8、Chinese tennis is entering a golden time. In recent years there has been an explosion（激增）of   1  female tennis players bursting onto the global scene. And this couldn’t have come at a   2  time with the 2008 Beijing Olympics just months  3  .

These young girls have both strong will and talent.  4  the way is Li Na, who may have the   5  name in women’s tennis, but she has a big reputation（名气）. Li Na is China’s top ranked player and the first to have   6  into the world’s top 20.

After   7  nearly six months of the season with a serious injury, the 25-year-old   8  an impressive comeback by winning the Australian Women’s Hardcourt Tennis Championships.

In the world of professional tennis, Li’s refreshing sense of humor proved to be a hit both on and  9  the court（球场）.

“My husband said he had a special gift for me  10  I won,” Li Na said after lifting the prize cup. “That’s   11  I tried so hard today. I wanted a special gift.”

The Wuhan girl  12  tennis at the age of eight after being discovered by a coach who had   13  her playing badminton. After years of hard training, Li Na turned   14  in 1999 and has become one of the most successful Chinese tennis players.

With her solid groundstroke（击落地球）and aggressive（攻击的）mindset, she  15  the first Chinese tennis player to win a WTA Tour  16  . Then two years later, she was the first Chinese to make   17 into the last 16 of Wimbledon, which led to her being   18  number 16 in the world last January.

Li is now looking forward to winning a   19  at the Olympics. “The Olympics are very important for us, ” she said. “I am more motivated after my recovery   20  I feel my desire for the Olympics is bigger than ever before.”

1．A．pleased                  B．talented              C．excited                   D．interested

2．A．good                     B．better                 C．best                       D．well

3．A．along                     B．before                C．away                     D．later

4．A．Knowing               B．Leading              C．Showing                D．Finding

5．A．biggest                  B．longest               C．smallest                 D．shortest

6．A．broken                  B．walked               C．dropped                 D．changed

7．A．playing                  B．wasting              C．sparing                  D．missing

8．A．returned                B．made                 C．kept                       D．brought

9．A．over                      B．off                    C．in                          D．around

10．A．unless                  B．if                       C．whether                 D．that

11．A．what                   B．how                  C．because                 D．why

12．A．went on               B．met with            C．took up                  D．set out

13．A．spotted                B．heard                 C．minded                  D．persuaded

14．A．competitor           B．player                C．professional            D．coach

15．A．found                  B．became              C．got                        D．helped

16．A．event                   B．team                  C．project                   D．race

17．A．one                     B．this                    C．that                       D．it

18．A．praised                B．ranked               C．received                 D．announced

19．A．reward                B．score                 C．gold                       D．prize

20．A．and                     B．or                      C．but                        D．while

7、Difficult times often bring out the best in people. And this was the case for basketball star Yao Ming, who hosted a television show in Shanghai that raised US$300,000 to help researchers find a cure for SARS. Fundraising, or charity, is an act of goodwill towards others. Charities in the West have more flexible ways. Look at a typical day for Ruth, a wealthy woman in the UK, for example. Ruth wakes up in the morning and collects her post. There’s a letter addressed to her with a picture of a half-dead, beaten horse. It’s from a charity asking Ruth to donate money to save the animals. The door bell rings and there, on Ruth’s doorstep, is an old woman asking for money to help the aged.She turns on the television, hears sad music and sees a picture of a wide-eyed child dying of hunger in Africa with an appeal for money to help the child. Ruth then goes shopping for a dress to wear to that evening’s large party for the rich and famous. The ticket cost her a small fortune, but she doesn’t mind because most of the money is going to a charity that fights AIDS. She feels good about going because she’s helping the sick. Within five minutes of walking down the street, Ruth has passed a charity shop. She doesn’t stop because she doesn’t think she’d find a suitable dress there—it’s full of old, secondhand clothes. But, many other people enter and but all sorts of bargains. Edna, a little old lady, looks after the shop. Any profit it has made goes to a cancer charity. Now that she has retired, she has plenty of spare time to offer her services for free.

For people like Yao Ming, Ruth and Edna, charity is a virtue that holds the same importance in life as faith and hope. “As you look back on your life, the moments that stand out are the moments when you have done things for others,” said Scottish author Henry Drummond.

1．Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the story as a way of fundraising?

   A．Charity party                                        B．Charity post

   C．Charity TV program                             D．Charity for beggars.

2．What does the word “raise” in the first paragraph mean?

   A．Collect together                                    B．Donate

   C．Increase                                              D．Bring to someone’s attention.

3．What’s the writer’s attitude towards charity?

   A．The writer thinks it’s something only people like Ruth can afford to do

   B．The writer just wants to inform us of the different ways to practice charity

   C．The writer thinks it’s a virtue and admires the people who practice it

   D．The writer doesn’t make it clear in the story

4．The underlined part in the last paragraph probably means that .

   A．when you look back sometimes, you need stand out

   B．when you want to do something for others, you need stand out

   C．the moment you stand out, you can do something for others

   D．what impresses people deeply is what they have done for others

6、The terrible college entrance exam is not only a big challenge （挑战） for Chinese high school students, but also a very important exam in the lives of South Korean students. 

    Although the long, cold winter has already started in South Korea, the annual （一年一度的） national exams have made the atmosphere very heated.

    More than 675,000 South Korean high school graduates took the college entrance exam last Wednesday. They usually take exams in Korean, maths, sociology （社会学）, history and foreign languages. 

   Officially there is one college place for every 1．33 students. But because all the students want to go to the top universities in the country, the competition can reach one place for 10 students. The students want to attend these colleges for both their famous names and better job opportunities. 

    Because students face fierce competition, they have to study very hard to realize their dreams. Park Seung said he and his classmates often go to school before 7:30 A．m. After school has finished at 6:30 p.m., most of them go to the library to continue their study instead of returning home. Since many libraries in South Korea are open 24 hours a day, they often stay long into the night. Many of the Senior 3 students only sleep for three to four hours a day.     

    “I feel a lot of pressure，but I have to study very hard in order to make my dream come true. This is my lifetime goal and it will be a turning point in my life which could decide my future,” Park said.

    The exam day is a very serious day for the whole of South Korea. Vehicles are not allowed within a 200-metre radius （范围） of all the test sites to make sure the students have quiet surroundings. Tooting （吹奏） of horns is forbidden, even airplanes are ordered to avoid landing and take-off near the test sites during listening comprehension test hours. 

    Students are told their scores in December before they apply for college. This is followed by face-to-face oral tests. There are public and private universities in South Korea. Many private universities are well-known, but their fees can be 18, 000 yuan each term. This has made a lot of students think again.

1．In South Korean ________. 

A．there is only one college                 B．there is only one top college

C．there are only top universities             D．there are a number of colleges

2．We can infer that there are almost ________ college places for high school graduates. 

A．675, 000            B．507, 520       C．500, 000            D．600, 000

3．The students want to study in top colleges mainly because ________. 

A．they can succeed more easily in future B．they can learn more

   C．they can make more money              D．it is interesting to study there

4．Before students are allowed to colleges ________. 

   A．they will be interviewed                 B．they will ask questions of colleges

   C．they will not be tested any more          D．first they will pay all the education fee at all

5、Ever since humans have lived on the earth, they have made use of various forms of communication．Generally, this expression of thoughts and feelings has been in the form of oral speech．When there is a language barrier（障碍）, communication is completed through sign language in which motions stand for letters, words, and ideas．Tourists and the people unable to hear or speak have had to turn to this form of expression．Many of these symbols of whole words are very lively and exact and can be used internationally; spelling, however, cannot．

Body language sends ideas or thoughts by certain actions, either meaningfully or not．A wink（眨眼） can be a way of showing that the party is only joking．A nod means agreement, while shaking the head indicates disagreement．

Other forms of nonlinguistic（非语言的） language can be found in Braille （a system of raised dots read with the fingertips）, signal flags, Morse code, and smoke signals．Road maps and picture signs also guide and warn people．While language is the most common form of communication, other systems and techniques also express human thoughts and feelings．

1．Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A．There are many forms of communication in use today．

B．Language is the most common form of communication．

C．Tourists are unable to use an oral form of communication．

D．Ideas and thoughts can be expressed by body language．

2．Which form other than oral speech could be most commonly used among blind people?

A．Picture signs．                                 B．Braille 

C．Body language                                 D．Signal flags．

3．Sign language is said to be very lively and exact and can be used meaningfully except for ______．

A．spelling             B．idea                  C．whole words         D．expressions

4．How many different forms of communication are mentioned here?

A．Five              B．Seven         C．Nine               D．Three 

4、Most people have heard of Shakespeare and probably know something of the plays that he wrote. However, not everybody knows much about the life of this remarkable man, except perhaps that he was born in the market town of Stratford-upon-Avon and that he married a woman called Anne Hathaway. We know nothing of his school life. We do not know, for example, how long it lasted, but we presume（推测）that he attended the local grammar school, where the principal subject taught was Latin.

Nothing certain is known of what he did between the time he left school and his departure（出发）for London. According to a local legend, he was beaten and even put in prison for stealing rabbits and deer from the estate of neighboring landowner, Sir Thomas Lucy. It is said that because of this he was forced to run away from his native place. A different legend says that he was apprenticed（做学徒）to a Stratford butcher, but did not like the life and for this reason decided to leave Stratford.

Whatever caused him to leave the town of his birth, the world can be grateful that he did so. What is certain is that he set his foot on the road to fame when he arrived in London. It is said that at first he was without money or friends there, but that he earned a little by taking care of the horses of the gentleman who attended the plays at the theatre. They stopped and spoke to him. They found his conversations so brilliant（有才气的）that finally he was invited to join their company.

1．In the early life of Shakespeare, he_______.

A．attended a public school         B．lived in London

C．studied Latin                  D．was put in prison

2．Why was he forced to leave his native place according to this passage?

A．Because he didn’t want to go to school.

B．Because he left for London to become famous.

C．Because he had stolen deer and was beaten.

D．No one knows for certain.

3．What is the reason why the world can be grateful?

A．He wrote many world-famous plays.

B．He was an actor.

C．He lived a hard life.

D．He liked to travel all over the world.

3、根据对话情景和内容，从对话后的选项中选出能入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

（1）When a person does a certain thing again, he is impelled（迫使） by some unseen force to do the same thing repeatedly; thus a habit is formed. Once a habit is formed, it is difficult, and sometimes impossible, to get rid of.

（2）Children often form bad habits, some of which remain with them as long as they live. Older persons also form bad habits as long as they live. Older persons also form bad habits, and sometimes become ruined by them.

（3）Many successful men say that much of their success has something to do with certain habits in early life, such as early rising, honesty and thoroughness.

（4）Among the habits which children should not form are laziness, lying, stealing and so

（5）Unfortunately older persons often form habits which ought to have been Avoided.

           A．There are other habits which, when formed in early life, are of great help.

           B．Whether good or not habit are, they are easy to get rid of.

           C．We ought to keep from all these bad habits, and try to form such habits as will prove good for ourselves and others.

           D．Habits, whether good or bad, are gradually formed.

           E．It is very important for us to know why we should get used to good habits.

           F．These are all easily formed habits.

          G．It is therefore very important that we should pay great attention to the formation of

habits.

2、短文中共有10处语言错误，每行中最多两处错误。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在此处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出增加的词;

删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉;

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在其下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2．只允许修改10处，多者（从十一处起）不计分。

John Brown is London taxi driver who love going to the theater.

Last week his mother gave her two tickets for a play. The tickets were for Sunday evening.

Then John read some reviews of the play, which all said it was a terribly one!

He wouldn’t go to see a play that no one like it. So two hours before the play started,

he left the ticket on the back seat of his taxi. Perhaps someone who wanted see the play

would take them. However, while John went back home, the tickets were still there. In the fact,

there were four tickets on the seat. Someone has placed another pair of tickets on top of them!  

1、假如你是李华，是一名高中生。请你用英语给报社写一封信，反映如下情况和你的想法：

（1）教室是学生学习的地方，需要安静。

（2）有些学生把手机带进教室，在课堂上经常听见手机的铃声。

（3）有的同学还在课堂上发信息，浪费宝贵的学习时间。

（4）建议有手机的同学上课时把手机关掉，不要接听电话或发短信，应集中注意力学习。

要求：（1）100字左右；

　　（2）参考词汇：集中（注意力）concentrate on.

25、Mick’s new DVD player is only 20 cm        15 cm and weighs         2 kilos.

A．with ,in         B．by, about         C．with, for           D．between, over