Paris is the capital of France, a country in the west of Europe. It is also one of the most beautiful and most famous cities in the world.

Paris is called the City of Light. It is also an international fashion center. What modern women are wearing in Paris will soon be worn by many women in other parts of the world. Paris is also a famous world center of education. For instance, the headquarters of UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, is in Paris.

The Seine River divides the city into two parts. Thirty-two bridges cross this scenic river. The oldest and perhaps most well-known is the Pont Neuf, which was built in the sixteenth century. The Sorbonne, a famous university, is located on the Left Bank (south side) of the river. The beautiful white church Sacre Coeur lies on top of the hill called Montmartre on the Right Bank (north bank) of the Seine.

There are many other famous places in Paris, such as the famous museum the Louvre as well as the cathedral of Notre Dame. However, the most famous landmark in this city must be the Eiffel Tower.

Paris is named after a group of people called the Parisii. They built a small village on an island in the middle of the Seine River about two thousand years ago. This island, called the le de la Cite, is where Notre Dame is located. Today around eight million people live in the Paris area.

1. The best title for the text would be ______.

A. The City of Paris    B. The French Language                                      

C. Education and Culture in France       D. The Eiffel Tower, the Symbol of Paris

2.The underlined word “headquarters” (paragraph 2) means _______.

A. buildings    B. research center   C. market   D. head office

3.We can infer from the text that Notre Dame is located ______.

A. on the Right Bank   B. on the Left Bank   C. on neither bank   D. on both banks

There is an English saying , “Laughter is the best medicine.” __1.__ Now, however, doctors have begun to look into laughter and the effects it has on the human body. They have found that laughter really can improve people’s health.

Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body. People watched the funny films while doctors checked their heart, blood pressure, breathing and muscles. __2.___ It increases blood pressure, the heart beating and breathing; it also works several groups of muscles in the face, the stomach, and even the feet. If laughter exercises the body, it must be beneficial.

___3.__ In one experiment, doctors produced pain in groups of students who listened to different radio programmes. The group that tolerated (忍受) the pain for the longest time was the groups which listened to a funny programmes.  ___4.___

In this way ___5.___ they help to improve their patients’ condition by encouraging them to laugh. They have found that even if their patients do not really feel like laughing, making them smile is enough to produce beneficial effects similar to those caused by laughter.

A.     The reason why laughter can reduce pain seems to be that it helps to produce a kind of chemicals in the brain which diminish (减少) both stress and pain.

B.      Until recently, few people took the saying seriously.

C.      Laughter and physical exercise have similar effects on the human body.

D.     It was found that laughter has similar effects to physical exercise.

E.      As a result of these discoveries, some doctors in the United States now hold laughter clinics.

F.      Laughter could produce a kind of chemical.

G.     Other tests have shown that laughter appears to be able to reduce the effect of pain on the body.

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌的一下作文。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：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（^），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，并在其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。

One day, Mrs White went to the car park to get her car. When she got the car park, she found that someone stolen her car. So he rushed to the police station and told the police about it. However, next morning, the car was in its usual parking place in the car park. Inside the car is a note , “We are sorry that we stole your car. We really needed for an emergency trip to the hospital. Please accept these two tickets for Saturday’s show at the Great Theater.” Mrs White’s husband said, “Criminals are a lot more politely nowadays. They are educating people.” So they went to the show. When they returned home, there was something left in the house except a note saying that, “Hope you enjoyed the show!

假设你是李华， 是一家英文报社的记者，你的家乡正在遭受洪水袭击，请你根据

以下提示给报社写一篇100词左右的报道。

1．  大雨三天三夜，田野，村庄全部被淹。

2．  昨夜洪水来袭，村民在水中挣扎。

3．  解放军全力抢救，村民转移到堤岸。

4．  政府关心，帐篷，食物，药品等陆续到来。

参考词汇：解放军the PLA men

语音知识（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，找出其划线部分与所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

例：have       A. gave               B. save                 C. hat                D. made

答案是C。

1. burst        

2.steak         

3.otherwise    

4.attach         

5.punish        

——How long will you stay in Peking University?

—— I don’t know. ________.

My brother has been preparing carefully for the English exam, so that he can be sure of passing it at his first _______

 _________school work, I spend most of my spare time singing and dancing.

 In the action adventure movie Avatar, James Cameron, ______director of Titanic, takes us to __________ new world beyond our imagination.

There is a lot of love in today’s world and I’m convinced that this is still the most powerful ______ in the world.