fun to try to figure it out the first hour or so. If the driver is particularly reckless (鲁莽的) or daring, the ride can be as thrilling (惊心动魄的) as a suspense story. Will the driver pass the truck in time? Will the driver move into the right or the left hand lane? After a while, of course, the excitement dies down. Sleeping for a while helps pass the middle hours of the ride. Food always makes bus rides more interesting. But you've got to be careful of what kind of food you eat. Too much salty food can make you very thirsty between stops.
     The end of the ride is somewhat like the beginning. You know it will soon be over and there's a kind of expectation and excitement in that. The seat of course, has become harder as the hours have passed. By
now you've sat with your legs crossed, with your hands in your lap, with your hands on the armrests even with your hands crossed behind your head. The end comes just at no more ways to sit.

1. According to the passage, what do the passengers usually see when they are on a long bus trip?

A. Buses on the road.
B. Films on television.
C. Advertisements on the billboards.
D. Gas stations.

2. What is the purpose of this passage?

A. To give the writer's opinion about long bus trips.
B. To persuade you to take a long bus trip.
C. To explain how bus trips and television shows differ.
D. To describe the billboards along the road.

3. The writer of this passage would probably favor .

A. bus drivers who aren't reckless
B. driving alone
C. a television set on the bus
D. no billboards along the road

4. The writer feels long bus rides are like TV shows because .

A. the commercials both on TV shows and on billboards along the road are fun
B. they both have a beginning, a middle, and an end, with commercials in between
C. the drivers are always reckless on TV shows just as they are on buses
D. both traveling and watching TV are not exciting

5. The writer thinks that the end of the ride is somewhat like the beginning because both are .

A.exciting
B.comfortable
C.tiring
D.boring

     Babies are born yogis. Once we were all able to pull our toes up by our ears and laugh about it.
Then we aged, got injured, and began carrying stress in our shoulders and back. In short, we lost our
balance.
     Yoga(瑜伽) is an ancient practice that helps create a sense of union in body, mind, and spirit. It brings us balance. I was seriously out of balance when I started practicing yoga in 1999. I had plantar fascitis in
both feet, and my doctor had warned me against all the things I loved to do: walking, hiking, and playing
tennis. I was desperate for exercise. Yoga became my salvation(救星) and even enhanced my other
fitness activities. I practice yoga at least twice a week, but I consider yoga to be part of my daily life
because after a while you no longer just practice yoga-you love it.
     Yoga becomes part of your physical life. Your body grows stronger, more toned, and more flexible
as you move from one pose to the other. I spent a week in Mexico at a yoga retreat, and it was the first
vacation on which I lost weight. "Rather than building muscle, yoga builds muscle tone," says Shakta
Kaur Khalsa, author of the K.I.S.S. Guide to Yoga. "Because yoga helps maintain a balanced
metabolism (新陈代谢), it also helps to regulate weight. Additionally, yoga stretches muscles lengthwise,
causing fat to be removed around the cells." I do yoga poses throughout the day. After hours at my
computer, I stretch my stiff shoulders and arms. When I need a boost of energy, I do energizing poses.
When I am feeling exhausted at the end of the day, I do restorative poses.
     Yoga becomes part of your mental life. Yoga teaches you to focus on breathing while you hold the
poses. This attention to breath is calming; it dissolves stress and anxiety. I use yogic breathing on the
tennis courts, in the dentist's chair, and in traffic jams. You should always leave a yoga practice feeling
energized, not tired. If you feel tired after yoga, it means you spent the time "fighting" yourself, trying to
force yourself into poses. In yoga, you "surrender" to the pose by letting go of the tension.
     Yoga becomes part of your spiritual life. Yoga is practiced by people from all religions; it is not
restricted to any religious group. Yoga teaches "right" living in how we deal with ourselves and others.
As I work on a difficult pose, I learn patience, forgiveness, and the value of gentleness. Yoga advocates
proper eating, but you don't have to be a vegetarian to practice yoga.

1. What would be the best title for this passage?

A. What Yoga is
B. How I Do Yoga Poses
C. The Benefits of Yoga
D. The Varieties of Yoga

2. People feel tired after yoga because __________.

A. they consume energy in practicing yoga
B. they respond well to yoga poses
C. they spend too much time on yoga
D. they push themselves to do yoga poses

3. If this passage continues, what will the writer most probably write about in the next paragraph?

A. Yoga as a means to keep fit.
B. Different yoga poses.
C. Popularity of yoga all over the world.
D. Encouraging people to do yoga.

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     No. 1 Will the economic climate improve this year?
     I don't think we will see too much improvement this year, but of course I hope so.
     No. 2 How important is an MBA compared to experience?
     I won't say a degree isn't important. __1__. When I look at potential employees, I look at
what they have done in the past that I can use to help me tomorrow.
     No. 3 How can you ensure your job is safe with the economy so shaky?
     No job is safe. Never will it be. The half-life(半衰期) of any particular skill set is, at most, five years.
And that's long enough.   _   2 _ Be curious, be willing to learn, have a moral compass and know what
gives your life meaning.
     No. 4 When the job market is this bad, how can you distinguish yourself as a candidate?
     Know the company, its competitive position, recent announcements, stock-price history. Do a
Google or Yahoo search on the person you'll be meeting with and you should be able to find something
about him or her. Then develop an "outsider's view" of their key needs and opportunities.   __ 3   _
     No. 5 I'm graduating from business school this spring.  _    4 __
     If you haven't already secured an internship  (职业院校证)within your chosen field, do so now. Take
any internship; forget about being paid.  __ 5 _ the experience in your field and the opportunity to check
out onto a possible employee. Your connections will be the hot ticket to get you in the door for job
interviews.
A. You are after two things.
B. Do all you can to be the solution to someone else's problem.
C. Will technology create more jobs?
D. Any job advice?
E. But nothing beats experience.
F. What will keep you alive?
G. Different jobs needs different skills.

短文填词。

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2)首字母提示,
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Sometimes you can learn more about what a person is trying to
say just by watching instead of l    . You might be talking to someone
about an idea you have. He might say that he's interested     your idea.
Just watch his face. Is he l      at you or are his eyes moving around,
just tired of w    you're saying ? It's important to watch other's body
language carefully because it provides a lot of useful       (信息).
Sometimes a person will be speaking too q    or use words that you
don't understand. If you pay attention to the     (信号)he is giving,
maybe you can still follow him, even   you're not sure of the meaning
of the words. This is especially    (有必要的)when watching TV or
in other situations       you can't ask the speaker to slow down.

1.______
2.______
3.______
4.______
5.______
6.______
7.______
8.______
9.______
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阅读理解。

     No one wants to be tested．We would all like to get a driver' s license without answering
questions about rights of way or showing that we can parallel park a car．Many future lawyers
and doctors probably wish they could join their profession without taking an exam．
     But tests and standards are a necessary fact of life. They protect us from unskilled drivers,
harmful products and dishonest professionals. In schools too exams play a constructive role．
They tell public officials whether new school programs are making a difference and where new
investments are likely to pay off．They tell teachers what their students have learned --and
have not．They tell parents how their children are doing compared with others their age.They
encourage students to make more effort．
     It is important to recall that for most of century, educators used intelligence tests to decide
which children should get a high - quality education．The point of IQ testing was to find out how
much children were capable of learning rather than to test what they had actually learned．Based
on IQ scores, millions of children were assigned to dumbed-down programs instead of solid courses
in science, math, history, literature and foreign language．
     This history reminds us that tests should be used to improve education．Every child should
have access to a high-quality education．Students should have full opportunity to learn what will
be tested; otherwise their scores will merely reflect whether they come from an educated family．
     In the past few years, we have seen the enormous benefits that flow to disadvantaged students
because of the information provided by state tests．Those who fall behind are now getting extra
instruction in after-school classes and summer programs．In their efforts to improve student
performance, states are increasing teachers'salaries, testing new teachers and insisting on better
teacher education．
     Performance in education means the mastery of both knowledge and skills．This is why it is
reasonable to test teachers to make sure they know their subject matter, as well as how to teach
it to young children．And this is why it is reasonable to assess whether students are ready to advance
to the next grade or graduate from high school．

1．According to the passage, school exams enable ______．

A．teachers to understand if their students have made efforts
B．parents to compare their kids' achievements across schools
C．students to meet their teachers' requirements
D．governments to make right policies

2．"Dumbed - down programs" in Paragraph 3 refer to the programs which .

A. lead to high-quality education
B. are less academically challenging
C. are intended for intelligent students
D. enable children to make steady progress

3．Which of the following does the author probably agree with?

A．Disadvantaged students can benefit from state tests．
B．Tests should focus on what students have actually learned．
C．Intelligent tests decide if children should get a high - quality education．
D．Intelligent tests are helpful in separating excellent students from poor ones．

4．What is the purpose of the passage?

A．To re-assess the value of IQ testing．
B．To defend the role of testing in education．
C．To explain what high-quality education means．
D．To call for thorough and complete reform in education．

阅读理解。

     Five years ago, David Smith wore an expensive suit to work every day. "I was a clothes addict," he
jokes. "I used to carry a fresh suit to work with me so I could change if my clothes got wrinkled." Today
David wears casual clothes-khaki pants and sports shirt-to the office. He hardly ever wears a necktie.
"I'm working harder than ever," David says, "and I need to feel comfortable."
      More and more companies are allowing their office workers to wear casual clothes to work. In the
United States, the change from formal to casual office wear has been gradual. In the early 1990s, many
companies allowed their employees to wear casual clothes on Friday, but only on Friday. This became
known as "dress-down Friday" or "casual Friday". "What started out as an extra one-day-a-week benefit
for employees has really become an everyday thing." said business consultant Maisly Jones.
     Why have so many companies started allowing their employees to wear casual clothes? One reason is
that it's easier for a company to attract new employees if it has a casual dress code. "A lot of young people don't want to dress up for work," says the owner of a software company, "so it's hard to hire people if you have a conservative dress code." Another reason is that people seem happier and more productive when
they are wearing comfortable clothes. In a study conducted by Levi Strauss Company, 85 percent of
employers said that they believe that casual dress improves employee morale(士气). Only 4 percent of
employers said that casual dress has a negative effect on productivity. Supporters of casual office wear
also argue that a casual dress code helps them save money. "Suits are expensive, if you have to wear one
every day," one person said. "For the same amount of money, you can buy a lot more casual clothes."

1. David Smith refers to himself as having been "a clothes addict," because .

A. he often wore khaki pants and a sports shirt
B. he couldn't stand a clean appearance
C. he wanted his clothes to look neat all the time
D. he didn't want to spend much money on clothes

2. David Smith wears casual clothes now, because .

A. they make him feel at ease when working
B. he cannot afford to buy expensive clothes
C. he looks handsome in casual clothes
D. he no longer works for any company

3. According to this passage, which of the following statements is FALSE?

A. Many employees don't like a conservative dress code.
B. Comfortable clothes make employees more productive.
C. A casual clothes code is welcomed by young employees.
D. All the employers in the U.S. are for casual office wear.

4. According to this passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Company workers started to dress down about twenty years ago.
B. Dress-down has become an everyday phenomenon since the early 1990s.
C."Dress-down Friday" was first given as a favor from employers.
D. Many workers want to wear casual clothes to impress people.

5. In this passage, the following advantages of casual office wear are mentioned except .

A. saving employees' money
B. making employees more attractive
C. improving employees' motivation
D. making employees happier

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     The Internet has opened up a whole new online world for us to meet, chat and go where we've never been before. But just as in face-to-face communication, there are some rules of behavior that should be followed when online.
     The basic rule is simple: treat others in the same way you would want to be treated. Imagine how you'd feel if you were in the other person's shoes. For anything you're about to send: ask yourself, "Would I say this to the person's face?" If the answer is "no", rewrite and reread. Repeat the process till you feel sure that you'd feel comfortable saying the words to the person's face.
     If someone in the chat room is rude to you, your instinct(本能反应)is to fire back in the same manner. But try not to do so. You should either ignore the person, or use your chat software to block their messages. If it was caused by disagreement with another member, try to fix the situation by politely discussing it. Remember to respect the beliefs and opinions of others in the chat room.
     If you do decide to tell someone in the chat room about a mistake, point it out politely. At the same time, if you find you are wrong, be sure to correct yourself and apologize to those that you have offended.
It is not polite                      such as their age, sex, and marital status. Unless you know the person very well, and you are both comfortable with sharing personal information, don't ask such questions.
1. What's the best title of the passage? (Please answer within 10 words.)

2. Why should we ask ourselves "Would I say this to the person's face?" when we are to send a message online? (Please answer within 20 words.)

3. Please fill in the blank in the last paragraph to complete the sentence. (Please answer within 10 words.)

4. Which rule do you think is the best? Why? (Please answer within 30 words.)
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5. Translate the underlined sentence in the first paragraph into Chinese.

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