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51.   She is very o__________ (坦率的), but she does not mean to be rude.

52.   I__________ (移民) is a controversial issue in many countries，especially in America.

53.   Can you tell me where the American e__________ (大使馆) is?

54.   If you have any questions, never h__________ (犹豫) to ask me.

55.   The more s__________ (顽固的) you are, the more isolated you become.

56.   It is c__________ (体贴的) of you to call on your relatives from time to time.

57.   Education should not be the p__________ (特权) of a limited number of people.

58.   The school adopt new rules to r__________ (规范管理) the behavior of student.

59.   Their c__________ (课程) consists of Politics, Chinese, English and Maths

60.   When he was very young, he had the a__________ (雄心) of being a pianist.

信息匹配

阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。

请阅读下面的文章：

The people below are all looking for a department in a college to learn music.

A.    In this department they have risen to fame by some great violin players born there. The students there have several comfortable places to practice their violin and some other instruments. Meanwhile the students have a chance to practice other instruments, such as the piano, the drum.

B.  In this department they don’t plan to bring up a musician. They teach the students how to appreciate all types of music, especially for the students who love to be a listener, not a player of the drum. This is their first choice.

C.    This department is home of the guitar players. If the students haven’t played the guitar and hope to learn from the beginning, this is likely to be their favorite place. Of course, they are also able to learn country music, Jazz and so on.

D.    In this department you can learn jazz, opera, classical but jazz is the best and the most famous. They have experienced jazz teachers and they have won a lot of national contests. At the same time you can improve your skills in playing the guitar and the piano there.

E.    As is known to all, the piano is more versatile than any instrument. In this department only the students who have learned the piano for at least five years can be admitted. They are good at teaching advanced learners. After the hard practice, the students have a chance to enjoy all kinds of music.

F.    In this department they do well in teaching instruments, especially the drum. They have excellent drums and every student has a chance to practice every day. All the teachers are very patient and experienced. What’s more, the students can learn rock, classical music and jazz.

请阅读下列五位学生的基本情况，然后匹配信息。

46.   Kevin likes jazz very much. He wants to make a living by it in the future. His favorite instrument is the guitar and he also wants to get his skill of playing the guitar better.

47.   Robert started to play the violin when he was five. His favorite style of music is country music. His wish is to become a violinist in the future.

48.   James is fond of music, but his wish is to be a computer expert. He especially loves the sound of the drum and he likes rock.

49.   Harry is only fourteen years old, but he has been learning to play the piano for nearly ten years. Harry says the best instrument is the piano. He expects to be a pianist in the future. In his spare time he likes to listen to opera.

50.   Greg was born in a worker’s family. His grandfather was a musician, but he doesn’t want to learn to play musical instruments and he just wishes to enjoy the rhythm of music.

When The Grapes of Wrath (愤怒) was published on March 14, 1939, it created a national sensation (轰动) for its description of the destructive effects of the Great Depression (大萧条) of the 1930s. By the end of April, it was selling 2,500 copies a day — a remarkable number considering the hard economic times. In May, the novel was a number-one best-seller, selling at a rate of 10,000 copies a week. By the end of 1939, close to a half million copies had been sold.

　 John Steinbeck was shocked by the tremendous response to his novel. Almost overnight, he found himself involved in a great national debate over the migrant labor problem. Many people were shocked by the poverty and hopelessness of the story, and others denied that such circumstances could happen in America. Even people who had never read a book before bought a copy of The Grapes of Wrath. At $2.75 per copy, it was affordable and quickly sold out.

　 However it was banned and burned in Buffalo, New York; East Saint Louis, Illinois; and Kern County, California, where much of the novel is set. In fact, the novel remains one of the most frequently banned books in the United States. The book was criticized sharply in Congress by Representative Lyle Boren of Oklahoma, who called the novel’s description of migrant living conditions a lie. Charges were made that “obscenity” (淫秽) had been included in the book in large part to sell more copies. Eventually, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt stepped in to praise the book and defend Steinbeck against his critics. In 1940, the novel won the Pulitzer Prize.

　 The popularity of the novel has endured. It is estimated that it has sold fifteen million copies since its publication. For almost sixty years, Steinbeck’s novel has been a classic in American literature; it has been translated into several languages, including French, German, and Japanese. The Grapes of Wrath has also been a necessary part of the school curriculum in America since the end of World War II.

41. What does the underlined word “tremendous” probably mean?

　 A. good　　　　　 B. terrible　　　　 C. dull　　　 　　　　　 D. great

42. Representative Lyle Boren of Oklahoma was 　　　　.

　 A. a crazy supporter of The Grapes of Wrath　　

B. among the group against John Steinbeck

　 C. sympathetic to the migrant living conditions　

D. criticized by the first lazy of that time

43. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a reason why The Grapes of Wrath sold well?

　 A. It well describes people’s life during that time.　

B. The debate over it arose more readers’ interest.

　 C. Readers were attracted by the obscenity in it.　　

D. It was not expensive so people could afford it.

44.　 Which of the following is TRUE about The Grapes of Wrath?

A. It is about the migrant workers in America during 1940s.

B. The story mainly happened on California’s grape farms.

C. Its description of the poor and hopeless life was a lie.

D. It remains a banned book in some places of the USA.

45. What can best prove the literature value of The Grapes of Wrath?

　 A. It survives the time and remains a classic.

　 B. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt praised it.

　 C. It has won many important prizes in America.

　 D. It was a number-one best-seller after its publication.

Throughout the world, clothing has many uses. It is used to provide protection from the elements. It also is worn to prevent others from seeing specific parts of one’s body. However, the parts of the body that must be covered vary widely throughout the world. Some clothing is worn to provide supernatural protection. Wearing a lucky shirt to take an exam is calling for supernatural assistance.

People in all cultures use clothing and other forms of bodily decoration to communicate status, intentions and other messages. In North America, we dress differently for business and various leisure activities. North American women usually are much more knowledgeable of and concerned with little difference in messages communicated by clothes than men. At times, this leads to silly mistakes of interpretation of female intentions on the part of men. Of course, clothing styles also are intended to communicate messages to members of the same gender（性别）.

Long before we are near enough to talk to someone, their appearance tells their gender, age, economic class, and often even intentions. We begin to recognize the important cultural clues at an early age. The vocabulary of dress that we learn includes not only items of clothing but also hairstyles, jewelry, and other body decoration. In most cultures, however, the same style of dress communicates different messages depending on the age, gender, and physical appearance of the individual wearing it.

Putting on certain types of clothing can change your behavior and the behavior of others towards you. This can be the case with a doctor’s white lab coat, or an army uniform. Most uniforms are clearly symbolic so that they can rapidly and unmistakably communicate status. For instance, the strange hairstyle and clothing of the English “punks” are essential aspects of their uniforms.

There are many forms of body decoration other than clothes that are used around the world to send messages. These include body and hair paint, and even body deformation. When doctors put braces on teeth, they are actually doing the same thing – deforming or reforming a part of the body to make it more attractive. 

36. Which of the following is the best title for this passage?

      A.   Clothing and Culture

      B.   Communication through Clothing

      C.   Clothing and Social Behavior

      D.   Ways of Sending Message

37. Some people wear lucky shirts to take an exam because they believe         .

      A.   clothes have extraordinary power

      B.   clothes can hide their fear for the exam

      C.   shirts can make them more comfortable

      D.   shirts provide protection against bad weather

38. In North America, men sometimes misunderstand women’s intention because         .

      A.   men are more careless than women

      B.   women spend more time on their clothes

      C.   men care less about the different messages communicated by clothes

      D.   men and women have different views on clothing styles

39. From the passage, it can be inferred that         .

      A.   messages communicated by clothes are the same in different cultures

      B.   words of dress are not enough to communicate different messages

      C.   dress is better than language in communicating messages

      D.   clothing plays an important role in social activities

40. According to the passage, the behavior of others towards you can be changed by your         .

      A.   age              B. dress                    C.   status            D.  behavior

Attractive fathers do not pass their looks on to their sons but they will hand their good looks down to their daughters, research shows.

In a study of family photographs, psychologists Professor David Perrett and Elisabeth Cornwell at the University of Colorado have found that while both father and mother can influence the attractiveness of their daughters, the couple's good looks do not necessarily contribute to the attractiveness of their son as an adult.

Handsome men with masculine (男子气概的) looks are likely to pass on masculine features, but not facial attractiveness. The theory suggests it is not unusual for attractive parents to produce a beautiful daughter while failing to pass on the same good looks to a son. While many celebrity mothers produce stunning (极为出色的) daughters — such as Goldie Hawn and her daughter Kate Hudson or Jerry Hall and her daughter Georgia — the same is not necessarily true of celebrity fathers. Sean Stewart, the son of Rod Stewart and his first wife Alana, would probably be judged less attractive than his model sister Kimberly.

“We can’t see a strong relationship between the parents’ attractiveness and the sons. If the parents are supermodels, the chances are the daughters will be lookers,” Perrett said. Prof Perrett said it has previously been suggested that a woman could increase her own reproductive success by choosing a “sexy” mate whose genes would be passed on to male descendants (后代).

But a new study, published in the current edition of the journal Animal Behaviour, disagrees with the theory. The researchers said: “When we looked at women’s faces, we found clear evidence that attractiveness passed from both father and mother to daughter. For the male line, we find that facial masculinity matched the rule ‘like father, like son’. But we did not find any evidence that facial attractiveness is passed from father to son.”

31. According to Paragraph 2, Professor Perrett believes that         .

     A.   only attractive fathers can have beautiful daughters

     B.   only attractive mothers can have beautiful daughters

     C.    both attractive parents can have beautiful daughters

     D.   both attractive parents can have handsome sons

32. From Paragraph 5 we learn that         .

     A.    neither Goldie Hawn nor Jerry Hall is a famous mother

     B.   neither Kate Hudson nor Georgia is beautiful

     C.   Sean Stewart is as attractive as his father

     D.   Kimberly is more attractive than Sean Stewart

33. The underlined word "lookers" in Paragraph 6 can be replaced by “        ”.

     A.   successful people                            B.   beautiful people

     C.   famous people                               D.   lucky people

34. Which of the following statements can be drawn from the last paragraph?

     A.   Masculine dads have masculine sons.

     B.   Sons usually behave the same way as their fathers.

     C.   Mothers have more influence on their children than fathers.

     D.   Daughters’ characters are easily influenced by their parents.

35. What’s the best title for this passage?

     A.   An Important Research on Human Genes

     B.    Famous Mothers Produce Beautiful Daughters

     C.   Parents’Attractiveness Influences Their Children

     D.   Attractive Fathers do not Pass Their Looks on to Their Sons

We’ve all heard of the popular saying, the grass is always greener on the other side, and this saying couldn’t be truer when we are considering places to live. Many who live in rural areas miles away from city conveniences sometimes long for amenities (优雅舒适) they don’t have easy access to, and those who deal with the hustle and bustle (忙忙碌碌) of city life long for the peace and quiet of country life.

Is the grass really greener on the other side, or do people only look at the positive aspects of living elsewhere? It’s difficult to make that decision when you’ve never experienced life on the other side, but I’ve lived in the city and in the country, and although a perfect place on this planet doesn’t exist, I now appreciate city life more than ever before.

I lived in a city as a child. It wasn’t as busy as Chicago, but all of the conveniences of city life were within easy reach, and when visiting my cousin who lived in the country, I was very envious. It was fun to play in the pinewoods, the property was vast, the air was fresh, and country life was something I longed for. The grass literally was greener on the other side. At that time I vowed to live in the country when I grew up so that I would eventually get a good dose of what it was like to live in the country, away from amenities of city life and luxuries I had taken for granted as child. This was the dream of a child, but not of an adult with responsibilities and realistic prospects.

26.   From the passage we know that when he was a child, the writer lived         .

A.   in a green city                                       B.   a busy life        

C.    in an ordinary city                                 D.   in Chicago

27.   The saying “The grass is always greener on the other side” means that         .

A.   whatever you have in your life, what someone else has always looks better

B.   many people are not used to the belongings he owns

C.   many people tend to make an objective judgment of their future life

D.    many people are longing for a better life or a better job

28.   The main idea of the last paragraph is         .

A.   why I hated living in a city as a child    

B.   how I longed for country life as a child

C.   that a responsible man should not live in the country 

D.   that it is convenient to live in a city

29.   What may the writer talk about mostly in the paragraphs following the last?

A.   The advantages of country life.                        B.   The disadvantages of country life.

C.   The advantages of city life.                           D.   The disadvantages of city life.

30.   What is the author’s real attitude toward living in a city?

A.   Critical.             B.   Negative.            C.   Uninterested.      D. Positive.

语法填空

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Control, fear, doubt and anger, these are the deadly killers of the human race. We        hurt   16   by feeling these emotions and we hurt others by directing these emotions at them.

  17   what would happen if we could selflessly and   18   (gentle) direct unconditional love to whomever we meet? We’d certainly help ourselves. Why do we let other people hurt us? Because we put expectations on them, expectations we ourselves to   19   (fail) to live up to with others. Look at children. We still love our children when they disappoint us. Why not our workmates, teachers, friends and most of all partners? It’s because we put conditions          on   20  we give out.

Many of us bought a present or did a job expecting something   21   return. But if you want to help someone just because you want to, no other reason than just because you want to — that is showing love. You can help   22   old lady with her groceries and it feels good so why not with everything else? When you learn that   23   (give) love without expectation is     the   24   (pure) of all faith, then and only then, you will be on the road   25   really knowing yourself. And knowing yourself can really help you conquer “control, fear, doubt and anger.”

完形填空

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

　　　 One day last month after I received my salary, I went shopping with my little son. Unfortunately in the crowded store. I had my pocket 　1 and my whole salary was gone with it. I was so angry that I almost lost 　2 of myself. What could I do? We were not very wealthy. The money was really not a small sum for my family. It would 　3 our life greatly. How could I tell my wife?

　　　 I felt very sad and even 　4 for losing the money when I got home. To make up for　 my 　5 mistake, I gathered all my strength to give our house a thorough cleaning and　　 then 　6 a wonderful meal and cooked a special dish my wife loved to 　7 her.

　　　 When she came home, I forced a smile to greet her. She was 　8 to see the neat house and the 　9 meal. We sat at the table and began to eat. I told my story 　10 . She did not respond. It was as if she had not heard my words.

　　　 “I’ve 　11 my salary,” I murmured to her again.

　　　 “I see,” she did not shout at me as I had 　12 . She didn't lose her temper. So I was afraid she was trying hard to hide her anger.

　　　 A moment later, my wife was still 　13 and seemed to be enjoying her favorite dish. At last I could not help asking, “I’ve lost my money. Why not shout at me?” She 　14 her eyes, looking at me and said, “Oh, on the contray, I’m thinking about how to comfort you. It’s　　　 the 　15 who is to blame.”

1.　 A.　 robbed　　　　　　　　 B.　 stolen　　　　　　　　　 C.　 picked　　　　　　　　　 D.　 gone

2.　 A.　 control　　　　　　　　 B.　 heart C.　 interest D.　 face

3.　 A.　 enrich　　　　　　　　　 B.　 improve　　　　　　　　 C.　 affect D.　 simplify

4.　 A.　 guilty　　　　　　　　　 B.　 ashamed　　　　　　　 C.　 frightened D.　 worried

5.　 A.　 unchangeable　　　　 B.　 unforgivable　　　　　 C.　 unforgettable D.　 unbelievable

6.　 A.　 prepared　　　　　　　 B.　 served　　　　　　　　　 C.　 provided　　　　　　　 D.　 chose

7.　 A.　 comfort　　　　　　　　 B.　 meet　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C.　 surprise D.　 please

8.　 A.　 satisfied　　　　　　　　 B.　 surprised　　　　　　　 C.　 pleased D.　 interested

9.　 A.　 delicious　　　　　　　 B.　 excellent　　　　　　　 C.　 cool D.　 attractive

10.　 A.　 gladly　　　　　　　　　 B.　 calmly　　　　　　　　　 C.　 excitedly D.　 nervously

11.　 A.　 spent　　　　　　　　　　 B.　 wasted　　　　　　　　 C.　 donated　　　　　　　　 D.　 lost

12.　 A.　 hoped　　　　　　　　　 B.　 desired　　　　　　　　 C.　 expected D.　 wished

13.　 A.　 upset　　　　　　　　　　 B.　 silent　　　　　　　　　　 C.　 worried D.　 surprised

14.　 A.　 moved　　　　　　　　　 B.　 shut　　　　　　　　　　 C.　 raised D.　 opened

15.　 A.　 store　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.　 policeman　　　　　　 C.　 society D.　 thief

书面表达

   新学期开始，学校开展了争作“好学生、好公民”的活动。请你以“ Great Changes ”为题向《中学生英语报》投稿，记述自开展活动以来同学们所发生的巨大变化。 

注意： 

1.       报道须包括以下主要内容，词数不少于100 。  报道的开头已给出。

2.       活动前：◆不能保持教室清洁，随意丢弃废弃物 

◆     对师长不够礼貌，常常忘记问候 

◆     购物、等车不能遵守秩序

3.       活动后：◆积极参加大扫除，将废弃物放入垃圾箱

◆     主动问候老师并帮助老师做事情 

◆     主动排队，在公交车上为老年人让座

The activity of being a good student and good citizen has been held sin-ce the beginning of this term in our school. Everybody has taken an active 

part in it. 

短文改错

假如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。每处错误仅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∧，并在其下面写出该加的词。

       删除：把多余的词用斜线  \  划掉。

       修改：在错的词下面划一横线，并在该词下面写出改正后的词。

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。

I had never interested in sports, unlike most of my classmates. After the school they would take part in either a basketball and a football game, while I stayed inside all by myself. After some times, I came to realize that I had to change all this when I intended to get along well with others. So, one weekend, at the great surprise of all my classmates, I announced that I want to go to the football game with them. I thought by join my classmates in sports I would not feel lonely, but in the end I might even come to like sports as many as my classmates did.