阅读理解。     Try touring the Shanghai World Expo Site at night if you are tired of the endless queues, the blazing
sun and crowds of people during the daytime. Nitht -time tickets for the Shanghai World Expo are already available, and tourists can enjoy a completely different view when night falls.
     First, night -time tickets are much cheaper and tourists can avoid peak hours. A daytime ticket costs
160 yuan, while a night-time ticket only costs 90 yuan.
     Second , night-time tickets save tourists a significant amount of time spent in queues so they can visit
more pavilions. On the whole, although going at night allows only half the time during the day, tourists
spend less time in queues and can visit roughly as many pavilions as in the daytime.
     Third, the lights are all on at night, giving tourists a wonderful night view of bright lights that they cannot possibly see in the daytime. Dressed with all kinds of colored lights, the Expo Site looks brilliant and
charming at night.
      Fourth, the Expo is more pleasing and comfortable at night because pavilions provide more and better interactive activities at night. There are performances at the Expo Cultural Center every night, and concerts performed by world-famous singers on weekends.
      Fifth, services are still excellent at night. Tourists can glut themselves with delicacies at a food plaza (广场) which is ablaze with lights even past 10 p.m.. In addition, the plaza is much less crowded and busy at night than during day. 1. What"s the disadvantage of touring the Shanghai World Expo Site at night?  A. Protecting yourself from the blazing sun.
B. Avoiding crowds of people.
C. Avoiding peak hours.
D. Less visiting time. 2. A night-time ticket __________.A. costs twice less than a daytime ticket.
B. allows the tourists half as much time as a daytime ticket.
C. allows the tourists to visit more pavilions.
D. offers the tourists a free dinner at a food plaza.3. Which of the following is wrong according to the passage?A. The tourists can have a wonderful night view of bright lights at the Expo Site.
B. The Expo Site looks brilliant and charming at night because of all kinds of colored lights.
C. Tourists can enjoy interactive activities at night.
D. There are performances and concerts performed by world-famous singers at the Expo Cultural Centre every night4. The underlined word " glut" in the last paragraph means ________.A. overfeed      
B. help    
C. enjoy    
D. make

根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项.选项中有两项为多余选项.     Swimming cycling, jogging, skiing, dancing, walking or any of dozens of other activities can help your
heart.    1   . Whether it is a structured exercise program or just part of your daily routine, all exercise
adds up to having a healthier heart. Here are some tips for exercise success.
☆Choose activities that are fun and add variety. Develop several activities that you can
enjoy.    2  
☆Wear comfortable, properly fitted shoes and comfortable, loose-fitting clothing appropriate for the
weather and the activity.
☆Find a convenient time and place to do activities.    3   . If you miss an exercise opportunity, work
activity into your day another way.
☆Use music to keep yourself entertained.
☆   4   Decide what kind of support you need. Do you want them to remind you to exercise? Exercise
with you regularly or occasionally? Be understanding when you get up early to exercise?Spend time with
the children while you exercise? Try not to ask you to change your exercise routine? Share your activity
time with others. Ask your family members, friends or co-workers for help.
☆Don"t overdo it, especially at first. You can slowly increase the time and intensity (强度) of your
activities as you become more fit.    5  
☆Keep a record of your activities. Reward yourself at times. Nothing will inspire you more than success!
A.Try to make it a habit, but be flexible.
B.They all cause you to feel warm and breathe heavily without being out of breath.
C.Be an active role model for your children.
D.That way, exercise will never seem boring.
E.If you are overweight or have a high risk of heart disease, see your doctor for medical advice before
exercising.
F.Surround yourself with supportive people.
G.Gradually, work up to exercising on most days of the week for 30-60 minutes.

     Believe it or not, optical illusion(错觉) can cut highway crashes.
     Japan is a case in point. It has reduced automobile crashes on some roads by nearly 75 percent using
a simple optical illusion. But stripes, called chevrons(人字形), painted on the roads make drivers think
that they are driving faster than they really are, and thus drivers slow down.
     Now the American Automobile Association Foundation(基金会) for Traffic Safety in Washington
D.C. is planning to repeat Japan"s success. Starting next year, the foundation will paint chevrons and
other patterns of stripes on selected roads around the country to test how well the patterns reduce
highway crashes.
     Excessive (too great) speed plays a major role in as much as one fifth of all fatal traffic accidents,
according to the foundation. To help reduce those accidents, the foundation will conduct its tests in areas
where speed-related hazards are the greatest curves, exit slopes, traffic circles, and bridges.
     Some studies suggest that straight, horizontal bars painted across roads can initially cut the average
speed of drivers in half. However, traffic often returns to full speed within months as drivers become used
to seeing the painted bars.
     Chevrons, scientists say, not only give drivers the impression that they are driving faster than they really are but also make a lane appear to be narrower. The result is a longer lasting reduction in highway speed
and the number of traffic accidents.      1. The passage mainly discusses ________.A. a new way of highway speed control
B. a new pattern for painting highways
C. a new way of training drivers
D. a new type of optical illusion2. The underlined word "hazards" probably means ________.A. accidents    
B. traffic jams      
C. dangers      
D. cases3. The advantage of chevrons over straight, horizontal bars is that the former ________.A. can keep drivers awake      
B. can cut road accidents in half 
C. will look more attractive    
D. will have a longer effect on driv

阅读理解。     Long bus rides are like television shows. They have a beginning, a middle, and an end with commercials thrown in every three or four minutes. The commercials are unavoidable. They happen whether you want
them or not. Every couple of minutes a billboard glides by outside the bus window. "Buy Super Clean
Toothpaste." Drink Good Wet Root Beer." Fill up with Pacific Gas." Only if you sleep, which is equal to
turning the television set off, are you spared the unending cry of "You Need It! Buy It Now!"
     The beginning of the ride is comfortable and somewhat exciting, even if you"ve traveled that way before. Usually some things have changed new houses, new buildings, sometimes even a new road. The bus driver has a style of driving and it"s fun to try to figure it out the first hour or so. If the driver is particularly reckless (鲁莽的) or daring, the ride can be as thrilling (惊心动魄的) as a suspense story. Will the driver pass the truck in time? Will the driver move into the right or the left hand lane? After a while, of course, the excitement dies down. Sleeping for a while helps pass the middle hours of the ride. Food always makes bus rides more interesting. But you"ve got to be careful of what kind of food you eat. Too much salty food can make you very thirsty between stops.
     The end of the ride is somewhat like the beginning. You know it will soon be over and there"s a kind of expectation and excitement in that. The seat of course, has become harder as the hours have passed. By
now you"ve sat with your legs crossed, with your hands in your lap, with your hands on the armrests even with your hands crossed behind your head. The end comes just at no more ways to sit.1. According to the passage, what do the passengers usually see when they are on a long bus trip?A. Buses on the road.                
B. Films on television.
C. Advertisements on the billboards.    
D. Gas stations.2. What is the purpose of this passage?A. To give the writer"s opinion about long bus trips.
B. To persuade you to take a long bus trip.
C. To explain how bus trips and television shows differ.
D. To describe the billboards along the road.3. The writer of this passage would probably favor         .A. bus drivers who aren"t reckless      
B. driving alone
C. a television set on the bus          
D. no billboards along the road4. The writer feels long bus rides are like TV shows because           .A. the commercials both on TV shows and on billboards along the road are fun
B. they both have a beginning, a middle, and an end, with commercials in between
C. the drivers are always reckless on TV shows just as they are on buses
D. both traveling and watching TV are not exciting5. The writer thinks that the end of the ride is somewhat like the beginning because both are        .A.exciting    
B.comfortable    
C.tiring    
D.boring

     Babies are born yogis. Once we were all able to pull our toes up by our ears and laugh about it.
Then we aged, got injured, and began carrying stress in our shoulders and back. In short, we lost our
balance.
     Yoga(瑜伽) is an ancient practice that helps create a sense of union in body, mind, and spirit. It brings us balance. I was seriously out of balance when I started practicing yoga in 1999. I had plantar fascitis in
both feet, and my doctor had warned me against all the things I loved to do: walking, hiking, and playing
tennis. I was desperate for exercise. Yoga became my salvation(救星) and even enhanced my other
fitness activities. I practice yoga at least twice a week, but I consider yoga to be part of my daily life
because after a while you no longer just practice yoga-you love it.
     Yoga becomes part of your physical life. Your body grows stronger, more toned, and more flexible
as you move from one pose to the other. I spent a week in Mexico at a yoga retreat, and it was the first
vacation on which I lost weight. "Rather than building muscle, yoga builds muscle tone," says Shakta
Kaur Khalsa, author of the K.I.S.S. Guide to Yoga. "Because yoga helps maintain a balanced
metabolism (新陈代谢), it also helps to regulate weight. Additionally, yoga stretches muscles lengthwise,
causing fat to be removed around the cells." I do yoga poses throughout the day. After hours at my
computer, I stretch my stiff shoulders and arms. When I need a boost of energy, I do energizing poses.
When I am feeling exhausted at the end of the day, I do restorative poses.
     Yoga becomes part of your mental life. Yoga teaches you to focus on breathing while you hold the
poses. This attention to breath is calming; it dissolves stress and anxiety. I use yogic breathing on the
tennis courts, in the dentist"s chair, and in traffic jams. You should always leave a yoga practice feeling
energized, not tired. If you feel tired after yoga, it means you spent the time "fighting" yourself, trying to
force yourself into poses. In yoga, you "surrender" to the pose by letting go of the tension.
     Yoga becomes part of your spiritual life. Yoga is practiced by people from all religions; it is not
restricted to any religious group. Yoga teaches "right" living in how we deal with ourselves and others.
As I work on a difficult pose, I learn patience, forgiveness, and the value of gentleness. Yoga advocates
proper eating, but you don"t have to be a vegetarian to practice yoga.1. What would be the best title for this passage?A. What Yoga is        
B. How I Do Yoga Poses  
C. The Benefits of Yoga  
D. The Varieties of Yoga2. People feel tired after yoga because __________.A. they consume energy in practicing yoga
B. they respond well to yoga poses
C. they spend too much time on yoga
D. they push themselves to do yoga poses3. If this passage continues, what will the writer most probably write about in the next paragraph? A. Yoga as a means to keep fit.
B. Different yoga poses.
C. Popularity of yoga all over the world.
D. Encouraging people to do yoga.