1 . 假定你是李华，最近你校英文报在举办“Exercise an Hour Every Day, Healthy Life for a Lifetime”为主题的征文活动。请你根据以下要点用英语写一篇短文。
要点：1. 你对征文主题的理解；
2. 你喜欢的运动项目及活动情况；
3. 该运动给你生活和学习带来的益处。
注意: 1. 词数80个左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3. 题目与开头已写好，不计入总词数。

Exercise an Hour Every Day, Healthy Life for a Lifetime

Nowadays, doing sports is becoming more and more popular.

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2 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

According to     1     new study by the World Health Organization (WHO), about 25 percent of adults worldwide do not get enough exercise. Because of this, about 1.4 billion people are       2     greater risk for       3     (dead) diseases such as heart disease and cancer.

When it comes to       4     (exercise) more, experts say that people needn’t go to the gym every day. There are other ways to exercise. For example, we can take the stairs instead of taking an elevator. And standing on one leg for 30 seconds each day       5     (be) also good for our health.

The study also found that women are less active than men because       6     tend to spend more time at home taking care of       7     (child) and doing housework.

Countries with higher incomes showed higher rates of inactivity. For example, people in Kuwait and the United States exercise less       8    people in Uganda and Nepal. This is partly because in       9     (develop) areas, desk jobs have taken the place of physical labor and cars     10    (replace) walking.

3 . 假定你是李华，你市将举办国际马拉松比赛，请你给外教John发一封电子邮件，邀请他一起报名参加。
内容主要包括： 1．告知马拉松比赛的具体信息；       
2．说明邀请理由；
3．希望对方参加。
注意：1．词数80左右(开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数)；            
2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：马拉松marathon
Dear John，

I'm pleased to tell you that an international marathon will take place in our city.

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Yours，

Li Hua

4 . In the past 70 years, physical activity in America has transformed from a necessity of daily life into an often-expensive leisure(闲暇)activity, and has reformed itself as the basis of people's social position."In the 1950s and 1960s, the body became a problem, and exercise developed — it had to develop-because people realized that we were all going to die of heart attacks," Shelly McKenzie, the author of Getting Physical： The Rise of Fitness Culture in America, told me.

With new middle-class needs coming into new marketing, Jack LaLanne^!s instructional exercise TV show introduced much of the country to the active pursuit of physical fitness in 1951, paving the way for workout tapes from fitness superstars such as Richard Simmons and Jane Fonda.In the 1970s, exercise began to leave the home, both through the popularization of jogging and weightlifting and in more organized ways, such as Jazzercise classes.

No matter how they package it, these businesses aren't just selling physical activity； they're providing people with a way to stick to expectations that the industry itself helped set."Exercise, and especially public exercise, came to indicate mental, emotional, and even spiritual health and virtue," Marc Stern wrote in 2008," In return for the effort, gym-goers attain(获得)the type of body that proves their virtue to all who see them.”

That these physical standards are difficult to achieve is the point."We live in a culture in which being diligent is highly, highly praised," Petrzela, the New School professor, who is working on a book about fitness's place in American culture, told me.

“Many people want to be regarded as people who value exercise, because it shows they're committed to（致力于）self-improvement, and to hard work."Above and beyond movement itself, part of the satisfaction of gym-going comes from performing those values around other people who share them, and from achieving what that community regards as success.

1. Why did exercise develop in the 1950s and 1960s?

A．Because exercise was a necessity of daily life.

B．Because people realized the importance of body health.

C．Because exercise was an often-expensive leisure activity.

D．Because people regarded exercise as the foundation of people's social position.

2. Why do many people like going to gym according to Marc Stern?

A．To keep healthy.	B．To gain good body shape.
C．To show their good character.	D．To prove their social position.

3. What do NOT make people gain satisfaction from going to the gym?

A．Seeing some superstars in the gym.

B．The same values around other people.

C．Achieving success defined by that group of people.

D．Being regarded as people who're committed to self-improvement.

4. What is the text mainly about?

A．How to keep healthy.

B．Why American people want to gain virtue.

C．Why physical activity developed in America.

D．How physical activity developed in America.

5 . After having a child, I found my regular exercise interrupted. Not only was I busy, but I also lacked the motivation and ambition. Solo gym sessions or some quick ___ following the DVD while the baby slept didn’t ___ me at all. So I decided to sign up for a hiking trip in Peru, hoping that it would get me ___ again.

Looking over my travel arrangements before I left, I___ phrases such as “3-hour hike ___ primitive forests” and “sliding with a rope down waterfalls”, and I started to feel a little worried.

However, as we made our way through the forests and were ___ with amazing views of awesome waterfalls, this team of strangers ___ me to go on. Being physically active with a group motivated me to reach the ___ or the valley below—rather than simply lying down on the forest floor and giving up, ___ I might have done if I were alone.

Experts prove my experience:Group exercise can really start a new attitude toward fitness. “People get a better ____ in a group than they do on their own,” said Allison Kimmel, a group ____ instructor. That’s because other people ____ both support and competition. “Humans are ____ animals and the shared experience of facing a challenge ____ is compelling(令人信服的),” said David Ezell, CEO of fitness provider Darien Wellness.

With the ____ of a group, I’m slowly getting back into a healthier lifestyle.

1.

A．summary

B．addition

C．exercise

D．lecture

2.

A．contribute to

B．appeal to

C．cater to

D．object to

3.

A．acting

B．flying

C．studying

D．moving

4.

A．examined

B．scanned

C．copied

D．behaved

5.

A．across

B．over

C．through

D．beyond

6.

A．rewarded

B．crowded

C．covered

D．equipped

7.

A．begged

B．forced

C．permitted

D．inspired

8.

A．summit

B．foot

C．destination

D．waterfall

9.

A．that

B．which

C．where

D．when

10.

A．position

B．workout

C．income

D．diet

11.

A．business

B．career

C．flight

D．fitness

12.

A．offer

B．consume

C．receive

D．ignore

13.

A．natural

B．traditional

C．practical

D．social

14.

A．alone

B．alike

C．together

D．close

15.

A．popularity

B．development

C．increase

D．support

6 . Are you trying to find the best time for exercise?     1     Follow these tips to figure out what fitness routine works best for you.

Dawn, dusk or dead of night — when’s the best time to work out? Well, that depends on when’s the best time for you, because the benefits of physical activity depend upon how consistent you are.     2     But if you’re not a morning person, it may not work for you to try to get up at dawn to work out. The key is to do what’s most likely to work for you consistently.

    3     If you find that working out too late in the evening keeps you from falling asleep easily, shift your exercise session earlier in the day or try less intense, more mindful forms of movement.

To stay motivated, choose activities you enjoy. If you’re a social person, do something that engages you socially. Take a group exercise class, join a recreational team or walk with a group of friends. If you prefer having time alone, walking, swimming or biking solo might be a better fit for you.     4    

There are so many choices.     5     Having a variety of fitness activities to choose from may keep you from getting bored or burnt out.

A．The truth is, it’s personal!

B．Don’t limit yourself to just one.

C．There are other important considerations.

D．Use your body clock as a guide to when to go for a walk.

E．You might have heard that the best time to exercise is early in the morning.

F．If you’d like to spend more time with your family, find an activity you can all do together.

G．If your schedule isn’t predictable (可预测的), you may need to be flexible and have a plan for various times of day.

7 . 假定你是红星中学李华, 你的英国朋友 Peter 热爱体育运动, 他将作为交换生到你校学习一年。请你给他写一封邮件, 主要内容包括:
1. 介绍你校体育课程及活动;
2. 推荐一项中国传统体育项目。注意: 1. 词数 100 左右;
2. 可以适当增加细节, 以使行文连贯。
Dear Peter,

I’m glad to hear that you will come to our school on a one­year exchange program.

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Yours,

Li Hua

8 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

There is a growing interest in rock climbing. Recently there    1    (be) an improvement in technology and techniques to perform it. The sport is getting more    2    (attract) to many people. Although rock climbing has risks and physical challenges, people still have several reasons to take it up.

Some sportsmen feel that rock climbing can never become boring. This is because you have different places to go climbing. Additionally, there are several challenging routes to climb. If you are tired    3    walls at your location, you may visit elsewhere    4    (experience) other challenging walls.

    5    (obvious), it offers great fun and adventure to people when they go high up on walls. When they push themselves beyond the expected limits, they get    6    sense of achievement. Many people feel that rock climbing also gives them a feeling of    7    (free), as they can go wherever they want.

There are many sportsmen    8    also lake rock climbing as a physical challenge where they always move up the levels. After    9    (cross) a set level, they move to the next and then to the next. And they can always give a fight to their previously achieved    10    (goal). It all depends on their physical fitness and skill levels.

9 . Tired of your quiet day-to-day life? How about leaving your computer games behind and taking up an extreme sport?

You can ride a bicycle, right? In that case you’re halfway to becoming a mountain biker. All you have to do is take your bike off the road and try some hilly areas. Mountain biking was developed in California in the 1970s and became an Olympic sport in 1996.

Not challenging enough? Skydivers jump from planes at a height of 1,000 to 4,000 meters. You have to be fit but there’s no age limit with this sport. For example, Dilys Price from Cardiff went on her first jump aged 54. The minute she came down, she wanted to go up again. She said: “It was so attractive”.

Some adventures have invented base jumping, in which people jump from tall structures, such as buildings or bridges, with a parachute. Many of their jumps aren’t legal, especially in the cities.Dan Witchalls has jumped off The Shard —London’s 310 meter-high building four times.He says, “Base jumping is scarier than jumping out of a plane. In a plane there is no sense of height, but when you are standing on the edge of the building you can see people and cars, the experience makes it very real.”

It seems there’s no shortage of imagination when it comes to risking life to look cool and get the heart beating wildly. Surfing, diving, rock climbing ...And how about extreme ironing? That is, pressing your clothes on top of a mountain! Extreme ironing is said to have been created in the 1990s in England by a man who saw a large amount of wrinkled clothes and felt bored when doing the cloth ironing. That man was Phil Shaw. For him, the excitement of this sport comes from looking at the viewers’ faces. Shaw says, “Sometimes they look confused; sometimes they laugh. It’s fun to see how people react to it.”

1. What does the author think about mountain biking?

A．A bit boring.	B．Challenging indeed.
C．Great fun.	D．Not very hard.

2. What does the author want to show with the example in paragraph 3?

A．Skydivers have to be very healthy.	B．Skydiving is not challenging enough.
C．Elderly people can also take up skydiving.	D．People can easily become crazy about skydiving.

3. What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 4 refer to?

A．The sense of height.	B．Base jumping experience.
C．The edge of the building.	D．Jumping out of a plane.

4. Why did Phil Shaw invent extreme ironing?

A．He liked ironing clothes.	B．He wanted to make clothes ironing more fun.
C．He enjoyed different looks on people's faces.	D．He had a good view standing on top of a mountain.

10 . I am a part of the Windward Robotics team known as the Omnicats, one of the many clubs offered at my school. My eight teammates and I started out by watching the robotics qualifiers and finals of Chinese teams. We used these robotics videos for inspiration and drew up mind maps of what our team wanted to do.

We meet everyday for two hours after school in order to build our robots. Typically, adults oversee what students are building, but my school lets teens take control. It leaves room for more errors, but we’re prouder of our final product.

Before our first real match, a practice one was offered at the actual site. My sub-team had been further along than other teams but quickly fell behind. When we arrived on that big day, I immediately felt my teammates’ tension. Our first match was in three minutes. All of us glanced around at each other since we were not prepared at all. Our robot was still sitting in a box. Two of our teammates rushed to take the robot for an official examination as the rest of us discussed our strategy.

Our team captain explained that we all should try driving the robot now, while it was early in the season. She gave me the remote. I had only driven for a limited amount of time in practice so I was extremely nervous. Our autonomous code began to run almost immediately after our short discussion. Despite all the drama, we ended up winning the match. Not too bad for the first match! I was so proud. I did not enjoy the pressure of driving but liked building the robot behind the scenes instead.

We have transferred to a different type of robotics at the end of the semester, which involves the whole team designing one giant robot with large tools. I am a part of the electrical team now, so I make sure the motherboard(母板) can supply the robot’s energy needs. We have all enjoyed the rest of the season and learned that robotics is never dull!

1. What does the underlined word in paragraph 2 probably mean?

A．Inspect

B．Revise

C．Overlook

D．request

2. Why did her teammates feel so nervous before first match?

A．Because it was really too difficult for them.

B．Because they didn’t prepare for it at all.

C．Because they didn’t know what the match would be like.

D．Because they didn’t make full preparations before the match.

3. How did the author think about their first robotics match?

A．It was tiring but exciting.	B．It was stressful but wonderful.
C．It was terrible but delightful.	D．It was boring but rewarding.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．A Girl Who Loves Robots	B．My First Robotics Match
C．Teamwork for Robots	D．Robotics Is Never Dull