阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。

A man came to the USA from another country. After__1.___(settle) down at an island , he went into a cafeteria to get something ___2.____(eat). He sat down at an empty table and waited for someone to take his order, but nobody did. ___3.__(final), a woman with a tray full of food sat down opposite him and told him____4.__ the cafeteria worked.

“Start out at that end ,” she said .”Just go along the line and pick out what you want. At_____5.____ other end they’ll tell you how much you have to pay.”

“ I was ___6.____(surprise) how everything worked in the USA,” the man told his friend.” Life’s a cafeteria there. You can get anything you want as long as you are willing to pay the price. You can even get success,_____ 7.____ you will never get it if you wait for someone to bring it to you. You have to get up and get it _8.___(you).”

You can’t change the inevitable. The only thing you can do___9.____(be) to control your attitude. Once you reach that point in life, happiness and ___10.____(satisfy) can ‘t be too far away.

单词拼写

1.I keep my dictionary and reference books near my desk for _____(方便).

2.They __________ (推断)that the goods were of good quality。

3.Wang Ping f________ my safety belt and showed me how to use it.

4.The teacher’s explanation _____________(阐明) the puzzling problem.

5.Sometimes they would ________ (争吵) over a political issue.

6.The film __________ (使胆战心惊) all the audience.

7.She ________ (折叠)the chair and put it against the wall.

8.we should _________ (再利用) the used things.

9.The school cannot ___________ (容忍)cheating exam.

10.____________ (技术上)the building is a masterpiece, but few people like it.

书面表达

假设你是李华，你在某英文旅游网站看到一则招聘以中文为母语的人做本地导游的假期工作，你对此很感兴趣。请根据以下要点写一封申请信。

写作要点：1、消息来源；求职心愿 2、自我介绍；自己的优势 3、 获职打算；请求答复。

注意：词数100左右

Dear Sir or Madam,

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Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

We all need a vacation, whether with the entire family or your significant other. Unfortunately, many of us will not be able to follow through with vacation plans. But now, there is an alternative that is catching on (流行起来) rather quickly and it is called a “Staycation”. A staycation is just what it sounds like, a vacation but you stay at home. It might not sound interesting, but you can turn it into a fun and relaxing getaway.

Tell family and friends your plans. In their eyes you are truly on vacation and they only need to contact you in case of an emergency.

Go outside; don’t let the kids sleep all day. Go out and birdwatch, go fishing, explore the parks and nature, take in all you can of the outside world. You can even have a relaxing day at the beach, soak in some sun, and let the kids go swimming.

Go on a picnic; have the kids fly kites. Bring some bubbles, and have a nice day with the wind blowing in your hair. Watch as the kids run and play and enjoy the beautiful outdoors.

Camping is another fun way to have a staycation. If you have a camping ground in your area, you can go camping for a day or two and show the kids how it is to live right in the heart of Mother Nature.

Just remember, it really doesn’t matter where you decide to go, whether home or away. As long as you create quality time with your family you can strengthen the bonds that may have been pushed aside during all the long stressful work hours. Time is the most important thing you can give to your husband, wife and kids, enjoying every moment together, and you will have lasting memories in your hearts.

1.What is mainly talked about in the passage?

A. The popularity of a staycation.

B. The importance of a vacation.

C. Where to spend your vacation this year.

D. How to plan a staycation.

2.You should tell family and friends your plans so that .

A. they will fully support you

B. they will take care of your house

C. they will contact you only when necessary

D. they can help you make preparations

3.Which of the following is NOT a good way to have a good staycation?

A. To sleep at home all day.

B. To go out to watch birds.

C. To go to the parks.

D. To relax on the beach.

4.What is the most important thing of taking a staycation?

A. Spending quality time with your family.

B. Letting your kids learn about nature.

C. Giving your family relaxing time.

D. Getting away from stressful work hours.

5.The underlined word “bonds” in the last paragraph can be best replaced by “ ”.

A. friendship B. health C. links D. circles

A Chinese couple tried to name their baby “@”, saying the character best represents their love for the child, according to an official trying to standardize the national language. The unusual name stands out especially in Mandarin, which has no alphabet (字母表) and instead uses tens of thousands of multi?stroke (多笔画的) characters to represent words. “The whole world uses it to write emails, and translated into Chinese it means ‘love him’,” the father explained, according to the deputy chief of the State Language Commission Li Yuming.

While the @ symbol is familiar to Chinese email users, they often use the English word “at” to sound it out. With a drawn?out “t”, this sounds something like “ai ta”, or “love him”, to Mandarin speakers. Li says the name is an extreme example of people’s increasingly adventurous approach to Mandarin, as commercialization and the Internet break down conventions (习俗).

Another couple tried to give their child a name that in English sounds like “King Osrina”.

Li did not say if officials accepted the “@” name. But earlier this year the government announced a ban on names using Arabic numerals (阿拉伯数字) and foreign languages. Sixty million Chinese face the problem that their names use ancient characters so uncommon that computers cannot recognize them and even fluent speakers are left scratching their heads, said Li, according to a report on the government website. One of them is the former Premier Zhu Rongji, whose name has a rare “rong” character that gives newspaper editors headaches.

1.Why did the Chinese couple try to name their baby “@”？

A. Because they wanted their baby to have a special name.

B. Because they wanted their baby to have an international name.

C. Because the @ symbol is familiar to email users all over the world.

D. Because the @ symbol sounds something like “ai ta”, which means “love him” in Chinese.

2.It can be inferred that ___________.

A. Li Yuming is in favor of the baby’s name

B. many Chinese people use Arabic numerals in their names

C. a majority of the Chinese people are having longer names

D. there is little possibility for the “@” name to be officially accepted

3.The underlined part in the passage probably means___________.

A. even native speakers find it hard to accept these strange names

B. even native speakers can’t find these characters in their computers

C. even those who are expert at Chinese can’t recognize these characters

D. even those who are expert at Chinese find it hard to accept these names

4.The former Premier Zhu Rongji is mentioned in the passage because ________.

A. people often mispronounce his name

B. there is an uncommon character in his name

C. he often made newspaper editors annoyed during his term in office

D. he once stressed the importance of standardizing Chinese characters

5.The passage is mainly about ___________.

A. how Chinese parents name their babies

B. the importance of standardizing Chinese characters

C. a ban on names using Arabic numerals and foreign languages

D. the problems caused by uncommon characters used in Chinese names

七选五

Last month, students from one hundred and three universities in eighty-eight countries took part in an international computer programming contest. The Battle of the Brains took place in Harbin, China. 1.

Jerry Cain, coach of Stanford University Team, California, says “One of the programming problems was trying to figure out how to break a chocolate bar into a certain number of pieces of a certain number of sizes and to do it as quickly as possible. 2. ”

The students first listed the problems in order of difficulty. 3. They designed ways to test their solutions. And they wrote needed software systems. Even the winning team from Shanhai Jiaotong University in China was not able to solve all the problems within the given time limit. Stanford’s team solved five problems and finished in 14th place. Stanford was one of twenty-one American universities that took part in the contest this year.

4. . It began in 1970 at Texas A and M University. The contest quickly became popular in the United States and Canada. It developed and grew as more and more schools took part in local and area contests.

The first final competition was held in 1977 at the Association for Computer Machinery Computer Science Conference. Today, a network of universities holds area competitions that send the winners to the world finals, now organized by IBM. Contest spokesman Doug Heintzman says the world champions receive prizes and scholarships. 5.

A. The competitors show great interest in IBM.

B. Then they figured out the requirements of each.

C. And that’s probably the simplest of all of them.

D. This competition is an opportunity to be recognized by famous universities from the world.

E. Three-person teams from each school had five hours to solve eleven real world problems.

F. The official name of the Battle of the Brains is the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest.

G. They are also guaranteed an offer of employment with IBM.

完形填空

Mr White with his wife living at a small Italian hotel, they had stayed in Italy for months on holiday. One night he went out for a walk . It was late. The small street was dark and . Suddenly he heard behind him. He his head and saw a middle-aged man with wild hair, who quickly walked him. The man was nearly out of sight when Mr White suddenly found that his watch . He thought it was the man who had taken his watch, so he ran quickly after him and soon caught up with him. As he knew Italian, Mr White had to ask the man the watch in another way. He showed the man his strong arms and to his watch pocket. The man thought a while and gave watch to Mr White.

Mr. White returned home and told his wife had happened. He was greatly surprised when Mrs. White pointed to the watch on the table. Now he found it was that had taken the Italian’s watch.

1.A. is B. was C. are D. were

2.A. where B. which C. that D. who

3.A. separate B. lonely C. alone D. loneliness

4.A. noisy B. crowded C. silent D. quiet

5.A. voice B. sound C. feet D. steps

6.A. rose B. moved C. turned D. put

7.A. past B. passed C. through D. over

8.A. had lost B. gone C. was missing D. had gone

9.A. very B. proper C. same D. just

10.A. much B. no C. enough D. little of

11.A. to lend B. to tell C. to return D. return

12.A. pointed B. listened C. shouted D. spoke

13.A. their B. the other C. the D. another

14.A. what B. that C. why D. how

15.A. he B. him C. himself D. herself

根据所给首字母, 汉语提示或语境写出符合句意的单词或词组, 每空一词。

1.I thought he l_____ to me, but on the contrary, he told me the truth.

2.Mark Twain went to the south of America, hoping to _____ _____ _____. (发财)

3.There is no doubt that all the teaching staff are _______ (称职的) for their jobs.

4.Strawberries don’t taste nice if they’ve been _______ (冻住).

5.Our school library is in great need of v________ who can offer to clean the desks without being paid.

6.C________ this new house with the old one, you will know for sure which is better.

7.This is a famous school with every class in it c_________ of about 50 lovely students.

8.You can’t imagine what difficulty I had p______ (陈述) my idea to the boss.

9.Highly intelligent men who major in science and technology are ____ ____ ___ (称作) science geeks (理工男).

10.We’d better ___ ____, or we will not catch the early bus.

短文改错

文中共有10处错误, 每处错误仅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：把多余的词用斜钱（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线, 并在该词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。

It was raining hardly outside, that made it difficult for me to go home for lunch. Just as I was wondering what I should eat at noon, I saw a familiar figure passed by our classroom. I rushed out and it was my mother, who is already in the fifties, that brought me lunch, in spite the heavy rain. In China, many parents make great sacrifices for our children. But what had the children done in return？All too often, most children just take it for granted that their parents should serve for them unconditionally. My dear mum or dad, thank you very much for bringing me up. How shall I do for you?

书面表达

假定你是李华, 太原国际马拉松赛将要举办, 现在正在招募志愿者, 你希望成为其中一员。请按要求用英文给组委会写一封申请信。内容应包括：

1. 个人情况：年龄、性别、学历；

2. 个人条件：英语好、善于交往、熟悉本地情况, 方便帮助别人；

3. 承诺：提供最佳服务。

注意：

1. 词数100左右, 开头语已为你写好，不计入总词数

2. 可适当增加细节, 以使行文连贯

生词：太原国际马拉松：Taiyuan International Marathon

Dear Sir/Madam,

My Name is Li Hua.

Yours

Faithfully