8、It is _______ that he has been addicted to the drugs and has difficulty quitting it.

A．obviously        B．apparently          C．possibly            D．likely

7、Most parents, I suppose, have had the experience of reading a bedtime story to their children. And they must have   1   how difficult it is to write a   2   children's book.  Either the author has aimed too   3, so that the children can't follow what is in his （or more often, her） story,   4   the story seems to be talking to the readers.

The best children's books are   5   very difficult nor very simple, and satisfy both the 6    who hears the story and the adult who  7   it. Unfortunately, there are in fact  8  books like this,  9   the problem of finding the right bedtime story is not   10   to solve.

This may be why many of books regarded as   11   of children's literature were in fact written for   12 . “Alice's Adventure in Wonderland” is perhaps the most   13   of this.

Children, left for themselves, often 14   the worst possible interest in literature. Just leave a child in bookshop or 15   and he will more willingly choose the books 16  in an imaginative way, or have a look at most children's comics （连环画）, full of the stories and jokes to which both ___17__ and right-thinking parents object.

Perhaps we parents should stop trying to persuade children into   18   our taste in literature. After all children and adults are so  19  that we parents should not expect that they will enjoy the  20  books. So I suppose we'll just have to compromise（妥协） over that bedtime story.

1．A．hoped                   B．realized                C．told                         D．said

2．A．short                    B．long                    C．bad                         D．good

3．A．easy                     B．short                   C．high                        D．difficult

4．A．and                       B．but                      C．or                           D．so

5．A．both                     B．neither                 C．either                      D．very

6．A．child                     B．father                  C．mother                    D．teacher

7．A．hears                    B．buys                   C．understands       D．reads

8．A．few                      B．many                  C．little                        D．much

9．A．but                       B．however              C．so                          D．because

10．A．hard                    B．easy                    C．enough                   D．fast

11．A．articles                B．work             C．arts                        D．works

12．A．adults                  B．girls                    C．boys                       D．children

13．A．difficult               B．hidden                 C．obvious                  D．easy

14．A．are                      B．show                  C．find                        D．add

15．A．library                 B．school                 C．home                      D．office

16．A．read                    B．designed              C．printed                    D．written

17．A．children              B．adults                  C．teachers                  D．readers

18．A．receiving             B．accepting             C．having                    D．refusing

19．A．same                   B．friendly               C．different                 D．common

20．A．common             B．average               C．different                 D．same

6、So you thought the hamburger was the world’s most popular fast food? After all, McDonald’s Golden Arches are found everywhere in the world. But no, there is another truly universal fast food, the best fast food. It’s easy to make, easy to serve, much more varied than the hamburger, can be eaten with the hands, and it's delivered to your front door or served in fancy restaurants. It has been one of America’s favourite foods for over 50 years. It is, of course, the pizza.

It’s kind of silly to talk about the moment when pizza was “invented”. It gradually developed over the years, but one thing is for certain—it has been around for a very long time. The idea of using pieces of flat, round bread as plates came from the Greeks. They called them “plakuntos” and ate them with various simple toppings such as oil, Garlic, onions, and herbs. The Romans enjoyed eating something similar and called it “picea”. By about 1000 A. D．in the city of Naples, “picea” had become “pizza” and people were experimenting with more toppings: cheese, ham, anchovies and finally the tomato; brought to Italy from Mexico and Peru in the sixteenth century. Naples became the pizza Capital of the world. In 1889, King Umberto I and Queen Marguerita heard about pizza and asked to try it. They invited pizza maker, Raffle Esposito, to make it for them. He decided to make the pizza like the Italian flag, so he used red tomatoes, white mozzarella cheese, and green basil leaves. The Queen loved it and the new pizza was named “Pizza Marghcrita” in her honor.

Pizza migrated to America with the Italians at the end of the nineteenth century. The first pizzeria in the United States was opened in 1905 at 53 Spring Street, New York City, by Gennaro Lombardi. But the popularity of pizza really exploded when American soldiers returned from Italy after World War II and talked excitedly about “that great Italian dish”. Americans are now the greatest producers and consumers of pizza in the world.

1．What do the Italian flag and a Pizza Marguerites have in common?

       A．They are as popular as each other in Italy.

      B．They have the same colures.

      C．Both of them represent Italy.

      D．There is a picture of a Pizza Marguerites on the flag.

2．Which one is the correct timeline of the development of pizza?

      A．pizza→plakuntos→picea                       B．picea→plakuntos→pizza

      C．plakuntos→pizza→picea                       D．plakuntos→picea→pizza

3．Why are Mexico and Peru important in the development of pizza?

      A．Because pizza was invented in these countries.

      B．Because pizza first became popular in these two countries.

      C．Because the people there are the greatest consumers of pizza in the world.

      D．Because one kind of toppings was brought to Italy from these countries.

4．What is the passage mainly about?

      A．Different kinds of pizza.                   B．The popularity of pizza in US.

      C．The history of pizza.                      D．The ways to make pizza.

5、Justin's bedroom was so full of flat bicycle tires, bent tennis rackets, deflated basketballs, and games with missing pieces that you could barely get in the door. His parents pleaded with him to clean out his room.

"What use is a fish tank with a hole in the bottom?" his father asked. But Justin simply smiled and repeated his motto, "Never throw anything out, you never know when it might come in handy."

When Justin was away from home, he always carried his blue backpack--a smaller version of his bedroom--a place to store the many objects that he collected. It was so worn and stretched that it hardly resembled a backpack anymore.

Justin had earned a reputation for figuring things out and getting people out of otherwise hopeless situations. Many of his classmates and neighbors sought him out when they needed help with a problem. On the first day of school, his friend Kenny, came looking for Justin.

"Do you think you have something in your bag that could help me remember my locker combination?" he asked. "I lost the piece of paper it was written on. I have a science class in two minutes and if I'm late on the first day it'll make me look bad for the rest of the year." Kenny looked really worried.

"Relax," Justin said, taking his backpack off and unzipping the top. "Remember how you borrowed my notebook in homeroom to write the combination down? Well, I know how we can recover what you wrote."

He took the notebook and a soft lead pencil out of his bag. The page that Kenny had written on had left faint marks on another page in the notebook. Justin held the pencil on its side and rubbed it lightly over the marks. Slowly but surely the numbers of the locker combination appeared in white, set off by the gray pencil rubbings.

"That's amazing!' Kenny said. "I owe you one." And he dashed off to open his locker.

It was just another day in the life of the boy whose motto was "Never throw anything out, you never know when it might come in handy."

1．Why is Justin's room such a mess?

      A．He always forgets to clean it.                 B．He never throws anything away.

      C．He has no time to clean it.                  D．He shares the room with his brother.

2．In what way is Justin's backpack a smaller version of his bedroom?

      A．He uses it as a place to store objects.

      B．He uses it to carry his books and sports equipment.

      C．His parents tell him to clean it all the time.

      D．He's had it for as long as he can remember.

3．The underlined phrase "pleaded with" means___________.

      A．ignored              B．asked                C．pushed           D．ordered

4．How does Kenny feel toward Justin?

      A．Annoyed.           B．Disinterested.       C．Grateful.           D．Angry.

4、Attitude is an internal state that influences the choices of personal action made by the individual. Some researchers consider that attitudes come from differences between beliefs and ideas; others believe that attitudes come from emotional states. Here, we focus on the effects of attitudes upon behavior, that is, upon the choices of action made by the individual.

The kinds of actions taken by human beings are obviously influenced greatly by attitudes. Whether one listens to classical music or rock, whether one obeys the speed limit while driving, whether one encourages one’s husband or wife to express his or her own ideas－all are influenced by attitudes. These internal states are acquired throughout life from situations one is faced with in the home, in the streets, and in the school.

Of course, the course of action chosen by an individual in any situation will be largely determined by the particulars of that situation. An individual who has a strong attitude of obeying laws may drive too fast when he is in a hurry and no police cars in sight. A child who has a strong attitude of honesty may steal a penny when she thinks no one will notice. But the internal state which remains unchanged over a period of time, and which makes the individual behave regularly in a variety of situations, is what is meant by an attitude.

Attitudes are learned in a variety of ways. They can result from single incidents, as when an attitude toward snakes is acquired by an experience in childhood at the sudden movement of a snake. They can result from the individual’s experiences of success and pleasure, as when someone acquires a positive attitude toward doing crossword puzzles by being able to complete some of them. And frequently, they are learned by copying other people’s behavior, as when a child learns how to behave toward foreigners by observing the actions of his parents. Regardless of these differences, there is something in common in the learning and modification（修正）of attitudes.

1．The word “state” （in Line 1）has the similar meaning to___________.

     A．a mental or emotional condition.           B．a condition of being in a stage or form.

      C．social position or rank.                        D．a specific mode of government.

2．According to the passage, attitudes ?????????__________.

      A．come from different situations in one’s life

      B．are largely affected by one’s behavior

      C．remain unchanged in one’s daily life

      D．could be chosen according to one’s will

3．The author uses the examples in Paragraph 3 to show______.

      A．people often make mistakes when they are not noticed

      B．people with good attitudes may sometimes do bad deeds

      C．particulars of a situation may influence an individual’s action

      D．an individual may change his or her attitude fairly easily

4．Which of the following is TRUE about the learning of attitudes?

      A．Attitudes are only learned through one’s success.

      B．Attitudes learned in danger will last longer.

      C．Copying others’ behavior is not a good idea.

      D．Attitudes can be learned from one’s parents.

5．What would be the best title for the passage?

      A．Differences of Attitudes.                          B．Nature（性质）of Attitude.

      C．Choices of Attitudes.                               D．Modification of Attitude.

3、请根据所给的汉语或首字母提示填写单词，完成句子。

1．It’s known that Obama was e_________ president of the United States.

2．Look! The sign reads: “Parking is f__________. ”We had better find somewhere else to park our car.

3．Mum won’t be at home for a f___________, that is, I will have to be alone for 14 days.

4．The first settlers struggled to earn their living in spite of great h___________.

5．An a__________ is a flying machine of any type, with or without an engine.

6.They set aside enough money to live in c__________ （舒适）after retirement.

7．Unless you spend _____________（合理的） time together, talking on the phone, writing letters, friendship will die out.

8．Shanghai is in __________（准备，筹备）for World Exposition in 2010．

9．The government promised to offer an _____________（充裕的，丰富的）supply of fund to fight against financial crisis.

10．In UK, students are encouraged to ___________（参与）in social activities.

1、大陆赠送给台湾的熊猫团团和圆圆在春节期间受到了台湾民众的热捧。假设你是陈力，你的英国朋友Jim想知道具体情况，请你根据以下要点向Jim做个简要介绍。

1．团团圆圆的名字的寓意；

2．他们去年12月份到达台湾后的反响（如：春节期间每天有将近2万人参观……）；

3．你对团团圆圆的祝福。

注意：

1．要准确使用语法和词汇；使用一定的句型、词汇，并清楚、连贯地表达自己的意思；

2．词数：120左右。开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

参考词汇： 大陆 mainland  重聚 reunion

Dear Jim,

Thanks for the letter. Now let me tell you something about the two

pandas._________________________________________________________           

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Yours sincerely,

                                  Chen Li