Making lists is relaxing. It dictates the shape of the immediate future; it calms you down (it’s OK, it’s on a list somewhere) and it makes you feel good when you cross something off List-making is standard practice in therapy for depression). It might even help you to get things done too. The more you have to do, the more you need a list and few people with high-powered jobs get by without them. Women always think they’re better at lists than men. Men tend to have tasks which they assemble ’into Action Plans whereas women just have lists of Things To Do.

James Oliver, psychologist, has created his own “time management matrix (模式)”. He writes a list of things to do and then organizes them into categories: things that have to be done straight away, other things that it would be good to do today, things that are important but haven’t got to be done immediately and things that are less urgent but that he doesn’t want to forget. “Using categories to order the world is the way the human mind works,” he says. “After that, you should divide things into levels of importance.” But he also warns, “If people get too absorbed in making lists, it doesn’t work. They have too many categories and lose their ability to decide which is the most important.”

It’s all a question of what works best for you, whether it’s a tidy notebook, a packet of Post-it notes or the back of your hand. Having tried all these, student Kate Rollins relies on a computerized list, which is printed out each morning. “My electronic organizer has changed my life,” she says. “Up to now, I’ve always relied on my good memory, but now that I’m working and studying, I find I’ve got too much to keep in my head.”

So what are you waiting for? No, you’re not too busy to make today the first day of your upgraded time-managed life. In fact, there’s no better time than the present to begin to take increased control of your work and life. So, get out your pencil and pen and make a list.

The main purpose of making lists is to      .

A. help map out one’s future                 B. divide things into levels of importance

C. treat certain diseases such as depression     D. organize one’s work and life reasonably

We can learn from the passage that     .

A. good memory helps in list making             B. too much listing might be misleading

C. women usually make a lot more lists than men   D. people with high-powered jobs make lists most

In this passage the author intends to    .

A. suggest a way of raising one’s living standard   B. introduce some ways of business management

C. urge people to develop the habit of listing      D. warn people not to rely on their memory

最近，关于“高中是否该取消文理分科”的网上调查吸引了26万余网民的积极参与。

请根据所给的信息写一篇英文报道，描述被调查者的不同看法，并表明你的看法。

注意：词数120左右，文章开头已给出（不计入词数）。

Recently more than 260,000 netizens have participated in the survey about whether the curriculum of senior high school should be divided into arts and science。            

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______ it is true that a student’s most important goal is to do well in his or her studies, it doesn’t need to be the only goal.

A. When              B. As                   C. While                D. Before

--- What is the weather like tomorrow?

    --- The weather forecast says a big snowstorm is________.

       A．hoped       B．supposed      C．expected       D．announce

The sentence needs __________ once more.

A. to explain             B. explaining  

C. being explained       D. to be explained it

二.完成句子 根据括号中中文、首字母提示或句子结构的语法性, ,补充完成句子,每空只填一词.。

1.She entered the lab without ______________(许可)

2.The article is _____________  (限制)to 800 words.

3. Anderson was in bed with all his clothes on, _______(躺)awake all night long thinking of them.

4.She told us an ________________(难以置信) story .

5.I must a____________ for not being able to meet you at the airport because I was busy at that time..

6.It’s important to know your own strengths and w_______ .

7.After taking the medicine, Tom is  s___________________ better today.

8After waiting for a long time, we grew a little ___________(不耐心)

9.At first s______, it looked like a simple accident, but later the police became suspicious.

10.The p_________________ look on his face suggested that he didn’t understand the maths problem.

11.The store gives a 10% d__________________ for its VIP customers.

12When I try to understand __________ it is that prevents children from getting fat, it seems to me that there are two reasons.

13.Meeting my uncle after all these years was an unforgettable moment, __________that  I will always treasure.

14. She’d like to offer money to ____ needs it to continue his or her study.

15．Evidence came up        specific speech sounds are recognized by babies as young as 6 months old.

 “I don’t think it’s my _____ that the TV blew up. I just turned it on, that’s all,” said the boy.

A. matter       B. mistake      C. fault   D. duty

. ---Remember the first time we met, Susan?

   ---Of course I do. You ______ in the library

    A. read         B. had read         C. were reading     D. would read

．—Have you read the book Oliver Twist?

       —Who_______it?

       A．writes       B．wrote       C．has written       D．had written

第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40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。

Imagine life as a game in which you are playing some five balls in the air. You name them-work, family, health, friends and spirit, and you’re keeping all these balls in the air.

You understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. But the other four balls are made of glass. If you drop one of these, it will be irrevocably (不可逆转地) scuffed (磨损), marked, damaged or even broken into pieces. They will never be the same. You must understand that and try for balance in your life. How?

Don’t undermine (逐渐损害) your worth by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different and each of us is special. Don’t set your goals by what other people consider important. Only you know what is the best for you. Don’t take for granted the things closest to your heart. Hold on to them as you would to life, for without them, it’s meaningless. Don’t let life slip through your fingers by living in the past or in the future. By living your life one day at a time, you live all the days of your life. Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been, but also where you are going. Don’t use time or words carelessly. Life is not a race, but a journey to be enjoyed slowly each step of the way. Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift. That’s why we call it – the present.

56. What’s the best title of this passage?

A. Today Is A Present    B. How to Live Your Life

C. Life Is A Game         D. Imagine Life as a game

57. What does the underlined sentence mean?

A. not only where you live , but also where you’re going to live

B. all over the world

C. not only what you have done, but what you are going to do as well

D. the places you have been to as well as the places you are going to

58. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. You should try your best to keep balance in your life.

B. It’s unnecessary to compare yourself with others.

C. Life is just like a race.

D. Everyone has his own best points.