Meat and vegetables are measured in grams and kilograms. Milk and other liquid foods are measured in litres or millilitres. These units only measure quantity; they do not measure the value of the food to the body. The unit which measures the quality or value of food is the “calorie”. A calorie is the amount of heat given off by food when it burns. This measurement tells how much energy a certain food has when it is completely used by the body.

　 Our bodies use varying(不等的)amount of calories. The more exercise we take, the more calories we burn. If we eat food which contains more calories than we use up, then it is possible that we would increase in weight. In order to avoid becoming overweight, it is advisable to eat a balanced diet(饮食)and not eat too many foods that have a high calorie rating. The table below gives you some idea of the number of calories in food.

　 A. Meats　　　　　　　　　　　 B. fruits

　 slice of bacon　　 50　　　　 apple　　　 70

　 hamburger　　　　 300　　　 orange　　　　 60

　 slice of beef　　　　 100　　　 pear　　　 80

　 sausage　　　　 180　　　 banana　　　　 80

　 meat pie　　　 500　　　 plum　　　 20

　 sausage roll　　　 350　　　 tomato　　　　 20

C. Sweets and Pastries　　　　　　 D. Vegetables

small chocolate bar 190　　　 60g beans　　　 15

large chocolate bar 225　　　 60g carrots　　 18

slice apple pie　 300　　　 60g potato　　 60

doughnut　　　 200　　　 60g onion　　　 25

scoop of ice cream 85　　　　 60g cucumber 10

bag of potato crisps　 145　　　 60g cabbage 15

1. Which is the best title of this passage?

　 A. How to Measure the Quality of Food

　 B. Calories in Foods

　 C. The Units of Measurement

　 D. How to Keep Fit

2. To keep the calorie intake down, it is better to eat more____.

　 A. chocolate　　　　　　　 B. meat pie

　 C. fruit　　　　　　　　　 D. apple pie

3. Which word in the passage means “heavier than normal”?

　 A. Advisable.　　　　　　　 B. Overweight.

　 C. Balanced.　　　　　　　 D. Measurement.

4. When do you need the most calories from your diet?

　 A. When you sleep.　　　　　　 B. In working in the fields.

　 C. While watching a play.　　　 D. After having sports.

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　　For nearly half a century, Mary Lasker, who died last week at 93, was America's leading crusader (社会活动参与者) against cancer. Yet much of the money she used to fight the disease came from a product which is now considered as a cancer cause—the cigarette.

　　Her fortune first took shape in 1992 when advertising genius Albert Lasker was trying to raise American Tobacco Co. sales.“Get women to smoke”, a friend suggested,“and you'll double your market.”Lakser hired actresses and opera singers to support Lasker Strikes. For women worried about extra pounds, he coined the word,“Reach for a Lucky instead of a Sweet.”Lucky Strike sales increased 312 percent in a year.

　　By the time he met Mary Woodard in 1939, Lasker was one of America's richest men, thanks to Luckier and ads that brought in orange juice, facial tissue and sanitary napkins.“What do you want most out of life?”he asked her. She replied,“To help to develop the research in cancer, tuberculosis (结核病) and the major diseases.”They got married, and in 1942 she persuaded him to retire and devote his time and money to philanthropy (慈善业), especially medical research, which then had little private funding (利息) and almost not any support from the government.

　　Albert's 1952 cancer death left Mary with one goal: a cancer cure. She sold off several painting—Matisses, Renoirs and Van Goghs—and gave the money to researchers. For ten years, she managed to persuade to give a high position to the National Institutes of Health. Result: NIT's funding rises quickly from $ 2.4 million in 1954 to nearly $ 11 billion in 1994. Richard Nixon, moved and encouraged by Lasker, declared a $ 100 million“War on cancer”and promised a cancer vaccine (疫苗) by 1976. That proved a different goal, but research has scored advances against several cancers. And Mary Lasker's advice remains a laboratory watchword:“If there are no leads, let us make them.”

1．The words“Reach for a Lucky instead of a Sweet”were coined by Albert Lasker for the purpose of ________.

[　　]

A．tempting(劝诱)women to smoke so as to lose weight

B．persuading women not to eat sweets

C．telling women to smoke Lucky Strikes only

D．advertising Lucky Strikes

2．Albert gained his fortune by ________.

[　　]

A．selling orange juice

B．producing facial tissue and napkins

C．running tobacco businesses

D．none of the above

3．The money Mary used to fight cancer was from ________.

[　　]

A．The Lucky Strikes Co.

B．the government

C．her husband

D．her parents

4．Mary Lasker died ________.

[　　]

A．of cancer

B．from poverty

C．of T. B.

D．not mentioned in the passage

Being sociable looks like a good way to add years to your life. Relationships with family, friends, neighbours, even pets, will all do the trick, but the biggest longevity (长寿) boost seems to come from marriage or an equivalent relationship. The effect was first noted in 1858 by William Farr, who wrote that widows (寡妇)and widowers  were at a much higher risk of dying than their married peers. Studies since then suggest that marriage could add as much as seven years to a man’s life and two to a woman’s. The effect holds for all causes of death, whether illness, accident or self-harm.
　　Even if the odds are stacked against you, marriage can more than compensate. Linda Waite of the University of Chicago has found that a married older man with heart disease can expect to live nearly four years longer than an unmarried man with a healthy heart. Likewise, a married man who smokes more than a pack a day is likely to live as long as a divorced man who doesn’t smoke. There’s a flip side, however, as partners are more likely to become ill or die in the couple of years following their spouse’s death, and caring for a spouse with mental disorder can leave you with some of the same severe problems. Even so, the odds favour marriage. In a 30-year study of more than 10,000 people, Nicholas Christakis of Harvard Medical School describes how all kinds of social networks have similar effects.
　　So how does it work? The effects are complex, affected by socio-economic factors, health-service provision, emotional support and other more physiological (生理的) mechanisms. For example, social contact can boost development of the brain and immune system, leading to better health and less chance of depression later in life. People in supportive relationships may handle stress better. Then there are the psychological benefits of a supportive partner.
　　A life partner, children and good friends are all recommended if you aim to live to 100. The ultimate social network is still being mapped out, but Christakis says: “People are interconnected, so their health is interconnected.”
【小题1】William Farr’s study and other studies show that _________.

第二节：书面表达（30分）
常言道：“字如其人。”随着电脑的普及率越来越高，老师、家长和学生对字迹的重视程度也降低了。据一项调查显示，有85.8%的中学生表示有人说过自己的字迹不好看。对于中学生而言，能写一手美观大方的字还是颇有益处的。而中学生不想改善字迹的理由也有很大差别，如下图所示。请根据下图写一篇100－120词的英文短文向某英文报社投稿，反映一下中学生不想改善字迹的理由以及你是如何看待这个问题的。
中学生不想改善字迹的理由
可以用电脑写字　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　51.5
　　没有时间练　　　　　　　　　　　　32.3
　　没有什么用　　　　　　　　10.9
　　　　　其他　　　　　　5.3
写作要求：1、反映一下中学生不想改善字迹的理由；
2、你是如何看待这个问题的；
3、内容连贯，不要逐句翻译。开头已写好，不计词数。
Middle School Students’ Attitudes Towards Handwriting
Nowadays, with the growing popularity of computers, teachers, students and their parents are paying less and attention to hand-writing.
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