Since around the later part of the 1950s, society started to realize that tobacco cigarettes caused health problems. As research progressed along with increasing numbers of people that developed lung cancer, emphysema, and other smoking related illnesses, cigarette smoking has become less accepted and popular. Unfortunately, the nicotine contained in cigarettes is one of the most addictive substances on the planet and makes quitting smoking one of the hardest things to do. In 2003, Chinese pharmacist, Hon Lik invented the electronic cigarette as a safer, and cleaner way to breathe in nicotine after his father, a heavy smoker, passed away from lung cancer attributed to smoking tobacco cigarettes.
Hon Lik applied for his first patent on the electronic cigarette in 2003 and afterwards introduced e-cigs to the Chinese market in the following year through his employer, Golden Dragon Holdings. Golden Dragon Holdings later changed the company’s name to “Ruyan” in order to better match the company’s name(Ruyan means “almost like smoke”)to the new product. Since the renaming, the Ruyan company has continued e-cigarette development and grown to be one of the largest global e-cig manufactures.
Dr.Sam Han, CEO of Cixi E-CIG Technology, Inc, Ltd. also has a number of e-cig related inventions, including four patents in the United States and two in China that are electronic cigarette and e-liquid technology related. Similar to Hon Lik’s father. Dr. Han was a heavy smoker for more than 40 years before beginning to work on electronic cigarette technologies in order to help himself and others make the shift to vapor smoking. Dr.Han continues to market and conduct R&D in e-cig related techonologies to this date.
After the successful deployment of Ruyan and Cixi E-CIG electronic cigarettes in China and Asia, the products started to be sold in significant quantities on the Internet.
1.How many years is it since the electronic cigarette was first invented according to the passage?
A. About 5 years. B. About 11 years.
C. About15 years. D.About 20 years.
2.What’s the direct reason why Hon Lik invented the electronic cigarette according to the passage ?
A.Tobacco cigarettes caused health problems.
B.Tobacco cigarettes were too expensive for customers to buy.
C.Quitting smoking became one of the hardest things to do.
D.His father died from lung cancer due to smoking tobacco cigarettes.
3.Since when have Chinese smokers have been able to buy Hon Lik’s electronic cigarettes according to the passage?
A.2000. B.2003. C.2004. D.2005.
4.What’s the correct order of the following events according to the passage?
① Hon Lik applied for his first patent on the electronic cigarette.
② Hon Lik’s father died from lung cancer because of smoking tobacco cigarettes.
③ Hon Lik’s electronic cigarettes were introduced to the Chinese market.
④ The name of the company Golden Dragon Holdings was changed to “Ruyan”.
A. ①③②④ B.①④②③ C.②④①③ D.②①③④
假设你是李华，准备参加学校举办的主题为“健康成长”的英语作文比赛。请按要求写一篇短文，主要内容包括：
1.乐观的人生态度；
2.努力学习；
3.参加体育锻炼。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
3. 文章的开头已给出不计入总次数。
We all want to grow up happily and healthily, and for this goal we must do several things.
单句改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)，
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改所造英语句子，请你修改你同桌写的以下句子。每句中只有一处错误。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(^)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用(＼)划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
1.Tom blames his lack of confidence for his mother.
2.He is considered as a honest boy in our class.
3.Tom and I have different view about the time of the meeting
4.You should rise your arm to get the teacher’s attention.
5.All of them want to get a closely look at the picture.
6.I use Christmas as an example because it is familiar with most readers.
7.On returning to the palace, the king marries to the woman.
8.Could I speak to whoever is in the charge of International Sales Please?
9.Lots of pieces of equipments have been fixed since we came here.
10.I would appreciate if you could help me with my computer.
阅读下面句子，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
1.This is one of the most ___________ (attract) places I have ever been to.
2.My grandfather was ___________ (delight) to hear I passed the exam.
3.Staying with a native speaker is better for children than ___________ (simple) sitting in a classroom.
4.She was usually ___________ (patience) with her students and never made them disappointed.
5.Do you want to be responsible ___________ your own life decisions?
6.To our surprise, the food tasted ___________ (well) than it looked.
7.She shared a house ___________ three other students before graduation.
8.It’s bad ___________(manner) to look at a person for a long time in public.
9.I will ___________ (apology) to him for not going to his party.
10.___________ (dress) in a white uniform, he looks more like a cook than a doctor.
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A, B, C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My wife and I moved into our home two years ago. We had a yard with a lot of . Very often when we have flowers, Denise or I would plant some between the rocks, just to add some to the area.
Last summer, I found a tiny little in the yard that I could not immediately identify. I knew I didn’t plant it and Denise said she didn’t either. We decided to let it growing until we could find out what it was.
Weeks passed and as I made my way back to the plant, it appeared to be a sunflower. I decided to the weeds around it. As I pulled rocks from the area to get to the weeds, I noticed something . The sunflower had not where I saw it begin. It actually had begun under a big and grown under and around it to reach the .
That’s when I that if a tiny little sunflower didn’t let a big rock stand in its of developing, we too have the ability of doing the same thing. If we ourselves like that little sunflower, we can reach where we to go and get what we need for growth.
We need to believe in ourselves knowing we have the to achieve our goals. Like the , it knew it had the ability to get over the rocks because it had in itself that it would succeed. Stand tall like the sunflower and be of who and what we are, then the environment will begin to us. We will find a way to go under or any “rocks” in order to reach our goals.
1.A. flowers B. rocks C.insects D. vegetables
2.A. shape B. water C. fertilizer D. colour
3.A. weed B. seed C. plant D.rock
4.A. continue B.stop C. improve D. escape
5.A. weak B. strange C.lonely D. pretty
6.A.collect B. tend C. watch D. remove
7.A. wonderful B. terrible C. unusual D.valuable
8.A. started B.passed C. left D. died
9.A. tree B.rock C.table D. wall
10.A. air B.sun C.top D. house
11.A.hoped B. doubted C. regretted D. realized
12.A. way B.place C. course D. process
13.A. fill in B. put in C. believe in D. worry about
14.A. forget B. aim C.hate D. wait
15.A.idea B. wish C. plan D. ability
16.A. sunflower B.yard C. home D. summer
17.A. energy B. virtue C. faith D.courage
18.A. aware B. proud C.afraid D. tired
19.A. forgive B. affect C. upset D. support
20.A.around B. into C. through D. from
根据短文的内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项
Easy Ways to Keep Your Brain Sharp
Everyone is forgetful, but as we age, we start to feel like our brains are slowing down a bit and that can be a very annoying thing. 1. Read on for some techniques worth trying.
2.People who regularly made plans and looked forward to upcoming events had a 50 percent
reduced chance of Alzheimer's disease (早老性痴呆症), according to a recent study. 3.
Something as simple as setting a goal to have a weekly coffee date with a friend will do. There's evidence that people who have a purpose in life or who are working on long or short-term goals appear to do better. In other words, keep your brain looking forward.
2. Go for a walk.
Mildly raised glucose (葡萄糖) levels can harm the area of the brain that helps you form memories and physical activity can help get blood glucose down to normal levels. In fact, exercise produces chemicals that are good for your brain. 4.
3. Learn something new.
Take a Spanish class online, join a drawing club, or learn to play cards. A study found that mental stimulation (刺激) limits the weakening effects of aging on memory and the mind. But the best thing for your brain is when you learn something new and are physically active at the same time. 5. Or go dancing with your friends.
A. Focus on the future.
B. This can be especially harmful to the aged.
C. So take a few minutes each day to do some reading.
D. It should be something like learning gardening.
E. In other words, when you take care of your body, you take care of your brain.
F. But don't worry if your schedule isn't filled with life-changing events.
G. Luckily, research shows there is a lot you can do to avoid those moments.
