The list _________ 19 trillion data _________ over nine years from 390 cities across 48 countries.

A. based on; collected B. based on; collecting

C. is based on; collected D. is based on; collecting

—Would you like to see the movie Beauty and the Beast with me this Friday evening?

— _________!

A. Really B. With pleasure

C. My pleasure D. Well done

It was a quiet village in which there was a military camp (军营). It was far from the towns and cities and there were some high mountains ___________. Of course it was a good place for training the new soldiers. But it was ___________ for the young men to go outside. Mr. White, an officer of forty, was strict with them and he ___________ let them leave the camp.

Once Mr. White was ill in bed. He couldn’t work and a young officer, Mr. Hunt, began to train the new soldiers ___________ him. Having stayed with them for some time, Mr. Hunt ___________ the young men well and let nine soldiers go to the nearest town to have a holiday. But night ___________ and none came back to the camp. He was worried about it and stood at the gate. It was five to twelve ___________ Mr. Hunt decided to go to the town and see what ___________ to the young men. He started the car quickly and set off. At that moment the nine soldiers came back. It seemed they were all drunk. Of course they found the officer was___________.

“I’m sorry, sir,” said the first soldier, “I left the town on time. But something was wrong with my 60. ___________ on my way here. I had to buy a horse and made ___________ run fast. Bad luck! It died and I had to run __________.”

And the other seven soldiers said they were late for the same reason. It was the last soldier’s __________. He said, “I’m sorry, sir. I got on a bus on time, but... ”

Having heard this, the officer became even angrier and stopped him at once. He called out,“___________ you say something was wrong with your bus, I’ll punish (惩罚) you at once!”

“No, no, sir,” said the young man. “My bus was all right, but the dead horses were ___________its way!”

1.A. along B. around C. beside D. inside

2.A. easy B. necessary C. difficult D. impossible

3.A. hardly B. sometimes C. usually D. always

4.A. next to B. in front of C. together with D. instead of

5.A. liked B. knew C. cared D. hated

6.A. appeared B. passed C. fell D. reached

7.A. that B. when C. why D. while

8.A. has happened B. is happening C. happens D. was happening

9.A. excited B. angry C. surprised D. happy

10.A. bus B. horse C. car D. bike

11.A. itself B. this C. it D. that

12.A. back B. out C. away D. around

13.A. decision B. choice C. speech D. turn

14.A. If B. Since C. Before D. When

15.A. by B. under C. on D. in

I was waiting for a phone call from my agent. He had left a message the night before, telling me that my show was to be cancelled. I called him several times, but each time his secretary told me that he was in a meeting and that he would call me later. So I waited and waited, but there was still no call. Three hours passing by, I became more and more impatient. I was certain that my agent didn’t care about my work, and he didn’t care about me. I was overcome with that thought. I started to shout at the phone, “Let me wait, will you? Who do you think you are?”

At that time I didn’t realize my wife was looking on. Without showing her surprise, she rushed in, snatched the phone, tore off the wires (电线), and shouted at the phone, “Yeah! Who do you think you are? Bad telephone! Bad telephone!” And she swept it into the wastebasket.

I stood watching her, speechless, what on earth…?

She stepped to the doorway and shouted at the rest of the house, “Now hear this! All things in this room — if you do anything to upset my husband, out you go! ”

Then she turned to me, kissed me and said calmly, “Honey, you just have to learn how to take control.” With that, she left the room.

After watching a crazy woman rushing in and out, shouting at everything in sight, I noticed that something in my mood (情绪) had changed. I was laughing. How could she have trouble with that phone? Her antics helped me realize I had been driven crazy by small things. Twenty minutes later my agent did call. I was able to listen to him and talk to him calmly.

1.Why did the writer shout, “Let me wait, will you? Who do you think you are”?

A. He was impatient with the phone.

B. He was impatient with the secretary.

C. He was mad at the telephone.

D. He was angry with his agent.

2.The underlined word “antics" means _________.

A. surprising looks

B. sweet kisses and smart words

C. strange and funny behavior

D. reliable suggestion

3.We can infer (推测) from the passage that _________.

A. The secretary didn’t care about the writer

B. the writer sometimes couldn’t control himself well

C. the agent was not responsible for his own work

D. the writer’s wife was not intelligent

The Phantom of the Opera (歌剧魅影)

The Phantom of the Opera, by Andrew Lloyd Webber, debuts (appears in public for the first time) in Shanghai, marking the production’s first Asian performance. Since it was first shown in London, the play has been seen by 58 million people all over the world. The Phantom of the Opera describes a mysterious person with a beautiful voice living under the Paris Theatre. The grand stage sets (场景) and music have made the musical famous throughout the world.

7:15 pm, December 18

200 — 2000 yuan

7:15 pm, December 19, 24—26, 31

100 — 800 yuan

Shanghai Grand Theatre, 300 Renmin Dadao

Tel: 5466-0206

Cello recital (大提琴独奏会)

Cellist Nina Kotova will stage a recital in Shanghai Kotova, from Russia, is an excellent musician and composer (作曲家). She attracted the world attention when she won first prize in an international music contest at the age of 15. She is a model and has graced (为…增色) the covers of many fashion magazines.

7:30 pm, December 15

50 — 500 yuan

Shanghai Concert Hall, 523 Yan’an Donglu

Tel: 6386-2836

Pipa concert

Yang Jing plays the pipa in concert. The pipa player found her distinctive (有特色的) musical character through the ancient pieces of an ancient culture and the most contemporary music of the world. Rooted in the millennia-old (千年的) tradition of Chinese music, she builds on a vast (巨大的) body of musical history from the East and West.

7:15 pm, December 10

40 — l00 yuan

He Luting Concert Hall, 20 Fenyuan Lu

Tel: 6437-1192

1.This passage can be found probably in _________.

A. a novel (小说) B. a film C. a play D. a brochure

2.To attend two different concerts listed above will cost at least _________.

A. 80 yuan B. 90 yuan C. 140 yuan D. 240 yuan

3.We can know from the passage that _________.

A. Cellist Kotova’s photo can be seen on the covers of many fashion magazines

B. The Phantom of the Opera is a musical play performed at the Paris Theatre

C. Those who are interested in Chinese traditional music will watch a concert at the He Luting Concert Hall on Dec. 15

D. Yang Jing’s performance has nothing to do with the western music

In one way of thinking, failure is a part of life. In another way, failure may be a way towards success. The “spider story” is often told. Robert Bruce, leader of the Scots in the 13th century, was hiding in a cave from the English. He watched a spider spinning a web. The spider tried to reach across a rough place in the rock. He tried six times without success. On the seventh time he made it and went on to spin his web. Bruce is said to have taken heart and to have gone on to defeat the English... Edison, the inventor of the light bulb, made hundreds of models that failed before he found the right way to make one.

So what? First, always think about your failure. What caused it? Were conditions right? Were you in top from yourself? What can you change so things will go right next time?

Second, is the goal you’re trying to reach the right one? Try to do some thinking about what your real goals may be. Think about this question, “If I do succeed in this, where will it get me?” This may help you prevent failure in things you shouldn’t be doing anyway.

The third thing to bear in mind about failure is that it’s a part of life. Learn to “live with yourself” even though you may have failed. Remember, “You can’t win them all.”

1.The “spider story” mentioned in the passage is used to show that _________.

A. only failure can lead you to success

B. we can make it if we keep trying

C. failure is always terrible

D. people who fail have the same experience

2.The underlined phrase “bear in mind” in the last paragraph means _________.

A. take care B. forget C. recognize D. remember

3.The writer tells us to do all the things when dealing with failure except ________.

A. thinking about how it happened

B. believing that we can’t live happily if we fail

C. considering failure as a part of life

D. checking out whether our goals are right for the present situation

4.The main idea of this passage is _________.

A. what the value of failure is

B. that Edison and Bruce failed repeatedly before success

C. what failure is and how to deal with failure

D. failure may be considered as a way towards success

补全句子，使B与A句意相符。

1.A: After we entered the room, we found nobody in.

B: After we _________ _________ _________ the room, we found nobody in.

2.A: He did a part-time job so that he could earn some money to buy a football.

B: He did a part-time job _________ _________ _________ _________ some money to buy a football.

3.A: James joined the rambles’ club five years ago. Now he is still in it.

B: James _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ the rambles’ club _________ five years.

4.A: When the cowboy was five, he began to learn how to ride a horse.

B: _________ _________ _________ _________ _________, the cowboy began to learn how to ride a horse.

5.A: They didn’t intend to go to Japan to study.

B: They _________ _________ _________ _________ going to Japan to study.

根据要求写句子。

1.I don’t think that Miss Prism would like to admit her mistake, _________ _________? (Tag question)

2.Those stories were too difficult for me to understand. (Rewrite the sentence with so.that.)_____________________________________________________________________

3.When did you inform the ladies stroking pets of the bad news? (Change it into passive voice.)

_____________________________________________________________________

4.Richard said, “Did you decide to join the evening class yesterday?” (Change it into indirect speech.)

_____________________________________________________________________

5.The underground train in Chengdu runs every three minutes during rush hours. (Raise a question according to the underlined part.)

_____________________________________________________________________

改错。

五、完成表格。阅读下面短文，根据其内容，完成表格中所缺的信息，并将答案填在相应题号的横线上。

Should Children Be Allowed to Get Bored?

Children need time to stand and stare. They should be allowed to get bored to that they can develop their ability to be creative.

Children are expected by their parents to be reading a textbook all the time. However, research shows that it may slow down the development of their imagination, while boredom can give them opportunities to develop creativity.

Boredom is often linked with loneliness, but a writer named Meera Syal said boredom had helped here in developing her mind. She told researchers about her childhood. Having few things to do, Syal often talked with her neighbors. She also tried to do things like learning to bake cakes. “But importantly, I thought and wrote a lot, because I was bored,” Syal said. She kept a diary, filling her time with short stories and poems she made up.

Grayson Perry, an artist, grew up in a family with little money. He enjoyed himself by making up stories, drawing pictures for his stories and reading many books in the library. Bored but free, he spent hours looking out of the window, watching the changing clouds and seasons. Perry filled up his free time with what he liked. He became creative, because he could think freely.

Dr. Belton is an expert on the effects of emotions on learning. “Boredom could be an uncomfortable feeling,” she said, “But some young people cannot deal with that boredom creatively. So sometimes they may break a classroom window, or drive a car out for a mad race.”

Usually, when children have nothing to do, they would turn on the TV, the computer, or the phone. Their time on these things has increased, yet they need to have time to think about their experiences through playing or just watching the world around them.

It is this kind of thinking that can inspire the imagination. On the other hand, the TV or phone may cut short the thinking process. That can be bad for the development of creativity. “For developing the ability to be creative,” Dr. Belton advised, “perhaps we need to stand and stare, and stay off-line from time to time.”