Directions: Read the passage carefully and answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.

    We’d like to agree with the recent report comparing the difference between a TV and a computer: When you use one you turn your brain on, with the other you turn it off.

Your brain may not be the only thing the TV turns off. It seems that men who watch a lot of TV are more sedentary, eat more food and are generally much fatter. Similar result have been found for women. Experts think that watching TV means that not only are you sedentary, but you have to watch food advertisement inducing you to eat more. The food that you are being induced to eat may not be good enough for you health.

If you are a couch potato, here are some suggestions:

Tape a piece of paper to the back of your remote control or TV Guide, and every time you watch a show, note how long you sit there and what you eat..

Review the record after a week. This can be a shock.

Don’t have a TV in your bedroom; having a TV in your bedroom greatly increases viewing time and if you tend to eat while viewing, the results are obvious.

Think of a healthy way instead of watching TV that you like. This can be as simply as walking the dog or walking to visit a neighbor regularly.

After a few months you are likely to be surprised about how much more time you seem to have and how much better you feel.

(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS.)

The phrase “a couch potato” best describe a person who ___________.

The author believes watching TV _______________ your brain.

Why shouldn’t you put a TV set in your bedroom?______________.

According to the passage, which maybe the healthy ways? ___________.

We are warned by our teachers not to waste time because time 21 will never return. I think it quite 22. What does time look 23? Nobody knows, and we can’t see it or touch it and no 24 of money can buy it. Time is abstract(抽象的), so we have to  25about it.

   Time passes very quickly. Some students say they don’t have 26time to review their lessons. It is 27 they don’t know how to make use of their time. They waste it in going to theatres or playing, and 28 other useless things. Why do we study everyday? Why do we work? Why do most people 29 take buses instead of walking? The answer is very 30 .We wish to save time because time is31.

   Today we are living in the 21^st century. We 32 time as life. When a person dies, his life ends. Since life is short, we must 33 our time and energy to our study so that we 34 be able to work and live well in the future. Laziness is the 35 of time, for it not only brings us 36, but also does other 37 to us. If it is necessary for us to do our work today, 38 we do it today and not 39 it until tomorrow. Remember that time is much more 40.

1.A. lost       B. passed       C. missed       D. used

2.A. important  B. true     C. interesting  D. usual

3. A. for       B. like     C. after        D. over

4.A. amount     B. quality      C. quantity D. price

5.A. think      B. imagine  C. examine  D. check

6.A. spare      B. free     C. enough   D. much

7.A. that       B. why      C. because  D. certain

8.A. doing      B. making   C. taking       D. getting

9.A. needn’t    B. have to  C. had better   D. would rather

10.A. easy      B. simple       C. stupid       D. interesting

11.A. worthless B. priceless    C. ready        D. little

12.A. look upon B. agree        C. think        D. believe

13.A. spend     B. give     C. set      D. devote

14.A. must      B. should       C. may      D. would

15.A. helper        B. thief        C. friend       D. teacher

16.A. wealth        B. health       C. failure      D. illness

17.A. danger        B. harm     C. trouble      D. difficulty

18.A. help      B. make     C. have     D. let

19.A. keep      B. remain       C. manage   D. leave

20. A. valuable B. expensive    C. worth        D. rich

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
After years of searching, a truth seeker was told to go to a cave, in which he would find a well. “Ask the well what is   36  , ” he was advised, “and the well reveal (告诉，揭露) it to you.” Having found the well, the seeker asked that most basic and important   37  . And from the depths came the answer: “Go to the village crossroad, and there you shall find what you are seeking.”
Full of   38   the man ran to the crossroad to   39   only three rather uninteresting shops. One shop was selling pieces of metal, another sold   40  , and thin wires were for sale in the third. Nothing and no one there seemed to   41   much to do with the revelation of truth.
Disappointed, the seeker returned to the well to demand an   42  , but he was told only: “You will   43   in the future.”
As years went by, the   44   of his experience at the well gradually   45   until one night, while he was walking, the sound of sitar (西塔琴) music   46   his attention. It was wonderful and it was   47   with great skill and inspiration.
Deeply  48  , the truth seeker felt drawn towards the   49  . He looked at the fingers dancing over the strings. And then suddenly he let out a cry of joyful   50  : the sitar was made out of wires and pieces of metal and wood just like   51   he had once seen in the three stores.
At last he understood the   52   of the well: we have already been given everything we need; our   53   is to assemble (聚集) and use them in the proper way. Nothing is   54   so long as we recognize only fragments (碎片). But as soon as the pieces are put together, something new appears, whose nature we could not have   55   by considering the fragments alone.
36.A. truth     B. hope   C. future D. music
37.A. fact       B. reason C. question     D. well
38.A. energy   B. hope   C. mystery      D. surprise
39.A. get B. count  C. find    D. open
40.A. instruments   B. clothing     C. food   D. wood
41.A. connect B. have   C. prepare      D. offer
42.A. explanation   B. advice C. excuse D. opportunity
43.A. succeed B. discover     C. pay     D. understand
44.A. bitterness      B. failure C. memory     D. secret
45.A. doubled B. forgot C. disappeared       D. recovered
46.A. paid      B. lost     C. split    D. caught
47.A. played   B. broadcast    C. enjoyed      D. conducted
48.A. annoyed       B. moved       C. confused    D. frightened
49.A. adviser  B. director      C. composer   D. player
50.A. admiration    B. distinction  C. recognition D. imagination
51.A. those     B. that     C. it D. them
52.A. secret    B. message     C. theory D. benefit
53.A. target    B. difficulty    C. task    D. shortcoming
54.A. interesting    B. meaningful C. accessible   D. successful
55.A. foreseen(预见)     B. decided      C. judged       D. formed

During my review for the medical boards, I gained 101 pounds in four months and promised to exercise when all of this was over. I successfully passed the medical boards and now I have to face the music.
One morning, I woke up and decided to go to a park to start working out. I got out of bed, washed my face, brushed my teeth and put on my sports shoes. Then I headed for the park. While going there, I decided to set a goal for myself, that, I had to finish 10 rounds before I went home.
Upon reaching the park, I joined the people in walking around the park. I was enjoying every step, breathing in fresh air, appreciating the green grass and looking at the dried leaves falling from the trees while listening to my iPod.
On my 5th round, I felt tired, hungry and thirsty. I thought of giving it up, going home and sleeping again. As the idea battled in my mind, I was reminded about the goal I had set just a while ago. I kept on walking and as I looked around, I saw myself in the midst of men and women much older than me who continued to move on. Some even suffered from a stroke(中风) that had difficulty walking, some took on small steps with a cane on hand and some took on pauses before they continued their walk but still they kept on walking.
Suddenly I realized that each of us has set our own goals in our lives, such as reaching a dream, building up a career, correcting a past mistake or starting a business. The process won’t be easy. We may encounter(遇到) a lot of difficulties and obstacles that may push us to just give up.
Amazed by the men and women whom I walked with that morning, I finished my goal in the end.
Let us be inspired with the people around us who experience the same or even a greater amount of difficulty but still don’t give up and continue until they reach their goals and now are savoring(享受) their success.
【小题1】What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 mean?

阅读下面短文，并按照题目要求用英语问答问题（请注意问题后词数要求）。

A nurse of 78 this weekend celebrates 60 years of walking the wards - and she has no plans to retire.

Jackie Reid was 18 when she started work in 1953 - when the National Health Service (NHS) was just five years old - and is believed to be the oldest nurse in Britain.

The diabetes(糖尿病) specialist had to retire at 65 but returned as a nurse within two weeks and still does up to four seven-and-a-half hour shifts(轮班）each week.

Mrs. Reid said: "Nursing is hard if you do it correctly but I love my job. Working for the NHS has been my life. I have no other hobbies because I have worked all my life.

Jackie has worked at a number of different hospitals--including one in Scotland.

Her specialist field has been diabetes for the past 40 years. She retrained after her 12-year-old daughter Michelle developed the disease. She currently works at Southend Hospital, Essex.

Over the last 60years she has treated tens of thousands of patients.

Jackie believes nursing should be protected from government cuts. She said: "There're lots of things I would say to the government. If you are going to get good care you have to have the resources(资源), you can't do it without enough money. They shouldn't need the cuts that there are in the NHS. It's hard now because there's a shortage of staff."

Jackie has lived alone in Grays, Essex, since her husband did three years ago.

The couple have two daughters Michelle, 50, and Karen, 54.

Jackie added: "My youngest daughter worried about me - she doesn't think I should work as much as I do. I constantly say 'don't worry about me, I'm fine', but she never believes me. I don't like the thought of giving it up and will try to keep going forever."

1. In which year was the NHS set up? (within 2 words)

2. What does Jackie think of nursing? (within 6 words)

3.When did Jackie retrain in the field of diabetes? (within 6 words)

4.What does Jackie wish the government to do? (within 7 words)

5. Why does Jackie's daughter worry about her? (within 8 words)