6、    A young executive was traveling down a neighborhood street．He was watching for kids rushing out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something．As his car passed，no children appeared．Instead，a brick smashed into the Jag’s side door! He slammed on the brakes．The angry driver then jumped out of the car, grabbed the nearest kid and pushed him up against a parked car，shouting，“What was that all about and who are you?”

The young boy was apologetic．“Please，Mister．．．Please，I’m sorry…I didn’t know what else to do．I threw the brick because no one else would stop…”

With tears dripping down his face，the youth pointed to a spot just around a parked car．“It’s my brother，”he said．“He fell out of his wheelchair and I can’t lift him up．”

     Now sobbing，the boy asked the executive，“Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair? He’s hurt and he’s too heavy for me．’’

    Moved beyond words，the driver tried to swallow the rapidly swelling lump in his throat．He hurriedly lifted the boy back into the wheelchair，then took out his fancy handkerchief and dabbed at the fresh scrapes and cuts．A quick look told him everything was going to be okay．“Thank you and may God bless you．”the grateful child told the stranger．

    Shaken up for words，the man simply watched the little boy push his wheelchair—bound brother down the sidewalk toward their home．

    God whispers in our souls and speaks to our hearts．Sometimes when we don’t have time to listen，he has to throw a brick at us．Don’t go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at you to get your attention!

1．The executive slowed down because        .

A．he saw a boy throw a brick to his car

B．he saw a boy rush out from between cars

    C．he was afraid some boys suddenly rushed out

    D．a brick smashed into the Jag’s side door

2．The boy threw the brick to the car in order to       ．

    A．disturb the driver on purpose

    B．destroy the car of the stranger

    C．ask someone to drive him home

    D．stop someone to help him

3．Knowing the reason why the boy threw the brick at his car the executive must feel       .

A．sympathized and excited

B．regretful and sympathized

C．ashamed and regretful

D．angry and regretful

4．After the boy’s brother fell off his wheelchair,        .

A．the boy threw bricks at several cars

    B．the boy tried to stop several cars

    C．the boy’s brother was hurt seriously

D．the boy’s brother wanted to stop a car

5．From the last paragraph we can learn that         .

A．you shouldn’t drive so fast that someone throws at you

B．it is common to throw a brick at a car running too fast

C．you can’t go through your life without a brick throwing at you

D．you should pay more attention to others and help them

5、Can you understand the beginning of this essay? “My smmr hols wr CWOT．B4．we usd 2go2 NY 2C my bro, his GF & 3 kds FTF.”

    The Scottish teacher who received it in class had no idea what the girl who wrote it meant． The essay was written in a form of English used in cell phone text messages．Text messages(also called SMS)through cell phones became very popular in the late 1990s．At first mobile phone companies thought that text messaging would be a good way to send messages to customers，but customers quickly began to use the text messaging service to send messages to each other．Teenagers in particular enjoyed using text messaging，and they began to create a new language for messages called “texting”.

   A text message is limited to 160 characters，including letters，spaces，and numbers，so messages must be kept short．In addition，typing on the small keypad of a cell phone is difficult，so it's common to make words shorter．In texting；a single letter or number can represent a word，like“r”for“are，” “u”for“you，”and“2”for“to．”Several letters can also represent a phrase，like“10l”for“laughing out loud．”Another characteristic of texting is the leaving out of letters

in a word，like spelling“please” as“pls．”

  Some parents and teachers worry that texting will make children bad spellers and bad writers. The student who wrote the essay at the top of this page said writing that way was more comfortable for her．(The essay said，“My summer holidays were a complete waste of time． Before，we used to go to New York to see my brother, his girlfriend，and their three kids face to face．”)

   Not everyone agrees that texting is a bad thing．Some experts say languages always develop，and this is just another way in which English is changing．Other people believe texting will disappear soon．New technology for voice messages may soon make text messages a thing of the past．

1．What is the writer’s opinion of text messaging?

A．The writer does not give his opinions．   

B．It is not bad for children．

C．It will make children bad writers．

D．It is fun and easy to do

2．Which characteristic of texting is NOT described in the passage?

A．Using letters to represent words.

B．Using phrases to represent essays.

C．Using letters to represent phrases.

D．Using numbers to represent words.

3．Which of the following was most probably the title of the student's essay?

A．My Smmr Hols                             B．CU in LA

C．My GF                                        D．MyGr8Tchr

4．Why do some people think that texting is bad?

A．It costs too much

B．It's not comfortable．

C．Teenagers won't learn to write correctly

D．It's too difficult for teenagers to type

5．Why aren't some people worried about the effect of texting?

A．Not many people use texting.

B．Spelling in English is too difficult．

C．Teenagers quickly become bored with texting．

D．Texting will disappear because of new technology.

4、Googlefight is a simple service available on the Internet which offers you the chance to compare two different items and see how many hits they get on the Google search engine．This seemingly simple device has proved invaluable to users，especially to help win arguments．

    For example，imagine that you and your friends are arguing about who are the most popular music or movie stars，you can decide the argument by writing the names in the Googlefight boxes．Let’s say that you are arguing about Jackie Chan and Jet Li．You will quickly discover that Jet Li is mentioned 16 million times on Google pages，whereas Jackie Chan is mentioned a mere 12 million times! In this unscientific way，you can claim victory for one Star over another．

    But teachers have come up with ways of using Googlefight which are much more useful from an academic point of view，particularly when it comes to studying languages．You can，for example．find out the frequency of two words with the same meaning，and deduce(推断) from the answers which one is more common．For example，let’s take the words “buy” and “purchase”，which mean the same thing（although “buy” is only a verb and “purchase” is both a verb and a noun)．It is immediately clear from Googlefight that “buy” is much more commonly used，with a massive three and a half billion hits，compared to only one billion occurrences for the more formal word．

But the real value of Googlefight to the language learner is in determining which is the more common of two phrases．For example，“raining cats and dogs” is an old-fashioned English expression about the weather．Do English speakers still use it? Or are they more likely to say “pouring down”? Googlefight suggests the latter．“Pouring down” has 898,000 Google hits，whereas “raining cats and dogs” only has 326,000．

With phrases，it's important to remember that you need to use quote marks to make the search more accurate．For example．if you type in the similar phrases “look after” and “take care of'” without quote marks，the second phrase seems to be more common，but with quote marks，the result is reversed(相反的)．

1．What is Googlefight?

A．A fight between two people on Google．

B．A way to make sure you win an argument．

C．A website showing how many hits two different things have．

D．A list of all the websites on Google．

2．If you want to know which star has more website hits, you      .

A．can write their names in two boxes

B．can decide if it’s Jackie Chan or Jet Li

C．have 16 million chances to win

D．have to claim victory in the argument

3．Language teachers find it useful because         .

A．there are a lot of words on Google sites

B．it can tell them which of two words appears more often

C．some words mean the same thing

D．common words have a billion hits

4．What must you remember to do if you are checking phrases by Googlefight?

A．Make sure they mean the same thing．

B．Make sure they are different．

C．Remember to put quote marks round the phrase．

D．Don’t put quote marks round the phrase．

5．Which statement is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Googlefight is effective to determine the more common of two phrases．

B．Googlefight is a scientific way to decide an argument．

C．Quote marks can make the search more accurate．

D．Googlefight is invaluable to help win arguments．

3、    With fifteen years Britain and other nations should be well on with the building of huge industrial complexes for the recycling of waste．The word rubbish could lose its meaning because everything which goes into the dumps would be made into something useful．Even the most dangerous and unpleasant wastes would provide energy if nothing else．

   The latest project is to take a city of around half a million inhabitants and discover exactly what raw materials go into it and what go out．The aim is to find out how much of these raw materials could be provided if a plant for recycling waste were built just outside the city．This plant would recycle not only metal such as steel，lead and copper, but also paper and rubber as well．

   Another new project is being set up to discover the best ways of sorting and separating the rubbish．When this project is complete，the rubbish will be processed like this：First，it will pass through sharp metal bars which will tear open the plastic bags in which rubbish is usually packed then it will pass through a powerful fan to separate the lightest elements from the heavy solids；after that founders and rollers will break up everything that Can be broken．Finally, the rubbish will pass under magnets(磁铁)，which will remove the bits of iron and steel；the rubber and plastic will then be sorted out in the final stage．

   The first full-scale giant recycling plants are perhaps fifteen years away．Indeed，with the growing cost of transporting rubbish to more distant dumps，some big cities will be forced to build their own recycling plants before long．

1．The phrase “be well on with…”(Para．1)most probably means         .

A．have completed what was started

B．get ready to start

C．have achieved a great deal in

D．put an end to

2．What is NOT mentioned as a part of the recycling process described in paragraph 3?

A．Breaking up whatever is breakable．

B．Sharpening metal bars．

C．Separating light elements from the heavy ones．

D．Sorting out small pieces of metal．

3．What’s the main reason for big cities to build their own recycling plants?

A．To deal with wastes in a better way．

B．To protect the environment from pollution．

C．To get raw materials locally．

D．To get big profits from those plants．

4．The first full-scale huge recycling plants        .

    A．began to operate fifteen years ago

    B．will probably take less than fifteen years to build

    C．will be built for fifteen years

    D．will probably be in operation in fifteen years

5．The passage is mainly about        ．

A．a cheap way to get energy

B．the location of recycling plants

C．new ways of recycling wastes

D．the probability of city environment

1、    某英文网站正在开展关于“是否取消黄金周’’的讨论。请你根据下面所给的要点提示，用英语写一篇短文，描述目前存在的两种看法，并陈述你的观点，以便向该网站投稿。

注意：

1．词数：120~150字；

2．参考词汇：黄金周the Golden Week（或以the GW代替）

27、You know he is not going to let us leave early if we ___ get the work done.

A. can't                B. may not                   C. shouldn't                 D. mustn't

26、Both sides have accused of breaking the contract ___.

A. another             B. the other                  C. neither                     D. each