1. Water from this river has a slightly bitter t         .

 一年一度的校园文化节又拉开了序幕，但今年学生却没有表现出像往年一样的兴趣和热情。有人提出校园文化节还要不要举办的问题，这引起了同学们的讨论。上周末你们班也进行了一次讨论。请你根据下面表格所提供的内容将讨论结果进行总结并发表自己的观点。

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                   To be continued or not?

  The annual campus cultural festival has drawn back its curtain again,but this year students did not show their great interest and passion for it as before. Therefore a discussion has been put forwards whether it is necessary to hold the campus cultural festival again.

Woman: Excuse me. 1.        you Mr Atkins?

Atkins：Yes. You don't know me,of course. I don't teach here. I just give oral exams here now and then. Don't be 2.       .

Woman: Nervous? Who? Me?

Atkins： Now,sit down,please. I'm going to ask you a few 3.        (question) . Then we're going to have a short conversation in English. Do you under?stand?

Woman: Yes,of course I do. But may I ask you something 4.        (one) ？

Atkins ： After the exam,please. Just concentrate

5.       my questions for the moment. First of all,

6.       are you learning English? Woman; Why am I learning^- English?

Atkins： Yes,I mean,what are you going to do with 7.       ? Are you going to be a teacher of English or what?

Woman ： Please stop just 8.        second. I really must ask you something first.

Atkins ： ( Angry) Very well,if you insist.

Woman ： Would you like a cup of coffee?

Atkins： Pardon? What 9.        (do) you say just now?

Woman; You see.  I'm one of the 10.       (teacher) here. I come to ask you if you would like a cup of coffee.

  There was a little boy 1        his grandparents on their farm. He was given a slingshot (弹弓) to play with. He 2       in the woods,but he could never hit the target. Getting a little 3       ,he headed back. Then,he saw Grandma's pet duck. Just out of im?pulse,he hit the duck in the head,and 4       it. He was shocked and upset. In 5      ,he hid the dead duck in the woodpile,6       not to see his sister watching. Sally had seen it all,7       she said nothing.

  8       lunch that day Grandma said, "Sally,let's wash the dishes. " But Sally said, "Grandma,Johnny told me he wanted to 9        in the kitchen today,didn't you,Johnny?" And then she 10        to him, "Remem?ber,the duck?" So Johnny did the dishes.

  Later Grandpa asked if 11        wanted to go fish?ing,and Grandma said, "I'm sorry but I need Sally to help make supper."

  But Sally 12        and said, "Well,that's 13       because Johnny told me he wanted to help. ”14       the duck,Johnny had to stay and Sally went fishing.

  After several days of Johnny doing both his 15        and Sally's,he finally couldn't 16        it any longer. He came to Grandma and told her that he killed the duck. She 17       down,gave him a hug,and said, "Sweetheart,I know. You see,I was standing at the window and I 18        the whole thing. But because I love you,I 19       you. But I was just 20        how long you would let Sally make a slave of you."

1. A. helping   B. visiting   C. tending   D. seeking

2. A. practised   B. played   C. worked   D. hunted

3. A. anxious   B. tired

  C. pleased   D. discouraged

4. A. caught   B. injured   C. killed   D. seized

5. A. surprise   B. disappointment   C. anger   D. horror

6. A. only   B. so as

  C. in order   D. expecting

7. A. so   B. and   C. instead   D. but

8. A. At   B. After   C. Before   D. While

9. A. work   B. stay   C. help   D. get

10. A. called   B. whispered   C. nodded   D. signed

11. A. the children   B. Sally

  C. Johnny   D. Grandma

12. A. sighed   B. agreed   C. obj ected   D. smiled

13. A. easy   B. all right   C. fine   D. impossible

14. A. Searching   B. Hiding

  C. Remembering   D. Regretting

15. A. homework   B. housework   C. farm work   D. cooking

16. A. stand   B. change   C. like   D. cover

17. A. sat   B. went   C. lay   D. knelt

18. A. remembered   B. heard

  C. saw   D. understood

19. A. missed   B. forgave   C. congratulated   D. punished

20. A. wondering   B. saying

  C. imagining   D. considering  

  La Gomera is the only place in the world which has a whistle ( 口哨) language. We do not know how and why it began because we do not know the complete history of the island. But we can certainly imagine the reasons for the beginning of the whistle language. There are many deep valleys on the island. A person on one side of a valley cannot easily shout to a person on the other side. But he can whistle and be heard. Some of the best whistlers can be heard from four miles away and the record is seven miles.

  The people who live on the island usually have good teeth,and this helps them to whistle well. They must also have good ears so that they can hear other whistlers.

  We can understand why the whistle language con?tinues. It is very useful on the island,and quite easy to learn. When somebody is hurt or ill,the whistle lan?guage takes the place of telephone. If the sick person is quite far away from the town,people pass the message from one to another. A boy guarding cattle on a hillside whistles to a man fishing from his boat. The last one is able to describe the trouble fully and exactly to the doc?tor in town. People help one another in the same way when a car breaks down or a cow is lost.

  The whistle language is hundreds of years old,and probably it will continue to live on for hundreds of years more. Radio and TV often kill the special ways of speaking in different parts of a country. But on La Gomera you are nobody if you cannot whistle. Perhaps soon after TV arrives on the island? people there will be whistling the news and other facts and opinions.

1. If a person on La Gomera is ill,       .

   A. others will phone the doctor in town

   B. people will take him to town by carriage

   C. his family will take him to the hospital

   D. the whistle language will help pass the message to the doctor

2. La Gomera is special because       .

   A. many visitors go there every year

   B. no visitors have ever been there

   C. people there have special ears to hear whistles

   D. people there use the whistle language to com?municate with each other

3. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

   A. It is not easy for a person to live on La Gomera if he cannot whistle.

   B. The whistle language can only be found on La Gomera.

   C. The whistle language has been used for hundreds of years on the island,but will not be used any longer.

   D. The record shows that one best whistler can be heard by others seven miles away.

4. Which of the following will be the best title of this passage?

   A. The secret language

   B. Do you know the whistle language?

   C. The life of islanders

   D. La Gomera—a mystery

  When Frida Kahlo's paintings were on show in London? a poet described her paintings as "a ribbon (丝带) around a bomb". Such comments seem to suggest Kahlo had a big influence on the art world of her time. Sadly,she is actually a much bigger name today than she was during her time.

  Born in 1907 in a village near Mexico City,Kahlo suffered from polio (小儿麻搏症) at the age of seven. Her spine (脊柱) became bent as she grew ol?der. Then,in 1925,her back was broken in several places in a school bus ac?cident. Throughout the rest of her life,the artist had many operations,but nothing was able to cure the terrible pain in her back. However,the accident had an unexpected side effect. While lying in her bed recovering,Kahlo taught herself to paint.

  In 1929,she got married to Diego Rivera,another famous Mexican art?ist. Rivera's strong influences on Kahlo's style can be seen in her early works,but her later works from the 1940s,known today as her best works,show less influence from her husband.

  Unfortunately,her works did not attract much attention in the 1930s and 1940s,even in her home country. Her first onewoman show in Mexico was not held until 1953. For more than a decade after her death in 1954,Kahlo's works remained largely unnoticed by the world,but in the 1970s her works began to gain international fame at last.

1. What does the phrase "a much bigger name" in Paragraph 1 most nearly mean?

   A. A far better artist.

   B. A far more gifted artist.

   C. A much stronger person.

   D. A much more famous person.

2. The terrible pain Kahlo suffered was caused by         .

   A. polio   B. her bent spine

   C. back injuries   D. the operations she had

3. Kahlo's style had become increasingly independent since the      ,

    A. 1930s   B. 1940s   C. 1950s   D. 1970s

1. What is the author's attitude towards Kahlo?

   A. Devotion. B. Sympathy.

   C. Worry.   D. Encouragement.

  "How did you do it,Dad? How have you 1        not to take a drink for al?most 20 years?" It took me almost 20 years to have the 2        to even ask my father this very 3        question. When Dad first 4        drinking,the whole family was on pins and needles 5        he got into a situation that,in the past,would have started him drinking again. For a few years we were 6        to bring it up for fear that the drinking would begin again.

  "I had this little 7        that 1 would recite to myself 8        four to five times a day," was Dad's 9       to my 18-year-old unasked question. "The 10       were an instant relief and constant reminder to me that things were never so 11       that I could not handle them," Dad said. And then he 12        the poem with me. The poem's simple,yet profound (深奥的) words 13        be?came part of my daily routine as well.

  About a month after this talk with my father,I 14       a gift in the mail from a friend of mine. It was a book of affirmations (断言) with one affirma?tion listed for each 15        of the year.

  I 16       opened the book to the page of my birthday to see what words of wisdom this book had in store for me. 17       of disbelief and appreciation rolled down my face. There,on my birthday,was the 18        poem that had helped my 19        for all these years!It is called The Serenity Prayer.

  God,give me the serenity (平静) to accept the things I cannot change,the courage to 20        the things I can,and the wisdom to know the difference.

1. A. failed   B. succeeded   C. managed   D. tried

2. A. courage   B. ability

  C. wisdom   D. confidence

3. A. interesting   B. personal

  C. hard   D. unanswered

4. A. started   B. enjoyed  

  C. minded   D. stopped

5. A. every time   B. all time  

  C. next time   D. last time

6. A. anxious   B. glad  

  C. afraid   D. eager

7. A. book   B. passage  

  C. poem   D. list

8. A. at least   B. at most  

  C. at first   D. at last

9. A. comment   B. praise  

  C. contribution   D. reply

10. A. words   B. phrases  

  C. letters   D. sentences

11. A. strange   B. different  

  C. simple   D. tough

12. A. shared   B. talked

  C. read   D. impressed

13. A. surprisingly   B. immediately  

  C. increasingly   D. regularly

14. A. brought   B. bought   

  C. received   D. accepted

15. A. hour   B. week   

  C. month   D. day

16. A. easily   B. hurriedly  

  C. sadly   D. peacefully

17. A. Tears   B. Smiles

  C. Sweat   D. Satisfaction

18. A. correct   B. impossible  

  C. original   D. exact

19. A. mother   B. father

  C. friend   D. classmate

20. A. believe   B. benefit   C. change   D. do 

be heavily taxed  take up  in history  on behalf of  so that

1. Cigarettes        in Britain.

2. They're dredging the harbour        larger ships can use it.

3. The machine        too much room.

4.       my classmates,here I show our thanks to you.

5. He was a famous national hero       .

5. It's your fault. You        blame.

4. This film is adapted       a Russian novel.