第二节：书面表达（满分25分）

假如你收到一名叫Sara 的美国学生的来信， 她想做你的笔友。请你给她回信，表示愿意与她做笔友。

提示：1. Name: Yang Mei  

2. Date of birth: May 2nd, 1984 

3. Place of birth: Jinan, Shangdong

4. Name of school: No. 1 Middle School 

5. Number of teachers and students: 200/over 3,000

6. Main subjects: Chinese, maths, English, physics, chemistry, history, ect.

7. Favorite subject: English  

8. Family members: Father, Mother and you

Dear Sara,

 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________                                                            

You will succeed in the end ______you give up halfway.

   A. even if                B. as though                 C. as long as                 D. unless

26. That warmhearted woman often helps ______ is in trouble.

A. who         B. whom                           C. whoever        D. whomever

. Many a professor _____ looking forward to visiting Germany now. Many scientists _____ studied animals and plants in the last two years.

   A. is; have      B. is; has       C. are; have      D. is; are

– What do you think of the book ?

  -- Oh, excellent. It’s worthy ______ a second time.

A. to read              B. to be read          C. being read         D. to being read

第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

第一节：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。

Since her husband died, Mrs. Jackson has lived alone in their big old suburban (郊区的) house. The house was bought by her husband almost fifty years ago.

For the sake of safety (为安全起见), her son has tried hard to ask her to sell the house and buy a new and small one in the town. But Mrs. Jackson doesn’t like the idea. She says that she has to look after her husband’s old house. But recently she often hears stories about unknown people stealing things around here.

That was a cold day before Christmas Eve. Around four o’clock in the afternoon, Mrs. Jackson was enjoying the Christmas music when someone knocked at the door. She heard the sound but didn’t move. Another knock. Who could it be? Mrs. Jackson was a bit afraid. She decided not to answer the door but keep waiting.

One minute another minute and yet another minute. Nothing happened and no more knocks. She walked quietly to the door, and listened. She heard nothing but the wind outside. She slowly unfastened the door and peeped (窥视) through the crack (小缝). She then gave a surprised cry and threw the door wide open! At the door she saw a tall, beautiful Christmas tree! In the tree stood a Christmas card with these words:

Merry Christmas!

Your new neighbor

56. The house bought by Mr. Jackson is _____.

A. in the town               B. small but new         C. outside the town        D. small and old

57. Mrs. Jackson doesn’t want to sell the house because _____.

A. it is almost fifty years old                             B. it is big and old

C. she likes to live alone in it                            D. her husband left it to her

58. Why didn’t she move when she heard the knock at the door?

A. Because she was enjoying the Christmas music.

B. Because she thought it might be an unknown person.

C. Because it was not her son.

D. Because she hadn’t decided to answer the door.

59. When she found it was a Christmas tree, she _____.

A. cried in surprise and pushed the door wide open                                       

B. was very excited      

C. threw the door away 

D. went out to stand in the tree

Throughout our childhood our parents taught us to say “thank you” and it has become a habit — something we say automatically (自动地), along with “please”. And because of this we have forgotten just how important gratitude is and how essential it is in leading fulfilled (感到满足的) lives.

Just for a minute, think of all the things you are grateful for, such as loving friends, good health, great holidays as well as everyday items such as a comfortable home, TV, and clean water. The list, in fact, could go on and on.

Now focus on events that have made you angry — it’s raining, the car won’t start, and a colleague (同事) makes you annoyed. You start to feel unhappy, and that is something that certainly does not make you feel good！

In fact, we have the ability to choose how we feel — it’s just our perception (认识) of how things are. But for most of us, it just doesn’t seem easy.

Let me give you an example: it’s a rainy day, and immediately most people will start to complain, telling everyone who will listen what a miserable day it is, with the result that they end up feeling miserable themselves. But look at it another way and despite wet clothes and hair, both will dry perfectly well and no lasting harm has been done. And in addition to this, because of rain, we not only live in a green and beautiful landscape, we are also able to grow a lot of fruit and vegetables.

There really is no obvious reason for feeling miserable — in fact there is a great deal to be grateful for. It all depends on what we think about things.

Realize what a difference having gratitude can make to your life. That’s why gratitude is so special — use it to feel good!

68. What do we usually do automatically according to the author?

A. Focus on good things.                                  B. Prefer to feel good.

C. Express thanks orally.                                  D. Take many things for granted.

69. By the example in the fifth paragraph, the author advises us to _____.

A. see things in a different way                          B. refuse the unchangeable things

C. ignore the harm bad weather does                  D. listen to others’ complaints patiently

70. By writing the passage, the author mainly wants to tell us _____.

A. to think twice before we act                         

B. to be grateful for what we have

C. it is no use making complaints                      

D. saying “thank you” has many disadvantages

六、书面表达（满分25分）

你们学校将举行一次有关环保问题 (environment protection) 的报告会。学校将邀请广西大学的Dr. Li做报告。假定你是学生会主席，请你草拟一份有关报告会的口头通知。

注意：1.内容应包括提示及表格内的全部要点；

2. 开头和结尾已为你写好。

May I have your attention, please?

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

That's all. Thank you.

Jenny，you ________ play with the knife；you ________ hurt yourself.

A．won’t；can’t   B．shouldn’t；must     

C．mustn’t；may  D．can’t；shouldn’t

The company ______ founded in 2005 and most of the employees ______ women.

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