随着经济的发展，人们的生活方式、消费习惯也在悄然变化。目前，在商场、超市购物时使用信用卡和VIP卡的人越来越多了，请根据下列表格中的内容提示和你对这种现象的认识，用英语写一篇题为“The use of credit cards”的短文。
产生这种现象的原因 | 1. 安全方便 |
2. 气派 显示身份 | |
这种现象可能带来的影响 | 1. 过渡消费 |
2. 易差生信用卡诈骗 | |
我的观点 | （内容由考生自己拟定） |
要求：1. 对所给要点，不要简单翻译，要有适当发挥。 2. 词数：120词左右，可以适当增加细节。
3. 参考词汇：过渡消费overspend
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短文填词:根据以下提示：1）汉语提示，2）首字母提示，3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，学优并将该词完整地写在右边想对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确（10分）.
Dear John,
Last summer I took a part-time job in the International Camp for children. I have been _________(告知) 1. one more worker will be needed this year, and I think you are fit ________2.it. How about j________ 3.us? The camp is at the foot of a small hill __________( 离….近) 4.to a river. It is such a beautiful place! We can hear birds singing happily all a_________5.. In the evening, everybody sleeps in tents, _________ 6.is very exciting. B__________ 7.we usually work only five hours a day, we will have plenty of free time to v_______8. the area and have fun. I am sure it will be an unforgettable ________( 经历) 9. . If you have__________(兴趣) 10. in it, reply to me soon.
Yours, Li Hua
选择以下必修4词组，并用其正确形式填空（4分）
crowd in look down upon/on rid…of focus on up to now no wonder be likely to badly off |
1.He ______________people who’ve never been to university.
2.Last night they _____ the dormitory______ mice which made much noise at night.
3.We should satisfy ourselves with the living conditions
----many families are much _______________than we are.
4.I will stay at home this evening; she ______very ________ ring me tonight.
根据所给的首字母或中文提示写出正确的单词（必修4）
1.He was under o_____________（观察） by the police.
2.We have been told to show______________（尊敬）for our elders.
3.After a long ____________ (奋斗), he gained control of the business.
4.She r____________ her weight by 5 kilograms.
5.Could you e______________ the child for an hour, while I make dinner?
6.He had o____________ the difficulties with his English before he went aboard.
7.As you _____________ (接近) the school the first building you see is the teaching building.
8.Today many people are experiencing the joy of the a______________ park for the first time.
The need to feed a growing population is putting much pressure on the world's supply of water. With 97% of the world's water too salty to be drunk or used in agriculture, the worldwide supply of water needs careful management, especially in agriculture. Although the idea of a water shortage(短缺)seems strange to someone fortunate enough to live in a high rainfall country, many of the world's agricultural industries experience constant water shortages.
Although dams can be built to store water for agricultural use in dry areas and dry seasons, the costs of water redistribution(重新分配)are very high. Not only is there the cost of the engineering itself, but there is also an environmental cost to be considered. Where valleys(山谷)are flooded to create dams, houses are lost and wildlife homes destroyed. Besides, water may flow easily through pipes to fields, but it cannot be transported from one side of the world to the other. Each country must therefore rely on the management of its own water to supply its farming requirements.
This is particularly troubling for countries with agricultural industries in areas dependent on irrigation (灌溉). In Texas, farmers' overuse of irrigation water has resulted in a 25% reduction of the water stores. In the Central Valley area of southwestern USA, a huge water engineering project provided water for farming in dry valleys, but much of the water use has been poorly managed.
Saudi Arabia's attempts to grow wheat in desert areas have seen the pumping of huge quantities of irrigation water from underground reserves. Because there is no rainfall in these areas, such reserves can only decrease, and it is believed that fifty years of pumping will see them run dry.
1.From the first two paragraphs we learn that________.
A. much of the world's water is available for use
B. people in high rainfall countries feel lucky
C. water can be easily carried through pipes across the world
D. the costs of water redistribution should be considered
2.Which of the following is TRUE?
A. The water stores in Texas have been reduced by 75%.
B. Most industries in the world suffer from water shortages.
C. The underground water in Saudi Arabia might run out in 50 years.
D. Good management of water use resulted from the project in the Central Valley.
3.What is most likely to be discussed in the paragraph that follows?
A. Steps to improving water use management.
B. Ways to reduce the costs of building dams.
C. Measures to deal with worldwide water shortages.
D. Approaches to handling the pressure on water supply.
4.The text is mainly about________.
A. water supply and increasing population
B. water use management and agriculture
C. water redistribution and wildlife protection
D. water shortages and environmental protection
Babies are born yogis. Once we were all able to pull our toes up by our ears and laugh about it. Then we aged, got injured, and began carrying stress in our shoulders and back. In short, we lost our balance.
Yoga（瑜伽） is an ancient practice that helps create a sense of union in body, mind, and spirit. It brings us balance. I was seriously out of balance when I started practicing yoga in 1999. I had plantar fascitis in both feet, and my doctor had warned me against all the things I loved to do: walking, hiking, and playing tennis. I was desperate for exercise. Yoga became my salvation and even enhanced my other fitness activities. I practice yoga at least twice a week, but I consider yoga to be part of my daily life because after a while you no longer just practice yoga—you love it.
Yoga becomes part of your physical life. Your body grows stronger, more toned, and more flexible as you move from one pose to the other. I spent a week in Mexico at a yoga retreat, and it was the first vacation on which I lost weight. “Rather than building muscle, yoga builds muscle tone,” says Shakta Kaur Khalsa, author of the K.I.S.S. Guide to Yoga. “Because yoga helps maintain a balanced metabolism (新陈代谢), it also helps to regulate weight. Additionally, yoga stretches muscles lengthwise, causing fat to be removed around the cells.” I do yoga poses throughout the day. After hours at my computer, I stretch my stiff shoulders and arms. When I need a boost of energy, I do energizing poses. When I am feeling exhausted at the end of the day, I do restorative poses.
Yoga becomes part of your mental life. Yoga teaches you to focus on breathing while you hold the poses. This attention to breath is calming; it dissolves stress and anxiety. I use yogic breathing on the tennis courts, in the dentist’s chair, and in traffic jams. You should always leave a yoga practice feeling energized, not tired. If you feel tired after yoga, it means you spent the time “fighting” yourself, trying to force yourself into poses. In yoga, you “surrender” to the pose by letting go of the tension.
Yoga becomes part of your spiritual life. Yoga is practiced by people from all religions; it is not restricted to any religious group. Yoga teaches “right” living in how we deal with ourselves and others. As I work on a difficult pose, I learn patience, forgiveness, and the value of gentleness. Yoga advocates proper eating, but you don’t have to be a vegetarian to practice yoga.
1.What would be the best title for this passage?
A. What’s Yoga? B. The Benefits of Yoga
C. How I Do Yoga Poses D. The Varieties of Yoga
2.According to the third paragraph, yoga can help people __________.
A. grow taller B. lose weight
C. become flexible in thinking D. make more friends
3.People feel tired after yoga because __________.
A. they spend too much time on yoga
B. they respond well to yoga poses
C. they force themselves into yoga poses
D. they consume energy in practicing yoga
4.If this passage continues, what will the writer most probably write about in the next paragraph?
A. Yoga as a means to keep fit.
B. Different yoga poses.
C. Popularity of yoga all over the world.
D. Encouraging people to do yoga.
