In the United States, 30 percent of the people have a “weight problem”. To many people the cause is obvious (明显的): they eat too much. But scientific evidence (证据) does little to support this idea. Going back to America of 1910, we find that people were thinner than today, yet they at e more food. In those days people worked harder physically, walked more, used machines much less, and didn’t watch television.

Several modern studies, moreover, have shown that fatter people don’t eat more on average than thinner people. A 1979 study of 3,545 London office workers showed that fat people eat less than slim (苗条的) people.

Studies also show that slim people are more active than fat people. A study by a research group at Stanford University found the following interesting facts:

The more the man ran, the greater loss of the body fat.

The more they ran, the greater increase in food intake.

Thus, those who ran the most ate the most, yet lost the greatest amount of body fat.

1.Nowadays many Americans have the problem that ______.

2.According to the passage, how many people in 900 Americans have a “weight problem”?

3.Is there any scientific evidence to support the idea that eating too much is the cause of a “weight problem”?

4.The Americans in 1910 ________.

When I was about 12, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings(缺点). Sometimes she said I was thin. Sometimes she said I was lazy. Sometimes she said I wasn’t a good student. Sometimes she said I talked too much, and so on. I tried to put up with(忍受) her as long as I could. At last, I became very angry. I ran to my father with tears in my eyes.

He listened to me quietly, and then he asked, “Are the things she said true or not? Mary, didn’t you ever wonder what you’re really like? Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true. Pay no attention to the other things she said.”

I did as he told me and to my surprise, I discovered that about half the things were true.

I brought the list back to my dad. He refused to take it. “That’s just for you,” he said. “You know better than anyone else the truth about yourself. When something said about you is true, you’ll find it will be helpful to you. Don’t shut your ears. Listen to them all, but hear the truth and do what you think is right.”

Many years have passed. The situation often appears in my mind. In our life we often meet with some trouble and we often go to someone and ask for advice. For some advice you will treasure(珍惜) all your life!

1.What did the writer’s father do after he heard her complaints(抱怨)?

2.The writer felt ______ when she did the things as her father had told her.

3.Which of the following can we know from the passage?

4.Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

Thomas Alva Edison was awarded more patents on inventions than any other American. When he died in 1931, Americans wondered how they could best show their respect for him. One suggestion was that the nation observe a minute or two of total blackout. All electric power would be shut off in homes, streets, and factories. Perhaps this suggested plan made Americans realize fully what Edison and his inventions mean to them. Electric power was too important to the country. Shutting it off for even a short time would have led to complete confusion. A blackout was impossible.

On the day of Edison's funeral, many people silently dimmed their lights. In this way they honored the man who had done more than anyone else to put the great force of electricity at his countrymen's fingertips.

1.This selection says that Thomas Edison ________.

2.People decided to honor Edison when ________.

3.The suggested plan was to ________.

单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

1.Japan _______(遭受) a great loss in the terrible earthquake.

2.The teacher can easily _________ (辨认出) each student’s handwriting.

3.The __________ (表情) on his face suggested that he was not satisfied with the result.

4.It is a little difficult to __________(使平静)someone when he or she is excited.

5.He prefers to work _______ (在户外), for he can have more time to get close to nature.

6.When he was abroad, his parents were _________ (担心) about his safety.

7.Not knowing a single person at the party, he felt _______ (忽视)by all the people present.

8.We were so_________ (感激) to him for the help he had offered to us.

9.Go __________(直接地) ahead, and you can find the museum.

10.You’d better find a _______ (本地人) to show you the way to the hospital.

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√）；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：在错的词下面画一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

One day, I went to the railway station to buy a ticket to my aunt. When I got there, I told that the ticket had all been sold out. Just then a man came up and said with a strongly Zhejiang accent that he had a spare ticket. I didn’t know that if I could believe him or not. After hesitate for a while, I decided to take it. So as soon as the man left, I began to regret. If he was not honest, what shall I do? On a third day, I went to the station to see my aunt away. As I was waving goodbye to her, I saw the man sitting next to my aunt, smiling at me.

请根据下面的提示写一篇题为“Ｍy New English Teacher”的短文，可做适当发挥，字数在100词左右。

（1）李老师留给我的第一印象是年轻，漂亮，热情，有活力；

（2）她讲授清楚,有耐心,并且总是鼓励我们，因此同学们都积极参与英语课堂；

（3）她教我们刚刚两个星期，但已经成为最受我们欢迎的老师；

(4) 在李老师的帮助下,我们一定能在英语上取得大的进步。

-- A good book is a good friend. You can get the help you need from it.

----- You said it. ___________.

I offered my ____________John ______ winning the sports.

This is the second time that he ____________ China.

We’ll not attend the meeting _____ we are invited.