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The triathlon(铁人三项运动) promises to be one of the most popular Olympic sports.Recently it has drawn huge crowds attracted by athletes swimming 1,500m,cycling 40km,then running 10km without stopping.But what makes an attractive 17yearold girl give up everything for the doubtful pleasure it offers?
Melanie Sears has not yet learnt those oftenrepeated phrases about personal satisfaction,mental challenge and higher targets that most athletes use when asked similar questions.“You swim for 1,500m,then run out of the water and jump on your bike,still wet.Of course,then you freeze.When the 40km cycle ride is over,you have to run 10km,which is a long way when you’re feeling exhausted.But it’s great fun,and all worth it in the end,” she says.
Melanie entered her first triathlon at 14 and she won the junior section.Full of confidence,she entered the National Championships,and although she had the second fastest swim and the fastest run,she came nowhere.“I was following this man and suddenly we came to the sea.We realised then that we had gone wrong.I ended up cycling 20 kilometres too far.I cried all the way through the running.”
But she did not give up and was determined that she never will.“Sometimes I wish I could stop,because then the pain would be over,but I am afraid that if I let myself stop just once,I would be tempted(诱惑) to do it again.”Such doggedness draws admiration from Steve Trew,the sport’s director of coaching.“I’ve just been testing her fitness,” he says, “and she worked so hard on the running machine that it finally threw her off and into a wall.She had given it everything,and she just kept on.”
Melanie was top junior in this year’s European Triathlon Championships,finishing 13th.“I was almost as good as the top three in swimming and running,but much slower in cycling.That’s why I’m working very hard at it.” She is trying to talk her longsuffering parents,who will carry the £1,300 cost of her trip to New Zealand for this year’s world championships,into buying a £2,000 bike,so she can try 25km and 100km races later this year.
But there is another price to pay.“I don’t have a social life,”she says.“After two hours’ hard swimming on Friday night,I just want to go to sleep.But I phone and write to the other girls in the team.” What does she talk about?Boys?Clothes?“No,what sort of times they are achieving.”
How does Melanie differ from other athletes,according to the writer?

A.She worries less than they do.
B.She expresses herself differently.
C.Her family background is not like theirs.
D.Her aims are different from theirs.

What upset Melanie during the National Championships?

A.She was tricked by another competitor.
B.She felt she had let her teammates down.
C.She made a mistake during part of the race.
D.She realized she couldn’t cycle as fast as she thought.

What is Melanie trying to persuade her parents to do?

A.Buy an expensive bike for her.
B.Give her half the cost of a bike.
C.Let her compete in longer races.
D.Pay for her to go to New Zealand.

What does Melanie say about her relationships with her teammates?

A.She would like to see them more often.
B.She only discusses the triathlon with them.
C.She thinks they find her way of life strange.
D.She dislikes discussing boys or clothes with them.
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For many years, no one could communicate with people who had been born without hearing. These deaf people were not able to use a spoken language.
But, beginning in the 1700s, the deaf were taught a special language. Using the language, they could share thoughts and ideas with others. The language they used was a language without sound. It was a sign language.
How did this sign language work? The deaf were taught to make certain movements using their hands, faces and bodies. Their movements stood for things and ideas. A man might move his forefinger across his lips. This meant, “You are not telling the truth.” He might tap his chin with three fingers. This meant, “my uncle.” The deaf were also taught to use a finger alphabet. They used their fingers to make the letters of the alphabet. In this way, they spelled out words. Some deaf people could spell out words at a speed of 130 words per minute.
Sign language and finger spelling are not used as much as they once were. Today the deaf are taught to understand others by watching their lips. They are also taught how to speak.
The story does not say so, but it makes you think that_______.

A.the deaf must have special teachers
B.there is still no way to communicate with the deaf
C.deaf people make signs to make a living
D.deaf people are not as clever as normal people

On the whole the story is about______.

A.how the deaf communicate B.leaning to spell
C.teaching the deaf to speak D.writing sign language

How did sign language help the deaf?

A.It helped them to learn to read.
B.It helped them communicate with other people.
C.The deaf could understand Indian sign language.
D.The deaf could move their thumbs across their lips

Which of these sentences do you think is right?

A.Deaf people draw signs.
B.Deaf people read with their fingers.
C.Many deaf people now can speak.
D.Deaf people teach themselves a sign language.

Habits, whether good or bad, are gradually formed. When a person does a certain thing again, he is impelled(推进,敦促) by some unseen force to do the same thing repeatedly; thus a habit is formed. Once a habit is formed, it is difficult, and sometimes impossible, to get rid of. It is therefore very important that we should pay great attention to the formation (形成) of habits. Children often form bad habits, some of which remain with them as long as they live. Older persons also form bad habits as long as they live, and sometimes become ruined by them..
There are other habits which, when formed in early life, are of great help. Many successful men say that much of their success has something to do with certain habits in early life, such as early rising, honesty and thoroughness(周详).
Among the habits which children should not form are laziness, lying, stealing and so on. These are all easily formed habits. Unfortunately older persons form habits which ought to have been avoided.
We ought to keep from all these old habits, and try to form such habits as will prove good for ourselves and others.
Habits, whether good or bad, are formed_______, _______ everyone knows.

A.day by day; and
B.gradually; as
C.gradually; that
D.century after century; as

Why should we pay much attention to the formation of habits?

A.Because habits are of great help to every one of us.
B.Because a man can never get rid of a habit.
C.It is because we are forced to do them again and again.
D.It is because it’s hard and even not possible to smooth them away

The bad habits formed by __________

A.children sometimes stay in all their lives
B.older people sometimes can kill them
C.persons sometimes can remain with them
D.younger people sometimes can break them

Why People Get Tattoos
Jack lay, quiet and unmoving for thirty minutes while a stranger repeatedly stabbed (刺) him with sharp needles, causing blood to pour steadily out of his leg. Jack was getting a tattoo. His friend Tony had recently gotten a tattoo, and Jack was so impressed by it that he decided to get one too. Peer pressure, media influence, and personal expression are some of the common reasons for wearing tattoos today.
The desire to be accepted by one’s friends or peers can have a great influence on what a person does. Sometimes, wearing a tattoo can be a sign that you belong to a certain group. Gangs often use special clothes and tattoos to identify their particular group. Some of these groups wear only brand – name clothes. Others wear tattoos. When a person’s friends are all doing something, that person is more likely to do the same thing.
The media is another big influence behind the popularity of tattoos in North America. A wide variety of media images(人物,图像) show tattoos-people appearing in commercials selling expensive cars, famous sports heroes with tattoos in magazines, fashion models wearing designer clothes that show their bodies tattooed with detailed and colourful patterns. These media images link tattoos to ideas of wealth, success, and status. As a result, many people decide to get a tattoo for its fashion and status value.
Many people decide to wear tattoos in order to express their artistic nature, their beliefs, or their feelings-in other words, to show their individuality(个性). A musician in a rock band may get a tattoo of a guitar on the arm. Some environmentalists may tattoo pictures of endangered animals on their shoulders. A tattoo can be a public sign to show what is important in a person's life.
As you can see, there are many reasons why young North Americans get tattoos. A tattoo can be part of a group's uniform, a sign of fashion or an expression of individuality. The decision to get a tattoo is most often a result of the influence of friends or media or the desire to express oneself. For Jack, it was a mixture of all three.
72. Jack has got tattoos in order to .

A.show his great bravery B.gain a special experience
C.make himself more healthy D.be different from others

73. According to the passage, media images are linked to .

A.traditional lifestyle B.social position
C.cultural background D.public interest

74. We can infer from the passage that .

A.some people get tattoos out of pressure
B.tattoo is related to religious belief
C.getting tattoos costs a lot of money
D.most people with tattoos are artists

75. Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?

CP: Central Point P: Point Sp: Sub – point (次要点) C: Conclusion

High school dropouts(辍学者)earn an average of $ 9,000 less per year than graduates. Now a new study dispels a common belief why they quit. It’s much more basic than flunking out(不及格).
Society tends to think of high school dropouts as kids who just can’t cut it. They are lazy,and perhaps not two bright.So researchers were surprised when they asked more than 450 kids who quit school about why they left.
“The vast majority actually had passing grades and they were confident that they could have graduated from high school.” John Bridgeland, the executive researcher said. About 1 million teens leave school each year. Only about half of African-American and Hispanic(美籍西班牙的)students will receive a diploma(证书),and actually all dropouts come to regret their decision. So, if failing grades don’t explain why these kids quit, what does? Again,John Bridgeland:"The most dependable finding was that they were bored.” “They found classes uninteresting; they weren’t inspired or motivated. They didn’t see any direct connection between what they were learning in the classroom to their own lives, or to their career aspirations.”
The study found that most teens who do drop out wait until they turn sixteen, which happens to be the age at which most states allow students to quit. In the US,only one state,New Mexico,has a law requiring teenagers to stay in high school until they graduate. Only four states: California, Tennessee, Texas and Utah, plus the District of Columbia, require school attendance until age 18, no exceptions, another researcher,says raising the compulsory attendance age may be one way to keep more kids in school.
“As these dropouts look back,they realize they’ve made a mistake. And anything that sort of gives these people an extra push to stick it out and it through to the end, is probably helpful measure.”
New Hampshire may be the next state to raise its school attendance age to 18. But critics say that forcing the students unwilling to continue their studies to stay in school misses the point-the need for reform. It's been called for to reinvent high school education to make it more challenging and relevant, and to ensure that kids who do stick it out receive a diploma that actually means something.  
68. Most high school students drop out of school because .

A.they have failing grades
B.they take no interest in classes
C.they are discriminated against
D.they are lazy and not intelligent

69. The underlined words “stick it out” probably means“ ”.

A.complete schooling B.solve the problem
C.love having classes D.believe in themselves

70. In the last paragraph, the writer is trying to .

A.analyze the reason why students quit school
B.suggest raising the compulsory attendance age
C.raise awareness of reforming high school education
D.wish to make laws to guarantee no education

71. From the passage,we can infer the following EXCEPT that.

A.the grades of most dropouts at school were acceptable
B.about 500, 000 high school dropouts are black and Spanish
C.classes don't appeal to dropouts
D.on average dropouts cannot get good jobs

Paris in the springtime was, is and always will be, something rather special. Why not experience it for yourself with this excellent break for four days? This attractive city has something to offer to everyone and with prices at just £129.
Your break begins with comfortable bus transfer (运送) from local pick-up points and travel to Paris is via cross-channel ferry, arriving at your hotel in the evening. The Ibis is an excellent quality hotel with private equipments in all rooms: satellite TV, radio, telephone and alarm clock. It has a bar and restaurant and is situated about two miles south of Notre Dame enabling you to explore Paris with ease.
The following day, after continental breakfast (included), the bus takes you on a comprehensive sightseeing tour of the city, during which you will see the Eiffel Tower, Champs Elysees, L’Arc de Triomphe, the Louvre, in fact almost every famous landmark you have ever heard of. You then leave Paris and take a short drive to the magnificent Palace of Versailles, the home of Louis XIV. The tour ends mid-afternoon back in Paris where you will have the remainder of the day at your leisure. In the evening there is a “Paris by Night” tour showing you the beautiful buildings with bright lights.
Day three takes you to Montmarter, perhaps the most attractive quarter of Paris and home of the Sacre Coeur and the Moulin Rouge. In the afternoon you are free to explore this beautiful city as you wish, perhaps a pleasure voyage on the River Seine, wander around the beautiful gardens or look among the antique shops(古董店). In the evening you will have the opportunity to visit the best nightclub in the city, the splendid Paradis Latain. On the final day it’s back to the UK via channel ferry.
Included in the price of £129 per person :
●Return comfortable bus travel to Paris
●Return ferry crossings
●3 nights housing in a twin bedded room in a Central Paris hotel with private facilities
●Continental breakfast during your stay
●Guided sightseeing tour of “Paris by Day” and Paris by Night”
●Visit to the Chateau of Versailles (admission not included )
●Tour around Montmartre
●Services of experienced bi-lingual tour guide at all times
64. What is the purpose of this passage ?

A.To show the price of traveling to Paris .   
B.To tell tourists the routes to Paris.
C.To introduce the city of Paris.
D.To attract tourists to Paris.

65. During the stay in Paris , the tourists will .

A.have a “Paris by Night” tour on the first evening
B.live in a hotel two miles away from Paris
C.have free time for half a day
D.have a pleasure voyage on the River Seine together

66. What does the underlined word quarter mean in the passage ?

A.An area of a town.
B.A period of 15 minutes.
C.A coin used in the US and Canada worth 25 cents.
D.One of four equal parts into which something can be divided.

67. According to the passage , which of the following is true ?

A.The Palace of Versailles is not in the center of Paris.
B.The tourists can telephone in the Ibis without paying.
C.It will take you a long time to get to Montmartre from Paris.
D.The tourists will spend the night in the antique shops on the third day.

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