I can’t say which wine is best -- it’s a(n) ___ of personal taste.

A. affair         B. event                C. matter        D. variety

Does this meal cost $50? I __________ something far better than this!

   A. prefer       B. expect       C. suggest        D. suppose

Would you eat a ready meal from the fridge rather than cook from scratch? Have you been doing internet shopping rather than going to the stores? What can't you be bothered to do?

       A study into how lazy British people are has found more than half of adults are so lazy they'd catch the lift rather than climb two flights of stairs．

       Just over 2000 people were quizzed by independent researchers at Nuffield Health, Britain's largest health charity．The results were astonishing．

       About one in six people surveyed said if their remote control was broken, they would continue watching the same channel rather than get up．

       More than one third of those questioned said they would not run to catch a bus．Worryingly, of the 654 respondents with children, 64% said they were often too tired to play with them．

       This led the report to conclude that it's no wonder that one in six children in the UK are classified as obese （very fat） before they start school．

       Dr Sarah Dauncey, medical director of Nuffield Health, said: "People need to get fitter, not just for their own sake, but for the sake of their families, friends and evidently their pets too．Ks5u

       "If we don't start to take control of this problem, a whole generation will become too unfit to perform even the most rudimentary of tasks．"

       And Scotland's largest city, Glasgow, was shamed as the most inactive city in the UK, with 75% surveyed admitting they do not get enough exercise, followed closely by Birmingham and Southampton, both with 67%．

       The results cause serious challenges for the National Health Service, where obesity-related illnesses such as heart disease and cancer have been on a steady increase for the past 40 years and are costing billions of pounds every year．

What causes children in the UK to be obese?

       A．Eating ready meal   B．Watching TV

       C．Doing Internet shopping  D．Being lazy

What can be inferred from the passage?

       A．British people are too lazy to do anything．

       B．Internet shopping will do harm to your health．

       C．Many people would not run to catch a bus in Britain．

       D．People should be more active and take regular exercise to keep fit．

Which of the following is Not true according to the passage?

       A．One sixth of British people use remote control when watching TV．

       B．People will benefit not only themselves but their families by getting fit．

       C．Fatness can cause diseases such as heart disease and cancer．

       D．More people get obesity-related illnesses now than 40 years ago．

What does the underlined word rudimentary most probably mean?

       A．basic B．serious      C．vital  D．hard

All the following are among the most lazy cities in the UK except         ．

       A．Glasgow   B．Birmingham     C．Nuffield   D．Southampton

假設(shè)你校舉辦看圖征文活動(dòng)，題目為“How to protect your eyesight”。請(qǐng)你用英語寫一篇短文，指出圖中所反映的現(xiàn)象，并從閱讀時(shí)間，光線，眼保健操及睡眠等方面，談?wù)劚Ｗo(hù)眼睛的具體做法．

注意：

1．詞數(shù)100-120字；

2．可適當(dāng)加入細(xì)節(jié)，以便行文連貫。

3．參考詞匯：近視-----near-sighted

眼保健操------eye exercise

How to protect our eyesight

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She was fortunate ______ to star in the film which ______ in the remote mountainous village.

A. having been picked out; was set     B. to have been chosen; set 

C. to be picked out; was set           D. to have been chosen; was set

It was raining heavily. Little Mary felt cold, so she stood ____ to her mother.

A. close       B. closely       C. closed       D. closing

Send us your old jeans and other denim (牛仔布)!

What Are We Going to Do with All This Denim?

All the denim will be donated to COTTON FROM BLUE TO GREEN.??. This denim drive is a call-to-action to donate denim and give it "new life" by changing it into UltraTouchtm Natural Cotton Fiber Insulation (纖維隔熱材料), which is used to help build houses in places that have been damaged by hurricanes, tornadoes, and other natural disasters. Your jeans will help set a record, keep clothes out of landfills (垃圾場(chǎng)), and build houses for families to live in! UltraTouehtm is made of 85% recycled fibers and is an environmentally safe, natural cotton fiber insulation.

It's a Fact

It takes about 500 pairs of jeans to recycle enough denim to insulate one average-size U.S. house. So send us lots!

Here's How You Can Get Involved!

1. Get a parent's permission and select as many denim clothes as you like. (Any denim clothing is OK.)   

2. The denim must be used.

3. The denim can be any brand.

4. The denim can be of any color or size but must have been worn by a human (no doll clothes!).

5. Please print out this form and include it with each package!

6. Send as many jeans or denim items as you wish to:

NG Kids P.O. Box 98001 Washington, D.C. 20090-8001

Jeans must be received by June 30, 2009!

61. The activity organizer asks you to send denim clothes to ________.

A. collect old clothes for being reused   B. prevent them from being thrown away

C. provide clothes for the homeless     D. turn them into new clothes for sale

62. The denim clothes that you intend to send_______.

A. can be either new or second-hand    B. can be of any shape or color

C. must be a certain brand            D. Can be worn by dolls

63. We can infer that UltraTouchtm may be the name of_________.

A. a brand of jeans     B. an organization  C. a building material  D. a kind of cloth

64. This activity is probably ________.

A. a charity(慈善) act                    B. a school's homework

C. a building company' s task             D. an environmental act

 We should consider what use can be made ______ such a material(材料).

   A. of               B. from              C. up               D. in

 —How can we kill the time? There is about a quarter before the concert begins.

       —_____ . I will like whatever you want to do.

     A．All right       B．Up to you   C．It all depends     D．Take your time.

第二部分  閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)20小題，每小題2分，滿分40分）

閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

Suppose you want to buy some new clothes or a new TV. Or maybe you need some work done on your car. How can you find the best price without shopping all over town？Ads can help you. Ads can show you lots of prices. And you don’t have to go anywhere to see them. Just open a newspaper or magazine, and you’ll find plenty of ads. The following is an ad about TV sets for sale.

(   )41. How many different kinds of TV sets does the store advertise here？

A. Six.         B. Five. C. Four.        D. Three.

(   )42. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the ad？

A. The lowest price is a little more than $300.

B. You can buy any kind of TV set on July 14th.

C. The larger the screen is, the higher the price will be.

D. The service time is 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. every day except Monday.

(   )43. Which is NOT mentioned in the ad？

A. The name of the store.                    

B. The address of the store.

C. The deadline (最后期限) for TV sales.       

D. The postcode (郵編) of the place where the store is.

(   )44. What can ads do for us according to the passage?

A. They can help us cut down the prices before shopping.

B. They can show us plenty of prices after shopping all over town.

C. They can help us learn about the quality of the advertised things.

D. They can help us find the best price without shopping everywhere.