Butter is bad for you—so is margarine（人造黄油）．Coffee raises blood pressure, but may protect against cancer．Alcohol is okay, but only if it's wine．The confusing studies on what is safe to eat and drink are enough to make it impossible for anyone to understand what "good food" is．

Take the margarine-butter debate for example．Studies that linked fat—found mostly in animal products such as meat and butter—with cancer and heart disease sent millions rushing to buy margarine．But then another study found that people who ate a lot of margarine also had high levels of heart disease．For those who have a firm faith in science, this seems to be the end of the world．

But many doctors point out that their advice has never been conflicting．For years, and in various countries, they have recommended eating less fat．

People in western countries such as Britain and the United States get about 40 percent of their calories from fat．Doctors say this should be around 30 or even 25 percent,

"We must try to reduce total fat," said Dr．Robert Richardson of the University of Edinburgh, who has been studying the effects of fat on human health for years．

"We need to go to more such food as bread, in particular brown bread, and more fruit and vegetables．"

Fresh produce may not be so safe, either．Last month the British Government advised consumers to peel their pears before eating, while many Americans briefly avoided apples because of fears over an insect killing chemical．

But Dr．Arnold, a British scientist, said any risk of such poisoning would be outweighed by the costs of not eating plant foods．

"On balance, if you were to put both risks against each other, the advice has to be eating as much fruit and vegetable daily as possible," she said．

In general, doctors conclude, variety truly is the best policy．"The general advice is pretty much the same advice that doctors have been talking about for a long time—a varied diet, a mixture of foods and not too much of any one," Arnold said．

1.In which section of the magazine are you most likely to find this passage?

    A．Arts and Culture                     B．Entertainment    

    C．Nature                               D．Health

2.The British Government advised consumers to peel their pears before eating because ________．

    A．it found that there were insects on the pears

    B．it wanted consumers to avoid insect, killing chemicals

    C．the skin of pears was found to be bad for people's health

    D．it was a bad habit not to peel them

3.The underlined word "outweigh" （Para. 8） means " __________．"

    A．to be heavier than usual or allowed                      B．to be more dangerous than

    C．to be greater in value or importance than                D．to be considered less important than

4.What can we infer from the passage?

    A．Many doctors say that their advice has never been conflicting．

    B．Science provides answers to all our questions．

    C．We should peel our pears before eating．

    D．We should eat plant foods despite the risk of poisoning．

As children face their final month of revision before the exam season starts, many parents are looking for the words to motivate their offspring．But could they be mistakenly praising the value of ability over effort, asks Matthew Syed．

    Take a glance at these expressions of encouragement:

    "You learned that so quickly, you're so smart!"

    "Look at that drawing．Are you -the next Picasso or what?"

They appear as the kind of confidence-boosting statements that should be given to children or, indeed, anyone else．Such phrases are used in homes and classrooms every day, particularly with exams approaching．

Intelligence-based praise leads the receiver towards the fixed thought —it suggests to them that intelligence is of primary importance rather than the effort through which intelligence can be transformed．

Let's take a quick second look into the science of expertise, and ask a question．Where does excellence come from? For a long time, it was thought the answer to this depended, to a large degree, on genetic inheritance．Or, to put it another way, it is all about talent．

It turns out that this is mistaken．Dozens of studies have found that top performers—whether in maths, mi sic or whatever—learn no faster than those who reach lower levels of achievement—hour after hour, they improve at almost the same rates．

The difference is simply that high achievers practice for more hours．Further research has shown that when students seem to possess a particular gift, it is often because they have been given extra tuition at home by their parents．

This is not to deny that some kids start out better than others—it is merely to suggest that the starting point we have in life is not particularly relevant．

Why? Because, over time, with the right, kind of practice, we change so dramatically．It is not just the body that changes, but the brain．The question of talent versus effort would not matter terribly much if it  as merely theoretical．But it is so much more than that．It influences the way we think, feel, and the way we engage with our world．

1.What is the best title of this passage?

    A．The Words That Could Encourage Your Child

    B．Intelligence Says All

    C．High and Low Achievers

    D．Start Early, Learn More

2.Which statement is intelligence-based praise?

    A．"You're so brilliant - you passed that exam without really studying!"

    B．"With more efforts, you can achieve more!"

    C．" You combine study with entertainment so well!"

    D．"You study so hard even when you are so good at it!"

3.The writer thinks the answer to the question of talent versus effort is _____．

    A．simple           B．complicated      C．obvious          D．mysterious

4.Why do some people have higher achievements?

    A．Because they are born with great talent.

    B．Because they start better than others.

    C．Because they spend more of their spare time practicing what they have learnt.

    D．Because they improve themselves at almost the same rates.

短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

请对标题号的每一行做出判断：每一行只有一个错误，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：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

One day, there is a blind man sitting with a sign by his feet,          

1.____     

that read, "I am blind, please help．" A creative publicist was   

2.____      

walking by him ．and observed that the roan only had a few of   

3._____   __

coins in his hat．He pat a few of his own coin in it, and        

4._____    _

without ask for permission, took the sign, turned it around,                 

5.____      

and wrote a new message．He then placed it back and left.

Later that afternoon publicist returned and noticed that the        

6.____     

hat was almost complete full of coins. The blind man recognized    

7.____    ___

his footsteps and asked if it was she that had changed the sign．       

8.____      

He wanted to know that what the publicist wrote on the sign．The     

9.____      _

publicist replied, "I just changed your message because people             

10.____   

could understand it．" He said goodbye and went on his way．The

blind man didn't know the new sign read, "Today is spring but I cannot see it．"

书面表达（满分25分）

现在越来越多人选择在网上找工作。请你就此现象以“Hunting for a job on the Internet”为题，写一篇英语短文，发表自己的看法。可适当补充情节，使文章合理通顺。

1．人们更愿意上网找工作而不愿用传统的方法

2．网上找工作的原因

    1）更方便，可以节省时间精力

    2）有更多的选择，成功率较高

    3）失败也不会难堪

3．你对网上找工作的看法

Hunting for a job on the Internet

—It has been a wonderful evening．Thank you very much．

—           .

       A．I'm glad to hear that                 B．My pleasure

       C．No, thanks                           D．Don't say so

____ new round of competition for customers has started with discounted products in Gome and Suning, setting off____ wave of shopping rush at the end of the year．

       A．A;  不填    B．The; a         C．A; the          D．A; a

—I'm sorry, but there's no smoking room in this section on the train．

—Oh, I ____that, and I won't smoke again．

       A．don't know   B．won't know          C．didn't know   D．haven't known

It really seemed ages ____ the police came on the scene and cleared away the damaged cars．

       A．before              B．after      C．when    D．as

It is known to all that every minute ____ full use of____ the lessons will benefit students a great deal．

       A．which makes; studying                     B．when made; to study

       C．that made; to study                    D．which is made; studying

In order to reduce the increasing prices of vegetables, the toll____ if a truck carrying them passes through a toll station．

       A．has cancelled                   B．is cancelled

       C．was cancelled                    D．had been cancelled