In today’s fast paced，high stress world people are working longer hours than ever, and often exhaust themselves at day’s end in front of the television to relax enough to begin again in the morning. However, television watching, for most people, does not really lower stress. Studies show that TV viewing more than an hour or so actually creates stress and, especially in women, may lead to the blues. Most individuals are unaware that doing some exercise after work makes them more energetic since it increases energy levels.
Wise use of free time does not mean getting an advanced degree, although the mental encouragement gained through education is unbeatable in keeping your mind active. Learning new things nearly always adds a spark to your daily life, especially if it is a favorite topic, such as sport, fashion, or art. Also, look through your bookstore or library to find books on your interests. Try to replace a half hour TV watching with reading.X
It is reported that in the United States recently, many individuals have as few as two good friends. Long work hours and car commute  act to separate people from each other. This separation is deadly. Find ways to meet people at the end of the day and on weekends. Often this call be best done by combining activities, such as by joining a walking group to get both exercise and companionship. Taking a class will lift your spirits and allow you to meet others with similar interests. Hobbies are great for reducing stress and provide another opportunity for social interaction.
Using your free time to aid your health may include these elements and many more, such as going to concerts and spending time with family. Overall, the key is to spend less free time being passive. The best ways to use free time are to be mentally and physically active, spend some time outdoors, and interact with other people on a regular basis.
小题1:What can we learn from the passage?

A．Watching television may cause women to feel depressed.

B．Finding interests and hobbies in common means taking a class.

C．Going to concerts is the best way to make you mentally active.

D．Getting an advanced degree in education always lights up your life.

小题2:What does the underlined word “commute” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A．The arrangement to work every day.

B．The journey to work every day.

C．The communication between people.

D．The separation between people.

小题3:Which would be the best title for the passage?

A．Live a Happy and Healthy Life.

B．Relax Yourself in Various Ways.

C．Spend Your Free Time Wisely.

D．Interact With Others Outdoors.

When I was19 years old, I had a part-time job in a hospital. At that time I was shy and didn’t believe in myself. I     talked with others. I wasn’t confident in any future. Later I met a doctor, Mike, and we became good friends. He     me to believe in myself and try to communicate with others. He helped me learn to enjoy myself. He also asked me to take some important courses. I did     he told me and did very well.
One day, he asked me what I     my life to be like. I hadn’t thought about it before. That night, I thought it over and finally knew the life I had been     . From then on, I started to work for it.
Later I got a chance to go to college, but I had another friend. At that time I was too     to pay for my education. I was very frustrated and didn’t know what to do. When I wanted to     my dream, Mike helped me again. He      to pay for my college education. He helped me      asking for anything in return 作为回报.
After graduating 毕业, I got my dream job and I like it very much. Mike made me enter a different    . I am so lucky to have met such a good friend in my life.

小题1:	A．usually B．often C．hardly D．always

小题2:	A．encouraged B．invited C．taught D．allowed

小题3:	A．why B．how C．what D．that

小题4:	A．expected B．lived C．enjoyed D．spent

小题5:	A．taking pride in B．staying away from C．running out of D．looking forward to

小题6:	A．rich B．weak C．poor D．strong

小题7:	A．achieve B．give up C．think up D．hold on to

小题8:	A．agreed B．continued C．offered D．stopped

小题9:	A．by B．with C．except D．without

小题10:

A．world B．contest C．university D．country

An English traveler found himself in a northern European country with a little money to buy the ticket for the travel back home. As he knew that it would take him only two days to get to England, he thought that he would be all right without food. So he bought a ticket and went on board. He closed his ears to the lunch bell. When dinner time came, he refused to go to the dining hall, saying that he was not feeling well. The next morning, he didn’t go to breakfast and at lunch time he again stayed in his room. At dinner time he was so hungry that he could not stand it any longer. “I’m going to eat, ” he said, “even if they throw me into the sea. ” At dinner he ate everything in front of him at the table, then he worried about the coming trouble. “Bring me the bill,” he said. “there isn’t any bill. ” Was the answer. “On the ship the money for the ticket includes meals. ” The traveler regretted when he heard this.
根据短文内容选择正确答案。
小题1:The English traveler knew he would ________ in two days.

A．be back home	B．buy some food to eat
C．travel everywhere in Europe	D．enjoy himself in the ship

小题2:The first day he _________ to have lunch and dinner.

A．stole

B．sold

C．refused

D．missed

小题3:He didn’t go to the dining hall because __________.

A．he was ill	B．he was not feeling well
C．he was not hungry	D．he had no money

小题4:The next day he decided to ________ at last.

A．stay in his room	B．be thrown into the sea
C．have dinner	D．run away

小题5:The English traveler _________ that he had no meal on the first day.

A．was excited

B．was sad

C．was glad

D．was told

As my friend was passing some elephants，he suddenly stopped．He was confused by the fact that these huge animals were being held by nothing but a small rope．The rope was tied to their front legs． It was       that the elephants could break away from the ropes at any time．But for some         ，they did not．
My friend saw a trainer nearby and asked why these elephants just stood there and didn't        to get away．
“Well，” he said，“when they are very           and much smaller，we use the same size rope to tie them．At that age，it's enough to hold them．As they grow up，they are used to         that they cannot break away．They believe the rope can       hold them，so they never try to break free．”
My friend was amazed．These animals could at any time break free，      because they believed they couldn't，they were stuck right where they were．
Like the elephants，how many of us go       life hanging onto a belief that we cannot do something，simply because we      at it once before? How many of us are being held back by old，outdated        that no longer serve us?

小题1:	A．clear B．necessary C．interesting D．important

小题2:	A．business B．time C．duty D．reason

小题3:	A．try B．continue C．remember D．refuse

小题4:	A．strong B．sleepy C．young D．tired

小题5:	A．guessing B．believing C．proving D．regretting

小题6:	A．ever B．even C．never D．still

小题7:	A．but B．and C．or D．so

小题8:	A．across B．into C．through D．over

小题9:	A．failed B．laughed C．aimed D．looked

小题10:

A．dreams B．instructions C．beliefs D．chances

There is a saying that the British like a nice cup of tea in the morning and a nice cup of tea at night. And at half past seven, their idea of heaven is a nice cup of tea. They like a nice cup of tea with their dinner and a nice cup of tea time, and before they go to bed, there is a lot to be said about a nice cup of tea!
Sometime it seems that no one likes tea as much as the British does. But in fact, tea is liked in countries around the world. In China and Japan tea was first used as a medicine, many years later, people there drank tea as a beverage（饮料）.
People in the world like to drink different kinds of tea — green, black or red as some people call it. It is served in different ways. But they all know that drinking tea is good for one’s health.
小题1:The main idea of the first paragraph is ______.

A．how many cups of tea the British drink each day

B．that the British like talking about tea

C．that the British can’t live without drinking tea

D．that tea is very important in the life of the British

小题2:The phrase “their idea of heaven” means ______.

A．the happiest thing for them

B．their thoughts

C．their God

D．the worst thing for them

小题3:The sentence “there is a lot to be said about a nice cup of tea” means ______.

A．they enjoy drinking a nice cup of tea

B．there is a lot of tea

C．they talk much about a nice cup of tea

D．there is a talk while drinking tea

小题4:From the passage we know tea was used as a medicine in ______ many years ago

A．the world	B．British
C．many countries	D．China and Japan

小题5:This passage mainly tells us ______.

A．people in different countries like drinking different tea

B．something interesting about tea

C．how many kinds of tea there are in the world

D．drinking tea is good for our health

John Smith was a good math student at a high school. He loved his computer. He came home early every day. Then he worked with it till midnight. But John was not a good English student, not good at all. He got an F in his English class. One day after school, John joined his computer to the computer in his high school office. The school office computer had the grades of all the students: the math grades, the science grades, the grades in arts and music, and grades in English. He found his English grade. An F! John changed his English grade from F to A. John’s parents looked at his report card. They were very happy. “An A in English!” said John’s Dad. “You are a very clever boy, John. ”
John is a hacker. Hackers know how to take information from other computers and put new information in. Using a modem, their computers are connected to other computers secretly. School headmasters and teachers are worried about hackers. So are the police, for some people even take money from bank computer account（帐户）and put it into their own ones. And they never have to leave home to do it! They are called hackers.
小题1:John changed his English grade with the computer in ______.

A．the classroom	B．the school office
C．a bank near his house	D．his own house

小题2:When John’s parents saw the report, they were happy because ______.

A．John was good at math

B．John loved computers

C．John could join one computer to another

D．they thought John was not poor in English any longer.

小题3:Who are worried about hackers in the story?

A．John’s parents

B．School headmasters, teachers and the police.

C．The police.

D．School headmasters and teachers.

小题4:What should the hackers know well, do you think, after you read this story?

A．Information	B．Bank computer accounts
C．Computers	D．Grades

小题5:The last paragraph is about _______.

A．John

B．computers

C．hackers

D．modem

One day， a Chinese student goes to study English in England. His family name is Sun. It is the _  __ as the word "sun."
England is a country with _   . It is often cloudy or misty(多雾的)，and it   _ again， so the days there _  _ get much sunshine(阳光) all the year.
When the Chinese student gets to London，a tall _ _ policeman with a long face _ __ his passport(护照) to check(检查) it. The policeman finds the Chinese name "sun" in the passport. He _ _ it is pronounced(发音) just like the _  word "sun". So he says to the Chinese student， "I see your name is Sun， you’re wanted here. You bring sunshine __  _ England， so we don’t want you to __  __ ."  They smile.

小题1:	A．same B．different C．like D．as

小题2:	A．good weather(天气) B．bad people C．bad weather D．good people

小题3:	A．rains B．raining C．is rains D．to rains

小题4:	A．don’t B．doesn’t C．also D．often

小题5:	A．Chinese B．China C．English D．Japanese

小题6:	A．is open B．opens C．opening D．to open

小题7:	A．think B．thinking C．to think D．thinks

小题8:	A．English B．Chinese C．Japan D．French

小题9:	A．at B．of C．to D．for

小题10:

A．go away B．goes away C．going away D．away

In this early day of the United States of America, it wasn’t easy ____ from one town or city to _____. There were no trains. Of course, and the roads were very poor. If a man wanted to go from one place to another, he often _____ a horse. And because the roads were bad, he sometimes got very dirty.
One day a man came into a hotel in a little country town. His clothes were very dirty, and he looked very tried. “ Do you have a room here _____ me?” he asked. The hotel man at the desk thought, “ I don’t want this man ____ here. He’s too dirty for my hotel.” “ I’m sorry.” He said. “ We don’t have any ___ rooms. There’s a small hotel down the street. You can ask there.”
Soon an important-looking man having fine clothes came into the hotel. “ I’ve come to see Mr. Jefferson,” he said. “ Mr. Jefferson?” “ Yes, Vice-president(副总统) Jefferson. We planned to meet here.” The hotel man was ____ “ A man _____ dirty clothes was just here. I thought he was a farmer, and sent him to another hotel a few minutes ago.” The hotel man _____ the Vice-president’s room in the other hotel.
“ Oh, Mr. Jefferson,” he said, “ I’m very sorry I thought you were a farmer. We have a room at our hotel. Please come back.”
“ No.” said Mr. Jefferson, “ If there’s no room for a farmer, there’s no room for the Vice president, _____.”

小题1:	A．get B．got C．to get D．getting

小题2:	A．other B．the other C．another D．the another

小题3:	A．must to ride B．have to ride C．had to ride D．has to ride

小题4:	A．for B．to C．of D．at

小题5:	A．stay B．to stay C．stayed D．staying

小题6:	A．many B．much C．a lot D．more

小题7:	A．happy B．sad C．afraid D．lucky

小题8:	A．of B．in C．on D．with

小题9:	A．hurry B．hurried C．hurried to D．in hurry

小题10:

A．too B．also C．neither D．either

根据所给汉语意思及文章内容，写出单词的正确形式。（每空限填一词）
Sandy is one friend of    小题1:(我的). She is one of the best     小题2:(志愿者)I have ever known. She is always ready to 小题3: (提供) help for people in need.  Specially speaking, she likes to visit  小题4:(生病的) children in the hospital to cheer them up; she never minds   小题5: (募捐) money for those poor people; she never has problems   小题6:(借) money to his friends. She once told me:“Someone once saved my life. He asked me to    小题7:(传递) his love to your family, friends neighbors and even strangers. I followed him. Now, you can’t    小题8:    (想象) how happy I am when helping those in difficult 小题9: (情况). ” Do you have the same  小题10: (精神) as Sandy? Do you want to join her?

Anne Spencer Morrow was born in 1906 in Englewood, New Jersey. She went to Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. She wanted to become a ______. She won two major prizes from the _____for her writing.
Anne Morrow was a quiet, shy and small young woman when she _____Charles Lindbergh in 1927. The 25-year- old man was tall and good-looking. Charles Lindbergh was one of __________ people in the world. He had just become the first person__________ a plane alone across the Atlantic Ocean, from New York to Paris. Two years __________, Anne and Charles Lindbergh were married. Reports about their__________ were on the front pages of newspapers.
After her marriage to Charles Lindbergh, Anne became a pilot too. She began _____many long airplane flights with her husband. The Lindberghs explored new ways to fly around the world. They seemed to enjoy the greatest _____ that any young people could not have. 
Then in 1932, something______happened.They were in great sorrow (痛苦).The Lindberghs’ _____baby,twenty-month-old Charles, was kidnapped from their home in New Jersey. The body of the baby was discovered more than ten weeks later. 
There were a huge number of reports about the case. Newspapers _____it "the Crime of the Century”. After the trial（审判）, the Lindberghs found it ______ to live in the United States. There were threats(威胁) on the life of their second child. And there were too _______ newspaper stories about them. So Anne and Charles Lindbergh moved to Europe in 1935. Four years later they moved _________ to the United States.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh never fully recovered from the death of her first child. Yet, she and her husband had five more children. She continued flying. In 1934, she became the first woman to win the National Geographic Society's Hubbard Gold Medal. She was honored for her exploration, research and discovery. 

小题1:	A．singer B．writer C．actor D．driver

小题2:	A．party B．charity C．college D．country

小题3:	A．met B．found C．knew D．saw

小题4:	A．the best B．the most famous C．the most careful D．the most attractive

小题5:	A．to take B．to fly C．to ride D．to walk

小题6:	A．after B．ago C．before D．later

小题7:	A．friendship B．work C．marriage D．life

小题8:	A．making B．getting C．giving D．catching

小题9:	A．unluck B．luck C．sadnesss D．excitement

小题10:

A．happy B．exciting C．interesting D．terrible

小题11:

A．second B．third C．fourth D．first

小题12:

A．say B．talk C．speak D．call

小题13:

A．easy B．difficult C．simple D．hardly

小题14:

A．much B．few C．many D．little

小题15:

A．out B．away C．back D．out of