Although the painting is very ________ pleasant, it is thought to be copied with a modern printing machine.

     A. mentally            B. highly                  C. physically            D. visually 

It ________ heavily when he got back home for he was wet all over.

A. couldn’t have rained　　　　　　　　 B. must be raining

C. must have been raining D. could rain

 Because of the money that has been collected by non-benefit performance, the people in the disaster-stricken area ________ their home very soon.

A. will be rebuilding                               B. will be rebuilt           

C. will have rebuilt                          D. have rebuilt

Teachers have to constantly update their knowledge in order to maintain their professional ________.

A. consequence B. independence C. competence D. intelligence

 He is a man of _______ few words, but his talent in singing is ________ second to none.

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

请按要求写一封书信

    假定你是李华，希望通过外籍教师Peter 找一位英语笔友。请写一封短信，描述一下你理想中笔友的条件，并说明为什么选这样的笔友。具体条件包括：

1.年龄；

2.性别；

3.爱好（旅游，运动，宠物等）。

注意：1. 词数：100字左右;    2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

         3. 开头语已为你写好;   4. 请用手写印刷体书写。

Dear Peter,

    I am writing to ask whether you are able to do me a favor.__________________________

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                                                                  Best regards,

                                                                      Li Hua

1. Or are you afraid that your friend would laugh at you, or would not understand   (1) 

  you are going   (2)   ?

2. Geography also   (3)   a part in making dialects.

3.  (4)  she has made up her mind, nothing can change it.

4. In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay in   (5)  .

5. He was   (6)   with his time, for which I was grateful.

6. He was the first man to   (7)    on the moon in July 1969.

7. After that, what happened to the Amber Room   (8)    a mystery.

8. However, the next King of Prussia, Frederick William I, to   (9)    the amber room

    (10)   , decided not to keep it.

第一节    单词拼写

1. The girl has not ________ (恢复) from her bad cold yet.

2. A ________ (连续，系列) of events happened recently in our city.

3. He ________（弯腰，弯曲）to pick up her wallet just now.

4. My mother is an ________ (受过教育的) and sensitive woman.

5. She is busy _______(装修)her new house now.

6. Mary is very ________ (活跃的，积极的) and she likes all kinds of activities.

7. Courage is one of the ________ (品质, 质量) of a good soldier.

8. Of the two the ________ (后者) is better than the former.

9. I have got a very full ________ (时间表，日程表) today.

10. The supply of water and ________ (电) was cut off after the terrible earthquake.

The traditional American school year begins in late August or early September. It ends in May or June, followed by summer vacation.    71   Because long ago, young people had to help their families harvest the summer crops. At least this is what people today may think.   72   A recent report from an education policy center at Indiana University explored the historical roots of the traditional school calendar.

In the early days of the United States, children were not required to attend school. School calendars depended on local needs.   73   They worked on family farms during the other months. City schools were often open much longer, some for eleven months of the year.

After the Civil War, more and more people saw the need for a system of required education.   74   Many city schools wanted a shorter year and a longer summer break. The schools were often crowded. There was no modern air conditioning. Hot days would make it difficult to learn. Many rural educators, however, pushed for a longer school year. They thought it would keep children safe from industrial dangers when there were few child­labor laws.

So the traditional school calendar was a compromise(折中)．The average school year used to be one hundred and seventy days. Times have not changed much.   75   But some experts think the traditional school calendar needs to change because the needs of the nation have changed. This thinking has led some schools to keep students in class longer.

A．Why such a long break?

B．Today the common average is one hundred and eighty days.

C．Americans think highly of their traditional school calendar.

D．Most schools had similar school calendars.

E．But the reason has more to it.

F．Students in rural areas went to school for no more than six months of the year.

G．But they had different ideas for the calendar.

Parents should stop blaming themselves because there’s not a lot they can do about it. I mean the teenager (十几岁的孩子) problem. Whatever you do or however you choose to deal with it, at certain times a wonderful, reasonable and helpful child will turn into a terrible animal.

I’ve seen friends deal with it in all kinds of different ways. One strict mother insisted that her son, right from a child, should stand up whenever anyone entered the room, open doors and shake hands like a gentleman. I saw him last week when I called round. Sprawling himself (懒散地躺) on the sofa in full length, he made no attempt to turn off the loud TV he was watching as I walked in, and his greeting was no more than a quick glance at me. His mother was ashamed. “I don't know what to do with him these days,” she said. “He’s forgotten all the manners we taught him.”

He hasn't forgotten them. He' s just decided that he' s not going to use them. She confessed (坦白) that she would like to come up behind him and throw him down from the sofa onto the floor.

Another good friend of mine let her two daughters climb all over the furniture, reach across the table, stare at me and say, “I don’t like your dress; it’s ugly.” One of the daughters has recently been driven out of school. The other has left home.

“Where did we go wrong?” her parents are now very sad. Probably nowhere much. At least, no more than the rest of that unfortunate race, parents.

66. This text is most probably written by ______.

A. a specialist in teenager studies              B. a headmaster of a middle school

C. a parent with teenage children               D. a doctor for mental health problems

67. The underlined word “it” in the second paragraph refers to ______.

A. the change from good to bad that’s seen in a child

B. the way that parents often blame themselves

C. the opinion that a child has of his parents

D. the advice that parents want their children to follow

68. The boy on the sofa would most probably be described as ______.

A. lazy           B. quiet              C. unusual           D. rude

69. From the second example we can infer that the parents of the two daughters ______.

A. pay no attention to them                    B. are too busy to look after them

C. have come to hate them                     D. feel helpless to do much about them

70. What is the author' a opinion about the sudden change in teenage children?

A. Parents have no choice but to try to accept it.

B. Parents should pay still more attention to the change.

C. Parents should work more closely with school teachers.

D. Parents are at fault for the change in their children.