It was at the very beginning____ Mr. Smith made a decision ___we should send for a doctor．

A. what，that　　　B. that，which　　 C. which，that　 　D. that，that

 A brilliant idea occurred to him, ___ to his research in the lab.

A. while devoting                        B. while devoting himself

C. while he was devoted                   D. while devoted

 It has been repaired and has had extensions ____ many times, most often following times of war and disaster．

A. add　　　　 B. adding　　　　C.added　　　D. to add

 . You were so careless to     a whole paragraph when copying the article.

A. give away                 B. make up               C. turn off                   D. leave out

国内某家英文报纸设有一个求助邮箱（letters to Dr.Helper）。请根据一份学生现状中列出的部分信息，以高一学生李华的名义，用英语给Dr.Helper写一封短信。

注意：

1.       词数100-120

2.       信的开头已给出，不计入总词数

3.       参考词汇：overload（负担过重）；期望（expectation）

Dear Dr. Helper,

I am a Senior one student, I am now in great need of your help because I can hardly stand the great pressure.

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Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

  However, not all reading is equally effective. We all know that some books are harder to read than others, and if you try to read something too far beyond your ability, you will become disappointed and confused. However, if you only read things that are easy —recreational (消遣的) reading, we might call it —you won’t increase your mental skills.
     Recreational reading is important and fun, but not enough. My suggestion is to develop a reading plan that will help you improve your mental skills day by day. The secret of training your mind is to read books that are just a bit harder than you can manage comfortably. Over time, as your mind develops, your ability to read and to think will grow.
     So I suggest that, every day, you make a point of spending not less than 20 minutes reading something that challenges you. Choose a topic or story in which you have an interest, but make sure that it encourages you to think. Over time, move deliberately (有意地) from one book or article to another, making sure you choose new material that is just beyond your current level of comfort.
     How do you tell whether you are being challenged or not? Every now and then, as you read, ask yourself these three questions: Am I encountering (遇到) words I don’t understand? Am I forced to stop once in a while to think about what I am reading? Are there times when I have to re-read passages in order to understand them more clearly? If the answer to any of these questions is "NO", you are not challenging yourself enough.
    
    Title: Reading Effectively Easy reading

Reading something easy is important and fun, but doesn’t improve one’s mental (51)_____. So (52)________ to do some difficult reading every day. Reading that is too (53)____Beyond your ability, it makes you disappoint-ed and confused.(54)_______reading that you can manage Advice Spend at (55)________ 20 minutes reading something a bit hard for you. Choose a topic or story that (56)___ you and sets you thinking. As you continue, keep reading new material that goes (57)______ your current level of comfort. How to(58)_____if you are being challenged When reading the right material, you come across words that are difficult to understand, sometimes have to (59)________ to think, and sometimes have to (60)________ reading to understand it more clearly.    

"Cool”is a word with many meanings．Its old meaning is used to express a temperature that is a little bit cold．As the world has changed，the word has had many different meaning．

“Cool”can be used to express feelings of interest in almost anything．

When you see a famous car in the street，maybe you will say，“It’s cool．”You may think，“He’s so cool，”when you see your favourite footballer．

We all maximize（扩大） the meaning of“cool”．You can use it instead of many words such as "new” or "surprising”．Here’s an interesting story we can use to show the way the word is used．A teacher asked her students to write about the waterfall（瀑布）they had visited．On one student’s paper was Just the one sentence，“It’s so cool．Maybe he thought it was the best way to show what he saw and felt．

But the story also shows a scarcity（缺乏）of words．Without "cool”，some people have no words to show the same meaning．So it is quite important to keep some credibility（可信性）．Can you think of many other words that make your life as colourful as the word "cool”？ I can．And I think they are also very cool．

46．We know that the word“cool has had ________.

A．only one meaning         B．no meanings

C．many different meanings    D．the same meaning

47．In the passage，the word”express”means“________”.

A．see      B．show     C．know      D．feel

48．If you are _______ something，you may say，“It’s cool．”

A．interested in      B．angry about

C．afraid of         D．unhappy with

49．The writer takes an example to show he is ________ the way the word is used．

A．pleased with      B．strange to

C．worried about     D．careful with

50．In the passage，the writer suggests（暗示）that the word "cool”________．

A．can be used instead of many words

B．usually means something interesting

C．can make your life colourful

D．may not be as cool as it seems

There is a bar （酒吧）in our town with the name “The White Horse”. It is Mr. Webster’s. Few people went to the bar last year, but things are quite different now.

There was a picture of a white horse on the door of the bar. Then a stranger came in one day, drank something, looked around the bar, and then said to Mr. Webster, “Few people come here. Take down the picture of the white horse and put a picture of a black horse instead. ”

“But the name of the bar is ‘The White Horse’. ”Mr. Webster said.

“Yes, but do it. ”the man said. Then he went out of the bar.

Mr. Webster went to an artist and said, “I want a picture of a black horse. ”

41. The stranger told Mr. Webster to take down the picture of the white horse because he knew ______.

A. a picture of a black horse showed good luck

B. the picture of the white horse wasn’t good for the bar

C. people would understand the picture different from the name

D. people would come in and tell the picture was different from the name

42. Mr. Webster agreed with the stranger _______.

A. though he wasn’t ready to do it like that at first

B. though he didn’t like the black horse

C. because he knew he was an artist

D. because he also wanted to change the picture

43. More and more people came to the bar because _______.

A. it had changed its name

B. the black horse was better than the white one

C. the bar had a black horse

D. they wanted to show the mistake

44. The stranger _______.

A. was cleverer than Mr. Webster

B. didn’t like the white horse at the beginning

C. knew Mr. Webster and the artist

D. got much money by teaching Mr. Webster

45. From the story we have learnt that _______.

A. if your business is not good, you’d better change the name or the picture

B. if you are in trouble, you should take others’ ideas

C. when you have difficulty, don’t give up

D. when a good name is given, it can cause success.

There was once a man called Mr. Flowers, and flowers were his only joy in life. He spent all his free time in one of his four glass-houses and grew flowers of every color, with long and difficult names, for competitions. He tried to grow a rose of a new color to win the silver cup (银杯) for the Rose of the Year.
　　Mr. Flowers’ glass-houses were very near to a middle school. Boys of around thirteen of age were often tempted (引诱) to throw a stone or two at one of Mr. Flowers’ glass-houses. So Mr. Flowers did his best to be in or near his glass-houses at the beginning and end of the school day.
　　But it was not always possible to be on watch at those times. Mr. Flowers had tried in many ways to protect his glass, but nothing that he had done had been useful. He had been to school to report to the headmaster; but this had not done any good. He had tried to drive away the boys that threw stones into his garden; but the boys could run faster than he could, and they laughed at him from far away. He had even picked up all the stones that he could find around his garden, so that the boys would have nothing to throw; but they soon found others.
　　At last Mr. Flowers had a good idea. He put up a large notice (布告) made of good, strong wood, some meters away from the glass-houses. On it he had written the words: DO NOT THROW STONES AT THIS NOTICE. After this, Mr. Flowers had no further trouble; the boys were much more tempted to throw stones at the notice than at the glass-houses.
36. It was Mr. Flowers’ hope to ________.
　　A.build glass-houses in his free time　
　　B.grow the Rose of the Year in a silver cup
　　C.win a silver cup for growing a rose of a new color
　　D.grow a rose with the longest name
37. Boys were often tempted to ________.
　　A.throw stones at Mr. Flowers’ glass-house　

B.throw stones at Mr. Flowers from their school
　　C.be in or near by Mr. Flowers’ glass-houses　

D.play with Mr. Flowers near his glass-houses
38. Mr. Flowers stayed in or near by his glass-houses _______.
　　A.at times when school-boys were walking near them
　　B.all the school day when there were no boys about
　　C.where he could not be seen by the boys passing
　　D.in his free time at the beginning and end of the school day
39. Mr. Flowers had tried to ______ to protect his glass.
　　A. be on watch in his free time B. ask the headmaster for help
　　C. pick up all the stones around his garden D. do all the above
40. Mr. Flowers’ good idea was to ______.
　　A.write some words on the glass　

B.put up a large notice to cover his glass-houses
　  C.give the boys something else to throw stones at　

D.send for policemen                           

Recently my wife and I exchanged roles for a week. I was at home with my daughter over the school holiday and   16   with the housework, while she was out each day to   17   her Master’s degree. Unlike most men, I’d been looking forward to getting a(n)  18   to be a house-husband. The first few days were   19   . I did lots of cleaning, washing and cooking, much more than my wife had expected. On Thursday morning I went to the   20   , which I had been looking forward to. After I arrived, however, I felt   21   . First, even though my shopping list had been put in order   22   by my wife, I didn’t know the locations of most of the things I was   23   . It had been a long time since I’d last been here,  24   it had become foreign to me. My ten-year-old daughter knew it better than I did, and she   25   as much as she could. Secondly, the place was crowded with   26   , and all of them seemed to be walking and   27   what they wanted to buy slowly. It was a(n)  28   in patience. I had to   29   myself several times that there was no   30   , and no need to knock people down to get what I wanted. I was not sure if anyone else noticed, but I   31   lost my patience. Maybe I was really not   32   for the job, and this part of my new   33   was not my favorite. I couldn’t   34   to get home, back into my "comfort zone". It goes to show how hard it is to find a(n)  35   job. And it also shows that it’s always possible to be disappointed.
     16. A. fought          B. struggled           C. dealt                 D. played
     17. A. complete      B. arrange              C. celebrate           D. receive
     18. A. aim               B. way                 C. opportunity        D. task
     19. A. quick            B. terrible              C. personal           D. great
     20. A. supermarket        B. school        C. bank                       D. office
     21. A. satisfied       B. disappointed      C. frightened          D. excited
     22. A. hardly          B. partly               C. perfectly           D. hopefully
     23. A. asking for     B. falling for   C. answering for   D. searching for
     24. A. but                     B. so                     C. because                    D. either
     25. A. ordered         B. helped              C. educated                  D. replied
     26. A. workers              B. servants            C. shoppers                 D. children
     27. A. bringing       B. exchanging       C. matching                  D. selecting
     28. A. lesson          B. memory            C. argument                 D. pleasure
     29. A. admire         B. warn                 C. remind                    D. suggest
     30. A. truth            B. hurry         C. room         D. time
     31. A. lightly          B. firmly        C. highly        D. nearly
     32. A. famous         B. fit             C. prepared    D. responsible
     33. A. action          B. treat       C. role           D. trick
     34. A. expect          B. wait          C. leave     D. refuse
     35. A. practical      B. important    C. unique      D. perfect