【正文】 。根據(jù)最后一段的內容可知，男人經常鍛煉可以擁有健康的心臟，女人經常鍛煉可以避免腿部肌肉的衰弱無力。根據(jù)第五段的第一句 “ What amazes scientists is that the female heart suffers very little loss of these cells.” 可知答案為 C。因此，本文的中心話題是心臟與長壽。本文探討了男人比女人壽命短的主要原因，那就是與心臟細胞數(shù)量的減少有關。根據(jù)第一段的第一句話 “ Why do men live a shorter life than women？ ” 可 推知 “ longevity” 的意思是 “ 長壽 ” 。根據(jù)第四段和第五段可知，在雨水從房頂落下時收集，短時間內收集的量多，不僅收集效率高，而且更易于凈化處理成可以飲用的水。由第四段可知，該段主要講述的是如何有效地收集雨水，故選 D 項。由此可推知，在利用雨水這方面美國做得并不好，故選 A項。 2． What can we learn from Paragraph 3? A． Harvesting rainwater in America is not mon. B． There is no need for Americans to harvest rainwater. C． Americans don’ t show interest in harvesting rainwater. D． Americans can’ t collect rainwater from the roof correctly. 答案 A 解析 推理判斷題。 Ⅰ .單詞拼寫 1． They had to struggle(奮斗 ) for their lives against bad weather. 2． It’ s very disturbing(令人焦慮的 ) that there has been an increase in crime in the last six months. 3． The small business has expanded(擴大 ) into a large multinational pany. 4． I remend this book to be widely circulated (傳播 ) among the students. 5． He felt satisfied (滿意 ) at having realized his dream. Ⅱ .選詞填空 expand into， thanks to， rid...of， be satisfied with， would rather， equip...with， struggle with/against， circulate...to， export...to， in the hope of 1． He went to the city in the hope of making money. 2． His pany has expanded into a big one after ten years of hard work. 3． You must rid yourself of the burden of the secret. 4． We’ ll have to equip our office with word processors， won’ t we? 5． Thanks to the teacher’ s explanation， it’ s clear to me now. 6． She has been struggling with/against illness for many years. 7． The bad news was circulated to his father at last. 8． Nowadays many teenagers would rather get advice from strangers online. 9． Japan exports electric appliances to Europe. 10． One shouldn’ t be satisfied with only a little success. Ⅲ .句型轉換 1． Better stay with you stay with us， you are much safer. Better stay with so， you are much safer. 2． That was the way he treated his parents. That was how he treated his parents. 3． The weather in Kunming is much better than the weather in Harbin. The weather in Kunming is much better than that in Harbin. 4． As she didn’ t know the way to the hospital， she turned to the police for help. Not knowing the way to the hospital， she turned to the police for help. 5． They went to the supermarket on foot instead of by taxi. They went to the supermarket on foot rather than by taxi. 6． A modern city has been set up in the place that was a wasteland ten years ago. A modern city has been set up in what was a waste land ten years ago. Ⅰ .課文理解 1． The text is mainly about . A． Yuan Longping’ s achievements in farming B． Yuan Longping’ s daily life C． the world’ s hunger problem D． the world’ s rice problem 答案 A 2． If Yuan Longping works with other farmers in the field， it is hard to tell him from others because . A． he regards himself as a farmer B． he is really like other farmers C． he wears simple clothes like other farmers D． people don’ t know who Yuan Longping is 答案 B 3． Which of the following is NOT the hobbies of ? A． Playing mah jong. B． Swimming. C． Listening to violin music. D． Listening to rock and roll. 答案 D 4． The main idea of the last paragraph is that . A． Yuan Longping always has a lot of dreams when sleeping B． dreams can help people achieve greater achievements C． Yuan Longping’ s another dream is to export his rice D． Yuan Longping proves that one dream is not always enough 答案 B 5． From the text， we can know that . A． Yuan Longping found a way to increase rice harvests by expanding the area of fields B． Yuan Longping is satisfied with his life because he is famous and rich C． in the 1950s， many parts of the countryside were short of food D． his way of increasing rice harvests only works in some Asian countries 答案 C Ⅱ .課文縮寫