The medical reform in that country proved to be _____ failure, but as we know, success often comes after _____ failure.

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

假如你是李华，在美国留学。你母亲今天下午要从国内来看你，但你凑巧要去做个讲座，故给你的朋友Peter留下字条请他下午三点半去机场接你母亲。因Peter未见过你母亲，请根据下表在字条中描述你母亲的特征以便他辨认。

注意：1. 开头已给出，不计入总词数； 2. 词数：100左右。

                                                    Sunday

Peter,

I am very glad that my mother is coming this afternoon by air.                                        

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英语课上,老师要求同桌同学相互修改作文。假设以下便条为你同桌所写，请你对其进行修改。便条中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（^），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。

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。

3．必须按答题要求做题，否则不给分。

People often say that gold or silver are the most valuable things in the world. But I don't think. In my

opinion, to read books are more valuable than anything else. The old saying "To open a book is always

helpful" clear tells us that how good it is to read a book. Books are our friends. They introduce us to

different kind of knowledge and lead us down the road to succeed. Books are our teachers. They teach

our science, literature and so on. Books tell us what is good and what is evil. But only books can tell

the good from the bad. Therefore, to read more books is the best policy for we young students. 

根据下列句子及所给汉语，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。（每空一词，请将答案写在后面相应位置）

76.Today police began a _______（运动）to reduce road accident.     76. ________________

77. I sat in a corner and _____（观察）what was going on.           77.________________

78. She immediately ________(后悔) her words.                   78.________________

79.How did Wilson ________(反应) to your idea?                  79._________________

80.The two girls were ______(小声说) in the library.                80.________________

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。注意：选E涂AB, 选F涂AC,选G涂AD。

Sleep is something we all do. But some people need to sleep more than others. Babies sleep most of the time. Children in school sleep about ten to twelve hours a night. Most adults sleep only seven or eight hours.  71 

All parts of our bodies have to rest after they work.. Our arms need a rest after we lift heavy thing, When we run fast, our legs work hard. They get tired. We have to rest them. Our brains work hard, too.  72   . We can sit quite still and rest our arms and legs. But our brains aren’t resting. They go right on thinking as long as we are awake.

Our brains slow down a bit when we sleep and dream.  73    Instead of thinking wide-awake thoughts, our brains make up dreams. Some dreams are very pleasing. Some are not. Most of the time we forget them when we wake up.

Scientists have tried to find out what would happen if people were not allowed to sleep. They asked some people not to go to bed. The people stayed up all night and all the next day. They stayed up the next night too, and the day after. They played games, but they made mistakes. They forgot things.  74 

The people grew rude and mean. They became angry with their friends. Finally they were too tired to stand up. When they sat down, they fell asleep.

Scientists have found that if people are not allowed to sleep and to dream, they act in an unusual way.  75   But we do know that we need it to stay well. So tonight have a good sleep. Lie down under the covers. Shut your eyes. Let your thoughts wander. Soon you’ll stop thinking. You’ll be asleep.

A. It was hard for their tired brains to work.

B. When we are awake, they help us pay attention to the world around us

C. But babies, children, and adults----all of us need to have our sleep

D. Good sleep helps to improve one’s memory

E. No one knows why sleep is so good for us

F. But even as we sleep our brains are doing some work

G. Of course you will have a good sleep

Officials in South Africa are trying to make sure they can solve an unusual problem in the 2010 World Cup Finals –baboon-jacking (狒狒打劫)

For those who don’t know what this is, just ask any person from Cape Town. They will tell you that the local baboons like to enter cars and houses in search of food and drink. One special monkey, Fred, has become quite famous. Mark Duffy, leader of a group tracking Fred and his 26 strong partners, said, “Every day, it happens. He’ll hit four or five cars in about five minutes. The way Fred operates is to open car doors looking for food and drink. He also normally takes handbag. ” Mr Duffy had a warning for anyone who meets with Fred:” Don’t try to get the bag back.” This is good advice for the thousands of soccer supporters.

The Cape Town government is taking the baboon problem very seriously. They want to make sure the World Cup is a wonderful event for everyone. They are worried about more obvious problems like pickpockets(小偷) or rude people. The last thing they need is for soccer fans to be attacked or bitten by baboons. They have already spent over US $ 650,000 trying to protect the city from the baboons. Many soccer fans may not know how dangerous the baboons can be. They have a powerful bite that would mean hospital treatment.

City official Stephen Granger believes the soccer tournament(足球联赛) will pass without incident:” I don’t think there is going to be any serious disruption (困扰) to tourists… We haven’t seen baboons in the Cape Town stadium yet.’

68. It can be learned from the second paragraph that ______.

A. the advice for soccer fans is not to bring handbags

B. Fred goes into cars taking not only food but handbags

C. Mark Daffy likes the monkeys in Cape Town

D. Mark Duffy is the leader of Fred’s group

69. The underlined word “incident” in the last paragraph refers to “an event that is _______”

A. useful   B. satisfying   C. common   D. unpleasant

70. The author writes the passage mainly to tell us ______.

A. soccer fans are welcome in Cape Town

B. soccer fans love South African baboons

C. South Africa will succeed in holding the 2010 World Cup

D. the baboon-jacking problem is being taken seriously in South Africa

Cold can affect other parts of the body．The expression "get cold feet" has nothing to do with cold or your feet．The expression means being afraid to do something you have decided to do．For example, you agree to be president of an organization．But then you learn that all the other officers have resigned, and all the work of the organization will be your responsibility．You are likely to get cold feet about being president when you understand the situation．

The expression "give someone the cold shoulder" probably comes from the physical act of turning your back toward someone, instead of speaking to him face to face．'You may give a cold shoulder to a friend who has not kept a promise he made to you．Or, to someone who has lied about you to others．

A cold fish is not a fish．It is a person．But it is a person who is unfriendly, unemotional and shows no love or warmth．A cold fish does not offer much of himself to anyone. Someone who is a cold fish could be cold-hearted．Now a cold-hearted person is someone who has no sympathy．Several popular songs in recent years were about cold-hearted men or cold-hearted women who, without feelings, broke the hearts of their lovers．

Out in the cold means not getting something that everybody else got．A person might say that everybody but him got a pay rise—he was left out in the cold．And it is not a pleasant place to be．

64．There are _____ expressions related to cold that are mentioned in the passage．

       A．3                 B．4               C．6               D．7

65．When you refuse to speak to a man and treat him in a distant way, you may express by "_____"．

       A．I give him the cold shoulder                      B．I think he is a cold-blooded man

       C．I think he is a cold fish                          D．I'm likely to get cold feet

66．If Sue shows absolutely no reaction to those awful pictures of starving children in Africa, you will say ______．

       A．she is a cold-blooded killer                      B．she gets cold feet

       C．she is a cold fish                       D．she is out in the cold

67．The topic of this passage is about _____．

       A．the relationship between cold and our body

       B．some expressions about friendship

       C．some expressions connected with cold

       D．how cold weather comes into being

I will always remember my mother’s last few days in this world.

On February 14th, 2008, my class went on a field trip to the beach. I had so much fun. When we returned to school, my teacher told me to go to the headmaster’s office. When I got into the office, I saw a police officer. Suddenly I realized something was wrong. The police officer told me what had happened and we went to pick my sister up. After that, we went to the hospital and waited. Time went slowly. Finally, we got to see our mother. It was terrible.

On the next day, the headmaster came and told my two teachers what had happened. I was taking a rest that day. I knew it had something to do with my mother. I kept thinking that she either died or had gotten better. How I wished that she had gotten better. When my teacher took me outside, my sister ran up to me. She started crying, “She’s gone. Teresa , mommy’s gone. She’s dead. ” I couldn’t believe it. We jumped into the car and drove straight to the hospital. Most of my family were there. The silence was terrible. I knew I had to say goodbye.

Today when I look back, I still miss my mother very much, but I know that I will live. My mother was a strong mother, who had the biggest heart. My mother was an angel walking on the earth. I will always remember her as living. When someone is asked who their hero is, they usually say someone famous, like Michael Jordan or Britney Spears. When someone asks me who my hero is, I tell them, my mother. My mother lives every day. That is what makes her a true hero.

59. Where was the writer when she learned her mother was very ill?

A. On the beach      B. At the hospital

C. At school         D. At home

60. Who brought the writer the bad news that her mother was ill?

A. Her sister   B. The headmaster   C. Her teacher   D. The police officer

61. What did the headmaster tell the two teachers on the next day?

A. Her father had been very ill    B. Her mother had been dead

C. Her mother had gotten better   D. Her mother came to see her

62. From the last paragraph of the passage we know that ______

A. the writer is afraid of her mother      B. the writer is proud of her mother

C. the writer feels sad about her mother   D. the writer feels sorry for her mother

63. The writer must think her mother is a ______ woman

A. famous   B. free   C. rich     D. great

One day about 30 years ago, a 2 year-old Chinese boy in Shenyang was watching a Tom and Jerry cartoon on TV. Tom the cat began to play the piano. The music was to beautiful that the boy fell in love with it at once. This little boy was Lang Lang – one of today’s great pianists.

Lang Lang began to play the piano at 3. By the age of 5, the had won fist place in Shenyang’s piano competition and performed his first public recital(独奏会). People were shocked by his perfect performance and thought he was a real talent. From that time on, playing on the global stage became the dream of Lang and his parents.

To help him much closer to his dream, when Lang was 9, his father quit his job and went with Lang to Beijing to help his son study piano. There, Lang did not receive the praise that he had received at home, and he experienced the hardest time of his life.

“I was kicked out of the class by my piano teacher six months later. It totally destroyed my piano dream,” Lang said in an interview on a Chinese TV program. Hearing about his son’s failure, Lang’s father was so furious(暴怒的) and frustrated(沮丧的) that he told Lang either to go back to Shenyang, or to commit suicide( 自杀). Feeling hopeless and in pain, Lang tried to damage his fingers by crushing(砸) them against a wall. He hated piano!

Luckily, another teacher noticed Lang’s sadness and encouraged him. Success came soon. Lang’s breakthrough came at age 17, when he gained worldwide fame at a well-known concert in 1999 in Chicago, US.

56. We can know from the first paragraph ______

A. Tom the cat came from Shenyang

B. Lang Lang could play the piano at the age of 2

C. Tom the cat got Lang Lang interested in piano

D. Jerry is 30 years old

57. What’s the meaning of the underlined word in Paragraph 3?

A. To give in       B. To give up

C. To give out      D. To be out of work

58. When did Lang’s breakthrough come?

A. At age 3.       B. At age 5.

C. At age 9.       D. At age 17.

In the United States there was an unusual tale telling of the daughter of a mechanic(技工). One day while walking along the bank of a lake, the girl  36  to see 20 eggs laid by a wild goose. After some time the girl  37  the mother would not return to her eggs and she  38  to take them home. There she carefully  39  the eggs in the heat of a lamp. Several days  40  the eggs broke and the baby geese came into the  41  .

Geese are known to take the first living thing they see as their mother.  42  , to these young geese, the girl was their mother.

As they  43  , the girl was able to  44  her birds to run across the grass, but she could not teach them to  45  . The girl became increasingly worried about this , both when  46  and in her dreams. Later, she had an  47  : She would pilot a plane to guide them in  48  . She asked her father for a plane and he assembled(组装) a small aircraft for her.

Caring about  49  safety, the father decided to pilot the plane himself. However, the birds did not  50  or follow him, and  51  slept in the grass.

One day ,the girl  52  into the plane, started it and soon left the  53  . Seeing their mother take off to the air, the birds  54  flapped(拍打) their wings and  55  . She flew the plane freely in the sky, her young birds following.

36. A. managed               B. attempted             C. happened                    D. supposed

37. A. realized                 B. expected              C. imagined              D. admitted

38. A. helped            B. decided                       C. afforded               D. meant

39. A. placed                  B. protected              C. treated                        D. examined

40. A. ago                        B. out                               C. later                     D. long

41. A. family              B. lake                      C. home                    D. world

42. A. But                        B. Also                      C. Thus                    D. Still

43. A. increased              B. improved              C. rose                     D. grew

44. A. ask                  B. lead                      C. want                     D. allow

45. A. fly                   B. race                      C. swim                     D. sing

46. A. asleep            B. away                     C. around                       D. awake

47. A. idea                       B. opinion                        C. explanation          D. excuse

48. A. sky                        B. heaven               C. flight                     D. plane

49. A. his                  B. her                              C. their                     D. its

50. A. respect           B. remember             C. recognize             D. receive

51. A. so                   B. instead                        C. hardly                   D. too

52. A. climbed           B. looked                  C. reached                      D. fell

53. A. house             B. floor                     C. water                    D. ground

54. A. secretly                 B. disappointedly      C. patiently               D. eagerly

55. A. looked away          B. set out                  C. went by                       D. turned back