Here are Daphne and David; _____ is my brother.  

A. the later     B. later    C. the latter    D. latter

Growing old is something that nobody can understand until they experience it for themselves．I may not be "old" but I am certainly beginning to  36   it? turned 18 just over a week ago．I am now an adult．

As a child you  37   adults—or "grown-ups" as I used to call them—to always be in control．to know what is right and wrong． 38   as a teenager, I thought that when I reached 18 I would be far more  39   in many aspects of life．But now that I am 18, 1 know that is not true．

It is clear to me now that you do not   40   learning when you are 18．Every day you learn

something  41   , no matter what your age．However, I do understand when you become an adultyou have to  42  more responsibility．

Whereas before I seldom had to clean the dishes, set the table or help out around the house, now I do all of those．I have already  43   myself the nickname "housekeeper"．

I can even drive now, which is pretty   44  , because of the frequency of accidents．But that's not to say that 18 is not   45  to be．Not only can I drink alcohol, but I can also  46 ．In fact, being 18 has made me really interested in politics because it now means that I can change things on  47  Day．More and more of my friends want to become politicians, and it is great to

think that they can change things for the better．

A．dislike             B．feel            C．learn        D．love

A．expect            B．criticize         C．deny           D．know

A．Even             B．But           C．So             D．Since

A．comfortable       B．interested      C．assured         D．contented

A．continue           B．desire           C．stop            D．refuse

A．interested          B．unique        C．valuable         D．new

A．take on            B．put on       C．take up          D．put up

A．honored           B．chosen        C．earned          D．won

A．scary              B．amazing        C．fascinating      D．difficult

A．adventurous        B．tough         C．good        D．annoying

A．elect              B．vote           C．volunteer       D．involve

A．Labor             B．Independence C．Christmas      D．Election

Do you know how to play a game called “Musical Chairs”？It is easy to play and most people enjoy it. All you need are some chairs, some people and some way of making music. You may use a piano or any other musical instrument, if someone can play it. You may use a tape recorder. You can even use a radio.

Put the chairs in a row. The chairs may be put in twos, back to back. A better way is to have the chairs in one row with each chair facing in the opposite direction to the chair next to it.

The game is easy. When the music starts, the players walk round the chairs. Everyone goes in the same direction, of course, they should walk in time to the music. If the music is fast they should walk quickly. If the music is slow, they should walk slowly.

The person playing music cannot see the people in the game. When the music stops, the players try to sit on the chairs. If a person cannot find a chair to sit on, he drops out. Then, before the music starts again, one chair must be taken away. When the music stops again, one more player will be out.. At last, there will be two players and one chair. The one who sits on the chair when the music stops is the winner.

If ten people are playing musical chairs，you must begin with _______.

A. nine chairs               B. ten chairs                 C. eleven chairs             D. one chair

Which of the following is not suitable for playing musical chairs？ _______.

A. A piano                           B. A radio                     C. A tape recorder         D. A telephone

The chairs should be put _______.

A. with the desks           B. before the winner      C. all over the room             D. in a line

When the music starts，the players must _______.

A. run about the room                                      B. get down                 

C. walk around the chairs                                  D. sit on the chairs

Which of the following statements is NOT true？

A. The game “Musical Chairs” is not difficult to learn.

B. The last one can sit on the last chair.

C. The winner can sit on the chair.

D. If the person plays music, he cannot be the winner.

阅读下面的短文，并根据短文后的要求答题（共5小题；每题3分，满分15分）

（1）Around 15 million of us will leave a cup of tea to go cold today while a similar amount will forget where they put the keys to their house or car. Meanwhile, 12 million people will go to the shops only to completely forget what they went for according to research carried out by the National-Lottery.co.uk.

(2) Passwords and chores such as taking food out of the freezer the night before and charging the mobile phone also featured highly on the list. And more than one in ten admits forgetting to buy a lottery ticket which may have cost them a win.

(3) The study also found men are more likely to ___________, even though women generally have more to remember. Busy modern lifestyle, increased workloads and pressures as well as modern technology were to blame for the increase in our levels of forgetfulness.

(4) A National Lottery spokesman said, “The British are more hectic than ever in their work and personal lives and it seems we just have too much to remember for our crowded minds.”

(5) The study found that the technology boom has also played a part, leaving us with more devices than ever before to plug in and charge or take care of.

(6) Despite work pressures it is within the home environment where most things are forgotten, such as credit card payments, children’s school events or food related things.

(7) The study found one in four people have missed an important appointment and nearly one in five have fallen out with a friend over a forgotten date or event. The research also found that despite the number of things people forget only one in four people actually admit to being forgetful.

(8) Women performed much better than men in the report, failing to recall an average of 2.5 things every day compared to 3.5 things for men.

List at least three things that people often forget based on the passage.(within 15 words)

(1) _______________________________________________________________

(2)________________________________________________________________

(3)_______________________________________________________________

Fill in the blank in Paragraph 3 with proper words. (within 5 words)

___________________________________________________________________

Which sentence in this passage is the closest in meaning to the following one?

The researchers discovered that only a quarter of people acknowledge that they have a bad memory even though they forget to do lots of things.

_____________________________________________________________________

What would be the best title for the passage?(within 10 words)

_____________________________________________________________________

Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 6 into Chinese.

______________________________________________________________________

--Mary, I think you had better say sorry to John．

--         ．It was his fault, NOT mine!

A．Not possible            B．No way                  C．No chance        D．Not at all

短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

       增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。

       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仅限一次。

       2，只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

My parents and I went to the park last Sunday．There were lots of visitors stand in front of the ticket window．We waited a long time and buy three tickets．In the Tiger Mountain of the park, I was too eager to see the fierce frightened animals that I quickened my steps through the．crowd．Unfortunate, I got separated from my parents．I had hard time looking for them, and I had no luck．Wandering in the park, I felt alone without any companions．Worse still, I had no money, so I had to walk to home, covering as much as 5 kilometer．

_____ walk is expected to last all day, so bring_____ packed lunch．

       A．A; a            B．The; X             C．The; a               D．A;X

—Shall he come today or tomorrow?

—Up to him．It makes no         to me．

A．meaning    B．trouble    C．relation    D．difference

The world’s largest Jiaozi was made, _______ an incredible 480 kilograms.

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

All the universities have duty to _______ their students ____of the quick development of the scientific world.

A. make; known                                       B. have; understood           

C. keep; informed                                     D. find; included