Fanny Blanker-Koen grew up in an active family in the Netherlands and enjoyed playing sports. In 1935, when Koen was only 17, she set a national record in the 800-metre race. This talented girl then took part in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Unluckily, the two following Olympics were cancelled because of World WarⅡ, but she continued to train and compete. It was during this time that Koen married her coach, Jan Blankers, and had her first child. No one expected this new mother to get back into sports, but she did. Not long after the birth of her first child, Koen returned to the track(跑道) and set six world records. Then, only six weeks after giving birth to her second child, Koen won two gold medals at the 1946 European Championships.
Koen was an athlete, but she was also a wife and mother of the time. She kept the house clean, did the cooking and took care of her children. She did all of this while training. Her husband supported her. Many people, however, felt that a married mother should not compete in sports. When Koen decided to leave her children behind and go to London to compete in the 1948 Olympics, many people even in her own country were angry.
Koen went anyway. The mother of two became the first woman to win four gold medals in one Olympic Games. She won in every event she was allowed to enter. When Koen returned home with her medals, she was give a hero’s welcome. People called her “the Flying Housewife”. 31. Which is the right order of the following events?
①Koen married Jan Blankers. ②Koen set a national record. ③Koen took part in her first Olympics. ④Koen set six world records. A. ②①③④ C. ②③①④
B. ②③④① D. ②④③①
32. According to the last paragraph, at the 1948 Olympics Koen __________. A. competed in four events B. received a hero’s welcome C. was the only mother athlete D. won the first gold of the games 33. What does the writer want to tell us through Koen’s story?
A. Practice makes perfect. B. Interest is the best teacher.
C. Where there’s a will, there’s a way. D. Actions speak louder than words.
D
You laugh when you are happy about something or with someone. If you are one of those
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who hardly laughs, you are missing out on a lot. In fact, you are not doing your health any good. Scientists have proved that laughter is the “best” medicine to all kinds of diseases.
Scientific facts have shown that laughter helps people breathe easier and it is good for the heart and other vital organs(生命器官).
It may also increase the release of disease-fighting cells in the immune system(免疫系统). Like exercise, laughter makes the pulse(脉搏) fast and causes the cardiovascular(心血管的) system function well. In experiments, students who watched funny movies were found to have an increased flow of infection-fighting proteins(对抗感染蛋白质) in their saliva(唾液).
A positive attitude also guards against illness and may even make you able to live longer. Optimistic World WarⅡsoldiers followed for 35 years after the war ended developed fewer health problems and lived longer than the pessimistic ones. Scientists now connect pessimism not only with depression(抑郁症) but consider it a dangerous factor for diseases when stressed and take longer to be well again after an operation.
Children are often naturally cheerful, and scientists guess that their emotional happiness may be part of our species’ (物种)survival mechanism, that optimism helps protect the young from disease until they can reach puberty (青春期). Optimism may have helped keep the species in prehistoric times. Although realism saved cave men and women from being eaten by tigers, without an optimistic sense of adventure, they would never be brave enough to leave the cave in the first place.
34. Which of the following statement is NOT true according to this passage? A. Laughter does good to the heart and other vital organs.
B. Being happy about everything is like to be a dangerous factor for disease C. All the World WarⅡsoldiers developed fewer health problems. D. Optimism helps protect the young from disease.
35. Children have natural emotional happiness because _________. A. it may be part of our species’ survival mechanism B. it can help to reach puberty
C. it can help to keep the species in prehistoric times
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D. it may help to save cave men and women from being eaten by wild animals
36. The underlined word “pessimistic” in the last but one paragraph means “_________”. A. expecting good things to happen B. being likely to think of bad part of a situation
C. falling ill more often than others D. facing serious pressure from wars 37. What’s the best title for this passage?
A. Laugh Every Day if Possible. B. A Positive Opinion.
C. Secrets of Long life. D. Laughter and Optimism Leads to Health.
第II卷 主观题 (共40分)
四、词汇运用 (本大题共8小题，每小题1分，共8分)
(A) 根据句意和汉语注释，在答卷标有题号的横线上，写出单词的正确形式。 1. July 2nd of this year is my grandfather’s _____________ (九十) birthday. 2. Who can make a list of the ______________ (顾客) addresses for me?
3. Many ____________ (国际) students consider large cities like London or Edinburgh as their dream places to go.
4.It happens that some wealthy men learn to live ______________ (明智) and use their money for good.
(B) 根据句意，在答卷标有题号的横线上，写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。 5. Because of my ______________ (careful), our football team lost the final. 6. It’s not an easy job to make your ________________ (pronounce) perfect.
7. She was a smart princess. Her blue eyes _______________ (shiny) and caught the light. 8. The poor boy felt even ________________ (ill) because he didn’t take medicine. 五、动词填空 用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空，并将答案写在答卷标有题号的横线上。(本大
题共8小题，每小题1分，共8分)
1. －Why didn’t you answer my phone yesterday?
－Oh, I’m sorry. I ______________ (fix) the fridge in the kitchen.
2. It’s the third time that the twins _______________ (ride) along the Taihu Lake. 3. A large number of students ______________ (search) on the Internet at present, aren’t they?
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4. In cloudy sunshine, the plane _______________ (carry) the Chinese president, First Lady and other members landed in the early afternoon at Palm Beach International Airport. 5. You should understand the physics problem now. You have had it ______________ (explain) four times.
6. It’s better to teach a man fishing than ______________ (give) him fish.
7. The sentences that all the students should pay attention to _______________ (write) on the blackboard the other day.
8. The bag my cousin bought in Shanghai ________________ (wash) easily.
六、阅读填空 先通读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在文章后表格的空格内填入一个最恰当的
单词。所填单词必须写在答题卡对应题号的横线上。每个空格只能填一个单词。(本大题共5小题，每空1分,共5分)
Typing is one of the most important and basic work skills of the 21st century. Because mobile phones are now so popular, there is a new kind of typing －thumbing. Thumbing means using one or more thumbs(拇指) to press the keys.
Most people can type between 20 and 35 words a minute. Some typists, however, can work very quickly, at more than 110 words a minute. And people’s left hand usually does 56 percent of the typing.
The most common international English keyboard is QWERTY. It gets the name from the first letters on the top left side of the keyboard. It is more than 140 years old. Other keyboards include QWERTY (in Central Europe) and AZERTY (used by most French speakers in Europe). Languages with non-Roman alphabets(字母系统), for example, Arabic, Russian or Japanese, have their own keyboards.
The sentence The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog is often used to practice typing. That’s because it uses every letter of the English alphabet.
Thumbing and typing can hurt you. RSI (repetitive strain injury) is the name of a medical condition you get if you type too much. However, most people do not understand what RSI is or how serious it can be. Anyone who uses a computer a lot is at risk and should know about RSI.
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In the 21st century people have realized the 1 of Background typing. ★People type by pressing the keys with at 2 one thumb. Introduction ★The typing 3 is different from person to person. ★In the process of typing, people’s left hand does more wok. Notes Other related information It is 4 to people’s fingers if they type too much. There are different kinds of keyboards in the world for people who speak different 5 . 七、完成句子 按所给的汉语，用英语完成下列句子，并将答案写在答卷标有题号的横线上。(本大
题共6小题，每小题1.5分，共9分)
1.所有的工人都必须按高标准工作。
All the workers must __________________________________________________. 2. 三小时后游客们将直飞北京。
The tourists are going to ______________________________ Beijing in three hours. 3. 怀特夫妇离开他们的家乡已有10年。
The Whites ___________________________________________ since 10 years ago. 4.那些由加拿大学生写的邮件值得回复。
Those emails by Canadian students _______________________________________. 5. 在电视访谈节目中，李先生难以清楚地表达自己。
Mr. Lee had __________________________________________ on the TV chat show. 6. 清晨，一辆失控的新车在高速抛锚。
A new car ________________________________ on the highway early in the morning. 八、书面表达 (本大题共10分)
请根据中文提示，以“Changes in Wuxi”为题，写一篇短文。 内容要点如下：
1. 我对无锡很了解因为四岁时就随父母一起搬到了这里，从那以后我就住城市南面； 2. 这些年来无锡发生了很大变化，水污染没有以前严重了；
3. 政府已把部分市中心变成一个现代化的公园，每天都有很多人在里面散步；
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