8、He is not a clerk of that company．________, he is only a freshman of a university.

A．Eventually        B．Actually                C．Practically               D．Especially

7、Once when I was a teenager, my father and I were standing in line to buy tickets for the circus （马戏表演）． 1  , there was only one family between us and the ticket-office．There were eight children in this family, all probably under the age of 12．Their clothes were not  2 , but they were clean．The children were  3 , all of them standing in line．They were  4  quickly, excitedly and unclearly about the clowns, elephants and other  5  they would see that night．One could sense they had  6  been to the circus before．It  7  to be a highlight（重要内容） of their young lives.

The  8  lady asked the father how many tickets he wanted．He  9  responded, “Eight children’s tickets and two adult tickets.”

The price was quoted （报出）．The man dropped his  10 ．How was he supposed to  11  and tell his eight kids that he didn’t have  12  money to take them the circus?

Seeing this, my dad put his hand into his pocket, pulled out a $20 bill and  13  it on the ground．（We were not very  14   in every sense of the word!） My father reached down,   45  the bill, tapped the man on the shoulder and said, “Excuse me, sir, this fell out of your  16  .”

The man  17  what was going on．He looked straight  18  my dad’s eyes, and took my dad’s hand in both of his, tears running down his  19  , “Thank you, thank you, sir．This really 20  a lot to me and my family.”

My father and I went back to our car and drove home．We didn’t go to the circus that night.

1．A．Suddenly                  B．Naturally                 C．Finally                    D．Generally

2．A．beautiful                   B．expensive                C．comfortable        D．old

3．A．well-behaved             B．well-dressed            C．well-done            D．well-known

4．A．dreaming                  B．thinking                  C．hearing               D．talking

5．A．actions                     B．programes               C．people                D．activities

6．A．always                         B．sometimes               C．often                  D．never

7．A．threatened                 B．hoped                     C．expected             D．promised

8．A．sales                        B．leading                    C．ticket                  D．cleaning

9．A．proudly                    B．nervously                C．doubtfully           D．slowly

10．A．hands                     B．head                    C．money                D．hat

11．A．know                      B．leave                       C．run                     D．turn

12．A．extra                      B．current                   C．enough               D．exact

13．A．dropped                  B．hid                         C．fell                     D．put

14．A．mean                      B．happy                     C．rich                    D．kind

15．A．picked up                B．picked off               C．picked out           D．picked at

16．A．mind                      B．control                    C．pocket                D．reach

17．A．judge                      B．imagined                 C．regretted             D．realized

18．A．onto                       B．into                        C．on                     D．at

19．A．forehead                 B．cheek                            C．nose                   D．eyes

20．A．brings                     B．means                     C．teaches               D．shows

6、I travel a lot, and I find out different “styles” of directions every time when I ask “How can I get to the post office?’’

Foreign tourists are often confused in Japan because most streets there don’t have names; in Japan, people use landmarks （地标）in their directions instead of street names．For example, the Japanese will say to travelers, “Go straight down to the corner．Turn left at the big hotel and go past a fruit market．The post office is across from the bus stop.”

In the countryside of the American Midwest, there are not usually many landmarks．There are no mountains, so the land is very flat; in many places there are no towns or buildings within miles．Instead of landmarks, people will tell you directions and distances．In Kansas or Iowa, for example, people will say, “Go north two miles．Turn east, and then go another mile.”

People in Los Angeles, California, have no idea of distance on the map; they measure distance in time, not miles．“How far away is the post office?” you ask．“Oh,” they answer, “it’s about five minutes from here.” You say, “Yes, but how many miles away is it?” They don’t know.

 It’s true that a person doesn’t know the answer to your question sometimes．What happens in such a situation? A New Yorker might say, “Sorry, I have no idea.” But in Yucatan, Mexico, no one answers “I don’t know.” People in Yucatan believe that “I don’t know” is impolite．They usually give an answer, often a wrong one．A tourist can get very, very lost in Yucatan!

1．When a tourist asks the Japanese the way to a certain place, they usually ________.

A．describe the place carefully

B．show him a map of the place

C．tell him the names of the streets

D．refer to recognizable buildings and places

2．What is the place where people measure distance in time?

A．New York.                     B．Los Angeles.            C．Kansas.                  D．Iowa.

3．People in Yucatan may give a tourist a wrong answer ________.

A．in order to save time                                          B．as a test

C．so as to be polite                                         D．for fun

4．What can we infer from the text?

A．It’s important for travelers to understand cultural differences.

B．It’s useful for travelers to know how to ask the way properly.

C．People have similar understandings of politeness.

D．New Yorkers are generally friendly to visitors.

5、A recent report has shown that people in the United States have experienced a revolution．This revolution is about the people’s attitude toward the work week and the weekend．Throughout the years, people have traditionally regarded Sunday as the beginning of the week．Now, this is changing.

     Although some calendars today still mark the beginning of the week Sunday, more and more people in the United States are coming to take Monday as the first day of the week．They feel that Saturday and Sunday together make the weekend, because they make up of the two-day period during which people don’t have to work.

    In fact, the word “weekend’ did not even exist in the English language until about the middle of the nineteenth century．In England, at that time, Saturday afternoons had just been added to Sundays and holidays as a time set aside for workers to have time off from their jobs．From then on, people had one and a half days, Saturday afternoon and Sunday, free from work each week: this reform became common in the United States in the 1920s.

However, there came the great depression in 1930s, and there was not so much work to do throughout the country．The work week was therefore shortened, and the weekend expanded from one and a half days to two full days, Saturday and Sunday.

Some people thought that this trend （趋势） of having fewer work days would continue, They  felt that the increasing use of automation （自动化） in many parts of life would finally lead to further shortening of the work week, which, they said, might one day decrease to four days, or ever fewer．However, so far this has never happened, and the work week seems to have become fixed at 40 hours made up of five 8-hour days．Yet some people are even talking about adding Monday to the weekend．Do you think this will ever happen?

1．What does the author mainly discuss in the passage?

A．Attitudes toward employment.                      B．Attitudes toward pleasure activities.

C．Offering job chances.                                  D．The development of the weekend.

2．According to the passage, what is changing in the way people think about the week?

A．Which days people should work.                  B．How the week is divided into days.

C．Which day begins the week.                        D．How many weeks there are in a month.

3．What does the author imply about the work week in England in the early 1800s?

A．It was six days long.                                       B．It didn’t include Saturday afternoon.

C．It always included at least one holiday.          D．It didn’t allow the workers time off.

4．According to the passage what effect did some people think the increasing use of automation would have?

A．It would make the work day longer.

B．It would allow people to work on the weekend.

C．It would make pleasure activities expensive.

D．It would create much more free time.

4、Tattoos （纹身） and body piercings （穿孔） have moved up on the trend list in recent years.

    Around Western schools lots of teens are sporting new holes and “flesh ink” （纹身）．As with all other subjects, the Chinese will surely have to deal with this situation with respect to their children．To get a better view of what has happened in the West, let’s sit down and hear what they say.

Tiara from Indiana:

I personally think body piercing is sickening．If there were supposed to be holes in your body, you would have been born with them．I do, however, think that ear piercing, is not wrong．There is a difference between ear piercing and belly button （肚脐） piercing．Ear piercing is not nearly as  dangerous．I would be sick if someone stuck a needle in my belly button.

Lee from Illinois:

Hi! I live in Illinois．I am 23．I have 12 tattoos and three piercings．I love my tattoos and  consider myself an art collector．You would be surprised at who has given me the thumbs-up on  my art work．People on the street stop me to look at the tattoo on my leg．Most of them don’t  know what it is．They just think the work itself is great.

Subotai from Califomia:

I’m not against self-expression, but when I see high school students getting these piercing, I really wonder．In some cases, the drive is deeper and darker than mere fashion．A friend of mine tried piercing her own tongue with a safety pin．It got infected and she had a tongue the size of a cow’s.

Jackson from Ohio:

    I don’t think it’s wrong, but when people do it all over the place like their face and everything—I think that’s ridiculous．People who get the big dragons that cover your whole body—I don’t think that’s necessary．When I see naked chicks on guys, I think．“You have no respect for women.”

Brittney from New York:

1．We can infer from the passage that _________.

A．Tiara might have body piercing                    B．Subotai doesn’t have body piercing

C．Lee thinks tattoos are art                             D．Jackson likes tattoos and piercing

2．Who doesn’t think tattoos and piercings are beautiful except ear piercing?

A．Jackson             B．Lee              C．Tiara               D．Subotai

3．From the passage, we can make a conclusion that _________.

A．tattoos and piecrings are a new kind of art

B．all the teachers in the West are in favour of tattoos and piercings

C．everything is changeable as time goes on

D．it is necessary to live with different views of beauty

4．The best title for this passage is probably _________.

A．Body Art or Causing Damage

B．Doing Damage to the Young People’s Bodies

C．Young People’s Different Curiosit

D．The Latest Fashion.

3、When someone has deeply hurt you, it can be extremely difficult to forgive．But forgiveness is possible-and it can be surprisingly helpful to your physical and mental （精神上地） health．Indeed, research has shown that people who forgive report more energy, better appetite （胃口） and better sleep．“People who forgive show less anger and more hopefulness,” says Dr Frederic Luskin, who wrote the book Forgive for Good．‘‘So it can help save on the wear and tear on our system and allow people to feel more energetic.”

So when someone has hurt you, calm yourself first．Take a couple of deep breaths and think of something that gives you pleasure: a beautiful scene in nature, someone you love．Don’t want for all apology．“Many times the person．who hurt you may never think of apologizing,” says Dr．Luskin．“They may have wanted to hurt you or they just don’t see things the same way．So if you wait for people to apologize．you could be waiting a very long time.” “Keep in mind that forgiveness does not necessarily mean accepting the action of the person who upset you．Mentally going over your hurt gives power to the person who brought you pain．Instead, learn to look for the love, beauty and kindness around you．Finally, try to see things from the other person’s perspective （视角）．You may realize that he or she was acting out of ignorance （傲慢）, fear even love．To gain perspective, you may want to write a letter to yourself from that person’s point of view.”

1．According to the writer, what is the right way to calm down after being hurt?

A．Try to figure out why you get hurt.

B．Write a letter to the person who hurt you.

C．Persuade yourself to accept what others have done to you.

D．Think about pleasant things and forget about the hurt.

2．Dr．Luskin advises us not to wait for an apology after being hurt because ________.

A．we are not patient enough

B．we’d feel worse accepting other’s apology

C．people seldom want to apologize

D．people don’t mean it when they apologize

3．According to the passage, which of the following ways is suggested by Dr．Luskin _______.

A．Waiting for all apology made by the person who hurt you

B．Trying to see things from the other person’s perspective

C．Thinking about the bad things about the person who hurt you

D．Looking for the hurts that are made by the same person

4．What does the underlined sentence “Mentally going over your hurt gives power to the person who brought you pain.” mean in the second paragraph?

A．Going over your hurts only made you mad and crazy.

B．Going over your hurts only made the person who hurt you sad and regret.

C．Going over the hurts only made you happy and excited.

D．Going over the hurts only made the both of you sad and mad.

1、假定你是班长，向全班同学用英语作一个一百字左右的口头通知，通知内容如下：

An Announcement

Dear Classmates,

Your attention, please! ________________________________________________________

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Thanks for your listening.