If you are a male and you are reading this , congratulations: you are a survivor .According to statistics, you are more than twice as likely to die of skin cancer than 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 will 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 diseases tend to strike.” 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 are invincible （不可战胜的）,”Gullotta 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 is the ostrich(鸵鸟) 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. “Prevention is cheaper in the long run than having to treat the diseases. Besides, the final 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. Their can live longer than they expected.

B. They are sure to enjoy a longer and happier life.

C. They have lived long enough to read this article.

D. They are more likely to survive serious diseases today.

2. Which of the author’s statements is the most important reason that men die five years earlier on average than women according to the passage?

A. Men drink and smoke much more than women.

B. Men don’t seek medical care as often as women.

C. Men are more likely to suffer from deadly diseases.

D. Men aren’t as cautions as women in face of danger.

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

A. it could happen to me, too

B. it would be a big misfortune.

C. I should avoid playing golf.

D. I should consider myself lucky.

4. What does Dr. Ross Cartmill mean by “the ostrich approach”(in para.5)

A. A casual attitude towards one’s health conditions.

B. A new theatment for certain psychological problems.

C. Refusal to get medical treatment for fear of the pain involved.

D. Unwillingness to find out about one’s disease because of fear.

5. 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

第一节 语音知识（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）

从A、B、C、D中找出其划线部分与所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项。

1. gather      A. rather      B. advance      C. rapid           D. parent

2.purse       A. mouse      B. pause       C. blouse          D. peasant

3. pronounce  A. young      B. plough       C. soul           D.country

4. paths      A. months     B. south        C. youths          D. method

5. special    A. envelope    B. frequent     _k.&s.5*u C. prevent         D. recent 

-------Mary, the telephone is ringing!

---------______, but I am washing my hair.

 A. I’m sorry                   B. You answer it            C. Hold on                    D. That’s good

 _____________　that I couldn’t be absorbed in the work.

  A. They made so many noise     B. So loudly they talked

  C. It was so noise outside        D. Such a loud noise did they make

A typical Chinese Internet user is a young male who prefers instant messaging to e-mail, seldom makes online purchases and favors news, music and games sites．According to a study, about two-thirds of survey participants use the Internet for news — often entertainment-related — or for online games．About half download music and movies.

They also tend to prefer instant messaging to e-mail, and they are depending on the Internet more frequently than before to communicate with others who have the same professions, hobbies and political interests．Online purchases still remain unpopular in China．Three-quarters of users surveyed have never bought anything over the Internet, and only 10 percent make purchases even once a month．Among those who do buy online, most pay for entertainment while others buy phone cards, or computer hardware or software.

“Many people don’t trust the quality of goods bought online,” Guo said Wednesday．“If they buy it in a store and don’t like it, they can easily bring it back.”

The survey was done in five major cities: Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu and Changsha．Results do not necessarily project countrywide because Internet use in rural areas is lower than in cities．Guo describes the typical netizen in the five cities surveyed as young, male, richer and more highly educated．Males make up two-thirds of the Internet community, and more than 80 percent of users are under 24．Among people ages 25 to 29, 60 percent to 80 percent go online.

China has more than 100 million people online, second in the world to the United States.

1 A typical Chinese Internet user will be the one who ______.

A．likes to send e-mails                       B．likes to buy goods online     

C．likes to pay for entertainment               D．likes the games sites

2 Online purchases still remain unpopular in China mainly because ______.

A．it is more difficult for sales returns        B．people haven’t computers     

C．people can’t have a look at the goods      D．goods bought online are of low quality

3 Which of the following words fails to describe the typical netizens in the five cities?

A．well educated     B．richer          C．female         D．young

4 According to the text, which of the following shows the right relation between online people

and their ages?

A.                                  B.    

C.                          D．

第二节  短文改错（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误.对标题号的每一行做出判断：

如无错误，在该行右边的横线上划（√）；

如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：

此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（/）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（^），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错的不要改。

  On the earth, all living things need others. Each kind of life eats   76________

one another kind of life in order to live, and together they form       77________

a food chain. Some food chains are simple, while others don’t. But             78________

all food chains begin with the sun, and one of the links disappears, all           79________

food chains become break up. It is known that all lives need to live on           80________

the sunlight. But only animals can use sunlight directly. Plants are    81________

as “factors”. They make food from sunlight, water and other things.        82________

Plants feed food to other things. Animals can’t use the sun’s energy 83________

only after it has changed by the plants. Some animals feed directly   84________

by plants, while others eat smaller animals. They eat plants indirectly.           85________

 Britain announced tighter security measures this week, with plans ______ full-body scanners at Heathrow airport within three weeks.

  A. to use                  B. to be using               C. being used                   D. having used

---Did you stay up last night?

   ---Not very late. It was half past eleven__________I went to bed.

       A．when B．that   C．before      D．since

That' s funny! I remember putting my glasses on the desk, but now they're _____ .

    A. missed      B. broken      C. gone      D. disappeared

Please make sure the light will _____ if no one is in the room.

   A. turn off      B. put out      C. take away      D. go out