— Did you go to the football match last Saturday？

— Oh, yes. It was supposed to start at 2:30, but it ______ by fifteen minutes.

　 A. has been delayed　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. had been delayed　　　

　 C. would be delayed　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. was delayed

 — Would you like a cup of tea?

— ______?

         A. So what                   B. How come                C. Go ahead           D. Why not

 — Do you think this paper is too difficult?

— No, even a student of ______ intelligence can get a high mark easily.

         A. splendid                   B. extraordinary            C. average             D. popular

— Why is she angry at such a small thing?

— Well, If you put yourself in his ______, you will certainly know the reason.

　　 A. location　　　　　　　　B. post　　　　　　　　 C. position　　　　　 D. environment

 What I want to know is ______: Has Mr. Ben been here the whole morning?

              A. this                          B. these                        C. one                   D. it

— Would you like to go there by riding ______ horse?

— No, I prefer to take ______ car.

A. /; a 　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. a; a　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. the; /　　　　　　　　 D. a; /

第一节  书面表达（满分25分）

假如你是李华，于11月12日到达纽约，然后去找你的美国朋友Tom，但他不在家。请按以下内容给Tom留张便条。

1.       火车晚点15分钟，与接你的Tom错过；

2.       在火车上认识的定居美国的华人夫妇Taylor把你带到Tom家，Tom不在；

3.       现在Taylor夫妇家；

4.       务必今晚打电话给你64611128.

注意：1.词数100左右

      2. 不要逐字翻译，可适当增加细节以使行文连贯；

      3. 信的开头已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Tom，

I’m in New York!＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Yours,

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    　Li Hua

短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

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。

Thanks very much for your story. The plot is very touched. OK, now listen to me carefully. It’s very funny. One day, a young man was going from house to house on his street so he wanted to introduced him to all his new neighbors. Outside one house, he stopped and saw a big dog sitting on the sidewalk. Well, he thought that it was belonged to the people in the house, but he paid no attention to it. He just pressed the bell, and the owners asked him in, and the dog went in, either. He greeted them with a smile and then he sat down, and a couple gave him a cup of coffee and some cookies. Well, the dog ate one of the cookies off the plate, and sat in his knee. The young man don’t want to seem rude, so he petted the dog gentle and continued talking to the couple. Anyway, when it was time to go, he thanked them and left. When the young man left, the woman called after him, “Excuse me, don’t forget to take your dog!”

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。

In a national spelling contest in America, an 11-year-old girl was asked to spell a certain word. But with her soft voice the judges were not sure if she spelled the word with the letter A or E. __71__ At that time, the girl knew she had misspelled the word. But instead of lying and telling the judges she had said the correct letter, she told the truth that she had said the wrong letter. __72__.

As the girl walked off the stage, the entire audience stood on their feet clapping to applaud her honesty. Later, dozens of newspaper wrote about this 11-year-old girl’s courage and honesty, even when it cost her the contest. __73__

  Probably the biggest test of our character and honesty is what we would do if we knew we would never get caught.

  This young girl could easily have lied, and nobody would have known it but her. But that’s just it: She would know she did wrong. __74__

  This young girl was strong and smart enough to prize her own conscience and character more than the prize from a spelling contest. Her respect for herself was more important than any respect others might give her for winning a contest. She knew she would have to live with herself and the choice she made at the moment.

  __75__

A. So she won the contest.

B. As a result, she lost the contest.

C. The judges wanted to give her another chance.

D. It’s been said, “If you cheat, you make yourself cheap.”

E. It’s so true that the choices you make today make what you are tomorrow.

F. They talked it over and finally decided to simply ask her what she had said.

G. But the fact is that she won the biggest contest that day: the contest of her character.

We might like to think we're not influenced by other people, but a new study into the group-buying mechanisms（机制） - like those used on coupon（优惠券） sites such as Groupon and LivingSocial - reveals that telling buyers who come later to the offer how many have already signed up increases the number of purchasers.

Researchers at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management wanted to understand why group buying sites that have entered the market recently have enjoyed greater success than those operating a decade ago, such as Mercata and MobShop.

Earlier attempts typically left potential buyers waiting for days before confirming whether or not they had got the offer they had signed up for.

“We think one of the reasons group-buying has been successful recently is because of the short time horizon,” says Rotman Professor Ming Hu, who co-wrote the study with Professor Mengze Shi and PhD student Jiahua Wu. “It allows for a herding effect.”

Another reason is the use of an information structure that discloses to later arrivals how many have already signed onto the deal.

Researchers looked at two ways of designing the purchasing mechanism for a group buy: a simultaneous mechanism, where no one knows how many buyers have come before them, and a sequential（连续的） mechanism, where a second group of buyers has the advantage of knowing the size of the first group.

The researchers' analytical（分析的） model shows the most successful mechanism is the sequential one because it eliminates uncertainty for those coming later to the deal, and improves the confidence of those who sign on early, as they're able to track the numbers of those who come after them.

“That boosts confidence,” says Professor Hu, who teaches operations management. Deals for "luxury" services, versus everyday items, work better in a group buy scenario（方案） because they offer consumers a greater benefit.

68. It can be learned from the text that ______.

A. the short time horizon is the reason why group-buying has been successful.

B. a simultaneous mechanism is where a group of buyers has the advantage of knowing how many people have signed up.

C. a sequential mechanism allows a herding effect which boosts the confidence of the buyers.

D. researchers at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management carried out an experiment about why group buying sites entered the market successfully, such as Mercata and MobShop.

69. The underlined word “eliminates” in paragraph 7 probably means“______”.

A. to become or to make something greater in amount, number, value

B. to remove or get rid of something

C. to deliberately not include something in what you are doing or considering

D. to make something known to somebody

70. What can be the best title for the passage?

A. Secret for marketing success – boosting confidence.

B. Secret for group-buying mechanism—herding effect.

C. Comparison between a simultaneous mechanism and a sequential mechanism.

D. What others do influences our decisions.