In the past ten years, America’s National Basketball Association (NBA) has grown increasingly dependent on the rest of the world to supply players.

    When Michael Jordan and Larry Bird won gold in Barcelona in 1992, the Americans were praised for teaching the world how to play basketball. This season, however, 20 percent of NBA rosters（花名册） will be filled by non-Americans. NBA commissioner David Stem happily embraces the trend. On a visit to Paris in October, Stern outlined his vision for the future, which is likely to see Europe hosting NBA games by 2010.

The NBA is now planning to take China by storm.

“Our experience in China has been that it is going to be explosive in its growth,^” said Stem. The strategy (战略，策略)in China is television. ^“We^’ve made 14 deals in China with local and national networks on cable and satellite.” The success of Chinese centre Yao Ming has paved the way for the NBA marketing blitz in China. The NBA, which is broadcasted in more than 200 countries in 42 languages, will put that to the test in October 2004 when the Houston Rockets play two pre-season games against the Sacramento Kings in Beijing and Shanghai. The NBA knows that it needs a global market to condensate for tough times on home soil.

 “It doesn’t matter where the players come from, all the NBA teams now know that they have to scout（寻找，觅得） internationally,” said Terry Lyons, the NBA’s vice-president of international public relations. “It has increased the level of competition here.” As Frenchman Tony Parker and Argentine Emanuel Ginobili showed in winning championship rings with the San Antonio Spurs last season, many people can earn the respect of their American peers. Others, such as the Houston Rockets’ Chinese centre Yao Ming — number one draft pick in 2002 — and the Detroit Pistons’ 18-year-old Serb Darko Milicic — number two overall in this year’s draft — are icons（偶像）in-waiting. It is the ultimate（最后的，根本的） revolution — the rest of the world teaching the US how to play basketball.

1.According to the report,                 .

A. Michael Jordan is still playing a very important role in NBA

B. the part played by the foreign players in NBA will be great

C. Yao Ming is to play two pre-season games in NBA

D. European countries will host the 2004 NBA games

2.The underlined phrase “take China by storm” has the meaning of      _______ ___.

A. NBA intends to make China its “marketing center”

B. NBA is planning to set up some training centers in China

C. there’ll be a big storm when NBA comes to China to play against the Sacramento Kings

D. the NBA’s live basket games will be broadcasted on all the TVs in China

3.What seems to be the biggest change that is happening to NBA?

A. NBA is expecting more foreign players to join the league.

B. China’s rapid development in sports affects NBA.

C. Yao Ming has taken the place of Michael Jordan.

D. The NBA will stop teaching the world how to play basketball.

4.When the writer talked of “home soil”, he was referring to        _        _.

A. farms in the States         B. native Americans

C. the NBA training center     D. the USA

5.Which of the following can be used as the best title for the passage?

A. The Non-American Basketball Players

B. NBA Is Coming to China

C. The Foreign Ties That Bind the NBA

D. NBA Is Making Big Progress

The video rooms have been open since Jan. 2. If successful, the chain hopes to expand the service to other provinces, or even other countries. In addition to the food, customers pay 200 yuan per hour for using the room.

    ''The video rooms have been fully booked in February,'' said Chen Yu, manager of the Wangfujing branch. The Video room in Beijing is about 30 square meters and large enough for six customers.

   ''Many customers prefer to use the room for dinners rather than lunch,'' Chen said, adding the average age of customers who booked the video hotpot(火锅) is about 30.

   ''The whole process is very smooth. The image and the voice transmission(转换) are as good as those of video conferencing at work, ''said one of Chen's colleagues surnamed Luo.

   ''I have a lot of friends in Beijing, whom I haven’t met for a long time because of being busy at work,'' said a woman surnamed Yu who is having dinner with her husband at Haidilao.''The new service gives us a chance to have a dinner together without traveling. I would like to give it a try.''

The video hotpot also helped establish a friendship between waitresses in the two cities.

Zhao Huanhuan, in her 20s, who is specially trained for serving in the video room in Shanghai, developed a friendship with a waitress named Lu Ke in the Beijing branch.

Zhao said excitedly: ''It was too amazing to believe. I'm so interested in using the special room and enjoy serving people there. I also talk about some interesting interactive games with Lu before guests come for dinner''.

Although Lu felt a little bit nervous when she first served in front of the screens, she said the new mode of communication also encouraged her to supply better services for customers.

''It's like a service competition. We saw each other through video and I could learn from Zhao's serving,'' Lu said, adding she will visit Zhao if she goes to Shanghai.

It seems that video hotpot doesn't satisfy everyone's taste, however.

1.From the passage we know that ______.

A. the video room service has been open for a long time

B. the video room service has been open in many provinces in China

C. using the video room, you have to pay extra 200 yuan per hour

D. the Video room in Beijing is only designed for six people to use

2.Haidilao may be the name of ______.

A. a theatre          B. a restaurant                 C. a cinema         D. a hotel

3.Why do many customers choose the video room service?

A. Because the service there is excellent.

B. Because they can have dinner with friends without traveling.

C. Because the food there is delicious.

D. Because the room is large enough for six people.

4.We can learn from the passage that Zhao Huanhuan ______.

A. enjoys communicating with Lu Ke

B. hasn't met Lu Ke for a long time

C. is twenty years old now

D. learned a lot from Lu Ke

5.What do you suppose will be talked about in the paragraph to be followed?

A. Lu's visit to Zhao in Shanghai.

B. Other customers' praise for the service.

C. How to improve the service.

D. Other customers' complaint about the service.

Are you truly happy? Do you ever know what it means to be happy and what it takes to achieve happiness?      1.    . The following are a few tips that I follow to create happiness in my life.

● Make a plan for attaining goals that you believe will make you happy. Your moods will very likely increase if you are going after something you value.

● Surround yourself with happy people. It is easy to begin to think negatively when you are surrounded by people who think that way.    2.   .

● When something goes wrong, try to figure out a solution instead of being absorbed in self-pity. Truly happy people don’t allow setbacks to affect their mood because they know that with a little thought they can turn the circumstances back to their favor.

●    3.   . These few minutes will give you the opportunity to focus on the positive things in your life and  will lead you to continuous happiness.

●   4.   . Whether you treat yourself to lunch, take a long, relaxing bath or simply spend a few extra minutes on your appearance, you will be subconsciously (下意识地) putting yourself in a better mood.

● Finding the humor in situations can also lead to happiness.

● Keeping healthy is another way to achieve happiness.   5.   .

A．What makes one person happy may be very different from what makes someone else happy.

B．On the contrary, if you are around people who are happy, their emotional state will be infectious.

C．Being overweight or not eating nutritious foods can have a negative effect on your mood．

D．These are important questions for anyone who is seeking happiness to ask themselves.

E．Spend a few minutes each day thinking about the things that make you happy.

F．There are some tips in life that lead to happiness.

G．It’s also important to take some time each day to do something nice for yourself.

单词拼写（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

1.His idea received an               (热情的，热心的) response.

2.I am                (尴尬的) to admit that I made many mistakes in this investigation.

3.The cost of food and clothing has come down in recent years.            (类似地，同样地)，fuel prices have fallen quite considerably.

4.I've never got          (紧张的) at an English examination.

5.She shows a very positive a         towards her work.

6.Be sure to follow your teacher's              (指示) while doing an experiment.

7.I ___________(认出)Tom at the first sight of him in the supermarket.

8.If the words of a song are _________(复杂的)，they are difficult to understand.

9.___________(模仿) is a good way to learn to paint for a beginner.

10.I don't believe that computers will _________(代替) human beings.

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［1］In a study likely to make school caretakers embarrassed, U.S. researchers said that chewing gum may help improve performances of teenagers. Many schools ban chewing gum because children often throw away the sticky chaw under chairs or tables. But the study found that students who chewed gum during math class had higher scores on a math test and better grades than students who did not chew gum in the class.

［2］“For the first time, we’ve been able to show in a real-life kind of situation that students did perform better when they were allowed to chew,”said Gil Leveille, director of the Wrigley Science Institute. Wrigley has gotten feedback from many of its gum customers who say chewing gum helps them stay focused.

［3］The researchers studied four math classes（108 students aged 13 to 16）.About one half got free Wrigley’s sugar-free gum to chew during class, homework and tests. They chewed at least one stick of gum 86 percent of the time they were in math class and 36 percent of the time they were doing homework. The other half_____________.

［4］After 14 weeks, the gum chewers had a 3 percent increase in their math scores on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills achievement test, a small but significant change. As a matter of fact, the gum chewers did get better final grades in the class than their non-chewing peers.

［5］Leveille said chewing gum helps reduce stress, so students can do their best work. And while he is aware that many schools have a dim view on students’ chewing gum in class, he hopes the findings may change that a bit.

［6］“It’s not a matter of chewing. It’s a matter of gum disposal（处理），”Leveille said, adding that it can be overcome by teaching proper disposal methods. If that failed, he joked, “We’ll have to provide the cleaners with scrapers（刮刀）”

1.What is the main idea of the passage？（no more than 10 words）

___________________________________________________________________________  ______  

2.In what way is chewing gum helpful according to the passage?（no more than 10 words）

___________________________________________________________________________  ______  

3.Fill in the blank in Paragraph 3 with proper words.（no more than 8 words）

___________________________________________________________________________  ______  

4.Which sentence in the passage is the closest in meaning to the following one?

Although he knows many schools are against students’ chewing gum, he expects that the research results will help improve the situation.

___________________________________________________________________________  ______  

5.According to Leveille, why should schools deal with the problem in gum chewing?（no more than 10 words）

___________________________________________________________________________  ______  

假如你是新华中学学生李华，在最近举行的市高中生英语口语大赛中获得了一等奖。某英语报社邀请你写一篇稿件，介绍你练习英语口语的经验。稿件内容如下：

1．树立自信，克服羞怯心理；

2．多参加英语角活动；

3．多看英语新闻（如CCTV-9）

注意：1. 词数：120-150；

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

With the successful launch of Tiangong-l, which was _____ breakthrough in space field,China's space dream took a step closer to _____  reality.

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

Believe it or not, no bread eaten by us is as sweet as _______ earned by our own labor.

A one          B. that             C. such              D. what

1 am surprised that a company with the good _______ would produce such poor quality goods.

A enjoyment     B. appreciation

C. entertainment      D. reputation

Should another world war break out, what would _________ human beings?

A. happen                  B. become           C. become of        D. happen as