【题目】Man still has a lot to learn about the most powerful and complex part of his body — the brain.

It may be surprising to learn that it isn’t age that makes you lose your memory. The reason could be that you have a "lazy" memory, not an old one. Like your body your memory improves with exercise. Once given plenty of exercise, the brain keeps its power. Before discussing how to improve the memory, let’s look at how the brain works. There are two sides to the brain, the left and the right. The right side deals with the senses (what we see, hear, feel and smell). It's the creative and imaginative side. The left side is concerned with logic. It analyzes information and puts it in order.

Some recent research suggests that we remember everything that happens to us. The problem most of us has is recalling events. Most forgetting takes place immediately after learning. An hour after learning something new, more than 50% has been forgotten. After a month, 80% has been forgotten, and so on.

This shows revision is very important. If you revise new material you have learnt, you remember much more. So it's of vital importance to revise newly learned material often, and have frequent breaks. We best remember what we learn at the beginning of a learning period and at the point where we stop. After the break, revise what was learned before the break and then continue learning the new material. These breaks should happen every 20 or 45 minutes.

Other experiments have shown the brain needs time to "digest" what has been learned. The time necessary for this is 5 to 10 minutes. After the break, the memory will have absorbed what it has just learned, and more will be remembered. During this period it is important to exercise the right side of the brain, because the left side is used during the learning period. Therefore you should relax. Listening to music, breathing in fresh air, and looking at a picture are all ways of using the other side of the brain. So when you are studying alone, make a plan which shows when to have breaks and to revise newly learned material immediately before you begin studying again. If you do in this way, your memory will improve.

【1】According to the text, you lose your memory by ________.

A. getting too old B. hardly using your brain

C. working too hard D. using your brain too much

【2】To fight forgetting effectively, we're advised to ________.

A. go back to what was learned regularly

B. break down materials into small pieces

C. focus on both ends of a learning period

D. take breaks to give the brain a good rest

【3】 During the learning process the brain need breaks to ________.

A. use the right side of the brain

B. revise newly learnt materials

C. take in what has been learnt

D. relax the left side of the brain

【4】Where is this text most probably taken from?

A. Science fictions. B. Students’ literature.

C. An advertisement. D. A science report.

【题目】The following is the story of a SARS patient named Wang and his fight with the disease.

I woke up around 6 : 30 this morning, on my ninth day in hospital since I caught SARS. Glancing over at my roommate, Xiao Huang, a 27-year-old employee of a Beijing software company, I saw he was also awake.

After a light breakfast, a nurse came in and took my temperature. It was 36.6 centigrade. We’re at Changxindian Hospital in southwestern Beijing, a newly named SARS patient hospital. It seems I am now recovering as my fever has gone down in recent days. When I first got the disease , I spent four days with a temperature above 39.5 centigrade—at one point it reached 40. 1 centigrade.

At 8 : 30 am, a nurse took a blood sample and X-ray of my chest. Then my daily treatment began with the help of the experts from Guangdong and WHO.

Before the first bottle finished, my wife rang me. I talked with her on my mobile phone. It has become a major connection with the outside world. Several friends also called me in the morning.

I am feeling great these days—no fever, no headache and no pain in the chest, which are all symptoms(症状)of SARS. My slight cough is gone since I began taking a new round of medicines yesterday. The doctor told me that I may be set free from hospital in two weeks and a half.

【1】Where is the hospital the writer stays at?

A. In the south of Beijing.

B. To the east of Beijing.

C. In the southwest of Changxindian.

D. In the southwest of Beijing.

【2】How long does the writer have to stay altogether in the hospital before he is sent home?

A. Seventeen days.

B. Nine days

C. More than thirty days.

D. More than twenty-five days.

【3】According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?

A. When he first got the disease, his temperature once reached1 41.5 centigrade.

B. His medical treatment came after he had breakfast.

C. He lived in a room of the hospital alone.

D. He talked with his wife by fax.

【4】According to the passage, which of the following is NOT the symptoms of SARS?

A. Having a high fever.

B. Having a headache.

C. Feeling pain in the chest.

D. Feeling cold all day.

【题目】短文改错

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（^），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Last Friday evening, I had a talk about my grandma. She told me that she wanted--visiting Shanghai. She would like to see the greatly changes in her hometown. Heard this, I began to book the air ticket for her on the Internet and I checked weather in Shanghai as well. After that, I helped my grandma prepare all the thing she might need during her trip such as a camera or a smart phone. The next day, I head for the airport to see my grandma off. Although it was a busy weekend, but I felt proud because I could do everything for my grandma. .

【题目】短文改错

Dear schoolmates,

In order to get high school students to attaching importance to the environment and improve our sense to protect the environment, and China Daily is planning to hold an interestingly knowledge contest. A contest starts on October 14th and end on 31st.Remember, you can take the contest in China Daily newspaper, that is very popular among high school student. The answer sheet must cut from the newspaper and sent to China Daily after the deadline.

Please pay more attention to the related information of the contest and take an active part in them on time.

Students' Union

【题目】假如你是李华，你的美国网友Jack目前正在一家孔子学院学习汉语，你们俩约定每周都给对方写一封信，他用汉语，你用英语，以期相互学习和帮助。最近你收到他发来的一封电子邮件，请你根据下列提示用英语给他写一封回信：

1. 表扬他的进步，并指出来信中的错误；

2. 给他一些改进的具体建议；

3. 你将发给他一篇游记，期待他对你的邮件进行回复。

注意：1. 词数：80-120；

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Jack,

I’m just so glad to receive your regular letter. ___________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

【题目】阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

“Equal pay for equal work” is a phrase by the American women who feel they are____【1】___(fair) treated by society. They think it is not right for women to be paid less than men for the __【2】__ amount of work. Some people say men have more duties than women. A married man has to earn money to support his family and make important decisions, __【3】_ it is right for them to be paid more. Some are even against married women _【4】__(work)at all. When wives go out to work, they say, the home and children are given no attention _【5】. If women are encouraged by equal pay to take up jobs, they will be able to do __【6】___ they are best at doing,such as making a nice home and bringing _【7】_ children. Women who disagree say that they want to escape from the limited place which society wishes them to fill and have __【8】freedom to choose between a job and home life __【9】_ a mixture of the two. As a matter of__【10】__, women have the right not only to equal pay but also to equal chances.

【题目】阅读下面材料，在空白处填上适当的内容（一个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。将答案写在答题卡的相应位置。

We high school students do have some growing pains, but we can get rid of them【1】_____(correct) and wisely. First, some of us are upset about our body style and looks. It’s unnecessary and it’s not important at all. We needn’t care about it. It is one’s inner beauty that【2】______ (matter). Second, we sometimes seem to be misunderstood by our teachers, parents and classmates. Faced with this, we can find a proper time to have a heart-to-heart talk with them, trying to remove the misunderstanding. Some of us have fewer friends, I think being open-minded and friendly will do us good. Third, we may fall behind others, 【3】________ makes us stressed. Actually we can encourage【4】_______ to work efficiently, full of【5】_______(determine). At last, some of us don’t have much pocket money, so they feel unhappy. Isn’t it strange? So long as we have some, that’s enough. And we can learn how to spend money.

【题目】根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

【1】_______________

Safety in the highway is not totally out of our hands. Here are four ways we can protect ourselves when we travel.

【2】__________ people in small cars are injured more often and more severely than people traveling in large cars. Factories of small cars are strengthening their products’ safety, which helps. But the mix of large cars and small cars on the road is the main reason of the problem.

Being thrown into glass and mental cars parts, or being thrown from the car can really hurt or even kill you.

【3】_______The safety belt’s main purpose is to pull you back if your car has a sudden crash with another vehicle or object, or if it rolls over. A belt can reduce the chance of deadly injury by 45% and the chance of serious injury by 50%.

Air bags are important. More than half of all new cars sold have air bags. Air bags provide protection in frontal crashes—the type of crash that kills the most drivers—when they are also wearing safety belts. Most people are demanding air bags in the cars they buy. 【4】_______________ Effective as they are, they can’t take the place of safety belts.

Drunk driving crashes are less likely to happen if you don’t drink. 【5】____________Many people have realised that drunk driving can lead to death and injury, prison time and other results. There are movements to strengthen penalties(处罚) for drinking and driving.

A. How to drive safely?

B. You are safer in a large car

C. How to protect ourselves in the highway?

D. Air bags are not installed in all cars.

E. That’s why safety belts should be worn.

F. Drunk driving is the most serious problem.

G. But the protection provided by air bags is limited in side or rear crashes.

【题目】It was once common to regard Britain as a society with class distinction. Each class had unique characteristics.

In recent years, many writers have begun to speak of the ‘decline of class ’ and ‘classless society ’ in Britain. And in modern day consumer society everyone is considered to be middle class.

But pronouncing the death of class is too early. A recent wide-ranging study of pubic opinion found 90 percent of people still placing themselves in a particular class; 73 percent agreeed that class was still a vital part of British society.; and 52 percent thought there were still sharp class differences. Thus, class may not be culturally and politically obvious, yet it remains an imprtant part of British society. Britain seems to have a love of stratification.

One unchanging aspect of a British person’s class position is accent. The words a person speaks tell her or his class. A study of British accents during the 1970s found that a voice sounding like a BBC newsreader was viewed as the most attractive voice. Most people said this accent sounds ‘educated ’ and ‘soft ’. The accents placed at the bottom in this study, on the other hand, were regional(地区的) city accents. These accents were seen as ‘common ’ and ‘ugly ’. However, a similar study of British accents in the US turned these results upside down and placed some regional accents as the most attractive and BBC English as the least. This suggests that British attitudes towards accent have deep roots and are based on class prejudice.

In recent years, however, young upper midder-class people in London, have begun to adopt some regional accents, in order to hide their class origins. This is an indication of class becoming unnoticed. However, the 1995 pop song ‘ Common People ’ puts forward the view that though a middle-class person may ‘ want to live like common people ’ they can never appreciate the reality of a working class life.

【1】A recent study of pubic opinion shows that in modern Britain_________.

A. it is time to end class distinction

B. most people belong to middle class

C. it is easy to recognize a person’s class

D. people regard themselves socially different

【2】The word stratification in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to_________.

A. variety B. division

C. authority D. qualification

【3】The study in the US showed that BBC English was regarded as _________.

A. regional B. educated

C. prejudiced D. unattractive

【4】British attitudes towards accent_________.

A. have a long tradition

B. are based on regional status

C. are shared by the Americans

D. have changed in recent years

【5】What is the main idea of the passage?

A. The middle class is expanding.

B. A person’s accent reflects his class.

C. Class is a key part of British society.

D. Each class has unique characteristics.

【题目】根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。Any car accident is frightening, but an accident in which your vehicle is thrown into the water, with you trapped inside, is absolutely(绝对地) terrifying.【1】 . However, most deaths result from fear, without a plan or understanding what is happening to the car in the water. By adopting a brace(支撑) position, acting decisively and getting out fast, you can save yourself from a sinking vehicle.Brace yourself for impact (撞击力). As soon as you're aware that you're going off th e road and into a body of water, adopt a brace position. The impact could set off the airbag system in your vehicle, so you should place both hands on the steering wheel(方向盘) in the "ten and two" position.Undo your seatbelt. 【2】 . Release the children, starting with the oldest first. Forget the cell phone call. Your car isn't going to wait for you to make the call.【3】 . Leave the door alone at this stage and concentrate on the window. A car's electrical system should work for up to three minutes in water, so try the method of opening it electronically first. Many people don't think about the window as an escape choice either because of fear or misinformation about doors and sinking.Break the window. If you aren't able to open the window, or it only opens halfway, you'll need to break it with an object or your foot. It may feel counter-intuitive (有悖常理的) to let water into the car. 【4】 .Escape when the car has equalized. If it has reached the stage where the car has been filled with water and it has become balanced, you must move quickly and effectively to ensure your survival. 【5】 . While there is still air in the car, take slow, deep breaths and focus on what you're doing.