It matters little ______ a man dies, but ______ matters much more is _______ he lives.

A. how; what; how 高*考*资*源*网  B. how; it; how     C. why; it; why   D. which; what; that

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第四部分：写作（共三节，满分35分）

第一节：任务型读写（共10空；每空1分，满分10分）

阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后图表中的空格里填入最恰当的一个单词。

       Teenagers today live in a very competitive world. It is more important than ever to succeed at school if you hope to have a chance in the job market afterwards. It’s no wonder that many young people worry about letting down their parents, their classmates and themselves. In trying to please everyone, they take on too many tasks until it becomes harder and harder to balance homework, parties, sports activities and friends. The result is that young people suffer from stress.

       There are different ways of dealing with stress. Everyone knows that caffeine, whether it is in the form of coffee or soft drinks, keeps you awake and active. But caffeine is a drug which can become addictive (上瘾). In the end, like other drugs, caffeine only leads to more stress. A better way to deal with stress is to exercise. Research has proved that physical exercise is a good release for stress, because it increases certain chemicals in the brain which calm you down. Making sure you get enough sleep is also an important way of avoiding stress and of staying healthy and full of energy. Another way to avoid stress is to manage your time effectively. It is better to do a few tasks really well than lots of tasks badly. Know your limits and try not to take on too much. Finally, if it all gets beyond your control, don’t panic or get hysterical (歇斯底里). Find the time to sit down quietly and breathe deeply for ten to twenty minutes. Do this regularly, and it will help you calm down.

Title: Stressful teenagers

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This bag is twice ______ weight of that one. You’d better carry ______ lighter one of the two.

       A. /; /             B. a; the                       C. the; the                    D. the; a

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 --- Mike, what did our monitor say just now?

   --- Every boy and every girl as well as the teachers who _____ to visit the museum _____ asked to be at the school gate before 6:30 in the morning.

A. is ; is       B. are; are       C.  is; are       D. are; is

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After getting my visa I was very excited because I __________  of this day for so long.

     A, have dreamed    B. dream      C. had dreamed            D. am dreaming    .

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 ---Can he take charge of the computer company?

 ---I’m afraid it’s _____  his ability.

    A. within    B. beyond   C. of    D. t o

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New York (Reuters) --- Television can act like a painkiller when it comes to children and is more effective than a mother’s comforting, according to a small Italian study.

The University of Siena study, published in Archives of Disease in Childhood, was based on 69 children aged 7 to 12 who were divided into three groups to have blood taken.

One group was given no distraction while the blood was being taken. Meantime mothers of children in the second group attempted to distract the youngsters by talking to them, soothing(安慰), and/or caressing them.

In the third group, the children were allowed to watch television cartoons while the procedure was being carried out.

After the samples were taken, the children and their mothers rated their pain scores.

The children recording the highest pain scores were in the group getting no distraction. These scores were about three times as high as those recorded by children allowed to watch the cartoons.

Children comforted by their mothers recorded middling scores.

On average, the mothers rated pain scores higher than the children but they also recorded the lowest pain scores for children who had been allowed to watch television.

“The higher pain level reported by children during mothers’ efforts at distraction shows the difficulty mothers have in interacting positively at a difficult moment in their children’s life,” the researchers said in their report.

They added that watching television also seemed to increase children’s pain tolerance(容忍力).

64. If children are concentrated while having their blood taken, they will _______.

A. feel no pain                   B. record the lowest pain scores

C. record the highest pain scores     D. feel less pain

65. According to the Italian study, children who are suffering from pain had better _______.

A. get comfort from their mothers    B. watch cartoons on TV

C. read picture books              D. get no distraction

66. The underlined word “distract” in the third paragraph probably means “_______.”

A. reduce one’s pain              B. get one’s attention away

C. help one get concentrated        D. give comfort to

67. From the passage, we can infer that _______.

A. mothers can soothe their children greatly at hard moments

B. mothers’ love and comfort is the best medicine for children

C. children can have their pain tolerance increased by mother’s efforts

D. mothers’ comfort does not reduce much of their children’s pain

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第二节：阅读短文，根据上下文翻译。（共5小题；每小题2分,满分10分） 

I.  Henry, an American businessman, arrived in London by accident. He was hungry and penniless. One day, 86________________________(他正在街上溜达) when he was called into a big house, where he got one million pound bank note. With the note, he had a big meal without paying anything, because nobody could change it. 87_____________________(尽管他衣衫褴褛), the owner of the restaurant asked him to come whenever. It seemed as if he could survive with the help of the bank note.

II. 88____________ (根据一个被广泛接受的理论), the universe began with a “Big Bang”. As the earth cooled down, water appeared. 89____________. (水的存在让生命的发展成为了可能) Then, the first small plants appeard and encouraged the later development of early shellfish and all sorts of fish. Next, green plants began to grow on land, followed by land animals. After that, some huge animals called dinosaurs appeared but 90____________ (他们为什么突然灭绝仍然是一个谜). When the age of dinosaurs ended, mammals began to develope, including humans.

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 —My boss punished me this morning.

—Why? You’ve done nothing wrong, _________ I can see.

A. as long as       B. as far as            C. as well as        D. as soon as

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_____________ is a fact that English is accepted as an international language.

   A. There             B. This               C. That            D. It