If your boss asks you to work in Moscow this year, he’d better offer you more money to do so —or even double that depending on where you live now. That’s because Moscow has just been found to be the world’s most expensive city for the second year in a row by Mercer Human Resources Consulting.

   Using the cost of living in New York as a base, Mercer determined Moscow is 34.4 percent more expensive including the cost of housing, transportation, food, clothing, household goods and entertainment(娱乐)。

   A two-bedroom flat in Moscow now costs ＄4,000 a month; a CD ＄24.83, and an international newspaper ＄6.30, according to Mercer. By comparison, a fast food meal with a hamburger(汉堡包) is a steal at ＄4.80.

   London takes the No.2 place, up from No.5 a year ago, thanks to higher cost of housing and a stronger British pound relative to the dollar. Mercer estimates(估算) London is 26 percent more expensive than New York these days. Following London closely are Seoul and Tokyo, both of which are 22 percent more expensive than New York, while No.5 Hong Kong is 19 percent more costly.

   Among North American cities, New York and Los Angeles are the most expensive and are the only two listed in the top 50 of the world’s most expensive cities. But both have fallen since lase year’s study—New York came in 15^th ,down from 10^th place, while Los Angeles fell to 42^nd from 29^th place a year ago. San Francisco came in a distant third at No.54, down 20 places from a year earlier.

   Toronto, meanwhile, is Canada’s most expensive city but fell 35 places to take 82^nd place worldwide. In Australia, Sydney is the priciest place to live in and No.21 worldwide.

1. What do the underlined words “a steal” in Paragraph 3 mean?

   A. an art of stealing                B. something delicious

   C. something very cheap              D. an act of buying

2. London has become the second most expensive city because of           .

   A. the high cost of clothing         B. the stronger proud against the dollar

   c. its expensive transportation       D. the high prices of fast food meals

3. Which city is the third most expensive on the list?

   A. Tokyo         B. Hong Kong        C. Moscow           D. Sydney

4. Which city has dropped most on the list in North America?

   A. New York    B. Los Angeles              C. San Francisco           D. Toronto

   此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。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：

   此行多一词：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：原行没有错的不要改。

It is five years now since I graduate from No.3 High          1.           

School. Last Saturday, the class that I was on held a          2.           

get-together, which took us a long time prepare. It             3.           

was indeed not easy to get in the touch with everybody             4.           

and set a well time for all of us. We all enjoyed                  5.           

this precious day greatly, remember the time we spent        6.           

together and the people they were familiar with. It was              7.           

a pity which some of us were not present as they had        8.           

gone abroad for further studies, but they called back          9.           

or sent greeting card from different places.                       10.           

   假定你是李华，准备参加学校举办的主题为“健康成长”的英语作文比赛。请按要求写一篇短文。主要内容包括：

   1．乐观的人生态度：2．努力学习：3．参加体育锻炼。．

   生词：态度attitude

   注意：1.词数l00左右：2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯：3.开头己为你写好．

—Would you like to join me for a quick lunch before class?

—        , but I promised Nancy to go out with her.

A. I’d like to         B.I like it               C.I don’t              D.I will

—What fruit is in season now?

—Grapes and peaches,       .

A.I know                      B.I think                C.I see                  D.I feel

The performance        nearly three hours, but few people left the theatre early.

A. covered                    B. reached             C. played               D. lasted

Let’s learn to use the problem we are facing      a stepping-stone to future success.

A. to                                   B. for                    C. as                            D. by

The lawyer rarely wears anything other than jeans and a T-shirt       the season.

A. whatever                         B. wherever           C. whenever          D. however

I like getting up very early in summer. The morning air is so good       .

A. to be breathed                                      B. to breathe

C. breathing                                              D. being breathed

—Have you known Dr. Jackson for a long time?

—Yes, since she        the Chinese Society.

A. has joined                 B. joins                  C. had joined                 D. joined