The new secretary is a quick, ______ worker, and the boss is quite satisfied with her.

A. efficient          B. frequent           C. messy                 D. effective

 It didn’t take long for them to ______ the cheat, who pretended to be an expert in this field.

A. look through     B. go through       C. see through           D. live through

 Billy kept asking his mother if he could go to the movies and she      .

A. gave way to    B. gave up          C. gave way                D. gave away   

－Have you been acquainted with each other for long?

－Not very long, ____________ we started to work in the company.

A. after　　 　　　 B. before 　　　 　C. when　　 　　　　　 D. since

 Persons under 18 ______ not be employed in night work in the United States.

A. can                  B. may                 C. will                    D. shall

—Shall we go to the art exhibition right now?

— 　　 .

A. It’s your opinion　 　　　　　　　 B. I don’t mind　

C. It’s all up to you　 　　　　　　　　D. Well done

 — Excuse me. I want to buy some stamps, but I can’t find a post office. 

— I know ______ nearby. Come on, I’ll show you.

A. one                  B. it                     C. that                         D. any                    

 下面这幅照片展现了女儿为回家妈妈拿包的情景。请根据你对这幅照片的理解用英语写一篇短文。

你的短文应包含以下内容：

1. 描述照片内容，如情景、人物、动作，等等；

2. 结合自身实际，谈谈你的感想；

3. 举例说明你能为家长减负做些什么。

注意：

1. 可参照图中文字及下面文章开头所给提示，作必要的发挥想象。

2. 词数120左右。开头已经写好，不计入总词数。

3. 作文中不得提及考生所在学校和本人姓名。

The burden of students has been a hot topic for years, but the load of parents has received little attention, especially from their own children.____________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________.

阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示，2）首字母提示，3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。

Last week my youngest son and I visited my father at     

his new home in Tucson, Arizona.

    He moved there a few years ago, and I was e     to            76 _________

see his new place. My earliest m     of my father are               77._________ 

a tall, handsome, successful man ______(致力) to his work                 78._________ 

and his family, but uncomfortable with his children. He

seemed u     with me unless I got straight A’s. On the               79._________

f     day of my visit, we went out with one of my father’s          80._________

f     for lunch at an outdoor café. We talked along that                    81._________

afternoon, did some s    , ate on a street table, and                 82.__________

laughed over my son’s funny facial e    . Gone was my             83.__________

father’s critical (挑剔的) air and strict rules. The next day                 

dad pulled out his ______(童年) pictures and told me quite             84.__________

a few stories when he was a boy. I never felt so c____ (亲密）       85.__________

to him at that moment.

   Today, people all over the world are moving out of small villages in the country to go and live in big, noisy cities. They are moving from the peaceful hills, mountains, fields, rivers and streams of the countryside to the busy world of streets, buildings, traffic and crowds. This movement from rural(乡下的) areas to urban areas has been going on for over two hundred years.

   In many countries, the main reason people come to live in towns and cities is work. After one or two large factories have been built in or near a town, people come to find work, and soon an industrial area begins to grow. There is usually a residential area nearby, too. The families of these workers need schools, hospitals and shops, so many people come to live in the area to provide these services and a city grows.

   In every major city in the world, there is a business district where the big companies have their main offices. In the United States, this area is usually in the city center downtown. It is here that you can see many huge skyscrapers(摩天大楼) and office blocks. The people who work here often travel a long way to work each day. Many of them live in the suburbs of the city, far away from the industrial area and the city center. Some suburbs are very pleasant, with nice houses and big gardens. There are usually parks for children to play in and large department stores where you can buy all you need.

   But what is the future of the big cities? Will they continue to get bigger and bigger? Perhaps not. Some major cities have actually become smaller in the last ten years, and it is quite possible that one day we will see people moving out of the major cities and back into smaller towns and villages.

72. The underlined phrase “a residential area” means an area ________.

A. which is suitable for living in

B. which is near a city center

C. where people can do business

D. where people can buy things

73. Why do people move to live in cities or towns?

A. Because they can live more comfortably there.

B. Because they are sure of having a better life there.

C. Because they mainly want to find work there.

D. Because they like noisy life better than peaceful life.

74. What can we know about the business district?

A. It’s reasonable for a business district without a park for children to play in.

B. People usually work and live in the skyscrapers in the cities.

C. A business district usually lies not far away from the city center downtown.

D. Big companies usually have their main offices in the business district.

75. We can infer that this movement from rural to urban areas _________.

A. has been going on for more than 2,000 years

B. may not continue in the future

C. will surely continue in the future

D. has now stopped already