More and more teachers tend to think that teaching is really a _____ job, so they have to devote a lot to it.

A. rewarding　　　　　　 B. blessing　　　　　　　　 C. demanding　　　　　 D. depressing

 Due to the fact that the operating system is not  _____  enough，Windows 7 is not very popular with the computer fans.

A. easy                      B. stable                     C. firm                       D. smooth

 With tourism having  _____  the economy a great deal，the local government has passed a new law to invest double the amount in the past year to benefit more from it.

A. exaggerated           B. disadvantaged C. accumulated                    D. embarrassed

 In a formal football match, each team can have three players to _____ their teammates

when necessary.

A. replace                  B. substitute               C. represent                 D. exchange

 The 2008 financial crisis has been far away from us, but there's no _____ that the world

economy will not suffer from another similar strike.

A. guarantee              B. insurance               C. commitment            D. circumstance

 Operate the electrical appliance following the _____ attached in the box, or you'll be at

risk.

A. instructions           B. explanations            C. introductions           D. descriptions

请你根据以下提示，结合生活中的一个事例，用英语写一篇短文。

Never be afraid of making mistakes. Factually, making progress is making mistakes. Mistakes reveal where success lies.

注意：（1）无须写标题，不得照抄英语提示语；

（2）除诗歌外，文体不限；

（3）文中不得透露个人姓名和学校名称；

（4）词数为120左右。

完成句子（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）

根据句末括号内的英语单词和汉语句子提示，完成下列句子。

71. By the time we take the 2012 College Entrance Exam, we ______________ more than 3,500 words. (master)

到我们参加2012年高考时，我们将会掌握3500多个单词。

72. Not ______________ by a well-known company doesn’t necessarily mean that you have no bright future. (employ)

不被知名的公司录用并不一定意味着你没有美好的未来。

73. It is required that all high school students ______________ to use cell phones at school. (allow)

所有高中都有规定，学生在校内不准使用手机。

74. No matter ______________, people are unlikely to be persuaded if the product is unsuitable for them. (good)

一则广告无论多好，如果产品不合适，也不可能使人信服。

75. As is known to all, practice makes perfect. ______________, the more fluent English you will speak. (practice)

众所周知，熟能生巧。你练习得越多，你的英语口语就会越好。

76. The typical cases ______________ will be introduced to readers to warn them of potential risks. (cheat)

消费者被骗的典型事例将被介绍给读者以提醒他们潜在的风险。

77. The driver was to blame for the accident. Not only ______________ too much alcohol, but he drove beyond limitation. (drink)

那个司机该对事故负责。他不仅喝了很多酒，还超速驾驶。

78. Misunderstandings arising from lack of communication, unless properly ______________, may lead to serious problems. (deal)

除非处理得当，要不然因缺乏交流引起的误解可能会导致严重的问题。

79. In fact, it is the mental addiction rather than the physical effects ______________ to quit smoking. (make)

事实上，让戒烟困难的不是生理上的影响，而是精神上的依赖。

80. Tom ______________ basketball now. I saw him cleaning the classroom just a moment ago. (play)

汤姆现在肯定不在打篮球。就在刚才我还看见他在打扫教室。

Research has long backed the therapeutic (治疗的) value of diary-keeping for teenage girls and boys. But according to a new study, when teenagers detail their sadness onto a blog, the therapeutic value is even greater. Blogging, it seems, can be good for you.

The study, published in the journal Psychological Services and conducted by Meyran Boniel-Nissim and Azy Barak, psychology professors at the University of Haifa, Israel, found the contact with an online community through a blog made it more effective in relieving (解除) the writer’s social anxiety than a private diary would be.

To track teenagers’ experiences with blogging, the researchers randomly surveyed high school students in Israel and selected 161 of them who exhibited some level of social anxiety or stress. The teenagers, who averaged 15 years old, said they had difficulty making new friends or relating to their existing friends.

The teenagers were divided into six groups. The first two groups were asked to blog about their social difficulties, with one group asked to open their posts to comments. The second two groups were asked to blog about whatever struck their adolescent fancy; again, with one group allowing comments. All four groups were told to write in their blogs at least twice a week. As a control, two more groups were told to keep either an old-fashioned print diary or to do nothing at all.

All of their blog records were then read through by four psychologists to determine the authors’ relative social and emotional state. In all the groups, the greatest improvement in mood occurred among those bloggers who wrote about their problems and allowed commenters to respond.

Interestingly, the commenters on the blogs were quite supportive. “The only kind of surprise we had was that almost all comments made by readers were very positive and constructive in trying to offer support for anxious bloggers,” Dr. Barak wrote in an e-mail.

67. Compared with the traditional diary, the main advantage of blogging is that _____________.

A. you can write almost anything in a blog

B. you can make complaints in a blog

C. you can keep in touch with others through your blog

D. you can improve your emotional state through your blog

68. The researchers surveyed the students in Israel in order to ______________.

A. make us believe that blogging is a must for teenagers

B. prove blogging is more effective in solving teens’ emotional problems

C. find out their social and emotional state and help them out

D. check if blogging can help improve teens’ emotional state

69. In the most improved group, the bloggers ______________.

A. wrote at most twice a week

B. told others whatever they wanted about themselves

C. communicated with readers about their troubles

D. made their social difficulties known to researchers only

70. The main idea of the last paragraph is that bloggers can ______________.

A. support anything they like

B. make new friends with anyone

C. turn to the psychology experts for help

D. receive beneficial messages from readers

Competition. It’s a simple word, yet a very complex word that covers many angles when it comes to how gasoline prices are determined. It seems so easy to explain, but don’t let that trick you—it’s incredibly difficult to explain and adequately understand.

Say you’re on a Sunday afternoon drive, and notice a gas station near you charging $3.50. Down the road a few miles, that price could easily be 10 or more cents higher or lower. The question is “how” or “why” is that? Think of it this way. Are you more likely to get a better deal on a car if there are two similar car dealers next to each other? Perhaps, because the dealers are too close. Say there is a third similar car dealer miles away. Is he going to be at the same level of competition and sell his cars for the same price as the two dealers next to each other? Likely not. He may charge more or less. Maybe people don't know there are two other dealers down the road. Maybe the dealer is almost outside of the city and the land value isn't as high, so his taxes aren't as high.

These situations do take place at gas stations. And more factors can impact what a station will charge. Timing can greatly impact what price a station charges as well! Many motorists fail to realize that the price a station pays for gasoline changes daily. If one station gets lucky and buys gas on Monday and the cost goes up Tuesday, the station that bought on Monday doesn’t necessarily have to raise prices like the station that bought on Tuesday. Maybe the station that got caught buying for a higher price on Tuesday will pass that higher cost on by raising its gas price.

Perhaps the difference is what brand the station is---branded stations usually pay a slightly higher cost for their gasoline. In return for paying a higher cost, those stations are guaranteed first supply in case of emergency situations. Independent stations don’t pay as much, but aren’t guaranteed supply.

While competition sounds easy to understand, there are always a large number of factors that could influence what one station charges. Keep in mind how many variables (变数) there are next time you fill up.

63.What could be the best title for the passage?

A. How Competition Impacts Gas Prices

B. Gas Prices Go Up or Down

C. Competition---a Very Complex Word

D. We Can’t Stress Enough the Need for Competition

64. The example of car dealers is used to show ______________.

A. car prices are determined by car dealers

B. location is an important factor in pricing

C. the quality of service matters most

D. dealing strategy should be flexible

65. The gas prices of a station always change partly because ______________.

A. a gas station always wants to charge more

B. the gasoline is in great demand

C. the cost of the gas the station buys varies daily

D. gas is in greater need on Monday

66. According to the passage, branded stations ______________.

A. spend less money on their gasoline

B. have more staff than independent stations

C. charge less for high quality oil

D. offer a steady oil supply