Try and see inside your mind a wide open blue sky and a wide green sea far away.

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Try and see inside your mind a wide open blue sky and a wide green sea far away. Breathe in as you circle your hands high above your head, then bend back a little. Breathe out as you circle your arms back down to your sides..."
Following the yoga teacher"s gentle instructions, Bai Yunuo,15, from the High School attached to Beijing Normal University tried to get each of her poses correct.
Bai"s school offered 24 e

lective courses (选修课) for Senor 1 students this term and she chose two. It was her first yoga class.
"I"m happy that I can learn yoga at school. I love dancing but I had some injuries on my knees when I was a kid. So I decide to try something soft. Simply stretching into different poses makes me feel free and quiet. And the music is quite comforting. The class is relaxing after a whole day"s work," Bai said.
Liu Zehao,15, found his interest was Junior Achievement (企业经营模拟). The course brought students into the real world of business. In their first class, Liu and his group members named their company "Vision". Liu was elected as CEO of the company.
"Here we learn to think like an adult. We

have to make our company get more money. It"s new and different from other courses," he said.
Liu and Bai take their elective courses twice a week with students from other classes who share the same interest. The students will get two credits (学分) from each course at the end of this term. They have to achieve eight credit points from electives to graduate from high school.
If you are interested in more about elective courses, please CLICK HERE to register for general elective courses.
小题1: What’s the main idea of the first paragraph?

A．Skills for imagination.	B．Learning tips.
C．Instruction for yoga students.	D．Breathing rules.

小题2:What can be inferred from the passage?

A．Bai does not like dancing.	B．Yoga is softer than dancing.
C．Students study hard for credits.	D．The elective courses are easy.

小题3: Which of the sentence is NOT true about Liu Zehao?

A．He was interested in Junior Achievement which brought him the real world of business.

B．He was elected as CEO of the company named "Vision".

C．He was an adult and he tried to make more money for his company.

D．He took their Junior Achievement twice a week.

小题4:Where can you possibly find this passage?

A．A textbook

B．A newspaper

C．A magazine

D．The internet

答案

小题1:C
小题1:B
小题1:C
小题1:D

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With parents who taught at school, Sophia received a fairly good education. She would have achieved 36 in a career, but she 37 to spend most of her marriage in the 38 role of wife and mother, 39 herself to her husband and her three children.
At the beginning of their family life, Sophia took on the 40 for running the house in order for her husband to 41 his personal interest: writing novels. However, things weren’t going as 42 as expected. Nate’s writing failed to 43 the whole

housekeeping. He had to take a position in the government to 44 for his family. Sophia tried to persuade Nate to give up his 45 for full-time writing, but he didn’t listen to her. He took his job 46 because it promised the family would be prevented from being 47 . That accounted for the shocking 48 he suffered when he lost his job. That day, he said to Sophia in a 49 , “I got fired. I am a 50 failure.”“Now you can focus your mind 51 your writing.” she responded. To make Nate believe money was no longer the major 52 ， Sophia took out a box that was fu

ll of 53 . She explained that she got the money for their hand-painted lampshades.
The unemployed husband did 54 a book that was a(n) 55 hit and is a long-lasting literary masterpiece. The story of Sophia’s turning her husband into a world famous writer has been widely talked about ever since then.

小题1:

A．only a little

B．quite a lot

C．quite a few

D．a great number

小题2:

A．proved

B．required

C．selected

D．preferred

小题3:

A．central

B．false

C．traditional

D．additional

小题4:

A．devoting

B．supporting

C．deciding

D．forcing

小题5:

A．responsibility

B．approach

C．amusement

D．occupation

小题6:

A．observe

B．reduce

C．change

D．follow

小题7:

A．generally

B．satisfactorily

C．unfortunately

D．quickly

小题8:

A．preserve

B．cover

C．include

D．overcome

小题9:

A．support

B．search

C．provide

D．comfort

小题10:

A．aid

B．interest

C．job

D．share

小题11:

A．strictly

B．truly

C．carefully

D．seriously

小题12:

A．well off

B．badly off

C．straight away

D．right now

1,3,5

小题13:

A．cut

B．loss

C．disease

D．defeat

小题14:

A．whisper

B．voice

C．sense

D．manner

小题15:

A．free

B．close

C．complete

D．necessary

小题16:

A．on

B．for

C．in

D．to

小题17:

A．connection

B．discovery

C．task

D．concern

小题18:

A．gold

B．cash

C．jewelry

D．silver

小题19:

A．pick out

B．react to

C．turn out

D．build up

小题20:

A．ordinary

B．instant

C．short

D．humorous

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Traffic TV is £4 a month for Orange mobile customers, after a 30 day free try-out. On other networks Traffic TV is £5 a month, after a 7 day free try-out.

Listen to live traffic news
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Help friends avoid jams
Simply enter your friend’s email address to send them a link to this service.
小题1:How can users get live traffic information?

A．By mobile phone or through Internet.	B．By watching a TV programme.
C．By listening to the radio report.	D．By using Trafficmaster cameras.

小题2:How long may a customer use the service if his/her network is Orange and he/she pays £20?

A．About 120 days.

B．About 127 days.

C．Five months.

D．Six months.

小题3: What is the purpose of this advertisement?

A．To provide readers with live traffic information.

B．To help Orange customers to avoid traffic jam.

C．To attract mobile users to buy Traffic TV service.

D．To explain how Traffic TV and live traffic news work.

小题4:You may read this advertisement most probably ___________.

A．in a travel guide

B．on a web page

C．on a road sign

D．in a newspaper

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As I got up today, I smelt fresh coffee. I woke up to   36   a cup of it with some biscuits on my bedside table. This reminded me of   37 , the old school and college days, when mom used to wake me up by serving a   38   cup of coffee. The taste is still so   39   in my memories.
A   40    thought hit me, “I was in bed, so who prepared this coffee for me? Is it a dream?”
I pinched（掐）myself, ouch… that hurt, which meant I was not   41 . I walked out of the room with the cup of coffee,   42   my roommate. I asked him whether he prepared that for me, and the answer was YES.
I was relaxed   43   somehow my heart wanted him to say NO, because I wanted to be in a   44   that my mom prepared it for me. The whole   45   reminded me of mom and I   46   her at that moment.
On my way to my office, I was thinking about those days when mom used to cook my   47 meal. I could not   48   any single day when I slept without food. But now, I no longer   49 the food mom cooked.
This very thought   50   tears to my eyes and I decided to call up mom. I reached the office and gave her a call.
The first thing she asked was, “Is everything all right?” I was   51 . And I thought, “How the time has   52 ”.
When I was with her, I used to call her after every hour when I was out with my friends. In those days she   53   asked me what was wrong, as she knew that it was my habit. My call at this point of the day to her meant that I was in   54 .
Time has changed, she is still the same, and it is   55   who have changed.

小题1:

A．find

B．drink

C．prepare

D．cook

小题2:

A．kitchen

B．comfort

C．warmth

D．home

小题3:

A．smelling

B．cooking

C．steaming

D．pouring

小题4:

A．deep

B．fresh

C．heavy

D．recent

小题5:

A．funny

B．possible

C．realistic

D．sudden

小题6:

A．thinking

B．working

C．dreaming

D．reacting

小题7:

A．in search of

B．in favor of

C．in place of

D．in case of

小题8:

A．and

B．but

C．or

D．so

小题9:

A．sense

B．relief

C．belief

D．state

小题10:

A．scene

B．incident

C．care

D．matter

小题11:

A．hated

B．expected

C．missed

D．questioned

小题12:

A．last

B．every

C．tasty

D．complete

小题13:

A．check

B．count

C．remember

D．cover

小题14:

A．pack

B．finish

C．imagine

D．enjoy

小题15:

A．brought

B．caused

C．pushed

D．raised

小题16:

A．careless

B．speechless

C．rootless

D．homeless

小题17:

A．influenced

B．passed

C．flied

D．changed

小题18:

A．never

B．still

C．often

D．almost

小题19:

A．peace

B．surprise

C．trouble

D．progress

小题20:

A．my roommate

B．she

C．the situation

D．I

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The story I am going to tell you happened about three years ago when I started to learn how to drive. At first, I was very frightened, and I thought I could never learn how to drive a car. Driving a car frightened me because in my home country women never drive, but in the United States every woman has to know how to drive. My husband paid an instructor to teach me how to drive. After that, my husband practiced with me for a long time. My husband always told me that I had to learn. It was important to me and my family.
However, I couldn’t get my license right away. I failed my driving test two times. After practicing for a long time, I decided to go for my third driving test. I had failed my first test because I was very nervous. Everybody encouraged me to continue practicing. Three weeks later, I decided to try it again, but I failed again. After that, I was very embarrassed（困窘的）, and I said I couldn’t get it, so I stopped practicing for a while.
Not knowing how to drive was bad because I couldn’t do anything. I had two kids, my husband works, and I have to take care of everything. Driving was so necessary that I decided to try it again. And finally, that time, I passed the test. Now I have my license. I know how to drive, and it has changed my life in some important ways. Now I’m driving to the college, learning English and hoping I will get a good job in the future.
小题1:Why did the author think that she could never learn how to drive a car?

A．Because she was not an American woman.

B．Because she was afraid of a car or a bus.

C．Because in her own country women never drive.

D．Because her husband didn’t know how to teach her.

小题2: The underlined word “instructor” in the first paragraph probably means __________.

A．someone who teaches a special skill

B．someone who teaches a sport skill

C．someone who teaches in an American college

D．the information telling you how to drive a car

小题3: How many persons in the author’s family are mentioned except the author herself?

A．2

B．3

C．4

D．5

小题4:The passage mainly shows us that the author failed for quite a few times but she never gave up and __________.

A．she succeeded in driving her car to send her two children

B．she succeeded in driving to the college to get a good job

C．she succeeded in driving to the college and learned English

D．she succeeded in passing driving test and got her license in the end

小题5:The best title of this passage should be “__________”.

A．My Driving License	B．My Husband and I
C．Passing the Test	D．Never Give Up

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Whether it’s a carol（圣诞颂歌）service or an evening of karaoke in the pub, many people will enjoy a good old singsong this Christmas. Singing aloud will not just lift the spirits---it’s good for your physical health as well. Filling the lungs（肺）with air, increasing the heart rate and getting blood pumping round the body faster can all help our physical health.
For the past few years Heart Research UK has been Funding a Christmas campaign aimed at getting people singing, simply for the benefit it can bring. The organizer of the campaign says singing is a safe, simple and social activity that everyone can enjoy. “Singing is linked to long life, stress reduction, and general health protection. It also brings a great amount of happiness. It is impossible to sing well with a long face because it affects your pitch（音高）.”
Professor Graham Welch, who leads the International Music Education Research Centre at the University of London, has spent more than 30 years studying the effects of singing. He says that singing is a form of exercise. It means we’re also having a strong aerobic activity（有氧运动）when we’re singing, which results in increasing the feeling of pleasure while decreasing that of stress.
“And communal（共同的）singing—like in a singing group, a church service or even a singsong in the pub—helps improve our sense of self-respect. It increases our sense of satisfaction with ourselves, a greater sense of feeling included. ”
Helen Astrid, a singing teacher, also sees the great effects that singing brings. “It lifts us up on a spiritual level, it helps our self-respect, and it’s great for all ages from small kids to grannies—you can have a good sing and let your hair down.”
But she warns people not to have too many beers or glasses of wine, though a glass may help them gather courage before taking to the stage during the holidays.
小题1:Heart Research UK holds a campaign to __________.

A．encourage people to sing for God at Christmas

B．study the effects of singing on people

C．get people to sing and improve their health

D．bring happiness to people during holidays

小题2: What are the benefits of singing according to Graham Welch?
a. Singers’ living longer.
b. Singers’ general health protection.
c. Singers’ feeling happier.
d. Singers’ stress reduced.
e. Singer’s self-respect improved.

A．a, b, c

B．b, c, d

C．c, d, e

D．a, b, e

小题3: The underlined part “let your hair down” probably means __________.

A．feel at ease	B．protect yourself
C．dress casually	D．cover your nervousness

小题4: What can we infer from the passage?

A．Singing at Christmas is good for health.

B．In a low mood one is not able to sing well.

C．Experts have disagreement on singing.

D．Singing is the same as other aerobic activities.

小题5:Which is the best title of the passage?

A．Karaoke—Best Place for Singing!

B．Christmas—Best Time for Singing!

C．Singing—Healthy but Difficult

D．For Health—Let’s Sing!

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