1 . 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 to 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(体面).

1. According to this passage we know that _____．

A．people began to play about one hundred years ago

B．about 100 years ago people ran or jumped when they played

C．basketball has a longer history than volleyball

D．not all the games have a long history

2. The writer didn’t tell us in this passage that _____．

A．basketball was invented in America

B．sports change with the season

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

D．football is played all over the world

3. People all over the world enjoy sports because _____．

A．sports are interesting

B．sports help to keep people healthy , happy and to live longer

C．sports help to train one’s character

D．all of the above

2 . In the world nothing is more important than health. If people took away our money, houses, cars, or even our clothes, we could still survive.     1    Then how can we keep healthy?

First of all, we should eat healthily. I usually avoid eating food high in fat, like French fries or cookies, which are junk food.     2     I only eat little meat.     3     It helps us build a strong body. Regular exercise is an important part of keeping me healthy. In addition, I think friends are an important part of one’s health.     4    I always feel better when I am with friends than when I am alone. When I am with my friends, I always laugh. Laughing is also an important part of health. It is good to stay with my friends.

By eating properly and exercising regularly, I can keep my body at a proper weight and keep healthy. By spending time with my friends, I can keep my mind as well as my body happy. These things sound easy to do, but not many people can manage them.     5    

A．But if our health were taken away, we could surely die.

B．Some people appear fat because they often eat too much.

C．I think a strong will is necessary if we want to keep fit.

D．Many studies show that people with few friends often get sick.

E．There are some people who like staying alone, but they keep healthy.

F．What’s more, taking exercise is very important.

G．I eat a lot of vegetables and fresh fruits which are full of vitamins.

3 . 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。

Up to 82 percent of children with healthy mothers are not easy to be obese（肥胖的）, according to research. A mother,     1     has a healthy weight, exercises regularly, eats a healthy diet, doesn’t smoke and only     2    (drink) wine in moderation, is significantly less likely     3    (have)a fat child, scientists say.

And research suggests it could be more to do with nurture(养育)    4     nature, as a mother's lifestyle appears     5    (direct) linked to the health of her child. When both mother and child follow a healthy lifestyle, the risk of obesity     6    (reduce)even more, the study of more than 24,000 children found.

The study examined the medical history and lifestyles of more than 24,000 children aged nine     7     fourteen, born to almost 17,000 women in the US. Researchers looked at the link between overall mother health and likelihood of a child     8    (be) obese.

The mother's health was judged on her height-to-weight ratio(比例), her diet, amount of physical     9    (active), smoking status and how much alcohol she drank. A healthy weight and diet, regular exercise, no smoking and moderate drinking all reduce the chance of a woman having     10     obese child.

4 . 假如你是李华，获悉中国日报(China Daily)将举办“最美中国”(Amazing China)手机摄影大赛。请写封邮件建议你的美国留学生朋友George参加，邮件内容包括:
1.作品要求:展示风土人情，附上作品名称；
2.投稿方式与截止时间：12月30号前发邮件至acchinadaily.com.cn
3.表示愿意提供帮助。
注意：1.词数100左右；2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯的；3.开头语已为你写好。
Dear George,

How is everything going?

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Yours,

Li Hua

5 . The human body is designed to move. But modern lifestyles and office jobs rarely give us the chance to move around. As we know, we’re sitting while we’re eating; we sit in the car and we sit while we watch TV. And many of us sit for many hours at work.

New research shows that sitting less than three hours a day might extend your life by two years. Peter Katzmarzyk, a scientist at the University of Louisiana in the southern United States, says that sitting is ubiquitous in our lives, meaning it is something we do all the time, everywhere.

However, Mr. Katzmarzyk says that does not mean you can sit for the rest of your waking hours. He also says you may exercise often, “We can’t throw away physical activity. It’s extremely important. We have 60 years of research showing us that.”

Mr. Katzmarzyk and his colleagues are part of a new generation of researchers studying how sitting all day affects length of life. “Studies that have assessed the relationship between sitting and mortality (死亡率) or television viewing and mortality are very rare. There’s only been a few of them, actually five or six now, in the last four or five years.” They found that cutting television time to less than two hours a day could add one point four years to life.

Luckily, change is already coming to some offices, especially in the design of desks. A “standing desk” lets people stand while they work. Another new design is called the “treadmill desk.” A treadmill is an exercise machine that lets you walk in one place. Even some U.S. schools are beginning to experiment with desks that are part bicycle to keep children moving. That’s one of the strategies that many companies are using now.

Mr. Katzmarzyk also says studying this problem has inspired his team to make a few changes in their own lives.

1. The underlined word “ubiquitous” is closest in meaning to ________．

A．dangerous	B．impressive
C．comfortable	D．common

2. Which view agrees with the opinion of Mr. Katzmarzyk?

A．Sitting long may help people live longer.

B．Exercise is important and don’t sit too long.

C．People are unaware of the harm of sitting too long.

D．Stopping watching TV is a necessary but hard task.

3. What does Mr. Katzmarzyk think of his study in Paragraph 4?

A．It’s been ignored by many scientists.	B．It’s a study that begins too late.
C．It’s an entirely new area of study.	D．It’s been a hot subject for scientists.

4. Why are the desks of all kinds designed for those who sit more?

A．To give them more comfort.	B．To improve their work efficiency.
C．To offer them the chance to exercise.	D．To seek pleasure while working.

6 . 假设你是李华,你的美国朋友Tom近日写信给你，想了解中国高中生的体育锻炼情况。请给Tom写一封回信，内容包括:
1.中国高中生参加体育运动的现状；
2.分析该现状产生的原因；
3.你自己的感想。
注意:1. 词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
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7 . 假定你是李华，你的笔友林涛来信说，因学习忙、锻炼少，最近经常生病，影响学习。请根据提示写一封英文回信。
要点包括：
1.锻炼的重要性；
2.锻炼有利学习；
3.提出锻炼建议。
要求：1. 100词左右；

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Lin Tao,
Sorry to hear that you have been sick for days and hope you are better now.___________________________
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Sincerely yours,

Li Hua

8 . 假定你是李华，你所在的运动俱乐部将面向外国朋友开设太极(Tai Chi)课，请写一封邮件，邀请你校的英国交换生Peter参加，要点如下：
1. 上课时间；上课地点；
2. 打太极的好处；
3. 报名的截止时间：下周二。
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,

How is everything going?

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Yours,

Li Hua

9 . In a new look at the impact of long-time sitting behavior on health, a new study links time watching television to an increased risk of death. One of the most surprising findings is that it isn’t just couch potatoes who were affected. Even for people who exercised regularly, the risk of death went up the longer they were in front of the TV. The problem was the long periods of time spent sitting still.

Australian researchers who tracked 8,800 people for an average of six years found that those who said they watched TV for more than four hours a day were 46% more likely to die of any cause and 80% more likely to die of cardiovascular (心血管的) disease than people who reported spending less than two hours a day in front of TV.

Time spent in front of TVs and computers and videogames has come under fire in studies in recent years for contributing to a spread of obesity in the US and around the world. But typically the resulting public-health message urges children and adults to put down the Xbox controller and remote and get on a treadmill (跑步机) or a soccer field.

The Australian study offers a different view. “It’s not the sweaty type of exercise we’re losing,” says David Dunstan, a researcher at Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, who led the study. “It’s the incidental moving around, standing up and using muscles. That doesn’t happen when we are plunked on a couch in front of a television.”

Indeed, participants in the study reported getting between 30 and 45 minutes of exercise a day, on average.The results are supported by a new field of research that shows how long periods of inactivity can affect the body’s processing of fats and other substances that contribute to heart risk. And they suggest that people can help decrease such risk simply by avoiding extended periods of sitting.”

Keeping such processes working more effectively doesn’t require constant intense exercise, but consciously adding more routine movement to your life might help, doctors say. “Just standing is better than sitting,” says Gerard Fletcher, a cardiologist at Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Fla., who works standing up at his computer. “When you stand up, you shuffle around a little bit and use muscles not required when you are sitting or lying down.”

Simple strategies for increasing activity include combining household chores such as folding laundry with TV-watching time or getting up to change a TV channel rather than using a remote control. The report, published Tuesday in the American Heart Association journal Circulation, focuses on TV watching in part because it is the main leisure-time activity in many countries, researchers said, especially in the US.

1. One misunderstanding people might have is that ________.

A．the radiation from TV may badly affect your sight

B．TV programs can broaden your horizons effectively

C．watching TV very long is a good way to kill time

D．regular exercise can minimize the side effect of watching TV

2. What is new about the discovery of the Australian study?

A．Remote control shouldn’t be used when people watch TV.

B．People who watch TV too long should take more physical exercise.

C．Sitting too long in front of TV will lead to high risk of heart attack.

D．Long-time sitting is bad for all people including those who exercise regularly.

3. According to the Australian study, how can the risk of death be reduced when people watch TV?

A．By increasing simple movement.

B．By totally avoiding watching TV.

C．By taking some medicine.

D．By increasing sweaty type of exercise.

10 . Davina McNaney on Friday will begin a journey that will bring her home to Wayne County.A breast cancer ____，McNaney，42，will run 466 miles from Michigan to New York in the next few weeks in an ____ to raise funds and awareness for breast cancer research.

“I’m just a regular person.”she said.“I just want to do ____ to help others and set a strong ____ for my girls.”The mother ____ two and University of Rochester graduate chose to ____.her own personal ultra-marathon to show others how grateful she was to ____ her illness.

McNaney has ____ more than $10，000 for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation，nearly ____ her initial $5，000 goal.

During the first week，McNaney plans to run 36 miles each day.Two 13-mile days will follow so she ____ celebrate her eldest daughter’s eighth birthday and ____ her nephew’s high school graduation.

On July 3，the ____ day of her journey，McNaney will run 22 miles across Wayne County to Sodus Point，____ her daughters and more than a hundred friends will be   ___ .

Her husband Steve，35，will serve as her pit crew.It will be his ____ to keep McNaney fed，to track her weight and address any ____ problems that arise.

At times，McNaney said she will run with ____ —friends in Michigan，a cousin in Ohio and loads of friends and relatives in the final few miles in New York.

Company will be nice，she said，noting that she’s also looking forward to ____ time when she can relax，run and“just let my ____ wander.”

“I hope I can encourage people to challenge themselves，to know that they can overcome in the face of trouble，”McNaney said.“I'm stepping out of my comfort _____and putting myself out there to reach my goal.”

1.

A．expert

B．survivor

C．organizer

D．participant

2.

A．effort

B．offer

C．order

D．invitation

3.

A．anything

B．nothing

C．something

D．everything

4.

A．figure

B．standard

C．request

D．example

5.

A．of

B．with

C．for

D．from

6.

A．join

B．run

C．design

D．sponsor

7.

A．suffer from

B．meet with

C．come through

D．deal with

8.

A．borrowed

B．spent

C．raised

D．saved

9.

A．doubling

B．gaining

C．reaching

D．1osing

10.

A．must

B．should

C．need

D．can

11.

A．miss

B．plan

C．chair

D．attend

12.

A．best

B．final

C．initial

D．short

13.

A．when

B．which

C．where

D．as

14.

A．waiting

B．shouting

C．dancing

D．debating

15.

A．fault

B．right

C．job

D．honour

16.

A．traffic

B．medical

C．poisonous

D．hungry

17.

A．athletes

B．champions

C．folks

D．others

18.

A．alone

B．lonely

C．amazing

D．comfortable

19.

A．body

B．tension

C．dream

D．mind

20.

A．room

B．zone

C．life

D．cause