7. Criticism from coaches, and other teammates, as well as the _____ to win can create excessive anxiety for young athletes.

A. pressure　　　　　 B. reputation　　　　　　　 C. standard　　　　　　　　 D. permission

6. -Have you thought of a topic for the article yet?

-No. I _____ a lot about it, but I haven’t decided yet.

A. will think　　　　　　　 B. have been thinking 　　C. had thought　　　　　 D. was thinking

5. __the new album on time, the musical group, including the famous pop star worked far into the night every day.

A. Having released　　　　　 B. To release　　　　 C. To have released　　　　 　D. Releasing

4. I _____ in London for many years, but I’ve never regretted my final decision to move back to China.

A. lived　　　　 B. was living　　　　　　　 C. have lived　　　　　　　 D. had lived

3. On February 11, 2007, Drew Gilpin Faust was __as the first female president of Harvard University.

A. appealed　　　　 B. appointed　　　　　　　 C. attached　　　　　　　　 D. transformed

2. Six men were arrested overnight after being charged _____ plotting an attack _____ U.S. soldiers at an army base, U.S. media reported Monday.

A. of; against　　　 B. with; against　　　　　 C. for; upon　　　　 D. with; upon

第一节：单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

1. -Would you please pass me the sugar?

-_____

A. Yes, please.　　 B. No, thanks.　　　　　　 C. With pleasure. D. Never mind.

第二节：书面表达(满分25分)

　 20世纪90年代中期以来，中国中小学生出国留学的人数呈快速增长态势，请你根据下列提示就中小学生出国留学热的优缺点写一篇英语短文。

要求：

1．　 字数：120词左右。

2．　 必须谈出自己的观点。

3．　 开头已给出，不计入总词数。

More and more Chinese middle school students have gone abroad to study since the 1990s. As many language learners say, spending a time abroad is the best way to study a language. Studying abroad ay have a lot of advantages

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第一节：短文改错(共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分)

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一题作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾(√)；如有错误(每行只有一个错误)，则按下列情况改正：

该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线 (﹨)划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，在该行处右边横线上写出该词。

该行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错的不要改。

I will never forget the winter of 1846, which we passed through the 　　　　　　　 76___________

Salt Lake Desert. We lose our way soon after we got into the desert.　　　　 77___________

Anyone has the least common sense will know that it is 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　78___________

possible to pass through the desert without water. Our water supply was 　 　79___________

getting more less and less and we couldn’t find new source of water. The　 80___________

animals that were very weak to pull the wagons were killed. So we had to 　　　 　81___________

walk out of the desert. For many weeks, we had been accustomed to see 　 　82___________

dead animals and abandoning wagons on our way. Things got so worse that　 83___________

no one dared take it easily. No one would help another. I was so weak and　　　 84___________

tired that I was left behind. However, I managed to keep up with the team.　　　 85___________