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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，并从答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
When I was a teenager I volunteered to work at the water station at a 10,000m race. My job was to _________ water to the runners. I remember being so _________ to see all the different kinds of people who passed by and grabbed a cup of water. Some ran past, some walked past and a few wheeled past. I saw so many types of people doing it. I thought maybe I could do it too! So the next year I _________ up for the race.
That first 10,000m race was quite an _________ . I jogged, I walked, I jogged and I walked. _________, I didn’t know if I could finish. Then came a defining (决定性) _________ .
At one point near the end, a 70-year-old man ran past me, very, very fast, and I felt _________ because I was 50 years younger than he but I couldn’t even keep up with him. I felt _________ for a second.
But then I _________ something. He was running his race and I was running mine. He had _________ abilities, experience, training and goals for himself. I had mine. Remember my _________ was only to finish.
After a minute, it _________ me that this was a lesson I could draw from. I learned something about myself in that moment. I turned my embarrassment into _________ .
I _________ that I would not give up on running races. In fact, I would run even more races and I would learn how to train and prepare _________ and one day I would be one of those 70-year-old persons who were still running. As I crossed the finish line, I was proud of my _________.
In life we all have those moments where we _________ ourselves to others. It’s only _________ . Don’t allow those moments to _________ you. Turn them into motivation and let them inspire you. With the proper preparation and training, you can improve your result to _________ anything you want in life.
1.A. bring out B. pass out C. take out D. pick out
2.A. excited B.worried C. concerned D. anxious
3.A. gave B. made C. signed D. dressed
4.A. achievement B. encouragement C. instruction D. experience
5.A. At times B. In time C. In all D. After all
6.A. victory B. decision C. moment D. conclusion
7.A. embarrassed B. annoyed C. moved D. thrilled
8.A. relaxed B. defeated C. puzzled D. inspired
9.A. realized B. lost C. noticed D. remembered
10.A. special B. evident C. common D. different
11.A. motto B. plan C. goal D. direction
12.A. worried B. hit C. reached D. hurt
13.A. attraction B. devotion C. inspiration D. expectation
14.A. hoped B. promised C. decided D. suggested
15.A. slightly B. hardly C. clearly D. properly
16.A. excitement B. accomplishment C. movement D. judgement
17.A. introduce B. relate C. present D. compare
18.A. important B. natural C. strange D. ridiculous
19.A. weaken B. wound C. amuse D. cheer
20.A. reserve B. deliver C. achieve D. Abandon
Doctors say anger can be an extremely damaging emotion, unless you learn how to deal with it. They warn that anger can lead to heart disease, stomach problems, headaches, emotional problems and possibly cancer.
___1.___ Some people express anger openly in a calm reasonable way. Others burst with anger, and scream and yell. But other people keep their anger inside. They can not or will not express it. This is called repressing anger.
For years many doctors thought that repressing anger was more dangerous to a person’s health than expressing it. They said that when a person is angry, the brain releases the same hormones (荷尔蒙). They speed the heart rate, raise blood pressure, or sugar into the blood, etc. __2.___
Some doctors say that both repressing and expressing anger can be dangerous. They believe that those who express anger violently may be more likely to develop heart disease, and they believe that those who keep anger inside may face a greater danger of high blood pressure.
___3.__ They say the first step is to admit that you are angry and to recognize the real cause of the anger, then decide if the cause is serious enough to get angry about. If it is, they say, “___4.___ Wait until your anger has cooled down and you are able to express yourself calmly and reasonably.”
Doctors say that a good way to deal with anger is to find humor in the situation that has made you angry. ___5.___
A. In general the person feels excited and ready to act.
B. They said that laughter is much healthier than anger.
C. Expressing anger violently is more harmful than repressing it.
D. Anger may cause you a cancer.
E. Do not express your anger while angry.
F. Anger is a normal emotion that we all feel from time to time.
G. Doctors say the solution is learning how to deal with anger.
Most of us spend our lives seeking the natural world. We go fishing, sit in the garden, have a picnic, live in the suburbs or go to the seaside. The most popular leisure activity in Britain is going for a walk. When joggers jog, they don't run the streets. Every one of them tend to go to the park or the river.
But despite this, our children are growing up naturedeprived(剥夺). I spent my boyhood climbing trees. These days, children are robbed of these ancient freedoms, due to problems like crime, traffic, the loss of the open spaces and strange new ideas about what is best for children, that is to say, things that can be bought, rather than things that can be found.
The truth is to be found elsewhere. A study in the US: families had moved to better housing and the children were assessed for ADHD—attention deficit hyperactivity disorder(多动症). Those whose accommodation had more natural views showed an improvement of 19%; those who had the same improvement in material surroundings but no nice view improved just 4%.
ADHD is one of the great problems of modern childhood. One study after another indicates that contact with nature gives huge benefits to ADHD children. However, we spend money on drugs rather than on green places.
The life of old people is measurably better when they have access to nature. The increasing concern for the growing population of old people is in quality rather than quantity of years. And study after study finds that a garden is the single most important thing in finding that quality. Even problems with crime and aggressive behaviour are reduced when there is contact with the natural world.
We need the wild world. It is essential to our wellbeing, our health and our happiness.
1.According to the author, people enjoy ________ to seek nature.
A．jogging on the street
B．sitting in the garden
C．shopping in the supermarket
D．running in the gym
2.From the second paragraph, we can see that ________.
A．adults deprive the children of their rights to approach nature
B．climbing trees will certainly do good to the children
C．children probably spend less time in nature nowadays
D．children tend to be happier as a result of their material satisfaction
3.In what way do people benefit from their contact with nature?
A．Children with ADHD can be cured.
B．A garden nearby improves the quality of old people's life.
C．Problems with crime and violent behaviour will easily be solved.
D．Children's performance at school is greatly improved.
4.What is the main idea of this passage?
A．Access to nature improves our life.
B．Nature treats children for ADHD.
C．Getting close to nature reduces crime.
D．Man can't live without natural areas.
Security—for the information on your smart phone, as well as for the phone itself—is a hot topic these days.The truth is that you're packing a lot of sensitive information on your phone, and you should keep it safe.
When it comes to physical security, iPhone users would do well to download Find My iPhone, a free app from Apple that allows you to visit a website and see your (lost, stolen or misplaced) phone on the map.You can then sound an alarm, send a message that will pop up on its screen, lock the phone or erase all your data.
Android does not have an exact equivalent(等价物), but there are plenty of alternatives. A free app called Lookout offers the findmyphone feature.The paid version allows you to wipe the data from your phone remotely.
Then there is your coffee shop's WiFi network.Anyone with minimal technical expert skill can snoop on(窥视) people using shared wireless networks, harvesting passwords and other personal data. Lookout will caution you when you've logged on to an insecure network, but cannot protect you once you're there.
In order to protect yourself on such networks, you can use a virtual private network, or VPN. This turns all your activity into nonsense to anyone trying to read along with you from across Starbucks. It also keeps websites from tracking you and, if you're travelling, allows you to get access to sites that may be blocked in other countries.
If you have an iPhone, the simplest VPN app is probably Hotspot Shield, whose distinguishing feature is said to be that it automatically kicks in each time you start browsing (浏览), as opposed to other VPN apps that require you to start them up manually(手动地)．This matters, because even if you decide you want a VPN app, you want to spend approximately zero time thinking about it. For the most part, that was true of Hotspot Shield, though occasionally it took a while to connect or temporarily lost connection without warning. I found myself having to turn the app on and off sometimes, which involved setting my phone constantly.
If even reading about the settings on your phone drive you crazy, then it is probably best to stay away from a VPN app. But if you're the type who can't resist checking your bank balance from your corner bar, the hassle(麻烦) may be preferable to the risk.
1.Which of the following can warn you against the insecure network?
A. Android. B. VPN.
C. Lookout. D. Find My iPhone.
2.By using VPN, users can ________．
A. find their lost phones on the Internet
B. remove all the data from the phone remotely
C. check the bank balance now and then
D. save their browsing from being tracked
3.The underlined word “that” in Para.6 refers to the fact that ________.
A. a VPN app kicks in automatically
B. the users start VPN apps manually
C. the app takes a while to connect
D. users spend no time thinking about it
Like most people, I was brought up to look upon life as a process of getting. It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important discovery: giving away makes life much more exciting. You need not worry if you lack money.
This is how I experimented with giving away. If an idea for improving the window display of a neighborhood store flashes to me, I step in and make the suggestion to the storekeeper. One discovery I made about giving away is that it is almost impossible to give away anything in this world without getting something back, though the return often comes in an unexpected form.
One Sunday morning, the local post office delivered an important special delivery letter to my home, though it was addressed to me at my office. I wrote the postmaster a note of appreciation. More than a year later I needed a post office box for a new business I was starting. I was told at the window that there were no boxes left, and that my name would have to go on a long waiting list. As I was about to leave, the postmaster appeared in the doorway. He had overheard(无意中听到) our conversation. “Wasn't it you that wrote us that letter a year ago about delivering a special delivery to your home？” I said yes. “Well, you certainly are going to have a box in this post office if we have to make one for you. You don't know what a letter like that means to us. We usually get nothing but complaints.”
1.From the passage, we understand that ________.
A. the author did not understand the importance of giving until he was in late thirties
B. the author was like most people who were mostly receivers rather than givers
C. the author received the same education as most people during his childhood
D. the author liked most people as they looked upon life as a process of getting
2.The author would make the suggestion to the storekeeper ________.
A. in writing
B. in person
C. in the window display
D. about the neighborhood
3.When the author needed a post office box, ________.
A. he had put his name on a waiting list
B. he wrote the postmaster a note of appreciation
C. many people had applied for post office boxes before him
D. he asked the postmaster to make one for him
书面表达
报纸和网站是当今两大主要媒体。请根据下列内容，以“Newspapers and Websites”为题，用英语写一篇短文，简要介绍这两种媒体的优缺点。
报 纸 网 站
1. 传统媒体，天天更新，信息可靠 1. 新兴媒体，信息更新速度快
2. 携带方便，随时随地可以阅读 2. 依赖于电脑及互联网
3. 仅有文字和图片 3. 包含文字、图片、音频和视频
注意：1. 短文必须包括上述所有内容，可以适当发挥;
2. 词数：100左右
3. 参考词汇：更新update;音频audio;视频video
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