—I’ve studied growing plants as one of my interests.Could I make some suggestions?

—_______.

A.You will make it

B.Go right ahead

C.Don’t mention it

D.Take it easy

I recently turned fifty,which is young for a tree,midlife for an elephant,and ancient for a sportsman.Fifty is a nice number for the states in the US or for a national speed limit,but it is not a number that I was prepared to have hung on me.Fifty is supposed to be my father’s age,but now I am stuck with this number and everything it means.

A few days ago,a friend tried to cheer me up by saying,“Fifty is what forty used to be.”He had made an inspirational point.Am I over the hill?People keep telling me that the hill has been moved,and I keep telling them that the high-jump bar has dropped from the six feet I once easily cleared to the four feet that is impossible for me now.

“You’re not getting older,you’re getting better,”says Dr.Joyce Brothers.This,however,is the kind of doctor who inspires a second opinion.

And so,as I approach the day when I cannot even jump over the tennis net,I am moved to share some thoughts on aging with you.I am moved to show how aging feels to me physically and mentally.Getting older,of course,is obviously a better change than the one that brings you eulogies(悼词).In fact,a poet named Robert Browning considered it the best change of all:

Grow old along with me!

The best is yet to be.

Whether or not Browning was right,most of my first fifty years have been golden ones,so I will settle for what is ahead being as good as what has gone by.I find myself moving toward what is ahead with a curious blend(混合)of both fighting and accepting my aging,hoping that the philosopher(哲学家)was right when he said.“Old is always fifteen years from now.”

The author seems to tell us in Paragraph 1 that         .

A.time alone will tell

B.time goes by quickly

C.time will show what is right

D.time makes one forget the past

When the author turned fifty,people around him         .

A.tried to comfort him

B.got inspirations from him

C.were friendlier with him

D.found him more talkative

The author considers his fifty years of life         .

A.peaceful                    B.ordinary                    C.satisfactory                D.regretful

We can infer from the passage that         .

A.the old should lead a simple life

B.the old should face the fact of aging

C.the old should take more exercise

D.the old should fill themselves with curiosity

  情景作文

假设你是李华，要给英国笔友Harry写封信，介绍你班两位同学竞选班长的过程。请按下图顺序描述。

注意：1.信的开头已为你写好。

2.词数不少于60。

提示词：竞选班长monitor election

Dear Harry，

How are things going?

Last Monday，(请将情景作文写在答题卡Ⅱ第一页指定区域内)

Best wishes,

Li Hua

At the beginning of class,the noise of desks _____ could be heard outside the classrooms.

A.opened and closed                                         B.to be opened the closed

C.being opened and closed                                D.to open and close

Between the two generations, it is often not their age, _________ their education that causes misunderstanding.

   A. like         B. as          C. or            D. but

You have to get rid of smoking, ____ you may die of lung cancer.

A. and      B. but      C. so       D. otherwise

—Have you been wasting time on computer games again?

—        . I’ve been studying a lot and I need a break.

A．No way     B．Not really

C．I don’t agree  D．I couldn’t agree more

Since Tom ______ downloaded a virus into his computer, he can not open the file now.

   A. readily  B. horribly     C. accidentally       D. irregularly

Bryan、Olga、Scott、Anna、和David正在进行一项“企业家成功秘诀调查”。他们将采访几位企业家，第61-65题是他们拟定的采访话题。阅读下面刊登在Entrepreneur (《企业家》)杂志上6位企业家的成功感言（A、B、C、D、E和F），为每位采访者选定最佳采访对象，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。选项中有一项是多余选项。

There is a great deal of evidence _______ that music activities engage different parts of the brain.

A. indicate         B. indicating       C. to indicate  D. to be indicating