Even a small reduction in salt in the diet can be a big help to the heart. A new study used a computer model to predict how just three grams less a day would affect heart disease in the United States.

The result：10％ fewer heart attacks. 8％ fewer strokes. 4％ fewer deaths. 11％ fewer new cases of heart disease. And 240 billion dollars in health care savings.

Researchers found it could prevent 10，000 heart attacks and 9。200 deaths every year.

The study is in the New England Journal of Medicine. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo at the University of California San Francisco was the lead author. She says people would not even notice a difference in taste with three grams， or one-half teaspoon，less salt per day. The team also included researchers at Stanford and Columbia Uni versity.

Each gram of salt contains four hundred milligrams of sodium（钠），which is how foods may list their salt content.

The government says the average American man eats ten grams of salt a day. The American Heart Association advises no more than three grams for healthy people. It says salt in the American diet has increased fifty percent since the nineteen seventies， while blood pressures have also risen. Less salt can mean a lower blood pressure.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is leading an effort called the National Salt Reduction Initiative. The idea is to put pressure on food companies and restaurants. Critics call it government interference.

Mayor Bloomberg has already succeeded in other areas， like requiring fast food places in the city to list calorie information. Now a study by the Seattle Children’s Research Institute shows that the calorie information on the menu can influence what parents order for their children.

1.We can tell from the passage that now        heart attacks occur in the US every year.

2.It can be inferred from the passage that           .

3.The last paragraph mainly tells us            .

Smiling

　　People smile at times. ____71______.Depending on different cultures, smiling can express joy and amusement, but it can also indicate embarrassment. The following examples show this point of view:

_____72_____.Every one smiles at each other, this nonverbal communication shows being friendly in the United States. However，in China, smiling is not only an expression of happiness, but also a way to avoid being embarrassed. ____73____. Smiling is a kind of good will but not sneer（嘲笑）. For example: When a child falls off from a bike, the adults in China may smile, which is a kind of gentle encouragement and may not be a kind of impolite laugh.

When a person from the United States might blush（脸红）with embarrassment or become offensive, a Chinese might blush with smile. To avoid serious misunderstanding, people who engage in intercultural communication should be able to understand the meaning of smiling appropriately.____74______ Also; different cultures have different meanings about laugh. For example, Americans can enjoy a very heartfelt belly (腹部) laugh that comes from the deepest emotions. _____75_______.

E. In an attempt to be open and friendly, people in the United States smile a lot.

F. Feelings of friendship exist everywhere but their expression varies.

G. However, the meaning of a smile in different cultures may be different.

假定英语课上老师要求同学之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，要求你在错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（/\），并在该句下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

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。

Dear Jim,

Thank you for your last letter telling me your recently news. I'd like to tell you something about our school sports meet. It was holding on Oct.20, which was a fine day. There were over 1,600 students and teachers attend it. Wang Lin, a student from my class won the 100-meter race. He finishes the race in 11.2 seconds and broke down the school record. They were all very excited. The sports meeting was great success. That was why we were all making every effort to our class honor. Although I was not one of the winner, I was proud of what we had done.

Looking forward to receiving your letter.

Yours,

Li Ping

新学期开学了，同学们在选择“租房独住”还是“住学校宿舍”这个问题上很纠结，一些同学认为租房独住可以更自由地安排自己的生活和学习，……；另外一些同学认为集体生活更利于成长，……。请你写一篇不少于120字的短文，介绍这一情况并发表你自己的看法。

开头已写好，不计入字数。

Living alone or Living with Roommates

At the beginning of the new term, there appears a heated discussion among us as to whether we should live off campus or live together with other roommates in the students’ dormitory . Opinions vary from person to person.

从每小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，找出其划线部分与所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

1.secret       

2.regard     

3.mountain   

4.describe   

5.enjoyed    

根据对话情景和内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。（注意：E涂AB;F涂AC;G涂AD.）

Bruce: Hello, Zhou Lan．This is Bruce．Excuse me for ringing you so late, but I' v e only just got home．

Zhou Lan:   6    

Bruce: I would like to ask you about some stamps．Do you still have the cock year stamp? You had it when I last saw you．

Zhou Lan： I'm afraid I don't have it any more．I sold it last week．

Bruce: Oh!    7   

Zhou Lan: I'm sorry．I didn't know you wanted it．What a shame!

Bruce:   8  I only decided to get one today．It's a pity I didn't think of it earlier．

Zhou Lan： Do you want me to find one for you?

Bruce: Yes, please．  9  I' ve been working so hard recently that I haven't had any time for collecting new stamps．

Zhou Lan: OK．  10   

Bruce: Thanks very much．Bye.

Zhou Lan: Goodbye．

A．That would be kind of you．

B．I' 11 ring you if I have any news．

C．What a pity!

D．Please remember my phone number．

E．That's OK．

F．I' 11 see you tomorrow．

G．It doesn't matter．

In order to find ____better job, he decided to study _____second foreign language.

-----Tony said he could fix my bicycle, but I really doubt it.

----- _____.He’s good at that sort of thing.

Reportedly yesterday a group of American soldiers were walking along the road in Irap when a bomb was ______ .

_____ you’ve got a chance, you might as well make full use of it.