Charles，Isabel，Alex，Tara和Toby五个人都爱好体育。现在他们正打算从事各自喜欢的项目。请仔细阅读题中的个人情况说明，然后选出符合各人要求的最佳选项。

1.Charles works in the city center and wants to take up a sport that he can often do during his lunch break. He enjoys a game in which he can play with his workmate on the desk to relax.

2.Isabel, aged 17, is a Chinese girl who studies in the US now.  She never misses any matches played by Houston Rockets.  She hopes to follow in Yao Ming’s steps.

3.Alex likes water sports very much.  He is good at showing different styles, such as butterflies, frogs and so on. Believe it or not, he can dive under water for 2. 5 minutes.

4.Tara comes from America. Now she teaches English in a middle school in Beijing.  In her free time, she would like to go in for a traditional sport so that she can learn more about China.

5.Toby is a student in charge of PE lesson in Riverside Middle School. These days he is training hard for the coming sport meet. He wants very much to break the school record of 175cm.

    

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(At the beach) Ben: Hi, Judy!  I can’t believe you came to join us! Judy: Hello, Ben.  I came because I like your idea: when you give, you’re rich.  I’m         happy that I can do something for the Earth. Ben: Right.  That’s why we had this plan to get our clean beach back.  Do you know if Paul’s coming?  I remember he had the same idea and said he would try his best to come over. Judy: But he just called and said he wouldn’t come today because it’s too hot. Ben: I can’t believe it!  He always says, “We can do this and that….” Judy: Don’t you know him?  He only pays lip service to what should be done but seldom does anything. Ben: I see.  Let’s forget about him.  We’ll have Tony and Sophie to help us soon. Judy: That’s great.  So where should we start now?  Should we pick up those bottles first? Ben: Sure, let’s go.   1.Why are Ben and Judy at the beach? (A) To go swimming. (B) To clean up the beach. (C) To have a beach party. (D) To learn about sea animals.   2.What does Judy mean by saying Paul pays lip service? (A) He enjoys eating. (B) He is good at singing. (C) He talks a lot but does little. (D) He kisses people to show his thanks.   3.Which is true? (A) Paul comes to the beach in the end. (B) Judy feels bad about going to the beach. (C) Ben is surprised to see Judy at the beach. (D) Tony and Sophie will not come to the beach.

 

Running is becoming popular these days. Many of us run for our health. Doctors say many of the health problems come from these bad habits: eating too much, drinking too much, smoking too much and not having enough exercise. Doctors tell us, "Eat less, don't smoke, and exercise more."

Running is good exercise because it helps build a strong heart. It also helps most people lose weight. One 68-year-old woman runs three times a week. She runs to lose weight. "I love to eat," she says.

Running is good for our health in other ways, too. Many runners say running makes colds and other small health problems go away. "Running is my doctor," says one man.

Running can also help people to relax. So today men and women of all ages enjoy running.

1.What bad habits do the health problem come from？

A．Eating too much.

B．Drinking too much.

C．Smoking cigarettes and not having enough exercise

D．All the above（以上所有）

2.What do doctors tell us to keep healthy？

A．Eat less，don't smoke and exercise more.

B．Eat more，drink more and sleep less.

C．Eat less，drink less and sleep less.

D．Smoke a lot and exercise more.

3.The underlined word means ______________ in Chinese.

A．疾病             B．体重             C．速度             D．健康

4.The third paragraph shows____________.

A．running helps people to relax

B．people who like running have many healthy problems

C．running helps build a strong heart.

D．people who like running have fewer healthy problems

5.The writer mainly tell us ________

A．how to run

B．running is a good way to keep healthy

C．how to lose weight

D．running is better than doctors

 

To err is human. To blame（责备） the other guy is even more human.

Common sense is not all that common.

Why tell the truth when you can come up with a good excuse?

These three popular misquotes（戏谑的引语）are meant to be jokes, and yet they tell us a lot about human nature. To err, or to make mistakes, is indeed a part of being human, but it seems that most people don’t want to accept the responsibility for the problem. Perhaps it is the natural thing to do. The original quote about human nature went like this: “To err is human, to forgive, divine（神圣的）.” This saying mirrors an ideal: People should be forgiving of others’ mistakes. Instead, we tend to do the opposite – find someone else to pass the blame on to. However, taking responsibility for something that went wrong is a mark of great maturity（成熟）.

Common sense is what we call clear thought. Having common sense means having a good general plan that will make things work well, and it also means staying with the plan. Common sense tells you that you take an umbrella out into a rainstorm, but you leave the umbrella home when you hear a weather forecast for sunshine. Common sense does not seem to be common for large companies, because there are so many things going on that one person cannot be in charge of everything. People say that in a large company, “the right hand does not know what the left hand is doing.”

And what is wrong with a society that thinks that making up a good excuse is like creating a work of art? One of the common problems with making excuses is that people, especially young people, get the idea that it’s okay not to be totally honest all the time. There is a corollary（直接推论）to that: if a good excuse is “good” even if it isn’t honest, then where is the place of the truth?

1.Which of the following is NOT based on common sense?

A．A secretary works to a timetable.

B．A company’s next move follows a good plan.

C．A girl goes out with an umbrella in stormy weather.

D．A man tries to manage everything in a large company.

2.What can we infer from the last paragraph according to the writer?

A．A good excuse is the same as honesty.

B．Inventing a good excuse needs creative ideas.

C．Unpleasant truth is better than a good excuse.

D．Making a good excuse is sometimes a better idea.

3.What would be the best title for this passage?

A．A Mirror of Human Nature

B．To Blame or to Forgive

C．A Mark of Maturity

D．Truth or Excuse

 

Daniel is good at computer. He taught _____ to make a home page.

A. her              B. him              C. herself          D. himself