—I'm going to Venice next week.

—________．Carnival will be held then. Have fun!

A．You're crazy B．You're lucky

C．You'd better not D．You never know

假设你叫李华，是一家英文杂志社的心理咨询师。某中学生小王给你写信，提到自己偏胖，想节食减肥，征求你的意见。请你给她回一封信，谈谈你对该问题的见解。

内容要点如下： 1．健康比漂亮更重要； 

2．学生以学习为主，不要过于注重外貌和别人的看法；

  3.可通过多锻炼身体保持健康，改变不良的饮食习惯；

 4．健康的心态也很重要。 

注意：  1．短文必须包括所有内容要点，可适当发挥；

2．词数：100左右。  

  3．参考词汇：state of mind 心态

 Dear Xiao Wang, 

I have received and read your letter, _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours

LiHua                                                                                                                         

Dear Susan,

I’m very happily to hear you are coming to visit

me the next Friday. Unfortunately, I won’t be able to

meet you at the airport although I have classes in the

afternoon. You won’t find  difficult to get to the city

center. The airport bus leaves every 30 minute and

will take you rightly to the Friendship Hotel. My class

will be over by then or I will pick you up there. I will

take you  to a hot-pot restaurant to dinner

and we’ll talk with our plan for the weekend over

dinner. Having a pleasant trip and see you on Friday.

                                                                     Yours,

                                                                  Zhang Ming

单词拼写：

1．We had a________(宁静的)afternoon without the children.

2．These measures are strongly________(支持)by environmental groups.

3．Now the clerks in the company face great________(压力) because of the financial crisis.

4．In fact，life is full of different________ (挑战)when one is born into this world.

5．It is reported that there were about 100,000 ________(志愿者)taking part in the 2008 Olympic Games.

6．Some students________(抱怨)that their homework is too much.They almost have not enough time to finish it.

7．The weather________(预报)on the radio tonight tells of coming storms in Taiwan.

8．Please________(关闭)off the TV when you leave in the afternoon.

9．The family lived in a ________(偏远的)border town.

10．The report called for________(紧急的)action to reduce lead in petrol.

     How to Make Friends 

  Friendship is a very important human relationship and everyone needs good friends.  Good friendship has many benefits.  It offers companionship, improves self-worth and promotes good health.There are times in our lives such as when we have recently moved into a new 

town, or changed our jobs or schools.Such changes 

often leave us without a friend.   71  But for many of 

us the process is difficult and requires courage.  

Below are some helpful suggestions on how to make and 

keep friends. 

 1. Associate with others.  

The first step to making friends is associating with

 other people.  You can go to public places to meet new people.  Besides, you will need to make yourself known by becoming an active member of such places. 

 2.Start a conversation 

Starting a conversation is the second most important 

step in making new friends.   72   You can always start the conversation.  Being able to make small talk is a

 very useful skill in relating with other people.   

3.73     

Choosing friends with common interests is important in building friendship as these interests would always 

bring you and your friend together. Hanging out will

 always be a pleasant experience. 

 4.Let it grow.  

It is a good thing to stay in touch.  However, try  not 

to press your new friend with calls,messages or visits as this would likely wear him or her out and finally

 you may lose your friend.    74  .  The best friendships are the ones 

that grow naturally. 

 5.Enjoy your friendship 

The best way to enjoy your friendship is to allow 

your friends to be themselves.     75  . Try not to 

change them from who they are to what you want them 

to be.  Become the kind of friend you will want your

 friend to be to you.  

A.  Be cheerful.           B.  Do things together.          

C.  Do not wait to be spoken to.   D.  Try not to find fault with your friends 

E. Making new friends comes easy for some people.

F.  For a friendship to develop you need to stay in touch. 

G. So you will need to give your friend time to React（做出反应）to you.

 I came to study in the United States a year ago .Yet I did not know the real American society until I was injured in a car accident because after the accident I had to see a doctor and go to court(法庭).
    After the accident .my roommate called a doctor for me. I was very grateful and determined to repay him one day. But the next day, he asked me to pay him $200 for what he had done. I was astonished（吃惊）. He had good reason to charge me, he said. And if I wanted to collect money from the person who was responsible for my injury, I’d have to have a good lawyer. And only a good doctor can help me get a good lawyer .Now that he had helped me find a good doctor, it was only fair that I should pay him.
    But every day I went to see the doctor, I had to wait about 50 minutes. He would see two or three patients at the same time, and often stop treating one so as to see another. Yet he charged me $115 each time .The final examination report consisted of ten lines, and it cost me $215.
    My lawyer was all smiles the first time we met. But after that he avoided seeing me at all. He knew very well the other party was responsible for the accident, yet he hardly did anything. He simply waited to collect his money. He was so irresponsible that I decided to dismiss him. And he made me pay him $770. 
    Now I had to act as my own lawyer. Due to my inexperience, I told the insurance（保险） company the date I was leaving America. Knowing that, they played for time…and I left without getting a cent.
 66. The author’s roommate offered to help him because________.
  A. he felt sorry for the author
  B. he thought it was a chance to make some money
  C. he knew the doctor was a very good one
  D. he wanted the author to have a good lawyer
67. A good doctor is essential for the author to __________.
  A. be properly treated
  B. talk with the person responsible for the accident
  C. recover before he leaves America
  D. eventually get the responsible party to pay for his injury
68. The word“charge”in the third paragraph means_________ .
A.be responsible B. accuse   C. ask as a price   D. claim
69. Both the doctor and the lawyer in this passage are very__________.
  A. friendly     B. selfish   C. professional  D. busy
70. What conclusion can you draw from the story?
  A. Going to court is something very common in America.
  B. One must be very careful while driving a car.
  C. There are more bad sides in America than good sides.
  D. Money is more important than other things in the US.
     

Parents often believe that they have a good relationship with their teenagers(青少年). But last summer, Joanna and Henry noticed a change in their older son:  suddenly he seemed to be talking far more to his friends than to his parents. “The door to his room is always shut. ” Joanna noted.

   Tina and Mark noticed similar changes in their 14-year-old daughter. “She used to cuddle up (蜷伏)with me on the sofa and talk, ” said Mark. “Now we joke that she does this only when she wants something. Sometimes she wants to be treated like a little girl and sometimes like a young lady. The problem is figuring out which time is which. ”

    Before age 11, children like to tell their parents what’s on their minds. “In fact, parents are first on the list. ” said Michael Riera, author of Uncommon Sense for Parents with Teenagers. “This completely changes during the teen years. ”Riera explained. “They talk to their friends first, then maybe their teachers, and their parents last. ”

 Parents who know what’s going on in their teenagers’ lives are in the best position to help them. To break down the wall of silence, parents should create chances to understand what their children want to say, and try to find ways to talk and write to them. And they must give their children a mental break, for children also need freedom, though young. Another thing parents should remember is that to be a friend, not a manager, with their children is a better way to know them.

63. “The door to his room is always shut”suggests that the son _______ .

A. is always busy with his studies

B. doesn’t want to be disturbed

C. keeps himself away from his parents

D. begins to dislike his parents

64. What troubles Tina and Mark most is that _______ .

A. their daughter isn’t as lovely as before

B. they can’t read their daughter’s mind exactly

C. they don’t know what to say to their daughter

D. their daughter talks with them only when she needs help

65. Which of the following best explains“the wall of silence” in the last paragraph?

A. Teenagers talk a lot with their friends.

B. Teenagers do not want to understand their parents.

C. Teenagers do not talk much with their parents.

D. Teenagers talk little about their own lives.

Once there was a piano player in a bar. People came just to hear him play. But one night, a lady asked him to sing a song.

     "I don't sing," said the man.

     But the lady told the waiter, "I'm tired of listening to the piano. I want the player to sing!

     The waiter shouted across the room, "Hey, friend! If you want to get paid, sing a song!'

     So he did. He had never sung in public before. Now he was singing for the very first time! Nobody had ever heard the song Mona Lisa sung so beautifully!

     He had talent(天赋) he was sitting on! He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar. But once he found, by accident, that he could sing well, he went on working hard and became one of the best-known singers in the US. His name was Nat King Cole.

     You, too, have skills and abilities. You may not feel that your talent is great, but it may be better than you think. With hard work, most skills can be improved. Besides, you may have no success at all if you just sit on your talent.

60. Nat King Cole succeeded because _____.

   A. the lady helped him a lot   

   B. he caught the chance

   C. he continued to play in the bar 

  D. he stopped playing the piano

61. From the story we know if you have some talent, you should _____.

    A. hide it and wait          B. ask others for help

   C. pay no attention to it     D. work hard to improve yourself

62. Which could be the best title (标题) for the passage?

   A. Sing in the Bar         B. Achieve Success in Life

   C. Never Lose Heart       D. Find Your Hidden Talent

    One day I got a duck from a friend who lived two miles south of my house. I brought the duck home in a bag. It was obvious that the duck missed his family very much upon his arrival. Left to himself, he would at once turn his head homeward. I tried to shut him together with other ducks for several days, but with no use at all. There seemed to be but one thought in the mind of him, and that was home.

So I decided to let him out, but I kept about fifty yards behind him. I followed, thinking he would soon lose his way and came back. But he seemed to have an exact map of the country in his mind. Soon he met a dog. He paused and looked at the animal for a moment, and then turned to the right along a road which led to a railroad station. He had now gone about half the distance, and was getting tired. A little pool of water by the roadside caught his eyes. Into it he bathed, drank, and rested for a few moments, and then started homeward again. For a while, he realized that he had got into the wrong direction, and turned his face southward again. Finally we came in sight of the home path, which led up to the farmhouse.

It was now nearly night and I had no time to watch the experiment further. But as he neared the path he seemed suddenly to see some familiar things, and rushed at the top of his speed. I followed close behind. Into the house yard he rushed with uplifted wings as if he was eagerly telling his partners the story of his adventures.

56. What does the author think about the duck?

A. Interesting and careful.

B. Curious and enthusiastic(热情的).

C. Intelligent（聪明的） and determined（意志坚定的）.

D. Brave and experienced.

57. As soon as the duck arrived at a new place, he seemed ________ .

A.glad   B.nervou   C.tired     D. homesick

58. The underlined part“the experiment” in the last paragraph refers to“________ ”.

A. if the duck had the ability to get on well with other ducks.

B. if the duck was born with a good sense of direction.

C. if the duck could discover the author.

D. if the duck could find his way home.

59. What’s the purpose of the writer’s writing the text?

A. To share us a duck’s interesting trip.

B. To present his opinions about a duck’s remarkable （非凡的）experience.

C. To express his curiosity about a duck’s interesting trip.

D. To examine why a duck would like to rush on its own.

I can remember a period in my life when I was unemployed and money was running out. I needed a job very    36  .  A friend of mine approached me one day with an    37   . “I’m going to have to let this job go and I was wondering if you would like to take it   38  ?” “That would be great,” I replied.
I went to the manager and he said I could start on Monday morning.
When I went inside I was  39    that I would buff (擦) the floors. My friend was there to   40   me how to operate the buffer.  
 “It’s really   41  ,” he said, running the machine very   42  . He handed it over to me and said, “Here, you have a try.” I   43    the handlers(把手). To my surprise, the buffer whipped around in a big circle, running over my friend’s brand new pair of boots, and sending him   44   up on a check-out counter.
 For several times, I tried to run it again and   45  . I really had to fight that thing to make it go. “What am I going to do?” I thought to myself. “I finally found a job and I can’t do it. Am I going to have to tell them I have to   46  ?” 
 After several   47  days of buffing, I finally made up my mind that I was going to do this. For about a week, I   48   with the buffer, putting all my weight and   49  into it. Eventually, I learned the trick and was not to struggle with it at all, just   50   with the flow of it, and by the second week, I was showing off and running it with one hand.
 A few months later, I   51   back and wondered what would have happened   52   I had given up that first week. I certainly would not have had the newly-founded confidence or paycheck.   53    after that experience, I started a new job that   54   the use of a buffer.
   Obstacles (障碍) don’t have to stop you. If you run into a   55  , don’t turn around or give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or walk around it.
(    ) 36. A. badly    B. well   C. quickly    D. extremely
(    )37. A.apology   B. invitation  C. offer    D. opinion
(    ) 38. A. over      B. off       C. out       D. on
(   )39.A.warned   B.informed    C.forced    D. cheated
(    ) 40. A. watch    B. train   C. explain   D. show
(    )41.A.hard   B.easy   C.interesting   D. meaningful
(    )42. A. rapidly   B. hardly   C. slowly    D. smoothly
(    )43.A.grabbed  B.equipped  C. wiped    D. sought
(    )44. A. rising    B. looking  C. turning   D. jumping
(    )45.A.remained B.insisted  C.failed   D.succeeded
(    ) 46. A. stop    B. repeat   C. continue   D. speed
(    ) 47. A. simple   B. harmful  C. rough    D. endless
(    ) 48. A. met    B. struggled  C. lived    D. combined
(    ) 49. A. body    B. spirit    C. soul    D. strength
(    ) 50. A. do       B. go      C. start    D. match
(    ) 51. A. went    B. came   C. thought   D. recalled
(    ) 52. A. when    B. unless    C. as     D. if
(    )53.A.Even   B. Seldom  C. Sometime   D. Sometimes
(    )54.A.required  B. introduced  C.reducedD. rejected
(    ) 55. A. car    B. wall          C. river    D. problem