In this century the traditional American family is constantly faced with the threat of breakdown. Some sociologists suggest that one little-noticed cause may be the introduction of the TV dinner.

     Before the appearance of television sets, the American dinner was a big event for the family. In many homes, dinner time may be the only time when everyone got together. A typical dinner was usually in three stages. In the preparation stage, the children and Father frequently helped with setting while Mother put the last touches on the roast. In the eating stage, family members shared the day's experiences and more than food was eaten. In this stage families got to know one another and made joint decisions around the dinner table, and thus the family unit was strengthened. In the cleaning-up stage, children or Father again gave their hands, so that their importance to the home community was clear. Unfortunately, all of these have been removed by a product---the television set.

     By the beginning of the 1980s, the typical American family dinner was just twenty minutes long. The speed-up of the once-leisurely experiences is clearly connected to the pace of modern life and maybe a model of the modern life is the TV dinners --- meals designed to be eaten from the beginning to the end of a half-hour program. The once family affair has now become nothing more than the use of a fork and knife.

64. The underlined word in the second paragraph can be replaced by ____.

A. big              B. important              C. combined       D. separate

65. In the past, Americans tended to ____.

A. spend more time eating their food at dinner table

B. eat more food than they have today

C. spend more time talking about their day's experiences at dinner table

D. talk so much that they forgot to eat

66. The shortening of the dinner time in America is related to ____.

A. the TV programs                   B. the pace of modern life

C. the wide use of electrical equipment    D. the popularity of fast food

67. The best title for this passage might be ____.

  A. Talk at Dinner Table                   B. TV Dinner

  C. Pace of Modern Life                         D. Problems Caused by TV

第Ⅱ卷（非选择题,总分35分）

第四部分   写作（共两节，满分35分）

 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在其下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

First, I’d like to thank you for your reminding, although I don’t agree with your view

which students should spend more time on their lessons instead of read novels．Indeed,

reading novels takes up some of the time that should spent on lessons, but it’ll make us know

what hard life is．Besides, by reading novels we can gain what we can’t learn from our

textbook．Of course, reading novels has it’s shortcomings．Novels that have wrong ideas will

make us to do something wrong．Maybe, in your eyes, the disadvantages of reading novels

outweighs the advantages．And in my opinion, reading novels is just as another pair of eyes,

which broadens my horizon．

After winning the singing competition, she thought herself ___ in her neighborhood．

     A．something          B．nothing             C．anything             D．everything

From________seemed to be a great distance，he smiled at her，and she smiled，too．

A．it    B．that    C．what   D．which

 The clerks were at work so ____ that nobody realized it was already lunch time.

A. accurately    B. absently    C. aggressively   D. attentively

 Our bodies are strengthened by taking exercise. ______, our minds are developed by learning.

  A. Probably        B. Likely           C. Similarly          D. Generally

--- How are they getting on with their work?

---All goes well as ____.

A. planned        B. to be planned        C. planning         D. being planned

第三部分：阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

The best diet for you is the one that you can follow for the rest of your life. Most diets can get you to your goal if you do exactly what they say.

The first thing to do is to look at what you’re doing now. If it’s easier for you to see where you’re going wrong by writing down what you eat for the next week, then do that.

When you become familiar with the foods you choose to eat every day, it’s easy to start to subsitute(用…代替)healthier alternatives and make better choices. Let’s take a look at some common lifestyle choices that could help you lose weight easily.

Got a soda habit?

Drink a lot of soda or fruit juices? Substitute water and tea instead. Studies show that just this one substitution can help you drop 20 pounds in a year.

Spending a lot of time buying food at the drivethrough fast food joint?

Avoid anything that you can get through a drivethrough window. Bring your lunch instead. Home cooking almost automatically guarantees a meal that’s lower in fat and calories than anything you could get through a window.

Never finish a meal without grease(油脂) on your hands?

Deep-fried foods are loaded with calories and fat. Fry in a little olive oil, instead.

Always having a lot of sauces?

Holding the mayo(蛋黄酱)or anything else that’s creamy(含乳脂的)? If you’re ordering sandwiches with special sauce or mayo, then you’re eating a lot more calories and fat grams than you think you are. Some sauces can add more than 20 grams of fat, and hundreds of calories to your lunch. Mustard(芥茉)is a good alternative. It’s flavorful, and has virtually no calories or fat.

Take a look at what you’re doing, and make changes you can live with.

56.All the following will help you lose weight EXCEPT________.

       A.mustard      B.soda     C.tea       D.olive oil

57.According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

       A.To make a list of the food you like best can lose weight.

       B.To get a good idea of different foods is necessary.

       C.Home cooking is more delicious than snacks.

       D.Dropping 20 pounds in a year is difficult.

58.We can learn from the passage that________.

       A.mayo is beneficial to people’s health B.most people think that mustard tastes bad

       C.cooking is a waste of time  D.drinking water contributes to weight loss

59.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

       A.The best diet is a lifestyle change      B.Stop buying fast food

       C.What to do for the rest of your life   D.Lead a healthy lifestyle

A good way to pass an examination is to work hard every day in the year. You may fail in an examination if you are lazy for most of the year and then work hard only a few days before the examination. If you are taking an English examination, do not only learn rules of grammar.

Try to read stories in English and speak English whenever you can. A few days before the examination you should start going to bed early. Do not stay up late at night studying and learning things. Before you start the examination, read carefully over

the question paper. Try to understand the exact meaning of each question before you pick up your pen to write. When you have at last finished your examination, read over your answers.

Correct the mistakes if there are any and make sure that you have not missed anything out.

68.If you want to improve your English, you must       .

A.learn rules of grammar by heart           B.speak Enlish all day long

C.do a lot of exercises                    D.practise it as often as possible

69.A few days before the examination it is suggested that you should        .

A.go to bed early   B.stay up late      C.get up late     D.work deep into the night

70.Before you begin to write in the examination paper, you should       .

A.read over the examination paper carefully  

B.try to understand the exact meaning of each question

C.correct the mistakes you may have made   

D.pay attention to the rules of grammar

VI. 书面表达（满分25分）

根据表格中的提示写一篇英语日记。词数100左右