My computer began to return to the _____ running state after I killed the virus by newly-updated Kill 3000

A. ordinary             B. normal             C. usual               D. common

 I can’t carry the box _____ my own; it’s too heavy.

A. of                   B. on                 C. for                D. to

最近，我们以“2012年中学生的春节活动”为题，在368名中学生中进行了一次调查（survey）。以下是调查数据：

【写作内容】

  请根据以上内容用英语写一份调查报告。内容包括：

  1.调查问题及调查对象；

  2.主要活动；

  3.感受及原因；

  4.期望。

【写作要求】

    1.只能使用5个句子表达全部内容。

    2.文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

【评分标准】

    句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。

英语课上,老师要求同桌同学相互修改作文。假设以下小作文为你同桌所写，请你对其进行修改。文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（^），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。

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11处起）不计分。

3．必须按答题要求做题，否则不给分。

I just come back from Britain last week. I was luckily enough to be one of the student from different countries to visit the UK from Feb.16 to 28. We paid a visit to many places, like London, Oxford or the Lake District. I learned much about British culture and history in London, where was my favorite. I also liked Oxford, in which I saw much more old buildings. The Lake District was beautiful, but it was pity that it rained heavily when they were there. The most excited thing for me in the Britain was that I made a lot of friends there.

Cultural rules determine every aspect of food consumption. Who eats together defines social units. For example, in some societies, the nuclear family is the unit that regularly eats together. The anthropologist Mary Douglas has pointed out that, for the English, the kind of meal and the kind of food that is served relate to the kinds of social links between people who are eating together. She distinguishes between regular meals, Sunday meals when relatives may come, and cocktail parties for relatives and friends. The food served symbolizes the occasion and reflects who is present. For example, only snacks are served at a cocktail party. It would be inappropriate to serve a steak or hamburgers. The distinctions among cocktails, regular meals, and special dinners mark the social boundaries between those guests who are invited for drinks, those who are invited to dinner, and those who come to a family meal. In this example, the type of food symbolizes the category of guest and with whom it is eaten.

In some New Guinea societies, the nuclear family is not the unit that eats together. The men take their meals in a men's house, separately from their wives and children. Women prepare and eat their food in their own houses and take the husband's portion to the men's house. The women eat with their children in their own houses. This pattern is also widespread among Near Eastern societies.

Eating is a metaphor that is sometimes used to signify marriage. In many New Guinea societies, like that of the Lese on the island of New Ireland in the Pacific and that of the Trobriand Islanders, marriage is symbolized by the couple's eating together for the first time. Eating symbolizes their new status as a married couple. In U.S. society, it is just the reverse. A couple may go out to dinner on a first date.

Other cultural rules have to do with taboos against eating certain things. In some societies, members of a family group, arc not allowed to eat the animal or bird that is their ancestor. Since they believe themselves to be children of that ancestor, it would be like eating that ancestor or eating themselves.

There is also an association between food prohibitions and rank, which is found in its most extreme form in the caste (social class) system of India. A caste system consists of ranked groups, each with a different economic specialization. In India, there is an association between caste and the idea of pollution. Members of highly ranked groups can be polluted by coming into contact with the bodily secretions, particularly saliva（唾液）,of individuals of lower-ranked castes. Because of the fear of pollution, Brahmans and other high-ranked individuals will not share food with, not eat from the same plate as, not even accept food from an individual or from a low-ranking class.

49．According to the passage, who will NOT eat together?

A. The English during regular meals.

B. Americans on their first date.

C. Men and women in Near Eastern societies.

D. Newly-married people on the island of New Ireland.

50．In Paragraph 4, the underlined word "taboos" means _____________.

A. favors B. prohibitions      C. hatred      D. gossips

51． According to the passage, eating together indicates all the following EXCEPT .

A. the type of food B. social relations.

C. marital status     D. family ties.

52．What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Different kinds of food in western countries.

B.  Relations between food and social units.

C.  Symbolic meanings of different kinds of food.

D. Food consumption in different cultures.

I once had my Chinese MBA students brainstorming on “two-hour business plans”. I separated them into six groups and gave them an example: a restaurant chain. The more original their idea, the better, I said. Finally, five of the six groups presented plans for restaurant chains. The sixth proposed a catering service. Though I admitted the time limit had been difficult, I expressed my disappointment.

My students were middle managers, financial analysts and financiers from state owned enterprises and global companies. They were not without talent or opinions, but they had been shaped by an educational system that rarely stressed or rewarded critical thinking or inventiveness. The scene I just described came in different forms during my two years’ teaching at the school. Papers were often copied from the Web and the Harvard Business Review. Case study debates were written up and just memorized. Students frequently said that copying is a superior business strategy, better than inventing and creating.

In China, every product you can imagine has been made and sold. But so few well developed marketing and management minds have been raised that it will be a long time before most people in the world can name a Chinese brand.

With this problem in mind, partnerships with institutions like Yale and MIT have been established. And then there’s the “thousand talent scheme”: this new government program is intended to improve technological modernization by attracting top foreign trained scientists to the mainland with big money. But there are worries about China’s research environment. It’s hardly known for producing independent thinking and openness, and even big salary offers may not be attractive enough to overcome this.

At last, for China, becoming a major world creator is not just about setting up partnerships with top Western universities. Nor is it about gathering a group of well-educated people and telling them to think creatively. It’s about establishing a rich learning environment for young minds. It’s not that simple.

46．Why does the author feel disappointed at his students?

A. Because there is one group presenting a catering service.

B. Because the six groups made projects for restaurant chains.

C. Because all the students copied a case for the difficult topic.

D. Because the students’ ideas were lacking in creativeness.

47．We can infer from the passage that ________.

A. China can make and sell any product all over the world

B. high pay may not solve the problem of China’s research environment

C. cooperation with institutions has been set up to make a Chinese brand

D. the new government program are aimed at encouraging imagination

48．Which is the best title of the passage?

A. Look for a New Way of Learning.             B. Reward Creative Thinking.

C. How to Become a Creator.                  D. Establish a technical Environment.

       Many psychologists in the early twentieth century believed that humans use only 10 percent of their brains, and even the great Albert Einstein once wrote that most people use only a small portion of the grey matter between their ears. It's a theory that has often been put forward in television documentaries; magazines, advertisements and books over the past century.

       But nearly all scientists now agree the 10 percent theory is completely unfounded. In fact, they question how this figure was ever arrived at in the first place and what areas of the brain are supposed to be unneeded. The theory supposes that if 90 percent of the brain were removed, a person would Still be able to function normally, while in reality it is known that damage to even a small area of the brain can result in extremely serious physical injury different activities and that many areas of the brain are used at the same time for some complex activities or thought processes.

       Throughout the course of one day, most .areas of the brain are active at some time, even during sleep. The 10 percent theory suggests that certain areas o' the brain are not used, but scans slow activities throughout the entire brain and not in any separate part. The final argument against the 10 percent theory is the fact that doctors carefully map the brain before removing brain cancers so that they don't affect other essential areas.

       From an evolutionary point of view, it's highly unlikely butt our comparatively larger brains would have evolved from our ancestors if the extra areas were not needed. In fact, there is absolutely no evidence support the 10 percent theory.

41．How did the 10 percent theory get such widespread popularity?

   A. It was promoted in various types of copular media.

   B. Albert Einstein argued strongly in support.

   C. It was proven in scientific research.

   D. Few people could prove it wrong.

42．The underlined word "unfounded" is chest in meaning to _________.

   A. undiscovered         B. unproven        C. unknown        D. unnecessary

43．Which of the following is true according to the writer?

   A. We use less than 10% of our brains.

   B. Most brain disorders affect the same part of the brain.

   C. The brain is less active during times of sleep.

   D. The 10 percent theory does not make evolutionary sense.

44．What can we infer from the passage?

   A. People today use more of their brain than in the past.

   B. Scientific opinion about the topic of brain use is equally divided.

   C. Our understanding of the brain has changed greatly in the past decades.

   D. Modern scientists have a complete picture of how the brain works.

45．What is the main purpose of the passage?

   A. To present two sides of brain theory.

   B. To criticize the 10 percent theory.

   C. To explain how brain works.

   D. To describe the history of brain research.

       The dirty, homeless man sat on the pavement, staring at the atones. He thought back more than twenty years to when he was a boy living in a small red brick house on this very street. He recalled the flower garden, the swing his dad made, and the bike he had saved up for months to buy.

       The man shrugged impatiently, for the brightness of those pictures hurt him, and his memory travelled on another ten years. He had a job by then, plenty of friends and started to come home less. He did not really want to remember those years, nor the day when, because o' debts, he had gone home planning to ask for money. He felt embarrassed, but he knew exactly where his dad kept the money. When his parents stepped out of the room, he took what he wanted and left.

       That was the last time he had seen them. Ashamed, he went abroad, and his parents knew nothing about the years of wandering or time in prison. But locked in his cell he often thought of home. Once free, he would love to see his parents again, if they were still alive, and still wanted to see him.

       When his prison time was up, he found -a job, but couldn't settle. Something was drawing him home. He did not want to arrive penniless, so he hitchhiked most of the long journey back. But less than a mile from his destination he started to feel sick with doubt. Could they ever accept this man who had so bitterly disappointed them?

       He spent most of that day sitting under a tree. That evening he posted a letter which, although short, had taken him hours to write. It ended with:

       I know it is unreasonable of me to suppose you want to see me ... so it's up to you. I'll come early Thursday morning. If you want me home, hang a white handkerchief in the window of my old bedroom. If it's there, I'll come in; if not, I'll wave good-bye and go.

       And now it was Thursday morning and he was sitting on the pavement at the end of the street. Finally he got up and walked slowly toward the old house. He drew a long breath and looked.

       His parents were taking no risks. ________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

       The man threw his head back, gave a cry of relief and ran straight through the open front door.

36． Why did the man shrug impatiently (paragraph 2) while he was thinking of his childhood?

   A. The thoughts made him angry.

   B. He felt he had wasted time.

   C. He was anxious to go home.

   D. The sweet memory caused him much pain.

37．Why did it take him hours to write the letter?

   A. He doubted if his parents still lived in that house.

   B. He had much news to tell his parents.

   C. He felt ashamed to ask for forgiveness.

   D. He was longing to return home and felt excited.

38． In what order did the following events take place?

   a. He took the money from his parents.

   b. He bought a bicycle with his savings.

   c. He was sentenced to prison.

   d. He wrote the letter home.

   e. He sat on the pavement.

   f. He hitchhiked back home.

   A. b, a, c, d, e, f                   B. b, a, c, f, d, e

   C. a, c, b, d, f, a                   D. a, d, b, c, e, f

39．Which of the following best fits into paragraph 8 ?

   A. Every inch of the house was covered in white. Sheets, pillowcases and table clothes had been placed on every window and door, making it look like a snow house.

   B. The house before him was just as he remembered: the red bricks, the brown door and nothing else.

   C. A colourful blanket was over the front door. On it, in large letters, was written, "Welcome home, son

   D. A police car was parked in the drive way, and two officers stood at the front door.

40．The best title of the passage is _______.

   A. Sweet Memory          B. White Handkerchief

  C. Abandoned Son            D. Leaving Home

Beatrix Potter was a great English writer and artist, best known for her children's books featuring animal characters such as in the children's classic -- The Tale of Peter Rabbit.

       Beatrix was born into a rich London-based family where she was tutored by very strict private teachers and so spent her youth isolated from other youngsters.

       During her youth she had a lot of pets and spent vacations in Scotland and also the Lake District. It was at the Lake District that she developed a love of wildlife. She studied the area's natural wonders carefully and painted them continuously. But her old-fashioned, Manchester-born parents discouraged her intellectual improvement, thinking it inappropriate for a young lady. However, her study and watercolour paintings of wild mushrooms made her widely respected within the field of biology.

       In her 30's, Beatrix Potter wrote the remarkably successful kid's book, The Tale of Pew Rabbit. Close to that time she became secretly engaged to her publisher Norman Warne. This caused a great disagreement with her parents, who did not approve of Beatrix getting married to somebody of lower social status. Sadly, Warne died before the marriage ceremony.

       Ultimately Beatrix Potter began writing and also illustrating (绘图) kid's books full-time. Using profits from her books, Beatrix grew to become economically independent of her parents and was eventually in a position to buy Hill Top Farm in the Lake District. She extended the property with additional purchases of neighbouring land over time. In her 40's, Bestrix married William Heelis, a local lawyer. She ended up becoming a sheep breeder and farmer while continuing to publish as well as illustrate books for children. In all she authored 23 publications.

       Beatrix died on December 22, 1943, and left the majority of her property to the National Trust. Her books carry on selling well globally, in many different languages. Her stories have been retold in numerous formats including a ballet, movies, and cartoons.

       Such is her reputation, and that of the characters from her publications, that many Beatrix Potter statues have been created. These tiny Beatrix Potter statues which include pretty much all the actual characters in her publications have become highly valued by art collects and fans of her literature throughout the world.

31． What can we learn about Beatrix Potter's early life?

   A. She learned drawing skills from her tutors.

   B. She was very sociable and outgoing.

   C. She was greatly inspired by the beauty of nature.

   D. She was encouraged to think creatively and independently.

32．Why did Beatrix Potter's parents oppose the idea of her marriage to Norman Warne?

   A. They did not believe she was mature enough to get married.

   B. They thought Warne was only interested in Beatrix Potter's wealth.

   C. They believed that the couple's characters were mismatched.

   D. They considered Warne to be too common for their daughter.

33．According to the passage, which part of the UK did Beatrix Potter love most?

   A. Manchester.         B. Scotland.           C. The Lake District.      D. London.

34．In which of the following areas did Beatrix Potter show an interest during her life?

   A. Writing, biology, farming.

   B. Drawing, nature, ballet.

   C. Movies, farming, drawing.

   D. Writing, mushrooms, travel.

35．What is the function of the last two paragraphs of the passage?

   A. To describe the consequences of Beatrix Potter's death.

   B. To present the lasting cultural influence of Beatrix Potter and her works..

   C. To show the changes in attitude towards Beatrix Potter's works over the past years.

   D. To criticize the commercialization of Beatrix Potter's characters since her death.

The more accessible a company's services are, the more business it will do. Why are the same ___16___ not applied when it comes to Internet websites then? A Hong Kong study has found that the local sites of two leading ___17___, McDonald's and Motorola, are the most user-unfriendly of the 30 websites tested. The lack of __18__ means they are not only losing customers, but __19__ to meet their social responsibilities.

       In an ever-more Internet-connected world, ___20___ are as important as physical shops or offices. They are __21__ used as a way of banking, shopping and getting news. This is especially so for the disabled, who find it _22___ to shop on-line than go to a store in person. A website that does not let them do this is the same as having a(n) "___23___" sign on a door. 

       In Hong Kong, it is __24__ not to provide the disabled with access to schools and buildings, but at present there are no specific laws on Internet accessibility. However, companies are morally responsible for ensuring that their websites can be __25___ by people who are visually disabled or have difficulty walking around. Ideals for design have long been put forward by the World Wide Web Consortium, a global community working on open standards to ___26___ accessibility and development.

       Computer technology is ___27__ fast and it is now much easier to create websites that are __28__ for all people, sighted or disabled. Companies should ensure that the designers of their websites ___29__ guidelines for accessibility. We should try to make our city as ___30__ as possible, on-line and off.

16．A. data                 B. principles          C. experiences              D. technologies

17．A. companies               B. products           C. stores                          D. factories

18．A. power                     B. study                C. attraction                D. access

19．A. deciding               B. attempting C. failing                          D. stopping

20．A. computers               B. hotlines             C. signals                     D. websites

21．A. increasingly             B. possibly            C. extremely                D. randomly

22．A. cheaper                   B. safer                C. easier                             D. quicker

23．A. waiting                    B. sale                  C. open                       D. closed

24．A. unreasonable            B. illegal             C. unimportant             D. impolite

25．A. found                      B. read                 C. known                    D. created

26．A. permit.                 B. discover           C. start                        D. ensure

27．A. weakening               B. dropping           C. changing                 D. flying

28．A. wonderful         B. usable               C. harmless                  D. profitable

29．A. follow                     B. write                C. break                             D. ignore

30．A. beautiful           B. wealthy            C. accessible                D. respectable