Life insurance is not really betting although it can be compared to it.You pay the money just _______.

A. in time   B. in case    C. in return   D. in honor

 She was told to wear fiat shoes  _______   her back problem．

    A.on account of    B．regardless of    C．in terms of    D．in case of

It can’t be a(n) _______ that four jewelry stores were robbed in one night.

A. accident    B. incident     C. chance   D. coincidence

On snowy days, you have to drive very  ______   to avoid traffic accidents.

 A．cautiously B．neatly C．smoothly D．properly

第二节：书面表达（满分25分）

   下面的柱状图（bar chart）显示了不同年龄段孩子与父母谈心的情况。

Time spent in talking with parents

根据上图信息，请以“Heart-to-Heart Talks with Parents”为题，用英语写一篇100~120个词的短文。要求如下：

1. 简要描述图中信息；

2. 说明原因（如忙于学习或工作、缺少共同话题……）；

3. 谈谈你的看法。

       注意：文章的标题和开头已给出（不计词数）。

Heart-to-Heart Talks with Parents

       As is shown in the bar chart, __________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 These stones, each _____ as much as four tons, came from the Alps Mountains.

   A. weighed           B. weighs           C. to weigh        D. weighing

 There are ______ that high school cheating may be on the rise.

 A. evidences        B. symbols        C. sights            D. scenes

       We got to the top of a mountain _________ we can see the whole city.

A. at where            B. from there         C. from where       D. there

A poet and artist ____ coming to our school to give us students a lecture about Chinese literature tomorrow afternoon .

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

第三部分  阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）

 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

Many people have discovered that hobbies can be profitable as well as fun. Some people have such fine collections of bottles, flags, buttons or shells that others are willing to pay to see them or they offer to buy their collections for large sums of money.

Some of the best collections are owned by people who started their hobbies as young boys or girls. Some of the things that American children like to collect are stamps and dolls. Older people also save stamps, but they collect coins and things made of glass more often than dolls.

Painting, writing and taking photographs are the best examples of hobbies that may become occupations. Every writer, artist and photographer probably started as a hobbyist before becoming a professional.Other hobbies that could be profitable include cooking, sewing and making things out of wood.

Many doctors believe that hobbies help to make our lives more enjoyable. They believe that people who raise fish or collect recorders are too busy to spend their time worrying. Doctors also think that an active person, such as a baseball player, should have a restful hobby such as reading, while a person who sits at a desk all day should have lively hobbies such as tennis, golf or swimming. Most people in the United States agree with the doctor. It is difficult to find an American who does not have a favorite hobby.

1 The underlined word “occupations”(paragraph3) can be replaced by _______.

   A. lives           B. jobs                C. collections       D. things

2 Doctors believe that people who have hobbies _______.

   A. worry too much about themselves          B. are very busy in their lives

   C. don’t have time to worry                 D. work busily in their business

3. Almost everyone in the United States_______.

   A. starts his hobby during his childhood      

B. has a favorite hobby

C. spends a lot of money on the lively hobby  

D. follows the doctors’ advice to have a hobby

4. What can we learn from the text ?

   A. Hobbies can cause us a lot of trouble .

   B. Football players should have lively hobbies

   C. All of the people started their hobbies from childhood.

   D. A writer should have tennis , golf or swimming as his hobbies.