A) think it is physically exhausting
B) find it hard to exercise while on a diet
C) don‘t think it possible to walk 3 miles every day
D) find consulting caloric-expenditure charts troublesome
8. ―Even exercise professionals concede half a point here‖ (Line 3, Para. 2) means ―They ________‖.
A) agree that the calories in a small piece of pastry can be difficult to work off by exercise B) partially believe diet plays a supporting role in weight reduction
C) are not fully convinced that dieting can help maintain one‘s new weight D) are not sufficiently informed of the positive role of exercise in losing weight 9. What was confirmed by the Boston University Medical Center‘s study? A) Controlling one‘s calorie intake is more important than doing exercise. B) Even occasional exercise can help reduce weight. C) Weight reduction is impossible without exercise.
D) One could lose ten pounds in a year‘s time if there‘s no increase in food intake. 10. The author‘s purpose in writing this article is to ________. A) justify the study of the Boston University Medical Center B) stress the importance of maintaining proper weight C) support the statement made by York Onnen D) show the most effective way to lost weight
Section Two Blank-filling (20 points)
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word
for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is
identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
Constantly being watched by the public can be hard to tolerate at times. I am sorry that Michael Jordan had to deal with the negative A he received about gambling. I don‘t think most people can L what it‘s like to be watched that M every minute of every day. I was told once that it wouldn‘t be that bad for me because no one would know me outside of Utah, but that‘s not true. Ever since I played on the Dream Team in the Olympics, I can‘t go anywhere without being the H of attention, and that‘s very C at times. For instance, there have been D when I‘ve felt like buying a big Harley-Davidson motorcycle and riding it down the street. First, the Jazz would have a G and say it‘s too dangerous. Second, everyone would be watching to see if I I a helmet, if I was obeying the speed limit, if I was taking turns safely ---- you J it. The first time I didn‘t ___O___ up to expectations, I would hear, ―What kind of example is that to set for other people who ride motorcycles?‖
A) mention B) closely C) occasions D) wore E) fulfill F) name G) center H) cases I) intimately J) imagine K) confining L) measure M) advocate N) publicity O) fit
Section Three Translation from English into Chinese
Directions: Translate the following passage into Chinese.
I don't think we can accept all the glory and the money that comes with being a famous athlete and not accept the responsibility of being a role model, of knowing that kids and even some adults are watching us and looking for us to set an example. I mean, why do we get endorsements in the first place? Because there are people who will follow our lead and buy a certain sneaker or cereal because we use it.
I love being a role model, and I try to be a positive one. That doesn't mean I always succeed. I'm no saint. I make mistakes, and sometimes I do childish things. And I don't always wake up in a great, role-model mood. There are days when I don't want to pose for a picture with every fan I run into, when I don't feel like picking up babies and giving them hugs and kisses (no matter how cute they are), those are the days I just try to avoid the public.
我不认为我们可以接受所有的荣耀和金钱而成为一个著名的运动员和不接受责任,作为一个角色表率,知道孩子们甚至有些成年人看我们,寻找我们树立一个榜样。我的意思是,为什么我们要代言费在第一次呢?因为人们会跟我们的领先优势,并且买某运动鞋或谷类食品,因为我们使用它。
我爱作为一个角色表率,我试图成为一个积极的想法。那并不意味着我总是成功。我不是圣人。我犯错误,有时我做的事丢弃了。但我并不总是醒来,一位伟大的榜样的心情。有天当我不想姿势合照一张与每一个球迷我跑进,当我感到不喜欢捡起婴儿和给他们亲吻和拥抱(不管他们好可爱),这些日子我只是尽量避免公众。
Section Four Writing
Directions: For this part, you are required to write a composition on the topic Dangers in Sports.
You should write at least 150 words. You should base your essay on the outline below: 1) 运动可能带来的危险和伤害有哪些;
2) 应该怎样注意避免运动中的危险和伤害。
Dangers in Sports.
Sports are a great way for your kids to exercise and keep healthy, but taken to the extreme; the idea of winning at any cost can actually cost your child his or her life! Would you know if your daughter was so obsessed with exercise that she's actually destroying her bones, instead of making them stronger? Could you tell if your son has secretly used steroids? Today, participation in sports can actually lead to serious and hidden dangers that parents need to watch for. In girls, excessive athletic exercise and dieting can set them up for eating disorders and irreparable damage to their bones. In boys, the drive to be strong leads many young men to steroid addiction, with disastrous side effects ranging from personality disorders to liver and kidney failure. Join host Dr. Winnie King, three of the country's leading sports medicine experts - meet the young men and women who learned these lessons the hard way and meet a mother and father whose son lost his life for his sport.
Unit 6 Risks
Section One Reading Comprehension
Directions: There are 2 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or
unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Passage One
Questions 1-5 are based on the following passage:
Sign has become a scientific hot button. Only in the past 20 years have specialists in language study realized that signed languages are unique -- a speech of the hand. They offer a new way to probe how the brain generates and understands language, and throw new light on an old scientific controversy: whether language, complete with grammar, is something that we are born with, or whether it is a learned behavior. The current interest in sign language has roots in the pioneering work of one rebel teacher at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., the world‘s only liberal arts university for deaf people.
When Bill Stokoe went to Gallaudet to teach English, the school enrolled him in a course in signing. But Stokoe noticed something odd: among themselves, students signed differently from his classroom teacher.
Stokoe had been taught a sort of gestural code, each movement of the hands representing a word in English. At the time, American Sign Language (ASL) was thought to be no more than a form of pidgin English (混杂英语). But Stokoe believed the \richer. He wondered: Might deaf people actually have a genuine language? And could that language be unlike any other on Earth? It was 1955, when even deaf people dismissed their signing as \‘s idea was academic heresy (异端邪说).
It is 37 years later. Stokoe -- now devoting his time to writing and editing books and journals and to producing video materials on ASL and the deaf culture -- is having lunch at a cafe near the Gallaudet campus and explaining how he started a revolution. For decades educators fought his idea that signed languages are natural languages like English, French and Japanese. They assumed language must be based on speech, the modulation (调节) of sound. But sign language is based on the movement of hands, the modulation of space. \is not mouth stuff- it‘s brain stuff.\
1. The study of sign language is thought to be ________.
A) an approach to simplifying the grammatical structure of a language B) an attempt to clarify misunderstanding about the origin of language C) a challenge to traditional views on the nature of language D) a new way to took at the learning of language
2. The present growing interest in sign language was stimulated by ________. A) a leading specialist in the study Of liberal arts B) an English teacher in a university for the deaf C) some senior experts in American Sign Language
D) a famous Scholar in the study of the human brain
3. According to Stokoe, sign language is ________. A) an international language B) a substandard language C) an artificial language D) a genuine language
4. Most educators objected to Stokoe‘s idea because they thought ________. A) a language should be easy to use and understand B) sign language was too artificial to be widely accepted C) a language could only exist in the form of speech sounds D) sign language was not extensively used even by deaf people 5. Stokoe‘s argument is based on his belief that ________. A) language is a product of the brain
B) language is a system of meaningful codes C) sign language is derived from natural language D) sign language is as efficient as any other language
Passage Two
Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:
A is for always getting to work on time. B is for being extremely busy.
C is for the conscientious ( 勤勤恳恳的 ) way you do your job.
You may be all these things at the office, and more. But when it comes to getting ahead, experts say, the ABCs of business should include a P, for politics, as in office politics.
Dale Carnegie suggested as much more than 50 years ago: Hard work alone doesn‘t ensure career advancement. You have to be able to sell yourself and your ideas, both publicly and behind the scenes. Yet, despite the obvious rewards of engaging in office politics -- a better job, a raise, praise -- many people are still unable -- or unwilling -- to \
\assume that office politics involves some manipulative (工于心计的) behavior,\says Deborah Comer, an assistant professor of management at Hofstra University. \politics derives from the word ?polite‘. It can mean lobbying and forming associations. It can mean being kind and helpful, or even trying to please your superior, and then expecting something in return.\ In fact, today, experts define office politics as proper behavior used to pursue one‘s own self-interest in the workplace. In many cases, this involves some form of socializing within the office environment -- not just in large companies, but in small workplaces as well.
\basis,\. Lewis, a management psychologist. \promotion, each of whom has reasonably similar ability, a manager is going to promote the person he or she likes best. It‘s simple human nature.\
Yet, psychologists say, many employees and employers have trouble with the concept of politics in the office. Some people, they say, have an idealistic vision of work and what it takes to succeed. Still others associate politics with flattery (奉承), fearful that, if they speak up for themselves, they may appear to be flattering their boss for favors.
Experts suggest altering this negative picture by recognizing the need for some self-promotion.
6. \
A) the political views and beliefs of office workers
B) the interpersonal relationships within a company C) the various qualities required for a successful career D) the code of behavior for company staff
7. To get promoted, one must not only be competent but ________. A) avoid being too outstanding B) get along well with his colleagues C) honest and loyal to his company D) give his boss a good impression
8. Why are many people unwilling to \ A) They are not good at manipulating colleagues. B) They feel that such behavior is unprincipled. C) They think the effort will get them nowhere. D) They believe that doing so is impractical. 9. The author considers office poetics to be ________. A) unwelcome at the workplace
B) bad for interpersonal relationships
C) an important factor for personal advancement
D) indispensable to the development of company culture 10. It is the author‘s view that ________.
A) self-promotion does not necessarily mean flattery B) hard work contributes very little to ones promotion C) many employees fail to recognize the need of flattery D) speaking up for oneself is part of human nature
Section Two Blank-filling
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word
for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
We cannot begin to answer such questions until we have a feel for the level of risks in D . So how do we measure the level of a risk? Some people seem to think that the answer is a simple number. We know, for instance, that about 25, 000 people per year die in automobile accidents. By E , only about 300 die per year in mine accidents and __I__. Does that mean that riding in a car is much riskier than mining? Not M . The fact is that some 200 million Americans K ride in automobiles in the United States every year; perhaps 700, 000 are C in mining. The A figure that we need to assess a risk is a ratio or fraction. The G of the fraction tells us how many people were killed or harmed as the result of a particular activity over a certain period of time; the L tells us how many people were involved in that activity during that time. All risk levels are thus ratios or fractions, with J between 0 (no risk) and 1 (totally risky).