1.If you want to stay young, sit down and have a good think. This is the research result of ProfessorFaulkner,who says that most of our brains are not getting enough exercise and as a result, we areageing unnecessarily soon.Professor Faulkner wanted to find out why healthy farmers in northern Japan appeared to be losingtheir ability to think and to reason at a relatively early age, and how the process of ageing could beslowed down.He set about measuring brain volumes of a thousand people of different ages and occupations.Computer technology enabled him to obtain precise measurements of the volume of the front andside sections of the brain, which relate to intelligence and emotion, and determine the humancharacter.Contraction of front and side parts—as cells die off—was observed in some subjects in their thirties,but it was still not evident in some sixty?and seventy?year?olds.Faulkner concluded from his tests that there is a simple way to slow the contraction—using thehead.The findings show that contraction of the brain begins sooner in people in the country than in thetowns.Those least at risk, says Faulkner,are lawyers,followed by university professors and doctors.White?collar workers doing routine work are,however, as likely to have shrinking brains as the farmworker, bus driver and shop assistant.Faulkner’s findings show that thinking can prevent the brain from shrinking. Blood must circulateproperly in the head to supply the fresh oxygen the brain cells need.“The best way to maintaingood blood circulation is through using the brain,”he says.“Think hard and engage inconversation.Don’t rely on pocket calculators.”Faulkner’s research findings are based on__________.

2.写信向友人介绍作家鲁迅。魏明的美国朋友杰克开始学习中国文学，来信询问鲁迅其人及作品，魏明回信介绍鲁迅。（1）鲁迅是著名的中国作家，他不仅是作家，思想家，而且还是中国现代文学的开创者。（2）他的小说被译成多种文字，并制成电影，如《阿Q正传》，《祝福》这两部影片深刻地揭露旧社会。毛主席对他有高度评价。他的一些作品还被选入了中学和大学课本。（3）认为读鲁迅作品对他很有益处参考词汇：创始人：Founder中国文学：Chinese literature阿Q正传：The True Story of AHQ祝福：The New Year‘s Sacrifice（本题20分）

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If our self-examination has brought any causes of stress to light, let us consider what we can do about them.

4.I've just bought five stamps.One is a German stamp,___are American stamps.

5.The little boy won’t go to sleep__________his mother tells him a story.

6.My mobile phone isn't in my bag.Where ( ) I have put it?

7.England is not a big country: from north to south and from east to west it is only about three hundred miles across．But for a small country it has a surprising range of climate．People who have never visited England or who have visited only one part of it often makes the mistake of thinking that it is a cold and wet country．Except for the summer months of June to September, this is probably true of the north of England and the Midlands．In the south, however, the climate is much more pleasant．One result is that when people retire from the job in the north, they often prefer to move down to the south. 　　Perhaps the warmest part of the country is the southwest, which consists of (is made up of) the counties of Devon and Cornwall, where palm trees, bamboo and many semitropical plants grow well．Flowers and vegetables ripen as much as a month earlier than those elsewhere．Farmers in the areas gain a higher price for their vegetables and flowers because they are ready earlier．In winter there may be several feet of snow in other parts of England but there will probably be no snow at all in the southwest．This may be one of the reasons why the southwest is one of England's most popular holiday areas.[单选题] The distance from the center of England to south coast is about

8.When John left the office, Amy __ at her desk.

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Charlie came from a poor village.His parents had 1money to send him to schoolwhen he was young.The boy was very sad.Mr,King lived next to him.He found the boy2and had pity on him and lent some money to him.So the boy could go to school.Hestudied hard and3 all his lessons.When he finished middle school.the man introduced him to his friend in the town.And he began to work.

Once Mr.King was seriously hurt in an accident.Dying,he asked Charlie to take careof his daughter,Sharon.The young man 4and several years later he married the girl.He loved her very much and tried his best to make her happy.He often bought beautifulclothes and delicious food for her.He was good at cooking and he cooked5 for her.Soshe became very fat and she felt it difficult to walk.And one day she found there wassomething wrong with her heart.Her husband wasn't at home and she had to go to6 at once.The doctors looked her over and told her 7 eat meat,sugar,chocolate andthings like these.She was afraid8the doctor's words and wrote all the names of thefood on the paper.When she got

home,she put the list on the table and9 .When shreturned home that afternoon,she found many kinds of food:meat,sugar and chocolate

the kitchen.Charlie was busy10 there.As soon as he saw her.he said happily."“1'vebought all the food you like,dear!”7[ 单选 ]

10.September 10th is___Day.

11. 根据以下材料，回答48-51题 The strange close understanding between twins is a familiar enough phenomenon．Often theyseem to understand each other and share each other’s emotions to such an extent that one suspectssome kind of thought communication． 　　What is not so widely known is that this special relationship often acts as brake on twins’intellectual development．As they are partly isolated in their own private world，twins communicate lesswith adults than do other children．The verbal ability of a four—year—old twin is typically six monthsbehind that of a non-twin．The problem can be particularly severe in an underprivileged family，aone-parent family for example，where there is little stimulation for children anyway． 　　Such children，while capable of mutual comprehension in a private language，often remainincomprehensible to outsiders and thus at a severe educational disadvantage．The only solution tothe problem，cruel though it may seem，is to separate the twins thus forcing them to acquire ordinaryspeech helped and guided by sympathetic parents and teachers．What’s the reason for twins to be at a disadvantage in their intellectual development?

12.The traffic lights were red when the driver reached them．To the surprise of his passenger, the ear did not slow down．Unexpectedly the passenger was thrown forward in the vehicle as the driver put on his brakes at the last moment．The car stopped just in time. 　　"Sorry, I didn't notice the light．I thought it was green until I saw that it was the top light which was shining." 　　This strange story is quite true．About ten men in every hundred are color blind in some way; women are luckier-- only about one in two hundred suffers from color blindness. 　　In some cases, a man may not be able to see deep red．He may think that red, orange and yellow are all the same as green. 　　People often like one color more than others．Blue is the color of the sky and sea．Green makes us think of fields and trees．Red is the color of blood and makes some people think of danger．Black is the color of night．In the dark we cannot see what is around us so we are sometimes afraid of the unknown and do not like black as a color.[单选题] Among the traffic lights, red light is placed __.

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Canada is the second largest country in the world in area, although its【1】is only some 25 million, most【2】in a 200-mile strip【3】the southern border. Over 25 per cent of the【4】number live in the three main cities. The northern areas of the country are almost uninhabited【5】for isolated settlements.

Canada is【6】a rich country, and its national【7】per capita is the fifth highest in the world, but its economy in recent years has been rather【8】, because of the varied nature of what it does.

Over the last three years, the Canadian economy has been hard【9】by falling oil prices and by rising US interest【10】. This has【11】to a steep fall in industrial production--by as much as a fifth since 1981. Some【12】now think Canada is on the【13】to recovery, though more cautious spirits say that no【14】can be expected until there is a【15】to lower interest rates in the USA.14 （）A.uplift,B.cheer,C.future,D.improvement

14.根据以下资料，回答5-8题。 　　As one approaches some crossroads, one comes to a sign which says that drivers have to stop when they come to the main road ahead．At other crossroads, drivers have to go slow, but they do not actually have to stop (unless, of course, there is something coming along the main road); and at still others, they do not have either to stop or to go slow, because they are themselves on the main road. 　　Mr．Williams, who was always a very careful driver, was driving home from work one evening when he came to a crossroads．It had a "Slow" sign, so he slowed down when he came to the main road, looked both ways to see that nothing was coming, and then drove across without stopping completely. 　　At once he heard a police whistle, so he pulled in to the side of the road and stopped．A policeman walked over to him with a notebook and pencil in his hand and said, "You didn't stop at the crossing." 　　"But the sign there doesn't say 'Stop'," answered Mr Williams．"It just says ‘Slow’, and 1 did go slow." 　　The policeman looked around him, and a look of surprise came over his face．Then he put his notebook and pencil away, scratched his head and said, "Well, I'll be blowed! I am in the wrong street!"7 The police stopped Mr Williams because __.

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The World Trade Organization(WTO),founded on January 1,1995,aims to encourage international trade to flow as freely as possible,making sure that trade agreements arerespected and that any disputes(争端）can be settled.

In the five years since its founding,the WTO has become well-known as one of the world's most powerful economic organizations,taking its place alongside the World Bankand International Monetary Fund.

The system of global rules for international trade,however,dates back half a century to 1948 when the General Agreement on Tariffs(关税）and Trade(GATT) was formed after World War II.

As time went by,it became clear that the GATT had two majordrawbacks-thelimited areas of trade it covered,and the lack of an effective system to settle disputes.

after seven years of trade talks endingin 1994. that so-called Uruguay Round finallyto the WTO,complete with aneffective system to settle disputes ,and new rolescovering trade in services and intellectual property(知识产权）

Eve afterseven years of talksand 22500pagesof agreements there were stillproblems especially thedifficult-to-deal with areas of agriculture and services,which thenations agreed to revise in 2000.

TheWTO,with its head ofinGenevahas 135 members with 30 morewaiting tojoin3.In the new century,the WTO will（）

16.As a child I used to wash my parents‘ car to earn some__ money.

17.选出下面读音不同的选项()。

18.Anne couldn’t fine a taxi, so I offered ____ her to the station.

19.III. Cloze ( 30 points)根据以下内容，回答下列下题。The number of speakers of English in Shakespeare's time is estimated to have been about five million. Today it is estimated that some 260 million people speak it as a(an) 21 language, mainly in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. In addition to the standard varieties of English found in these areas, 22 are a great many regional and social varieties of the language as well as 23 levels of usage that are employed both in its spoken and written forms.In fact, it is 24 to estimate the number of people in the world who have acquired an adequate working knowledge of English in addition to their own languages. The 25 for English learning and the situations in which such learning takes place are so varied that it is 26 to explain and still more difficult to judge 27 forms an adequate working knowledge for each situation.The main reason for the widespread 28 for English is its present day importance as a world language. Besides 29 the indefinite needs of its native speakers, English is a language in which some of important works in science, technology, and other 30 are being produced, and not always by native speakers. It is widely used for 31 purposes as meteorological(气象的) and airport communications, international conferences, and the 32 of information over the radio and television networks of many 33 It is a language of wider communication for a number of developing countries, specially former British colonies. Many of these countries have multi-lingual 34 and need a language for internal communication in such matters as government, commerce, industry, law and 35 as well as for international communication and for entrance to the scientific and technological developments in the West.30 （）A.areas B.courses C.races D.fields

20.A teacher who is______ to the needs of individual student is sure to achieve some success.