I hated dinner parties．But I decided to give them another shot because I'm in London and my friend Mallery invited me．And because dinner parties in London are very different from those back in New York．There, having a dinner party' means: "I'm booking a table at restaurant for 12 at a restaurant you can't afford and we'll be sharing the cheque evenly, no matter what you eat．" Worse, in Manahan there is always someone who leaves before the bill arrives．They'll throw down cash, half of what they owe, and then people like me, who don't drink, end up paying even more．But if I try to use the same trick, the hostess will shout:" Where are you going?" And it's not likely I can say I have somewhere to go: everyone know I have nowhere to go．

    But in London, dinner parties are in people's homes．Not only that, the guests are an interesting mix．The last time I went to one, the guests were from France, India, Denmark and Nigeria; it was like a gathering at the United Nations．In New York, the mix is less striking．It's like a gathering at Bloomingdale's, a well-known department store．

    For New Yorkers, talking about other parts of the world means Brooklyn and Queens in New York．But at Mallery's, when I said that I had been to Myanmar recently, people knew where it was．In New York people would think it was a usual new club．

1．What does the word "shot" in Paragraph1probably mean?

    A．Choice．             B．Try              C．Style．         D．Goal

2．What does the writer dislike most about dinner parties in New York?

    A．There is a strange mix of people．

    B．The restaurants are expensive．

    C．The bill is not fairly shared．

    D．People have to pay cash

3．What does the author think of the parties in London?

      A．A bit unusual

      B．Full of tricks．

      C．Less costly．

      D．More interesting．

4．What is the author's opinion of some New Yorkers from her experience?

    A．Easy-going．       B．Self-centered．           C．Generous．    D．Conservative．

Too much TV-watching can harm children’s ability to learn and even reduce their chances of getting a college degree, new studies suggest in the latest effort to examine the effects of television on children．

One of the studies looked at nearly 400 northern California third-graders．Those with TVs in their bedrooms scored about eight points lower on math and language arts tests than children without bedroom TVs．

A second study, looking at nearly 1000 grown-ups in New Zealand, found lower education levels among 26-year –olds who had watched lots of TV during childhood．But the results don’t prove that TV is the cause and don't rule out that already poorly motivated youngsters（年轻人）may watch lots of TV．

Their study measured the TV habits of 26-year-olds between ages 5 and 15．These with college degrees had watched an average of less than two hours of TV per weeknight during childhood, compared with an average of more than 2 1/2 hours for those who had no education beyond high school．

    In the California study, children with TVs in their rooms but no computer at home scored the lowest while those with no bedroom TV but who had home computers scored the highest．

    While this study does not prove that bedroom TV sets caused the lower scores, it adds to accumulating findings that children shouldn’t have TVs in their bedrooms．

1．According to the California study, the low-scoring group might________

    A．have watched a lot of TV

    B．not be interested in math

    C．be unable to go to college

    D．have had computers in their bedrooms

2．What is the researchers' understanding of the New Zealand study results?

    A．Poorly motivated 26-year-olds watch more TV．

    B．Habits of TV watching reduce learning interest

    C．TV watching leads to lower education levels of the 15-year-olds．

    D．The connection between TV and education levels is difficult to explain

3．What can we learn from the last two paragraphs?

    A．More time should be spent on computers．

    B．Children should be forbidden from watching TV．

    C．'IV sets shouldn't be allowed in children's bedrooms,

    D．Further studies on high-achieving students should be done

4．What would be the best title for this text?

    A．Computers or Television

    B．Effects of Television on Children

    C．Studies on TV and College Education

    D．Television and Children's Learning Habits

On May 23,1989, Stefania Follini came out from a cave at Carlsbad , New Mexico．She hadn’t seen the sun for eighteen and a half weeks．Stefania was in a research program, and the scientists in the program were studying body rhythms （节奏）．In this experiment Stefania had spent 130 days in a cave , 30 feet in depth．

During her time in the cave, Stefania had been completely alone except for two white mice．Her living place had been very comfortable, but there had been nothing to tell her the time．She’d had no clock or watches , no television or radio．There had been no natural light and the temperature had always been kept at 21℃

The results were very interesting. Stefania had been in the cave for over four months, but she thought she had been there for only two. Her body clock had changed. She hadn’t kept to a 24-hour day, she had stayed awake for 20-25 hours and then had slept for 10 hours. She had eaten fewer meals and had lost171bs in weight as a results! She had also become rather depressed（抑郁）.

How had she spent her time in the cave? As part of the experiment she’d done some physical and mental tests. She’d recorded her daily activities and the results of the tests on a computer. This computer had been specially programmed for the project. Whenever she was free, she’d played cards, read books and listened to music. She’d also learned French from tapes.

The experiment showed that our body clocks are affected by light and temperature. For example, the pattern of day and night makes us wake up and go to sleep. However, people are affected in different ways. Some people wake up naturally at 5:00 am, but others don’t start to wake up till 9:00 or 10:00 am. This affects the whole daily rhythm. As a result, the early risers, on the other hand, are tired during the day and only come to life in the afternoon or evening!

1．Stefania stayed in the cave for a long time because___________．

A．she was asked to do research on mice

B．she wanted to experience loneliness

C．she was the subject of a study

D．she needed to record her life

2．What is a cause for the change of Stefania’s body clock?

A．Eating fewer hours of sleep．

B．Having more hours of sleep

C．Lacking physical exercise．

D．Getting no natural light．

3．Where does the text probably come from?

A．A novel．                                B．A news story．

C．A pet magazine ．                         D．A travel guide．

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。

I was ten when I first sat with my grandmother behind the cashier（收银台）in her general store．   1    I quickly learned the importance of treating customers politely and saying “thank you．”

At first I was paid in candy．    2    I worked every day after school, and during the summer and on weekends and holidays from 8 a．m．to 7 p．m． My father helped me set up a bank account．   3    

By the time I was 12, My grandmother thought I had done such a good job that the promoted me to selling cosmetics（化妆品）．I developed the ability to look customers directly in the eye．Even though I was just a kid, women would ask me such things as “What color do you think I should wear?” I took a real interest in their questions and was able to translate what they wanted into makeup（化妆）ideas．   4  

The job taught me a valuable lesson: to be a successful salesperson, you didn’t need to be a

rocket scientist—you needed to be a great listener．_5____Except they are no longer women purchasing cosmetics from me; instead, they are kids who tell me which toys they would like to see designed and developed．

A．Later I received 50 cents an hour．

B．Before long, she let me sit there by myself．

C．I ended up selling a record amount of cosmetics．

D．Today I still carry that lesson with me: I listen to customers．

E．My grandma’s trust taught me how to handle responsibility．

F．Soon I found myself looking more beautiful than ever before．

G．Watching my money grow was more rewarding than anything I could have bought．

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．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

    Christine was just a girl in one of my classes. I never knew much about her except for that she was strange. She didn't talk many. Her hair was black and purple, and she worn black sports shoes and a black sweater, although in the summer. She was, in fact, rather attractively, and she never seemed care what the rest of us thought about her. Like the rest of my classmate, I didn't really want to get closest to her. It was only when we did their chemistry project together that I

begin to understand why Christine dressed the way she did.

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注意：1。词数100左右；

2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3．启事标语和结尾已为你写好。

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—Have you finished reading Jane Eyre?

一No，I     my homework all day yesterday．

A．was doing            B．would do                C．had done             D．do

The workers     the glasses and marked on each box” This Side UP”

A．carried                 B．delivered                 C．pressed               D．packed

I'll spend half of my holiday practicing English and        half learning drawing

A．another                B．the other                 C．other’s            D．other

As a child, Jack studied in a village school，      is named after his grandfather．

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