2 . Research has showed physical activities are very important for students. So many schools are now encouraging students to take part in any form of healthy exercise.

Physical education is an important part of healthy living for people of all age groups, especially for the students. This is because school life is full of stress.

Besides that, in today’s world, many school children eat unhealthy foods. These may include soft drinks, pizzas and burgers. Eating these foods can make school children gain weight.

Physical education at school helps prevent school children from putting on weight. Physical exercise and activities will help them burn off more calories (卡路里). If these calories are not burned off, they will be stored as fat.

At the same time, such activities play an important role in the growth and development of the bones (骨骼). Exercise such as jumping is especially important for school children.

A physically active student will also have a healthy heart. Research shows that kids who perform aerobic (有氧的) exercise, two to three times a week for at least twenty minutes, have a healthier heart compared with those who don’t take part in physical exercise. Some kinds of the healthy aerobic exercise are playing basketball, playing soccer and so on.

1. What are many schools encouraging their students to do?

A．Study hard and get good grades.

B．Join in different kinds of sports games.

C．Take part in any form of healthy exercise.

D．Take part in different kinds of after-school activities.

2. What does the underlined word “gain” mean in Paragraph 3?

A．Prevent

B．Discuss

C．Lose

D．Increase

3. What does the writer mainly tell us in the passage?

A．It’s not easy for students to receive physical education.

B．Physical activities are good for students in many ways.

C．Those who don’t take part in physical exercise can’t keep fit.

D．Students should have more time to receive knowledge and education.

4. What’s the best title for the passage?

A．Healthy living habits

B．Students’ school life

C．Exercise more to keep healthy

D．Different kinds of aerobic exercise

3 . 英雄，是每个时代的必要产物，是人类社会不断发展与进步的推动力，是每个人心目中无法磨灭至死不渝的信仰。请你以“A Chinese Hero in My Eyes”为题，写一篇短文向你校英语报投稿，内容包括：
1. 你眼中的英雄简介；
2. 说明理由；
3. 你眼中的英雄对你的影响。
注意: 1. 词数100左右；
2. 短文题目己为你喜好, 不计入总词数。

A Chinese Hero in My Eyes

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4 . The photographs that Scilla took as a 16-year-old girl on the streets of London in 1955 stayed largely in her album over the years. Scilla is now 83, and her self-developed black-and-white photos have been brought back to life after they were discovered by a teenage photographer.

Over the past year, Philip Loveday, 16, has been revisiting his grandmother’s path across the capital to carefully rephotograph the pictures. His journey through time with a camera has been especially moving, because his grandmother, Scilla, has Alzheimer’s disease (阿尔茨海默症) and has lost many of her memories.

Philip took new photos that looked like the ones Scilla took long ago, and put them in a new album. Each page of Scilla’s old album was copied and put in the new one, with Philip’s new photos on the opposite pages. Philip’s mother, Catherine Loveday, said Scilla had been happy with the new album, which had “put her back in her shoes” as a teenager.

Philip said his mother showed him the album she had found at her mother’s house. Greatly absorbed in how modern London would compare to the city photographed by his grandmother, Philip and his mother began to make trips into central London. During the trips, they had the idea of retaking the photos.

Some of the places are similar, like Big Ben. Others show how the city has modernized. Unlike Scilla’s view of St. Paul’s Cathedral from the Thames, Philip’s retake has the Millenium Bridge. When Scilla photographed the John Lewis store on Oxford Street, it was a one-storey building—now it has seven floors. Philip had to use his imagination to recreate other sights. Scilla has repeatedly returned to her new album since receiving it. Philip said: ”It’s nice for her to see someone taking an interest in those photos and going back over them, and also good for her to connect her past to where are now.“

1. What did Philip do for Scilla during the past year?

A．He taught her how to use a camera.	B．He took her to visit London streets.
C．He found a new way to treat her disease.	D．He recreated photos of London she had taken.

2. What influence did Philip’s work have on Scilla?

A．It inspired her to take photos.	B．It made her think of her teenage days.
C．It encouraged her to travel across London.	D．It raised her confidence to fight off illness

3. What does the underlined word “absorbed” in paragraph 4 mean?

A．Troubled.

B．Interested.

C．Experienced.

D．Disappointed.

4. What is the best title of this passage?

A．A teenager sensed the great changes of London.

B．An old lady suffered a lot from Alzheimer’s disease.

C．A teenager and his mother travelled to London for fun.

D．Retaken photos awakened old memories.

7 . A talented teen painter in Waterbury is helping her very sick father with her love of art. The 15-year-old girl from Waterbury could become a well-known artist one day. For now, though, part of her love for painting is the chance to help her dad, who’s ill. “It’s kind of like an ache-a heartbreak,” she said. “You never want to see one of your loved ones get hurt. ”

Her father is suffering from type-one diabetes (糖尿病) and is having trouble affording his mounting medical bills. “I’m suffering from heart disease, and blindness from my diabetes,” her father said. Angie has decided to put her talent as an artist to good use.

On Saturday, Sept. 23 from noon to 4 p. m., she’s hosting her own one day art exhibition (展览) to sell her paintings and raise money mainly for her father’s medical bills. “Angie’s Art Exhibition” will be at the North End Recreation Centre, located at 262 North Main Street in Waterbury. She’s also using it to help the Fairfield Animal Shelter. Angie loves animals—you see that on many of her paintings.

This isn’t the first time Angie has put her paintbrush to good use helping others. Her mother tells News 8 that Angie has also used her work to help her community: a local family who lost their father, and children who needed school supplies.

“She has an angelic heart. If there were more people like her in the world, there wouldn’t be so much chaos (混乱) and hate. I just look up to her and say ‘I’m very proud of you,’ ”her father said.

“My dad’s a great person. Though he goes through this, he still loves me and supports me in any way he can. It makes me feel important, “she said.

1. What is the main reason why Angie is hosting her own art exhibition?

A．To show her talent as an artist.	B．To raise money to treat her father.
C．To sell her paintings to art collectors.	D．To support the Fairfield Animal Shelter.

2. What is Angie’s father’s opinion of her?

A．He expects her to become a world-famous artist.

B．He takes pride in her and considers her to be an angel.

C．He is disappointed in her for not concentrating on study.

D．He thinks she should focus on helping him instead of others.

3. Which of the following words can best describe Angie?

A．Artistic and caring.	B．Humorous and kind.
C．Independent and proud.	D．Knowledgeable and helpful.

4. What does the story intend to tell us?

A．It’s never too late to learn.

B．Study first and play afterwards.

C．The company of parents is important to children’s development.

D．Determination and creativity can be powerful tools to help those in need.

9 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. How long did it take from New York to Miami by air?

A．About 2 hours.

B．About 3 hours.

C．About 5 hours.

2. Why did the speaker go on holiday in Miami?

A．It was cheaper.

B．It was nearer.

C．It was warmer.

3. Where did the speaker eat breakfast?

A．In the hotel room.

B．In the dining hall.

C．Outdoors by the pool.

4. When did the speaker go dancing?

A．In the morning.

B．In the afternoon.

C．In the evening.

10 . Who knows the rules of American football well?

A．David.

B．Mary.

C．Frank.