When I was a child ,I spent most of the time near the sea watching the ships, large and small, go in and out of the harbor. At the age of eighteen I   1   home to take a job on a passenger   2   that sailed between San Francisco and YokohamA．I was   3   about my new adventure and a little afraid, too. For over a year, I    4   the Pacific on the Rosa Lee. The brilliant blue waters were   5   in the sunlight; under stormy skies the angry   6   became dark, dangerous, and exciting. I   7   the sea in all its glorious beauty — both when it was quiet and when it was violent.   8  , I knew it was the life for me.

After a year, during a rip from Melbourne to Honolulu, I had a very strange   9  . I have never forgotten it. We couldn’t get   10   the way in time and were hit by a violent 11  . The wind grew stronger and stronger —  12   fifty miles an hour, and mountains of water   13   the Rosa Lee over on its side. The ship rolled back only to be   14   again by the next wave. All during the rain-filled night, we worked in a frantic   15   to save the ship, but there was a breakdown in the engine room and the motors   16  . We knew that there was   17   more we could do. At dawn the Captain   18   the order to leave the ship. A few minutes later Rosa Lee   19   beneath the angry seA．All that could be   20    were a few lifeboats here and there among the waves.

1．A．left          B．went          C．landed         D．forgot

2．A．bus          B．ship           C．plane           D．train

3．A．worried    B．narrow        C．excited         D．sure

4．A．struck       B．imagined        C．remarked        D．sailed

5．A．shallow     B．terrifying       C．irregular         D．beautiful

6．A．situation  B．gains          C．waters          D．management

7．A．hated        B．loved         C．improved       D．greeted

8．A．In the end B．What’s more    C．That’s to say    D．From the beginning

9．A．dream       B．practice        C．imagination    D．experience

10．A．in         B．up              C．out of         D．down

11．A．purpose  B．storm          C．soul            D．rock

12．A．up to      B．far from       C．less than         D．behind

13．A．pushed    B．pulled          C．drew           D．looked

14．A．protected        B．attacked        C．destroyed       D．applied

15．A．request    B．decision        C．sense           D．attempt

16．A．worked  B．based           C．stooped         D．finished

17．A．nothing  B．space          C．light           D．recognized

18．A．gave       B．threw          C．forced          D．recognized

19．A．floated    B．sank           C．fell            D．pushed

20．A．enjoyed  B．criticized        C．seen           D．climbed

He didn't tell us the truth ___ elevent o’clock last night.

A. until   B. unless   C. since    D. for

1. Mr. Liu, our English teacher, explained the s__________ of the themes expressed in the poem with passion.

2.As the price of houses are getting higher and higher, most young people choose to rent a f______ flat.

3.Please accept my c________ on your graduation..

4. B_______ with a large family, poor Jack had to work hard day and night

5.After questioning the man for seven hours, the police o______ the information they wanted.  

6.Many experts _________(提倡)rewarding your child for good behavior.

7.The private school was closed down as a c_________ of its bad management.

8.__________(口译者)are people who change spoken words from one language to another, specially as their job.

9.I’m not quite sure how to get there--- I’d better ________(查阅) a map.

10.He is three years _______ (年长的)to me.

As the pace of life continues to increase, we are fast losing the art of relaxation. Once you are in the habit of rushing through lift, being on the go from morning till night, it is hard to slow down. But relaxation is essential for a healthy mind and body.

Stress is a natural part of everyday life and there is no way to avoid it. In fact, it is not the bad thing it is often supposed to be. A certain amount of stress is vital to provide motivation and give purpose to life. It is only when the stress gets out of control that it can lead to poor performance and ill health.

The amount of stress a person can withstand depends very much on the individual. Some people are not afraid of stress, and such characters are obviously prime material for managerial responsibilities. Others lose heart at the first signs of unusual difficulties. When exposed to stress, in whatever form, we react both chemically and physically. In fact we make choice between "fight" or "flight" and in more primitive days the choice made the difference between life or death. The crises we meet today are unlikely to be so extreme, but however little the stress is, it involves the same response. It is when such a reaction lasts long, through continued exposure to stress, that health becomes endangered. Such serious conditions as high blood pressure and heart disease have established links with stress. Since we cannot remove stress from our lives (it would be unwise to do so even if we could), we need to find ways to deal with it.                                                              

56．People are finding less and less time for relaxing themselves because_____.                                                 

       A．they do not know how to enjoy themselves

       B．they do not believe that relaxation is important for health

       C．they are travelling fast all the time

       D．they are becoming busier with their work

57．According to the writer, the most important character for a good manager is his ________.

       A．not fearing stress    B．knowing the art of relaxation

       C．high sense of responsibility  D．having control over performance

58．Which of the following statements is true?

       A．We can find some ways to avoid stress.

       B．Stress is always harmful to people.

       C．It is easy to change the habit of keeping oneself busy with work.

       D．Different people can withstand different amounts of stress.

59．In the last sentence of the passage, "do so " refers to ______.

       A．"expose ourselves to stress"

       B．"find ways to deal with stress"

       C．"remove stress from our lives"

       D．"established links between diseases and stress"

Athens Olympic 110m hurdle champion Liu Xiang felt so relieved to return to racetrack after getting out of the great number of social activities.

Liu arrived in hometown Shanghai Wednesday night and was about to resume^① training shortly after.

“I am so exhausted^② from so many social activities, which made me even more tired than training,” said the 21-year-old Liu, who wrote a new chapter in China’s Olympic history by winning the country’s first ever athletics short-distance running title in the men’s 110m hurdles in Athens in August.

“I am happy that I will resume my training soon back in Shanghai,” said the Shanghai native. He turned into an instant national hero with the Olympic glory^③ and one of the most popular Olympic gold medalists, taking part in scores of celebration activities since he returned to China early September.

“My regular training has been interrupted for such a long time that I think I can only run at about 13.5 seconds now,” said Liu, who clocked a world record-tying time of 12.91 to clinch the title.

“I would rather forget what I have achieved in the past and try my best to realize a higher goal,” he said.

Liu already missed the Berlin Golden League Series on Sunday and won’t be able to catch the IAAF Grand Prix final slated for September 18-19 in Monaco.

He plans on attending an IAAF all-star tournament in Japan at the end of this month.

This passage mainly talks about ________.

A. victory of Liu Xiang

B. Liu Xiang’s resumption to the racetrack

C. dream of Liu Xiang

D. Liu Xiang’s high aim

From the passage we can see ________.

A. Liu Xiang is content to go back to training

B. Liu Xiang will win Golden League Series on Sunday

C. Liu Xiang wasn’t good at social activities

D. Liu Xiang was refreshed after so many social activities

The underlined word “relieved” means ________.

      A. sad                B. glad           C. worried             D. disappointed

Which of the following is NOT wrong?

A. Liu Xiang has had a quiet life for as long as half a month.

B. Liu Xiang has missed two races because of his social activities.

C. Liu Xiang has made up his mind to stop his social activities.

D. Liu Xiang has deserted his present career.