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Stress is everywhere in our everyday life. Not only men have it, but also women and young people.
The most important reasons of stress are：death, diseases, exams, making money, getting married, moving houses, changing jobs, ending friendships and so on .
How do you know whether you have stress? Could you give your answers to the following questions?

	Yes	No
Do you easily get angry?
Do you often sleep badly?
Do you get headaches a lot?
Do you take sleeping pills?
Do you find it difficult to relax?
Do you usually hide your feelings?
Do you smoke and drink a lot to keep quiet?
Do you find it difficult to put your heart into something?

If you answer “Yes” to more than two of these questions, you are one of those people with stress. So what can you do about it?
Doing relaxing exercises, talking with friends and listening to light music are all usual ways of relieving（减轻） stress. However, doctors now say that there are easier ways—people should laugh and smile more often. When you laugh and smile, your body relaxes. They also say that people, especially men, should cry more often, because crying is the natural way of relieving stress.
Who has got stress in everyday life?
A. Men and women. B. Young people.
C. Only men D. Both A and B.
If you have over problems listed in the table, you are the person with stress.

A．two	B．three
C．four	D．eight

Which of the followings is NOT the reason for stress?
A. Taking exams. B. Taking sleeping pills.
C. Making money. D getting married.
What’s the easier way to relax your body?

A．Talking with friends.	B．Doing relaxing exercises.
C．Laughing, smiling and crying.	D．listening to light music

Tourist Service Center

It’s located at the western gate, just beside the ticket center. The center provides a series of services, such as guide service, free water supply, guide books, charging mobile phones, baby carriage, first-aid medicine, and simple health care. You can also buy some souvenirs like stamps, postcards and tiger toys.

It’s located at the eastern and western gates of the Pearl Spring Scenic Area. There are all kinds of tickets, such as tickets for the scenic area and tickets for amusement park.

Dingshan Pavilion Dining Hall, a large-scale dining centre, can receive 300 people for dining at the same time. It lies in the Scenic Area. Tourists can enjoy the beautiful scenery while eating. It’s open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. every day.

Transportation Guide

You can take No. 168 bus from Gulou Bus Stop and get off at Pearl Spring Bus Stop. The bus stop is just outside the Scenic Area. You can also drive here.

According to the leaflet, visitors can ______ at Tourist Service Centre.

A．take a bus	B．buy a ticket
C．get guide books	D．have snacks

Dingshan Pavilion Dinning Hall ______.

A．is a large-scale dining centre

B．is located next to the Ticket Centre

C．is open to the public 16 hours a day

D．can receive 300 people for dinner in a day

Visitors to the Scenic Area can ______.

A．only take a bus there

B．get water for free if they are thirsty

C．have one choice if they want to buy tickets

D．sell souvenirs, such as stamps and postcards

Summer Term in the School of Life will start on Friday 25 January 2015, in Collingwood, Melbourne, Australia and will become the first international school to open its doors.
To make everyday life rich, the writer Alain de Botton has worked hard at getting the best ideas and the School of Life is his brainchild（构想). Since it began in London in 2009, more than 50,000 people have taken part in its programs and its new way of life-long learning is now well-known all over the world.
Summer Term in the School of Life is a 10-week project offering a selection of the UK’s most popular programs, led by Australia’s thinkers. “We are very excited to start the School of Life in Australia. We can’t wait to start receiving our first guests（客人）,” says Alain de Botton.
Summer Term will include different classes, workshops and other special events held every Friday, Saturday and Sunday between 25January and 31 March. The conversation Café onsite will serve up a daily conversation menu, light food and of course, delicious coffee.
“There has been a growing need among Australians to deal with the problems in life like love, creativity, work, money, nature and death. The School of Life Australia will provide a space for us to explore (探测) these subjects,” says Sara Tiefebtun, Project Director of the School of Life Australia.
Program details for the School of Life Australia’s Summer Term will be announced in December 2013. For more information sign up to our mailing list at: www. theschoollife.com/
world/Australia. Updates will also be shared regularly on Twitter@ theschoollife and Facebook www.facebook.com/TheschoolofLifeAustralia.
The School of Life will start to _______.

A．make more friends in Australia.

B．serve up a daily conversation menu.

C．improve the quality of everyday life.

D．offer the UK’s most popular programs

At the School of Life Australia, the following will be explored EXCEPT_________.

A．work, nature and death

B．love, work and creativity

C．creativity, money and nature

D．money, nature and fashion

People can get more details for Summer Term by _________.

A．letters	B．the Internet
C．telephone	D．newspaper

Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?

A．The School of Life in London.

B．The School of Life in Australia.

C．Summer Term in the School of Life.

D．Some National School to be started.

A jobless man wanted very much to have the position of “office boy” at Microsoft. The HR manager interviewed him and then watched him cleaning the floor as a test. “You have passed the test,” he said. “Give me your e-mail address and I’ll send you the form to fill in and the date when you may start.” The man replied, “But I don’t have a computer, neither an e-mail.” “I’m sorry,” said the HR manager. “If you don’t have an e-mail, that means you are not living. And anyone who isn’t living cannot have the job.”
The man left with no hope at all. He didn’t know what to do with only $10 in his pocket. He thought and thought. Then he went to the supermarket and bought 10 kilos of tomatoes. He sold the tomatoes from door to door. In less than two hours, he had 20 dollars. He repeated the operation three times, and started to go early every day, and returned home late. Shortly, he bought a cart, then a truck, then he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles. Five years later, the man was one of the biggest food retailers in the US.
One day, one of his friends asked him for his e-mail. He said, “I haven’t got one.” His friend couldn’t believe his ears. “Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an e-mail?” The man thought for a while and replied, “Yes, I’d be an office boy at Microsoft!”
What did the man do for the test?

A．He sent e-mails.	B．He did the cleaning
C．He sold computers.	D．He filled in forms.

The man didn’t get the job because he_____________.

A．disliked such a job	B．didn’t pass the test
C．didn’t have an e-mail	D．knew nothing about computers

The man ______after he left Microsoft.

A．went to look for another job

B．asked for food from door to door

C．thought of an idea to make money

D．bought a computer and got an e-mail

Why could the man become one of the biggest food retailers in the US?

A．Because he had many friends to help him.

B．Because he was smart and worked very hard.

C．Because he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles.

D．Because he wanted to show Microsoft he was living.

Sports, school are tiring. But there is a great way to unwind after all of those activities. Go to north London, to the coolest part of the city---Camden. There you can find fashion trends (流行，趋向) and famous people.
Sam and I walked down Camden High Street and made our way to a bridge over Regent’s Canal. It is a 9-mile man-made river that goes through London.
We went into a big market and saw crazy signs, fun T-shirts, and things like hand-made earrings for sale. We bought Chinese fried noodles. It tasted very different from the noodles we make at home, and we ate it with a fork instead of chopsticks!
Camden is famous for the punk（朋克）style that started in the 1970s. Punks walked around with bright pink and green hair, broken clothes with safety pins, metal buttons（纽扣）and pierced ears and lips. Punk music shops played loud, heavy rock music.
But there were also groups of hippies（嬉皮士）with big sweaters. They sat in cafes drinking soymilk, with black clothes, black lipstick and painted white faces.
Besides all these “normal” people, a lot of famous people come to Camden. Actor Orlando Bloom from Pirates of the Caribbean lives there.
Camden is especially known as a home to famous musicians. Lots of top bands played here, including Coldplay, Oasis---and Sam’s favourite band, The Vaccines. I had never heard of them before---But luckily they were playing that night in Camden.
The passage is mainly about ________ in Camden.

A．the punks	B．the fashion trends
C．the hippies	D．the famous musicians

The underlined word “ unwind” in the first paragraph means _________.

A．stay at home	B．go out for a walk
C．study hard	D．have a good time

What did Sam and the writer do at the big market?

A．They bought some hand-made earrings .

B．They ate some Chinese fried noodles.

C．They used chopsticks instead of a fork.

D．They found some crazy signs about T-shirts

Which of the following is the punk style?

A．Tom wears broken clothes with metal buttons.

B．Jim has short black hair and wears a blue suit.

C．Light music is played loudly in punk music shop

D．Mary has a big sweater and paints her face white.

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
8:00—8:45	Maths	Chinese	English	Maths	Chinese
8:55---9:40	English	Maths	Chinese	Chinese	Computer
10:00---10:45	Art	Physics	Biology	Politics	Computer
10:50---11:40	P.E.	English	Maths	Chemistry	English
13:00---15:45	History	Geography	Physics	History	Maths
14:00---14:45	Music	Chemistry	P.E．	English	Biology
14:55---15:40	Chinese	Class Meeting	Politics	Chinese	Geopraphy

A．Monday	B．Tuesday
C．Wednesday	D．Thursday

A．60 minutes	B．70 minutes
C．80 minutes	D．90 minutes

A．8:00; 9:00	B．8:55; 10:45
C．10:00; 11:40	D．14:00; 15:40