British researchers are looking for volunteers willing to eat a piece of chocolate daily for a year in the name of science. The trial(实验) will explore whether flavonoids (类黄酮) found in chocolate and other foods can reduce the risk of heart disease.

“We are looking at a high risk group first,” said Aedin Cassidy, a biochemist who will lead the study.

Previous studies have suggested dark chocolate is rich in the beneficial flavonoids linked with heart health, but experts note the high sugar and fat content of most commercially available chocolate might cancel out some of the advantages. Other research has also shown dark chocolate appears to lower blood pressure, improve the function of blood vessels (血管)and reduce the risk of heart attack.

This has encouraged companies to market specific products containing dark chocolate. Mars Inc has introduced Cocoa Via, a line of dark and premium chocolates that plays up such health advantages.

Cassidy said her team will also publish findings in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition showing that flavonoids found in soy and cocoa appear to have the strongest effects of reducing risk of heart disease.

The next step will organize 150 women volunteers with a specific illness. The researchers will look at whether flavonoids help reduce blood pressure, cut cholesterol levels and improve the condition of blood vessels.

Half the women in the year-long study will eat chocolate containing 30 grams of flavonoids found in soy, cocoa and other fruits and vegetables. The others will get chocolate without the active flavonoids.

“This could help doctors give advice to patients on the type and amount of foods to eat to reduce heart disease risk—and it does not necessarily need to be chocolate,” Cassidy said. “If this trial works we will be able to advise on a whole range of foods. People won't have to go around eating specially designed chocolate.”

1. What is the best title for the passage?

A. Volunteers wanted for chocolate study.           B. Chocolate is good for health.

C. A new research on heart attacks.                  D. Flavonoids found in chocolate.

2. What’s the purpose of the trial?

A. To test the advantages of a new kind of chocolate.

B. To find cures for heart disease.

C. To discover how to control blood pressure.

D. To explore the advantages of flavonoids.

3. From Paragraph 3 we can infer that __________.

A. Cassidy’s team has done several studies on chocolate

B. dark chocolate has proved beneficial to health

C. people should eat much chocolate with high sugar and fat

D. most commercially available chocolate doesn’t contain flavonoids

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

A. All the volunteers will eat the same chocolate.

B. CocoaVia is a company that produces dark chocolate.

C. People who want to take part in the trial should be healthy.

D. Soy, cocoa, some fruit and vegetables contain flavonoids.

第II卷（非选择题，共35分）

注意事项：

1. 用黑色墨水的钢笔或签字笔将答案写在答题纸上。

2. 本卷共6小题，共35分。

第三部分：写作

第一节    阅读表达（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

阅读下面短文，并根据题目要求用英语回答问题（请注意问题后的字数要求）。

Sleepless in Seattle? Hardly. West Virginia is where people are really staying awake, according to the first government study to monitor state-by-state differences in sleeplessness. West Virginians’ lack of sleep was about double the national rate, perhaps a side effect of health problems such as obesity(肥胖), experts said.

Nearly 1 in 5 West Virginians said they did not get a single good night’s sleep in the previous month. The national average was about 1 in 10, according to a federal health survey. Tennessee, Kentucky and Oklahoma also were notably above average with nearly 1 in 7 people reporting in a lack of sleep. In contrast, North Dakota was below average, with only 1 in 13 reporting that degree of sleeplessness. Health officials do not know the exact reasons for the differences.

In the survey, people weren’t required to answer the question why they were not able to get enough rest or sleep. But experts noted several possible explanations: West Virginia ranks at or near the bottom of the nation in several important measurements of health, including obesity, smoking, heart disease and the proportion of adults with disabilities.

Studies have increasingly found that sleeping problems often occurred among people with certain health problems, including obesity. “You would expect to see poorer sleep within a chronically (慢性地) diseased population,” noted Dr Ronald Chervin, a sleep disorders expert in University of Michigan.

Financial stress and work shifts(倒班)can play roles in sleeplessness, too, Chervin added. He suggested those may be contributing factors in West Virginia, an economically depressed state with tens of thousands of people working in coal mining.

The report was based on results of an annual telephone survey of more than 400,000 Americans, including at least 3,900 in each state. The survey did not include people who use only cellphones.

56. What is the main idea of Paragraph 1? (No more than 15 words.)

___________________________________________________________________________

57. What does the underlined word “notably” in Paragraph 2 mean? (No more than 3 words.)

___________________________________________________________________________

58. What was the possible reason for the high rate of sleeplessness in West Virginia according to Paragraph 3?  (No more than 12 words.)

___________________________________________________________________________

59. List three factors that contribute to sleeplessness based on the passage.

(No more than 8 words.)

①____________________ ②_____________________ ③______________________

60. How was the research carried out? (No more than 10 words.)

___________________________________________________________________________

 ---- Hi, Maria! I got the first place in the exam.

---- ______ ! Everyone knows you cheated and you just copied Tony's.

A. Congratulations   B. Come on                 C. Good luck            D. Cheer up.

Whenever he was asked why he was late for meeting, he would answer carelessly, always_____ the same thing.

A．say                 B．to say          C．saying         D．having said

．—______ I lock the lab before I go home?

—Don’t bother．I’ll check it myself later．

A．May  B．Must C．Can   D．Shall

III.完型填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

I stayed at home with my 5-year-old daughter Lily. When I was reading some magazines, Lily played in the living room. But after a while I noticed nothing but  31     .           

She had never been so quiet. Was she   32   ? I asked what she was doing. The   33    finally came after I   34   my question three times. I heard “Nothing”. Never could I believe she just stayed there and kept quiet. So I walked into the living room. She hurried off. I   35    her to turn around but she   36  . I got a little angry. “Young lady,” I said, “turn around!”

  37   she turned toward me. In her hand was my wife’s new lipstick, only a little   38  . Besides her lips, every inch of her face was covered with bright red.

As she looked up at me with   39   eyes, I really got angry. I was about to   40   at her so that she would know what a mistake she had made.  41   before I could shout, I noticed the big letters she had written on her white skirt with the lipstick, “I’M  A  PERFECT  ANGEL!”

Something strange   42  me. I looked back at her red face. This time, instead of seeing a  43  girl, I saw a little angel that I had almost missed!

“Lily, I heard you speak to the toys just now. I guess you were teaching them how to use the lipstick. But should an angel use her mom’s lipstick like this?” Lily lowered her head, “Sorry. I won’t do it again.” I smiled. “Go and wash your face and let’s get a new  44  for mom.”

Every child is an angel. I felt   45  that I didn’t hurt the angel through treating her mistake in a right way.

31. A. sound          B. laughter       C. silence        D. music

32. A. sleeping        B. laughing       C. running       D. standing

33. A. news           B. result         C. report         D. reply

34. A. read            B. wrote         C. found         D. repeated

35. A. allowed         B. advised       C. ordered        D. persuaded

36. A. accepted        B. forgot         C. refused        D. understood

37. A. Suddenly        B. Slowly       C. Happily        D. Sadly

38. A. left             B. gone         C. lost           D. saved

39. A. excited          B. frightened     C. surprised       D. disappointed

40. A. shout            B. beat         C. drive          D. hold

41. A. But             B. So           C. And          D. Or

42. A. pulled           B. left          C. pushed         D. hit

43. A. foolish          B. bad           C. clever         D. boring

44. A. skirt            B. lipstick        C. present        D. magazine

45. A. sad             B. interesting      C. fortunate      D. sorry

This book tells ____life story of John Smith, who left ____ school and worked for a newspaper at the age of 16.

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

All my money _____ no more than ten yuan, so I can’t buy the dictionary.

  A. adds up        B. is added to        C. adds up to        D. adds to

第二节 书面表达（满分25分）

近来，你校开展“献爱心，送温暖”活动，号召广大学生向贫困或受灾地区捐款捐物。请你参考下列表格要点提示，以“捐款还是捐物”为题写一篇100-120字的英语短文。可适当增加内容。短文开头已给出，不计入总词数。

参考词汇：生活必需品 daily necessities

We often give money to the people in poor or disaster-stricken areas. But some students don’t think it a good way to do so.

He Jie has made such rapid progress in singing songs, which I think should owe to the ________ she took of her every spare minute.

A. place                B. use              C. possession             D. advantage