Although the United States covers so much land and the land produces far more food than the present population needs，its people are by now almost entirely an urban society Less than a tenth of the people are engaged in agriculture and forestry(林業(yè))，and most of the rest live in or around towns，small and large．Here the traditional picture is changing：every small town may still be very like other small towns，and the typical small town may represent a widely accepted view of the country，but most Americans do not live in small towns any more．Half the population now lives in some thirty metropolitan areas(1arge cities with their suburbs、of more than a million people each—a larger proportion than in Germany or England，let alone France．The statistics(統(tǒng)計(jì))of urban and rural population should be treated with caution because so many people who live in areas classified as rural travel by car to work in a nearby town each day．As the rush to live out of town continues．rural areas within reach of towns are gradually filled with houses，so that it is hard to say at what moment a piece of country becomes a suburb But more and more the typical American lives in a metropolitan rather than a small town environment．

1.If now America has 250 million people．how many of them are engaged in agriculture and forestry?

A．About 25 million.

B．More than 25 million.

C．Less than 25 million.

D．Less than 225 million

2.Which of the following four countries has the smallest proportion of people living in metropolitan areas?

A．United States.

B．Germany.

C．France.

D．England.

3.What’s the meaning of the word“metropolitan”in the middle of the passage?

A．Of a large city with its suburbs.

B．Of small and large towns.

C．Of urban areas.

D．Of rural areas.

4.According to the passage，what can we learn about small towns in the United States?

A．Most small towns become gradually crowded.

B．Small towns are still similar to each other.

C．As the traditional picture is changing，towns are different.

D．Small towns are turning into large cities.

Children in the United States are exposed to many influences other than that of their families．Television is the most significant of these influences，because the habit of watching television usually begins before children start attending school．

Parents are concerned about the lack of quality in television programs for children．The degree of violence in many of these shows also worries them．Studies indicate that，when children are exposed to violence，they many become aggressive or insecure.

Parents are also concerned at，out the commercials that their children see on television． Many parents would like to see fewer commercials during programs for children．And some parents feel that these shows should not have any commercials at all because young minds are not mature enough to deal with the claims made by advertisers．

Educational television has no commercials and has programs for children that many parents approve of The most famous of these is Sesame Street，which tries to give preschool children a head start in learning the alphabet(字母)and numbers．It also flies to teach children useful things about the world in which they live．

Even though most parents and educators give Sesame Street and shows like it high marks for quality，some critics argue that all television，whether educational or not，is harmful to children．These critics feel that the habit of watching hours of television every day turns children into bored and passive(被動(dòng)的)consumers of their world rather than encouraging them to become active explorers of it．

1.Which of the following statements is NOT based on the passage?

A．Parents are worried about the influence from television on their children

B．Television has much influence on children

C．Both parents and their children like watching educational television．

D．Some critics think that television is no good for children．

2.In what ways do children suffer from television?

A．They become the victims of social violence

B．They spend hours watching television instead of doing school work

C．The programs make the children lose interest in the world．

D．The programs make the children spend too much of their parents’ money

3.Parents would not like their children to see commercials because ____

A．they think that their children ore not old enough to handle advertising

B．commercials teach children alphabet and numbers

C．commercials help to sell products

D．they don’t like commercials

信息匹配（共1小題）

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，有兩處多余選項(xiàng)。

1.__ One of the best things you can possibly do is to start you own club. It’s great fun especially if you are the sort of person who feels there’s never anything to do during the school holidays.

The first thing you need to come up with is an idea for your club. 2.___Pets, clothes, pop music or dancing groups, sports, making things? the list is endless.

Next you need some friends to be in your club with you. 3.__ All you need is three or four other people who are interested in the same thing as you.

4.____You should all sit down somewhere together with lots of pieces of paper and write down every name you can think up.That’ll keep you busy for ages.

At your first meeting you should make up a rule book. And the first rule should be no grown-ups or little/big brothers or sisters! The best clubs are always secret!

Now you have just about everything you need, except membership cards. these are very important and again you can speed a lot of time making them. 5.__ Why not leave some space for a photo of yourself?That will make the membership card really look like it.

So there you are, get clubbing! Once you get started you’ll think of loads of more interesting things to do!

A．that’s easy.

B．enjoy your own club!

C．invite a designer to join you.

D．what are you interest in?

E．some vacation is just around the corner.

F．then you need to pick a name for your club.

G．use a bright thick pen to make a special design.

閱讀填空（共1小題）

閱讀下面材料，在空白處填入適當(dāng)?shù)膬?nèi)容（不多于3個(gè)單詞）或括號內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。

Last Monday, my father would be on a 1. (busy)trip for five days. Having gotten my promise of being great at home and taking care of my mother, he rest assured and put his luggage into the trunk of his car. __2.___(see) my father’s driving away, my mother and I waved our hands and said goodbye to him. For a moment, I began to miss my father, _3.__(wish) that he would be safe and well the next days I thought everything would go well, as this was not the first time that my father _4._(be)away for several days. Yet, —_5.__(fortunate), my mother caught a cold the next morning. Looking at her pale face, I __6.__(experience) high levels of anxiety. However, I told myself that I had to calm down and look after my mum, _7.____I promised to my dad. The moment I got my mum to sleep, I put cold towel on her forehead, found pills in the medicine box, and made some noodles for her. Luckily, she woke up and felt __8.__(good), after taking the pills and the noodles. __9.__her fever was gone relieved and satisfied me a lot. In the next four days, I was taking her body temperature twice a day, ensuring that she was completely well. To our delight, my dad went back home safely and healthily on Saturday. On hearing __10._I had done to my mum, he, as well as my mum, beamed at me and gave me a big thumb. Hearing their praises and seeing bright smiles on their faces, I really felt overjoyed and thrilled. Conceivably, taking care of my parents was, indeed and definitely, my mission and obligation。

The new high-speed railway line between Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uygur self-governing region, and Lanzhou, capital of Gansu province, has cut train travel time by half to less than 12 hours.

The dramatic improvement will benefit many families planning reunions for Spring Festival.

"For the first time, I feel home is not that far away after all," said Liang Shaofu as he boarded a high-speed train in Urumqi with six members of his family.

The 35-year-old left Lanzhou to set up a dry fruit business in Xinjiang eight years ago, and he has now settled in Urumqi.

The 1,776-km line, which passes through Qinghai province and is the country's first high-speed railway to be built in a high-altitude region, came into service on Dec 26.

"We normally drive home for Spring Festival to avoid the difficulties of buying seven train tickets for the whole family during the peak season," Liang said．"Driving can be very tiring and dangerous sometimes, so one year we even decided not to go back to Lanzhou simply to avoid the trip.

More than 600,000 passengers traveled on the line during its first month, and the Urumqi Railway Bureau said the introduction of high-speed services will ease transport pressure during the Spring Festival peak season.

The existing usual railway line could no longer support Xinjiang's development．All passenger trains will gradually shift to the new link, leaving the old one to be used for goods．As a result, Xinjiang's annual goods ability could reach 200 million metric tons from the current 70 million.

The line passes through areas that experience high winds, and it also crosses parts of the deserted Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the bone-dry sands of the Gobi Desert.

The project could help China to promote its high-speed railway technology abroad, said Ma Xizhang, director of the Lanzhou-Xinjiang railway project's management department in Xinjiang.

1.How long did it take to go from Urumqi to Lanzhou by the usual train before?

A．a(chǎn)bout 12 hours.

B．About 6 hours．

C．About 18 hours．

D．About 24 hours.

2.What’s the main advantage of the new high-speed railway?

A．It takes more time to go to Urumqi to Lanzhou.

B．It will be more convenient for people all over the country to Xinjiang.

C．All the people in Lanzhou can return home on festivals.

D．It helps to improve Xinjiang’s development.

3.From the passage we can learn _______.

A．Xinjiang’s annual goods ability can increase nearly four times

B．the new railway technology may help more railway lines to be built abroad

C．the high-speed railway lines can’t be built across the bone-dry sands

D．the old railway lines can only carry goods now

4.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A．The new high-speed railway line is good for all people to go home．

B．The new high-speed railway line benefits businessmen to carry goods.

C．Taking the new train is safer than driving home from Urumqi to Lanzhou.

D．Businessmen seldom went home for Spring Festival before.

I am sure we’ve all come across inspiring quotes that made us nod in agreement or made us think, “Wow, that’s good quote”．But we end up going back to procrastinating (拖延) on whatever it was we were procrastinating on．So are these inspirational quotes even worth reading? Well, that depends.

Quotes, books, articles, audio programs… all of these things are just tools and they’re only effective when you use them．I don’t know about you but most quotes I read don’t do anything for me．However, every now and then, I will come across one that will positively affect me in some way such as reminding me to be grateful, getting me to work out extra hard at the gym without being pressed by my wife, or never give up when things get tough.

From my experience, reading quotes is more effective when you’re actually trying to motivate yourself rather than just reading them for the sake of reading them．The second you feel the urge to take action, you’d better immediately get up off your chair and take action.

These quotes aren’t for everyone．If you have read tons of them and have never been motivated or had a positive change in the way you look at life or how you treat others, or these quotes don’t help you to insist on doing something when you feel like giving up on it, then it’s probably not worth your time reading more of them．If you have done something a bunch of times and it’s not giving you the results you want, don’t keep doing it．Try something else.

Now if you’ve found some value in reading these quotes in the past, continue to make them more effective by letting them guide your life.

I’ll end this text with one of my favorite quotes, which reminds me to constantly examine my habits．“We are what we repeatedly do．Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.”---- Aristotle

1.What attitude does the author have towards most quotes he has read?

A．Negative

B．grateful

C．Doubtful

D．Interested

2.What does the author’s wife expect him to do?

A．To be grateful for life．

B．To exercise at the gym

C．To do extra work at home

D．To read more inspiring quotes

3.For whom will the quotes be effective according to the author?

A．those who read them carefully

B．Those who lack practical tools in life

C．Those who have no one to turn to for help

D．Those who take immediate action after reading them

4.What is the purpose of the passage?

A．to persuade people not to waste time on quotes.

B．to explain how to make inspiring quotes effective.

C．to encourage people to read more inspiring quotes.

D．to give people advice on how to choose useful quote.

For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic: How to Keep Psychologically Healthy? You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese.

1.心理健康問題往往是導(dǎo)致疾病的原因；

2．分析人們產(chǎn)生心理健康問題的原因（可從失業(yè)、壓力過重、缺乏支持、缺乏人際交往能力等方面分析）

3．你認(rèn)為人們應(yīng)如何保持心理健康。

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完形填空（共1小題）

閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

It happens every day, everywhere I go．At the supermarket and the post office, people keep telling me to enjoy my kids while they are ________ ．I spend my days taking care of them and answering ________ questions about everything from why we have two eyes but one nose to ________ there are toilets in the heaven．They ________ me from eating a full meal or getting a full ________ sleep．

Yet, the other day, when I took my kids to a children’s museum, I began to ________ what people were trying to tell me．It was the ________ time we had gone there without diaper (紙尿片) bag, baby bottle or stroller (小推車)．As I watched my sons paint there, I was suddenly ________by a wave of ________．My babies weren’t babies any more．

Now I’m paying more attention to the ________ that won’t happen when my kids are ________．I’m enjoying the minute when Christ looked up the sky and cried ________ “Wow! The moon!” In a few ________ , it will take a rare Shrek card or something else to get him that excited．I’m ________ the moment when Nicholas put down his fork at dinner and asked, “Mommy, how are you doing?” About ten years from now, he ________ not care about me．When they’re in primary school, they won’t want to hold my ________ any more．In junior high school, they won’t hug me and say, “I love you, too.” In high school, they won’t even want to be ________together with me．

Pretty ________ they’ll both be gone．And I’ll ________ through the supermarket and the post office alone, warning young ________ to enjoy their kids while they are little．Hope they’ll listen．

1.A．well B．humorous C．funny D． little

2.A．endless B．boring C． strange D.special

3.A．how B．whether C．why D.when

4.A．make B．turn C．take D.keep

5.A．day’s B．time’s C．night’s D.bed’s

6.A．realize B．a(chǎn)dmit C．remind D.admire

7.A．very B．real C． first D．best

8.A．hit B．thrown C．stuck D.moved

9.A．happiness B．sadness C．luck D.failure

10.A．a(chǎn)ccident B．event C．scene D.moment

11.A．younger B． older C．worse D．better

12.A．excitedly B．disappointedly C．lovely D.shyly

13.A．days B．weeks C．months D.years

14.A．measuring B．pleasing C．treasuring D.surprising

15.A．might B．should C．must D.need

16.A．hair B．hands C．bag D.basket

17.A．seen B．talked C．carried D.treated

18.A．quickly B．slowly C．soon D.more

19.A．come B．go C．wander D.pass

20.A．fathers B．mothers C．people D．ladies

I have been in Limoges for a month now．since living here, I have tried to integrate(融合) into the local community and one way I have found to do this is by following the local rugby team．

I decided to look for information on the local rugby team after the tourism office could not help me．I searched for the club office online and decided to look into it．The following day I went back to the club after speaking with them and decided to get a season ticket for the rest of my stay here．I will now be going to each home game as well as travelling to the away games with the team and the fans．I am sure that it is going to be a great experience during my time abroad here．I will also be travelling through various regions of France so I will be visiting new places throughout the season．There is another team in a town called Brive not so far away who play in the top league in France, but I decided to stay local．I may go and see them with other assistants if possible during our stay．

I witnessed a friendly match on Saturday when they played Stade Dijon in the division below them．The match finished 70-12．After the match, both teams went to the club house to see the Rugby World Cup semi-final between New Zealand and Australia．Both teams respected each others which is something you don’t always see in other sports．I spoke to the president of the club after the game and he told me, “This is a family club．” Hopefully this year will be a good year for Limoges．

1.How did the writer try to combine into Limoges' community?

A．By taking part in the local rugby team．

B．By watching the rugby matches in Limoges,

C．By playing often with the people in Limoges．

D．By paying close attention to the local rugby team．

2.The underlined word “it” in the second paragraph refers to_____________,

A．the club office

B．the local rugby team

C．the tourism office

D．the local community

3.Why did the two teams go to the club house aft6r the match?

A．To show respect to each other．

B．To watch the Rugby World Cup semi-final．

C．To clean the club together．

D．To exchange experience with each other．

4.What can we infer from the text?

A．The writer must be a top rugby player．

B．The writer is likely to be a boss of a rugby club．

C．The writer is likely to come from Australia．

D．The writer probably works as an assistant in France．

A California man who was feeling sick almost died recently from a shocking cause．

26-year-old Luis Ortiz went to a hospital because of a headache and nausea(惡心，作嘔)．When doctors examined him, they were shocked to find a tapeworm larva(絳蟲幼蟲) in his brain．The story gets stranger．The larva was still alive．

The creature had caused a cyst(囊腫) to form inside his head．The cyst was restricting the flow of liquids to different areas of his brain．The situation was so serious that doctors said they had to perform an emergency operation to remove the larva．

A doctor who operated on Ortiz told him he had only 30 minutes to live．When the doctor pulled the worm out of his head, it was still moving．

Luis Ortiz was a student at California State University in Sacramento．He began experiencing headaches in late August．But Ortiz said he did not think the headaches were serious．

In September, he visited a friend and his parents in another city．That is when the pain got worse．His mother saw Ortiz throwing up and took him to a hospital emergency room．

The doctors saved Ortiz's life．However, the surgery also affected him．Ortiz had to drop out of school and move back home．For now, he is not permitted to work or drive a vehicle．

The U．S．Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the U．S．has about 1,000 reported cases of tapeworms each year．The CDC adds that tapeworms are more common in developing countries with poor public health systems．

The best way to avoid a tapeworm infection (感染)is to wash fruits and vegetables．Also, make sure meat is cooked thoroughly．The CDC suggests cooking all meats to an internal temperature of at least 63 degrees Celsius．

1.What caused Luis Ortiz to feel sick and headaches?

A．Dirty food eaten in August．

B．Travelling for a long way,

C．A living creature in his brain．

D．Uncooked meat eaten by him．

2.If the doctors didn’t have an emergency operation on him , Luis Ortiz was likely to _．

A．die of cancer

B．live for only half an hour

C．finish studying in school

D．pass the driving tests

3.How should people avoid infecting tapeworms?

A．By washing fruits and vegetable．

B．By boiling plates and bowls before meals．

C．By cooking meats to at least 63 °C outside．

D．By improving the development of economy．

4.What did the writer think of the cause of Luis Ortiz’s disease?

A．Quite frightening．

B．Very dangerous．

C．Rather puzzling．

D．Extremely surprising．