—Barbara lied to me again last night; I can’t take it any more!

  — That’s not surprising. She is _______ a simple woman.
  A. nothing but           B. anything but           C. none but      D. no more than

 ______ second-hand car can be _______ suitable choice for the young couple.

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

 It’s the end of the month and I can hardly make ends meet.       , I would buy you a good gift for your birthday.

A. If any             B. If not                       C. If ever          D. If so

—Oh, Jesus, I can’t cut the durian into two halves however I tried!
—Easy, boy! Why not use _______ knife?
A. a sharp　 　　 　　　 B. the sharper　　 　　　 C. a sharper　 　　 D. the sharpest

—Shall I help you with your suitcase, lady?

—Thanks a ton. _______.

A. If you like　　　　　　　　　　 　 　　　 B. Of course you can

C. That couldn’t be better　　　　　 　 　　　 D. It’s up to you

假定你校将举行一个成人仪式，你将作为代表在仪式上发言。请你按以下内容要点准备一篇英文发言稿。

1．过去对成年的向往；

2．现在的感受和认识；

3．将来的目标及措施。

参考词汇：

责任：responsibility

注意：

1．词数：不少于100；

2．可以适当增加细节，使行文连贯；

3．发言稿的开头与结束语已为你写好（不计入总词数）

Good morning, everyone!

The topic of my speech today is “thoughts on becoming a grown-up”.

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Thank you for listening．

英语课上，老师要求同桌同学相互修改作文。假设以下小短文为你同桌所写，请你对其进行修改。短文中共有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。

It was snowing heavily Monday morning. Li Hua was at the bus stop, waited for Bus No.601 to go to school. After the while, the bus came and she got on it. There are many passengers in the bus. Some were talking but some were looking out of the windows. Suddenly the bus stopped. The driver turned around and said, “Sorry. The bus has been broken down. Please get off and help push the bus.” When we heard this, Li Hua and the other passenger got off the bus. They worked hardly together, pushing the bus slowly backward. Soon the bus was running again. All the passengers were smiling and the sun was shining.

In a national spelling contest in America, an 11-year-old girl was asked to spell a certain word. But with her soft voice the judges were not sure if she spelled the word with the letter A or E.  71   By now, the girl knew she had misspelled the word. But instead of lying and telling the judges she had said the correct letter, she told the truth that she had said the wrong letter.  72 

     As the girl walked off the stage, the entire audience stood on their feet clapping to applaud her honesty. Later, dozens of newspaper reporters wrote about this 11-year-old girl’s courage and honesty, even when it cost her the contest.  73 

Probably the biggest test of our character and honesty is what we would do if we knew we would never get caught.

This young girl could easily have lied, and nobody would have known it but her. But that’s just it: She would know she did wrong.  74 

This young girl was strong and smart enough to prize her own conscience and character more than the prize from a spelling contest. Her respect for herself was more important than any respect others might give her for winning a contest. She knew she would have to live with herself and the choice she made at the moment.

      75 

A.      So she won the contest.

B.      As a result, she lost the contest.

C.      The judges wanted to give her another chance.

D.     It’s been said, “If you cheat, you make yourself cheap.”

E.      It’s so true that the choices you make today make what you are tomorrow.

F.      They talked it over and finally decided to simply ask her what she had said.

G.     But the fact is that she won the biggest contest that day: the contest of her character.

Special Bridges Help Animals Cross the Road

----Reported by Sheila Carrick

Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to the other side.

Most people know this joke. But recently, some people have been much more worried about how the grizzly bear(灰熊)and mountain lion can cross the road.

"Millions of animals die each year on US roads," the Federal Highway Administration reports. In fact，only about 80 ocelots, an endangered wild cat, exist in the US today. The main reason? Road kill. "Ecopassages" may help animals cross the road without being hit by cars. They are paths both over and under roads. "These ecopassages can be extremely useful, so that wildlife can avoid road accidents," said Jodi Hilty of the Wildlife Protection Society.

But do animals actually use the ecopassages? The answer is yes. Paul Beier of Northern Arizona University found foot marks left by mountain lions on an ecopassage that went under a highway. This showed that the lions used the passage.

Builders of ecopassages try to make them look like a natural part of an area by planting trees on and around them. Animals seem to be catching on. Animals as different as salamanders(火蜥蜴) and grizzly bears are using the bridges and underpasses.

The next time you visit a park or drive through an area with a lot of wildlife, look around. You might see an animal overpass!

68. The writer uses the example of "ocelots " to show that           .

A. wild animals have become more dangerous

B. the driving conditions have improved greatly

C. an increasing number of animals are killed in road accidents

D. the measure for protecting wildlife fails to work

69. From the news story, we know an ecopassage is           .

A. an underground path for cars        

B. a fence built for the safety of the area

C. a bridge for animals to get over a river      

D. a path for animals to cross the road

70. The writer asks visitors and drivers to look around when traveling because          .

A. wild animals may attack cars                         B. wild animals may jam the road

C. they may see wild animals on ecopassages      D. they may see wild animals in the park

"Yes, but what did we use to do before there was television?" How often we hear statements like this! Television hasn't been with us all that long, but we are already beginning to forget what the world was like without it. Before we admitted the "one-eyed monster" into our homes, we never found it difficult to occupy our spare time. We used to enjoy civilised pleasures. For instance, we used to have hobbies, entertain our friends and be entertained by them, go outside for our amusements. We even used to read books and listen to music occasionally. Now all our free time is regulated by the "goggle box". We rush home for our meals to be in time for this or that programme. A sandwich and a glass of beer will do—anything, providing it doesn't interfere with the programme. The monster demands and obtains absolute silence and attention. If any member of the family dares to open his mouth during a programme, he is quickly silenced.

Whole generations are growing up addicted to the television. Food is left uneaten, homework undone and sleep is lost. The television is a universal thing that makes people calm. It is now standard practice for mother to keep the children quiet by putting them in the living-room and turning on the set. It doesn't matter what the children will watch—so long as they are quiet.

Television encourages passive enjoyment. We become content with second-hand experiences. It is so easy to sit in our armchairs watching others working. Little by little, television cuts us off from the real world. We get so lazy, we choose to spend a fine day in semi-darkness. Television may be a splendid medium of communication, but it prevents us from communicating with each other. We only become aware how totally irrelevant television is to real living when we spend a holiday by the sea or in the mountains. In quiet, natural surroundings.we quickly discover how little we miss the King television.

64. Through the passage, the writer aims to tell us ________.
A. how television is damaging our health  
B. how to keep away from watching television  
C. that television is doing harm to our life  
D. all of us find it difficult to live without television  

65. What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A. Second-hand experiences provided by television are harmful.  
B. We can enjoy our life without television.  
C. Television is a necessary way of communication.  
D. Television is becoming irreplaceable in our daily life.  

66. What's the main reason for parents to put the children before a television set?
A. To save more time for housework.  
B. To help them sleep earlier.  
C. To keep them quiet.  
D. To help them learn more knowledge from television.  

67. By saying "we never found it difficult to occupy our spare time," the writer means ________.
A. television occupies too much of our spare time  
B. it's easy for us to find some spare time to enjoy the television  
C. we have less spare time after we have television  
D. it's difficult to spend our spare time without a television