Getting plenty of exercise is very important. I enjoy swimming very much. Last summer I went to the (1)_______ every day. I plan to go there this summer too, but I may not be able to. I have a new(2)_______, sometimes I have to work until (3)_______ at night. Although I now work more hours than I used to, yet I do receive a larger salary. I didn’t receive much pay on my (4)_______ job. I like my new job, but had I know that it would take up so much of my free time, I would not have taken. I prefer (5)_______ to making more money.

　　I have heard that riding a bike is good exercise. Maybe I will be able to (6)_______ enough money to buy a bike. My neighbor, Ms Wilson, has a bicycle that I could (7)_______, but I would rather own my own bike. If I used hers, I would worry about destroying it. Since I make more money now, I think that I can afford to buy my own. Getting a bike is really a good idea, because while I’m riding to and from, I will be getting (8)_______ at the same time. It is easier to get to the seaside on a bike, too. I might be able to go swimming every day after all. This new job is great! I’m very (9)_______. This will be a summer full of (10)_______.

　　1. A. playground B. shore C. seaside D. sea

　　2. A. office B. job C. love D. interest

　　3. A. far B. deep C. late D. lately

　　4. A. favorite B. new C. past D. old

　　5. A. swimming B. riding C. playing D. working

　　6. A. save B. keep C. take D. cost

　　7. A. ride B. renew C. lend D. borrow

　　8. A. enjoyment B. rest C. exercise D. money

　　9. A. moved B. excited C. interested D. disappointed

　　10. A. exercise B. pleasure C. interest D. imagination

　　【解題導(dǎo)語】 本文是一篇夾敘夾議的文章，主要講述了鍛煉的重要性，作者同時做到了工作和鍛煉兩不誤。

　　【新詞鏈接】 take up 占據(jù)(時間、空間)

　　prefer… to… 喜歡……勝過……;寧愿……而不愿……

　　would rather do sth. 寧愿去做某事

　　afford to do sth. 有能力去做某事

　　【試題解析】

　　1. C 根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第4句話可知。

　　2. B 由下文的 I like my new job 可知。

　　3. C 根據(jù)上下文，應(yīng)該是我工作到深夜。

　　4. D 和new 相對比。

　　5. A 根據(jù)上下文可知，作者喜歡游泳。

　　6. A 作者要“節(jié)約”錢去買自行車。

　　7. D 根據(jù)句意可知我可以向鄰居Ms Wilson “借”自行車。

　　8. C 在騎自行車中得到“鍛煉”。

　　9. B 由上文可知。

　　10. A 由文章首句：getting plenty of exercise is very important可以知道。

　　I consider myself something of an expert on apologies. A quick temper(脾氣) has 1 me with plenty of opportunities(機(jī)會) to make them. In one of my earliest 2 , my mother is telling me, “Don’t watch the 3 when you say ‘I’m sorry’. Hold your head up and look the person in the 4 , so he’ll know you 5 it.”

　　My mother thus made the key point of a(n) 6 apology: it must be direct. You must never 7 to be doing something else. You do not 8 a pile of letters while apologizing to a person 9 in position after blaming him or her for a mistake that turned out to be your 10 . You do not apologize to a hostess(女主人), whose guest of honor you treat 11 , by sending flowers the next day without mentioning your bad 12 .

　　One of the important things you should do for an 13 apology is readiness to 14 the responsibility(責(zé)任) for our careless mistakes. We are used to making excuses, which leaves no 15 for the other person to 16 us. Since most people are open-hearted, the no-excuse apology leaves both parties feeling 17 about themselves. That, after all, is the 18 of every apology. It 19 little whether the apologizer is wholly or only partly at fault: answering for one’s 20 encourages others to take their share of the blame.

　　1. A.provided B.mixed C.compared D.treated

　　2. A.dreams B.courses C.memories D.ideas

　　3. A.side B.ground C.wall D.bottom

　　4. A.mind B.soul C.face D.eye

　　5. A.imagine B.enjoy C.mean D.regret

　　6. A.useful B.successful C.equal D.basic

　　7. A.pretend B.forget C.refuse D.expect

　　8. A.hold on B.put away C.look through D.pick up

　　9. A.poorer B.weaker C.worse D.lower

　　10.A.fault B.reason C.result D.duty

　　11.A.cruelly B.freely C.roughly D.foolishly

　　12.A.manners B.excuses C.efforts D.roles

　　13.A.active B.effective C.extra D.easy

　　14.A.raise B.perform C.admit D.bear

　　15.A.situation B.need C.sign D.room

　　16.A.advise B.forgive C.warn D.blame

　　17.A.wiser B.warmer C.better D.cleverer

　　18.A.purpose B.method C.end D.advantage

　　19.A.cares B.matters C.depends D.remains

　　20.A.facts B.states C.rights D.actions

　　參考答案

　　1―5 ACBDC

　　6―10 BACDA

　　11―15 CABDD

　　16―20 BCABD

　　The Voice of America began during the World WarⅡ. When Germany was broadcasting a radio program to get international 1 , American officials believed they should 2 the German broadcast with words that they thought were the facts of world events. The first VOA news report began with words in 3 . “The 4 may be good or bad, but we shall tell you the truth.” Within a week, other VOA 5 were broadcasting in Italian, French and English.

　　After the World WarⅡended in 1945, some Americans felt VOA’s 6 had to be changed, 7 the Soviet Union became enemy of AmericA.They wanted to 8 Soviet listeners. Then VOA began broadcasting in Russian.

　　In the early years VOA began adding something new to its broadcast that was 9 “ Music USA”. Another new idea came along in 1959.VOA knew that many listeners did not know 10 English to completely understand its 11 English broadcast. So VOA 12 a simpler kind of English, 13 uses about 1,500 words and is spoken 14 of course, it is special English.

　　In the 15 of most VOA listeners, the most 16 program is the news report. News from around the world 17 into the VOA news rooms in Washington 24 hours a day. It comes from VOA reporters in 18 cities and also from other 19 like BBC.VOA writers and editors use these materials to 20 news reports, which are being broadcast in 43 languages.

　　1. A.business B.culture C.support D.information

　　2. A.reply B.answer C.join D.interrupt

　　3. A.same B.short C.English D.German

　　4. A.news B.problems C.effects D.opinions

　　5. A.stations B.news C.announcers D.officials

　　6. A.home B.position C.purpose D.results

　　7. A.if B.supposing C.considering D.in order that

　　8. A.reach B.satisfy C.attack D.support

　　9. A.known B.reported C.called D.printed

　　10.A.American B.British C.standard D.enough

　　11.A.normal B.fast C.good D.exact

　　12.A.invented B.discovered C.taught D.stopped

　　13.A.it B.who C.which D.that

　　14.A.slowly B.rapidly C.normally D.loudly

　　15.A.pleasure B.course C.opinion D.advice

　　16.A.difficult B.important C.various D.common

　　17.A.flies B.sends C.delivers D.pasts

　　18.A.all B.major C.American D.news

　　19.A.broadcasts B.forms C.newspapers D.countries

　　20.A.broadcast B.announce C.translate D.prepare

　　參考答案：

　　1―5 CBDAC

　　6―10 CCACD

　　11―15 AACAC

　　16―20 BABAD