The number of children who have lost parents due to AIDS ______to rise to over 26 million in 2011.

A. are expected    B. is expecting     C. are expecting       D. is expected

Dear Cassy,

Thanks for reminding me by e-mail that you want to baby-sit our children. In spite of the fact that you are only 15 years old, my wife and I would be willing to consider your application if you can meet a few modest requirements:

1. Submit three letters from teachers who will prove that you have never failed to follow directions perfectly in class and never failed to hand in the homework on time.

2. Submit a note from two doctors which says that you are in perfect health, have never been sick, and never will be sick.

3. Submit a document (文件) from your physical education teacher or team coach that proves that you can do each of the following: Run two miles in less than nine minutes, climb an oily rope to a height of twenty feet in thirty seconds while balancing a glass of water on your nose, and walk in bare feet over hot coals and broken glass without complaint or injury.

4. Submit letters from at least two mental health experts saying that you have never had a bad thought towards any living being or not living object.

5. Play and defeat five expert chess players with your eyes covered after going without sleep for 48 hours.

6. Wait patiently for two years while we make sure that all your documents are true.

                                            Your loving and trusting friends,

                                                    The Smiths

From the letter we can know that ______.

   A. Cassy wrote to the Smiths twice               B. Cassy loves children very much

   C. Cassy will be in perfect health          D. Cassy does very well in her studies

Which of the following can most probably replace the underlined word “submit”?

   A. write            B. report            C. hand in       D. recommend (推荐)

What can we infer from this text?

   A. Their children are hard to baby-sit.        B. Their children are well educated.

   C. Cassy is good at doing many things.       D. Cassy won't get the job as a baby-sitter.

Which of the following words can best describe the Smiths?

   A. Humorous.     B. Patient.              C. Honest.        D. Kind-hearted.

---Be careful! Your clothes will catch fire. 

---Thank you._______ so close to the fire.

A. I didn’t know I was                              B. I don’t know I am

C. I hadn’t known I was                             D. I don’t know I was

到了2010年, 照顾老年人成了一个突出的社会问题。你公司顺应社会需求,适时推出了家用机器人。该机器人的主要功能有：1. 在固定的时间做饭, 时间可按需调整；2. 陪老人聊天、下棋、做运动等；3. 及时处理突发事件。如老人病时, 拨呼救电话等。

    请根据以上内容写一个发言稿, 在新闻发布会上向大家推荐公司的这一新产品。

注意：（1）词数为100左右；     （2）内容可适当发挥, 注意行文连贯；

     （3）短问开头已为你写好, 不计入总词数。

参考词汇：突出的, 显著的 prominent

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I was supposed to _______ all my shopping by now, but I still have a great many to buy.

   A. to have finished                                  B. to finish     

C. to be finishing                                   D. to have been finished

What surprised me was not what he said but ______ he said it.

A. the way                        B. in the way that   C. in the way            D. the way which

—May I tell this to my close friend?

—No, you       . Never let anybody else know about it.

   A. needn’t      B. shouldn’t      C. mustn’t         D. can’t

第二节：语法填空 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

Childhood is a time ????（41） there are few responsibilities to make life difficult. If a child has good parents, he is fed, looked after and loved, whatever he may do. (42) is impossible that he will ever again in his life (43) (give) so much without having to do anything in return. But a child has his pains; he is not so free to do (44) he wishes to; he is continually being told not to do something, or being punished for what he has done wrong.

When the child has become a young man and this young man starts to earn his own living, he can no longer expect (45) to pay for his food, his clothes, and his room, but has to work on his own if he wants to live (46) (comfort). If he spends most of his time (47) (play) about in the way that he used to as a child, he will go (48) (hunger). If, (49), he works hard, keeps out of trouble and has good health, he can have the great happiness of building up for himself his own position in (50) (social).

 ---- ____________ he has known the good news.

   ---- ______ is no wonder he is so excited.

A. It is likely that; It              B. It is probably that; There

C. He is likely that; There         D. He is possible that ; It

 Liu Xiang is ________ Yao Ming.

   A. as a famous athlete as                       B. as famous an athlete as

   C. so a famous athlete as                       D. as famous an athlete so