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.More attention should be paid __________ English.

A. to speak        B. for spoken         C. of speaking        D. to speaking

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 --- George and Lucy got married last week. Did you go to their wedding?

   --- No, I _______. Did they have a big wedding?

       A. was not invited               B. didn’t invite      C. hadn’t been invited   D. haven’t been invited

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第二部分 阅读理解:（共两节, 满分50分）

Ⅲ. 第一节（共20小题; 每小题2分, 满分40分））阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该选项标号涂黑。

 “Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and let him know that you trust him.” These words are from the black American educator, Booker Washington. He was saying that, “If you want people to grow up, you have to stop treating them like children.”

       In America, families are close but children are encouraged to be independent, to make their own decisions, even at a very early age. It’s not unusual for a child of seven to be given an allowance (津贴) every week. The child is encouraged to save some of the money but he or she can spend it on whatever they choose, for example, buying clothes, school supplies or CDs. Some teenagers even have their own credit cards! That’s a big responsibility since even adults are tempted to overspend when they have credit.

      From an early age, American children are asked for their opinions and they are included in family decision-making. At the dinner table, teenagers will be listened to on any topic, from politics to buying a new family car or where the family will go on vacation. In this way, teenagers are getting practice in becoming individuals: they are learning how to stand on their own two feet.

       Many Chinese young people are becoming almost as interested as American teens in searching for independence. They want to express those qualities that make them unique human beings. You can see this in the way they dress, the music they listen to and the friends they choose. “Super Girl” Li Yuchun caught the imagination of Chinese teenagers on the “Super Girl” television contest. She was not the traditional “nice, young Chinese girl”. With her short, spiky hair and boy-like clothes, she was telling everyone that she was different. She had the courage to be her own person and to stand on her own two feet ... and she won!

       There is an old saying, “Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him and then choose that way with all his strength.” If you do this, step by step, over a period of time, you may find that you have become the person you always wanted to be.

41. The passage is intended to encourage the youth to ________.

   A. save money for useful things                B. become independent

C. express their great ambitions               D. make important decisions

42. A child of seven is given allowance so that he can ________.

A. be accepted as a popular guy              B. learn to decide how to use money

C. overspend money without care             D. have school supplies of his own

43. The author implies that many Chinese children ________.

A. are more independent than Americans            B. should become interested in America

C. are happy with their present situation             D. are not satisfied to be nice, quiet ones

44. The main idea of the last paragraph is ________.

   A. that we should do things step by step            B. why we should understand our desires

   C. what we should plan for our own life           D. how we can manage to realize our dream

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. — You look troubled.

— The director asked me to finish this task by Sunday. How can I ________ to?

A. attempt               B. manage              C. decide                   D. happen

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--Peter,I owe you all apology for what I said about you the other day．

    一________

A．You’re welcome      B．Sorry      C．Forget it        D My pleasure

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. His mother had thought it would be good for his character to_______ from home  

and earn some money on his own.

A. run away               B. take away        C. keep away             D. get away

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School failure appears to trouble teenage girls more deeply than boys, US researchers said on Tuesday.

  They said adolescent(青春期的)girls who are dismissed or drop out of high school before they graduate are more likely to have a serious depression by age 21 than boys with similar experiences.

  “For girls it is more serious to be school failure,” said Carolyn McCarty, a University of Washington researcher whose study appears in the Journal of Adolescent Health.

  “We already know that it leads to more poverty, higher rates of being on public assistance and lower rates of job stability. And now this study shows it is having mental health implications for girls,” McCarty said in a statement.

  The study was drawn from data on more than 800 people in Seattle, Washington, and included people from 18 schools in high-crime neighborhoods.

  The group was separated evenly by gender(性别)and nearly half were white, 24 percent were black, 21 percent were Asian-American and the rest were from other groups.

  Overall, 45 percent of the girls and 68 percent of the boys in the study experienced a major school failure, but 22 percent of the girls later became depressed compared with 17percent for the boys.

  “This gender shows that while school failure is more typical for girls, it appears to have more severe consequences when it does occur,” McCarty said.

  60. What is the purpose of writing this article?

      A Taking good care of the school boys.

      B Asking the US researchers to search more evidences.

      C Giving help to the graduated students.

      D Paying more attention to the girls experiencing school failure.

 61. Carolyn McCarty is ______________

      A a scientist     B a researcher     C a professor     D a student

 62. The underlined word”it” in para.4 means__________

     A school failure    B a adolescent girl    C a school boy    D a university

  63.Which of the following could be the best title of this passage?

     A School failure appears to trouble teen-age girls more deeply than boys

     B Girls are more possible to experience school failure

     C Gender has decided how much success you will win

     D Adolescent girls are more easily depressed than boys

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卷Ⅱ（非选择题 共55分）　

　第一节  单词拼写 （共10题，每小题1分；满分10分）

据下列句子及所给汉语注释，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。（每空只写一词）

66. 1. I wonder why Jack hasn’t w_____ to us recently. We should have heard from him by now.

67.There was no lift and we had to climb six f_______（一段楼梯）of stairs.

68.People should wash ______(定期)to ensure personal health.

69.I think you o ____ us an apology for not informing us of the important news in time.

70. He told us that the _______(北部)part of his country had many mountains.

71.We reached our destination, tired and _______（饥饿）.

72.Exercise firms the body, strengthens the muscles, and prevents you from gaining w_____.

73.The whole day we unpacked the boxes, filled the cupboards and tidied, until we were _____(极其)tired.

74. The house is h_______by trees, so it is hard for us to find it .

75. He left his village school and _____（教）himself while working in a factory.

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----I’d like to see the movie very much, but I have no money with me.

----That’s OK. My _____this time.

A. offer        B. treat        C. promise       D. service

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What I care about most is ____we can raise enough money for the project by the end of this month .

     A.  that        B. if           C. whether      D. where