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Directions: Nowadays, more and more people are aware of the importance of doing exercise in order to stay healthy. Write a composition of at least 200 words on the following topic:“Exercise as Part of Our Daily Life”Your composition should be based on the outline below:1. The importance of doing exercise.2. Possible choices of physical activities.3. Make it part of our daily life.

（1）我们的国家走向现代化，最大的障碍，并不是资源问题，也不是资金问题，更不是技术问题，而是十几亿人口的素质问题。资金可以积累，技术可以创造，也可以引进，但十几亿人口的整体素质是无法引进的，必须靠我们自己去提高。（2）据约略估计，中国品牌约占国内冰箱和洗衣机市场的90%，空调市场的70%~80%，彩电市场的60%。在许多领域，产品质量有很大提高。中国一家主要的家电厂商，已经从价格转向以质量、高效销售和售后服务进行竞争。

(A)(1) A philosophy of culture begins with the assumption that the world of human culture is not a mere aggregate of loose and detached facts. It seeks to understand these facts as a system as an organic whole. For an empirical or historical view it would seem to be enough to collect the data of human culture. Here we are interested in the breadth of human life. We are engrossed in a study of the particular phenomena in their richness and variety... (2) But a philosophical analysis sets itself a different task. Its starting point and its hypothesis are embodied in the conviction that the varied and seemingly dispersed rays may be gathered together and brought into a common focus.(B)(3) The idea that people can behave naturally, without resorting to an artificial code tacitly agreed upon by their society, is as silly as the idea that they can communicate by a spoken language without commonly accepted semantic and grammatical rules. (4) Like language, a code of manners can be used with more or with less skill for laudable or for evil purposes, to express a great variety of ideas and emotions. In itself, it carries no moral value, but ignorance in use of this tool is not a sign of virtue. Inarticulateness should not be mistaken for guiltlessness.

Architecture, then, is an art, and any art must give us pleasure, or else it is bad art, or we are abnormally blind; we are in general too hardened and _1_ to architecture as an art, and to the joy it may bring us. It’s the constant nearness _2_ architecture during our entire conscious existence that has _3_ us in this way. We forget that it is an art of here and _4_, because it is with us every day, and _5_ we must have houses to live in, we are apt to think of them _6_ as abiding places. Therefore we think of architecture _7_ some vague, learned thing having to do with French cathedrals or Italian palaces or Greek temples, _8_ with New York or Chicago streets or Los Angeles suburbs. This false doctrine has strengthened in us until our eyes are _9_ and our minds are deafened to all the beauty that is being created around us today, and then we lose all the fine deep pleasure that we might _10_ experience from our ordinary surroundings.

The essential problem of man in a computerized age remains the same as it has always been. The problem is not solely how to be more productive, more comfortable, more content, but how to be more sensitive, more sensible, more proportionate, more alive. The computer makes possible a phenomenal leap in human proficiency; it demolishes the fences around the practical and even the theoretical intelligence. But the question persists and indeed grows whether the computer will make it easier or harder for human beings to know who they really are, to identify their real problems, to respond more fully to beauty, to place adequate value on life, and to make their world safer than it now is.Electronic brains can reduce the profusion of dead ends involved in vital research. But they can’t eliminate the foolishness and decay that come from the unexamined life. Nor do they connect a man to the things he has to be connected to—the reality of pain in others; the possibilities of creative growth in himself; the memory of the race; and the rights of the next generation.The reason why these matters are important in a computerized age is that there may be a tendency to mistake data for wisdom, just as there has always been a tendency to confuse logic with values, and intelligence with insight. Unobstructed access to facts can produce unlimited good only if it is matched by the desire and ability to find out what they mean and where they would lead.Facts are terrible things if left sprawling and unattended. They are too easily regarded as evaluated certainties rather than as the rawest of raw materials crying to be processed into the texture of logic. It requires a very unusual mind, Whitehead said, to undertake the analysis of a fact. The computer can provide a correct number, but it may be an irrelevant number until judgment is pronounced.To the extent, then, that man fails to make the distinction between the intermediate operations of electronic intelligence and the ultimate responsibilities of human decision and conscience, the computer could prove a digression. It could obscure man’s awareness of the need to come to terms with himself. It may foster the illusion that he is asking fundamental questions when he is actually asking only functional ones. It may be regarded as a substitute for intelligence instead of an extension to it. It may promote undue confidence in concrete answers. “If we begin with certainties,” Bacon said, we shall end in doubts, but if we begin with doubts, and we are patient with them, we shall end in certainties.1.We can infer from the first two paragraphs that the author would be less critical of the computer if ___.2.In a computerized age, which one of the following should be given priority to _?3.By saying that “Facts are terrible things if left sprawling and unattended” (Paragraph 4), the author aims to _.4.The author regards computer as ___.

Ask most people how they define the American Dream and chances are they’ll say, “Success.” The dream of individual opportunity has been home in Americans since Europeans discovered a “new world” in the Western Hemisphere. Early immigrants like Hector St. Jean de Crevccoeur praised highly the freedom and opportunity to be found in this new land. His glowing descriptions of a classless society where anyone could attain success through honesty and hard work fired the imaginations of many European readers: in “Letters from an American Fanner” (1782) he wrote: “We are all excited at the spirit of an industry which is unfettered (无拘无束的) and unrestrained, because each person works for himself. We have no princes, for whom we toil (干苦力活), starve, and bleed: We are the most perfect society now existing in the world.” The promise of a land where “the rewards of a man’s industry follow with equal steps the progress of his labor” drew poor immigrants from Europe and fueled national expansion into the western territories.Our national mythology is full of illustration of the American success story. There’s Benjamin Franklin, the very model of the self-educated, self-made man, who rose from modest origins to become a well-known scientist, philosopher, and statesman. In the nineteenth century, Horatio Alger, a writer of fiction for young boys, became American’s best-selling author with rags-to-riches tales. The notion of success haunts us: we spend millions every year reading about the rich and famous, learning how to “make a fortune in real estate with no money down” and “dressing for success.” The myth of success has even invaded our personal relationships: today it’s as important to be “successful” in marriage or parenthoods as it is to come out on top in business.But dreams easily turn into nightmares. Every American who hopes to “make it” also knows the fear of failure, because the myth of success inevitably implies comparison between the haves and the have-nots, the stars and the anonymous crowd. Under pressure of the myth, we become indulged in status symbols: we try to live in the “right” neighborhoods, wear the “right” clothes, eat the “right” foods. These symbols of distinction assure us and others that we believe strongly in the fundamental equality of all, yet strive as hard as we can to separate ourselves from our fellow citizens.1.What is the essence of the American Dream according to Crevecoeur?2.By saying “the rewards of a man’s industry follow with equal steps the progress of his labor” (Para. 1), the author means _.3.It can be inferred from the last sentence of the second paragraph that _.4.What is the paradox of American culture according to the author?

Latino youths need better education for Arizona to take full advantage of the possibilities their exploding population offers. Arizona’s fast-growing Latino population offers the state tremendous promise and a challenge. Even more than the aging of the baby boomers, the Latino boom is fundamentally reorienting the slate’s economic and social structure.Immigration and natural increase have added 600,000 young Latino residents to the state’s population in the past decade. Half of the population younger than 18 in both Phoenix and Tucson is now Latino. Within 20 years, Latino will make up half of the homegrown entry-level labor pool in the state’s two largest labor markets.What is more, Hispanics are becoming key economic players. Most people don’t notice it, but Latinos born in Arizona make up much of their immigrant parents’ economic and educational deficits. For example; second-generation Mexican-Americans secure an average of 12 grades of schooling where their parents obtained less than nine. That means they erase 70 percent of their parents’ lag behind third-generation non-Hispanic Whites in a single generation.All of this hands the state a golden opportunity. At a time when many states will struggle with labor shortages because of modest population growth, Arizona has a priceless chance to build a populous, hardworking and skilled workforce on which to base future prosperity. The problem is that Arizona and its Latino residents may not be able to seize this opportunity. Far too many of Arizona’s Latinos drop out of high school or fail to obtain the basic education needed for more advanced study. As a result, educational deficits are holding back many Latinos—and the state as well. To be sure, construction and low-end jobs continue to absorb tens of thousands of Latino immigrants with little formal education. But over the long term, most of Arizona’s Latino citizens remain ill-prepared to prosper in an increasingly demanding knowledge economy.For this reason, the educational uplift of Arizona’s huge Latino population must move to the center of the state’s agenda. After all, the education deficits of Arizona’s Latino population will severely cramp the fortunes of hardworking people if they go unaddressed and could well undercut the state’ s ability to compete in the new economy. At the entry level, slower growth rates may create more competition for low-skill jobs, displacing Latinos from a significant means of support. At the higher end, shortages of Latinos educationally ready to move up will make it much harder for knowledge-based companies to staff high-skill positions.1.The Latino population is changing Arizona’s ___.2.What can be inferred from the third paragraph?3.“Educational deficits” (Para 4) most probably means that _.4.According to the author, Arizona should give highest priority to ___.

The importance and focus of the interview in the work of the print and broadcast journalist is reflected in several books that have been written on the topic. Most of these books, as well as several chapters, mainly in, but not limited to, journalism and broadcasting handbooks and reporting texts, stress the “how to” aspects of journalistic interviewing rather than the conceptual aspects of the interview, its context, and implications. Much of the “how to” material is based on personal experiences and general impressions. As we know, in journalism, as in other fields, much can be learned from the systematic study of professional practice. Such study brings together evidence from which broad generalized principles can be developed.There is, as has been suggested, a growing body of research literature in journalism and broadcasting, but very little significant attention has been devoted to the study of the interview itself. On the other hand, many general texts as well as numerous research articles on interviewing in fields other than journalism have been written. Many of these books and articles present the theoretical and empirical aspects of the interview as well as the training of the interviewers. Unhappily, this plentiful general literature about interviewing pays little attention to the journalistic interview. The fact that the general literature on interviewing does not deal with the journalistic interview seems to be surprising for two reasons. First, it seems likely that most people in modern Western societies are more familiar, at least in a positive manner, with journalistic interviewing than with any other form of interviewing. Most of us are probably somewhat familiar with the clinical interview, such as that conducted by physicians and psychologists. In these situations the professional person or interviewer is interested in getting information necessary for the diagnosis (诊断) and treatment of the person seeking help.Another familiar situation is the job interview. However, very few of us have actually been interviewed personally by the mass media, particularly by television. And yet, we have a vivid acquaintance with the journalistic interview by virtue of our roles as readers, listeners, and viewers. Even so, true understanding of the journalistic interview, especially television interviews, requires thoughtful analyses and even study, as this book indicates.1.The main idea of the first paragraph is that ___.2.Much has been done on interviews in general _.3.Westerners are familiar with the journalistic interview _.4.The passage is most likely a part of ___.

Ours has become a society of employees. A hundred years or so ago only one out of every five Americans at work was employed, i.e. worked for somebody else. Today only one out of five is not employed but working for himself. And when fifty years ago “being employed” meant working as a factory laborer or as a farmhand, the employee of today is increasingly a middle-class person with a substantial formal education, holding a professional or management job requiring intellectual and technical skills. Indeed, two things have characterized American society during these last fifty years: middle-class and upper-class employees have been the fastest-growing groups in our working population, growing so fast that the industrial worker, that oldest child of the Industrial Revolution, has been losing in numerical importance despite the expansion of industrial production.Yet you will find little if anything written on what it is to be an employee. You can find a great deal of very dubious advice on how to get a job or how to get a promotion. You can also find a good deal of work in a chosen field, whether it be the mechanist, trade or bookkeeping. Every one of these trades requires different skills, sets different standards, and requires a different preparation. Yet they all have employee-ship in common. And increasingly, especially in the large business or in government, employee-ship is more important to success than the special professional knowledge or skill. Certainly more people fail because they do not know the requirements of being an employee rather than because they do not adequately possess the skills of their trade; the higher you climb the ladder, the more you get into administrative or executive work, the greater the emphasis on ability to work within the organization rather than on technical abilities or professional knowledge.1.It is implied that fifty years ago ___.2.According to the passage, with the development of modern industry, _.3.According to the writer, professional knowledge or skill is _.4.From the passage it can be seen that employee-ship helps one ___.

Mrs. Black finds that her piano has always had the magic power of taking her away from the grim realities of daily life and （）her to fairyland of her own once she started to play.

The remarkable （）of life on the Galapagos Islands inspired Charles Darwin toestablish his theory of evolution.

My neighbors on either side of me have painted their houses, （）of course makes my house look shabbier than it really is.

Even though strong evidence has proved the nicotine to be（）, the tobacco company still insists that its products are harmless.

This border incident led to the two countries （）diplomatic relations in 1965.

We have invested （）£80,000 in this project, but till now there is no hope for us to get a penny back.

Since Tom was （）from the burden that had been imposed on him, he began toconcentrate more on his own interest.

The wealth of a country should be measured （）the health and happiness of its people as well as the material goods it can provide.

If you go to the park every day in the morning, you will （）find him doing physical exercise there.

The service operates 36 libraries throughout the country, while six （）librariesspecially serve the countryside.

Sometimes patients suffering from severe pain can be helped by "drugs” that aren't really drugs at all （）sugar pills that contain no active chemical elements.

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