Jonny: Hey! I’m just practicing Tai Chi(太极). Would you like to join me?
Peter: I know nothing about it. Is it difficult?
Jonny: It seems easy, but you need a lot of practice. You just follow me like this.
Peter: OK. Don’t laugh 1. me. I may look funny.
Jonny: Bend your knees slightly and reach out your arms like tree branches, naturally and 2. (soft). Try to keep your body straight. Move slowly, then be sure to keep your balance and don’t let your body shake.
Peter: I cannot control my body well. My legs become 3. (pain).
Jonny: Keep 4. (hold) your position for a while. It helps develop your strength and flexibility. Raise your leg and let 5. stay in the air for seconds.
Peter: I feel my legs shaking. I cannot do this any longer.
Jonny: Be patient! Tai Chi 6. (call) “shadow boxing” in English. It asks you to act like water: to be flexible as well 7. strong. In real competition, a Tai Chi master borrows the strength of the competitor and uses this energy to fight back. The 8. (hard) you try to beat him, the more likely you will get hit. He controls you!
Peter: Unbelievable! Oh..., 9. you don’t mind, I’ll stop and take a deep 10. .
Seventeen-year-old Rivertown teenager, John Janson, was honoured at the Lifesaver Awards last night for carrying out lifesaving first aid on his neighbour after a shocking knife .
John was presented with his award at a ceremony which recognized the of the ten people who have saved the life of others.
John had been studying in his room when he heard . When he and his father rushed outside, they that Anne Slade, mother of three, had been stabbed（刺） with a knife by her ex-boyfriend（前男友）. The man ran from the and left Ms Slade lying in her front garden very heavily. Her hands had almost been cut off.
It was John’s quick and knowledge of first aid that saved Ms Slade’s life. He immediately asked a number of the people for bandages（绷带）, but when nobody could put their hands on anything, his father got some tea towels（毛巾）and from their house. John used these to dress the most severe to Ms Slade’s hands. He slowed the bleeding by applying pressure to the wounds until the and ambulance arrived.
“I’m of what I did but I was just doing what I had been ,” John said.
John had taken part in the Young Lifesaver Scheme at his high school. When John, Mr Alan Southerton, Director of the Young Lifesaver Scheme, said, “ is no doubt that John’s quick thinking and the first aid that he had learned at school saved Ms Slade’s life. It shows that a simple knowledge of the first aid can make a real .”
John and the nine other lifesavers also attended a reception yesterday hosted by the Prime Minister before their awards last night.
1.A. show B. attack C. work D. defend
2.A. bravery B. life C. thinking D. progress
3.A. quarrelling B. arguing C. laughing D. screaming
4.A. realized B. believed C. thought D. discovered
5.A. repeatedly B. quickly C. frequently D. gradually
6. A. home B. place C. scene D. house
7.A. shaking B. struggling C. bleeding D. crying
8.A. action B. answer C. experience D. request
9.A. several B. nearby C. familiar D. curious
10.A. water B. tape C. bandages D. scissors
11.A. damages B. pains C. injuries D. arms
12.A. neighbours B. children C. doctor D. police
13. A. proud B. fond C.sure D. tired
14.A. expected B. taught C. encouraged D. educated
15.A. thanking B. RecognizingC. admiring D. congratulating
16.A. There B. It C. He D. She
17.A. skills B. instructions C. key D. history
18.A. discovery B. harm C. difference D. choice
19.A. recent B. secret C. private D. special
20.A. giving B. offering C. announcing D. Receiving
All over the world people enjoy sports. Sports help to keep people healthy and happy, and to live longer. 1. They buy tickets or turn on their TVs to watch the games. Often they get very excited when their player or team wins.
2. Football, for example, has spread around the world. Swimming is popular in all countries near the sea or in those with many rivers. What fun it is to jump into a pool or lake, whether in China, Egypt or Italy! 3. Think how many lovers to skate or ski in Japan, Norway or Canada.
Some sports or game go back thousands of years, like running or jumping. Chinese wushu, for example, has a very long history. But basketball and volleyball are rather new. Neither one is a
hundred years old yet. 4. Water-skiing is one of the newest in the family of sports.
People from different countries may not be able to understand each other, but after a game together they often become good friends. 5. One learns to fight hard but fight fair, to win without pride and to lose with grace.
A. And think of people in cold countries.
B. Sports help to train a person’s character.
C. Not a few people participate in different sports competitions themselves.
D. Many people like to watch others play games.
E. People aren’t inventing new sports or games.
F. Some sports are so interesting that people everywhere take part in them.
G. People are inventing new sports or games all the time.
Someday a stranger will read your email without your permission or scan the websites you've visited. Or perhaps someone will casually glance through your credit card purchases or cell phone bills to find out your shopping preferences or calling habits.
In fact, it's likely some of these things have already happened to you. Who would watch you without your permission? It might be a girlfriend, a marketing company, a boss, a policeman or a criminal. Whoever it is，they will see you in a way you never intended to be seen—the 21st century equal to being caught naked(裸露的)．
Psychologists tell us boundaries are healthy, though it's important to reveal(透露) yourself to friends, family and lovers in stages, at appropriate times. Actually few boundaries remain. The digital bread crumbs (面包屑) you leave everywhere make it easy for strangers to reconstruct who you are，where you are and what you like. In some cases，a simple Google search can reveal what you think. Like it or not， increasingly we live in a world where you simply cannot keep a secret.
The key question is: Does that matter? For many Americans, the answer apparently is “no”．
When opinion polls ask Americans about privacy, most say they are concerned about losing it. A survey found a majority of people are pessimistic about privacy, with 60 percent of respondents saying they feel their privacy is “slipping away, and that bothers me”．
But people say one thing and do another. Only a small part of Americans change any behaviors in an effort to preserve their privacy. Few people turn down a discount at tollbooths(收费亭)to avoid using the EZPass system that can track(跟踪) automobile movements. And few turn down supermarket loyalty cards. Privacy economist Alessandro Acquits has run a series of tests that reveal people will submit personal information like Social Security numbers just to get their hands on a pitiful 50centsoff coupon(优惠券)．
But privacy does matter at least sometimes. It's like health：when you have it，you don't notice it. Only when it's gone do you wish you'd done more to protect it.
1.From Paragraph 2，we can infer________.
A．criminals are easily caught on the spot with advanced technology
B．people tend to be more frank with each other in the information age
C．in the 21st century people try every means to look into others' secrets
D．people's personal information is easily accessed without their knowledge
2.What would psychologists advise on the relationships between friends?
A．There should be a distance even between friends.
B．There should be fewer quarrels between friends.
C．Friends should always be faithful to each other.
D．Friends should open their hearts to each other.
3.According to the passage，privacy is like health in that________.
A．its importance is rarely understood
B．it is something that can easily be lost
C．people will make every effort to keep it
D．people don't treasure it until they lose it
Travel Information
1.It is said that the love story about Xu Xian and the White Snake happened on _____.
A. Dragon Tower
B. West Lake
C. Water Cube
D. Disneyland
2.If a person in Hangzhou feels like visiting Water Cube, he should call _____to get information.
A. 010-28315589
B. 0451-82187899
C. 0571-68345576
D. 0l0-28135589
3.Disneyland, which attracts a lot of tourists from home and abroad every year, is in _____ according to the travel information.
A. Beijing
B. Harbin
C. Hong Kong
D. Hangzhou
4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the travel information?
A. Water Cube is special in design.
B. The price of a ticket for West Lake is the highest.
C. In Disneyland.you can't see any cartoon characters.
D.The price of a ticket for Dragon Tower is the lowest.
I grew up in Jamaica Plain. My best friend Rose and I used to dream about raising a family of our own someday and living next door to one another.
Our dream remained alive through school and beyond. Rose was my maid of honor when I married Dick. Later, Dick was stationed in Alaska and we moved. Rose was sad to see me leave, but wished me the best of luck. We remained in touch for a few years before we lost track.
I thought of her several times over the years. All of my children now have families of their own, and Dick passed away a few years ago. Basically, a lifetime has passed. Then one day, near my 80th birthday, I received a phone call “Hi Natalie, it’s Rose,” the voice on the other end said, “ I don’t know if you remember me, but we used to be best friends in Jamaica Plain when we were kids.”
We have spent hours on the phone catching up. Even after 52 years of separation our personalities and interests are still extremely similar. We both share a passion for several hobbies that we each picked up independently several years after we lost touch with one another. It almost feels like we are picking up right where we left off.
Her husband died a few years ago as well, but she mailed me several photographs of her family that were taken over the years. It’s so crazy, just looking at the photos and listening to her description of her family reminds me of my own: a reasonably large, healthy family. Part of me feels like we led fairly similar lives.
I don’t think the similarities between our two lives are a coincidence either. I think it shows that we didn’t just call each other best friend; we truly were best friends and even now we can be best friends again. Real friends have two things in common: a compatible(相容的)personality and a strong-willed character. The compatible personality is what starts the connection between two people.
A strong-willed character at both ends is what maintains the connection. If those two ingredients are present in a friendship, the friendship is for real, It can pass the tests of time and long distance between one another and will never disappear.
1.From the passage we may know that the author .
A. lived next door to Rose in her childhood
B.was Rose’s maid of honor when she was married
C.lost touch of Rose since she moved to Alaska
D. missed her friend although they lost contact
2.After 52 years of separation, they .
A.had a lot to talk on the phone
B. sent each other photographs of their family
C.they lived the same life
D. developed different personalities and hobbies
3. The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 6 refers to .
A. Rose’s description
B. coincidence
C. best friend
D. the similarities between our two lives
4.The author thinks that .
A. the similarities between their lives are coincident
B. although they’re not best friends, they have much in commom.
C. they both have a compatible personality and a strong-willed character
D. only those who have similar characters can be real friends
