---May I have a look at the menu for a while?

---Of course, ______, sir.

　 A. take your time　 B. enjoy yourself　 C. it doesn’t matter　 D. don’t worry

假设你是李华，你国际学校的朋友Paul邀请你下个星期天去他们学校参加文化交流活动并介绍中国传统绘画, 但是你的爷爷生病住院，不得不谢绝他的邀请。请根据下面的要点给Paul用英语写一封回信。

要点： 1. 谢绝Paul的邀请；

2. 说明你的理由；

3. 推荐你的同学Anna参加。

注意： 1．词数为100左右；

       2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

              2. 信的开头已为你写好（不计入你所写词数）。

Dear Paul,

Thank you very much for your invitation________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

                      Yours,

                                                                  Li Hua

短文改错 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

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。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（/\），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

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（从第十一处起）不计分。

In the winter vacation, I paid a visit a mountain village in a suburb of Handan. No sooner had I got off the bus when I was greatly surprising to see all the changes. It was far better than I had been expected. Now every family can drink cleanly running water. The villagers needn’t carry water himself any more. Firewood is no longer used for cooking. Marsh gas, a new cheap clean energy, make it very convenient to cook and light. As all the families have color TV set, they can enjoy plays at home. It impressed me most was that the best building in a village was the school. I hope the mountain village will become better and better.

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。

“So, what are you doing after graduation?”   71   However, you have to make up your mind as your last high school year begins. Whether your plans include college, heading straight for the workforce, or taking a year off, here are some practical tips to prepare yourself for the journey.

Going to College

Some people know from an early age exactly what they want to be and how they plan to get there.   72   According to a recent survey, 75% of students change their majors after they enter college. After all, school is also not just about careers and getting a high-paying job after graduation — it’s a place for learning about yourself and the world.

Selecting a School

If college is in your future, you need to plan. Start by asking yourself questions about your preferences.   73   Once you’ve narrowed down your choices, ask the schools to send you literature or visit their websites.

Getting a Job

Maybe you’ve decided that college isn’t for you — right now, anyway. If you want to join the workforce, opportunities are out there for people who don’t have degrees. Some products-selling or service industry organizations offer training programs to high school graduates. Search the classified ads in the newspaper and do some Internet research.   74  

Taking Time Off

What if you intend to go to college but just don’t feel ready to start yet, for whatever reason? __75   This practice is common in some countries, like the United Kingdom, where it’s called a “gap year”. Even if you decide not to apply to college, it can be a great idea to take a year to do something you may not have an opportunity to do again. Lots of volunteer organizations would welcome your time and energy and would provide you with a wonderful learning experience.

A. You might want to get a high-paid job first.

B. You might want to take a year off to pause.

C. This is the fact that young people have to take into consideration.

D. Most large companies list their job openings on their websites.

E. Not all of us are so sure of our plans, though, and that’s OK too.

F. Many juniors and seniors get bored answering that question over and over.

G. Ask friends in college about their schools and other schools they’re familiar with.

HANGZHOU, China — Millions of Chinese basketball fans who were upset about the retirement of Yao Ming, are excited to see another even more shining star, Jeremy Lin, rising from the N.B.A and becoming a household name all across China.

“We are amazed by Lin Shuhao’s magic performance and should cheer him on,” one Internet user wrote.

“His sport shirts have sold out, even including the counterfeit(仿制品) ones,” said Zheng Xiaojun, a 24-year-old clerk.

Lin’s amazing success over the last month has caught the imagination of the Chinese. He has been particularly popular here in northern Zhejiang province, from which his grandmother went to Taiwan in the late 1940s.

Cai Qi, a well-known micro blogger, posted a message on micro blog over the weekend stating that Lin’s hometown is Jiaxing, a city near Hangzhou where Lin’s grandmother grew up.

Cai Qi’s nephew Yu Guohua, a 56-year-old factory worker, is Lin’s closest relative still living in northern Zhejiang. He said in a telephone interview that Lin had come to play basketball with the Jiaxing High School team last May and had been surrounded by admirers.

Yu said he did not have a chance to meet Lin in the crowd, but managed to speak with his family. “His father was very supportive of Lin’s playing basketball, but his grandmother was not, for fear he would be injured,” Yu said.

Lin may owe his height, 6 feet 3 inches, to his grandmother’s family, Yu said. Chen Weiji, the father of Lin’s grandmother, was well over 6 feet and all of Chen’s children were tall as well, he said.

The N.B.A. believes that 300 million people in China play basketball. The retirement last year of Yao Ming took its main Asian draw away from the N.B.A. But Lin’s appearance has helped the league remain a hot topic of Chinese online chatter.

67.Why does Lin Shuhao appeal especially to people in northern Zhejiang ?

A. He was born in Zhejiang.

B. His sports shirts are made in Zhejiang.

C. He once visited Zhejiang.

D. His grandmother grew up in Zhejiang.

68. We can learn from the text that ________.

A. Lin once played on Jiaxing High School team

B. All Lin’s relatives moved to Taiwan 60 years ago

C. Lin’s grandmother didn’t expect him to be a player

D. Lin’s father loved playing basketball

69. Lin’s success in N.B.A has ________.

A. attracted more Chinese children to play basketball as a career

B. drawn Chinese people’s attention back to the league

C. helped his hometown develop sports shirts business

D. helped his hometown attract more foreign visitors

70. Which is the best title of the report?

A. The Secret of Lin’s Success

B. Lin, A New Focus in China

C. Lin and His Family

D. Chinese Players in N.B.A

Naps—short sleeps during the day—may improve memory, experts said recently.

New research conducted by brain researcher Avi Karni of the University of Haifa in Israel explores the possibility that naps help lock in sometimes long-term memories. “We still don't know exactly how memory system works during sleep, but the results of this research suggest it is possible to speed up memory consolidation(巩固),” Karni said. Long-term memory refers to memories that stay with us for years, such as “what” memories -- a car accident that happened yesterday-- or “how to” memories, such as one's learned ability to play the pianos.

Karni, also one of the authors of the study published in a recent issue of the journal Nature Neuroscience, instructed participants to learn a difficult set of finger games, then divided the study subjects into two groups: one that napped for an hour, and one that didn't. The people who took an afternoon snooze showed obvious improvement in their performance by that evening.

“After a night’s sleep the two groups were at the same level, but the group that slept in the afternoon improved much faster than the group that stayed awake,” Karni said. And the study also showed just how much faster a 90-minute nap could help lock in long-term memories. “Daytime sleep can shorten the time ‘how to’ memory weakens and forgetting starts,”Karni said, “Instead of 6 to 8 hours, the brain consolidated the memory during the 90-minute nap.”

64. We can learn from the article that ________.

A. the new research has discovered the memory process during the sleep

B. taking a nap helps improve both long-term and short-term memories

C. Karni’s findings are based on comparisons between two groups of participants

D. people who take a nap will never forget “how to” skills once they are learned

65. The underlined word “subjects” in paragraph 3 probably mean________.

A. the people being tested in the study

B. the people carrying out the study

C. the topics being discussed in the study

D. the areas of knowledge being studied

66. The text is most probably taken from ________.

A. a newspaper report　　 B. a library guide

C. a project handbook　　 D. a science site

Want to know more about how World Food Programme helps women all over the world? Here is a quick look at the valuable things it has done.

Investing(投资) In Bulls, Woman Begins To Escape From Poverty

In Shahinoor’s household there were days when she struggled to put even one meal on the family table. She and her husband are among Bangladesh’s poorest: those with no land, no wealth and little hope of breaking out of hunger and poverty. But a new programme to unlock the entrepreneurial(创业的) spirit of Bangladeshi women has transformed her life.

Food Aid Brings Fresh Water To Nepalese Village

Kanukura, 33, says that carrying water up the mountain slopes to her village used to be the hardest part of her day. It’s a job that mainly fell to women in this part of Nepal, who faced a difficult and tiring climb when they needed water. But that’s changed now, thanks to a new village tap, from which women like Kanukura can get clean drinking water whenever they need it.

In Colombia, Food Assistance Is Part Of Response To Violence Against Women

In Colombia, WFP assists many victims of sexual and gender-based violence, providing them with food assistance as they recover. As part of her work for WFP, Mariangela Bizzarri recently visited a town on Colombia’s Pacific coast to meet some of these women and to assess the effect of the violence they have experienced. She sent us this personal account of one day of meetings.

Afghanistan Diary - Day Six

On the final day of Silke’s trip to central Afghanistan, she meets three women, each of whom impresses her with their determination to improve their own lives, and those of their families and their community. One of them is thrilled at simply having a job in a government office. As a child the idea of working outside her home had seemed impossible.

60. Who lives in a place where water used to be difficult to get according to the passage?

　 A. Silke　　 B. Kanukura　　 C. Shahinoor　 D. Mariangela

61. We learn from the passage that women in Colombia ________.

　 A. may give birth to 5 children

　 B. can’t go to school all their life

　 C. have to work in a government office

　 D. are more likely to get harmed than men

62. Women in Bangladesh now become not so poor as they used to be by ________.　

　 A. raising bulls with the help of WFP

　 B. working more hours in the fields

　 C. doing part-time jobs in the evening

　 D. receiving money from the government

63. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

　 A. There are many victims of sexual violence in Nepal.

　 B. Getting clean drinking water is easier in Bangladesh.

C. The social position of women in Afghanistan has greatly changed.

D. Children in Colombia sometimes have only one meal a day.

Last Friday my brother and I were driving home together after doing some shopping and gave our attention to an interesting conversation. Because of this distraction (分心)my brother took a wrong turn.

Unfortunately, the wrong turn took us towards a bridge and we had no way to turn back. Unwillingly, my brother paid the bridge fee and drove on. He was clearly frustrated by the mistake and the needless waste of $4.

We eventually reached an exit and, as we took it, my brother noticed a young fellow pulled over to the side of the road. He came out of his car and tried to phone someone. I was busy trying to figure out which way we would go next but my brother pulled over and asked the guy if he needed any help. And he did. He had a flat tire and needed a tool to get it off.

My brother gave him a wrench, and then began to help him change the flat. The young man said that this had been a bad week for him: earlier he had gotten into a minor car accident, and now this flat on his way home from work. But he called us “a breath of fresh air” and kept thanking us because he really would have been stuck if we hadn’t come along.

After we finished the job he thanked us again and pulled out $20 from his pocket and tried to give it to us. “No,” I said. “We were never supposed to even get on that bridge, we took a wrong turn. But now we know why we did. It was to help you. Thank you for turning our mistake into an opportunity to serve.”

What I loved most was that my brother was able to see a chance to help. His reaction in the situation is a lesson for everyone and we felt so good the rest of the day.

56. When did the author and his brother notice the young man who had a flat tire?

A. Before they arrived at a bridge.

B. When they were passing through an exit.

C. When the young man stopped them for help.

D. After they came back to the right road.

57.We can learn from the text that the writer’s brother ________.

A. didn’t know the roads well

B. was a warm-hearted young man

C. made the turn to help the young man

D. regretted making a wrong turn all the way home

58.What did the young man mean by calling the writer and his brother “a breath of fresh air” ?

A. He had been in the hot sun waiting for help for so long.

B. His car’s air conditioner was broken.

C. They calmed him down by offering him a cold drink.

D. They changed his bad luck and the bad mood he was in.

59. Which of the following sentences best describes the writer's experience?

A. It’s no use crying over spilt milk.

B. God helps those who help themselves.

C. Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it.

D. If you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your path.

Known as the Animal Lady in this area which I lived in, I was always asked to lend a hand in animal 36 . One afternoon three little neighbor girls ran up　 37 my door, saying a baby squirrel was on the sidewalk. I quickly　 38 　the kids and they led me to a tiny squirrel still with milk teeth. I 　39　 and held the little creature up gently in my arms to check it for　 40 . It seemed fine. I figured the mother must have been killed, leaving it an orphan(孤儿). Now, the baby was pretty hungry for 41 and then left its nest to search the neighborhood for help.

I was about to carry it into my 42　 when I found several other babies 　43　 to run down the tree from where their nest was. With the first squirrel hid into my　 44 , I stood at the base of the tree and was 　45　 when three more babies ran right down into my hands. Those dear little creatures were so happy to feel safe and 　46 , and they all held each other close in my shirt. I took them home and 47 them bread and milk to eat. The poor starving things went　 48 　as they swallowed the meal.

I phoned a lady in the next town who 49 　a small squirrel shelter. She had a big back yard with large　 50 　surrounded by a tall wooden fence. She assured me she was well　 51 　to care for the babies and provide a natural home for them when they were grown.

I love that those little girls cared enough about the squirrels to seek out the 52 　of the Animal Lady! And I really　 53 　getting to help the baby creatures. And then the 54　 of caring continued 55 the lady with the squirrel shelter took them in. How wonderful to be part of a chain of kindness.

36. A. hunt　 　　　 　　 　　B. love 　　　 　　C. cure 　　　　 　　　　 D. rescue

37. A. to 　　　　　 　　 B. through 　　　　　 C. for 　　　　　　　 　　 D. from

38. A. followed 　　　　　 B. glanced　 　　C. comforted　　 　　 D. persuaded

39. A. came down　 B. bent down 　　 C. put down　 　　 　　 D. broke down

40. A. fur 　　　　　　　　　 B. legs　　　　 　 C. teeth　 　　　　　　　　　 D. injuries

41. A. milk　 　　　　　 B. vegetable　 　　 C. nuts 　　　　　　　　　　 　　 D. leaves

42. A. room 　　　 　　B. car　 　　　　　　 　　C. house 　　　　　　 　　 D. cage

43. A. pretending　　 B. waiting　　　 C. swinging 　　　 　　 D. starting

44. A. shoe　 　　　　　　 B. pocket　 　　C. shirt 　　　　　　 　　　　 D. drawer

45. A. puzzled 　　　　　 B. interested 　　　 C. astonished 　　　 　　　　　　 D. satisfied

46. A. nervous　 　　 B. cold 　　　　　　　 C. warm 　　　　　　　　　 D. tired

47. A. handed　　　 　 B. showed　　　 C. gave　　　　　 　　 D. lent

48. A. hungry　　　 　 B. wild　　　　　　　　 C. sad 　　　　　　　 　　 D. afraid

49. A. owned 　　 　　 B. needed　　　 　　　 C. sought　　　　　 　　　 D. shut

50. A. ladders　　　 　 B. flowers　 　　 C. bamboos 　　　 　　D. trees

51. A. organized　　 　 B. equipped　　 C. built　　　　　　 D. known

52. A. shelter　　　 　 B. information 　 C. advice　 　　　　　　　　 D. help

53. A. minded　　　 　 B. regretted　　 C. enjoyed 　　　　　　　 D. appreciated

54. A. chain 　　　　 B. feeling　　　 C. sense　　　　　　 D. connection

55. A. when 　　　 　　　　 B. if　　 　　　　　　 C. before　 　　　 　　D. until

Little　　　 that the course of his life was about to change then.

A. he is known 　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. did he know

C. does he know　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. is he known