Thank you for sending us ________ fresh vegetables of many kinds. You have done us ________ great service.

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

—I'm worrying about the coming examination. I'm afraid I cannot pass it.

—_________！ I'm sure you' 11 make it.

A. Go ahead　　　　　　 B. Good luck　　　　　 C. No problem D. Don't lose heart

假如你叫李华，请根据下面表格提示写信给你的英国笔友Jack，向他简要介绍你的家乡资阳，并邀请他寒假来你家乡做客。

注意：

1. 词数100左右；

2. 开头已为你写好，不计入总词数；

3. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

4. 文中不得出现学校名。

Dear Jack,

How is it going? _____________________________________________________________

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                                                       Yours,

Li Hua

运用括号内所给词汇将下列句子译成英语。

71. 你介意我坐这个座位吗？(mind)

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72. 在日常生活中，节约用水是每一个人的责任。(it)

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73. 那是因为我的汽车在上班的路上坏了。(break down)

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74. 自从我们上次见面已经有八年了。(since)

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75. 许多中学生沉迷于电脑游戏。(addict)

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In Canada and the United States, there is a new group of children called “satellite kids”, who live in one place but whose parents live in another place.

Asians are immigrating (移民) to Canada and the United States in larger numbers than ever before. Most Asians immigrate because they believe that they can give their children a better education in the West. In Asia, especially in China, Japan, and Korea, it is difficult to go to university. Students must first pass the strict national examination. However, in Canada and the United States, it is easy to go to university, and anyone who wants to go can go. As a result, Asian parents decide to leave their countries so that their children can go to university.

The problem is that when Asians arrive, they discover that finding a job and making money are more difficult in the West than in the East. Also, they find that they are very lonely, and that they miss their homes. Because of these two reasons, most Asian parents decide to go back to work while their children study in the West. Therefore, these children become “satellite kids”, and most of their parents do not know how sad it is to be a “satellite kid”.

Only until now are Canadians and Americans discovering the “satellite kids” problem. Because these children do not speak English and because their parents are not there to take care of them, they are often absent from school. To be a “satellite kid” means growing up in a country where you know you are different and where you cannot make friends because you do not speak English well. Also, it means growing up lonely, because your parents are elsewhere. What these “satellite kids” will probably say to their parents is that it’s better to have parents around than to have a university education.

67. Why do some Asian parents send their kids abroad？

A. They hope their children may easily find a job there.

B. The kids want to improve their English and make foreign friends.

C. The kids may not be accepted by universities in their own countries.

D. All foreign universities are better than the ones in their own countries.

68. “Satellite kids” refer to Asian kids ______.

A. without parents                            B. living abroad alone

C. with university education                D. who don’t speak English

69. Some Asian immigrant children become “satellite kids” because their parents ______.

A. want them to be independent

B. want them to go to university

C. return to their countries to work

D. want to leave their own countries

70. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Parents feel lonely and miss their families.

B. Parents want better education for their kids.

C. Kids in foreign countries alone are badly in need of care from family.

D. Canadians and Americans begin to notice the “satellite kids” problem.

Here’s one very simple but lifechanging advice that I first heard from Brian Tracy. Cut down on the TV at night by just one hour. Instead, use that hour to read books that could improve your life.

If you’re a salesman, look for the best and most useful books on improving your sales.

This applies (适用) to all fields, not just the work-related (与工作相关的) ones. Maybe you want to improve your health, become a more energetic person. Or maybe you want to improve your study, your relations or perhaps do some personal development.

One hour a day is not much. But if you read for one hour a day on weekdays, that’s about 260 hours a year. That’s a large number of books and a lot of useful advice.

If you follow the ideas, who knows what great things and feelings could come into your life. Also, all that information and advice will start to open up your mind. You will start to see more chances in your life.

Now, you might think something like this:

1. I really don’t have the money...

Answer: Visit your public library or search the database (数据库). Or look for books that are used in places like amazon.com.

2. I really don’t have the time...

Answer: Buy audiobooks and listen to them in the car while driving to and from work. Or copy them to your MP3-player and listen while riding your bike / bus to work or school. Recently selling audiobooks through MP3-downloads has become popular…

Shut off the TV a little earlier and start reading.

63. What is Brian Tracy’s lifechanging advice about？

A. Reading helpful books.                           B. Listening to MP3.

C. Surfing the internet.                               D. Watching TV.   

64. If you’d like to improve your work, you should _______ according to the writer.

A. improve your relations                           B. become more energetic

C. read work-related books                        D. improve your study

65. What should you do if you really don’t have the money to read?

A. To download MP3 free.                         B. To visit the public library.

C. To buy some books from amazon.com.   D. To borrow audiobooks and listen to them.

66. What is the writer’s idea about audiobooks?

A. They are more useful.

B. Listening to audiobooks is easier than reading books.

C. It’s dangerous to listen to audiobooks while driving or riding.

D. Audiobooks are a good solution to the problem of having no time to read.

If the crust (外壳) of the earth were not pretty solid, it would be shaking about and moving up and down frequently (频繁地). However, there are places in the rocks of the earth’s crust where it isn’t strongly held together ― where “faults” exist. Along the break, one rock might push against another with great force. The energy is changed to vibration in the rocks, so they begin to shake and we have an earthquake!

The most famous one in North America was the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. Seven hundred people died and property (财产) damage amounted to about $425,000,000. The greatest destruction came from the fires that followed the quake.

One of the most famous earthquakes in Europe took place in Lisbon, Portugal, in 1755. The city was destroyed and at least thirty thousand people were killed. In 1908, in Calabria and Sicily, a quake killed about 75,000 people. In 1915, in central Italy, hundreds of towns and villages were damaged and thirty thousand people were killed.

Two great earthquakes that caused damage in Asia took place in Tokyo, Japan, and in Gansu Province in China. The Tokyo quake of 1923 killed more than one hundred thousand people and destroyed the city and the city of Yokohama, too. The Chinese quake in 1920 covered more than three hundred square miles and killed about two hundred thousand people.

59. The first paragraph mainly tells us ______.

A. the damage caused by earthquakes

B. famous earthquakes in the world

C. where earthquakes happen

D. how earthquakes happen

60. The underlined word “vibration” in the first paragraph probably means “______”.

A. shaking             B. force                 C. energy                     D. losing

61. Which of the following is the correct order of the years when the earthquakes happened?

①the San Francisco earthquake

②the earthquake in Lisbon

③the earthquake in Calabria and Sicily

④the earthquake in central Italy

⑤the earthquake in Gansu Province

⑥the Tokyo quake

A. ③④⑤⑥②①                               B. ②①③④⑤⑥

C. ⑤⑥②①③④                               D. ①③④②⑤⑥

62. According to the passage, the earthquake that killed the most people happened in ______.

A. Portugal            B. China                C. Italy                  D. Japan

Starting high school means many changes in your life. Most teenagers look forward to the first day of high school, but still feel a little bit nervous. In order to make your high school life easier, you can follow these tips.

Learn all you can about your first day before the first day. Take part in some activities that are held at the school for new students to know the school better. If parents are invited to these activities, take yours with you. Carefully look over all the materials you receive. Be sure you know where the school’s buildings are.

Get the things you will need for class. Buy the things suggested on your teachers’ supply lists and place your materials for each class separately.

Keep up with your high school workload. If you find you’re not doing well in a subject, make use of after-school study groups or ask your teacher to help you with your schoolwork. Consider private tutoring to get you through a difficult time.

There’re more after-school activities in high school than in middle school, such as clubs, music and theater groups, student government, and sports teams. Make friends and be seen at such school activities. Join a club or other organizations to meet people and develop friendships. Ask someone in school activities if you don’t know how. This is a good time to do what you like doing and an opportunity to try new things. Who said school has to be all work and no play?

Since you’ll attend more activities in high school than in middle school, you’ll have to learn how to manage you time.

55. In paragraph 2, the writer suggests that we should ______.

A. ask our parents to walk us to school

B. ask other students about our high school

C. prepare all the things we need for our classes

D. learn about our high school well before attending it

56. According to paragraph 4, what should we do if we are not doing well in a subject?

A. We should get help from others.

B. We should stop going to activities.

C. We should spend most of our time on it.

D. We should give it up if it is not important.

57. In paragraph 5, the writer wants to tell us that ______.

A. every coin has two sides

B. the early bird catches the worm

C. where there is a will, there is a way

D. all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy

58. What will the writer most probably talk about next?

A. How to manage time well in high school.

B. Why we need to learn how to manage time.

C. How to attend more activities in high school.

D. Why middle school is different from high school.

While Nick was on the bus, reading his newspaper, the man sitting next to him suddenly pushed a large envelope into his hands. “Here, take this!” the man said, stood up and got off the bus before Nick could say a word.

Nick sat there, holding the envelope. It felt heavy. There were papers inside, or money perhaps. “I’d better hand it over to the police,” he thought. There was a police station close to his office. But, as he got off the bus, a man came to him. He seemed to be waiting for something. “He wants the envelope,” Nick thought. Nick began to walk quickly, and the man hurried after him. Nick started to run, and the man began to run, too. But then, just before he got to the police station, Nick managed to lose the man in the crowds. When he entered the police station, the man was no longer in sight.

Inside the police station, Nick handed over the envelope to a policeman in charge. The man opened it. The envelope was full of money, false money. “Clearly the man made a mistake,” the policeman said. “He thought you were one of the gang (团伙)!”

Nick felt like a hero. He could already see his name in all the papers. He could imagine an interview on television.

“However,” the policeman went on, “I’m afraid I must ask you to keep quiet about all this. We’re trying to catch some very clever thieves, and we don’t want them to know that we have some of the money. So you mustn’t say a word to anyone ― not even your boss!”

51. The man who suddenly gave Nick an envelope was most probably ______.

A. Nick’s friend                                 B. a thief

C. the bus driver                                D. a postman

52. Nick decided to give the envelope over to the police probably because ______.

A. the whole thing was strange            B. another man was waiting for it

C. he didn’t want the money inside it    D. the police station was near his office

53. As Nick got off the bus, a man came to him because ______.

A. he wanted to catch Nick                 B. he thought Nick was a policeman

C. he wanted to give Nick some money       D. he thought Nick was one of their gang

54. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Nick had an unusual experience.      B. Nick became a hero.

C. A gang of thieves were caught.        D. A gang of thieves made a mistake.

A 12-year-old boy saw something in a shop window that set his heart racing. But the

31 ― five dollars ― was far beyond Reuben Earle’s money. Five dollars would

32 almost a week’s food for his family.

But hearing the sound of hammering from a side street, Reuben had a(n) 　33 . He ran towards the sound and discovered he could 　34 the hessian sacks (麻袋) which were thrown away and 　35　 them for five cents a piece.

Every day 　36 , Reuben walked down the town, collecting the 　37 . On the day the school closed for the summer, no student was more 　38 than Reuben, for he had more time for his “work”.

Then one day the time 　39 . Reuben ran down Water Street to the store. “Please, Mister. I have to sell the sacks now.” The man took the sacks, 　40 into his pocket and placed four coins in Reuben’s hand. Reuben said a thank you and 　41 home. On arriving home, Reuben uncovered the tin can where he 　42 the money. He poured the coins out and began to count. He had 　43 .

Then he headed for the shop. “I have the money,” he told the owner 　44 . The man went to the window and 　45 Reuben’s treasure. He wiped the dust off, carefully wrapped (包裹) it in brown paper and 　46 it to Reuben.

Racing home, Reuben shouted, “Here, Mom! Here!” He 　47 a small box in her hands. She unwrapped it carefully. A jewel box 　48 . Dora lifted the lid (盖子), tears beginning to fill her eyes. Dora had 　49 received such a gift; she had no jewelry 　50 her wedding ring. Speechless, she smiled and gathered her son into her arms.

31. A. price　　　　　　　　　 B. cost　　　　　　　　 C. worth　　　　　　　 D. value

32. A. buy　　　　　　　　　 B. offer　　　　　　　　 C. enjoy　　　　　　　 D. expect

33. A. question　　　　　　 B. try　　　　　　　　　 C. idea　　　　　　　　 D. schedule

34. A. sell　　　　　　　　　　 B. collect　　　　　　　 C. fetch　　　　　　　　 D. bury

35. A. pay for　　　　　　　 B. buy　　　　　　　　　 C. sell　　　　　　　　　 D. afford

36. A. before dinner　　　 B. in class　　　　　　 C. at church　　　　 D. after school

37. A. money　　　　　　　 B. sacks　　　　　　　 C. paper　　　　　　　 D. cans

38. A. pleased　　　　　　　 B. surprised　　　　　 C. worried　　　　　　 D. tired

39. A. passed　　　　　　　 B. ended　　　　　　　 C. came　　　　　　　 D. wasted

40. A. hid　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. reached　　　　　　 C. stole　　　　　　　　 D. put

41. A. stayed　　　　　　　　 B. walked　　　　　　 C. got　　　　　　　　　 D. ran

42. A. gave　　　　　　　　　 B. got　　　　　　　　　 C. spent　　　　　　　 D. kept

43. A. none　　　　　　　　　 B. enough　　　　　　 C. little　　　　　　　　 D. much

44. A. calmly　　　　　　　 B. honestly　　　　　 C. proudly　　　　　　 D. angrily

45. A. took out　　　　　　　　　　 B. gave out　　　　　 C. set out　　　　　　　　　　 D. left out

46. A. lent　　　　　　　　　　 B. threw　　　　　　　 C. handed　　　　　　 D. took

47. A. placed　　　　　　　　 B. gave　　　　　　　　 C. took　　　　　　　　 D. prepared

48. A. opened　　　　　　　 B. dropped　　　　　　 C. appeared　　　　　 D. broke

49. A. often　　　　　　　　 B. never　　　　　　　 C. just　　　　　　　　　 D. ever

50. A. including　　　　　　 B. with　　　　　　　　 C. and　　　　　　　　　 D. except