You may not have heard the words “freshman fifteen” before, but they are very important for students who are entering university. A freshman is a first-year college student. “Fifteen” refers to fifteen pounds—the fifteen pounds added to a student’s weight in his or her first year. There are a number of reasons why first-year university students gain (增力n) weight; but it’s encouraging to know that freshmen don’t have to add these harmful fifteen pounds.
Mistakes choosing food
University kitchens serve(供应）many kinds of food. Some students choose unhealthy food，because now their parents are not nearby to help them choose. Some students visit the kitchen many times while studying. Late at night, some students get harmful fast food such as fish and chips with Coke to drink. Students also have less time for walking, running, and doing sports because of their schoolwork.
Eating right
If you，re careful, you don，t have to add fifteen pounds. Here are some ideas：
l Think more about what you eat.
l Eat plenty of vegetables and healthy meats.
l Don’t eat desserts full of sugar； have fruit after dinner.
l Try not to eat so much unhealthy food while you study.
l It，s all right to have a little fast food sometimes—but not often.
l Write down the foods you eat.
l Walk, run, do sports—move and you will feel better!
Remember that the “freshman fifteen” can happen to anyone. Talk to your friends about it. Together, try to eat healthy food and not to eat unhealthy food. Walking, running, and playing sports is always more fun with friends. Help each other and you can have a healthy and happy freshman year.
【小题1】The “freshman fifteen” is    ______.

　　Every person may meet something that they can't __(1)___. Some people don't like dogs and cats __(2)___ they have fur. Some people don't like snakes because they are terrible. __(3)___ have many different reasons. For example, Mrs Lee likes shopping. But she doesn't like waiting __(4)___ line when the __(5)___ is having a long telephone __(6)___. He or she will talk happily to their friends and make the customers __(7)___ for a long time. She also doesn't like salesperson to __(8)___ her around and saying,“Why __(9)___ this? It will look good on you.”Sometimes she will get mad with the salesperson and she will __(10)___ go to that shop again. Mr Lee has __(11)___ problems. He loves reading. So __(12)___ his wife is in the shop, he is in a library. Sometimes people will talk to him in the library. If this happens all the time, he will get __(13)___ and shout at them,“Would you mind __(14)___ away?”He knows it is not very polite. He said,“I try __(15)___ rude. But they are too noisy.”

Dear Alice，

You really have two different questions here，so we’ll discuss them one at a time．

Your problems at school may be a result of a number of things．You don’t say much about how these classmates get along with each other．It’s possible that all the students are feeling a little cautious(谨慎的) in the first term．

It’s also possible that the others are unkind．If this is so，you have to find out why you are the class “outsider．”

In your letter you say you often offer to help others with their work．Is it possible that your classmates don’t understand your offers? Could it seem that you were trying to“buy”friends with these offers?

Is it possible that you took no notice of your classmates when you had your good friend near you? They may have felt hurt at that time．It may take a time for them to believe in you if so．Try to ask one classmate directly what the problem is．If you hear a negative(负面的)answer，at least you’ll know what to do．

Yours truly，

Shelia

1.From the letter we know that Alice was very______.

A．lucky             B．unkind            C．clever            D．unhappy

2.From the letter we can conclude(得出结论)that______.

A．Alice wasn’t pleased with her teachers

B．Alice’s parents made her study too hard

C．Alice didn’t get along well with her classmates

D．Alice didn’t want to go to school any more

3.In the letter Sheila talked about______ possible reasons(原因)for Alice’s problems．

A．four             B．six               C．seven            D．eight

4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the letter?

A．Alice felt her classmates weren’t kind to her

B．Alice was very warm-hearted to help her classmates

C．Alice didn’t want to get along well with her classmates

D．The girl asked two questions in her letter．

A ban on smoking in most public places goes into effect(效果) on Sunday in China - home to a third of the world's smokers. That means around 300 million smokers will no longer be allowed to light their cigarettes in the "enclosed public places." These include hotels, restaurants, theaters and public transport waiting rooms. The ban does not cover offices or factories.
The campaign is aimed at controlling(控制) the number of deaths from smoking-related illnesses, running at a million a year. According to the World Health Organization, more than 3,000 people die every day in China because of smoking. Health experts also hope it will help Chinese to raise the knowledge of the dangers of smoking.
But the new rules have been criticized because they do not include punishments(处罚) for those who choose not to obey them.Most people worry that Chinese smoking ban may have little effect.
Business owners often hate rules that force(强迫) them to ban smoking on their restaurants, bar, cafe..., because many customers(顾客) do not like the rules and complain. Often you find people smoking at the next table while you are eating your meal or having a drink in a bar.
It appears that many Chinese people don’t know the dangers of smoking. Research suggests only one in four knows the harm(害处) cigarettes or second-hand smoke can cause.
At the same time the government makes a lot of money from the sales of cigarettes by the state-owned firms that make and sell all tobacco products throughout the country.
【小题1】The word “ban” in the first sentence means         .
A. 禁令                          B. 责骂                         C. 罚款
【小题2】 Every year          people died in China from smoking-related illnesses.
A. more than 3,000                  B. about a million                 C. nearly 300 million
【小题3】 According to the new ban, smokers can smoke         .
A. in the restaurants                 B. in the airport waiting room        C. in the office
【小题4】 We can find      reasons in the passage to explain why people worry about the effect of the ban.
A. three                           B. four                         C. five
【小题5】. The best title for this passage is         .
A. A new ban on smoking in China     
B. Smoking culture in China
C. Dangers of smoking in China      

In Chicago, a computerized system has been developed that controls(管理)traffic on the city’s 235 miles of seven expressways. Now one—a controller—can follow the movement of Chicago’s traffic by looking at a set of lights. The system uses electric sensors(感应器) that are built into each expressway, every half a mile. Several times a second, the computer receives information from each sensor and translates it into green, yellow or red lights on a map in the control room. A green light means traffic is moving forty-five miles an hour, yellow means thirty to forty-five miles an hour, and red means heavy traffic—cars standing still or moving less than thirty miles an hour.
“See that red light near Austin Avenue?”the controller asked a visitor.“That’s a repair truck fixing the road, and the traffic has to go around it.”At the Roosevelt Road entrance to the expressway, the light kept changing from green to red and back to green again.“A lot of trucks get on the expressway there,”the controller explained.“They can’t speed up as fast as cars.”The sensors show immediately where an accident or a stopped car is blocking the traffic, and a truck is sent by radio to clear the road. The system has lowered the number of accidents by 18 percent. There are now 1.4 deaths on Chicago’s expressway for each one hundred million miles traveled, while in other parts of the county there are 2.6.
Traffic experts say that the Chicago system is the “coming thing”.Systems like Chicago’s are already in use on some expressways in Los Angeles and Houston.“Chicago has taken the lead,”said New York City’s traffic director and he added,“Chicago’s a good example.”
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案，并在答题卡上按要求作答。
【小题1】The passage is mainly about ________ on expressways in Chicago.