In a new look at the impact of long-time sitting behavior on health, a new study links time watching television to an increased risk of death. One of the most surprising findings is that it isn’t just couch potatoes who were affected. Even for people who exercised regularly, the risk of death went up the longer they were in front of the TV. The problem was the long periods of time spent sitting still.

Australian researchers who tracked 8,800 people for an average of six years found that those who said they watched TV for more than four hours a day were 46% more likely to die of any cause and 80% more likely to die of cardiovascular (心血管的) disease than people who reported spending less than two hours a day in front of TV.

Time spent in front of TVs and computers and videogames has come under fire in studies in recent years for contributing to a spread of obesity in the US and around the world. But typically the resulting public-health message urges children and adults to put down the Xbox controller and remote and get on a treadmill (跑步机) or a soccer field.

The Australian study offers a different view. “It’s not the sweaty type of exercise we’re losing,” says David Dunstan, a researcher at Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, who led the study. “It’s the incidental moving around, standing up and using muscles. That doesn’t happen when we are plunked on a couch in front of a television.”

Indeed, participants in the study reported getting between 30 and 45 minutes of exercise a day, on average.The results are supported by a new field of research that shows how long periods of inactivity can affect the body’s processing of fats and other substances that contribute to heart risk. And they suggest that people can help decrease such risk simply by avoiding extended periods of sitting.”

Keeping such processes working more effectively doesn’t require constant intense exercise, but consciously adding more routine movement to your life might help, doctors say. “Just standing is better than sitting,” says Gerard Fletcher, a cardiologist at Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Fla., who works standing up at his computer. “When you stand up, you shuffle around a little bit and use muscles not required when you are sitting or lying down.”

Simple strategies for increasing activity include combining household chores such as folding laundry with TV-watching time or getting up to change a TV channel rather than using a remote control. The report, published Tuesday in the American Heart Association journal Circulation, focuses on TV watching in part because it is the main leisure-time activity in many countries, researchers said, especially in the US.

1.One misunderstanding people might have is that ________.

A. the radiation from TV may badly affect your sight

B. TV programs can broaden your horizons effectively

C. watching TV very long is a good way to kill time

D. regular exercise can minimize the side effect of watching TV

2.What is new about the discovery of the Australian study?

A. Remote control shouldn’t be used when people watch TV.

B. People who watch TV too long should take more physical exercise.

C. Sitting too long in front of TV will lead to high risk of heart attack.

D. Long-time sitting is bad for all people including those who exercise regularly.

3.According to the Australian study, how can the risk of death be reduced when people watch TV?

A. By increasing simple movement.

B. By totally avoiding watching TV.

C. By taking some medicine.

D. By increasing sweaty type of exercise.

I have many wonderful memories of my days as a circus clown (小丑), but there is one day that I would rather forget: July 6, 1944. We were playing a two-day stand in Hartford, Connecticut, and the big top caught fire.

I could hear grandstand chairs slamming inside the tent as people headed toward the exits. Some were jumping twelve feet from the top rows of the grandstand and seats to the ground outside. Most of the crowd was pouring through the regular exits and it soon became a panic.

In the midst of this scene the musicians had kept on playing until the tent was on fire over-head because they knew music sometimes might work wonder; they had jumped off the bandstand just before a flaming quarter-pole fell into their stand.

City fire equipment had arrived by now and was pouring streams of water onto the big top area to cool it enough for firemen to enter. In the smoke and confusion, it was impossible to tell whether or not anyone might have been left in the tent. We circus people were ordered away from the smoking ruins that, only a few minutes before, had been the biggest spread of canvas in the world.

I went outside; doctors, and first-aid workers were everywhere, carrying bodies from where the grandstands and seats had been. The toll (伤亡人数) of dead and dying increased so fast that emergency crews were called in from surrounding cities.

Later it was found that 168 people had died in the fire — the worst circus disaster in history, and an afternoon of horror I can never forget.

1.The musicians kept playing during the fire probably because they ________.

A. thought the fire was in another tent

B. knew nothing about the terrible fire

C. wanted to keep the crowd from panicking

D. believed the show should go on whatever happened

2.Why were emergency crews from other cities called in?

A. There were too many victims to deal with.

B. Fire equipment in the city was not enough.

C. Too many people were left in the tent waiting.

D. The circus people were unwilling to do the rescue work.

3.Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

A. A Journey to Death    B. The Day the Big Top Burned

C. Memories as a circus clown    D. The Worst Disaster in Human History

假定你是李华，你的朋友Jason在上次SAT考试中因发挥失常，成绩不理想而情绪低落。请给他写封信表示安慰，要点如下：

1)表示难过和理解；

2)找出错误原因并及时改正；

3)鼓励他重拾自信，实现梦想。

注意：1)词数100左右；

2)可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3)开头和结尾已为你写好。

Dear Jason,

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Yours,

Li Hua

短文中共有10处语言错误,每句中最多有两处错误。每处错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧）,并在此符号下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线,并在该词的下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2.只允许修改10处,多者（从第11处起）不计分。

There are various kinds of theme parks in the world with specific theme for each. The theme park you are probably most familiar to is Disneyland, which will bring you into a magical world and make your dreams to come true. You can not only meet your favorite Disney cartoon characters and also enjoy exciting rides, from swung ships to freefall drops.

Dolleywood shows and celebrates America’s traditional southeastern culture. For example，people coming from all over America to see carpenters and other craftsman make wood, glass and iron objects in the old-fashioned style. If you want to experience the anciently days and great deeds of English Knights and ladies, princes and queens, then English Camelot Park was the place for you. When you enter Camelot Park, we feel like entering a world of fantasy about old England.

请在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

John Snow was a well-known physician in London in the 19th century. 1. famous was he that he even attended Queen Victoria to ease the birth of her babies. However, he decided to defeat cholera, a 2. (dead) disease at that time when he saw thousands of people 3.  (expose) to it died every time there was an outbreak.

In 1854 when cholera broke out, he began to gather information and marked on a map 4. all the dead people 5.（live）. He found many people who had drunk 6. dirty water from the pump died. So he decided that the polluted water carried cholera. He found a woman and her daughter who had the water 7.（deliver） from the pump every day died of cholera after drinking the water. 8. this extra evidence John Snow announced that the polluted water was 9.（blame）. He suggested the source of all water supplies should be examined and new methods of 10.（deal）with water be found. Finally, “King Cholera” was defeated.

Walt Disney invented a special word to replace persistence and determination, and he named it as sticktoitivity. The ______ of people are so afraid of failure that they don’t know the Japanese have a fascinating way of looking at ______ . Their saying “Fall seven times; stand up eight” is a(n)______ explanation to sticktoitivity!

A good friend of mine has a business on which he has ______ diligently for over five years. He knows that his business has the potential (潜能) to increase sales ten times.  ______ , to do so, he has to probably break the mold (打破常规) that ______ him unchanged, and create a different blueprint. He ______ gives up his dream, and he is a(n)  ______ of sticktoitivity!

The basketball star Michael Jordan ______ sticktoitivity in one of his shoe advertisements, “‘I’ve missed more than nine thousand shots in my ______. I've lost almost three hundred games. I’ve been trusted to get a shot for twenty-six times but I  ______ . I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life, and that is ______ I succeed.”

We also know some examples of ______ people who demonstrated (证明) that they understood “sticktoitivity.” For example, Steven Spielberg ______ high school in the first year. He was persuaded to come back and was ______ in a learning disabled class. He lasted a month and dropped out of school forever. Who could ______ that he would become a most famous director in the US at that time?

Have you ever defined “success” or “failure” on your own terms? I ______ recommend doing so. It certainly creates a sense of understanding in your life. Sometimes ______is learning how to fail. Sometimes success is ______ the obstacles leading to failure. Remember, the only failure is learning ______ from the experience. So it’s important for you to stand up on the eighth time!

1.A. number    B. majority    C. population    D. group

2.A. situation    B. energy    C. ability    D. failure

3.A. wonderful    B. different    C. difficult    D. exciting

4.A. studied    B. researched    C. worked    D. acted

5.A. Therefore    B. However    C. Anyway    D. Otherwise

6.A. helped    B. noticed    C. made    D. raised

7.A. never    B. seldom    C. often    D. sometimes

8.A. memorial    B. example    C. celebrity    D. purpose

9.A. reflected    B. mentioned    C. used    D. stated

10.A. life    B. chance    C. career    D. event

11.A. win    B. miss    C. play    D. fall

12.A. why    B. when    C. where    D. because

13.A. strange    B. lucky    C. clever    D. famous

14.A. gave up    B. got to    C. dropped out of    D. kept away from

15.A. sent    B. placed    C. brought    D. moved

16.A. tell    B. look    C. read    D. notice

17.A. hardly    B. partly    C. highly    D. perfectly

18.A. opportunity    B. luck    C. truth    D. success

19.A. realizing    B. overcoming    C. causing    D. understanding

20.A. anything    B. something    C. nothing    D. everything

“Hot potato” is a children’s game similar to musical chairs (抢座位游戏), in which participants sit in a circle and pass a potato or any other object to others around the circle as quickly as possible.1. This game is popular for entertaining large groups of kids at parties, school, or other events that include children.

“Hot potato” was originally played. with a real potato.2. No single version is the right way to play. Changes can be made to suit nearly any theme and any situation.

The game of “hot potato” is easy to play with large groups of kids outdoors.

3. It’s common for physical education teachers to play this game with smaller children, using a ball in order to help children improve their catching skills.

4. Variations, also called passing the potato or passing the pumpkin (南瓜), are great school party ideas. You can easily create a themed version of the game for Halloween. Have children sit in a circle indoors and hand one child a small pumpkin. The teacher can play Halloween music, but he or she should not look at the circle of kids.

You can create similar versions for Christmas, Valentine's Day, Thanksgiving Day, or a birthday party.5. It is highly suggested that all players receive a small prize for playing, such as a piece of candy, and the winner can be provided with a slightly larger prize.

A. Above all, laughter is the goal.

B. Players can even stand up if space permits.

C. Hot potato isn’t limited to outdoors by any means.

D. In fact, hot potato can be adapted to any children’s party.

E. But today there are many other versions of hot potato.

F. Of course, that person singing or calling should not watch the game.

G. The aim of the game is not to be the one holding the potato when music stops.

Three miles is short by car, but when the three miles consists of an old wooden fence on a cattle farm that requires a fresh coat of paint, it's not a short distance any more. For the final week of summer heading into my first year of college, painting this fence was a disaster for me. At first it seemed like the most boring way to spend the last week of my wonderful freedom from school, but it actually turned out to be something intriguing.

Luckily, I wasn't alone in this task; I got the help of Rob, the farm manager. When two people were stuck under the sun of August in the middle of rural Kentucky for ten hours a day, there wasn't much to do to help pass the time. Standing in front of this fence was the last thing on Earth I wanted to do. I worked with Rob all these days, spending over hours with him with nothing to do but a boring task, and all we had for amusement was conversation. In a society filled with constant entertainment, this was a huge contrast.

It started out simply, and we talked about the weather, sports, and how annoying it was to get the fence painted. As the week progressed, so did our topics of discussion. From family and funny childhood stories to our hobbies and dreams, we began to know more about each other. We shared personal stories with each other, little pieces of our past and ourselves. I had spent plenty of time with people whether it was about sporting events, movies, or concerts, but never had I spent so much time with one person with absolutely nothing to break the silence. It was uncomfortable at first, but things changed.

Sometimes we tried to keep ourselves busy, entertained, or from getting bored. There is a deeper connection you get with people when all you're doing is talking. For a moment, you get an inside look into their mind, heart and soul. This is what humans are good at—sharing themselves. Whether we realize it or not, this is happening all the time all around us.

1.According to Paragraph 1, what does the underlined word “intriguing” mean?

A. Expected.    B. Interesting.

C. Unfortunate.    D. Disappointing.

2.At first, the writer felt uncomfortable when he was with Rob because       .

A. Rob was very unfriendly to him

B. Rob asked him to do too much work

C. Rob didn’t know how to entertain others

D. Rob didn’t like to communicate with him

3.What does the writer try to convey in this article?

A. It is human nature to pursue happiness.

B. Conversation can bring people closer together.

C. We should often practice our communication skills.

D. Working during vacation can bring people much fun.

In my generation, most people assume. We assume that after getting a driver’s license, we should see a brand new car sitting in our driveway. We assume that the latest iPhone product should be in our hands as soon as something goes wrong with our old one. We also assume that college, being as expensive as it is, is given. However, what we don't realize is that all of these things are very special privileges.

New cars, the latest technology and college fees are something that most people have in the place where I live. I' m not necessarily complaining about this. I live in a very fortunate area, and I try to remind myself of that every day.

Getting nice things is great, but sometimes, the competition that rules our lives gets too fierce. When someone else gets something great, you begin to think, "Why can't I have that?" When everyone around you goes to college, you think that one day you will obviously do the same, because who doesn’t?

Even now, being almost done with my first year of college, I constantly see people who forget why we're here, and how lucky we are to be on this campus. All of the distractions can surely keep you from doing your best, and they can easily make you forget your real purpose at college. The parties, friends, events, and overall social life can move you into a never-ending whirlpool (旋涡) of not doing schoolwork. Having fun is a part of life, but balance is the key when it comes to college.

Appreciation nowadays is slowly fading into a distant thought. We constantly forget how lucky we are to have the things and the life that we do. Surely, who doesn’t dream of a new car waiting for them, or that brand new iPhone that you see in all of the commercials? But wanting something is different from expecting it. Setting yourself up with an "I should get this" attitude will only push appreciation further away.

Appreciate what you have, but don't expect what you don't have. Say thank you to those who help and support you, and realize that whoever you are, you' re lucky in a great way.

1.Which of the following may the author agree with?

A. Assuming should be forbidden.

B. People of his generation are lazy.

C. What we have may be privileges.

D. College education shouldn’t be expensive.

2.What do we know about the author?

A. He is too poor to afford a new car.

B. He is sure that everyone can go to college.

C. He is a fortunate second-year student.

D. He is grateful for his college education.

3.What does the author think of the social activities at college?

A. They should be balanced in students' life.

B. They are totally a waste of time and money.

C. They make students confused about their life.

D. They are useful for students after graduation.

4.According to the fifth paragraph, people nowadays        .

A. don’t expect new cars or cell phones

B. don’t seem to appreciate what they have

C. always set up big goals in life

D. often complain they are unlucky

I grew up in New York my whole life. I studied in a perfect college that happened only to be an hour away from home. Then, about three weeks before the spring term was over, my parents told me we were moving to Arizona that summer. They asked me if I was going to transfer (转学) to another college. I said no. I was not going to change everything in my life at one time and I loved my college and all the amazing things I was doing there. It was my second home; I would not leave everything I knew at the same time since that was asking for trouble.

I never imagined it would be this hard but, at the same time, the best thing that could have happened to me.

When out in Arizona, life was hard. I didn't know anyone other than my family and friends. I couldn’t bear the extreme heat. But it has helped me so much. I have started working on my writing. I also have time to work out in the gym. It has helped me realize that no matter where you are or who you know you can always find something that you enjoy.

When back at school in New York, it was hard as well. Living close to home was my security blanket. If something was wrong I could get in my car and drive home and see my family. After my family moved to another city, I lacked security and was always controlled by anxiety. However, it helped me learn independence and forced me to be brave.

I' m so thankful that I didn't transfer to a different school, which has given me the opportunity to go back and see best friends in my hometown. A year ago, I officially left my hometown for good. It has helped me grow and I am so thankful that I have had this experience. Now, when I graduate from college, I can go anywhere I want. I am no longer afraid to go out on my own into the world. The world is full of opportunities and pleasure and I can' t wait to see where I will be next.

1.In Paragraph 1, the author 　　  .

A. preferred to stay at school than at home

B. would not change both school and home

C. would rather stay at his hometown

D. was glad to go to a new school

2.How was life like to the author in Arizona?

A. He liked the cool weather there.

B. He couldn’t find anything he enjoyed.

C. He found his life difficult but helpful.

D. He worked for a student organization.

3.The underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 means that living near home　　  .

A. gave me a sense of security

B. meant I could be safe every day

C. meant I could do everything I wanted bravely

D. allowed me to get a blanket easily if needed

4.What is the best title for the passage?

A. My school life in New York    B. My home and college

C. My moving during college    D. My experience in Arizona