When you run, you put force that is equal to three times your body weight on your feet. The human foot contains twenty muscles（肌肉）. This means that there is a lot that can go wrong when you run.
Most sports have some kind of running or jumping. So experts（专家） at many shoe companies work hard to design good sport shoes. First, a designer enters a plan for a shoe into a computer. Engineers then improve the design. A second computer designs a model for the shoe. Then a few pairs are made. Next, the shoe is tested.
Different kinds of sports shoes are made for different uses. Some are made to help marathon runners save energy during a race. Some are made for the stop-and-go kind of running tennis players. But all sport shoes have one thing in common: they are designed to help people’s feet comfortable during sports. Today, nearly every sport has its own special shoe designed for just the kind of running that sport requires.
1.The first in making a new shoe is to ______.
A．make a computer B．design a shoe model
C．test several pairs D．put a design plan into a computer
2.Why are good sport shoes welcome to people?
A．Because they help to change body weight.
B．Because they help to develop leg muscles.
C．Because they are both good and cheap.
D．Because they are comfortable to wear.
3.What is NOT talked about in the passage?
A．The number of the bones of a human muscle.
B．The effect of shoes upon sports.
C．The materials （材料）of sport shoes.
D．The design for a shoe model.
4.Different kinds of sport shoes _______.
A．are designed for people of the different weight.
B．meet the needs of different sportsmen.
C．are made in different shoe companies.
D．are of the same price.
Once there was a king. He had two old ministers. One was kind and the other was bad. The bad minister often said bad words about the kind minister before the king. The king was very angry.
One day the king said to the bad minister , “Write two words on two pieces of paper. Write ‘live’ on one piece and ‘die’ on the other . Then put them in a jar and tell him to choose. If he takes out the paper with ‘live’ on it , I will let him go. If he takes out the paper with ‘die’ on it ,I will kill him at once.”
The bad minister was quite happy. He got two pieces of paper ready. He wrote “die” on each piece of paper.
The kind old man came. He knew the bad minister wanted to kill him. He also knew the words on the two pieces both “die”, but he knew what to do. Later the king had to keep his word and let the old minister go. Do you k now what the kind man do about this at that time?
1.The king was angry with .
A．himself B．the kind minister C．the bad minister D．the two ministers
2. was told to write “live” and “die”.
A．The king B．The kind minister C．The bad minister D．The two ministers
3.There is no “live” on both pieces of paper because .
A．the kind minister didn’t want it.
B．the bad minister couldn’t write the word
C．the king told the bad minister not to write it
D．the bad minister hated the kind minister and wanted to kill him
4. must be disappointed in the end .
A．The king B．The kind minister C．The bad minister D．All the other ministers
To me, life without music would not be exciting. I realize that this is not true for everybody. Many people get along quite well without going to the concert, and listening to the record. But music plays an important part in everyone's life, whether he realizes it or not. Try to imagine, for example, what films or TV plays would be like without music. Would the feelings, the moving plot, and the greatest interests, be so exciting or dramatic? I'm not sure about it.
Now, we have been speaking of music in its more common meaning—the kind of music we hear in the concert hall. But if we look at some parts of music more closely, we discover them in our everyday life too—in the rhythm of the sea, the melody of a bird in the woods and so on. So music surely has meaning for everyone, in some way or other. And, of course, it has special meaning for those who have spent all their lives working on playing or writing music.
It is well said, “Through music a child enters into a world of beauty, expresses himself from his heart, feels the joy of doing things alone, learns to take care of others, develops his mind and makes his body strong.”
1.What dose the writer say more about in the text?
A．Life full of music.
B．Life without music.
C．The importance of music.
D．The development of music.
2.What does the underlined word “melody” mean in the text?
A．flying B．looking
C．singing D．living
3.From the last paragraph, we learn that music________.
A．is very important, especially for children
B．is very necessary for our everyday life
C．can make our life exciting and dramatic
D．can enter into another beautiful world
Is there anything more important than health? I don’t think so. “Health is the greatest wealth.” wise people say. You can’t be good at your studies or work well when you are ill.If you have a headache, toothache, backache, earache or bad pain in the stomach, if you complain of a bad cough, if you run a high temperature and have a bad cold, or if you suffer from high or low blood pressure, I think you should go to the doctor. The doctor will examine your throat, feel your pulse, test your blood pressure, take your temperature, sound your heart and lungs, test your eyes, check your teeth or have your chest X-rayed. After that he will advise some treatment, or some medicine. The only thing you have to do is to follow his advice.Speaking about doctor’s advice, I can’t help telling you a funny story. An old gentleman came to see the doctor. The man was very ill. He told the doctor about his weakness, memory loss and serious problems with his heart and lungs. The doctor examined him and said there was no medicine for his
disease. He told his patient to go to a quiet place for a month and have a good
rest. He also advised him to eat a lot of meat, drink two glasses of red wine every day and take long walks. In other words, the doctor advised him to
follow the rule: “Eat at pleasure, drink with measure and enjoy life as it is.” The doctor also said that if the man wanted to be well again, he shouldn’t smoke more than one cigarette a day.A month later the gentleman came into the doctor’s office. He looked cheerful and happy. He thanked the doctor
and said that he had never felt a healthier man.“ But you know, doctor,” he said, “it’s not easy to begin smoking at my age.”
1.The writer thinks that_____.
A．healthismoreimportantthanwealth
B．workisasimportantasstudies
C．medicineismoreimportantthanpleasure
D．nothingismoreimportantthanmoney
2.The doctor usually tells his patient what to do______.
A．withoutexaminingthepatient
B．afterhehasexaminedthepatient
C．ifthepatientdoesn’ttakemedicine
D．unlessthepatientfeelspain
3.From the last sentence of the passage, we learn the man_______ before the doctor told himnot to smoke more than one cigarette a day.
A．wasaheavysmoker B．didn’tsmokesomuch
C．didn’tsmoke D．begantolearntosmoke
4.Which of the following is NOT true?
A．Thedoctorusuallytestshis/herbloodpressurewhenapersonisill.
B．Themantoldthedoctorhecouldn’trememberthings.
C．Themanthankedthedoctor.
D．Themandidn’tfollowthedoctor’sadvice.
In the past, man did not have to think about the protection of his environment. There were few people on the earth, and natural resources seemed to be____36____ .
Today things are___37_____, the world has become too___38____ . We are using up our natural resources too quickly, and at the same time we are___39____ our environment with dangerous chemicals. If we continue to do this, human life on the earth ___40____survive.
Everyone___41_____ today that if too many fish are taken from the sea, there will soon be none left. Yet, with modern fishing__42_____ , more and more fish are caught. We know that if too many trees are cut down, ___43____will disappear and nothing will grow on the land. Yet, we ___44_____to use bigger and more powerful machines to __45____more and more trees.
We realize that if rivers are polluted with waste products from factories, we will die.___46_____, in most countries wastes are ___47______put into rivers or into the sea, and there are _48_____laws to stop this.
We know, too, that if the___49____ of the world continues to rise at the present rate, in a few years, there will not be enough___50_____. What can we do to solve these problems ?
It we eat more vegetables and less___51____, there will be more food available for everyone. Land that is used to grow crops __52_____five times more people than land where animals are kept.
Our natural resources will _53_____longer if we learn to recycle them. The world population will not rise so quickly if people use modern methods of birth__54_______ .
Finally, if we educate people to think about the problems, we shall have a better and clearer ___55____in the future.
1. A．beautiful B．unlimited （无限的） C．rare D．valuable
2. A．common B．the same C．changeable D．different
3. A．crowded B．small C．dirty D．busy
4. A．protecting B．saving C．polluting D．fighting
5. A．may not B．will not C．shall not D．could not
6. A．wonders B．realizes C．consider D．discovers
7. A．poles B．boats C．methods D．ideas
8.A mountains B. the sea C. trees D. forests
9. A．continue B．have C．ought D．will go on
10. A．grow B．plant C．save D．cut down
11. A．Thus B．However C．Generally speaking D．Therefore
12. A．still B．even C．also D．certainly
13. A．too many B．a few C．some D．few
14. A．production B．pollution C．population D．revolution
15. A．houses B．vegetables C．food D．lives
16. A．fruit B．meat C．fish D．grain
17. A．feeds B．increases C．supplies D．helps
18. A．use B．stay C．keep D．last
19. A．control B．born C．plan D．reward
20. A．nature B．sea C．planet D．forest
During his five-day state visit to Japan, Hu Jintao made such an ________ speech that all the people present were ________.
A．inspiring; exciting B．inspiring; excited
C．inspired; exciting D．inspired; excited
