4．Maybe we should rid ourselves of modern technology and return to simpler times．——青夏教育精英家教网——

4．Maybe we should rid ourselves of modern technology and return to simpler times．

3．The educationbudget（预算） for the coming year is not tight，which is more than what people expected．

2．You can enlarge your vocabulary by reading more，which is expected to be the best way to improve your English．

1．The medicine will give you somerelief（减轻）．

20．A student is learning to speak British English．He wonders（想知道）：Can I communicate（交际） with Americans？Can they understand me？Learners of English often ask：What are the differences between British and American English？How important are these differences？
Certainly，there are some differences between British and American English．There are a few differences in grammar．For example，speakers of British English say"in hospital"and"Have you a pen？"Americans say"in the hospital"and"Do you have a pen？"．Pronunciation is sometimes different．Americans usually sound theirs in words like"bird"and"hurt"．Speakers of British English do not sound theirs in these words．There are differences between British and American English in spelling and vocabulary．For example，"colour"and"honour"are British，"color"and"honor"are American．
These differences in grammar，pronunciation，spelling and vocabulary are not important，however．For the most part，British and American English are the same language．
1．According to this passage，a student who is learning to speak American English might be afraid thatA．
A．British people cannot understand him
B．American people cannot understand him
C．the grammar is too hard for him
D．the spelling is too hard for him
2．American English and British English are different inD．
A．spelling　　　
B．pronunciation
C．grammar
D．all of the above
3．What is NOT mentioned（提及） in the passage？C
A．Whether there are differences between British English and American English．
B．Whether British English and American English are one language or two．
C．How the differences between British English and American English came about．
D．How important the differences are．

19．Mary，along with her sisters，attends（attend） the conference regularly．

18．The writer and translatoris（be） delivering a speech in our school now．

17．假设你是李华，昨天收到好友李明的来信，得知他要到一所新的学校就读，他在兴奋的同时又担心很难适应新的学校生活，请你根据以下信息给他写一封回信：
1．要友好对待每个人；  2．认识新的老师；
3．和新同学交朋友；   4．加入几个俱乐部，多与同学一起参加活动．
注意：
1．可根据内容需要适当拓展，以使行文连贯；  2．词数100左右．

16．Mary：It's eight o'clock now．Why did you get back so late today？
Alan：The buses were（61）so crowded during the rush hour that it took me a long time to get on
a bus．And then my bus（62）got（get） stuck in the traffic jam．
Mary：I'm sorry to hear that．
Alan：What （63）aboutbuying a car now？
Mary：Do you really think（64）itnecessary？
Alan：Yes，quite necessary．You see，every day I have to spend a long time （65）travelling（travel） on the
road so that I can get to work on time．If I have a car，it will be much （66）easier （easy） for me．
Mary：you have a point there．But I don't think we have enough money to buy a car yet．
Alan：（67）whynot borrow some from the bank？We can pay back money every month．
Mary：But we still don't have a parking space for parking a car if we have one．
Alan：We can just park it by the road（68）asmost people do．
Mary：Oh，forget it!There are too many cars by the road and there's no place for a new car now．
Alan：That's really（69）a problem．
Mary：Anyhow，I suggest we （70）wait（wait） some time until we have enough money for a car．
Alan：Well，we'll have to．

15．A man came home from work late，tired and found his 5-year-old son waiting for him at the door．
"Daddy，may I ask you a question？""Yeah，sure，what is it？"replied the man．（36）C"If you must know，I make 20anhour．""Oh，"thelittleboyreplied，withhisheaddown．Thenhelookedupandsaid，"Daddy，mayIborrow10？"The father was angry，"If the only reason you asked for that is to borrow some money to buy a silly toy，then you should go to bed．"（37）F
After about an hour or so，the man calmed down，and started to think．Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that 10andhereallydidn'taskformoneyveryoften．（38）E"Areyouasleep，son？"Heopenedthedoorandasked．"No，Daddy，"repliedtheboy．"I'vebeenthinking，maybeIwastoohardonyoujustnow，"saidtheman，"Here'sthe10you asked for．"（39）G"Oh，thank you，Daddy!"he yelled．Then，reaching under his pillow（枕头） he pulled out some small change（零钱）．（40）B"Why do you want more money if you have already had some？"the father asked angrily．
"Because I didn't have enough，but now I do，"the little boy replied．"Daddy，I have $20now．Can I buy an hour of your time？Please come home earlier tomorrow．I would like to have dinner with you．"

A．Silently the little boy returned the money to his father with tears．
B．The man，seeing that the boy already had money，started to get angry again．
C．"Daddy，how much do you make an hour？"
D．"Daddy，how much do you spend a day？"
E．The man went to the door of the little boy's room．
F．The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door．
G．The little boy sat straight up，smiling．

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