It looks like the weather is changing for ______. Shall we stick to our plan?

A. the worse             B. worse                              C. the worst                       D. worst

Modern equipment and no smoking are two of the things I like ____ working here.

A. with             B. over                 C. at                   D. about

--- ______ news?

    --- No. No news is ______ good news.

  　A. Some; a         B. No; the        C. Any; 不填       D. What; 不填

I should like to try that coat on，for I want to  know if it is my ______.

    A. shape         B. model           C. design          D. size

During a successful business career he gained a great amount of ______.

   A. force        B. wealth          C. health        D. power

Most young architects – particularly those in big cities – can only dream about working in a building of their own. And making that dream come true often means finding a building no one else seems to want, which is exactly what happened to David Yocum and his partner, Brian Bell. Their building is a former automobile electrical-parts firm in Atlanta. From the outside, it looks too old, even something horrible, but open the door and you are in a wide, open courtyard, lined on three sides with rusting （生锈的） walls.

In 2000, Yocum and Bell found this building in the city’s West End. Built in 1947, the structure had been abandoned years earlier and the roof of the main building had fallen down. But the price was right, so Yocum bought it. He spent eight months of his off-hours on demolition （拆除）, pulling rubbish out through the roof, because it was too dangerous to go inside the building. The demolition was hard work, but it gave him time to think about what he wanted to do, and “to treasure what was there – the walls, the rust, the light,” Yocum said. “Every season, more paint falls off the walls and more rust develops. It’s like an art installation （装置） in there – a slow-motion show.”

Since the back building had been constructed without windows, an all-glass front was added to the building to give it a view of the courtyard, and skylights were installed in the roof. The back of the building is a working area and a living room for Yocum and his wife. A sort of buffer (缓冲) zone between the front and the back contains a bathroom, a kitchen and a mechanical room, and the walls that separate these zones have openings that allow views through to the front of the studio and the courtyard beyond.

Yocum and Bell, who have just completed an art gallery for the city, feel that the experience from the decoration of their building, focusing on the inside rather than the outside, has influenced their work. It has also given these architects a chance to show how they can make more out of less.

According to the passage, it is     for most young architects in big cities to work in a building of their own.

    A. easy            B. unnecessary          C. unrealistic      D. common

Yocum bought the old building because _________.

A. it was a bargain to him

B. it was still in good condition

C. it was located in the city center

D. it looked attractive from the outside

Working on the old building, Yocum and Bell＿.

A. pulled rubbish out through the roof

B. removed the skylights from the bathroom

C. presented a slow–motion show in an art gallery

D. built a kitchen at the back part of the old building

It can be inferred from the passage that Yocum and Bell __.

A. benefited a lot from pulling down the roof

B. turned more old buildings into art galleries

C. got inspiration from decorating their old building

D. paid more attention to the outside of the gallery

The main idea of the passage is that __.

A. people can learn a lot from their failures

B. it is worthwhile to spend money on an old building

C. people should not judge things by their appearance

D. creative people can make the best of what they have

写作（满分30分）

假如你是新华中学的学生张华，班里从外地转来一名同学李明，他一时无法融入新的班集体中，感到很苦恼。请根据下列要点用英语给他写封信：

＊帮他分析原因

＊给他提出建议

＊陈述你帮助他的具体打算

注意：词数120～150

Dear Li Ming,

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Best regards,

                                                           Zhang Hua

李华本学期读高三了，开学初老师和家长都要李华住校学习，他却不喜欢住校，双方各持己见。假设你是李华，用英语把这个情况写信告诉中学生英语报请求帮助。有关信息如下：

据报道,中国成功地将三人小组送入太空，其中一人进行了中国首次太空行走，这是自2003年首次将一人送入太空后中国最具挑战的太空任务。请根据表格中的内容及你的观点和想法用英语写一篇短文，发表在你校校报上。

注意: 1.不要逐句翻译，总词数150左右，开头已写好，不计入词数

2.你的观点和感想50词左右

3.要求字迹工整，卷面整洁

4．参考词汇：太空探索space exploration

It has been reported that China successfully launched a three-man crew into space where one of them made the country's first space walk, the country's most challenging space mission since first launching a person into space in 2003.

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It rained for two weeks on end, completely ____ our holiday.

A.ruined      B. ruining       C. to ruined         D. Ruins