Scientists are making new studies of color and its effects on our health. They have known for a long time that the color of a room or the color of the light in it can affect our feelings and emotions. Many prisons and hospitals have at least one room that is painted pink. Officials have found that light and color can produce physical changes in our bodies.

Professor Falfan worked with a group of 9 disabled children at school in Albert. Two of the children were blind. The other seven had normal sight. The scientists changed the color of the school room, then looked for changes in blood pressure, heart beat and breathing rate. The effects of color changes were the same for the blind children as for those with normal sight. Their blood pressure dropped from about 120 to 100. Similar changes were reported in heart-beat and the breathing. The children also were calmer and less excited. Then the colors of the room were returned to orange and white. Blood pressure, heart-beat and breathing rate went up and the children became excited again.

Professor Falfan said different colors produce different levels of light energy. He said the differences seem to affect chemicals in the brain that carry messages from nerve to nerve and from nerve to muscle.

1.Light and color can affect________.

A．only one’s feelings and emotions

B．one’s energy

C．one’s mental changes

D．one’s heart-beat, brain activities, blood pressure, feelings and emotions

2.The color of pink had a calming effect, that is to say, the color affects __________.

A．the chemicals in the brain                 B．the eyes

C．the skin                               D．the muscle

3.According to the text, orange and white are colors which can make people ________.

A．calm             B．active            C．sick              D．blind

4.The colors in the school room mentioned in the passage were changed from _________.

A．orange to white                        B．orange and white to dark blue

C．orange and white to pink or some other colors D．gray to more colors

5.After reading the passage we can conclude that ________.

A．blind people can be affected by colors, too

B．one’s heart will beat fast in a colorful room than in a white room

C．the chemicals in the brain change with feelings and emotions

D．if one’s blood pressure drops, his breathing will get slower and slower

We don’t plan to cry, but it just happens. In fact when we feel sad or angry, a good cry is almost impossible to resist. But if you didn’t know what crying was, you’d have to wonder why some strong feelings started water streaming from people’s eyes and why they seemed to feel better afterwards.

Now a US researcher had found there may be more in crying than we think. William H. Frey II, author of “Crying: The Mystery of Tears,” believes it may really be one of the body’s clever self-repair mechanisms. Crying may be a way of getting rid of the by-products of stress, he says.

He has found that tears contain some chemicals which can cause stress. One of these is the hormone prolactin (激素), which is set free when one is feeling stressed. Since women have more of this than men, that might explain why they usually cry more, he suggests.

Unsurprisingly, Dr Frey’s study seemed to prove that most people feel better after a good cry. And sex has nothing to do with it ––– the result was true for women and men. So, next time you feel like bursting into tears, go ahead. If Dr Frey is right, you’ll be doing yourself a favour.

1.The best title of this passage would be ________.

A．Why Do We Cry                        B．Crying and Tears.

C．Dr Frey and Crying.                      D．Tears and Chemicals

2.According to the author, we feel like crying because________.

A．crying is one of our habits

B．we can’t control it

C．crying is one of the body’s self-repair mechanisms

D．we can get the by-products of stress by crying

3.According to the passage, men seem less likely to cry than women because_______.

A．their bodies contain less hormone prolactin

B．their tears contain more chemicals

C．they are not so full of feelings as women

D．the chemicals in their tears can’t cause stress

4.The author advised us________.

A．to plan to cry very often

B．not to cry any more

C．to go outdoors without hesitation

D．to cry as we want to

5.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Good cries can make most people feel better

B．Only women can feel better after crying.

C．It is easy to understand that people feel better after a good cry.

D．Crying is sometimes impossible to resist.

下面是一篇应用文及其应用场合的信息，请阅读下列应用文和相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请从A、B、C、D、E和F 6个选项中选出5个填入答题卷。首先，请阅读下列信息:

A. Needed: Full time secretary position available. Applicants should have at least 2 years experience and be able to type 60 words a minute. No computer skills requires. Apply in person at United Business Ltd., 17 Browning Street.

B. Are you looking for a part time job? We require 3 part time shop assistants to work during the evening. No experience required, applicants should between 18 and 26. Call 0366-76564888 for more information.

C. Computer trained secretaries: Do you have experience working with computers? Would you like a full time position working in an exciting company? If your answer is yes, give us a call at 0755-26487776.

D. Teacher Needed: Tommy’s Kindergarten needs 2 teachers/trainers to help with classes from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Applicants should have appropriate licenses. For more information visit Tommy’s Kindergarten in Leicester Square No.56.

E. Part Time work available: We are looking for retired adults who would like to work part time at the weekend. Responsibilities include answering the telephone and giving customers information. For more information contact us by calling 0746-23789080.

F. University positions open: The University of Cumberland is looking for 4 teaching assistants to help with homework correction. Applicants should have a degree in one of the following: Political Science, Religion, Economics or History. Please contact the University of Cumberland for more information.

请阅读下面聘者的信息，然后匹配应聘者与他们拟要应聘的职位：

1.Jane Madison. Jane recently retired and is looking for a part time position. She would like to work with people and enjoys public relation work.

2.Jack Anderson. Jack graduated from the University of Trent with a degree in Economics two years ago. He would like an academic position.

3.Margaret Lillian. Margaret is 21 years old and would like a part time position to help her pay her university expenses. She can only work in the evenings.

4.Alice Fingelhamm. Alice was trained as a secretary and has six years of experience. She is an excellent typist but does not know how to use a computer.

She is looking for a full time position.

5.Peter Florian. Peter went to business school and studied computer and secretarial skills. He is looking for his first job and would like a full time position.

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假设你是李华，你的好友Tom不善于交际，来信总是向你诉说他在交往方面的烦恼，请你就此向你的朋友提出一些提议。建议内容包括以下几点：

1.         宽容（tolerant）

2.         多微笑

3.         和别人在一起时，不要保持沉默

[写作要求]

1.          只能使用五个句子表达全部内容

2.          开头结尾已给出不计入总字数

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句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯

Dear Tom,

You often tell me about your difficulty in making friends and communicating with others. Here are my suggestions and I hope they can help.

Best wishes,

Yours,

Li Hua

阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

A little bay is telling his Grandma how “everything” is going wrong. School, family problems, severe health problems, etc.

Meanwhile, Grandma is baking a cake. She asks her grandson if he would like a cake, which, of course, he does.

“Here, have some cooking oil.”

“Terrible!” says the bay.

“How about a couple raw eggs?”

“Terrible! Grandma!”

“Would you like some flour then? Or maybe baking soda?”

“Grandma, those are all awful!”

To which Grandma replied: “Yes, all those things seem bad by themselves, but when they are put together in the right way, they make a wonderfully delicious cake!”

“Life works the same way. Many times we wonder why it would let us go through such bad difficult times. But life knows that when it puts these all in its order, they always work for good!”

“The trails(考验) of life serve a meaningful purpose in making us stronger. Do not lose heart if life is not easy for you right now, but encourage yourself and know you will be much stronger mentally and physically because of the trails of life.”

［写作内容］

1、请用30个词概括短文的要点；

2、然后以约120个词以“Facing the Trails of Life” 为题进行议论，内容包括：

（1）你阅读短文后的感受；

（2）简述你经历过的一次困难或考验；

（3）你认为应当如何看待生活中的考验。

［写作要求］

1、在作文中可使用自己的亲身经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子；

2、作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

A strange thing happened to me last Sunday. It was such a beautiful day that I decided to go for a  11  in the country. On the way back home，my car stopped. It was out of  12  on a lonely   road far from a town. I decided to walk until I found someone who could  13  me a gallon（加仑） or two of petrol. I had  14  almost a mile before I finally found a big house near the road. I was           15  to see it because it was starting to get dark. I  16  at the door and a little old lady with long white hair answered. She said, “I have been  17  for you a long time. Come in. Tea is almost ready.”

“But I only came for some petrol.” I answered. I couldn’t  18  what she was talking about.

“Oh, Alfred! Petrol? You used to  19  tea.”

I quickly  20  that I needed some petrol, but she didn’t seem to hear me. She just kept calling me Alfred and talking about how long it had been since she had seen me. She was acting very strangely and I was  21  to leave. As soon as she went to get tea, I went out of the house as fast as I could.  22  , there was another house down the road and I was able to buy several gallons of petrol. When I told the man about my  23 . He said,“Oh, that is Miss Emily. She lives by herself in that big house. She’s  24  but she wouldn’t hurt anyone. She is still waiting for the man she was supposed to marry thirty years ago. The day before their  25  he left home and never came back because of the war.”

1.                A．walk           B．holiday         C．drive D．picnic

2.                A．work           B．petrol          C．order    D．sight

3.                A．buy            B．borrow         C．sell  D．send

4.                A．rested         B．stopped        C．stepped  D．walked

5.                A．amazed         B．pleased         C．surprised D．tired

6.                A．beat           B．stood          C．knocked  D．struck

7.                A．waiting         B．searching       C．longing   D．looking

8.                A．order          B．hear           C．imagine   D．remember

9.                A．like            B．have           C．drink D．make

10.               A．explained       B．realized        C．noticed   D．discovered

11.               A．excited         B．anxious         C．worried   D．amazed

12.               A．Fortunately     B．Lately          C．Immediately    D．Personally

13.               A．expression      B．idea           C．schedule  D．experience

14.               A．kind           B．funny          C．strange    D．angry

15.               A．marriage       B．journey        C．plan  D．wedding

根据句子结构的语法性，在下面空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词的适当形式填空。

1._________ (hear) their teacher's voice, the pupils stopped talking at once.

2.He _________ (bring) up in North Yorkshire by his grandmother .

3.It may be _________ (believe), but it's the truth.

4.She was so tired that she didn't even have the _________ (strong) to stand up.

5.She had her hair cut last night, now it is _________ (thin) and shorter.

6.Thousands of patients have benefited _________ the new medicine.

7.I find _________ strange that she doesn’t want to go.

8.Great changes _________ (take) place in China over the past few years.

9.Those _________ keep working hard will soon be successful.

10.We tried to save the building, _________ it was a hopeless task.

11.Please call me on your _________ (arrive) at the hotel.

12.She did not know _________ had happened.

13.With time _________ (go) by, my memory seemed to get worse.

14.I have borrowed _________ useful book from the library to prepare for my coming exam.

15.People began looking across to see_________ the noise was coming from.

A farmer had some puppies to sell. He painted a sign advertising them on the edge of his yard.

One day, a little boy came to buy one of the puppies. With a whistle（口哨）, the farmer called, “Here, Dolly!” Out from the doghouse ran Dolly followed by four little balls of fur. The little boy stood against the fence（栅栏）. His eyes danced with happiness.

As the dogs made their way to the fence, the little boy noticed something else inside the doghouse. Slowly another little ball appeared, something wrong with its legs, doing its best to catch up.

“I want that one,” the little boy said.

The farmer knelt（跪下）down at the boy's side and said, “Son, you don't want that puppy. He will never be able to run and play with you like these other dogs would.”

With that, the little boy stepped back from the fence, reached down and began rolling up one leg of his trousers. In doing so, he showed a steel brace（固定器）running down both sides of his leg attaching itself to a specially made shoe. Looking back up at the farmer, he said, “You see, sir, I don’t run too well myself, and he will need someone who understands.”

1.How did the farmer advertise his puppies?

A．Advertise them in the newspaper.           B．Put up a sign in his yard.

C．Show them to his neighbors.               D．Send pictures to a magazine.

2.The underlined words “four little balls of fur” refer to “_________”.

A．four toy balls                           B．four balls made of fur

C．four lovely dogs                        D．four puppies with no fur

3.Why did the boy choose the last dog?

A．Because they have something in common.

B．Because he didn't have enough money.

C．Because it was the most lovely one.

D．Because the farmer wouldn't sell other dogs.

4.According to the story, we know that the boy _________.

A．didn't like dogs at all                     B．needed a dog to help him

C．could run as fast as others                 D．had an artificial leg

5.Which of the following words best describes the boy?

A．clever            B．lovely            C．warm–hearted     D．strange

The story happened during the Second World War. An old man lived in a small town of Germany. He had three sons and they all worked in the same factory where he had worked. After the war had begun, his sons were all made to join the army one after another and they all died in the fights. The old man was very sad. He didn’t have enough food and was often hungry. And nobody helped him and he didn’t know how to go on living.

It was a very cold winter night. The old man couldn’t go to sleep. He had been hungry for two days and it was so cold in his room that ice could be seen. He had to get up and began to run in the room until he lay down on the floor. The next morning he had to beg from door to door. He had been to a lot of cities and knew a lot.

Once he came to a village, but the villagers were all poor and couldn’t give him anything. He was too hungry to go to another village. He thought hard and found a way. He came to a police station and called out, “Hitler is a foolish pig!”

Out came an old policeman at once. He took the old man into a room, gave him some bread and a cup of tea. Then he said, “Don’t say so in our village, sir!”

“I’m sorry, sir,” said the old man. “I don’t know it’s Hitler’s hometown.” “No, no, sir,” the policeman said in a hurry. “It’s pigs’ hometown!”

1.The old man’s sons joined the army because_________.

A．they were all strong                     B．they loved their country

C．they wanted to be full                    D．they had to do so

2.The old man was sad because _________.

A．his three sons had to join the army

B．his three sons lost their lives during the war

C．he lived in the small town alone

D．he had neither food nor clothes

3.From the passage we can infer that _________.

A．the old policeman would send the old man into prison

B．the old policeman hated Hitler, too

C．the old policeman thought Hitler was better than pigs

D．the old man found a friend at the police station

4.In the old policeman’s opinion, _________.

A．Hitler was more foolish than pigs

B．the old man insulted（侮辱）their hometown

C．the old man had to say sorry to him

D．the old man had to fight with Hitler

5.What would probably be the best title for this passage?

A．An Old Man and His Three Sons            B．Hitler is a Foolish Pig

C．It’s Hitler’s Hometown                 D．It’s Pigs’ Hometown

John and Booby joined a wholesale company together just after graduation from college the same year. Both worked very hard. After several years, however, the boss promoted（提升）Bobby to the position of manager but John remained an ordinary employee（雇员）. John could not take it any more, so he sent his resignation(辞职信) and complained that the boss did not value（重视）hard working workers but only promoted those who said good words of him.

The boss knew that John worked very hard for the years. He thought for a moment and said, “Thank you for telling me, but I have a request. I hope you will do one more thing for our company before you leave. Perhaps you will change your mind and take back your resignation.”

John agreed. The boss asked him to go and find out anyone selling watermelons in the market. John went and returned soon. He said he had found out a man selling watermelons. The boss asked how much per kg, John shook his head and went back to the market to ask and returned to tell the boss $1.2 per kg.

The boss told John to wait a second, and he called Bobby to go and find anyone selling watermelons in the market. Bobby went, returned and said only one person sold watermelons. $1.2 for a kg, $10 for 10kg and his watermelons added up to 340. On the table 58 melons, every melon weighs about 2 kg, bought from the south two days ago and they were fresh, red and good quality.

John was surprised and realized the difference between himself and Bobby. He decided not to go away but to learn from Bobby.

The story tells us that a more successful person is more concerned and thinks more. Chances are there in the daily details. For the same thing, a person sees one year ahead, while another sees only tomorrow. The difference between a year and a day is 365 times, how could you win?

1.John wanted to stop his job in his company because_________.

A．Bobby was promoted but he was not

B．he didn’t want to say good words of his boss

C．he thought the boss didn’t take his hard work seriously

D．he didn’t want to be an ordinary employee

2.The boss asked John to find out where watermelons were sold in order to _________.

A．persuade him to stay in the company

B．prove he was a hardworking worker

C．buy some watermelons for the company

D．prove his abilities at work for himself

3.From what Bobby did, we can see that he was promoted only because _________.

A．he was a more concerned businessman

B．he knew how to do business

C．he was more experienced at work

D．he knew details about the watermelon market

4.We can conclude from the story that _________.

A．one should stop his job if the boss doesn’t think much of his work

B．it’s necessary to know the market when you buy a watermelon

C．detail plays a very important part in one’s success

D．one should get along well with his boss if he wants to be promoted

5.What can be the best title of the passage?

A．More Concerned, More Successful          B．How to Buy Watermelons

C．Who Is More Successful                  D．Proud John