1. People can buy used books in ______.

A. None                            B. Harry Potter Store

C. Bargain Books Store                D. The Textbook Store

2.If you order one 8.75-dollar book, two 4. 55-dollar books and one 3.99-dollar book in the Bargain Books Store, then you can get ______free.

A. none                             B. the 3.99-dollar book

C. the two 4.55-dollar books             D. the 8.75-dollar book

3.What can we infer from the advertisement?

A. People can only get books about Harry Potter in Harry Potter Store.

B. People can get any book free if he buys four books in Bargain Books Store.

C. The editors in Bargain Books Store often recommend(推荐) books to readers.

D. In the Textbook Store people can save 40% off the list prices of all the books.  

On Halloween Night, children go trick-treating in their neighborhoods. Dressed up as ghosts, skeleton devils, and various other characters, children knock on doors to collect their treats. Seldom do they actually perform a “trick”.

It is thought that trick-or-treating comes from an old English custom. On All Souls Day, poor people went begging and promised to say prayers in exchange for food. Apple bobbing, still a favorite Halloween game, was originally an ancient ceremony honoring the harvest time.

A jack-o’-lantern is placed on porches and windows to tell children that treats are available. The legend was that a man named Jack could enter heaven because he played tricks on the devil. As punishment, he had to wander the earth carrying a lantern waiting to be judged fit to get into heaven.

People believed that Halloween marked the connection between the world of the living and the world of the dead. This meant that ghosts would roam the earth on this night. Some believed that these ghosts would go back to the homes they lived in before they died.

Thankfully, Halloween is an amusing night when children can dress up and get a bag full of candy. We don’t have to worry about ghosts. Or do we?

1.Apple bobbing was an ancient ceremony held originally to ____.

A. honor the harvest time               B. honor the dead

C. honor the living                    D. play a trick on each other

2.The underlined word “roam” is close in meaning to ____.

A. come back        B. place         C. collect       D. walk around

3.Which of the following is not true?

A. On Halloween Night, children often dress up as ghosts.

B. On Halloween Night, children often perform tricks.

C,. Trick-or-treating comes from an old English custom.

D. Children can get a lot of candy on Halloween Night.

4.According to the passage, Halloween is a(n) ____ festival.

A. sad               B. bad          C. interesting    D. boring

Not all memories are sweet. Some people spend all their lives trying to forget bad experiences. Violence and traffic accidents can leave people with terrible physical and emotional scars. Often they relive these experiences in nightmares（噩梦）.

Now American researchers think they are close to developing a pill, which will help people forget bad memories. The pill is designed to be taken immediately after a frightening experience. They hope it might reduce, or possibly wipe out, the effect of painful memories.

In November, experts tested a drug on people in the US and France. The drug stops the body releasing (释放) chemicals that fix memories in the brain. So far the research has suggested that only the emotional effects of memories may be reduced, not that the memories are wiped out. They are not sure to what degree people’s memories are affected.

The research has caused a great deal of argument（争议）. Some think it is a bad idea, while others support it. Supporters say it could lead to pills that prevent or treat soldiers' troubling memories after war. They say that there are many people who suffer from terrible memories.

"Some memories can ruin people's lives. They come back to you when you don't want to have them in a daydream or nightmare. They usually come with very painful emotions," said Roger Pitman, a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. "This could relieve a lot of that suffering."

But those who are against the research say that maybe the pills can change people’s memories and changing memories is very dangerous because memories give us our identity (特质). They also help us all avoid the mistakes of the past.

"All of us can think of bad events in our lives that were terrible at the time but make us who we are. I'm not sure we want to wipe those memories out, "said Rebecca Dresser, a medical ethicist.

1. The passage is mainly about               .

A. a new medical invention              B. a new research on the pill

C. a way of wiping out painful memories D. an argument about the research on the pill

2.The drug tested on people can            .

A. cause the brain to fix memories          B. stop people remembering bad experiences

 C. stop body producing certain chemicals   D. wipe out the emotional effects of memories

3.We can infer from the passage that            .

A. people doubt the effects of the pills       

B. the pill will certainly stop people's emotional memories

C. taking the pill will do harm to people's physical health

D. the pill has already been produced and used by the public in America

4.Which of the following does Rebecca Dresser agree with in the last paragraph ?

A. some memories can ruin people's lives.          

B. people want to get rid of bad memories.

C. experiencing bad events makes us different from others.

D. the pill will reduce people's sufferings from bad memories.

5.You may probably read the passage in a __________

A. guidebook   B. medical magazine      C. textbook   D. science fiction

短文填词（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示; 2)首字母提示；3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确、拼写正确。

Manager,

I am writing to you to c     __ about the quality of the computer1.     

that I     __ （买）from your online store on October 5, 2011.    2.        

The computer occasionally switches i      off automatically(自动地).3.         

ten minutes        it has been powered up. This has already    4.         

happened three        since I got it home. I have taken good     5.         

       of it. I always leave it on my desk and I have never had   6.         

any other problems with it. I am very d_______ by this fault.     7.         

I have       (决定) to return it to you and get my money back.   8.         

I really hope that you will take this matter        (认真).      9.       

I am looking forward to your early r      .                   10.       

Yours sincerely,

                                Li Ping

书面表达（满分25分）

假如你是李华，今年暑假你作为一名交流生到英国学习和生活了大约两个月的时间。请根据下表用英语向同学介绍一下你在英国的学习和生活情况，并谈谈这段经历对你的影响或意义。

注意：

1. 根据所给要点适当发挥，不要简单翻译。

2. 词数: 120左右。开头及结尾已经写好，不计入总词数。

3. 参考词汇：交流生 exchange student

Boys and girls,

I am glad to have the chance to share with you my experience in Britain for about two months as an exchange student.

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Thank you.

Assistance dogs are trained to help        disabled to live        more independent life.

Is this man ________ you want to have _________ the radio for me?

As we all know, the film Go Lala Go[《杜拉拉升职记》]is ________from a famous novel written by Li Ke.

While riding in the street, _______________________________.

--- What are you reading there, Susan?  

--- Nothing interesting. I am just ________ the pages to kill time.