1 . Starting a daily running routine needs determination. Looking back on my old running routine, it wasn’t so much the passion that affected my sticking to a regular schedule — but it was the environment. There had to be no rain pouring down, there had to be not many people on the basketball court and the ambient (周围的) temperature had to be just right. Or maybe I was just making an excuse for myself not to get up at 5 in the morning?
I was quite successful at doing so when I was 15 and when it was summer. When I was overweight, I ate more snacks than the actual full meals in a day, and I hardly got off the sofa. One summer day, I decided that it was time to put a stop to the idea that I was just the fat kid. I didn’t want to put in that box anymore. There was a tipping point (临界点) where inspiration happened, and discipline (自律) just took over from there. I needed to make sure that I ran 10 laps of the park a day — this was the contract (契约) I made with myself that summer. And if I achieved that, I knew I’d be closer to my goal of being just a kid with normal weight.
Ten laps, six days a week — sometimes no breakfast, hardly a bite at dinner, one snack a day—this lasted two months. I’d lost over 30 pounds that summer, which was roughly a quarter of my body weight. Some days, I didn’t have the motivation. But the contract I made with myself kept reminding me — if I’d break it, would I even bother making future self-contracts anymore? There were sleepy days, and there were days when I should have rested my trembling knees, but discipline won over them all.
1. What do we know about the author’s past running routine?| A．It was made by the author’s parents. | B．It mainly depended on the environment. |
| C．It referred to many people at site. | D．It failed in the end. |
| A．The author didn’t live a healthy lifestyle. |
| B．Summer is a season for people to be fat. |
| C．Good eating habits could make one put on weight. |
| D．Getting up late made him a fat kid. |
| A．He felt looked down upon when he was fat. |
| B．He couldn’t find a right word to describe his size. |
| C．He made up his mind to achieve his goal of losing weight. |
| D．He was too fat to find the right size of clothes or shoes. |
| A．My Running Routine Was Affected by the Environment. |
| B．It Was Unpleasant to Be Overweight. |
| C．I Made a Contract on Running. |
| D．Discipline Helps Achieve My Goal. |
1. What’s the speaker?
| A．A journalist. | B．A host. | C．A house owner. |
| A．12. | B．20. | C．28. |
| A．Language. | B．History. | C．Art. |
| A．Peter Smith. | B．Jack Brown. | C．Tom Anderson. |
3 . These days, are you spending more time feeling guilty about not working out than working out? If so, you’re probably the kind of lapsed boomer. You’ve joined the 4-in-10 adult Americans of all ages who admit they’re not physically active at all, according to the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.
Exercise experts like Richard Cotton and Cedric Bryant have heard it all before — busy boomers complaining that, between car pools and van pools and making ends meet, they hardly have time for a movie, much less regular exercise. Here are some of their best tips.
Prepare.
Plan your workout wardrobe so you’ll be comfortable. Consider the weather you will be walking in and decide: long pants, long sleeve, shorts, hat?
Don’t skimp (克扣) on shoes.
Which type? “If you are walking with the hope of jogging finally, buy running shoes,” says Cotton. If you plan to walk as your main exercise, get walking shoes.
Start slowly.
“Do much less than you think you are able to,” Cotton suggests. Take a 10-minute walk if you’re newly back to workouts. It’s not enough, “but it’s a start.” Consider walking as a good way to get back to exercise.
Do the talk test.
If you can’t talk without difficulty as you walk or jog, you’re going too fast and trying to do too much, Bryant says.
Consider getting an exercise buddy (同伴).
That could help increase your faithfulness to your new habit. “An exercise partner is always nice”, Cotton says, “especially if you can get someone who already has the habit. That’s a free ride.”
Be realistic about the payoff.
You might notice looser waistbands but no difference on the scale. “As you get up into 35-, 40- or 45-minute walks, you can expect weight loss,” Cotton says. “But even if you do not lose a pound, you are healthier if you exercise.” And quite possibly, that might put you higher up on Bush’s invite list, should he host another run.
1. The “lapsed boomer” mentioned in paragraph 1 refers to people who ______.| A．are professional sports experts |
| B．work hard and hate taking exercise |
| C．try to get inactive people back into sports programs |
| D．are physically inactive and have no time for regular exercise |
| A．wear comfortable clothing | B．be realistic about weight loss |
| C．find an exercise partner | D．do more than you think you are able to start |
| A．Talking is not allowed while you are taking exercise. |
| B．You may feel better if talking with someone while running. |
| C．It is used to test the intensity of your running. |
| D．The more you talk, the longer you will run. |
| A．Being different on the scale is more difficult than losing weight. |
| B．You can’t expect weight loss unless you walk 45 minutes a day. |
| C．Exercise can bring you at least health more than weight loss. |
| D．You can be invited to a running race unless you lose weight. |
| A．To illustrate how to do sports. |
| B．To warn people not to work too hard. |
| C．To advocate people to bring fitness back in life. |
| D．To give people advice on how to lose weight. |
1. What did the speaker do before the year 2012?
| A．A fitness coach. | B．A chess player. | C．A marathon runner. |
| A．He was motivated by Bolt. | B．He broke a world record. | C．He won fifth place. |
| A．Getting over an injury. | B．Doing strength training. | C．Representing Botswana. |
| A．His plan to go for the gold. | B．His experience on the track. | C．His love for his home country. |
(1)你喜欢的运动项目及原因；
(2)你现在参加该运动的情况；
(3)问对方的体育爱好。
要求：
(1)不少于100词；
(2)开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入词数；
(3)可适当发挥，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：
Dear David,
I am glad to receive your letter.
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Looking forward to your reply.
Yours,
Li Jin
6 . Like all big cities, Paris has a traffic problem: lots of cars, lots of traffic jams and lots of pollution from exhaust fumes. So the city began a project to improve the situation.
Under the Velib project (‘Velib’ comes from velo liberty, or ‘bicycle freedom’) people can take a bicycle, use it for as long as they want, and then leave it at the same or another bicycle station. The first half-hour on the bike is free, but if you don’t return it after 30 minutes, you have to pay. But it’s only €1 a day or €29 a year! The bicycles are heavy (25kg), and they are all gray and have baskets. There are about 20, 000 of them in the city, and around 1, 450 bicycle stations. So there are a lot more Velib stations than the 298 subway stations!
Paris is not the first city to have a project like this. But not everybody thinks it’s a great idea. One Parisian said, “These bicycles are only for short journeys. If people want to travel across the city, they won’t use a bicycle —they’ll still use their cars.”
A city spokesman said, “The bicycle project won’t solve all our traffic problems, of course. But it might help reduce air pollution. Traffic, together with factory fumes, is a big problem. There aren’t any simple answers to traffic problems and pollution in cities. But unless we do something now, there will be more traffic jams and temperatures will continue to rise, so the problems in our environment will get worse. The bikes might help people to lead a healthier life, too.”
1. What can we learn about the Velib project?| A．Its bikes have no baskets. | B．Its bikes are light and colorful. |
| C．It aims to make traveling easier. | D．It owns more stations than the subway. |
| A．Free. | B．€1. | C．€29. | D．€30. |
| A．The cost is rather high. | B．It’s hard to find a Velib station. |
| C．It’s not suitable for a long journey. | D．The distance between two Velib stations is long. |
| A．position. | B．smoke. | C．quality. | D．loss. |
| A．Worried. | B．Positive. | C．Uncaring. | D．Doubtful. |
| A．Unimportant. | B．Boring. | C．Fair. |
1. 热爱的运动项目；
2. 热爱的理由；
3. 向同学们推荐或期望。
注意：（1）词数不少于100；
（2）内容充实，行文连贯；
（3）题目已给出，不计入词数。
My Favorite Sport
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(1)学校的体育场馆；
(2)主要的运动项目；
(3)你喜欢的项目；
(4)……
注意：
1. 词数不少于100；
2. 可适当增加细节，使内容充实，行文连贯。
Dear Peter,
How is everything going?
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Yours,
Li Jin
10 . This is news on the hour, Ed Wilson reporting. The President and First Lady will visit Africa on a goodwill tour in May. They plan to visit eight African countries.
Reports from China say the Chinese want closer ties between China and the U. S. and Western Europe. A group of top Chinese scientists start their ten-nation tour next month.
Here in Miami, the mayor is still meeting with the leaders of the Teachers’ Union to try to find a way to end the strike (罢工). City schools are still closed after two weeks.
In the news about health. Scientists in California report findings of a relationship (关系) between the drinking of coffee and the increase of heart disease among women. According to the report in the American Medical Journal (杂志), the five-year study shows this. Women who drink more than two cups of coffee a day have greater chance of having heart disease than women who do not.
In sports, the Chargers lost again last night. The BBs beat them 1 to nothing. The Wingers had better results. They beat the Rifles 7 to 3. It was their first win in their last five matches.
That’s the news of the hour. And now back to more easy listening with Jan Singer.
1. Who is reporting the news on the hour?| A．The mayor in Miami. | B．Ed Wilson. |
| C．Scientists in California. | D．Jan Singer. |
| A．will send a group of Chinese scientists to pay a visit to the U. S. and the Western Europe |
| B．will send some scientists to visit U. S. only |
| C．has expressed its strong wishes |
| D．has given many reports to improve the ties |
| A．a peaceful way will soon be found |
| B．the teachers’ strike will last long |
| C．students haven’t been to school for two weeks |
| D．students can’t go into the school because the classrooms are tightly locked |
| A．no heart disease will be found of people who don’t drink coffee |
| B．no one should drink more than two cups of coffee a day |
| C．the more coffee people drink, the more likely they’ll have heart disease |
| D．women’s heart disease has something to do with the amount of coffee they drink |
| A．the results of the two matches |
| B．the teams which played last night |
| C．how many wins the BBs has had altogether |
| D．that the Wingers had one win and four defeats |
