- I think the actress in this film is pure eye candy.

- I'm afraid ________. She acted her part well

A．I can't agree more                   B．I can't agree with you

C．I have to admit it                    D．I'm not so attracted

- John was out of breath after running a kilometer.

- He ________ really exercise more.

A．would         B．could           C．should           D．need

- I always lose ________ when studying.

- Maybe you should quit staring at all the cute boys.

A．concentration          B．construction          C．conversation         D．communication

- The teacher accused me of cheating on the test.

- Well, ________? You should have been honest.

A．was he         B．did he              C．were you          D．did you

- Hey, guy! What's new with you?

-Nothing special. By ________ way, I've just bought ________ secondhand car.

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

- My parents always compare me to my brother, who used to be the top student, you know.

- ________ like it would get annoying.

A．Sound        B．Sounded                 C．Sounding              D．Sounds

My grandparents were married for over half a century, and played their own special game from the time they had met each other. The goal of their   1   was to leave the word "shmily" in a   2   place for the other to find．They took turns   3   "shmily" around the house. There was no   4   to the places where "shmily" would come up. Little   5   with "shmily" written hurriedly were found on car seats or under the bed.

This   6   word was as much a part of my grandparents' house as the furniture. It took me a long time   7   I was able to fully   8   my grandparents' game. It was  9   their little game, and it was a way of   10. Their relationship was based on  11  and passionate（多情的） affection which not everyone is lucky enough to experience. Grandma and Grandpa  12 hands whenever they could.

But ten years ago my grandma had breast cancer.   13  , with my grandpa's   14  , they went to church every morning. But my grandma was growing   15    Then one day, what we were all afraid of finally happened．Grandma was  16  . On the funeral, Grandpa stepped up to my grandma's coffin and began to sing to her through his tears and grief.   17   with my own sorrow, I would never   18  that moment. I knew that, although I couldn't   19   the depth of their love, I had been lucky enough to see its unmatched beauty. I knew that "s-h-m-i-l-y" meant "   20  how much I love you."

1．A．game                  B．life                C．action             D．idea

2．A．separate                 B．different            C．surprising           D．similar

3．A．writing               B．reading             C．painting            D．leaving

4．A．way                 B．end                 C．reference            D．explanation

5．A．books               B．notes                     C．boxes                D．candies

6．A．new                  B．important           C．famous            D．mysterious

7．A．after                B．before             C．when             D．until

8．A．appreciate             B．accept              C．enter              D．approve

9．A．less than              B．more than           C．only               D．apparently

10．A．life                B．rest               C．discovery          D．influence

11．A．games              B．union              C．time               D．devotion

12．A．kept                B．held                C．shook              D．took

13．A．After all             B．In fact             C． At last            D．As always

14．A．kindness            B．help                C．encouragement      D．custom

15．A．weaker            B．older              C．crazier            D．angrier

16． A．astonished         B．upset              C．gone               D．discouraged

17．A．Shaking            B．Speaking            C．Dealing            D．Filling

18．A．stop               B．bear               C．experience         D．forget

19．A．achieve             B．measure           C．believe              D．build

20．A．Say                B．Sing                C．See                D．Search

Alonzo Bland is spending the holiday season at a Chinese fat farm．The Green Bay, Wis., resident（居民）will miss his family, but otherwise he’s not complaining．

“It s a little drastic（过激）to come to China，”admits Bland，33，who used to be a couch potato and addict to KFC food．“But drastic is what I needed。at 646 pounds．”That was Bland’s weight when his China adventure began in May, after winning a competition by China Connection，a firm that promotes traditional Chinese medicine．The prize：a year at China’s top weight—loss center, the Aimin（Love the People）Fat Reduction Hospital．

   The private hospital treats an increasing number of Americans and other foreigners．But its real customer base，served by 18 clinics nationwide，is domestic—and growing．The once-slim Chinese nation is flow on the fast track to a U．S．-style obesity crisis（肥胖危机）．About 30％of all Chinese adults are overweight or obese，says Chen Chunming，a nutritional expert at China's Center for Disease Control and Prevention，part of the Ministry of Health．“We don’t need to keep doing new surveys．We know the problem is severe and getting worse，” she says．

    China's heavyweights still stay behind the USA, where two out of three people are overweight or obese, but China “is on course to be exactly like the U.S. in 10 or 20 years,” says James Hill, director of the Center for Human Nutrition at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. “No country has been able to stop things from getting worse. The causes of obesity are the same in China as in the USA．You have an environment where there are many foodstuffs available and no need for physical activity,” he says.

1．Alonzo Bland is mentioned as a ________.

     A．volunteer                              B．doctor

     C．patient                                D．researcher

2．The "Chinese fat farm" where Alonzo Bland stays is called ________

     A．Green Bay, Wis.

     B．China Connection

     C．the Aimin Fat Reduction Hospital

     D．China's Center for Disease Control and Prevention

3．The underlined word "domestic" in the third paragraph possibly means ________

     A．inside the hospital                                B．within the country

     C．outside the country                      D．all over the world

4．Which statement would James Hill disagree with?

     A．Obesity is caused by uncontrolled eating and less exercise.

     B．Americans have remained as fat as they are since long ago.

     C．Chinese will get as fat as the Americans today.

     D．China can possibly slow down its steps towards obesity.

5．The general idea of the article is that ________

     A．China wrestles with growing obesity

     B．Chinese medicine is effective in treating obesity

     C．Chinese seek foreign help to lose weight

     D．China learns from USA to fight obesity

They will be Slumdogs no more．The two kid actors who broke our hearts in the Academy Award—winning “Slumdog Millionaire” are being moved out of their miserable Mumbai slum（贫民区）  into real homes with roofs and doors and walls．

    Rubina Ali and Azharuddin Ismail，who played the young Versions of the two main characters，won’t have to pay anything—their new digs are free．“These two children have brought honors to the country，” said Gautam Chatterjee．head of Mumbai’s housing authority．So for 10 -year-old Azharuddin，it’s goodbye to the simple tent by a busy road that was his family home．And for 9-year-old Rubina，it’s goodbye to the one room house she shared with her family．

    Details（细节）about when the families will be moved—or if they will have things we take for granted like indoor plumbing（水暖管道）一were not known．Still，there was lots of joy in the actors’ households．“We ale happy that we will have a permanent roof over our heads．”said Rubina’s dad，Rafiq Qureshi，told The Times of India newspaper．

    Casting agents discovered Rubina and Azharuddin in the terrible Garib Nagar slum．There was a worldwide outcry when it was discovered the kids were still living there even as the movie easily made$100 million．

     Director Danny Boyle, who also won a best director Oscar, refused to admit exploiting the child actors. He said they were paid above local wages for 30 days of work, enrolled in school for the first time ever - and had a fund set up to pay for their tuition, health care and “basic living costs.”

     Also, Fox Searchlight Pictures flew the kids and seven of the Indian children who appeared in the movie to Hollywood for the Oscar ceremony. Indian media reported the sudden generosity by Mumbai housing officials has more to do with politics than pride in the kids.

1．Judging from the article, it may be improper to think of Slumdog Millionaire as ______

A．successful                                B．profitable

C．moving                                  D．amusing

2．Rubina.Ali and Azharuddin Ismail ______

A．are both professional actors

B．played different versions of the same character

C．have both been poor in real life

D．enjoyed life as millionaires in the film

3．How have the kids' families reacted to the offer of the housing authorities?

A．They are happy to accept it.

B．They're doubtful about it.

C．They'd rather remain where they live.

D．Only one family is willing to move.

4．What did Director Danny Boyle do to the two kids?

A．He let them live as famous stars.

    B．He provided houses for their families.

    C．He gave them all they deserved.

    D．He gave them less than expected.

5．We can infer from the article that ______

    A．decision on Academy Award winners involves racial discrimination

    B．Indian media was trying to praise Mumbai's housing authority

    C．the writer is afraid the kids' new houses won't be satisfactory

    D．Rubina Ali and Azharuddin Ismail's families do not take pride in them

Julie Zingeser texts at home，at school，in the car while her mother is driving．She texts during homework, after pompon（舞绣球）practice and as she walks the family dog．She takes her cellphone with her to bed．Every so often，the hum（嗡嗡声）of a new message wakes the Rockville teen from sleep．“I would die without it，”Julie，15，says of her text life．

This does not surprise her mother, Pam, who on one recent afternoon scanned the phone bill and found her youngest daughter, in one busy month，had sent and received 6,473 text messages．For Pam Zingeser, the key problem is not cost—it's$30 a month for the family’s unlimited texting plan—but the effects of so much messaging．Pam wonders：What will this generation learn and what will they lose in the endless stream of sentence fragments（碎片），abbreviations and emoticons?

     Parents, educators, and researchers are sharing similar concerns as text messaging has exploded across the formative years of the nation's youngest generation. Teens now do more texting on their cellphones than calling. Nationally, more than 75 billion text messages are sent a month, and the craziest texters are 13 to 17. Teens with cellphones average 2,272 text messages a month, compared with 203 calls, according to the Nielsen Co.

    The tap，tap，tap of connectivity can benefit teenagers at a time in life when they cannot always get together in art unscheduled way．Texters are “sharing a sense of  （69题）  ，”said Mimi Ito of the University of California at Irvine．For families, the text world call bring convenience as never before in arranging tides，doing errands（差事），letting parents know of changing plans．

    But some experts say there are downsides，starting with declines in spelling，word choice and writing complexity．Some suggest too much texting is related to an inability to focus．

1．The first paragraph mainly tells us that Julie Zingeser __________

    A．joins in all kinds of activities

    B．sends and receives texts all the time

C．does nothing besides texting

D．does everything by texting

2．Pare disapproves of her daughter's texting because she worries that it may be ________

    A．a waste of money

    B．a waste of time

    C．harmful in every way

D．bad for language learning

3．The underlined phrase "the formative years" in the 3rd paragraph refers to the period when ________

A．someone's character develops

B．someone experiments with new things

C．someone learns to speak

D．someone grows from baby into adult

4．The word missing in the blank in the 4th paragraph must be _______

A．independence                            B．overexcitement

C．co-presence                             D．non-attendance

5．The original title of the article should be: “6,473 Texts a Month, But _______”.

A．at What Cost?                             B．What for?

C．Who Cares?                                D．How Could lt Be?