阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Life is like potato salad; when it’s shared it becomes a picnic.

When my three children were young, my husband, Roy, and I were very 1..

 “Can we go on a picnic, Mom?” my six-year-old daughter, Becky  2. . “Please.”

I had said no so many times in the 3.  months, and I decided the usual Saturday morning chores (日常工作) could wait. To her 4., I agreed.

I prepared a few sandwiches and 5. a cooler with ice and drinks and called Roy

6.. My eleven-year-old twin sons put the cooler and the picnic basket in the trunk and off we went to spend some 7. time together as a family.

About the time I got the lunch 8. out on the table, Roy arrived on the 9..

That was one of the happiest meals we ever shared together. The meal was filled with

10.. We felt a closeness that had been hidden by work and school 11. for so many months. Roy and the boys 12. rocks into the lake. Becky fed the ducks and I sat quietly on the picnic table, 13. God for blessing me with such a wonderful family.

That night as our 14. went to bed, I kissed their cheeks and realized what a wonderful life I had.

As I walked out of the room it dawned on me that even the busiest 15. could become a picnic when it’s shared with the ones you 16..

Even though the kids have now grown up and 17. from home, I can still remember how I felt that day while sitting at the picnic table.

Maybe today would be a good time to 18. potato salad, call all of my grown kids, feed some hungry    19. and skipped a few rocks into the lake. Since life is like potato salad, let’s make it a 20..

21.A. old                        B. poor                           C. busy                           D. miserable

22.A. begged           B. asked                               C. doubted                          D. wondered

23.A. coming                      B. recent                             C. following                         D. later

24.A. doubt                         B. disappointment            C. sadness                          D. surprise

25.A. supplied           B. provided                    C. combined                       D. filled

26.A. off work           B. at home                          C. at work                           D. on business

27.A. unhappy          B. quality                             C. quantity                          D. sad

28.A. spread                       B. taken                               C. made                         D. cooked

29.A. scene                         B. view                                 C. event                    D. landscape

30.A. sadness                    B. expectation                   C. hope                           D. laughter

31.A. orders                  B. charges                           C. activity                            D. responsibilities

32.A. missed                      B. took                      C. skipped                           D. left

33.A. praying                   B. praising                           C. thanking                         D. trusting

34.A. family            B. children                           C. friends                      D. parents

35.A. lifestyle                    B. time                           C. world               D. family

36.A. enjoy                          B. own                             C. have                                 D. love

37.A. left alone                  B. passed away                 C. ran away                        D. moved away

38.A. supply                        B. cook                              C. watch                              D. plant

39.A. ducks                         B. children                           C. family                        D. people

40.A. salad               B. life                               C. picnic                    D. hope

 If you have a chance to go to Finland, you will probably be surprised to find how “foolish” the Finnish people are.

Take the taxi drivers for example. Taxis in Finland are mostly high-class Benz with a fare of two US dollars a kilometer. You can go anywhere in one, tell the driver to drop you at any place, say that you have some business to attend to, and then walk off without paying your fare. The driver would not show the least sign of anxiety.

The dining rooms in all big hotels not only serve their guests, but also serve outside diners. Hotel guests have their meals free, so they naturally go to the free dining rooms to have their meals. The most they would do to show their good faith is to wave their registration card to the waiter. With such a loose check, you can easily use any old registration card to take a couple of friends to dine free of charge.

The Finnish workers are paid by the hour. They are very much on their own as soon as they have agreed with the boss on the rate. From then on they just say how many hours they have worked and they will be paid accordingly.

With so many loopholes(漏洞) in everyday life, surely Finland must be a heaven to those who love to take “petty advantages”. But the strange thing is, all the taxi passengers would always come back to pay their fare after they have attended to their business; not a single outsider has ever been found in the free hotel dining rooms. And workers always give an honest account of the exact hours they put in. As the Finns always act on good faith in everything they do, living in such a society has turned everyone into a real “gentleman”.

In a society of such high moral practice, what need is there for people to be on guard against others?

1.While taking a taxi in Finland, a passenger __________.

A. can go anywhere without having to pay the driver

B. only pays two US dollars for a taxi ride

        C. can never be turned down by the taxi driver wherever he wants to go

         D. needs to provide good faith demonstration before leaving without paying

2.We can know from the passage that in Finland __________.

        A. both hotel guests and outside diners are served food free of charge

        B. big hotels provide meals for all kinds of diners

        C. guests can enjoy free food once they stayed in the hotel

        D. big hotels are mostly poorly managed

3.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Generally speaking, in Finland, workers can get more pay by working long hours.

         B. The workers and their bosses will make an agreement in advance about the pay.

        C. The workers are always honest with their working hours.

         D. The bosses are too busy to check the working hours of their employees.

4. It can be concluded that _________.

        A. Finnish people are really foolish in daily life

        B. Finland has been a good place for cheats

        C. the Finnish society is of very high moral level

        D. all the Finns are rich and therefore honest

 It was graduation day at the university where I work and a beautiful day quite unlike the first graduation I attended as a young professor. On that cold day years ago, as we watched the students walking into the hall, one of my colleagues turned to me and said, "Graduation will be one of the happiest and one of the saddest time of your life." At my inquiry, he answered, "Because the students you have gotten to know have to leave."

As years went by, my previous confusion about my colleague's words no longer existed. When I came across naughty students, I have had to rethink why I chose to be a teacher. It obviously isn't the money. Once a former computer science student of mine called me, asking me if I wanted to have a change. He was working at Nintendo Corporation. His salary was higher than my current one, though I have more education and have worked for over a decade. With my programming skills, he said he could get me hired. I thanked him, but declined his kind offer.

A few days before this current graduation, while working on final grades, I found a note a student had slipped in with her homework. She thanked me for being her teacher and said the things she had learned in my class — not about math, but about life — would be things she would remember long after the math skills had faded away. As I finished reading, I remembered why I had become a teacher.

Now, on this sunny graduation day, as I again observed the sea of blue hats and gowns, I did so with renewed dedication (奉献) and a deeper sense of satisfaction — I will always be grateful that I am a teacher.

1.Hearing his colleague's description of graduation for the first time, the author         .

A. quite agreed with his colleague        B. thought it very funny

C. was very puzzled                   D. was very sad.

2.The computer science student called up the author because he         .  

A. wanted to inform the author of his present job

B. tried to persuade the author to work with him

C. wanted the author to share his joy and satisfaction

D. thought the author wasn't fit to be a teacher

3.The underlined part blue hats and gowns refers to         .  

A. university colleagues                        B. life memories

C. graduates' clothes                        D. decorations in the hall

4.The author wrote this passage to         .  

A. express his devotion to being a teacher

B. compare two different graduation ceremonies

C. talk about the meaning of graduation

D. give advice on how to be a good teacher

5.The reason why he earns less than the computer science student is that         . 

A. he was only a young professor   

B. he didn't do well in his work

C. he taught his students more about life than math

D. salaries for different careers are different

 The booking notes of the play “the Age of Innocence”:

Price: ＄10

BOOKING

There are four easy ways to book seats for performance:

------ in person

The Box Office is open Monday to Saturday, 10 a. m. —8 p. m.

------ by telephone

Ring 01324976 to reserve your tickets or to pay by credit card（Visa, MasterCard and Amex accepted）

------ by post

Simply complete the booking form and return it to Global Theatre Box Office.

------ on line

Complete the on-line booking form at www. Satanfiedtheatre. com

DICOUNTS:

Saver: ＄2 off any seat booked any time in advance for performances from Monday to Thursday. Savers are available for children up to 16 years old, over 60s and full-time students.

Supersaver: half-price seats are available for people with disabilities and one companion. It is advisable to book in advance. There is a maximum of eight wheelchair spaces available and one wheelchair space will be held until an hour before the show.

Standby: best available seats are on sale for ＄6 from one hour before the performance for people eligible（suitable）for Saver and Supersaver discounts and thirty minutes before for all other customers.

Group Bookings: there is a ten percent discount for parties of twelve or more.

School: school parties of ten or more can book ＄6 standby tickets in advance and will get every tenth ticket free.

Please note: we are unable to exchange tickets or refund money unless a performance is cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.

1.If you want to book a ticket, you CANNOT _______.

A. go to the Box Office on Sundays

B. ring the booking number and pay for the tickets by credit card

C. use the Internet

D. complete a booking form and post it to the Box Office

2.If you make a group booking for a group of 14 adults, how much should you pay?

A. ＄126                         B. ＄120                         C. ＄140                        D. ＄150

3.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. There are only 8 wheelchair spaces in the theatre.

B. A school party of 15 students should pay＄90 for the standby tickets.

C. A group of 12 persons can get 10 per cent discount.

D. The audience can’t refund money if the performance is on show.

Research shows that humans switch from selfish to unselfish behaviour when they are watched. Do you?

A picture of a set of eyes on a computer screen can cause a change in the way people act. Even images of eyes on a charity donation, collection box encourage people to be unselfish, because people put more money in a collection box that has a picture of eyes on it than they do when a flower symbol is on the box.

Manfred Milinski from the Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology in Germany and Bettina Rockenbach of the University of Berlin, the authors of a new study, found that people act better when they are being watched because they feel they will be rewarded for good behaviour. Their report also referred to other research showing that this response of behaving well when watched is somehow coded into humans and people respond this way unconsciously, or without realizing it.

It is not just humans that act unselfishly when they are being watched. A fish called the grooming fish cleans other fish. When other fish are around, it is gentler. When no other fish are around, however, the grooming fish bites chunks from the fish it is supposed to be cleaning.

The researchers suggest that the best way to get people to behave in the correct way is to make them feel watched. This could be the reason for the success of a famous American army poster. On it was a picture of an elderly man staring fiercely and pointing, it appeared, to the person who was looking at the poster. Under the picture was the caption 'I Want You' It encouraged hundreds of thousands of young American men to join the army during the Second World War to fight the Germans and Japanese.

1.According to the report, why does a person behave better when he feels he is being watched?

A. He does not want to be shamed by others.

B. He needs to show he is a good person.

C. He desires others to like him more.

D. He feels he will receive some social reward.

2.What is the text mainly about?

A. It describes changed behaviour when observed.

        B. It details ways to control people's behaviour.

         C. It tells how to make people work harder.

       D. It discusses different advertising methods.

3.Where would the study described in the text most likely be found?

         A. In a newspaper.                                   

B. In a scientific journal.

         C. In an advertising magazine.                     

D. In a science textbook.

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。

Students will need to use all of their skills in order to understand the reading selections in Reader’s Choice.

1.These selections provide practice on employing different reading skills to get the message of the writer. They also give students practice in four basic reading skills: skimming, scanning, reading for thorough comprehension, and critical reading.

Skimming involves reading quickly through a text to get an overall idea of its contents. This kind of rapid reading is suitable when you are trying to decide if careful reading is desirable or2.

Like skimming, scanning is also quick reading. However, in this case the search is more    concentrated.    3.When you read to find a particular date, or number you are scanning.

Reading for thorough comprehension is carefully reading in order to understand the total   meaning of the passage. At this level of comprehension the reader is able to summarize the author’s ideas4..

Critical reading demands that a reader makes judgments about what he or she reads. This kind of reedit requires posting and answering questions such as “5.”, “Do I share the author’s point of view?” and “Am I convinced by the author’s arguments and evidence?

A. Does my own experience support that of the author?

B. Reader’s Choice is one of the most popular magazines in the world.

C. but has not yet made a critical evaluation of those ideas.

D. The book contains many types of selections on a wide variety of topics.

E To scan is to read quickly in order to find out specific information.

F. Do I know about the author?

G. when there is no time to read something carefully.

英语课上，老师要求同桌同学相互修改作文。假设以下小短文为你同桌所写，请你对其进行修改。短文中共有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。

3．必须按答题要求做题。否则不给分。

The Mid-autumn Festival, that is one important traditional festival in China,

falls in August 15^th of the lunar calendar every year. It was celebrated both in China

and many Asian country. People believe that a full of moon is the symbol of reunion and

good luck. This is also a custom to express best wishes to their beloved ones at this

particularly time. On that day they usually go back home to have a family get-together,

so they appreciate the beautiful full moon, enjoyed the typical food—the moon cake.

All Chinese have wonderful time at the festival.

假设你是李华，作为交流学生去了美国新奥尔良市(New Orleans)学习生活了一年。在此期间，你住在Brown夫妇家中，他们为你提供了吃、住、行及旅游方面的帮助。请你给他们写一封感谢信，主要内容如下：

◆表示感谢

◆表达感受

◆欢迎来访

◆保持联系

注意：

1．词数100左右。

2．信的开头和结尾已为你写好。

3．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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April 10

Dear Mr. and Mrs. Brown,

I'm writing to you from my home in China.

Yours faithfully,

Li Hua

Before the economic crisis came, John had sensed that the firm was to be ruined and he 

   just in time.

Coming to another country to study requires a big adjustment and it usually takes a while to       .