Obama Still Smokes in Secret

US President Barack Obama has just made life more difficult for cigarette makers．He has just signed a law that will set tough new rules for the tobacco industry．The new law gives the US Food and Drug Administration the power to strictly limit the making and marketing of tobacco products．

At a White House signing ceremony Monday, Obama said that he was among the nearly 90% of smokers who took up the habit before their 18 th birthday．

Obama, who has publicly struggled to give up smoking, said he still hadn’t completely kicked the habit．Every now and then he still smokes in secret．

“As a former smoker I struggle with it all the time．Do I still smoke sometimes? Yes．Am I a daily smoker, a constant smoker? No．” Obama said at a news conference．

“I don' t do it in front of my lads．I don’t do it in front of my family．I would say that I am 95% cured, but there are times when I mess up, " he said．

"Once you go down this path, it' s something you continually struggle with, which is exactly why the law is so important．The new law is not about me, it' s about the next generation of kids coming up．What we don ' t want is kids going down that path," he said．

Nearly 20% of Americans smoke and tobacco use kills about 440,000 people a year in the United States due to cancer, heart disease, and other serious diseases．

1.The new law makes life difficult for             ．

A．Obama                               B．tobacco industry

C．White House                           D．US Food and Drug Administration

2.What do we know about Obama?

A．He no longer smokes．

B．He still smokes as usual．

C．He began to smoke at eighteen．

D．He is trying hard to give up smoking．

3.According to the passage, Obama is most concerned about           ．

A．children          B．officials           C．his family          D．businessmen

Everyone has got two personalities(个性)—one shown to the world and the other secret and real. You don't show your secret personality when you are awake because you can control your behavior, but when you are asleep, your sleeping position shows the real you. In a normal night, of course, people frequently change their position. The important position is the one that you go to sleep in.

If you go to sleep on your back, you are a very open person. You normally trust people and you are easily influenced by fashion or new ideas. You don't like to upset people, so you never express your real feeling. You are quiet, shy and you aren’t very confident.

If you sleep on your stomach, you are a rather secretive person. You worry a lot and you are always easily upset. You're very stubborn(顽固的), but you aren’t very ambitious(有野心的). You usually live for today, not tomorrow. This means that you enjoy having a good time.

If you sleep curled(卷曲) up, you are probably a very nervous person. You have a low opinion of yourself, so you are often defensive. You are shy and you don't normally like meeting people. You prefer to be on your own. You are easily hurt.

If you sleep on your side, you have usually got a well-balanced(通情达理的) personality. You know your strengths and weaknesses. You are usually careful. You have a confident personality. You sometimes feel anxious, but you don't often get depressed(沮丧的). You always say what you think even if it annoys people.

1.What would be the best title for the passage?

A．Two personalities.

B．Proper sleeping positions.

C．Sleeping positions and personalities.

D．Ways to tell your real personalities.

2.According to the text, you naturally show your secret  personality when_____.

A．you are awake

B．you are asleep

C．you can't control your behaviour

D．you change your sleeping position

3.Tom is used to sleeping on his side. Which of the following can NOT describe him?

A．Well-balanced.                         B．Careful.

C．Selfish.                               D．Anxious sometimes.

4.If you are shy and often defensive, you are used to sleeping____.

A．on your back                           B．curled up

C．on your stomach                        D．on your side

根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

A 7．0 magnitude（级）earthquake killed more than 230,000 people in Haiti．Then an 8．8 magnitude quake killed more than 900 people in Chile．And few weeks later, a 6．0 magnitude quake struck rural eastern Turkey, killing at least 57 people．

The earthquakes kept coming hard and fast．  1  It’s not．The problem is what’s happening above ground, not underground, experts say．

2  They’re rapidly putting up buildings that can’t stand up to earth quakes, scientists believe．

And news reports and better earthquake monitoring make it seem as if earth quakes are increasing all the time．

On average, there are 134 earthquakes a year that have a magnitude between 6．0 and 6．9．So far this year there have been 40 earthquakes—more than in most years for that time period．But that’s because the 8．8 quake in Chile caused a large number of strong aftershocks．

Also, it’s not the number of quakes, but their destructive effects that gain attention．The death is largely due to building standards,  3   Paul Earle, a US seismologist, called for better building standards in the world’s big cities．

Of the 130 cities worldwide with populations of more than I million, more than half are likely to be hit by earthquakes．  4 “If you have a problem feeding yourself, you’re not really going to worry about earthquakes,” said Paul．

The earthquakes made everyone start to think   5  “People are paying attention to the violent planet we’re always living on．Come back an another six months if there has been no earthquakes, most people will have forgotten it again,” said US disaster researcher Dennis Mileti．

A．But it won’t last．

B．More people are moving into big cities．

C．Earthquakes don’t kill people, buildings do．

D．There have been more deaths overt the past decade from earthquakes．

E．Many people began to wonder if something terrible is happening underground．

F．While it seems as if the are more earthquakes occurring, there really aren’t．

G．But developing nations with growing populations don’t pay attention to earthquake preparedness．

下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在下面加上该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。

注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

I like riding my bike．Though it is not very new, but it is my best friend．I find very convenient to go anywhere with a bike．Riding gives me not only exercises but also pleasure．I use my bike almost in summer when the weather is warm and dry．It can be very pleasant in winter when it is cold and rain is pour down．It can also be very dangerous．Of course I will be very carefully on my bike．In fact, accidents are not the only problem．Once I went to bookstore on my mother’s bike to buy some books and come out to find the bike missing．Now I have two strong lock．

某英文报正在就建立良好的师生关系进行讨论。你作为一名中学生，请参与讨论。请你围绕 “A good relationship benefits us all” 这个话题，根据以下要点，用英语写一篇100-120个词的短文。

你的文章必须包括下列要点：

1．建立良好的师生关系的必要性；

2．你认为良好的师生关系应该怎样的；

3．如何才能建立这种关系。

注意: 开头已为你写好，不计入总词数。

A good relationship benefits us all

As a middle school student, I think it necessary to build a good relationship with our teachers，

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MoYan, _______ Chinese writer, has won the2012 Nobel Prize in Literature, which is _______ great surprise.

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

—Thank you for joining in our conversation tonight.

—_____.

A．It’s my duty       B．It’s all right       C．It’s my pleasure   D．With pleasure

We find _______ difficult to talk to him about anything serious.

A．him              B．he               C．ourselves         D．it

As is known to all, China _______the group of developing countries.

A．belonging to       B．was belonged to    C．belongs to         D．is belonged to

Iraq has ______ too many wars since 1990, making his people _______ a lot.

A．got through; pay                        B．looked through; face

C．gone through; suffer                     D．passed through; destroy