According to the rules, students must not ______ their books during examinations.

A. read                 B. watch

C. notice               D. look at

—Excuse me, could you tell me the time, please?

—Sorry, I don't have a watch with me.    — ________.

A. Thanks a lot　 B. What a pityC. I'm sorry to hear that　D. Thanks anyway

 The population of many Chinese cities has _________ doubled in the past 30 years.

       A. larger than        B. more than            C. as great as             D. quite a bit

They always lay _____ a large supply of tinned food in winter in case they are snowed up.

A. out    B. off  C. in   D. with

While shopping, people sometimes can’t help ________ into buying something they don’t really need.

第三部分 阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)

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。

O.Henry was a pen name used by an American writer  of short stories. His real name was William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for very long ,but he managed to teach himself everything he needed to know . When he was about 20years old , O.Henry went to Texas, where he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank. When some money went missing from the bank, O.Henry was believed to have stolen it. Because of that ,he was sent to prison, .During the three years in prison , he learned to write short stories . After he got out of prison, he went to New York and continued writing . He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People  liked his stories, because simple as the tales were, they would finished with a sudden change at the end, to the readers’surprise.

1. People enjoyed reading O.Henry’s stories because________________.

A. they were about New York city    B. they had surprising endings

C.they were easy to understand      D. they showed his love for the poor.

2. O.Henry went to prison because _____________.

A. he broke the law by not using his own name

B. he wanted to write stories about prisoners

  C. people thought he had stolen money from the newspaper.

  D. people thought he had taken money that was not his

3. Where did O.Henry get most materials for his short stories?

 A. His life inside the prison         B. The newspaper articles he wrote

 C. The city and people of New York  D. His exciting early life as a boy

来自你市的中学生小记者最近进行了一次采访活动。请根据下面表格中的内容为你校的英语园地写一篇报道。

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Mr Ascot, headmaster of the school, refused to accept ______of the three suggestions made by the Students’ Union.

A. either  B. neither

C. any     D. none