Nowadays, it is common that more and more high school students open their own microblogs on the Internet. For one thing, microblog can provide a colourful

platform to show their talent. For 25.  ，it is a useful way to release their 26.   (press). And all these make it more and more popular with high school students. 27.   many parents and teachers hold a different view.  

They think that managing

one's microblog will take a lot of time and energy,28.   should be used to study.

In my view, I am greatly in favour 29.     this activity. Today the Internet 30.     (play) an important and essential role in our life. Therefore, as high school students of the Information Age,we need to learn to make use of this 31.  (mean) tool to communicate and display ourselves. What's more, opening and organizing microblogs need various abilities such as writing, designing, being skilful at computer and so on. Only if we master those abilities can we make a successful microblog. As a result, we improve ourselves while 32.      (organize) our microblogs.

In fact, microblog 33.  (oneself) is of little harm. It is your attitude towards it 34.   matters. We should take the advantages and avoid some bad effects.

When I was 17 years old, I left my comfortable home in a wealthy Midwestern suburb to live as a for?eign exchange student in a lower-middle-class neigh?bourhood in a foreign country. I  5  in an apartment with no elevators, no dishwashers and one washer for 300 6  The tile (瓷砖)floors were always 7 and the rainy winter days there seemed endless. I 8 to wash my clothes by hand in the bathtub and 9 water was so costly, I trained myself to 10 my waist-length hair in less than five minutes.

At that time there were no cellphones and the Internet didn't exist, so for six months I had no   11 at all with my family or friends in the US. I had no rela?tives there so I 12 to face the fact that my 13 to adapt and create a life for 14 was one hundred per cent up to me. At age seventeen my need for friends was 15 and not knowing a soul was, needless to say, a bit stressful.

To  16 to my stress, I didn't speak the 17 and had no familiarity with the monetary (货币的)sys?tem nor the transportation system. One more 18 that created stress was my 19  family. Of all the families in the city where I lived, I was 20 with the one who spoke the least (or worst) English.

Living abroad and developing 21 in a foreign language required persistence and determination. I made many mistakes 22 the way. Now I've transformed my 23 memories into my medals of honour (荣誉勋章).They're the treasured stories that offer wisdom, provide me with insights into friends and family and pro?vide me with the 24 that I can surpass future chal?lenges.

5.    A. moved       B. lived

C.  turned     D. took

6.    A. places  B. names

C.  children       D. families

7.    A. warm  B. empty

C.  tidy  D. cold

8.    A. tried   B. asked

C.   learned  D. forced

9.    A. although    B. since

C.  unless      D. once

10.   A.    wash       B.    comb

C.    arrange    D.    adopt

11.   A.    contact    B.    quarrel

C.    letter       D.    chance

12.   A. turned B. needed

C.  pretended D. stopped

13.   A. imagination       B. ability

C.  question   D, career

14.   A. myself       B. other

C.  another    D. none

15.   A. impossible  B. hopeless

C.   beneficial      D. strong

16.   A. adapt  B. apply

C. add             D. reduce

17.   A. truth   B. language

C.  fact  D. word

18.   A. scene  B. shortage

C.  fault D. challenge

19.   A. own    B. former

C.  host  D. guest

20.   A. occupied •  B. housed

C.  compared D. chosen

21.   A. fluency      B. trouble

C.  habit       D. fame

22.   A. over   B. along

C.  in     D. during

23.   A. harmful     B. beautiful

C.  hopeful    D. stressful

24.   A. advantage   B. confidence

C.  promise        D. future

Perhaps you think you could easily add to your hap?piness with more money. Strange as it may seem, if you're unsatisfied, the issue (问题)is not a lack of means to meet your desires but a lack of desires―not that you cannot satisfy your tastes but that you don't have enough tastes.

Real riches consist of well-developed and hearty ca?pacities (育 g 力) to enjoy life. Most people are already swamped(淹没)with things. They eat, wear, go and talk too much. They live in too big a house with too many rooms, yet their house of life is a hut(茅屋).

Your house of life ought to be a mansion (豪宅)，a royal palace. Every new taste, every additional interest, every fresh enthusiasm (热情)adds a room. Here are several rooms your house of life should have.

Art should be a desire for you to develop simply be?cause the world is full of beautiful things. If you only understood how to enjoy them and feed your spirit on them, they would make you as happy as to find plenty of ham and eggs when you're hungry.

Literature* classic literature, is a beautiful, richly furnished room where you might find many an hour of rest and refreshment. To gain that love would go to?wards making you a rich person, for a rich person is not someone who has a library but who likes a library.

Music like Mozart's and Bach's shouldn't be ab?sent. Real riches are of the spirit. And when you've brought that spirit up to where classical music feeds it and makes you a little drunk, you have increased your thrills and bettered them. And life is a matter of thrills.

Sports, without which you remain poor, mean a lot in life. No matter who you are, you would be more hu?man* and your house of life would be better supported against the bad days, if you could, and did, play a bit.

Whatever rooms you might add to your house of life, the secret of enjoying life is to keep adding.

1.    The author intends to tell us that .

A.    true happiness lies in achieving wealth by fair means

B.    big houses are people's most valued possessions

C.    big houses can in a sense bring richness of life

D.    true happiness comes from spiritual riches

2.    The underlined sentence in the second paragraph probably implies that .

A.    however materially rich, they never seem to be satisfied

B.    however materially rich, they remain spiritually poor

C.    though their house is big, they prefer a simple life

D.  though their house is big, it seems to be a cage

3.    It can be learned from the passage that .

A.    more money brings more happiness

B.    art is needed to make your house beautiful

C.    literature can enrich your spiritual life

D.    sports contribute mainly to your physical fitness

4.    What would be the best title for the passage?

A.    House of life

B.    Secret of wealth

C.    Rest and refreshment

D.    Interest and enthusiasm

B

My wife's friend Rachel wouldn't stop complaining (抱怨).For twenty minutes she had a series of complaints. She complained about her job. She com?plained about her company's new policies. She complained about the economy. Most of all, she complained about her lack of sales at work.

I don't remember saying this, but Rachel likes to remind me that I finally stopped her from complaining by saying, "Rachel, will you please shut up?" Then I said, "It is really simple. You have a choice. You can accept your present job with a positive attitude and decide to do your best every day or you can find a new job in a new company. But whatever you do， stop complaining because it's not doing you any good. Either change your job or change your at?titude towards your job. " The conversation was over and so was our friendship, I thought, because Rachel wouldn't speak to me for a few months.

Then my wife and I saw her at a party and she told me that while it didn't feel good to hear what I had said* she decided to take my advice. She stayed in her job, stopped complaining and started selling more. Three months after changing her attitude, her sales were up 30%. A year later, her sales were up 70%. Everyone in her company wanted to know how she was doing it.

Rachel stopped complaining and started winning. How about you? Is complaining sabotaging you or your team? If complaining is holding you back, I know how you feel. I used to be a complainer. That's why I knew what Rachel needed To hear. I was in a similar situation 10 years ago. But I've learned that when you stop complaining and take positive action, you start winning. Give it a try ！

6.  The writer wrote this passage to_______________ .

 A.     explain the harm of complaining

B.     show how proud he is of himself

C.     say sorry to Rachel for what he did

D.     encourage readers to get rid of the habit of complaining

7. What's the writer's advice to Rachel?

 A.     To start a business of her own.

B.     To stop complaining in front of him.

C.     To stop talking to him for a few months.

D.     To find a new job or change her attitude towards her present job.

8. What do we learn about Rachel?

 A.     She is very easy to deal with.

B.     She is the best friend of the writer.

C.     She has benefited from what the writer said.

D.     She doesn't like following other people's advice.

9. The underlined word "sabotaging" in the last paragraph can be replaced by

 A. harming         B.  changing          C.  winning            D. supporting

10.How does the writer make his point clear?

A.By telling stories of famous people.

B. By referring to scientific data.

C. By following the order of time.

D.  By giving examples.

阅读理解

A

What is the difference between developed and developing countries? The question is quite a difficult one. But we can compare them in two important as?pects: people and economy. People

In developing countries there are high rates of both birth and death. Families decide to give birth to more than one child, because many developing countries do not have the systems necessary to guarantee(保证)the life of old people. Raising more children seems to be the only way to make sure that dur?ing their later years a person will be taken care of.

The situation is completely different in fully-developed countries. Those countries have low levels of birth and mortality. Low mortality rate is mainly because of the good health care, but low birth rate is due to the fact that support?ing a family with more children is expensive nowadays. Another reason is that more and more women decide to work outside, so there is usually no time and place for a large group of children in their lives. Economy

In developed countries, most industries have high levels of technological progress, while the smallest role in the country's GDP is played by agriculture.

In most cases, in developing countries most GDP comes from agriculture. It is mainly due to the fact that services and many branches of industry are in the stage of development. But they have the potential to develop quickly, be?cause they have many things to improve.

Of course, the difference between developed and developing countries is not that clear, because some countries might be in the middle of great changes. When a country is in that stage, some data can define the country as a developing one, but others may show that it is a developed one.

1.Why does the writer think the question is difficult to answer?

 A.    Because the people and economy of a country cannot reflect the whole situation.

B.     Because most developing countries are certain to become developed ones.

C.     Because he can only compare them in two aspects―people and economy.

D.    Because according to some data a developing country can be seen as a developed one.

2.In developing countries, there are high birth rates because people hope

  A. their children will have a bright future

B. generations can live under the same roof

C.  they will be taken care of in their later years

D.   the next generation can contribute more to society

3.  What's the meaning of the underlined word "mortality" in Paragraph 3?
A. Health.          B. Death.          C.  Employment.        D. Survival.

4. What's probably the writer's attitude towards the future of developing countries? '

A. Negative.       B.  Worried.          C.  Optimistic.      D. Doubtful.

5.  This passage mainly helps us to______________ .

 A.  know why developed countries develop so fast

B.   learn about the weak points of developing countries

C.   realize our responsibilities to develop our own country

D.  tell the differences between developing countries and developed ones

假设你是李华，你的英国笔友Mike即将完成学业， 不久前来信就是否到中国工作询问你的意见。请根据以下提示回一封电子邮件：

1.    建议他来中国；

2.    阐述你的理由（就业机会多、专业受欢迎、不同的文化体验等）；

3.    承诺可提供帮助。

注意：

1.    词数100左右；

2.    文章的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；

3.    可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。Dear Mike,

I'm very happy to have received the letter you sent me last week.

Best wishes.

Yours truly, Li Hua

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Parties are one and a half hours: the first hour the group create their art projects, and last 1/2 hour is for cake and presents ！ Parties are usually held on Friday nights and weekends but weekday parties are available.

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If planning a party is not your thing, let us do the work for you! We offer a variety of pre-planned parties to choose from. You may also do a combination of 2 par?ties for boy/girl parties. All parties are on Saturday af-ternoons between the hours of 12 ： 00 pm and 4 ； 00 pm and are one and a half hours in length. Parties include a craft or activity and paper goods. You may arrive 15 mi?nutes prior to your scheduled time to set-up. To sched?ule a party please contact Kim Murphy (x214).

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5.  The phrase " be at arm's length" probably means

A.    be as careful as possible

B.    be as long as an arm

C.    be as near as possible

D.    be as faraway as possible

6.    If 12 children take part in Youth Fitness Birthday

Parties, they will pay     .

A.  $ 455     B.   $315      C.   $ 200      D. $250

7.    If your child joins in the Art Spot Birthday Parties, he will .

A.    swim in the 25-yard pool

B.    spend half an hour to clean up

C.    create his own art project

D.    do activities with other kids

8.    What information can you get from the passage?

A.    You can schedule the party when it is convenient for you.

B.    The number of people for these parties is limited

C.    You need to bring nothing to join in the birthday parties.

D.    All of these birthday parties centre on a special theme.

选词填空 

make progress   up to   make sure   at the top of   at the bottom of)

1.She shouted out ___________________  her voice.

2.I think the meeting will b^in at nine, but you'd better go and ________________.

3.The new technique measures____________  advanced world standafds.

4.She studied very hard and _________________.

5. There used to be a village _____________the mountain.

When most of us hear the word chocolate, the verb that comes to mind is probably "eat", not "drink", and the most proper adjective would seem to be "sweet". But for about 90 per cent of chocolate's long history, it was strictly a beverage (饮料)，and sugar didn't have anything to do with it.

The origin of chocolate

Many modern historians have estimated that choco?late has been around for about 2，000 years, but recent research suggests that it may be even older.

In the book The True History of Chocolate ， au?thors Sophie and Michael Coe prove that the earliest lin?guistic (语言 学的) evidence of chocolate consumption dates back three or even four thousand years.

Valuable and fashionable chocolate beverage

It's hard to discover exactly when chocolate was born, but it's clear that it was cherished from the start. For several centuries in pre-modern Latin America, ca?cao beans were considered valuable enough to be used as currency. 100 beans could purchase a good hen, accord?ing to a 16th-century Aztec document.

Sweetened chocolate didn't appear until Europeans discovered the Americans and sampled(品尝)the native cuisine. Chocolate didn't suit the foreigners' taste at first―one described it in his writings as "a bitter drink for pigs"―but once mixed with honey or cane sugar, it quickly became popular throughout Spain. By the 17th century, chocolate was a fashionable drink throughout Europe ， believed to have nutritious ， medicinal func?tions. But it remained largely a privilege of the rich until the invention of the steam engine made mass production possible in the late 1700s.

The birth of solid chocolate

In 1828， a Dutch chemist found a way to make powdered chocolate. His product became known as "Dutch cocoa", and it soon led to the creation of solid chocolate. In 1847， Joseph Fry created the first modern chocolate bar. By 1868， a little company called Cadbury was marketing boxes of chocolate candies in England.

Milk chocolate hit the market a few years later. Prosperous chocolate industry

InAmerica, chocolate was so valued during the Revolutionary War that it was used instead of wages. Even now, statistics show that the humble cacao bean is still a powerful economic force. Chocolate manufactur?ing is a more than 4-billion-dollar industry in theUnited States, and the average American eats at least half a pound of the stuff per month.

1.    The earliest chocolate was most probably .

A.  a dish    B.  a drink    C.  a bar       D.  a candy

2.    It can be inferred from the passage that .

A.    the history of chocolate is at most 4,000 years

B.    people around the world could buy things with chocolate

C.    chocolate was well paid attention to since it was born

D.    an American at least eats a pound of chocolate per month

3.    Why did chocolate suit the Spanish's taste so quickly?

A.    Because chocolate was so tasty and bitter.

B.    Because chocolate was believed to be a source of nutrition.

C.    Because chocolate was sweetened with honey or cane sugar.

D.    Because chocolate became a fashionable beverage.

4.    Which one shows the correct order according to the time of their appearing?

A.    chocolate beverage —chocolate bar ― chocolate candies—milk chocolate

B.    chocolate bar ― chocolate beverage ― chocolate candies—milk chocolate

C.    chocolate bar — chocolate candies —milk choco?late—chocolate beverage

D.    chocolate beverage —chocolate candies choco?late bar—milk chocolate

5.This novel is so badly written that I can hardly figure _________________ what the writer is trying to say.