1 . The Internet plays a big part in human life. We use it for work and pleasure. We use it to learn a new language. We find advice on it. We use it to connect with family and friends. We use it to stay in touch with events we care about. The list goes on and on.

Well, that train has left the station.   This expression means there is no going back to an Internet-free life. But can using the Internet too much be bad for our health? It might be, researchers say. A new study finds that heavy Internet use may be connected to high blood pressure in an unlikely group: teenagers.

High blood pressure makes your heart and blood vessels work too hard. Over time, this extra pressure increases your risk of a heart attack. High blood pressure can also cause heart and kidney disease. It is also closely linked to a brain disease.

The Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan did the study. 335 young people, from 14 to 17 years old , took part in it. 134 of the teens were described as “heavy Internet users.” And researchers found that out of these 134 teens,26 had high blood pressure. The researchers say the study is the first to connect heavy web use with high blood pressure. Other research has connected heavy Internet use with anxiety, depression and obesity.

The lead researcher is Andrea Cassidy Bushrow. She said, “Using the Internet is part of our daily life, but it shouldn’t ruin us.” Ms. Cassidy Bushrow adds that it is important for teens to take regular breaks from their computers or smartphones and do some kind of physical activity. She also suggests that parents limit their children’s use of the Internet to two hours a day, five days a week.

1. The expression “that train has left the station” in Para. 2 is used to show________.

A．the Internet develops rapidly	B．no one can escape from the Internet
C．the Internet can provide whatever we want	D．there is no going back to an Internet free life

2. What is Para. 3 mainly about?

A．Causes of high blood pressure.	B．The harm of high blood pressure.
C．The disadvantages of Internet use.	D．Ways to prevent high blood pressure.

3. Andrea Cassidy Bushrow would agree that________.

A．teenagers shouldn’t use the Internet

B．the Internet will ruin human life in the future

C．smartphones are more harmful than computers

D．regular breaks are necessary when using the Internet

4. What can be used as the best title of the passage?

A．Heavy Internet users are mostly teenagers	B．How to prevent teenagers from the Internet
C．Too much Internet use may be bad for teenagers	D．Every coin has two sides—so does the Internet

2 . In England, some food companies across the whole country have been told to carry out urgent (紧急的) tests on all beef products. Do you know why? That’s because some food companies used horse meat to make beef products.

There are some examples about the horse meat matter. In January, 2013, in a number of UK supermarkets, frozen hamburgers were found to havetracesof horse meat in them. Some frozen beef products made by food company FINDUS were found to contain horse meat. All of the beef products made by this company have been removed from sale.

The government said that there’s nothing to suggest any health risk from the products. Food minister David Heath said people should not throw away frozen meat products and carry on eating meat. The government will tell people not to eat meat if the meat is not safe.

Food safety has been an important matter all over the world. More and more countries plan to take some useful measures to ensure the safety of food.

1. In England, some food companies have been told to ________ urgently.

A．stop making beef products	B．test all their beef products
C．test all their products	D．remove all their products from sale

2. What else did some food companies use to make beef products in England according to the passage?.

A．Horse meat	B．Beef
C．Fish	D．Chicken

3. What does “traces”mean in the second paragraph?

A．描绘	B．追踪
C．痕迹	D．探索

4. What should people do with meat products according to David Heath’s suggestions?

A．Send them back to the food companies

B．Throw them away.

C．Never eat them

D．Go on eating them.

5. More and more countries plan to take some useful measures to ensure _______________.

A．Horse meat out of products	B．the food safety
C．the test food	D．the food sale

3 . 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入适当的词，并将答案填写在相应位置上。

In the age of the smart phone, there seems no reason to ask questions about: the weather forecast, a business’s phone number or directions, which can all be     1     (easy)found on Google, but very often people     2     (actual) ask these things by    3    (make) a call. Your answer may be replied to with a thank-you e-mail.

This isn’t the first time that great changes    4     (take) place in our manners due to technology. In     5    late 1870s, when the telephone    6    (invent), people didn’t know how    7    (greet) a caller. Often there is just     8    (silent). Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor, suggested that people     9    (say) “Ahoy”, but finally “Hello” went out, the greeting used in everyday face-to-face communications now.

Try to be respectful no matter     10    you communicate with. Just keep it in mind that politeness never goes out of fashion.

4 . In 2000 a report was published about what the earth might be like 20 years from then on. The report was a result of a three-year _______
According to the report, the picture of the earth in the year 2020 is not a _______one. The world will be more_______ because the population will continue to grow. The population could be_______ 6, 900 million, almost 2, 450 million more than in 1995. More people would move into cities, especially cities in _______ countries. Cities like Cairo and Jakarta probably would_______ have 15 million by then.
Food production will _______, but not enough to feed all the people. Farmers will grow 90% more food than they did in 1995,_______ most of the increase would be in countries that _______ produce enough food for their people. Little increase is ________ in South Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Poor farming ways are ________ large areas of crop land, changing farms into deserts. More farmland is________as cities become larger and more houses are built. ________ will get worse as industrial countries burn more coal and oil. Many of the world’s ________ could disappear as more and more trees are cut down. Energy will continue to be a serious problem. The experts say their picture of the earth for the year 2020 ________ They only carried out the situation that________ today. By changing the situation, by________the problems, the picture can be changed. There is ________time for the nations of the world to work ________ a plan of action. But they warned that________too long to make decisions would greatly reduce the chances of success.1.

A．learning

B．project

C．notice

D．study

2.

A．pleased

B．pleasant

C．safe

D．blue

3.

A．dangerous

B．beautiful

C．crowded

D．terrible

4.

A．no more than

B．as many as

C．as much as

D．as large as

5.

A．developing

B．developed

C．big

D．mountainous

6.

A．none

B．each

C．all

D．neither

7.

A．insist

B．reduce

C．increase

D．continue

8.

A．so

B．but

C．or

D．however

9.

A．already

B．hardly

C．partly

D．never

10.

A．wanted

B．lacked

C．found

D．expected

11.

A．destroying

B．protecting

C．disturbing

D．interrupting

12.

A．saved

B．lost

C．discovered

D．found

13.

A．Air pollution

B．Water pollution

C．Some diseases

D．All farmland

14.

A．animals

B．plants

C．forests

D．people

15.

A．must be true

B．will come true

C．can't be true

D．may be wrong

16.

A．happens

B．develops

C．exists

D．appears

17.

A．settling

B．working out

C．answering

D．dealing

18.

A．no

B．still

C．less

D．plenty of

19.

A．about

B．in

C．out

D．for

20.

A．working

B．suggesting

C．spending

D．waiting

5 . Banks view online banking as a powerful “value-added” tool to attract and keep new customers while helping to eliminate costly paper handling or teller(出纳员)interactions in an increasingly competitive banking environment .

Today, most large national banks, many local banks and credit unions offer some form of online banking, variously known as PC banking, home banking, electronic banking or Internet banking. Online banks are sometimes referred to as “brick-to-click” banks, both to tell them from “brick-to-mortar” banks that haven’t yet offered online banking, as well as from “virtual”(虚拟)banks that have no physical branches or tellers whatsoever.

The challenge(挑战)for the banking industry has been to design this new service channel in such a way that its customers will readily learn to use and trust it. Most of the large banks can now offer fully safe, fully functional(功能的)online banking for free or for a small cost. As more banks succeed online and more customers use their sites, fully functional online banking will likely become as commonplace as automated teller machines (ATM).

Online banking has a lot of advantages. Unlike your corner bank, online banking sites never close; they’re at hand 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and they’re a mouse click away. If you’re out of state or even out of the country when a money problem appears, you can log on instantly to your online bank and take care of business. Online bank sites generally carry out and confirm (确认)deals at or quicker than ATM processing speeds. Many online banking sites now offer fashionable tools to help you manage all of your valuable items more effectively.

1. The word “eliminate” in the first paragraph probably means “         ”.

A．keep

B．remove

C．reduce

D．improve

2. What is the challenge for the banking industry according to the text ?

A．To make online banking attractive.	B．To open new services all over the world.
C．To offer online banking for free.	D．To take care of business 24 hours a day.

3. From the text we can conclude that           .

A．“brick-to-click” banks are in fact another kind of physical banks

B．the function of a “brick-to-click” bank is as common as that of an ATM

C．a “brick-to-mortar” bank is no better than a virtual one

D．customers can deal with their banking by a mouse click

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

A．Banking of Various Forms	B．Improvement of Banking Industry
C．Development of Online Banking	D．Functions of the “Brick-to-Click” Bank