I am a good mother to three children. I have tried never to let my profession stand in the way of being a good parent.

I no longer consider myself the center of the universe. I show up. I listen. I try to laugh. I am a good friend to my husband. I have tried to make marriage vows mean what they say. I am a good friend to my friends, and they to me. Without them, there would be nothing to say to you today.

So here’s what I wanted to tell you: Get a life－a real life, not a desire of the next promotion, the bigger paycheck, the larger house.

Get a life in which you are not alone. Find people you love, and who love you. And remember that love is not leisure but it is work. Pick up the phone. Send an e-mail. Write a letter. And realize that life is the best thing and that you have no business taking it for granted.

It is so easy to waste our lives, our days our hours, and our minutes. It is so easy to exist instead of to live. I learned to live many years ago. Something really, really bad happened to me, something that changed my life in ways that, if I had my choice, it would never have been changed at all. And what I learned from it is what, today, seems to be the hardest lesson of all.

I learned to love the journey, not the destination. I learned to look at all the good in the world and try to give some of it back because I believed in it, completely and totally. And I tried to do that, in part, by telling others what I had learned.

By telling them this: Read in the backyard with the sun on your face. Learn to be happy. And think of life as a deadly illness, because if you do, you will live it with joy and passion as it ought to be lived.

1．The best title of this passage probably is ____________.                

       A．Live a real life                                      B．love your friends

       C．Don’t waste time                                 D．Be a good mother and wife

2．How did the author form her view of life?

       A．Through social experience.                   B．By learning from her friends

       C．Through an unfortunate experience.       D．From her children and husband.

3．By the underlined sentence “It is so easy to exist instead of to live” in the fifth paragraph, the author really means that people tend to ____________.

       A．make a living rather live a real life

       B．work rather than enjoy life

       C．waste a lot in life

       D．forget the most important lessons in life

4．It can be inferred from the passage that ___________.

       A．the author is a success

       B．the author didn’t try her best to work well

       C．the author spent all her time caring for her children

       D．the author likes traveling very much

Help Wanted

VETERINARIAN ASSISTANT－Person needed for busy animal hospital. Some nights and weekends. Apply in person to Johnso-Marks Animal hospital, 404 Snow Road, Syracuse, NY. 13324. After 4:00 p.m. only, please.

NURSES’ ASSISTANT－Full-time and part-time positions available for modern nursing home. High pay. Call Mrs. Downes at 534-7618.

Help Wanted

COOK NEEDED－Immediately. Busy downtown restaurant. Must be good and dependable. Experience preferred. Weekends required. Call: 324-9817.

SALESPERSON－Experienced. Must have some knowledge of men’s clothing industry. Available to work evenings and some Saturdays. Send resume to :Martin’s Apparal, 237 Rockledge St. Syracuse, NY. 13224.

TEACHER－Small private school needs English and math teachers. Must have BS degree and at 4 years teaching experience.

Send resume to: Wales Charter School 19 South 8th St. NY. 13214

Help Wanted

   HOTEL－Needs part-time front desk clerk. No experience necessary. Excellent people and skills a must. Some computer skill helpful. $ 13/hr. Call: Mr. Jones 357-2897.

1．If you are interested in working in a hotel, call ___________.

       A．435-9201            B．534-7618             C．324-9817            D．357-2897

2．If you want to get a job as a math teacher, send your resume to ___________.

       A．237 Rockledge St. Syracuse, NY. 13224

       B．404 Snow Road, Syracuse, NY. 13324

       C．500 Park Drive, De Witt, NY. 13214

       D．19 South 8th St. NY., 13214

3．If you dislike working on Sundays, your best choice should be ____________.

       A．a cook                B．a secretary           C．a salesperson       D．a veterinarian assistant

4．What can you conclude from all the Help Wanted notices?             

       A．The pay you get from being a painter is higher than from a front desk clerk.

       B．No one can help you for the application for a veterinarian assistant.

       C．You can’t apply for the nurses’ assistant if you are a nursing school student.

       D．As a cook, you have to work from Sunday to Friday.

The legal limit for driving after drinking alcohol is 80 milligrams of alcohol in 100 milliliters of blood, when tested. But there is no sure way of telling how much you can drink before you reach this limit. It varies with each person depending on your weight, your sex, if you’ve just eaten and what sort of drinks you’ve had. Some people might reach their limit after only about three standard drinks.

In fact, your driving ability can be affected by just one or two drinks. Even if you’re below the legal limit, you could still be taken to court if a police officer thinks your driving has been affected by alcohol.

It takes about an hour for the body to get rid of the alcohol in one standard drink. So, if you have a heavy drinking session in the evening you might find that your driving ability is still affected the next morning, or you could even find that you’re still over the legal limit. In addition, if you’ve had a few drinks at lunchtime, another one or two drinks in the early evening may well put you over the legal limit.

In a test with professional drivers, the more alcoholic drinks they had had the more certain they were that they could drive a test course through a set of moveable posts… and the less able they were to do it! So the only way to be sure you’re safe is not to drink at all/

Alcohol is a cause of road traffic accidents. One in three of the drivers killed in road accidents have levels of alcohol which are over the legal limit, and road accidents after drinking are the biggest cause of death among young men. More than half of the people stopped by the police to take a breathalyzer test(呼吸测酒检测) have a blood alcohol concentration of more than twice the legal limit.

It is important to remember that driving after you’ve been drinking doesn’t just affect you. If you’re involved in an accident it affects a lot of other people as well, not least the person you might kill or injure.

1．The amount of alcohol a person can drink before reaching the legal limit ___________.

       A．is 80mg of pure alcohol                        B．is about three standard drinks

       C．is different for different people              D．mainly depends on his body weight

2．When might you be taken to court by the police for drinking and driving?

       A．When you have driven a vehicle after drinking any alcohol at all.

       B．When you have drunk at least three drinks before driving.

       C．When the police think you have been drinking from the way you are driving.

       D．Only when tests show that you have 80 mg of alcohol in 100ml of blood.

3．Alcohol is a major cause of road accidents in that ____________.

       A．most drivers who die in these accidents have been drinking

       B．more young men die in the drink-related accidents than in any other way

       C．drinking affects people’s blood alcohol concentration

       D．one in three drivers drink heavily

4．What does this article urge you to remember particularly about driving after drinking?

       A．You may be taken to court by the police.                               B．You put many other people at risk.

       C．You are putting yourself in danger  D．You may kill or hurt another road-user

Most young people enjoy some form of physical activity. It may be walking, cycling, swimming, or in winter, skating or skiing. It may be a game of some form-football, basketball, hockey, golf or tennis.

It may be mountaineering.

Those who have a passion for climbing high mountains are often looked upon with astonishment. Why are men and women willing to suffer cold and hardship, and to take risks in high mountains? This astonishment is caused, probably, by the differences between mountaineering and other forms of activities.

Mountaineering is a sport and not a game. There are no man-made rules as others, such as golf and football. There are, of course, rules of different kinds which it would be dangerous to ignore, but it is this freedom from man-made rules that makes mountaineering attractive to many people. Those who climb mountains are free to use their own methods.

If we compare mountaineering with other more familiar sports, we might think that one big difference is that mountaineering is not “team game”. There are, it is true, no “matches” between “teams” of climbers, but when climbers are on a rock linked by a rope on which their lives may depends, there is obviously teamwork.

A mountain climber knows that he may have to fight forces that are stronger and more powerful than man. He has to fight to forces of nature. His sport requires high mental and physical qualities.

A mountain climber continues to improve in skill year after year. A skier is probably past it by the age of thirty, but it is not unusual for men of fifty or sixty to climb the highest mountain in the Alps. They may take more time than younger men, but they perhaps climb with more skills and less waste of effort, and they certainly experience equal enjoyment.

1．What movements are popular among people in winter in the passage?

       A．Soccer and golf                                   B．Skiing and skating

       C．Cycling and hockey                             D．Mountaineering

2．Mountaineering is a sport, not a game, because ____________.

       A．it has man-made rules                          B．it is too dangerous for climbers

       C．it can’t bring people joy and leisure       

D．it is free for climbers to use their own methods

3．According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?

       A．Mountaineering is a match between climbers.

       B．Mountaineering is similar to other sports in many ways.

       C．Climbers work like a team when their lives may depend on a rope.

       D．Climbers help each other in time of difficulty.

4．It can be inferred from the passage that ______________.

       A．mountaineering has no appeal to people

       B．physical quality is more important than mental quality for climbers

       C．a mountain climber would pass it by the age of thirty

       D．it is possible for an old man of fifty or sixty to climb the Alps

R：Let’s get something to eat. I’m hungry.

L：  1   Is there a place nearby where we can get something to eat?

R：There’s a McDonald not far ahead. It’s the nearest eating place around here.

L：McDonald? Is that one of the chain restaurants?

R：Don’t you know about McDonald? They sell hamburgers-that great American fast food.

L：I’ve heard about hamburgers,   2  .

R：You’ve never had a hamburger? Then you’ve got to try one.

(They enter the McDonald’s restaurant and go up to the counter.)

R：(To L)   3 

L：I don’t really know. It’s all strange to me. You go ahead and order. I’ll have whatever you have.

R：OK. (To the waiter) Two Big Macs and two side orders of French fries. (To L) I prefer a Coke.

     4 

L：Coffee, please. In fact, I prefer milk, but I’m not used to drinking it cold.

R：(To the waiter)   5   (To L) Let’s find some seats.

       A．A Coke and a coffee, please.

       B．So do I.

       C．What will you have?

       D．Me, too.

       E．A Coke and a milk, please.

       F．What will you have to drink－coffee, Coke, or milk?

       G．but do you know I’ve never had one?

根据下列句子及所给汉语注释在句子右边的横线上写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。（每空只写一词）

1．The ___________(可能性) of man’s traveling to space has been proved.         1.          

2．His explanation sounded _________(合情合理的) but her husband wouldn’t listen.

                                                                                                                     2.          

3．It is time that you ______(道歉) to Tom for your having done wrong to him.   3.          

4．Are you satisfied with what they have shown in the car _____(展览会)?          4.          

5．Is it ___________(方便) to you if I come at 6 p.m.?                                      5.          

6．______(不幸地), is newly bought computer was missing after a few minutes.  6.          

7．The thief made an _________(企图) to escape from the police but failed.         7.          

8．Being visually impaired, he learnt to live with disability, ______(克服) difficulties and lived a meaningful life.   8.          

9．Floods did not bring trouble to this area. On the _________(相反), they brought in rich soil.     9.          

10．Wang Hai will be sent _____(国外) for further study of biology.                  10.         

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：

该行多一个词：把多余词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

该行缺一个词：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。

该行错一个词：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。

Before lunch Allen happened to see a man fished in                        1._______________

a ditch about five meter outside a bar. Allen stopped                              2. _______________

curiously. All the people passed the man who was fishing                       3. _______________

regarded him as foolish man. Allen’s heart went out                               4. _______________

of him. He said kind to the fish-catcher, “Hello, will                               5. _______________

you please do favor and have a drink with me                                       6. _______________

in the bar?” The man gladly received his invitation.                                7. _______________

Before buying the man several cups of soft drinks,                                8. _______________

Allen asked, “You are fishing there, right? May I                                  9. _______________

know how many fish you have caught this morning?”                           10. _______________

“You are the number 8,” said the man humorously.

时下，很多学生带手机上学。为此，某英语报在你校组织了一场讨论。讨论的主题：中学生是否有必要手机去学校。下表提供的信息供参考，给报社写一封信，介绍讨论情况并发表自己的意见。

注意：1．信的开头已为你写好                                                

2．词数：100左右。

3．参考词汇：攀比：vie with…   在校园内：on the campus

Dear editor:

I’m writing to tell you about the discussion

Secondhand smoke clearly kills people and the only way to control it is to ban smoking in all workplaces, US Surgeon-General Dr Richard Carmona said.

In 1964Surgeon General’s report first laid out the  1  of smoking. Years later, in another report Dr Richard Carmona  2  the effects of secondhand smoke and said no one should be forced to inhale it.

“Secondhand smoke causes early death and disease in children and in   3  who do not smoke,” the report reads. “Children   4  to secondhand smoke are at an increased risk for sudden infant death syndrome, acute respiratory infections, and ear problems,” it adds.

Smoking by   5   causes respiratory symptoms and slows lung growth in their children. A 2005 report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that 430  6  died every year in the United States from sudden infant death syndrome-all   7  by secondhand smoke.

States,  8  and other local authorities have battled over instituting（制定）smoking bans. Some   9  , especially bars and restaurants, have said they will lose business if smoking is completely banned. But the report said it is impossible to protect non-smokers even with designated smoking areas, and at least one report from California, which has strict bans, has shown no   10  on businesses.

1．A．advantages            B．dangers               C．poisons               D．elements

3．A．gentlemen             B．mothers               C．youngsters          D．adults

4．A．exposed                B．resisted               C．reported              D．invited

5．A．audiences              B．authorities            C．patients               D．parents

6．A．teenagers              B．elders                  C．mothers              D．newborns

7．A．obtained                B．created                C．caused                D．abandoned

8．A．countries               B．cities                   C．schools               D．businesses

9．A．stores                   B．headquarters        C．industries            D．factories

10．A．comment           B．impact             C．attack             D．affect

阅读下面短文，根据上下文填入适当的词语，或使用括号中的词语的适当形式填空。

Choosing a career is an involved（复杂的）process that   1  (base) on a number of things, including your interests, skills, work-related values, and personality. You might want to meet with a career development professional, i.e. career counselor   2  career development adviser. A career development professional will use various tools to help you evaluate your interests, personality, skills and values,  3  is called a self-assessment. He or she will then show you   4  all these things, combined, play a role in choosing a career.

If you lack money, don’t let that keep you   5  getting the help you need. Check with your public library since some offer career planning help. Also check with local colleges and universities. Most have career development offices which may   6  services to members of the community. Programs that train career counselors often have students   7  (work) with members of the community in order to gain experience There are self-assessment tools you can use on your own. Many are available online.

  8  you should end up with is a list of suitable careers based on your self-assessment. Obviously you can’t do everything on your list,  9  will you want to. Here’s where you need to do some research. You should begin to gather information about these careers which will include a job description, outlook（前景）for the field, and required training and education.  10  you have narrowed down your choice to just a few, you should investigate even further, perhaps conducting some informational interviews with those working in the field. You can now make an educated decision about what career to pursue.