A round moon in the sky _____ an attack of homesickness to Li Bai and then came the poem, A Tranquil Night.

A. set in                        B. set out                      C. set about                  D. set off

 ---The thread of my kite broke and it flew away.

　---I told you it would break easily ________ it was the weakest.

　A. where                          B. because                    C. that                          D. in which

 Ma Yun failed twice in the college entrance exam, making people consider him as _____ failure. But now he has won ______ splendid success in business.

  A. \, a                        B. a, \                         C. \, \                           D. a, a

 —I’m dead tired. I can’t walk any farther, Jenny.
　　—______, Tommy. You can do it!

　A. No problem                B. No hurry                C. Come on                 D. That’s OK

根据下列提示，写一篇介绍我国著名的水稻专家袁隆平的文章。

1．袁隆平, 1937年9月7日出生在重庆的一个贫困农民家庭。

2．1953年毕业于西南农学院，毕业后被分配到湘西农校任教。

3．1964年开始从事水稻研究。1981年荣获我国第一个国家发明特等奖，被国际上誉为“杂交水稻之父”。

4．生活简朴，不计名利。

注意：

1. 词数120左右；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3. 文中不得透露个人姓名和学校名称。

假如英语课上老师要求同学们交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。

文中有10处错误，要求你在错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写上该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。

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11处起)不计分。

Dear Linda,

We have some excited news for you. Maria is going to have a baby! We don’t tell you right away. At first the doctor said she might have some trouble of the baby. Now he said she is just fine. She still works on her paintings every day. But she stopped from teaching her art classes.There is going to have another big change in our life.We’re moving back to New York! It’s very much nicer to be near the families for something important like a baby. Maria grew up in the Mexico, and she doesn’t have a family here. So that makes even more important to us.

Some countries are better than others at looking after the environment.In Europe,Germany（德国）and northem European countries work very hard to improve the environment.The people in Germany put their rubbish into different bags-paper in one bag,plastic in laws that do not allow people to burn too much coal. In the 1970s ,as people learned more about environmental problems,the “Green”movement（运动）began and soon spread all over Europe.The “Green ”movement tries to get governments to protect the environment.It collects information about how industry is damaging（毁坏）the environment and tells newspapers. 

56.Which countries in Europe work very hard to improve the environment? (within 5 words)

57.Who put rubbish into different bags? (within 4 words)

58.Can the people in Germany burn too much coal? (within 1 words)

59.When did the “Green “movement begin? (within 3 words)

60.What does the “Green”movement try to do?  (within 6 words)

—What’s the matter with you, Tom?

—Oh,   51   Maybe I’ve got a cold.

—  52   Why don’t you take some coldstop?

—  53               

—That’s what I took the last time I had a cold.   54   Maybe that’ll help.

—Thanks.

(Two days later)

—How are you feeling now?

—Getting better.

—  55 

A．Does it work well?

B．Good idea.

C．Glad to hear it.

D．I feel a little bad under the weather now.

E．It worked pretty well.

F．It’s very kind of you.

       G．That’s too bad.

Isn’t it cool to surf (冲浪) in summer? You catch a wave and enjoy the ride. Surfing is not only our favorite sport, though. A group of penguins (企鹅) enjoy the sport as much as we do. And they show their excitement and skills in the new animated film —Surf`s Up, which came out on June 6, in the US.

    Cody loves the sport. Cody’s idol (偶像) is Big Z, a great penguin surfing king. Cody doesn’t like his brother and his mother who are not supportive. He really wants to get away. Cody believes that winning a surfing competition will bring him admiration and respect. When Mikey Abromowitz, a talent scout (侦察员), comes to Antarctica to look for talented penguins for a surfing competition, Cody’s really excited, but during his show there are no waves and he doesn’t make it. But he knows he can’t give up. He runs after Mikey’s whale and begs until Mikey agrees to take him.

    There Cody meets Lani, the island’s beautiful lifeguard, as well as his main rival (对手), the surfing champion Evans. The cocky Evans shows no respect for Big Z, which makes Cody angry. For this, he challenges Evans to a surfing match, only to suffer a terrible defeat.

    Lani takes Cody to the island doctor. As they spend time together, Cody realizes that this doctor is really Big Z himself. When he learns this, Cody begs him to train him and make him a better surfer.

    Cody begins to find his own way. Cody improves his skills with the help of Big Z and discovers that a true winner isn’t always the one who comes in first.

47. The passage mainly tells us ______.

A. that winning can bring you good luck and respect

B. how a penguin can be a good surfer

C. about a new animated film —Surf`s Up

D. about the life of a teenage penguin called Cody

48. Which of the following statements about Big Z is NOT true?

A. He is a great penguin surfing king.

B. He doesn’t help Cody with surfing although Cody begs him.

C. He works as a doctor after he leaves surfing.

D. He is loved by the teenage penguin Cody.

49. The underlined part “doesn’t make it” in Paragraph 2 probably means “_______”.

A. feels very sad               B. can’t breathe freely

C. is not successful              D. can’t continue surfing

50. Which of the following statements about Cody is NOT true?

A. He likes surfing and lives in Antarctica.

B. He thinks winning will win him the respect of others at first.

C. He gets along well with his brother and his mother.

D. He is defeated by Evans in a surfing match.

It’s 8:30, time for John to start work. So he turns on his radio. Then he eats breakfast. As he eats, he reads his e-mail and reviews his to-do list. Then he sits on the sofa and thinks about an article he needs to write ... Wait a minute! Radio? Breakfast? Sofa? What kind of workplace is this? Well, actually it is John’s house, and he is a telecommuter —  he works at home, communicating with the workplace through the Internet.

    Like John, millions of people — and their employers — are finding that telecommuting is a great way to work. Telecommuters can follow their own timetables. They work in the comfort of homes, where they can also look after young children or elderly parents. They save time and money by not traveling to work. Their employers save, too, because they need less office space and furniture. Studies show that telecommuters change jobs less often. This saves employers even more money. Telecommuting helps society, too, by reducing pollution and traffic problems.

    Jobs that are suited to telecommuting include writing, design work, computer programming and accounting. If a job is related to working with information, a telecommuter can probably do it.

43. From the passage we can learn that John does his job            .

A. by telephon     B. through the Internet     C. in his office      D. away from home

44. One of the advantages of telecommuting is that you can         .

A. work for several employers            B. enjoy a lot of traveling

C. get along well with other workers       D. work on your own schedule

45. Telecommuters change jobs less often, so          .

A. their employers can save money         B. their employers will give them a higher pay

C. they can get more work experience       D. they will have a longer paid holiday

46. The underlined phrase “suited to” in the third paragraph probably means “        ”.

A. acceptable for    B. bad for     C. difficult for      D. fit for