Beijing plans to build huge free or low-cost parking lots beyond the Fourth and Fifth Ring Roads to encourage more car owners to take buses or subways to the downtown area．

The plan is just one of the many measures the city plans to take to reduce its traffic congestion．Low or no parking fees would be used as economic leverage to reduce growing parking demands from urban areas．

Car owners living in the suburbs will be encouraged to park their cars beyond the Fourth and Fifth Ring Roads and take buses or subways to the downtown area．Statistics show that nearly one quarter of the city’s traffic flow is concentrated in the 62-square-kilometre downtown area within the Second Ring Road, which makes up only 12 percent of the city’s total area．

The Beijing Traffic Management Bureau receives between 400 and 500 calls reporting traffic jams every day and more than 90 percent of the roads are filled to capacity during rush hour every morning and evening．Part of the problem is the lack of easy links between bus routes, subways and cars．

According to the communication commission, half of the city’s investment in transportation will go towards public transit construction in the next few years, making a jump from the current only 20 percent． Moreover, Beijing plans to change its layout by building new city centers, such as at Yizhuang, Tongzhou, Shunyi and Changping, in a bid to reduce the traffic flow to the downtown．

The current layout of Beijing-expanded ring roads around the same center of the Forbidden City, is seen as the root cause of the endless traffic jams．The downtown area is crowded with three business centers and one financial centre, as well as nearly 400 government organs and institutions．

Traffic experts say building more urban centers around Beijing may reduce the number of residents living in the suburbs and traveling long distances to work downtown every day, thus reducing traffic flow．

1．In the coming years, if a man beyond the Fourth Ring Road goes to work in the downtown of Beijing, he is encouraged to         ．

A．take buses or subways                B．take a taxi

C．drive the car quickly                         D．park his car in a place which asks for no fees

2． According to this passage, while more and more people drive to work in rush hour in Beijing, it is likely to         ．

A．save time                                     B．cause traffic jams

C．cause traffic accidents                D．reduce air pollution

3．The aim in building new city centers is to         ．

A．make it convenient for people to go shopping

B．develop its local resources

C．reduce the traffic flow to the downtown

D．solve the problem of more laid-off workers

4．The passage suggests the author        ．

A．is tired of driving to work

B．finds it costs less to take subways than to drive

C．is for the plan to reduce Beijing’s traffic congestion

D．has benefited a lot by driving to the downtown every day

Live the ‘American Dream’

What is it: Work & Travel USA

Who are qualified: Full-time college students, above 18 years old．

About the program: Application for the 2009 Work & Travel USA program has just started．It’s an 8-16 week summer program for college students to work and travel in the US． Employers include Boeing, Hilton Hotel and 7-Eleven．For next summer, about 3,500 positions are open to Chinese Students．Applicants must pass a language test and sometimes an interview, and pay a registration fee to join the program．

                                     （source: www．culture exchange．org）

Hundreds needed by Volkswagen

What is it: Shanghai Volkswagen jobs．

Who are qualified: College students graduating in 2009

About it：Shanghai VW offers over 300 positions from engineering to marketing to college students graduating in 2009．Applicants should have an excellent academic record, CET-6 or the same level language certificate in German, and good computer skills． Campus talks will take place in Shanghai, Changchun, Harbin, Wuhan, Changsha, Nanjing, Beijing and Xi’an from October．

                                         （source： campus．chinahr．com/2009/pages/csvw）

Xiaonei looking for graduates

What is it: Oak Pacific Interactive （OPI） internships（实习）

What are qualified：College juniors and first-year post graduate students

About it：OPI is now offering internship positions for test-engineer, development-engineer and assistant to the director of corporate culture．For engineering positions, candidates should major in computer science or a related field, have communication ability and be familiar with various development language．For assistant to the director positions, candidates should be adept（拿手的） in document writing, activities organizing and office software．

                                                                   （source：campus．xiaonei．com）

1．These advertisements are most probably ______．

   A．advertisements on the Internet intended for the general public to read

   B．advertisements in a newspaper intended for large companies to read

   C．advertisements on the Internet intended for college student to read

   D．advertisements in a newspaper intended for college students to read

2．According to the first advertisement ______．

A．the program offers an opportunity to college students to work in large American companies as well as to travel in America

   B．the applicants are required to have college degrees and pay a registration fee

   C．applicants who can not pass the language test must go through an interview

   D．the program must be applied for during the summer of 2009

3．The opportunity of ______ is offered only to college students graduating in 2009．

   A．working in large companies in America

   B．traveling in America

   C．positions in VW

   D．OPI internship

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

A：Good morning．I'm ringing from the circulation department （发行部）of the Daily Mirror to say…

B： __1__

A： A newspaper ,dear lady．A famous newspaper．

B：__2__

A： Well ,mainly perhaps to have the fullest possible picture of what is going on in the world．

B： __3__

A： But TV isn't really enough, is it ? A newspaper is able to give so many more details（详情）than the TV news can．

B： __4__

A：With respect ,I think everybody ought to be interested in details these days．But anyway ,beside the side of the matter ,our newspaper offers many other things to interest its readers．Articles ,stories ,cinema programmes - to name just a few．

B： __5__

A： Nor do I, to tell you the truth．: The films these days aren't as good as they used to be, but ．．．Hello? Are you still there? Hello? Good heavens, she's hung up! What a very unpleasant woman．

  A．What's that?

  B．Who are you?

       C．I'm not interested in more details．

       D．Anyway, why should I want your newspaper?

       E．I get that perfectly from TV．

       F．I don't go to the cinema．

       G．I like watching TV．

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词作斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

      2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Dear Sally,

Now I’d like to tell you something about my part-time job this

summer vacation, of which I worked like a guide in a travel agency．

The work was interesting but tired．I think it was helpful to work this

holiday．It was the first time that I have earned money on my own．

I’ve come to understand how hard my parents work to support

for the family．I used to keep on ask them for money, but now I’ll never

waste money and learn to share worry with my parent．I've learnt how

to get along well with others．What's worse, I've gained some working

and social experience and I have learnt something can' t be learnt from

textbooks．All these will be good for my future．In the word, I had the

wonderful and valuable summer vacation．

                                                              Yours,  

                                                                                                               Li Bing

假如你叫王丽，是一位高中生。请你用英语给报社写一封信，反映如下情况并谈谈你的的想法：

1．现在有很多学生使用手机一是认为这是种时髦二是认为便于跟家人和朋友联系。

2．一些学生把手机带进教室，在课堂上经常听见手机的铃声。破坏课堂纪律。

3．有的同学还在课堂上发短信息，浪费宝贵的时间。

4．建议：教室是学习的地方，需要安静；学生不应该在教室中使用手机；应该集中注意力学习。（附：自己再想一条建议）

注意：

1．信的开头和结尾已给出；

2．字数：100 左右

3．参考词汇:集中（注意力） concentrate on

Dear Editor ,

   I’m a senior high student．_________________________________________

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If you come         second in the race，you’ll get——qualification to compete for the next round．

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

一Come to my home and enjoy the NBA basketball match?

      ．Yao Ming is always my favorite star．

A．I couldn’t agree more               B．I’m afraid not

C．It doesn't matter                      D．It’s a piece of cake

MacDonald who had spent much of his time         graduating from college back—    packing round Europe，decided last year to settle down．

A．when         B．while            C．since           D．before

The man moved         forward and looked over the edge，shrinking his shoulders．

A. accurately         B．cautiously         C．brilliantly             D．disappointedly

Barack Obama’s victory is a historic victory and          that promised change and    overcame centuries of prejudice。

A．one          B．it             C．the one            D．that