He doesn’t have interest in cooking．__________, he’s getting tired of it．

       A．On the contrary                                   B．On the one hand

       C．On the other hand                                                                D．On the whole

       阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

       With golden sunshine and a gentle breeze, autumn is the most beautiful season in the year．This is a great time to go outside and have   1．Go to a valley to see red maple trees, go and pick fruit in an orchard （果园） or find an open field to fly your kite in．

2, for many high school students, these great activities may be just a/an   3．With plenty of work to do, they spend all their hours indoors,  4for a high mark in their exams．

5, study is one of the most important things for teenagers．6life is definitely much more than that．

       Sometimes we may be so  7with our studies that we forget how to make  8wonderful．In doing so, we lose the   9purpose of life—to be a valuable and happy person．

       To  10just how great it is to be alive, we have to  11our books and pens and look around us．Students, take some exercise to  12your health, talk with your parents and friends for understanding and walk around outside your house to refresh your body and mind．

       Going out and enjoying the beautiful countryside often helps our creativity in our work．Chinese craftsman Lu Ban created a saw to help woodworkers．But  13he hadn’t walked   14, he would not have been  15by a kind of toothed grass．We could also suppose if Newton hadn’t rested under that apple tree, then he wouldn’t have been   16by an apple, and his great theories would not have come out．

       Going out is not only a/an  17from hard work, but a chance to  18to life experience．

       So  19, give your brain a good rest．Step out of the books and get our bag ready for an autumn outing．We are sure you will get much more than  20from the exciting journey．

1.A．food                        B．sunlight               C．fun                     D．air

2.A．Also                        B．Besides                C．However             D．Therefore

3.A．aim                         B．dream                 C．chance                D．effort

4.A．asking                     B．putting                C．calling                 D．struggling

5.A．In fact                     B．As a result           C．In turn                D．Of course

6.A．So                          B．But                     C．Because              D．And

7.A．pleased                    B．satisfied               C．busy                   D．content

8.A．clothes                    B．heart                   C．face                    D．life

9.A．practical                 B．foolish                 C．real                     D．only

10.A．possess                 B．enjoy                   C．exploit                 D．discover

11.A．take up                  B．burn out              C．put down            D．sell out

12.A．raise                      B．increase               C．improve              D．recover

13.A．whether                 B．if                        C．since                   D．until

14.A．inside                    B．home                  C．outside                D．backward

15.A．touched                 B．invited                 C．inspired               D．suggested

16.A．met                       B．hit                       C．admitted              D．touched

17.A．break                     B．absence               C．movement           D．experience

18.A．refer                      B．turn                    C．stick                   D．add

19.A．come on                B．go on                  C．step on                D．walk on

20.A．achievements         B．progress              C．courage               D．knowledge

       There once was a very honest shopkeeper whose business was to provide goods to the local people．He would open his shop at 8:00 a．m．after having his breakfast and at 1:00 p．m．he would go for lunch．In the evening at 8:30 p．m．he closed his shop to complete his daily routine．

       However, to get time for lunch was really difficult because he didn’t have anybody to help him at that time．Therefore, it was his daily practice that whichever customer was shopping at 1:00 p．m．would be asked to oversee （看管） the shop until the shopkeeper returned from lunch．

       One day, a group of four thieves planned to steal from his shop while he was gone for lunch．One of the thieves went at 1:00 p．m．to be the customer that would be asked to oversee the shop．

       The thief, pretending to be a customer, went in at 1:00 p．m．and started buying several items．As planned, the shop-keeper asked the thief to sit on his chair for thirty minutes until he returned from lunch．

       Then, the other three thieves quickly came and told the pretend customer to help, but something had changed within him and he knew deeply in his heart that if he was given responsibility for the shop, he should not perform any dishonest acts during that time．His friends did not agree．As the now honest man tried to stop them, they resisted and a fight started．And at the same time the shopkeeper returned and asked why there was a fighting．The now honest man explained the entire plan．

       The shopkeeper had been searching for an honest man who could take ownership of the shop and run it．The shop-keeper felt that he had found the right man．

1.What is the problem for the shopkeeper?

       A．Nobody could prepare lunch for him every day．

       B．He had nobody to keep the shop when he went for lunch．

       C．He was too busy to have lunch every day．

       D．He couldn’t find a person to work at the shop．

2.Why did the thief go to the shop at 1:00 p．m．?

       A．Because he thought he would be asked to keep the shop．

       B．Because the shopkeeper invited him to lunch then．

       C．Because the shop was closed at that time．

       D．Because he thought he could buy cheap things then．

3.When the shopkeeper returned from lunch, he found _______．

       A．everything in his shop was stolen

       B．the thief became the new owner of the shop

       C．there was a fighting in his shop

       D．the thief helped his fellows steal things from his shop

4.From the passage, we can infer that _______．

       A．once a thief, he will always be a thief

       B．an honest man will be responsible for his action

       C．you can’t believe in a dishonest man forever

       D．trust can change a thief into an honest man

       As late as 1800, women's only place was in the home．The idea of women in the business world was unthinkable．Men were certain that no woman could do a good job outside her home．This was such a widely accepted idea that when the well-known Bronte sisters began writing books in 1864, they had to sign their books with men's names instead．

       Teaching was the first profession （职业） open to women soon after 1800．But even that was not an easy profession for women to enter because most schools and colleges were open only to men．Oberlin College in Ohio was the first college in America to accept women．

       Hospital nursing became respectable work for women only after Nightingale became famous．Seeing that she was not only a nurse but also a rich and well-educated woman, people began to believe it was possible for women to nurse the sick and still be “ladies”．Miss Nightingale opened England's first training school for nurses in 1860．

       The invention of the typewriter （打字机） in 1867 helped to bring women out of the home and into the business world．By 1900, thousands of women were working at real jobs in schools, hospitals, and offices in both England and America．Some women even managed to become doctors or lawyers．The idea that women could work in the business world had been accepted．

1.Why couldn't women become teachers easily? Because_______．

       A．the first profession open to them was writing

       B．most schools and colleges were open only to men

       C．they wanted to be nurses instead

       D．they didn’t want to be teachers

2.The article is mainly about_______．

       A．women in the business world               B．the famous Bronte sisters

       C．schools and colleges in America            D．rights for American women

3.Which fact does the article lead you to believe?

       A．The Bronte sisters thought that they were men．

       B．England's first training school for nurses was in Ohio．

       C．There are more men than women in professional jobs．

       D．Women find it necessary to work harder than before．

4.Which of the following is TRUE？

       A．The typewriter was made in the 1970's．

       B．Most Englanders are doctors or lawyers．

       C．People's ideas about women's work have changed．

       D．The 18th century saw a changing world for women．

1.You can most probably read the text in ________．

       A．a newspaper      B．a travel guide       C．a textbook         D．a telephone book

2.Which of the following is true about King’ s College Summer School?

       A．Only top students can take part in the program．

       B．King’ s College Summer School is run every other year．

       C．Visits to museums and culture centers are part of the program．

       D．Only the teachers of King’ s College give courses．

3.If you are to live with your relatives in New York, you will have to pay the school __

       A．$200                 B．$400                 C．$500                 D．$900

4.What information can you get from the text?

       A．The program will last two months．

       B．You can write to Thompson only in English．

       C．As a Chinese student, you can send your application on July 14, 2008．

       D．You can get in touch with the school by e-mail or by telephone

       A guitarist was pleasantly surprised to hear from New York City police that his valuable guitar had been found．It disappeared almost a year ago when he got out of a taxi and forgot to take the guitar with him．Laurence Lennon，44，said he was running late that day．He was talking to his manager on his cellphone when he rushed out of the taxi．He said that he gave the driver ＄60 and told him to keep the change．He walked through the front doors of the concert hall，still talking on the phone to his manager．

       Upon discovering his loss，Lennon used his cellphone to call the police．The policewoman asked him for the name of the taxi company，the number of the taxi，and the name of the driver．He said that she must have been joking．

She told Lennon that he could apply for a missing item report online．Lennon asked for address．

       It was www．nypd．gov/toprotectandtoserve/haveaniceday．She told him that finding the guitar might take a couple of years for finding guitars was not as important as finding murderers and marijuana（大麻）smokers．Then she told him to have a nice day．

       “This year has been depressing，”said Lennon．“I had to put off the recording of two new CDs．I’ve been using borrowed guitars．And I was losing hope of ever recovering my guitar．”

       Lennon was reunited with his ＄100,000 guitar yesterday．The guitar had been discovered in the corner of a coffeehouse only two blocks from where Lennon had lost it．Lennon had offered a ＄10,000 reward for its return．He said he would give the reward to the coffeehouse owner，who had informed the police．

1.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

       A．Careless guitarist surprised

       B．Valuable guitar found

       C．Coffeehouse owner rewarded

       D．Taxi driver still unknown

2.By saying “she must have been joking” in Para 2，the guitarist probably means      ．

       A．it was impossible for him to answer her questions

       B．there must have been something she felt funny

       C．she didn’t believe at all that he had lost his guitar

       D．she must have felt that his behavior was funny

3.In the policewoman’s opinion，finding the lost guitar    ．

       A．was not important at all

       B．wouldn’t be done online

       C．could be a long time hunting

       D．only depended on the driver

4.Which of the following NOT mentioned in the passage?

       A．Why the guitarist was in a hurry

       B．What the police advised the guitarist to do

       C．How the lost guitar affected its owner

       D．How the guitar was moved to the coffeehouse

       EBay will launch an online group gift-buying service today designed to make it easier for several people to chip in, buy and pay for gifts using their social-network and e-mail contacts．

       EBay North America Vice President Christopher Payne says it is going to be a major step forward in social commerce, which is the still-small practice of selling products through social networks．Online retail experts aren't as certain, but eBay says the new tool makes it easier for friends and relatives to chip in （凑钱） for gifts because it eliminates the headache of collecting contributions．It can also be used for family members to pitch in to buy, say, an expensive child seat for a mother．

       Anything on eBay that's available immediately, rather than up for bid, can be purchased this way starting today at groupgifts．eBay．com．If members of an extended family wanted to buy a gift for one member, one person would choose a gift — or have one recommended by eBay — and invite family members to chip in using Facebook or e-mail．Those who wanted to join in would choose an amount to contribute （or agree to pay a requested amount） and pay using either At least 12 sites, such as FrumUs．com and eDivvy．com, facilitate （便于,利于） group purchases but don't sell products．Although a handful of retailers, including Victoria's Secret and 1-800-Flowers, sell products through Facebook, Payne says he expects social commerce will take off as rapidly as shopping using mobile devices．EBay did more than $600 million in sales on mobile devices last year and expects mobile sales to increase to $1．5 billion this year．

       Although one in five consumers surveyed said they'd used Facebook for shopping in the pastPayPal or a credit card．They could also add a personal note．

       If enough people don't chip in, the organizer can ask people to contribute more or choose a less expensive gift．

       "I see myself using this most in cases when I typically might not buy someone what they want because of price," says Nitzan Shaer of Boston, who was part of an online test of the site．

       EBay, with its 200 million products, millions of sellers and mobile commerce proficiency, is a logical place to pull together the products, groups of buyers and payment tools, Payne says．

       year, 88% said they would not be buying holiday gifts through a social network, mobile phone or smartphone．Of these, 26% were reluctant because of security or privacy concerns, and 20% were unclear about the benefits of using phones or Facebook to shop．

1.What procedure should be followed if your extended family intends to buy your grandpa an 80^th birthday gift?

       ①Asking family members to contribute more money if enough members don’t chip in

       ②Choosing a gift at groupgifts．eBay．com

       ③Paying using PayPal or a credit card

       ④Contributing or agreeing to pay a requested amount of money via Facebook or e-mail

       A．②-①-③-④                                        B．①-③-②-④

       C．②-④-①-③                                        D．②-③-④-①

2.Where can we most probably read this text?

       A．In a research paper                              B．In a travel magazine

       C．In a microblog                                     D．On a website

3.What does “it” mean in the 2^nd paragraph?

       A．The online group gift-buying service

       B．People’s social-network and e-mail contacts

       C．A major step forward in social commerce

       D．The still-small practice of selling products through social networks

4.It can be inferred from the text that ______．

       A．through eBay’s new tool, 200 million products on eBay are available to online shoppers

       B．social commerce can eliminate the headache of collecting contributions

       C．eBay’s new tool will gain mass adoption by online shoppers

       D．with the help of eBay’s new tool, FrumUs．com and eDivvy．com will also sell products

       根据括号内的汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子。将答案填入答题卡上相应位置．

1.________________ ______（有这么多人交流）in English, it will be more and more important to have a good knowledge of English ．（with ）

2.At present, lots of food ,water ,tents and medicines _____________（正被运往）from all over China and other parts of the world to the earth-stricken areas ．（transport）

3.The village _________________（我成长的）is a very beautiful place in the mountain．（grow）

4.It is well known that the Olympic Games ____________________（每四年举行一次）．（hold）．

5.Communication becomes more convenient nowadays ．Cellphones ______________（使得这成为可能）for us to talk to anyone from anywhere．（make）

6.Most of us often say ____________（这是多么重要）to take good care of ourselves and our planets, but we don’t always do as we say ．（how ）

7.What do you think ______________ （生活会怎样） in the future?  （like）

8.______________ （万一碰到紧急情况）, one should stay calm and take immediate action if necessary． （case）

9.It’s believed that the harder you work,___________________________________（你就会取得更大的进步）。（greater）

10.Look at the trouble I am in! If only I___________________________________（要是听了你的建议就好了）。（follow）

       假如你班将举行一次英语班会，主题为“How to be strong and healthy”。请你根据下面提示写一篇发言稿。

       注意：1。字数100左右；

       2．生词：零食：non-staple food    卫生：hygiene

       3．开头已给出．可适当发挥。

Dear friends,

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 When you finish reading the book, you will have ________ better understanding of ______ life.

   A. a; /                          B. the; a              C. /; the               D. a; the