Many Chinese have lived abroad for years, but they still _____ the traditional customs.

    A. observe    B. behave   C. perform   D. struggle

 Judging from his _______ look, I know it is a very _____ situation to her.

A. confused; confused      B. confusing; confusing

C. confusing; confused      D. confused; confusing

 -----Will you please help me to take care of my cat when I go out?

   ----- ________.

A. My pleasure.      B. It's a pleasure.

C. With pleasure.     D. At my pleasure.

 To make sure that he was at home, I called him up ____________ .

A. by chance     B. in general      C. at ease      D in advance

 —I'm terribly sorry that I failed to win the game.
  —You are not ________ for all you could do.
    A. to blame     B. pleased

    C. right        D. satisfied

假定你的名字叫张明，是一名高二学生。你于2013年6月28日用英语给李老师写了一封信。告诉她，你很喜欢英语。但是觉得单词很难记，并常犯语法错误。你希望老师给你提些建议，以便学好英语。
注意：不要逐字翻译，字数为50-80词。                                                         
单词及短语提示：
难记单词（difficult to remember English words）；
犯语法错误（make mistakes in grammar）；
提建议（give some advice on…）；
学好英语（learn English well）.

51． 生气的_______52.唯一的，单一的_______53.接受，收到_______54.  主要的__________  55.口袋___________  56. turn around___________    57.  up to now_________

58. to my surprise_________ 59. precious__________   60. in return______

Kate: I like running very much. It’s good exercise. My parents both like running, too. We usually get up early in the morning and run together. It is good for one's legs, heart and lungs. It helps one to have a strong body. Mum says  that she should thank running because it helps her to get thinner. Running is fun. It can make one happy. There are many different ways for one to run. One can run in a school or in a park. One can join a running club to run and make new friends, too.

Chen Feng: I like ball games, like foot-ball, basketball and tennis. And basketball is my favorite. I often play basketball with my friends on Sunday mornings when we are free and the weather is nice. I joined my school team last year. And I can play it very well now. There is going to be a basketball game between No. 1 Middle School and our school in our school next Saturday. Many students are going to cheer us on. Our teacher says that she will buy some presents for us if we win. I hope we can win the game.

(   )46. Kate and his parents usually ______ together in the morning.

     A. leave home           B. run            C. play games       D. have breakfast

(   )47. Kate's mother thinks that ________.

     A. running is cool                       B. Kate dislikes running

     C. running is as popular as swimming             D. running makes her get thinner

(   )48. Chen Feng _______.

     A. likes football best                                       B. hopes to win the football game

     C. is a member of the school basketball team

     D. plays basketball with his friends on the mornings of weekends

(   )49. Chen Feng's teacher is going to _______ if Chen Feng's team wins the game.

     A. tell them a story                                      B. buy some presents for them

     C. sing a song for them                   D. cook delicious food for them

(   )50. Both Chen Feng and Kate _______.

     A. like sports                                               B. want to make new friends

     C. like ball games                           D. are middle school teachers

   During the Second World War, it was difficult to travel by plane, because the seats were needed for important government officials and army officers. Mr Brown worked for the government during the war and he was doing very secret work. Nobody was allowed to know how important he was except very few people. One day he had to fly to London to give a talk to a few top people there, but an important army officer came to the airport at the last minute. Mr Brown’s seat was given to him, so he was not able to fly to the city to give his talk. It was not until he reached the city that the important officer discovered that the man whose seat he had taken was the one whose talk he had flown to hear.
41、Mr Brown was ___________.
    A．an army officer                    B．a secret worker
    C．a government official            D．a public speaker
42、Plane tickets were hard to get for _________.
    A．ordinary people              B．government officials
    C．army officers                 D．secret workers

43、Mr Brown had got an air ticket because _________.
A．he must get to London at once        B．he must travel secretly
C．he trained army officers             D．he worked for the government

44、Mr Brown could not take the plane, because _________.
A．his secret work was discovered.
B．he wanted to change for another plane.
C．his seat was given to an important army officer.
D．he was unable to go by air.

45、What did the army officer discover in the end? ________.
A．He had taken a very important person’s seat.
B．Mr Brown’s talk was important
C．Mr Brown didn’t do important secret work
D．Mr Brown was a kind person.
                               

Everybody wants it, everybody works for it, and nobody can live without it. What is it? Money, of course! How often people ask us, “Will you go on holiday this    summer? Will you buy this? Will you do that? ” And very often the answer is , “It all depends…” It all depends what? “It all depends” always means, “If I have  enough money, I shall…” Not only your simplest needs, but our wildest dreams are often connected with money . “If I win the national lottery（彩票）, I shall…” Some people think it is the root of all evil（罪恶）, others think it will solve all the world’s problems. Both sides agree there is never enough of it. Of course money isn’t an answer to everything. You can’t buy love or happiness. for example. But as someone said. “If you are going to be unhappy, it is easier to be unhappy in comfort.”

36、According to the passage, whether you will go on holiday or not depends on ________.
 A．how much money you have        B．how much you will be paid
 C．what you have                        D．if you are invited
37、The people who think that money will solve all the world’s problems believe that _________.
 A．you can’t buy love               B．people try hard to get more money
 C．you can’t buy happiness       D．everybody can live without money.
38、The passage mainly（主要）says __________.
  A．money is important but it is not everything.
  B．money is not important in our daily life.
  C．some people want money but some don’t
  D．money brings everything good to all of us.
39、Some people think ________.
  A．money can never lead us to happiness.       B．money is the root of all evil.
  C．we don’t need money.                       D．we should stop making more money.
40、The best title（标题）for this passage should be “___________”.
  A．Money Is Everything                     B．The Root of all Evil
  C．The Answer to Everything              D．The Question（困惑）of Money