It was a sunny day,          some cows were eating grass on the hillside.

A．and          B．while        C．because    D．that

She          lock herself in her study for hours. We just won’t interrupt her, for we know this is her usual time to be left alone.

A．might       B．must         C．will          D．should

—Why does Michacl know so much about Angkor Watt?

—He          have been there, or…

A．must        B．oughtn’t to       C．may         D．can’t

—Well, I’m patient enough to listen to your excuse for your poor production.

—I’m sorry, but the production          up rapidly under mere favorable conditions.

A．will have gone         B．should go  C．would have gone     D．must have gone

I was a rotten teenager, sharp-tongued and eager to control others. I told lies. At an early age that I could make things   1  my way with just a few small changes. The writers for today’s hottest soap opera could not have created a   2  character than me.

I don’t know how long it took me to realize how I was   3  so many others. Not only did I succeed in   4  many of my closest friends by trying to control them; I also managed to destroy the most   5  relationship in my life; my relationship with my mother.

My mother, who gave birth to me at age 38  6  her doctor’s wishes, would cry to me, “I waited so long for you. Don’t ignore my help!” I would reply   7  , “I never wanted you to care about me! Leave me alone and forget I   8  lived!”

My mother began to believe I really   9  it. Like many young girls in high school, the boys whom I knew were   10  were always the first ones I had to date. I would try to find any way to draw attention to myself   11  at the same time trying to be invisible. I had also been   12  into drugs then to change my personality. My only pleasure was to make people feel   13  .  

But then I asked  14  why. Why the need to hurt? Why the attacks on my mother? I would drive myself mad with all the whys until one day, I couldn’t   15  it any longer and jump from a car moving at 80 miles per hour.

Lying awake the following night at the hospital, I saw my mother’s pained face-warm, tired brown   16  filled with nothing but thanks for her daughter’s rebirth of life.

  17  all the horrible things I did to her, she still loved me. I cried and asked why. She just looked down at me and said frankly, “I don’t know.”

  18   love is the most precious gift we can give. Being   19  for the past is the most precious gift we can receive. I want to   20  the gift my mother gave me to all the “rotten teenagers” in the world.

1．A．go                        B．come                  C．turn                    D．feel

2．A．better                    B．worse                 C．happier                D．cleverer

3．A．loving                   B．hating                  C．hurting                D．shocking

4．A．putting off             B．breaking into        C．keeping up           D．pushing away

5．A．curious                 B．precious              C．nervous               D．obvious

6．A．against                  B．for                      C．according to        D．with

7．A．gently                   B．suddenly              C．sharply                D．unwillingly

9．A．said                      B．knew                  C．hoped                 D．meant

10．A．available              B．possible               C．impossible           D．believable

11．A．  when                 B．while                   C．and                     D．or

12．A．heavy                  B．easy                    C．difficult               D．fast

13．A．fright                  B．confusion            C．excitement           D．pain

14．A．myself                B．my mother           C．my friend            D．my father

15．A．explain                B．control                C．stand                  D．accept

16．A．gestures              B．faces                   C．eyes                    D．feelings

17．A．Since                  B．Although             C．Though               D．Despite

18．A．Unconditional       B．Slow                   C．Quick                 D．True

19．A．loved                  B．forgiven              C．hated                  D．forgotten

20．A．tell                    B．provide                C．supply               D．extend

Hughie Erskine was in love. The girl he loved was Laura Merton, the daughter of a retired army officer. They were the best-looking couple in London, and had not a penny between them. Her father was very fond of Hughie, but would not hear of any engagement.

“Come to me, my boy, when you have got ten thousand pounds of your own, and we will see about it,” he used to say, and Hughie looked very miserable in those days.

One morning he went to see a great friend of his, Alan Trevor, who was a painter. When he came into the studio he found Trevor putting the finishing touches to a wonderful life-size picture of a beggar-man. The beggar himself was standing on a platform in a corner of the room. He was a dried up old man with a lined face and a sad expression. Over his shoulder was thrown a rough brown coat, all torn and full of holes. His thick boots were old and mended, and with one hand he leaned on a rough stick, while with the other he held out his ancient hat for money.

“Poor old fellow!” said Hughie. “How miserable he looks!”

At that moment a servant came in and told Trevor that a man wanted to speak to him. Trevor went out.

The old beggar-man sat down to rest for a moment. He looked so miserable that Hughie pitied him, and felt in his pockets to see what money he had. All he could find was a pound and some pennies. “Poor old fellow,” he thought to himself, “he wants it more than I do, but ‘I shan’t have much money myself for a week or two”; and he walked across the room and slipped the pound into the beggar’s hand.

The old man jumped, and a faint smile passed across his old lips. “Thank you, sir,” he said, “thank you.”

That night Trevor told Hughie that the old “beggar” was Baron Hausberg, one of the richest man in Europe, who had asked him a month before to paint him as a beggar. He also said that he had told the old man all about the lovely Laura and the ten thousand pounds. The next morning, as he was at breakfast, an old gentleman brought Hughie a letter from Baron Hausberg. On the envelope was written, “A wedding present to Hughie Ershine and Laura Merton, from an old beggar”, and inside was a cheque for ten thousand pounds.

1．The girl’s father          .

      A．liked Hughie because he was rich         

       B．disliked Hughie

       C．disliked Huhghie because Hughie was poor                            

       D．liked Hughie but didn’t allow Hughie to marry his daughter

2．Hughie gave some money to the beggar because         .

       A．he was very rich

       B．he was kind-hearted and showed mercy to the beggar

       C．the painter told him to do so

       D．the girl’s father told him to do so

3．Which is True about Baron Hausberg?

       A．He was the girl’s father.                        B．He was a painter.

       C．He had a lot of wealth.                         D．He was a beggar.

4．It can be inferred from the passage that         .

      A．Hughie Erskine married Laura Merton

       B．Hughie Erskine didn’t marry Laura Merton

       C．Mr. Merton still didn’t agree to the marriage

       D．Hughie married the girl because he was good-looking

5．We can learn from the text that         .

       A．one should be good-looking                  B．one should be poor

       C．one should be rich   D．one should be tender-hearted

LONDON(Reuters)- British Government anti-smoking posters featuring men and women with fish hooks（钓鱼钩）through their mouths attracted one of the highest numbers of complaints the advertising standards watchdog has ever received. Nearly 800 complaints were made about a series of posters, TV, newspaper and Internet ads which many felt were offensive and distressing, particularly to children.

It was the highest number of complaints received by the Advertising Standards Authority（ASA）since a KFC ad in June 2005 which featured people singing with their mouths full, which reached the highest ever number with 1,671.

“The average smoker needs over five thousand cigarettes a year. Get unhooked,” the posters read. The Department of Health had commissioned（授权）the anti-smoking ads in an attempt to shock smokers into breaking the habit.

The government said it was believed people would not be seriously offended by the ads, particularly because they aimed to protect people from the damaging effects of smoking. It had  taken measures to ensure the posters would not be placed near schools. Nevertheless, 152 people said the posters had upset their children. The ASA upheld（支持）those complaints, saying the posters could easily be seen by children. It did not, however, consider the ads went against its decency code（得体原则）.

In a series of TV ads, run by the government, along the “hooked” theme, men and women were shown being dragged along the floor with a hook inside their cheeks. The ASA received 103 received 103 complaints from people saying these ads upset children. The Department of Health had improved the images by ensuring that the hooks were not shown to pierce（穿透）people’s skin, and around children’s programmers, the ads had been cleared by the Broadcast Advertising Clearance Center.

1．The passage mainly talks about         .

       A．people’s anger over the anti-smoking ads

       B．children’s fear of the anti-smoking ads

       C．how the ads discourage smoking cigarettes

       D．who was responsible for the troublesome ads

2．It has something in common with the KFC ad, in that the anti-smoking         .

       A．did much harm to children                    B．was stopped immediately

       C．was unaccepted to its audience             D．was run by the ASA

3．The anti-smoking ads suggest that         .

      A．smoking is a big threat to people’s health

       B．too much money is spent on cigarettes

       C．smokers will be punished if they continue to smoke

       D．smoking is becoming more popular

4．In paragraph 4, what does the underlined word “offended” probably mean?

       A．Influenced.          B．Hurt.                   C．Criticized.            D．Misled. 

5．Which of the following is NOT true of the anti-smoking ads?

       A．Children may be upset by them.

       B．They have been partly changed.

       C．The ASA says “no” to the anti – smoking ads.

       D．The ads will not be shown on TV.

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In spite of billions of dollars spent on “educational research”, children are not taught the most basic skills of learning, even the most basic of these: how to use a dictionary. In fact, a search of educational books for children found no book that told them how to use a dictionary or that one should. Written for children 8 to 12-year-olds, this fully illustrated book will teach your child:

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It includes a section for parents and teachers showing you how to use this book with children. Buy this book and give it to your children to unlock their education. What’s more, you’ll just pay 50 % for it before May 1, 2008.

1．According to the advertisements, the four books are all intended for          .

A．teachers             B．adults                 C．children              D．women

2．Some of the four books were illustrated in order to          .

       A．help readers understand them                B．persuade readers to buy them

       C．reduce the cost of them                        D．make them suitable to different readers

3．If you buy the four books on April 1, 2008, you will have to pay         for them.

       A．$129.38              B．$111.93              C．$64.69               D．$34.90

4．The purpose of the passage is to            .

       A．introduce the four books to readers       B．help children to learn English

C．enrich students knowledge about nature D．sell the four books to students

5．If you buy How to Use a Dictionary Picture Book for Children on April 27, you only pay        .

       A．$ 34.90     B．$ 52.35     C．$ 17.45     D．$ 50

When Diana was killed in a Paris car crash on August 31, 1997, a girl of British pop Lilly Allen was just 12 years old. But, after the accident, she took to London’s streets and cried at the Princess’s funeral that autumn.

Now, 10 years later, Allen was one of the young stars who performed at a memorial concert for Princess Diana in London on July 1,2007. Young people of her age have felt the powerful legacy（遗产）Diana left behind. Many found an element in her that they could identify with（认同，视为一体）.

“She was every little girl’s fairy princess personified（拟人化，象征）,every young woman’s role and model of fashion and society, and in her charity work, she was everyone’s best chum（密友，死党）,”explains the royal commentator, Anne Somme.

It’s not only young stars like Allen who are showing their respect for Diana, but other young British seem to be mourning her in their own way.

A group of rappers from South London have recorded a song, “Ten Year Since You’ve Been Gone”, to commemorate her death. “Princess Diana touched a lot of people when she was alive and it’s amazing how much affection there still is for her, ”said the record’s producer, Charles Bailey.

But Dians was not always the tower of strength depicted（描写）by her glamorous（充满魅力的）image. The revelations of her decade-long suffering from bulimia（贪食症，即偶尔暴食，继而又感到沮丧、难过和自责）found sympathy with many young people. Admitting her disorder gave support to fellow sufferers. The number of young women coming forward for treatment doubled during the 1990s, according to a study by London’s Institute of Psychiatry.

“By raising awareness she helped reduce the stigma（污名）attached to these illnesses and encouraged young people to seek help, ” explains Mary George, of the Eating Disorder Association in the UK. “She made a very brave decision to publicly admit to such a problem.”

So, the strength of her resolve allowed Diana to turn her weaknesses into something positive for the public good.

Even after her tragic death, the Princess left two handsome sons, William and Harry, continuing her charitable legacy. Prince William heads the UK’s leading homeless charity Centrepoint. Prince Harry’s Sentebale helps children orphaned by HIV/AIDS in Lesotho, southern Africa.

As Diana’s children, they have, of course, received extra attention and affection from the public – as well as speculation（猜测）. To the delight of young Royal fans, a new generation of Royals has emerged, and with them their girlfriends Kate Middleton and Chelsea Davy.

It was recently rumored that Prince William will propose to Kate with one of Diana’s treasured rings. It seems that the young princes are keeping Diana’s memory alive.

1．What’s the best title of this passage?

       A．Everyone’s best chum                          B．Diana’s sympathetic figure

       C．Diana and her sons                              D．Why Diana was killed

2．The underlined word “commemorate” in the fifth paragraph means “          ”.

       A．celebrate             B．respect                C．remember            D．monument

3．What do William and Harry do to continue Diana’s charitable legacy?

       A．They become college students of top colleges in the world.

       B．They do much beneficence to children who needed help.

       C．They have received extra attention and affection from the public.

       D．They both keep Diana’s memory alive.

4．Why did Diana move a lot of people when she was alive?

       A．Because she was very beautiful.

       B．Because she had two excellent sons.

       C．Because of her charity work and glamorous image.

       D．Because she revealed her decade-long suffering from bulimia.

5．Among “Many found an element in her that they could identify with.” “an element” here refers to          .

A．her beauty and glamorous image

B．the powerful legacy Diana left behind

C．her amiable（和蔼可亲的；友善的）and easy approach

       D．the revelations of her decade-long suffering from bulimia

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Children don’t need special tools or fancy equipment to write with! Fresh supplies and an inviting workplace can provide inspiration. Here are some suggestions:

Writing tables. All children write best when they have a comfortable place to work in. Younger children can sit in a child-size chair at a play table cleared of toys. Older children can work at the desk or table where you do your own writing or on desks of their own.

Writing paper. The smallest writers need the largest paper for their drawings and scribbles（胡写乱画的东西）. Introduce lined paper only when a beginning writer had mastered the alphabet and formed letters in the same size. Stock a variety of paper sizes for different writing projects.

Reference books. As your children become more experienced writers, help them to step back and look seriously at their writings. They’ll need a dictionary to check spelling, and the dictionary will encourage them to make better word choices. A young poet might also enjoy using a rhyming dictionary.

Wastepaper basket. All writers make mistakes at the beginning. It’s perfectly okay to crumple（弄成碎屑）up the page, and throw it in the garbage          .

Keyboards. Although not necessary for writing, a typewriter or personal computer can develop your children’s writing experience. Perfect letters appear after the press of keys on the keyboard-no small miracle for a young child struggling to control a pencil . These big toys are lots of fun for learning to recognize letters. For older children ,the word processing abilities of a computer make rewriting a natural part of the writing process. These is excellent educational software which encourages illustrations, and others promote effective reading through the writing process.

1．What is the best title for the passage? (Please answer within 10 words)

2．Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?

When a child is more skilled in writing, assist them to find more faults in their works.

3．Please fill in the blank in the fifth paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence. (Please answer within 10 words.)

4．Which of the supplies do you think is the most important for a young writer? Why?(Please answer within 30 words.)

5．Translate the underlined sentence in the last paragraph into Chinese.