Mandy was _______(好奇) to know what happened.

That's a friend of mine from college. Do you want me to i_________ you to him?

假如你叫王丽,是一位高中生。请你用英语给报社写一封信，反映如下情况并谈谈你的的想法：

1．  现在有很多学生使用手机一是认为这是种时髦二是认为便于跟家人和朋友联系。

2．  一些学生把手机带进教室，在课堂上经常听见手机的铃声。破坏课堂纪律。

3．  有的同学还在课堂上发短信息，浪费宝贵的时间。

4．  建议：教室是学习的地方，需要安静；学生不应该在教室中使用手机；应该集中注意力学习。(附：自己再想一条建议)

注意：

1.       信的开头和结尾已给出；

2.       字数: 100 左右

3.       参考词汇 :集中(注意力) concentrate on

Dear Editor ,

   I’m a senior high student . 

阅读下面对话，掌握其大意，并根据所给首字母的提示，在标有题号的右边横线上写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式，使对话通顺。

 Gu Changwei was the first Chinese cinematographer to be nominated (提名) for an Oscar, he is regarded by Zhang Yimou as the best cinematographer in China. Gu was behind the camera for many of Zhang Yimou’s famous films including the one that rocketed Zhang to fame: “Red Sorghum (高粱)”. And now this master of the visual has taken on his first directing role with the film “Peacock”. So Gu Changwei has come out from behind the camera into the spotlight (聚光灯).

Gu Changwei is very serious about his directing “Peacock”. To get the authentic atmosphere, Gu took his film crew to the city of Anyang in central China’s Henan province where the story takes place, to shoot the film. He chose all new actors because he didn’t want “star” appeal to weaken the power of the story, and he also had his actors trained in the local dialect. For this film Gu has been able to get out from behind the camera to manage every aspect of the film, and to realize his own ideals in movie-making.

“Peacock” is about the life of an average family in a small town in Henan province in the late 70s and early 80s. Gu chose this story for his first movie because he grew up during this same period and it struck a chord with him.

“Peacock” wrapped up production in June, 2004. It’s aimed at the foreign film market and will be entered in February’s Berlin Film Festival, and released in China at the same time. But at the end of last October, Gu took “Peacock” to his Alma Mater, the Beijing Film Academy, one of the most famous film colleges in China, to hold a preview. The film was warmly received by both teachers and students.

71. The underlined word “cinematographer” refers to a person who _____.

       A. has been nominated for an Oscar            B. uses a camera to shoot films

       C. directs first-class films                          D. arranges for cinema shows

72. Gu didn’t employ “stars” in his film because _____.

A. stars usually stick to their own acting styles

B. the stars may not be able to speak the local dialect

C. the stars may share the audience’s attention with the story

D. it was not easy for him, a fresh hand, to invite stars to join him

73. Gu chose such a story for his first movie because _____.

A. he was born in the early 1970s              

B. he grew up in Henan province

C. he was popular in Henan province     

D. the story had to do with his own experience

74. From the passage we can learn that “Peacock” _____.

A. is the film for which Gu is likely to win an Oscar prize

B. has already become popular both at home and abroad

C. has its production started last summer

D. will be publicly shown in spring, 2005

75. Please choose a proper title for this passage.

A. From behind the camera into the spotlight

B. Chinese cinematographer to be nominated for Oscar

C. New faces to appear in “Peacock”

D. “Peacock” to enter foreign film market

It is not often realized that women held a high place in southern European societies in the 10^th  and 11^th  centuries. As wife, the woman was protected by the setting up of a dowry (嫁妆) or decimum. Admittedly, the purpose of this was to protect her against the risk of desertion (遗弃)，but in reality its function in the social and family life of the time was much more important. The decimum was the wife’s right to receive a tenth of all her husband’s property. The wife had the right to withhold consent, in all transactions the husband would make, And more than just a right: the documents showed that she enjoyed a real power of decision, equal to that of her husband. In no case did the documents indicate any degree of difference in the legal status of husband and wife.

The wife shared in the management of her husband’s personal property, but the opposite was not always true. Women seemed perfectly prepared to defend their own inheritance(遗产，继承物)against husbands who tried to exceed their rights, and on occasion they showed a fine fighting spirit. A case in point is that of Maria, Vivas, a Catalan woman of Barcelona. Having agreed with her husband Miro to sell a field she had inherited, for the needs of the household, she insisted on compensation. None being offered, she succeeded in dragging her husband to the scribe to have a contract duly drawn up assigning her a piece of land from Miro’s personal inheritance. The unfortunate husband was obliged to agree, as the contract says, “for the sake of peace.” Either through the dowry or through being hot-tempered, the Catalan wife knew how to win herself, within the context of the family, a powerful economic position.

63. A decimum was      .

      A. the wife’s inheritance from her father

      B. a gift of money to the new husband     

      C. a written contract                              

      D. the wife’s right to receive one-tenth of her husband’s property

64. In the society described in the passage, the legal standing of the wife in marriage was      .

      A. higher than that of her husband           B. lower than that of her husband

      C. the same as that of her husband           D. higher than that of a single woman

65. What compensation did Maria Vivas get for the field?

      A. Some of the land Miro had inherited.    B. A tenth of Miro’s land.

      C. Money for household expenses.           D. Money from Miro’s inheritance.

66. Which of the following is Not mentioned as an effect of the dowry system?

      A. The husband had to share the power of decision in marriage.

      B. The wife was protested from desertion.

      C. The wife gained a powerful economic position.

      D. The husband was given control over his wife’s property.

Daredevil climber Alain Robert, known as the French Spiderman, stood strong winds and rain to climb the world’s tallest skyscraper, Taiper 101, Saturday.

Robert, dressed in a red rain jacket, tights and climbing shoes, climbed up ropes hung down the side of the 101-storey, 1,667-foot office tower, reaching the top in around four hours. “It was a very big moment and I felt a lot of satisfaction though I was already so tired and nearly all of my muscles were painful. I felt completely eased,” said Robert after taking the ride down in one of the tower’s lifts, the world’s fastest.

Several hundred onlookers and shoppers gathered at the base of the tower watching and cheering Roberts progress through live pictures on a large television screen. At times he disappeared from view as clouds passed by the top of the tower surrounding the upper storeys.

The 42-year-old Frenchman has covered scores of well-known structures around the world including the Empire State Building and the Eiffel Towerwithout permission or any safety equipment or ropes.

This time Robert was wearing a harness(背带) fastened to safety ropes for the entire climb. He used the ropes to pull himself up most of the way, using his hands and feet to climb up the walls for only short sections. He said the management had requested he wear the ropes and safety equipment, which had also become necessary due to the rain making the windows and frames very slippery. Robert said he would not carry his pity the next time.

59. The text mainly tells us that      .

      A. another world record was broken by a Frenchman.

      B. the French Spiderman climbed the world’s tallest building

      C. how Alain Robert got the name “daredevil”

      D. Alain Robert was praised for his great success

60. During his climbing up Taipei 101, Alai Robert      .

      A. never felt tired all the time                  

      B. never used his hands and feet

      C. had stayed somewhere for a short rest

      D. was not seen on the television screen sometimes

61. When Alain Robert climbed the Empire State Building, he was likely to      .

      A. use only his hands and feet                  B. be 42 years old

      C. carry some safety equipment               D. get permission of someone

62. According to the text, we can infer that      .

      A. Alain Robert spent three hours climbing Taipei 101

      B. Alain Robert chose a rainy day on purpose

      C. Alain Robert will climb Taipei 101 a second time

      D. Alain Robert got lots of help from onlookers

THE BRONTE FAMILY

Yorkshire, England was the setting for two great novels (小说) of the 19th century. These were Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre and Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights. The youngest sister, Anne, was also a gifted novelist, and her books have the same extraordinary quality as her sisters’.

Their father was Patrick Bronte, born in Ireland. He moved with his wife, Maria Bronte, and their six small children to Haworth in Yorkshire in 1820. Soon after, Mrs. Bronte and the two eldest children died, leaving the father to care of the remaining three girls and a boy.

Charlotte was born in 1816. Emily was born in 1818 and Anne in 1820. Their brother Branwell was born in 1817. Left to themselves, the children wrote and told stories and walked over the hills. They grew up largely self-educated. Branwell showed a great interest in drawing. The girls were determined to earn money for his art education. They took positions as teachers or taught children in their homes.

As children they had all written many stories. Charlotte, as a young girl, alone wrote 22 books, each with 60 to 100 pages of small handwriting. Therefore, they turned to writing for income. By 1847, Charlotte had written The Professor; Emily, Wuthering Heights; and Anne, Agnes Grey. After much difficulty Anne and Emily found a publisher(出版商), but there was no interest shown in Charlotte’s book. (It was not published until 1859.) However, one publisher expressed an interest in seeing more of her works. Jane Eyre was already started, and she hurriedly finished it. It was accepted at once; thus each of the sisters had a book published in 1847.

Jane Eyre was immediately successful; the other two, however, did not do so well. People did not like Wuthering Heights. They said it was too wild, too animal-like. But gradually it came to be considered one of the finest novels in the English language. Emily lived only a short while after the publication of the book, and Anne died in 1849.

Charlotte published Shirley in 1849, and Villette in 1853. In 1854 she married Arthur Bell Nicholls. But only a year later, she died of tuberculosis(肺结核) as her sisters had.

56. We know from the text that      .

A. Jane Eyre was published in 1847        

B. Charlotte Bronte wrote 22 books in all

C. the Bronte sisters received good education                        

D. Patrick Bronte helped his daughters with their writing

57. The underlined words “the other two” in the 5 th paragraph refer to      .

      A. Shirley and Villette                             B. The Professor and Agnes Grey

      C. Agnes Grey and Wutheriing Heights      D. The Professor and wuthering Heights

58. What do we know about the Bronte sisters from the text?

      A. Their novels interested few publishers.

      B. None of them had more than two books published.

      C. None of them lived longer than 40 years old.

      D. Emily was the least successful of the three.

The other day, my brother drove his car down the street at       I thought was a dangerous speed.

   A. as            B. which           C. what                  D. that

He is a good cook at home and takes good care of the children, and       his wife.

   A. so does                   B. so is                    C. so is with          D. so it is with