8、When I was a boy, I belonged to the Boy Scouts（童子军），so I used to go camping every summer ,and once something happened which I have never been able to explain.

　　We were camping in a place above a river. After arriving,we all rushed down to the river and had a swim. Standing by the river, we noticed that it was surrounded（环绕）by cliffs（悬崖）.If someone wanted to reach the river at this point, he had to past our camp.

　　Several days later, the scoutmaster had to be away for a day. That afternoon, we had supper early. We were sitting round the fire, eating and talking, when a man walked past and went down towards the river. We all felt that this man looked very strange, but, because each of us was afraid of looking very stupid, no one said anything.

　　We ate rather slowly, taking as long as possible. After finishing, we collected our plates together so that we could take them to the river where we always washed them. But no one moved towards the river -we stood looking at each other ashamed. Then all shouting at once, we began talking about the man who had walked past us. We agreed how strange he looked and we wondered what he could be doing by the river. We knew that he could only return by passing through our camp.

　　An hour passed. Then one of the boys suggested we should creep（悄悄移动）down by the river so that we could see what the man was doing. Mooving very slowly and keeping in the shadow, we crept down towards the bank. One boy climbed a tree so that he could see everything clearly. He called to us that there was no one there, so we ran down to the bank, looking everywhere carefully. We could not understand where the man had gone.

　　When it got dark , we went back to our camp feeling bewildered. We told the scoutmaster what had happened in the evening. Smiling, he doubted that we had seen the man , but finally suggested we go and look again. We did, but there was no one there.

　　Many years have passed, but I still remember it as if it were yesterday. What did we see? I do not know.

1 The writer in the text mainly tells us .

A. the story of his childhood   B. a strange camping experience

C. about a stranger by the river D. about a good place for caming

2. Why did the boys eat their supper slowly?

A. They wanted to dealy going to the river bank.

B. They were waiting for their scoutmaster.

C. They had a supper earlier than usual .

D. They were talking while eating.

3. The word "bewildered" in the text probably mians .

A. ashamed          B. nervous

C. unable to understand D. eager to know something

4. When he heard what had happened, the scoutmaster .

A. realized who the man was

B. started to worry about the man

C. went back to look for the man

D. felt it hard to believe the boys

5. The writer still remembers the event because .

A. the boys acted foolishly

B. the camping place is biautiful

C. there has been no explanation for the event

D. he particularly enjoyed his camping that summer

7、I’m seventeen. I had worked as a box boy at a supermarket in Los Angeles. People came to the counter and you put things in their bags for them. And carried things to their cars. It was hard work.

　　While working, you wear a plate with your name on it. I once met someone I knew years ago. I remembered his name and said,“Mr Castle, how are you?”we talked about this and that.As he left, he said," It was nice talking to you,Brett.”I helt great,he remembered me. Then I looked down at my name plate. Oh no. he didn’t remember me at all, he just resd the name plate. I wish I had put“Irving”down on my name plate. If he’d have said,“Oh yes, Irving,how could I forget you?”I’d have been ready for him. There’snothing personal here.

　　The manager and everyone else who were a step above the box boys often shouted orders. One of these was:you couldn’t accept tips（小费）。Okay, I’m outside and I put the bags in the car. For a lot of people, the natural reaction（反应）is to take a quarter and give it to me. I’d say,‘‘I‘m sorry, I can’t,”they‘d get angry. When you give someone o tip, you’re sort of being polite. You take a quarter and you put it in their hand and you expect them to say,”Oh,thanks a lot.”When you say‘‘I’m sorry,I can’t.” They'd get angry.When you give someone a tip,you're sort of being polite.You take a quarter and you put it in their hand and yo cxpect them to say, "oh , thanks a lot." When you say,"I'm sorry,I can't,"they feel a little put down. They say "No one will know.”And they put it in your pocket. You say, "I really can’t.”It gets to a point where you almost have to hurt a person physically（身体上）to prevent him from tipping you. It was not in agreement with the store’s belief in being friendly. Accepting tips was a friendly thing and made the customer feel good. I just couldn’t understand the strangeness of some people’s ideas. One lady actually put it in my pocket, got in the car,and drove away. I would have had to throw the quarter at her or eaten it or something.

　　I had decided that one year was enough. Some people needed the job to stay alive and fed. I guess I had the means and could afford to hate it and give it up.

1. what can be the best title for this text?

A. how hard life is for Box Boys

B. getting along with Customers

C. why I Gave up My Job

D. the Art of Taking Tips

2. From the second paragraph, we can infer that___.

A. the writer didn’t like the impersonal part of his job

B . with a name plate,people can easily start talking

C . Mr Castle mistook Irving for Brett

D. Irving was the writer’s real name

3. The box boy refused to accept tips because__

A. customers only gave small tips

B. some customers had strange ideas about tipping

C. the store forbade the box boys to take tips

D. he didn’t want to fight with the customers

4. The underlined phras“put down”in the third paragraph probably means__

A. misunderstood

B. dEfeated

C. hateful

D. hurt

6、You are what you eat. This saying has provided scientists with clues（线索）about the diet of hominids- our early relatives of 3 million years ago.

　　Studying carbon atoms（碳原子）locked up in tooth enamel（珐琅质）,two researchers argue against the widely held belief that hominids ate little more than fruits and leaves. Sponheimer and Julia Lee-Thorp of the University of Cape Town,South Africa, report their findings in Friday’s Science.

　　There aren’t many clues for us to know the life of early hominids. The shape of hominids’teeth offered the first clues. Large and flat-edged with thick enamel, they looked perfect for eating nuts and fruits, different from the sharp teeth one would want to tear into meat with. The first stone tools, which would help in eating meat, didn’t appear until about half a million years later.

　　Scientists have also found marks on hominids’teeth with patterns very similar to those on the teeth of modern-day fruit eaters. Sponheimer and Lee-Thorp tried a new method ,looking at the chemical composition of the tooth enamel.They studied the enamel for the carbon-13. Animals that eat grasses have higher carbon-13 levels than those eating fruits and other plants.

　　What they found was that the teeth to the hominids had an in-between amount of carbon-13, which meant not only they were eating fruits, they were eating a lot of grasses, or animals eating grasses. The lower carbon-13 levels could also come from eating certain types of insects （昆虫）.

　　But there are people who understand differently. Prof. Ungar of the University of Arkansas agrees the study offers new suggestions of hominids diet, but disagrees about the suggestion that meat could explain the lower carbon-13 levels .

　　One suggestion might be true though-take good care of your teeth .In 3 million years,a scientist might be using them to figure out what you ate for dinner.

1. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

　　 A. Protect Your Teeth     B.What the Hominid Ate

　　 C. Where the Hominid lived D. The Formation of Teeth Enamel

2. Before the two scientists' findings, most people thought that hominids______.

　 A. lived half a million years ago

　 B. ate mainly fruits and leaves

　 C. used tools to dig grass

　 D. had sharp teeth.

3. The two scientists'findings werer mainly based on the study about _____.

　 A. the shape of hominids' teeth

　 B. the teeth marks of early fruit eaters

　 C. the grasses of 3 million years ago

　 D. the make-up of the tooth enamel

4. What is it that Prof. Ungar finds doubtful?

A. Hominids possibly ate grass-eating animals.

B. Hominids probably had different diets.

C. Hominids were basically fruit- and grass-eaters.

D. Hominids had lower level of carbon-13 in the teeth.

5、HOW TO BOOK

1.In which of the following ways of booking does one probably have to pay extra money?

　　A. in person

　　B. by telephone

　　C. by fax

　　D. by post

2. One has to wait for 2 days or longer for a reply if he/she pays ______.

　 A. in person  B. by telephone

　 C. by fax    D. by post

3. What is a useful number to call at 11 am study?

　 A. 01789 295623 B. 0541 541051

　 C. 01789 261174 D. 01862 387665

4、根据对话内容，从对话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。

Mrs Jackson: Hello?

Richard: Mum, it's Richard.⑴

M: Oh, Richard . ⑵

R: Yes, yes, fine, I was wondering...do you think you could lend me some money till the end of the month?

M: Oh, Richard . ⑶You really must learn to plan your money properly.

R: Look ,Mum, if you can just help me out this time , ⑷

M: ⑸Listen ,I'll do it this time . This is really the last time .

R: Oh, thanks, Mum.

M: Bye...and next time ,you could phone just for chat !

A: Don't tell me you're buying another expensive conputer.

B: How are you ?

C: I promise I'll be more careful in future.

D: Er...I Will help you save money .

E: Is everything all right with you ?

F: Well, we'll see about that .

G: I'm so glad to get your call.

3、根据下列句子所给单词的首字母，在句子右边的横线上，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。（每空只写一词）

⑴The game was a great success in the United States and it soon s__to Australia and then to other

English-speaking countries. 1______.

⑵The colleges and universities were only for men , and women were not p_ to attend. 2______.

⑶Train services are now back to n after last week's strike in NEW York. 3______.

⑷There's no need to get angry , I m suggested that     you should do that again. 4______.

⑸ Put on your c , it's very cold outside. 5______.

⑹Can I have a glass of t__ juice, please? 6______.

⑺The fish smells; I don’t think it’s quite f___. 7__________

⑻Tom is preparing for an exam .Don’t d____ him. 8.__________

⑼Alice s____, if ever, reads a book. 9__________

⑽We were c_____ to know where she’d gone 10.__________

2、I used to love science class-all of them-                      1____

biology, chemistry ,geography, physics, I think I               2____

liked those classes because I felt that it helped me              3____

understand what the world works. For example , when          4____

I was a child , the rain was a mystery（奥秘）. In one          5____

Class, I learned it rained. I think science classes               6____

clear up mysteries .But then there is always more              7____

mysteries look into . What was my least favourite class?        8____

That was math. After learn the basics of the subjects,           9___  

nothing else seemed very practically to me . I never           10____

saw how I could use it in my daily life.

1、假定你是李华，你所在的学校拟在下个月举办美国电影节（American Film Festival）。请你根据以下要点给你的美国朋友Peter写一封短信，邀请他给学生做一次讲座。信的主要内容包括：

　　1.讲座目的：使学生对美国电影有所了解；

　　2.讲座内容：简要介绍美国电影（制片）业的历史；

3.讲座时间：1小时30分钟左右。

注意：1.可以适当增加细节，使结构完整；

　　  2.词数100左右。

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37、In fact          is a hard job for the police to keep order in an important football match.

A. this        B. that           C. there         D. it