The evidence for harmony may not be obvious in some families．But it seems that four out of five young people now get on with their parents, which is the opposite of the popularly held image （印象） of unhappy teenagers locked in their room after endless family quarrels．

       An important new study into teenage attitudes surprisingly shows that their family life is more harmonious than it has ever been in the past．“We were surprised by just how positive today’s young people seen to be about their families,” said one member of the research team．“They’re expected to be rebellious（叛逆的） and selfish but actually they have other things on their minds: they want a car and material goods, and they worry about whether school is serving them well．There’s more negotiation（商议） and discussion between parents and children, and children expect to take part in the family decision-making process．They don’t want to rock the boat．”

       So it seems that this generation of parents is much more likely than parents of 30 years ago to treat their children as friends．” My parents are happy to discuss things with me and willing to listen to me,” says 17-years-old Daniel Lazall．“I always tell them when I’m going out clubbing．As long as they know what I’m doing, they’re fine with it．” Susan Crome, who is now 21, agrees．“Looking back on the last 10 years, there was a lot of what you could call negotiation．For example, as long as I’d done all my homework, I could go out on a Saturday night．But I think my grandparents were a lot stricter with my parents than that．”

       Maybe this positive view of family life should not be unexpected．It is possible that the idea of teenager rebellion is not rooted in real facts．A researcher comments, “Our surprise that teenagers say they get along well with their parents comes because of a brief period in out social history when teenagers were regarded as different beings．But that idea of rebelling and breaking away from their parents really only happened during that one time in the 1960s when everyone rebelled．The normal situation throughout history has been a smooth change from helping out with the family business to taking it over．”

1．What is the popular images of teenagers today?

       A．They worry about school

       B．They dislike living with their parents

       C．They have to be locked in to avoid troubles

       D．They quarrel a lot with other family members

2．The study shows that teenagers don’t want to ___

       A．share family responsibility                     B．cause trouble in their families

       C．go boating with their family            D．make family decisions

3．Compared with parents of 30 years age, today’s parents___．

       A．go to clubs more often with their children

       B．are much stricter with their children

       C．care less about their children’s life

       D．give their children more freedom

4．According to the author, teenage rebellion____．

       A．may be a false belief                          B．is common nowadays

       C．existed only in the 1960s                  D．resulted from changes in families

Dear all,

       Please read Professor Hume's email about his next lecture on Rosa Parks．

       Susan Miller

       Secretary

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Dear Susan,

       Please forward this message to students of my history class．

       Besides the life story of Rosa Parks in the textbook, the students are also required to read the passage below and some related stories that can be borrowed from the school library．

       Ted Hume

       The early experiences of Rosa Parks（1913-2005）, long known as the “mother of the civil rights movement, ”were not different from those of many African-Americans at that time．The black woman, however, turned the course of American history in December 1955 when she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man．“By sitting down, ”remarked John Lewis, “she was standing up for all Americans．”

       Among the numerous awards Parks received in her life were the Presidential Medal of Freedom（1996）and the Congressional Gold Medal（1999）．

       Parks died on Oct．24, 2005．At St．Paul                                A．M．E．Church in Montgomery, a large crowd including Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice celebrated her life．Rice said she and others, who grew up when the political activities of Parks held public attention, might not have realized her impact（影响）on their lives, “but I can honestly say that without Mrs．Parks, I probably would not be standing here as Secretary of State．”

       After her casket（灵柩）was placed at the Capitol, U．S．President Bush, members of Congress and ordinary Americans paid their respects．In American history Parks is the first woman to lie in state at the Capitol, a very high regard usually reserved for Presidents of the United States．

1．What is the main purpose of Susan’s email?

       A．To make arrangements for Professor Hume's class．

       B．To introduce to the students Rosa Parks．

       C．To help the students organize a lecture．

       D．To answer Professor Hume's last email．

2．What does the underlined word “forward” mean?

       A．Explain．            B．Send．                C．Take．                D．Read．

3．The political impact of Rosa Parks lies in the fact that she ．

       A．helped Condoleezza Rice achieve political success

       B．joined the civil rights movement at a young age

       C．made racial equality a common value in American society

       D．set a good example in her early life for other black Americans

4．How was Rosa Parks treated after her death?

       A．She was named “mother of the civil rights movement．”

       B．She was received by President Bush at the Capitol．

       C．She was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom．

       D．She was honored to lie in state at the Capitol．

Throughout the history of the arts, the nature of creativity has remained constant to artists．No matter what objects they select, artists are to bring forth new forces and forms that cause change—to find poetry where no one has ever seen or experienced it before．

       Landscape（风景） is another unchanging element of art．It can be found from ancient times through the 17th-century Dutch painters to the 19th-century romanticists and impressionists．In the 1970s Alfred Leslie, one of the new American realists, continued this practice．Leslie sought out the same place where Thomas Cole, a romanticist, had produced paintings of the same scene a century and a half before．Unlike Cole who insists on a feeling of loneliness and the idea of finding peace in nature, Leslie paints what he actually sees．In his paintings, there is no particular change in emotion, and he includes ordinary things like the highway in the background．He also takes advantage of the latest developments of color photography（摄影术） to help both the eye and the memory when he improves his painting back in his workroom．

       Besides, all art begs the age-old question: What is real? Each generation of artists has shown their understanding of reality in one form or another．The impressionists saw reality in brief emotional effects, the realists in everyday subjects and in forest scenes, and the Cro-Magnon cave people in their naturalistic drawings of the animals in the ancient forests．To sum up, understanding reality is a necessary struggle for artists of all periods．

       Over thousands of years the function of the arts has remained relatively constant．Past or present, Eastern or Western, the arts are a basic part of our immediate experience．Many and different are the faces of art, and together they express the basic need and hope of human beings．

1．Leslie's paintings are extraordinary because_______ ．

       A．they are close in style to works in ancient times

       B．they look like works by 19th-century painters

       C．they draw attention to common things in life

       D．they depend heavily on color photography

2．What is the author's opinion of artistic reality?

       A．It will not be found in future works of art．

       B．It does not have a long-lasting standard．

       C．It is expressed in a fixed artistic form．

       D．It is lacking in modern works of art．

3．What does the author suggest about the arts in the last paragraph?

       A．They express people's curiosity about the past．

       B．They make people interested in everyday experience．

       C．They are considered important for variety in form．

       D．They are regarded as a mirror of the human situation．

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

       __1___ People use money to buy food, furniture, books, bicycles and hundreds of other things they need or want．When they work, they usually get paid in money．

       Most of the money today is made of metal or paper．____2___ One of the first kinds of money was shells．

       Shells were not the only things used as money．In China, cloth and knives were used．In the Philippine Islands, rice was used as money for a long time．Elephant tusks, monkey tails and salt were used as money in parts of Africa．

       The first metal coins were made in China．They were round and had a square hole in the centre．_____3_____

       Different countries have used different metals and designs for their money．___4____ Sweden and Russia used copper （铜） to make their money．Later some countries began to make coins of gold and silver．

       But even gold and silver were inconvenient if you had to buy something expensive．Again the Chinese thought of a way to improve money．_____5___ The first paper money looked more like a note from one person to another than the paper money used today．

       Money has had an interesting history from the days of shell money until today．

       A．The first coins in England were made of tin （锡）．

       B．But people used to use all kinds of things as money．

       C．No one knows for certain when people began to use money．

       D．People strung （串连） them together and carried them from place to place．

       E．Money, as we know, is all made of paper．

       F．They began to use paper money．

       G．Today anyone will accept money in exchange for goods and services．

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√）如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：

       删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

       增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符合（^），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

       修改：在错的词下划—横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

       注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

       2．允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Dear Mr. Johnson,

       I’ve learned from a newspaper that some clerks are wanting in your company．I am eager to being one of them．So I am writing the letter．My name is zhang Hua．I was born in the Hebei Province and I am in good health．I’ve just graduated in the Computer Department of Wuhan University．I did very good in all subjects and I am especial good at computer studies and English．I can read science books in English and doing some writing in English as well．

       Beside, I know a little French．And in my spare time, I enjoy playing basketball．As is said that your company is very famous and I’ll very glad if you let me work for it．My telephone number is 027-89276628．I am looking forward to hearing from you soon．

请看《中国日报》的报道：

    The "illegal cooking oil" is usually made from discarded kitchen waste that has been refined, the report said, adding that the oil, which contains a highly toxic and carcinogenic substance called "aflatoxin", can cause cancer．

该报告称，“地沟油”通常使用餐厨垃圾提炼而成，成分中含有的黄曲霉素毒性很强，可致癌。

使用illegal cooking oil已成为餐饮行业的open secret（公开的秘密）。国家药监局近日发布紧急通知，要求严防“地沟油”流入餐饮服务环节，对于违反单位，情节严重的将吊销其餐饮服务许可证。

请你就此谈论你读了该新闻的感受。要求：词数120左右，行文连贯。

The place was flooded ________ it had been raining for several weeks.

A．because        B．because of          C．ever since          D．as a result of

The general said to the men, “Don’t stop practicing.

The general _______ the man ________.

A．ordered; not to stop              B．ordered; don’t stop

C．said to; not to stop               D．requested; to not stop

The farm grows various kinds of crops, _______ wheat, corn, cotton and rice.

A．for example          B．as        C．so that        D．such as

I’d like to go ________ to help people, ________ when they are in trouble.

A．straight; especially                        B．straight; specially

C．straightly; specially                       D．straightly; especially