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 As the pace of life continues to increase, we are fast losing the art of relaxation. Once you are in the habit of rushing through life, being on the go from morning till night, it is hard to slow down. But relaxation is essential for a healthy mind and body.

    Stress is a natural part of everyday life and there is no way to avoid it. In fact, it is not the bad thing. It is often supposed to be. A certain amount of stress is vital to provide motivation and give purpose to life. It is only when the stress gets out of control that it can lead to poor performance and ill health.

The amount of stress a person can bear depends very much on the individual. Some people are not afraid of stress, and such characters are obviously important for managerial responsibilities. Others lose heart at the first sign of unusual difficulties. When exposed to stress, in whatever form, we react both chemically and physically. In fact we make choice between “flight or fight” and in more primitive days the choices made the difference between life or death. The crises we meet today are unlikely to be so extreme, but however little the stress, it involves the same response. It is when such a reaction lasts long that health becomes endangered. Since we can’t remove stress from our lives (it would be unwise to do so even if we could), we need to find ways to deal with it.

51. People are finding less and less time for relaxing themselves because _______.

A. they regard working as their greatest enjoyment

B. they believe that work is superior to relaxation

C. they are traveling fast all the time

D. they are becoming busier with their work than ever before

52. According to the author, the most important character for a good manager is his ______.

A. strong will to overcome stress

C. high sense of responsibility

B. knowing the art of relaxation

D. having control over performance

53. Which of the following statements is TRUE, according to the passage?

A. We can find quite a few ways to avoid stress.

B. Stress is always harmful to people’s health

C. It's easy to change the habit of keeping oneself busy with work.

D. Different people can bear different amount of stress.

54. In the last sentence of the passage, “do so” refers to _____.

A. “expose ourselves to stress ”

C. “remove stress from our lives”

B. “find ways to deal with stress”

D. “establish links between diseases and stress”

55. According to the author, the right attitude toward stress is _____.

A. to avoid it                               B. to try to deal with it

C. to regard it as a vital motivation              D. to find some relaxation 

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第四節(jié)  單句改錯(cuò)（共15小題；每小題1分，滿分15分）

每個(gè)句子都有一處錯(cuò)誤，按下列情況改正：

錯(cuò)一個(gè)詞：在錯(cuò)的詞下面畫(huà)一橫線，并在該行右邊橫線上寫(xiě)出改正后的詞；

多一個(gè)詞：把多余的詞用斜線（\）劃掉，在該行右邊橫線上寫(xiě)出該詞，也用斜線劃掉；

缺一個(gè)詞：在缺詞處加一個(gè)漏字符號(hào)（∧），并在該行右邊橫線上寫(xiě)出改正后的詞。

76. Six months ago Xie Lei said goodbye to her family and friends in China and boarded on a plane for London. __________

77. I thought I would get a really good mark but I got an E. I was numb of shock! __________

78. It was wonderful to hear from your letter. __________

79. Deaf people and dumb people are disabled too, who should be taken care. __________

80. He is annoyed by being making fun of. __________

81. I’m sorry that I made you to wait for me so long.  __________

82. He likes to be quiet so let’s leave him lonely. __________

83. My stolen car was found abandon by the riverside. __________

84. We haven’t reached the deep before we find enough water. __________

85. He hasn’t been used to speak in English. __________

86. Many students are died to volunteer to translate for the Olympic Games. __________

87. All the things which you told me are lies. __________

88. The present arrangement made by them are not really satisfactory. __________

89. Great changes have been taken place in China. __________

90. I have received a letter from a friend invited me to work in his company. __________

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 There was ________ general expectation that ________ most students would pass the exam.

A. a; ∕                    B. a; the                C. ∕; ∕              D.∕; the

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Science and engineering students often _____ their heads in books instead of going to dances and cinema.

       A. bury             B. hide            C. devote           D. cover

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第二節(jié)　完型填空

請(qǐng)認(rèn)真閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)， 并

My mother had been a true inspiration to me and changed the way I look at life. Since my birth she has made it evident that I would become ___36___, that I would be one of the great ones. She has taught me that I can do anything if I put my __37____to it.

As a young boy, I struggled to achieve tasks that came ___38___to most. I had problems writing, reading and especially speaking. I did not talk the way ___39__kids did and did not respond to questions or stay alert to my surroundings. My reading was poor ____40____ with teachers helping me, and my speech was hard to ___41___. My writing was not at the __42____ it should have been. Even simple things like knowing my left from my right or being able to snap my fingers were __43__.

My mother __44___ all my challenges and, as a professor with a Ph.D., decided to ___45___ the situation early in my development. She did not want me to ___46___. After a while, __47___ did indeed conquer all the problems that had troubled me. She spent hours every day __48____me everything I needed to know, determined to help me learn. __49___ her I would not be anywhere close to the level I am now.

In addition, she gave ___50___for my life. She told me what to do and what not to do. Her expectations have always been high __51____she knows that I can do it. For that, I thank her. She would not allow her son to be incapable. She never ___52___on me, and to this day she tells me education is a must. I will be a ___53___person if I continue to follow her lead. She encourages me to work for my ___54____and attend college.

She used her gifts as a ___55___ to help a child –her child—and now I have the opportunity to become something.

36.A. everything    B. something     C. anything      D. nothing

37.A. mind        B. brain          C. feelings      D. work

38.A. smoothly     B. strongly       C. frequently     D. easily

39.A. average      B. ordinary       C. normal       D. common

40.A. just          B. even         C. ever          D. only

41.A. hear         B. write         C. read          D. understand

42.A. level         B. length        C. speed        D. degree

43.A. problems      B. excuses      C. worries       D. duties

44.A. suffered       B. observed     C. removed      D. experienced

45.A. study         B. find         C. change        D. keep

46.A. fight         B. strike        C. struggle       D. challenge

47.A. it            B. I            C. they          D. we

48.A. teaching      B. giving        C. supporting     D. reminding

49.A. Without      B. Except        C. Besides       D. Beyond

50.A. information   B. advice        C. promise       D. expectation

51.A. before        B. though        C. because       D. unless

52.A. set up        B. pushed up      C. gave up       D. looked up

53.A. rich          B. famous        C. successful     D. powerful

54.A. training       B. grades        C. experiments   D. abilities

55.A. woman       B. doctor         C. sister         D. teacher

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 --- When will you be through with your work, Jones?

--- ______ My boss usually finds something for me to do at the last minute.

A. Who knows.                 B. Would you help me?

C. I beg your pardon?        D. Anything the matter?     

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Do you know the fiddler crab(招潮蟹) is a living clock? It shows the time of day by the color of its skin, which is dark by day and pale by night. The crab’s changing skin color follows a regular twenty-four hours cycle that exactly matches the daily rhythm of the sun.

Does the crab actually keep time, or does its skin simply respond to(對(duì)……反應(yīng)) the sun’s rays, changing color according to the amount of light that strikes it? To find it out, biologists kept crabs in a dark room for two months. Even without daylight the crab’s skin color continued to change exactly on time.

This probably developed gradually in response to the rhythm of the sun, to help protect the crab from sunlight and enemies. After millions of years it has become completely regular inside the living body of the crab.

The biologists noticed that once each day the color of the fiddler crab is especially dark, and that each day this occurs fifty minutes later than on the day before. From this they discovered that each crab follows not only the rhythm of the sun but also that of the tides(潮汐). The crab’s period of greatest darkening is exactly the time of low tide on the beach where it was caught!

64. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

  A. The crab cannot actually keep time.

B. The crab’s skin changes color according to the amount of light that strikes it.

C. The crab’s skin still changes color even if there isn’t any daylight.

D. The crab likes the sun’s rays best of all.

65. The crab’s color-changing ability was probably developed _________.

  A. by the work of biologists                     B. over plenty of dark nights

C. by protecting themselves from enemies          D. over millions of years

66. The biologists discovered that the crab’s darkest color occurs _________.

  A. at the time of low tide                       B. when it’s dark

C. fifty minutes later than the sunset              D. every two days

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第四節(jié)：對(duì)話填空（共10小題，每題1分，共10分）

閱讀下面對(duì)話，掌握其大意，并根據(jù)所給字母的揭示，在標(biāo)有題號(hào)的橫線上寫(xiě)出一個(gè)英語(yǔ)單詞的完整、正確形式，使對(duì)話通順。

W=woman   M=man

W: Hi, Phil, can you tell me how it (76) h            ?                76. _______

M: Sure. I was mountain climbing in New Hampshire in 1982.

Suddenly the (77)w         became really bad. There was            77._______

a lot of snow and we couldn’t see anything. We got (78)l        . 78. _______

Well, we spent four days on the mountain. The (79)t                79. _______

was 20 degrees below zero. We didn’t have any equipment or food.

W: So what happened? I guess (80)s           found you, right?   80. _______

M: Yes but we were very sick. I couldn’t move my legs because

of the cold. I spent two months in the (81)h          .                 81. _______

The doctors removed my legs.

W: Right. So you lost your legs, but you want to try your best to stay active.

M: That’s right. In (82)f          , I decided to make some          82. _______

new legs for myself. I realize that no one has to be physically

disabled. We can use modern (83)t_________  to help.                   83. _______

W: And you built these great new legs. Can you go

mountain (84)c          again?                                                  84. _______

M: Yes, I can. In fact, these are better than climb shoes. The spring（彈力）

design means they are much more (85)p         .                         85. _______

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 Your luggage will be ___ by the lorry from the airport to your hotel.

   A. brought                   B. conveyed               C. transmitted              D. fetched

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.– Would it _____ for the city government to further limit parking?

– No, I think limiting the number of private cars is a better way to improve the traffic condition.

A. make out        B. make sense   C. make way     D. make peace