Answering the Community Needs of Our City

The Silver City Council recognizes that citizens have certain needs. To better meet your needs, we have made several changes to community facilities in 2004. This chart shows how we have tried to make your life better.

Transport                                                             ☆Some facilities at Station Street Hospital have been upgraded.

☆Three stations for the suburbs have been added to the western train service.

☆20 new buses for the southern line were purchased in January.

☆50 percent of city bus-stops have been upgraded.

☆Buses to the eastern suburbs will run every 15 minutes.       

                                                                              Education

         ☆Textbooks will be free to all primary students in 2004 !

☆Rental for private schools has been reduced.

☆Teachers report that the 'no hat - no play' rule has been successful.

Communication                                                  Protection and Security

☆Broadband cable is now available to all parts of the city.

☆All of the new Government buildings are ' smart'-wired for better computer service!   ☆Extra police now patrol (巡逻 ) the tourist areas.

☆50 new police officers graduated in July and have taken up duties in the city area.

Medical Facilities                                                Entertainment / Recreation

☆The new state-of-the-art Nightingale Hospital was opened in June.

☆To overcome a shortage of trained medical staff at Dover Hospital, 10 doctors have been   employed from overseas.          ☆The John Street basketball courts have been re-surfaced !

☆The new Central Community Building opened in May.

☆5,000 new fiction books were bought for the Silver City Library.

1.The public notice is from _________.

A. the community               B. the local government

C. the citizens                D. a travel agency

2.The notice is mainly about _________.

A. the work carried out by the people of Silver City

B. the facilities available in Silver City

C. some improvements in Silver City

D. information for interested tourists

3.All the following are true EXCEPT that ___________.

A. both residents and tourists can enjoy more security now

B. Station Street Hospital had out-dated facilities before 2004

C. primary students had to pay for their textbooks in 2003

D. Dover Hospital is still short of trained medical staff

4.Which of the following changes would tourists to Silver City be most happy with?

A. Travel books are provided in the new library.

B. Traveling by train is more convenient in Silver City.

C. Free medical treatment is available at Station Street Hospital.

D. There are more police officers on duty now.

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。

To emigrate means to move to another country and start a new life.   1.     Also, it is the surest way to change a man’s life completely.

Nowadays, emigration is especially important to scientists and people possessing unique skills and talents.   2.    Also, emigration might be your answer to all the difficult questions life brought to you. And, of course, if you are a scientist with a PH.D. degree and your country does not believe your research to deserve adequate funding, emigration may be your only way to continue professional activities.

 3.   European finest professionals, talented scientists, engineers, inventors, doctors, writers, musicians, actors, artists, athletes began moving to the US soon after the end of the World War II.

  4.   The United States is still attracting people from all walks of life. And most capable and talented among them are most welcome there. Even during the world economic crisis, America remains a country with the most stable economy and best funded research and development institutions. Thousands of immigrants arrive in the US every day in search of success and recognition.   5. 

A.The USA is suffering from brain drain most in the world.

B.Emigration is and always has been an ultimate answer to challenges of life.

C.Emigration is becoming more and more serious in less-developed countries.

D.Today, sixty years later, that emigration of talents called brain drain still exists.

E.Emigration of people who can make a great contribution to scientific and cultural fields is not a new phenomenon.

F.People consider the USA as the perfect place where one can reap the best rewards for creativity and knowledge.

G.If your talent in music or literature, theater or painting seems not in need of in your country, emigration might be your best bet to achiever your creative goals.

短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

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：多余的词用斜线（\）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。

    Christine was just a girl in one of my classes. I never knew much about her except for that she was strange. She didn’t talk many. Her hair was black and purple, and she worn black sports shoes and a black sweater, although in the summer. She was, in fact, rather attractively, and she never seemed care what the rest of us thought about her. Like the rest of my classmate, I didn’t really want to get closed to her. It was only when we did their chemistry project together that I begin to understand why Christine dressed the way she did .

假设你是育才中学学生会主席李华。你校将举办一次英语演讲比赛(speech

contest)。希望附近某大学的外籍教师Smith女士来做评委。请参照以下比赛通知给她写一封信。

注意：词数100左右。

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Dear Ms. Smith,

With best wishes,

Li Hua

My neighbor, who works in ___ university , leads ____ happy life with his wife and two sons.

A. a; a               B. an; the            C. the; a              D. an; a

—Jack is doing nothing at all but study Chinese.

—We have booked a room for today and tomorrow.

—___________, sir.

A. I’m sure           B. Thank you         C. My pleasure         D. I’ll check

Charlie Chaplin found __________ difficult to entertain the audience at first.

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

The man as well as his parents ____________ content with the dishes his wife cooks.

A. have             B. are                C. has                D. is