Nowadays many people have to work very hard in order to live a better life. And the harder they work,
the less they pay attention to their health. But it's very important for us to keep healthy in our everyday life.
Here are some ways for you to follow.
     First, you should have a healthy diet. It's necessary to eat enough fish and vegetables, as they contain
many kinds of vitamin you need every day. Do not eat too much fat, such as butter or anything too fatty.
Too many sweets can do harm to your teeth, so you'd better not eat too many sweets or chocolates and
keep off coffee.
     Second, good habits can help you keep fit. Doing regular exercise is certainly a good way to ensure
that your body is healthy. After a day's work, an eight-hour sleep is needed. And avoid working or studying
too hard.

1. According to the passage, the reason why many people have to work hard nowadays is that they want
    to _____.

A. earn a lot of money
B. live a better life
C. pay less attention to their health
D. keep healthy

2. Eating too many _____ can do harm to your teeth.

A. fish
B. vegetables
C. sweets
D. carrots

3. Doing the following can help you keep fit except _____.

A. doing regular exercise
B. sleeping eight hours a day
C. Keeping good habits
D. working too hard.

4. The best title might probably be _____.

A. Keep fit
B. Live a better life
C. Eat more fruit
D. Study too hard

     If you're a male and you're reading this, congratulations: you're a survivor. According to statistics, you
are more than twice as likely to die of skin cancer as a woman, and nine times more likely to die of AIDS.
Assuming you make it to the end of your natural term, about 78 years for men in Australia, you'll die on
average five years before a woman.
     There are many reasons for this-typically, men take more risks than women and are more likely to drink
and smoke-but perhaps more importantly, men don't go to the doctor. "Men aren't seeing doctors as often
as they should," says Dr. Gullotta, "this is particularly so for the over-40s, when disease tend to strike."
Gullotta says a healthy man should visit the doctor every year or two. For those over 45, it should be at least
once a year. Two months ago Gullotta saw a 50-year-old man who had delayed doing anything about his
smoker's cough for a year.
     "When I finally saw him it had already spread and he has since died from lung cancer," he says, "Earlier
detection and treatment may not have cured him, but it would have prolonged his life." According to a recent
survey, 95% of women aged between 15 and early 40s see a doctor once a year, compared to 70% of men
in the same age group.
     "A lot of men think they're undefeatable," Gullota says, "They only come in when a friend drops dead on
the golf course and they think, 'Geez, if it could happen to him…"
     Then there's the ostrich approach. "Some men are scared of what might be there and would rather not
know," says Dr. Ross Cartmill.
     "Most men get their cars serviced more regularly than they service their bodies," Cartmill says. He believes
most diseases that commonly affect men could be addressed by preventive check-ups. Regular check-ups
for men would inevitably place strain on the public purse, Cartmill says, "But prevention is cheaper in the long
run than having to treat the diseases. Besides, the ultimate cost is far greater: it is called premature death."

1. Why does the author congratulate his male readers at the beginning of the passage?

A.They are more likely to survive serious diseases today.
B.Their average life span has been considerably extended.
C.They have lived long enough to read this article.
D.They are sure to enjoy a longer and happier life.

2. What does the author state is the most important reason men die five years earlier on average than women?

A. Men drink and smoke much more than women
B. Men don't seek medical care as often as women
C. Men aren't as cautious as women in face of danger
D. Men are more likely to suffer from fatal diseases.

3. Which of the following best completes the sentence "Geez, if it could happen to him…"?

A. it could happen to me, too
B. I should avoid playing golf
C. I should consider myself lucky
D. it would be a big misfortune

4. What does Cartmill say about regular check-ups for men?

A. They may increase public expenses.
B. They will save money in the long run.
C. They may cause psychological strains on men.
D. They will enable men to live as long as women.

     Unusual incidents are being reported across the Arctic. Inuit (因纽特人) families going off on
snowmobiles to prepare their summer hunting camps have found themselves cut off from home by a sea
of mud. There are also reports of sea ice breaking up earlier than usual, carrying seals beyond the reach
of hunters. Climate change may still be a rather abstract idea to most of us, but in the Arctic it is already
having great effects-if summertime ice continues to shrink at its present rate, the Arctic Ocean could soon
become almost ice-free m summer. The knock-on effects are likely to include more warming, cloudier
skies, and higher sea levels. Scientists are increasingly eager to find out what's going on in the Arctic.
     For the Inuit the problem is urgent. They live in unsteady balance with one of the toughest environments
on earth. Climate change, whatever its causes, is a direct danger to their way of life. Nobody knows the
Arctic as well as the locals, which is why they are not content simply to stand back and let outsider experts
tell them what's happening. In Canada, where the Inuit people are trying hard to guard their hard-won
autonomy in the country's newest land, Nunavut, they believe their best hope of survival in this changing
environment lies in combining their ancestral knowledge with the best of modern science. This is challenge
in itself.
     The Canadian Arctic is a vast, treeless polar desert that's covered with snow for most of the year.
Adventure into this area and you get some idea of the hardships facing anyone who calls-this home. Farming
is out of the question and nature offers few pickings. Humans first settled in the Arctic a mere 4,500 years
ago, surviving by taking advantage of sea fish. The environment tested them to the limits: sometimes the
settlers were successful, sometimes they failed and disappeared. But around a thousand years ago, one group
appeared that was uniquely well adapted to deal with the Arctic environment. These Thule people moved in
from Alaska, bringing dogs, iron tools and the like. They are the ancestors of today's Inuit people.

1. Which of the following is not likely to be the effect of climate change?

A. Shorter and shorter summertime. 
B. Ice-free summer around the Arctic.
C. Higher sea levels.
D. More cloudy skies.

2. The Inuit people believe the solution to the climate change problem is _____.

A. to change their way of life
B. to use their ancestral knowledge
C. to make the best of modern science
D. to use their ancestral knowledge and modern science

3. It can be concluded from the last paragraph that _____.

A. the first settlers in the Arctic survived by taking advantage of sea fish
B. it's hard to farm in the Arctic due to the climate change
C. the ancestors of Inuit people stood out among the settlers
D. the Thule people from Alaska invented iron tools

4. Which of the following is the best title of this passage?

A. Climate change and the Inuit
B. Climate change around the Arctic
C. Global warming around the world
D. The Inuit and their ancestors around the world

     The hole in the Earth's ozone layer (臭氧层) has until now protected Antarctic from the worst effects of
global warming. But scientists have warned that as the hole closes up in the next few decades, temperatures
on the continent could rise by around 3℃ on average, with melting ice contributing to a global sea level
increase of up to 1.4 metres.
     In the past decades the western Antarctic has seen rapid ice loss as the world has warmed, but the other
parts of the continent have, paradoxically, been cooling, resulting in a 10% mcrease in ice in the seas around
the region. This is because the hole in the ozone layer has increased cold winds in Antarctic, making much
of the continent surface colder than usual.
     But now that the gasses that cause the ozone hole have been banned, scientists expect the hole to repair
itself within the next 50 to 60 years. By then the cooling effect will have faded out and the Antarctic will face
the full impact of global warming. This means an mcrease in average air temperatures of around 30℃ and a
reduction in sea ice by around a third.
     The biggest threat to the continent comes from warming seas. Robert Johnson, a scientist who monitors
Antarctic ice sheets, said, "The ice sheets in Antarctic are hundreds of metres thick. But once warm ocean
waters start flowing underneath, the ice will begin thinning and could break up very quickly." Thinning ice
sheets cause ice to break away from the continent and to melt even faster. Escaping ice from western
Antarctic has already resulted in a 10％ rise in global sea level in recent decades.
     Johnson believes that international action to reduce global warming is required immediately or it may be
too late. "Everything is connected-Antarctic may be a long way away but it is an important part of the Earth's
system," said Johnson. "It contains 90%of the world's ice, 70% of the world's fresh water and that is enough,
if it melts completely, to raise sea levels by 63 metres."
     Even in aworse-case situation scientists don't expect the ice to entirely disappear, but predict that, because
of the melting ice sheets, average sea level rise will be around l.4 metres higher by the end of the century.

1. The underlined word "paradoxically" (in Paragraph 2) most probably means "_____".

A. rapidly
B. approximately
C. contradictorily
D. apparently

2. What is the effect of the hole in the ozone layer on Antarctic?

A. It is causing the ice to melt faster.
B. It is making much of the continent colder.
C. It is making the effects of global warming in the region worse.
D. It is reducing the amount of water in Antarctic.

3. What do scientists think is the biggest danger facing Antarctic?

A. Rising sea levels. 
B. Warming sea water temperature.
C. Water pollution.
D. Growing ice sheets.

4. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. Antarctic is currently experiencing the full effects of global warming.
B. The average temperature has increased by 3℃ in recent decades.
C. Antarctic contains most of the world's fresh water.
D. Ten percent of Antarctica's ice has already been lost.

5. The best title for the passage is _____.

A. Our planet in danger
B. Antarctic melting away
C. Action plan to save Antarctic
D. Let's save the ozone layer

     [l]Compared to people with bad attitudes, people _____ are less likely to suffer from colds. It's possible
that being positive helps the body fight illnesses.
     [2]In a previous study, people who tended to be cheerful and lively were least likely to develop coughs
and other cold symptoms. People who showed positive feelings were also less likely to mention symptoms
to their doctors, even when medical tests detected those symptoms.
     [3]Those findings were interesting, but they didn't prove that a person's attitude affects whether he or
she gets sick. Instead, it was still possible that a person's underlying personality is what matters.
     [4]Evidence suggests, for instance, that certain people are naturally more likely to be outgoing and
optimistic, with high self-esteem and a sense of control over life. This would mean that who we are, not
how we feel, ultimately decides our chances of catching colds.
     [5]To figure out which mattered more, personality or emotions, the researchers interviewed 193 healthy
adults. The results showed that everyone in the study was equally likely to get infected. Their symptoms,
however, differed depending on the types of emotions that they had reported over the previous fortnight.
     [6]Among those who reported good moods and had been infected with the flu virus, for example, 28
percent developed coughs and stuffy noses. On the other hand, those symptoms struck 41 percent of people
who had been less positive.
     [7]Scientists argue about whether negative emotions or positive emotions have a stronger effect on how
healthy we are. For now, it can't hurt to look on the bright side more often than not!

1. What's the main idea of the passage? (Please answer within 10 words)
    _____________________________________________________________________________________
2. Fillin the blank with proper words in the first paragraph (Please answer within 10 words) 
    _____________________________________________________________________________________
3. Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one? But, their symPtoms were closely 
    related to the emotions they had claimed to have in the last two weeks.
    _____________________________________________________________________________________
4. Translate the underlined sentence in the third paragraph into proper Chinese.
    _____________________________________________________________________________________
5. Suppose one of your friends had got infected with the HINI flu give him/her at least three pieces of advice.
    (Please answer within 30 words)
    _____________________________________________________________________________________

     In their book Time to Eat the Dog: The Real Guide to Sustainable Living, Robert and Brenda Vale say
keeping a medium-sized dog has the same ecological impact as driving 10000 km a year in a 4.6 liter Land
Cruiser.
     "We're not actually saying it is time to eat the dog. We're just saying that we need to think about and
know the ecological impact of some of the things we do and that we take for granted."
     Constructing and driving the jeep for a year requires 0.41 hectares of land, while growing and
manufacturing a dog's food takes about O.84 hectares-or l.1 hectares in the case of a large dog such as a
German shepherd.
     Convincing flesh-eating cats and dogs to go vegetarian for the sake of the planet is a non-starter, the
Vales say. Instead they recommend keeping "greener", smaller, and more sustainable pets, such as goldfish,
chickens or rabbits.
     The book's playful title, and serious suggestion that pet animals may be usefully "recycled", by being eaten
by their owners or turned into pet food when they die, may not appeal to animal fans.
     Annoying as the idea may be, the question is valid given the planet's growing population and limited resource
s, Robert Vale said. 
     "Issues about sustainability are increasingly becoming things that are going to require us to make choices
which are as difficult as eating your dog. It's not just about changing your light bulbs or taking a cloth bag to
the supermarket," he said.
     "It's about much more challenging and difficult issues," he added. "Once you see where cats and dogs fit
in your overall balance of things, you might decide to have the cat but not also to have the two cars and the
three bathrooms and be a meat eater yourself."