What time is it？ Most people are pretty accurate in their answer. And if you don’t know for sure, it’s very likely that you can find out. There may be a watch on your wrist; there may be a clock on the wall, desk, or computer screen; or maybe you’re riding in a car that has a clock in the dash hoard (仪表板) .

Even if you don’t have a timepiece of some sort nearby, your body keeps its own beat. Humans have an internal clock that regulates (调节) the beating of our heart, the peace of our breathing, the discharge (排出) of chemicals within our bloodstream, and many other bodily functions.

Time is something from which we can’t escape. Even if we ignore it, it’s still going by, ticking away, second by second, minute by minute, hour by hour. So the main issue in using your time well is, “who’s in charge？” We can allow time to slip by and let it be our enemy. Or we can take control of it and make it our ally.

By taking control of how you spend your time, you’ll increase your chances of becoming a more successful student. Perhaps more importantly, the better you are at managing the time you devote to your studies, the more time you will have to spend on your outside interests.

The aim of time management is not to schedule every moment so we become slaves of a timetable that governs every waking moment of the day. Instead, the aim is to permit us to make informed choices as to how we use our time. Rather than letting the day go by, largely without our awareness, what we are going to discuss next can make us better able to control time for our own purposes.

The underlined word “ally” in Para.3 most likely means someboby or something that is____________.

A. your slave and serves you

B. your supporter an helps you

C. under your control and obeys you

D. under your influence and follows you

The author intends to tell us that time __________.

A. could be regulated by a timepiece such as a clock or a watch

B. could be managed by the internal clock by human bodies

C. should be well managed for our own interest

D .should be saved for outside interests

In the next part, the author would most probably discuss with you ________.

A. how to keep up with the times

B. how to make up for lost time

C. how to have a good time

D. how to make good use of time 

Look! There’s no light on—Sara _____be at home.

A. can’t                B. mustn’t          C. needn’t          D. shouldn’t

It was not until the subprime loan crisis（次贷危机） ____ great damage to the American financial system that Americans ____ the severity of the situation．

       A．caused, realized                        B．had caused, realized

       C．caused, had realized                       D．was causing, had realized

My plane         at 8:30 am, so I        home at 8:00 tomorrow morning.

A. leaves; leave      B. leaves; am leaving   C. is leaving; am leaving             D. is leaving; leave

假如你是中美夏令营的一位工作人员李华，收到了美国营员Peter的电子邮件，他在动身来中国参加夏令营之前，想了解一下中方给他安排的寄宿家庭的有关情况，请你根据下列信息回复邮件：

住房宽敞，给Peter预备了自己的房间；

交通便捷，另外寄宿家庭还有私家车，出入方便；

家人都懂英语，乐于交流；

女主人的厨艺非常好；

2009年接待过美国学生。

注意：1. 词数100词左右；

      2．可适当增加细节以使行文连贯；

      3．信的开头已为你写好，不计入总词数。

Dear Peter,

I’m very glad to receive your e-mail asking for information about the host family we have arranged for you to stay.                                                         

Yours,

Li Hua

I am _________ music in church, but I am against rock music.

“I don’t think it is my _________that the traffic piled up! I just pulled up my lorry quickly as I saw a cake flying towards me!” said the angry driver.

A. error              B. mistake                 C. fault                      D duty

I took it _____ that he would be glad to accept my invitation, but he didn’t at all.

A. for sure           B. for certain            C. for granted           D. for example

Sometimes children do not do what their parents tell them to do. When this happens, a parent tries to help the child to do the right thing. When this does not work, the parent usually punishes the child.

       There are many things that a parent can do. One thing that people have done is to spank (打屁股) the child. When a parent spanks a child, they will use their hand or a hard object to strike them on their bottom. This is meant to show the child that they have done something wrong.

One parent remembers being spanked when he was a child. His parents used a wooden spoon. When he spanked his own children with his hand, he saw that he put a red mark on his child’s leg. He never did that again.

One problem with spanking is that it teaches the child to hit someone when they do not like what the other person is doing. Another problem with spanking is that the parent is usually angry and can hit the child too hard. Sometimes parents will use spanking for everything and not try other ways to get the child to do the right thing.

Many parents are not sure of what to do instead of spanking. Some people think that their religion tells them that spanking is okay. Some think that the law lets them do it. The courts (法院) say that parents have the right to teach their children how to behave.

Other things should be tried before a parent decides to spank a child. Telling the child exactly what is wanted from them can be one thing. Giving a child more than one choice is another thing that can be tried. Getting down to the child’s level and taking a more child-friendly approach (方法) can help as well.

According to the passage, when children do something wrong, one thing that parents usually do to punish them is to ________.

A. strike them on the bottom

B. try to help them do the right thing

C. teach them what to do

D. take them to court

Which of the following is NOT the problem caused by spanking?

A. It teaches the child to hit others when they offend（使人不快） him or her.

B. The parent may get angry and hit the child too hard.

C. Sometimes parents may use spanking for everything.

D. It makes parents try other ways to make the child do right.

Which of the following can best describe the writer’s attitude towards spanking?

A. favorable    B. indifferent (不关心)              C. interested         D. unfavorable

From this passage, we can conclude that ________.

A. Good children always do the right thing.

B. Parents should try their best to avoid spanking their children.

C. Parents have no choice but to spank their children when they do something wrong.

D. Children can have more than one choice to avoid being spanked.  

       happened to be no one in the building when the fire broke out.

  A. It          B. There         C. This          D. That