1. natural balance _________________.

2. with ease ______________________.

3. special discount _________________.

4. go back to _____________________.

5. no bigger than __________________.

One day the king of the Gods，Zeus，decided that he would populate the world with women as well as men. So he ordered Hephaistos，the God of crafts，__6__(create) the first woman. Hephaistos thought a great deal and eventually came up__7_ a solution using water and earth. The first woman's arrival on the earth was the opportunity for a splendid party and the gods decided to celebrate by giving her some presents. So they each gave her one talent：for example，Aphrodite，the Goddess of love，gave her beauty；Apollo，the God of music，gave her musical ability；and Hermes，the messenger of the Gods，gave her persuasion. As a result Zeus decided that she would be called Pandora，which means“all­gifted”．

So Pandora was sent to the earth to live with the rest of mankind. __8__ she went she was given a box which she was ordered never to open under__9__circumstances. However，being __10__ (nature)curious，Pandora，opened the box，and all the evils of the world such as war，disease，famine and floods__11__were contained within it escaped and spread over the earth. Pandora was horrified to see such things escaping but she found it impossible to close the lid. At last when almost the entire contents of the box__12_(escape)，and there was only one thing lying at the bottom of the box，Pandora managed to close the lid. Immediately there was a tiny voice__13__(call)“Let me out！Let me out！” Frightened as__14__ was，Pandora cautiously opened the box in time to see the small object within—Hope—wing its way out into the world. So that was__15__ the earth was filled with evil as a result of Pandora's curiosity. Fortunately，there is HOPE on earth as well.

Dear Sir,

I have to travel every day from So Uk Road to the Airport．Two buses travel along this route: the number 49 and the number 16．However, by the time the number 16 bus reaches So Uk Road, it is always full, so it is of no use for me．This leaves the number 49 which sometimes has empty seats on it．

The timetable states that there are buses from So Uk Road to the Airport every ten minutes．If this is so, why do I have to wait half an hour for a bus nearly every day?

The instructions state that if there are empty seats on a bus, the bus must stop at every stop where people are waiting．Why is it that half-empty buses go straight past me when I am standing at the bus stop?

The instructions state that no bus may carry more than 40 seated passengers and 20 standing passengers．Yesterday, I was first to get off the bus when it reached the Airport．I counted the other passengers as they got off．There were 129 of them．

Clearly printed on the back of every bus is a sign that says “Maximum speed: 50 m.p.h.” The distance from So Uk Road to the Airport is 10 miles．Saturday morning a 49 bus traveled the distance in ten minutes, at an average speed of 60 m.p.h.. At times it must have done at least 80 or even 90 m．p．h．

It is obvious that our bus companies have no respect for the instructions nor consideration for their passengers．Can nothing be done about this?

16．The writer prefers to take Bus No．49 because it _______．

A．stops at every stop                       B．has more seats on it

C．travels faster                       D．is not always full

17．According to the timetable, a 49 bus should travel through its route _______．

A．every ten minutes                 B．in less than ten minutes

C．in more than twelve minutes         D．in half an hour

18．The writer is not satisfied with the fact that _______．

A．buses are too crowded

B．bus drivers often go straight past without stopping

C．too few buses are traveling along this route

D．bus services are poor

Healthy Habits, Healthy Body

Feel tired lately? Has a doctor said he can’t find anything wrong with you? Perhaps he sent you to a hospital, but all the advanced equipment there shows that there is nothing wrong with you．

Then, consider this: you might be in a state of sub-health (亚健康)．

Sub-health, also called the third state or gray state, is explained as a borderline state between health and disease．

According to the investigation by the National Health Organization, over 45 percent of sub-healthy people are middle-aged or elderly．The percentage is even higher among people who work in management positions as well as students around exam-week．

Symptoms(征兆) include a lack of energy, depression(压抑), slow reactions, insomnia(失眠), agitation, and poor memory．Other symptoms include shortness of breath, sweating and aching in the waist and legs．

The key to preventing and recovering from sub-health, according to some medical experts, is to form good living habits, alternate work and rest, exercise regularly, and take part in open air activities．

As for meals, people are advised to eat less salt and sugar．They should also eat more fresh vegetables, fruits, fish because they are rich in nutritional elements—vitamins and trace elements—that are important to the body．

Nutrition(营养) experts point out that it is not good to eat too much at one meal because it may cause unhealthy changes in the digestive tract(消化系统)．They also say that a balanced diet is very helpful in avoiding sub-health．

19．According to this passage, which of the following is right?

A．When you are in a state of sub-health, you should stay home and keep silent．

B．When you are in a state of sub-health, you should go to see a doctor and buy some medicine．

C．When you are in a state of sub-health, you should have yourself examined in foreign countries．

D．When you are in a state of sub-health, you should find out the reasons and relax yourself．

20．Middle-aged people may be easy to get sub-health because _______．

A．they have used up their energy

B．they have lost their living hopes

C．they have more pressure in life and work

D．they begin to get older

21．The key to preventing you from falling into a state of sub-health is that you should _______．

A．work hard                             B．sleep more

C．form good living habits                       D．take more medicine

22．As for food, experts suggested that _______．

A．we should never eat meat

B．we should have variety of food

C．we should eat less than usual

D．we should have meals without salt and sugar