[课文背景介绍]　

1．民以食为天，粮食是世界上绝大多数人直接的、主要的食物，即使动物性的食物也是由粮食和其他植物性原料转化而成的。

　　 VII. 书面表达　 15% 　

　　 你是李华，申请到一家外资企业工作。对方要求你用英语写一篇短文，介绍自己的基本情况。短文应包括下表的全部内容：

　　 VI. 短文改错: 10%

　　 To start with nothing, to work hard and then to make a　　　　　　 　　　 1._____________

fortune----this is the American dream. People in USA　　　　　　　 　 2._____________

want more than nothing else to be successful. And when　　　　 　　　 3._____________

　they made their money, they like to show it off by driving　　　　　 　 4._____________

expensive cars and buy beautiful furniture for their homes.　　　　　 　 5._____________

One bad result of this is what people never seem to stop　　 　　　　　 6._____________

for working. Some even hold two full-time jobs at the same time.　　　 7. ____________

This means that there is no much time for the good things in　　　　 　　 8. _____________

life, such as hours spent with one’s home. Few families　 　　　　　　　 9._____________

play games together, go for walks together, and even sit down every　 　　 10.____________

evening around the family table for a home-cook meal.　

B

The first newspaper were written by hand and put up on walls in public places. The earliest daily newspaper was started in Rome in 59B. C. In the 700’s the world’s first printed newspaper was published. Europe didn’t have a regularly published newspaper until 1609, when one was started in Germany.

The first regularly published newspaper in English was printed in Amsterdam in 1620. In 1621, an English newspaper was started in London and was published once a week. The first daily English newspaper was the Daily Courant. It came out in March 1702. In 1690, Benjamin Harris printed the first American newspaper in Boston. But not long after it was first published, the government stopped the paper. In 1704, John Campbell started The Boston Newsletter, the first newspaper published daily in the American colonies. By 1760, the colonies had more than thirty daily newspapers. There are now about 1800 daily papers in the United states.

Today, as a group, English language newspapers have the largest circulation in the world. But the largest circulation for a newspaper is that of the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun. It sells more than eleven million copies every day.

　　 1. The passage mainly tells us _______.

　　　 A. when the newspapers published 　　　　 B. history of newspapers

　　　 C. what are newspapers 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. who invented newspapers

　　 2. The first European regularly, published newspaper was printed in _______.

　　　 A. Germany 　　　　　　　　　 B. Amsterdam 　　　 C. Rome 　　　　　　　　　　 D. Boston

　　 3. The daily newspaper has a history of _______ now.

　　　 A. over 19 centuries 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. nearly 1900 years

　　　 C. more than 20 centuries　　　　　　　　　　　 D. only 200 years

　　 4. ____ was the daily English newspaper.

　　　 A. Asahi Shimbun 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. The Boston newsletter

　　　 C. Benjamin Harris　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. The Daily Courant

　　 5. The first circulation for a newspaper today is ____.

　　　 A．a Japanese newspaper

　　 　B．an English papers

　　 　C．a German newspaper

　　 　D．a Chinese newspaper　

A

　　 A special research team organized and sent from the local medical center performed experiments on the completely blind infants. The test sample included twenty completely blind infants, who lived at home with their mothers or family. The research workers would visit the infants and closely watch the developments of their sense and behavior every two weeks.

　　 In most cases, the research workers tested the response of the blind infants to different stimuli common in the family environment. Generally speaking a normal baby reacts with smiles and laughter to the voice of a relative and to hugging from his family. His reactions were quick.　 However, most of the blind infants, according to the experiment, responded to stimuli coldly. In fact they did not pay much attention to any sound. But occasionally, some of them were able to react to the sound of their mothers with a smile, usually, their response was very slow and cold.

　　 The test were carried out over a nine month period and they began when the blind infants were one month old and ended when they were 10 months old.　　　

　　 1. Infants are _________.

　　　 A. very young children　　　　　　　　　 B. test samples

　　　 C. blind children　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. normal babies

　 　2.According to this passage, the blind infants ________.

　　 A. were taken to live with the research workers

　　 B. lived at home with their mothers

　　 C. were tested at the medical center

　　 D. were members of large families

3. Which of the following is true?

A．A normal baby responded to the stimuli slowly

B．None of the blind infants had any responses to the stimuli

C．A group of nurses took care of the blind infants at the medical center

D．Some of the blind infants were able to respond to their mothers' voice

4. The test period for the blind infants was ________.

　　　 A. one month　　　　　 B. nine　 months　　　

　　　 C. ten months　　　 　　　 　D. about a year

5. How were the experiments carried out?

　　　 A．The scientist tested them in the medical center.

　　　 B．The blind infants were visited by research workers every two weeks.

　　　 C．The blind infants were made to compare with the normal infants

　　　 D．Their mothers were invited to visit them

5．他们家里藏了许多世代相传的书籍。(hand down)

B　　 卷

4．这个国家出了许多伟人。　 (give birth to…)

3．他们的教室是我们的四倍。(as…as)