8、－What was the trouble with you the day before yesterday?

－When I practiced running on the playground, my strength _____ and I fell onto the ground.

A．gave away           B．gave in          C．gave off        D．gave out

7、Robby was 11 years old when his mother dropped him off for his first piano lesson. I  1  that students begin at an earlier age, which I explained to Robby, but Robby said that it had been his mother’s  2  to hear him play the piano. So I took him as a student.

    Hard  3  Robby tried, he lacked the basic sense of music. However, he persisted(坚持), and at the end of each weekly 4  , he always said, “My mom’s going to hear me play some day.” But it seemed  5 . He just did not have any inborn ability.

    I only knew his mother from a distance as she  6  Robby off or waited in her old car to  7  him up. She always  8  and smiled but never visited my class. Then one day Robby  9 coming to our lessons. He telephoned me and said his mother was  10 .

    Several weeks later I was preparing my students for the upcoming recital(独奏会) 11     Robby came and asked me if he could be in the recital. “Miss Hondorf ... I’ve just got to  12 !” he insisted. I agreed.

    The night for the recital came. The high school gymnasium was  13  with parents, friends and relatives. The recital went off well. Finally Robby came up on stage. I was  14  when he announced that he had chosen Mozart’s Concerto(协奏曲) No. 21 in C Major. I was not 15  what I heard next. His fingers were light on the keys. He played so  16  that everyone  17  to applaud him. In tears I ran up on  18 . “Oh, Robby! How did you do it?”

    “Well, Miss Hondorf ... I kept on  19  at home. Remember I told you my mom was sick? Well, 20  she had cancer and passed away this morning. And well ... she was born deaf, so tonight was the first time she ever heard me play ...”

1．A．prefer                   B．imagine            C．remind                 D．wish

2．A．plan                      B．belief                   C．need                    D．dream

3．A．although                B．while                   C．as                       D．if

4．A．conference            B．lesson                 C．test                     D．show

5．A．successful         B．senseless           C．wonderful            D．hopeless

6．A．put                       B．saw                    C．dropped             D．sent

7．A．pick                    B．put                    C．take                  D．hold

8．A．waved                  B．sang                    C．jumped               D．left

9．A．finished                 B．broke                 C．stopped               D．continued

10．A．tired                    B．sick                    C．deaf                    D．unhappy

11．A．as                       B．since                   C．while                   D．when

12．A．succeed              B．learn                   C．play                     D．listen

13．A．seated                 B．filled                 C．surrounded          D．mixed

14．A．surprised             B．certain                C．disappointed         D．angry

15．A．pleased with       B．interested in        C．eager for              D．prepared for

16．A．bad                     B．hard                    C．differently           D．well

17．A．raised               B．rose                   C．lifted                D．left

18．A．platform              B．stairs                C．stage                   D．floor

19．A．practising            B．listening             C．training                D．performing

20．A．luckily               B．therefore            C．however            D．actually

6、Recently, in the hope of getting both money and social experience, I became a door-to–door salesman. I once read a saying :“If somebody wants something of yours, you will be treated as warmly as spring ,but if they don’t, you may be treated as coldly as winter .”You may consider this an exaggeration(夸张),but if you are a salesman ,it is clearly correct .

You would never have found it to be so true if you hadn’t been a salesman. You needn’t stand doubtful looks and unfriendly comments; you needn’t listen to something completely wrong and nod to say that it was quite right; you needn’t talk to somebody you dislike…

I did this work for a month; then I decided to give it up. Apart from the above reasons, I found I was paying too much attention to the job and thus sacrificing my study time .The latest test result proved that my grades are getting lower. Even worse, I hadn’t enough time to join my classmates in college activities. Sometimes I felt lonely and unhappy because of both my study and my part–time job. Now I don’t think it is worth doing such a thing even though I was earning money at great cost.

Newspaper and magazines often publish stories about good students who do part-time work and keep high scores in class. But according to my experience, part–time work can have some strong bad effects on study.

Most students don’t see the relationship between study and work in a correct way. In my opinion, if it isn’t a must for financial reasons, students should be cautious about taking up a part-time job.

1．What caused the author to give up his part-time job?

       A．Too much attention to his job and his grades getting lower

       B．He often miss some colleges activities

       C．Sometimes he felt tired and unhappy

       D．All the above

2．Which of the following has the closest meaning to the underlined word “sacrificing”?

A．Losing           B．Saving      C．Using          D．Getting

3．The writer thought _____

       A．to do part–time was unnecessary

       B．part-time job had good effects on study

       C．it was hard to plan study and work correctly

       D．part-time jobs were good for students

4．Who should take part-time jobs according to the text above?

A．Every college student                 B．Those who want to get study experience

C．Those in great need of money          D．Those from very rich families

5．According to the writer, as a salesman you have to_____.

       A．receive different customers’ attitudes

       B．listen to anything even wrong

       C．be happy all the time

       D．stand doubtful looks and unfriendly comments

5、With only about 1, 000 pandas left in the world, China is desperately trying to clone the animal and save the endangered species. That’s a move similar to what a Texas A & M University researchers have been undertaking for the past five years in a project called “Noah’s Ark”.

Noah’s Ark is aimed at collecting eggs, embryos(胚胎), semen and DNA of endangered animals and storing them in liquid nitrogen(液体氮). If certain species should become extinct, Dr. Duane Kraemer, a professor in Texas A & M’s College of Veterinary Medicine, says there would be enough of the basic building blocks to reintroduce the species in the future.

It is estimated that as many as 2, 000 species of mammals, birds reptiles will become extinct in over 100 years. The panda, native only to China, is in danger of becoming extinct in the next 25 years.

This week, Chinese scientists said they grew an embryo by introducing cells from a dead female panda into the egg cells of a Japanese white rabbit. They are now trying to implant the embryo into a host animal.

The entire procedure could take from three to five years to complete.

“The nuclear transfer(核子移植) of one species to another is not easy, and the lack of available panda eggs could be a major problem,” Kraemer believes. “They will probably have to do several hundred transfers to result in one pregnancy (having a baby). It takes a long time and it’s difficult, but this could be groundbreaking science if it works. They are certainly not putting any live pandas at risk, so it is worth the effort,” adds Kraemer, who is one of the leaders of the Project at Texas A& M, the first-ever attempt at cloning a dog.

“They are trying to do something that’s never been done, and this is very similar to our work in Noah’s Ark. We’re both trying to save animals that face extinction. I certainly appreciate their effort and there’s a lot we can learn from what they are attempting to do. It’s a research that is very much needed.”

1．The aim of “Noah’s Ark” project is to _______.

       A．make efforts to clone the endangered pandas

       B．save endangered animals from dying out

       C．collect DNA of endangered animals to study

       D．transfer the nuclear of one animal to another

2．According to Professor Kraemer, the major problem in cloning pandas would be the lack of _______.

       A．available panda eggs                             B．host animals

       C．qualified researchers                            D．enough money

3．The best title for the passage may be _______.

       A．China’s Success in Pandas Cloning

       B．The First Cloned Panda in the World

       C．Exploring the Possibility to Clone Pandas

D．China —the Native Place of Pandas Forever

4、Industrial pollution is not only a problem for the countries of Europe and North America but also an extremely serious problem in some developing countries. For these countries, economic growth is a very important aim. They want to introduce industries, and so they put few controls on the industries which cause pollution.

Cubatao, an industrial town of 85, 000 people in Brazil, is an example of the connection between industrial development and pollution. In 1954, Cubatao had no industry. Today it has more than twenty large factories, which produce many pollutants. The people of the town are suffering from the poisonous matter in their environment and the bad effects can be clearly seen. Birth shortcomings are extremely common. Among children and adults, lung problems are sometimes twelve times more common in Cubatao than in other places.

It is true that Brazil, like many other countries, has laws against pollution, but these laws are not enforced strictly enough. It is cheaper for companies to take no notice of the laws and pay the fines than to buy the expensive equipment that will reduce the pollution. It is clear, therefore, that economic growth is more important to the government than to the health of the workers. However, the responsibility does not completely lie with the Brazilian government. The example of Cubatao shows that international companies are not acting in a responsible way either. A number of the factories in the town are owned by large companies from France, Italy, and the U. S. They are doing things in Brazil that they would not be able to do at home. If they caused the same amount of pollution at home, they would be severely punished or even put out of business.

1．Why don’t developing countries have strict pollution controls?

       A．The newly- introduced industries do not cause much pollution.

       B．Pollution is not a serious problem for developing countries.

       C．They don’t realize the danger of pollution.

D．They want to bring in more industries for economic growth

2．What is the author’s purpose in taking Cubatao as an example?

       A．To show that industry can develop very fast in developing countries.

       B．To show that the pollution problem in Brazil is extremely serious. 

       C．To show that industrial growth can cause pollution problems for developing countries.

       D．To show that pollution is destroying the whole economy of Brazil.

3．How is the health of the population of Cubatao?

       A．There are more heart diseases among people who live near chemical factories.

       B．More people suffer from lung diseases because of poisonous matter.

       C．The lung problems are twelve times more common in other places than in Cubatao.

       D．Babies there are found not as bright as those who live in other places.

4．Why do some foreign companies like to set up their plants in Brazil?

       A．They want to help Brazil with industrial development.

       B．They will not be severely punished if they cause pollution in Brazil.

       C．They do not have to pay Brazilian workers much.

D．Brazil has no law against pollution.

3、Like every language, American English is full of special expressions, phrases that come from the day-to-day life of the people and develop in their own way. Our expression today is “to face the music”.

When someone says, “well, I guess I’ll have to face the music,” it does not mean he’s planning to go to the concert. It is something far less pleasant, like being called in by your boss to explain why you did this and did that, and why you didn’t do this or that. Sour music indeed, but it has to be faced. At sometime or another, every one of us has had to face the music, especially as children. We can all remember father’s angry voice, “I want to talk to you.” and only because we did not obey him. What an unpleasant business it was!

The phrase “to face the music” is familiar to every American, young and old. It is at least 100 years old. And where did this expression come from? The first explanation comes from the American novelist, James Fenimore Looper. He said, in 1851, that the expression was first used by actors while waiting in the wings to go on the stage. When they got their cue （提示）to go on, they often said, “Well, it’s time to face the music.” And that was exactly what they did — facing the orchestra （管弦乐队）which was just below them. And an actor might be frightened or nervous as he moved on to the stage in front of an audience that might be friendly or perhaps hostile, especially if he forgot his lines. But he had to go out. If he did not, there would be no play. So the expression “to face the music” come to mean “having to go through something, no matter how unpleasant the experience might be, because you knew you had no choice.”

Other explanations about the expression go back to the army. When the men faced an inspection by their leader, the soldiers would be worried about how well they looked. Was their equipment clean, shinny enough to pass the inspection? Still the men had to go out and face the music of the band as well as the inspection. What else could they do? 

Another army explanation is more closely related to the idea of facing the results and accepting the responsibility for something that should not have been done. For example, when a man is forced out of the army because he did something terrible, he is dishonored. The band does not play. Only the drums tap a sad, slow beat. The soldier is forced to leave, facing such music as it is and facing the back of his horse.

1．What’s the meaning of “to face the music?”

       A．To face something far less pleasant.                                  

       B．To face the stage.

       C．To face the back of one’s horse.         

       D．To face one’s leader.

2．Which of the following is a situation of facing the music?

       A．When we are playing basketball.     

       B．When we are making a speech.

       C．When we are having a party.        

       D．When we are listening to somebody. 

3．The underlined word “hostile” means _______. 

       A．unfriendly                                          B．dislike

       C．unkind                                                D．unnecessary

2、根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

___1  . It crossed New York from Buffalo on Lake Erie Troy to Albany on the Hudson River. ___2  . The canal served as a route over which industrial goods could flow into the west, and materials could pour into the east. The Erie Canal helped New York develop into the nation’s largest city.

The building of the canal was paid for entirely by the state of New York.__3  . Between 1825, when the canal was opened, and 1882, when toll charges(过运河费) were stopped, the state collected $121 461 891.

For a hundred years before the Erie was built, people had been talking about a canal which could join the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean. The man who planned the Erie Canal and carried the plan through was De Witt Clinton. Those who were against the canal laughingly called it “Clinton’s Ditch(沟)”. __4___ He and Governor Morris went to Washington in 1812 to ask for help for the canal, but they were unsuccessful.

Clinton became governor of New York in 1817, and shortly afterwards, on July 4, 1817, broke ground for the canal in Rome, N.Y. The first part of the canal was completed in 1820.____5___. The length of the canal is 363 miles.

       A．As the canal grew, towns along its course developed fast

  B．It cost $ 7 143 789, but it soon gained its price many times over.

  C．The Erie Canal was the first important national waterway built in the US.

  D．More workers were needed to build the canal.

  E．Clinton talked and wrote about the canal and drew up plans for it.

       F．To dig the canal benefited Americans.

       G．It joined the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean

1、英语课上，老师要求同桌同学相互修改作文。假设以下一封信为你同桌所写，请你对其进行修改。信中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（/\），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词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（从第11处起）不计分。

Dear sir,

I graduated this year and wanted to get a work. I thought I would be success, but eventually I failed. That was why I was so lazy that I didn’t want to go out. I always complained for the hot weather. And there was another reason nobody know about: I regarded myself as someone who couldn’t do anything lonely. I often felt less capably than others. When I found a company was advertising, I was even afraid to call to ask for detail. I wanted to make a move, and I was always disappointed. What should I do? I’m looking forward to receive your reply.                                                                                                                                                                        

                                                                         Yours

Li Ming