—What lovely weather! Shall we _____ it and go camping?

—Why not? I love getting close to nature.

A. make use of              B. get along with   

C. come up with           D. play a part in

The most important thing is to keep _____ when you get into trouble.

A. quiet B. calm          C. still            D. silent

Grandmother has not yet recovered from the operation, but her health is improving ______ day by day.

A. frequently                          B. gradually          

C. fluently                                D. actually

She strongly dislikes ______ like that.

A. being spoken                 B. being spoken to

C. to be spoken                    D. to be spoken to

He ______ a terrible cold that day and couldn’t ______ the game.

A. suffered from; join in                    B. was suffered from; join

C. was suffered from; join in               D. suffered from; join

友谊是人们能享受的最大的快乐之一。假设你正在参加全省中学生英语演讲比赛，请你以“Friendship”为话题，写一篇演讲稿，陈述你观点。

演讲稿的主要内容应包括：

（1）朋友的真谛；（2）择友的标准；（3）怎样对待朋友。

注意：（1）词数100左右；

（2）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

（3）开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。

Good morning , ladies and gentlemen,

Friendship is one of the greatest pleasures that people can enjoy.                       

Thank you!

 根据提示完成句子（注意用适当的形式）

56. He acted as if he was completely               (看不见) others.

57. He didn’t say anything at the meeting for                  (某种) reason.

58. Adam and Max hardly knew what to talk about; they                        .(没有什么共同之处)

59. Peter               (变红) with anger and contradicted me. “I’m not late” he said.

60.                           (估计) 80% of the young are in favor of the project.

61. Because she was too poor to own a typewriter, Rowling wrote             .(用手)

62. The child             (突然大哭) at the sight of his mother.

63. The internet is the perfect way to                   (与……取得联系) with old friends.

64. I                      (翻看) the drawer twice but the medal isn’t there.

65. I                    (有幸拥有) a happy childhood, one that most people would want to have.

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。

If you are hungry, what do you do? Have your favorite meal and stay quiet after that?   51  It never lets you know, because you keep it busy thinking about your friends or favorite stars. So it silently serves your needs and never lets itself grow. When mind loses its freedom to grow, creativity(创造力) gets a full stop. This might be the reason why we all sometimes think “What happens next?” “Why can’t I think?”

  52   Why reading but not watching TV? It is because reading has been the most educative tool used by us right from childhood. Since it develops other aspects of our life, we have to take help from reading.

Once you read a book, you run your eyes through the lines and your mind tries to explain something to you.   53   Now this seed is unknowingly(未发觉地) used by you to develop new ideas. If it is used many times, the same seed can give you great help to relate a lot of things, which you would have never thought of in your wildest dreams!

This is nothing but creativity.   54   Within no time you can start talking with your friends in English or any other language and never run out of the right words.

So guys, do give food for your thoughts by reading, reading and more reading.   55   Go and get a book!

A. Also this makes a significant contribution to your vocabulary.

B. Reading can help you make more friends, too.

C. Hunger of the mind can be actually solved through wide reading.

D. Now what are you waiting for?

E. Just like your stomach, your mind is also hungry.

F. Why not do some reading while you are hungry?

G. The interesting part of the book is stored in your mind as seed.

Did you know that Christmas shopping is even worse for our health than we previously thought? According to an internet survey, the incidence of hypertension during the festive shopping season is on the up.

Christmas shopping increased blood pressure to dangerous levels in 50 percent of shoppers. This can lead to hypertension. Heart rates increased by an average of 10 per cent during Christmas shopping. In the study of 16 men and 16 women, men had the worst beating in heart rate during a 90-minute shopping. Samuel Thompson, 30, said: “I had to buy five items and had an hour and a half to buy them.” “Normally, I know exactly what I want to get and do it as quickly as possible. But having to make on-spot decisions, like we did in the test, makes it more stressful.” “Lack of time and the crowds were the biggest pressure points. I got frustrated by other people slowing me down by stopping to chat in the street. And I could feel myself sweating in queues. Everything took longer than planned.”

Dr Turner drew the conclusion: “Samuel’s heart rate was good at the start but it had almost doubled by the end. Combined with his systolic blood pressure（舒张血压）up by nearly 15 percent, it could put him in line for stroke(中风). Systolic blood pressure relates to the pumping out of blood by the heart.”

Men suffer twice as much as women and are therefore in greater danger of dying on the High Street in the coming weeks.

Remember, a husband is for life and not just for Christmas.

48. The word “hypertension” in the passage most probably refers to      .
A. the heart beat                                  B. the lung problem      
C. high blood pressure                         D. causing your sweating

49. The author develops the second paragraph mainly in order of        .
A. cause and effect         B. space         C. time           D. topic and example

50. Which statement is TRUE according to Dr Turner?
A. Samuel’s heart rate was good all the time.
B. Walking on the street will put Samuel in danger.
C. Samuel is likely to have stroke when shopping for Christmas.
D. Samuel suffers as much as his wife when shopping.

 The audience starts to scream and young people all over Britain turn on their TVs. Yes, it’s Top of the Pops!

Top of the Pops is an amazing 34 years old. Pop stars from all over the world appear on this successful TV programme. After 1,800 shows, it’s still the most popular pop music show in Britain. So what’s the secret?

“We get lots of bands to perform live in the studio,” says producer Chris Cowey. “That just doesn’t happen on other show.”

Chris starts planning the programme over a week before it goes out. His first job is to decide which bands to have on the show. When the chart of the top twenty songs is produced on Sunday, Chris can start to book the bands.

Monday starts with Chris meeting his sound, lighting and camera workers. They listen to each song and plan the show.

Tuesday is paperwork day. There are bookings to make sure of letters to answer and lots of phone calls to make. The show is on Thursday. Bands arrive at the studio from 10 o’clock in the morning and start practising. Tonight’s presenter, Jo Whiley, practices too.

First the bands go to make-up. Judy and Issy are the make-up artists. “We see the stars with no make-up on, looking terrible,” says Issy. Then the bands go to the costume department where Marianne dresses the stars.

Back in the studio things are happening. The audience are practicing their dance moves! It takes over two hours to record the whole programme, then Chris edits it all night long. The final version is exactly 29 minutes long.

44. What makes Top of the Pops the most popular in Britain?
A. The live performances in the studio.
B. The jobs carefully done by the workers of the TV station.
C. The great fame of the bands invited.
D. The large numbers of pop fans in Britain.

45. When the bands arrive at the studio,      .
A. they must decide on the songs
B. they don’t have to decide what songs they will perform
C. the songs that will be performed haven’t been decided on
D. they have no idea what songs they will perform

46. What do the bands on the programme Top of the Pops have to do by themselves?
A. Make-up.            B. Dressing.                  C. Recording.               D. Practising.

47. How is music programme made at the TV station?
A. plan the show→book the bands→practise→record the programme→edit the programme
B. edit the programm→book the bands→plan the show→practise→record the programme
C. book the bands→plan the show→practise→record the programme→edit the program
D. practise→book the bands→plan the show→edit the program→record the programme