With big handbags becoming a key fashion accessory（配件）for working women, health experts are warning they can also become a key health concern.

Bags for women have become bigger and heavier as designers combine briefcases with handbags and straps have become longer, resulting in many users complaining of neck, shoulder and back problems.

“I see so many women with neck pains and headaches and what I usually do is look for their purse and pick it up,” said Jane Sadler, a family practice physician at Baylor Medical Center in Garland, Texas. “We take it over to the scale and weigh it and usually they’re anywhere from 7 to 10 pounds...We’re really going to see women with more and more problems later on if we continue the big purse craze.”

William Case, a physical therapist（临床医生）in private practice in Houston, Texas, urged designers “to place a cute, educational caution tag（标签）on all bags to inform of potential neck and shoulder dangers.” Above all, he recommended correct posture while carrying big purses, keeping the head and shoulders upright. Patients should also frequently change the size and weight of purses carried.

“The extra-large purses are quite phenomenal. They look beautiful when the women wear them, but I don’t know how aware they are of the potential problems,” Case said.

Placing objects on one shoulder was one of the least efficient（有效率的）ways of carrying a load, according to a professor from Cornell University in New York State. “This causes a great imbalance,” he said. “If a big bag is a fashion accessory, then occasional and symbolic use is fine. If not, then keep it light.”

1．Bags for women are designed to be bigger because they         .

       A．are supposed to carry more things       B．are more comfortable to wear

       C．make the wearers look nicer            D．show the status of the wearers

2．Jane Sadller would “look for their purse and pick it up” in order to see whether the purses         .

       A．contained enough money                      B．were worth a lot of pounds

       C．were too heavy                                    D．were too large

3．Which correctly explains the meaning of the underlined word “posture” in the 4th paragraph?

       A．The way you position your body.

       B．The part of your body where you place a weight.

       C．The strength you use to carry a weight.

       D．The height of the weight you carry.

4．Which of the following belongs to the kind of bags causing the health problems?

5．None of the experts advised big bag users to             .

       A．be aware of the big-bag problems     B．wear big bags in the right way

       C．avoid using big bags very often       D．sacrifice the fashion to keep fit

       下面4幅图描写了开学第一天你陪同你校新来的美国籍外教Park了解学校情况的一天。请根据图片所提供的信息写一篇英语日记，记叙一天的经历及第一次与外国人交流的感受。

注意：

       1．文章开头已为你写好。

       2．词数不少于60。

       3．参考词汇：食堂 canteen

       Monday    September 1, 2007    Sunny

       Today is the first day of the new school term.

       请根据下面提示，写一篇短文。词数不少于50。

       In your English class, you are asked to describe the following picture and explain to your classmates how you understand it.

从A、B 、C 、D中找出其划线部分与所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项。

1．brave

A．example                     B．camera               C．Canadian            D．capital

2．information

A．forest                        B．forget                 C．worth                 D．worn

3．whole

A．where                       B．whether              C．whoever             D．whisper

4．secret

A．beside                       B．celebrate             C．enemy                D．complete

5．coast

A．police      B．century    C．castle       D．official

假如你是李华。你将代表学校参加国际学生论坛，就你所在城市的教育状况发表演讲。请根据以下两幅图表，介绍你市高中学生构成情况及毕业去向的选择，并针对两幅图表中的任何一个数据所反映的情况发表你自己的看法。

注意：

1．文章开头和结尾已经给出；

2．词数120左右（不包括已给部分）

3．参考词汇：图表：chart

职业学校：vocational school

外来务工人员：non-local workers

Ladies and gentlemen,

I’m Li Hua. Today, I am greatly honored to speak here on behalf of my school. I’m going to talk about the high school education of my city.

1．Who is suitable to work as a Community Representative in YOUTH International?

       A．One who enjoys working with teenagers from different countries.

       B．One who hopes to take action in fighting against diseases.

       C．One who has a strong desire to improve his or her English.

       D．One who wants to earn some pocket money in the program.

2．Where will Jack a volunteer, receive the training before he is sent to work in Malawi?

       A．In some local offices in the U.S.

       B．In an ESL organization in China.

       C．In a preparation program in Denmark.

       D．In an exchange student center in Africa.

3．If Mrs. Black in the U. S. hopes to learn some Chinese at home, she may contact        .

       A．takeaction@betterworld.com                B．ram3462@hotmail.com

       C．club3864@hotmail.com                        D．staff@youth.org

4．What are volunteers for an experiment over the Internet supposed to do?

       A．To interview people online

       B．To do some housework.

       C．To offer advice on Child Aid.

       D．To provide language exercises.

请用英语写一篇短文，简要描述漫画内容，并结合生活实际，就漫画主题发表感想。题目自拟。

注意：

1．词数100—120

2．参考词汇：现象—phenomena

假设你校举行题为“网吧的危害（Harmful Influence of Cyber Centers）”的征文活动。请根据下图写一篇英语短文，描述图中的内容，并就其反映的现象发表评论和提出方案。

注意：

1．词数：100左右；

2．可适当增添细节，以使行文连贯；

3．文中不可使用真实姓名和学校名称；

4．参考词汇：网吧—cyber center

根据下面几幅图画，用英语写一篇短文，介绍Jack在妈妈的帮助下学炒菜（炒土豆）的过程及感受。

注意：

1．词数：100左右。

2．参考词汇：削皮peel，炉子stove。

The Diet Zone: A Dangerous Place

    Diet Coke, diet Pepsi, diet pills, on-fat diet, vegetable diet… We are surrounded by the word “diet” everywhere we look and listen. We have so easily been attracted by the promise and potential of diet products that we have stopped thinking about what diet products are doing to us. We are paying for products that harm us psychologically and Physically（身体上）.

Diet products significantly weaken us psychologically. On one level, we are not allowing our brains to admit that our weight problems lie not in actually losing the weight, but in controlling the consumption of fatty, high-calorie, unhealthy foods. Diet products allow us to jump over the thinking stage and so straight for the scale（秤）instead. All we have to do is to swallow or recognize the word “diet” in food labels.

On another level, diet products have greater psychological effects. Every time we have a zero-calorie drink, we are telling ourselves without our awareness that we don’t have to work to get results. Diet products make people believe that gain comes without pain, and that life can be without resistance and struggle.

The danger of diet products lies not only in the psychological effects they have on us, but also in the physical harm that they cause. Diet foods can indirectly harm our bodies because consuming them instead of healthy foods means we are preventing our bodies from having basic nutrients（营养成分），Diet foods and diet pills contain zero calorie only because the diet industry has created chemicals to produce these wonder products. Diet products may not be nutritional, and the chemicals that go into diet products are potentially dangerous.

Now that we are aware of the effects that diet products have on us, it is time to seriously think about buying them. Losing weight lies in the power of minds, not in the power of chemicals. Once we realize this, we will be much better able to resist diet products, and therefore prevent the psychological and physical harm that comes from using them.

1. From Paragraph 1, we learn that         .

A.        diet products fail to bring out people’s potential

B.         people have difficulty in choosing diet products

C.        diet products are misleading people

D.        people are fed up with diet products

2. One psychological effect of diet products is that people tend to        .

A.        try out a variety of diet foods

B.        hesitate before they enjoy diet foods

C.        pay attention to their own eating habits

D.       watch their weight rather than their diet

3. In Paragraph 3, “gain comes without pain” probably means           .

A.        losing weight is effortless

B.        it costs a lot to lose weight

C.        diet products bring no pain

D.       diet products are free from calories

4. Diet products indirectly harm people physically because such products           .

A.        are over-consumed

B.        lack basic nutrients

C.        are short of chemicals

D.       provide too much energy

5. Which of the following show the structure of the passage?

CP: Central Point  P: Point   Sp: Sub-point(次要点)    C：Conclusion