More than ever, kids today have given up reading for activities like watching TV, playing video games and surfing the Internet, but recently a new trend (趋势) has been catching on that will hopefully change that.

In fact, book clubs are becoming more popular among American kids. 11-year-old Kenya Debarros read about singer Lena Horne. “It was just amazing to see a black woman as the star and not just a mammy or a maid,” she says. But did all these kids come enthusiastically (热情地)? No, not exactly.

“I like book club, uh, I don’t know, but I am just trying it out. My mom didn’t make me, but I just tried it out,” says 16-year-old Antonio Nash.

And if they’ll try it, the experts say, there are ways to get them to come back. Make it fun, serve pizza, serve chocolate cakes and have door prizes (门票对号奖). It also helps to connect books to the real world. They talk about things that are happening in the community, so they can relate whatever they’ve read in the book to what’s happening now.

Here they have long talks about the books they have selected, which most kids don’t get to do when they’re in school, and these kids say, in book clubs they’re learning to love books and love reading.

“I feel like I’m actually in the book and doing what the actual main character is doing,” says 13-year-

-old Justin Woodard.

16-year-old Antonia McManus says reading gives her a nice break from the day, “Sitting down and reading a book gives me some time to get away from the world, and get my mind straight.”

52. What does the underlined phrase “catching on” in Paragraph 1 mean?

A. Happening.              B. Realizing.    C. Becoming popular.   D. Bringing in.

53. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Book clubs develop very fast in America.

B. Book clubs are popular among American kids.

C. American kids’ habits are changing towards reading.

D. A new trend helps change children in America.

54. It can be known from the passage that ______.

A. book clubs are designed to improve kids’ study

B. book clubs are mainly to help kids forget the reality

C. kids like to go there for the silent surroundings

D. kids may get unexpected rewards in book clubs

55. Why does Antonia McManus like going to the book club?

A. She finds reading restful.

B. She could get some sound sleep.

C. She likes the noisy conditions there.

D. She can deal with her problems there.

第三部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

During the vacation, the weather was hot and I could do            56. ____________

much work, but I lived happily. On the morning I usually got up      57. ____________

early and take a walk in the garden. After breakfast, I began          58. ____________

reading English and did some exercises in maths.                         59. ____________

I worked quite hardly and made good progress. I spent nearly       60. ____________

the whole afternoon outside. I went swim in the river and          61. ____________

didn’t come back when it was about five or six. Sometimes         62. ____________

a friend of me would come to see me and we would spend some      63. ___________

hours listened to music. In this way I spent my vacation happily.      64. ____________

I not only studied well and but also became a good swimmer.       65. _____________

第二节：书面表达（满分25分）

假如你叫李华，是某中学高一的新生。请用英语给英语周报社写封信，介绍你校高一新生的生活情况。信中应包括以下内容：

1. 课程设置和作业情况；

2. 作息时间及学习生活情况；

3. 课余生活。

注意：1. 信件的开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数；

2. 词数：100左右。

Dear Editor,

I’m Li Hua, a Senior One student. I’d like to tell you something about the lifestyle of our Senior One students.

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

That’s all. With best wishes.

Yours,

The primary school is in poor ______, which worries many parents and teachers.

A. state            B. situation        C. condition              D. position

 Not only _____ give people relaxation and pleasure, but _____ increase their knowledge of any kind.

A. can travel; it can   B. travel can; can it           C. can travel; can it        D. travel can ; it can

________ that the weather was to be very hot this weekend.

A. It was said in the newspaper was               B. As was reported on the radio  

C. What the weather report said                 D. It was said in the newspaper

. --- I doubt ______ I’ll be chosen for the team.

--- The chance is one tenth ______ you will be chosen.

A. that; that               B. if; that          C. if; whether             D. that; whether

. --- Great changes have taken place in your city!

--- Yes, our city has developed into a big city, which is ______ it used to be.

A. three times larger than that             B. three times the size larger than what

C. three times the size of what              D. as three times the size as that

 With no bridge, they had to swim across the river to the _______ bank to ______ the news.

A. other; access           B. another; replace        C. opposite; spread    D. other’s; indicate

 --- Did you go to the show last night?

--- Yeah. Every boy and every girl in the area ______ invited.

A. were                B. have been              C. has been          D. was