1.Which of the following can you do in every hotel mentioned above?

A．You can have a swim.                     B．You can have free coffee.

C．You can check in at the same time.          D．You can’t bring your pet with you.

2.In which hotel can you buy things on the Internet?

A．Shangri-La Hotel Singapore                B．Swissotel Merchant Court

C．Royal Plaza On Scotts                     D．Landmark Village Hotel

3.The purpose of the passage is ________.

A．to make people enjoy their trips            B．to persuade people to visit Singapore

C．to introduce four hotels in Singapore        D．to improve the hotel services

Scientists from South Korea are trying to convert（转化）sound waves into electricity. The research could lead to charging a cell phone from a conversation or providing energy to the nation’s electricity system generated（产生）by the noise during rash-hour traffic.

“Just as speakers transform electrical signals into sound, the opposite process —turning sound into a source of electrical power — is possible,” said Young Jun Park and Sang-Woo Kim, the joint authors of a new article in the journal Advanced Materials.

Harvesting energy from phone calls and passing cars is based on materials known as piezoelectrics. When bent, piezoelectric materials turn that mechanical energy into electricity. Lots of materials are piezoelectric: cane sugar, quartz （石英）and even dried bone which could create an electrical charge when stressed. For decades, scientists have pumped electricity into piezoelectric materials for use in environmental sensors, speakers and other devices.

Over the past few years, however, scientists have made dramatic advances in getting electricity out of piezoelectric devices. In an experiment, by using sound waves, which at 100 decibels（分贝）were not quite as loud as a rock concert （a normal conversation is about 60-70 decibels）, the South Korean scientists produced a mild electrical current of about 50 millivolts（毫伏）. The average cell phone requires a few volts to function, several times the power this technology can currently produce.

“But the real question is whether there is enough surrounding noise to act as a power source as for a cell phone,” said McAlpine, a leading scientist. A consumer probably wouldn’t want to attend a rock concert or stand next to a passing train to charge his cell phone. The South Korean scientists agree but they expect to get a higher power output as they continue their work.

1.According to the two South Korean scientists, ________.

A．sound waves can travel faster than electricity

B．new materials can send cell phone signals better

C．using cell phones adds to heavy traffic in rush hour

D．electricity and sound can be transformed into each other

2.We know from the passage that piezoelectric materials ________.

A．can produce electricity when stressed

B．are good at changing electricity into sound

C．can reduce the noise of passing cars

D．have been widely used in phones and cars

3.It can be inferred from the South Korean scientists’ experiment that ________.

A．it is hard to change sound into electricity under current conditions

B．it is impossible to make use of loud sound

C．the technology has a long way to go to have a practical use

D．the technology can power cell phones easily

4.What McAlpine doubts about the technology is ________.

A．the noise pollution                      B．the sound resource

C．the cost of piezoelectrics                 D．the safety of devices

Many crimes and social problems are caused by children. Despite the damage these teenage criminals cause, parents are not responsible in most countries. This article will discuss whether parents should be forced to pay for their children’s crimes.

There are many reasons why parents should not be responsible for crimes committed by teenage children. First of all, teenagers today are independent. They often move out of the parents’ house at 18 years of age or younger. They are expected to learn to take care of themselves and make their own decisions, and not to stay like small children attached to their parents. Secondly, parents are working. They cannot watch their adolescent children all the time. A third point is that even children from good families can sometimes commit crimes. Parents should not be responsible if they have worked hard to raise their children properly.

However, young troublemakers cause many problems, and I feel we should make parents responsible. Firstly, most juvenile（未成年的）crimes are committed by adolescents whose parents do not care or make any effort to control their children. If parents had to pay fines（罚款）, they might make more effort. Another point is that even though the children may seem mature, they are not really able to make good decisions. Parents should be responsible for raising and teaching their children until they are fully grown. Furthermore, if children know that their parents will have to pay, they will think carefully before getting into trouble.

In summary, there are good reasons both for and against making parents pay for acts committed by their children. However, I feel strongly that if we want to reduce the number of such crimes, we need to make parents take more responsibility.

1.Those who insist that parents should not be responsible for their children’s crimes believe that ________.

a. teenagers are able to deal with things on their own

b. children need to experience difficulties to be fully grown

c. it’s impossible for parents to be with their children all the time

d. parents are not to blame as long as they try their best to educate their children

A．a, c, d            B．a, b, c             C．b, c, d            D．a, b, d

2.According to Paragraph 3, the main reason for children’s crimes is ________.

A．unstable social environment               B．parents’ carelessness

C．bad family relationship                   D．heavy financial burden

3.The author thinks that making parents pay for their children’s crimes is ________.

A．useless           B．easy              C．necessary         D．impractical

4.What can be the best title for the passage?

A．Proper ways to educate children           B．Reasons for children’s crimes

C．Should children move out?                D．Should parents pay?

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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Q&A

Question: I come from a poor family, and my parents do what they can to pay for my education. What I want to do is let my parents live a happy and comfortable life. Where can I find riches? Do I need to leave school and find a well-paid job?

Answer: You are a considerate child.   1  An African farmer heard tales about other farmers who discovered diamond mines. These tales excited the farmer so much that he could hardly wait to sell his farm and hunt for diamonds himself.

So he sold the farm and spent the rest of his life wandering the African continent, searching unsuccessfully for the gleaming （闪烁的）stones.   2  

Meanwhile, back on the farm, the man who had bought his farm happened to be crossing a small stream on the farm one day.   3  He picked it up. It was a sparkling stone — a good size stone — and, admiring it, he later put it on his mantel（壁炉架）.

Several weeks later, a visitor looked closely at it, then he nearly became unconscious. He told the farmer it was one of the largest diamonds ever discovered. The farmer said that the stream was full of these brilliant stones, and his farmland was covered with them.   4  

If the first farmer had taken time to study and prepare himself — to learn what diamonds looked like in their rough state w and to thoroughly explore the farm he had before looking elsewhere, his wildest dreams would have come true.   5  

A．I’d like to give you some advice on how to find the riches.

B．Now do you have any idea of what you should do to find the riches?

C．Finally, he threw himself into a river and drowned.

D．However, something special he was carrying dropped into the stream.

E. Needless to say, the farm turned out to be the most productive diamond mine.

F. Before I answer your questions, I want to tell you a story.

G. Suddenly he saw something gleaming at the bottom of the stream.

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：在缺词处加上一个漏词符号（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）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。

I recently took an eye examination and the doctor told me that I have to wear glasses all the time. He also told me not to read in poor light because of it would be bad for my eye. It’s August now or the new term is about to start. I’m quite nervously about wearing glasses to school, because it will be first time for my friends to see me wearing glasses. I wonder that they are going to say. One of my best friends always wear glasses. I telephoned her and she told me that she wasn’t laughed at. First see her wearing them, people just said there was anything different about her.

国内某英文报社开设有专门帮助读者解决困惑的求助信箱（letters to Mr. Helper）。假如你是高三学生李华，请就以下学习生活中的烦恼，给Mr. Helper写一封信，寻求他的帮助。

1．自己学习已经很努力，可父母还是不满意；

2．学校几乎每天都安排考试，心理压力大。

注意：1．为使语句连贯，可以适当增加细节；

2．词数100左右。信的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Mr. Helper,

I’m Li Hua, a Senior 3 student. Faced with great pressure in life, I’m writing to seek your help.

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Looking forward to your reply.

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

Jenny likes             music，but she doesn't like            spots.

A．不填; 不填        B．不填; the          C．the; the           D．the; 不填

—Daddy，will you come home for supper with US today?

—            , but I might be a little late.

A．I'm busy          B．No problem        C．I'm sorry          D．It's hard to say

Buying clothes     a hard job because the clothes a person likes        not very often fit him or her.

A．are: d0           B．is; does           C．are; does          D．is; do

—How delicious the noodles are!

—Yes. It would taste     with     tomatoes.

A．better; many       B．best; many         C．better; more       D．best; more