Mary couldn’t remember when she first met Mr. Smith, but she was sure it was _____ Sunday because everybody was at ________ church.

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

请根据下图提示，用英语写一篇短文。先简要描写下图，然后再发表你自己的看法和意见。

注意：

1．词数：100左右

2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯

3．参考词汇：孤独（寂寞）get lonely

  假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，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（∧ ），并在其下面写出该加的词。

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。

   Walter's goal in life was become a successfully doctor. He knew he had to finish high school first, so he puts his heart into his studies — in particular, biology, chemistry, or maths. Because he worked hard at these subjects, Walter became good at it. However, Walter forgot what he needed to master some other subjects besides those he had been chosen. As a result, Walter failed both English and Latin in the end of the second school year. But he had to repeat these subjects and he was almost unable to graduate like planned. Walter learned a good lesson.

阅读下列相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。

以下是课程名称的信息：

A Information Processing and Technology

B Study of Society

C Physical Education

D Ancient History

E Film and History

F Modern History

请阅读以下是课程目标的信息，并匹配以上课程名称。

71. The aim of the course is to develop students:

 *a general knowledge or ancient civilizations;

 *an understanding of the foundations of modern western culture;

 *an ability to research effectively for information on a matter under consideration

 *an ability to present historical information in written form

72. The general objective of this course is to provide students with knowledge of the theoretical and practical concepts of the film making process.

73. The aim of the course generally is to develop the student:

 *an awareness of the international community of today and their place in it;

 *an understanding of how today’s world situations evolved;

 *an ability to research effectively for information on a matter under consideration;

 *an ability to present their historical information in written form

74. At the end of the course a student will have developed a range of skills to enable them to;

 *solve problems using computer technology, design information systems;

 *extract and organize information using various software package database, etc;

 *make reasonable judgments on the impact of technology on our society.

 Further to this, the student will have experience using a range of computers, printers, and other hardwares and softwares.

75. The general aim of this course is to enable the students to develop a greater awareness of the structures and relationships that exist within society as well as his/her own within these structures and relationships.

When I lived in Spain, some Spanish friends of mine decided to visit England by car. Before they left, they asked me for advice about how to find accommodation (住所). I suggested that they should stay at ‘bed and breakfast’ houses, because this kind of accommodation gives a foreign visitor a good chance to speak English with the family. My friends listened to my advice, but they came back with some funny stories.

    “We didn’t stay at bed and breakfast houses,” they said, “because we found that most families were away on holiday.”

    I thought this was strange. Finally I understood what had happened. My friends spoke little English, and they thought ‘VACANCIES’ meant ‘holidays’, because the Spanish word for ‘holidays” is ‘vacaciones’. So they did not go to house where the sign outside said ‘VACANCLES’, which in English means there are free rooms. Then my friends went to house where the sign said ‘NO VACANCLES’, because they thought this meant the people who owned the house were not away on holiday. But they found that these houses were all full. As a result, they stayed at hotels!

    We laughed about this and about mistakes my friends made in reading other signs. In Spanish, the word ‘DIVERSION’ means fun. In English, it means that workmen are repairing the road, and that you must take a different road. When my friends saw the word ‘DIVERSION’ on a road sign, they thought they were going to have fun. Instead, the road ended in a large hold.

    English people have problems too when they learn foreign languages. Once in Paris. when someone offered me some more. coffee, I said ‘Thank you’ in French. I meant that I would like some more, However , to my surprise the coffee pot was taken away! Later I found out that ‘Thank you’ in French means ‘Mo, thank you.’

68. My Spanish friends wanted advice about ______.

   A. learning English                     B. finding places to stay in England

   C. driving their car on English roads        D. going to England by car

69. I suggested that they stay at bed and breakfast houses because ______.

   A. they would be able to practise their English

   B. it would be much cheaper than staying in hotels

   C. it would be convenient for them to have dinner

   D. there would be no problem about finding accommodation there

70. “NO VACANCIES” in English means ______.

   A. no free rooms          B. free rooms     

C. not away on holiday    D. holidays

1.2 million road deaths worldwide occur each year, plus a further 50 million injuries. To reduce car crash rate, much research now is focused on safety and new fuels一though some electric vehicle and biofuel research aims at going faster.

Traveling at speed has always been risky. One cutting edge area of research in motoring safety is the use of digital in-car assistants. They can ensure you don't miss key road signs or fall asleep. The use of artificial intelligence software allows these assistants to monitor your driving and makes sure your phone or radio doesn't distract you at a vital moment. Most crashes result from human and not mechanical faults.

Some safety developments aim to improve your vision. Radar can spot obstacles in fog, while other technology "sees through" high-sided vehicles blocking your view.

And improvements to seat belts, pedal controls and tyres are making driving smoother and safer. The color of a car has been found to be linked with safety, as have, less surprisingly, size and shape.

And alternatives to fossil-fuel based petrol, such as plant oils, are a hot area of research. Fuel cells based on hydrogen burn cleanly, and are the subject of a serious research effort.

But whatever is in the fuel tank，you don't want a thief in the driving seat and there have been many innovations（革新），some using satellite tracking and remote communications, to fight against car theft. These communication systems can also come into play if you crash, automatically calling for help.

Accidents cause many traffic jams, but there are slighter interplays（相互作用）between vehicles that can cause jams even on a clear but busy road, such jams can be analyzed using statistical tools. Robotic drivers could be programmed to make traffic flow smoothly and will perhaps one day be everyone's personal tool, but their latest efforts suggest that won't be soon.

64．What can we infer from paragraph One?

A. Fully automatic cars will reduce car crash rate.

B .Safety research has been paid much attention to.

C. Faster electric vehicles should be produced more.

D. Road accidents increase to a shocking rate in China.

65. What has been researched to improve the safety of a car according to the passage?

A. Some developments in seat belts, pedal controls and tyres.

B .A digital camera that can help drivers to see obstacles in fog.

C .Satellite tracking that can help drivers to improve their vision.

D. Artificial intelligence that help drivers to see through big vehicles.

66. What is the most important purpose of innovations that use satellite tracking and remote communications?

A. To call for help when one's car crashes.

B .To track the car down when it is being stolen.

C .To prevent car thieves from getting into your car.

D. To call for help when the car gets jammed in the traffic.

67. What is the passage mainly about?

A. The improvements inside cars help to protect drivers.

B．The use of artificial intelligence can reduce car crash rate 

C. The serious fact of road accidents needs the concern of everyone.

D ．Different technology has been researched to avoid car troubles.

   Chelsea Clinton, the 31-year-old daughter of former President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, is stepping into her own spotlight.

   According to the New York Times, NBC has hired Clinton to become a full-time special correspondent（记者） for NBC News. Her feature stories will reportedly be used in the “Making a Difference” series, which runs on “NBC Nightly News”. The sections attract people who volunteer to improve the lives of others in their communities.

  When Bill Clinton won the presidency in 1992, the first lady asked the press to keep Chelsea out of the public eyes. As a young adult, Chelsea continued to avoid media attention in order to attend college and quietly enter the business world. Once her mother decided to run for the presidency in 2007, however, Chelsea made hundreds of public appearances, mostly on college campuses, to support the campaign. More recently, she has worked for New York University and promoted her father’s latest book. She is currently pursuing a doctor’s degree at Oxford.

  Clinton is the second daughter of a president hired by NBC News; Jenna Bush Hager, daughter of former President George W. Bush, works as a correspondent for NBC’s “Today” show.

60. Chelsea Clinton continued to stay out of media attention to _____.

   A. improve the lives of others

   B. help her father in the election

   C. study and go to the business circle

   D. support her mother for the presidency

61. What does the underlined word mean in Paragraph 2?

   A. is shown                    B. flows               

C. is managed                        D. spreads

62. Which is the right order of the events?

   a. Chelsea helped to sell Bill Clinton’s latest book.

   b. Chelsea pursues her doctor’s degree.

   c. Chelsea supported her mother’s career.

   d. Chelsea was out of the public attention.

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

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

63. According to the text, we can conclude that _____.

   A. Chelsea Clinton is the second daughter of Bill Clinton

   B. Chelsea Clinton is in favour of her parents’ careers

   C. Chelsea Clinton always follows her mother’s advice

   D. Jenna Bush Hager is a correspondent for “NBC Nightly News”

Once there was a young woman who didn’t like her job. Everyday when she came home from work, she told her husband how terrible her day had been, how tiring the work and how unreasonable her boss. “Leave that job,” her husband told her.

“Oh, I will,” she said. “But not yet. I have too many friends there for me to leave.” And so she remained unhappy at work until the years became decades and her children had children. “Leave that job,” her grandchildren told her. “Oh, I will,” she said. “But not yet. There are only seven more years until I reach thirty years of service and can retire. So I can’t just yet.”

I know this woman. And her story reminds me of an old dog half asleep on the porch of a general store, moaning and groaning in the sun. “Why is your dog acting that way?” a customer asked the store owner. “Oh,” answered the man. “He’s lying on a nail.” “Well, why doesn’t he move?” “Because it’s not hurting him bad enough.”

That’s true for people, too. We convince ourselves the pain is not bad enough to leave the workplace we know. But we’re wrong. Prolonged work pain is continuing. Some work pain damages our self-esteem, kills our passion or destroys our dreams.

Wilbur Wright once commented, “We could hardly wait to get up in the morning. I know that exhilarating feeling of being so passionate about something I was working on that I couldn’t wait to get back to work. And people who are winning at working know that kind of passion, too.”

They get excited about work. They offer their unique gifts and talents eagerly. And when things don’t change as they sometimes will, they refuse to let environment hijack(劫持) their self-esteem, passion or dreams.

56. The woman complained to her husband every day because    .

A. she didn’t have enough money to support her family

B. her boss criticized her for what she had done

C. she was not satisfied with her job at all

D. her work was difficult and her boss was cruel

57. From the second paragraph we can know that the woman    .

A. did exactly the same job all along       

B. liked making friends with others            

C. loved all of her children very much       

D. left her tiring job at last                   

58. The underlined word “Prolonged” (in Paragraph 4) means    .

A. Slight                   B. lasting                 C. serious                   D. hard

59. People who are getting along well with their work     .

A. have to get up early every day              

B. are not willing to go to work

C. need more unique gifts and talents         

D. are likely to change with the situation

   One morning I wasted nearly an hour watching a tiny ant carry a huge feather. Several times, it   36  several obstacles in its path. And after a brief pause it would make the necessary detour (绕道).   37   one point, the ant had to cross a crack(裂缝) about 10mm wide. After some   38    thoughts, the ant laid the feather over the crack, walked   39   it and picked the feather up on the other side, then continued on its way. I was   40   by the cleverness of this ant. It was only a small insect, lacking in   41   yet equipped with a brain to reason, explore, discover and overcome.   42    this ant, like the other two-legged creatures   43   on the earth, also shares human failings. 

   After some time the ant   44   reached its destination — a flower bed and a small hole that was the entrance to its   45   home. It was there that the ant met its   46   . How could that large feather possibly   47   such a small hole? Of course, it couldn’t. So the ant, after all this   48   and using great brightness, overcoming problems a1l along the way, just gave up the   49   and went home. The ant had not thought the problem through   50   it began its journey and in the end the feather was   51   more than a burden. Isn’t our   52   like that?     

   We worry about our families; we worry about the   53   of money; and we worry about all kinds of things. These are all burdens — the things we pick up along life’s path, and drag them around the obstacles and over the cracks that life will bring, only to   54   that at the destination they are   55   and we can’t take them with us.

36. A. came across          B. came about           C. got over               D. took over

37. A. For                       B. At                        C. To                       D. With

38. A. brave                    B. tiring                    C. short                   D. magic

39. A. through                 B. across                C. beside                  D. behind

40. A. satisfied                 B. frightened           C. annoyed               D. attracted

41. A. height                    B. size                      C. depth                   D. width

42. A. Therefore              B. Otherwise            C. But                      D. Moreover

43. A. living                     B. working           C. sleeping               D. walking

44. A. finally                    B. probably               C. suddenly             D. easily

45. A. lonely                 B. comfortable           C. underground         D. big

46. A. partner                B. parent                 C. match               D. friend

47. A. fix                        B. fit                      C. fill                    D. feel

48. A. trouble                  B. pleasure               C. decision               D. matter

49. A. insect                    B. problem               C. feather                 D. hole

50. A. before                   B. after                    C. until                   D. once

51. A. everything             B. anything               C. something            D. nothing

52. A. study                    B. aim                    C. dream                D. 1ife

53. A. waste                    B. lack                     C. worth                  D. danger

54. A. think                    B. wonder               C. warn                   D. find

55. A. bad                      B. useless                 C. meaningful          D. practical

 You are saying that everyone is equal, ______ is ______ I disagree.

 A. which; where      B. which; what      C. that; where     D. that; what