1 . Many people think of guys as being carefree when it comes to their appearance. But in fact, a lot of guys spend plenty of time in front of the mirror. They care just as much as girls do about their body image.

Body image is a person's opinions and feelings about his or her own body and physical appearance.     1     You appreciate your body for its capabilities and accept its imperfections.     2     Here are some ideas.

Recognize your strengths.

Different body types are good for different things. What does your body do well? Maybe your speed, strength, or coordination makes you better than others at a certain sport. That may be basketball, table tennis, mountain biking, dancing, or even running. Or perhaps you have non－sports skills, like drawing, painting, singing, playing a musical instrument, writing, or acting.     3    

Exercise regularly.

Exercise can help you look well and feel good about yourself. Good physiques(体形) don't just happen.     4     A healthy habit can be as simple as exercising 20 minutes to 1 hour three days a week. Working out can also lift your spirits.

Respect your body.

Practising good habits－regular showering; taking care of your teeth, hair, and skin; wearing clean clothes, and so on－can help you build a positive body image.

    5    

Your body is just one part of who you are. Your talent for comedy, a quick wit(智慧), and all the other things make you unique. So try not to let small imperfections take over.

A．Be yourself.

B．Just explore talents that you feel good about.

C．So, what can you do to develop a positive body image?

D．Use this as an opportunity to discover what you're good at.

E．The good news is that self－image and body image can be changed.

F．They take hard work, regular workouts, and a healthy diet.

G．Having a positive body image means feeling satisfied with the way you look.

2 . The Diet Zone: A Dangerous Place
Diet Coke, diet Pepsi, diet pills, no-fat diet, vegetable diet… We are surrounded by the word “diet” everywhere we look and listen．We have so easily been attracted by the promise and potential of diet products that we have stopped thinking about what diet products are doing to us．We are paying for products that harm us psychologically and physically．
Diet products significantly weaken us psychologically．On one level, we are not allowing our brain to admit that our weight problems lie not in actually losing the weight, but in controlling the consumption of fatty, high-calorie, unhealthy foods．Diet products allow us to jump over the thinking stage and go straight for the scale（秤）instead．All we have to do is to swallow or recognize the word “diet” in food labels．
On another level, diet products have greater psychological effects．Every time we have a zero-calorie drink, we are telling ourselves without our awareness that we don’t have to work to get results．Diet products make people believe that____________, and that life can be without resistance and struggle．
The danger of diet products lies not only in the psychological effects they have on us, but also in the physical harm that they cause．Diet foods can indirectly harm our bodies because consuming them instead of healthy foods means we are preventing our bodies from having basic nutrients．Diet foods and diet pills contain zero calorie only because the diet industry has created chemicals to produce these wonder products．Diet products may not be nutritional, and the chemical that go into diet products are potentially dangerous．
Now that we are aware of the effects that diet products have on us, it is time to seriously think about buying them．Losing weight lies in the power of minds, not in the power of chemicals．Once we realize this, we will be much better able to resist diet products, and therefore prevent the psychological and physical harm that comes from using them．
1. From Paragraph 1, we learn that ________．

A．diet products fail to bring out people’s potential

B．people have difficulty in choosing diet products

C．diet products are misleading people

D．people are fed up with diet products

2. One psychological effect of diet products is that people tend to _____．

A．try out a variety of diet foods

B．hesitate before they enjoy diet foods

C．pay attention to their own eating habits

D．watch their weight rather than their diet

3. In Paragraph 3, “gain comes without pain” probably means ______．

A．losing weight is effortless

B．it costs a lot to lose weight

C．diet products bring no pain

D．diet products are free from calories

4. Diet products indirectly harm people physically because such products ______．

A．are over-consumed

B．lack basic nutrients

C．are short of chemicals

D．provide too much energy

3 . 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将选项涂黑。
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Gallery Policies for Visitors to National Gallery of Art, Washington

Visitors must present all carried items for inspection upon entry． After inspection, all bags, backpacks, umbrellas, parcels, and other things as determined by security officers must be left at the checkrooms, free of charge, close to each entrance．All oversized bags, backpacks, and luggage must be left at the checkrooms near the 4th Street entrance of either the East or West Building．These items will have to be x-rayed before being accepted．Items of value, such as laptop computers, cameras, and fur coats, may not be left in the checkrooms but may be carried into the galleries． We regret that we do not have enough space for visitor items larger than 17×26 inches into the Gallery or its checkrooms． Additional security procedures and checks may be taken according to the decision of the Gallery．

For the safety of the artworks and other visitors, nothing may be carried on a visitor’s back．Soft front baby carriers are allowed, but children may not be carried on shoulders or in a child carrier worn on the back．Pushchairs(童车) are available free of charge near each checkroom． Smoking is prohibited．Food and drink are not permitted outside the food service areas．Unopened bottled water may be carried only in a visitor’s bag．Cell phones may not be used in the galleries． Animals, other than service animals, are not permitted in the Gallery． Skateboarding is prohibited． Picture-taking (including video) for personal use is permitted except in special exhibitions and where specifically prohibited．Tripods (三角架) are not allowed． Please do not touch the works of art．

1. When people come to visit the Gallery, they should _______．

A．leave all their carried items at the checkrooms

B．have all their carried items x-rayed at the entrance

C．take all their carried items with them without inspection

D．have all their carried items inspected at the entrance

2. Parents with small children visiting the Gallery __________．

A．can carry their children in soft front child carriers

B．can carry their children on their shoulders

C．can carry their children in carriers worn on the back

D．ought to pay if they want to use pushchairs for their children

3. Visiting photographers should make sure that _______．

A．pictures and videos are allowed for personal use anywhere in the gallery

B．pictures and videos can be taken in some places for personal use

C．picture-taking and videoing are totally forbidden in the Gallery

D．tripods are allowed except in some special exhibitions

4 . Facebook CEO Zuckerberg just had a baby girl named Max, and to honor the occasion, he’s giving away the majority of his wealth. In the letter    1    (write) by Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, to    2    (they) new baby girl, he announced the birth of his first child and the    3    (create) of the Chan Zuckerberg Fund,     4    will focus on curing disease, connecting people and    5    (build) strong communities.

“For your generation to live in    6    better world, there is so much more our generation can do,” Zuckerberg wrote. “Today your mother and I are committing to spend our lives doing our small part to help solve these challenges.” The couple    7    (donate) nearly all of their Facebook stock to the cause. “We will give 99% of our Facebook shares—currently about $45 billion—to advance this    8    (value) mission,” he wrote. “We know this is a small contribution compared    9    all the resources and talents already working on these issues. But we want to do    10    we can, working along with many others.”

5 . In ancient Egypt, the pharaoh(法老) treated the poor message runner like a prince when he arrived at the palace, if he brought good news. However, if the exhausted runner had the misfortune to bring the pharaoh unhappy news, his head was cut off.

Shades of that spirit spread over today’s conversations. Once a friend and I packed up some peanut butter and sandwiches for an outing. As we walked light-heartedly out the door, picnic basket in hand, a smiling neighbor looked up at the sky and said, “Oh boy, bad day for a picnic.” The weatherman says “it’s going to rain.” I wanted to strike him on the face with the peanut butter and sandwiches. Not for his stupid weather report, for his smile!

Several months ago I was racing to catch a bus. As I breathlessly put my handful of cash across the Greyhound counter, the sales agent said with a broad smile, “Oh that bus left five minutes ago.” Dreams of head-cutting!

It’s not the news that makes someone angry. It’s the unsympathetic attitude with which it’s delivered. Everyone must give bad news from time to time, and winning professionals do it with the proper attitude. A doctor advising a patient that she needs an operation does it in a caring way. A boss informing an employee he didn’t get the job takes on a sympathetic tone. Big winners know, when delivering any bad news, they should share the feeling of the receiver.

Unfortunately, many people are not aware of this. When you’re tired from a long flight, has a hotel clerk cheerfully said that your room isn’t ready yet? When you had your heart set on the toast beef, has your waiter mainly told you that he just served the last piece? It makes you as traveler or diner want to land your fist right on their unsympathetic faces.

Had my neighbor told me of the upcoming rainstorm with sympathy, I would have appreciated his warming. Had the Greyhound salesclerk sympathetically informed me that my bus had already left, I probably would have said, “Oh, that’s all right. I’ll catch the next one.” Big winners, when they bear bad news, deliver bombs with the emotion the bombarded(被轰炸的)person is sure to have.

1. In Paragraph 1, the writer tells the story of the pharaoh to     .

A．make a comparison	B．introduce a topic
C．describe a scene	D．offer an argument

2. In the writer’s opinion, his neighbor was     .

A．friendly	B．warm-hearted
C．not considerate	D．not helpful

3. From “Dreams of head-cutting!” in Paragraph 3, we learn that the writer     .

A．was mad at the sales agent

B．was reminded of the cruel pharaoh

C．wished that the sales agent would have had dreams

D．dreamed of cutting the sales agent’s head that night

4. What is the main idea of the text?

A．Delivering bad news properly is important in communication

B．Helping others sincerely is the key to business success

C．Receiving bad news requires great courage

D．Learning ancient traditions can be useful

6 . I work as a volunteer for an organization that helps the poor in Haiti. Recently I took my son Barrett there for a week, hoping to_______him.
Before setting out, I told Barrett this trip would be tiring and_______. For the first two days, he said almost nothing. I worried the trip was too_______for a 17-year-old. Then, on Day three, as we were_______over high rocky mountains, he turned to me and grinned(咧嘴笑), “Pretty hard.”
After that there was no turning back. A five-year-old girl, wearing a dress several sizes_______large and broken shoes, followed Barrett around, mesmerized(着迷). He couldn’t stop_______. Later he said_______. “I wish I could speak French.” I was_______-this from a boy who hated and_______French classes throughout school.
Usually silent, he________Gaby, our host, and kept asking questions about the country and its people. He blossomed(活泼起来).
________, the moment that really took________breath away occurred in a village deep in the mountains. I was________a woman villager for an article. 135 centimeters tall, she was small in figure but strong in________. Through determination, she had learned to read and write, and________to become part of the leadership of the________.
Learning her story, Barrett was as________as I by this tiny woman’s achievements. His eyes were wet and there was a________of love and respect on his face. He had finally understood the importance of my work.
When leaving for home, Barrett even offered to stay________as a volunteer. My insides suddenly felt struck. This________achieved all I’d expected. Soon he will celebrate his 18th birthday. He’ll be a man.1.

A．comfort

B．please

C．attract

D．educate

2.

A．rough

B．dangerous

C．troublesome

D．violent

3.

A．little

B．much

C．fast

D．slow

4.

A．moving

B．running

C．climbing

D．looking

5.

A．too

B．very

C．even

D．so

6.

A．joking

B．crying

C．shouting

D．smiling

7.

A．patiently

B．regretfully

C．lightly

D．cheerfully

8.

A．ashamed

B．disappointed

C．determined

D．surprised

9.

A．took up

B．went in for

C．fought against

D．called off

10.

A．befriended

B．disregarded

C．avoided

D．recognized

11.

A．Thus

B．Even

C．Meanwhile

D．However

12.

A．our

B．his

C．my

D．her

13.

A．asking

B．interviewing

C．arranging

D．describing

14.

A．brain

B．wish

C．will

D．health

15.

A．appeared

B．struggled

C．hesitated

D．failed

16.

A．village

B．city

C．organization

D．state

17.

A．pleased

B．bored

C．touched

D．puzzled

18.

A．combination

B．composition

C．connection

D．satisfaction

19.

A．in

B．behind

C．out

D．away

20.

A．interview

B．flight

C．article

D．trip

7 . When you are little, the whole world feels like a big playground. I was living in Conyers, Georgia the summer it all happened. I was a second grader, but my best friend Stephanie was only in the first grade. Both of our parents were at work and most of the time they let us go our own way.

It was a hot afternoon and we decided to have an adventure in Stephanie's basement. As I opened the basement door, before us lay the biggest room, full of amazing things like guns, dolls, and old clothes. I ran downstairs, and spotted a red steel can. It was paint. I looked beyond it and there lay even more paint in bright colors like purple, orange, blue and green.

"Stephanie, I just found us a project for the day. Get some paintbrushes. We are fixing to paint. “She screamed with excitement as I told her of my secret plans and immediately we got to work. We gathered all the brushes we could find and moved all of our materials to my yard. There on the road in front of my house, we painted big stripes (条纹) of colors across the pavement (人行道). Stripe by stripe, our colors turned into a beautiful rainbow. It was fantastic!

The sun was starting to sink. I saw a car in the distance and jumped up as I recognized the car. It was my mother. I couldn't wait to show her my masterpiece. The car pulled slowly into the driveway and from the look on my mother’s face, I could tell that I was in deep trouble.

My mother shut the ear door and walked towards me. Her eyes glaring, she shouted, "What in the world were you thinking? I understood when you made castles out of leaves, and climbed the neighbors' trees, but this! Come inside right now!" I stood there glaring back at her for a minute, angry because she had insulted (侮辱) my art.

"Now go clean it up!" Mother and I began cleaning the road. Tears ran down my cheeks as I saw my beautiful rainbow turn into black cement.

Though years have now passed, I still wonder where my rainbow has gone. I wonder if, maybe when I get older, I can find my rainbow and never have to brush it away. I guess we all need some sort of rainbow to brighten our lives from time to time and to keep our hopes and dreams colorful.

1. What did the writer want to do when his mother came home?

A．To introduce Stephanie to her.	B．To prevent her from seeing his painting.
C．To show his artwork to her.	D．To put the materials back in the yard.

2. In his mother's eyes, the writer ________.

A．was a born artist	B．worked very hard
C．was a problem solver	D．always caused trouble

3. The underlined word "rainbow" in the last paragraph refers to ________.

A．something imaginative and fun	B．the stripes on the pavement
C．the rainbow in the sky	D．important lessons learned in childhood

4. It can be learned from the passage that parents should ________.

A．encourage children to paint	B．value friendship among children
C．protect rather than destroy children's dreams	D．discover the hidden talent in children