Winter-swimming has become popular in Beijing. Three years ago, few people would go swimming in the icy waters. But now there is a Winter-swimming Enthusiasts’ Club（冬泳爱好者协会）and it has more than 2,000 members. The oldest is 84 years old and the youngest is only 7. The members are from all walks of life. They may be workers, peasants, soldiers, teachers, students…
Though it is now the coldest part of the season and the water temperature in the city’s lakes is around 0℃, many winter-swimmers still swim in the icy waters, even when it is snowing. They enjoy themselves in the lake, while the people by the side of the lake are wearing heavy clothes.
Why are so many people interested in winter-swimming? Because winter-swimming can be good for one’s health.
Bei Sha is a good example. He is 69, and he once suffered from（患……病）heart trouble for 26 years. After ten years of winter-swimming he is now in good health. Scientists are now studying the effects of winter-swimming on health.
【小题1】 Among the winter-swimmers the oldest man is_______ years older than the youngest one.

A．they are not afraid of coldness

B．they often swim in the icy waters

C．they know that they can benefit（得益）from it

D．winter-swimming can make people healthy

Determined to make school more related to the workplace, Roosevelt High School in Portland, Oregon, developed a school-to-work program. In their first year, students are offered some job pathways in natural resources, human services, health care, business, arts and communication. The following year, each student chooses one of the pathways and examines it in depth, spending three hours a week watching someone on the job. Such a program is also in practice in some other states.

The school-to-work program is built around a partnership(伙伴关系). For example, Eastman Kodak, a major employer（雇主） in Colorado, introduces students to business by helping them construct（建设） a model city using small pieces of wood. “The children use the models to decide on the best place to set up schools,” says Lucille Mantelli , director for Eastman Kodak in Colorado.  Kodak introduces math by teaching fifth graders to use their pocket money properly.  They also provide one-on-one job watching experiences and offer chances of practice for high school juniors and seniors. “Students come to the workplace two or three hours a week,” explains Mantelli. “They do the job for us. We pay them and they get school credits (学分). We also give them our views on their performance and developmental opportunities.”

In these partnerships, everybody wins. The students tend to（倾向于） take more difficult courses than students in schools that don’t offer such programs. Business benefits（获益） by having a better prepared workforce needed in future years. “It’s a way for us to work with the school systems to develop the type of workforce we’ll need in future years,” Mantelli continued. “We need employees who understand the basics of reading and writing. We need them to be good at math and to be comfortable working on a team.”

“Our theory is that they can learn as much outside the classroom as in. All students have the ability to change the world, not just to live in it. To do that, they have to know how to solve problems and use critical（批判的）thinking skills. We need to encourage them to dream about jobs that go beyond what they see today,”  concludes（得出结论） a school-to-work program organizer.

58. Using the example of Eastman Kodak in Colorado, the writer shows us ____.

A. what the school decides to do 

B. why the students get paid for their jobs 

C. where the students have their math class 

D. what role the business plays in the program

59. The main purpose of the school-to-work program is to _____.

A. offer students more difficult courses             

B. introduce new job opportunities to schools

C. improve relations between students and teachers 

D. make what students learn in school related to the workplace

60. According to the text, Lucille Mantelli is ____.

A. a math teacher                 B. a school designer      

C. a company manager          D. a program organizer

61. What does the writer mean by saying “…everybody wins.” (Paragraph 3)?

A. Students get school credits by taking examinations.

B. Both students and business benefit from the program.                  

C. The working conditions of the company have improved greatly.

D. Every teacher and student gets paid for working outside the school.

短文填词（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

Nowadays taking on a part-time job is popular with us students, and          

we can_______(获益) a lot from it. For example, a part-time job           1.______

can offer us the chance to put _______ we have learned into practice        2.______

and show our ability. And we can become more _______(独立的).          3.________

B_______, it can also enrich our school life and the experience               4.______

may be _______ great help to our future careers. However, doing a                 5._______

part-time job has some _______(缺点). If we have one, we may            6._______

_______(减少) our time for rest and other activities. And sometimes        7.______

we may find ______ hard to keep up with others in our studies.                    8._______

So it is advisable to k_______ a balance. As students, we should                    9.______

spend most of the time in l________. A part-time job is acceptable only      10.______

书面表达
偶像崇拜
你们班英语课上进行了一场有关偶像崇拜的讨论，同学们提出了不同的看法，请根据下表的提示写一篇有关讨论的英语短文。
一些同学的看法 :
1．我们需要偶像；2．偶像是我们的榜样，能激励我们努力上进；
3．不少名人是得益于偶像崇拜而成名的。
另一些同学的看法:
1．我们不需要偶像；2．偶像崇拜浪费时间、金钱，影响学习；
3．不健康的偶像崇拜，害人害已。
你的观点?
注意：
1．词数120左右；文章开头已给出，不计入总词数。
2．可适当发挥，使行文连贯。
3．参考词汇：偶像—idol; 崇拜—worship
Our class have had a discussion about idol worship                                    

短文填词 （共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

Nowadays taking on a part-time job is popular with us students, and          

we can_______(获益) a lot from it. For example, a part-time job             ______

can offer us the chance to put _______ we have learned into practice          ______

and show our ability. And we can become more _______(独立的).            ________

B_______, it can also enrich our school life and the experience                 ______

may be _______ great help to our future careers. However, doing a                   _______

part-time job has some _______(缺点). If we have one, we may              _______

_______(减少) our time for rest and other activities. And sometimes          ______

we may find ______ hard to keep up with others in our studies.                      _______

So it is advisable to k_______ a balance. As students, we should                      ______

spend most of the time in l________. A part-time job is acceptable only        ______