(   ) 4. Global health,as       by life expectancy at different ages,has risen rapidly, especially in lower income countries.

A. expressed    B. cured C. observed    D. measured

(   ) 3. The problem the new teacher is faced with is that it always takes the class a while to
       at the start of the lesson.

A. cut down    B. settle down C. turn down    D. set down

(   ) 2. With the end of his career in，Armstrong was already looking forward to spending

some days at the beach with his family.

A. view        B. burden    C. reach D. sight

(   ) 1. All human beings have a comfortable zone regulating the      they keep from

someone they talk with.

A. distance    B. division C. range    D. boundary

As a young girl growing up in the 1930s ，I always wanted to fly a plane，but back then it was almost unheard of for a woman to do that. I got a taste of that 1   in 2001，when my husband

arranged for me to 2    in a hot air balloon for my birthday. But the experience turned out to be very 3    . Around that time, 1 told my husband that I wanted to 4   . So when our retirement community announced that they were having a ( an) 5    competition and the topic was an experience of a lifetime that you wanted to have, I decided to write about my dream.

In the essay，I wrote about my desire to skydive, 6    George Brush Sr. did it at age 80. Why

not 7   ？I was just 84 and in pretty good health. A year went by and I heard  8   . But then at

a community party in late April 2009, they announced that I was one of the winners. I just couldn't 9   it. Inspired by this,I decided to realize my dream even though some of my family members and my doctor were 10    it.

On June 11    ， 2009，nearly 40 of my family and friends 11    in the area close to where I would land while I headed up in the airplane. My instructor,Jay，guided me through the experience. The plane was the 12    one I had ever been in，but I wasn' t frightened―I was really just looking forward to the experience. When we reached 13 ，000 feet,Jay instructed me to 13   myself out of the plane. When we first hit the 14    ，the wind was so strong that I could hardly breathe. For a second I thought, "What have I gotten myself into? " 15    then everything got calmer. We were in a free fall for about a minute before Jay opened the parachute (降落傘)，then we just floated 16    for about five minutes. Being up in the clouds and looking at the view below was unlike anything I have ever felt―-much better than the hot air balloon. I was just 17    it.

Skydiving was really one of the greatest experiences of my life. I hope other people will look
at me and realize that you don't stop 18   just because you are 84 years old. If there's something
you want to 19   ，look into it. If it's something that is possible,make it 20    .
(   ) 1. A. promise    B. dream C. advice    D. schedule

(   ) 2. A. ride    B. drive C. take    D. fly

(   ) 3. A. dull    B. interesting C. thrilling    D. scary

(   ) 4. A. skateboard    B. ski C. skydive    D. ride

(   ) 5. A. speech    B. dance C. sing    D. essay

(   ) 6. A. stating    B. declaring C. suggesting    D. arguing

(   ) 7. A. him    B. me C. it    D. that

(   ) 8. A. everything    B. all C. nothing    D. anything

(   ) 9. A. believe    B. stand C. imagine    D. express

(   ) 10. A. against    B. for C. on    D. back

(   ) 11. A. collected    B. surrounded C. gathered    D. applauded

(   ) 12. A. prettiest    B. noisiest C. dearest    D. fastest

(   ) 13. A. throw    B. jump C. stand    D..pull

(   ) 14. A. land    B. cloud C. sky    D. air

(   ) 15. A. But    B. Although C. Unless    D. If

(   ) 16. A. upward    B. downward C. forward    D. backward

(   ) 17. A. enjoying    B. thinking C. hating    D. regretting

(   ) 18. A. practicing    B. studying C. planning    D. living

(   ) 19. A. realize    B. choose C. experience    D. rely

(   ) 20. A. agree    B. happen C. work    D. try

上海至南京的城際高鐵(the intercity high-speed train)于2010年7月1日正式開(kāi)通。請(qǐng)

你簡(jiǎn)要描述以下兩張圖片的內(nèi)容，列舉人們對(duì)高鐵開(kāi)通的不同看法(至少兩點(diǎn)).并談一談你的個(gè)人觀點(diǎn)。

注意：1.可適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)，以使行文連貫；

2.詞數(shù)：12 0聞左右;文章開(kāi)頭已給出，不計(jì)人總詞數(shù)。

On July 1st,2010, China opened the intercity high-speed train between Shanghai and

Nanjing.

10. It is reported that the United States uses                 the whole Europe, (as)

據(jù)報(bào)道，美囯使用的能源是整個(gè)歐洲的兩倍。

9. She        weight all these recent months though she has tried a kind of weight-reducing tea,which makes her worried and unhappy. (put)

盡管她嘗試了一種減肥茶，但她最近幾個(gè)月體重一直在增加，這使她很擔(dān)心、煩惱。

8. Hadn't I stayed up too late last night, I            my flight today. (miss )

如果我昨天不熬得太晚的話，我就不會(huì)錯(cuò)過(guò)今天的航班了。

7.                was how he could stand there for as long as two hours without moving a bit. (puzzle)

最讓我困惑的是，他怎么能站在那一動(dòng)不動(dòng)，長(zhǎng)達(dá)兩個(gè)小時(shí)。