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1．What do you think the above reading is?

2．Is English one of the foreign languages Jane is studying?

3．Which subject has Jane made progress in?

4．How does Jane get along with her teachers?

27、American schools ale looking for ways to save money on bus transport because of high fuel（燃料）prices．More children may have to walk，ride their bikes or find other ways to get to school．Soon，as another effect of the high prices，they may not have to go to school as often as before．Some schools are changing to a four-day week．That means longer days instead of the traditional Monday to Friday timetable．Beginning ill autumn，students in the Maccray school district（区域）in Minnesota will be in school from Tuesday to Friday Each school day will be sixty-five minutes longer．

In Custer，South Dakota，students have been going to school from Monday to Thursday since 1995．Superintendent（教育主管）Tim Creal said the change has saved about one million just over the past eight years．He has noticed other advantages，too．Students have more time to study．And activities that used to interfere with（干扰）classes are now held on non．school days．He said that in the future，an increase in online classes could make it possible to require even fewer days in school．High fuel prices are driving college students to take more online classes．In some states，high school students can take them，too．

1．Why do most American students have to go to school by bike or on foot?

2．How many days will students in Minnesota go to school every week from this autumn on?

3．What may American students do to save money in the future?

4．Is the change in Custer good or not? Why?

5．What is the main idea of the passage?

26、When I was seven years old，my family made me an ant farm．First，we put clean sand in a thin glass box．Then we waited for the ants to arrive．

After the ants were in the glass farm，they started to make tunnels（洞穴通道）．（A）I was surprised that each one knew exactly what it should do．Each had its own job．

On the fifth day a tragedy（灾难）happened．I put my face so（B）close to the glass farm that I knocked it over．All the tunnels fell down．Although the ants remained（C）_______ after their earthquake，one by one they began to die．I was afraid as I watched them give up building their tunnels to carry the bodies to a comer of the farm．

（D）我母亲告诉我蚂蚁是死于悲伤．They just couldn't stand（忍受）that their tunnels were gone．

Although much time has（E）_______，I still think of that ant farm．Mom had hoped it would teach me about the natural world，but it taught me much more．

Over the years，I came to realize the importance of teamwork．Working together，the ants were able to make all amazing world for themselves．I also learned that they should be admired（赞美）for their hard work．

But there was an even larger lesson that I did not realize until recently：Adversity（逆境）is a natural part of life，and must be accepted．Unlike the ants，we cannot（F）give up when we are sad．We have to realize that if a tunnel is gone，we must build another．

We should always keep on trying and never give up．

1．将画线部分（A）改写为I was surprised that each one knew exactly ______ ______ ______．

2．写出可以替换画线部分（B）和（F）的同义或近义词：_______；_______

3．将画线部分（D）译成英语：_______

4．在（C）和（E）的空白处分别填入一个适当的单词：_______；_______

5．写出文章的主旨大意：______________

25、Many Chinese students think American students enjoy more freedom than them at school．But American schools also have their rules．（A）If me students break the rules，they will get punishment，too．

On the first day of a new term，128 students of Moron High School were sent home for （B）_______ the wrong clothes．There are altogether 1,200 students in the school．Usually only 20 students break the school dress rule every day．So the headmaster Theresa Maverick said it was the worst new term she had ever seen．

At Moron High School，students'（C）best-loved clothing such as baggy trousers，low-necked shirts and tank tops are not allowed in classrooms．Some students think（D）他们可以随便选择穿什么衣服，but the headmaster doesn't think so．“（E）I will agree if half the school is sent home，because 99% will get the message that our school are for education．” “Freedom” does not mean “free of restrictions（约束）”．That is to say there is no（F）total freedom in the world，no（G）_______ in the US or in China．

1．将画线部分（A）改写为：If the students break the rules，they will ______ ______ ______．

2．在（B）和（G）的空白处分别填入一个适当的单词：_______；_______

3．写出可以替换画线部分（C）和（F）的同义或近义词：_______；_______

4．将画线部分（D）译成英语：_______

5．将画线部分（E）译成汉语：_______ _______

23、假设你是某外国语学校2009届毕业生，将在学校毕业典礼上发言，请你用英语写一篇发言稿，发言稿的内容要点如下：

要求：

1．文章要包括全部要点，并适当发挥，使短文连贯、通顺；

2．语句通顺，语言连贯，内容充实，能表达自己的真实思想；

3．字迹清晰，书写工整，卷面整洁；

4．100词左右，开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

5．发言稿不得出现真实的人名、校名等相关信息。

Good-afternoon，ladies and gentlemen，my dear teacher and fellow graduates，

It is a great honor for me to make a speech on behalf of the graduating class of 2009．

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Thank you for listening．