Have you ever been to the beautiful country of Holland and its capital Amsterdam? Anyone who has traveled to Amsterdam would probably agree on one thing: Amsterdam's story is a tale of two cities -- one during the day and a completely different one at night．

    During the day, the largest city in the Netherlands sits quietly on the Amstel River．You can rent a bicycle, visit the Van Gogh or Anne Frank museum, or take a water taxi．But when the sun goes down, the partying begins．In the big clubs and in coffee shops, tourists gather to hang out, talk politics and smoke．

    Several areas of the city clearly show the two worlds that rule Amsterdam．And they're all within a short cab ride of each other．For example, Dam Square attracts daytime sightseers to its festivals, open markets, concerts and other events．Several beautiful and very popular hotels can be found there．And there's the Royal Palace and the Magna Plaza shopping mall．

    But at night party-seekers come to the square．Hip hop or funk music is heard there．．So if you come, be ready to dance．The clubs don't shut down until 4 am．

    And while you're there, check out the various inexpensive ways to tour the city．Don't worry about getting lost．Although Dutch is the official language, most people in Amsterdam speak English and are happy to help you with directions．And you'll notice that half the people in the streets are on bicycles they rent．

    Amsterdam also has a well-planned canal system．For about 10 dollars, you can use the canal bus or a water taxi to cruise（巡游） the "Venice of the North"．

    The city has a historic past．One impressive place to visit is the Anne Frank House on Nine Streets．It was there that the young Jewish girl wrote her famous diary during World War II．Visitors can view Anne's original diary and climb behind the bookcase to the room where she and her family hid from the Nazis for two years．

1.What means of transport is not available to visitors in Amsterdam?

A．A carriage．           B．A bicycle．     C．A canal bus．    D．A water taxi．

2.When getting lost, a visitor can ask natives for directions in _______．

    A．only Dutch                            B．Dutch or English

    C．only English                           D．Spanish and English

3.What can you learn about by visiting the Anne Frank House?

    A．The experience of a beautiful girl survivor．

    B．The glorious past of Amsterdam．

    C．The life of Jewish during World War Ⅱ．

    D．The suffering of the Dutch in wars．

4.The passage is intended to _______．

    A．call up people’s memories of World War Ⅱ

    B．tell readers what A Tale of Two Cities is about

    C．instruct visitors what to do and see in Holland

    D．offer readers some information about Amsterdam

Teaching children to read well from the start is the most important task of elementary schools．But relying on educators to approach this task correctly can be a great mistake．Many schools continue to employ instructional methods that have been proven ineffective．The staying power of the “look-say” or “whole-word” method of teaching beginning reading is perhaps the most flagrant example of this failure to instruct effectively．

    The whole-word approach to reading stresses the meaning of words over the meaning of letters, thinking over decoding, developing a sight vocabulary of familiar words over developing the ability to unlock the pronunciation of unfamiliar words．It fits in with the self-directed, “learning how to learn” activities recommended by advocates of “open” classrooms and with the concept that children have to be developmentally ready to begin reading．Before 1963, no major publisher put out anything but these “Run-Spot-Run” readers．

    However, in 1955, Rudolf Flesch touched off what has been called “the great debate”  in beginning reading．In his best-seller Why Johnny Can’t Read, Flesch indicted（控诉）the nation’s public schools for miseducating students by using the look-say method．He said – and more scholarly studies by Jeane Chall and Rovert Dykstra later confirmed – that another approach to beginning reading, founded on phonics, is far superior．

    Systematic phonics first teaches children to associate letters and letter combinations with sounds; it then teaches them how to blend these sounds together to make words．Rather than building up a relatively limited vocabulary of memorized words, it imparts a code by which the pronunciations of the vast majority of the most common words in the English language can be learned．Phonics does not devalue the importance of thinking about the meaning of words and sentences; it simply recognizes that decoding is the logical and necessary first step．

1.The author indicts the look-say reading approach because ________．

    A．it overlooks decoding

    B．Rudolf Flesch agrees with him

    C．he says it is boring

    D．many schools continue to use this method

2.One major difference between the look-say method of learning reading and the phonics method is _________．

    A．look-say is simpler

    B．Phonics takes longer to learn

    C．look-say is easier to teach

    D．phonics gives readers access to far more words

3.The phrase “touch-off” （Para 3, Line 1） most probably means _________．

A．talk about shortly                                     B．start or cause

C．compare with                                             D．oppose

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。

（Zhang=Z   Mr．Smith=M）

Z: Hello, are you Mr．Smith from the United States?

M: Yes, Robert Smith．Please call me Robert．_1.__．

Z: My pleasure．Welcome to China．My name is Zhang Lin．You can call me Lin．This is my card．

M: Thank you．And _2.__．

Z: Oh, good, thanks．How was the journey?

M: __3.__, although a little tiring．．

Z: Then let’s get your things and go to the hotel now．

M: Oh, thank you．_4.__?

Z: It’s about thirty minutes’ drive．By the way, we are going to have a dinner party for you this evening．

M: It’s very kind of you．_5.__?

Z: Six thirty．I’ll pick you up at six o’clock．

M: Ok, see you then．

Z: Bye．

    A．It was OK

    B．Where is the hotel

    C．Here is my card

    D．Where shall we go

    E．Thank you for meeting me

    F．How many people are going there

    G．What time does it begin

1.The children’s mother was very c________ about their safety when they didn’t come back from school at the usual time.

2. I s________ from a bad cold the other day. It took me days to get rid of it.

3. He will g__________ from the Peking University in four years.

4.The boss was _______（完全地）satisfied with what the workers had done.

5.The teacher i_______ that we should hand in the homework at once.

6.He music is very popular with ________(青少年).

7.You must tell me which kind of _________(交通；运输) you prefer to use.

8.It is said that a group of ________(德国人) will pay a visit to our school this week.

9. I want to have a talk with her, but she i________ me and went away.

10.The boy fell in love with the pretty girl g_________(逐渐的).

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），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。

editor,

    I’m writing to tell you something about how we students use the Internet．As we all know, the Internet is playing a important part in our daily life．We often read news at home and abroad and learning foreign languages by ourselves on the Internet．Sometimes we sent e-mails to our families as well as our friends．Beside, we listen music, enjoy films and play computer games on it．We can even do shopping without leaving our homes．

    However, it has its disadvantages．We waste too much time playing the electronic games, that has a bad effect on our studies．What’s worse, the bad information on the Internet do great harm to them．I hope we can make the use of the Internet proper for our studies．

Yours truly

Zhang Hua

假如你是李华，进入高一后一直想买一个MP3，但是母亲反对。请你根据下列信息，给妈妈写一封信，说服她满足你的愿望。

    使用MP3的目的：1．听语文、英语课文录音

                       2．偶尔听音乐放松大脑

                承诺：1．只在课外学习疲劳时和睡觉前听

                      2．作为回报，多做家务

    注意：1．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

2．词数100左右。开头及结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Mum,

    As I’m in Senior 1, I strongly feel the urge to get an MP3 player, so I’m writing to you. First______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

    Hope you’ll satisfy this request of mine．

Yours,

Li Hua

___  _ make progress, she has been studying hard.

Cinquain is          five lines while sonnet of fourteen lines.

Look at the trouble I'm in. If only I         your suggestions.

 He told us whether           a meeting was still under discussion.