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In your English class, your teacher shows you he following picture. You are asked to describe the picture and explain how you understand it.

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You look so tired. You______have stayed up late again.

       A．should      B．can    C．may         D．must

 He is such a _____________ teacher that he knows what his students need.

   A. practical        B. humorous          C. mild                     D. typical

This is the small house less than 15 square meters,under _____ roof lives a large family of three generations.

A. which         B. that  C. its      D. whose

Lin Xi, a Chinese in Berlin, went to the World Championships in Athleties,      she saw China’s Bai Xue win the gold medal.

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

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●A 78-year-old grandmother whose education was cut short by the second world war celebrated an A-level with her 50-year-old daughter. Betty Allen and daughter Chris Branton of Sprotbrough, South Yorkshire, opened their results together on TV after completing the UK's only online English A-level course. Mrs Allen received a D and Ms Branton a C

●Actor Holly Grainger, 18, from East Didsbury, Manchester, achieved two As and two Bs. She is a regular face on television screens with roles in Terry Pratchett's Johnny and the Bomb and new legal drama New Street Law. She learned yesterday that she had landed a main part in a new school drama called Waterloo Road

●A teenage hockey star who hopes to play for England in the 2012 Olympic Games won three A-grades. Will Miles, 18, from Formby, Merseyside, who attends Merchant Taylors' school in Crosby, plans to study maths at Manchester University 

● Andrew Nowell, a student at Nottingham high school, got five grade As, including one of the top five marks in the country for his design and technology paper. He won the Young Engineers for Britain contest this year with an invention he produced for his Design and Technology A-Level - a "remote control and security interface system". He is off to Cambridge to study engineering .

● Jed McQueen Jones got A grades in chemistry, maths and physics, despite being diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2003 and being hospital for three months. Jed, a pupil at Richard Huish College in Taunton, restarted A-levels in September 2004 and continued chemotherapy(化疗)into that Christmas. He is going to Exeter University on a science scholarship to study physics.

1. How did Betty Allen learn English and complete the course?

   A. On TV     B. On the Internet      C. By herself    D. Through her daughter

2. The underlined word “landed” in Paragraph Two means_______.

   A. moved down   B. arrive at   C. catch up     D. got successfully

3. Which of the following statements is WRONG according to the passage?

   A. She and her daughter were invited to appear online to celebrate.

   B. Her daughter did worse than her in the English A-level course.

   C. They completed the English A-level course on the internet.

   D. Betty Allen’s education was stopped by the Second World War.

4. What really made Andrew Nowell prouder and more successful?

   A. getting five grade As.

   B. an invention.

   C. his study on engineering

   D. His job as an engineer

5. The best title of the passage is probably_________

   A. Super students and their achievements

   B. Super gifts account for great achievements

   C. Hard work results in success

   D. Star pupils and super students

You may lie ______ the ground is dry.

A. which          B. that           C. where         D. unless

Short Story Contest Rules

·The contest begins at 9 am Friday, November 29, 2008 and ends at 4 pm Thursday, January 17,2009.

·The contest is open to all residents of Ontario who are at 16 or over, except for employees, judges, and anyone living with any employee of the sponsors or judges.

·The author’s name, address, phone number, and a 25-50-word self-introduction must be included with each entry on a separate sheet of paper. The name of the author should not appear in the story itself.

· Stories must be original and unpublished up to the time the winners are declared on June 23, 2009.

·Stories must be written on a computer or typewriter, be double-spaced and no longer than 2,500 words. Total word count should be printed on the front page of the story.

· No changes to a story are allowed once the Star receives your entry. Manuscripts will not be returned.

· A $5 entry fee must accompany each entry. Cheques or money orders should be made out to the Sunday Star Short Story Contest. Please do not send coins.

·Winners will be informed by telephone between 9 am and 5 pm on June 23, 2009.

·Professors from the writing Centre at Ryerson University will complete the first round of judging. Another group of professional writers will select the final three.

SEND YOUR STORY TO:

SHORT STORY CONTEST, THE SUNDAY STAR ONE YONGE STREET, TORONTO, Ontario M5E1E6

Full contest rules are available at www.the star.com / contests Tel: 416 – 367 – 2000

56. Which of the following is allowed to be written on the front page of the story?

   A. The total word count.                 B. The author’s name.

   C. The author’s self-introduction.          D. The author’s phone number.

57. From the above advertisement, we can find out ______.

   A. the topic of the stories

   B. the number of winners

   C. the money the sponsors give to the organizer

   D. the total number of contestants

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

   A. Winners will get a book of short stories besides the money

   B. Citizens over 16 living in Ontario can compete in the contest

   C. Contestants should send printed stories to the organizer

   D. Professors from universities will decide the winners        

The concept of personal choice in relation to health behaviors is an important one. An estimated 90 percent of all illnesses may be preventable if individuals would make sound personal health choice and do not like to see it restricted when it is within the legal and moral boundaries of society. The structure of American society allows us to make almost all our own personal decisions that may concern our health. If we so desire, we can smoke, drink excessively, refuse to wear seat belts, eat whatever foods we want, and live a completely sedentary life style without any exercise. The freedom to make such personal decisions is a fundamental aspect of our society, although the wisdom of these decisions can be questioned. Personal choices relative to health often cause a difficulty. As one example, a teenager may know the facts relative to smoking cigarettes and health but may be pressured by friends into believing it is the socially accepted thing to do.?

A multitude of factors, both inherited and environmental, influence the development of health related behaviors, and it is beyond the scope of this text to discuss all these factors as they may affect any given individual. However, the decision to adopt a particular health related behavior is usually one of personal choices. There are healthy choices and there are unhealthy choices. In discussing the morals of personal choice, Fries and Grapo drew a comparison. They suggest that to knowingly give oneself over to a behavior that has a statistical probability of shortening life is similar to attempting suicide. Thus, for those individuals who are interested in preserving both the quality and quantity of life, personal health choices should reflect those behaviors that are associated with a statistical probability of increased vitality and longevity.

68．The concept of personal choice concerning health is important because ____.

A．personal health choice helps cure most illness

B．it helps raise the level of our medical knowledge

C．it is essential to personal freedom in American society

D．wrong decisions could lead to poor health

69．To “live a completely sedentary life style”(L7,Para.1)in the passage means____.

A．to “live an inactive life”    B．to “live a decent life”

C．to “live a life with complete freedom”     D．to “live a life of vice”

70．Sound personal health choice is often difficult to make because ____. ?

A．current medical knowledge is still insufficient

B．there are many factors influencing our decisions

C．few people are willing to trade the quality of life for the quantity of life

D．people are usually influenced by the behavior of their friends

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假如你叫李华，你所在的学校和美国California州一所中学实施互派交换生(exchange students)的友好合作项目，你家被定为主人家庭(host family)，一个名叫John Stephenson 的美国学生将在你家住三年。现在，请根据下面的提示，以李华的名义给John Stephenson 发一封E-mail, 告诉他有关情况：

（1）得知他的到来，全家人非常高兴。父母已为他准备好了一个房间，既可作卧室也可作书房。

（2）你们可以一起上学、锻炼身体、上网、参观访问，还可以互相学习彼此的语言等。

（3）相信你们将对彼此的国家和人民有更多的了解，会一起度过一段美好的时光。