Do you love running? It is a good exercise, yet many people find it boring. But what if making your morning jog a creative one? Like jumping from walls and over gaps, and ground rolls? Just like the James Bond in the movie Casino Royale？Bond jumps down from a roof to a windowsill and then runs several blocks over obstacles on the way. It is just because of Bond's wonderful performances that the sport has become popular worldwide.
Yes, that's parkour, an extreme street sport aimed at moving from one point to another as quickly as possible, getting over all the obstacles in the path using only the abilities of the human body. Parkour is considered an extreme sport. As its participants dash around a city, they may jump over fences, run up walls and even move from rooftop to rooftop.
Parkour can be just as exciting and charming as it sounds, but its participants see parkour much more than that.
Overcoming all the obstacles on the course and in life is part of the philosophy(哲理) behind parkour. This is the same as life. You must determine your destination, go straight, and jump over all the barriers as if in parkour and never fall back from them in your life, to reach the destination successfully. A parkour lover said, "I love parkour because its philosophy has become my life, my way to do everything."
Another philosophy we've learnt from parkour is freedom. It can be done by anyone, at any time, anywhere in the world. It is a kind of expression of trust in yourself that you earn energy and confidence.
1.Which of the following is TRUE of parkour?
A. It is a team sport.
B. It is a good but boring sport.
C. It challenges human abilities.
D. It needs special training.
2.As its participants move around a city, ________.
A. they can ask for help
B. they should run to extremes
C. they may choose to escape
D. they must learn to survive
3.Which of the following is the philosophy of parkour?
A. Excitement and popularity.
B. Determination and freedom.
C. Dreams and success.
D. Sports and extremes.
4.What is the passage mainly about?
A.What parkour is and where can do it.
B. What parkour is and what it can bring us.
C. Why we do parkour and what we get from it.
D. When we can do parkour and how we do it well.
A new factory that turns used wine bottles into green sand could revolutionize the recycling industry and help to filter(过滤) the nation's drinking water.
For the last 100 years special high grade white sand quarried(开采) at Leighton Buzzard in Bedfordshire has been used to filter tap water to remove bacteria and impurities—but this may no longer be necessary.
The green sand has already been successfully tested by water companies and is being used in 50 swimming pools in Scotland to keep the water clean.
Backed by one million pounds from the European Union and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs(Defar), a company based in Scotland is building a factory to turn beverage bottles back into the sand from which they were made.
The idea is not only to avoid using up increasingly scarce sand in Scotland and avoid any further quarrying but also to solve a crisis in the recycles only 750 000 tones of it.
Howard Dryden, the scientist and managing director of the company has spent six years working on what he calls Active Filtration Meadia, or AFM, the recycled glass. He says he needs bottles that have already contained drinkable liquids to be sure that drinking water would not be polluted.
"The fact is that tests show that AFM does the job better than glass, it is easier to clean and reuse and has all sorts of properties that make it ideal for other applications, "he claimed. He also thinks the market will be able to take 250 000 tones of green sand a year. The plan is to build five or six factories in cites in UK where the bottles come from to cut down on transport.
The factory will be completed this month and is expected to go into full production on January 14 next year. Once it is providing a "regular" product, the government's drinking water inspectorate will be asked to perform tests and approve it for general use by water companies.
1.It may no longer be necessary to use high-grade white sand to keep water clean because____.
A. the green sand has been used to keep the water clean
B. there is no need to keep water clean
C. a new factory has been set up
D. white sand is being use up
2.According to the passage, the new idea can do the following except ______.
A. cutting down the cost on transport
B. avoiding using up increasingly scarce sand
C. avoiding further quarrying of white sand
D. solving the crisis in the recycling industry
3.Tests show that ______ in keeping the water clean.
A. AFM is more efficient than white sand
B. white sand is more efficient than green sand
C. AFM is more efficient than glass
D, glass is more efficient than AFM
4.The underlined word "Backed" in the fourth paragraph can best be replaced by "______".
A. Allowed B. Opposed
C. Supported D. Forbidden
Dear Alcohol（酒精）,
You've been around forever. I can remember all the pain you've caused for me.
Do you remember the night you almost took my father's life? I do. He loves you. Sometimes I think he loves you more than he loves me. He's addicted （沉溺）to you, to the way you promise to rid him of his problems only to cause more of them. You just sat back and laughed as his car went spinning through the street, crashing into two other cars. He wasn't the only one hurt by you that night.
Do you remember the night of my first high school party? You were there. My friends were intrigued by you. They treated you as if they were never going to see you again, drinking all of you that they could. I spent two hours that night helping my friends who had fallen completely. "I'm so embarrassed," they said as I held their hair back so that they could vomit (呕吐). "I'm sorry," they said when I called taxies for them, walking them out and paying the driver in advance. "This won't happen again," they said as they were sent to the hospital to have their stomachs pumped. Two 15-year-old girls slept in hospital beds that night thanks to you.
Do you remember the night when you took advantage of my 17-year-old neighbor who had to drive to pick up his sister from her dance lessons? Do you know how we all felt when he hit another car and killed the two people in the other car? He died the next morning too. His sister walked home from her dance lesson, and passed police cars and a crowd of people gathering on the sidewalk just two blocks away from the dance studio. She didn't realize her brother was in the midst（当中） of it all. She never saw him again. And it's all your fault.
I wish you'd walk out of my life forever. I don't want anything to do with you. Look at all the pain you've caused. Sure, you've made people happy too from time to time. But the damage you've caused in the lives of millions is inexcusable. Stop luring (引诱) in the people I love. Stop hurting me, please.
Sincerely,
Anonymous
1.What is author's purpose in writing to alcohol?
A. To introduce Mr. Alcohol to the readers
B. To describe the harm alcohol did to his family.
C. To show how much alcohol can hurt people.
D. To show the great fun that alcohol can bring to people's life.
2. What did alcohol do to the author's father?
A. It made him crash into two other cars and took his life.
B. It made him drink too much and he had to get his stomach pumped.
C. It made him kill two other people when driving.
D. It made him get into a car accident and badly injure himself.
3.The underlined phrase "were intrigued by" is closest in meaning to ______.
A.were interested in
B. were familiar with
C. were disappointed with
D. were satisfied with
4. What is the tone of the article?
A. Doubtful. B. Critical（批评的）.
C. Unconcerned. D. Humorous.
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This is the story of two lovers, who finally got married. Both of them were romantic at first, quarrels, profession came into their life.
One day, she finally decided "I want to break up". "Why?" he asked.
"I am ______." she answered.
He kept silent the whole night, seemingly in deep ______. finally he asked, "What can I do to ______ your mind?"
Looking into his eyes she said, "Answer my question. If you can ______ my heart, I will change my mind. Let's say, I want a flower ______ on the face of a mountain cliff (悬崖), we both are sure that picking the flower will cause your ______. will you do it for me?"
He said, "I will give you my ______ tomorrow."
She woke up the next morning, found him gone, and saw a piece of paper on her bed, which _____"My dear, I would not pick that flower for you, the _____ are …"
"When you use the computer you always ______ the software, and you cry in front of the screen. I have to save my fingers so that I can help to restore the ______ . You always leave the house keys behind, thus I have to save my ______ to rush home to open the door for you. You love traveling but always lose your way in a (n) ______ city. I have to save my eyes to show you the way. You always ______ at the computer, and that will do nothing good for your eyes. I have to save my eyes ______ when we grow old, I can help to clip your nails and help to remove those ______ white hairs."
"Thus, my dear, unless I am sure that there is someone who loves you ______I do … I could not pick that flower yet, and die …"
That's life, and ______. flowers, and romantic moments are only used and appear on the _____ of the relationship. Under all this, the pillar of true love stands.
1.A. but B.and C. or D. so
2.A. lonely B. shamed C. worried D. tired
3.A. space B. shade C. impression D. thought
4.A. speak B. blow C. keep D. change
5.A. represent B. expand C. admit D. convince
6.A. falling B. growing C. living D. waiting
7.A. attention B. death C. interest D. satisfaction
8.A. answer B. agreement C. announcement D. judgment
9.A. informs B. goes C. prints D. writes
10.A. reasons B. meanings C. messages D. purposes
11.A. turn up B. put up C. use up D. mess up
12.A. structures B. balance C. position D. programs
13.A. dollars B. patience C. energy D. legs
14.A. ancient B. new C. modern D. underground
15.A. shout B. jump C. stare D. knock
16.A. as if B. so that C. now that D. in case
17.A. enjoyable B. annoying C. dusty D. amusing
18.A. more than B. less than C. rather than D. other than
19.A. Determination B. progress C. power D. love
20.A. principle B. way C. nature D. surface
Don't stop ________ you meet with a word you don't understand.
A.at the time B．each time
C．by the time D．Sometimes
I would appreciate if you can keep an eye on my dog while I am away.
A. you B. that C.不填 D. it
