A small town in southwest Britain is banning (禁止) plastic bags in an attempt to help the environment and cut waste－a step that environmentalists believe is a first for Europe.

    Shopkeepers in Modbury population 1,500, agreed to stop handing out disposable plastic bags to customers on Saturday. They said paper sacks and cloth carrier bags would be offered instead.

    Last month, San Francisco became the first U.S. city to ban plastic grocery bags. Internationally, laws to discourage the use of plastic bags have been passed in parts of South Africa and Ireland, where governments either tax shoppers who use them or fine companies that hand them out. Bangladesh already bans them, and so do at least 30 remote Alaskan villages.

    Modbury, about 225 miles southwest of London, has also declared a bag ammesty (宽限期), allowing local people to hand in plastic bags that have piled up at home. They will be sent for a recycling.

    The Modbury ban was the idea of Rebecca Hosking, who saw the effect of bags on marine life while working in the Pacific as a wildlife camerawoman. She said response in the town so far had been “really positive”.

    “Modbury is quite an old-fashioned town and a lot of people have wicker(柳条) baskets to go out shopping anyway, ”Hosking told Sky News Television.

The World Watch Institute, an environmental research agency, states that 100 billion plastic bags are thrown away each year in the United States alone. More than 500 billion are used yearly around the world.

1.The underlined word “disposable” in the passage probably means        .

A. acceptable   B. valuable   C. environmentally-friendly         D. long-lasting

2.It can be inferred from the passage that         .

A. most of the people in Modbury continue to use plastic bags

B. fewer and fewer plastic bags will be used in the world

C. San Francisco is the first city to ban plastic bags in the world

D. most countries in the world have passed laws to ban plastic bags

3.Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?

A. Environmental Protection              B. Big Cities Banning Plastic Bags

C. British Town Banning Plastic Bags       D. Effect of Plastic bags on Sea Animals

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。

Are you truly happy? Do you ever know what it means to be happy and what it takes to achieve happiness? ___1.__. The following are a few tips that I follow to create happiness in my life.

※ Make a plan for attaining goals that you believe will make you happy. Your moods will very likely increase if you are going after something you value.

※Surround yourself with happy people. It is easy to begin to think negatively when you are surrounded by people who think that way. ___2.___.

※When something goes wrong, try to figure out a solution instead of being absorbed in self pity. Truly happy people don’ t allow setbacks to affect their mood because they know that with a little thought they can turn the circumstances back to their favor.

※  3.  . These few minutes will give you the opportunity to focus on the positive things in your life and will lead you to continuous happiness.[来源:Z+xx+k.Com]

※  4.   . Whether you treat yourself to lunch, take a long, relaxing bath or simply spend a few extra minutes on your appearance, you will be subconsciously (下意识地) putting yourself in a better mood.

※Finding the humor in situations can also lead to happiness. Find a way to make light of a situation that would otherwise make you happy.

※Keeping healthy is another way to achieve happiness.   5.  .

A．What makes one person happy may be very different from what makes someone else happy.

B．On the contrary, if you are around people who are happy, their emotional state will be infectious.

C．Being overweight or not eating nutritious foods can have a negative effect on your mood．

D．These are important questions for anyone who is seeking happiness to ask themselves.

E．Spend a few minutes each day thinking about the things that make you happy.

F．There are some tips in life that lead to happiness.

G．It’ s also important to take some time each day to do something nice for yourself.

根据下列各句句意，在答题卡指定区域的横线上写出对应单词的正确形式，每空只写一词。

1.The polluted air in the city is badly ________ (危害)the  health of the residents.

2.Jim went to answer the phone. ________ (同时），Peter started to prepare lunch.

3.Her unexpected arrival threw us into total ________  (混乱).

4.One of my ________   (同伴)accompanied me until I finished polishing the shoes.

5.There is no money ________  (可用的)for an office party this year.

6.New Zealand has a big safari park which has a v________ of wild animals.

7.The referee blew his whistle as a s________ for the game to begin.

8.Children are c________ about animals and how they live.

9.Let’s buy some champagne in c________ of her 84^th birthday.

10.Many college students have t________ jobs is not very well paid.

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：在缺词处加一个漏子符号（/\），并在其下面写出该加的词。  

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。  

As a high school student, I like to talk with foreigners to practise my oral English but learn more about other cultures. There were two foreign teachers in our school in this term. They often go to the English corner so that we can have a chance to practise a language. I seize every chance to talk them. However, I sometime find they are not so interesting in what I say, and it’s hard for I to choose a suitable topic. I would like some advices about how to communicate proper with foreigners, and what topics to pick.

假设你叫李华，在暑假期间你参加了学校和美国某机构联合主办的为期20天的中国英语夏令营活动。在活动期间，你提高了口语水平，了解了更多美国文化并与外交Peter结下了深厚的友谊。眼看Peter即将回国，请根据以下要点给Peter写一封感谢信。

要点：1. 感谢Peter在此期间对你的帮助；

      2. 在本次夏令营活动中的收获；

      3. 对老师的美好祝愿。

注意：1. 词数：100左右；        

2. 信的开头已为你写好（不计入总次数）。

Dear Peter,

I’m writing to express my thanks to you.

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                                                            Yours truly,

                                                             Li Hua

Harbin No.3 High school is___ school of wonders, ____ school which we students are proud of.

A. a , a            B. a, the           C. the , a              D. the, the

I’d appreciate ____ if you would like to teach me how to use blog and twitter on the Internet.

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

People are using more and more natural gas, wind and other forms of _____.

   A. energy            B. force            C. power            D. strength

According to the literary review, Laoshe ____ his characters live through their languages in his plays.

   A. will make             B. had made         C. was making       D. makes

There was a _____ look on his face. He found what the expert said too difficult to understand.

  A. puzzle                 B. puzzling             C. puzzled              D. to puzzle