You've been away from us for one year; you told us a lie which I came to know not long ago.

On this special day for teachers across the country, I can _1_keep myself from telling your white lie to those who would lend me an ear.

Do you still remember the happy _2_about six years ago? We fixed our eyes upon you at your _3_.You, a beautiful young lady, _4_ us that you would live in our village.

Soon after, we began to find you were part of your students and their simple honest parents. The villagers found their children _5_more time on their books _6_ after doing their homework and housework. Yet they still _7_ that one day you might leave. You _8_a smile all the time, which reduced to some degree their_9_ of your leaving. You went all out in the _10_ of your students, helping them not only in their studies but also in their tuition(学费).You often emphasized to us the _11_ of one's life, so that must have been what you were _12_ in those five years!

One cold morning when class began, you entered the room _13_ you had been crying _14_.In your class, we _15_ but looked away from your eyes. You _16_for some time as if you were _17_to find this right word…you said you would go away and would never be back to teach because your boyfriend wanted you more…?

On the following morning, we _18_ you the very best and the villagers gave you their _19_The train took you away and your broken _20_The other day I happened to hear my parents chatting that you had lung cancer and left the world soon after you waved goodbye.

1. A. forever         B. seldom     C. hardly          D. soon

2. A. scene          B. condition   C. sign             D. sight

3. A. report         B. arrival      C. explanation       D. speech

4. A. promised       B. answered   C. permitted        D. agreed

5. A. shared         B. spent       C. paid            D. devoted

6. A. even          B. ever        C. soon            D. still

7. A. considered     B. feared       C. supposed        D. doubted

8. A. wore          B. pretended    C. gained          D. presented

9. A. pale          B. trouble       C. question        D. fear

10. A. teaching      B. middle      C. course          D. field

11. A. way          B. wealth      C. value           D. cost

12. A. after         B. for          C. with           D. against

13. A. as if         B. because      C. even though     D. before

14. A. happily      B. bitterly       C. anxiously       D. angrily

15. A .listened      B .talked        C. discussed       D. studied

16. A. explained    B. stopped       C. talked          D .spoke

17. A. thinking     B. worrying      C. crying          D. trying

18. A. hoped       B expected      C. wished          D. brought

19. A. thanks       B. satisfactions   C. expressions      D. rewards

20. A. boy         B. class         C. heart            D. memory

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,并标在答题卷的相应位置。用答题卡的考生,先把选出的最佳选项标在试卷的相应位置,再转涂到答题卡上。
There are about fifteen hundred languages in the world.
But ___36___ a few of them are very ___37___. English is one of these. Many, many people use it, not only in England and the U. S. A, but in other parts of the world. about 200, 000, 000 speak it as their own language. It is difficult to say how many people are learning it as a ___38___ language. Many millions are ___39__ to do so.
Is it easy or difficult to learn English? Different people may have different ___40___. Have you ever __41___ the ads of this kind in the newspapers or magazines?
“Learn English in six month, or your __42___ back ...” “Easy and funny? Our records and tapes __43___ you master your English in a month. __44___ the first day your ___45___ will be excellent. Just send ...” Of course, it never ___46___ quite like this.
The only language that seems easy to learn is the mother tongue. We should ___47___ that we all learned our own language well when we were ___48___. If we could learn English in the same way, it would not seem so difficult. ___49___ what a small child does. He listens to what people say. He tries what he hears. When he is using the language, talking in it, and ___50___ in it all the time, just imagine how much ___51___ that gets!
So it is ___52___ to say that learning English is easy, because a good command of English ___53___ upon a lot of practice. And practice needs great effort and ___54___ much time. Good teachers, records, tapes, books, and dictionaries will ___55___. But they cannot do the student’s work for him.

【小题1】
A.notB.quiteC.onlyD.very
【小题2】
A.difficultB.importantC.necessaryD.easy
【小题3】
A.nativeB.foreignC.usefulD.mother
【小题4】
A.learningB.enjoyingC.tryingD.liking
【小题5】
A.questionsB.problemsC.ideasD.answers
【小题6】
A.foundB.watchedC.noticedD.known
【小题7】
A.knowledgeB.timeC.moneyD.English
【小题8】
A.makeB.helpC.letD.allow
【小题9】
A.FromB.OnC.SinceD.After
【小题10】
A.spellingB.grammarC.EnglishD.pronunciation
【小题11】
A.happenedB.knowC.seemedD.felt
【小题12】
A.knowB.rememberC.understandD.think
【小题13】
A.studentsB.childrenC.babiesD.grown-ups
【小题14】
A.ImagineB.MindC.DoD.Think of
【小题15】
A.usingB.thinkingC.tryingD.practicing
【小题16】
A.timeB.moneyC.languageD.practice
【小题17】
A.hardB.easyC.funnyD.silly
【小题18】
A.dependsB.triesC.hasD.takes
【小题19】
A.usesB.takesC.getsD.costs
【小题20】
A.doB.workC.helpD.master

It was only in the eighteenth century that people  Europe began to think mountains were beautiful .___36___ that time, mountains were ___37__ by the people living on the plains,__38___ by the city people, to whom they were wild and ___39___ places in which one was easily ___40___ or killed by terrible animals.

Slowly ,however , many of the people who were living ___41__ in the towns began to grow tired of ___42___. They began to feel interested in looking for things that could not be explained , for sights and sounds which produce a feeling of fear and excitement .___43___in the __44___century, people began to turn away from the man-made __45___ to the untouched country, and particulary ___46___a place where it was dangerous and wild. High mountains began to be __47__ for a holiday.

Then , mountain-climbing began to grow popular as a sport.  To some people ,there is something greatly __48__about getting to the _49___ of a hight mountain .  Struggling against nature is finer than a battle __50____ other human beings. And then, when you are at the mountain top after a long and difficult__51__, what a _52____ reward it is to be able to look _53___on everything within__54___! At such time, you feel happier and prouder than you can ever feel down__55____.

1.                A.After          B.In             C.At   D.Before

 

2.                A.hated          B.liked           C.feared   D.observed

 

3.                A.however        B.further         C.sometimes D.especially

 

4.                A.exciting        B.interesting      C.dangerous D.alone

 

5.                A.fallen down     B.lost            C.discovered    D.caught

 

6.                A.unhappily       B.lonely          C.comfortable   D.easily

 

7.                A.them          B.it              C.themselves    D.that

 

8.                A.Yet            B.So             C.However  D.But

 

9.                A.last            B.recent          C.eighteenth    D.early

 

10.               A.country        B.houses         C.town D.planet

 

11.               A.to             B.at             C.in    D.for

 

12.               A.important       B.right           C.necessary  D.popular

 

13.               A.pleasant        B.interested      C.dangerous D.terrible

 

14.               A.foot           B.spot           C.top   D.tip

 

15.               A.with           B.to             C.against    D.between

 

16.               A.fight           B.climb          C.walk  D.running

 

17.               A.surprising       B.satisfactory      C.disappointing   D.worrying

 

18.               A.behind         B.up            C.down D.around

 

19.               A.miles          B.minutes        C.seeing D.sight

 

20.               A.above          B.below          C.under D.away

 

 

King's College Summer School

King's College Summer School is an annual( 每年的) training program for high school students at all levels who want to improve their English. Courses are given by the teachers of King's College and other colleges in New York. Trips to museums and culture centers are also organized. This year's summer school will be from July 25 to August 15.

More information is as follows:

Application (申请) date

Students in New York should send their applications before July 18, 2009.

Students of other cities should send their applications before July 16, 2009.

Foreign students should send their applications before July 10, 2009.

Courses

English Language

Spoken English: 22 hours

Reading and Writing: 10 hours

American History: 16 hours

American Culture: 16 hours

Steps

A letter of self-introduction

A letter of recommendation(推荐)

 

 

﹡ The letters should be written in English with all the necessary information.

Cost

Daily lessons: $200

Sports and activities: $100

Travels: $200

Hotel service: $400

﹡You may choose to live with your friends or relatives in the same city.

Please write to:

                   Thompson, Sanders

                   1026 King' s Street

                   New York, NY 10016, USA

                   E-mail: KC-Summer-School@ yahoo, com

 

1.You can most probably read the text in ________.

     A. a newspaper    B. a travel guide      C. a textbook      D. a telephone book

2.Which of the following is true about King' s College Summer School?

     A. Only top students can take part in the program.

     B. King' s College Summer School is run every other year.

     C. Visits to museums and culture centers are part of the program.

     D. Only the teachers of King' s College give courses.

3. If you are to live with your relatives in New York, you will have to pay the school ______.

     A. $200        B. $400         C. $500          D. $900

4. What information can you get from the text?

     A. The program will last two months.          

B. You can write to Thompson only in English.

     C. As a Chinese student, you can send your application on July 14, 2009.

     D. You can get in touch with the school by e-mail or by telephone.

 

Do you know  21 languages there are in the world? There are about 1500, but many of them aren’t very  22  . English is one of the most important languages because many people 23  it, not only in England and America,  24  in other countries of world. About 375000000 people speak it  25  their own language, and another 375000000 use it as 26  language. It is 27  to say how many people are learning it.  28  boys and girls in schools are trying to do so.

Many English children study French. French is also a very important language.  29  children study German, Russian, Japanese and Chinese.

What is the best  30  to learn a language? We know that we all learnt  31  language well when we were 32  . If  we learn a second language in the  33  way, it won’t seem so difficult. What does a small child do? It  34  what people say, and it tries to guess what it hears. When it wants something, it has to 35  it. It is using the language, 36  in it and talking in it all the time. If people use a second language  37  , they will learn it 38  .

In school, you learn to read, to write, to hear and to speak. It is best to learn all new words

through the  39  .You can read them, spell them and  40 them later.

1.

A.how many

B.what number

C.a lot of

D.so many

 

2.

A.useful

B.necessary

C.important

D.good

 

3.

A.like

B.use

C.learn

D.speak

 

4.

A.but

B.and

C.also

D.so

 

5.

A.like

B.with

C.for

D.as

 

6.

A.foreign

B.a second

C.the second

D.a special

 

7.

A.easy

B.again

C.difficult

D.best

 

8.

A.Millions of

B.Million of

C.Millions

D.Several million of

 

9.

A.Some

B.Other

C.All

D.Few

 

10.

A.time

B.way

C.thing

D.place

 

11.

A.a foreign

B.our mothers’

C.other’s

D.our own

 

12.

A.born

B.children

C.grown

D.boys

 

13.

A.same

B.different

C.useful

D.good

 

14.

A.does

B.says

C.listens to

D.follows

 

15.

A.ask

B.want

C.get

D.ask for

16.speaking                   B. writing                     C. thinking                   D. doing

17.

A.some time

B.sometimes

C.all the same

D.for the time

 

18.

A.quickly

B.soon

C.freely

D.hardly

 

19.

A.mouth

B.hands

C.ears

D.mind

 

20.

A.listen to

B.use

C.love

D.write

 

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