The weather turned out to be fine yesterday. I ___ the trouble to carry my umbrella with me.

   A. should have taken                            B. could have taken

C. needn’t have taken                    D. mustn’t have taken

— What do you think of their marriage?

— ______, if I were Kate, I would not marry him.

　 A. Generally speaking　　 　　 　　 B. I have no idea

C. To be honest　　　　　　 　 D. To my surprise

 The players ______ from the whole country are expected to bring us honor in this summer game.

A. selecting                  B. to select

C. selected                   D. having selected

 You can’t imagine ______ when they received these nice Christmas presents.

  A. how they were excited                    B. how excited they were

C. how excited were they                    D. they were how excited

 —I have studied growing plants as one of my interests. Could I make some suggestions?

—______.

A. You will make it.       B. Go right ahead.

C. Don’t mention it.       D. Take it easy.

你的英语老师要求你班同学每天英语课上用英语为全班介绍一句英语谚语。假设你是李华，在明天的课上，你要为大家介绍time and tide wait for no man(时不我待)这句谚语。请按照以下要点，写一篇发言稿。

1. 你从一本中学生英语杂志上读到的这句谚语；

2.       你喜欢这句谚语的理由：文字简单，容易记忆，能够激励你抓紧时间学习。

3.       举出两种可能会用到这句谚语的语境。

注意：词数100左右；  可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：谚语proverb

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加，删除或修改。

 增加： 在缺词处加一个漏字符号（^）,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。

I went to Shanghai Expo on last week. At the gate I happened to meet some America tourists. I greeted him in English and then we began to chat. I got to know that they were college students travel in China. They were busy with taking pictures and were much impressed with the changes had taken place in the past few years. After which, we visited China Pavilion and had a good time. We exchanged our email address so that we could write to each other on the future. They thanked me again and again. I was very glad to have a chance to practising my oral English.

      71  . She described all the things she had to do --- one was to make her bed --- from the moment she woke up until she flew out of the door for work. I suggested she experiment by not making her bed for two weeks. She was shocked, probably thinking I’d been raised by wolves in a forest.   72  .

Two weeks later she went into my office beaming. She had left her bed unmade for the first time in 42 years --- and nothing bad had happened. “And you know what?” she said. ”I don’t dry my dishes anymore, either. ”

      73  . One was discovering that she had choices in her life that she had never seen before. The other was giving herself permission to be less that perfect. This story shows an important principle about managing time: No one can do it all. Each of us has to make choices and accept trade-offs. The problem is, many people choose in ways that put themselves and their health last. They take better care of their houses and cars than they do of themselves.   74  .

So what is the solution? There’s an easy way. Decide what you want in your life, and put that first. On a daily basis, that should include regular meals, enough sleep and time with your family. Exercise, leisure, friendships and hobbies should also be regular aspects of life.   75  . The choice is yours: whatever makes you feel good about yourself and your life. Take a nap. Take a walk. Take time to play the piano. Stop bringing your briefcase home from the office. Stop keeping your house as clean as your mother kept hers. Fill more of your time with want-to-dos instead of have-to-dos.

A. This woman had made two major breakthroughs.

B. Above all, you needn’t do anything for yourself regularly.

C. They put everyone else’s needs ahead of their own.

D. However, she went along with my idea.

E. Most people do not take time to relax themselves.

F. The point is to do something for yourself every day.

G. A patient came to see me about the stress in her life.

Burn rate is the speed at which a startup business consumes money. My rate was $ 75,000 a month. Four months after my company was set up, I had only a quarter of the starting capital left in the bank.
    Looking for guidance, I went to talk to my friend, Arthur Walworth about my new venture. “Times of great change always bring out the risk-takers,” he said. “And they leave winners and losers. My grandfather invested a lot of money in a project of Thomas Edison’s that ended up in failure. ”
    I was lost in thought at the notion(an idea or belief about something) of a Thomas Edison project ending in failure. Damn. It could happen to anybody! I must continue.
    At that time CD-ROM sales had bombed, so investors were fleeing from the field. I didn’t turn away from mine entirely, but instead linked it to the Internet.
    My plan was to offer consumers descriptions of home-design products by using a special software and let them modify the designs. Then we can enable them to get online professional and constructional help to have their houses built, decorated and furnished according to their own choice.
    To realize my plan I needed investors, so I continued to meet regularly with venture capitalists. One said I had a great idea. But I needed to test it. Get the money somewhere. To get this money from a venture capitalist is going to cost my wife and my children! He turned down my request.
    Wife? Children? I hardly remembered them.
    I was working nonstop --- struggling to turn the key in the lock, to find the right way ahead. The pressure was terrible. It was just at this time that my parents and sisters stepped up. Two hundred thousand dollars. A lot of money to them, invested in this crazy son and brother without a moment’s hesitation. Dad and Mom had driven out from Chicago and seen the passion in my little office and the trouble at home.
   With their help my company survived and has been prospering ever since.
67. When the author’s company started operation, he had _______ .
    A. $ 450,000    B.$ 400,000   C.$ 350,000     D. $ 300,000
68. Arthur implies that to start a business in times of change, people have to _______ .
     A. rely on famous people all be time

B. invest as much money as possible
     C. face the risks of possible failure

D. think about nothing but success
69. The author’s company was engaged in _______
      A. furniture design and production      B. online home-design service
      C. traditional home designing          D. home decoration business
70. Faced with a very unfavorable market situation, the author decided  _______.
    A. to improve his service         B. to start a new business
    C. to withdraw his money        D. to reduce his investment

Exploit your parking space

An unused parking space or garage can make money. If you live near a city center or an airport, you could make anything up to £200 or £300 a week. Put an advertisement for free on Letpark or Atmyhousepark.

Rent a room

Spare room? Not only will a lodger(房客) earn you an income, but also, thanks to the government-backed “rent a room” program, you won’t have to pay any tax on the first £4500 you make per year. Try advertising your room on Roomspare or Roommateeasy.

Make money during special events

Won’t want a full-time lodger? Then rent on a short-term basis. If you live in the capital, renting a room out during the Olympics or other big events could bring in money, Grashpadder can advertise your space.

Live on set

Renting your home out as a “film set” could earn you hundreds of pounds a day, depending on the film production company and how long your home is needed. A quick search on the Internet will bring up dozens of online companies that allow you to register your home for free — but you will be charged if your home gets picked.

Use your roof

You need the right kind of roof, but some energy companies pay the cost of fixing solar equipment(around￡14,000), and let you use the energy produced for nothing. In return, they get paid for unused energy fed back into the National Grid. However, you have to sign a 25-year agreement with the supplier, which could prevent you from changing the roof.

63. If you earn ￡5000 from renting a room in one year, the tax you need to pay will be based on ______.

A. ￡800       B. ￡500                  C. ￡4500                D.5000

64. Where can you put an advertisement to rent out a room during a big event?

A. On Letpark.         B. On Roomspare.

C. On Grashpadder.    D. On Roommateeasy.

65. If you want to use energy free, you have to_____.

A. sign an agreement with the government

B. pay around ￡14,000 for the equipment

C. sell the roof to some energy companies

D. keep the roof unchanged for within 25 years

66. For whom the text most probably written?

A. Lodgers.       B. Advertisers.

C. House owners.  D. Online companies