2 . Gym Welcome

Price: free

Session duration: up to 25 minutes

• Perfect for members new to a gym environment.

• Familiarize yourself with all our facilities and services.

• Understand the key health and safety aspects of the gym.

• Learn the basic knowledge of fitness equipment.

• A chance to speak with a member of staff and get exercise advice to help you get started.

Personal Program

Price: free

Session duration: up to 55 minutes

• Suitable for everyone, especially if you’re new to the gym.

• Programs are designed around an individual’s needs for a more effective workout.

• Program length can be tailored (制订) to your requirements. Once the program is complete, you can choose to renew it or try one of our other program options.

• Personal programs are limited to one per member every 12 weeks.

 Personal Training

Price: £45 per session — Buy five sessions for the price of four at £180

Session duration: 60 minutes

• Perfect for those who really want to make the most of their training. Suitable for athletes, people who need more guidance, people who lack motivation, or anyone who has a specific goal — sport, wedding, competition, etc.

Group Personal Training

Price:

– one two-person personal training session: £60

– one three-person personal training session: £75

– five four-person personal training sessions: £240

– five five-person personal training sessions: £330

How to book

If you would like to book or have any questions about the sessions on this page, please speak to a member of staff. This can also be done via email at fitness@sport.cam.ac.uk.

1. Who are the “Gym Welcome” sessions most suitable for ?

A．Athletes and competitors.

B．Experienced gym-goers.

C．New gym members.

D．Individuals with specific fitness goals.

2. What do we know about the “Personal Program” ?

A．It can be renewed at any time.

B．It lasts 45 minutes in each session.

C．It offers one-on-one fitness consultations.

D．It provides individualized workouts.

3. If someone wants to engage in “Group Personal Training” with two friends, what would be the total cost for five sessions ?

A．£180.

B．£375.

C．£300.

D．£240.

4 . Have you ever noticed that some people can eat what they want and stay in shape, while others carefully watch what they eat and still put on weight? How frustrating! However, scientists are beginning to believe that some people get the ability to stay thin from their parents.

Scientists say that when some people eat, their bodies will naturally store the excess energy from food as fat. These people gain weight if they eat more than they need each day. Meanwhile, other people eat more than they need but their bodies are able to “burn off” the extra food without making fat.

To show that this is true, scientists have experimented on laboratory mice. They gave the mice a special diet with a lot of fat. Some mice gained weight while the other mice stayed thin even though both groups of mice ate the same amount of food and got the same amount of exercise. Scientists concluded that weight gain seemed to be influenced by genetic factors. They also believe they have now identified the genes that may cause this tendency. These genes, according to the scientists, get passed down the generations. Armed with this knowledge, they believe it may be possible to develop medicines that can target the genes and stop people from gaining weight.

The study of weight gain is becoming more important as the number of people who are overweight continues to grow. In the United States over seventy percent of the population have weight problems. This means they are at risk of illnesses such as high blood pressure and heart disease.

Current medicines for weight control do not work very well because they can have serious side effects, such as heart problems. However it takes a long time to develop and thoroughly test new drugs.

1. What’s the purpose of Paragraph 1?

A．To give some suggestions.	B．To entertain the readers.
C．To lead in the topic of the text.	D．To support an idea.

2. Why do scientists experiment on laboratory mice?

A．To prove some people get fat if they eat more than they need while others not.

B．To show they have great interest in helping people keep thin.

C．To show some people never be fat no matter how much they eat.

D．To prove people get the ability to keep thin from their parents.

3. What does the underlined phrase “burn off” in paragraph 2mean?

A．reduce

B．store

C．refuse

D．digest

4. What can be concluded according to the last two paragraphs ?

A．Americans face more weight problems.	B．If we exercise enough, we will keep thin.
C．Being overweight may cause some illnesses.	D．Current medicines can’t help to control weight.

5 . If a pancake could dream, it might long for legs so it could jump off your breakfast plate in pursuit of a better, unchewed life. But legs aren’t necessary for something as flat as a pancake to jump around. A group of scientists have designed a pancake-shaped robot that can jump several times per second and higher than seven times its body height. The new robot named Hop, which swiftly jumps without feet, is an important contribution to the soft robotics.

Many ground robots move by rolling or walking. But it’s more efficient for robots to jump over obstacles (障碍物) than to go around them. Although jumping can offer some robots a competitive edge, engineering that ability has been a challenge for robotics researchers. Some soft robots that store energy can perform a single impressive jump very infrequently. Some lightweight soft robots that don’t store energy can jump frequently but can’t jump high or far enough to successfully cross an obstacle.

For inspiration, the researchers looked to gall midge larvae (瘿蚊幼虫) that miraculously throw themselves across distances 30 times as long as their loglike bodies. A gall midge larva bends its body and squeezes the liquid in its body to one end, making it rigid (僵硬的). The accumulation of liquid builds up pressure, and releasing the pressure sends it soaring (飙升). The robot’s body doesn’t resemble (像) that of a gall midge larva, but it jumps like one. Its body is made of two small plastic bags printed with electrodes; the front bag is filled with liquid and the back one is filled with the same volume of air. The robot uses electricity to drive the flow of liquid, which causes the body to bend and generate force with the ground, resulting in a jump. And the air bag imitates the function of an animal’s tail, helping the robot keep a stable position.

While the robot is currently restricted to Earth, it might be right at home exploring another planet. If this is true, the researchers robot might jump over dusty rocks and large holes on the moon or Mars, going where no pancake has gone before.

1. What does the author want to show by mentioning a pancake?

A．A pancake’s dream to have legs is unrealistic.

B．A robot is capable of serving a good pancake.

C．A pancake-shaped robot can jump without legs.

D．Research on pancakes advances our understanding of robots.

2. What difficultly do robotics researchers have in developing Hop according to Paragraph 2?

A．Hop’s avoiding an obstacle.	B．Hop’s moving around by rolling.
C．Hop’s performing one remarkable jump.	D．Hop’s jumping high and far continuously.

3. What inspiration do the researchers draw from gall midge larvae?

A．They are shaped like logs.

B．They have tails to change positions.

C．They bend their bodies and increase force.

D．They are filled with liquid and have rigid bodies.

4. What is the author’s attitude to the future of the new robot?

A．Intolerant.

B．Positive.

C．Indifferent.

D．Ambiguous.

6 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

December 16, 2009 was the worst day of my mother’s life. It was the day I told her that her thirty-six-year-old daughter had stage Ⅲ breast cancer. I will never forget the look of despair in her tear-filled eyes as I told her. Seeing my mother sob uncontrollably broke my heart. It was one of the few times in my life that I saw my mother weak and vulnerable (脆弱的).

Since I had been diagnosed with advanced breast cancer, the doctors had a heavy-duty plan of attack to beat it, which would mean a double mastectomy, five months of chemotherapy, ovary obliteration, and five weeks of radiation. It also meant that a fiercely independent single girl who lived alone was in serious need of some help taking care of herself.

Thankfully. I was blessed with my own personal army of family, friends, and co-workers who had offered to help me out with whatever I might need, including meals and rides to doctors’ appointments. But.as grateful as I was, there really was only one person who I wanted by my side - my mom. My mother lived more than 300 miles away, but didn’t even give it a second thought. She was going to be my primary caregiver, chauffeur, personal chef, nursemaid, communications liaison, counselor, and shoulder to cry on. No one else in the world could fill her shoes. It was a job that only she could do.

The night after my first chemotherapy treatment is forever imprinted in my memory. I was never so sick in my entire life. I couldn’t even keep down a glass of water. And after-hours spent in the bathroom, I weakly lifted myself into bed, weeping, “Please, take this away from me. Please make me feel better.” At that moment, my mother crawled into bed with me, wrapped her entire body around me, and cried with me. Just like when I was a little girl, her arms enveloping me made it better.

注意：l. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Over the next six months, my mom traveled back and forth between two homes and two lives.

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I think about what my mother sacrificed while I was going through such a tough time in my life.

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8 . When I was a little boy, my Mom, Dad, brothers and I lived in my Nana’s old house. It was _________ by four huge vegetable gardens. And around the house were _________ so many flowers. It was so _________ there in the spring and summer. On the back porch (门廊) Nana had dozens of potted plants _________ on hooks (钩). She watered them, talked to them and _________ them. And in the winter she would carry them all _________ and set them on shelves near the windows of our enclosed front porch. There with a little water and a lot of love she kept them _______, green, and growing even during the _________, darkest months.

As a boy I was puzzled by all the _________ she put into them. I understood the vegetable gardens. They helped to __________ the family all winter long. The reason she put so much effort into __________ those potted plants, however, puzzled me. They didn’t give us any __________ and they rarely had any flowers on them. They __________ a mystery (神秘) to my child’s mind.

Now as I’ve grown older I am beginning to understand. It is the same reason I have so many __________ of sunrises and forests hanging in my home. They __________ me during the dark, cold, winter months full of bare trees and yellow grass that light, love, and growth still exist.

1.

A．united

B．gathered

C．surrounded

D．played

2.

A．lost

B．destroyed

C．removed

D．planted

3.

A．useful

B．beautiful

C．meaningful

D．powerless

4.

A．hanging

B．turning

C．carrying

D．changing

5.

A．visited

B．studied

C．ignored

D．tended

6.

A．outside

B．inside

C．below

D．above

7.

A．serious

B．lovely

C．alive

D．pale

8.

A．coldest

B．highest

C．best

D．hottest

9.

A．opportunity

B．challenge

C．effort

D．possibility

10.

A．remove

B．reach

C．urge

D．feed

11.

A．waiting for

B．worrying about

C．caring for

D．asking about

12.

A．food

B．clothes

C．book

D．gift

13.

A．returned

B．remained

C．increased

D．softened

14.

A．pictures

B．chances

C．dreams

D．senses

15.

A．criticize

B．inform

C．warm

D．remind