The British are very polite and have good manners—they are never tired of saying “Thank you”，“I am sorry”， or “Excuse me.” They have good table manners. They enjoy their breakfasts and most of all the traditional tea around 4 or 5 o’clock.

The normal working week has five days. Factory workers usually start at 8 am and offices, shops and schools open at 9 am. Workers have 3 weeks’ holidays and professional workers(people with higher education ) have usually longer holidays (a month or more). Except these holidays they have public holidays: e.g. New Year’s Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Christmas Day and Boxing Day.

An average Englishman like to live in his own house. Houses are made of red bricks, stone and wood. The house usually has from 4 to 6 rooms, two floors, small front and back gardens. On the ground floor there is a hall, a kitchen, a living room with a fireplace and on the first floor there are parents’ and children’s bedrooms and a bathroom. The prices of houses depend on the area—the most expensive are the houses in London and South England (about 200,000 pounds); smaller houses in other areas may cost about 50,000 pounds.

Social Welfare—The National Health Service gives largely free treatment for everyone living in Britain. People can choose their family doctors. In case of emergency you can call the ambulance by dialing 999 from everywhere. Health centres are run by local authorities. About 7 percent of hospitals, dentists and family doctors work as private.

There are about 130 daily and Sunday newspapers and a lot of weekly papers and magazines. The oldest newspaper is The Times. Other famous newspapers are Daily Mirror, Daily Mail, Financial Times, etc.

1.If you are a student in Britain, when do you begin to go to school?

A、At 6 am .     B、At 9 am .     C、At 8:00 am .    D、At 9:30 am .

2. Which of the following about the British is false according to the passage?

A、They have good manners when at table.

B、They always have the traditional tea around 4 or 5 am.

C、They love families and pets.

D、They feel very tired when they say “Thank you”, “Sorry ” or “Excuse me.”

3.Who has the longest holiday?

A、A shop assistant.          B、A doctor.

C、A factory worker.          D、A nurse.

4.If you find someone seriously ill in Britain, what is the best thing you should do?

A、Phone his family doctor.    B、Take him to hospital.

C、Dial 999.                D、Find a doctor for him.

Television has changed our lives in many ways. Many people now spend more time watching TV than doing anything else. Researchers in the USA has estimated(估计)that when most students leave school they have spent 11,000 hours in the classroom and 22,000 hours watching television. But what effect does this have?

Benefits(好处) of television:

1. Television helps us to learn more about the world and to know and see many mew things. Television can offer present information to us in a more effective way than books. It can also make things more memorable.

2. It entertains (使欢乐) us. It is an enjoyable way to relax. For millions of people around the world, television is a source of companionship and helps them to cope with everyday life.

3. It has increased the popularity of sports and arts.

4. It has made us aware of our global responsibilities. In 2000, for example, 1.5billion people in 147 countries watched a TV pop concert and helped to collect more than $100million for people in Africa.

Dangers:

1. Television can make us passive (消极的). We don't have to think and our brains become lazy.

2. It encourages us to buy things that we don’t need, and can make us unhappy with our own life.

3. It takes time away from activities such as reading, conversation, and games.

4. It gives a false picture of society. A study in 2003 showed that people who watch a lot of TV are more afraid of crime. They also think that there is a lot more crime than there really is .

5. Some critics(批评家) say that television make people violent. A ten-year study in the United States showed that children who watch violent television programmes are more likely to be violent themselves.

1. What’s the proper description of the time American students spend on TV and study?

A、They spend twice as much time on TV as in the classroom.

B、They spend twice as much time in the classroom as on TV.

C、They spend as much time on TV as in the classroom.

D、They spend less time on TV than in the classroom/

2. The underlined word “memorable” is closed in meaning to     .

A、easy to be remembered        B、remembered forever

C、interesting                  D、knowledgeable

3.Which of the following number is NOT true of the pop concert mentioned in the passage?

A、People in more than 140 countries watched it on TV

B、It helped to collect more than $100 million

C、It was held in 2000.

D、1.5million people watched it on TV.

4. According to the passage, the dangers of watching TV too much included all the following except that     .

A、television can make us active

B、television encourages us to buy things that we don’t need

C、television gives us a worse picture of society

D、television takes time away from a lot of activities

More American people take their troubles with them on holiday, according to a new survey. Although 40 percent said that the main reason for going away is to escape pressure (压力) from work, almost all said they worry more than they do at home. Only four in every 100 said that they are happy and free of care.

The most common worry is burglary ( 入室盗窃) , with four out of 10 worrying about their homes being broken into while they’re abroad．More than a quarter fear they will feel crazy with some other noisy and rough holiday-makers and 22 percent worry they may be attacked or their possessions will be missing. One in five think the car may break down; and the same number worry about the chances of bad weather.

The survey also showed that the stay-at-home Americans are no more. Three out of every five want to have a holiday abroad, a great increase from the figures only three years ago. The hotel holiday is still a winner, with about one third of all Americana preferring to go on a self-catering ( 自助 ) holiday.

1.The underlined word “survey” in the first paragraph most probably means ______.

A．research           B．review          C．exhibition         D．examination

2.According to the text, about ____ of people worry more on holiday than when they are at home.

A．25%         B．40%           C．80%           D．95%

3.The third most common worry of American holiday-makers is that they may ______.

A．be attacked or lose their possessions       

B．have problems with their cars on the road

C．have bad weather on holiday        

D．get mixed with some rough fellow holiday-makers

4.Where do American holiday-makers like to stay most?

A．At a hotel.                       B．In a quiet place.         

C．At a friend's house.               D．Where they can cook for themselves.

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行做出判断：如无错误在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√)：如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：

　　该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边的横线上写出该词．并斜线划掉；

　　该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧）．在该行右边横线上写出该加的词

该行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线．在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词．

 Martin Luther King fights for political rights             1.          

for black people in the USA. King went university               2.           

when he was fifteen. Win a scholarship gave him                 3.          

the chance to go to a college in one of the northern state,         4.          

which black people had equal rights and were free to                5.          

live, study and working as they wished. All his life he             6.          

believed that it was right and necessarily to demand                7.          

changes in the society if people did not have their civil               8.          

rights. He believed that she could achieve that goal                9.          

by peaceful actions, not violence.                              10.          

目前柳州市正在积极创建全国文明城市，中学生也在为之努力。假如你是学生李华，请根据下列图表所示内容，写一篇短文, 号召大家行动起来，努力使柳州市早日成为文明城市。

注意：1.短文内容应包含所有要点，不要简单翻译，可适当发挥；

2.文中不得使用真实姓名、班级等信息；

3.词数100左右（已给出的开头不计入总词数）。

4.参考词汇：civilized 文明的    

As is known to all，Liuzhou is working hard to become one of the civilized cities in our country.  

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What _____ surprise! He has won the game without making great ______. 

A. a; progress       B. the; efforts        C. a; efforts           D. the; progress

In America, many people waste a lot of food _____ in Africa people haven’t enough to eat.

A. however         B. although              C. as               D. while 

Government should make sure ____ all sculptures are kept well when removed.

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

Many world leaders ____ to reduce poverty and help the poor live better at the conference.

 A. agreed           B. accepted        C. permitted            D. allowed

Walk close ____ it and try to see if it is connected _____ our network.

A. with; to         B. to; about        C. to; with         D. with; about