8、His father says that he has never regretted ______his son to study abroad．

A．send             B．sending           C．sent             D．to send

7、Last week our propaganda department（宣传部）received a task of publishing the second blackboard newspaper of this term．

    Considering a tight timetable，we started our work on this Thursday．However，God didn’t 1  us．While we are  2  the blackboard，it began to rain．  3  it rained more and more heavily，we didn’t stop our work．  4   our hard work，we finally finished brushing the blackboard．But after then two of male  5   left because of having a meeting．We three still went on to smear（涂）the blackboard with ink in the rain．After another hour, a clean and bright  6  came to us．

    The following day I got to our  7   place at once after class．Because of my  8  ，I left my mobile phone in the classroom．  9 ，I was told that my monitor had taken it to the dorm for me．No word can   10  my thanks to my monitor．After then I  11  to draw a cartoon．It was not until 6 pm did we 12  our work．By then night had fallen．

    Today was a sunny day．Because we had no class，we  13  our work at 8：30 am．Today’s  14  was mainly writing and painting．At about 10 am all of my colleagues had left  15  some reasons．Only l was left there  16  on working．You can’t imagine how   17   and lonely I was at that time．At noon，we went on our work after having lunch．To our  18  ．we finally completed our whole task at about 5：30 pm．

    Looking again at the blackboard  19  that condensed（凝聚）our hard work，I felt very 20  ．Without efforts，we couldn’t finish this task in such an urgent time．

1．A．punish                B．help                     C．hurt                       D．forgive

2．A．brushing                B．making                C．repairing                D．breaking

3．A．Only if                  B．As though            C．As for                    D．Even if

4．A．Since                    B．Without               C．Through                D．Under

5．A．colleagues              B．professors            C．pupils                    D．writers

6．A．wall                      B．pavement             C．brochure                D．blackboard

7．A．living                  B．working               C．sitting                    D．reading

8．A．favor                     B．kindness              C．hurry                     D．absence

9．A．Stupidly                 B．Unluckily             C．Personally              D．Fortunately

10．A．express                B．mean                   C．say                         D．inform

11．A．break out             B．watch out            C．set out                   D．set about

12．A．get                      B．end                      C．have                      D．start

13．A．left                      B．began                  C．finished                  D．found

14．A．work                   B．game                   C．enjoyment               D．performance

15．A．with                    B．in                        C．from                     D．for

16．A．depending            B．turning                 C．keeping                  D．putting

17．A．helpless               B．comfortable          C．amused                  D．hopeful

18．A．sorrow                B．delight                 C．regret                    D．disappointment

19．A．notes                   B．summary             C．newspaper             D．sign

20．A．disturbed              B．terrified                C．bored                     D．pleased

6、Old age，I decided，is a gift．The other day a young person asked me how l felt about being old．I was taken aback．for I do not think of myself as old．Upon seeing my reaction．he was immediately embarrassed（尴尬的），but I explained that it was an interesting question，and I would think it over，and let him know．

      Old age is a gift．I am now，probably for the first time in my life，the person I have always wanted to be．As I’ve aged．I’ve become kinder to myself, and less critical of myself．I don’t scold myself for eating that extra cookie，or for not making my bed…I am entitled to overeat，to be messy．I have seen too many dear friends leave this world too soon before they understood the great freedom that comes with aging．

      I will walk along the beach in a swimming suit that is stretched over my fat body．and will dive into the waves freely if I choose to，in spite of the pitying glances from the bikini sets．They，too，will get old．

      Sure，over the years my heart has been broken．How can your heart not break when you lose a loved one，or when a child suffers，or even when a beloved pet is hit by a car? But broken hearts are what give us strength，understanding and sympathy．A heart never broken will never know the joy of being imperfect．

      So，to answer your question, I like being old．It has set me flee．I like the person I have become．I am not going to live forever．but while I am still here．1 will not waste time feeling sorry for what could have been，or worrying about what will be．And I shall eat dessert every single day．

1．Which of the following may be the title of the text?

      A．The Aged．                                            B．Old age is a gift．

      C．Are you getting older?                                 D．Don’t be afraid of aging．

2．Why did the author like being old?

      A．Because he is actually not old．

      B．Because he becomes the person he really wanted to be．

      C．Because he can do everything now．

      D．Because being old can make him enjoy many special rights．

3．According to the text，he likes to do the following except __________．

      A．eat extra cookie if he likes                         B．dive into the waves freely

      C．leave things as he likes                                D．do what others like him to do

4．According to the text，we know that ___________．

      A．imperfection is never a good thing

      B．being forgetful will always cause trouble

      C．becoming aging is miserable

      D．aging sometimes means freedom

5．What does the underlined phrase refer to in the third paragraph?

    A．beautiful swimming suits                          B．short clothes used for swimming

    C．some younger persons                                D．couples of swimming lovers

5、Born on June 27，1975，Tobey Vincent Maguire was always the quiet．Throughout his childhood，constant moving around always exposed him to new people and new situations．

    His mother and his father split within two years of his birth，and Tobey was ping-ponged between them．The pressures of teenage hood were so great for Tobey that he had to gather up courage just to go out into the world each day．Because of his stressed nerves，he couldn’t take it anymore，and in ninth grade he dropped out of school1．

      Tobey wanted to be a chef（厨师），but his mother，who had once dreamed of starring herself, gave him$100 to take drama classes instead．There was no turning back．He got a major role in the 1992 FOX sitcom Great Scott，but the series lasted no more than five weeks．

      After appearances in several forgetful movies，Tobey finally got a promising role in 1995’s Empire Records．But during production，Tobey met some emotional difficulties．He asked director Allan Moyle to excuse him from the movie，and stopped auditioning（试音）for months．His scenes were deleted（删除）from Empire Records as a result．

    There are precious few who can leave Hollywood and come back where they left off．But Tobey did just that．His performance in 1996’s Oscar-nominated short film Duke of Groove caught the attention of a number of Hollywood filmmakers．In 1997，director Ang Lee cast Tobey in The Ice Storm，a project that would prove to his first test of stardom．

      Tobey insists that he doesn’t care for fame，but he knew that however talented an actor he was．studio heads still wanted to see results in numbers．So Tobey decided to put on the mask for the 2002 hit，Spider-Man．The success of the film-threw Tobey into the Hollywood A-list．

1．What made him unable to continue his study?

      A．He couldn’t bear his being too nervous every morning．

      B．He was deserted by his father and his mother．

      C．He couldn’t follow his teachers at school．

      D．He wasn’t interested in study at all．

2．According to the text，to become an actor was _________．

      A．his dream                                                B．his father’s order

      C．his mother’s dream                                           D．his talent

3．Based on the text，we know that __________．

A．Tobey Vincent Maguire has a lucky childhood

      B．Tobey Vincent Maguire is much of a talker as a child

      C．Tobey Vincent Maguire had intended to become a cook

      D．The FOX sitcom “Great Scott” was a hit

4．Which of the films proved his genius in performance?

      A．Great Scott    B．Empire Records    C．Duke of Groove      D．The Ice Storm

5．What’s the main idea of the passage?

      A．To introduce Tobey Maguire．

      B．To show us a talent’s great Success．

      C．To tell us the nominated film Spider-Man．

      D．To tell US never to say “N0”．

4、Compared with other children on the European continent，children in the UK start school at a very early age．But we are not persuaded that it gives them any educational advantage．

      My three-year-old son and I went shopping for his school uniform over the summer holiday．As he stood in the changing room，swimming in even the smallest trousers，several people commented that he looked too young to start school．I couldn’t agree more．Hardly will he have blown out the candles on his fourth birthday cake，when I’ll be waving him off at the school gates．The poor little boy still puts his pants on back to front and thinks baby pigs come out of eggs．How is he going to cope with literacy and maths，let alone the horrors of school toilets?

    Yes，I am all over-anxious mother but I’m surely not the only person who feels that British children start school far too young．Research suggests that sending children to school at such a young age leads to a sense of failure and disaffection（不满）that will follow them throughout their school career． 

      The law states that the legal age for starting school in the UK is the term after a child’s fifth birthday，but it is common practice in England and Wales to admit children to reception class（小班）at the beginning of the year in which they become 5．Because of this，most children start school at the age of 4．The latest government figures indicate that around 80 percent of children enter school before their fifth birthday．

      By comparison，children in France，Portugal and Belgium start school at 6，while the school starting age in many Scandinavian countries is 7．This is the starting age in Finland，where students recently beat those from 39 other countries to come out tops in maths．science and reading．

1．When her son is going to attend school，the writer feels very __________．

      A．excited                B．concerned            C．surprised                D．puzzled

2．In the UK，the law states that children should start school at the age of ________．

    A．4                        B．5                         C．6                         D．7

3．The underlined sentence in the second paragraph mainly shows that the author’s on ______．

      A．is still too young to go to school                B．knows how to dress himself

      C．still has some childish thoughts                    D．is too short to wear school uniform

4．From the passage，we can learn that _________．

      A．children have some advantages over others if they start school early

      B．students in Finland perform no better than those in the UK in maths and reading

      C．starting school too young may have negative（消极的）influence on children later on

      D．the UK government encourages parents to send their children to school before age 5

5．Which can be the best title for the passage?

      A．Do Our Children Start School Too Young?

      B．The Educational Performance of British Children

      C．Young Students Are Likely to Fail

      D．Different Starting School Ages in European Countries

2、根据下列句意及汉语或首字母提示，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。

1．The chair was __________（打算）for you，but she took it away．

2．We have a growing population and t_______ we need more food．

3．My friend is quite _________（满意）with his Hew job．  

4．The red lines on the map ________（代表）railways．

5．Disneyland will bring you into a m________ world and make your dreams come true．

1、随着汽车的普及，自行车作为一种交通工具已备受冷落。在“六五”世界环境日来临之际，某市向市民发出了一份倡议书，呼吁广大市民骑自行车上下班（Ride to Work Day）。请你就此举措用英语写一篇l20一l50词的短文，发表在某英语报上。内容要点要包括骑自行车上下班的好处，如节能环保、有利健康、缓解交通压力、易找停车位、不受堵车影响等等。

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33、Students are asked to ________themselves in this boarding school and they are only allowed to go back home once a week．

A．behave        B．act         C．perform          D．observe