I like riding my bike. Though it is not very new, but it is        1.___________

my best friend. I find very convenient to go anywhere with a            2.___________

bike. Ride gives me not only exercise but also pleasure. I                 3.___________

use my bike mostly on summer when the weather is warm               4.___________

and dry. It can very unpleasant in winter when it is cold and                  5.___________

rain is pouring down. It can also be very danger. Of course             6.___________

I will be very careful on my bike. In facts, accidents are not                  7.___________

the only problem. One day I went to school and come back                   8.___________

to find his front wheel was missing. It was a long walk to               9.___________

the repairer’s shop. Now I have two strong locks.                          10.___________

假设你是李华，你的英国朋友TOM听说你学校正在开展研究性学习，来信询问有关情况。请你根据下表提供的信息，写一封回信，谈一谈开展研究性学习前后，你的学习情况的变化。

注意：1、注意书信格式                   2、 词数100-120字

生词：研究性学习 exploring study    surf the Internet

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Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One night I went to pick up a passenger at 2:30 AM. When I arrived to collect, I found the building was dark except for a single light in a ground floor window.

I walked to the door and knocked, “Just a minute,” answered a weak, elderly voice.

After a long pause, the door opened. A small woman in her eighties stood before me. By her side was a small suitcase.

I took the suitcase to the car, and then returned to help the woman. She took my arm and we walked slowly toward the car.

She kept thanking me for my kindness. “It’s nothing,” I told her. “I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother treated.”

“Oh, you’re such a good man.” She said. When we got into the taxi, she gave me an address, and then asked, “Could you drive through downtown?”

“It’s not the shortest way,” I answered quickly.

“Oh, I’m in no hurry,” she said. “I’m on my way to a hospice(临终医院). I don’t have any family left. The doctor says I don’t have very long.”

I quietly reached over and shut off the meter(计价器).

For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked, the neighborhood where she had lived, and the furniture shop that had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl.

Sometimes she’d ask me to slow down in front of a particular building and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing.

At dawn, she suddenly said,” I’m tired. Let’s go now.”

We drove in silence to the address she had given me.

“How much do I owe you?” she asked.

“Nothing.” I said.

“You have to make a living,” she answered. “Oh, there are other passengers,” I answered.

Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She held onto e tightly. Our hug ended with her remark, “You gave an old woman a little moment of joy.”

The old woman chose to ride through the city in order to ______.

A. show she was familiar with the city      B. see some places for the last time

C. let the driver earn more money         D. reach the destination on time

The taxi driver did not charge the old woman because he ______.

A. wanted to do her a favor             B. shut off the meter by mistake

C. had received her payment in advance   D. was in a hurry to take other passengers

What can we learn from the story?

A. Giving is always a pleasure.               B. People should respect each other.

C. An act of kindness can bring people great joy.

D. People should learn to appreciate others’ concern.

Informal conversation is an important part of any business relationship. Before you start a discussion, however, make sure you understand which topics are suitable and which are considered taboos(禁忌) in a particular culture. Latin Americans enjoy sharing information about their local history, art, and customs. They expect questions about their family and are sure to show pictures of their children. Yon may feel free to ask similar questions of your Latin American friends. The French think of conversation as an art form, and they enjoy the value of lively discussions as well as disagreements. For them, arguments can be interesting — and they can cover pretty much or any topic — as long as they occur in a respectful and intelligent(智慧的) manner.

In the United States, business people like to discuss a wide range of topics, including opinions about work, family, hobbies, and politics. In Japan, China, and Korea, however, people are much more private. They do not share much about their thoughts, feelings, or emotions because they feel that doing so might take away from the harmonious(和谐的) business relationship they’re trying to build. Middle Easterners are also private about their personal lives and family matters. It is considered rude, for example, to ask a businessman from Saudi Arabia about his wife or children.

As general rule, it’s best not to talk about politics or religion(宗教) with your business friends. This can get you into trouble, even in the United States, where people hold different views. In addition, discussing one’s salary is usually considered unsuitable. Sports is typically a friendly subject in most parts of the world, although be careful not to criticize a national sport. Instead, be friendly and praise your host’s team.

The author considers politics and religion ________.

A. cheerful topics                        B. taboos

C. rude topics                             D. topics that can never be talked about

Which is typically a friendly topic in most places according to the author?

A. Sports.                                   B. Children.   

C. Personal feelings.                  D. Families.

Why are people from Asia more private in their conversation with others?

A. They don’t want to talk with others much.

B. They don’t want to have their good relationship with others harmed by informal conversation.

C. They are afraid to argue with their colleagues.

D. They want to keep their feelings to themselves.

What shouldn’t you do when talking about sports with colleagues from another country?

A. Praising your own country’s sports.

B. Criticizing your own country’s sports.

C. Praising the sports of your colleagues’ country.

D. Criticizing the sports of your colleagues’ country.

Jeanne Calment, a French woman, became a record breaker on 17 October of 1995, when at the age of 120 years and 238 days, she became the longest-lived human being on record. A Japanese man died in 1986 at the age of 120 years and 237 days.

Jeanne Calment lives in a small old people’s home in the south of France; her husband, her only child and her grandson have all died. She is nearly blind and deaf and is always in a wheelchair, but her doctor describes her as being more like a 90-year-old in good health than someone of 120. She still has a lively sense of humor. When asked on her 120th birthday what she expected of the future, she replied: A very short one. She also remarked that she thought the good Lord had forgotten all about her. 

So what is the key to a long life? According to some doctors, diet, exercise and no smoking are the three important factors. Jeanne Calment has followed two of the tips(窍门). She has always eaten a healthy diet, and she used to do exercises every day until she broke her leg at the age of 115. However, until recently she drank two glassed of strong red wine a day, and she does smoke (now only a little). Besides, Jeanne Calment might have got very good genes(基因) from her parents. Her father lived to the age of 94 and her mother to 86. 

A local lawyer bought her house when she was 80 under an agreement that he would pay her some money every year until her death. It must have seemed a good move at the time, but so far the lawyer has paid her at least three times the value of the house. Every year on her birthday Jeanne Calment sends him a card saying:

Sorry, I’m still alive!

How does Jeanne Calment feel about her old age?

A. She is miserable and unhappy.

B. She is cheerful and humorous.

C. She would like to live much longer.

D. She feels she is going to die very soon.

Jeanne Calment owes her good health and long life to _______.

A. smoking only a little every day

B. her giving up smoking and drinking

C. drinking two glasses of strong red wine every day

D. the good genes from her parents, a healthy diet and some exercises

Which of the following could best replace the word “move” in the fourth paragraph?

A. deal                  B. trick                 C. march              D. sport

Why does Jeanne Calment say “Sorry, I’m still alive” to the local lawyer every year on her birthday?

A. Because she had an agreement at 80 with the lawyer which was to her advantage.

B. Because she has asked the lawyer to pay her more rent than they first agreed.

C. Because the lawyer has paid her much more money than the value of the house.

D. Because the house she sold to the lawyer isn’t worth the money he has already paid.

One day, did not feeling well, Mr. Smith went to the hospital     1.____________

to have him examined. When he was given the test report,               2.____________

he was greatly shocked. “Am I dying?” He immediately                 3.____________

was felt very ill. Filled with sadness, he went back home,               4.____________

taking a lot of pills and even wrote his will. “Maybe                   5.____________

a doctor made a mistake”, Mr. Smith thought and                           6.____________

went to the hospital to have more examination. To his                 7.____________

great joy, the doctor really made a mistake but he didn’t                 8.____________

have cancer in all! Again, the whole world seemed beautiful.             9.____________

Mr. Smith went out for his favourite sport happily rather sadly.          10.___________

改正下面短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在答题卡该行右边横线上画一个勾（√），请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

      2.原行没有错的不要改。

I can remember times when, like children, my brothers and I    1.______

would all point at one another when asking who was to blame      2.______

for wrong deeds. Unfortunately, it usually resulted in all three of    3.______

us getting beatings. Once, however, I didn’t manage to save myself  4.______

from a beating by telling my mother I had only one good hairbrush, 5.______

as she’d broken all other ones in the beatings. She thought she had  6.______

better not to use her last hairbrush and, instead, gave me a warning. 7.______

The excuses of children are not always successfully, but                 8.______

now and then there is one that it will cause a parent to forgive       9.______

them. Maybe this is because children keep thinking them up.         10._____

完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分,满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—20题各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最

佳选项。

Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy trying to __1__ in order to pay the high tuition for my brother and me. They don’t act in the __2_ ways that I read in books or I see on TV. In their opinion, “I love you” is too __3_ for them to say. Sending flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day is even more out of 4__.

One day, my mother was sewing a quilt. I sat down beside her. “Mom, I have a question to ask you. Is there __5__ between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low voice. She didn’t answer immediately. She 6_ her head and continued to sew the quilt.

I was very worried because I thought I had _7_ her. I was _8__ and I didn’t know what I should do. But at last I heard my mother say the following words:

“Susan,” she said thoughtfully, “Look at this thread．Sometimes it __9_, but most of it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt _10__. If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread．It can hardly be seen __11, but it’s really there. Love is _12_.”

I listened carefully but I __13_ her until the next spring. At that time, my father suddenly __14 seriously. My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month. When they returned from the hospital, they both looked __15_. It seemed both of them had had a serious illness. After they were back, every day in the morning and dusk, my mother helped my father _16__ on the country road．

“Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day.

“Susan, don’t __17 me.” he said gently. “To tell you the truth, I just like walking with your mom.”__18_ his eyes, I know he loves my mother deeply.

Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and 19__. But from this experience, I understand that love is just __20__ in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm.

1．A．keep fit                B．rise early             C．earn money         D．collect money

2．A．magic                  B．romantic             C．fantastic             D．attractive

3．A．simple                  B．easy                   C．relaxing              D．luxurious

4．A．the question          B．question              C．reach                 D．control

5．A．feeling                  B．love                    C．quarrel               D．smile

6．A．raised                   B．shook                 C．nodded               D．bowed

7．A．hurt                     B．injured                C．wounded            D．harmed

8．A．in great surprise                                    B．in a great embarrassment

       C．with deep depression                           D．at extreme sorrow

9．A．happens               B．comes about       C．appears              D．occurs

10．A．warm and soft    B．hot and hard        C．thin and cool        D．strong and durable

11．A．somewhere and sometime                    B．anywhere or anytime

       C．more or less                                       D．here and there

12．A．inside                 B．outside               C．faraway             D．nearby

13．A．could believe                                      B．couldn’t understand       

       C．wouldn’t recognize                              D．might know

14．A．got sick              B．got stuck            C．threw up             D．became disabled

15．A．quite healthy       B．very pale             C．fairly red             D．much surprised

16．A．jump high           B．go hurriedly        C．run fast              D．walk slowly

17．A．think about         B．talk with             C．worry about        D．laugh at

18．A．Reading              B．Seeing                C．Saying                D．Writing

19．A．fresh roses         B．gold ring            C．sweet kisses       D．beautiful jewelry

20．A．a thread         B．a needle           C．the cloth       D．the cotton

据报道，重庆市应届高三学生中，有上万考生放弃报名参加2009年的高考，这样的学生多是农村考生，“读书无用论”思想又开始在社会上抬头。假如你是李华，你班同学就此进行了一次讨论，分析了这种现象产生的原因。请你向某英文报写一篇英文报道，报道讨论的结果。另外，请你对“读书无用论”思想谈谈自己的看法。词数：150 左右。开头已经给出，不计入总词数。

现象：重庆市应届高三学生中，有上万考生放弃报名参加2009年的高考，这样的学生多是农村考生，“读书无用论”思想又开始在社会上抬头。

原因 ：1、在当代社会，许多人负担不起昂贵的大学费用。    2、大学所学内容和将来的事业联系不大。 3、大学毕业后，很难找到满意的工作。

我的看法 ：至少两点

Dear editor,

According to a recent news report, in Chongqing City, there are a great number of students who abandoned opportunities to receive further education in college.

 短文改错

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则改正：

注意：原行没有错的不要改。

Japan is a beautiful country，covering with many         1. _______

    tiny rivers and high mountains.Japan is also a pleased   2. _______

    country. It is known for "the land of the cherry blossom 3. _______

    （樱花）" because of the spring of the year the cherry   4. _______

    trees are so beautiful. Everywhere there are hundred of  5. _______

    different kinds of wild flowers.

    Where there are not natural gardens，the Japanese        6. _______

    has made their own. Because the islands are so hilly     7. _______

    there is a great shortage of the soil，so very little bit8. _______

    is used. No matter how tiny may be，every home has its   9. _______

    own little garden. Japan is a country worthy of a visit. 10. ______