What is eBay? The simple answer is that it is a global trading platform where nearly anyone can trade practically anything．People can sell and buy all kinds of products and goods, including cars, movies and DVDs, sporting goods, travel tickets, musical instruments, clothes and shoes---the list goes on and on 

The idea came from Peter Omidyar, who was born in Paris and moved to Washington when he was still a child．At high school, he became very interested in computer programming and after graduating from Tuft University in 1988, he worked for the next few years as a computer engineer．In his free time he started Bay as a kind of hobby, at first offering the service free by word of mouth． By 1996 there was so much traffic on the website that he had to upgrade（升级） and he began charging a fee to members． Joined by a friend, Peter Skill, and in 1998 by his capable CEO, Meg Whitman, he has never looked back．Even in the great crashes of the late 1990s, ebay has gone from strength to strength． It is now one of the ten most visited online shopping websites on the Internet 

Ebay sells connections, not goods, putting buyer and seller into contact with each other． All you have to do is lake an e-photo, write a description, fill out a sales form and you are in business．The world is your market place．Of course for each item , eBay gets a percentage and that is a great deal of money． Every day there are more than sixteen million items listed on eBay and eighty percent of the items are sold． 

1．We learn from the text that eBay provides people with__ 

A．a way of buying and selling goods 

B．a website for them to upgrade（升级）

C．a place to show their own photos 

D．a chance to buy things at low prices 

2．Why did Peter create eBay after graduating from university? 

A．For fun

B．To make money

C．For gathering the engineers

D．To fulfill a task of his company

3．From “he has never looked back “in Paragraph 2 we learn that Peter_______

A．did not feel lonely

B．was always hopeful 

C．did not think about the past

D．became more and more successful 

4．How does eBay make money from its website? 

A．By bringing sellers together．

B．By charging for each sale

C．By listing items online

D．By making e-photos．

NOT all memories are sweet．Some people spend all their lives trying to forget bad

memories．Violence and traffic accidents can leave people with terrible physical and emotional scars．

Now American researchers think they are close to developing a pill, which will help people forget bad memories．The pill is designed to be taken immediately after a scary events．They hope it might reduce ,or possibly erase ,the effect of painful memories．

    In November, experts tested a drug on people in the US and France．The drug stops the body producing chemicals that fix memories in the brain．So far the research has suggested that only the emotional effects of memories may be reduced, not that the memories are erased．

   The research has caused a great deal of argument．Some think it is a bad idea, while others support it．

   Supporters say it could lead to pills that prevent or treat soldiers' troubling memories after war．They say that there are many people who suffer from terrible memories．

   "Some memories can ruin people's lives．They come back to you when you don't want to have them in a daydream or nightmare．They usually come with very painful emotions," said Roger Pitman．

    But those who are against the research say that changing memories is very dangerous because memories make us different from others．They also help us all avoid the mistakes of the past．

   "All of us can think of bad events in our lives that were horrible at the time but make us who we are．I'm not sure whether we want to wipe those memories out, "said Rebecca Dresser, a medical ethicist．

1．What does the underlined word “erase” mean?

A．change                B．remove               C．add                     D．forgive

2．The passage is mainly about ________．

A．a new medical invention

B．a new research on the pill

C．a way of erasing painful memories

D．the argument about the research on the pill

3．The drug tested on people can ________．

  A．cause the brain to fix memories

  B．stop people remembering bad events

  C．prevent body producing certain chemicals

  D．wipe out the bad memories

4．Which of the following statements is TRUE?       ．

  A．Some people doubt whether the pills should be used to help people forget bad memories．

  B．the pill will stop people's bad memories．

  C．taking the pill will do harm to people's health

D．the pill has been produced in America

5．Which of the following does Rebecca Dresser agree with?

A．Some memories can ruin people's lives．

B．People want to get rid of bad memories．

C．Having bad events makes us different from others．

D．The pill will reduce people's sufferings from bad memories．

请根据下列汉语提示写出单词的正确形式．

1．Being ___（满足的，满意的） with what we have will lead to happiness in our life．

2．The girl ___（为…作证） to seeing the man run into the bank on a dark night．

3．All the soldiers would do everything they can to ___（ 保护，防卫） their country．

4．We are interested in weather because it ____（影响）us so directly—what we wear, what we do and even how we feel．

5．The Internet will let people have ___ （途径,权利）to a great deal of information from their own homes．

6．The teacher didn’t give the lesson until all the students ____（平静，安静） down．

7．This year when the flu spread all over the country, people got into a____（ 恐慌）

8．I’m sure that your letter will get______（立刻的,及时的） attention．They know you’re waiting for the reply．

9．The competition was so fierce but we got the first place．Oh, that’s ____（难以置信的）

10．When the terrible earthquake happened, I was working in the high building and was nearly ____ （惊吓）to death．

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误．对标有题号的每一行按下列情况改正：

此行多一个词：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。

此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（^），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词

此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：请在答题卡上作答。

  One day, I went to the market and find many                                           1．             

beautiful birds in few cages for sale．I heard                                              2．             

two young men talked．One said,“ I caught eight                                        3．             

birds like these on last Sunday, but not a single one                                      4．             

was lively the next morning．” Oh, God! The birds                                     5．             

are being killed．The number is reducing year after year．                           6．             

Birds, like another animals, are our friends．They eat a                               7．             

lot of pests and make our nature beautifully．                                             8．             

So we must do something to prevent them killed．                                      9．             

We wish that everyone will care for them．                                                10．             

假如你是李华，常和英国笔友Harry通信。自从去年市教委下发了“减负增效”的文件之后，同学们不需要上早自习．。这引起了同学们的争论：有人支持，有人反对。请根据下列提示写信谈你的观点并说明理由．

提示：

1．足够的时间吃早餐或锻炼

2充足的睡眠可以保证上课精力充沛

3 可在其他时间朗读，记忆或者复习

注意：

1、信的开头已为你写好（不计入词数）

2、词数约100字。

Dear Harry,

   How are things going with you? Today I’m writing to you about our school life．Since the policy “Reduce unnecessary burden for more effective learning” was carried out, we don’t need to have self-study in the morning any longer．But the policy has caused a great deal of argument．

   ___________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

We work together to achieve our common purpose：          world that is safer cleaner and healthier than         one we found．

A．the；the         B．a；不填           C．a；the          D．the；不填

After running for a mile yesterday，I was almost                   ，not feeling bad，though．

A．out of shape         B．out of breath       C．out of control        D．out of order

Following the successful Beijing Olympic shanghai            70 million people for the

2010 World Expo.

A．expects         B．is expected         C． is expecting         D． has expected

I admire my English teacher．I can remember very few occasions     she stopped working because of ill health．

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

If water becomes increasingly scarce in decades     ，water shortage will become a hot issue all over the world．

A．coming         B．having come         C．to come         D．to be coming