【题目】Some experts think the wolfs team spirit for survival is ______ is needed in today's competitive culture.

A. that B. what

C. which D. how

【题目】In her new book, “The Smartest Kids in the World,” Amanda Ripley, an investigative journalist, tells the story of Tom, a high-school student from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, who decides to spend his senior year in Warsaw, Poland. Poland is a surprising educational success story: in the past decade, the country raised students’ test scores from significantly below average to well above it. Polish kids have now outscored(超过……分数) American kids in math and science, even though Poland spends, on average, less than half as much per student as the United States does. One of the most striking differences between the high school Tom attended in Gettysburg and the one he ends up at in Warsaw is that the latter has no football team, or, for that matter, teams of any kind.

That American high schools waste more time and money on sports than on math is an old complaint. This is not a matter of how any given student who plays sports does in school, but of the culture and its priorities. This December, when the latest Program for International Student Assessment(PISA) results are announced, it’s safe to predict that American high-school students will once again display their limited skills in math and reading, outscored not just by students in Poland but also by students in places like South Korea, Belgium, the Netherlands, Finland, Singapore, and Japan. Meanwhile, they will have played some very exciting football games, which will have been breathlessly written up in their hometown papers.

Why does this situation continue? Well, for one thing, kids like it. And for another, according to Ripley, parents seem to like the arrangement, too. She describes a tour she took of a school in Washington D.C., which costs thirty thousand dollars a year. The tour leader—a mother with three children in the school—was asked about the school’s flaws(暇疵). When she said that the math program was weak, none of the parents taking the tour reacted. When she said that the football program was weak, the parents suddenly became concerned. “Really?” one of them asked worriedly, “What do you mean?”One of the ironies(讽刺) of the situation is that sports reveal what is possible.____________________________________________________________________________.

【1】Tom decides to spend his senior year in Poland because _______.

A. there are striking differences between the 2 countries

B. Polish kids are better at learning

C. he intends to improve his scores

D. sports are not supported at schools in Gettysburg

【2】According to Paragraph 2, we know that _______.

A. little time is spent on sports in Japanese schools

B. too much importance is placed on sports in America

C. American high schools complain about sports time

D. PISA plays a very important role in America

【3】The underlined sentence in the last paragraph means _______.

A. American students’ academic performance worries their parents a lot

B. high expectations push up American students’ academic performance

C. lacking practice contributes to American students’ average performance

D. low expectations result in American students’ poor PISA performance

【4】The purpose of this article is to _______.

A. draw public attention to a weakness in American school tradition

B. call on American schools to learn from the Polish model

C. compare Polish schools with those in America

D. explain what is wrong with American schools and provide solutions

【题目】完成句子：（共10小题;每空0．5分,共10分）

【1】他们不太熟悉慈善工作，这在中国还处于初始阶段。

They are not _____________ __________ charity work, ___________ is still at an early stage in China．

【2】我们佩服这位老科学家对社会作出的巨大贡献。

We __________the old scientist ________ his great _______________ ___________the country．

【3】如果天气允许，晚会将在花园举行。

The party will be held in the garden, ___________ ___________．

【4】旅店良好的服务在某种程度上弥补了其食物差的不足。

The good service has ________ _____ _____ the poor food in the hotel _____ _____ _____．

【5】如果您能给我一些关于如何解决这些问题的建议我将不胜感激。

I would _____________ ______ if you can give me some ________ _____ how to_______the problem．

【题目】______ the rising house prices will be under control is what worries people most.

A. What B. Whether

C. That D. Why

【题目】He is widely ______ to be the best player in the world.

A. referred B. acknowledged

C. appreciated D. applauded

【题目】After the long journey, the three of them went back home， ______ .

A. hungry and tiredly B. hungry and tired

C. hungrily and tiredly D. hungrily and tired

【题目】Your failure in the final exam is due to the fact that you didn't ______ enough importance to your English.

A. attend B. attack C. attach D. obtain

【题目】It makes his life quite different ______ he has received higher education abroad.

A. that B. which

C. what D. how

【题目】【1】 When we heard the sad news, we were in deep s______.

【2】I have no i______ of coming to this terrible place again ！

【3】 My mother often a______ me of making things untidy.

【4】 Star Wars is a s______ of science fantasy films.

【5】 The students set up a small laboratory and d______ every moment to the learning project.

【6】 He was not listening and made a______ (任意的，随便的)answer to the teacher's question.

【7】 This statement is not ______ (一致的)with what you said yesterday.

【8】 They can also ______ (请教)experts on how to organize their new post-married lives best.

【9】 Did Orson Wells ______ (故意地)set out to terrify the nation?

【10】 Chinese history is filled with great ______ (成就)in science and technology.

【题目】【1】 ______ (地球是圆的)is true.

【2】 ______ (会议什么时候举行)has not been announced.

【3】 ______ (无论谁离开办公室)should tell me.

【4】 The trouble is ______ (我把她的地址丢了).

【5】 I don't understand ______ (我为什么不能在这儿用这个单词).

【6】The belief ______ (我们一定能赢)inspired all of us.

【7】There is no doubt ______ (全国人民将支持雅安灾后重建工作).

【8】 They haven't informed us ______ (会议几点开始).