It looked like rain last night, but it turned _____ a fine day.

  A. out          B. off          C. down         D. up

 To improve spoken English, Lucy _____ at least one hour each day to recite English texts.

  A. sets off       B. sets aside     C. sets forth      D. sets by

 When we finally _______ to get home after the tiring long journey, we could hardly move a step further.

A. tried         B. succeeded    C. attempted     D. managed

 Nobody wants to _________, especially in public.

A. be made fun of   B. make fun of  C. made fun of   D. making fun of

假设你是张明，你的英国老师Mr. Smith要求你们明天下午去听一个英国历史的讲座。你因故不能参加。请你根据以下要点，写一封短信向Mr. Smith请假。

内容要点：*表示歉意  

*理由：去机场接人 

*询问：是否有录音，以便补听讲座

注意：1. 词数：100左右  

2. 可根据内容要点适当增加细节，以使行文连贯

Dear Mr. Smith,

____________________________________________________________________________ 

Yours sincerely

                                                                 Zhang Ming

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同学写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，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。

Today is Sunday. I've been in Russia for two months. This is the first time that I've been away my

family for such a long time. With the help of Katia, a roommate of me, I've soon got used to live

without my parents around. Katia, like many other Russian girls, are nice and lively. We became

friends shortly after we met each other. Although her English is a little hardly to understand, we

enjoy chatting and we usually talk a lot about our own family. We're both surprising that Chinese

culture and Russian culture were so different. Now, we are planning a small party for the next

Sunday. There, Katia will introduce me to some of her friends, one of who has been to China

 several times. I just can't wait.

How to Become a Top Student

Successful students use different techniques to study, which brings them more success.    71     Here are the four techniques almost all top-performing students use.

They are regular. Almost all successful students study regularly, because they know “what you give is what you get”. If you put in regular hours of studying, then you will learn more and get better grades.    72    This will help you to study regularly.

They have clear goals. All top-performing students have definite, specific goals.    73     They motivate you and drive you to study more. But make sure that you do not get carried away. Set realistic goals which can challenge you, but do not seem impossible or too difficult to achieve.

They study without strain (压力). Successful students study a lot. But they study without putting strain on themselves. Most students make the mistake of studying too hard or studying continuously for a long time.    74    Studying should be done in a balanced manner. Take a break for a few minutes, after studying for 30 or 45 minutes. Relax, walk around your room or house, or drink some water and return to studying. Such short breaks will refresh your brain and you will learn more.

   75    Studying is not something you do just because your parents ask you to do it. It’s actually very important for you. Studying gives you knowledge and skills that will remain with you for the rest of your life. It gives you the ability to get a job and earn money. And successful students recognize the value of studying well. 

A. This creates tension and actually slows down learning and memory.

B. But to score A grade in English, you should make well-planned efforts.

C. Set aside some hours, each day or each week, for studying. 

D. Having such goals gives you a purpose to study better.

E. Learn their techniques, and you will also join their rank.

F. They finish their homework on time.

G. They give importance to study.

  　　Award­winning author Emma Donoghue's latest book, Room, is a unique and amazing story about a boy's experience living in a small，windowless room with his mother. The 11' x 11' space between the walls of the room is actually all the boy knows because he was born there and has never left. Room will horrify ，surprise, sadden, and finally delight you. Attracted from the start, readers of all sorts won't want to put Room down.

◆First published in the U. S. in September 2010

◆Publisher: Little Brown

◆321 Pages

　　Literary master Ian McEwan returns with Solar, a novel about a Nobel prize­winning physicist. The physicist's personal life is in a mess as his fifth marriage breaks，but this time he actually loves his wife and wants to make things better. Solar is a funny story, completely unusual and as good as anything the writer has ever written.

◆Published in March 2010

◆Publisher: Knopf Doubleday

◆304 Pages

　　One Day by David Nicholls was an international bestseller before it was released in the U. S. in June. Although it is well written and funny at times, don't be fooled—this isn't a good­feeling romantic comedy. If you decide to read it, be prepared for some heavy moments.

◆Published in the U．S. in June 2010

◆Publisher: Vintage Contemporaries

◆437 Pages

　　Fall of Giants by Ken Follett is the first book in a new trilogy (three books)that will take readers through the major events of the twentieth century by following five families. In Fall of Giants, most of the action centers on World War I and the Bolshevik Revolution. Although Fall of Giants is more than 1,000 pages and has many characters，the story is remarkably connected.

◆Published in September 2010

◆Publisher: Dutton

◆1,008 Pages

68. Which of the following is NOT true according to the text?

A. Ian McEwan once won the Nobel Prize.

B. Fall of Giants is mostly set in wars.

C. One day is written by David Nicholls.

D. Solar is a funny story about a physicist.

69. We can know from the text that ________.

A. the main character of Room has a wide range of knowledge

B. Solar is the only book that Ian McEwan has ever written

C. all the four books were not published in the same month

D. One Day is a funny romantic comedy that sells very well

70. We can infer from the passage that ________.

A. the sixth of Ian McEwan's marriages broke

B. Room by Emma Donoghue has a happy ending

C. the publisher of One Day is Little Brown

D. Dutton and Ken Follett are both publishers

Children, especially at young ages, are very creative. And creativity can be a glorious(极好的) thing. Look at all the amazing artists and architects that have created glorious pieces of history. Look at all the authors with the award winning books. Now I am not saying everyone is going to end up this way but creativity is an important part of growing up and becoming who you are. This should be encouraged in young children as well as the older children.

Young children grow up playing with make-believe. And so many people try to make their young child see that their invisible friend isn’t real or that talking when someone is not in the room is weird. To adults it is, but for small children it is them being creative. May it be them playing house, or chef, or playing with stuffed animals, it is their creative part coming out. Some kids can have fun playing with rocks and sticks and it’s because of their creativeness that they can do this. The invisible friend part is another part of being imaginative, and is not a bad thing since they will grow out of that phase(阶段). So encourage this and play along with them, play house, or stuffed animals or whatever they want to play. Help keep their imagination running. You can even make up games, like treasure hunts, or dinosaurs, super heroes; there is just so much you can choose from.

All this can help your children’s minds stay creative. The arts and music, even thoughts are an important part of life and important in our society. If we didn’t have and encourage creative thinking, we wouldn’t have had inventors, or philosophers, or as I said before, artists.

64. The underlined word “weird” is close in meaning to            .

   A. familiar        B. strange        C. common       D. natural

65. According to the author, if a child talks alone in a room, we should          .

   A. let him be                B. stop him from doing so

   C. give him some advice      D. know that he is suffering from loneliness

66. What is mainly talked about in the passage?

   A. How creative artists and architects are born.

   B. How to help children grow up in a healthy way.

   C. What kind of activities children like.

   D. How to help children to be creative.

67. The author of the passage would agree that          .

   A. every child can become creative artists or inventors

   B. creative people all show strange behaviors when young

   C. creativity brings out great artists and architects    

   D. creativity is a natural ability to be born with

The hottest show this summer-the “Voice” just finished on Sunday at the Shanghai Stadium．But the show that had a good start didn't end to everyone's satisfaction．The two and a half hour show dragged on for more than four hours because of the huge amount of advertising, which the audience and residents（居民） living nearby could hardly bear．

This summer, something hotter than the weather came to Shanghai. That is the Voice of China．The show soon became a cash cow for the organizer as the advertisement prices reached 1.16 million yuan for 15 seconds. And the show has earned more than 100 million yuan up to now in ad income only. But the organizers’ bliss（快乐） was audiences’ melancholy（悲哀）．

In the final live show on Sunday, about 14 rounds of advertisements were aired, each of which came at a crucial result-announcing moment.

Frequently interrupted by advertisements, some audience complained that the show wasn’t worth its ticket prices of 180 to 1680 yuan.

The planned two and a half hour show went two hours overtime because of the advertising. This annoyed audience members, and touched the nerves(神经) of residents living near the site.

Someone called the police, and the show is now facing punishment for going over-time and disturbing residents late at night.

60. Why didn’t “the Voice” make audience satisfied?

     A. It failed to attract audience attention in the end．

     B. It failed to make audience satisfied．

     C. It increased by one and a half hours and audience couldn’t bear it．

     D. It was full of so many advertisements that audience can’t tolerate them．

61．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

     A. The show lasted for two and a half hours.

     B. Someone called the police because they can’t bear the noises late at night.

     C. The show was worth its ticket prices because the audience watched many advertisements.

     D. The show has earned more than 100 million yuan up to now totally.

62. Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage?

     A. The Voice of China—the most popular TV show of last summer.

     B. The Voice of China—I want you.

     C. The Voice of China—hard to say I love you.

D. The Voice of China—the noises of China.

63. This passage is organized in the pattern of____.

     A. time and event                            B. comparison and contrast

     C. cause and effect                 D. definition and classification