How to Be a Winner
     Sir Steven Redgrave
     Winner of 5 Olympic Gold Medals
     "In 1997 I was found to have developed diabetes (糖尿病). Believing my career was over, I felt
extremely low. Then one of the specialists said there was no reason why I should stop training and
competing. That was it - the encouragement I needed. I could still be a winner if I believed in myself. I
am not saying that it isn't difficult sometimes. But I wanted to prove to myself that I wasn't finished yet.
Nothing is to stand in my way. "
     Karen Pickering
     Swimming World Champion
      "I swim 4 hours a day, 6 days a week. I manage that sort of workload by putting it on top of my
diary. This is the key to success - you can't follow a career in any field without being well-organized. List
what you believe you can achieve. Trust yourself, write down your goals for the day, however small they
are, and you'll be a step closer to achieving them."
     Kirsten Best
     Poet & Writer
     "When things are getting hard, a voice inside my head tells me that I can't achieve something. Then,
there are other distractions, such as family or hobbies. The key is to concentrate. When I feel tense, it
helps a lot to repeat words such as 'calm', 'peace' or 'focus', either out loud or silently in my mind. It
makes me feel more in control and increases my confidence. This is a habit that can become second
nature quite easily and is a powerful psychological (心理的) tool."

1. What does Sir Steven Redgrave mainly talk about?

A. Difficulties influenced his career.        
B. Specialists offered him medical advice.
C. Training helped him defeat his disease.    
D. He overcame the shadow of illness to win.

2. What does Karen Pickering put on top of her diary?

A. Her training schedule.                
B. Her daily happenings.
C. Her achievements.                      
D. Her sports career.

3. What does the underlined word "distractions" probably refer to?

A. Ways that help one to focus.            
B. Words that help one to feel less tense.
C. Activities that turn one's attention away.    
D. Habits that make it hard for one to relax.

4. According to the passage, what do the three people have in common?

A. Courage.    
B. Devotion.      
C. Hard work .      
D. Self-confidence.

1. The purpose of Karen Winget's letter is to        .
A. express her gratitude to the Smiths
B. inform the Smiths of their child's performance at school
C. persuade the Smiths to care about their child's study
D. welcome the Smiths and their child to her class

2. In the letter, what does Karen Winget introduce about herself at first?

A. Her colorful college life and healthy habits.
B. Her educational background and past experience.
C. Her requirements for students.D. Her teaching style.

3. According to the letter, Karen Winget likes        in her spare time.

A. to get together with her friends
B. to read books about other cultures
C. to surf on the Internet
D. to play with her students

4. In the coming school year, Karen Winget will        .

A. ask more challenging questions in class
B. play more interesting games in class
C. organize more activities for her students
D. join in more school activities with her students

5. The Smiths can use        ways to get in touch with Karen Winget.

A. two  
B. three  
C. four    
D. five

6. The tone of the letter is very        .

A. optimistic  
B. touching    
C. thankful  
D. polite

1. What do children mainly do in Kidzania?

A. They are trained to be volunteers.
B. They play roles in children’s movies.
C. They experience their future jobs.
D. They learn how to make and save money.

2. When children arrive at a fire scene in Kidzania, they        .

A. are frightened to run away
B. call the firefighters quickly
C. tried to put out the fire bravely
D. are trained to fight the fire

3. How did Noa Morita deal with her Kidzos?

A. She spent it quickly in shops.
B. She put it in the park’s bank.
C. She asked her parents to keep it for her.
D. She used it to pay for fashion courses.

4. What can we learn about Kidzania from the text?

A. The idea came from America.
B. Japan is the fourth country to build it.
C. Everything inside it is almost half normal size.
D. It looks like a real town with shops and a bank.

1. What does the text mainly talk about? (Please answer within 8 words.)
                                                                      
2. Give a title to the third paragraph. (Please answer within 5 words.) 
                                                                      
3. Fill in the blank in the last paragraph with proper words. (Please answer with 5 words.)
                                                                      
4. Which sentence in the text is the closest in meaning to the following one?
By no means should you buy metal toys and glass toys.
                                                                      
5. Translate the underlined sentence in the first paragraph into Chinese.
                                                                      

     Everyone has got two personalities-the one that is shown to the world and the other that is secret
and real. You don't show your secret personality when you're awake because you can control your
behaviour, but when you're asleep,your sleeping position shows the real you.In a normal night,of course,
people frequently change their position.The important position is the one that you go to sleep in.
     If you go to sleep on your back,you're a very open person.You normally trust people and you are
easily influenced by fashion or new ideas.You don't like to upset people,so you never express your real
feelings. You're quite shy and you aren't very confident.
     If you sleep on your stomach,you are a rather secretive(不坦率的)person.You worry a lot and
you're always easily upset.You're very stubborn(頑固的),but you aren't very ambitious.You usually live
for today not for tomorrow.This means that you enjoy having a good time.
     If you sleep curled up(卷曲),you are probably a very nervous person.You have a low opinion of
yourself and so you're often defensive. You're shy and you don't normally like meeting people.You prefer
to be on your own.You're easily hurt. 
     If you sleep on your side,you have usually got a well-balanced personality. You know your strengths
and weaknesses.You're usually careful. You have a confident personality.You sometimes feel anxious,but
you don't often get depressed.You always say what you think even if it annoys people.

1. According to the writer,you naturally show your secret and real personality __________.

A. only in a normal night
B. only when you're sleeping
C. only when you refuse to show yourself to the world
D. only when you change sleeping position

2. Point out which sentence is used to show the personality of a person who is used to sleeping
    on his/her stomach?

A. He /she is always optimistic.
B. He /she doesn't want to stick to his or her opinion.
C. He /she always enjoys his/her real life.
D. He /she often dreams to be a big person.

3. Maybe you don't want to make friends with a person who sleeps curled up.Why?

A. He/she would rather be alone than communicate with you.
B. He/she is rarely ready to help you.
C. He/she prefers staying at home to going out.
D. He/she wouldn't like to get help from you.

4. It appears that the writer tends to think highly of the person who sleeps on one side because ______ .

A. he /she always shows sympathy for people
B.he /she is confident,but not stubborn
C. he /she has more strengths than weaknesses
D. he/ she often considers annoying people  

     Modern inventions have speeded up people's lives amazingly. Motor-cars cover a hundred
miles in little more than an hour, aircraft cross the world a day, while computers operate at
lightning speed. Indeed, this love of speed seems never-ending. Every year motor-cars are
produced which go even faster and each new computer boasts (吹噓) of saving precious
seconds in handling tasks.
     All this saves time, but at a price. When we lose or gain half a day in speeding across the
world in an airplane, our bodies tell us so. We get the uncomfortable feeling known as jet-lag;
our bodies feel that they have been left behind in another time zone. Again, spending too long at
computers results in painful wrists and fingers. Mobile phones also have their danger, according
to some scientists; too much use may transmit harmful radiation into our brains, a consequence
we do not like to think about.
     However, what do we do with the time we have saved? Certainly not relax, or so it seems.
We are so accustomed to constant activity that we find it difficult to sit and do nothing, or even
just one thing at a time. Perhaps the days are long gone when we might listen quietly to a story
on the radio, letting imaginations take us into another world.
     There was a time when some people's lives were devoted simply to the cultivation of the land
or the care of cattle. No multi-tasking there; their lives went on at a much gentler pace, and in a
familiar pattern. There is much that we might envy about a way of life like this. Yet before we
do so, we must think of the hard tasks our ancestors faced; they farmed with bare hands, often
lived close to hunger, and had to fashion tools from wood and stone. Modem machinery has
freed people from that primitive existence.

1. The new products become more and more time-saving because ______.

A. time is limited
B. the manufacturers boast a lot
C. the prices are increasingly high
D. our love on speed seems never-ending

2. What does "the days" in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A. Imaginary life.
B. Times of inventions.
C. Simple life in the past.
D. Time for constant activity.

3. What is the author's attitude towards the modern technology?

A. Critical.
B. Objective.
C. Optimistic.
D. Negative.

4. What does the passage mainly discuss?

A. The present and past times.
B. Machinery and human beings.
C. Imaginations and inventions.
D. Modern technology and its influence.

     Three more cattle farms in Andong,North Gyeongsang Province,were found to have been infected
with the deadly foot-and-mouth disease,Nov. 2 2010,Thursday. People fear that livestock farms in other
parts of the country could be hit by the virus soon.
     On Monday,the disease was first detected on two pig farms in Andong,about half a year after the last
disease broke out in Korea. A cattle farm in the area also fell victim to the animal disease the following
day.  
The Ministry for Food,Agriculture,Forestry and Fisheries made sure that three more cases of
foot-and-mouth disease appeared on Thursday and decided to kill all the animals at the farms and others
at nearby places to stop the spread of the virus to other regions. Over 800 cows and pigs within a 500
meter range of the infected farms were killed and buried underground.  
     "Three suspected cases were reported Wednesday,near the pig farms where the first outbreak was
reported. The laboratory tests today showed that all three cattle farms were infected with the disease,"
a ministry official said. Two newly infected cattle farms were less than 4 kilometers away from the two
pig farms,while the third one was only 2. 5 kilometers away.  
     The ministry also said another cattle farm in Andong reported suspected cases of foot-and-mouth
disease on its livestock Thursday,indicating the disease will likely continue to spread across the city and
possibly beyond.  
     The government has culled more than 33,000 animals near the affected farms Monday alone under its
disease prevention program. Additionally,all 84 livestock markets across the nation were closed
Wednesday for a period to prevent spread of the disease.
     No suspected cases have been reported outside of Andong,but the government Thursday decided to
destroy an additional 22,000 pigs at two farms in Boryeong,South Chungcheong Province.

1. Last time foot and mouth disease          .

A. broke out in North cattle farms
B. was controlled as soon as possible
C. happened in June,2010
D. destroyed almost all cattle in cattle farms

2. How did the government deal with the disease?

A. The government controlled only the two farms.
B. The government had more animals killed.
C. The government tried to cure the sick animals.
D. The government hated to kill animals.

3. The underlined word "culled" has the same meaning as          .

A. treated
B. killed
C. bought
D. sold

4. From the last paragraph we can know that          .

A. 22,000 pigs have been infected with the disease
B. 22,000 pigs will be moved to other farms
C. Boryeong is also an infected area
D. 22,000 pigs will go down to their death

5. In which part of a newspaper can you most probably read the passage?

A. Today's News  
B. History and Culture
C. Entertainment
D. Science