As we watched the panda, we stood still, ______ to one another.

A. dared hardly to whisper            B. hardly daring to whisper         

C. dared not to whisper              D. not dared whisper

The survey shows that urban students spend about twice ___ money the ones from rural areas do.

  A. the amount of        B. more than          C. as more as          D. as much as

第二节    书面表达（满分30分）

使用手机发短信俗称“拇指文化”（Thumb Culture），假设你班同学最近也在讨论这个话题，请根据下表提示用英语写一篇短文，介绍讨论的情况。

注意：

1. 文章题目和开头已给出（不计入词数）

2. 词数：100词左右；

3. 参考词汇：

text messages 短信

The Pros and Cons on Thumb Culture

The other day our class had a discussion on the advantages and disadvantages of Thumb Culture.

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.Everyone arrived late at the party for_____ reasons.

A. variety of    B. a varieties of   C. various of    D. varieties of

 When he came to life, he found himself ______ to a tree.

   A. tied         B. being tied       C. to be tied      D. having tied

Elephants, which are the largest mammals on the earth, have almost no natural enemies ______ human beings.

         A. rather than                    B. other than                      C. more than                      D. less than

MONTREAL (Reuters) – Crossing the US-Canada border（边界）to go to church on a Sunday cost a US citizen ＄10,000 for breaking Washington’s strict new security（安全）rules.

The expensive trip to church was a surprise for Richard Albert, who lives right on the Canadian border. Like the other half-dozen people of Township 15, crossing the border is a daily occurrence for Albert. The nearby Quebec village of St. Pamphile is where they shop, eat and go to church.

There are many such situations in these areas along the largely unguarded 5,530-mile border between Canada and the US-which in some cases actually runs down the middle of streets or through buildings.

As a result, Albert says he did not expect any problems three weeks ago when he returned home to the US after attending church in Canada, as usual. The US customs（海关）station in this are is closed on Sundays, so be just drove around the locked gate, as he had done every weekend since the gate appeared last May, following a tightening of border security. Two days later. Albert was told to go to the customs office, where an officer told him be had been caught on camera crossing the border illegally（非法）.

Ottawa has given out special passes to some 300 US citizens in that area so they can enter the country when Canadian customs stations are closed, but the US stopped a similar program last May. That forces the people to a 200-mile detour along hilly roads to get home through another border checkpoint.

Albert has requested that the customs office change their decisions on the fine, but he has not attended a Sunday church since. “I feel like I’m living in a prison,” he said.

60．We learn from the text that Richard Albert is           .

         A．an American living in Township 15

         B．a Canadian living in a Quebec village

         C．a Canadian working in a customs station

         D．an American working in a Canadian church

61．Albert was fined because he             .

         A．failed to obey traffic rules B．broke the American security rules

         C．worked in St. Pamphile without a pass     D．damaged the gate of the customs office

62．The underlined word “detour” in paragraph 5 means             .

         A．a drive through the town  B．a race across the fields

         C．a roundabout way of travelling D．a journey in the mountain area

63．What would be the best title for the text?

         A．A Cross-country Trip B．A Special Border Pass

         C．An Unguarded Border        D．An Expensive Church Visit

--- Where is Jack?

--- He _________ football on the playground with those AFS students, but I am not sure.

  A. must be playing       B. must have played   

C. may be playing       D. may have played

I don't know______ he lost his gold watch yesterday.

       A. where is it that                        B. where was it that

       C. where it was that                            D. where is that