5.        is a great advantage for international communication, (gift)

有语言天分对于国际交往是一个巨大的优势。

4. Some people say/It is said that the city of Xiamen is the most beautiful city in China,                  . (surround)

有人说厦门是中国最美的城市，被群山和海环抱。

3.        the continent of Europe made him fail to fall asleep. (thought)

一想到他将穿越欧洲大陆，他就无法入睡。

2.        ，she caught sight of an old classmate who she had not seen for ages. (分词作状语)

上飞机时,她瞥见一位她多年不见的老同学。

1.        ，Columbus chose to sail to the west to get to the east. (rather than)

哥伦布不向东走，而是选择向西航行以到达东方。

  Extreme sports and the movie Lord of the Rings are the two things that come to mind when one talks abutNew Zealandtoday. But for wine lovers across the world, New Zealand has a completely different meaning.

   It's a long narrow country，but its vineyards(葡萄园) are mostly around three regions，Gis- borne,Hawkes Bay and Marlborough.

   It was not until the 1980s that New Zealand wines drew the attention of the world with what is now a fashionable classic wine: Cloudy Bay. It was snapped up as it appeared on wine menus in Hong Kong restaurants during the early 1990s. This success was followed by the growing popularity of a wide range of wines from other New Zealand estates(庄园) such as Esk Vally， Villa Maria and Grove Mill. Since then,several other wine growing regions in other countries have tried to copy theNew Zealandstyle without much success.

   The New Zealanders were good at white wines right from their early days，but their red wines, too,were catching the fancy of the drinking public. One example of just how fast and sure that happened is Goldwater Estate in Waiheke Island. The little island, which is just a 35-minute ferry ride from Auckland, had only 13 wineries ten years ago. Kim and Jeanette Gold-water set it up as the Goldwater holiday home,with wine making as a hobby, in 1982. But de?mand soon made them turn that hobby into a business.

   Encouraged by family and friends，they decided to take their wine production a step further and entered the commercial market. In 1991 ，they took their wines to the International Wine Competition in New York and won a Gold Medal.

(   ) 5. What does the author mean by saying "But for wine lovers across the world，New Zealand has a completely different meaning" in Paragraph 1?

   A.New Zealand today is different from what it was in the past in wine making.

   B.New Zealand is famous for good wines to wine lovers in the world.

   C.Wine lovers have different opinions onNew Zealand's sports and films.

   D.New Zealand is well known for its sports and movies.

(   ) 6. Goldwater Estate in Waiheke Island is given as an example to show that         .

   A.Goldwater Estate is not very far from Auckland

   B.Goldwater won great success as a holiday home to New Zealanders

   C.the red wines of the New Zealanders are on their way to success

   D.encouragement from family and friends can lead to gold medals

(   ) 7. The underlined phrase "snapped up" in Paragraph 3 most probably means "        ”.

   A. refused      B. removed

   C.  wiped out   D. sold out

(   ) 8. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

   A.Vineyards can be seen everywhere across the long narrow country.

   B.New Zealand wines first won their place in the world with Cloudy Bay.

   C.Kim and Jeanette Goldwater took wine making as a hobby at first.

   D.Wine production from Goldwater was popular with the drinking public.

  LONDON，England，a capital city full of art and history，an important political centre，a huge financial market place.

  Whatever you think about London, visiting as a tourist is very different from living there. Each part of London has its own character. Some parts are richer than others，or more industrial， or have better housing.

   Let's start with the centre, the "Square Mile". This is the oldest part of London. In the past,this is where all financial business was done. Not many people live here,but 300,000 people work here every day.

   Moving west,we come to the West End. This busy shopping and entertainment district is bursting with things to do. Take a walk down Oxford Street, past big department stores like Sel-fridges and Harrods.      Rents here are very high,a one-bedroom apartment may cost around 1000 pounds (14,845 yuan) a week.

Further away is West London. This area is more residential and very fashionable. Go see the home of Diana, the Princess of Wales：Kensington Palace. Notting Hill,made famous by the film starring Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts, is here.

   The East End contains the Port of London，which historically is where many immigrants first arrived. Waves of French, Belgians, Jews,Pakistanis and Bangladeshis have all lived here. This makes the area very diverse(各式各样的) ，but also quite poor. It has a reputation as being dangerous. Since London won the bid to hold the Olympics in 2012, many Londoners hope that housing, education and employment for many people in this area will improve.

   It is difficult to be general about London. The city is made up of a "collection of villages"， each area with its own character and community. Put them all together, and you have London, a international capital.

(   ) 1. It can be inferred from the passage that         .

   A.more tourists would rather visit London thanFranceevery year

   B.the West End in London is the oldest part of London

   C.the film Notting Hill made the actress Julia Roberts famous in London

   D.Kensington Palace is one of the places of interest in London

(   ) 2. What does the word "reputation" in Paragraph 6 mean in Chinese?

   A.名声，名誉   B.治安   C.住房   D.环境

(   ) 3. All of the following are true except         .

   A.Many people work in the oldest part of London every day

   B.It costs quite a lot to rent a flat in West End

   C.There are many immigrants in the east part of London

   D.London will compete for the bid to hold the Olympic in 2012 

(   ) 4. The passage serves as         .

   A.a poster to draw many visitors to London

   B.an introduction of something about London to the foreigners

   C.a declaration of supporting the Olympics in 2012

   D.an ad to make London more famous

    BRITISH newspapers are among the oldest and most famous in the world. 1recently big changes have seen these traditional publications try to 2 the modern world. After 216 years,The Times has halved its size to become much 3,In fact,the paper has 4 its size in half from a broadsheet to tabloid (小报)  .

   In Britain the newspaper market is 5 between the larger broadsheets and the smaller tabloids. These terms 6 the size of the papers' pages but there is also a clear 7 in con?tent. Broadsheets such as The      Times, The Guardian and Daily Telegraph are 8 papers. They 9 a broad range of political, economic and international issues. Their stories are also reasonably long and use quite formal language.

   Tabloids have far more stories about 10 serious issues such as celebrities' love lives.

Their stories are shorter and use more simple language. Tabloids often have bigger11   Britain's 12 newspaper,The Sun, is a tabloid and has a naked girl on page three every day.

By 13 to the size of a tabloid,The Times is following in the footsteps of a less 14 broadsheet paper The    Independent.15 changed to tabloid last year and saw its sales increase 16. Although both papers have switched to the smaller size,the content of the papers has 17     the same. They are 18      still serious papers.

The two papers claim that people 19 the smaller size easier to handle when they travel to work on the bus or the train in the morning. 20 says its new size is "compact"，not tab?loid.

(   ) 1.A. Because   B. So   C. And   D. But

(   ) 2.A. match   B. suit   C. fit   D. change

(   ) 3.A. longer   B. smaller   C. thicker   D. wider

(   ) 4.A. cut   B. shortened   C. enlarged   D. narrowed

(   ) 5.A. divided   B. separated   C. arranged   D. marked

(   ) 6.A. turn into   B. refer to   C. think about   D. connect with

(   ) 7.A. meaning   B. mark   C. difference   D. sign

(   ) 8.A. old   B. interesting   C. modern   D. serious

(   ) 9.A. have   B. name   C. cover   D. choose

(   ) 10.A. more   B. less   C. even   D. quite

(   ) 11.A. headlines   B. pictures   C. title   D. edition

(   ) 12.A. best-selling   B. good-looking   C. slow-moving   D. ugly-looking 

(   ) 13.A. going   B. getting   C. changing   D. coming

(   ) 14.A.  important   B. welcoming   C. helpful   D. famous

(   ) 15.A. It   B. This     C.That   D. They

(   ) 16.A. slowly   B. greatly   C. little   D. usually

(   ) 17.A. become   B. found   C. left   D. remained

(   ) 18.A. /   B.  ail   C. both   D. even

(   ) 19.A. find   B. hope   C. expect   D. agree

(   ) 20.A.The Independent   B.The Times

   C.The Guardian       D.Daily Telegraph

假如你正在参加你校举行的英语演讲比赛，你抽中的英语演讲题目是How to relax before exams.请以此为题写一篇英语演讲稿,谈谈你对如何缓解考前焦虑情绪的见解。具体内容包括：

1.考前焦虑的危害

2.缓解考前焦虑的措施

(1) 正确对待考试，制定科学的学习计划；

(2) 保持良好的心态，适量运动、听音乐等；

(3) 保持充足的睡眠和均衡的饮食。

3. 可能出现的效果注意：

1.词数:120左右;

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3.开头和结尾均已为你写好,不计人总词数。

anxiety n.焦虑make a plan制订计戈'J Good morning, boys and girls！

That's all. Thank you. 

?写作支招

一) 写作定性

本文形式I：虽是演讲稿，但实际上为陈述解决问题办法的说明文。具有层次分明、结构紧凑、逻辑连贯、用词考究等特点。时态多为一般现在时,人称多为第一人称，句式多为陈述句。全文一般分为"呈现问题一提出建议一预测后果"三段。

二) 难点突破

1.可用词汇

nervousness;do harm to/be harmful to;disturb;have a ... attitude toward;study plan/ scheme;keep a ... mind;take exercise properly;proper amount of exercise;have a balanced diet;listen to/enjoy the music

2.结构模仿

呈现问题(problem presentation) ：用一个复合句挑明问题会使得问题的呈现完整、准确

和简洁。

Some of us are having problems with our parents，as they often look into our school bags or read our diaries.

提出建议(recommendation making) :用衔接过渡词和连接词使行文连贯、结构紧凑。On one hand, you could reflect on yourself;on the other hand, you could have a heart-to-heart talk with your parents.

预测效果(effect guessing) 用充满自信的口吻进行效果预测会对听众产生巨大的感染

力。

Why don't you have a try the way I have mentioned above? Surely you can overcome that problem！

3.参考句型

It is necessary/important that sb. should do sth.某人有必要做......

There's no need to do sth.没必要做.....

I think/suggest that…我认为/我建议…… We/You can/could…我们/你可以……

Why not do sth. /why don't you do sth.？为何..... ？

How/What about doing sth.？做... 怎么样？

it/that helps do sth.那样会有助于做……

be sure that…肯定....

do sth. and you'll…做……，你就会…… 

 一试身手

 Good morning, boys and girls!

 That's all. Thank you.

  Gossip moves so quickly that few people have time to cover their ears，even if they want

to. "I hate it when others gossip about me," said Mandy Miraglia, 16, a high school student from California， " but to be honest，gossip with my close friends make me feel I am trusted and belong to the group. " Miraglia is not the only person who feels like that.

    Gossip has long been looked down on as little more than nonsense(废话) and bad manners. But recent research showed that gossip has many positive effects on your social life.

"There has been a trend among people to dislike gossip”，said David Sloan Wilson，a pro?fessor from the     State University of New York in Binghamton，US,"but gossip appears to be a very important form(形式) of behavior in a group of friends, defining their group membership.”

   For 18 months，Kevin Kniffin，from the University of Wisconsin，US，researched the be?havior of 50 people. He found that gossip levels peaked when a sports team included a slacker (懒虫) ，someone who regularly missed practices or showed up late. Other members of the team would soon start to joke about the slacker's shortcomings behind his back,because they think they are bad for the whole team.

   Gossip about the mistakes of senior members helps newcomers rebuild their confidence after a failure. It also helps relieve(释放) social and professional anxiety. Long-term studies show that people around the world devote from a fifth to two-thirds or more of their daily conversation to gossip, and men appear to be just as eager for gossip as women.

It is hard to judge gossip, but it is more powerful than you think. 

(   ) 5. It can be inferred from the research by Kevin Kniffin that        .

   A.gossip sometimes sends away the slacker of a team

   B.gossip is no use to the teamwork at all

   C.gossip sometimes helps newcomers rebuild their confidence

   D.gossip makes people separate with each other 

(   ) 6. It is true about Mandy Miraglia that        .

   A.she hates gossip all the time

   B.she enjoy gossips about others

   C.gossip sometimes makes her feel closer to the friends

   D.her recent study is about the gossip

(   ) 7. What's the writer's attitude about gossip?

   A.He looks down upon the gossip as bad manners.

   B.He thinks highly of making a gossip.

   C.He doesn't want to talk about gossip at all.

   D.He believes that gossip is powerful.

(   ) 8. We can learn from the passage that        .

   A.there will be more and more gossip in the future

   B.gossip will moves slowly and secretly

   C.people may think about gossip from another aspect

   D.sportsmen enjoy gossip more than the other people