_____, and I believe you will realize your dream.

A. Making a little bit more effort        

B. Make a little bit more effort

C. To make a little bit more effort        

D. If you make a little bit more effort

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。

William Shakespeare once wrote, “Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.” While this may be a stretch, the principle is correct.       1      

Throughout your life, you will encounter similar circumstances that require punctuality, such as handing in homework assignments; arriving at school, a job or a meeting; picking up someone from the airport, school, work, etc. avoid embarrassing moments by ridding yourself of any tendency to be late.

Here are some tips:

● Learn to manage your time wisely, which includes setting deadlines. There are a fixed number of minutes in a day---and only one of you.       2     

●       3       This ensures they do not assume that you will be available for other projects.

● Procrastination(拖延) is a thief of time---avoid it at all costs! This includes waiting until the last second to start a task simply because you find it unpleasant.

     4       Worrying about it will not accomplish anything!

● Before agreeing on a particular time for something, think about other events that might interfere.

● Try counting back from the scheduled time to figure out when you should begin getting ready.      5       For example, if you are scheduled to be at work at 9:00 a.m., a 30-minute car ride makes it 8:30, 15 minutes to eat breakfast makes it 8:15, and 30 minutes for grooming(洗刷) makes it 7:45, and so on.  

A．If a task is difficult, do it first.

B．It is always better to be early rather than late.

C．Make sure others are aware of your deadlines.

D．A few minutes delay may not be a serious matter.

E. Moreover, habitual unpunctuality leads to indolence (懒散) and even failure in life.

F. Do not worry about the particular order of events; just assign(分配) time values to each.

G. Taking on too many responsibilities means that something will not be finished on time.

第二部分 阅读理解(共25小题。第一节每小题2分，第二节每小题1分；满分45分)

第一节 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

When students think of learning a foreign language, the first thought is of books, exercises, and audio cassettes．Those are important to learning but sometimes a little bit boring．Therefore, it is time for us to spice things up a bit.

Things like a cellphone can keep your interest level high．It’s a perfect study material．You have it with you day after day, you are familiar with how it works and you can use it to practice whenever you have time．You don’t need to have your books by your side or stay in your room to listen to tapes.

Let’s take a look at how to add your cellphone to your study tools.

Set up your cellphone to use the language you want to study．Go to the menu, find settings, locate language and change it to English or Spanish, which benefits your language learning.

Look at the buttons and connect those items with the new vocabulary．This enables you to master simple words and phrases with little effort．For example, each time you open up your cellphone you’ll see “messages”, “games” and “calls made”．These words begin to take root if you see them again and again.

When you have time, take out your cellphone and start hitting buttons．You’ll be surprised at all the vocabulary you can learn by playing with the different menu items．Some things you’ll recognize immediately and others you can guess just by where you find them.

It can keep your learning fresh and interesting．And that’s important because boredom is a big problem with language learners．You need variety and a cellphone is one way to get it.

1．The underlined part “spice things up” in the first paragraph means “______”.

     A．make things interesting         B．make things realistic

         C．make things helpful             D．make things obvious

2．Which of the following is NOT an advantage of using a cellphone as a study material?

     A．We can study with it at any moment.

         B．It keeps our learning interest high.

         C．We can use it to practice freely.

         D．It offers the chance to practice learning.

3．By playing with a cellphone, you can ______.

     A．learn the words in the menu

         B．remember the messages sent by others

         C．improve the techniques of playing games

         D．become familiar with different kinds of languages

4．Why did the author write the passage?

     A．To stress the importance of language learning.

         B．To introduce the latest ways of language learning.

         C．To inform how to keep your learning fresh.

         D．To explain how to use cellphones to learn language.

Poetry Writing Classes Online

Consider it the caviar （鱼子酱） of literature: tiny eggs with wonderful taste． Poetry has inspired the human soul for thousands of years and there are those who still treasure its magnificence．If you hear mermaids singing or feel the wind or see the sun rising in ribbons then you are one of these happy few．Excellence in poetry is mysterious, but a quest（探索） worth pursuing．In our courses, you will learn to control sound, structure, line, word, theme etc．into well-crafted poems and you will improve your precision by experimenting with various time-honored forms．You will also learn how and where to market your work．

         Level I

         Poetry Writing 10-Week Workshop

         Using a balance of lecture, exercise, and comment on work from the instructor and classmates, this course gives students a firm grounding in all the basics of poetry writing．

         ·Write two-six poems

         ·Lectures on basics of poetry craft

         ·Writing exercises

         ·Present work for critique （评论）（two times）

         PoetryI  is for beginners or anyone who wants to brush up on the fundamentals．

         Online Classes

         Registration Fee: $25．

         Tuition: $395, Returning Students $365．

         Each class strictly limited to 16 students, aged 18 and up

         ·You can still enroll in this class!

         Advanced

         Poetry Writing 10-Week Workshop

         Focusing on developing projects and receiving comment from the instructor and classmates, this course helps students sharpen their skills and work toward completion of publishable work．Begin or refine two-six poems．

         ·Lectures that expand on basics of poetry craft

         ·Writing exercises

         ·Present work for in-depth critique （two times）

         Online Classes

         Registration Fee; $ 25．

         Tuition: $395．Returning Students $365．

         Each class strictly limited to 14 students, aged 18 and up．

         ·You can still enroll in this class!

1.You learn the following on Poetry Writing Classes Online EXCEPT _____

         A．where you can sell your poems

         B．why it's worth seeking excellence in poetry

         C．how to write a well-crafted poem

         D．how to sharpen your skills in poetry

2.If you rejoin the online poetry writing classes, you should pay _____．

         A．$390                 B．$410                 C．$395         D．$365

3.If you are a beginner, you can start the courses from _____．

         A．July 14               B．Aug 14                C．July 6     D．Oct 6

4.In Advanced Poetry Writing Class, you are asked to _____.

         A．lay steady foundations for the basis of poetry writing

         B．hand in your poems getting ready for publication

         C．make comments on the work of your classmates

         D．give some lectures on basics of poetry craft

5.The passage is most probably from a _____．

         A．newspaper advertisement           B．book review

         C．scientific magazine                 D．news report

I was sitting in class one day when a new kid came in , He was called Christian and he was short and wore a pair of glasses, He walked up to the teacher and told her ,very  36   ,that he was new , The teacher  37  to the empty desk next to me . He sat down , looked briefly at me ,and then looked  38   . I didn’t think he was very nice , and certainly not the   39  I would like to become friends with ,

Over the year，I 40 talked to him，but he smiled at me when our eyes met, always shyly, He never talked to anybody   41 me.

But one day I  42  the unkind kids who were teasing him．We made fun of him   43  in my head I knew it was wrong . “Haven’t you got any friends ?”A kid asked Christian，who had walked past us  44   .“No，he hasn’t got any friends．He’s too  45   .”I said．

Then Christian looked up at me with the saddest eyes I had ever seen. My heart    46 .

In the weeks that followed, he never met my47 in class and never smiled at me. It was really hard for me to  48  to write him a note asking him to   49  it . I knew I had to because I couldn’t    50 the guilt and sadness that I felt  51  I saw him .

The next day in class, I wrote him a note   52 . About five minutes later .I turned and saw tears in his eyes. Later he told me that I would never realize how much my apology had  53   to him. Over the years at high school, we became    54 friends.

Apologies can really change your life , so never55  a chance to tell somebody you are sorry,