Molly Boylan is one of the most successful business women in Canada after setting up her cosmetic （化妆品） company Blazes in 1992. Though she is very successful, she says that she finds it harder every year in balance (平衡) her business with her family life. She sometimes feels that her two children know more about their baby---sitter than they do about her.

Molly employs (雇佣) around eighty people in her factory and warehouse, and ten others in her two new fashion stores, but her newest employee is the most important one for her. After years of worrying about her business more than her family, she has decided to make Sally Pamonte new general manager in her company. Molly will still be involved in decision- making, and she’s going to stay in touch with the people who work for her, but Sally is going to look after day-to-day running of the business so that Molly can spend more time with the kids.

The new arrangement (安排) is going to start on Monday, and both of them are already excited about it. Sally says, “I’m very nervous, actually, but I’m sure Molly will help me a lot in the early days, even though I hope she feels she can trust me not to make too many mistakes.”

Molly, on the other hand, seems quite relaxed about the whole thing. ”I know that Sally’s going to be a very nice manager.” she says, “She’s only been here a couple of days and she’s already shown me how to work out a few problems we were having. The best thing though is that I feel a hundred times happier than I’ve been in years. I mean, I honestly can’t remember the last time I felt as relaxed as this, and my kids are really excited about my being at home more. To be honest, I wish I had made this decision years ago.”

1.The passage is mainly about _____________.

A. Molly and her children

B. Molly finding a new manager

C. the baby-sitter and the kids

D. Molly making a change about her business

2.The underlined phrase “be involved in” in the passage probably means_________.

A. be interested in B. take part in

C. be nervous about D. learn about

3.Sally seems to be a good manager because ___________.

A. she has set up a new Blazes

B. she keeps in close touch with the workers

C. she has been able to solve a few problems

D. she has been working for the company since 1992

4.According to the passage, Molly ___________ .

A. will not run her business any more

B. seems satisfied with the new arrangement

C. was not pleased with the baby-sitter

D. was successful both in her business and her family

5.The best thing for Molly now is that _________.

A. she has more than eighty people working for her

B. her kids know more about the baby-sitter

C. she can have more time to be with her kids

D. she has got a new general manager in her company

1.If you don’t________ a flash, then it may be OK.

2.When it began to rain, Ben was helping his mom ________dinner.

3.It could be Mei’s hair band. Or it might_________ Linda. They both have long hair.

4.The British teacher is very_________. He always tell us interesting jokes.

5.If you are always _________from class, you will fail the examination.

I want to buy a pair of sports shoes for a long time.I had spend months saving up the money to buy them and I finally had e 1. . Last Saturday my friend Jake wanted to buy a new CD,so we decided to go shopping together.

We took the bus into town and it was very c 2. ,so we had to stand all the way.Jake and I were talking when I suddenly n 3. that my bag was open and my purse had gone! The bus had just stopped and there was a boy near me who was going quickly towards the door. We thought he had stolen my money so we got off the bus and f 4. him. The boy started running and then Jake ran after him shouting “Stop! T5. !” It was like a scene out of a film! A policeman saw what was going on and managed to get the boy.

The embarrassing thing was that when the policeman s 6. the boy, he didn’t have my purse! He probably thrown it away before he was caught. The boy said we had made a mistake and we shouldn’t blame（指责）him for the stolen purse. He explained that he had o 7. started running because he was late for a meeting with friends. The policeman a 8. him to go and I felt really stupid. I don’t know whether he stole my purse or not as there was no proof（证据）. I wish I hadn’t been so careless and had kept an e 9. on my bag!

I’ve lost my front door key and 60 pounds. I’m really fed up. Jake offered to lend me the money to buy the sports shoes, but I don’t think it’s f 10. to take it. It isn’t his fault（过失）that I had my purse stolen!

你是一名中学生，想成为国际动物救助中心“International Animal Helpers”（IAH）的一名志愿者，请你用英文写一封自荐信。

内容要点如下：

1. 能参加周末活动；

2. 从家乘地铁到“中心”约十分钟；

3. 喜爱动物，愿意帮助他们；

4. 懂一点医学知识；

5. 补充一两点个人信息和想法。

注意：

1. 文中不得透露个人姓名和学校名称；

2. 词数：60—80

3. 不得逐条翻译，内容要连贯得体；

4. 信的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

参考词汇：

subway n. 地铁 volunteer n. 志愿者 medical adj. 医学的

Dear Sir / Madam,

My name is Li Ming,

Looking forward to your reply.

Yours sincerely,

Li Ming

---Mum, I have a bad headache. I feel terrible.

---Oh, dear! You must get a cold. You’d better see ___________ after breakfast.

A. a violinist B. a doctor

C. a policeman D. an engineer

---It’s reported that Chinese ___________more than 40 minutes a day reading WeChat(微信).

---It’s true. But I think WeChat is taking too much of our time.

A. spend B. cost C. pay D. take

---I’m a little __________ now.

---Oh, it’s lunch time. Let’s go to the nearest restaurant to get something to eat.

A. thirsty B. worried C. hungry D. bored

---What do you know about Xiangyang?

---It’s __________ its state level scenic spot (景点)—Gulongzhong.

A. famous as B. different from

C. similar to D. known for

---Could you ___________ the computer for me, dear? I want to check my e-mails.

---Certainly, I’ll do it right away.

A. turn on B. turn down

C. turn off D. turn up

---You say you are short of money. Why not sell your old gold watch for some money?

--- Oh, I can’t, because it was a gift from my wife. I promised her I would never _________ it.

A. care about B. look after

C. stick to D. part with