68. Running can help you a lot, but it can’t ______.

　 　 A. strengthen your heart and lungs

　 　 B. strengthen leg muscles

　 　 C. control body weight

　 　 D. prevent pains in your joints

67. It can be inferred from the passage that ______. 　　 A. The LP will be a popular thing in the future

　　　 B. Hospitals in Osaka and Tokyo will make a lot of money

　　　 C. New-born babies are sensitive to music　　　 　　

　　 D. More babies will be born in Japan

E

　Exercise. Get fit. Watch your weight. We see these messages all around us in magazines and newspapers, but how do you choose the right activity?

　 There are three main goals for fitness. First, strengthening the heart and lungs. Second, strengthening the muscles. Third, controlling body weight. Not all activities will meet each goal. You may center on one goal or, for total fitness, all three.

Running

　 No other exercise will help you lose weight faster than running. It also strengthens your heart, lungs, and leg muscles. But it can hurt your joints. If you feel pain in your knees, you need to stop and choose a different activity.

Walking

　 This activity puts less stress on the body than running. But to see results you need to get your heart beating faster. This means you’ll need to walk fast.

Swimming

　 Swimming is a great way to strengthen different pasts of your body. But if weight loss is your goal, you may want to pass on the pool. The water in a swimming pool is cooler than our body temperature. The body naturally protects itself from the cold by keeping fat.

Cycling

　 Riding a bicycle will help you lose weight and work your leg muscles. But be careful! If you live in the city, stay on bike path, away from traffic. Or you can ride indoors on a stationary bike.

Weight lifting

　 We often hear of elderly people falling and hurting themselves. They just don’t have the strength to catch themselves. Lifting weights can prevent that. It also helps prevent injury form other activities. The drawback to weight lifting is that you’ll need to pay for a membership at a gym.

66. Babies feel ______ when they hear these LP sounds.

　　 A. the sounds to be their mothers’ voices 　　 B. as if they were inside their mothers 　　 C. the music natural and soft 　　 D. themselves sleeping together with their　mothers

65.　 Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? 　　　 A. About 55% of the crying babies fell asleep after 41 seconds hearing the LP.

　　 B. The LP sounds were first recorded by Professor Hajime Minooka.

　　 C. The LP is produced and sold by Toshiba Music Company.

　　 D. One million and a half babies are born in Japan every year.

62. What is the purpose of the story? 　 　 A. To tell you how to keep fit. 　 　 B. To tell you a healthy range for your height. 　 　 C. To explain BMI. 　 　 D. To show how different boys and girls are during puberty. 　 63. The word “complicated” in Paragraph 3 probably means ______. 　 　 A. different　　　　　　　　 B. interesting　　　　　　　　　　 C. hard to explain 　　　　　　　　 D. surprising 　 64. How do doctors decide whether a teenager is underweight or overweight? 　 　 A. By checking whether their BMI is between 18.4 and 25. 　 　 B. By using a BMI chart showing different percentiles. 　 　 C. By checking whether their BMI is between 95% and 10%. 　 　 D. By visiting a health website.

D

　 Four hundred and three babies are crying loudly. Do you know how to make them quiet in 41 seconds? There is an amazing new product on sale in Japan which does exactly this. It is an LP (a long-playing record) of sounds from inside a mother’s body, which a hospital doctor recorded. In tests with the record she played the LP to 403 crying babies. After 41 seconds not one baby was crying and 161 of them were sleeping.

　The record began as an experiment by Professor Hajime Minooka of the Nippon Medical University near Tokyo. He was looking for something natural that helped new-born babies go to sleep. The sound of the mothers’ heart-beat and other body sounds are the things the babies heard inside their mothers. They feel safe and happy when they hear these sounds again. And they go to sleep. 　Hospitals in Osaka and Tokyo are using the LP. 10, 000 young couples are using it too. Toshiba Music Company who makes and sells the records is very happy. One and a half million couples marry every year in Japan. Many will have babies, so the LP will definitely be a hit!

61. From the passage we can see HK universities ______.

　 A. didn’t mean to enroll top students from mainland

　 B. have strict enrollment rules and only 1 out of 48 students can get the chance to study there

　 C. didn’t expect their enrollment of mainland students would be so popular

　 　 D. are proud of their teaching staff and facilities

C

“WHAT is the right weight for my height?” is one of the most common questions both boys and girls ask. With the summer holidays coming, many teenagers are thinking about how to get fit, in relation to their weight.

Because people have different body types, there is no single weight that is right for everyone. But there is a healthy weight range(范围)for your height. It is called the Body Mass Index, or BMI. BMI is a formula that doctors use to see how much body fat a person has, based on his or her weight and height.

　BMI = weight (in kilograms) / height2 (in meters). For adults, a BMI between 18.4 and 25 is healthy. For example, if a person is 1.75 meters, his standard weight should be between 56 kg and 76 kg. But things are more complicated for teens and children.

Young people go through a period of fast growth, called puberty (青春期). In this period the body begins making hormones (荷尔蒙) that cause great physical changes, like faster muscle growth and gains in height and weight.

The average person can expect to grow by as much as 25 centimeters during puberty before he or she reaches full adult height. But not everyone grows and develops at the same speed. Girls and boys differ greatly in the way they change as they grow.

This is why BMIs for teens are different according to gender(性别) and age. Doctors use the different percentiles (百分点) on a chart to decide whether teenagers or children are underweight or overweight.

A teen above the 95th percentile is considered overweight because 95 per cent of their age group have a smaller BMI. A teen below the 5th percentile is considered underweight.

Sounds complicated? To say it in an easy way, if you are a 16-year-old girl, your BMI should be between 17 to 24.7, as for boys of the same age, a healthy BMI score is between 17 and 24.　

60. 　　　 What is the author’s attitude toward the competition brought by HK universities?

　 A. Universities both in mainland and in HK will get an entire improvement during the competition.

　 B. Only by lowering their tuition fees can mainland universities win back the top students.

　 C. The government should take relevant measures to stop this unfair competition.

　 D. It may probably cause a complete loss to both sides in the end.

59. 　　　 Top students from mainland apply for HK universities because ______.

　 A. many students now would love to study abroad to get a better experience

　 B. they concern only about the tuition fees when choosing universities

　 C. Peking University has lost its worldwide reputation

　 D. HK universities offer higher scholarship, better environment and more opportunities for their 　　　　　　 　further study

58. 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 What did the wise man think according to the passage?

　 A. The people in the town were foolish.

　 B. There was something wrong with the people’s eyes.

　 C. Things were not so bad as the people thought.　　

　 D. The town’s economy was in serious trouble.

B

When the six best students from different cities in Guangdong province all together chose universities in Hong Kong; when the very best student of Beijing picked up HK university while giving up the nearby Peking or Tsinghua University; when the highest enrollment(录取) rate of Hong Kong Science and Industry university reached 48:1, it’s the high time to ask where the real education heaven for students in China is.

Years ago, the answer certainly would be Peking or Tsinghua University. But now no one could give the exact reaction without hesitation. The only sure thing is that HK universities have gradually showed an unusual attraction to a great many mainland students.

It’s no doubt to call this HK craze(狂热), which is even out of the expectation of those HK universities themselves.

　 How can HK universities shake the steady foundations of Peking and Tsinghua and attract so many mainland students?

First, Hong Kong universities offer large-amount scholarship, especially for the top students who can receive the sum scholarship as much as 400,000

Second, most HK universities receive professors and students from all over the world and carry out bilingual(双语) education. This kind of excellent language atmosphere is another attraction for mainland students.

Furthermore, university students in Hong Kong have a better chance to study abroad as exchange students.

The fierce competition brought by HK universities can be a good thing for an entire improvement of education in China.

At least, it reminded the mainland universities the tuition fees(学费) are among students’ top concern when they are choosing universities. It’s time to move.

57. 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 According to the wise man, “the black dot” represents ______.

　 A. problems in life　　 　　　　　　　　　　 　　　 B. things people like

　 C. people’s lives　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. the centre of the paper