13、―Maria, how do you like The Talent Show of our class?

―Wonderful! ________.

A. I have shown it           　　　　　　　 　　B. I’m very interested in it.

C. I want to show it one more time  　　    　D. I’m trying it again.

12、―Sorry, I _____ to post the letter for you.

―Never mind, ______ it myself after school.

A. forget, I’d rather post              B. forgot, I’ll post

C. forgot, I’m going to post         D. forget, I’d better post

11、We must keep our room clean, for dirt and disease go _______, you know.

A. hand in hand    B. step by step    C. from time to time    D. one after another

10、It is all known that Jessica Lynch is _______ among all the American women soldiers who　were sent to Iraq.

A. the alive luckiest girl           B. the luckiest girl alive

C. the luckiest alive girl           D. the luckiest girl living

9、The cultural exchanges between the two countries help to _______ the understanding and　friendship between the two peoples.

A. increase         B. raise           C. add            D. promote

8、―I promised to draw a map of the engine. Now I’ve made it!

―_______!

A. Thanks a lot                          B. It’s my pleasure

C. Congratulations                     D. You’re welcome

7、请根据下表中的提示，以 “Kitchen―the Most Important Room in the House”为题写一篇英语短文。

注意      

1. 词数120左右，短文的开头已为你写好（不计入总词数）

2．短文要有恰当的结尾，并可根据表中的提示适当增加细节，使行文连贯。

Kitchen―the Most Important Room in the House

Every room in the house is important for its specific function. However, there is one room

二、选择题

（每空？ 分，共？ 分）

5、Wife: We are back home now. what a tiring evening we had!

Husband: Yes, and it’s good to sit down after three hours’ standing. Nobody can hear it.

Wife:     61_____.

Husband: Neither could I. Although I’ve been to various parties. I don’t think I’ve ever felt so tired in

my life.    62_____.

Wife: And the heat. I hate the horrible weather there.    63_____.

Husband: Yes, we shouldn’t have accepted the invitation at the very beginning, honey.

Wife:    64_____. We’re only in our early sixties. And we often do exercise.

Husband: Yes, you’re right. But we must be getting old now.

Wife: Come on, darling.    65_____. Then we’ll feel much better.

Husband: Sounds a good idea.

4、I’ve been writing for most of my life. The book Writing Without Teachers introduced me to one difference and one practice that have greatly helped my writing processes. The difference is between the creative mind and the critical mind. While you need to use both of the creative mind and the critical mind to reach a finished result, they cannot work in parallel no matter how much we might like to think so.

Trying to criticize writing on the fly is possible the single greatest trouble with writing that most of us meet. If you are listening to a 5th grade English teacher correcting your grammar while you are trying to capture a fleeting（稍纵即逝的） thought, the thought will die. If you catch the fleeting thought and simply share it with the world in raw form, no one is likely to understand. You must learn to create first and then criticize if you want to make writing the tool for thinking as it is.

The practice that can help you overcome your learned bad habits of trying to edit as you write is what Elbow calls “free writing”. In free writing, the goal is to get words down on paper non-stop, usually for 15-20 minutes. No stopping, no going back, no criticizing. The aim is to get t5he words flowing. As the words begin to flow, the ideas will come from the shadows and let themselves be captured on your notepad or your screen.

Now you have raw materials that you can begin to work with using the critical mind that you’ve persuaded to sit on the side and watch quietly. Most likely, you will believe that this will take more time than you actually have and you will end up staring blankly at the pages as the deadlines draws near.

Instead of staring at a blank start and filling it with words no matter how bad they could be, stop halfway through your available time and rework your raw writing into something closer to the finished product. Move back and forth until you run out of time and the final result will most likely be far better than your current practices.

57. When the author says the creative mind and the critical mind “cannot work in parallel” in the writing process, he means __________.

A. no one can be both creative and critical

B. they can’t be regarded as equally important

C. they are in constant conflict with each other

D. one cannot use them at the same time

58. What usually prevents people from writing on is ________.

A. putting their ideas in raw form

B. attempting to edit as they’re writing

C. ignoring grammatical problems

D. trying to capture their fleeting thoughts

59. What is the chief purpose of the first stage of writing?

A. To organize one’s thoughts logically.

B. To choose an appropriate topic.

C. To get one’s ideas down quickly.

D. To collect many more raw materials.

60. In what way does the critical mind help the writer in the writing process?

A. It refines his writing into a better shape.

B. It helps him to come up with new ideas.

C. It saves the writing time available to him.

D. It allows him to sit on the side and observe.