He recognized me _____ he saw me.

You may lie ______ the ground is dry.

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）

A long time ago, there was an Emperor who told his horseman that if he could ride on his horse and cover as much land area as he liked, then Emperor would give him the area of land he had covered. Sure enough, the horseman__36__ jumped onto his horse and rode as fast as possible to cover as much land area as he could.He__37__ riding and riding, whipping the horse to go as fast as possible. When he was   38__ or tired, he did not stop   39__ he wanted to cover as much area as possible. He came to a   40__ when he had covered a great area and he was very tired and was   41__. Then he asked himself, “Why did I  42__ myself so hard to cover so much land area? Now I am dying and I only   43__ a very small area to bury myself.”

The above story is   44_  to the journey of our   45__. We push very hard every

day to make more _ 46__ to live a better life. We _ 47__ our health and time with our family to_ 48__ the surrounding beauty and the   49__ we love to do. One day   50__ we look back we will   51__ that we don’t really need that much, but then we cannot turn back time for what we have  52__.

Life is not about making money. Life is   53__ not about work! Work is only   54__ to keep us living so as to enjoy the beauty and   55__ of life.

36. A. quickly            B. carefully          C. simply            D. finally

37. A. kept on            B. asked for          C. gave up         D. succeeded in

38. A. sad               B. excited            C. tense             D. hungry

39. A. but               B. so                C. because           D. if

40. A. house             B. point              C. sea              D. hospital

41. A. sleeping           B. arguing            C. dying            D. smiling

42. A. push              B. control            C. punish            D. prove

43. A. need              B. destroy            C. find              D. show

44. A. useful             B. precious           C. similar            D. special

45. A. future            B. progress           C. history            D. life

46. A. friends            B. products           C. discoveries         D. money

47. A. forget             B. consider           C. want              D. doubt

48. A. describe          B. admire           C. protect             D. appreciate

49. A. jobs              B. things             C. lessons             D. sports

50. A. before            B. when              C. unless              D. since

51. A. realize            B. regret             C. apologize           D. explain

52. A. saved             B. missed            C. valued             D. won

53. A. hardly           B. probably           C. absolutely          D. extremely

54. A. practical          B. attractive           C. necessary         D. particular

55. A. pleasures         B. dreams             C. stories             D. secrets

Have you ever posted letters to your friends or parents? If so, you must have put stamps on the letters before you sent them. But, how did people receive letters before stamps were invented, and who came up with the idea of using stamps?

In the past, stamps and envelopes were not used. When people wanted to send a letter, they would close the paper with a seal（封印）. The person who got the letter had to pay for it. Because costs at that time were very high, most people refused to accept letters. In fact, the sender would often place secret marks on the outside of the letter. The person who was sent the letter would read the secret message. Then, they would refuse to accept the letter and did not have to pay for it.

In Britain, Sir Rowland Hill introduced the “Post Office Reforms” in 1837. He decided that letters could go to any place in the country for a penny even if the letter had to go far away. The cost was to be paid by the sender of the letter. Payment was recorded by placing a small piece of coloured paper on the letter, the stamp! On May 6,1840, the first stamp called the “Penny Black” was born. Because the stamp was printed in black, the stamp became known as the “Penny Black”. This is now the world’s most famous stamp. This new system spread fast.

1.The best title for this passage should be______

2.Before stamps were used,______ would pay for the letter.

3.The first stamp was made______.

4.Which of the following is true about the first stamp of China?

How clean are the nation’s homes?

According to a survey by CIF, there’s room for improvement all over Britain.

Love or hate it — cleaning your home is one job you simply can’t ignore（忽视）. But that’s not to say everyone spends the same amount of time or effort on making their places spotless. A new survey by CIF— experts on making tough cleaning jobs easier—— shows that when it comes to washing windows or cleaning the oven（烤箱）,where you live in the UK it may show how much effort you put into the task.

BATHROOM

25% of men have never cleaned the toilet — but those in Wales are the worst. Nearly four in 10 Welsh men said they never cleaned anywhere in the house. Hate cleaning the shower head? You’re not alone — a  quarter of a million Brits say the same. 20% of Scots regard window-cleaning as their most hated job.

KITCHEN

36% of people in the south-east say cleaning the cooker is their hated task. 68% of those in the north-east spend more than six hours a week cleaning their homes — especially the kitchen — in sharp contrast to the 49% of Welsh and West Country folk, who put their hands up to cleaning for under an hour.

BEDROOM

18% believe cleaning starts here: that’s the percentage of women who clean wearing their dressing gowns. 51% of women in the north-west may be staying in bed and giving their husband a cuddle（拥抱）—as a thank-you for helping them clean. In other places, there are far fewer helpful men.

LIVING ROOM

32% of women in the north-east turn up the stereo to help make the dusting more fun. Almost six in 10 women agree, however, that cleaning is seriously energetic exercise.

SHIFT THE DIRT WITH CIF

It’s no secret that the right cleaning products will cut cleaning time and effort in half— and no one knows that better than How Clean Is Your house? Presenters Aggie Mackenzie and Kim Woodburn. For solutions（解决办法）to all your cleaning needs, here are some of CIF’s top tips:

·Stop a lot of build-up on your shower head—give it a quick squirt（喷洒）with CIF bathroom spray once a week.

·Stainless steel（不锈钢）tools seem to need endless cleaning. The CIF Wild Qrchid Qxy-Gel-it lifts dirt easily and leaves the kitchen smelling fresh and clean.

·Cooking outside? CIF cream will get your barbecue （烤架）spotlessly clean, ready for those long, lazy summer evenings. Perfect!

1.The main purpose of this passage is to ______.

2.It can be concluded from the survey that people in different parts of Britain______.

3.According to the survey,______ spend the most time cleaning their homes.

4.CIF in the passage probably refers to ______.

It seems that the Englishman just cannot live without sports of some kind. A famous French humourist once said that this is because the English insist on behaving like children all their lives. Wherever you go in this country you will see both children and grown-ups knocking a ball about with a stick or something, as if in Britain men shall always remain boys and women girls! Still, it can never be bad to get exercise, can it?

Taking all amateur（业余）and professional sports in Britain into consideration, there can be no doubt that football is at the top of the list. It is called soccer in the United States. The game originated in Britain and was played in the Middle Ages or even earlier, though as an organized game, or “association football”, it dates only from the beginning of the 19th century.

The next is rugby, which is called “football” in the United States. It is a kind of football played by two teams of fifteen players rather than eleven. The rugby, in which an oval-shaped ball is used can be handled as well as kicked. It is a pretty rough game.

In summer, cricket is the most popular sport. In fact, it has sometimes been called the English national game. Most foreigners find the game rather slow or even boring, but it enjoys great popularity among the British.

Tennis rates high on the list, too. It was introduced into England from France in the 15th century, but it was from England that it spread to practically every country in the world.

Table-tennis or “ping-pong” surely is not played on a great scale as it is in China or in Japan. Basketball and volleyball were introduced into Britain during the late 19th century from America and are gaining popularity. Horse-back riding, swimming, rowing and golf all attract a lot of people.

1.The main purpose of paragraph one is to tell us that the English_______.

2.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true about football and rugby?

3.From the second and the third paragraph, we know that_____.

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Invitation

A woman came out of her house and saw three old men with long white beards sitting in her front yard. She thought they were hungry and invited them in to have something to eat.

They refused because her husband was out.

  71 “Go to tell them I am home and invite them in!” The woman went out and invited them in. “We do not go into a House together,” they replied. “Why is that?” she wanted to know.

One of the old men explained: “His name is Wealth,” he said pointing to one of his friends, and said pointing to another one, “He is Success, and I am Love.” Then he added, “Now go in and discuss with your husband which one of us you want in your home.”

The woman went in and told her husband what was said. Her husband was overjoyed. He said “  72  Let him come and fill in our home with wealth!”

His wife disagreed. “My dear, why don’t we invite Success?” Their daughter-in-law was listening from the other corner of the house. She jumped in with her own suggestion: “Would it not be better to invite Love?   73 ”

The woman went out and asked the three old men, “Which one of you is Love? Please come in and be our guest.”

Love got up and started walking toward the house.  74  Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and Success: “I only invited Love. Why are you coming in?”

The old men replied together: “If you had invited Wealth or Success, the other two of us would’ve stayed out, but since you invited Love, wherever he goes, we go with him.  75 ”

E.         Wherever there is Love, there is also Wealth and Success!

F.         He loved money badly.

G.        Let us invite Wealth.

短文改错 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

文中共有10处错误，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：在缺此处加一个漏字∧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：在错的词词下划横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意： 1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。

2.只允许修改10处，多者不计分。

January 9^th 2010                  Monday                           Fine

It snowed last night. This morning the road was covered with snow. There was still a lot of bikes coming and going busily.

Suddenly I saw a woman fell off her bike. The woman lay on the ground and couldn’t get up. I ran up to her and tried help her get up. She sat up but still couldn’t stand up because she right leg was broken. In that moment, a policeman came over. When he saw this he called the taxi. The taxi driver drove the lady to the near hospital. I went with her to the hospital. There I telephoned the woman’s husband and said him the whole story. Seen the lady was well looked after. I said goodbye to her. Before I left, the lady thanked for me again and again. I felt as if I had grown up.

书面表达:（满分25分）

假如史密斯先生是你校聘请的外籍英语教师，现在聘期已满，下周就要回伦敦。明天你们要开一个欢送会，对史密斯先生表示欢送和感谢。现在，请你根据下列要点写一篇欢送词。

1．感谢史密斯先生两年来的辛勤工作；

2．平易近人，和蔼可亲；

3．对学生既严格又耐心；

4．上课生动有趣，大家喜欢上他的课；

5．学生的英语水平有了很大的提高；

6．祝他身体健康，一路平安。

注意：1．格式要求正确；

2．必须包括所有要点，但可适当增减细节，使内容连贯。

3．词数：100左右。

 ______ World Exposition in 2010 is the first registered World Exposition in ______ developing country.