---I was riding along the street and all of a sudden, a car cut in and knocked me down.

--- You can never be ______ careful in the street.

       A. much  B. very    C. so      D. too

你的美国笔友Mike从互联网上了解到最近中国很多大学在搞自主招生考试（independent admission examinations）。他想了解这方面的情况。请用英语给他写一封信，介绍以下内容：

1.这种考试给学生提供了更多的机会；

2.考试形式多样，难度不一，有些问题怪异，难以回答；

3.你有没有参加这种考试，以及你对这种考试的看法。

要求：字数：120-150。 可适当增加细节使文章连贯。 信的开头和结尾已写好。

Dear Mike,

   Glad to hear from you again and happy to know you are so concerned about our school life.    _

________________________________________________________________________________

Best wishes.

Yours sincerely                                           

Li Hua

______ the Atlantic Ocean crosses the equator, the trade winds cause a flow of water to the west.

A. That        B. When           C. Where        D. Though

Perseverance is a kind of quality, and that’s ______ it takes to do anything well.

   A. what                      B. that              C. when                   D. why

— I wonder if I could use your phone for a while?

   — _____.

       A. It's a good idea         B. Why not? Do it for yourself

       C. Of course. Go ahead  D. It's my pleasure

---- My key is gone．Have you seen it anywhere?

       ---- Oh, it is in the room ______ we had a talk last night．

       A．that       B．which     C．where     D．what

——It was the drug，not the disease，that killed the boy.

——He would be still alive today if he ________ that drug.

A. not take                                          B. shouldn’t have taken

C. didn’t take                                      D. hadn’t taken

Societies all over the world name places in similar ways. Quite often there is no official naming ceremony but places tend to be called names as points of reference by people. Then an organized body steps in and gives the place a name. Frequently it happens that a place has two names: One is named by the people and the other by the government. As in many areas, old habits died hard, and the place continues to be called by its unofficial name long after the meaning is lost.

　　Many roads and places in Singapore are named in order that the pioneers will be remembered by future generations. Thus we have names such as Stamford Road and Raffles Place. This is in keeping with traditions in many countries ---- in both the West and the East.

　　Another way of naming places is naming them after other places. Perhaps they were named to promote friendships between the two places or it could be that the people who used to live there were originally from the places that the roads were named after. The mystery is clearer when we see some of the roads named in former British bases. If you step into Selector Airbase you will see Piccadilly Circus ---- obviously named by some homesick Royal Air Force personnel.

　　Some places were named after the activities that used to go on at those places. Bras Basah Road is an interesting example, “Base Basah” means “wet rice” in Malay(马来语). Now why would anyone want to name a road “Wet Rice Road”? The reason is simple. During the pioneering days, wet rice was laid out to dry along this road.

　　A few roads in Singapore are named by their shapes. There is “Circular Road” for one. Other roads may have part of their names to describe their shapes, like “Paya Lebar Crescent”. This road is called a crescent(月牙) because it begins on the main road, makes a crescent and comes back to join the main road again.

We learn from Paragraph 1 that _____.

　　A. the government is usually the first to name a place

　　B. many places tend to have more than one name

　　C. a ceremony will be held when a place is named

　　D. people prefer the place names given by the government

What does the underlined phrase “die hard” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?

　　A. Change suddenly.

　　B. Change significantly.

　　C. Disappear mysteriously.

　　D. Disappear very slowly.

Which of the following places is named after a person?

　　A. Raffles Place.

　　B. Selector Airbase.

　　C. Piccadilly Circus.

　　D. Paya Lebar Crescent.

Bras Basah Road is named _______.

　　A. after a person

　　B. after a place

　　C. after an activity

　　D. by its shape

What can be inferred from the passage?

　　A. Some place names in Singapore are the same as in Britain.

　　B. Some places in Singapore are named for military purposes.

　　C. The way Singaporeans name their places is unique.

D. Young Singaporeans have forgotten the pioneers.

The Great Fire of London started in the very early hours of 2 September, 1666. In four days it destroyed more than three-quarters of the old city, where most of the houses were wooden and close together. Over one hundred people became homeless, but only a few lost their lives.

The fire started on Sunday morning in the house of the King’s baker (面包师) in Pudding Lane. The baker, with his wife and family, was able to get out through a window into the roof. A strong wind blew the fire from the bakery (面包房) into a small hotel next door. Then it spread quickly into Thames Street. That was the beginning.

By eight o’clock three hundred houses were on fire. On Monday nearly a kilometer of the city was burning along the River Thames. Tuesday was the worst day. The fire destroyed many well-known buildings, old St Paul’s and the Guildhall among them.

Samuel Pepys, the famous writer, wrote about the fire, “People threw their things into the river. Many poor people stayed in their houses until the last moment. Birds fell out of the air because of the heat .”

The fire stopped only when the King finally ordered people to destroy hundreds of buildings in the path of the fire. With nothing left to burn, the fire became weak and finally died out.

After the fire, Christopher Wren, the architect (建筑师), wanted a city with wider streets and fine new houses of stone. In fact, the streets are still narrow, but he did build more than fifty churches, among them the mew St Paul’s

The fire caused great pain and loss, but after it London was a better place: a city for the future and not just of the past.

From the passage, we can learn that the fire began in ________.

A. a hotel　　　           B. the palace　　        C. Pudding Lane　　 D. Thames Street

The underlined word “family” in the second paragraph means ________.

A. wife and husband　　      B. wife and children　   C. home                  D. children

It seems that the writer of the text was most sorry for the fact that ________.

A. many famous buildings were destroyed

B. some people lost their lives

C. the birds in the sky were killed by the fire

D. the King’s bakery was burned down

Why did the writer cite (引用) Samuel Pepys?

A. Because Pepys was among those putting out the fire.

B. Because Pepys also wrote about the fire.

C. Because he wanted to give the reader a clearer picture of the fire.

D. Because he wanted to show that poor people suffered most.

How was the fire put out according to the text?

A. The King and his soldiers came to help.

B. Houses standing in the direction of the fire were pulled down.

C. All the wooden houses in the city were destroyed.

D. People managed to get enough water from the river.

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