Many Americans have been leaving their cars at home and riding to work on bicycles. Andy Clark is the leader of the League of American Bicyclists. His group supports bicycling for fun, fitness and transportation.

Clark says this is good news for the environment. He says riding a bicycle to work does not burn fossil fuel or creates dangerous pollutions. Experts say the effects are the most important on short trips. The Department of Transportation says fifty percent of Americans drive eight kilometers or fewer to work. Shorter car trips set out more pollution into the air for each kilometer drive. This is because the car engine will set out the harmful air when it warms up before it can work well.

James, a members of Congress (国会), is a strong supporter of bicycle use. He says cities, counties, state governments and state highway transportation agencies are planning the roadways of the future. They are creating roads and paths for bicycles in cities and between communities.

Last year, Portland, the Pacific Northwest city in the state of Oregon, had the highest percentage of bicycle users in the United States. Portland has been doing progressive city planning for many years to create special paths for bike riders.

1. What happened in America now according to the news?

2. Where is Portland?

A. One  of the cities in the USA.    B. One of the counties in the USA.

C. One of the states in the USA.    D. A country in the northwest of the USA.

3.What does the underlined word “harmful” mean in the second paragraph? The closest meaning is “_______”.

4.What is the main idea of the passage?

Since new technologies are ever growing, employers now have the chance to monitor （监控） their employees to make them spare more time to work when they use their phones, computer terminals, emails and even when an employee is using the Internet．

Recent surveys have shown that a majority of employers monitor their employees’ activities．It was found that three fourths of employers monitored the websites their employees visited in order to prevent improper surfing．The survey further indicated that 65% of employers used software to block connections to websites considered off limits to employees．One third of employers monitored their employees’ number of keystrokes and the amount of time spent on the keyboard and lastly just over half of the employers surveyed review and kept email messages．

Most of the time, email is not considered private if the email system is used at a company, the employer owns it and is allowed to review its contents．Email messages that are sent within the company, as well as those that are sent from the employee’s terminal to another company, or from another company to the employee are subject to monitoring．If an email is deleted out of the employee’s account, that doesn’t mean that they are totally deleted．The messages are kept in memory．Emails are often backed up along with other important data from the computer system．If an employer’s email policy specifically states that messages marked as “private” will be kept confidential （机密的）,however, there may also be some exceptions to that policy （政策）．

In order to know their employer’s email policy, employees should read over the employee handbook．If the handbook doesn’t address the issue of email monitoring, they should speak with their employer about their policy for emails and privacy．Currently there are very few laws that address workplace privacy; however, there are some organizations that are working to advocate for employees so that there will be a stronger government regulation of employee monitoring activities．

1.According to the author, the employers’ monitoring ____．

2.Employers probably think that monitoring the employees can help them ____．

3.It can be inferred from the passage that ____．

4.The underlined phrase “advocate for” in the last paragraph means “____”．

请认真阅读下面对话，并根据各题所给首字母的提示，在标有题号的右边横线上写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式，使对话通顺。

A: I plan to go to Taiwan for my summer holidays. Li Jun, since you come from Taiwan, can you t_____1._____ me something about it?

B: Certainly. Taiwan is the largest i______2._____ in China.

A: What's the w______3.______ like there?

B: It's nearly the s____4._____ as that in Fuzhou, sometimes very hot in summer. But you can taste all kinds o____5.____ delicious fruits.

A: What p___6.____ of interest should. I visit?

B: Taiwan is f___7.____ for Mount All and Riyuetan. And you shouldn't miss the hot springs(温泉) there.

A: It s____8._____ really interesting and exciting. I can't w_____9._____ to fly there.

B: hope you'll have a great time.

A: Sure. T_____10.______ a lot! .

日前，由教育部、国家体育总局、共青团中央联合举办了“全国亿万青少年学生阳光体育运动”启动仪式，其影响巨大，意义深远。你在本校参与了此项活动，请你根据表格中所给信息写一篇英语短文。

注意：

　1、词数80～100个左右。

　2、短文的开头已为你写好，不计入总词数。

　3、短文须包括所有内容要点，但不要逐句翻译，可适当加入细节和适当发挥，使短文通顺、连贯。

4、文中不得使用真实姓名、校名。

参考词汇：the launching ceremony 启动仪式；build up one's body strength 强身健体

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“Millions of young students nationwide sports sunshine” launched on April 29, 2007. The teachers and students in our school were organized to                                                

Expo 2010 Shanghai China offered           wonderful opportunity for       cross culture dialogues.

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

Help others whenever you can     you’ll earn respect from others without difficulty.

  A. and              B. or              C. unless        D. but

- Hi, Maria! I got the first place in the exam.

    -           ! Everyone knows you cheated.

  A. Congratulations            B. Come on          C. Good luck         D. Cheer up

Without enough evidence, the jury couldn’t find him      of the crime ,so he was set free.

  A. skeptical        B. ashamed            C. guilty         D. innocent

By the 2030s most people can     to live at least 80, which is a big leap for mankind.

  A. expect                  B. desire         C. want         D. demand

      his idea was accepted by all the people at the meeting.

  A. Strange as might it sound                   B. As it might sound strange

C. As strange it might sound                   D. Strange as it might sound