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Directions：Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from the list A-F for each paragraph．There is one extra heading which you do not need．?

A．The engine in your body．

B．The location, size and heartbeat of a heart．

C．What happens when the heart beats?

D．How does your heart work?

E．How do we know about the heart?

F．What can a doctor tell by feeling your pulse?

1．________

Your heart is located in your chest, a little to your left．This heart of yours, which is about the size of your two fists held together, beats about 90 times a minute．A grown person's heart beats about 60 to 80 times a minute．The heartbeat is not just the same in all persons, and it is not the same in any one person at all times．

2．________

When your heart beats, it is pumping blood to all parts of your body．If you could examine your heart closely, you would see that it is really two pumps placed side by side, and working at the same time．Each pump has two parts, the upper part called the auricle(心房), and the lower part called the ventricle(心室)．The auricles receive the blood as it comes into them after it has been pumped through the body．The ventricles pump the blood out．The right one pumps the blood to the lungs and the left one pumps the blood to all other parts of the body．At the top and bottom openings of each ventricle are valves(阀门)which make the blood go in only one direction．

3．________

Your heart is sometimes called the engine or the motor in your body and sometimes called the pump．It works away, both day and night．First it pumps out some blood, rests for a few seconds, and then it pumps some more．In a normal day, the heart pumps about 2,500 gallons of blood from the auricles and ventricles．

4．________

By using a stethoscope to listen to the heart, the doctor can tell whether your heart is beating evenly and whether the valves are closing tightly．The stethoscope makes these sounds so clear that the doctor can hear them easily．The stethoscope has an earpiece that he places on your chest and tubes that he places in his ear．The earpiece carries the sound or your heart's beating along the tubes to the doctor's ears, and it makes the sound seem much louder than it really is．The doctor could listen to your heartbeat by pulling his ear against your chest．

5．________

An easy experiment can help you understand what happens when the heart beats．You can do this experiment with a hollow rubber ball．Make a small hole in it, and fill the ball with water through the hole．When you squeeze the ball, you will notice how the water comes out in a spurt each time you squeeze．After each spurt the ball comes back to its round shape again．Something like this happens when your heart beats．The muscles in your heart grow smaller, or contract, and squeeze the blood out of the heart．Each time this happens, we say your heart is beating．Perhaps you have noticed that the doctor places his finger on the pulse in your wrist when you are ill．By doing this he can tell how fast your heart is beating．

根据短文内容，从A到F选项中选出能概括每一段主题的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余项。

A．A sense of humor is not an inborn ability．

B．A sense of humor can be developed in our life．

C．A sense of humor helps us from several aspects．

D．A sense of humor means more than telling jokes．

E．A sense of humor can be expressed in many ways．

F．A sense of humor helps people to better enjoy life．

1．_________ As awareness of the benefits of humor increases, most of us want to get all the laughs we can．It seems that almost every day there is another new discovery about the power of humor to help us physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually．Every system of the body responds to laughter in some important or positive way．

2．_________ Many people mistakenly believe that we are born with a sense of humor．They think that when it comes to a sense of humor, “either you’ve got it or you don’t．” This is false．What is true, however, is that the ability to laugh and smile is actually something we are born with．For example, we laugh when we are tickled under the arm, even without thinking about how to react．

3．_________ The parts of the brain and central nervous system that control laughing and smiling are mature at birth in human infants, but that is not the same thing as having a sense of humor．(After all, when a baby laughs in his small bed we don’t rush over and say, “That kid has a great sense of humor．”)Your sense of humor is something you can develop over a lifetime．Don’t be nervous before others and try to laugh at yourself－then you will make them laugh too．

4．_________ Humor includes a lot more than laughing and joke telling．Many people worry needlessly that they do not have a good sense of humor because they are not good joke tellers．More than jokes, a sense of humor requires being willing and able to see the funny side of life’s situations as they happen．In fact, one of the best definition of a sense of humor is “the ability to see the nonserious element in a situation”．

5．_________ There may be a thousand different ways to express your sense of humor, but joke telling is only one of those ways．As more is discovered about how humor benefits our life, more people will be able to see and enjoy the humor when they are in a difficult situation．Life depends on air, food and water, but it is made easier to live with a good sense of humor．

请阅读下列应用文和相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。

以下是一些风景名胜及古迹的简介：

A

Kaiping Diaolou and Villages is famous for the Diaolou, multi-storied defensive village houses in Kaiping, Guangdong Province, which shows a combination of Chinese and Western structural and decorative forms．They reflect close links between overseas Kaiping and their ancestral homes．

B

Hongcun is unique among all Chinese villages for its water system．Water is the main characteristic in this village．Its two large ponds are connected to a series of flowing streams which pass by every house, providing water for washing, cooking, and bathing．

C

Xidi village is a very beautiful village lying near Huangshan Mountain in Anhui Province．It is the perfect place for visitors to see typical folk houses where villagers have lived as they have for centuries．It gives visitors the rare opportunity to explore China's ancient culture, and arts．

D

Tangyue Village lies near the southern foot of Huangshan Mountain famous for its memorial archways(gates)．More than 250 arches were constructed here during the Ming(1368-1644)and Qing(1644-1911)dynasties．Over 80 of these magnificent arches are still in good condition．

E

Tunxi Ancient Street is the major gateway to Huangshan．It has restaurants and many unique things to offer．The restored part of the Tunxi Ancient Street is particularly beautiful at night when the red lanterns lining the river are lit, and create a very festive atmosphere．Tunxi Ancient Street also has one of China's best antique markets．

F

The Old Summer Palace on the northwest of Beijing was rebuilt from ruins of Yuanmingyuan built in 1709．It was burned down by the British and French troops in 1860, partially rebuilt, and then destroyed again by the forces of eight foreign powers in 1900．

以下是一些风景名胜及古迹的照片，请匹配照片及与其对应的简介：

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2．________

3．________

4．________

5．

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填人一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

　　This happened in a third-grade classroom．Jim sat 　　1　　 his desk and all of a sudden, there was a puddle(一滩水)between his feet and the front of his trousers was wet．He felt his heart was going to stop．He knew 　　2　　 would happen when his classmates found out．He looked up and there came the teacher with 　　3　　 look in her eyes that said he 　　4　　(discover)．

　　As the teacher was walking towards 　　5　　, a classmate named Susie was carrying a goldfish bowl full of water to her desk．Suddenly, Susie tripped(绊倒)and, 　　6　　(strange), dumped the whole bowl of water in Jim’s lap．He pretended to be angry, but all the while he was saying deep in his heart, “Thank you!”

　　Jim became the object of sympathy instead of ridicule(嘲笑)．The teacher brought him gym shorts to put on．All the others crawled(爬)on their hands and knees, 　　7　　(clean)up around his desk．But 　　8　　 life would have it, the ridicule that should have been his had been transferred(转移)to Susie．She tried to help, 　　9　　 they told her to leave the room 　　10　　 school was over, Jim walked over to Susie and whispered, “You did that on purpose, didn’t you?”

　　Susie whispered back, “I wet my trousers once, too!”

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

　　Language learning research shows that successful language 　　1　　(learn)are similar in many ways．First of all, they are 　　2　　(depend)learners．They do not depend on the book or the teacher．They discover their own way to learn the language．　　3　　, successful language learning is the active learning．The learners do not wait for 　　4　　 chance to use the language; they look for chances．They will try anything to communicate 　　5　　 others．Finally, successful language learners are learners with a purpose．They want to learn the language 　　6　　 they are interested in the language and the people 　　7　　 speak it．　　8　　 is necessary for them to learn the language to chat with the people and to learn from them．

　　You want to be a successful language learner, right? Then try some of the techniques 　　9　　(list)above and try to learn the language independently, 　　10　　(active)and purposefully．Only in this way can you learn a language successfully and quickly．

　　　　1　　!

　　Wearing earphones, using complex Net language and constantly text messaging friends, the Gen－90s following the Gen－80s begin to make their world debut(初次登台)．

　　Each generation or age group has its own symbols and lifestyle．　　2　　

　　Earphones

　　These little devices seem to grow on the heads of the Gen-90s．They might lead to MP3, MP4 or MP101 players, giving these young people a plugged－in, cool and perhaps self－addicted look, of course, life is not always music to the ears．

　　Martian language

　　They have created their own code－like online language．　　3　　, so perhaps only Martians can understand．This is an imaginative generation, though they need to be careful to keep it out of their term papers．

　　Self－Portrait

　　Saying “cheese” to their own digital cameras is usual for this generation．A little bit of narcissism(自恋)never hurts anyone．It helps them reflect a little on their own lives．　　4　　

　　Text－messaging

　　　　5　　．This is a generation that respects efficiency．However, oral communication is important and will never go out of style．

A．They take mobile phones with them everywhere．

B．Be aware of the risk of talking to strangers on line．

C．The Generation 90s is coming．

D．But be aware of the risks of posting private photos online．

E．Read on and judge for yourselves if you fit the Gen－90s group．

F．It's a mixture of English, Japanese and Chinese．

G．They can type their mobile phones as fast as they can speak．

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

　　We can read of things that happened 5．000 years ago in the Near East, where people first learned to write．　　1　　 The only way that they can preserve their history is to recount it as sagas－　　2　　 These legends are useful because they can tell us something about migrations of people who lived long ago, but none could write down what they did．Anthropologists(人类学家)wondered where the remote ancestors of the Polynesian peoples now living in the Pacific Islands came from．　　3　　

　　But the first people who were like ourselves lived so long ago that even their sagas, if they had any, are forgotten．　　4　　

　　Fortunately, however, ancient men made tools of stone, because this is easier to shape than other kinds．　　5　　 Stone does not decay, and so the tools of long ago have remained when even the bones of the men who made them have disappeared without trace．

A．They may also have used wood and skins, but these have rotted away．

B．descriptions of what important events happened in ancient times．

C．But there are some parts of the world where even now people can’t write．

D．legends handed down from one generation of story-tellers to another．

E．So scientists have neither history nor legends to help them to find out where the first “modern men” came from．

F．But there is some doubt who began to write．

G．The sagas of these people explain that some of them came from Indonesia about 2,000 years ago．

阅读下面短文，根据以下要求：1)汉语提示；2)首字母提示；3)语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，所填单词要求意义准确、拼写正确。

阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1)汉语提示；2)首字母提示；3)语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词。所填单词要求意义准确、拼写正确。

I'm writing to tell you my imagination about life in the future．

No one can tell exactly what kind of life will be (1)a________ of us．But I can (2)________(宣布)with certainty that life will be much (3)e________ than before．I'm sure there will be more educational programs(4)________ the radio or TV．So children will get educated at home(5)________ going to school every day．Besides, most of us will have videophones at home through(6)________ we can have a medical exam or do some(7)________(购物)at home．Meanwhile, we'll have robots to (8)a________ us in doing housework, allowing us more time to enjoy life．With the (9)________(发展)of scientific researches, ordinary people may soon be able to spend their holidays in space and a great(10)________ of people may live in space or undersea．

根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项．选项中有两项为多余选项．

　　Carol：　　1　　

　　Brent：I'm really into watching foreign films．What about you?

　　Carol：　　2　　 Do you enjoy camping?

　　Brent：Camping for an evening is OK, but I couldn't do it for much longer than one night!

　　Carol：Have you ever been camping in the Boundary Waters?

　　Brent：No, but I've always wanted to do that．　　3　　

　　Carol：It's fantastic．My family and I are very fond of the place．

　　Brent：Do you have any photos of any of your camping trips there?

　　Carol：Sure, would you like to see them?

　　Brent：　　4　　 So, you must be pretty interested in photography then．

　　Carol：I'd call it one of my hobbies．Have you heard about the photography exhibit that's going on at the art gallery this weekend?

　　Brent：Yes, I was planning on going．　　5　　

　　Carol：Yes．In fact, maybe we could go together．

A．What kind of things do you do in your free time?

B．That'd be great．

C．How about at 11∶00?

D．I like to do just about anything outdoors．

E．Do you know much about photography?

F．Are you?

G．I've heard it's a beautiful place to go．