【题目】阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

The Happiest Cities On Earth

If you’re looking for a cheery destination for your next vacation, consider these four spots and get ready to take notes on how to really live the good life．

Singapore

With one of the highest population densities（密度）in the world and residents known for being workaholics, it’s hard to imagine the city-state of Singapore having one of the happiest populations on earth．And yet in a recent survey, 95% of them said they were either very happy or quite happy．

They give their city high marks for cleanliness and safety—subways are pristine（洁净的）and unfailingly arrive on time, and police are seen as helpful and good at their jobs．What’s more, they feel they can count on their neighbours—all 5．1 million of them．

Arhus, Denmark

The residents of Arhus cheerfully part with 68% of their income in taxes, knowing that in return they will be guaranteed free healthcare, free daycare, and a top-notch（第一流的）education for their children．

An energetic city of 300,000 with a lively cultural scene and a diverse number of religions represented, the sense of equality（the range in incomes is narrow）, as well as easy access to the nearby sea and surrounding countryside, make Arhus seem more like a small town．

San Luis Obispo, CA

According to a 2008 Gallup-Healthways study, people who live in San Luis Obispo are more likely than residents of other U．S．cities to smile and experience joy and are less likely to experience pain or depression．About 64,000 of the 260,000 people in the greater metropolitan area（都市区）, located halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco, volunteer at over 11,000 non-profit organizations．

Few journeys to work are longer than 10 minutes （one reason its members rank in the upper third for job satisfaction）, so “it’s easy to be involved,” resident Pierre Rademaker said．Business signs are unobtrusive（不显眼的）by law, fewer than 11% of residents smoke—the lower rate in the U．S．—there are lots of bike lanes, and the city’s plaza draws crowds of people for free concerts on summer Fridays．What’s not to love?

Monterrey, Mexico

The people of Monterrey don’t enjoy high household incomes or access to good healthcare．Instead, there’s a profound sense of gratitude for the new political freedom enjoyed since the oppressive Institutional Revolutionary Party lost power in 2000—the first time in nearly a century—as well as an emphasis on social life over work．

Another reason Monterrey residents may be so happy is their faith in God and family, and their ability to tough it out through bad times．

“We laugh at sickness, poverty and even death,” says Basanez, a political scientist who lives in Monterrey．“We even have a holiday to celebrate death．November 2, the Day of the Dead, is one of the biggest holidays of the year．”

【1】According to the passage, what do the residents in the four cities have in common?

A．All the residents can make great fortunes by working hard．

B．The residents there are mostly educators．

C．All the residents enjoy enough material wealth．

D．The majority of the residents are satisfied with their current life．

【2】According to the passage, we can infer that _______．

A．the people of Singapore expect their neighbours to come to their help when necessary

B．the people of Monterrey even observe one’s death on a special day of a year

C．the residents of Arhus happily pay 68% of their income for their children’s education fee

D．the people who live in San Luis Obispo have job satisfaction because they can enjoy good working conditions

【3】According to the passage which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?

A．The people of Monterrey didn’t enjoy political freedom until 2000．

B．The residents in Singapore feel happy because of its low population density．

C．The people of San Luis Obispo can enjoy free concerts in summer．

D．Arhus is handy to the seaside and countryside．

【4】What can we learn from the underlined part “the sense of equality”?

A．The residents of Arhus have no racial discrimination．

B．Arhus is considered as a family sharing everything with each other．

C．There is no wide gap between the rich and the poor in Arhus．

D．The residents of Arhus can depend on their neighbours to help．

【题目】There is a large percentage of Asian people in the US. They’re hard working, respectful but strange sometimes. If you don’t understand the culture, you will get some problems with them. Asian people are different from any other cultures if you think you know them, you might want to think again.

How are they different? When it comes to most Asian culture, respect is everything. You can do anything you want but don't disrespect an Asian man. You will get some real consequences afterward and especially if he is your boss. It’s something called “face saving” in the Asian culture. It’s ridiculous sometimes but it’s their culture. Sometimes their culture can come in between their relationship at work. Asian people might expect a lot of respect from their co-workers when their co-workers just see them as an equal.

Americans are very different from Asian people. If you’re Asian, you might want to understand the American culture and even adapt to their culture if you work with them. It will be easier for you since you’re in their countries. Imagine an American working in China, expecting Chinese co-workers to get along with him when he criticizes them straight out on every single matter in front of everyone. I think they will take him outside and take care of him. It just doesn’t work that way with Asian people.

If you’re an American boss giving your Asian employee a review, you will see that they will have a problem with your negative remarks. They will think that you don’t like them, disrespectful, and want to get rid of them; when in fact, you’re just doing your job. Of course, it’s not fair for you as an American boss but just expect that it can be something that is on your Asian employee’s mind.

【1】The Americans can’t get along well with the Asians probably because______.

A. their cultures are different

B. they don’t like each other

C. both of them are too proud

D. they have different political views

【2】The underlined phrase “face saving” in Paragraph 2 probably means_____.

A. saving some money for later use

B. making faces to please your boss

C. showing some respect to somebody

D. helping somebody out of trouble

【3】 From the third paragraph we can know that it is difficult_________.

A. for the Asians to accept the culture in America

B. for the Americans to adapt to the culture in China

C. for people to learn the culture in a foreign country

D. for people to follow the culture in their own country

【4】The negative remarks an American boss gives on your work probably mean he/she ____________________.

A. doesn’t like you any longer

B. thinks you are not worth respecting

C. offer you some better advice

D. wants you to improve your work

【题目】短文改错

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10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误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。

As is known, that it is interesting to teach children to swim while they are still babies．Most large town in Florida and California have already run particularly lessons for babies．The idea has quickly spread to Europe which, in several countries, special courses were now offered to children who are from 7 to 24 months old．The first step is to have child get rid of the fear with water．Next, he is teaching to float in water．Once he can do that naturally and can swim with fear, the child can master the technique and push him forward through water．

【题目】阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

As a stranger in Atlantic City, I often used to go walking outside. One afternoon, I found a little boy 【1】 (stand) alone, and he looked very lost. I tried to get his trust, so I 【2】 (buy) him an ice-cream cone and decided to call the police to take him home. I told 【3】 to stay there when I went to the phone booth(电话亭), 【4】 after I returned, he was missing. A few minutes later, 【5】 patrol car arrived. The policeman asked me 【6】 the child was. I felt stupid; 【7】 was embarrassing (难堪的) to say that I had lost a lost child. I told the policeman 【8】 had happened and gave him a 【9】 (describe) of the boy. "What did you treat him with?" he asked. "An ice-cream cone. Why?" "That kid lives only a few blocks 【10】 here, and you’re about the fifth stranger he’s conned (欺骗) for a treat!"

【题目】单词拼写

结合语境，根据汉语或首字母提示用单词的适当形式填空。

【1】F________, I’d like to thank all those people who helped make the meeting successful. That’s all.

【2】He received his degree at eighteen, the youngest g________ in Oxford University.

【3】He is so s________ that no one can persuade him to change his mind.

【4】I tried to p_________ him to go there with us, but he refused.

【5】What’s your a________ towards his behavior?

【6】I passed the driving test and I can’t ____________(表达) how happy I am now.

【7】The noise outside my house ____________(使惊吓) me.

【8】I ____________(真诚地) hope I’ll see her again.

【9】This soldier was the only ____________(幸存者) of the war.

【10】He broke the window with an iron ____________(棒).

【题目】短文改错

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10处错误，每句中最多有两处。没处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除货修改。

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：在错的下面画一横线，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；

4. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Dear Jeremy and Alice,

Although we’ve been delighted to have you as neighbors, we’re hoping to settle something that bothers to us. In a word, your dog --- Cleo.

We’ve called several time about Cleo’s early morning barking. It is difficult to understanding why she barks every minute she’s outside. The early morning barking have been disturbing as we are often up all night with the baby. Beside, Cleo tends to bark a average of six hours a day. This morning she starts barking even before 5 o’clock. That is too much for us, considering how closely our houses are.

We appreciate our apologies and goodwill, but we hope that you can figure a good way of settling the matter.

Sincerely,

【题目】短文改错

假定英语课上英语老师要求同桌之间互相修改作文，请你修改你同桌的以下作文。文中共有10 处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(\) 划掉。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧) ，并在该词下面写出该加的词。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及修改均仅限一词。

2.只允许修改10 处，多者(从11 处起) 不计分。

Believe it or not, many of the biggest change in how English is spoken have come from common people in the streets. And one of the most important places which English has changed is the playground! These playgrounds can be any place where the young people meet, such like a sports field or a beach. Often words using by black kids in big cities become popular for other kids many years later. On the beaches of southern California, teenagers invented words to describe what they felt when they surfed. These words found its way into the high schools and then to other places. Similar changes happen among young people in Ireland and Australia. Children from one group would find ways to play with another group more easily. Often they made new words just develop an identity different from their parents.

【题目】---I had practiced my spoken English, but still failed in the oral test．

---Don’t be discouraged．_____ and you will surely pass it．

A．Make a bit more effort

B．To make a bit more

C．Making a bit more effort

D．If you make a bit more effort

【题目】Where can you go to listen to important people talk about important subjects? BigThink.com is a new website that allows Internet users to discuss certain topics with world experts . Subjects discussed on BigThink include the environment, music and questions about happiness and personal identity. The website has been called a YouTube for thinkers. Victoria Brown and Peter Hopkins created BiThink.com They said that people needed an international place to communicate with each other and discuss the important issues (话题)of our times. On the BigThink website, when you click on (点击)a subject, you will find a video of a person talking about his or her ideas. For example, you can listen to United States Senator Ted Kennedy talking about education and other things. Besides, you can read the comments(评论) and questions written by other visitors to the website. More than one hundred experts have expressed their ideas on the website. BigThink’s creators started the website by first getting famous people to agree to be videoed. They began by interviewing several well-known professors from Harvard University. Then they used the names of these professors to gain the trust of others and get them to take part in the project. The website says BigThink belongs to everyone. Its motto(格言) is: "We are what you think." So, go online and start thinking big.

【1】【1】BigThink.com was created to _____.

A. discuss important people

B. show Internet users funny videos

C. introduce the latest IT knowledge and help Internet users solve problems

D. offer Internet users the chance to communicate with experts ,

【2】【2】If you visit BigThink.com, you can _____.

A. listen to your favorite music

B. chat with thinkers face to face online

C. communicate with people worldwide

D. get an online education

【3】【3】Why did the creators of BigThink.com start interviewing famous people?

A. To get their agreement to be videoed.

B. To gain their trust for the website.

C. To attract people’s attention to the website.

D. To use their names in discussions.

【4】【4】What’s the text mainly about?

A. How to set up one’s own website

B. A brief introduction to BigThink.com.

C. What,to do on Big Think.com

D. The importance of sharing ideas with others.

【题目】根据句意，用括号所给的词的正确形式补充完整。

【1】Their family home and __________(财产) were destroyed in the fire.

【2】 He slowed the bleeding by __________(运用) pressure to the wounds until help arrived.

【3】People had stopped his bleeding before he received the _________(治疗) sent by the hospital.

【4】The villagers were saved in the earthquake thanks to the proper ________(预测).

【5】 I am more than ________(快乐的) to tell you that we are going to have a baby.

【6】It was _______(典型的)of him to be so rude.

【7】There is no doubt that online education gives students more _______ (灵活性).

【8】You are supposed to dress ________ (适当地) to attend a meeting..

【9】She felt lucky to work as a/an _________ (助手) for the Prime Minister.

【10】She desperately wanted to win her father's _________ (赞成、许可).