Strictly Ban smoking
If you smoke and you still don’t believe that there’s a definite（一定的）link between smoking and bronchial（支气管的）troubles, heart disease and lung cancer, then you are certainly deceiving yourself. No one will accuse you of hypocrisy. Let us just say that you are suffering from a bad case of wishful thinking. This needn’t make you too uncomfortable because you are in good company. Whenever the subject of smoking and health is raised, the governments of most countries hear no evil, see no evil and smell no evil. Admittedly, a few governments have taken timid measures. In Britain for instance, cigarette advertising has been banned on television. The conscience of the nation is appeased, while the population continues to puff its way to smoky, cancerous death.
You don’t have to look very far to find out why the official reactions to medical findings have been so lukewarm. The answer is simply money. Tobacco is a wonderful commodity to tax. It’s almost like a tax on our daily bread. In tax revenue alone, the government of Britain collects enough from smokers to pay for its entire educational facilities. So while the authorities point out ever so discreetly that smoking may, conceivable, be harmful, it doesn’t do to shout too loudly about it.
This is surely the most short-sighted policy you could imagine. While money is eagerly collected in vast sums with one hand, it is paid out in increasingly vaster sums with the other. Enormous amounts are spent on cancer research and on efforts to cure people suffering from the disease. Countless valuable lives are lost. In the long run, there is no doubt that everybody would be much better-off if smoking were banned altogether.
Of course, we are not ready for such a drastic action. But if the governments of the world were honestly concerned about the welfare of their peoples, you’d think they’d conduct aggressive anti-smoking campaigns. Far from it! The tobacco industry is allowed to spend staggering sums on advertising. Its advertising is as insidious as it is dishonest. We are never shown pictures of real smokers coughing up their lungs early in the morning. That would never do. The advertisement always depict virile, clean-shaven young men. They suggest it is manly to smoke, even positively healthy! Smoking is associated with the great open-air life, with beautiful girls, true love and togetherness. What utter nonsense!
For a start, governments could begin by banning all cigarette and tobacco advertising and should then conduct anti-smoking advertising campaigns of their own. Smoking should be banned in all public places like theatres, cinemas and restaurants. Great efforts should be made to inform young people especially of the dire consequences of taking up the habit. A horrific warning – say, a picture of a death’s head – should be included in every packet of cigarettes that is sold. As individuals, we are certainly weak, but if governments acted honestly and courageously, they could protect us from ourselves

1. 1.

   Why do a few governments take timid measures toward smoking?

   1. A.
      because they are afraid of people
   2. B.
      Because diseases cost a lot
   3. C.
      Because they are afraid of the cutting down of their revenue
   4. D.
      Because they are afraid of manufacturers
2. 2.

   The tone of this passage is______.

   1. A.
      critical
   2. B.
      ironical（讽刺的用反语的）
   3. C.
      distaste（不喜欢）
   4. D.
      amusing
3. 3.

   What does the sentence “because you are in good company” mean?

   1. A.
      you are backed by the government
   2. B.
      You are not alone
   3. C.
      You have good colleagues
   4. D.
      overnments are blind to evils of smoking too
4. 4.

   What is the best title of this passage?

   1. A.
      World Governments should conduct serious campaigns against smoking
   2. B.
      World governments take timid measures against smoking
   3. C.
      smoking is the most important source of income to many countries
   4. D.
      tobacco industry spends a large sum of money on medical research

It's no secret that most busy American mothers use the TV set   [21]   （介词）a live-in babysitter. In some families the TV holds a child's attention for half   [22]   （冠词）hour or two while mom works on dinner; in others it is the child's constant daytime companion. Is there any harm in this?

　　Debate on the question is very hot, and periodically research is published   [23]   （show）that TV reduces attention space, makes children upset or causes them to be violent. In today's cartoon David Horsey makes   [24]   of （短语动词）the show-off of "children's TV". It is said  [25]   （从属连词） the special programing supposedly uses entertainment to help youngsters to learn to read and take their  [26]   （数词） steps in the big, diverse world outside their family. But what do children really get from this programming?

　　Horsey's suspicion is   [27]   （从属连词）children's programming chiefly turns kids into TV addicts(上了瘾的人), not into readers or happy mixers. The kids, still at their early age, are attracted by the figures on the screen. "Can you say TV?" The  [28]   （soon） the kid learns the word, the more effectively he can remind his mother to turn on the TV.

　　A child hooked on TV tends  [29]   （构成非谓语动词） fix his eyes on commercial advertisement, and there are plenty of those targeting children of all ages. Thus, at the very least, mom tries to search for a certain way to make the kids quiet and peaceful , hence changing a child    [30]   （介词） an American shopper all day long. Spending too much time on the tube will have an ill effect on the kids.

仔细阅读下面的短文，文中共有10个空格。请根据每小题括号内的具体要求完成语法填空，例如正确词性，词形变化等。

Jackie Chan is satisfied with his limited edition car

China news, May 18 - According to the Hong Kong- [1]  (base) newspaper Ta Kung Pao, Jackie Chan  [2]  (助动词)participated in the promotion of many famous brands of clothing, shoes, stationery and food  [3]  (介词)recent years. Several days ago, he unveiled(使公诸于众)a limited edition four-wheel drive car, [4]  (从属连词)is especially customized(定做, 定制) to his personal taste.

　　At the press conference in Singapore a few days ago, Jackie said that he [5]  (情态动词)have cooperated with Parjero, but the plan was suspended because of the sudden pass-away of the car designer. Later he decided [6]  (work)with his old partner Ralliart, [7]  (代词)of the brands of Mitsubishi, and finally rolled out(大量生产) this limited edition car with a storage capacity of 3,500 cubic centimeters of oil. Only 50 such cars will be available [8]  (介词)the world.

　　As a car fan, Jackie has participated in the car design himself. The car, [9]  (decorate)with the symbols of "dragon", is said to "be comfortable as a sedan(轿子) and powerful as a roadster(跑车)." He added that making this car is to fulfill his dream, not to make money. The car price has not been announced yet due to [10]  (物主代词)status of limited edition and different taxations all over the world.

六．书面表达（共计15分）

现如今，大家都认为音乐在生活和学习中非常重要用。我校在5月第二周举行了音乐周，请用英语写一篇短文，介绍本次音乐周的情况。内容如下：

每个班级都表演了节目，有唱歌、跳舞、短剧等，有的班级还用英语进行了表演。

我们邀请了一位著名的钢琴家来表演，并进行了有关钢琴知识的讲座。

学校举办了音乐知识竞赛。

注意：

词数：100词左右。

参考词汇：音乐周：a music week 竞赛：competition∕contest   钢琴家 pianist  讲座 lecture  短剧：short plays

注意时态和连词的适当使用