--- Do you think he will come to my birthday party?

--- _________.

--- That’s good. Everyone is expecting him.

A. You can rely on it             B. I don’t know for sure

C. It depends                   D. Don’t worry

Years ago, if a teenager had some problems in her life, she might go home and write in her diary. Now, a teenager with        problems might go onto the Internet and write about them in a blog (博客). In many ways, a diary and a blog are very        .So, what makes blogging different from writing in      diary?

   The biggest difference is that blogging is much more       than a diary. Usually, a teenager treats her diary like a book full of        that she does not want to       .

   It’s interesting that someone who writes in a blog       a diary will probably write nearly the same information. I have a little sister, and sometimes I go online to read her          . She writes about things like waking up early for swimming practice and not studying enough for her chemistry test.        I was at her age, I wrote about the same things, but       in my diary. Then, after I had finished writing, I would hide my diary in a secret place because I was        that my sister might read it!

   The biggest       with blogging is that anyone can read what you write. If I was angry with a friend during high school and wrote something       about her in my diary, she would never know.        , if my sister ever wrote something bad about a friend, that friend        read her blog and get angry.

   There are also       to blogging, of course. If I was feeling sad one day and wrote in my diary, “Nobody cares about me.”        would know about it. However, if my sister wrote the same sentence in her blog, her best friends would       respond and tell her how much they        her. Blogs help people stay in       with their friends and to hear what the people around them are doing.                            

1.A. the same             B. troublesome                   C. difficult                   D. daily

2.A. familiar                B. special                              C. similar                     D. different

3.A. a personal           B. an ordinary                      C. a common              D. a traditional

4.A. attractive            B. public                               C. convenient             D. quick

5.A. thoughts              B. puzzles                             C. mysteries                         D. secrets

6.A. tell                        B. share                                          C. publish                    D. solve

7.A. instead of            B. as well as                                   C. in favour of            D. in spite of

8.A. blog                      B. diary                                           C. report                     D. web

9.A. Although             B. Since                                          C. When                      D. Because

10.A. only                   B. already                             C. still                                    D. never

11.A. angry                          B. hopeless                             C. glad                             D. worried

12.A. problem            B. doubt                                         C. trouble                    D. mistake

13.A. hard                            B. wrong                               C. mean                                D. funny

14.A. Besides             B. However                                   C. Therefore                        D. Then

15.A. should               B. will                                              C. must                                  D. might

16.A. reasons             B. disadvantages                           C. shortcomings                  D. advantages

17.A. everyone                   B. no one                              C. anyone                    D. someone

18.A. happily              B. especially                                  C. quickly                    D. immediately

19.A. like                     B. miss                                            C. need                                 D. help

20.A. friendship                  B. touch                              C. debate                    D. mind

I got tired of living the life that everybody told me I “should” be living, so one day I decided to start living life in my own ways. Frustrated（挫败）with my job, I came home, put on my shoes, and just started running. It felt so good to be free. That first day I ended up running 30 miles without stopping. Yes, I had rediscovered my old passion ( 酷爱的事物) — and it felt so good that I set a goal to support myself and my family from my running alone.

I trained hard every day. Since I wanted to be the best I could be, I knew I would have to set some clear goals for myself. A couple of my goals were: run a 135-mile ultra-marathon(超级马拉松) across Death Valley, win the Badwater Ultra-Marathon, and run a marathon to the South Pole.

I had no idea how I was going to achieve these goals, but they certainly encouraged me to work hard. Today, I am really grateful to say that I have achieved all of them. Shortly after completing these goals, I set another goal: to run fifty marathons, in fifty states, in fifty days. Nobody had done anything like this before. To be honest, I was not quite sure if I could. But there was only one way to find out…so I just started training and preparing to give it my best try.

I completed that goal one year ago, and it felt great! But for me, life is not all about achieving goals. Sure, it feels good to succeed, but the greatest reward for me was learning more about myself and what I was able to do.

Only by stepping out into the unknown and stretching(使倾注全力) ourselves can we really discover what our true potential(潜能) is。

1.Which played an important role in the author’s success?

A. Setting goals                B. Learning from others.

C. Being honest                D. Keeping on reading .

2.According to Paragraph 3, before achieving the goals the author felt _____________

A. very grateful                B. not quite confident

C. quite afraid                 D. not very satisfied

3.What does the underlined part “that goal” in Paragraph 4 refer to?

A. Win the Badwater Ultra-Marathon.

B. Run a marathon to the South Pole.

C. Run fifty marathons, in fifty states, in fifty days.

D. Run a 135-mile ultra-marathon across Death Valley.

4.The author probably agrees that____________.

A. life means achieving goals

B. success is the greatest reward

C. sports help develop our potential

D. everyone may have great potential.

Zoology（动物学）is the part of science that deals with the study of the animals’ growth, home and behavior. It has nothing to do with people, so many students are left wondering why they have to learn it.

   Our nature includes not just humans but plants and animals as well. Everything in our environment is connected in a complex cycle. If you have a better understanding of how animals would behave and work with us, then you would value nature better.

   Some animals are actually misunderstood by people like sharks and snakes. These creatures are thought of as human killers, and this is mainly because we don’t understand why they behave that way. In zoology you would be able to learn natural behavior as well as their homes so you would completely understand why they would behave in a defensive(防御的) manner when they seem to be threatened. Studying zoology would help people achieve clearness over the common myths we have on different wild animals.

   Studying zoology would help people know the real facts about animals. One of the negative facts is the decreasing numbers of some species of animals. It makes people realize that there is a need for nature to be always balanced. We need animals to keep the balance in our environment and for humans to survive as well. It would help us learn the needs that animals lack and we can respond by thinking of solutions we can give to the endangered species of animals.

  Modern progress is needed for a country to grow in terms of its economy; however, it should not force us to destroy our rainforests and oceans. People should realize that our modern lives should include the lives of the animals that live with us. They should not be contained in zoos but in their natural homes as well. We will learn that every living creature on the earth has the right to own a home and we need to fight for them to have permanent(永久的) homes.

1.According to the text, nature should be       .

A. left alone                                                         B. treated seriously

C. taken for granted                                  D. taken lightly

2.It is implied in Paragraph 4 that animals play a role of        .

A. making our world beautiful                      B. protecting species of plants

C. providing food for humans                       D. keeping nature in balance

3.To animals, humans should act as        .

A. caretakers              B. killers             C. competitors                     D. trainers

4.The best title for the passage may be “      ”.

A. The Ways of Protecting Animals

B. The Importance of Studying Zoology

C. The Introduction to Zoology

D. The Advantages of Learning Zoology

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Basic Photography

This is an eight-hour course for beginners who want to learn how to use a 35mm camera. The teacher will cover such areas as kinds of film, light, and lenses(镜头). Bring your own 35mm camera to the class.

Course Charge: $150

Jan. 10, 12, 17, 19, Tues. & Thurs. 6-8p.m.

Marianne Adams is a professional photographer whose photographs appear in many magazines.

Understanding Computers

This twelve-hour course is for people who don’t know very much about computers, but who need to learn about them. You will learn what computers are, what they can and can’t do, and how to use them.

Course Charge: $75

Equipment Charge: $10

Jan. 7, 14, 21, 28, Sat. 9-12 a.m.

Joseph Saimders is a professor of computer science at New Urban University. He has over twelve years of experience in the computer field.

Stop Smoking

Do you want to stop smoking? Have you already tried to stop and failed? Now it is the time to stop smoking using the latest methods. You can stop smoking, and this twelve-hour course will help you do it.

Course Charge: $30

Jan. 4, 11, 18, 25   Mon. 4-7 p.m.

Dr. John Goode is a practicing psychologist (心理学家) who has helped hundreds of people stop smoking.

Typing

This course on weekdays is for those who want to type as well as those who want to improve their typing. You are tested in the first class and practice at one of eight different skill levels. This allows you to learn at your own speed. Each program lasts 20 hours. Bring your own paper.

Course Charge: $125

Materials Charge: $25

Two hours each evening for two weeks.

This course is taught by a number of business education teachers who have successfully taught typing courses before.

1.The word “professional” in this advertisement most probably means “_____”

A. spiritual        B. journalist       C. professor      D. experienced         

2.The shortest course is _____.

A. Basic Photography         B. Understanding Computers

C. Stop Smoking         D. Typing

3.A course which can do something good for your health will cost____.

A. $50       B. $30       C.$10        D.$125

4.If you can have free time only on weekends, you should take the course _________.

A. Basic Photography         B. Understanding Computers

C. Stop Smoking         D. Typing

It does not have to be January 1^st to give yourself a chance to make the most out of your day. Every day is a new day and a fresh start to learn, grow, develop your strengths, free yourself from past regrets or hurts, and move forward older and wiser. Every day gives you a chance to reinvent (重新审视) yourself. It is never too late to change things that are not working in your life.

   Each day is a new beginning and a piece of blank paper. How would you like to create your day? What would you like to paint on it? If you wake up in a negative mind, you are more likely to paint a dark picture throughout the day, and your picture will not show hope, happiness and joy.

   If you take each day to think actively, and have a positive intention（意图） for how you would like to create your day, how would your life be different? What can daily positive intentions do for you? Every day you will give yourself the gift of an “attitude of gratitude(感恩)”.

   Each day is a chance to look at things in a different way. You can experience each day in the beauty of the world－and the beauty of you who are in it! You find yourself changing from “I can’t” to “I can”. With a focus on positive intentions, you feel you are full of power and more like a “winner” than a “loser”.

  You pay more attention to the present, and will be more likely to live fully in the present each moment of each day. After all, the past is a great place to visit, but you don’t want to live there! So how about starting each day taking a moment to think of a positive intention for the day?

1.The first paragraph mainly tells us      .

A. We should make every day a new start.

B. January 1^st is the most important day.

C. Learning is helpful in reinventing ourselves.

D. We needn’t change ourselves at all.

2. If you have daily positive intentions, you will      .

A. get a positive result                                   B. have a busy life

C. get gifts from others                                  D. be a complete loser

3.From the passage we can learn that      .

A. past regrets or hurts can make you older and wiser.

B. think actively and you will be a winner, not a loser.

C. the present is not where you should live for ever.

D. positive intentions for each day are of great help.

根据首字母或汉语提示写出正确的单词.补全下列各句

1.Few birds managed to s________ the winter last year.

2.The Amber Room was also a treasure _______ (装饰) with gold and jewels.

3.The community service needs many v________, who are willing to help without pay.

4.Andy seems to be __________(发信号) to his teammates in computer language..

5.If you really like the job, __________（距离）is not a problem.

6.It was a great r_________ to find that my family was all safe.

7.I p__________ didn’t believe what he said at the meeting.

8.The tourists were ________ (讨价还价) with the man over the price.

9.It’s reported that Kobe has b_________ up with his wife.

10.The internet games are a________ to some young people.

课文填空．根据课文内容填入所缺单词。

1.毫无疑问, 这些箱子被装上火车运往哥尼斯堡。从那以后，琥珀屋的去处便成了一个谜。

There is no ______ that the boxes were then put on a train for Konigsberg. After that, _________ happened to the Amber Room ___________ a _________.

2.只有达到他们各自项目统一标准的运动员才会被接受参加奥运会。

Only athletes who have _________ the agreed ________ for their event will ________ ___________ as competitors.

3.在操作员用穿孔卡为我编制程序之后，我能够进行逻辑“思考”并且能够比任何人更快地算出答案。

After I was__________ by an  ___________ who used cars ________ holes, I could “think” __________ and produce an answer quicker than any person.

4.这体现了野生动植物保护的重要性，不过， 我还是想按照世界野生生物基金会的建议来帮助你们。

It_______ the importance of wildlife __________, but I' like to help ______ the WWF _______.

5.说实在的，很多人把名和利看得很重。

To be ___________, a lot of people ________ great importance ________ ___________ rich and famous.

When you have a pet dog, it is necessary to care for it carefully. The most i______ 1.part of dog-care is cleanliness. Not only does the dog have to be kept clean, _______2. his environment should be clean. The bed   it sleeps _______3.can be made with a carpet. Proper feeding is also important to your dog’s h_______(健康) 4.. A dog should be fed in the same place and on a ________(有规律的) 5.schedule. Food should never be left before a dog for o_______ 6.thirty minutes. Remember to keep fresh water available during hot weather. A______ 7.important thing many dog owners forget is exercise for their dogs. ______(积极的) 8.exercise helps build      strength and keeps the dog healthy. W______ 9.the dog at a fixed time the of day is enough to help the dog live a healthier and h_______ 10.life.

作为中学生，你肯定经历过多次考试，体验过成功，也遭遇过失败。请你根据提示内容，以Different Attitudes Towards Failure in Exams 为题，简要概述中学生普遍存在的对考试失败的两种态度，并结合自身实际，说明你的观点。

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Different Attitudes Towards Failure in Exams

  Failure in exams is such a common thing that every student has suffered from it. Different students have different attitudes to failure.