chorus    A. Christmas     B. cheer         C. check         D. machine

atom      A. solid         B. sailor        C. politics        D. constitution

achieve    A. collision      B. failure       C. private         D. league

阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。 

   Howard and Lizzie Sherman, ages 15 and 9, know that they need to complete all their homework and chores(家务) in order to receive their weekly allowance.  The amount may be a little less than usual if they’ve misbehaved or a bit larger if they have done some extra work around the house.

   When the children want to use their allowance, they turn on the family’s computer or television, which is often known as “screen time.”  Screen time can be also spent visiting social networking sites like My Space or instant messaging with friends.  This new currency, used in a growing number of households, works as an allowance because screen time is highly valued by children and teenagers, and usually restricted by parents.  Parents think that their children’s time would be better spent reading a book, playing outside or talking directly to another person.

【写作内容】

  1）概括短文的内容要点，该部分的词数大约30词；

 2）然后以约120词表达对“父母奖励小孩screen time” 这种做法的看法，并包括以下的内容要点：

a ) 你对“父母奖励小孩screen time” 这种做法的看法；

b ) 以你自己实际的经历说明你的感受。

【写作要求】

A）可以使用是实例或其他论述方法支持你的观点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不要抄袭阅读材料中的句子；

B）标题自定。

［评分标准］

概括的准确性、语言的规范性、内容的合适性以及篇章的连贯性。

   假设你是李华，收到来自北京奥组委的一封信，内容如下：

   李华同学：

   你好！恭喜你被正式选拔为2008年北京奥运会志愿者！你的服务岗位是会馆外“指引向导”，服务时间是7天（8月12日至18日）。

   请你于2008年8月10日前到北京奥组委志愿者接待中心报到。

                               北京奥组委志愿者工作协调小组办公室

                                                2008年4月6日

[写作内容]

   现在你要给澳大利亚的网友写邮件，与他分享这消息，邮件的内容要包括：

   1 告诉他这一消息以及你的心情；

   2 你的服务岗位以及服务时间；

   3 准备工作：进一步提高英语，熟悉志愿者章程；

   4 你的决心；

   5 邀请他来看奥运。

[写作要求]     

   1 邮件的开头和结尾已经给出；

2 必须使用5个句子介绍全部所给的内容（不包括已经给出的句子）；

3 短文必须包含所有内容；不得在邮件中使用自己的真实姓名和地址；

[评分标准］

概括的准确性、语言的规范性、内容的合适性以及篇章的连贯性。

Dear Mike,

How are you getting on with everything?  I’ve got some good news to tell you.

Yours

                                                         Li Hua

  A

 Whenever there’s a coral reef, the chances are there are divers nearby.  Diving is one of the fastest-growing water sports in the world.  Among the world’s favorite diving sports are the northern edge of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef and the Maldives’ islands in the Indian Ocean.  There, there is enough underwater activity to satisfy the most demanding diver.

 B

   People have been skiing since 3000 BC, but the birth of modern skiing --- for pleasure rather than necessity --- only began in the late 19^th century.  Since then, winter’s top sport has become an industry.  European countries, especially those along the Alps are famous for their skiing spots.  Norway, France and Switzerland are good choices.  There you can enjoy plenty of exercise among the mountainous forests while breathing in the fresh air.  Within a couple of lessons, you will be gliding through the trees in style.

  C

   Many beautiful mountains are now linked by steel cables and ladders.  You can work your way up the kind of rocks that would otherwise be only fit for birds.  Besides the proper equipment, you often need a strong will.  Europe’s highest mountain, Mont Blanc at 4807 meters, is a common goal for climbers worldwide.

  D

   Have you been to Shanghai?  Did you climb the TV tower?  The tower is the highest in Asia, and the CN Tower is in Toronto.  Let’s view the city from the tower.  Most buildings in Toronto are not very high.  But the CN tower stands out among the buildings.  It is 553 meters high, the world’s highest tower.

 E

   In a zoo without bars, safaris are adventure in its purest form.  Out on safari, it is the animals who rule the land.  From jeeps, you can see the struggles of life and death in a variety of wildlife, such as elephants, lions, birds and snakes.

   The national parks in Africa are the perfect places for safaris.

  F

At first it all seems rather easy as you drift along with the water only occasionally reaching over the sides of your raft.  And then suddenly, you realize why they call it white-water rafting. 

First comes the dull, distant roar of rapids, then a wash of white water and finally the roller-coaster ride that turns you at top speed down the river.  The Bio-Bio River in Chile and the Colorado River in the US are among the finest white-water destinations.

   The producers of instant coffee found their product strongly resisted in the market place despite their product’s obvious advantages.  Furthermore, the advertising expenditure(费用) for instant coffee was far greater than that for regular coffee.  Efforts were made to find the cause of the consumers’ seemingly unreasonable resistance to the product.  The reason given by most people was dislike of the taste.  The producers thought that there might be deeper reasons.  However, this was confirmed by one of motivation research’s classic studies, one often cited in the trade.

   Mason Haire of the University of California made two shopping lists that were almost the same except for one item.  There were six items common to both lists: hamburger, carrots, bread, baking powder, canned peaches, and potatoes with the brands or amounts specified(具体说明).  The seventh item, in fifth place on both lists, read “one pound Maxwell House coffee” on one side and “Nescafe instant coffee” on the other.  One list was given to each one in a group of fifty women, and the other list to those in the other group of the same size.  These women were asked to study their list and then to describe, as far as they could, the kind of woman (“personality and character”) who would draw up that shopping list.  Nearly half of those who had received the list including instant coffee described a housewife who was lazy and a poor planner.  On the other hand, only one woman in the other group described the housewife, who had included regular coffee on her list, as being lazy; only six of that group suggested that she was probably not a good wife; and no one drew the same conclusion as the women in the “instant coffee” group did about the housewife who intend to buy regular coffee.

51. In the opinion of instant coffee producers, ________.

   A. people should buy regular coffee

   B. regular coffee is inferior to instant coffee

   C. instant coffee should have a good market because of its obvious advantages

   D. the advertising expenditure for regular coffee is very great

52. In this instance, the purpose of motivation study was to discover________.

   A. why there were deeper reasons

   B. the reason why instant coffee did not taste good

   C. why regular coffee was successful

   D. the deeper reason for the people’s resistance to instant coffee

53. The two lists on which “one pound Maxwell House coffee” and “Nescafe instant coffee” were written as items were given to __________.

   A. 7 women     B. 14 women    C.  50 women    D. 100 women

54. Because of the result of this test, the producers of instant coffee would probably revise their advertising to show __________.

   A. a lazy wife drinking instant coffee

   B. a stupid wife using instant coffee

   C. a hard-working woman drinking instant coffee

   D. a busy wife using regular coffee

55. Which of the following can be learned from the passage?

   A. It is reasonable for people to resist instant coffee

   B. Advertising does not always assure favorable sales results

   C. People pay little attention to advertising

   D. Regular coffee has better taste than instant coffee

   Villagers in Koh Samui yesterday criticized state authorities for their failure to stop illegal deforestation on the resort island.  The villagers in Bor Phut said they had seen a group of men take chainsaws to a forest on Khao Duang Nok mountain near Samui airport.  They believe the men are falling trees to clear the land for a construction project.

   “We’ve heard the sound of saws working,” said a villager.  The mountain’steep slope made it difficult for the villagers to get into the forest to see the men at work.  However, they said traces of deforestation were apparent.  One villager said he reported the matter to state authorities, asking them to take legal action, but to no avail.

   Khao Duang Nok has been under the spotlight after the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry investigated the matter.

   A businessman was charged with having occupied 49 acres of land with false land documents and many land officials were arranged to leave the area during the investigation in connection with land scandals in a project known as “The Peak”.

   Koh Samui district chief Decha Kangsanant has ordered a stop to any development activities on Khao Duang Nok until the investigation results are released.  However, the villagers said nothing has been done to stop deforestation.  Sunthorn Watcharakuldirok, director of the Forestry Department, said the group of men entered the forest two weeks ago after forestry officials returned from their inspection.

   The fact that the men remained fearless showed that it was the work of influential people who were challenging state power, he said.  His department is planning to arrest all the men.

46. The underlined phase “to no avail” in the second paragraph means _______.

   A. useless                                   B. in astonishment

   C. without permission                  D. without delay

47. Villagers failed to see the men cutting down the trees in the forest because ____.

   A. the traces of deforestation were apparent

   B. the authorities forbade them to go there

   C. the mountain blocked their views

   D. the road to the forest is not easy to take

48. ________ is a person, not a place.

   A. Koh Samui                     B. Bor Phut  

C. Khao Duang Nok            D. Decha Kangsanant

49. It is obvious that __________.

   A. the activity of falling trees is going on

   B. the authorities have arrested some criminals

   C. the group observe the order of the authorities

   D. the activities on Khao Duang Nok have stopped

50. The news report mainly tells us ________.

   A. illegal activities were on the move

   B. some officials involved in the land scandals

   C. the villagers blamed the authorities for the illegal deforestation

   D. the villagers were angry at the businessman

  Like most people, I was brought up to look upon life as a getting.  It was not until in my later thirties that I made this important discovery: giving-away makes life so much more exciting.  One discovery I made about giving away is that it is almost impossible to give away anything in this world without getting something back, though the return often comes in an unexpected form.  One Sunday morning the local post office delivered a letter to my home, though it was addressed to me at my office.  I wrote the postmaster a note of appreciation.  More than a year later I needed a post office box for a new business I was starting.  I was told at the window that there were no boxes left, and that my name would have to go on a long waiting list.  As I was about to leave, the postmaster appeared in the doorway.  He had overheard our conversation.  “Wasn’t it you that wrote us a letter a year ago about delivering a special delivery to your home?”  I said it was.  “Well, you certainly are going to have a box in this post office if you have to make one for you.  You don’t know what a letter like that means to us.  We usually get nothing but complaints.”  

41. At first the author looked upon life as a process of getting.  He formed this view of life because____________.

   A. other people were selfish        B. he thought it exciting to get from others

   C. of his early education             D. of his character

42. The author wrote a note of appreciation to the post office because ________.

   A. he knew what such a note would mean to the post office

   B. he had discovered giving-away made life all the more exciting

   C. he believed he would get something back by doing so

   D. the post man delivered an important letter in time

43. When the author needed a post-office box,  _________.

   A. many had applied for post-office boxes before him

   B. he asked to put his name on a waiting list

   C. he tried to see the postmaster

   D. he wrote the postmaster a note of appreciation

44. The postmaster promised _________.

   A. to make a new post-office for the author

   B. to let the author have a post-office box

   C. to include the author’s name on the list

   D. to deliver the author’s mail to his home

45. The postmaster interfered(干预) because ________.

   A. he overheard this conversation

    B. he had received a lot of complaints for lack of post-office boxes

   C. he was thankful for the letter the author had written

   D. he was proud of their good service

  Friday-the Thirteenth has long been considered extremely unlucky because it has some bad   31   (associate) which came from mythology, tale of the Bible, and the customs and habits.  According to the Bible, the Lord God created the first man, Adam.  Then he took a rib from Adam’s body and out of   32   created the first  woman, Eve.  It was said that Adam   33   (create) on a Friday and it was on a Friday that Adam and Eve ate the   34   (forbid) fruit, and on a Friday they died.

   Friday was   35   the common day in England for executing(处死) criminals,   36   which it was sometimes known as Hanging Day.

   From the Old Norse myth people got the idea   37   13 people   38   (seat) at a table to have a dinner was unlucky.  And this superstition(迷信) was confirmed by the last supper of Christ and his disciples(门徒).  Bible tells us that Christ sat down with his 12 disciples, which made   39   the number 13, at the last supper   40   Judas, one of the 12 disciples, sold his master for thirty pieces of silver.  Christ was killed by nailing on the cross the following day on a Friday.