You can choose to watch TV at home _______ go shopping with me.

A. and                 B. but                C. so                 D. or

 I know a little about Thailand, as I ________ there three years ago.

A. have been            B. have gone           C. will go              D. went

----Why not _______ John a toy car for his birthday?

----Good idea! He is crazy about cars.

A. buy                 B. buying             C. to buy              D. buys

----How many birds can you see in the tree?

----_______. All the birds have flown away.

A. None               B. No one             C. Nothing             D. A few

Directions: Write an English composition according to the instructions given below in Chinese.

某英语报社拟成立“微笑俱乐部”，现向社会征募会员。要求申请者提交一篇题为“I Want to Smile”的英语短文。请你以申请者的身份，根据以下思路图的提示用英语写一篇短文。

注意：

1.       根据思路图适当展开，以使行文连贯；

2.       词数：120左右

I Want to Smile

Visiting US President Barack Obama said that he needed to know more about China. "The reason why I come here is that I’d like to deepen my understanding of China and its vision of the future," Obama told an audience of more than 500 local youths, many of whom were students from Fudan University and Tongji University.
  "We do not seek to impose(强加) any form of government on any other nation," Obama said, noting access to information and political participation are universal rights that guide America's openness. The China trip is also part of his first trip to Asia as president. In his wide-ranging speech in Japan on Saturday, Obama said he would well receive an energetic China as a powerful partner on urgent challenges. "The rise of a strong, prosperous China can be a source of strength for the community of nations," he told 1,500 prominent Japanese.
   The ongoing event attracted more than 100 reporters, the large majority of them from the US and the rest from China. The meeting on the fourth floor of the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum was scheduled to last for 75 minutes, with Obama speaking for 15 minutes and the an-hour-long question and answer session.
    Before Obama's speech, Jon Huntsman, US ambassador to China said, "the timing could not be better for increasing bilateral relations（双边关系）at the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations ties". Obama met local leaders in the morning. He arrived at Shanghai Pudong International Airport just after 11 pm last night. The 48-year-old, the first US president to visit China within the first year of taking office, will fly to Beijing immediately after meeting the youths.
 

54. Why did Obama come to China? (No more than 12 words.)2分

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55. When and where did Obama make his wide-ranging speech? (No more than 4              words.)2分

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56. How long was Obama’s speech in Shanghai? (No more than 3 words.)3分

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57. What did Jon Huntsman think of Obama’s visit to China? (No more than 10 words.)3分
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When something goes wrong，it can be very satisfying to say，“Well, it’s so-and-so’s fault,” or “I know I’m late，but it’s not my fault；the car broke down”. It is probably not your fault，but once you form the habit of blaming（责怪） somebody or something else for a bad situation，you are a loser. You have no power and could do nothing that helps change the situation. However, you can have great power over what happens to you if you stop focusing on whom to blame and start focusing on how to accept the situation. This is the winner’s key to success.

Winners are great at overcoming problems. For example, if you were late because your car broke down, maybe you need to have your car examined more regularly. Or, you might start to carry along with you the useful phone numbers, so you could call for help when in need. For another example, if your workmate causes you problems on the job for lack of responsibility or ability, find ways of dealing with his irresponsibility or inability rather than simply blame the person. You should accept the fact and find creative ways to work successfully regardless of how your workmate fails to do his job well.

This is what being a winner is all about—creatively using your skills and talents so that you are successful no matter what happens. Winners also have some problems in their lives; they have just as many difficult situations to face as anybody else. They are just better at seeing those problems as challenges and opportunities to develop their own abilities. So, stop focusing on “whose fault it is.” Once you are confident about your power over bad situations, problems are just stepping stones for success.

50. According to the passage, winners        .

A. deal with problems rather than blame others

B. meet with fewer difficulties in their lives

C. have responsible and able colleagues

D. blame themselves rather than others

51. When your colleague brings about a problem, you should         .

A. find a better way to handle the problem  

B. blame him for his lack of responsibility

C. tell him to find the cause of the problem  

D. ask a more able colleague for help

52. When problems occur, winners take them as         

A. excuses for their failures          B. barriers to greater power

C. challenges to their colleagues      D. chances for self-development

53. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A. A Winner’s Secret.                  B. A Winner’s Problem.

C. A Winner’s Opportunity.                   D. A Winner’s Achievement.

A good teacher is many things to many people. In my own experience, the people I respect the most and think about the most are the teachers who demand the most discipline (纪律) from their students.

I miss one teacher in particular that I had in high school. I think she was a good teacher because she was a very strict person. I remember very clearly a sign on her classroom door. It was a simple sign that said, “Laboratory : in this room the first five letters of the word were stressed not the last seven.” In other words, labor for her was more important than oratory, which means making speeches.

She prepared her work very carefully and told us to do the same. We got lots of homework from her. Once she had broken her arm, and everybody in the class thought that maybe the homework load would be reduced, but it continued just the same. She checked our work by stamping her name at the bottom of the papers to show that she had read them.

I think sometimes teachers who demand the most are liked the least. But as time goes by, this discipline really seems to benefit the students.

46. Which of the following is considered a good teacher by the writer?

　　　 A. A patient teacher.　 B. An honest teacher.

　　　 C. A strict teacher.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. An easy – going teacher.

47. The teacher put up the sign on her classroom door ______.

　　　 A. to remind the students that this room was a laboratory

　　　 B. to advise the students to follow the disciplines

　　　 C. to warn the students not to be careless

　　　 D. to tell the students to work hard in the classroom

48. When the teacher’s arm was broken, she ______.

　　　 A. gave her students the usual amount of homework

　　　 B. gave her students less homework

　　　 C. asked her students to check the homework themselves

　　　 D. gave her students more homework

49. What’s the writer’s opinion of the discipline?

　　　 A. It makes the students dislike their teachers.

　　　 B. It does good to the students in the long run.

　　　 C. It’s too much for young children.　

D. It does more harm than good to the students.

A young American doctor was sleeping when suddenly his doorbell began to ring. It was already midnight, but what could the doctor do? He had to get up, put on his coat and go downstairs.

    When he opened the door, he saw a man standing with a hat in his hand. “How do you do?” said the man, “Can you come at once to a place out of town? It’s quite far but you have a car and I can show you the way.”

    “Certainly,” said the doctor, “I’m quite ready, I can come at once.” After a few minutes the car was standing at the front door, the man got into the doctor’s car, and they drove off.

    They drove on for a long time. Then the man said, “Here you are. This is my home. Now I can pay you and you can go back to town.”

    “I must see the patient(病人), ” the doctor said, “How can I go back without seeing the patient?”

    “There is no patient,” explained the man. “Nobody is ill. I live here, you see, and one must get home from a town, mustn’t he? There are no taxis this time of the night, but a doctor often makes night calls, so excuse me. Here is your money. Thank you, doctor. Good night.”

43. The doctor __________ when the doorbell started to ring.

   A. was sleeping upstairs          B. was sleeping downstairs

   C. was working upstairs          D. was working downstairs

44. The man asked the doctor _____________.

   A. to go out for a walk with him    B. to go to a place out of town

   C. to go to his house             D. to go to hospital

45. What the man wanted to do was only ______________.

   A. to fool the doctor              B. to give the doctor money

   C. to get home in the doctor’s car   D. to get some medicine

Directions：For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A,B,C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

One day, at a restaurant, my grandmother, my mother and I were having  31  after a morning spent shopping. I  32  my favorite hamburger and fried chips. When brought to the table, it was accompanied by a plate of peas. I’d always  33   peas. I certainly was not about to eat them.

   “Eat your peas,” my grandmother said.  “Mum, he doesn’t like peas,” my mum 34  her in a gentle voice. “Leave him alone.”

   My grandmother looked at me, saying the words that attracted my  35 : “I’ll give you five dollars if you eat those peas.” I’d want a big toy car and five dollars could certainly make my dream come true.  36  the peas were terrible, I began to force them down my throat. Every single pea made me want to throw up, but that five dollars floated before me, and I   37   forced down the last one.

   That night, at dinner, my mother served two of my favorite   38  . Along with them came a big bowl of peas. I just wanted to refuse to eat, but mum stared at me. “You ate them for   39  ,” she said. “You can eat them for your health too”

   What possible argument could I have  40   that? I ate them that day. My grandmother died a few months later,  41   the habit of eating peas lived on. If I curled my lip(撇嘴) when they were served, my mum would   42   the words: “You ate them for money, and you can eat them for your health.

31. A. pains       B. supper     C. classes      D. lunch

32. A. enjoyed     B. finished    C. ordered     D. cooked

33. A. planted      B. hated      C. sold        D. preferred

34. A. blamed      B. asked      C. reminded    D. showed

35. A. interest      B. heart       C. answer      D. goal

36. A. Although     B. If         C. When       D. As

37. A. exactly      B. finally      C. suddenly     D. regularly

38. A. menus      B. toys        C. foods        D. books

39. A. time        B. money      C. work        D. love

40. A. for         B. at          C. against       D. with

41. A. and        B. for          C. or          D. but

42. A. repeat      B. gain         C. find        D. hear