单词填空：根据下列句子句意及汉语或英语提示，写出所缺单词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。（每空一词）（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

1.       We all have some ___________(缺点) and we should improve ourselves.

2.       Does environment___________(决定)one’s character?

3.       She refused to give the taxi___________(费用) because of the delay.

4.       Do you have any ______________(保险)on your car?

5.       What’s your _____________(态度) to this idea? Is it good or bad?

6.       Since Li Ming _________________ here, he has got along well with his neighbours. （settle）

（李明在这里定居后，和邻居们相处得很好。）

7.       While_________( walk) the dog, you were careless and it got loose and was hit by a car.

你在遛狗的时候，你不小心让狗松开了，结果被车撞了。

8.       When people use words and ____________(express) different from the “standard language”,it is called a dialect.(当人们用不同于“标准语言”的词语和表达时，那就叫做方言。)

9.       Earthquakes are one of the most deadly natural________(灾难) in the world.

10.    More ________(避身处)for the homeless should be built in some big cities.

11.   _________(百万)of people watched the exciting football game , according to CCTV-5.

12.   As _______(照常，惯常), it rained on my birthday.

13.   ________they looked nearly everything was destroyed.

（人们无论朝哪里看，哪里的一切都几乎被毁了。）

14.   we can __________(hard) wait to see them!（我们迫不及待地想要见到他们。）

15.   People began to wonder how long the disaster would____________(持续)。（人们开始纳闷，这场灾难还会持续多久）

第二节：读写任务（共1小题，满分25分）
阅读下面短文，然后按照要求写一篇150字左右的英语短文。
Life is filled with challenges. As we get older we come to realize that those challenges are the very things that shape us and make us who we are, it is the same with the challenges that come with friendship.
When we are faced with a challenge, we usually have two choices: we can try to beat if off, or we can decide that the thing presenting the challenges isn’t worth the trouble and call it quits. Although there are certainly times when calling it quits is the right thing to do, in most cases all that is needed is commitment and communication.
When we are committed to something, it means that no matter how painful or how uncomfortable something is, we will always choose to face it and work through instead of running away from it. Communication is making a space for discussion and talking about how you feel as opposed to just saying what the other person did wrong. If you can say to a friend, “I got my feelings hurt.” rather than “You hurt my feelings.” You are going to be able to solve the problem much faster.
In dealing with many challenges that friendship will bring to you, try to see them for what they are: small hurdles you need to jump or get through on your way through life. Nothing is so big that it is impossible to get over, and hurt only serves to make us stronger. It’s all part of growing up. It happens to everyone, and some day you will look back on all of this and say, “Hard as it was, it made me who I am today. And that’s a good thing.”
［写作内容］
以约30个词概括短文的要点；
然后以约120个词就“在生活或学习中如何面对挑战”这个主题发表看法，并包括如下要点：
①   在生活或学习上，你曾经遇到过什么比较大的挑战？
②   你是如何面对这个挑战的？你成功了吗？
③   对你面对挑战的经历，你有何感悟？
［写作要求］
1）可以使用实例或其他论述方法支持你的观点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，
但不得直接引用原文中的句子；2）题目自拟。
［评分标准］      概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。

Valentine’s Day is on Feb. 14, and Chinese call it “lovers day”. I don’t think the translation is an accurate one, since it doesn’t only belong to lovers. Valentine’s Day is for expressing affection of all sorts. But it is uniquely for the romantically involved who shine the brightest, who spend the most money, whose hearts are the most engaged.

When I was b boy, my mother would buy enough cheap cards with ugly drawings of butterflies and little rabbits and honeybees for me to give one to every kid in my class, about 20 or so. The cards came in bags, and each card had a few foolish words-“Be Mine” or “I like you” or “You’ve Got My Heart” or the uninteresting words, “Hi, Valentine!” I would sign my name on the cards quickly and the name of one of my classmates on each easily-broken envelope. I would lick （舔）each one shut, but they were so cheap that the envelopes rarely had enough glue. On Valentine’s Day, I would take the cards to school-everyone did. We would have a party in our classroom, with cupcakes（杯形蛋糕）and juice and tiny candy hearts, which also had Valentine messages printed on them-“You’re sweet” or “Cupid（爱神丘比特）”or “Love”.

Ah, love! That’s the Valentine’s Day message: love. No one knows for certain the origin of the holiday. Several, Catholic victims were named Valentine, but it’s difficult to separate legend from fact. One story tells of a priest（牧师）named Valentine who was imprisoned and may have been stoned to death around 270 for performing marriages in going against the orders of the Roman Emperor Claudius II. But it’s hard today to find any religious connection.

From the first paragraph, why does the author say that we Chinese call Valentine’s Day “lovers’ day ”is not accurate?

       A．Because only lovers would spend it.

       B．Because it is only spent on Feb. 14.

       C．Because it doesn’t only belong to lovers.

       D．Because only those rich people could enjoy it.

A priest named Valentine was stoned to death for the sake of           .

       A．his not attending a ceremony on time.

       B．his stealing something from the church

       C．his rude words to Roman Emperor Claudius II

       D．his not obeying the orders by Roman Emperor Claudius II

According to the passage, we can know Valentine’s Day may be related to          .

       A．religion    B．sports       C．entertainment   D．art

Would you want a doctor who got high marks in medical school just for trying hard? Apparently many college students would have no problem with that. They believe students are owed a good grade simply because they put a lot of effort into a class.
The researchers asked more than 800 undergraduates if they agreed or disagreed with some statements. For example: "If I have completed most of the reading for a class, I deserve a B in that course." And: "A professor should not be annoyed with me if I receive an important call during class."
Just 16 percent thought it was OK to take that phone call. But 66 percent agreed that a professor should consider effort and not just the quality of a student's work when deciding grades. And 40 percent thought they should get a B, the second highest mark, just because they did most of the reading for class.
Some experts are not surprised that students often see no difference between effort and results. Social critics like to say that in children's activities these days everyone gets an award just for trying, so no one will feel rejected.
Yet competition to get into the best colleges is fiercer than ever. Students may worry that low grades will keep them out of graduate school or a good job.
And there may be another explanation: pressure from parents to get a good return on the family's investment. These days, college can cost more than a house.
A former teaching assistant recently wrote to the New York Times about his experience with grade expectations. He would try to explain it this way when students asked for a top grade just for studying hard in chemistry class:
What if a baseball player came to spring training and worked harder than all the others, but still could not play well? Would the team accept him anyway, just because he tried so hard?
The students would say no. But most of them would still ask for an A.
【小题1】What does the passage mainly discuss?

BEIJING——China will further open its financial sector in “an active and safe” way, the country’s central bank vowed on Friday.
“China will gradually broaden the chance for the participation of foreign capital in the domestic financial market,” said the People’s Bank of China in a report. “We will strengthen the connections between China’s financial market and international ones by attracting more foreign capital in Renminbi-denominated financial products,” the report said.
Meanwhile, channels will also be expanded to allow Chinese investment in foreign financial markets.
The bank said it would ease restrictions on enterprises and individuals possessing and using foreign currencies and increase the number of qualified foreign institutional investors and the value of their investment quotas(份额). “We will make use of the financial market to achieve balanced international payments,” said the bank.
Last year, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) raised the annual quota for individuals buying foreign currency from US $ 20,000 to US $ 50,000.
“China will work hard for a more efficient and vigorous financial market that can better serve international needs,” the bank said.
The country will adjust its financial market rules so they are accepted around the world, encourage reforms and promote more flexible, diversified ways of trading, according to the bank.
China fully opened its financial market to foreign capital on December 11 last year, ending a five-year transitional (过渡的) period after entering WTO.
【小题1】The passage is