2014年高三上学期八校联考英语科试卷
第一卷（选择题，共115分）
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段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. What will the man go to Florida for next summer?
A. For traveling B. For his work. C. For visiting friends.
2. What time will the man call the woman?
A. At 5:30 pm B. At 6:00 pm. C. At 6:30 pm.
3. When will they get to Grace’s home?
A. In 10 minutes. B. In 30 minutes. C. In 40 minutes.
4. What is the woman worried about?
A. She has run out of money. B. She doesn’t have enough time. C. She dislikes art.
5. What color are the display lights in the shop?
A. Yellow. B. Green. C. Blue.
第二节 （共15小题；每题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A，B，C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。
6. What is Tim going to do?
A. Have a picnic. B. Finish his report. C. Go to study.
7. When will they have a science class?
A. Next Friday. B. Next Wednesday. C. Next Monday.
听第7段材料, 回答第8至10题。
8. Where does this conversation take place?
A. In a restaurant. B. In a hotel. C. At a railway station.
9. Why will the woman get up early tomorrow morning?
A. To have a meeting. B. To catch a plane. C. To meet her friends.
10. How many favors will the man do the woman?
A. Two. B. Three. C. Four.
听第8段材料, 回答第11至13题。
11. How long does it take to get to Brussels?
A. 12 hours. B. 9 hours. C. 7 hours.
12. Which ticket will the woman take?
A. First class on the express train. B. Second class on the overnight train. C. First class on the overnight train.
13. What will be charged on the train?
A. Coffee. B. Meals. C. Water.
听第9段材料, 回答第14至16题。
14. What does the man think of collecting old things?
A. Boring. B. Exciting. C. Expensive.
15. What does the man dislike?
A. Running. B. Football. C. Music.
16. What will they do this Sunday?
A. Make bread at home. B. Have a picnic. C. Go fishing.
听第10段材料, 回答第17至20题。
17. Who is the speaker?
A. A doctor. B. A fitness coach. C. A PE teacher.
18. What should people do before they start a long-run exercise?
A. Eat less food. B. Take a ten-minute walk. C. Have a good sleep.
19. What does the man advise runners to do?
A. Avoid doing any hard exercise. B. Increase the running distance gradually. C. Try to overdo the exercise.
20. What is the passage mainly about?
A. How to deal with problems in running. B. How to keep healthy. C. How to run correctly.
第二部分 英语知识应用（满分45分）
第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分满分15分）
21 —I’m terribly sorry to have put you through so much trouble.
—____. I know you didn’t mean to.
A. You’re welcome B. No trouble C. All right D. Forget it
22. I don’t like any humor in serious speech because I can’t think of any circumstance _______ this would be beneficial or useful.
A. where B. which C. whether D. as
23. Just in front of our house _______ with a history of 1,000 years. A. does a tall tree stand B. stands a tall tree C. is standing a tall tree D. a tall tree stands
24. . published fifty years ago, his work still attracts much attention at present.
A. As B. Though C. Apart from D. Despite
25. –Guess what! We’ll have a chance to visit our sister school in Denmark this summer!
--How nice! You ______ a different culture then.
A. will have experienced B. have been experiencing
C. will be experiencing D. will have to experience
26. 24. —How do you find Johnson’s last party?
—Well, it couldn’t have been . In fact, I won’t go to his party next time.
A. any better B. any worse C. any worst D. any best
27. — Shall we put off the match because of the bad weather?
? No. Rain or shine, the match will be held as ______.
A. schedule B. scheduling C. scheduled D. to schedule
28. What makes online shopping so popular is it shortens the distance between manufacturers and consumers.
A .how B. that C. whether D. why
29. Teaching is not ____ a matter of spreading knowledge----it also calls for the ability to build up the students’ personality.
A. simply B. partly C. equally D. obviously
30. This new model of car is so expensive that it is _____the reach of those with average
incomes.
A. over B. within C. beyond D. below
31. A notice was________in order to remind the students of the changed lecture time.
A．sent up B．given up
C．set up D．put up — Why do we get up so early?
— If we _______ the flight we would have to stay here for another day.
A. miss B. would miss C. missed D. had missed
33. Tom’s little sister is a girl of great _______. She takes an interest in everything.
A. ambition B. caution C. curiosity D. strength
34.— What is the man, actually?
—I don’t know for sure. But I think he can be _______ but a policeman.
A. nothing B. something C. everything D. anything
35. the instructions on the packet when you take the drug and the drug, I think, will work soon.
A. Follow B. To follow C. Following D. Followed
第二节 完形填空（共20小题，每小题1. 5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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37. A. few B. a few C. many D. a lot
38. A. anxious B. crazy C. hungry D. straight
39. A. plates B. dining-rooms C. dorms D. lunches
40. A. lasted B. stuck C. started D. continued
41. A. village B. hometown C. temple D. school
42. A. researches B. surveys C. observations D. experiments
43. A. passed B. gave C. offered D. hid
44. A. noticed B. discovered C. declared D. prove
45. A. agreed B. meant C. announced D. informed
46. A. Thus B. Instead C. Despite D. Yet
47. A. strange B. fine C. short D. cool
48. A. showed up B. stood out C. set aside D. turned on
49. A. parents B. students C. children D. monks
50. A. seldom B. sometimes C. actually D. mainly
51. A. compare B. share C. satisfy D. cooperate
52. A. concerned with B. worried about C. trusted in D. cared about
53. A. However B. Though C. Finally D. Regardless
54. A. how B. what C. where D. which
55. A. possible B. obvious C. able D. likely
第三部分 阅读理解 （共20小题；每小题2分，满分 40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A
Once upon a time, there was a lovely vegetable field, on which grew a very thick tree. Both the vegetables and the tree gave the place a wonderful appearance, which was the joy of the garden’s owner. What no one knew was that the vegetables in the field and the tree couldn’t stand each other. The vegetables hated the tree’s shadow, because it left them only just enough light to survive. The tree, on the other hand, hated the vegetables because they drank nearly all the water before it could get to him, leaving him with just enough to survive.
The situation became so extreme that the vegetables got totally fed up and decided to use up all the water in the ground so that the tree would dry up. The tree answered back by refusing to give the vegetables shadow from the hot midday sun, so they both began to dry up. Before long, the vegetables were really thin and the tree’s branches were drying up.
Neither of them thought that the gardener, on seeing his vegetable field becoming worse, would stop watering it. When he did that, both the tree and the vegetables really learned what thirst was. There seemed to be no solution, but one of the vegetables, a small courgette（小胡瓜）, understood what was going on, and decided to deal with it. Despite the little water and the unbearable heat, the little courgette did all he could to grow, grow...He managed to grow so big that the gardener started watering the field again. The gardener wanted to enter that beautiful big courgette in some gardening contest.
And so the vegetables and the tree realized that it was better to help each other than to fight. They should really learn how to live in harmony with those around them, doing the best they could. So they decided to work together, using both the shadow and the water in the best combination to grow good vegetables. Seeing how well they were doing, the gardener now gave the best of care to his vegetable field, watering it better than any other field for miles around. 56. What is the problem between the tree and the vegetables?
A. They looked down upon each other. B. They didn’t leave water to each other.
C. They couldn’t stand each other. D. They didn’t know how to protect themselves.
57. What is the result of the fight between the tree and the vegetables?
A. They grew taller and stronger. B. They were both drying up.
C. The tree defeated the vegetables. D. The vegetables defeated the tree.
58. The courgette thought of ways to solve the conflict by .
A. making peace with the tree B. working together with other vegetables
C. entering the gardening contests D. growing big enough
59. What can we learn from this passage?
A. We ought to live in harmony with others. B. We ought to save as much water as possible.
C. We ought to learn from each other in some ways.
D. We ought to learn to respect each other.
B
Would it surprise you to learn that, like animals, trees communicate with each other and pass on their wealth to the next generation?
UBC Professor Simard explains how trees are much more complex than most of us ever imagined .Although Charles Darwin thought that trees are competing for survival of the fittest, Simard shows just how wrong he was. In fact, the opposite is true: trees survive through their co-operation and support, passing around necessary nutrition “depending on who needs it”.
Nitrogen（氮） and carbon are shared through miles of underground fungi（真菌） networks, making sure that all trees in the forest ecological system give and receive just the right amount to keep them all healthy. This hidden system works in a very similar way to the networks of neurons（神经元）in our brains, and when one tree is destroyed, it affects all.
Simard talks about “mother trees”, usually the largest and oldest plants on which all other trees depend .She explains how dying trees pass on the wealth to the next generation, transporting important minerals to young trees so they may continue to grow .When humans cut down “mother trees” with no awareness of these highly complex “tree societies” or the networks on which they feed, we are reducing the chances of survival for the entire forest.
“We didn"t take any notice of it.” Simard says sadly .“Dying trees move nutrition into the young trees before dying, but we never give them chance.” If we could put across the message to the forestry industry, we could make a huge difference towards our environmental protection efforts for the future.
60.What would be the best title for the passage?
A. Old Trees Communicate Like Humans
B. Young Trees Are In Need Of Protection
C. Trees Contribute To Our Society
D. Trees Are More Complex Than You Think
61.In Simard"s opinion, trees _______
A. compete for survival B. protect their own wealth
C. depend on each other D. provide support for dying trees
62.We can learn from the passage that .
A. “mother trees” are usually of no use to other trees.
B. Charles Darwin had the same thought as Simard.
C. if “mother trees” are cut down, the survival for the entire forest will be affected.
D. people know much about the complex “tree societies”.
63.The underlined word “it” in the last paragraph refers to .
A. how “tree societies” work
B. how trees grow old
C. how forestry industry develops
D. how young trees survive
C
Here is some information about several famous local bakeries(面包烤房) in Indiana, the US. They serve as a social gathering place for locals.
Maple Lane Bakery
At 8260 S. State Rd. Claypool, IN. (574) 566-2917, it offers a variety of cooked pies, cookies, and bread. With 20 years’ experience Maple Lane Bakery has specialized in the making of pies. The menu includes peach pie $7.19, berry pie $7.70, apple pie $7.19 and banana pie $6.99. Feel free to place an order at least 24 hours in advance.
Betty’s Cakes & Candy Shop
At 816 E. Winona Avenue Warsaw, IN. (574) 269-1231, it specializes in cakes and offers cookies and candies. The chocolate cookies are sold at $8.99 a dozen. Betty’s Cakes & Candy Shop, started half a century ago, specializes in wedding cakes and birthday cakes. Buying a cake from Betty’s will not disappoint you as they are always excellent.
Crepes’ Quality Bakery
At 217 S. Cavin Street Ligonier, IN. (260) 894-3024, this third generation bakery is located downtown Ligonier. It offers cookies and cupcakes, and specializes in rolls and bread. If you plan to buy cookies for the office or work area, you had better get there early as the building workers arrive just before 5:00 am waiting for the doors to open.
Olympia Candy Kitchen
At 136 N. Main Street Goshen, IN. (574) 533-5040, it has been welcoming visitors for almost a century in its unchanged location in downtown Goshen, Indiana. Its tradition began in 1912 when Greek Nicholas began making his own chocolates. Today this family-owned operation offers all kinds candies and boxed candies.
If you need an order, you should call ahead of time to see if they can meet your request.
64. Which of the following pies is the most expensive?
A. Peach pie. B. Banana pie. C. Apple pie. D. Berry pie.
65. If you want to order a birthday cake, you are advised to call _________.
A. (574) 533-5040 B. (574) 269-1231 C. (260) 894-3024 D. (574) 566-2917
66. Which of the following bakeries has the shortest history?
A. Crepes’ Quality Bakery B. Betty’s Cakes & Candy Shop
C. Olympia Candy Kitchen D. Maple Lane Bakery
67. The author wrote this passage mainly to __________.
A. tell readers some travel information
B. persuade more people to eat pies
C. make the bakeries better known to readers
D. warn customers to order bakeries in advance
D
Have you read " "To Kill a Mockingbird’ The only navel by Harper Lee offers moral lessons about racial justice and respect．It tells the story of a young girl named Scout and her father, Atticus Finch, a lawyer．He defends a black man ．
Tom Robinson wrongfully accused of rap（）a white woman．In the end, an all-white- jury （） sentences Tom Robinson to death．The book is set in the American, South in the 1930s．But it came out on July11th, 1960 as the civil rights
movement in the United States was gaining strength.
Laws and customs in the South, however, still kept blacks
and whites mostly separated．A mockingbird is a land of gray songbird．The bookgets its title from something Atticus Finch was told in his
childhood when his father gave him a gun. Atticus Finch said, "I remember when my daddy first gave me that gun, he told me that I should never point at anything in the house, and that I could shoot all the blue jays I wanted, if I could hit them．But remember, it as a sin （罪过） to kill a mock, for they don"t hurt anyone, they just make music．"
Some people said, " "To Ki a Mockingbird" treats racism in a way that is simplisite（过分单纯化的）, even offensive to blacks, and out of da today"s America．" Still, it has been translated ino more than forty languages and has sold over forty million copies. It is often required reading in high schools. Harper Lee won a Pulitzer Prize in America in 1961 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom of the United States for her contribution to literature in 2007.
The story takes place in a town that Harper Lee called Maycomb. But she based the characters on real people she knew growing up．Since then her hometown Monroeville has changed a lot．A number of African-Americans serve m the local government．The courthouse, made famous by the book, is now a museum．A shop and a fast-food restaurant called Mel"s Dairy Dream have replaced Harper Lee"s childhood home．
．We can lea from the passage that Harper Lee __．
A．has written more than-one novel her life
B．lived in a town called Maycomb as a child
C．had been awarded two prizes America by 2007
D．likes a mockingbird very much that makes music
．According to the passage, __ in the nove “To Kill a Mockingbird” is compared to a Mockingbird．
A．Harper Lee B． C． D．Tom Robi70．
A．A mockingbird doesn"t hurt anyone at all．
B．To tell readers how the novel gets its title,
C．A mockgbird is a kind of gray songbird．
D．To kill a mockingbird is more than a hunting．
7．We can infer from the passage that the novel "To Kill Mockingbird" __．
A．was published about 60 years ago
B．was very popular in the late 1930s
C．has been read by millions of high school students
D．gets its title from a story told by Harper Lee"s fatherWith only a click of the mouse, rumors can be forwarded between microblogs very quickly. As an example, recently, perceptive netizens discovered that some photos displayed on microblogs depicting Beijing’s June rainstorm had actually been fabricated.
Sina.com is one of the major internet portals(门户网站) in China with hundreds and thousands of users, and a majority of celebrities and renowned citizens have their microblog accounts on this portal. As recently as six months ago, the website decided to establish a specialized team to verify rumors and provide accurate information for its users. Tan Chao is in charge of the team.
“Before I took the job, I usually couldn’t identify what information was real and what was fake. But during the rumor verification process, we discovered that a lot of information was false, including fake photos, fake news stories and rumors that had been spread through microblogs.”
It‘s not just website portals which are taking on fact-checking responsibilities, but also a number of civic-minded netizens, who recently set up a Rumor Verification Federation on Sina.com’s microblog system to help netizens identify fake information online. Dianzizheng is the team leader of the federation. He says they’ve publicized more than 150 pieces which refute rumors, which attracted more than 10 thousand visitors within two months. “We live in an age of new media, so we can’t use the old methods to verify rumors. We can’t wait for the media to verify the facts with related administrative departments and then release a formal announcement. We can’t allow rumors to run rampant and then deal with it, we need to fight rumors while they’re spreading. I think that this is the best way to deal with rumors nowadays.” Some experts say this demonstrates the advantages of the internet compared to other traditional media. The open platform allows information to be examined and clarified by netizens. But experts like Ding Wenguo, President of the Journalism and Communication College at the China University of Political Science and Law says this self-correction function of the internet is still quite limited. “It’s still quite difficult to tell which information is true in such an open environment by just reading a number of different opinions on the same issue. This is something which we need to pay attention to. If society is deluged with too much false information, and it’s allowed to spread in such a fast manner, then people will be suspicious of all kinds of information including important information from authorities. It also exacerbates(恶化) problems relating to social communications and mutual-understanding, which in turn harms society as a whole.” Experts suggest that the government should react more quickly in the internet age. Once a rumor begins to spread, administrative departments should make announcements as early as possible to dispel rumors before they lead to bad outcomes.
72.Sina.com decided to found a specialized team to ____.
A. limit the number of microblogs
B. advance the development of microblogs
C. prevent the spread of rumors on the Internet
D. urge the government to react quickly to the rumors
73. Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?
A. All the rumors have been spread through microblogs.
B. Sina.com is the most popular Internet portal in China.
C. The photos displayed on microblogs might be fake.
D. Traditional media tend to get rumors examined and clarified.
74The underlined word "fabricated" in the first paragraph can be replaced by "__".
A. dug out B. made up C. got round D. given away
75.The writer cited Ding Wenguo"s words in Paragraph 8 to __.
A. draw a conclusion B. support an argument
C. introduce a topic D. describe a scene
第二卷（非选择题，共35分）
第四部分 写作(满分35分)
短文填词(共10题;每题1分,满分10分)One day while walking through the woods, an old man found a cocoon(茧) of a butterfly. Heb 76 it home. A few days later, a small opening appeared, he watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop 77 (取得any progress .It appeared as if it could hardly go further .Then the man decided to h 78 the butterfly, so he took a p 79 of scissors to cut the cocoon. The butterfly then came out easily.
But it can never 80 (飞).The man didn’t understand the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the tiny opening was just the nature"s way of forcing fluid (液体) from the body of the butterfly 81 its wings, which would be ready for flight once it achieved its 82 (自由)from the cocoon.
Sometimes struggles are exactly 83 we need in our life. If we were allowed to go through our life 84 any struggling, it would weaken us seriously .We would not be as 85 (强壮) as what we could have been.
书面表达 （满分25分）和睦的家庭有利于孩子的个性发展和家人的身心健康。请你根据表格中的信息和自How we can build up a harmonious family 为题用英语写一篇短文。主要特征 充满温暖、爱心和欢笑； 相互关爱、尊重和理解 主要益处 生长在和睦家庭环境中的孩子会乐观向上； 生活在和睦家庭中的父母会健康快乐 父母该怎么做 言行举止上做好表率； 充分尊重、信任孩子； 经常与孩子沟通交流 你该怎么做 ……注意：1.对所有要点逐一陈述，适当发挥，不要简单翻译。词数120左右，开头已经写好，不计入总词数。作文中不得提及有关考生个人身份的任何信息，如校名、人名等。How we can build up a harmonious family
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How we can build up a harmonious family
A harmonious family is essential to our personal development and our physical and mental health. A harmonious family is always full of warmth, love and laughter. Parents and children love and show concern for each other. They also respect and understand each other. If a child grows up in a harmonious family, he is more likely to be cheerful and optimistic. Otherwise, he may be miserable and pessimistic. Meanwhile, parents in a harmonious family are sure to live happily and more healthily.
Since a harmonious family plays a very important role in our life, it is up to every family member to contribute to the building of such a family. First of all, parents should be a role model for their children and pay more attention to their own words and behavior. Besides, they must trust their children and often communicate with them.
As children of the family, we should also respect and understand our parents, and try to share their burdens. If we do so, our home will always be harmonious.
听力原文；
Text 1
W: Hi, Tom. I heard you went to travel in Florida. Did you have fun?
M: Not really. The weather was bad. Unfortunately I have to go there again on business next summer.
Text 2
W: How about eating out tonight?
M: That’s a good idea. Do you like French food?
W: Good. I’d love to. What time shall we get there?
M: About 6 p.m. I’ll call you half an hour earlier to remind you.
Text 3
W: We’re meeting Grace at 6:30 at her house. It’s 6:20 now.
M: It’s still early. She just called to ask us to arrive at her home later at 7:00.
Text 4
M: Let’s go to the museum. The Getty Center is a beautiful art museum!
W: You know, Megan, I am afraid of one thing.
M: What’s that? You’ll run out of money?
W: No, the museum is free. We’ll run out of time! Half a day is not enough.
Text 5
W: In the shop, I thought this shirt was green, but out here in the sunlight I see it’s really blue.
M: Yes, the bright yellow display lights in the shop make things look a little different, don’t they?
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分,满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前,你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题5秒钟；听完后,各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料, 回答第6、7题。
Text 6
W: Tim, where are you going?
M: To the library. These days I’m always studying there.
W: Would you like a picnic this Friday?
M: So nice of you. But I’ve got my hands full of work. I need to hand in my report next Monday morning. I’m really sorry.
W: That’s OK. See you next Wednesday at the science class.
M: All right. See you.
听第7段材料, 回答第8至10题。
Text 7
W: Excuse me. I need some help with my bags.
M: I’ll have someone come right away.
W: Thanks. By the way, is it possible for me to get a wake-up call tomorrow morning? I have an early meeting.
M: That’s OK. What’s the wake-up time?
W: I’d like to be woken up at 6 o’clock, please. Can you do me another favor?
M: Of course. What’s that?
W: I need to meet a friend at a restaurant tonight, but I don’t know how to get there.
M: Why don’t you give me the address and I’ll arrange a taxi for you?
W: Thanks a lot.
听第8段材料, 回答第11至13题。
Text 8
W: Hi, I would like a ticket to Brussels, please.
M: Certainly, madam. We have an express train leaving at 7 am and an overnight train that leaves at 9 pm. Which one do you want?
W: How long does it take to get there?
M: 12 hours. We now have tickets available only for first class on the express train. If you’d like, you can choose a second class ticket for the overnight train which is cheaper.
W: Yeah, I think that is the best choice. Do you serve food on the train?
M: Yes, of course. There is a dining car on the train where they serve meals at all times. We also provide water and coffee for all of our passengers for free.
W: Great! I’ll take it.
M: Here you are, madam. Remember to be here at least thirty minutes before the train leaves.
W: I understand. Thank you very much!
听第9段材料, 回答第14至16题。
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M: Now that I’m retired, I have a lot of free time. I just don’t know what to do. What do you often do?
W: I like DIY. I always make bread at home.
M: That’s boring.
W: How about collecting old things?
M: I don’t have the money for such an expensive hobby.
W: What about some sports? Running? Cycling?
M: I only like watching football games on TV.
W: I know you love music. You could learn to play a musical instrument.
M: I’m too old to do that.
W: What do you have in mind?
M: I’ve always thought that fishing would be nice and relaxing in the great outdoors.
W: That would be great. I also want to have a try.
M: Great. You bring some drinks and I’ll take fishing rods. See you in the park on Sunday.
W: Good.
听第10段材料, 回答第17至20题。
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M: First, let me introduce myself. I’m Dr. Jason, from our school hospital. I’ve been asked to speak to you this afternoon on running. I guess most of what I’m going to say isn’t new to you. However, I also want you to have a new look on running.
I’m a runner myself. I got into it in middle school. I’ve been running for 27 years. Every morning I get up and go out to run before breakfast. It helps me a lot.
Is running the only sport that can help us? In fact, exercise seems to be the key to better health. Do a little exercise each day, and a ten-minute walk is plenty to start the long-run exercise.
To start exercise, you should check with your doctor before you begin any hard exercise, especially if you’re over 30. And it is no good overdoing it. Increase your running distance every time you run, for instance, half a mile, twice a week. And if you stop your training for more than a couple of days, don’t try to pick it up where you left off. Be patient and be slow.
