— Could you please explain the assignment for Monday, Miss Smith？
— Certainly. Read the next chapter and come to class ________ to discuss what you’ve read.
A． preparing B． prepared

C． to prepare D． to be prepared

Maury Brown of Forbes reports that Major League Baseball’s annual ________ for 2014 will top $9 billion．
A． allowances B． revenues

C． rates D． Accounts

— I can’t bear the air pollution in this city anymore．It is getting worse and worse．
— ________！We’ve never had so many chemical factories before．
A． I wouldn’t bet on it B． You said it

C． Keep it up D． Come off it

Exercise seems to be good for the human brain，with many recent studies suggesting that regular exercise improves memory and thinking skills．But an interesting new study asks whether the apparent cognitive benefits from exercise are real or just a placebo effect — that is，if we think we will be “smarter” after exercise，do our brains respond accordingly？The answer has significant implications for any of us hoping to use exercise to keep our minds sharp throughout our lives．
While many studies suggest that exercise may have cognitive benefits，recently some scientists have begun to question whether the apparently beneficial effects of exercise on thinking might be a placebo effect．So researchers at Florida State University in Tallahassee and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign decided to focus on expectations，on what people anticipate that exercise will do for thinking．If people’s expectations jibe (吻合) closely with the actual benefits，then at least some of those improvements are probably a result of the placebo effect and not of exercise．
For the new study，which was published last month in PLOS One，the researchers recruited 171 people through an online survey system，they asked half of these volunteers to estimate by how much a stretching and toning regimens (拉伸运动) performed three times a week might improve various measures of thinking．The other volunteers were asked the same questions，but about a regular walking program．
In actual experiments，stretching and toning program generally have little if any impact on people’s cognitive skills．Walking，on the other hand，seems to substantially improve thinking ability．
But the survey respondents believed the opposite，estimating that the stretching and toning program would be more beneficial for the mind than walking．The estimates of benefits from walking were lower．
These data，while they do not involve any actual exercise，are good news for people who do exercise．“The results from our study suggest that the benefits of aerobic exercise are not a placebo effect,” said Cary Stothart，a graduate student in cognitive psychology at Florida State University，who led the study．
If expectations had been driving the improvements in cognition seen in studies after exercise，Mr．Stothart said，then people should have expected walking to be more beneficial for thinking than stretching．They didn’t，implying that the changes in the brain and thinking after exercise are physiologically genuine．
The findings are strong enough to suggest that exercise really does change the brain and may，in the process，improve thinking，Mr．Stothart said． That conclusion should encourage scientists to look even more closely into how，at a molecular level，exercise remodels the human brain，he said． It also should encourage the rest of us to move，since the benefits are，it seems，not imaginary，even if they are in our head．
1.Which of the following about the placebo effect is TRUE according to the passage？
A． It occurs during exercise．
B． It has cognitive benefits．
C． It is just a mental reaction．
D． It is a physiological response．
2.Why did the researchers at the two universities conduct the research？
A． To discover the placebo effect in the exercise．
B． To prove the previous studies have a big drawback．
C． To test whether exercise can really improve cognition．
D． To encourage more scientists to get involved in the research．
3.What can we know about the research Cary Stothart and his team carried out？
A． They employed 171 people to take part in the actual exercise．
B． The result of the research removed the recent doubt of some scientists．
C． The participants thought walking had a greater impact on thinking ability．
D． Their conclusion drives scientists to do research on the placebo effect．
4.What might be the best title for the passage？
A． Is it necessary for us to take exercise？
B． How should people exercise properly？
C． What makes us smarter during exercise？
D． Does exercise really make us smarter？

请阅读下面短文,并按照要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。
Cleanliness is important to academic success at one Chinese university where compulsory labor is part of a program designed to award class credits while teaching students with proper moral values．
During winter，the sky is still dark at 6:30 A． m．when the first-year students in Trade and Management College in Zhengzhou begin sweeping the 165-acre campus and it can take up to an hour．
Mr．Sun，the university official，said labor is good for building character and promotes “the spirit of hard work．” Some students also claim that they are always proud of the clean campus．They never litter because they’ve been through the labor and understand that they should respect the fruits of labor of others．
Some students，however，are against it because they feel the demands of the cleaning program are a distraction．Some often show up late and hungry to their morning classes after rushing to sweep the campus and clean their rooms．
【写作内容】
1．用约30个单词写出上文概要；
2．用约120个单词发表你的观点，内容包括：
（1）支持或反对这个学校的做法；
用2-3个理由或论据支撑你的观点。
【写作要求】
1．可以支持文中任一观点，但必须提供理由或论据；
2．阐述观点或提供论据时，不能直接引用原文语句；
3．作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称；
4．不必写标题。
【评分标准】
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假定你是李华，正在新西兰学习，你计划寒假期间在当地旅行，请写一封e-mail向旅行社询问相关的旅行信息。

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2．当地特色（如食品等）；

3．注意事项。

注意：1．词数100左右；

2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3．开头语已为你写好，不计入总词数。

Dear Sir or Madam,

I’m Li Hua，a Chinese student，studying in New Zealand． I’m writing to___________________________________________________________________

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Sincerely yours,

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The Collections of Chinese Ancient Cultural Relics Abroad: Volume Victoria and Albert Museum has just been published, the fruit of ten years' efforts by Chinese experts.

The book is the first of an upcoming series that centers on ancient cultural heritage(文化遗产) collections in different museums around the world. The book details 195 out of 18,000 items now in the Victoria and Albert Museum in England.

More than 1.64 million ancient Chinese artifacts have been transported out of China because of different reasons such as wars and smuggling(走私) since the mid 19th century. More than 200 museums in 47 countries hold such collections, according to a report from UNESCO.

"The information we now have about these pieces is still very patchy(不全面的)," said Lu Zhangshen, curator(馆长) of the National Museum of China. "In order to have a clearer picture about these items, National Museum of China decided to start the Chinese Ancient Cultural Relics Abroad book project in 2005. But after we began, we found it really difficult to collect information for every piece from each museum. That’s why the first volume took us ten years."

"The pieces in the book include 102 porcelains(瓷器), 31 bronzes(铜器), 22 lacquer(漆器), 10 enamel vessels(搪瓷器皿) and so on," Liu Mingqian from Victoria and Albert Museum said.

According to the National Museum of China, the volume of the Japanese museum Sen-oku Hakuko Kan is coming out soon and the museum will seek more cooperation from museums worldwide to accelerate(加速) the project.

1.Which of the following best describes Lu Zhangshen’s attitudes towards the Chinese Ancient Cultural Relics Abroad book project?

A. worthwhile but expensive

B. reasonable but worthless

C. meaningless but hard

D. meaningful but difficult

2.Which of the following statements is NOT True According to the text?

A. So far, Volumes Victoria, Albert Museum and the Japanese museum have been published.

B. A great many ancient Chinese artifacts have been distributed(分散) worldwide due mainly to wars and smuggling.

C. It is nearly ten years since the Chinese Ancient Cultural Relics Abroad book project was set up.

D. At present, collecting information for every piece from each museum is to some degree tough.

3.The main purpose of the passage is to ________.

A. compare and evaluate

B. inform and explain

C. argue and discuss

D. examine and explain

单词拼写

1.New Year’s Day is drawing near. The trees on both sides of the roads are beautifully ________________(装饰).

2.We all believe that a team as good as ours should be able to beat all the other ________________ (竞争者) .

3.Every day, almost everywhere, we can see all kinds of products _______________(广告).

4.She has made such great contributions to the protection of rare animals. She really ______________(值得) a reward for her efforts.

5.I would a_____________ it if you could help me with this task. It’s really a bit too hard for me.

6.I worried so much about the result of my maths exam. Much to my r_______________, I passed it.

7.The Winter and Summer Olympics are both held every four years on a r_________________ basis.

8.E______________ devices, such as computers and cell phones, have made our life so much more convenient.

9.Charles Babbage is generally c_______________ to have invented the first computer.

10.We are advised by the doctor to take more fruits like apples and oranges, which c___________ much vitamin C.

Mr. Lang worked in a factory. As a driver, he was busy but he was paid much. His wife was an able woman and did all the housework. When he came back, she took good care of him and he never did anything at home. So he had enough time when he had a holiday. A few friends of his liked gambling(赌博) and he learned it soon. So he was interested in it and forgot anything except gambling. He lost all his money and later he began to sell the television, watches and so on. His wife told him not to do it but he didn’t listen to her. She had to tell the police. He and his friends were punished for it. And he lost his job. After he came out of lockup(拘留所), he hated her very much and the woman had to leave him.

It was New Year’s Day. Mr. Lang didn’t go to work. He felt lonely and wanted to gamble again. He called his friends and they came soon. But they were afraid the police would come. He told his five-year-old son to go to find out if there were the policemen outside. They waited for a long time and didn’t think the police would come and began to gamble. Suddenly opened the door and in came a few policemen.

“I saw there weren’t any policemen outside, daddy,” said the boy, “so I went to the crossing and asked some to come.”

1.Mr. Lang was paid much because _______.

A. he was a driver

B. he worked in a factory

C. he had a lot of work to do

D. he had worked there for a long time

2.Mrs. Lang did all housework because _______.

A. she couldn’t find any work

B. she thought her husband was tired

C. her husband spent all time in gambling

D. she wouldn’t stop her husband gambling

3._______, so he was put into lockup.

A. Mr. Lang often gambled

B. Mr. Lang was late for work

C. Mr. Lang didn’t help his wife at home

D. Mr. Lang wasn’t polite to the police

4.The woman had to leave Mr. Lang because _______.

A. he didn’t love her any longer

B. he wouldn’t stop gambling

C. he had been put into lockup

D. he was hardly sent away by the factory

5.Which of the following is right?

A. The boy hoped his father to be put into lockup again.

B. The boy thought his father needed some policemen.

C. The boy hoped his father to stop gambling soon.

D. The boy hoped his mother to come back.