【题目】短文改错 （共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

This summer, I paid a visit in my hometown. What made me really sad was that it had changed a lot of.

In the past, my hometown was very beautiful, with small river run through the village. Tall and straight trees, beautiful flowers or green grass could be seen everywhere. Nowadays, therefore, with the development of modern society, people are living a “happy” life. Many tall building are found on both sides of the river, but the river has been bad polluted as waste water runs directly into it and there is now few fish swimming in it. It was time to take measures to protect our living environment.

【题目】(二)根据下列句子所给汉语意思完成句子(每空一词)。

【1】I am sure that I can perfectly ________ ________ _________ _________ ___________ (达到你的期望). I will be grateful if you could give me a kind consideration.

【2】After all, language learning setting are _________ _________ ___________ (非常重要).

【3】The grand sight of Mount Huangshan is _________ ___________ (难以描述、难以形容)

【4】The beach is _________ _________ ___________ (离……不远，只有几步路)

【5】She _________ _________ ___________ ___________ (大饱眼福) the beauty of the valley.

【题目】第一节 基础知识测试(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

(一)根据下列句子所给汉语意思，写出空缺处单词或短语的正确形式(每空一词)

【1】The three star hotel offers a friendly ________ (氛围) and personal service.

【2】Scientists in different countries, working _________(独立)of each other, have come up with very similar results.

【3】It is his _________(难以置信)effort that leads to his magnificent achievements.

【4】Give Tom my _________(祝贺) on his promotion.

【5】One by one, the applicants left the interviewer’s office with_________(失望的)looks on their faces.

【题目】你们班同学决定为班主任Mr．Zhang 举办生日聚会。请你根据下面提示写一封信邀请外教 Mr．Brown 参加。

1．时间：周六晚7点到9点。

2．地点：学校礼堂。

3．内容：唱歌，玩游戏，吃蛋糕等。

注意：

①词数不少于50。

②可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

③开头和结尾已给出。

Dear Mr．Brown，

My classmates and I are going to have a party for Mr．Zhang’ birthday．_____

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Yours，

Joe

【题目】书面表达

假设你叫李华，现在在英国工作，你的朋友陈立写信告诉你他打算赴英留学，想知道初到英国可能会遇到的困难。请你用英语给他写一封回信，信的内容应包括：

1．可能会遇到的困难：语言方面的障碍，饮食的不习惯，想家孤独等；

2．鼓励他并表示愿意帮助他。

注意：1.词数100左右。

2．信的开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。

Dear Chen Li,

I'm glad to hear from you. You asked me about the difficulties you may meet with when you get here in the UK.

Yours，

Li Hua

【题目】书面表达

假设你是李华。你们的英语老师刘老师为救学生而遭遇车祸，卧床将近一年。上周日下午你和同学们为她举办了生日聚会。请根据以下要点给你的英国笔友Tom写封邮件：

1．刘老师的事迹介绍；2．聚会的过程；3个人的感受。

注意：1．词数100左右；2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3．邮件的开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数。

Dear Tom,

How are you doing these days? I’m writing to tell you something about my English teacher Miss Liu.

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Did you do some interesting things last week? Would you like to tell me about them?

Best wishes,

Li Hua

【题目】阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Several weeks ago, my husband and I decided to sell some of the old things in our house. We thought 【1】 a good opportunity to clean up our 10-year-old son’s room and deal with some toys that were no 【2】 (long) suitable for him to play with. We agreed that all the money 【3】 (make) from selling the toys would go to our son.

We decided to sell the toys our son no longer liked and a little bike that was too small for him. The little bike, 【4】 a bit old, was still in good condition.

We charged $ 10 for the bike, 【5】 it didn’t sell. So, after the sale was over, my husband put it on the roadside with a sign, on 【6】 were written “FREE BIKE”. Soon our doorbell rang. A little boy stood outside, 【7】 (ask) in poor English whether the bike was really free. I said yes and that he could have it 【8】 nothing. He smiled, got on the bike and 【9】 (happy) rode away.

Later that evening I told my son that the old bike had been given to the little boy for free. He smiled, obviously happy 【10】 (hear) that someone else would make good use of that little bike.

【题目】根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Five ways to improve your life

Do you ever feel like you aren’t getting enough out of life? By doing a few simple things, you can brighten your days and make your life more fulfilling.

1.Get outside more often. It has been said that if you want to live a long life, you should spend as much time outdoors as you can while doing things that are not too physically stressful. Take a half-hour walk every day. 【1】

2.Get involved in your community. It’s hard to open a newspaper and not see the charity events going on close by. If you have the desire to help out, act on it. 【2】 And you will feel better, too.

3.Appreciate what you have. We all want things, but when not getting what you want when you want makes you sad and angry, you may be asking for too much soon. Look around at your life and focus on the good stuff(东西). 【3】

4. 【4】 Many people are tracing their family histories online these days. You can also research and write your own story. It will give you a fresh perspective on your life and allow you to remember things that you may have forgotten.

5.Make that apology. If there is someone in your life to whom you need to say “I’m sorry,” go ahead and do it, Letting go of hatred and admitting to your mistakes will give you more room to enjoy your time on the planet. 【5】

A.Plan some fun.

B.Write your story.

C.This will help you avoid depression.

D.You will make a difference in the lives of others.

E.So you need to have new things to look forward to.

F.It may also help you connect with a long lost friend.

G.See what you have, and don’t focus on what you lack.

【题目】American high school students are terrible writers, and one education reform group thinks it has an answer: robots. Or, more accurately, robot-readers-computers programmed to scan student essays and spit out a grade.

Mark Shermis, professor of the College of Education at the University of Akron, is helping to hold a contest, set up by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation ( WFHF), which promises $ 100,000 in prize money to programmers who write the best automated grading software. "If you're a high school teacher and you give a writing task, you're walking home with 150 essays, " Shermis said, "You're going to need some help. "

Automated essay grading was first proposed in the 1960s, but computers back then were not up to the task. In the late 1990s, as technology improved, several textbook and testing companies jumped into the field. Today, computers are used to grade essays on South Dakota's student writing assessments and a handful of other exams, including the TOEFL test of English fluency, taken by foreign students.

The Hewlett contest aims to show that computers can grade as well as English teachers---- only much more quickly and without all that depressing red ink. Automated essay scoring is "objective," Shermis said, " And it can be done immediately. If students finish an essay at l0 pm, they get a result at 10 :00 pm . "

Take, for instance, the Intelligent Essay Assessor, a web-based tool marketed by Pearson Education, Inc. Within seconds it can analyze an essay for spelling, grammar, organization, and help students to make revisions. The program scans for key words and analyzes semantic (语义的) patterns , and Pearson claims that it can understand the meaning of text much the same as a human reader.

【1】 The text is written to introduce________.

A. Hewlett contest

B. education reform in America

C. robot-readers

D. William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

【2】What does the underlined phrase "spit out "in Paragraph I probably mean?

A. Analyze. B. Organize.

C. Give. D. Check.

【3】 What does Paragraph 4 focus on?

A. The application of automated essay scoring.

B. The advantages of automated essay scoring.

C. The prize of Hewlett contest.

D. Teachers' opinions about Hewlett contest.

【题目】根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

__【1】__She described all the things she had to do--one was to make her bed--from the moment she woke up until she flew out of the door for work．I suggested she experiment by not making her bed for two weeks．She was shocked，probably thinking I'd been raised by wolves in a forest．__【2】__

Two weeks later she went into my office beaming．She had left her bed unmade for the first time in 42 years and nothing bad had happened．“And you know what？”she said．“I don't dry my dishes anymore，either．”

_【3】__One was discovering that she had choices in her life that she had never seen before．The other was giving herself permission to be less than perfect．This story shows an important principle (原理) about managing time：No one can do it all．Each of us has to make choices and accept tradeoffs．The problem is，many people choose in ways that put themselves and their health last．They take better care of their houses and cars than they do of themselves．__【4】__

So what is the solution？There's an easy way．Decide what you want in your life，and put that first．On a daily basis，that should include regular meals，enough sleep and time with your family．Exercise，leisure，friendships and hobbies should also be regular aspects of life．__【5】__The choice is yours：whatever makes you feel good about yourself and your life．Take a nap．Take a walk．Take time to play the piano．Stop bringing your briefcase home from the office．Stop keeping your house as clean as your mother kept hers ．Fill more of your time with wanttodos instead of havetodos．

A．Thiswoman had made two major breakthroughs (突破)．

B．Above all，you needn't do anything for yourself regularly．

C．They put everyone else's needs ahead of their own．

D．However，she went along with my idea．

E．Most people do not take time to relax themselves．

F．The point is to do something for yourself every day．

G．A patient came to see me about the stress in her life．