Which word of the following has a different stress from the others?

A. expert          B. except        C. expect

Cooperation(合作) and competition are 1  important. They’re necessary for a person to achieve success in life.

Learn to be cooperate with others. No one likes a selfish(自私的) or greedy(贪婪的)person. However, everyone likes a cooperative and friendly person. Everything we do today,   2  in doing business or making friends, depends on our ability to  3 with one another. In our society, most tasks(任务) need the cooperation of many people  4 they can be finished successfully. So we must try to be cooperative. Each person   5 a small part of a machine . If only one part is out of order, the machine can’t be running  well.  6 , transportation and communication systems are developing quickly and people all over the world can keep in line with each other _7 . It’s hard for a person who is away from the society to have a deep understanding of the world he 8 . Cooperation is becoming more and more important for a person to get a good life.

Being competitive(竞争的) also has a place in life. If you want to get more success and be better than others, you must work harder and study more carefully. The desire(愿望) to succeed and do better than others   9 us to work harder. If there were no competitions, a sports meeting would never be   10 and successful, and we could never have champions(冠军).

We cooperate with others to be more competitive, we compete to get a better environment for cooperation leads(带领) us to realize our goals and meet our needs.

根据短文内容选择正确答案。

1.A. all                B. both                    C. neither

2.A. if                 B. weather                 C. whether

3.A. get along          B. get off                 C. get back

4.A. in order           B. in order to             C. so that

5.A. likes              B. is like                 C. looks like

6.A. Except             B. Besides                 C. But

7.A. easier             B. much better             C. more easily

8.A. lives in           B. lives on                C. lives

9.A. encourage          B. encourages              C. encouraged

10.A. excited            B. interested              C. exciting

Who are you? Sure you know your name, but your name is just a label (标签); it does not describe who you are. In a world with over six billion people, there can be millions of Johns or Jennys, but there is only one YOU. So what makes you special?

There are three things that make you different from any other person on the planet: your looks, your fingerprints (指纹) and your personality. Your looks and fingerprints certainly make you special, but these are just physical characteristics(特征). It is your personality that really describes who you are.

Personality is the form of emotions, thoughts, and behavior that people show throughout their lives, which makes them different from others. It is especially shown in how they behave towards other people.

Each person’s personality is made up of different personality traits (特征) such as kindness or shyness. These traits decide how people behave in different situations. A person’s personality decides everything they say and do. The human’s brain(大脑) has a special part that gives us personality and allows us to think for ourselves. This part of the brain is called the mind. Someone’s personality can change if their brain damaged in an accident. Scientists cannot study the mind by looking inside someone’ brain! To study the mind, scientists have to study human behavior. This includes studying people and having personality tests. Scientists believe that answers to the questions tell us something about a person’s personality traits. After asking thousands of people thousand of questions, they have found that some personality traits seem to go together. For example, shy people are often quiet. They have an introverted (内向的) personality type. The opposite is an extroverted (外向的) personality type —people who are outgoing, friendly and like being around other people. Describing personality types is not easy. In fact, scientists do not all agree on how many personality types there are, or how exactly they are described.

根据短文内容选择正确答案。

1.The underlined word “personality” in the passage means “_______” in Chinese.

A. 心理           B. 特征          C. 性格

2.From this passage, you know _______ makes you different from any other person.

A. your hair, the color of skin and height

B. your name

C. your looks, fingerprints and personality

3.Your personality comes from _______.

A.         B.         C. 

4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. People who are introverted don’t like being around others.

B. To study the personality, scientists have to study human behavior.

C. Everyone’s personality won’t change at any time.

5.Which is the best title for the passage?

A. WHO ARE YOU

B. PERSONALITY

C. YOUR SPECIAL LOOK

FOUR STATES OF THE USA

根据表格信息选择最佳答案。

1.Of the four states, Massachusetts is the     largest in area in the USA.

A. first                   B. second                  C. third

2.The time when Hawaii joined the USA is       that of Alaska.

A. earlier than             B. the same as             C. later than

3.If it is 3:00 p.m. in Georgia, it is       in Massachusetts.

A. 10:00 a.m.               B. 2:00 p.m.                   C. 8:00 p.m.

4.From the information in the form we know that       .

A. the population of Alaska is larger than that of Georgia

B. Hawaii and Massachusetts are in the same time zone

C. Georgia has a very important naval base

5.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the information in the form?

A. When you come to Georgia, you’ll see many islands.

B. There are more than 3 thousand lakes in Alaska.

C. Massachusetts is famous for education in the world.

Everybody can suffer from stress(压力). No matter what your age is, you can feel stressed out by things that are happening in your life. Teenagers, however, have many more opportunities(机会) to get stressed than people in any other age group. Being a teenager is hard. You are not a child any more, but you are not an adult, even though you have to deal with some very grown-up problems and decisions. Families can be one of the biggest causes of stress, such as problems with parents arguing at home, or problems with brothers and sisters. Teenagers also have a lot of stress from school, either from their teachers or from their friends. Some teenagers also feel stressed about choosing their education after high school. Getting a place at university(大学) can be very difficult and some cannot afford to go to university. The stress about getting a job when finishing school is hard for some teenagers. There are so many young people finishing school and not enough jobs for them. Sadly, there is nothing we can do to remove these causes of stress from the 1ives of teenagers, but you can learn the best way to deal with it. Talking to people is one of the best ways to deal with stress. It may sound simple(简单), but it is true. A problem shared is a problem halved(减半).

根据短文内容判断正误，正确的写(A）、错误的写（B）。

1.Being a teenager is often difficult because adults often make them feel stressed.

2.Families can add to the stress a teenager might experience by asking them to go to university.

3.When many teenagers finish school ,they may worry about becoming an adult.

4.Finding a job after finishing school can be difficult because there is a lot of competition for jobs.

5.There are many things we can do to deal with stress.

任务性阅读

先阅读(A)、(B)两篇短文，然后根据题目要求及所给语境完成下列四项任务。

     How can we practice our spoken English ? The first and the most important thing is to believe yourself . You should always be full of   1  . You should often encourage yourself. “Come on , don’t be afraid !” You should never lose heart and never give up.

Maybe you are afraid of losing face, but you should think since we are students and we are learning, there is no need to worry about   2  . We must always be active in practice. We should    3   with our classmates as often as possible in English. We must know that the main way to study English is that we should make   4   understood. We should believe that native speakers will not laugh at us, instead they will encourage us. So if we are brave enough, we’ll   5  make much progress in our spoken English. Don’t be shy or afraid! Just have a try.

(B)

People started wearing clothes to protect themselves from the sun, wind, rain and cold. People said that many years ago the first kind of clothes were made of animal skins. Today we use different materials.

But clothes do more than keep us warm. Our clothes can also tell about who we are, our culture, life and hobbies. For example, if we like to wear yellow or pink clothes, we are usually active and easy--going. If we like black and blue, we may be quiet people. As a middle school student, we often wear the school clothes. Someone who works in a bank may wear a suit every day.

1.用方框中所给词的适当形式填空，使文章通顺、连贯、合理。（每空一词，每词限用一次）

1.__________2 .__________ 3.__________4.__________5.__________

2.根据英文释义及首字母提示，拼写单词。

6. c__________ education, area, literature and so on

7. a__________ full of action

3.同义句转换，每空一词。

People said that many years ago the first kind of clothes were made of animal skins.

It 8._________9._________ that many years ago the first kind of clothes were made of animal skins.

4.根据短文内容简答问题。

10. If someone likes wearing black and blue, what kind of person is he?

______________________.

从A—J选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项补全对话。（选项中有两项是多余的）

W: Excuse me, sir.

M: Yes,    1.

W: I have been here for an hour to meet my father.    2.___

M: Are you sure of the time his flight arrives?

W:    3.He told me he would reach the airport at about 1:00 this afternoon

M: That’s true.    4.

W: What? BA506? Well, I don’t think it’s his flight number.

M:    5.

W: Yes, it’s VA407. I think...Oh, just a minute, please. Here.    6.Sorry, it’s VA408.

M: VA408? I see, madam,    7.but it will be two hours and twenty minutes late because of the bad weather in New York.

W: OK.    8.Thank you very much ,sir.

M: Good luck! Madam.

A. can I help you?

B. But I saw all the passengers come out except him.

C. I wrote it on my notebook.

D. Do you remember his flight number?

E. Flight BA506 has just arrived.

F. What’s his flight number?

G. the flight was to arrive at 1:00,

H. Then I will have to wait longer.

I. what can I do for you, madam?

J. Yes, I think so.   

填入一个适当的词补全对话，每空一词。

A: Hello! May I speak to Li Ming, please?

B: This is Li Ming    1..

A: Hi, Li Ming, this is Wang Hong. Next Saturday is my mother’s birthday. I want to buy a present for her. Would you like to go shopping with me?

B: Yes, I’d like to. But do you know what kind of things your mother likes?

A: Of    2.I know. She likes a woolen sweater.

B: And what color does she like?

A: She    3.dark blue to light blue.

B: Then where shall we buy the dark blue sweater?

A:    4.go to Yuan Da Shopping Center. There are a lot of beautiful sweaters there.

B: Have you    5.to Yuan Da Shopping Center? Is it far from here?

A: Yes. It’s about five kilometers away. We’d    6.take a bus.

B: Which bus?

A: The No.8 bus will take us there.

B:  7.and where shall we meet?

A: At 10:00 o’clock tomorrow morning at the No.8 bus stop.

B: OK. See you.

阅读短文，根据短文内容完成表格，每空一词。

A city without cars would be very strange, right? Venice（威尼斯）is such a city. Venice is in the northeast of Italy. It isn’t built on land, like Beijing or shanghai, but on more than 110 islands. Seawater is everywhere around the city. Even so, travel isn’t difficult. The waterways have always been the best way to get around. There are 117 waterways and more than 400 bridges that can take you where you want to go. People in Venice move from place to place by boat. They like to enjoy cool summer nights while they are taking boat trips. Water makes the city special, but it is also a big problem. Once, people used too much underground water. This made the city get lower, little by little. Now the city has gone down by 23 centimeters(厘米). Scientists are trying different ways to stop the city from getting even lower.

根据所给中英文信息完成应用文。

假如你是张丽，在国庆节当天你收到好朋友李华的来信。她想要了解你校即将成立的英语俱乐部的相关情况。请你根据学校学生会宣传海报的内容给她回一封信，并希望和她一起在一周后报名参加英语俱乐部。要求包含所有信息，至少写出5句话。

Dear Li Hua，                                               　　　1st, 2012

How’s everything? I’m so happy to hear from you! Let me tell you something about the English Club in our school.

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Best wishes for you !                                         Yours,

Zhang Li