26. George Orwell, _______ was Eric Arthur, wrote many political novels and essays.

　　　 A. the real name　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. what his real name

　　　 C. his real name　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. whose real name

25. Now that she is out of a job, Lucy _____ going back to school, but she hasn’t decided yet.

　　　 A. had considered　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. has been considering　　

　　　 C. considered　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. is going to consider

24. The Foreign Minister said, “_______ our hope that the two sides will work towards peace. ”

　　　 A. This is　　　　　　　　　 B. There is　　 　　　 C. That is　　　　　　　　　 D. It is

23. My advisor encouraged _______ a summer course to improve my writing skills.

　　　 A. for me taking　　　　　 B. me taking　　 　　 C. for me to take　　　　 D. me to take

22. －What’s that terrible noise?

　　 －The neighbors _______ for a party.

　　　 A. have prepared　　　　 B. are preparing　　　　 C. prepare　　　　　　　　　 D. will prepare

第一节　 单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)

从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，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。

例：It’s nice to hear from her again. ________, we last met more than thirty years ago.

　　　 A. What’s more　　　　　 B. That’s to say　　　　 C. In other words　　　　 D. Believe it or not

　　 答案是D

21. I invited Joe and Linda to dinner, but ______ of them came.

　　　 A. neither　　　　　　　　　 B. either　　 　　　　　 C. none　　　　　　　　　　　 D. both

第二节　开放作文(满分15分)

根据下面提供的情景，写出你的想法。词数不少于30。

On a sunny morning, Xiao Hong from Orange Town was on her way to her friend’ s house in Green Hill, a small town she had never been to before. At a crossroads, she found the signpost (路标) showing the directions had fallen over. She got lost.

How could she find out which way to go? Consider two or three different ways of working out the problem.

第一节　情景作文(满分20分)

请按照右侧6幅图的提示和所提供的主题句，写一篇题为“Changes in Our Life”的英语短文。词数100左右。

Changes in Our Life

Over the past twenty years or so, great changes have taken place in our life. Take my family for example.