17．If you are sitting，please stand up．Move your legs．Touch your toes if you can．Do anythin g but sit．New research shows that if you cut down on the time you spend sitting，you might live longer．Sitting less than three hours a day might extend your life by two years．Cutting television time to less than two hours a day can add one point four years to life．
The human body is designed to move．The fact is just the opposite．Modern lifestyles and office jobs rarely give us the chance to move around．We sit while we're eating； we sit in the car； we sit while we are watching TV．And most of us sit for many hours at work．Sitting is something we do all the time．On average，Americans sit for four and a half to five hours a day．But that does not make sitting good for us．
Though you may exercise often，that does not mean you can sit for the rest of your waking hours．We can't throw away physical activity．It is extremely important．Even if you exercise for 30 minutes a day，what goes on in the other 23 and a half hours a day is also very important．
Changes are coming to some offices，especially in the design of desks．A"standing desk"lets people stand while they work．Another new design is called the"treadmill desk"．It is an exercise machine that lets you walk slowly in one place．Even some U．S．schools begin to experiment with desks that are part bicycle to keep children moving．
Many companies may not buy a standing desk for everybody．However，they may get five standing desks or a treadmill desk for their employees and put them in a certain place where people can go for an hour a day to answer their emails or talk on the phone．Experts suggest some other activities：take a walk at lunchtime； walk to the offices and talk directly instead of emailing colleagues．All these activities may help you live longer．
28．Why should people stand up according to the new research？C
A．They should touch their toes．
B．Standing more can cure some diseases．
C．Sitting less does people good and may help people live longer．
D．They spend too much time watching TV．
29．What can we learn about sitting？B
A．Sitting is the best position for the body．
B．People usually have to sit for a long time nowadays．
C．The more people sit，the better they will be．
D．Americans sit longer every day than people in other countries．
30．What does the underlined word"It"in Paragraph 3 refer to？D
A．The walking hour            
B．Sitting         
C．Standing．
D．Exercising
31．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？A
A．The new design of desks can help people sit less．
B．The"treadmill desk"is used by people to run．
C．It's better for school students to use standing desks．
D．It's necessary for companies to offer a sitting desk to every employees．

16．Jeanne Calment，a French woman，became a record breaker on 17 October，1995，when at the age of 120 years and 238 days，she became the longest-lived human being on record．A Japanese man died in 1986 at the age of 120 years and 237 day s．
    Jeanne Calment lives in a small old people's home in the south of France； her husband，her only child and her grandson have all died．She is nearly blind and deaf and is always in a wheelchair，but her doctor describes her as being more like a 90-year-old woman in good health than someone of 120．She still has a lively sense of humor．When asked on her 120^th birthday what she expected of the future，she replied：A very short one．She also remarked that she thought the good Lord had forgotten all about her．
    So what is the key to a long life？According to some doctors，diet，exercise and no smoking are the three important factors．Jeanne Calment has followed two of the tips．She has always eaten a healthy diet，and she used to do exercise every day until she broke her leg at the age of 115．However，until recently she drank two glasses of strong red wine a day，and she does smoke （now only a little）．Besides，Jeanne Calment might have got very good genes from her parents．Her father lived to the age of 94 and her mother to 86．
A local lawyer bought her house when she was 80 under an agreement that he would pay her some money every year until her death．It must have seemed a good more at the time，but so far the lawyer has paid her at least three times the value of the house．Every year on her birthday，Jeanne Calment sends him a card saying：Sorry，I'm still alive!
25．How does Jeanne Calment feel about her old age？D
A．She is miserable and unhappy．
B．She feels she is going to die very soon．
C．She would like to live much younger．
D．She is cheerful and humorous．
26．Which of the following word could best replace the word"move"in the fourth paragraph？B
A．trick             B．deal                 C．march                D．sport
27．Why does Jeanne Calment say"Sorry，I'm still alive"to the lawyer every year on her birthday？A
A．Because the lawyer has paid her much more money than the value of the house．
B．Because she has asked the lawyer to pay her more rent than they first agreed．
C．Because she had an agreement at 80 with the lawyer which was to her advantage．
D．Because the house she sold to the lawyer is worth the money he has already paid．

15．Most visitors come to the UK expecting the rain and weather for which the country is famous．However，when summer finally arrives，British people like nothing more than heading for the coast．Here are s ome of more famous places of interest that you could expect to visit on a trip to Britain．Black pool，in the northwest of England，is the most visited place in the UK．Each year around 6.5 to 7 million people come to enjoy the miles of sandy beaches，the 158m Black pool Tower and the 11km-long Golden Mile，where there are entertainments，pubs，ice rinks （溜冰場(chǎng)） and even a zoo．On the south coast of the country you can find Brighton．Until 1786，Brighton was a sleepy village．Then the future king，George IV，decided to build a house there，and now it has become a large，international centre．Apart from the beaches，Brighton is famous for its pier （碼頭）．There are theatres，entertainments and restaurants there．Brighton is also fantastic for shopping．If you want to travel a little further，why not go to Cornwall in the far southwest of the UK？South Cornwall offers miles of sandy beaches and beautiful scenery．The climate there is warmer than the rest of Britain，and you can even find palm trees．For a bit more excitement，go to North Cornwall．The scenery there is nicer，and the beaches are famous for their powerful waves．As a result，North Cornwall has become the home of British surfing．One word of warning though，if you are using the roads in the UK during holidays，you can expect long traffic jams on the motorways．It might be better to take the train．
21．Which is the best title for this passage？B
A．How to Enjoy Your Holidays              
B．Let's Go to the Beach!
C．Welcome to Britain!
D．How to Travel in Britain
22．We may find this passage in aA．
A．travel guide                    
B．storybook                
C．geography book                
D．news magazine
23．If Andrew likes surfing，which is the best place for him to spend his holidays？C
A．B lack pool．
B．Brighton．
C．North Cornwall．
D．South Cornwall．
24．From the passage we can infer thatB．
A．there are no beaches in the east and west of Britain
B．the climate in South Cornwall is attractive to many people
C．the pier is more interesting than the beaches in Brighton
D．Black pool is the most famous place in the UK．

14．文中共有10處語(yǔ)言錯(cuò)誤，每句中最多兩處．錯(cuò)誤涉及一個(gè)單詞的增加、刪除或修改．
增加：在此處加一個(gè)漏字符號(hào)（∧），并在其下面寫出修改的詞．
刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（\）劃掉．
修改：在錯(cuò)的詞下劃一橫線，并在其下面寫出修改后的詞．
注意：1．每處錯(cuò)誤及其修改均僅限一詞；
2．只允許修改10處，多者（從十一處起）不計(jì)分．
How time flies!This is a third year that I have been in this school．In the past two years，our school had organized many activities．That impressed me most was an activity calling"Learning to Farm"．In an autumn afternoon，we went to a farm which we learned to plant potatoes．Having been in the city for so a long time，we were so happy to go to the countryside．After we were divided into 3groups，we started to work．Some students cut potatoes into pieces； some dug holes，and the others put the pieces into the hole，put the earth back and pushed them down hard．We continued doing that until all the work was done．Although we were exhausted，but we felt happy on our way home．

13．Recently a new research has been reported．It is said that many fathers of children experienced lots of injuries every year while playing with（86）their（they） children．Some fathers felt that it was the most dangerous thing of being a parent walking across the floor（87）covered（cover） by toys．And some of them fell over because of clothes or other things that（88）were thrown（throw） everywhere．Besides，some fathers were knocked down by their young children when playing（89）with them and some got hurt when playing football or climbing trees with them．In fact，some young fathers picked up an（90）injury（injure） when doing something that wasn't （91）suitable（suit） for them．
The research also found that some of the fathers who were （92）seriously（serious） injured had to stay at home．（93）However，not all of them had medical insurances to prevent the case that they were too ill to work．And they were more likely to face （94）asituation where their mobile phones and holiday bookings declined sharply during illness．So the fathers took much（95）pressure （press） from both family and the work．

12．Video communication is one of the fashion of 4G cellphones，which is popular with young people．

11．There are more than twenty television channels now for you to choose your favourite programs．

10．There was a big earthquake in Yaan，Sichuan Province．People there needed fast help to rebuild their homes．

9．Although he is an amateur photographer，not a professional one，he has won many international prizes in the past 5years．

8．Finally they accepted her advice which they think was very useful．