单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

根据首字母或汉语注释写出单词的正确形式，并将答案填写到题中的相应位置。

We should e_______ new ways to solve the problemss that we are facing.

I meant it to be a(n) i______(非正式的) discussion, but it didn’t turn out as I mentioned

Playing basketball is one form of p_______(身体的) exercise.

He caused his parents a great deal of s_____(痛苦).

That black suitcase on the floor b_________ to me..

She looks very _____(熟悉的),but I can’t remember where I met her.

She refused to answer questions about her personal f_____(财力)。

There are a lot of c____ relics in our country.

S____ this difficult problem to make it easier to be understood by everyone.

The a____(外观) of the old house completely changed.

It is reported that two schools，          are being built in my hometown，will open next year.?

A.they both           B.which both?      C.both of them            D.both of which

The computer, which was used to simplify difficult sums, began        a calculating machine in France in 1642. Then it developed into an analytical machine. After         (program) by an operator         used cards with holes, it could produce an answer quicker than any person. Later, Alan Turning wrote a book about how a computer could be made      work as a “universal machine”. From then on, the computer grew rapidly both in size and in brainpower. By the 1940s, it had grown as large as a room and this reality worried the designers.       , with its memory         (improve), the computer was made smaller. First, the memory was stored in tubes, then on transistors and later on very small chips. As a result, the shape of the computer       (total) changed from a large machine to a PC and then a laptop. Connected by      network, the computer was able to share its knowledge         others through the World Wide Web. Since the 1970s many new applications of the computer            (find) in communication, finance, trade and many other areas. The computer has become a devoted friend and helper of the human race.

基础写作(共1小题,满分15分)

前几天,你在大街上恰巧看到一个十几岁的女学生坐在街边乞讨10元钱去上网.

根据以上故事和以下的提示写一篇英语作文.

1.乞讨上网可能是为了联系家人,朋友等,也可能是沉迷(be addicted to)网络不能自拔.

2.网络为我们提供了大量的信息.

3.青少年应该要有自控能力;

4.要合理利用网络,多做有益的事情.

写作要求: 只能使用5个句子表达全部内容,篇章结构连贯.

书面表达 

假设你叫李华，是一名高三学生，请给某英文报社Heart to Heart栏目的编辑Mary写一封信，内容包括：

1．正在紧张备考，身心压力很大；

2．父母期望很高，不断施压。

3．与父母难沟通，很苦恼；

4．希望Mary就如何与父母沟通提些建议。

要求：

1．词数100左右（信的开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数）；

2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连绩。

Dear Mary

I am a Senior 3 student.              

Looking forward to your reply.

               Yours,

               Li Hua

     around the Water Cube, we were then taken to see the Bird’s Nest for the 2008 Olympic Games.

    A．Having shown B．To be shown  C．To show  D．Having been shown

The website YouTube was created in 2005 and became an overnight success.Google bought YouTube for more than $1,600,000 the following year.In May,YouTube announced that two billion videos were watched each day.

In June,the Guggenheim Museum in New York City announced it would hold a competition among YouTube videos.Now,the judges have chosen the top 125 videos.

The Guggenheim and YouTube launched the competition called“YouTube Play.A Biennial(两年一度)of Creative Video.”The information technology companies HP and Intel are supporting the event.23,000 videos entered the competition.They represented 91 countries and every possible style of movie making.

The rules of the competition were few.Video makers had to be eighteen years or older.They could enter only one video.It had to be no more than ten minutes long.Any language,subject,sound,and style were considered.

Eleven people are judging the videos.They include artists,musicians,and filmmakers.Laurie Anderson is all three.She says all her art starts with a story,so she looks for a story as she judges the videos.

Other judges include the filmmaker Darren Aronofsky,the band Animal Collective,and artist and filmmaker,Shirin Neshat.

New Jersey artist Dahlia Elsayed’s video is one of the finalists.She used the camera in her computer to record herself describing her daily food desires for one month.The video is simple,short,and interesting.

A frightening,but beautiful video came from Chile.The video by Niles Atallah,Joaquin Cocina Varas.and Cristobal Leon is called“Luis”.It is an animated ghostly story of a tense,angry boy.It is very dark,but impossible to stop watching.

“Mars to Jupiter”is a video from Canada by Sterling Pache.It is about a survivor of the 1994 genocide(种族屠杀)in Rwanda.The video explores how her past still haunts(萦绕) her.

Other chosen videos are from France,Spain,Taiwan,Australia,and Israel.Almost thirty countries are represented.You can see them if you link to YouTube Play from our website at voaspecialenglish.com.

People can also see the 125 videos at the Guggenheim museums in New York；Bilbao,Spain;Berlin,Germany;and Venice,Italy.

On October 21,the YouTube Play judges will announce the final twenty winning videos at a special event at the Guggenheim in New York.The Videos will be on View there until October 24.

Accoding to the text,YouTube might be        .

A.a video sharing website

B.a supporting company of the event

C.a museum in New York City

D.a frightening,but beautiful video

Who were supposed to enter the contest according to the text?

A.Video makers in English—speaking countries.

B.Video makers from New York City.

C.Video makers all over the world.

D.Video makers under the age of 18.

Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text?

A.The rules of the competition were quite complicated.

B.Twenty videos will finally be picked out as the best.

C.The style of video was strictly limited.

D.Only artists can judge the competitio.

         is a simple and relaxing story about daily life.

A.“Mars to Jupiter”                      B.Niles Atallah’s video

C.“Luis”                                 D.Dahlia Elsayed’s video

The text is mainly about        .

A.a famous wetsite                         B.a famous museum

C.some interesting videos                  D.a video competition

写作（满分30分）

       近年来选秀类的电视节目吸引了很多人的注意力。有的在校学生为了实现自己的明星梦辍学参加。请谈谈你对这一现象的观点。

    注意：1. 词数120~150；     2. 可适当增加细节。

I think you should complain—       , of course, you are happy with the way things are.

A. if                    B. unless          C. as                 D. because

The places of interest in Xi’an attract my family all the time, and I hope we _____ ourselves this time next year.

       A. are enjoying    B. are to enjoy   C. will enjoy D. will be enjoying