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1、第八套 710 分四级模拟题 第八套Part I Writing (30 minutes)注意：此部分试题在答题卡1上。Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1.For questions 17, mark Y (for YES) if the stateme

2、nt agrees with the information given in the passage;N (for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage;NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage.For questions 810, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage. Is Your Life Worth 3

3、0 Minutes a Day? Dont be afraid of the E word it could mean your survival. People who arent engaging in regular exercise can reap significant health benefits if they accumulate 30 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity most days of the week. What can help prevent stroke (中风) , heart disease

4、 and some cancer? What can lift depression, ease arthritis (关节炎) pain and increase both the length and quality of life to name just a few of its benefits? “If packed into a pill,” sums up Dr. Robert Butler, former director of the National Institute on Aging, “it would be the single most widely presc

5、ribed (写处方) and beneficial medicine in the nation. “Best of all, it is free and available to everyone.”Exercise Can Help People Stay Healthy Give up? The answer is the E word: exercise. But you dont have to change into gym shorts or, heaven forbid, sweat for an hour. Instead, the U.S. Surgeon Genera

6、ls report Physical Activity and Health offers this simple exercise prescription: people who arent engaging in regular exercise can reap significant health benefits if they accumulate 30 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity most days of the week.Americans Expend Much Less Energy and Time o

7、n Exercise Americans today expend much less energy than did previous generations, perhaps as much as a few hundred calories per day less. All the “advances” that make our lives easier like e-commerce (电子商务), and automatic doors contribute to the current epidemic (流行病) of obesity (肥胖) and related dis

8、ease. Experts say that if you expend just ten extra calories a day by being more active, over a year you can lose a pound mostly fat. And if you burn 150 extra calories a day the equivalent of a 30-minutes walk in a year thats ten pounds. (If you also eat 150 calories less thats about half a candy b

9、ar you could lose an additional ten pounds.) The sad fact is that only about 15 percent of American adults engage regularly in vigorous physical activity for at least 20 minutes three times a week. More than 60 percent are not regularly physically active, and 25 percent are totally sedentary (久坐的).T

10、he Benefit of Moderate Exercise Yet the benefits of moderate exercise are amazing. Consider how exercise helps the following: diabetes (糖尿病). The number of Americans diagnosed with diabetes has increased six fold since 1958, to a record high of ten million. This alarming rise is linked to our expand

11、ing waistlines, junk food diet and inactivity. Some experts feel that the most common form of diabetes is preventable with a proper diet and regular activity. In diabetics, the hormone insulin (荷尔蒙胰岛素) does not properly regulate glucose (葡萄糖) levels in the blood. When people exercise, the body fuels

12、 the activity by taking glucose out of their blood to use for energy.Exercise Can Help Patients Suffering from the Following Diseases Heart Attacks and Stroke. One of the simplest, safest, least expensive and most effective strategies for improving heart health is frequently neglected: exercise. It

13、reduces blood pressure and can help raise the level of “good” cholesterol (胆固醇), while lowering “bad” cholesterol when combined with dietary changes. Remember: for every one percent reduction in blood cholesterol, the occurrence of coronary (冠状动脉的) heart disease is reduced by two percent. Moreover,

14、people who exercise one hour per day cut their risk for stroke nearly in half, according to a study of 11,130 Harvard University alumni (男女校友). Mental Health. When asked why she started swimming during her freshman year at Boston University, world-class endurance swimmer Julie Ridge replied, “It was

15、 a mental thing”. While sedentary people may assume that working out is about looking good, habitual exercisers like Ridge know that it is largely about feeling good. A growing body of research shows that physical activity does, indeed, exert a “feel good” effect that can work as a powerful treatmen

16、t for depression. Arthritis. Many people including some physicians still havent heard the new message that exercise can help people with arthritis now affecting nearly 43 million Americans. “Weve come from thinking that physical fitness was impossible for people with arthritis to know that exercise

17、is one of the best ways to manage their disease and minimize their disability,” says Marian Minor, an associate professor of Physical therapy at the University of Missouri, Columbia. Exercise can reduce pain by keeping joints (关节) flexible and the muscles around the joints strong. A person with arth

18、ritis who has other medical conditions or a lot of pain should get a physicians referral (建议) to a physical therapist who can design an individualized exercise program. Cancer. Each year over a million Americans learn they have cancer the second leading cause of death in the Unites States after hear

19、t disease. In 1996 the American Cancer Society added regular physical activity to the list of preventive measures it advocates. According to one large study of people at various levels of fitness, the least fit men died from cancer at a rate more than three times higher than that of the most fit men

20、. And, notes Informed Decisions, the American Cancer Societys guide to the disease, an earlier study found “the least fit women had fully 16 times the cancer death rate of the most fit women.” Scientists still dont know the precise mechanisms by which exercise appears to exert an “anticancer” effect

21、, but current thinking points to physical activitys effect on the immune and endocrine (内分泌的) system. So Choose to Move. Stop viewing exercise as a “workout” and start thinking of it as play a welcome daily recess (暂歇) that frees your body from the confines of its workaday routines. And if you have

22、any health concerns, you should, of course, consult a physician first. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答；810题在答题卡1上。1. Americans today expend more energy than their forefathers in the past.2. In a way, some modern conveniences result in peoples obesity and related diseases.3. Exercise is a free and available way fo

23、r people to be away from illness. 4. Exercise can help increase blood pressure and lower the level of “good” cholesterol while raising “bad” cholesterol when combined with dietary changes.5. More and more American adults take part in physical activity regularly.6. Regular and moderate physical activ

24、ity has beneficial effect on peoples health.7. Exercise can help smokers and drinkers get rid of cigarette smoking and drinking. Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each convers

25、ation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corre

26、sponding letter on answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。11. A) He is an American. B) Not mentioned C) He is a Chinese. D) He is a Japanese.12. A) Her hometown has changed a lot. B) She hasnt gone to any place. C) To her surprise, the man hasnt seen her for a long t

27、ime. D) She is no longer the woman she was three years ago.13. A) The woman heard Ann was working in a hospital. B) The man saw Ann killed in an accident. C) Ann survived an accident. D) Ann was killed in an accident.14. A) 11:20. B) 9:20. C) Around 10. D) Around 13. 15. A) It is neither cold nor ho

28、t in his hometown. B) It is very hot in his hometown. C) Its quite cold in his hometown. D) Its so warm here.16. A) The lecture is excellent. B) The lecture is very bad. C) She is somewhat interested in the lecture. D) She is astonished by the lecture.17. A) Because Tom wasnt at home. B) Because the

29、 man didnt get the right telephone number. C) Because Tom was too busy to come. D) Because there was something wrong with Toms phone. 18. A) The woman suffered from her stomach trouble during the trip. B) The woman ate too much during the trip. C) The woman suffered from seasickness during the trip.

30、 D) The woman was frightened by the big waves.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. A) To find out if he has the flu. B) To find out how to maintain a nutritious diet. C) To find out how to prevent illness. D) To find out the result of blood test.20. A) He gets ill

31、 at the same time every year. B) He doesnt get enough exercise. C) He often has difficulty sleeping. D) Hes sick with influenza throughout the winter.21. A) Hes unwilling to be immunized. B) He doesnt get enough rest. C) He forgets to take his medicine. D) He doesnt dress warmly enough.22. A) Physic

32、al examination are given free there. B) He can get an influenza vaccination there. C) Hell be able to get a prescription for medicine there. D) Hell find literature on nutrition there.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.23. A) The buildings there are almost the same. B) The buildings there are gray and ugly. C) The city is heavily populated. D) All of the above.24. A) Its more crowded than Tokyo. B)