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2026-2027学年高一上学期秋季内部检测
英语试卷
第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)
第一节 (共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)
听下面5段录音。每段录音后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段录音后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段录音播放两遍。
1. What does the woman think of the man’s suggestion
A. Timely. B. Unnecessary. C. Practical.
2. Which gate should the woman go to
A. Gate 20. B. Gate 30. C. Gate 35.
3. What worries Mike
A. His job. B. His smelly clothes. C. His health.
4. Where is Judy going on Saturday
A. Her parents’ house. B. A friend’s home. C. A pet store.
5. Why is the woman out of breath
A. She ran here. B. She rode a bike. C. She swam with her dad.
第二节 (共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)
听下面5段录音。每段录音后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段录音前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，每小题都有5秒钟的作答时间。每段录音播放两遍。
听第6段录音，回答第6、7题。
6. What does the man advise the woman to do
A. Apply for a position. B. Refer to Susan’s files. C. Talk to David about the meeting.
7. What does the man want to know in the end
A. What will be discussed at the meeting. B. Who will attend the meeting.
C. When the meeting begins.
听第7段录音，回答第8、9题。
8. How did the speakers find the school closing
A. Frightening. B. Exciting. C. Disappointing.
9. What do the speakers decide to do at last
A. Stay at home. B. Study math together. C. Have a snowball fight.
听第8段录音，回答第10至12题。
10. Where will Mr. White be at 11 o’clock
A. At the office. B. At the airport. C. At the restaurant.
11. What will Mr. White probably do at one in the afternoon
A. Receive a guest. B. Have a meeting. C. Read a report.
12. When will Miss Wilson see Mr. White
A. At lunch time. B. Late in the afternoon. C. The next morning.
听第9段录音，回答第13至16题。
13. Why is Bill going to Germany
A. To work on a project. B. To study German. C. To start a new company.
14. What did the woman dislike about Germany
A. The weather. B. The food. C. The schools.
15. What does Bill hope to do about his family
A. Bring them to Germany. B. Leave them in England. C. Visit them in a few months.
16. What is the probable relationship between the speakers
A. Fellow-travelers. B. Colleagues. C. Classmates.
听第10段录音，回答第17至20题。
17. What percentage of people keep their health-related New Year’s resolutions after the first month
A. 10%. B. 20%. C. 30%.
18. Why do most people give up their initial resolutions
A. They set unrealistic fitness goals. B. They ignore the importance of motivation.
C. They lack energy or devotion.
19. What is the key secret to achieving fitness goals
A. Sticking to an organized program. B. Applying natural talent to daily exercise.
C. Studying training methods of great athletes.
20. What is the topic of the talk
A. Making New Year’s resolutions. B. Maintaining an exercise program.
C. Preventing heart disease and cancer.
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）
第一节 （共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
A
High School Science Exploration Challenge
We are thrilled to announce the first-ever Exploration Challenge for high school students on campus. This challenge calls on you to dive into interesting scientific topics and present your thoughts creatively.
What You Can Do
Choose any science topic that interests you and present what you’ve learned through one of the following project types:
·Experiment and Report: Conduct a simple experiment and write about your findings.
·Poster or Digital Presentation: Create an informative poster or a digital presentation on science.
·Video or animation (动画片): Produce a video or animation to explain a scientific phenomenon you enjoy.
·Essay or Blog Posts: Write an essay or a series of blog posts with the theme of “Science and Me.”
How to Enter
Submit your projects to our e-mail address science@. Please keep in mind your projects are sent as attachments in the e-mail before Aug. 31st.
Judging and Prizes
Projects will be judged on creativity, accuracy, and engagement. Prizes include scholarships, science kits, and opportunities to visit a university science lab. The winners’ projects will be displayed in our school science magazine.
Award Ceremony
The award ceremony will be broadcast live on our official account, featuring a demonstration of the top 10 entries along with the stories behind them. It will then be followed by an award presentation and dinner for all.
For detailed rules and more information about the challenge, please subscribe to our official account. We can’t wait to see your creations!
21. What may be a possible project for the challenge
A. A book on physics. B. A report on law study. C. A poster about music.
D. A video on plant growth.
22. Which of the following is a reward for winners
A. Dining with a scientist. B. Receiving a gold medal. C. Having their projects published.
D. Making their family stories known.
23. What is the purpose of the challenge
A. To attract magazine subscribers. B. To conduct scientific field research.
C. To encourage science exploration. D. To improve digital presentation skills.
B
For years, Alma has been the Emergency Poet, travelling around British festivals and literary events in an old ambulance, and giving one-to-one consultations. Now she’s gone a step further with The Poetry Pharmacy, her magical shop selling all things poetry-related.
Alma always wanted to be a writer, but ended up with a shadow life instead, living and working around books and literature. She worked as a bookseller, and then at a publishing house for many years. Then, one day, she was walking down the high street in Bishop’s Castle, a few miles away from her home, when she looked into a closed-up shop, saw the dusty and neglected Edwardian shelves and drawers — and fell in love.
Her partner, Jim Sheard, is an academic — and of course a published poet. He is supportive of her work, but it still took a while to convince him that they should buy the building, and live above the shop. The redecoration funded with a successful campaign on Kickstarter. “It was other people’s belief in the idea that tipped the scales into doing it,” Alma says.
There’s a skill to creating spaces where people feel really comfortable, and it’s one Alma seems to possess in abundance. She has a space put aside for the Emergency Poet, styled like Sigmund Freud’s consulting room, with a comfortable chair for her’patients’ to lie on. There are creative writing classes. The shop sells remedies consisting of poems sealed in bottles, poetic greetings cards and of course, lots of books: “I’ve managed to get the stock without going into debt, which has been difficult. But I was resourceful.”
The shop opened on 3 October 2019, which — not uncoincidentally — is also National Poetry Day in the UK. “We’ve only been open for a few months. It’s like having a new baby. You love it, but it completely dominates everything. So I love it, but I also think I’ve created a monster!”
24. What did Alma do before starting the Poetry Pharmacy
A. She taught writing at a college. B. She ran an emergency clinic full-time.
C. She wrote poems for a magazine. D. She worked in the book industry for years.
25. What helped Alma with the shop’s redecoration
A. Money from a Kickstarter campaign. B. Donations from her partner.
C. Profits from her poetry consultations. D. Support from a publishing house.
26. What is special about The Poetry Pharmacy
A. It mainly sells rare antique books on poetry.
B. It has the longest history among UK poetry shops.
C. It provides free medical treatment for poetry lovers.
D. It heals people with words and offers poetry-related services.
27. What does Alma mean by saying “I’ve created a monster” in the last paragraph
A. The shop brings more trouble. B. The shop takes up her time and energy.
C. The shop fails to attract customers. D. The shop receives negative comments.
C
Consider these facts: The tennis champion Williams sisters are a generation apart, according to the Pew Research Center. Venus, born in 1980, is labelled “Gen X”; Serena, born in 1981, is a “millennial”. Meanwhile, Donald Trump and Michelle Obama both belong to the same generation. The former was born in 1946 while the latter was born in 1964, making them both “baby boomers”.
Before you push these diverse personalities into generational stereotypes (刻板印象), let me stop you there: Just don’t. Generation labels, although widely adopted by the public, have no basis in social reality. In fact, in one recent survey, most people did not identify the correct generation for themselves, even when they were shown a list of options.
This is not surprising since the labels are forced by survey researchers, journalists or marketing firms before the identities they are supposed to describe even exist. Instead of asking people which group they identify with and why, they just declare the labels and start making pronouncements about them. That’s not how social identity works.
The practice of naming “generations” based on birth year goes back at least to the supposed “lost-generation” of the late 19th century. But as the tradition slid into a never-ending competition to be the first to propose the next name that sticks, it has produced gradually declining returns to social science and the public understanding.
The supposed boundaries between generations are no more meaningful than the names they’ve been given. There is no research identifying the appropriate boundaries between generations, and there is no statistical basis for requiring the sweeping character traits (特征) that are believed to define them. In one article you might read that millennials are “liberal lions”, “downwardly mobile”, and “distrustful”; even though they also “get along well with their parents, respect their elders and work well with colleagues”.
Ridiculous, clearly. But what’s the harm Aren’t these labels just a bit of fun for writers A method to attract readers and a way of communicating generational change, which no one would deny is a real phenomenon We, in academic social science, study and teach social change, but we don’t study and teach these labels because they simply aren’t real. And in social science, reality still matters.
Worse than irrelevant, such baseless labels drive people toward stereotyping and thoughtless character judgment. Measuring and describing social change is essential, and it can be useful to analyze the historical period in which people were born and raised, but drawing random lines between birth years and assigning names to them doesn’t help.
Today there are lots of good alternatives to label generations. We can simply describe people by the decade in which they were born and define generational groups specifically related to a particular issue—such as 2020 school kids. With the arrival of “Generation Z”, there has never been a better time to get off this train.
28. What do the facts listed in Paragraph 1 imply
A. Different people have different opinions about generation labels.
B. People with the same generation label may not be of similar age.
C. Generational change can be measured by generation labels.
D. Generation labels are widely adopted by celebrities.
29. The underlined word “sticks” in Paragraph 4 probably means .
A. is understood B. is analyzed C. is described D. is accepted
30. According to the passage, the author may agree that .
A. the generation label is a harmless device writers use to reflect reality
B. generation boundaries are more meaningful than generation labels
C. assigning character traits to a certain generation is misguided
D. journalists should find alternative ways to judge character
31. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage
A. Generation labels: It’s high time to retire them
B. Generation labels: The ongoing debate will never end
C. Generation labels: What do they say about who we are
D. Generation labels: Expand or bridge generational differences
D
In All Her Fault, the latest TV drama released this month, Marrisa Irvine rushes to pick up her child from a playdate , but there is a problem as soon as she gets there: the person who answers the door has no idea who her child is — or who she is. “I think you’ve got the wrong house,” they say.
Her child has disappeared. The questions come fast and furious: Who made the playdate Who checked out the nanny Did mom really need to be at work Like the title suggests, All Her Fault explores how women get stretched trying to strike a balance between a career and children — and get blamed if anything goes wrong.
People often say that mothers are “born caregivers”, yet in real life this praise soon turns into blame. When a child struggles at school or misbehaves in public, many eyes instinctively turn to the mother, while the father quietly fades into the background.
In many families, the mother is treated as the “default parent”. She is the one schools call first, the one who remembers every deadline and appointment. Because she is seen as the person most “in charge”, people also feel free to hold her most accountable. Success is described as “a devoted mother’s effort”, but failure is judged as “a mother’s mistake”.
In the past few decades, an ideal of “intensive mothering” has spread through books, social media and parenting experts. The good mother is expected to pour in time, emotion and money, constantly planning, monitoring and improving herself. Any moment of tiredness or impatience can be read as proof that she is not trying hard enough.
Fathers, however, are often placed in a different story line. In this script, a father is an extra helper rather than a full partner, and his main duty is assumed to be “making a living”. When he occasionally cooks dinner or takes the child to the park, he is praised as a model dad going “above and beyond”.
The workplace and the media deepen this double standard. Mothers are seen as less hardworking employees once they have children, while fathers are seen as more reliable and mature. On screen and online, mothers who lose their temper are labelled as “crazy” or “toxic”, while fathers doing even the least are celebrated as heroes.
So it is not that fathers are naturally more responsible or less at fault. Rather, society has written motherhood as a full-time responsibility that must be perfect, and fatherhood as optional extra credit. Until we rewrite this story and share care and blame more fairly, mothers will continue to stand in the harsh light of criticism while many fathers remain in the shadows.
32. In paragraph 4, the “default parent” is the parent who .
A. is mainly praised when the child succeeds, even if others also helped
B. is blamed in public when something goes wrong but rarely given credit when things go well
C. steps in as an extra helper only when the other caregiver is too busy making a living for the family
D. is automatically contacted and relied on whenever something needs to be done for the child
33. According to paragraph 5, what is one major effect of the ideal of “intensive mothering” on mothers
A. It leads moms to trust books, social media and parenting experts, so they feel surer about every decision.
B. It makes moms feel they must pour in time and emotion only when their children are struggling or misbehaving.
C. It keeps moms measured against a demanding standard where any tiredness or impatience is seen as failure.
D. It encourages moms and dads to take turns planning, monitoring and improving themselves as equal caregivers.
34. Which of the following best sums up the main idea of the passage
A. It explains how expectations from home, work and media place heavier blame on moms than on dads.
B. It advises working mothers to be extra careful when choosing playdates and nannies.
C. It suggests if dads stopped working and stayed at home, double standards against mothers would disappear.
D. It argues media images of crazy moms and heroic dads are a bigger problem than families or workplaces.
35. The passage mainly organized by opening with a TV drama scene and then .
A. listing several real examples of moms being blamed, and finally accepting this as simply part of being a parent
B. explaining why moms are born caregivers and implying that intensive mothering is a natural and desirable ideal
C. focusing on dads going above and beyond, using them to argue that men face more unfair judgment than women
D. contrasting how family, work and media treat moms and dads as caregivers, and calling for rewriting the story
第二节 （共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
Choosing the Right School Club for You
High school is a time to explore interests, make friends, and develop new skills. Joining a school club is one of the best ways to do this. 36 However, it can be hard to decide which one fits you best. Here are some practical tips to help you make the right choice.
37 What activities make you lose track of time Do you enjoy painting, playing music, or writing Are you interested in science experiments or helping the community Your true interests will make club activities more enjoyable and meaningful. For example, if you love nature, the Environmental Club might be a great fit.
Consider your time and schedule. It’s important to consider how long you can spend on club activities. Some clubs require weekly meetings, while others have events on weekends or after school. If you have a busy schedule with homework and part-time jobs, choose a club that doesn’t take up too much time. 38
Don’t be afraid to try something new. Joining a club that you’re curious about can be a great adventure. You might discover a hidden talent or a new interest that you never knew you had. 39 Most of them end up loving the experience. For example, a quiet student might find joy in the Drama Club by performing on stage.
Trust your feelings. After considering all these factors (因素), go with the club that makes you feel excited. A club that matches your interests will keep you motivated (有动机的) to take part. 40 If a club doesn’t feel right for you, it’s okay to try another one.
A. Ask for advice from others around you.
B. Think about your hobbies and interests.
C. There are different clubs for you to choose from.
D. It’s not a good idea to join too many clubs at once.
E. Many students join clubs outside their comfort zones.
F. Remember, joining a club is supposed to be fun and meaningful.
G. After all, you don’t want to feel stressed because of doing too much.
二、完形填空
“I got accepted to Harvard!” shouted 16-year-old Ayrton Little. “All my hard work was 41 .”
A video of the 16-year-old boy logging into the computer to check his 42 and realizing that he had just gotten into one of the most famous universities is quickly 43 with over 400,000 views. Ayrton Little became a 44 man on campus at T.M. Landry College Preparatory in Louisiana. The whole schools 45 into loud cheers for the god news as soon as they heard of it.
“ 46 three-peat (三连冠)！T.M. Landry has gotten an acceptance from Harvard three years in a 47 !” Ayrton spoke to Boston radio station WBUR 48 and explained who was each of the people 49 in the video. “Friends and family were there, but the majority were my schoolmates,”Ayrton said. “We're a really 50 school. There're only 16 students in our graduating class, including my brother and me.”
Ayrton's older brother, Alexander, is 51 famous. He has just 54 going to another top university — Stanford (斯坦福) University. Alexander told WBUR why the school was so 53 by Ayrton Little's acceptance letter. “I think part of it is his 54 . He is just 16 and a little younger than other students,” he said. “And it wasn't just Ayrton's 55 or mine; it was that of the whole school. A win for one is a win for all of our schoolmates.”
41.A. typical B. worthwhile C. demanding D. reasonable
42.A. goal B. personality C. identity D. admission
43.A. selecting B. reflecting C. spreading D. reporting
44.A. big B. modest C. clever D. generous
45.A. divided B. ran C. pointed D. erupted
46.A. Louisiana B. Harvard C. Boston D. Stanford
47.A. spot B. row C. moment D. way
48.A. casually B. nervously C. excitedly D. cautiously
49.A. celebrating B. competing C. complaining D. commenting
50.A. small B. common C. professional D. remarkable
51.A. eventually B. partly C. naturally D. equally
52.A. struggled with B. succeeded in C. tried out D. prepared for
33.A. fascinated B. puzzled C. overjoyed D. appreciated
54.A. age B. grades C. decisions D. number
55.A. effort B. challenge C. accomplishment D. opportunity
三、语法填空
Making good habits in high school is really important. High school is when you start doing more things on your own. Here is why it’s a good idea to get into good habits now.
Good habits help you do better in school. If you can keep track of your time, you can handle your homework and have fun too. This means you’ll get better 56 (score). You can do this by making 57 schedule for when to do your homework and study.
Good habits help you stay healthy and happy. Playing sports, eating right, and getting enough sleep 58 (be) good for your body and your mind. These habits can help you feel less worried and more ready 59 (face) difficult situations.
What’s more, good habits teach you to be 60 (real) responsible and independent (独立的). If you learn to manage your time and tasks well, you can take care of 61 (you). This gets you ready for the freedom (自由) you’ll have in college and later in life.
High school is a big time for making habits 62 will stay with you. These habits help you do well 63 school and make you a happier and 64 (healthy) person. Work on making good habits now, 65 you’ll be ready for whatever comes next.
四、书信写作
66. 假定你是李华。为帮助学生解决遇到的问题，你校准备开展“Problem-Solving Workshop”项目，现就如何开展该项目向全校同学征求建议。请你给负责此事的老师写一份邮件。内容包括： 1. 你的看法； 2. 你的建议。 注意：1. 写作词数应为80左右； 2. 请在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Dear Sir or Madam,
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Best regards,
Li Hua
五、读后续写
67. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
Ollie Simmons was good at maths, but Ruby Riley wasn’t. Well, Ruby didn’t think she was. She sat next to Ollie and so she just copied him. This was the best way she had found to do maths and she didn’t have to think at all.
One day the teacher said, “We will be having a maths test after lunch.” Ruby felt there were butterflies in the stomach. “Can I copy off you ” she whispered to Ollie. Ollie thought for a minute. “What will you give me ” he whispered back. Ruby showed Ollie a stone she had. It was round and smooth and the colour of the sea. “OK!” he said, “Give me the stone, and then you can copy my answers.” Ollie got full marks in the maths test and so did Ruby. Their names went on the top of the maths champion chart.
Every week there was a maths test and every week Ollie and Ruby got full marks together. Ollie had to share the top place with Ruby, but it was worth it. He had a torch, a key chain, a golf ball and a gift box!
One day, there was a maths test again. This time, Ruby picked a watch, thinking everything would go as usual—Ollie would let her copy and they would be on the top of the chart together again. But she was wrong. The headmaster came into Ruby’s class. “I want to see Ollie Simmons,” she said. Ollie was gone for a long time. Then the door opened. It was the headmaster again. “Ruby Riley,” she said, “Come with me, please.” Ruby felt like a bird in a cage — there was no way to escape. The headmaster told Ruby that every lunchtime for five weeks she had to do maths. “You have to learn to think for yourself,” she said. “And Ollie has to learn a lesson, too. He’s going to teach you.”
注意：1. 续写词数应为150左右； 2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Paragraph 1: Hanging her head down, Ruby felt so regretful for getting Ollie into trouble.
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Paragraph2: Ollie proved to be a good teacher for Ruby.
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参考答案
听力
1.B 2.A 3.A 4.A 5.A 6.B 7.C 8.B 9.C 10.B 11.B 12.C
13.A 14.B 15.A 16.B 17.A 18.C 19.A 20.B
阅读
21.D 22.C 23.C 24.D 25.A 26.D 27.B 28.B 29.D 30.C 31.A 32.D 33.C 34.A 35.D
36.C 37.B 38.G 39.E 40.F
完形填空 41.B 42.D 43.C 44.A 45.D 46.B 47.B 48.C 49.A 50.A 51.D 54.B 55.C 54.A 55.C
语法填空 56.scores 57.a 58.are 59. to face 60.really
61.yourself 62.that/which 63.at 64.healthier 65.and
书信写作范文
Dear Sir or Madam,
I’m glad to hear that our school will hold the Problem-Solving Workshop. I think it is a great project to help us deal with troubles in study and daily life.
Here are my suggestions. First, we can divide students into small groups to share our problems. Besides, inviting teachers and senior students to give advice will be helpful. What’s more, we can hold the activity every two weeks so that we can get help in time.
I hope my suggestions will be helpful.
Best regards,
Li Hua
读后续写范文
Paragraph 1: Hanging her head down, Ruby felt so regretful for getting Ollie into trouble. She apologized sincerely to Ollie for dragging him into the dishonest thing. She realized copying answers was meaningless and wrong. She promised she would put her heart into learning maths during the lunchtime lessons instead of trying to cheat again. Seeing her true regret, Ollie forgave her and agreed to teach her patiently.
Paragraph2: Ollie proved to be a good teacher for Ruby. He explained maths problems step by step in simple words. Gradually, Ruby began to understand maths rules and work out problems on her own. Weeks later, Ruby finished a maths test without copying and got a satisfying score. Both of them learned a valuable lesson: true achievement comes from hard work rather than cheating.
听力原文
1. M: You’d better take a pencil and paper to class. You need to take notes.
W: Why Everything the teacher will talk about is in the book.
2. W: The announcement said my flight will depart from Gate 30 instead of 20. Why is my flight number not on the screen at Gate 30 It will depart in 35 minutes.
M: You must have missed the second announcement. Please ignore the gate change. It was an error.
3. W: I can’t stand Mike.
M: Why What did he do to make you so angry
W: He smokes all the time. I really hate the smell.
M: He is worried about his job interview. You might talk to him about it later.
4. M: Are you coming to my party on Saturday, Judy
W: I’d love to, but my parents are going out for a meal with their neighbors, and they’ve asked me to look after their dog.
5. M: Look at you. You are out of breath.
W: I ran all the way here.
M: Why Where is your bike
W: There is something wrong with it. My dad is going to have it repaired today.
6-7
W: Can you tell me which one of these files contains the sales figures I need them for the meeting tomorrow afternoon.
M: Susan and David have them, but I recommend looking at Susan’s files. I heard she always comes out with a very good analysis of the figures.
W: Great, I’ll go with Susan’s then. Thanks for the help.
M: No problem. By the way, what time does the meeting start I guess I’ll have to attend, too.
8-9
W: Hey, Jack guess what The school is closed today because of the heavy snow!
M: Are you sure
W: Of course. Marcus in our class called me just now. He said it was announced on the radio at 6:30 this morning. I’ve had a look on the Internet and they’re closing lots of schools in the area. That means I don’t need to study math! But I don’t want to stay at home all day.
M: Why don’t we get some people together for a big snowball fight
W: Good idea!.
10-12
W: Hello, Mr. White. Do you think it’s possible for us to talk sometime today
M: I’d love to, Miss Wilson, but I’ve got a pretty tight schedule today. I’ve got to finish reading the yearly financial report by 10. Then I have to drive to the airport to pickup an advertiser at 11. After that, I’ll have a meeting with him over lunch.
W: Can I see you after lunch
M: Well, let me see… after lunch, I have to attend a senior staff meeting, which may last about two hours. Can you come at 3 We can talk for an hour before I meet my sales team at 4.
W: I’m afraid an hour is too short. What about tomorrow morning
M: 9 to 11 then. I’ll wait for you at the office.
W: OK, see you then.
13-16
W: Hey, Bill. I hear they’re going to send you to Germany for the new project.
M: Boy, news travels fast around here! I only got the orders a couple of hours ago. Rachel doesn’t even know…
W: Oh, no So, what are you waiting for When do you plan to tell her
M: Well, she is at work at the moment. She doesn’t finish until 5. I’ll have to wait until tonight now, I suppose.
W: Well, I was posted there before, back in 2008. It’s OK—a bit like England really. At least the weather is similar, and the people aren’t much different. The only thing I didn’t like is the food, especially the sausages. What do you intend to do about the family Are you going to take them with you
M: Well, I’d like to, but I don’t know much about the situation at the moment… you know, about schools and all that. But I hope to move the family out there in a couple of months’ time. I don’t think I want to spend a year and a half out there on my own… I mean, without Rachel and the kids. I mean, I don’t see that much of them now as it is.
W: Yeah. Well, that’s the way it is normally in our company, I suppose.
M: Yeah. Well, we’ll see. Let me pay for the coffee.
W: No, no. I’ll pay.
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M: If you dream of a newer and fitter you, starting this January. I have some bad news: 70% of health-related New Year’s resolutions are given up in the first week. By the end of the month, 90% of us have got the chocolate cake back in the cupboard and the pizzas in the freezer, while the new gym membership card is gathering dust. This may not seem a very inspiring start on motivation, but we need to learn what has gone wrong, so that this time we can do it differently, with the help of science. I guess most of us have started something with good intentions, only to fail at a later stage through shortage of something, such as energy or commitment. So, what’s the secret Exercise devotion, which means making an organized program and keep up with it, applies to everyone, from great athletes who need the extra drive that turns a natural talent into an Olympic gold, to the overweight who need to do something to protect themselves against heart disease and cancer. Somewhere in the middle of these extremes, struggling to get to the gym three times a week, is you. This involves setting realistic goals, scheduling workouts, tracking progress, and adjusting the program as needed. You can do it. All you need is a bit of moral support and some good old-fashioned determination.

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