Words cannot convey how much I _______ all you have done to make this day so special for all of us.

A. abandon               B. acknowledge          C. appreciate                 D. address

 — Have you finished writing the report? 

— Yes, I ________ yesterday.

A. have                  B. had                       C. did                           D. have done

During our four days in Paris, it was at the Louvre Museum ______ we saw the Mona Lisa, painted by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci.                                 

 A. where                  B. that                        C. after                        D. how

She has been selected as “the most loved teacher” by the students because of her touching _______to them.

A. favour                  B. solution                C. reference                D. devotion

 We live day by day, but in the great things, the time of days and weeks ______ so small that a day is unimportant.                  

A. is               B. are               C. has been             D. have been

随着网络的日益普及，当前有人选择网络阅读，有人则喜欢传统阅读。传统的阅读方式似乎正在被网络阅读方式取代。假如你是某中学的李华，请你以 “Traditional Reading or Online Reading？”为题按照下列表格提供的信息写一篇英语短文，并发表自己的看法。

注意：1. 短文词数不少于100；            2. 开头部分已写好，不计入总词数；

3. 内容充实，结构完整，语意连贯；  4. 短文须写在答题卷的指定区域；

5. 书写须清晰、工整。              6. 短文中不能体现本人真实信息。

Traditional Reading or Online Reading？

With the popularity of the Internet, there seems to be a trend that the traditional reading is being replaced by online reading among people, especially among students.

阅读下面的短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入适当的词或使用括号中所给词的适当形式填空

Have you ever listened to young children talking on the playground? They are always boasting（自夸）. They say things like, “My dad’s car is bigger ___71．__ your dad’s,” and “My mom is smarter than yours.”

There were three little boys, Harry, Ted and Gavin, __72．___were always boasting. Gavin was the worst. Everything about his family was always the best. ___73．___ the others said, he could always go on better. One day ___74．__ they were walking to school, Harry said, “My father had a bath twice ___75．__ week,” Ted spoke next. “That’s nothing,” he said. “That is dirty. My father has a bath every day, sometimes twice.” Ted looked at Gavin. Now it was __76．___ turn. But this time Ted thought, “I’m going to win.” Gavin didn’t know what to say. He couldn’t say that his father had a bath three times a day. That was silly. He walked on ___77．___ silence. Both Ted __78．__ Harry smiled. They were sure that for once they___79．___ (beat) Gavin. They reached the school gates. Still Gavin said nothing. “We’ve won,” Ted said to Harry, but he spoke too soon. On the way home, Gavin said, “My Dad is ___80．__ clean that he doesn’t have to bathe at all.”

Reading to oneself is a modern activity which was almost unknown to the learned in the early days of the history, while during the fifteenth century the term “reading” undoubtedly meant reading aloud. Only during the nineteenth century did silent reading become popular.

One should be careful, however, of supposing that silent reading came about simply because reading aloud is distraction（分散注意力）to others. Examination of reasons connected with the historical development of silent reading shows that it became the usual mode of reading for most adult reading tasks mainly because the tasks themselves changed in character.

The last century saw a gradual increase in literacy（读写能力）and thus in the number of readers. As readers increased, so the number of listeners dropped, and thus there was some reduction in the need to read aloud. As reading for the benefit of listeners grew less common, so came the popularity of reading as a private activity in such public places as libraries, trains and offices, where reading aloud would disturb other readers in a way. 

Towards the end of the century there was still heated argument over whether books should be used for information or treated respectfully, and over whether the reading of material such as newspapers was in some way mentally weakening. Indeed this argument remains with us still in education. However, whatever its advantages are, the old shared literacy culture had gone and was replaced by the printed mass media on the one hand and by books and magazines for a specialized readership on the other.

By the end of t he century students were being advised to have some new ideas of books and to use skills in reading them which were not proper, if not impossible, for the oral reader. The social, cultural, and technological developments in the century had greatly changed what the term “reading” referred to.

68．Why was reading aloud common before the nineteenth century?

A. Because silent reading had not been discovered.

B. Because there were few places for private reading.

C. Because few people could read for themselves.

D. Because people depended on reading for enjoyment.

69．The development of silent reading during the nineteenth century showed_______.

A. a change in the position of literate people

B. a change in the nature of reading

C. an increase in the number of books

D. an increase in the average age of readers

70． Educationalists are still arguing about__________.

A. the importance of silent reading

B. the amount of information provided by books and newspapers

C. the effects of reading on health

D. the value of different types of reading material

The International Space Station，one of the most ambitious space projects ever and a key launching board for exploration of the solar system，turns l0 years old Thursday．

    On Nov．20，1998，the first part of the space station was launched by the Russians from Kazakhstan．NASA followed up two weeks later with Piece No 2 carried up by a space shuttle．

    The space station has grown into a giant outpost(前哨)355 km up，home to three people at any given time—soon to be six．

    Thanks to the newly arrived shuttle Endeavour，the space station now has five sleep stations，two baths，two kitchens and two mini—gyms．Ahogether， there are nine rooms，three of which are full scale labs．

    The United States has financed the main part of the project，estimated to cost some 100 billion dollars．Fifteen other countries have also contributed， including Russia，Japan，Canada，Brazil anti eleven nations belonging to the  European Space Agency．

    ’Fhe space station has traveled 2．1 billion km，orbited Earth more than 57，300 times，hosted 167 people from 15 countries，and served up more than l 9，000 meals

    ”The ISS is the largest ever expenmeni in international technological cooperation，’’ said John Logsdon。a historian at the National Air and Space Museum in US．

    “1 think it’s a necessary stepping stone to long—term human activities in new Areas of operations，”Logsdon said．The station is“off the planet and it’s the first Step outward—not all end in itself，but a step along the way．’’

64．The passage is mainly about              ．

      A the construction of the International Space Station．

      B．the history of the International Space Station．

    C the tenth anniversary of the International Space Station．

     D．the eountries that help establish the International Space Station．

65．Piece No 2 of the ISS was put into orbit oil              

      A．Nov．6，1998    B．Nov．24，1998

      C．Dee．8，1998       D．Dec．9，1998

66．Which of the following is true about Endeav our according to the passage?

      A．Endeavour is a newly built shuttle．

      B．Endeavour is part of the space station，

      C．Endeavour didn’t get close to the space station．

    D．Endeavour carried a lot of equipment for the apace station．

67．Which of the following country has not made a contribution to the eonstruction of

    the International space station according to the passage?

      A．USA．    B．Japan．    C．Korea．D．Spain．   

In modern society there is a great deal of argument about competition . Some value it highly , believing that it is responsible for social progress and prosperity . Others say that competition is bad ; that it sets one person against another ; that it leads to unfriendly relationship between people .

I have taught many children who held the belief that their self-worth relied (依赖)on how well they performed at tennis and other skills . For them, playing well and winning are often life-and-death affairs. In their single-minded pursuit ( 追求)of success , the development of many other human qualities is sadly forgotten .

However ，while some seem to be lost in the desire to succeed , others take an opposite attitude .In a culture which values only the winner and pays no attention to the ordinary players , they strongly blame competition . Among the most vocal  are youngsters who have suffered under competitive pressures from their parents or society . Teaching these young people . I often observe in them a desire to fail . They seem to seek failure by not trying to win or achieve success . By not trying , they always have an excuse : “I may have lost . but it doesn’t matter because I really didn’t try . “What is not usually admitted by themselves is the belief that if they had really tried and lost, that would mean a lot . Such a loss would be a measure of their worth . Clearly, this belief is the same as that of the true competitors who try to prove themselves . Both are based on the mistaken belief that one’s self-respect relies on how well one performs in comparison with others . Both are afraid of not being valued . Only as this basic and often troublesome fear begins to dissolve (缓解) can we discover a new meaning in competition .

60. What does this passage mainly talk about ?

A．Competition helps to set up self-respect .

B．Opinions about competition are different among people

C．Competition is harmful to personal quality development .

D．Failures are necessary experiences in competition

61. Why do some people favor competition according to the passage ?

A．It pushes society forward .     B．It builds up a sense of duty .

C．It improves personal abilities . D．It encourages individual efforts

62. The underlined phrase “the most vocal” in Paragraph 3 means         .

A．those who try their best to win

B．those who value competition most highly

C．those who are against competition most strongly

D．those who rely on others most for success

63. Which point of view may the author agree to ?

A．Every effort should be paid back .

B．Competition should be encouraged .

C．Winning should be a life-and-death matter .

D．Fear of failure should be removed in competition