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       In the Caucasus Mountains, nearly 50 out of every 100,000 people live to celebrate their 100th birthday, and many don’t stop at 100! In American only 3 people in 100,000 reach 100. But these old people aren’t alone. The people who live high in the Himalaya Mountains and the Andes Mountains, seem to share（分享）the secret of long life, too.

       First of all, hard physical（体力的）work is a way of life for all of these long-lived people. They begin their long days of physical work as children and never seem to stop. For example, Mr. Rustam is 142 years of age. He has experienced several wars. His wife if 116 years old. They have been married for 90 year. Mr. Rustam doesn’t want to stop his work as a farmer,“Why? What else would I do?” He asks. Oh, he has slowed down a bit, Now he might work for 6 hours in the field instead of 10.

       Another factor（因素）that may contribute to the good health of these people is their isolation. Most of them are kept off the modern world.

       Inherited（遗传的）factors also help. Most of the longest-lived people had parents and grandparents who also reached very old ages. So good family genes（基因）may be one factor in living longer.

       Finally, although these three groups don’t eat exactly the same food, they eat little animal meat. Their diets are full of fresh fruits, vegetables, nuts, grains, cheese and milk, They never eat more food than body need.

67.How many factors are mentioned that may contribute to the good health of these long-lived people?

       A.Two.                 B.Three.                C.Four.                 D.Five

68.Which of the following contributes to the good health of all these long-lived people?

       A.Fresh air in the mountains.                      B.Hard physical work.

C.Good family genes.                                D.The same food.

69.What does the word“isolation”mean in Chinese?

       A.自我封闭           B.与世隔绝           C.独立                  D.淡泊

70.What would be the best title（标题）for the passage?

       A.Good Health                                          B.The Old People in the Mountains

       C.Long-lived People                                   D.The Secret of Long Life

B）阅读下列短文，然后根据短文内容回答问题。（每小题2分）

People all over the world cat rice. Millions of people in Asia, Africa and South American eat it every day of their lives. Some people eat almost nothing but rice.

       Rice is a kind of grass. There are  more than 7,000 kinds of rice. Farmers grow rice in many countries, even in the southern pare of the United States think that is started to grow in two places. They think that one kind of rice grew in southern Asia thousands of years ago. Someone in China wrote about it almost 5,000 years ago. Another kind probably grew in West Africa. Other scientists think that rice came form India, and Indian travelers took it to other parts of the world.

       These are two main ways to grow rice. Most rice grow in wet soil. People in many countries do all of the work of growing rice by hand. This is the same way farmers worked hundreds of years ago. In some countries, people now use machines on their rice farms.

       People use every part of the rice plant. They make animal feed and rice oil from it. They also make baskets, brooms and roofs for their houses. They burn dry rice plants in fires for cooking.

71.How many kinds of rice are there?

72.Where do scientists think rice came from?

73.How did farmers grow rice hundreds of years ago?

74.Which part of the rice plant can be used?

75.What do you think is the best way to grow rice? Why?

五、补全对话（10分）

阅读下面的对话，根据对话内容补上所缺的句子，使对话意思完整。（每空一词，每句2分）

Pat Alex（P）comes by to see Li Hong（L）. They talk about the party last night and

about the weather.

P: Hi, Li Hong.

L: Hi, Pat, 76    ?

P: Because it was so cold and rainy.

L: 77    !It was a really good party, Hey, why don’t we go for a walk this afternoon, Pat?

P: Go for a walk? But it’s so cold out.

L: Cold out? 78     ?

P: About 13°C.

L: 13°C? 79     . Just wait until winter.

P: Why?

L: Well… it snows a lot and sometimes it’s very cold, Last winter it was 7°below zero

For three weeks, And it was windy, too.

P: That sounds terrible!

L: 80     . The sun was out almost every day.

六、书面表达（15分）

       假设你是林华，今天在学校的公告栏上看到下面一则海报。现在请你写一封e-mail给你的好朋友Sam, 一个集邮爱好者，告诉他有关海报的内容，并邀请他和你一起去参观邮票展。

 注意：1.词数不少于80，开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。

          2.根据内容要点适当发挥，注意行文连贯。

3.参考词汇：交换-exchange