15．As an international student，you are probably not as comfortable listening and speaking as reading and writing in English．Here are some tips to help you strengthen your skills in conversation．
Make friends with American students．Many international students make friends only with each other，which I don't think is a good idea．（36）GBesides，it helps you pick up cultural and social cues（信号）．
（37）ATell your American friends that you are trying to improve your listening and speaking skills，and would like them to help you．If you pronounce a word incorrectly，or misuse an idiom，you want them to tell you．You will learn much faster this way．
Expand your knowledge．（38）FIf you have been exposed to topics that are likely to be discussed in conversation，you have a much better chance of understanding people when they talk，and of being able to express yourself well．This helps you overcome both a culture gap and language barriers-and gives you a great excuse to watch TV．
Become a tutor at your school．（39）D，you try to find alternative ways to make yourself understood．I owe most of my fluent English to my years of being a math tutor in college．Tutors are also usually relatively well paid，so this is a good way to make some extra cash while improving your conversational English skills（40）．C
A．Learn from native speakers．
B．Once you have trouble in the U．S
C．It's a win-win for international students．
D．If you have to explain something to someone in English
E．Learn which U．S．colleges welcome the most international students．
F．Read books，keep up with news and watch popular shows and movies．
G．Hanging out with natives naturally pushes you to improve your oral English．

14．Two Newcastle scientists are setting themselves to open our eyes to the medical truth by claiming that natural sunlight may help prevent skin cancer．
Dr．Ron Laura，professor of health education at Newcastle University，and senior chemist Mr．John Ashton said their research points to a complete （51）B of the accepted scientific theory．They said that sunscreen creams may help cause skin cancer，the artificial indoor light could be （52）C and that a range of drugs in common use could also （53）A melanoma--a type of cancer that appears as a dark spot on the skin．
The research is likely to be unwelcome in some traditional medical research circles．It is based on a new （54）D that our bodies are protected from skin cancer by the regulation of a group of complex vitamins （Vitamin D） and immune process．
The sunscreens，artificial light and drugs could all unfavorably affect the production of these vitamins and increase the skin's （55）A to the sun．But Dr．Laura said natural sunlight passing through the eyes helped（56）D the production of cancer protection Vitamin D．
He said recent statistics from the United States indicated that people who worked indoors all day in artificial light were more（57）A melanomas than those who worked outdoors．Indoor workers should try to have at least one hour of （58）C to direct sunlight every day，（59）B in the early morning and late afternoon when ultraviolet intensively was lower，Dr．Laura said．
Sunscreens，long （60）C as essential for beach lovers，could also （61）C the production of Vitamin D．Laura and Ashton said sunscreens give people a （62）A sense of security in thinking they are （63）B from the sun's rays．
Dr．Laura said more statistics（64）C their claim had come to light since the first article was published．He believes his research findings are too important to be （65）A to the scientific world．

51．A．contribution	B．reversal	C．combination	D．recognition
52．A．beneficial	B．comfortable	C．harmful	D．favorable
53．A．promote	B．reduce	C．remove	D．eliminate
54．A．assumption	B．law	C．concept	D．theory
55．A．sensitivity	B．resistance	C．adaptation	D．response
56．A．monitor	B．measure	C．slow	D．stimulate
57．A．subject to	B．unrelated to	C．free of	D．dependent on
58．A．exercise	B．reveal	C．exposure	D．experience
59．A．occasionally	B．preferably	C．enjoyably	D．extremely
60．A．received	B．popular	C．accepted	D．identified
61．A．balance	B．adjust	C．prevent	D．enhance
62．A．false	B．strong	C．true	D．sharp
63．A．separated	B．protected	C．guarded	D．prohibited
64．A．presenting	B．doubting	C．backing	D．providing
65．A．limited	B．emphasized	C．acknowledged	D．explained

13．Always Changing
Jack is leaving，and I'm feeling kind of sad．
You probably don't know Jack，but you might be lucky enough to（41）Asomeone just like him．He's been the heart and soul of the office for a couple of years combining（42）Aprofessional skills with a sweet and gentle nature．
And now he's moving on to an exciting new professional（43）C．It sounds like it could be the chance of a lifetime，and we're（44）Bfor him．But that doesn't make it any easier to say goodbye to him．
Life has a way of throwing these curve（曲线） balls（45）Bus．Just when we start to get comfortable with a person，a place or a situation，something comes along to（46）Dthe recipe．
Our ability to cope with change（47）Dto a great degree，our peace，happiness and contentment in life．
     But how do we do that？A friend of mine is fond of reminding us that"survivability depends upon（48）C．"And then there's Chris the California surf-rat，who once told me that the answer to life's problems can be（49）Ain four words："Go with the flow．"
I'm not exactly sure，but I think Chris was saying that life is a series of（50）A-both good and bad．No matter how excellent your skill，there will always be life-influencing factors over which you have no（51）C．The truly successful person expects the unexpected，and is prepared to（52）Badjustments if the need should arise-as it almost（53）Ddoes．
     That doesn't mean you don't keep trying to make all your（54）Acome true．It just means that when things come up that aren't（55）Din your plan，you work around them-and then you move on．
"Change，indeed，is painful，（56）Bever needful，"said philosopher Thomas Carlyle．"And if memory has its force and worth，so also has（57）C．"
      We're going to miss Jack．But rather than stay on the（58）Bof our parting，we'll focus on our hopes for a brighter future-for him，and for us．And then we'll go out and（59）Aeverything we can to make that future happen．
 （60）Cour plans change-again．

41．A．know	B．greet	C．imagine	D．recognize
42．A．good	B．extra	C．correct	D．precise
43．A．agreement	B．destination	C．opportunity	D．experience
44．A．pity	B．pleased	C．anxious	D．curious
45．A．in	B．at	C．on	D．with
46．A．try	B．use	C．provide	D．change
47．A．protect	B．produce	C．preserve	D．determine
48．A．habit	B．belief	C．adaptability	D．communication
49．A．summed up	B．put up	C．made up	D．held up
50．A．events	B．records	C．accidents	D．problems
51．A．power	B．trouble	C．control	D．difference
52．A．get	B．make	C．take	D．have
53．A．never	B．already	C．seldom	D．always
54．A．dreams	B．promises	C．decisions	D．solutions
55．A．eventually	B．immediately	C．surprisingly	D．exactly
56．A．and	B．yet	C．also	D．even
57．A．future	B．parting	C．hope	D．attempt
58．A．complaint	B．sadness	C．attention	D．sympathy
59．A．do	B．face	C．seize	D．demand
60．A．If	B．After	C．Until	D．Before

12．Following one million middle-aged women in Britain for 10 years，a study finds that the widely held view that happiness enhances health and longevity is unfounded．
The results come from the so-called Million Women Study，which took on women aged 50 to 69 from 1996 to 2001，and tracked them with questionnaires and official records of death and hospital admissions．The questionnaires asked how often the women felt happy，in control，relaxed and stressed，and also instructed them to rate their health and list ailments like high blood pressure，diabetes，depression or anxiety．
When the answers were analyzed statistically，unhappiness and stress were not associated with an increased risk of death．It is not clear whether the findings apply to men．
Professor Peto said particularly important data came from 500，000 women who reported that they were in good health，with no history of heart disease，cancer，or stroke．A minority of these healthy women said they were stressed or unhappy，he said，but over the next decade they were no more likely to die than were the women who were generally happy．
"This finding refutes（驳斥）the large effects of unhappiness and stress on deathrate that others have claimed，"Dr．Peto said．Unhappiness itself may not affect health directly，but it can do harm in other ways，by driving people to suicide，alcoholism or other dangerous behaviors，he warned．
This type of study，in which people involved depends on their self-assessments，is not considered as reliable as a designed experiment where people involved are picked at random and assigned to a treatment or control group．But the huge number of people in this study gives it power．Still，some observers noted that measuring emotions is more nuanced（细微的）and complex than simply declaring happiness or unhappiness．
"I would have liked to see more discussion of how people translate these complicated feelings into a self-report of happiness，"said Baruch Fischhoff，a psychologist at Carnegie Mellon University．
The results of earlier studies have been mixed，with some finding that unhappiness causes illness and others showing no link，Dr．Fischhoff said．"It looks to me like people have collected a lot of data without finding a clear signal，"he said．However，an editorial accompanying the study in The Lancet noted that it had the largest population so far in happiness studies and praised its statistical methods．
Professor Peto said he doubted whether the new study would change many minds because beliefs about the risks of unhappiness are so rooted．"People are still going to believe that stress causes heart attacks，"he said．

Topic	Happiness Doesn't （71）NecessarilyBring Good Health
（72）Subjects/Participantsof the research	One million women aged 50 to 69
（73）Procedure/Steps of the research	l  Track the women with questionnaires． l  Keep official records of deaths and hospital admission． l  Make statistical （74）analysesof the answers．
Results of the research	l  It lacks basis that unhappy people （75）tendto suffer mortality more easily． l  Unhappiness may （76）account/makefor some dangerous behavior． l  Whether the conclusion applies to men hasn't been     （77）confirmed/proved
（78）Drawbacks/Shortcomings/Disadvantages/Weaknessesof the research	l  It just depends on how people involved （79）assess/evaluatethemselves． l  Measuring emotion is more nuanced and complex． l  The results of earlier studies have been mixed．
Significance of the research	l  The largest population were involved． l  Statistical methods were used．
Professor Peto's concern	The study can （80）hardlychange people's minds as the beliefs about the disadvantages of unhappiness are so anchored．

11．The manager，_____ it clear to us that he didn't agree with us，left the meeting room angrily．（　　）

A．

who has made

B．

having made

C．

made

D．

being made

10．Beauty has always been regarded as something praiseworthy．Almost everyone thinks attractive people are happier and have more respectable jobs．But in the executive（主管的） circle，（31）itcan become a disadvantage．
While attractiveness is a positive factor for a man on his way up the executive ladder，it is（32）harmful（harm） to a woman．Handsome male executives are considered having more honesty than plainer men； effort and ability usually lead（33）totheir success．Attractive female executives are considered to have less honesty than unattractive（34）ones；people do not connect their success with ability（35）butwith factors such as luck．All unattractive women executives are thought to have more honesty and to be more capable than the attractive female executives．However，interestingly，the rise of the unattractive overnight successes（36）is connected（connect） more to personal relationships and less to ability．
Attractive women are not thought to be able．This is true even in politics．Anne Bowman，a writer，（37）whorecently made a study，asked 125 undergraduate students to rank two groups of photographs，one of men and one of women，in order of attractiveness．And then the students were told the photographs were of candidates for political offices．They were asked to rank them again，in the order they would vote（38）forthem．The results showed that attractive males（39）completely（complete） defeated unattractive men，but the women （40）ranked（rank） most attractive by the students unchangeably received the fewest votes．

9．此题要求改正所给短文的错误．对标有题号的每一行做出判断：如无错误，在答题卡该行右边横线上划一个勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：
该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在答题卡该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉．
该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在答题卡该行右边横线上写出该加的词．
该行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在答题卡该行右边横线上写出改正后的词．
Time seem limited for us Senior Three students．（76seems Therefore，more and more student are studying from early（77）students morning till lately afternoon，even during the ten-minute（78）late break．In my opinion，Take a break between classes is （79）taking not necessary．Otherwise，we will feel tired both physically （80）去掉not and mentally．During the break，we should do something（81）√ to get rid of tiredness．What they need is to have a real rest，（82）we instead getting more tired．My break is always pleasing．（83）instead 后加of Sometimes I take some simple exercise．Sometimes I had a free（84）have chat with my classmates or just take a walk outside．While the（85）When next class begins，I feel fresh again．

8．此题要求改正所给短文的错误．对标有题号的每一行做出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上划一个勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：
该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉．
该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词．
该行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词．
Welcome to our city．Now let me to introduce our city              （76）删掉第二个介词to 
to you．Our city is a newly-built modern city．It is set up in     （77）is改为was
 the early 1990s，but it has been developing rapid．From          （78）rapid改为rapidly 
here you can travel to anywhere by water，by air and                （79）and改为or 
by land．Recently a new freeway is connected                          （80）freeway后加which或that 
with Beijing has been used．The place around our city              （81）place改为places 
are rich in natural resources．And they have enough supplies    （82）they改为we 
of electricity and other forms of energy．The public order         （83）正确
 is very well．Besides，the people of our city are warm-hearted（84）well改为good 
and we like to make friends by people all over the world．         （85）by改为with
That's all．Thank you．

7．W：Hello．Minchhampton Tourist Office．
M：（61）B
W：Well，we've only got three，the Elm，the Hotel Placid and the Singing Fiddle．
M：（62）A
W：The Elm has twenty rooms．The Hotel Placid has thirty-five rooms and the Singing Fiddle has only eight rooms．
M：（63）C
W：The Elm costs 16pounds per person a night．The Hotel Placid costs 32pounds and the singing Fiddle costs only 8pounds．
M：（64）F
W：The Elm is 625387．（65）D
M：Thank you．

A．How large are they？
B．Hello，I want to stay in a hotel in Minchhampton．
C．How much do they cost？
D．The Hotel Placid is 60744and the Singing Fiddle is 81990．
E．Sorry，I can't follow you．
F．Thank you，and what are the telephone numbers？
G．Where is the Singing Fiddle？

6．breath（　　）

A．

please

B．

easily

C．

reader

D．

pleasant