根据中文大意和英文提示词语，写出意思连贯、符合逻辑、不少于60词的短文。所给英文提示词语供选用。请不要写出你的真实姓名和校名。

  74. 假设你叫Lily，是学校英语角的主持人，你收到了Tom的一封来信。请你根据他的来信内容写一封回信，针对他的烦恼，谈谈你的看法，提出一些建议，并鼓励他努力学习。

Dear Tom.

Nice to hear from you. ________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Lily

根据中文意思完成句子。

69. 我今晚要去Ann的生日晚会，你呢？

　 I’ll go to Ann’s birthday party tonight. ________ you?

70. 我的电子词典出问题了，能借用一下你的吗？

　 _______ my E-dictionary. Can I borrow yours?

71. 我已经15岁了，不再是个孩子了。

　 I’m 15 now and I’m _______.

72. 工人们建成这所学校花了多长时间？

How long _______ the school?

73. 他非常喜欢孩子，70多岁了还尽可能为他们多写故事。

He loves kids ________ though he is over 70.

Societies（社会）all over the world name places in similar ways. It often happens that a place has two names: One is named by the people and the other by the government. As in many areas, old habits died hard. and the place continues to be called by its unofficial name long after the meaning is lost.

Many roads and places in Singapore （新加坡）are named in order that the pioneers（先驱）will be remembered by young people today. Thus we have names such as Stamford Road and Raffles Palace. This is in keeping with traditions in many countries- in both the West and the East.

Another way of naming places is naming them after other places. Perhaps they were named to develop friendships between the two places or it could be that the people who used to live there were first from the places that the roads were named after. The mystery is clearer when we see some of the roads named in old British bases. If you step into Selector Airbase you will see Piccadilly Circus- clearly named by some homesick Royal Air Force personnel.

Some places were named after the activities that used to go on at those places. Bras Basah Road is an interesting example. “Base Basah” means “wet rice ” in Malay. Now why would anyone want to name a road “Wet Rice Road”? The reason is simple. During the pioneering days, wet rice was laid out to dry along this road.

A few roads in Singapore are named by their shapes. There is “Circular Road”for one. Other roads may have part of their names to describe their shapes, like “Paya Lebar Cresent”. This road is called a crescent （月牙）because it begins on the main road, makes a crescent and comes back to join the main road again.

64. Do societies name places in similar ways or quite different ways?

65. How can a place get its two names often?

66. Why do people name the place as Stamford Road?

67. What’s the reason for the road named as “Wet Rice Road”?

68. In what ways do Singaporeans name their places?

阅读下面短文，从短文后方框中所给的五个句子中选出四个，分别填入文中相应的序号后，使短文语义连贯，结构完整。

In 50 years of traveling Colin McCorquodale has visited every country in the world, except three. 60. ________, he sends himself a postcard. He always chooses a postcard with a beautiful view, and sticks on an interesting stamp. Usually he writes just a short message to himself. His latest one, from the Malvinas Islands, reads Good fishing.

On a wall in his home in London there is a large map of the world. There are hundreds of red pins （大头针）stuck in it. “61. _______.”says Mr McCorquodale, “but I follow the rules. I’m allowed to stick one in only if I’ve been in a place for more than 24 hours.”

Naturally, Mr McCorquodale has his favourite places. New Zealand he describes as “wonderful”. 62. ________. Of China he says, “This is one country in the world which is a completely different. It’s been around for 6,000 years, yet it’s a country of the future. ”

Wherever he goes, Mr McCorquodale takes with him a photo of his wife, a candle, a torch, a shirt with a secret pocket, and a pen for writing his postcards.

63. ________. For the postcards or the travel? Mr McCorquodale laughs. “I do it for the journey.” he says. “I get a kick out of the traveling. And all the planning.”

Next time a customer comes to your office, offer him a cup of coffee. And when you’re doing your holiday shopping online, make sure you’re holding a large glass of iced tea. The physical sensation（感觉）of warmth encourages emotional warmth. While a cold drink in hand prevents you from making unwise deeisions – those are the practical lesson being drawn from recent research by psychologist John A. Bargh.

Psychologists （心理学家）have known that one person’s feelings of another’s “warmth”is a powerful factor in social relationships. Judging someone to be either “warm” or “cold” is an important thing needed to be thought about carefully. Even there are studies showing that a “cold” person may be more skillful. Much of this is deep into very early childhood experiences. Bargh argues, when babies’ sense of the world around them is shaped by physical sensations, especially warmth and coldness. Classic studies by Harry Harlow, published in 1958, showed monkeys preferred to stay close to a cloth “ mother ” rather than one made of wire, even when the wire “mother” carried a food bottle. Harlow’s work and later studies have led psychologists to give strength to the need for warm physical touch from caregivers to help young children grow into healthy adults with normal social skills.

Feelings of “ warmth ” and “coldness” in social judgments appear to be universal. Although no worldwide study has been done, Bargh says that describing people as “warm” or “cold” is common to many cultures, and studies have found those sensations influence judgment in many countries.

To test the relationship between physical and psychological warmth, Bargh did an experiment in which 41 college students took part in. A research assistant handed the students either a hot cup of coffee, or a cold drink, to hold while the researcher filled out a short information form: The drink was then handed back. After that. The students were asked to rate （评估）the personality of “Person A” based on the description. Those who had just held the warm drink thought Person A as warmer than those who had held the iced drink.

56. According to Paragraph 1. a person’s emotion may be affected by _______.

A. the visitors to his office

B. the psychology lessons he has

C. his physical feeling of coldness

D. the things he has bought online

57. The writer mentions Harlow’s experiment to show that _______.

A. adults should develop social skills

B. babies need warm physical touch

C. caregivers should be healthy adults

D. monkeys have social relationships

58. It can be inferred from the passage that ______.

A. feelings of warmth and coldness are studies worldwide

B. social skills do not come from physical experiences

C. physical temperature influences how we see others

D. skillful persons are often cold to others

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

A. Drinking for Better Social Relationships.

B. Developing Better Drinking Habits.

C. Experiments of Personal Emotion.

D. Physical Sensations and Emotions.

July 21^st, 2007 was a typical English summer’s day – it rained for 24 hours! As usual, I rushed home from work at midday to check on the house. Nothing was amiss. By the time I left work at 5 pm, however, the road into our village was flooded （淹没的）. Our house had never been flooded but, as I opened the front door, a wave of water greeted me. Thank God the kids weren’t with me, because the house was 5 feet deep in water. We lost everything downstairs. And the plaster had to be torn off the walls, ceilings pulled down.

At first we tried to push on through. We didn’t want to move the children out of home. So we camped upstairs. We put a sheet of plastic across the floor to protect us from being wet. But after three months, we felt very sick, so we moved to a wooden house in a park. The house was small, but at first we were all just happy to be in a new place. Unluckily, things took longer than expected. What surprised me most was how much I missed being part of a community （社区）. We had lived in a friendly village with good neighbours, and I’d never thought how much I’d miss that. Although our situation was very bad, it’s difficult to feel too sorry for yourself when you look at what’s happening elsewhere.

We moved back home in August. With December coming, there’s reconstruction（重建）work to be done, so it’s difficult to prepare for Christmas. But I can’t wait- I’m going to throw a party for our friends in the village to say thanks for their support. This year, I won’t need any gifts-living away from home for months has made me realize how little we actually need or miss all the things we have. Although we are replacing things, there’s really no rush-we have our home back, and that’s the main thing.

53 What does the underlined word “amiss” in Paragraph I mean?

A. Wrong.                    B. Missing.                   C. Right.               D. Normal.

54. We can learn from the passage that the family _____.

A. was sick of staying downstairs

B. stayed away for nearly 10 months

C. was happy to live in the wooden house

D. did not deal well with the trouble during the flood

55. What does the writer mainly want to express by telling her story?

A. She valued human feelings more than before.

B. She realized she almost didn’t need anything.

C. She found Christmas gifts could be replaced easily.

D. She thought her own home was the most important.

Do you know when and where ice cream got its start? It’s an international favorite with a long and interesting history.

The earliest ices were eaten in China many years ago. The people would put orange juice on ice. Later, this idea traveled to Italy. Nero, the emperor of Rome between 37 and 68 A.D., liked to eat ices between violin lessons. He ordered runners to run to the mountains, get snow and quickly run back to the palace. The snow was mixed （混合的）with fruit juices and nuts.

Around 1660, coffee shops serving ice cream were very popular in Paris. Most of the coffee shops were owned by Italians. The first successful one was opened by a man from Sicily named Francesco Procopio.

Ice cream was probably brought to America in the early 1700s, and it quickly became the favorite of American presidents. George Washington had ice cream pots and machines in his kitchen. Doly Madison, the wife of President Madision, was the first person to actually serve it in the White House. She made her guests very happy when she served her favorite dessert （甜点）.

Before ice cream was sold in stores, it was made and frozen at home. It took a lot of work to mix cream, eggs, fruit, ice, and salt, and then to freeze it. Nancy Johnson, an American woman who was good with machines, invented the hand-turned ice cream freezer in 1846. Five years later, Jacob Flusell opened the first ice cream business, in Baltimore, Maryland. His business quickly spread to other states.

50. How did people eat ice in China and Italy many years ago?

A. They ate with coffee.

B. They ate with fruit juices.

C. They ate with cream.

D. They ate with eggs and salt.

51. When was the first ice cream business opened in Baltimore?

A. In 1660.　　　　　　　　　 B. In 1700.　　　　　　　　　 C. In 1846.　　　　　 D. In 1851.

52. How did ice cream travel in the world?

A. Italy-China –Paris –America.

B. America-Paris –Rome –China.

C. China –Italy –Paris –America.

D. China- Paris –America –Rome.

Favourite Films This Week

A Tale of Two Cities

Set in London and Paris in the 1780s. A Frenchman returns to Paris from London to try to save his friend. An exciting and very sad adventure.

134 minutes, 9:00 p.m. Every day except Friday.

The Village

Set in a small 19^th century countryside near old woods full of spirits. A thriller which will make it hard for you to sleep at night!

107 minutes, 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. Fridays only.

London Love Story

In a quiet street in London, a lonely boy meets a lonely girl who changes his life. This is a romantic story about two young people who learn to love life.

92 minutes, 4:00 and 8:15 p.m. every day.

The Men Who Came from Mars

Set in the 22^nd century; somewhere in the USA. A good film which makes you think about the future of our world.

100 minutes, 7:45 p.m. Mondays only.

47. Which film can you see only on Friday?

A. A Tale of Two Cities.               B. The Village.

C. London Love Story.                 D. The Men Who Came from Mars.

48. When can you go to see A Tale of Two Cities?

A. Every day except Friday.         B. Fridays only.

C. Every day.                              D. Mondays only.

49. How long does London Love Story last?

A. 134 minutes.                   B. 107 minutes.

C. 92 minutes.                            D. 100 minutes.

My father was 44. He knew for sure that he wasn’t going to   35  it to 45. He wrote me a letter and hoped that something in it would help me for the rest of my life.

Since the day I was 12 and first read his letter, some of his words have lived in my heart. One part always   36   out, “Right now, you are pretending to be a time-killer.   37   I know that one day, you will do something great that will   38   you among the very best. ”Knowing that my dad believed in me gave me permission（许可）to believe in myself. “You will do something great. ”He didn’t know what that would be, and neither did I, but at times in my life when I’ve felt   39   of myself, I remember his words and wish he were here, so I could ask, “Is this what you were talking about, Dad? Should I keep going? ”

A long way from 12 now, I   40   he would have been proud when I made any progress. Lately, though, I’ve come to believe he’d want me to move on to what comes next: to be proud of, and believe in, somebody else. It’s time to start writing my own   41   to my children. Our children look to us with the same   42   question we had. Our kids don’t hold back because they’re not afraid to   43  . They’re only afraid of failing us. They don’t worry about being disappointed （失望的）. Their worry-as   44   was until I got my father’s letter – is of being disappointment.

Give your children permission to succeed. They’re waiting for you to   45   them. I always knew my parents loved me. But trust me. That belief will be more complete, that love will be more real, and their belief in themselves will be greater if you write the words on their hearts, “Don’t worry; you’ll do something great. ”Not having that blessing （祝福）from their parents may be the only thing   46   them back.

35. A. keep                   B. take                  C. make                D. move

36. A. stands                 B. points                C. checks                     D. breaks

37. A. So               B. But                   C. Or                    D. Because

38. A. push                   B. afford               C. allow                D. set

39. A. relaxed         B. nervous             C. sorry                D. proud

40. A. realize                 B. wonder             C. remember          D. recognize

41. A. questions            B. stories               C. progress            D. letters

42. A. unreasoned          B. unexpected        C. unanswered              D. unnoticed

43. A. follow                 B. fail                    C. regret                D. hurt

44. A. his               B. theirs                C. mine                 D. ours

45. A. think of        B. believe in           C. care about         D. talk about

46. A. giving                 B. paying               C. turning              D. holding

 The sports club _______ she has joined is very famous for its service.

A. which               B. whom               C. when                D. where