4、Have you ever heard the story of the four-minute miles? Many years ago, people believed that it was impossible for a human Being to run a mile in less than four minutes until Roger Banister proved it wrong in 1954．

     What happens if you put an animal in a pond? Any animal, big or small, will swim its way through．What happens when someone, who doesn’t know how to swim, falls in deep waters? They drown．If an animal who has not learnt swimming could escape by swimming, why not you? Because you believe you will drown while the animal doesn’t．

    Have you ever wondered why the letters are organized in a particular order on your keyboard? You might have thought it is to increase the typing speed．Most people never question it．But the fact is that this system was developed to reduce the typing speed at a time when typewriter parts would jam if the operator typed too fast．

These three cases show the power of our beliefs．There is no other more powerful directing force in human behavior than belief．Your beliefs have the power to create and to destroy．A belief delivers command to your nervous system．

I used a snake in my workshops for children to show them how unrealistic some of their beliefs are．Students of a school in India, said snakes are slippery and slimy and poisonous．After doing an exercise for changing beliefs, they handled my snake and found it to be dry and clean．They also remembered that only three types of poisonous snakes exist in India．

Did this story end the way you thought? Review your beliefs now and find out which ones you need to change?

1．In the author’s opinion, if a person in deep water doesn’t know how to swim, he will drown because______

A．he is afraid of water．                 B．he believes he will drown．

C．he hasn’t learnt to swim before．       　D．he doesn’t want to live in the world．

2．The author thinks that the letters organized in a particular order on your keyboard in order to ______

A．save more space                    　　B．satisfy the operator

C．reduce one’s typing speed            　　D．increase one’s typing speed

3．The main idea of this passage should be that______

A．Beliefs are very powerful．

B．Beliefs make us seem stupid

C．Changing your beliefs now is necessary

D．People should always believe in themselves．

3、Is there anything more important than health? I don’t think so．“Health is the greatest wealth．” wise people say．You can’t be good at your studies or work well when you are ill．If you have a headache, toothache, backache, earache or bad pain in the stomach, if you complain of a bad cough, if you run a high temperature and have a bad cold, or if you suffer from high or low blood pressure, I think you should go to the doctor．The doctor will examine your throat, feel your pulse, test your blood pressure, take your temperature, sound your heart and lungs, test your eyes, check your teeth or have your chest X-rayed．After that he will advise some treatment, or some medicine．The only thing you have to do is to follow his advice．Speaking about doctor’s advice, I can’t help telling you a funny story．An old gentleman came to see the doctor．The man was very ill．He told the doctor about his weakness, memory loss and serious problems with his heart and lungs．The doctor examined him and said there was no medicine for his disease．He told his patient to go to a quiet place for a month and have a good rest．He also advised him to eat a lot of meat, drink two glasses of red wine every day and take long walks．In other words, the doctor advised him to follow the rule: “Eat at pleasure, drink with measure and enjoy life as it is．” The doctor also said that if the man wanted to be well again, he shouldn’t smoke more than one cigarette a day．A month later the gentleman came into the doctor’s office．He looked cheerful and happy．He thanked the doctor and said that he had never felt a healthier man．“ But you know, doctor,” he said, “it’s not easy to begin smoking at my age．”

1．The writer thinks that_____．

       A．health is more important than wealth        

 B．work is as important as studies

 C．medicine is more important than pleasure 

       D．nothing is more important than money

2．The doctor usually tells his patient what to do______．

 A．without examining the patient                     B．after he has examined the patient

       C．if the patient doesn’t take medicine               D．unless the patient feels pain

3．The underlined part means “　　　　”．

       A．he was feeling better than ever                    B．he wasn’t a healthy man

       C．he was feeling worse than before                 D．he will be well again

4．From the last sentence of the passage, we learn the man_______ before the doctor told him 

not to smoke more than one cigarette a day．

       A．was a heavy smoker                                   B．didn’t smoke so much

       C．didn’t smoke                                            D．began to learn to smoke

5．Which of the following is NOT true? 

       A．The doctor usually tests his/her blood pressure when a person is ill．

       B．The man told the doctor he couldn’t remember things．

       C．The man thanked the doctor．

D．The man didn’t follow the doctor’s advice．

2、1．I can't c ________________on my work when I'm tired．

2．She pulled the drowning man from the water and gave him first a ______．

3．He ____________ to the public to protect the environment．（呼吁）

4．This heating system has an_____________ temperature control．（自动的）

5．Large q__________ of air-conditioners are sold because of the hot weather．

6．He was __________ as monitor of our class．（任命）

7．A foreign c________ is a journalist who goes to a foreign country to report on events there．

8．It is _________ not to flush a public toilet in Singapore．（不合法的）

9．They can’t _________ to buy a new car for his son．（支付得起）

10．The students are d____________ on his parents for support．

1、最近你得知你的好朋友Peter开始迷上吸烟，写一封信给你的朋友，劝他戒烟，告诉他健康的重要性．信的内容包括

1．吸烟的害处

2．如何戒烟

3．健康的重要性,希望他过健康的生活．

词数100-120 左右,信的开头和结尾已给出．

Dear Peter,

_____________________________________________________________________________

Looking forward to your reply．

Yours, Li Hua

23、I wonder what it feels like to be one of          really rich．The Browns already have two Rolls Royce and now they are buying        third.

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

21、--- Which of these two books will you take?

--- I’ll take        , in case the journey is boring．

A．either           B．both         C．all           D．neither

20、The Roma people originally lived in northwest India in         is now southeastern Pakistan．

A．what          B．which            C．that            D．where

19、Do you think that bridge        2,000 meters long? It doesn’t appear        long．

A．measures; that                                            B．is measured; so

C．is measured; such                                       D．measures; much