—Dad, I have been appointed as manager of our company, but I’m worried about it.

       —Why worry? Increased responsibility can ______ your best qualities.

   A. bring in                  B. bring about       C. bring up                     D. bring out

In the southern part of America, when somebody has a birthday, often family or friends, or both, will arrange a party. The party could be elaborate(精心准备的)and include a meal or may be simple with a birthday cake and drinks. One does not plan, nor give, one’s own birthday as is the custom in some cultures. At a party there is usually a decorated cake, often with the words “Happy Birthday” and with the name of the person written on the top of the cake. Sometimes there is also one candle for each year of the person celebrating the birthday before the cake is cut. While blowing out the candles, the person makes a wish for something pleasant.

Usually those invited to a birthday party will bring a gift for the person honored. Gifts given by friends do not have to be expensive, but the family of the birthday person will spend whatever they can afford on a gift.

Christmas parties also are very popular in the South. Often this is the only time during the year that some people see acquaintances(熟人). These parties can be elaborate or simple, ranging from a buffet(自助餐)to a reception called “open house (家庭招待会)”. If you are invited to one of these, you don’t need to take a Christmas gift, as it is not customary to take the hostess a gift every time you are invited to a party or a meal. However, if you wish to take a gift, it should only be something useful and inexpensive and should be given to the hostess at the door as you enter the party. Usually gifts of Christmas food treats are the most appreciated.

51. On one’s birthday, before blowing out the candles, he or she will______.

   A. wear beautiful clothes           B. eat birthday cake

   C. invite friends                  D. make a wish

52. This passage mainly tells us about __________.

  A. two kinds of parties in the southern United States

  B. how to arrange a birthday party

  C. how to arrange a Christmas party

  D. who will arrange a party

53. In southern America , birthday parties are often arranged by _________.

  A. friends     B. oneself      C. family        D. Both A and C

54. Which of the following is true?

 A.For a birthday party, the cake is often cut before candles are blown out.

 B.For a birthday party, neither friends nor the family will buy expensive presents.

C. It’s customary to take the hostess a gift when you are invited to a party.

    D.If you take a gift to a Christmas party, you’d better take something useful and inexpensive.

55. What kind of gift is the best if someone is invited to a Christmas party?

 A. Expensive things     B. Candles      C. Food      D. Money

I’ll never forget such an attractive city ___ I spent many happy hours there with my classmates last summer holidays.

A. that              B. where             C. in which            D. because

A number of cases will be discussed at the meeting by the students    beginners of

English fail to use the language properly．

A. which            B. as                C. why              D. where

                            B

YOU CAN HELP!

Everyone was born with his own built-in burglar(窃贼) alarm. It’s called the sense of sight and sound．Unfortunately, many of us go around with the alarm switched off.

We don’t see the stranger wandering outside the house next door.

We don’t notice the sounds from the flat upstairs.

(Weren’t they supposed to be on holiday?)

The police can only do so much to prevent crime. There never can be enough of them to guard every home in every town. So they need your help in fighting with the burglars，the vandals（恣意破坏者）, and the car thieves.

Not, of course, by setting out to have a go every time you see something suspicious. It’ll always be the job of the police to arrest criminals.

But by acting as a line of communication between them and your community, for instance, you probably know far more about your immediate neighborhoods than the police ever could.

A stranger in someone’s garden would probably be far more obvious to you than it would to even the local police, if, of course, you were on the look-out.

That’s the whole idea behind the Neighborhood Watch schemes, springing up around the country to create a spirit of watchfulness within a community, anything suspicious being reported to the police.

It’s early days yet, but results so far are very encouraging. The crime figures are already dropping in many of the areas running the scheme. And all due to people like you.

61. The underlined word “them” refers to “______”.

A. criminals        B. the police   C. neighbors   D. strangers

62. The advertisement points out that many people______.

A. are not ready to help the police

B. are not as watchful as they could be

C. don’t look after their gardens well  

D. don’t tell their neighbors about their holidays

63. One of the ways we could help prevent crime is to______.

A. turn on the alarm system in our home    

B. try to stop criminals from escaping

C. look out for people behaving suspiciously 

D. inform the police if we hear noises upstairs

64. The purpose of the advertisement is to __________in their neighborhood.

A. ask people to join the police force

B. advise people how to protect their homes

C. warn people about the increasing risk of crime

D. encourage people to be on watch for possible crime

第一节：单词拼写（共10 小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

       根据下列句子及所给汉语注释，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）

66．The _____________（设计） of the Amber Room was in the style still popular today．

67．A box of chocolates is a most________（受欢迎） gift for lovers on St Valentine’s Day

68．A fact is anything that can be ___________（证实）．

69．Ji Xianlin, an outstanding scholar, was ________（熟悉）with 12 foreign languages．

70．This is a photo taken by a _______________（职业）photographer．

71．__________（比较） with others, his idea sounds more reasonable．

72．Some _________（志愿者）offer help to “left behind children” in rural areas educationally．

73．On ______________（星期三），our teachers often have meetings．

74．This plant can be found in the __________（南部）parts of the country．

75．On hearing the funny story, all of us burst out ____________（大笑）．

12．One of the best ways for people to keep fit is to ________ healthy eating habits．

       A．grow               B．develop            C．increase            D．raise

________ he loved acting, he refused to give up his dream of being in the movies

      A. Because                   B. If                                   C. While        D. Though

―Look! What a mistake! Why?

―Sorry, I _________ on it．

   A．don’t concentrate               B．hadn’t concentrated

   C．haven’t been concentrating               D．wasn’t concentrating

The weather turned out to be very good,  _______  was more than we could expect.

     A. what    B. which     C. that    D. it