【题目】Because of my ______ English, I can't make myself ______.

A. broken; understand B. broken; understood

C. break; understood D. breaking; understanding

【题目】请根据下面的英文短诗，展开适当的想象，写一篇标题为“My Teacher Mr. Moore

的短文。

There’s a teacher Mr. .Moore.

Who is lovely and thirty-four.

Always encouraging us to try.

He leads us to a world of “why”.

We all admire him more and more.

注 意： 1. 不得照抄短诗原文。

2. 必须结合短诗的内容，发挥想象，适当展开。

3.必须突出短诗的主题，结构完整，语意连贯。

4. 短文不能写成诗歌形式。

5. 词数：120左右。

My Teacher Mr. Moore

【题目】【原创】第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两赴，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（八），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）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限一词。

2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Recently we held a class meeting to discuss the pressure upon every one of us Senior Three students. At the meeting, all of us were very active in the discussion, expressed our opinions on how to relieve pressure.

Pressures comes from many aspects. It may be from the heavy load of learning and from fierce competitions, and it may also come from our teachers or parents. Pressure has too much to do with the result of our studies. Too much pressure has a bad effect to our studies while a proper amount of it may help push us ahead.

Whatever I’m faced with too much pressure, I chose to do some sports or listen to some

music, which is quite beneficial to me. As for the effective way to let go of pressure, I strong recommend that when we feel much too stressed, we stop whatever we are doing, taking a deep breath, and start thinking of something positive.

【题目】Scores on English tests are very important to students around the world. In order to make sure that they do their best, both students and teachers should stay informed of how these tests are changing.

Clive Roberts is a director at ELS Educational Services, one of the companies that trains students in English. Mr. Roberts says the tests are changing greatly in response to the global growth in the use of English as a lingua franca – the common language used among people with different native languages.

Mr. Roberts says English “is one of the keys now to international student mobility. So, for that reason, __【1】___; old tests are being revamped to meet the needs of universities and employers worldwide.”

In other words, students increasingly need English in order to study and work in other countries. So, schools and businesses are asking for more accurate tests.

___【2】___

Mr. Roberts says several parts of standardized tests have changed recently. Now, many tests are given on computers. And, he says, tests measure all four skills of language learning: reading, listening, speaking and writing.

"A lot of are now delivered online, all four skills are being tested, in some cases, by computer, in particular speaking and writing skills, which are the most difficult to assess on a computer environment."

Computer testing will reduce the length of time required for testing, because the tests adjust to the test-taker’s ability. These computer-adaptive tests also increase accuracy in scoring. Computer-adaptive tests change depending on the test-taker’s responses. They can become more or less difficult during the testing session. For this reason, the set of correct answers will be different for each test-taker.

___【3】__

Another change to language testing relates to cultural sensitivity. The term refers to material on a test that is based on a certain culture or is hard for test-takers from different cultures to understand.

Mr. Roberts says test development companies are now hiring people with intercultural communication backgrounds to review test items. The companies want to make sure the test does not upset test-takers. Having negative feelings may affect a student's performance on the test.

___【4】__

Changes to English proficiency tests make them better at measuring the learners' ability. However, Mr. Roberts says the changes may mean the tests are more difficult for some students.

"The tests have become more proficiency-oriented. The items are being designed in such a way that they test real-world proficiency and not simply sort of an artificial environment or a specific set of skills that are taught in a classroom. So a lot of authentic texts, a lot of authentic listening passages are being used.”

The changes mean students have to be able to understand English the way it is used in everyday life, not just in textbooks.

__【5】___

Another big change is the way in which a student's performance on the tests is measured. Mr. Roberts says that many tests are measured according to the Common European Frame of Reference (CERF) scale of language proficiency.

This measurement, Mr. Roberts says, “is similar to the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) and the Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) guidelines, which are used by American universities and government agencies, respectively.”

The rating scales and guidelines are designed to show what the learner is able to do in the areas of speaking, reading, listening and writing.

Mr. Roberts says, “It gives a description of what they can do with the language and then assigns a numerical value to that particular level.”

Mr. Roberts says he believes linking the scores and the scales means the tests provide more useful information about a learner’s ability than they did before.

In addition, changes to the tests will encourage schools to teach their students to use English for everyday life and study.

A.Cultural sensitivity

B.What the tests measure

C.a lot of new tests are being developed

D.Difficulties in language testing

E.Changes in language testing

F.new tests are being measured by some language experts

G.Accuracy in language testing

【题目】Traveling in Viet Nam was like visiting a mysterious neighbor. You have lived next door to each other for years but knew very little about what happened on the other side of the fence.

I traveled there last August. A simple 180-kilometre trip from a Chinese border town to Hanoi, capital of Viet Nam, took an adventurous eight hours. That's because the country still doesn't have a modern expressway system. The major passage going through the peninsula（半岛）is only a two-way road. Also, many areas are mountainous.

Vietnamese drivers are impatient and fearless. They compete with each other at full speed no matter how scared the passengers feel. When the bus shook us violently many times, the driver made a joke to make us feel better. “See, this is just a gift Vietnamese people give you, a free passage service.”

It was midnight when I reached the hotel. Turning on the television, I was surprised by something ： All the characters in the TV dramas spoke in the same voice. At present, modern Korean dramas and historical Chinese dramas are popular with the Vietnamese. But it seemed they didn't have enough money to dub （配音）all these programmes. So, the same boring woman would appear behind every drama to speak for the roles.

The next morning when I opened the window, I found myself in a huge "garden". The buildings in the streets were dressed in all kinds of colors you can imagine. Vietnamese residents are allowed to paint their houses as they like. Each one is different and the colors bring the city alive.

【1】Before the author traveled in Viet Nam, he __________.

A. had known a lot about the neighboring country

B. knew little about the neighboring country

C. had thought he would have a chance to visit the country

D. thought the country was very rich

【2】On the way to Hanoi, the author __________.

A. was struck by the beautiful scenery in Viet Nam

B. was regretful for this travel

C. was in high spirits

D. was not pleased with Vietnamese drivers

【3】All the characters in the TV dramas spoke in the same voice be-cause __________.

A. they all had the same accent

B. few people show interest in dubbing

C. the persons who dub may be looked down upon

D. they had no ability to afford so much money

【4】Which of the following can be used to describe the buildings in Hanoi?

A. Very common. B. retraditional.

C. Very colorful. D. Rather dull.

【题目】How often do you use your car? Can you use your car less often? Do you know the following facts in the UK?

About 50% of all car journeys are just for fun.

Over 80% people go to work by car.

25% car journeys are under two miles.

70% car journeys are under five miles.

WALKING & CYCLING

Instead of using the car for short journeys, why not walk or ride a bicycle? Walking is a most popular form of exercise-it's healthy and it can save you money. If you work nearby, try walking or cycling instead of driving. Walking your children to school gives them valuable road experience.

BUSES

Bus companies are using new buses ： some run on new fuels which produce less pollution; some have easier access for disabled and old people. There are special traffic lanes （行车道）to make bus journeys easier and more reliable. So do something to help solve the pollution problem-let the bus take you to work and your children to school.

TRAINS

All car journeys, long or short, can be hard work. For some trips it is wiser to take the train. Leave your car at home and walk, cycle or take a bus to and from the station. Train travel is fast, safe and comfortable. Train tickets are not always expensive; some are quite cheap at discount.

【1】How many of car journeys are just for fun in the UK?

A. 25%. B. About 50%.

C. 70%. D. Over 80%.

【2】The writer believes that __________ can give children valuable road experience.

. walking to school B. travelling by train

C. taking new fuel buses D. having car journeys for fun

【3】What is the main purpose of this passage?

A. To teach people how to use the buses.

B. To encourage people to travel by train.

C. To advise people to use cars less often.

D. To tell people to obey traffic rules.

【题目】The orange towers of the Golden Gate Bridge-probably the most beautiful, certainly the most photographed bridge in the world-are visible from almost every point of elevation in San Francisco.

The only cleft （穿过）in Northern California's 600-mile continental wall, for years this mile-wide strait was considered unbridgeable. As much an architectural as an engineering feat, the Golden Gate took only 52 months to design and build. Designed by Joseph Strauss, it was the first really massive （庞大的）suspension bridge, with a span of 4200ft, and until 1959 ranked as the world's longest. It connects the city at its northwesterly point on the peninsula to Marin County and Northern California, and was designed to with-stand （经受住）winds of up to a hundred miles an hour and to swing as much as 27ft. Handsome on a clear day, the bridge takes on an eerie （阴森森的）quality when the thick white fogs pour in and hide it almost completely.

You can either drive or walk across. The drive is the more thrilling of the two options as you race under the bridge's towers, but the half-hour walk across it really gives you time to take in its enormous size and absorb the views of the city behind you and the head-lands of Northern California straight ahead. Pause at the midway point and consider the seven or so suicides （自杀）a month who choose this spot，260ft up, as their jumping-off spot. Monitors of such events speculate that victims always face the city before they leap. In 1995，when the suicide toll from the bridge had reached almost 1000，police kept the figures quiet to avoid a rush of would-be suicides going for the dubious （令人怀疑的）distinction of being the thousandth person to leap.

Perhaps the best loved symbol of San Francisco, in 1987 the Golden Gate proved an auspicious （幸运的）place for a sunrise party when crowds gathered to celebrate its fiftieth anniversary. Some quarter of a million people turned up （a third of the city's entire population）；the winds were strong and the huge numbers caused the bridge to buckle, but fortunately not to break.

【1】The underlined word "buckle" here means __________.

A.collapse B. crash

C. bend D. shake

【2】The Golden Gate Bridge was completed in __________.

A. 1922 B. 1995

C. 1937 D. 1959

【3】Which of the following is TRUE?

A. The Golden Gate is the longest bridge in the world.

B. So far about 1000 people killed themselves from the Golden Gate.

C. It took the workers 52 months to build the Golden Gate.

D. San Francisco had a population of about 750，000 in 1987.

【4】If you want to enjoy the views of San Francisco from the bridge, you'd better cross the bridge __________.

A. by train B. on foot

C. by car D. by ship

【题目】This midterm examination paper __________ two parts was so hard that few students could pass it.

A. made out of B. made from

C. made up of D. made in

【题目】What a pity it was that the film star died from an accident __________ his film unfinished.

A. for

B. with

C. from

D. of

【题目】—Which of the four sweaters will you choose?

—__________. They look nearly the same, and I just need one.

A. None

B. All

C. Either

D. Any