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Section A           

Understanding the text

1. Because the Sydney-to-Melbourne race is 875 kilometers long and it is a harsh test if endurance for the world’s top athletes.

2. Cliff Young was toothless 61-year-old farmers; he was wearing rubber boots, and was much older than the other runners.

3. Other athletes neither believed nor treated Cliff Young with respect.

4. Because Cliff Young didn’t run properly.   He had the strangest running style and appeared to shuffle.

5. When people found that Cliff Young ran through the entire night without sleeping and when it seemed to them that he intended to keep running until he reached the finishing line or fell ill or was injured.

6. When he was running Cliff Young imagined he was gathering his sheep and trying to outrun a storm.

7. Cliff Young gave all the prize money to five other runners. He didn’t keep a single cent for himself.

8. Cliff Young is a brilliant example showing that ordinary people also have the inherent quality to achieve great results.

Language focus

Words in use

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1. annual        2. contract        3. distinction    4. substantial

5. furnished   6. amateur        7. assemble       8. react

9. apparent    10. magnificent

Word building

4.

Words learned    New words formed

-ing                   

boring                   bore

fascinating             fascinate

amuse                  amusing

-ion

explode               explosion

assume                assumption

evolve                 evolution

compensate         compensation

contribution        contribute

-ary

element                elementary

revolution            revolutionary

5.

1. assumption       2. fascinated         3. explosion    4. elementary

5. compensation   6. evolution         7. amusing       8. bore

9. contribute        10. revolutionary

Banked cloze

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1.K  2.D  3.C  4.B  5.H       6.O  7.F  8.M  9.A  10.G

Expressions in use

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1   passed away                2    left behind      3  give away    

4   had no intention of     5    Up to              6  regardless of

7   might (just)as well     8     fall ill            9  in attendance     

10  to this day

Structured writing

9.

In 1564,William Shakespeare, the great poet and playwright(劇作家),was born in England. As a boy, he attended a local grammar school in his hometown. At the age of 18 he married Anne Hathaway, and they had three children. Between 1585 and 1592, he developed a successful Career in London. By 1592, several of his plays were on the London stage and he had become weⅡ-known by acting and writing plays. He appeared to have retired from the theater and returned to his hometown around 1613。In 1616, at the age of 52, he passed away.

Translation

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有關(guān)古代奧林匹克運動會的最早文字記載可追溯至公元前776年。古代奧運會每4年舉辦一次,在8月6日與9月19日之間的一個紀念宙斯的宗教節(jié)日期間舉行。第一屆現(xiàn)代奧運會于1896年在希臘雅典舉辦。奧運會的標志由五個大小相同的套環(huán)組成,代表著五大洲的聯(lián)合和來自世界各地運動員的大聚會。奧運會真正騰飛、成為一項國際體育盛會是在1924年之后,即第8屆奧運會在巴黎舉辦之后。這一年,來自44個國家約3000名運動員同場競技,并且第一次在奧運會上增加了閉幕式這一儀式。同年,冬季奧運會首次亮相,比賽項目包括花樣滑冰、冰球、雪撬和冬季兩項運動。80年后，2004年夏季奧運會在相隔一個多世紀后再次在雅典舉辦，來自201個國家的近11,000名運動員展開競技,創(chuàng)下參賽國數(shù)量之最。

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Tai Chi is a kind of martial arts, and a fitness exercise as well. It has a long history in China. With slow and gentle movements, Tai Chi is suitable for people of any age, sex, or body type to practice. It can be used to provide self-defense as well as build   the body. Therefore, it has become very popular among Chinese people. During its development, Tai Chi borrowed and absorbed desirable elements from traditional Chinese philosophy, medicine and martial arts, and it has developed into a sport with unique features. As a unique sport in China, Tai Chi is also gaining increasing popularity among foreign friends.

SECTION B

Language focus

Words in use

4

1   critical            2 humble         3  underline        4  mutual       

5   accomplish     6 adapt            7  emphasized     8 overcome

9   demanding     10 considerable      

Expressions in use

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1. for    2.on        3. to     4. in     5. out

6. for    7. with    8. on    9. in     10 .at

Sentence structure

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1. It is thought that writing about troubling experiences helps people deal with them.

2. It is reported that a film by an unknown director has won the first prize in the film festival.

3. It was known that this world-famous company evolved from a small company with a few people and a single office.

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1. The ticket is a good deal, but the trip is not without problems.

2. They knew this was not without risk, but they encouraged us to carry out the plan.

3. Based on the evidence of the murder case, the policeman's concerns are not without foundation.

Collocation

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1. playing           2. do                 3. go

4. go                  5 .doing            6. play / do

7. played            8. keep             9. overcome

10. achieved      11. set              12.   earned