(l］Before applying to colleges，many students wonder，what’s the point of it all? This is an important question to ask yourself. College is a huge investment，no only of money，but also of 2-4 years of your life. No one should attend college without a very good reason.

(2) Some people go to college to earn more money. On average，people who obtain a Bachelor’s degree will earn more than l million dollars more over the course of their lifetimes than people who don’t attend college. Those who go for Master’s， Doctor’s， and professional degrees do even better. Holders of these degrees are suited to many high paying jobs while               .

(3) Some go for the experiences. College is an amazing life experience. Students not only receive a traditional classroom education， but also learn a large amount about the ways of the world. For many students，college is the first time they live away from home. This creates a great opportunity to meet different types of people and have many brand new experiences that can make you a much wiser and worldly person.

(4)Some others seek after a dream. For many people college is great way to start the next step towards achieving a dream. It can help you break into a new career path or achieve expert status in your chosen field.

(5) However，there’re also some people going to college because “my parents and family expect me to”or “I don’t know what I want to do with my life”. If your main reason for going to college is one of these， you should reconsider your motivations seriously. If you go without a true purpose，you can end up finding what you spend on it might never be worth it.

76. How does the author further explain his point of view? (no more than l0 words)

77. Fill in the blank in Paragraph 2 with proper words. (no more than 5 words)

78. How could experiences mentioned in Paragraph 3 change people? (no more than 8 words)

79. Why could going to college help the students seek after their dreams? (no more than 20 words)

80. What is the main idea of Paragraph 5? (no more than l0 words)

       (l)Most of us have one or a few habits that we'd like to get rid of．But how do we do it? Now I'd like to share a few suggestions that have helped me．

(2)Tell your friends and family．If you tell people around you that you will stop smoking, they will check up on you．You will feel a social pressure to 'keep up with your promise．I would recommend only telling the people who will support you．Negative people make things worse．

(3)Listen to these who have gone where yan want to go．Not to people who have no practical or real ideas about what your challenge needs．It is important to get the best advice that actually works in real life．Seek it out in people around you, in the best books and on blogs that are reliable．

(4) See your future self vividly in year mind．What will this lead to in 5 and 10 years? Where are you going? Towards a massive debt, a heart attack and other serious illnesses in your future? Do you want go to that place where you may wind up if you don't make a change? Then see your future self where you have made the positive change．And remind yourself of the good or bad results; whenever you feel like going back to your old ways.

(5) _______．If you stop doing one thing, it can leave a vacuum（真空） in your life．It's easier not to behave badly again if you replace that space with a new habit．If you had chips and candy at home to snack on, then have fruits and nuts to snack on．If you stopped checking the internet for many hours, replace the space with reading more books．

76．What is the main idea of the text? (no more than 7 words)

77．Complete the following sentence with words from Paragraph 2. (no more than 3 words)

       If you didn’t         your words, others would look down upon you.

78．Where does the author suggest you get the best advice? (no more than 15 words)

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79．Fill in the blank in Paragraph 5 with proper words . (no more than 8 words)

80．Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 into Chinese.

 (1)Why play sports? You might say“to get exercise”and you’d be right. To have fun? That’s true, too. But there’s more. In fact, there are at least 5 more reasons. According to the Wonmen’s Sports Foundation, girls who play sports get a lot more than just fit.

(2)Girls who play sports do better in school. You might think that athletics wi1l take up all your study time. But research shows that girls who play sports do better in school than those who don’t. Exercise improves learning, memory, and concentration, which can give active girls an advantage in the classroom.

(3)Girls who play sports learn teamwork and goal-setting skills. Sports teach valuable life skills. When you work with coaches, trainers, and teammates to win games and achieve goals. you’re learning how to be successful. Those skills will         at work and in family life.

(4) Sports are good for a girl’s health. In addition to being fit and maintaining (维持) a healthy weight, girls who p1ay sports are also less likely to smoke. And later in life, girls who exercise are less likely to get breast cancer or osteoporosis (骨质疏松).

(5)Playing sports builds self-confidence. Girls who play sports feel better about themselves. Why? It builds confidencc whe11 you know you can achieve your goals. Sports are also a feel-good activity because they heip girls get in shape. maintain a healthy weipht. and make new friends.

(6) Exercisc cuts the pressure. Playing sports can reduce stress and help you feel a little happier. How? The brain chemicals released during exercise improve a person’s mood. Friends are another mood-lifter. And being on a team creates tight bonds between friends. It’s good to know your teammates will support you—both on and off the field!

76. What’s the main idea of the text? (no more than 8 words)

                                                                                 77. List three advantages that exercise can give you when you are in school. (two

words for each)

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78. Fill in the blanks in Paragraph 3 with proper words.(no more than 5 words)

79. Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 5 into Chinese.

80. What can lift your mood while playing sports? (no more than l5 words)

 (1)Do you feel your life is dependent on fate or luck? Many people do and there are crazy superstitions(迷信)surrounding what you should and shouldn’t on New Year’s Day to get some luck for yourself．And we’re going to need it，because everyone has heard that 2012 may be the end of the World。

(2)Imagine being in a car．The driver decides where to go and how fast to get there．The passenger goes along for the ride．Do you want to      or the passenger in your own life? Do you want to hide and hope that 2012 really isn’t the end of the world，or do you want to design a new beginning?

(3) This isn’t the first prediction of the end of the world and it won’t be the last．The year 2000 was supposed to destroy computer technology, bringing the world to a stop．All this is futurology---the study of the end of the world or the“world to come”---which I think, personally, is a better translation.

(4) Translation is also the problem behind the idea that the Mayans(玛雅人)said the world would end in 2012．The troub1e with translation from the ancient Mayans is that there are many words to choose from and negative words sell a lot more magazines, newspapers and TV shows．There’s a phrase in journalism in the West。“If it bleeds，it leads。” In other words，bad news sells better．

(5)To me，endings mean beginnings and new chances。The reality we’re suffering through in the world fight now needs a change．Wars，the failing economy, global warming---the list goes on and on．People tend to change through insight(洞察力)or crisis and there are enough of both right now to lead in a completely new age filled with peace，economic well-being，health and joy both globally and personally．But，we can’t just wait for it to happen．So create goals this year that arc positive，future focused，specific and measurable．We’re all the drivers in the world to come.

76．How does the author introduce the topic of the text?(no more than 5 words)

77．Fill in the blank in Paragraph 2 with proper words．(no more than 5 words)

78．What point is supported by the example shown in the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3? (no more than 15 words)

79．What does the author think of“the end of the world”?(no more than 15 words)

80．Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 into Chinese．

 (1)Here’s 0ne very simple yet potentially lifechanging advice I first heard from Brian Tracy．Cut down on the TV at night by just one hour．Instead use that hour to read books that

could improve your life．

(2)If you're in sales, google or browse amazon for what other people think are the best and most useful books on improving your sales．

(3)This of course applies to all fields，not just the workrelated ones．Maybe you want to improve your health，become a more energetic person with a better looking body．Or maybe

you want to improve your productivity．your relations or perhaps do some general Personal development．

(4) One hour a day is not much．But if you read for_______________on weekdays

that，s about 260 hours a vear．That’s a lot of books and loads and loads of useful advice.

(5)If applied，wh0 knows what great things and feelings could come into your life this year.

Also．all that c00l information and useful advice will start to open up your mind．You will start to see more possibilities in your everyday life．

(6)Now，now you might think something like this：

1．I really don’t have the money…

Answer：Visit your local library or search their database if they got a website．Or look for used copies in places like amazon．com or some more local alternative if you’re outside of the US．

2．Yeah，ok，but I really don’t have the time…

Answer：Buy the books as audiobooks and listen to them in the Car while driving to and from work．Or transfer them t0 your mp3一player and listen while riding your bike／bus to work or school．

(7) So start browsing for recommendations on books or ask your friends and colleagues. Turn off the TV tonight and find something worthwhile to read that will help your business or your personal growth．

76.What is the text mainly about？（no more than 10 words）

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77.Which sentence in the text can be replaced by the following one?

If you read an hour a day, amazing changes will take place in your life this year.

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78.Please fill in the blank in Paragraph 4 with proper words.（no more than 6 words）

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79.What does the writer advise you to do if you don’t have the time to read？（no more than 20 words）

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80.Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 7 into Chinese.

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〔1〕"Everything happens for the best," my mother said whenever I faced disappointment.

" If you carry on, one day something good will happen. And you'll realize that it wouldn't have happened if not for that previous disappointment."

〔2〕Mother was right, as I discovered after graduating from college in 1932. I had decided to try for a job in radio, then work my way up to a sports announcer. I went to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station — and got turned down every time.

〔3〕In one studio, a kind lady told me that big stations couldn't risk hiring an inexperienced person. "Go out in the sticks and find a small station that'll give you a chance," she said.

〔4〕I returned home to Dixon, Illinois. While there were no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon, my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted a local athlete to manage its sports department. Since Dixon was where I had played high school football, I applied. The job sounded just right for me. But ______           _ .

〔5〕My disappointment must have shown. "Everything happens for the best," Mom reminded me. Dad offered me the car to job hunt. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director, a wonderful Scotsman named Peter MacArthur, told me they had already hired an announcer.

〔6〕As I left his office, my frustration boiled over. I asked aloud, "How can a fellow get to be a sports announcer if he can't get a job in a radio station?"

〔7〕I was waiting for the elevator when I heard MacArthur calling, "What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?" Then he stood me before a microphone and asked me to broadcast an imaginary game. I got the job!

〔8〕On my way home, as I have many times since, I thought of my mother's words: …

76. How did the writer discover that his mother was right? ( no more than 10 words )

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77. Fill in the blank with proper words in paragraph 4 to complete the sentence.

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78. Why did the writer say ''My disappointment must have shown'' in paragraph 5?

   Find details to support your idea.  ( no more than 20 words )

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79. Translate the underlined sentence in paragraph 1 into Chinese.

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80. What can you learn from the passage? （no more than 30 words）

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    (1) It's hard to give the concept of being charming, in general, to be charming means to possess an attractive and magnetic personality. There is no unflinching secret to be charming, but a positive change in your thinking can get great benefits.

      (2) If you want to learn to be charming you have to learn the art of politeness. Nobody likes someone who is rude and grumpy all the time, and if you are cordial and polite to people around you they will obviously appreciate your presence.

      (3) Sincerity is the key to how to become charming. If you genuinely wish to win people over and appear charming in their eyes, you need to genuinely feel what you say to them.

      (4) The most charming men and women have the ability to make people laugh. Everyone loves to be humorous as it can greatly remove the despair or sadness in everyone's lives.

      (5) Learn to look at the bright side of things, and the world will be a better place. If you want to be known as charming you have to be able to convince people, that no matter how bad things may seem at the present moment, ______________.

      (6) Personal grooming (打扮) and appearance play a bigger role. Though it is not the most important thing in order to be charming, it does have a certain effect.

      (7) In order to learn to be charming you need to keep all these pointers in mind. and do it all with a smile on your face. The point of how to be charming is not simply to attract more people towards you, it is more concerned with living a healthy and positive life and spreading that feeling to everyone around you.

76. How does the author introduce the topic of the text? (no more than 8 words)

77. Fill in the blank in Paragraph 5 with proper words. (no more than 6 words)

78. What tips of being charming are mentioned in the text? (no more than 6 words)

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79. Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 7 into Chinese.

80. What is the best title of the passage? (no more than 5 words)

 (1)When you get in your car，you reach for it．When you're at work，you take a break to have a moment alone with it．When you get into a lift，you play with it．

(2)Cigarette ? Cup of coffee ? No，it's the third most addictive thing in modem life：   

            .And experts say it is becoming more difficult for many people to control their longing to hug it more tightly than most of their personal relationships．

(3)The costs are becoming more and more evident，and I dent mean just the monthly bill．Dr．Chris Knippers，a counselor at the Betty Ford Center in Southern California，reports that the overuse of cell phones has become a social problem not much different from other harmful addictions：a barrier to one-on-one personal contact，and all escape from reality．

(4)Sounds extreme，but we've all witnessed the evidence：The person at a restaurant who talks on the phone through an entire meal，ignoring his kids around the table；the woman who talks on the phone in the car，ignoring her husband；the teen who texts messages all the way home from school，avoiding contact with kids all around him.

(5)Jim Williams，an industrial sociologist based in Massachusetts，notes that cell-phone addiction is part of a set of symptoms in a widening g111f of personal separation．He points to a study by Duke University researchers that found one-quarter of Americans say they have no one to discuss their most important personal business with．Despite the growing use of phones，e-mail and instant messaging，in other words，Williams says studies show that we don’t have as many friends as our parents．”Just as more information has led to less wisdom，more acquaintances via the Internet and cell phones have produced fewer friends，”he says．

76．Fill in the blank in Paragraph 2 with proper words．(no more than 3 words)

77．Which sentence in the text is closest in meaning to the following one?

It is getting increasingly apparent to me that cell phone users have more to sacrifice besides the regular payment for the calls and messages．

78．What is the purpose of Paragraph 47(no more than 5 words)

79．What do experts say about cell-phone addiction?

80．Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 5 into Chinese．

 (1) Everyone wants something in life, love, money, success...Yet too many people fail to achieve their goals, and nearly all of them are for the same reason.

(2) It’s true that terrible things do happen to people during their lives, though no fault of their own, which may make them feel upset. Generally speaking, however, getting what you really want out of life is just a matter of the following three simple steps.

(3) Firstly, you have to decide what it is you want the most. But do not make a list of wishes; try to focus on one thing at a time. If you’re not sure about where you want to go, you’d better think it over first and not hurry to perform.

(4) Secondly, _______________. This will be your map for getting from “where you are now” to “where you want to go”. You know what you want, and what steps you are going to take to get it. For example, if you want a better job, start with a skills assessment and maybe some extra training. Then you’ll need to sell yourself and your skills either to your present employer or to a new one.

(5) Other goals will require a bit more thought. Some will really get you lost without a clue of how to get there. Not to worry, though, books, biographies and such, can be of great help.

(6) The third and final step is to carry it out. Do what you planned. Take the steps you outlined on your road map and keep going on all the time. If you run into some people who are against you, simply ignore them.

(7) Never give up the goal. Keep pushing. Whatever you do, do not lose heart before you have what you desire in your hands. Never think that you can’t turn your dream into a reality.

76. What does the author mainly want to tell us? (within 10 words)

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77. What should you do when deciding what you want according to the text? (within 8 words)

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78. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 refer to? (within 5 words)

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79. Fill in the blank in Paragraph 4 with proper words. (within 5 words)

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80. Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 7 into proper Chinese.

 (l) Late last year a new champion earned the title of Winningest High School Basketball Coach of All Time-and she's a 73-year-old Texas grandmother named Leta Andrews. Here are some life lessons from her winning ways:

(2)          . Andrews originally got her degree in elementary education, but knew

right away that being just a teacher was the wrong choice. She missed the sport she'd grown up playing and needed to find a way to combine basketball with her career. After going back for a second degree, Andrews was able to teach and coach on the high sohool level. Forty-nine years later, she still hasn't thought about giving up her beloved basketball.

(3) Hardship will make you stronger. Over the course of her career, Andrews has met

with more than a few male coaches who have neglected both her success and women's sports in general. She lets their “looking down” roll right off her like drops of sweat on a player's back. Instead, such slights make her work even harder to ensure her players believe they deserve as much success as any man, on and off the court.

(4) There’s no I in team. On bus rides to games, Andrews takes away her players' cell

phones. Texting, she says, does harm to teambuilding. You can't win without a unified team that knows how to communicate with each other. Socializing is an important factor to success, and when we focus on ourselves (or our electronics) rather than others, we miss valuable connections and experiences.

(5) Winning is everything. It just depends on how you understand “winning”. For

Andrews, victory on the court is the logical result of lots and lots of hard work and preparation. She believes in tough love to get her players focused on playing their absolute best, individually and as a team. While a winning game is the immediate goal, she hopes all of her players will carry the team spirit with them long after graduation.

76. What's the passage mainly about? (no more than l0 words)

77. Which sentence in the passage is closest in meaning to the following one?

Only when a team is aware of communication and unity can it win.

78. Fill in the blank with a proper sentence to summarize Paragraph 2. (no more than 8 words)

79. Describe the character of Andrews using three adjectives(形容词).

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80. Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 5 into Chinese.