You should have informed me that the lecture was put off. I ________ all the way here through the heavy rain.

     A．needn’t have run        B．can’t have run 

       C．shouldn’t have run        D．mustn’t have run

_______, his idea was accepted by all the people at the meeting.

A. Strange as might it sound.

B. As it might sound strange.

C. As strange it might sound.

D. Strange as it might sound 

— Have you called Mr. Johnson’s office?

   — Yes, he _____ back before tomorrow. So he can attend our meeting on time.

A. expected           B. is expected         C. is expecting         D. is to expect  

Watching TV is____ a kind of relaxation, and it also ____our knowledge.

A. not more than; adds        B. more than; adds to

C. no more than; adds to       D. more than; adds up to

Gossip moves so quickly that few people have time to cover their ears, even if they want to.

“I hate it when others gossip about me,” said Mandy Miraglia, 16, a high school student from California, “but to be honest, gossip about my friends makes me feel I am trusted and belong to the group.” Miraglia is not the only person feeling like that.

Gossip has long been looked down on as little more than nonsense and bad manners. But recent research has shown that gossip has many positive effects on your social life.

“There has been a trend among people to dislike gossip,” said David Sloan Wilson, Professor from the State University of New York in Binghamton, US, “but gossip appears to be a very important form of behavior in a group of friends, defining their group membership.”

For 18 months, Kevin Kniffin, from the University of Wisconsin, US, researched the behavior of 50 people. He found that gossip levels peaked when a sports team included a slacker, someone who regularly missed practices or showed up late. Other members of the team would soon start to joke about the slacker’s shortcomings behind his back, because they thought they were bad for the whole team.

Gossip about the mistakes of senior members helps newcomers rebuild their confidence after a failure.

It also helps relieve social and professional anxiety. Long-term studies show that people around the world devote from a fifth to two-thirds or more of their daily conversation to gossip, and men appear to be just as eager for gossip as women.

It is hard to judge gossip, but it is more powerful than you think.

The author would probably agree that______________.

A. gossip is bad manners

B. gossip has many good effects

C. gossip is somewhat like nonsense

D. gossip is more powerful than advice

What does the underlined word “slacker” mean according to the context?

A. Someone who values the team benefit much.

B. Someone who does not do what they should well.

C. Someone who is active in sports.

D. Someone who shows no much interest in sports.

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

A. Gossip is a useful way of building group membership.

B. Gossip can possibly make someone confident.

C. Generally, women are fonder of gossip than men.

D. Actually, everyone gossips to some degree in their daily conversation.

假如你是高三学生李华，请给你的英语王老师写一封信，告诉他大家对他教学的感受，。容包括：

1．大家对他总体评价较高；

2．具有独特的、使课堂生动活泼的方法；

3．知识渊博，且对学生很耐心；

4．就如何帮助英语基础薄弱的学生，向他提一些建议（内容自拟）。

注意：

1．词数120—150；

2．可适当增加细节。

Asia is important to America because America's future _____ trade with Asia's growing economies．

       A．depends on          B．takes off            C．sets up             D．breaks out

          on this report, the English government decided to ask Captain James Cook to go and look for this continent.

   A. Having based      B. Basing      C. Based       D. To be based

It was in the street_________ I met Mary yesterday .

A．that 　　  B．when   C．where   D．what

The shop assistant was fired as she was ___________ with cheating customers.

A. accused                  B. charged               C. blamed             D. caught