The key to our success was having the courage to take on any job and then being creative in our ____ to getting it finished.

A. measure???? ????????????? B. method???? ????????????? C. appoint????? ????????????? D. approach

—Do you think we should put an ad in the paper for the lost child?

—Yes, ______.

A. that’s all right? ????????????? B. by all means? ????????????? C. it just depends? ????????????? D. never mind

—Will you be _____ this afternoon, John?

—It depends. I’m afraid I’ll be called in by my manager.

A. suitable????? ????????????? B. convenient????????????? C. accurate???????? ????????????? D.? available

In 1982, Steven Callahan was crossing the Atlantic alone in his sailboat when it struck something and sank. He got into a life boat, but his supplies were???? . His chances of surviving were small.?????? when three fishermen found him 76 days later, he was alive —much?????? than he was when he started, but alive.

His?????? of how he survived is fascinating. His cleverness —how he?????? to catch fish, how he evaporated (蒸发) sea water to ????? fresh water—is very interesting.

But the thing that ?????? my eye was how he managed to keep himself going when all hope seemed lost, and there seemed no ???? in continuing the struggle. He was starved and?????? worn-out. Giving up would have seemed the only possible choice.

When people?????? these kinds of circumstances, they do something with their minds that gives them the courage to keep going. Many people in ????? desperate circumstances?????? in or go mad. Something the survivors do with their thoughts helps them find the courage to carry on?????? difficulties.

“I tell myself I can????? it,” wrote Callahan in his book. “Compared to what others have been through, I’m fortunate. I tell myself these things over and over, ???? up courage…”

I wrote that down after I read it. It?????? me as something important. And I’ve told myself the same thing when my own goals seemed?????? off or when my problems seemed too terrible. And every time I’ve said it, I have always come back to my ???? .

The truth is, our circumstances are only bad?????? to something better. But others have been through the much worse, that is, in comparison with what others have been through, you’re fortunate. Tell this to yourself over and over again, and it will help you??????? through the rough situations with a little more courage.

1.A．full????????????? B．rich????????????? C．few????????????? D．enough

2.A．And????????????? B．Yet????????????? C．Still????????????? D．Thus

3.A．thinner????????????? B．stronger????????????? C．worse????????????? D．healthier

4.A．attitude????????????? B．assumption????????????? C．instruction????????????? D．account

5.A．assisted????????????? B．tended????????????? C．managed????????????? D．intended

6.A．make????????????? B．absorb????????????? C．select????????????? D．replace

7.A．attacked????????????? B．caught????????????? C．froze????????????? D．cheated

8.A．operation????????????? B．taste????????????? C．message????????????? D．point

9.A．firmly????????????? B．completely????????????? C．hardly????????????? D．generally

10.A．deal????????????? B．defend????????????? C．survive????????????? D．observe

11.A．similarly????????????? B．differently????????????? C．gradually????????????? D．commonly

12.A．pull????????????? B．take????????????? C．break????????????? D．give

13.A．for the lack of????????????? B．in the face of????????????? C．in exchange for????????????? D．as a result of

14.A．handle????????????? B．carry????????????? C．follow????????????? D．inspect

15.A．rolling????????????? B．using????????????? C．building????????????? D．making

16.A．defeated????????????? B．recommended????????????? C．introduced????????????? D．struck

17.A．far????????????? B．long????????????? C．ever????????????? D．even

18.A．feelings????????????? B．senses????????????? C．ideas????????????? D．influences

19.A．related????????????? B．measured????????????? C．contributed????????????? D．compared

20.A．see????????????? B．cut????????????? C．get????????????? D．think

Steve Nash enjoys team success far more than personal success, and always wants to share the glory and the joy with teammates.

?? He is a self-effacing (不爱出风头的) Canadian, who grew up in hockey country. Today Steve Nash has to stand alone even if he doesn’t enjoy it. The Phoenix Sun’s point guard has to take ownership of a set of skills that sets him apart from every bigger, faster basketball player. He is considered the best basketball player in the game.

?? 31-year old Nash was named the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the NBA on May 8, 2005. “It’s unbelievable,” he said. “It’s been a long road for me and I really enjoy playing as a team, just trying to be a good teammate. That is the only way for me to highlight what I do as a basketball player.”

?? It is the first time a Canadian has won any individual NBA honor. Of the 50 winners of the MVP award, only six have been guards: Steve Nash, Magic Johnson, Oscar Robertson, Michael Jordan, Allen Iverson, and Bob Cousy. “I’m happy for him getting the MVP, which makes us feel like we all got the MVP,” said Phoenix forward Shawn Marion.

?? He may be the only one who truly believes he can reach this level. “I always try to set goals for myself and have my own time frame to accomplish them and I never give up on anything,” he said. It is not as if Nash arrived at this point without countless hours of hard work.

?? His interests go far beyond sports and the NBA. His social conscience is such that he wore a T-shirt bearing an anti-war slogan at the NBA all-star weekend festivities in Philadelphia in 2002.

?? “A lot of great moments are when you win games with your teammates. There’s nothing like sharing something with someone else,” he said. “There is a pinnacle (顶点) of a player’s career individually. In many ways, the pinnacle of a player’s career really is defined by team wins.”

1.What does Steve Nash mean by saying the last two sentences?

A. A player’s success is decided by his / her individual efforts.

B. A player won’t succeed without a team’s support.

C. A player will succeed sooner or later.

D. A team always decides a player’s success.

2.Steve Nash feels happiest _______.

A. when he is named the Most Valuable Player of the NBA

B. when he is 30 years old

C. when he plays at the NBA all-star weekend festivities

D. when his team wins a game

3.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Nash is an American basketball player.

B. Nash is better at basketball than Magic Johnson.

C. Nash is the first Canadian winner of the MVP award.

D. Michael Jordan is the best of the six guards.

4. Which of the following is the main message that the passage wants to express?

A. Nash prefers team honor to personal honor.

B. Hard work will lead to the honor of the MVP of the NBA.

C. A Canadian can be an MVP of the NBA.

D. Setting goals is of importance to success.

A recent experiment held in Japan shows that it is almost impossible for people to walk exactly straight for 60 metres. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology found 20 healthy men and asked them to walk as straight as possible to a target 60 metres away at normal speed. Each man had to walk on white paper fixed flat to the floor wearing wet colored socks. The footprints revealed that all walked in a winding rather than a straight line. Researchers found that people readjust the direction of walking every few seconds. The amount of the winding differed from subject to subject. This suggests that none of us can walk in a strictly straight line. We walk in a winding way mainly because of a slight structural or functional imbalance of our limbs (四肢). Although we may start walking in a straight line, several steps afterwards we have changed direction.

?? Eyesight helps us to correct the direction of walking and leads us to the target. Your ears also help you walk. After turning around a lot with your eyes closed, you can hardly stand still, let alone walk straight.

?? It’s all because your ears help you balance. Inside your inner ear there is a structure which contains liquids. On the sides of the organ are many tiny hair-like structures that move around as the liquid flows. When you spin (旋转) the liquid inside also spins. The difference is that when you stop, the liquid continues to spin for a while. Dizziness is the result of these nerves in your ear. When you open your eyes, although your eyesight tells you to walk in a straight line, your brain will trust your ears more, thus you walk in a curved line.

1.The experiment held in Japan proved that _______.

A. the participants kept readjusting their direction of walking

B. all the participants had a good sense of direction

C. the experiment was done in different ways

D. none of the participants finished the 60 metres

2.The underlined word “subject” in Para. 1 refers to ________.

A. a person with a functional imbalance

B. a person chosen to be studied in an experiment

C. the subject one studies at school

D. the direction of walking

3.The purpose of writing the article is to ________.

A. prove that ears and eyes help us to walk straight

B. explain why we can hardly walk in a strictly straight line

C. point out the importance of noticing everyday science

D. give background information about a latest study

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Offer until November 14.

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Competition ends November 14. Prize drawn on November 21.

Check store for more information.

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Choose from any of our dress shirts and we will give you another one at no cost.

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Present this coupon at The Book Store to get a 10% discount on any books you buy.

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You won’t be disappointed! Free soft drink offer ends November 14.

1.What are these ads for?

A．Food you can order for delivery.????????????? B．Places to go on vacation.

C．Special offers at a shopping center.????????????? D．Things on sale in a big store.

2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the ads?

A．Spending $ 50 means 3 hours of free parking.

B．One person can buy 4 tickets for the price of three.

C．After buying two CDs, you can get another two CDs for free.

D．At Mike’s Cafe, people can get a free soft drink after spending $ 6.

3.Which of the following is NOT mentioned at this mall?

A．Clothes store.????????????? B．Music store.????????????? C．Restaurant.????????????? D．Toy store.

4. We can know from this passage _________.

A．there is more than one theater in the center

B．if you buy a book there, you may pay less than half the price

C．you may get a free one if you buy a shirt, or a tie, or a pair of shoes

D．you won’t get a free soft drink unless you spend more than 10 dollars on the meal

Women work harder than men at university and get better degrees as a result, according to a study at Brunel University.

?? The research, which followed 200 students for four years, found that women consistently outperformed men in their studies even though they had started their courses with almost identical A-level grades.

?? An analysis of the results showed that while 65 percent of female graduates were awarded, only 35 percent of male graduates did as well. Girls are known to outperform boys at school, but this research showed that trend continued at university.

?? Fiona Smith, who led the research, said, “The research shows that the difference has something to do with schools in general.”

?? “It also shows something about the inequality for working women in terms of pay and promotion. Women work harder at school, harder at university, and do better at both, but they still receive less pay.”

?? The research found that female students were more faithful, less likely to miss lectures, and more likely to believe that their marks reflected their abilities than male students. Female students were also more likely to ask for and receive support from their professors.

?? Women were also more likely to choose their universities because they liked the courses offered.

?? In contrast, men were more likely than women to miss lectures due to “other affairs” and “laziness”, and to believe that playing sports was an important part of university life.

?? Generally, people think that women’s success comes from more emphasis on coursework, but the research showed that female geographers at Brunel did better in their exams than in their coursework.

?? Dr Smith said, “Most women feel that getting good grades is the most important part of university life. They believe that they need to work harder in order to compete in the male-dominated (男性主导的) environment they will encounter at work. Good grades are viewed as an ‘insurance policy’ for success. Men, on the other hand, prefer going out and playing sports to academic work.”

?? “This research shows how important it is to get all young people working hard and teach them the value of higher education,” he said.

1.The research at Brunel University showed that women ________.

A. did worse than men both at school and at university

B. got better grades than men

C. paid little attention to their courses

D. often missed classes

2.Which of the following about men is TRUE according to the passage?

A. They work as hard as women.

B. They spend as much time on courses as women.

C. They play a lot more than women.

D. They consider good grades to be an “insurance policy” for success.

3.We can infer from the results of the research that ________.

A. women do better both at school and at university

B. female students are more likely to ask for and receive support from their professors

C. compared with men, women are in an unfavorable condition in the male-dominated world

D. it’s easier for women to get rises in pay and promotion

4.The main purpose of the research is to _________.

A. give the government some advice on higher education

B. show us some information about higher education

C. show the sex difference in higher education

D. make all students work hard and realize the importance of higher education

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。（如果所用的答题卡没有E、F、G选项，则选E涂A、B，选F涂A、C，选G涂A、D。）

Every student has tests when they are at school. But have you ever been so worried about the tests that you can’t fall asleep at night? Have you ever felt sick or had a headache during a test??? 1.__? This worry in your mind can make your body feel bad. You may feel angry, frustrated, scared, or afraid, which can give you a stomachache or a headache.

2.__ Good or normal stress might happen when you are called to answer a question in class or when you have to give a speech. This kind of stress can help you to get things better done.?? 3.__

But bad stress can happen if the stressful feelings keep going over a long time. You may not feel well if your parents are fighting, if a family member is ill, if you are having problems at school, or if you are going through anything else that makes you upset every day.?? 4.__

5.__? That means making good decision about how to spend your time. If you are only dealing with school stuff and have no time to play, you can get stressed. Make sure you keep your SELF in mind: Sleep, Exercise, Leisure and Food. If you take care of yourself and get enough sleep and food, and if you exercise and leave time for fun stuff, you will probably be less stressed out!

A．However, there are two different kinds of stress.

B．Can you tell a kind of stress from another one?

C．The best way to keep stress away is to have a balanced life.

D．That kind of stress isn’t going to help you, and it can actually make you sick.

E. Since bad stress is harmful to us, you’d better try to change it into good stress.

F. If so, then you know what stress is. Stress is what you feel when you are worried or uncomfortable about something.

G. For example, you may do a better job on your test if the stress pushes you to prepare well before the test.

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同学写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（﹨）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Thanks very much for your story. The plot is very touched. Now listen to me carefully. It’s very funny. One day, a young man was going from house to house on the street so he wanted to introduce him to all his new neighbors. Outside one house, he stopped and saw a big dog sitting on the sidewalk. Well, he thought that it was belonged to the people in the house, but he paid no attention to it. He just pressed the bell, and the owners asked him in, and the dog went in, either. He greeted them with a smile and then he sat down, and a couple gave him a cup of coffee and some cookies. Well, the dog ate one of the cookies off the plate, and sat in his knee. The young man don’t want to seem rude, so he petted the dog gentle and continued talking to the couple. Anyway, gently when it was time to go, he thanked them and left. When the young man left, the woman called after him, “Excuse me, don’t forget to take your dog!