My senior year, I can't believe it's almost over. Now when I look back, it was stressful, but exciting, the ball, graduation, and then of course, college.

    I started my college application process months before Christmas. My parents told me it would be smart if I set up interviews and tours. But 1 didn't have clear aim. I wanted to go to college, but I didn't want to deal with the stress.

    As the days flew by, my applications lay on my desk just as I had left them three months before. "You are wasting valuable time, "my parents complained. Sweeping away the gathered dust on the applications, I worked on them every Sunday until I finished. Next came writing the essays. I had many ideas, but every school had different requirements. I changed them until I was pleased. Finally, everything was underway.

    Now I just had to wait. In March, I started receiving letters of rejection. I began to think that I had set myself up for disappointment. I had a letter from Salem State College stating that they wanted to see my third quarter grades before they made their decision. Yes! At least someone wanted to consider me. At the beginning of April, I received a letter from Keens State. I had been rejected. Those opening words" We regret to inform you..." made me sit down and cry. I had lost all hope. Then I heard from Plymouth State. Not my first choice, but...I had been accepted. Maybe if I get my grades up, l can transfer to another school...

    The college application process hurt me deeply. All my friends had dozens of schools to choose from. I guess my parents were right. High school grades are undoubtedly important to your future plans. If I could do it all over again, I would take it more seriously.

1．How did the writer feel in the way of going to college?

    A．Happy．             B．Sad．               C．Mixed．           D．Changeable.

2．Which of the following is NOT true?

    A．The writer thought senior year was stressful.

    B．The writer didn't set up interviews and tours.

    C．The writer had a strong desire to get to college.

    D．The writer was afraid of the pressure of college.

3．What does the underlined sentence mean?

    A．The writer was fired by the college.

    B．The writer was rejected by the college.

    C．The writer couldn't go to any college.

    D．The writer couldn't go to college forever.

4．The writer felt       at the end of the passage.

      A．honourable          B．relieved           C．regretful         D．hopeless  

Business Week （ Oct．8,2008 ）

       Introducing Business Week's Power 100, our ranking of the most influential people in the world of sports.

Prospect（展望） （ Oct. 20,2008）

       In July, Gordon Brown published a green paper called "The Governance of Britain.” The final section said that we need to be clearer about the rights and responsibilities of citizenship and what it means to be British. It proposed（倡议） "to work with the public to develop a British statement of values. " We asked 50 writers and intellectuals to give us their thoughts on this statement and what should inform it.

Science（ Sep. 28,2008）

       In the journal's 28 September 2008 issue, Science, in partnership with the National Science Foundation, is pleased to present the winners and honorable mentions in the fifth annual Science and Engineering Visualization（视觉） Challenge.

Time（ Sep. 1,2008 ）

       From the phone that has changed phones forever, to futuristic cars, to a building made of water, to a remote controlled dragonfly（蜻蜓）—a dazzling display of ingenuity（独创性）.

Guardian（ Oct. 17,2008）

       Against all the odds, and seeing off competition from favourite to win Ian McEwan and Lloyd Jones, rank outsider Anne Enright,45, has been awarded the Man Booker prize for what the judges called a "powerful, uncomfortable and even at times angry book," The Gathering.

1．What do these five books have in common?

    A．Each of the articles in each book is introduced in detail.

    B．They are all published in the year and have one article digest.

    C．Each of them is commented by a great man in the world.

D．They all introduce the most influential people.

2．What would be the best title for the article from Prospect?

    A．In Search of British Values.

    B．The Final Section.

    C．The Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship.

    D．50 Writers and Intellectuals.

3．Who wins the Man Booker prize according to the passage?

    A．Gordon Brown.                               B．Ian McEwan.

    C．Lloyd Jones.                                     D．Anne Enright.

4．The passage probably appears in a _______.

A．report        B．magazine               C．text book          D．science book

Avi Sadeh, a Psychology Professor at Tel Aviv University, said recently:" In real life, the daily struggles between parents and children are around these narrow problems of an extra hour, extra TV show, and so on," he added, "Too little sleep and more accidents".

       To investigate the effects on children of adding or reducing an hour of sleep, Sadeh changed the number of hours slept by 77 fourth and sixth graders for five days during a week when the children were healthy and there were no special social events or school activities.

       Sadeh and his colleagues found an extra hour of sleep can make a big difference. The children who slept longer, although they woke up more frequently during the night, scored higher on tests, Sadeh reported in the March/April issue of journal Child Development.

       " When the children slept longer, their sleep quality was somewhat weak, but in spite of this their performance for study improved because the extra sleep was more significant than the reduction in sleep quality. " Sadeh said. "Some studies suggested that lack of sleep as a child affects development into adulthood and it's more likely to develop their attention disorder when they grow older. "

       "Previous research has shown children in elementary school need at least nine hours of sleep a night on a regular basis", said Carl Hunt, director of the National Center on Sleep Disorders Research in Bethesda," and high-school-age children need somewhat less, adding the results of insufficient sleep could be serious. "

       "A tired child is an accident waiting to happen," Hunt said. "And as kids get older, toys get bigger and the risks higher. "Hunt also said too little sleep could result in learning and memory problems and long-term effects on school performance.

       "This is an important extension of what we already know," Hunt said of Sadeh's research, "adding sleep is as important as nutrition and exercise to good health. To put it into reality, parents should make sure they know when their children actually are going to sleep and their rooms are conducive to sleeping instead of playing. "

1．What is Child Development?

    A．A new story.                                       B．A popular book.

    C．A periodical magazine.                        D．A TV programme.

2．How many persons are exactly mentioned in the text?

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

3．The underlined phrase "conducive to" （ in the last sentence） could be replaced by ______.

    A．helping to produce                        B．influenced by

    C．full of                                  D．acceptable of

4．The following statements are right EXCEPT _______ according to the passage?

A．There are some daily struggles between parents and children because of having nothing in common with extra rest time.

    B．The children who sleep longer are weak in their study.

    C．Lack of sleep as a child has great effect on their development into adulthood.

D．In General, children in elementary school need at least nine hours of sleep a night.

根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填人空白处的最佳答案。选项中有两项为多余选项。

（Zhang=Z   Mr. Smith=M）

Z：Hello, are you Mr. Smith from the United States?

M：Yes, Robert Smith．Please call me Robert.__1___.

Z：My pleasure．Welcome to China．My name is Zhang Lin．You can call me Lin．This is my card.

M：Thank you．And __2___.

Z： Oh, good, thanks．How was the journey?

M：__3___, although a little tiring.

Z：Then let’s get your things and go to the hotel now.

M：Oh, thank you．__4___?

Z：It’s about thirty minutes’ drive．By the way, we are going to have a dinner party for you this evening.

M：It’s very kind of you．__5___?

Z：Six thirty．I’ll pick you up at six o’clock.

M：Ok, see you then.

Z：Bye.

A．It was OK                                                  B．Where is the hotel

C．Here is my card                                          D．Where shall we go

E．Thank you for meeting me                           F．How many people are going there

G．What time dose it begin

1．I enjoy   ­­­­___   （蔬菜） such as cabbages, carrots and tomatoes.

         1．____________

2．The fierce dog _________（咬） the postman on the leg when he walked by.  

         2．____________

3．The actors were not very happy with my production, ______（部分） because of the scenery．                                                  3．____________

4．The plan is not easy to carry out in some ________（多山的） areas in the country．

                                                                                                   4．____________

5．The Smiths bought a beautiful dress for their daughter’s _______（二十）birthday.

                                                                                                      5．____________

6．The professor ________（提到） to at the meeting will give us a lecture next week.

                                                                                                      6．____________

7．Why did you choose that one in         （特别）?             7．___________

8．The children sat quietly on _________（坐垫） on the floor.         8．____________

9．Our school is on the roadside, so it’s easy and          （方便） for you to find it.

                                                                                                      9．____________

10．Weather        （允许），we’ll have a picnic in the woods.       10．____________

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行做出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画出一个勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：

该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧ ），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

该行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

      My swimming experience is extreme interesting. There was        1．_________

a time when I swam as a rock. This went on until one day            2．_________

when I was fishing with a friend at nearby pool.                      3．_________

I fall into it. If my friend had not come to my rescue,                4．_________

I would have been drowned．Ever since then, I have come           5．_________

to know the important of learning to swim. I didn't                  6．_________

attend to any training class but learned it on my own. Strange          7．_________

to say, I have no difficulty swim at all now. Though my              8．_________

self-invent styles look awkward（笨拙的）, at least they can            9．_________

keep my floating．Thinking of this, I am more than satisfied．      10．_________

The careless driver is      for the traffic accident that       yesterday．

A．to blame; happened                      B．to blame; was happening

C．to be blamed; was happened               D．to be blamed; happened

—Did your manager phone you again the next day?

—No，it was a fortnight，       he gave me a second call．

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

I feel upset，for there are so many troublesome problems         ．

A．remaining to settle                          B．remained to settle

C．remaining to be settled                       D．remained to be settled

Being examined twice a year, whether it is a car or a bus or a truck，is the rule that every driver

       obey in this city．

A．shall             B．can          C．need           D．might