【题目】The number of people invited to the party was 100，but a number of them were absent for __________ reasons.

A. much

B. a great deal of

C. a variety of

D. a large amount of

【题目】Daniel stays home on workdays. He starts his personal computer in order to connect with the office which is about three hundred miles away in another city. After work, he puts on his headphones, watches a movie on his home video recorder, or plays baseball on the computer. On many days, Daniel doesn't talk to any other human beings, and he doesn't see any people except the ones on television. Daniel is imaginary, but his lifestyle is very possible. The inventions of modern technology seem to be cutting us off from contact with our fellow human beings.

The world of business is one area in which technology is separating us. Experts say, for example, that many people will soon be able to work at home. With access to a large central computer, employees such as office clerks, insurance agents, and accountants could do their jobs at display terminals (终端) in their own homes. They would never have to actually see the people they're dealing with. In addition, the way employees are paid will change. Workers' salaries will be automatically paid into their bank accounts, making paper checks unnecessary. No workers will stand in line to receive their pay or cash their checks. Personal banking will change, too. Customers will deal with machines to put in or take out money from their accounts. Many companies and consumers have already changed the way they sell or buy products. E-commerce, or business done on the Internet, is becoming more and more popular. This, therefore, makes it possible for people to do shopping without going out of their homes.

Another area that technology is changing is entertainment. Music, for example, was once a group experience. People listened to music at concert halls or in small social gatherings. For many people now, however, music is an individual experience. Walking along the street or sitting in their living-rooms, they wear headphones to build a wall of music around them. Movie entertainment is changing as well. Movies used to be social events. Now, fewer people are going out to see a movie. Many more are choosing to wait for a film to appear on television or are borrowing videotapes to watch at home. Instead of laughing with others, viewers watch movies in their own living-rooms.

【1】 After work, Daniel likes to __________.

A. listen to music at the concert hall

B. watch a movie in his living-room

C. chat with his friends on the net

D. play baseball with his workmates

【2】 The underlined sentence "Daniel is imaginary, but his lifestyle is very possible" means __________.

A. Daniel is a person full of imagination and he can make his life colorful.

B. Daniel is not a real person but the lifestyle of his kind does exist.

C. Daniel is only an ordinary person but he has his own way of living.

D. Daniel is a model who makes full use of modern technology in life.

【3】 What will the writer most probably discuss after the last paragraph?

A. Games and sports B. Personal banking

C. Music and films D. International business

【4】 What is the main idea of the passage?

A. We may no longer need to communicate wit other human beings.

B. Modern technology seems to be separating human beings.

C. We may no longer need to work in the office.

D. Modern technology makes it possible for us to work and entertain ourselves at home.

【题目】I had great difficulty __________ the suitable food on the menu in that restaurant.

A. find

B. found

C. to find

D. finding

【题目】假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有l0处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(＾)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

Dear schoolmates，

In order to get high school students to attaching importance to the environment and raise our awareness to protect the environment，and China Daily is planning to hold an interestingly knowledge contest．A contest starts on October 14th and end on 31 st．Remember, you can take the contest in China Daily newspaper, that is very popular among high school student．The answer sheet must cut from the newspaper and sent to China Daily after the deadline．

Please pay more attention to the related information of the contest and take an active part in them on time．

Students’ Union

【题目】Mother has told us to __________ some candles in the house in case the electricity is off. So now we are busy __________ the coming night.

A. prepare; preparing

B. prepare for; preparing

C. prepare; preparing for

D. prepare for; preparing for

【题目】 In many people's opinion, that company, though relatively small, is pleasant __________.

A. to deal with

B. dealing with

C. to be dealt with

D. dealt with

【题目】I regret __________ you that I'll have to leave for America tomorrow for some special reason.

A. to telling B. telling

C. to tell D. tell

【题目】I remember it in my heart forever that success __________ anyone who has the most realistic dreams.

A. is belonged to B. will be belonged to

C. belongs to D. is belonging to

【题目】假设你是李华，打算高考完（7月份） 去伦敦旅游一周，现在你就此事发email给伦敦的朋友Bob。主要内容包括：

1．询问当地的天气情况及你需要带的东西；

2．询问当地的景点及收费情况；

3．请Bob帮你在旅馆预定一个房间（对房间价格、设施的要求由考生自定）；

4．询问Bob关于当地的法规以防出错。

注意：1．词数120左右；

2．信的开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入句子总数。

3．可适当发挥，以使行文连贯。

Dear Bob，

How are you getting on recently?

I will have a seven days trip to London this summer, and I’m writing to you for some information of London as well as your advice and help._________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

I’m looking forward to your reply!

Yours，

Li Hua

【题目】How to spur people on to success

Praise will inspire the other person to keep on ___【1】_____ (improve).

In the early nineteenth century, a young man in London aspired to be a writer. But everything seemed to be against him. He had never been able to attend school for more than four years. His father had been put into jail ___【2】____he couldn’t pay his debts and the young man had often known the pangs of hunger. Finally, he got ___【3】__ job __【4】____ (attach) labels to bottles of blacking in a rat-infested warehouse. He slept at night in a dismal attic room with two other boys—guttersnipes from the slums of London. He had so little __【51】___ (confident) in his ability to write that he sneaked out and mailed his first manuscript in the dead of night so nobody would laugh ___【6】__ him. Story after story was refused. At last, the great day came when one was accepted. True, he ___【7】___ (pay) a shilling for it, but an editor praised him. He was so ___【8】___ (thrill) that he wandered ___【9】___ (aim) around the streets with tears rolling down his cheeks. The praise and the recognition ___【10】____he received through getting one story in print changed his whole life. If it hadn’t been for that encouragement, he might have spent his entire life working in rat-infested factories. You may have heard of that boy. His name was Charles Dickens.