1.. Why read an article in the newspaper, when the TV news can bring you the information in a few minutes and with pictures? Why read the life story of a famous man, when a short television program can tell you all that you want to know?

2.. Today, newspapers sell in very large numbers. And books of every kind are sold more than ever before. 3.Although some books with hard covers are expensive, many books are printed today as paper books (平装本), which are quite cheap. A paperback collection of short stories, for example, is always cheaper than an evening at the cinema or the theater, and you can keep a book for ever and read it many times. Additionally, 4.. No matter when you are on the subway or you are waiting at the airport, a book in hand is always a good choice.

Books are a wonderful provider of knowledge and pleasure and some types of books should be in every home. 5.. A good encyclopedia (百科全书), though expensive, is useful, too, because you can find information on any subject. Besides, you can have such books as history books, science textbook, cookbooks, and collections of stories and poems. Then from time to time you can take a book of poems off your shelves and read the thoughts and feelings of your favorite poets.

A. Television has not killed reading, however

B. A printed book is a good time killer

C. Every home should have a good dictionary

D. More and more people spend less time doing sports

E. Choosing a good book is just like choosing a friend

F. Books are still a cheap way to get information and enjoyment

G. With the popularity of televisions, some think fewer people will buy books and newspapers

Hungry for Home

If my life were a _______, I would fast-forward through senior high. My senior years were_________. Like every junior high kid, I was _______with who I was and how I would _______in life.

I tried and failed in a number of things I wanted to excel in sports but had not yet _______that would never happen. I remember being _______by most of my peers and being cut from the basketball team and _______to play football. To be loved and accepted seemed to me at the time something I could never, _________, achieve.

During that time I went through the cafeteria line and ate alone, feeling unloved and _______. One day I________that I had no one to eat with. Mom said to me, "If you want, you can come home for________." As soon as the bell ________at noon and I left the school and ran home that day my mom sat across the ________for about 15 minutes and looked at me and listened to me and three ________later I still remember those times with ________. She just paid attention to me.

I now know that I didn't need my ________filled as much as I needed my emotional fuel tank refilled. I just needed a ________place of warm acceptance for a few minutes a day. Now you know a little more about how I ________home.

Home is a place where you don't have to ________alone and eat. Home is a place where people don't ________you and avoid you.

1.A. book B. movie C. quiz D. choice

2.A. amazing B. unforgettable C. painful D. tasteless

3.A. struggling B. travelling C. discussing D. improving

4.A. make my mark B. draw my attention C. make a contribution D. draw a conclusion

5.A. broken up B. turned down C. got over D. figured out

6.A. admired B. impressed C. rejected D. mixed

7.A. desiring B. failing C. meaning D. hesitating

8.A. in all my life B. in this respect C. on a regular basis D. on the average

9.A. unemployed B. unnoticed C. unaffected D. uncovered

10.A. commented B. admitted C. complained D. answered

11.A. lunch B. fun C. sale D. luck

12.A. rang B. knocked C. kicked D. repeated

13.A. room B. phone C. table D. street

14.A. days B. decades C. weeks D. minutes

15.A. care B. caution C. excitement D. fondness

16.A. soul B. stomach C. heart D. eye

17.A. lonely B. heavy C. steady D. friendly

18.A. own B. see C. paint D. attract

19.A. dash B. laugh C. sit D. talk

20.A. ignore B. hate C. judge D. attend

On many campuses, it has become a trend for a host of students to participate in various 1.(activity). Involved in some positive ones, students find them quite 2.(benefit) and rewarding.

A case in point is the English club 3. the activity of learning benefits me most. In contemporary world, English learning has gained great popularity and it is 4.great importance for students to learn English well. However, I 5.(meet) a variety of difficulties in study so far. For instance, I have trouble 6.(memorize) words. Sometimes, it is also difficult for me to understand the rules of grammar. Although I can read and write, I cannot express myself freely in English.

Then, how to get a good command of his language for me? I 7.(convince) that practice makes perfect and that joining the English club is worthwhile. In the English club, daily practice enables me 8.(speak) and write fluently. It is also through constant practice 9. I can master the rules of grammar and remember words. I will bear in mind that 10. I try my best to practice every day, the future of my English learning will be promising.

假定你是李华，校学生会主席。即将高中毕业，你代表全体高三学生邀请外教Jeff来参加毕业典礼。

1．时间：6月6日 上午9：00； 地点：学校音乐厅；

2．介绍毕业典礼的活动；

3．希望Jeff能够发表简短的演讲。

注意：

1．词数80左右；

2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Jeff,

__________________________________________________________________________________

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

Once, when I was a teenager, my father and I were standing in line to buy tickets for the circus. Finally, there was only one family between us and the ticket counter.

This family made a big impression on me. There were eight children, all probably under the age of twelve. You could tell they didn’t have a lot of money.

Their clothes were not expensive, but they were clean. The children were well-behaved, all of them standing in line, two-by-two behind their parents, holding hands. They were excitedly talking about the clowns, elephants, and other acts they would see that night with their brothers or sisters in a low voice.

One could sense they had never been to the circus before. It promised to be highlight of their young lives. The father and mother were at the head of the pack, standing proud as could be. The mother was holding her husband’s hand, looking up at him as if to say, “You are my knight in shining armor.”

He was smiling and responding in pride, looking back at her as if to say, “You got that right.” The ticket lady asked the father how many tickets he wanted. He proudly responded, “Please let me buy eight children’s tickets and two adult tickets so I can take my family to the circus.”

The ticket lady gave the price. The man’s wife let go of his hand, her head dropped, and his lips began to shake. The father leaned a little closer and asked, “How much did you say?”

The ticket lady again quoted the price. The man didn’t have enough money.

How was he supposed to turn and tell his eight children that he didn’t have enough money to take them to the circus?

Actually we were not wealthy in any sense. So I understand how the kids would feel. I felt sorry for them.

注意：

所需写的短文词数应为150左右；

应使用5个以上短文标有下划线的关键词语；

续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已经为你写好；

续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词。

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Seeing what was going on, my dad put his hand in his pocket, pulled out a $20 bill and dropped it on the ground. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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That day my father and I went back to our car and drove home without any tickets. ___________

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1.Now that you have broken the rules, you have to take the ____________.

2.He has decided to go abroad to study with the ____________ of improving his English.

3.____________(精确地) speaking, you are making the same mistake.

4.The ____________ of people or things in a group are more than half of them.

5.Because I have no friends and _________ (亲戚) in London, I don’t know whom I should turn to.

6.Rapid ____________(农业的) and industrial development plus huge population has caused great damage to the environment.

7.He lacks sound j___________, which means he doesn’t exactly know what is right or wrong.

1.Though ____________(surprise) to see us, the professor gave us a warm welcome.

2.The old man lay ____________(trap) under the building waiting ____________(rescue).

3.The living room is clean and tidy, with a dining table already ____________ (lay) for a meal to be cooked.

4.Many buildings in the city need ____________(repair), but the one ____________(repair) first will be the library.

5.The experiment shows that proper amounts of exercise, if ____________(carry) out regularly, can improve our health.

6.Lucy has a great sense of humor and always keeps her colleges ____________(amuse) with her stories.

7.The food ____________(cook) at the moment is for the dinner party.

8.The table ___________(stand) in the corner has a __________(break) leg. You can’t use it.

9.The performance of the host, ____________(intend) to please the audience and draw their attention, was greeted with a cold silence, however.

10.The academy____________(locate) in the Garden Hotel, aims to provide workshops and corporate training courses ____________(relate) to fashion design.

11.With great efforts____________(focus) on the conservation project, the number some rare animals is steadily increasing.

As we all know, ____________ cloning is the creation of cells or the whole animals using DNA from ____________ single “parent”.

A. the; a B. a; a

C. /; a D. /; the

—Are train services now back to ________ after last week’s snowstorm?

—Yes, they are.

A. ordinary B. normal

C. common D. usual

She likes everything to be ____________ before she stars work.

A. in store B. in place

C. in doubt D. in need