12、― Did she have a good time when staying in Sanya last summer?

― Yes, but she had to ______ herself very quickly to the heat of the city.

A. support          B. find         C. adjust        D. devote

11、He succeeded in _______ his weakness with his efforts.

A. stretching                   B. overcoming

C. breaking                     D. resisting

10、I’m considering _______ a washing machine, which is considered _______ a great help to my wife.

A. buying; to be                    B. buying; being

C. to buy; being                    D. to buy; to be

9、

The revolutionaries sacrificed themselves _______ our country during the past years.

A. at                  B. in              C. of                D. for

8、A; How do you think about friends?

B: Friends?  You 76 m_____ the character of friends?        

A: Exactly. We always choose friends with much trouble.

B: I agree with you. First, I think friends should 77 c_____ for others  

A: Yes. We should know 78 e_____ other very well.                

B: Then, I do not think people with many weaknesses can be a proper friend of us.

A: All right. Because we can be 79 e_____ influenced by them at this age.

B: But that won’t mean we should 80 m____ friends with the same background.

A: You mean friends can be absolutely 81 d___________ characters?  

B: yeah…Don’t you think you can get different 82 e______ from different friends?

A: Of course. But only if we have something common.   

B: On the other hand, people are always different between what he 83 a____ and what he really should be

A: I can’t understand you completely.

B: Well. People who looks very friendly may be 84 o_______ in some occasions.

A: But how can we know the truth?   

B: Just chat with him without prejudice.

A: When we are 85 f______ with each other, we will find one’s heart.

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7、根据提示要求写一则口头通知稿：

1. 事件：英国残疾人杰克逊来校演讲;

2. 时间：4月25日下午2-4点;    地点：第三教学楼302室;

3. 内容：他将介绍他是如何克服困难的。他8岁时，一次事故中失去左腿和右臂，通过努力他能生活自理并学有所成;

4. 听完讨论：如何鼓励，帮助残疾人，怎样向杰克逊教授学习。

5. 字数不少于80字。

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6、If you prefer doughnuts（炸面饼） to dumbbells（哑铃）, you have a high chance of developing diabetes（糖尿病） later in life. But if you wash down those doughnuts with at least seven cups of coffee a day, you are only half as likely as that.

The finding is “quite surprising and fairly dramatic”, says Bill Hartnett of UK Diabetes, although the patients’ group won’t be advising people to drink lots of coffee just yet. While there’s little evidence that one or two cups a day is harmful, some studies suggest that heavy coffee drinkers are unusually sensitive to pain, easier to fearful disorders and can also have higher blood pressure, which increase the risk of heart disease.

The study was done by Rob van Dam’s team at the National Institute for Public Health and Environment in the Netherlands, which analysed the data on 171,111 men and women. The team found that those who drank seven or more cups of coffee a day were 50 percent less likely to develop type 2 diabetes than those who drank two cups of coffee or fewer a day. This was despite the fact that the heavy coffee drinkers tended to have sedentary （惯于久坐的） lifestyles, which increases the risk of developing diabetes.

“It’s too early to get excited,” warns Edwin Gale, a diabetes specialist in Britain at the University of Bristol. “It may just be that coffee drinkers behave differently,” he says.

Type 2 diabetes used to appear mainly in older people, but as levels of obesity （being fat） have increased in children, so has the disease in common. It’s a serious disorder―high blood sugar levels damage many organs, and can lead to anything from blindness to kidney（肾） failure.

It usually occurs when the body becomes less sensitive to insulin（胰岛素）, the hormone that tells cells to take in too much blood glucose. Caffeine isn’t an obvious remedy （补救法） for type 2 diabetes, because its immediate effect is to lower sensitivity to insulin.

71. The main idea of the passage is that ______.

A. coffee is likely to prevent diabetes  B. the way we prevent diabetes

C. old people may develop diabetes     D. dumbbells can keep out of diabetes

72. From the second paragraph, we can probably get the idea that ______.

A. Bill Hartnett can explain the finding

B. one or two coffees a day is harmful

C. heavy coffee drinkers are not sensitive to pain

D. heavy coffee drinkers may have higher blood pressure

73. Edwin Gale’s opinion ______.

A. agrees with that of Rob van Dam

B. suggests coffee drinkers obey some regulations

C. shows the study may be beyond the fact

D. tells coffee drinkers to visit doctors

74. ______ is the root of diabetes according to the passage.

A. The hormone insulin                 B. Doughnuts

C. High blood sugar                      D. The level of obesity

75. According to the passage, which statement below is TRUE?

A. Caffeine is a drug to cure diabetes.

B. People who are always sitting have higher risk of developing diabetes.

C. Insulin is an element to cure diabetes.

D. Heavy coffee drinkers have the risk of developing diabetes.

5、TIPPING

How much and who on your cruise（乘船旅游） should be tipped? When and how should tips be given? Generally, you should plan to tip your room steward （服务员） $3.00 to $3.50 per person, per day, and plan an equal amount for your dining room waiter, and half of that for the busboy（餐厅侍者助手）.

On most ships, tip the maitre d’（侍者总管） or dining room captain only if you ask for special favors or table-side service; $5 to $10 is normal. Barmen and wine stewards are tipped 10 to 15 percent, but many cruise lines will add this tip to your bar or drink bill. Check the bill to see how it is handled. Also, tips for special services such as salon && spa treatments and room service are left to the guest, depending on services offered. Sometimes tips are placed in envelopes from your cabin’s stationery supply. Generally, passengers on cruises of 10 days or less will tip at the end of the cruise； on longer voyages, tipping weekly.

As part of a new trend that seems likely to grow, Carnival, Holland America, Norwegian, Princess and Cunard now charge tips to your account （账）. Norwegian, for example, charges $10 per day, per guest, to cover service in the various dining rooms and your room steward. If you feel this amount needs to be increased or decreased, arrangements can be made onboard the ship, generally at the end of your cruise.

A few lines do not encourage tipping, including Radisson Seven Seas, Seabourn, Silversea and Windstar. Crew members are reportedly higher paid and not tip dependent. Many passengers tip anyway for outstanding service or special favors and give them tips face to face immediately they get serviced.

Tips on Tipping

Cabin steward

$3.00 to $3.50 per person per day

Waiter

$3.00 to $3.50 per person per day

Assistant waiter

$1.50 to $2.00 per person per day

Bartender, wine and deck stewards

10-15% of the bill

Maitre d’

$5.00 to $10.00 tip for each special service

67. According to the passage, if your bill for barmen and wine is $50, you will probably tip the steward ______.

A. $3.50             B. $3.00          C. $6.50        D. $10.00

68. How many ways does the passage mention on how to tip the waiters?

A. 3.                B. 2.                      C. 4.               D. 5.

69. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

A. Sometimes you must spend more money tipping waiters on cruise.

B. In the line Seabourn, you must tip crew members for the special service.

C. In some lines, you can bargain on how much to tip.

D. Generally speaking, maitre d’ can get the most tips.

70. The passage is written mainly for the readers who are ______.

A. travelers on cruise to America  

B. students to foreign countries to study

C. tourists not knowing how to tip in hotels

D. travelers on cruise the first time

4、NEW DELHI, India （AP）―India is fast becoming a top destination for tourists thanks to a forceful campaign to push the country’s Himalayan spas（矿泉名胜） and beaches, officials say.

Tourism officials have been crisscrossing the globe as part of the government’s “Incredible India” campaign launched in 2003. And the results are beginning to show. Tourists traveling to India have jumped by nearly 26 percent from last year and the number is expected to cross 3 million this year, said Amitabh Kant, chairman of the India Tourism Development Corp.

“Foreign exchange earnings, too, have shown a nearly 40 percent rise this year,” Kant told The Associated Press.

India’s earnings from tourism were $4.3 billion between January and November 2004, compared to $3.1 billion for the same period of 2003.

“Tourist figures are looking up, especially after the way the travel magazines are praising India,” Renuka Choudhury, India’s tourism minister, told reporters just before leaving for Spain and Italy to push the “Incredible India” campaign.

Conde Nast Traveler ranked India sixth among the world’s top 10 destinations in its annual readers’ traveler awards. India won top points for its cultural diversity, hospitality and good value for money.

Lonely Planet Online, the Website of the guidebook series, described India as among the top five international holiday destinations along with Thailand, Italy, Australia and New Zealand.

The “Incredible India” campaign focuses on the country’s scores of small, largely unexplored tourist spots, as well as India’s traditional healing arts. However, Choudhury noted at least 22 airports are being upgraded, with better signs, modern toilets, lounges and duty free shops. A tourist police force has been set up at airports, railway and bus terminals.

62. Tourism officials have been crisscrossing the globe to _______.

A. learn from resorts                B. strengthen communication

C. draw tourists to India           D. enjoy the scenery

63. It can be learned that _______.

A. Kant is satisfied with the trend of tourism

B. Kant worries about the future of India’s tourism

C. Choudhury doesn’t think the situations of tourism will improve

D. Choudhury thinks India should make full preparations for the crisis of tourists

64. Which of the following may NOT belong to the advantages of India?

A. Hospitality.                                 B. Cultural diversity.

C. Good value for money.                 D. Natural scenery.

65. The last paragraph mainly tells us _______.

A. there are five international holiday destinations worthy of a visit

B. India is worth a visit but has some shortcomings

C. why people want to travel in India

D. the “incredible India” campaign came into effect

66. The passage is mainly about _______.

A. tourism in India               B. India’s technique

C. the future of India            D. India’s position in people’s mind

3、If you want to increase your vocabulary, the best way to do it might be to pick up a guitar, or learn the violin. A new study shows that learning to play a musical instrument makes the brain more able to remember words.

“Grown-ups with music training in their childhood can have better memory for words,” said Dr Agnes Chan of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, who did the research. “They can remember things that you tell them better than those who did not have music training when they were young.”

It seems that one can remember spoken words because his brain has a special part. “That part of the brain is larger in musicians than in non-musicians,” Dr Chan told BBC. “If that part of the brain is larger, it may be better developed and so this explains very nicely our results.”

Dr Chan and her workmates came to their conclusion after studying students. Their research is reported in the latest edition of the journal（杂志） Nature. “We did the experiment with 60 girl college students from our university and 30 of them have at least six years training with one western musical instrument （such as the violin and the piano） before the age of 12. The other 30 had received no music training. We tested their memory by reading them some words and asking them to remember these words―a very common test for memory. We found that people who have had music training can remember about 70% more information than those who have not had any music training.”

Dr Chan thinks the process（过程） of learning is more important than the actual instrument used. She also believes if one is able to remember words through learning to play instruments, he or she could have some very real benefits. Dr Chan thinks this could be developed into a medical way for patients who are suffering from memory loss.

59. According to the writer, learning to play a musical instrument helps to ______.

A. get more knowledge           B. live more happily

C. remember more words       D. make one become a musician

60. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Dr Chan thinks people should have music training when they grow up.

B. Dr Chan thinks the special part of the brain needs developing.

C. Dr Chan thinks people should have music training when they are young.

D. Dr Chan thinks musicians have a larger part of the brain than non-musicians.

61. How many students took part in Dr Chan’s research?

A. 30 girl students.                          B. 60 girl students.

C. 17% of his students.                    D. 60 girl and boy students.