Few people would question the value of taking part in sports for young people. With proper training, supervision, protective equipment and techniques, and a proper emphasis on winning, sports can develop a healthy body and spirit and a life-long interest in being active and fit. Without such measures, childhood sports can lead to injuries and even paralysis or death.

    Even in the best conditions, no activity can be risk-free. But most serious hazards are preventable. Cyclists and football players can reduce their risks by wearing helmets, hockey players by wearing masks; basketball and tennis players by wearing eye guards; baseball players by wearing batting helmets. Besides, risks to individual players can often be found, and thus prevented, through a properly performed medical exam before a child plays. For accidents that may not be preventable, having an emergency plan and first-aid equipment, and someone trained to use the equipment, can be lifesaving.

    Still, each year, according to the American College of Sports Medicine, more than 775, 000 children under 14 are treated in emergency rooms for sports injuries, nearly half of them preventable. An estimated 300,000 athletes experience exercise-related head illnesses each year, and almost all of them should have been avoided.

    Further, from half to three-fourths of sports-related concussions(脑震荡) are never even diagnosed; the injured are often sent back to play too soon and put at risk of another more serious brain-damaging concussion. To help reduce these risks, the National Center for Sports Safety, with the National Athletic Trainers’ Association, offers a three-hour online safety course for coaches for $28 at www. SportsSafety. Org.

1 Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. All the accidents can be prevented.        B. All the accidents cannot  b e prevented.

C. Lives can be saved so long as there is proper equipment.

D. Lives cannot be saved even if there is proper equipment.

2. What does the underlined word “hazards” (in Paragraph 2)

A. Mistakes.       B. Diseases.      C. Dangers.      D. Situations.

3. It is implied in the passage that _____________.

A. prevention of injuries is not paid enough attention to 

B. children under 14 are more easily hurt in sports

C. most head illnesses are related with exercise   

D. none of the head illnesses should have happened

4. What can coaches mainly learn from the online safety course?

A. How to cure brain-damaging concussion.    B. How to diagnose brain-damaging concussion.

C. How to predict the possibility of brain damage.  D. How to deal with the injured properly.

You can eat food free in my restaurant _ _______ you like.

A .whenever       B. wherever     C. whatever      D. however

. As an old saying goes, friendship is like money: easier made than ______.

A. kept              B. to be kept             C. keeping            D. having kept

 The Governor demanded that all the proposals _______ on May 1st.

  A. must be submitted   B. be submitted  C. submitted  D. were submitted

.He suddenly saw what looked like a snake in the darkness. For an instant his heart seemed to stop ______.

       A.to beat B.beating C.beaten  D.being beaten

______ many other scientists, Albert Einstein enjoyed music besides scientific research work.

       A.In common with B.In common  C.In the same  D.As

______ he referred to in his article was unknown to the general reader.

   A. That     B. What  C. Whether     D. Where

．The news came as no surprise to me. I ______ for some time that I would fail in the exam.

A．had known       B．knew               C．have known     D．know

When Dean Arnold got his first job, he was miserable (痛苦的), Each time he went to work, he coughed and he couldn’t breathe．Working in a bakery(面包房) when you are allergic to (对…过敏) flour can be painful.

    But Arnold stayed with the National Biscuit Company for ten years．He was a businessman and he helped them improve production．At last his health problems became too serious．He left and formed his own company.

    With his wife and mother, he founded Arnold Bakery．They tried new recipes (配方)．changing the kind and amount of flour used．This enabled Arnold to work there without too much pain．The bread, made with unbleached flour (标准粉), was baked in a brick oven (烘炉).

    They began by baking two dozen loaves．The bread was sold door to door for fifteen cents a loaf．Winning customers to his unusual, old-fashioned bread took time．But Arnold, struggling against his allergy, built his bakery into one of the largest in the United States.

A good title for this passage would be     .

     A．A Sick Baker                    B．A Brick-oven Bread Baker

     C．An Old-fashioned Baker                D．How to Overcome Allergy

Dean left the National Biscuit Company because he _______．  

    A．suffered from allergy to flour          B．didn’t like the job

    C．wanted to make more money          D．wanted to form his own company

During his stay in the National Biscuit Company, _______.

     A．he founded Arnold Bakery

     B．he tried a new method of baking

     C．he helped the company improve their production

     D．he became successful in his business

Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

     A．Arnold’s bread was baked in a brick oven.

     B．Arnold’s bread was made with unbleached flour.

     C．Arnold’s bread was sold at a low price.

     D．Arnold’s bread was of poor quality.

From the passage we can conclude that Arnold was ________.

     A．determined     B．brave     C．usual      D．unhealthy

About 90 percent of Chinese believe the polarization(分化) between the rich and poor is “serious” in China, according to a survey conducted by China Youth Daily. And more than 80 percent of the respondents(对象) surveyed said something must be done to narrow the expanding gap between the rich and poor, while 14.1 percent said it was necessary.

The polarization has aroused wide concern among the public in recent years. The State Development and Reform Commission(国家发改委) said the Gini Coefficient had reached 0.47 for China, up from o.29 two decades ago. Usually, a country with a number above 0.4 is warned to pay attention to the income inequality problem.

To find out the people’s view, the survey covered 10,250 respondents, between the ages of 20 and 30 with a college education and a monthly salary between 1,000 and 3,000 yuan. Surprisingly, most disagreed with the view of experts who claim the urban-rural difference is causing the widening gap. More than 70 percent of the respondents believed that “ the group of special interests” is the prime reason for the polarization, followed by “people in power” 68 percent, and “bosses” 50 percent.

Another unexpected finding is that almost all agreed that a good educational background and knowledge were not the decisive factors in gaining wealth. About 95 percent said rich people are not necessarily those who are able to speak English or have a college education.

Today in China, rich people , accounting for 10 percent of the population, control 45 percent of the total social fortune, and poor people, also 10 percent of the population, only control 1.5 percent, according to an investigation published by the National Bureau of Statistics last June.

1. It can be inferred that the Gini Coefficient ( in paragraph 2) would probably be ________.

   A. the unit used in advanced mathematics

   B. the degree of a country’s development

   C. the level of the citizen’s living standard

   D. a measure of income inequality

2. Experts hold the view that the main reason for the polarization is ________.

   A. the urban-rural difference

   B. the group of special interests

   C. the people in power

   D. the bosses

3. Which of the following can show the correct proportion of the social fortune

among

population?

4. What’s the best title of the passage?

   A. Close the Gap between the Rich and Poor

   B. Surveys conducted by Chins Youth Daily

   C. Higher education, Higher pay

   D. Rich-Poor Divide Serious, Study Finds