假设你是新华中学的学生李华，不久前在学校举办的英语竞赛中获得一等奖。校报请你写一篇稿件刊登在英文版面上，介绍你课外学习英语的经验。请根据以下提示用英语写一篇短文：

1.         参加英语角的益处；

2.         坚持写英语日记的作用；

3.         英文阅读网站（Enjoy Reading）对你的帮助。

注意：1. 词数：120左右；

      2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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If a new idea in America becomes a law, people who suffer from obesity could suffer financially too.

The US state of Arizona wants to charge overweight citizens $50 (325 Yuan) annually if they fail to follow their doctors' advice. People with children or who are overweight because they suffer from a medical condition would be exempt(豁免的).

If the idea is approved by Congress, smokers and diabetics who fail to stick to a healthy lifestyle will also have to pay.

Medicaid, the organization which provides healthcare to the poor in the USA, costs the government $339bn (2.2 trillion Yuan) a year. Monica Coury, assistant director at Arizona's Medicaid programme, said that this proposal would ask people to give something back.

She said that Arizona would take a carrot and stick approach to the problem. As well as penalizing(惩罚) people who go against their doctor's wishes, incentives（奖励）would be offered for following advice, possibly a keep-fit video.

Arizona's senator Kyrsten Sinema has not backed the plans, saying that there isn't a system to decide whether someone is or isn't following medical advice. Other critics claim that people don't need the government to look after them; if they want to be fat and smoke, the 'nanny state'(保姆国家) shouldn't try to stop them. Wes Benedict of the Libertarian Party said:"If you want to save the state money... cut Medicaid across the board, but don't single out overweight people and smokers."

68. The state of Arizona want to charge people who are ______.

   A. fat parents                      B. fat and don’t follow their doctors’ advice

   C. fat due to a medical condition       D. fat and obedient

69. Which statement of the following is true?

   A. Everyone in Arizona approves of the new idea.

   B. All overweight citizens in Arizona will be charged.

   C. The state wants to save money.

   D. Charging overweight people is just put forward and hasn’t become a law.

70. What does “a carrot and stick approach” mean?

   A. A kind of healthy diet.

   B. A kind of unhealthy diet.

   C. A policy of offering a combination of rewards and punishment.

   D. A policy of offering a combination of rewards and prizes.

71. The passage mainly tells about ______.

   A. Many people are beginning to realize the importance of keeping fit

   B. People who are overweight will be charged by the state

   C. Smokers and diabetics will be charged by the state

   D. Being overweight costs the state a lot of money every year

The young have been described as troublemakers. They make adults feel unsafe to walk the streets and are generally out of control, according to those who took part in a recent survey in Britain.

Yet the same report says thousands take part in community work and carry out charity(慈善) work. The British newspaper The Sunday Sun thought it was time to give youngsters a chance to have their say.

They set up a special survey—Demons（魔鬼） or Darlings? — to ask a series of questions. For example, if they had clashed（冲突） with important figures, how they spend their spare time, and how they feel towards adults.

About 84.2 percent believe adults have become less tolerant（宽容的） towards young people. They describe adults as “judgmental”. More than half of the young participants（参与者） appear to have been treated unfairly.

Meghan Bentley, 16, and 17-year-old Chelsea Laver-Seeley said they had had enough of the public’s understanding of teenagers as troublemakers.

“We are not all like that,” Bentley said. “It’s very stereotypical（有成见的）. We don’t all hang around street corners.”

Both Bentley and Laver-Seeley are students at Mount Grace School, Hertfordshire. They help younger students with their studies and go into primary schools and read to children.

Why did teenagers get the reputation（名声） they have? Bentley said she thought the media’s fixation（思维定势） with youths and gang culture was having a bad effect on young people.

“Kids watch a lot of TV and they look up to the people they see there,” she said. “Some think it’s cool to carry knives. They think that’s what’s right.

“If they knew what was available to them and what they could get involved in, there would be more choice for them,” Bentley said.

She added: “Give us a bit of praise every now and then, to show people the good stuff teenagers are doing. It’s about time we got some recognition for what we do.

64. From the passage, what do we know about the British teenagers?

 A. They are troublemakers.

 B.They are sure about what they could get involved in.

 C..Most of them think adults have a wrong understanding of them.

 D.They are all very kind and helpful.

65. In the passage, the underlined word "judgmental" is closest in meaning to "_____".

   A. critical       B. tolerant        C. positive        D. fair

66. According to Bentley, why did teenagers get the reputation as troublemakers?

   A. They all hang around street corners.

   B. Because of the media’s influence and bad effect of gang culture.

   C. Because adults treat them unfairly.

   D. They watch a lot of TV.

67. The writer wrote this passage to              .

   A. give youngsters a chance to have their say

   B. report a special survey set up by The Sunday Sun

   C. criticize adults’ unfairness

   D. advise adults to give teenagers more praise and tolerance

The sixth book in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series by Jeff Kinney will be released on November 15th, just in time for the Christmas shopping season. The book is titled Cabin Fever and will continue the funny story of middle school kid Greg Heffley.

The story begins with Greg and his friend Rowley being accused of damaging school property. It wasn't really their fault, but the authorities don't see it that way. Just when they are about to get caught, the city gets hit by a giant blizzard （暴风雪）. This is a good thing, right? Well, not so fast! Greg is now stuck at home with his family and all this gives him a bad case of cabin fever.

Kinney says that the book is not only about the claustrophobia （幽闭恐怖症） of being stuck at home for days without being able to leave, but also about getting stuck with an identity. Sometimes we get stuck a certain way when we are young and it's hard to change people's feelings of us. That's some pretty deep stuff （东西）, but we expect the book to mostly be full of silly and funny stuff that will make us laugh.

The first printing of Cabin Fever will print 6 million copies of the book. Many kids who don't like to read like the Wimpy Kid books because of the combination of cartoons, story, and comedy. Cabin Fever, like the other five, will have 224 pages of cartoons and funny events in the life of Greg Heffley as he sits out his holidays snowbound at home.

    They are generally recommended for kids 8 to 11 years of age, but older kids（even adults） may find them funny as they remember what it was like to be in middle school.

60．The underlined phrase "not so fast" in Paragraph 2 probably means that _____.

       A．Greg got away with breaking the rules so fast.

       B．Greg hadn't thought the weather changed suddenly.

       C．Things developed in a quite different way.

       D．Good luck the blizzard brought came slowly.

61．What can we know about Cabin Fever?

       A．It continues the story of a middle school student Rowley.

       B．It will appear on the market on Christmas Day.

       C．It is about an exciting public winter holidays.

       D．It contains a lot of pictures and funny stuff.

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

       A．Jeff Kinney has written six books in all.

       B．Jeff Kinney intends the book Cabin Fever for kids only.

       C．Wimpy Kid books are printed 6 million copies altogether.

       D．Cabin Fever has a lot in common with other Wimpy Kid books.

63．The purpose of writing the passage is to ______.

       A．promote sales                        B．give opinions

       C．offer information                        D．make a comment

You have the ability to decide if you are happy or not. Happiness is a choice.

You can't depend on someone else to make you happy. That is a lesson I learned early on in my marriage. I realized that I couldn't rely on my husband as my source of happiness. I learned that my happiness depended on me and not my husband's actions. I learned that you have to choose to be happy.

You can choose your emotions. True happiness comes from within; it can't be forced by outside forces. So how do you choose happiness? The same way you choose to smile or choose to wear a certain outfit. You choose it because that's what you want to experience in your life.

You want to buy a new pair of shoes so you choose a pair that you like and feel good. You wouldn't buy a pair of shoes that you don't like or that don't fit well, right? So why do we keep choosing emotions and feelings that don't make us feel good?

Choosing to be happy after you realize your anger has shown up (or even choosing to be calm) can be beneficial. We choose our feelings; no one can do that for us. If we let others get to us, influence our emotions - we are giving them power over us. When others cause us anger or pain, we are giving them our power.

We need to keep our feelings in check and not react automatically to what is thrown at us. We need to think our actions out instead of just reacting to what someone says or does.

Remember that we can always choose happiness. At first it will be difficult to just switch your thoughts and feelings from anger, self-doubt, or fear to joy and happiness. But it is only a thought away. Don't dwell on what happens to you unnecessarily but realize what is causing you to feel that way. Realize that thoughts, feelings and emotions can change. Then move on and choose to be happy.

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

　　 A. Pretend to Be Happy　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. Choose Your Emotions

　　 C. Choose to Be Happy　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. Find Happiness

57．The lesson the writer learned in her marriage is ________.

　　 A. one can’t rely on someone else to make himself or herself happy

　　　 B. balancing the relationship between the husband and wife is an art

　　　 C. she can depend on her husband to find happiness

　　　 D. happiness can be influenced by outside forces

58．Why did the writer mention buying shoes?

　　　 A. To offer advice on how to choose comfortable shoes.

　　　 B. To use it as an example to show the importance of choosing to be happy.

　　　 C. To compare choosing shoes and choosing an outfit.

　　　 D. To help to move to the next paragraph easily.

59．The writer suggests that we should ________.

　　　 A. let others control our feelings　　　　　　　　　　　

　　　 B. respond immediately to others’ words

　　　 C. hold back our feelings properly　　　　　　　　　　

　　　 D. pay more attention to words than actions

A man was exploring caves by the seashore when he found a bag with a bunch of hardened clay balls. It was like someone had 36 the balls and left them out in the sun to bake.

They didn’t look like much, but they 37 the man, so he took the bag out of the cave with him. As he walked along the beach, he 38 the clay balls one at a time out into the ocean as far as he could. He thought little about it 39 he dropped one of the clay balls and it cracked open (裂开) on a rock. Inside was a beautiful, precious stone! 40 ,the man started breaking open the 41 balls. Each contained a similar treasure. He found thousands of dollars’ 42 of jewels in the 20 or so leftover ones.

Then it 43 him. He’d been on the beach a long time, throwing maybe 50 or 60 of the balls, with their hidden treasure, into the 44. Instead of thousands of dollars in treasure, he 　45 have taken home tens of thousands but he had just thrown it away!

It’s like that 46 people. We look at someone, maybe even ourselves, but we 47 see the clay shell. It doesn’t look like much from the 48 .It isn’t always beautiful and shining, so we 49 it. We see that person as less important than someone more 50 or stylish or well-known or wealthy. But we haven’t taken the time to find the treasure 51 inside that person.

There is a treasure in each and every one of us. If we take the time to get to know that person and ask God to show us that person the 52 He sees them, then the clay begins to 53 and the brilliant jewel begins to shine forth. May we not come to the 54 of our lives and find out that we’ve thrown away a 55 in friendships because the gems(宝石) were hidden in balls of clay! May we see the people in our world as God sees them.

36．A．invented　　 　　　 B．rolled 　　　　　　　　　　　　 C．handled　　　　　　　　 D．bounced

37．A．confused　　　　　　　 B．encouraged　　　　　　　　　 C．interested　　　　　　 D．relaxed

38．A．dipped　　　　　　　　 B．pushed　　　　　　　　　　　　 C．kicked　　　　　　　　 D．threw

39．A．until　　　　　　　　　　 B．when　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C．since　　　　　　　　　 D．though

40．A．frightened　　　　　　 B．determined　　　　C．excited　　　　　　　　 D．disappointed

41．A．shining　　　　　　　　 B．floating　　　　　　　　　　　 C．surviving　　　　　　 D．remaining

42．A．worth　　　　　　　　　 B．value　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C．cost　　　　　　　　　　 D．wealth

43．A．shocked　　　　　　　 B．rejected　　　　　　　　　　　 C．struck　　　　　　　　 D．delighted

44．A．caves　　　　　　　　　 B．waves　　　　　　　　　　　　 C．seashores　　　　　　 D．storms

45．A．might　　　　　　　　　 B．must　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C．could　　　　　　　　　 D．should

46．A．with　　　　　　　　　　 B．towards　　　　　　　　　　　 C．about　　　　　　　　　 D．between

47．A．hardly　　　　　　　　　 B．actually　　　　　　　　　　　 C．simply　　　　　　　　 D．luckily

48．A．distance　　　　　　　 B．outside　　　　　　　　　　　　 C．weight　　　　　　　　 D．pattern

49．A．removed　　　　　　　 B．suspected　　　　　　　　　　 C．ignored　　　　　　　　 D．reserved

50．A．beautiful　　　　　　　 B．cautious　　　　　　　　　　　 C．positive　　　　　　　　 D．grateful

51．A．lost　　　　　　　　　　　 B．hidden　　　　　　　　　　　　 C．divided　　　　　　　　 D．mixed

52．A．moment　　　　　　　 B．point　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C．degree　　　　　　　　 D．way

53．A．come off　　　　　　　 B．break away　　　　　　　　　 C．take over　　　　　　 D．fall down

54．A．sight　　　　　　　　　　 B．best　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C．middle　　　　　　　　 D．end

55．A．relation　　　　　　　　 B．position 　　　　　　　　　　 C．fortune　　　　　　　　 D．memory

 In the last few years thousands of films ______ all over the world.

   A. have produced             B. have been produced

   C. are producing              D. are being produced

 His hard work _____ when he got the promotion.

   A. paid back              B. turned over          C. gave out              D. paid off