1 . If you are already making the time to exercise, it is good indeed! With such busy lives, it can be hard to try and find the time to work out.     1     Working out in the morning provides additional benefits beyond being physically fit.

Your productivity is improved. Exercising makes you more awake and ready to handle whatever is ahead of you for the day.     2    

Your metabolism(新陈代谢) gets a head start.     3     If you work out in the mornings, then you will be getting the calorie(卡路里) burning benefits for the whole day, not in your sleep.

    4     Studies found that people who woke up early for exercise slept better than those who exercised in the evening. Exercise energizes you, so it is more difficult to relax and have a peaceful sleep when you are very excited.

    5     If you work out bright and early in the morning, you will be more likely to stick to healthy food choices throughout the day. Who would want to ruin their good workout by eating junk food? You will want to continue to focus on positive choices.

There are a lot of benefits to working out, especially in the mornings. Set your alarm clock an hour early and push yourself to work out! You will feel energized all day long.

A．You will stick to your diet.

B．Your quality of sleep improves.

C．You prefer healthy food to fast food.

D．There is no reason you should exercise in the morning.

E．You can keep your head clear for 4-10 hours after exercise.

F．After you exercise, you continue to burn calories throughout the day.

G．If you are planning to do exercise regularly, or you’re doing it now, then listen up!

2 . Toronto Zoo

You may think you need to look far and wide for the best zoos in the world but there’s an impressive zoo right here in Canada. The Toronto Zoo is home to over 16,000 animals. The zoo also has an amazing Discovery Zone for children to learn more about the animals and their natural habits. Another thing that makes this zoo worthy of a visit? Its conservation policy. The Toronto Zoo has helped in the effort to conserve endangered animals from all around the world, and is presently one of the very few animal-friendly zoos in North America.

Basel Zoological Garden

Basel Zoo, which lies in Basel, Switzerland is a non-profit 200 that first opened up in 1874 making it one of the word’s oldest. Rated as one of the top 200 in the world by Forbes Traveler in 2008. Basel Zoo is an awe-inspiring sight to see. There are presently over 6, 000 unique animals housed there. Basel Zoo has also bred(繁殖)several endangered animals, making it one of the most animal-friendly zoos, too,

National Zoological Gardens of South Africa

As the largest 200 in South Africa, there isn’t much you won ‘t see at this amazing habitat for animals. While many of the animals have been bred and raised in the zoo, there is enough room in this vast park for the animals to run freely. Here you’ll find African animals and the third latest collection of fantastic trees in South Africa. If you’re looking for an adventure—packed day, with its magnificent animals in a cruelty—free environment, a trip to pretoria, it may be your best bet.

1. How many aspect make Toronto Zoo special?

A．Five.

B．Four.

C．Three.

D．Two.

2. In what way is Basel Zoological Garden different from the other two?

A．It offers children a special zone.

B．Visitors can see animals run freely.

C．It lies on the mountain top.

D．It doesn’t run for profits.

3. Where can you see a large collection of fantastic trees besides animals?

A．National Zoological Gardens.

B．Discovery Zone.

C．Basel Zoological Garden.

D．Toronto Zoo.

3 . Travel is one of the most exciting experiences a human being can have. Imagine how Italian traveler Marco Polo must have felt when he found himself on Chinese soil, seeing a way of life quite different from anything he’d seen before.

And how marvelous must it have been to listen to Zhang Qian when he returned to China from his journey through Central Asia and West Asia? His brain must have been packed with everything he’d seen and heard, leading to the founding of the Silk Road.

Some people have traveled all over the world, and travel is a way of life to them. They perhaps know what to expect before they travel. That’s why the best travel is when it’s for the first time. Imagine a person who has always wanted to travel to the United States. Of course, they’ve probably seen the Statue of Liberty a thousand times on TV, and the White House, and all the other famous sights. But none of that would compare to the thrill of looking out of the cabin window as the plane lands, watching the cities and streets of the real America come into view.

Although travel is often just for recreation, it’s also educational. We may not know that we are getting an education, but we still are.

We’re learning every day: new words in a new language, new people, and new ways of life. But this learning takes place in the school of the world, not the classroom. One of the lessons we learn is undoubtedly a moral one. As we get to know foreign places, we come to understand that there are many different ways to live, and that the way we live isn’t necessarily the best way. The British politician Benjamin Disraeli summed this up well when he said, “Travel teaches toleration.”

1. The author uses Marco Polo and Zhang Qian as examples to       .

A．explain how the Silk Road was founded

B．present travel as an amazing experience

C．show how the way people travel has changed

D．describe important cultural exchanges in history

2. By saying “the best travel is when it’s for the first time”, the author means that       .

A．one’s first trip is usually the most challenging

B．no other trip is better than one’s first trip

C．there is always much to learn on one’s first trip

D．people usually make better preparations for their first trip

3. The underlined word in paragraph 4 probably means       .

A．learning	B．knowledge
C．fun	D．risk

4. According to the last two paragraphs, the author believes that       .

A．traveling should be included in formal education

B．traveling improves people’s confidence in their lifestyle

C．a foreign journey may raise people’s cultural understanding

D．there is more to learn from adventures than being in classroom

4 . The Lantern Festival is a traditional Chinese festival with great significance, which is on the 15^th of the first lunar month, marking the end of New Year celebrations. Here are several things you should know about the Lantern Festival.

♦ The Origins of Chinese lanterns

The origins of Chinese lanterns date back to the Stone Age. The coming of the Bronze Age saw the development of various kinds of lanterns, of which palace lanterns were the most fascinating.     1     Various lantern festivals became a hit during the Sui Dynasty, and during the Southern Song Dynasty, the custom of writing riddles on lantern arose. During the Qing Dynasty, magnificent exhibitions of lanterns were held in the capital city.

♦ Eating small dumpling balls

Just as the name implies, an important part of the Lantern Festival, or Yuan Xiao Festival, is to eat small dumpling balls made of sticky rice flour. We call these balls Yuan Xiao, or Tang Yuan.     2     The dumpling symbolizes family unity, completeness and happiness.

♦     3    

When it comes to the Lantern Festival, “Guessing lantern riddles” is an essential component. Lantern owners will write riddles on a piece of paper and post them on the lanterns in advance. If visitore can answer the riddles, they will get a little gift.

♦ Watching fireworks

At night, in addition to lighted lanterns, fireworks form a grand scene. Most families save some fireworks from the Spring Festival and set them off during the Lantern Festival.     4    

♦ Dragon dance

The dragon dance is often performed during the Chinese New Year period.     5     They are believed to bring good luck to people, therefore the longer the dragon in the dance, the more luck it will bring to the community.

A．Guessing lantern riddles

B．Chinese dragons are a symbol of China.

C．The ways of celebrating the Lantern Festival

D．Obviously, they get the name from the festival.

E．All the Chinese people like watching dragon dance.

F．Later, decorative lanterns came to be used in festivals.

G．Some local governments will even organize a fireworks display.

5 . Ecotourism(生态旅游): A Different Way to Travel

Are you attracted to obscure(偏远的)places? Do you prefer to vacation away from other tourists? Are you careful to take only memories and to leave only footprints? If you answered yes to more than one of these questions, you just might be an ecotourist.

Ecotourists are people who want to experience the unspoiled natural world and leave it that way when they return home. This trend started in the 1990s and ecotourism is now growing three times faster than the tourism industry at large. The Ecuador’s remote Amazon Basin(盆地) is contributing to that expansion, and it gives a snapshot of what ecotourism looks like.

At the Ecolodge, a small group of cabins(小屋) sits Kapawi Ecolodge in the middle of the Achuar people’s reserve(保护区) and is only reached by air. From here, visitors can explore parts of the Amazon rainforest seen by few outsiders. As they do local Achuar guides explain how the forest is like their supermarket, where they find food, clothing, medicine and tools. As a result, tourists learn to appreciate the local culture as well as the natural environment.

The owners of Kapawi pay monthly rent to the Achuar people, but they also train the community to run and manage the lodge. They have agreed on a plan to turn the operation over to the Achuar completely by 2011.The owners are working to make ecotourism benefit and empower the local people.

You probably won’t start your own ecolodge, but you can be an ecotourist if you follow these guidelines: Protect the environment; Support local businesses; Respect the local customs and traditions.

The world is full of fascinating places to visit. As an ecotourist, you can enjoy them yourself and make sure that they remain beautiful for future generations as well.

1. According to the text, the ecotourists should be________.

A．those who like to experience the easily-remembered natural environment

B．those who like to go to their travelling places by hiking

C．those who prefer an undamaged natural world and remain what it used to be

D．those who prefer unique natural environment of cultural relics

2. At the Kapawi ecolodge, visitors can’t________.

A．explore the Amazon rainforest

B．reach there by air

C．live in the Achuar reserve

D．see many travelers from outside

3. Which of the words is closest in meaning to the word “snapshot” in the second paragraph?

A．Idea.	B．Aim.
C．Adventure.	D．Opportunity.

4. We can learn from the passage that________.

A．the Kapawi Ecolodge will continue to run and manage the lodge after 2011

B．the Kapawi Ecolodge owners are the Achuar in favor of ecotourism

C．the Achuar people have benefited a lot by collecting money from ecotourists

D．the owners of Kapawi encourage tourists to appreciate the Achuar culture

6 . Why do people travel? There are many reasons one can think of when asked questions like this.

To travel far enough to meet yourself

Sometimes you find yourself in the middle of nowhere.     1     You find out your abilities. When you are offered a different lifestyle, you can find out what you are made of. The farther you go from your home, the nearer you come to your true self.

    2    

If you look back at all the amazing memories of your life, you will realize that most of them were out of your comfort zone. Travelling is dangerous, full of life threatening possibilities and will not always be comfortable, but at the same time, it gives irreplaceable memories.

To slow down and relax

A wise man once said that never get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life. Money is worth nothing if you cannot spend it on a little adventure. While we are deeply involved in making money, we forget that time is going through our fingers.     3     The feeling of being away from your workplace is pure happiness. The feeling of not having to worry about the never ending piles of files is pure joy.     4    

To celebrate life

Life is short and the world is wide. One day you might wake up and realize that you don’t have time to do everything that you have always wanted to do, anymore. Once in a while, make time to appreciate the fact that you are alive, young, free and healthy.     5    

A．To become a storyteller.

B．Travelling lets you discover yourself.

C．To break through your comfort zone.

D．So, go travelling to celebrate life itself.

E．You can relate to the world and connect to others.

F．And the feeling of being away from your boss for a few days is pure pleasure.

G．Escape life for a little while because experience is far more valuable than money.

7 . Researchers have created a backpack that has a computer and medicines in it that can help even untrained soldiers save the lives of wounded troops. Wounded soldiers have a better chance of survival if they get help soon after being hurt and are quickly taken to a hospital or clinic. But soldiers who do not have medical training may not know how to help their injured friends.

Doctors and engineers have developed what they call an “intelligent backpack”.It has a computer and electronic measuring devices. The backpack also has robotic instruments and medicines ready to give to injured troops.

About 16 doctors and engineers from the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University and several other places are working on the project. The U. S. Department of Defense has given money to the project.

Ron Poropatich leads the project. He is a retired army surgeon. He says the backpack will help soldiers care for those who are injured. The devices included in the backpack can monitor a person^ heart rate and blood pressure. The robotic instruments can even tell whether the soldier has a collapsed lung.

The intelligent backpack's computer can compare information gathered about the injured soldier with thousands of similar cases, and quickly tell the best methods to use to save the soldier’s life.

Sometimes, it is not always possible to quickly remove the injured soldier from the battlefield.So,Dr. Poropatich says, the researchers hope to create a backpack that will have devices .that can keep a .soldier alive for a long time. Dr. Poropatich hopes the backpack and its instruments will be ready for testing animals in about three years.

1. What can we learn from the first paragraph?

A．The backpack can play a big part in the battlefield.

B．Most of the soldiers can’t use the backpack correctly.

C．Soldiers should have taken medical training.

D．War or battle has brought harm to the world.

2. How many kinds of items are mentioned in the backpack?

A．4.	B．5.
C．3.	D．2.

3. What can we know according to Ron Poropatich?

A．The project got support from the whole world.

B．The robotic instruments can monitor lungs.

C．The injurer's heart disease can he cured.

D．The devices can adjust soldiers’ blood pressure.

4. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A．Researchers and Their Wonderful Discovery

B．Medical Care Tested on the Wounded Soldiers

C．Emergency Medical Care in a Backpack

D．Robotic Devices Used in the Battlefield

8 . Are people less happy or more happy the older they get? A study found that people generally become happier and experience less worry after age 50. In fact, it found that by the age of 85, people are happier with their life than they were at 18.

The finding came from a Gallup survey of more than 340,000 adults between the age of 18 and 85 in the United States.

Arthur Stone in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Stony Brook University in New York led the study. His team found that levels of stress were highest among adults between the ages of 22 and 25. Stress levels dropped sharply after people reached their fifties.

Happiness was highest among the youngest adults and those in their early seventies. But the people least likely to report feeling negative emotions were those in their seventies and eighties. The survey also found that men and women had similar emotional patterns as they grow older. However, women at all ages reported more sadness, stress and worry than men did.

The researchers also considered possible influences like having young children, being unemployed or being single. But they found that influences like these did not affect the levels of happiness and well-being related to age.

So why would happiness increase with age? One theory is that, as people get older, they become more thankful for what they have and have better control of their emotions. They also spend less time thinking about bad experiences.

The original goal of the study was to confirm the popular belief that aging is connected with increased sleep problems. The survey did find an increase during middle age, especially in women. But except for that, people reported that they felt their sleep quality improved as they got older.

1. Old people may be happier probably because _________.

A．their children have grown up	B．they don’t have to work every day
C．they can do whatever they like best	D．they are most likely satisfied with life

2. According to the survey, when will adults feel most stressful?

A．In their twenties.	B．In their fifties.
C．In their seventies.	D．In their eighties.

3. What may make Arthur Stone a bit surprised?

A．Women usually live longer than men.	B．Middle-age men mostly are very rich.
C．Old people usually have a better sleep.	D．Most of old people can’t sleep well at night.

4. Which of the following may be the topic of this passage?

A．The difference between men and women.	B．Old people’s feeling of happiness.
C．The young people and the old people.	D．The connection of sleep and happiness.

9 . Animals can move from place to place, but plants cannot. When an animal is under attack, it can run away or fight back. Plants certainly cannot run away, and they lack teeth and claws. But plants can defend themselves by using both physical and chemical means.

Some plants have their own ways to keep animals away. For example, the leaves of the holly plant have sharp spines (刺) that discourage grass-eating animals. Holly leaves on lower branches have more spines than leaves on upper branches. This is because the lower leaves are easier for most animals to reach.

Some plants, such as the oak tree, have thick and hard leaves that are difficult for animals to eat. Some grasses may contain a sandy material; eating such grasses wears down the animal's teeth.

Many plants also have chemical defenses. Some plants produce chemicals that taste bitter or cause an unpleasant reaction. Some plants may fight against an attack by increasing the production of these chemicals. When a caterpillar (毛虫) bites a tobacco leaf, the leaf produces a chemical messenger. This messenger sends to the roots the information to produce more nicotine. The higher levels of nicotine discourage the caterpillar.

Many plants depend on both physical and chemical defenses. A certain plant in China, for instance, has prickly (多刺的) leaves, and each prickle contains poisonous venom (毒液). A single experience with this kind of plant will teach an animal to stay away from it in the future.

1. The holly plant has more spines on the lower leaves because most animals________.

A．are not tall enough	B．like the lower leaves only
C．are not clever enough	D．can get the lower leaves easily

2. To defend themselves, oak trees use________.

A．chemical means	B．physical means
C．bitter chemicals	D．sandy materials

3. How does tobacco protect itself against an attack from a caterpillar?

A．Its leaves fight against the attack by physical means.

B．Its roots send a messenger to discourage the caterpillar.

C．Its roots increase the production of nicotine when it is attacked.

D．Its leaves produce poisonous sand to drive the caterpillar away.

4. What would be the best title for this passage?

A．Plants and Animals	B．How Plants Defend Themselves
C．Attacks and Defenses	D．How Animals Eat Plant Leaves

10 . A Race Against Death

It was a cold January in 1925 in Nome, Alaska. The town was cut off from the rest of the world due to heavy snow.

On the 20th of that month, Dr. Welch _______a sick boy, Billy, and knew he had diphtheria, a deadly infectious(传染的) disease mainly affecting children. The children of Nome would be _______if it struck the town. Dr. Welch needed medicine as soon as possible to stop other kids from getting sick. _______, the closest supply was over 1,000 miles away, in Anchorage.

How could the medicine get to Nome? The town’s _______was already full of ice, so it couldn’t come by ship. Cars and horses couldn’t travel on the _______roads. Jet airplanes and big trucks didn’t exist yet.

_______January 26, Billy and three other children had died. Twenty more were _______. Nome’s town officials came up with a(n)_______. They would have the medicine sent by _______from Anchorage to Nenana. From there, dogsled(狗拉雪橇) drivers — known as ＂mushers＂ — would __________it to Nome in a relay(接力).

The race began on January 27. The first musher, Shannon, picked up the medicine from the train at Nenana and rode all night. __________he handed the medicine to the next musher, Shannon’s face was black from the extreme cold.

On January 31, a musher named Seppala had to __________a frozen body of water called Norton Sound. It was the most __________part of the journey. Norton Sound was covered with ice, which could sometimes break up without warning. If that happened, Seppala might fall into the icy water below. He would __________, and so would the sick children of Nome. But Seppala made it across.

A huge snowstorm hit on February 1. A musher named Kaasen had to brave this storm. At one point, huge piles of snow blocked his__________. He had to leave the trail(雪橇痕迹) to get around them. Conditions were so bad that it was impossible for him to __________the trail again. The only hope was Balto, Kaasen’s lead dog. Balto put his nose to the ground, __________to find the smell of other dogs that had traveled on the trail. If Balto failed, it would mean disaster for Nome. The minutes passed by. Suddenly, Balto began to __________. He had found the trail.

At 5:30 am on February 2, Kaasen and his dogs __________in Nome. Within minutes, Dr. Welch had the medicine. He quickly gave it to the sick children. All of them recovered.

Nome had been __________.1.

A．examined

B．warned

C．interviewed

D．cured

2.

A．harmless

B．helpless

C．fearless

D．careless

3.

A．Moreover

B．Therefore

C．Otherwise

D．However

4.

A．airport

B．station

C．harbor

D．border

5.

A．narrow

B．snowy

C．busy

D．dirty

6.

A．From

B．On

C．By

D．After

7.

A．tired

B．upset

C．pale

D．sick

8.

A．plan

B．excuse

C．message

D．topic

9.

A．air

B．rail

C．sea

D．road

10.

A．carry

B．return

C．mail

D．give

11.

A．Though

B．Since

C．When

D．If

12.

A．enter

B．move

C．visit

D．cross

13.

A．shameful

B．boring

C．dangerous

D．foolish

14.

A．escape

B．bleed

C．swim

D．die

15.

A．memory

B．exit

C．way

D．destination

16.

A．find

B．fix

C．pass

D．change

17.

A．pretending

B．trying

C．asking

D．learning

18.

A．run

B．leave

C．bite

D．play

19.

A．gathered

B．stayed

C．camped

D．arrived

20.

A．controlled

B．saved

C．founded

D．developed