1、 2015 ( 40 ) : Z X X K ( 15 2 30 ) (A B C D) (A) Several years ago I was diagnosed with cancer. It was the most difficult time I have ever faced. I think it was my sense of humor that allowed me to hold onto my sanity ( ). Like many people who have gone through chemotherapy ( ), I lost all of my hai
2、r, being bald as a golf ball. I always had enjoyed wearing hats, so I ordered several special hats with the hair already attached. It was easy and I never had to worry about how my hair looked. I have always been a big golf fan. At one point during my cancer treatments, my husband John and I decided
3、 to get away from the cold Minnesota winter and took a trip to Scottsdale, Arizona. There was a Senior PGA Tour The first day of the tournament brought out a huge crowd. It was a beautiful day, and I was in heaven, I was standing and watching my three favorite golfers in the world approach the tee b
4、ox ( ): Jack Nicklaus, Raymond Floyd and Tom Weiskopf . Just as they arrived at the tee, the unimaginable happened. A huge gust of wind came up from out of nowhere and blew my hat and hair right off my head and into the middle of the fairway ( )! The thousands of people lining the fairway fell into
5、an awkward silence, all eyes on me. Even my three favorite golfers were watching me, as my hair was in their flight path. I was ashamed! Emb stand there. Someone had to do something to get things moving again. So I took a deep breath and out into the middle of the fairway. I took hold of my hat and
6、hair, put them back on my head as best I could. Then I They said the laughter could be heard all the way to the nineteenth hole. 1. What made the author remain mentally healthy even in her illness? A. The Tradition. B. The treatment. C. Her family. D. Her humor. : . . A. scared B. embarrassed C. puz
7、zled D. excited 3. Why did the author go into the fairway to pick up her hat and hair? A. To amuse the golfers. B. To give a weather report. C. To have the game restarted. 4. We can know from the text that the author _ . A. was fond of wearing hats B. was an excellent golfer C. planed to live in Sco
8、ttsdale D. felt worried her hair (B) : ZXXK Food and drink makers are adding caffein e ( ) to a growing number of products. Is it safe for kids to consume these products? fee. One reason why they may feel that way is that coffee contains caffeine, a substance ( ) known to improve and increase energy
9、. Caffeine occurs naturally in coffee, tea, and cocoa beans, which are used to make chocolate. But now food makers are adding Hospital of Philadelphia. Studies show that too much caffeine is habit-forming. Those who consume it regularly and stop suddenly may experience headaches and feel tired. O ne
10、 of the biggest problems is the large amount of caffeine added to so-called energy drinks, like Red Bull. A 12-ounce can of cola has about 35 milligrams of caffeine. A similar serving of Red Bull contains more than triple ( ) that amount. Emergency-room visits related to energy-drink consumption wer
11、e up from 10,068 visits in 2007 to 20,783 in 2011. who consume caffeine to stay awake and study for a test. The effect? Research shows they may remember less of what they just studied. So what can be done to protect young people from the harmful effects of caffeine? Michael Jacobson of the Center fo
12、r Science in the Public Interest, says the FDA needs to set limits on caffeine, especially in energy drinks. The amount of caffeine should be printed on food labels to warn consumers. Doctors say ki ds should avoid caffeine. If you need extra energy, try these natural methods instead: eating right,
13、exercising, and getting plenty of sleep. erous to add more _ to drinks. A. tea B. chocolate C. yoghurt D. caffeine 6. What should the FDA do in protecting the consumers? A. Draw up a project about physical exercise. B. Forbid kids from having water with caffeine. C. Create a set of standards on caff
14、eine products. D. Not allow energy drinks to appear in the market. 7. What can we learn from the text? A. Cola has much more caffeine the Red Bull. B. More people are suffering from energy drinks. C. Drinking enough Red Bull can help sleep well. D. Having too much caffeine can improve memory. 8. The
15、 text is written mainly for those _ . A. who often have headaches B. who are caffeine-product lovers C. who usually feel tired D. who are food and drink makers (C) As weather cools across the United States, a growing number of Americans visit farms. They harvest apples, - of rural areas and help far
16、mers increase their profits. School children are walking in a corn field maze ( ). The corn is cut into tricky passageways that make it difficult to find a way out. The children are from Yorktown Elementary School in Bowie Maryland. They have ty which is also in Maryland. The farm is about 40 kilome
17、ters from The White House. hands- son said. : | | Z|X|X|K Amy Etsy- When Mike Dunn opened the family farm to agri-tourists in 2008, he had only a corn maze, a pumpkin field and hay wagon rides. But he says, so many people visited that he soon increased the number of activities. He -tourism income mi
18、ght be 30 Americans spent more than $700 million on agri-tourism activities in the United States in 2012. That is an increase of 24 percent from 2007. 9. When do Americans prefer to pay a visit to family farms? A. In spring. B. In summer. C. In autumn. D. In winter. 10. Mike Dunn added some other ac
19、tivities to his farm because he wanted _ . A. to earn much more money B. to develop agriculture better C. to solve problems on farming D. to compete with o ther farms 11. We may infer from the last two paragraphs that _ . A. field trips can help to promote industrial production B. agri-tourism is be
20、coming more and more popular in America C. farmers will make more money in farming than farming trips D. Americans will spend less than $700 million on field trips in 2016 (D) have a physical reaction to British researchers used brain-imaging technology ( ) to show that people who say they feel the
21、pain of others have heightened activity in pain- sensing brain regions when they see someone else being hurt. For the study, the researchers exposed 108 college students to images of painful situation, ranging from athletes suffering sports injuries to patients receiving an injection. Nearly a third
22、 said that, for at least one image, they not only had an emotional reaction, but also felt pain in the same site as the injury in the image. The researchers found that while viewing the painful images, both people who said they felt pain and those who did not showed activity in the emotional centers
23、 of the brain. But those who felt pain showed greater activity in pain-related brain regions compared with the others. pain. This confirms that at least some people have an actual physical reaction when observing others being reporters. He noted that the people reported feeling pain also tended to s
24、ay that they avoided horror movies and disturbing images on the news so as to avoid being in pain. The findings were published in the December issue of the journal Pain. A. sportsmen experiencing pain B. the 36 students involved in the study C. patients receiving an injection D. the 108 students exp
25、osed to the images A. brain regions B. eye regions C. faces D. voices 14. If you are allergic to pain, you A. reading journals B. seeing scary movies C. listening to the news D. going to the concert 15. What would be the best title for the text? A. Emotional Centers of Your Brain B. You Can Use Brai
26、n-imaging Technology C. You C D. Painful Images to the Researchers ( 5 2 10 ) How to relax when you get into a traffic jam Waiting in a traffic jam is upset, frustrating and stress-producing. 16._ One of the most stressful occasions of the day is when you are sitting in a traffic jam. It is for this
27、 reason that many people feel worried about the commute to and from work ( ). Their commutes cause so much stress for them that they can ruin the rest of their days. 17._ Turn on you car radio to your favorite music station. 18._ If the stress of your commute has already gotten to you, start with a
28、pleasant and smooth classical station to calm you down, so that you can regain control. Listen to the music that is playing. Focus on the music. Notice the differences of the musical beats and the tones. If there are lyrics ( ), think or sing along to them. 19._ Hold this breath for 10 seconds. Slow
29、ly let the breath out through your mouth. Repeat deep breathing as often as needed to make your heart beat slow and reduce stress. There are many times during a traffic jam that your heart can start to race. 20._ Setting an inner alarm to the time when you have to be somewhere is just going to add t
30、o your stress. There is nothing that you can do to make the traffic move faster, so just relax. A. Keep calm when your heart beats fast. B. Take a deep breath through your nose. D. The more cheerful the music, the more it will reduce the stress. E. Forget about timelines, where you have to be, and b
31、y what time. F. Follow these simple steps to reduce stress while sitting in a traffic jam. G. If you have ever ridden in a car, you must have experienced a traffic jam. ( 40 ) ( 20 1.5 30 ) (A B C D) A father of some teenage children had the family rule that they could not watch PG-13 or R-rated mov
32、ies ( ). His three 21 wanted to see a particularly 22 movie that was on at local theaters, rated PG-13. The teens 23 friends and made a list of pros and cons ( ) about the movie to 24 their dad that they should be allowed to see it. The cons: three 25 words, and implied sex. The pros: a popular movie a blockbuster, some fantastic special effects, some of the most talented 26. The father looked at the 27 and the next evening the father 28 his three teenagers into the living-room. There on the coffee table he had a plate of brownies ( ). The father to
