Michelle Obama has just started a campaign against childhood obesity（肥胖）with the admission that she put her girls Malia and Sasha on a diet because they were getting fat．Clearly，childhood obesity must be solved and urgently．But is it a good idea for mothers to put their daughters on diets?

       Studies show that the more children diet，the more likely they are to become obese as adults．

Research also shows that gifts are highly influenced by their mothers when it comes toeating habits and body image．

       This was the case for Carly，40，who blames her mother for her lifelong struggle with weight．“My mother was on a diet the whole time I was growing up，”she says．“And she put me on my first diet when I was 10．I lost puppy fat，gained her approval and never ate normally  again.” 

       America’s First Lady clearly has a vital healthy eating message to．convey．But could this be damaging for Malia and Sasha? Could they develop eating disorders because of it?

       “It’s wrong just to blame mothers for their daughters’ eating disorders，”says Susan Ringwood，chief executive of the eating disorders charity，Beat．“There is a genetic（基因的）component to eating disorders．"However，“We do know that parents have a very strong

influence over a child’s eating．It's important to realize that you are your daughter’s role model．Girls idolize the ir mothers．”says Ringwood．

       “No food should ever be‘good’ or‘bad’，”Ringwood says．Instead，“You have to make it clear that food is a sociable，healthy and fun part of life，not something to be feared．”

       “Talk to her about body image，”Ringwood says．“Talk about how curves are an important and exciting part of being a woman．Show her that anorexic（厌食的）fashion models are not sexy，but i11．The pressure on girls today is immense，”she says．“But don’t forget that you are the authoritative voice，too．”

1．Michelle Obama has started a campaign to                  ．

       A．solve childhood obesity across the country

       B．attract the attention of the world

       C．show her first lady identity

       D．please the public

2．The author mentions Carly in Paragraph 3 to show that                ．

       A．mothers have a great influence on girls，eating habits

       B．the more you diet，the more weight you will put on

       C．mothers are to blame for the unbalanced diet

       D．side effects of dieting are hard to avoid

3．According to Ringwood，          ．

       A．food is considered something fearful

       B．food can be recognized as“good”or“bad”

       C．only slim mothers are role models of their daughters

       D．eating disorder has something to do with genetic component

4．The passage tells us that               ．

       A．mothers’ lead is of great importance

       B．daughters are victims of mothers’authority

       C．dieting teenagers can't turn into obese adults

       D．experts have arguements about eating disorder

5．It can be concluded that         .

       A．eating disorder always goes hand in hand with being slim

       B．girls are more concerned about body shapes than boys

       C．daughters tend to have a lifelong struggle with weight

       D．the author is against children’s dieting

My classmates called me “the alien”, and they avoided me like the plague（瘟疫）． As a young boy, I  1  from a serious skin disease, which filled my arms with scars．The true  2  of my condition, however, was social: I lived a life of loneliness．

    Doctors predicted that I would never fully recover, but my parents encouraged me to hope for the future, teaching me that any difficulty could be  3_．I therefore took an active role in fighting against my disease, and my health  4  greatly before I graduated．I realized that my personal  5_ had led to this improvement．I regained self-confidence and made many friends at school．

    Years later,  6  my personal battle against disease, I learned a great deal about  7  by overcoming difficulties．

    I joined the Culture Club as a Special Event Director．I  8  a group of six students in organizing various activities．I was the most advanced student among the group, so I considered myself the most capable．But I quickly learned my  9．While preparing for our first presentation, I was  10 with my team members and often rejected their  11 ．I performed most of their tasks myself, allowing them to   12  me only with small details．As a result, the presentation was not very successful．The setback  13  me, and I mentioned it to the club’s director． She _14  that she    trusted my ability to succeed in the future．This comment filled me with  15 , for I realized that I had never trusted my own team members．

Although they were  16  in English, they had many valuable talents．I immediately  17  my policy．For our program, we had many meetings, which gave  18  to many good ideas．Most  19_, the atmosphere among us improved dramatically．We were crazy and eager to devote time to the program, _20  I learned what true leadership is．

    My experiences undoubtedly improved my ability to handle challenging situations．

1．A．judged                  B．separated             C．prevented            D．suffered

2．A．pain                      B．sign                    C．value                   D．meaning

3．A．overlooked            B．overcome           C．overdone             D．overestimated

4．A．developed              B．removed              C．increased             D．improved

5．A．joy                       B．goal                    C．will                     D．life

6．A．like                       B．over                    C．for                      D．in

7．A．ability                   B．quality                 C．leadership            D．friendship

8．A．taught                   B．managed             C．found                  D．followed

9．A．method                 B．mistake               C．effort                  D．right

10．A．strict                   B．familiar                C．patient                 D．satisfied

11．A．desires                B．ideas                   C．tasks                   D．talents

12．A．help                    B．guide                   C．show                  D．remind

13．A．encouraged          B．disturbed             C．discouraged         D．educated

14．A．found                  B．thought               C．repeated              D．responded

15．A．pride                   B．hope                   C．surprise               D．delight

16．A．slow                   B．strong                 C．rich                    D．weak

17．A．deleted                B．changed              C．regretted             D．considered

18．A．rise                     B．hand                   C．gift                     D．birth

19．A．importantly          B．honestly              C．necessarily          D．respectably

20．A．and                   B．but             C．or               D．for

Another man-made wonder of the United States was built long before the nation was established．About 900 years ago, the Ancestral Puebloan people built villages high in the walls of canyons in Colorado, where 600 cliff dwellings are now part of the Mesa Verde National Park．

Visitors can stand at the top of the mesas and look into the dwellings almost hidden in openings of the rock walls．The Puebloan people cut small steps into the rock, which connected buildings containing hundreds of rooms．

The rock walls have protected the buildings from severe weather in the area; therefore, they remain mostly unchanged in the hundreds of years since they were built．

Our final man-made wonder is in the northwestern city of Seattle, Washington．The Space Needle was built as the central structure for the 1962 World's Fair．

The 184-meter-tall structure was designed by Edward Carlson, which has a wide base on the ground, with its middle narrow and a large ring-like structure on top．The structure was meant to look like a "flying saucer," a vehicle that was popular in science fiction space travel stories．The saucer includes an observation area and eating place．The restaurant slowly turns to provide visitors with a 360 degree view of Seattle．

The Space Needle, only costing about $4,500,000, was not very costly, and was designed and completed in about a year and opened on the first day of the World's Fair．

Today, the Space Needle is the most popular place for visitors to Seattle． And it remains the internationally known symbol of the city．

1．What the passage before this one can be about?

A．Some natural wonders in the world．

B．Sightseeing in the US．

C．Some other artificial wonders in the US．

D．American geography．

2．What does the underlined word “dwelling” mean?

       A．village              B．house             C．canyon            D．step

3．Which of the following descriptions about the Space Needle is TRUE?

       A．It is a man-made wonder in Washington, D．C．

       B．Edward Carlson built the structure．

       C．It has a ring-like structure on top．

       D．It remains the internationally known symbol of the US．

4．What is the passage mainly about?

       A．Visiting the US                             B．Man-made wonders in the US

       C．Wonders in the world                    D．Famous places in the US

China has a growing middle class, a tradition of expecting education and 21  million new babies every year．Selling educational toys should be easy．

    While China may be the world’s biggest toy-maker, many of the best are exported． Department stores here do not have enough high quality toys． It is said that the demand for educational toys is low．

A US company, BabyCare, which works basically together with doctors in Beijing hospitals, is trying to change that with a new way to sell toys in China． People who join the company’s "mother club" can get lectures and newsletters on baby and child development at no extra cost if they agree to spend 18 dollars a month on the company’s educational toys and child-care books．

"We want to build a seven year relationship with those people," said Matthew J． Estes, BabyCare’s president． "It starts during pregnancy, when the anxiety and needs are highest．" BabyCare works on a one-to-one basis． Doctors, nurses, and teachers paid by BabyCare advise parents, explaining toys that are designed for children at each stage of development to age six．

BabyCare, which plans to have 80 stores in China within six years, opened its first store in China last June in a shopping center in central Beijing and another near Beijing Zoo．

    It is a new model for China and develops a market in young children’s education and health that no other companies are in．

1．What do the first two paragraphs mainly tell us?

A．Educational toys and foreign toy markets．

B．Reasons for pushing sales of educational toys in China．

      C．Problems with China’s toy market and education．

      D．Baby population and various kinds of toys made in China．

2．According to the passage, which of the following is a fact?

      A．Club members buying BabyCare products get free child-care advice．

      B．Doctors in Beijing help in making BabyCare products．

      C．Parents are encouraged to pay $ 18 for club activities．

      D．BabyCare trains Chinese doctors at no extra cost．

3．In China BabyCare is developing its business by___________．

A．opening stores in Beijing hospitals    

B．establishing children’s education clubs 

C．offering 18-month courses on child-care

D．forming close relationships with parents

4．Which of the following would be the most suitable title for the passage?

      A．American Company Marketing Model           B．Educational Toys in China

C．BabyCare Toys On                                      D．Mother’s Club in China

Early in the twentieth century, two famous scientists developed different ideas about dreams．Austrian psychiatrist Sigmund Freud published a book called The Interpretation of Dreams in 1900．Freud believed people often dream about things they want but cannot have． These dreams are often linked to sex and aggression．

For Freud, dreams were full of hidden meaning．He tried to understand dreams as a way to understand people and why they acted or thought in certain ways．Freud believed that every thought and every action started deep in our brains．He thought dreams could be an important way to understand what is happening in our brains．

Freud told people what their dreams meant as a way of helping them solve problems or understand their worries．For example, Freud said when people dream of flying or swinging, they want to be free of their childhood．When a person dreams that a brother or sister or parent has died, the dreamer is really hiding feelings of hatred for that person．Or a desire to have what the other person has．

Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung worked closely with Freud for several years．But he developed very different ideas about dreams．Jung believed dreams could help people grow and understand themselves．He believed dreams provide solutions to problems we face when we are awake．

He also believed dreams tell us something about ourselves and our relations with other people．He did not believe dreams hide our feelings about sex or aggression．

1．According to the passage, Sigmund Freud held that ________________．

A．dreams can help understand people’s action

B．when people dream that they fly in the sky, they are actually desire something

C．if a person dreams that a brother has died, he or she must hates the brother

D．if people want to better understand themselves, they will dream

2．What is Carl Jung’s opinion of dreams?

       A．His dreams are different from those of Sigmund Freud．

       B．Whenever we face problems, we can find solutions to them in our dreams．

       C．Dreams help understand people’s thoughts．

       D．Dreams at times show our relations with other people．

3．From the passage, we learn that ______________________．

A．The Interpretation of Dreams was written by Freud as well as Jung

B．Freud helped people solve problems by telling what their dreams meant

C．Freud and Jung always worked together

D．both of them told us clearly why we dream

4．The author seems to be ___________．

A．in favor of Freud                    B．in favor of Jung

C．objective                                D．critical

距离高考剩下不到半年的时间了，紧张的高考备考早已拉开序幕，但是很多同学还不知如何处理学习、健身和休息与高考备考之间的关系请根据图中的内容写一篇英语短文，谈一谈你对这一问题的看法或建议

注意：

1．词数120字左右，开头语已为你写好；

2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯

How to Get Prepared for the College Entrance Exams

We are going to attend the College Entrance Exams in less than 6 months．__

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此题要求改正所给短文中的错误.对标题号的每一行做出判断：如无错误，在该行右边的横线上划（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：

此行多一个词：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。

此行缺一个词：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。

此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错的不要改。

When I was a child, my mom was pushed me to study                           1        

hard, hoping I could get a chance to go to college. I experience                       2      

pressure for the first time. I did that my mom expected                                  3       

because I didn’t want to let her off. I was born to a poor                               4        

peasant family, but I really know life is not easy. All the                                  5        

things my mother did was the result of her hope that I could                           6        

lead better life in the future. As the saying goes, “no pains, no                         7         

gains.” I was finally able to meet my mother’s expectation and                        8         

have a chance to go to college. Thanks to my mother’s push and the               9         

pressure, I made it. Now, I no longer think pressure is a good things.              10         

假如你叫Jim Lee，你最近对你所在班60名同学（男女各半）进行了上网目的调查。现将调查结果（如下表所示）用英语给某报社的编辑写一封信，报告此事，以引起舆论的关注。

注意：

①报告应包括图表所示全部内容；

②叙述调查结果时要避免重复使用百分比；

③叙述过程中要适当添加评语；

④词数120左右。

The fiddler crab（蟹） is a living clock. It indicates the time of day by the colour of its skin, which is dark by day and pale by night. The crab’s changing colour follows a regular twenty-four hour plan that exactly matches the daily rhythm of the sun.

    Does the crab actually keep time, or does its skin simply answer to the sun’s rays, changing colour according to the amount of light which strikes it? To find out, biologists kept crabs in a dark room for two months. Even without daylight, the crab’s skin colour continued to change exactly on time.

    This characteristic probably developed gradually in answer to the daily rising and setting of the sun, to help protect the crab from sunlight and enemies. After millions of years it has become completely controlled inside the living body of the crab.

    The biologists noticed that once each day the colour of the fiddler crab is especially dark, and that each day this happens fifty minutes later than on the day before. From this they discovered that each crab follows not only the rhythm of the sun but also that of the tides （潮水）. The crab’s period of greatest darkening is exactly the time of low tide on the beach where it was caught!

1．The crab’s changing colour _______.

     A．tells the crab what time it is      

       B．protects the crab from the sunlight and enemies

     C．keeps the crab warm 

       D．is of no real use

2．When the fiddler crabs were kept in the dark, they _______.

      A．did not change colour                 B．changed colour more quickly

     C．changed colour more slowly           D．changed colour on the same timetable

3．The crab’s colour—changing ability was probably developed _______.

     A．in the process of evolution （进化）  B．over millions of years

       C．by the work of biologists               D．both A and B

4．The best title for this selection would be _______.

     A．The Sun and the Tides                 B．Discoveries in Biology

     C．A scientific Study                     D．A Living Clock

Hank Viscardi was born without legs. He had no legs but stumps（残肢） that could be fitted with a kind of special boots. People stared at him with cruel interest. Children laughed at him and called him ‘Ape Man’ because his arms practically dragged on the ground.

    Hank went to school like other boys. His grades were good and he needed only eight years to finish his schooling instead of the usual twelve. After graduating from school, he worked his way through college. He swept floors, waited on table, or worked in one of the college offices. During all this busy life, he had been moving around on his stumps. But one day the doctor told him even the stumps were not going to last much longer. He would soon have to use a wheel chair. w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.m

Hank felt himself got cold all over. However, the doctor said there was a chance that he could be fitted with artificial legs（假腿）. Finally a leg maker was found and the day came when Hank stood up before the mirror. For the first time he saw himself as he has always wanted to be--- a full five feet eight inches tall. By this time he was already 26 years old.

    Hank had to learn to use his new legs. Again and again he marched the length of the room, and marched back again. There were times when he fell down on the floor, but he pulled himself up and went back to the endless marching. He went out on the street. He climbed stairs and learned to dance. He built a boat and learned to sail it.

    When World War II came, he talked the Red Cross into giving him a job．He took the regular training. He marched and drilled along with the other soldiers. Few knew that he was legless. This was the true story of Hank Viscardi, a man without legs.

1．It can be inferred from the story that five feet eight inches tall is _______.

     A．an average height for a fully grown person

       B．too tall for an average person

     C．too short for an average person 

       D．none of the above

2．The sentence “he talked the Red Cross into giving him a job” implies that the Red Cross _______.

     A．was only glad to give him a job

     B．gave him a job because he was a good soldier

     C．gave him a job after he talked to someone whom he knew in the organization

     D．was not willing to give him a job at first

3．When Hank marched and drilled along with the other soldiers, he _______.

     A．did everything the other soldiers did

     B．did most of the things the other soldiers did

     C．did some of the things the other soldiers did

     D．took some special training

4．The writer suggests that Hank Viscardi _______.

     A．had no friends                             B．never saw himself as different from others

     C．was very shy                             D．was too proud to accept help from others