The April 10, 2010 air crash, with a Russian Tu-145 plane       Poland’s president Lech Kaczinsky, his wife and many Polish government and military officials, shocked the whole world.

A. carried         B. being carried     C. carrying               D. to carry

—He says that my new car is a        of money.

    —Don’t you think those words are just sour grapes？

lack                      B．load                       C．question                  D．Waste

Shakespeare's Birthplace and Exhibition of Shakespeare's World

Welcome to the world-famous house where William Shakespeare was born in 1564 and where

he grew up. The property(房产) remained in the ownership of Shakespeare’s family until 1806. The house has welcomed visitors travelling from all over the world, for over 250 years.

◆ Enter through the Visitors’ Centre and see the highly-praised exhibition Shakespeare’s World, a lively and full introduction to the life and work  of Shakespeare.

Stand in the rooms where Shakespeare grew up.

Discover examples of furniture and needlework from Shakespeare’s period.

Enjoy the traditional(传统的)English garden, planted with trees and flowers mentioned in the poet’s works.

◆ The Birthplace is within easy walking distance of all the car parks    shown on the map; nearest is Windsor Street(3 minutes’ walk).

◆ The House may present difficulties but the Visitors’ Centre, its  exhibition, and the garden are accessible(可进入的)to wheelchair users.

◆  The Shakespeare Coffee House (opposite the Birthplace).

How much is the admission for a family of two grown-ups and two children?

A. ￡9.80   B. ￡12.00  C. ￡14.20  D. ￡16.40

Where is the nearest parking place to Shakespeare’s Birthplace?

A. Behind the exhibition hall.    B. Opposite the Visitors’ Centre.

C. At Windsor Street.           D. Near the Coffee House.

A wheelchair user may need help to enter         .

A . the House     B the garden    C  the Visitor’s Centre    D. the exhibition hall

阅读下列回函:

Reply letter A

Thank you for your valuable suggestions. We have decided to show the Chinese character along with the Hanyu Pinyin for names of Chinese personages, places and specific things as from the next issue.

Reply letter B

Thank you for your suggestions. Next year will be the 50^th anniversary of the establishment of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. One of our staff reporters has just returned from Xinjiang and written a long article about her trip. Next year, we will have even more coverage of Xinjiang.

Reply letter C

Other readers have asked us for similar information and we have so far answered them individually. In this issue, we will print an open reply. We discovered after making a survey that there are few books to be found on China printed in English. Most are published by the Foreign Languages Press and China International press, from where it is possible to buy books directly.

Reply letter D

A majority of Chinese tourists travel abroad in order to see different landscapes and various cultures, to appreciate an exotic atmosphere and to get to know local customs. Some Chinese tourists nevertheless go to China towns, because they can eat Chinese food there. For those who don’t know English or the native language of the country they visit, it is convenient to go shopping or find entertainment in a Chinatown.

Reply letter E

We have taken on your suggestions to start a column on personalities. There are kinds of reports, such as movie stars, directors, businessmen, singers and so on. Our reports not only introduce their achievements, but also report their inner world. We hope you will enjoy it.

Reply letter F

Thanks for your appreciation of our magazine. We have mailed your letter and your e-mail address to Tingting. Since both of her two letters were sent by ordinary mail and did not give her e-mail address or telephone number. We could not get in touch with her any other way.

阅读下列信函,然后匹配相关信息:

Letter A

I have just started reading your magazine regularly and enjoy the articles very much. I have one comment to make. Can you include the Chinese characters for the names of people, places, etc that you mention with the Hanyu Pinyin of Romanized phonetic system that you use? For example, what is “Emei” or “Qitaihe”or “Shaoxing” in Chinese? It’s also helpful for those of us who are learning Chinese.

Letter B.

It was interesting to read the magazine. I wonder if you could start a column which introduces the Chinese elites of art, business, sports, politics, especially directors, actors, anchors(主持人)and singers. I believe readers will also appreciate a livelier style.

Letter C

I am a civil servant in Xinjiang, a region relatively underdeveloped in comparison with other provinces. But this does not mean it belong to another world. Xinjiang could benefit from overseas exchanges as well as contact with people living in other regions. Could you include articles about Xinjiang and its people? I suggest magazines report more about the western regions, especially exotic and charming Xinjiang.

Letter D

I am an avid(热衷的)reader of your magazine and it has helped me to introduce China to foreign friends. Thank you for great efforts to bring New China to the world. Next month, I may get the opportunity to go to Nigeria, so I must learn more about China’s history and culture. Could you kindly recommend a suitable book in English?

Letter E

It was interesting to read “Chinese Travelers Step out”. It seems a large percentage of Chinese tourists visit the West. In Indonesia, Chinese New Year is an official holiday. How would you assess the level of interest Chinese tourists have in Indonesia? Would they like to visit Chinatowns or other unique attractions in Indonesia?

信函                                          回函

LetterA                                   A. Reply letter A

LetterB                                   B. Reply letter B

LetterC                                   C. reply letter C

LetterD                                   D. Reply letter D

LetterE                                   E. Reply letter E

When the first spring flowers blossom, Easter comes. It is the oldest Christian feast, in memory of the resurrection (复活) of Jesus Christ.

Along with the traditional Easter walk or outing, the giving of Easter eggs and, more recently, of Easter presents is a main feature of the feast. Parents give their children “Easter eggs” – colored and boiled eggs, chocolate eggs, marzipan eggs – Easter bunnies, sweets, and other gifts. In some German regions, children virtually “collect” Easter eggs from their relatives, especially their godparents.

Usually, the Easter eggs are carefully hidden in the garden or in the house and the children must search for them on the morning of the Sunday. They are told that the Easter bunny has brought them. This anonymous(匿名的), mysterious bunny is like Santa Claus at Christmas. But it is less of an “educational” figure than Santa Claus is, since the eggs are not given to children as rewards for being good.

Some Easter egg games have been preserved at certain places in Germany or have even been newly developed. Children try to outdo others in rolling colored eggs down grassy slopes, for instance, or they knock the eggs’ pointed ends together and the child whose egg does not shatter（砸碎） gets the broken one, too. In some places, this custom was even used as the name of local festival.

What are the main features of Easter?

Easter walk, Easter eggs, Easter bunnies and sweets.

Easter outing and the giving of Easter presents.

Easter walk, Easter eggs, Easter bunnies and Easter egg games.

Easter outing, the collecting of Easter eggs, and Easter games

The underlined word “outdo” means ________.

A. do better than           B. do worse than           C. do slower than          D. do the same as

What can be inferred from the passage?

Easter bunny will give gifts to children for better or worse.

Easter bunny is very similar to Santa Claus, as they both bring gifts to children.

Easter always falls on a Sunday.

Some of the local festivals are named by Easter egg games.

China news, Beijing, Feb. 9 – Housing price in China has always aroused heated discussions among property developers and ordinary Chinese. To many property developers and local government officials, housing price in China is still low compared with many developed countries. However, the average housing price in the United States is only 8,000 yuan per square meter, while in China, it is even higher than in the United States. This shows that there are some bubbles(泡沫) in Chinese real estate market, the International Finance News reported.

    Although the average price of residential houses in the United States, after converted to Renminbi, is about 8,000 yuan per square meter, the houses in US are not sold in terms of building area, as most Chinese property developers do when they sell their houses. If US property developers sell their houses according to the building area, then the housing price will be even lower than 8,000 yuan per square meter. In most big Chinese cities, such as Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen, houses are sold at a price even higher than those in the US.

    The high housing sales price in large cities in China proves that Chinese real estate market does have some bubbles. Moreover, Chinese houses can not be compared with houses in US in terms of building quality, environment and supporting facilities. Furthermore, it should be noted that American people’s average income is several dozen times higher than that of Chinese people. How can the Chinese afford to buy a house which is even more expensive than that sold in US?

     At the beginning of 2007, Chinese government issued a set of policies that aimed to benefit the public. Now in order to reduce the high housing prices, the government can regulate(控制) the real estate market by raising tax on property industry and controlling the release of loans and lands to property developers. At the same time, the government should allow people to build more houses through various fund-raising channels, such as funds collected from buyers or raised by working units. By applying these multiple means, it is expected that the high housing prices can be lowered.

What is the average housing price per square meter in China?

    A. 8000 yuan    B. 10000 yuan     C. 7000 yuan    D. It’s not mentioned here

Which of the following does NOT support the idea that the average housing price in China is even higher than in the United States?

    A. Chinese houses can not be compared with houses in US in terms of building quality, environment

and supporting facilities.

    B. American people’s average income is several dozen times higher than that of Chinese people.

    C. The houses in US are not sold in terms of building area, as most Chinese property developers do

when they sell their houses.

    D. There are more people who need houses in China.

What is the main idea of this passage?

    A. The housing price in China is so high that the government should do something useful to prevent it.

    B. There are some bubbles in Chinese real estate market

    C. The average housing price in China is even higher than in the United States

    D. Chinese government issued a set of policies that aimed to benefit the public.

How many measures are mentioned in the last paragraph in order to reduce the high housing prices?

    A. Four               B. Three              C. Five               D. Two

Writing. (25 points)假如你是李华，是一名中学生，请根据下表内容写封信给你的老师Ralph，请求他帮忙解决一个长期困扰你的问题

注意：词数100~120,参考词汇：发脾气lose one’s temper

Dear Ralph，

___________________________________________________________________________

Best wishes

                                                                  Yours

                                                                      Li Hua.

I _______the Internet when she telephoned to invite me to watch Ip Man 2 (叶问 2), and I

happily said OK to her.

  A. was surfing      B. had surfed        C. have surfed        D. surfed

Her daughter was so lovely _____ little girl that everybody in the street would smile at her at ____ first sight.

A. the; a                             B. a; /                          C. the; the                    D. /; the

Once ____________ ,  a plan should be carried out.

A. make       B. making        C. made        D. to make