1 . We all know that regular exercise is vitally important for both a healthy mind and body. Research has shown that just five minutes of exercise in a “green space” can help people to keep mentally healthy.

Let’s take a look at some ways to get close to nature and make them a part of your regular exercise routine.

Get on your bike

Cycling is a cheap, easy and fun way to get some good exercise in the outdoors. Try leaving your car at home and cycling to work one day, if that’s possible. Or get the family together and go on a weekend bike ride. Check out the local cycle paths before you go, and plan a safe route. Make sure you take some healthy snacks with you to keep your energy levels up.

Try some outdoor yoga

Practising yoga can be great for reducing anxiety and aiding relaxation, so why not take your yoga mat and try out some asanas (yoga postures) in the open air? Yoga is great for stretching tight muscles and increasing flexibility as well as improving mobility, control and breathing. Why not finish your practice with some quiet meditation to further calm the mind?

Go running

Instead of spending hours on the treadmill(跑步机), grab a friend and go off for a jog around your local park, or some nature trails. If you are used to running on a treadmill, you may find it harder at first, so make sure you have some good, supportive running shoes. You could also find out where your nearest Parkrun is. They are open to everyone, free, and are safe and easy to take part in.

Join a conservation(保护) group

Joining a conservation group is a great way of keeping fit while helping the world around you. Do some research into what’s going on in your local area and you could find yourself helping to plant trees, clear up rivers and so on. You never know it could lead to new friendships, as well as the knowledge that you are doing something productive for your local area!

1. If you want to cycle with your family, you’d better __________.

A．have a healthy body	B．check the bikes carefully
C．learn some survival skills	D．make good preparations for it

2. What’s the advantage of outdoor yoga according to the text?

A．Getting closer to nature.	B．Feeling relaxed or peaceful.
C．Keeping active and energetic.	D．Building up people’s bodies.

3. What problem do some people have if they want to run around their local park?

A．It takes them some time to get used to it.	B．It needs some patience to continue.
C．It makes them lose interest in running.	D．It leads them to fall behind their friends.

2 . All over the world people enjoy sports. Sports help to keep people healthy, happy and help them to live longer.

Sports change with the season. People play different games in winter and summer. Games and sports often grow out of people's work and everyday activities. The Arabs use horses or camels in much of their everyday life; they use them in their sports, too.

Some sports are so interesting that people everywhere go in for them. Football, for example, has spread around the world. Swimming is popular in all countries near the sea or in those with many rivers.

Some sports or games go back thousands of years, like running or jumping. Chinese boxing, for example, has a very long history. But basketball and volleyball are rather new. Neither one is a hundred years old yet. People are inventing new sports or games all the time.

People from different countries may not be able to understand each other, but after a game they often become good friends. Sports help to train a person's character (性格). One learns to fight hard but fight fair, to win without pride and to lose with grace (优雅).

1. According to this passage, which of the following isn't true?

A．Sports help to train a person's character.

B．People swim only because there are a lot of rivers in their country.

C．People from different countries may not be able to understand each other before a game.

D．Sports and games can develop the friendship between peoples all over the world.

2. The writer didn't tell us in this passage that ________.

A．basketball was invented in America

B．sports change with the seasons

C．games and sports often grow out of people's work and everyday activities

D．football is played all over the world

3. From this passage we can see that _______.

A．sports and games are unimportant things that people do

B．sports and games should be treated (对待) only as amusement (娱乐活动)

C．sports and games are only useful to the old

D．none of the above is true

3 . Open water swimming

I had only swum in open water a few times, and always in gentle lakes, so I wasn’t prepared for how rough Lake Windermere appeared on a cold day. A swimmer told me the water felt colder than it had been measured, and that the water was a bit rough. But I, along with 10,000 others, was about to complete the challenge.

Most of the people taking part were doing a one-mile race, and 10 races were planned over the weekend. There seemed to be a mix of open-water enthusiasts alongside complete beginners—which is precisely the aim of the swims, to get as many people as possible completing their own challenge. The oldest woman competing was 77, taking part in the two-mile race, alongside a man who last year had swum in every one-mile race.

I had chosen the third one-mile race of the day. There were over 600 people in my race. We were taken through an acclimatization area, a children’s paddling pool-sized part of the lake where we moved in to feel how cold the water was. “Not too bad” was everyone’s thought! Then we headed out towards the middle of the lake.

We’d been warned that the first 100 metres would be really rough. However, somewhere near the 750m mark I was still waiting for the calm; it felt more like swimming in the sea than a lake. I tried to focus on my breathing and technique, and just keep going. As I approached the 400m-to-go mark my lower right leg became painful. I recalled overhearing people talking about how they kept swimming through the pain, so I tried. But it didn’t work. I began to feel the entire leg tight and painful. I didn’t want to stop, so I bent my right knee and just kicked with the left leg.

Finally I saw the finishing post, and I just concentrated on getting there—still one-legged. My finishing time was 38 minutes 25 seconds but that didn’t matter—the atmosphere was fantastic and everyone felt a sense of achievement, whatever their time. I’m hooked, and want to give it another go. I’ve already signed up for my next open-water swim.

1. How did the author feel before the race?

A．Scared of the most challenging race.

B．Disappointed by the difficult conditions.

C．Concerned about the other swimmers in the race.

D．Determined to be as tough as the people around her.

2. Why does the author mention the two people in Paragraph 2?

A．To stress the importance of the race.

B．To praise the experienced swimmers.

C．To show the wide range of the participants.

D．To introduce the various events of the race.

3. The author suggests in Paragraph 4 that ______.

A．the race would cause breathing problems

B．the race became harder than she had expected

C．it was really necessary to prepare for tough swims

D．it would have been easier if she had taken others’ advice

4. What does the author talk about in the last paragraph?

A．Her confidence in her own ability.

B．Her pride in having swum so quickly.

C．Her eagerness to repeat the experience.

D．Her surprise at having managed to finish.

4 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What is the woman’s favorite sport?

A．Mountain climbing.

B．Tennis.

C．Yoga.

2. Why does the woman like playing tennis?

A．It makes her feel comfortable.

B．It helps her keep her shape.

C．It develops coordination.

3. Which sport is good for breathing?

A．Walking.

B．Playing tennis.

C．Mountain climbing.

4. What does the man plan to do?

A．Go mountain climbing.

B．Start doing yoga.

C．Join in a tennis club.

5 . 当今，随着人们生活水平的提高，青少年的肥胖现象越来越严重，很让人担心。请你根 据以下情况写一篇文章，给某英文报社投稿。要点如下：
原因
1.长时间看电视玩电子产品；
2.缺少运动；
3.饮食结构不合理，喜欢吃甜食等垃圾食品；
4.学习负担重。
建议
1.多参加体育锻炼；
2.远离电子产品；
3..多吃健康食品，远离垃圾食品。
要求：
1 词数 150 左右；
2 文章包含提示的所有信息，避免逐字翻译；
3 可以适当发挥，提出自己的观点。 参考词汇：青少年肥胖 teen obesity
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1.   作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称；
2.   不必写标题。
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6 . What can we infer from the conversation?

A．Jack lost the game.

B．Jack won the game.

C．It was a draw（平局）.

7 . Before there was the written word, there was the language of dance. Dance expresses love and hate, joy and sorrow, life and death, and everything else in between.

    1    We dance from Florida to Alaska, from north to south and sea to sea. We dance at weddings, birthdays, office parties and just to fill the time.

“I adore dancing,” says Lester Bridges, the owner of a dance studio in Iowa. “I can’t imagine doing anything else with my life.” Bridges runs dance classes for all ages. “Teaching dance is wonderful.     2    It’s great to watch them. For many of them, it’s a way of meeting people and having a social life.”

    3    “I can tell you about one young couple,” says Bridges. “They’re learning to do traditional dances. They arrive at the class in low spirits and they leave with a smile.     4    ”

So, do we dance in order to make ourselves feel better, calmer, healthier? Andrea Hillier says, “Dance, like the pattern of a beating heart, is life. Even after all these years, I want to get better and better.    5     I find it hard to stop! Dancing reminds me I’m alive.”

A．So why do we dance?

B．Dance in the U.S. is everywhere.

C．If you like dancing outdoors, come to America.

D．My older students say it makes them feel young.

E．I keep practicing even when I’m extremely tired.

F．Dancing seems to change their feeling completely.

G．They stayed up all night long singing and dancing.

8 . Last summer over 12,000 fans were at Wembley Arena in London, shouting and cheering. Thousands more were watching online.     1     It was e-sports, or competitive computer gaming.

Millions of people in the UK play computer games for fun. Some of them have become professional gamers, playing games as their full-time job.     2     They practice for ten or more hours a day, five or six days a week. They do exercises like typing something and trying to type it faster and faster. They also study videos of other players and plan ways to beat them.

    3     Are players athletes? Some say no. E-sports players don’t need to run, jump, throw or do big physical actions. At the moment, the UK government classifies e-sports as kinds of games, not as sports.

But others say yes: e-sports are sports. Players do need some physical skills, especially hand-eye coordination, reflexes, accuracy and timing. If darts, snooker and shooting are classified as sports, then perhaps e-sports should be too.

    4     And they will be an official medal sport in the Asian Games starting from 2022. Next step: the Olympics?

For many e-sports fans and players, though, the most important thing is that e-sports are growing in popularity and importance.     5    

A．But are e-sports really sports?

B．All like playing computer games.

C．It’s not easy being a professional gamer, though.

D．But this wasn’t a football, basketball or tennis match.

E．It is certain that e-sports will come into the 2024 Olympics.

F．In fact, China and South Korea do classify e-sports as sports.

G．If e-sports are not as important as sports now, they definitely will be in the near future.

9 .

LOST AND FOUND	ROOMMATES
FOUND: Cat, 6 months old, black and white marking. Found near Linden and South U. Steve, 800-4661.	FEMALE ROOMMATE WANTED Own room near campus. Available December 1. Rent $80 per month until March 1st. $129 Thereafter. Call Jill for details. 800-7839.
LOST: Gold wire rim glasses in brown case. Campus area. Reward. Call Gregg 800-2896.	Need person to assume lease for own bedroom in apt. Near campus, $92/mo. Starting Jan. 1st. Call 800-6157 after 5 pm.
FORSALE	HELP WANTED
MOVING: Must sell. TV b/w 12, $50; AM/FM transistor radio A/C or battery, $15; cassette tape recorder, $10; music records. Call John or Pat, 800-0739 after 5 pm or weekends.	BABYSITTER—MY HOME If you are available a few hours during the day, some evenings and occasional weekends to care for 2 school-age children, please call Gayle Moore days 800-1111, evenings and weekends 800-4964.
USED FUR COATS and JACKETS. Good condition. $50-$125. Call 800-0436 after 12 noon.	WAITRESS WANTED. 10am-2pm or 10:30 am-5pm. Apply in person, 207S. Main, Curtis Restaurant.

1. What was lost in campus area according to the LOST AND FOUND ads?

A．A Cat.	B．A radio.
C．A pair of glasses.	D．A cassette tape recorder.

2. You will call ________if you want to buy a radio.

A．800-0436.

B．800-0739

C．800-4661

D．800-4964

3. If you want a job of taking care of children, which ad will you answer?

A．LOST AND FOUND.	B．ROOMMATES.
C．FOR SALE.	D．HELP WANTED.

10 .

Looking for Teens Interested in Child Care This is a chance for teens to accompany a child through projects and activities, play with them indoors and outdoors, help with arts and crafts ,deliver flyers to homes in the neighborhood，and so on. When: We welcome teen volunteers whenever they are available. How often: Our volunteers determine the amount of time they give and their schedule. Where: Wilder Child Development Center, 911 Lafond Ave. St. Paul

Library Intern （实习生） Part-time, Temporary $12.48一$13 .87 /per hour Program: Wilder Research Responsibilities: Help with moving to new buildings, record reports and other documents using a specialized library database, get items from area libraries, help library users, help with literature searches, other everyday library chores, and so on. Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree with some library experience or a current Master of Library and Information Science student. Strong attention to detail, good search skills and customer service skills. How to apply: Send resume to Wilder Research, 1295 Bandna Blvd, or send an e-mail to jobs@wilder.org.

Site Responder Part-time , Regular $9.46一$10.52/per hour Program: Jackson St. Village Responsibilities: Work at night to handle emergencies, provide services such as lawn care and snow removal, support the needs of residents and take care of the property and buildings. Qualifications: Must have good communication skills and must be able to solve the problems and concerns of the residents, their visitors, and staff. Individuals or teams are encouraged to apply. How to apply: Send resume to Wilder Foundation, 516 Humboldt Avenue, St.Paul, MN 55107 or a fax to （651） 223-7273, or an e-mail to jobs@wilder.org.

1. As a volunteer in the child center, __________．

A．you should follow the schedule of the center strictly

B．you must keep the child you look after indoors

C．you will earn some money for what you have done

D．you yourself can decide how long to stay there

2. What may NOT be needed if you apply to Wilder Research program?

A．A college degree and library experience.

B．Having knowledge of the Internet.

C．Being willing to help others.

D．Being able to handle emergencies.

3. From the third advertisement, we can learn that __________．

A．only individuals can apply for the job

B．applicants should pay close attention to detail

C．applicants are required to do some physical work

D．applicants will deliver flyers homes in the neighborhood.

4. The three advertisements _________．

A．are not all for part-time opportunities

B．are not all chances to make some extra money

C．all can be communicated on the Internet

D．are offered by the same organization