_____ on folk tales, Mo Yan's novels become a mixture of fantasy and reality.

A. Based  B. Basing C. Base   D. To base

       No matter how busy he is, he makes _____a rule to surf the Internet for information.

A. him     B this      C. that     D. it

--Tom was late for work this afternoon.

--_____ ？ As far as I know, he is fairly punctual.

A. Why not　　 B. So what C. How come 　　 D. How about

--I rang you at about nine, but there was no reply.

--Oh5 that was probably _____I was seeing the doctor.

A. why　 B. when C. what　 D. that

There's someone knocking on the door. Who _____it be?

—It must be Mary. She promised to be here at 8： 00

A. must　 B. need　 C. shall　 D. can

Www.sda.gov.cn, which has _____food and drug channel with clear explanations, is  _____very popular website.

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

最近国内一份调查表明现在高中生的健康越来越糟糕。某学生英文报就此问题开辟专栏讨论这一现象，请你根据下列提示给该专栏投稿。

1. 你的看法。

2. 分析造成这一现象的原因。（至少2个）

3. 提出你的建议。（至少2点）

注意：

1. 词数120左右；

2. 文中不得提及人名、校名及地名；

3. 稿件的开头已为你写好（不计入总词数）。

Dear editor,

As the recent survey shows, the health of senior students has been going worse and worse.

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                                                        A middle school student

For thousands of years, man has enjoyed the taste of apples. Apples, which are about 85 percent water, grow almost everywhere in the world but the hottest and coldest areas. Among the leading countries in apple production are China, France and the United States.

There are various kinds of apples, but a very few make up the majority of those grown for sale. The three most common kinds grown in the United States are Delicious, golden Delicious, and McIntosh.

Apples are different in color, size, and taste. The color of the skin may be red, green, or yellow. They have various sizes, with Delicious apples being among the largest. The taste may be sweet or tart (酸的). Generally, sweet apples are eaten fresh while tart apples are used to make applesauce.

Apple trees may grow as tall as twelve meters. They do best in areas that have very cold winters. Although no fruit is yielded during the winter, this cold period is good for the tree.

71. What is the passage mainly about? (No more than 8 words)

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72. How many countries are considered to be large producers of apples? What are they? (No more than 10 words)

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73. What kind of apples is the largest in size? (No more than 3 words)

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74. How do people make use of tart apples? (No more than 8 words)

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75. Which season is good for the growth of apple trees? (No more than 3 words)

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American scientists are developing an “intelligent” mobile phone capable of blocking incoming calls depending on the owner’s mood. Using “context aware” technology, the “Sensay” phone will monitor calls and send back polite messages saying the user may be contacted later.

A research team at the Institute for Complex Engineering Systems at Carragie Mellon University in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, are developing body temperature and electrical skin monitors to help the device understand the emotional state of its user. If the phone senses that the user is busy — for instance, involved in a conversation ― it might block an incoming call and turn it onto voicemail. The phone would send back a text message saying the user is unavailable, but advising that if the matter is urgent the caller can try again in three minutes. If a call from the same person came in again, the phone would put it through.

The researchers are interested in four basic different states ― busy and not to be interrupted, physically active, idle, and “normal.” Most people are said to change between these states, an average of 6 to 12 times a day.

Professor Asim Smailagic, a leading member of the Carnegic Mellon team, told The Engineer magazine, “Today’s computers are pretty dumb compared with the device. We got to work at the beginning of May and since then have been improving it. The next stage is to make it smarter, adding various intelligence systems so it can learn about the user. The phone also employs four primary sensors — two microphones to pick up conversations and monitor local noise, a light detector and an accelerometer (加速度计).The light sensor shows if the phone is being carried in a bag or pocket, while the accelerometer determines whether the user is walking, running or standing still. In the future, the sensor box, phone and personal organizer will be combined into one device.”

67. According to the passage, the “Sensay” phone is capable of ______.

A. blocking unwanted calls

B. sensing the caller’s mood

C. showing body temperature

D. detecting the owner’s mood

68. The second paragraph mainly tells us ______.

A. how the new phone is going to function

B. where the intelligent phone is developed

C. why the researchers failed in their experiment

D. whether the researchers failed in their experiment

69. According to Professor Smailagic, the detector will show ______.

A. where the mobile phone is

B. where the mobile phone user is

C. whether the mobile phone user is busy

D. whether the mobile phone is within reach

70. The best title for this passage is ______.

A. Sensay, Your Personal Organizer             B. Sensay, the Future Mobile Phone

C. How to Tell a Person’s Mood                 D. How to Block Incoming Calls

The American population was the tallest in the world from about the American Revolution to World WarⅡ ― that’s a long time. The U.S. had a very resource rich environment, with game, fish and wildlife. In fact we have data on disadvantaged people in America, such as slaves. They were obviously among the most mistreated populations in the world, but given the resource abundance，and given the fact that the slave owners needed their work, they had to be fed relatively fairly well. So the slaves were taller than European peasants. It’s no wonder that Europeans were just flooding to America.

Americans today are no longer the tallest people in the world. After World WarⅡ，many Western and Northern European countries began to adopt favorable social policies. There is universal health insurance in most of these societies ― that, of course, makes a difference in health care. You can also consider income inequality in the U.S., since people who are at the low end of the totem pole (图腾柱) have considerable adversity making ends meet. I suspect the difference in height between Americans and Europeans is due to both diet and health care.

Americans today suffer from an additional problem: obesity (肥胖). If children are too well nourished, then they’re not able to grow best. There are certain hormones (荷尔蒙) that control the start of the adolescent (青春期的) growth and the start of adolescence. Nutrition is one of the factors, along with genetic and hormonal ones which are associated with the start of puberty (青春期). And if puberty comes too early, then the youth will peak out sooner, and will not become as tall in adulthood as someone who had better nutrition．Also, the overload of carbohydrates and fats in a fastfood diet may hinder (阻碍) the consumption of micronutrients necessary to growth．

63. The word “game” in Paragraph 1 refers to ______.

A. rich natural resources                            B. sports events to be held

C. activities played by kids                  D. animals hunted for food

64. Slaves in America were taller than European peasants because ______.

A. they were badly treated                   B. they did not do farm work

C. they had enough food to eat            D. they enjoyed better health care

65. It is implied in the second paragraph that ______.

A. Europeans could make more money than Americans

B. welfare helps Europeans grow taller than Americans

C. average Americans used to be shorter than Europeans

D. people on the totem pole are leading a comfortable life

66. According to the third paragraph, overweight children in the U.S ______.

A. tend to eat more food to grow taller

B. will fail to grow into an ideal height

C. will grow taller than average children

D. tend to have better nutrition for growth