1 . How exercising changed their life

Name: Katelyn Block, 19 The problem: At the end of her junior year of high school, she fell into a serious eating disorder. The change: She was an athlete, but while she was sick, she stopped running. Later, she decided to get back into running. She made the decision to build her body back from the ground up. With a few months of hard work and determination, she graduated from high school with a healthy body.

Name: Amalia Biro, 24 The problem: Amalia was a horseback rider with her sight set on the Olympics, until one day she was thrown off a horse, leaving her left knee badly injured. The change: She ran a 5K at the request of her friend. Running lets her clear her head. She found herself starting to turn to running instead of breaking away from her social life. And she was in good shape and felt better than before.

Name: Sarah Jane Parker, 28 The problem: She had a lot of fear and anxiety about different things. The fear was taking over her life. The change: She tried indoor rock climbing with her friend’s encouragement. When she finally managed to climb to the top, she fell in love with the sport. Eventually she used the courage she got from climbing to break away from her fear.

Name: Kimberly Whittaker, 25 The problem: Two car accidents in one month made Kimberly have joint problems in both knees and pain in her lower back. The change: She joined a gym and worked with a physical trainer three times a week to help her become healthy again. She took spin classes (动感单车) the most often because she felt like she was able to focus her energy just on riding.

1. What was the problem that Katelyn was facing?

A．She got a fever.	B．She was anxious.
C．She couldn’t eat normally.	D．She hurt her knees.

2. What do Amalia and Sarah have in common?

A．They had the same dream.	B．They attended the Olympics.
C．They didn’t trust themselves.	D．They should thank their friends.

3. How did Kimberly become healthy again?

A．By changing her diet.	B．By seeing a doctor.
C．By joining a gym.	D．By studying hard.

2 . A quick walk onto a frozen pond (池塘) could have been a disaster for these two boys.

Cruz Genet, 11, and Anthony Skopick, 10, couldn’t agree more. Were the birds out on the ice ducks or geese? There was only one way to find out. So on a cold January evening last year, the two friends walked onto the frozen pond near their homes to get a better look.

First, they threw a rock onto the ice to test it. Believing the ice would hold their weight, Anthony took a few steps, and then he crashed through the seemingly frozen surface. “There was no sound and no crack”, he told the reporter. “I just fell through immediately.”

Cruz rushed to help his frightened friend. And he fell in the pond, too. Cruz managed to lift himself out of the water and onto a harder part. He then carefully worked his way toward Anthony, but he fell in the pond again. This time, he couldn’t get out.

The two boys were in icy cold water and quickly losing feeling in their limbs (四肢). Cruz was sure that he was going to die.

Anthony’s older sister had seen the boys fall through the ice and started shouting for help. John Lavin, a neighbor driving nearby on his way to the store, heard her. He quickly pulled over. Seeing the boys, he took a nearby buoy (浮标), kicked off his shoes, and ran into the water. Lavin made his way to Cruz and Anthony and drew them back to land. They were taken to hospital, where doctors discovered that their five-minute stay in the water had lowered their body temperature nearly ten degrees.

Luckily, the boys have fully recovered, though they are still a little awestruck (敬畏的) by their fearless neighbor. “Just to think,” says Cruz, “if he hadn’t been there, I could have died.”

1. Why did the boys go to the frozen pond?

A．They had planned to go skating on the ice for a medal.

B．They wondered whether the ice could hold their weight.

C．They wanted to have a better understanding at the pond.

D．They were curious about what birds there were on the ice.

2. Before the boys walked onto the ice,           .

A．they threw a rock to test if the ice was strong enough

B．they caught a nearby buoy and kicked off their shoes

C．they asked their neighbor who should be the first to go

D．they asked Anthony’s older sister to protect them nearby

3. What did Cruz do when Anthony fell into the pond?

A．He went to find a buoy nearby.	B．He went to his neighbor for help.
C．He rushed in to help his friend.	D．He went to ask for his sister’s help.

4. What can we infer from this passage?

A．A stranger passing by rescued the two boys at last.

B．The two boys were very thankful to their neighbor.

C．Cruz fell into the pond with Anthony at the same time.

D．Anthony’s older sister invited the two boys to the pond.

3 . 假定你是天津和平中学的王华，从互联网上得知一个国际中学生组织将在伦敦举办夏令营，欢迎各国学生参加。你对这个活动非常感兴趣，也想参加。请你写一封电子邮件给活动的负责人史密斯先生，申请参加。内容主要包括：
1.自我介绍（学英语超过十年，可以与人用英语无障碍交流……）；
2.参加活动意图（介绍中国，了解其他国家）；
3.希望获得批准。
要求：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯
3.邮件的开头结尾已经写好
Dear Mr. Smith，

I am Wang Hua,

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Yours,

Wang Hua

4 . 假设你是李华，你所在的英语社团近期将举办一场主题为“Money isn’t everything in life ”的演讲比赛，请你就此写一篇发言稿。
注意：词数100左右
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6 . Do you often listen to music at loud volumes? You should know that this habit is bad for your hearing, according to the World Health Organization(WHO).

Over 1 billion young people are at risk of hearing loss due to listening to loud noises for long periods of time, WHO said.    1    

The United Nations has standards for safe listening. It is not safe to listen to sounds that are louder than 85 decibels (dB,分贝) for eight hours or 100 dB for 15 minutes. The sound of a busy road is about 85 dB and the sound of a rock concert can be about 100 dB.

    2     Most of us are born with about 16,000 hair cells(听毛细胞）in our inner ears. These cells detect sounds. However, listening to loud noises for a long time can make these cells work too hard and cause some of them to die.    3    

Some people might think that their music isn't all that loud.     4    For example, if you are in a noisy place like the subway, you might turn up your music too loud without realizing it. Later, when you listen to it at the same volume in a quiet place, it may sound uncomfortably loud.

WHO said the “safe level” for most sound is below 80 decibels for up to 40 hours a week.     5    .

A．This is what causes hearing loss.

B．But this can depend on where you are.

C．Loud noises are harmful to the inner ear.

D．There are different ways to protect your hearing.

E．A level of 80 decibels is roughly equal to the noise of a subway.

F．Young people are more sensitive to different sounds than elder people.

G．Listening to music or watching a TV show at loud volumes can harm your hearing.

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。

The job of a scientist is to find out the     1    （true）in the field of science. It is a     2    （challenge）profession. Scientists usually have to do thousands of     3    （experiment）in order to prove something.     4     they are often disappointed if they fail, most of them never give up. My next door neighbor is a scientist,     5     studies radiation.

He is always working in his lab,     6    （try）to figure out all the mysteries that make him     7    （puzzle）. When I met him the other day, he had just come back from work, looking excited. He told me he had had     8    breakthrough. He sounded so trilled. Then I noticed that he was wearing shoes that did not match. He must have been working     9    hard to notice! I think it's good to do a job that you are interested in. Otherwise you will get bored     10    （easy）.

9 . Jack worked for the Canadian government. One day he was told to learn more about wolves. Do wolves kill lots of caribou (北美驯鹿)? Do they kill people?

The government gave Jack lots of food, clothes and guns. Then they put him on a plane and took him to a lonely place. The plane landed, put him down and left. There were no houses or people in this place. But there were lots of wolves.

People tell horrible stories about wolves. They say wolves like to kill and eat people. Jack was afraid when he thought of these stories. He always took his gun with him.

Then one day, he saw a group of wolves. There was a mother wolf with four baby wolves. A father wolf and another young wolf lived with them.

Jack watched these wolves every day. The mother was a very good mother. She gave milk to her babies. She gave them lessons about life. They learned how to catch food. The father wolf got food for the mother. The young wolf played with the children. They were a nice and happy wolf family. Jack did not need his gun any more. In a short time, he got along well with the family. Jack watched them for five months.

Later Jack wrote a book about wolves. He wanted people to understand them and not to kill them.

1. Where did the government take Jack?

A．To a quiet island.	B．To a lonely place.
C．To a noisy city.	D．To a small village.

2. Who gave lessons about life to the baby wolves?

A．The father wolf	B．The young wolf.
C．The mother wolf.	D．The government.

3. What does the underlined word “horrible" in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A．Exciting.

B．Boring.

C．Funny.

D．Terrible.

4. Jack wrote a book about wolves because he wanted people to________.

A．give more room to them.	B．hunt and kill them.
C．give more food to them.	D．understand them and stop killing them.