A businessman walks into a bank in San Francisco and asks for the loan officer. He says he is going to Europe on business for two weeks and needs to borrow ＄5000 . The bank officer says the bank will need some kind of security for such a loan. So the businessman hands over the keys to a Rolls Royce parked on the street in front of the bank. Everything checks out, and the bank agrees to accept the car as collateral for the loan. An employee drives the Rolls Royce into the bank’s underground garage and parks it there.

Two weeks later, the businessman returns, and repays the ＄5000 and the interest, which comes to ＄15.41.

The loan officer says, “ We are very happy to have had your business, and this transaction  has worked out very nicely, but we are a little puzzled. While you were away, we checked you out and found that you are a multimillionaire. What puzzles us is that why would you bother to borrow＄5000?”

Laughing, the businessman replies, “ Where else in San Francisco can I park my car for two weeks for ＄15?”

1.The businessman walks into the bank with the true purpose of      .

A. borrowing＄5000                         B. meeting the loan officer

 finding a place to park his car             D. showing how rich he is

2.The loan officer is puzzled because        .

A. he never thought he could meet a multimillionaire in his bank

B. he thinks the businessman is crazy to leave his car in the bank

 he never thought the businessman could drive a Rolls Royce

D. he thinks＄5000 is so small a sum of money to the businessman

3.The underlined word “collateral” in Paragraph 1 most probably means“       ”.

A. security     B. payment       reward      D. deal

4.Which of the following words can best describe the businessman according to the story?

A. Honest   B. Clever    Rich   D. Kind

Expressions about water are mostly as common as water itself.

The expression “to be in hot water” is one of them. It is a very old expression. Hot water was used five hundred years ago to mean being in trouble. One story says it got that meaning from the custom of throwing extremely hot water down on enemies attacking a castle. That no longer happens. But we still get “in hot water”. When we are in hot water, we are in trouble. It can be any kind of trouble, serious or not so serious. A person who breaks a law can be in hot water with the police. A young boy can be in hot water with his mother if he walks in the house with dirty shoes.

“Being in deep water” is somewhat like being in hot water. When you are in deep water, you are in a difficult position. Imagine a person who can not swim being thrown in water over his head. You are in deep water when you are facing a problem that you don’t have the ability to solve. You can be in deep water, for example, if you invest in stocks without knowing anything about the stock market.

“To keep your head above water” is a colorful expression that means staying out of debt. A company seeks to keep its head above water during economic hard times. A man who loses his job tries to keep his head above water until he finds a new job.

“Water over the dam” is another expression about past events. It is something that is finished, and cannot be changed. The expression comes from the idea that water has floated over a dam and cannot be brought back again. When a friend is troubled by a mistake he or she has made, you might tell him or her to forget about it. You say it is water over the dam.

Another common expression “to hold water” is about the strength or weakness of an idea or opinion that you may be arguing about . It probably comes from a way of testing the condition of a container. If it can hold water, it is strong and does not have any holes; if it does not hold water, then, it is weak and not worth debating.

“Throwing cold water” also is an expression that deals with ideas or proposals. For example, you want to buy a new car because the old one has some problems, but your wife throws cold water on the idea because she says a new car costs too much.

1.Don’t cheat in this exam! Or you’ll      if you are caught cheating by the teacher.

A. be in hot wate                  B. have to hold water

 be in deep water             D. keep your head above water

2.The expression using water in Paragraph       has almost the same meaning as “Things done cannot be undone.”

A. 3    B. 4    5    D. 6

3.We can see from this passage that many of the expressions using water have         meanings.

A. double   B. unpleasant    close   D. moral

4.The best title for this passage should be         .

A. The history of water         B. Cold water or hot water

 Water and it culture        D. Expressions concerning water

A man living absolutely alone in a desert or forest is free from other people; but he is not absolutely free. His freedom is limited in several ways. Firstly, by the things around him, such as wild animals or cliffs. Secondly, by his own needs: he must have sleep, water, food and shelter from extreme heat or cold. Lastly, by his own nature as a man: disease may attack him, and death will certainly come to him sooner or later.

On the other hand, when men become organized into very large groups and civilization develops, it is possible to get freedom from hunger, thirst, cold, heat, and many diseases, so that each person can live a happier life than he could if he were living alone; but such a society can not work successfully unless the freedom of each human being is to some extent limited so that he is kept from hurting others. I am not free to kill others, nor to steal someone else’s property , nor to act in a way that does wrong against the moral sense of the society in which we live. I have to limit my own freedom myself so that others will not limit it too much: I agree to respect the rights of others, and in return they agree to respect mine.

The advantages of such an agreement are great: one can become a doctor knowing that others will grow food, make clothes and build a house for him, in return for the work he does to keep them healthy. If each man had to grow his own food, make his own clothes, build his own house and learn to be his own doctor, he would find it impossible to do any one of these jobs really well. By working together, we make it possible for society to provide us all with food , clothes, shelter and medical care, while leaving each of us with as much freedom as it can.

1.A man living alone in a desert or forest       .

A. is absolutely free              B. feels happy

 has limited freedom              D. enjoys no freedom

2.According to the writer, he limits his freedom because       .

A. hunger, thirst and disease limit him               B. others won’t limit theirs

 the moral sense of the society limits him      D. others will respect his

3.The author suggests that when men live together         .

A. they have a safer and easier life              B. they are not free at all

 they must build shelters for others        D. they can get more protection

4.This text is written mainly to show that        .

A. one can have all his freedom by living on his own

B. one has limited freedom just because of his own nature

 one must fight for his freedom if he’s free from other people

D. one will have much freedom by working together with others

The Life Lab Garden Classroom is a two-acre, interactive （互动的）and educational garden located at the Center for Agro-ecology（农业生态） and Sustainable Food Systems Farm on the university of California, Santa Cruz campus. People of all ages can discover ecological concepts in this hands-on, living laboratory. Learn about plants, nature, weather, organic（绿色的） gardening, life cycles.

The Garden Classroom is open to the public every day from 8 am to 6 pm. Free Admission!

The Garden Classroom offers:

The Garden Classroom was made possible through generous contributions from The David and Lucile Packard Foundation and many other organizations and individuals.

1.The text is probably taken from            .

A. a history book                B. a hotel instruction

 an English dictionary             D. a tourist guidebook

2.The Life Garden Classroom is a place where people        .

A. grow plants and flowers                              B. see different kinds of rare plants

 learn about plants and living creatures   D. know about the University of California

3.Tony is in Senior 1. He is quite interested in exploring the science concepts and making crafts. Which program will he choose?

A. Field Trips        B. Summer Camp          Workshops     D. Special Events.

4.We can know all the following from the text except        .

A. where the Life Lab Garden Classroom lies and its exact size

B. when people can come to the Life Lab Garden Classroom

 that people are free to visit the Life Lab Garden Classroom every year

D. that the Life Lab Garden Classroom is supported by the government.

A. Speak, speak, speak

Practise speaking as often as you can---even speaking to yourself is good practice. Try recording yourself whenever you can. Compare your pronunciation with the master version(版本), see how you can do better and have another go. If you do this several times, you will find that each version is better than the last.

B. Why not learn with someone else?

It helps if you can learn with someone else. If you can persuade a friend or family member to study with you, it will make you keep working. Agree times to meet and set goals for the week. And test each other regularly.

 Don’t get a shock by a word you don’t know

Practise improvising（即兴的） ways of getting your meaning across when speaking spontaneously（本能地）, even if you don’t know the exact words or phrases. Think of things you might want to say whenever you have spare time. A basic example is the use of tenses. If you don’t know the past tense but want to talk about yesterday, use the verb in the present tense and use the word “yesterday”.

Use facial expressions, hand movements, anything to get your meaning across.

D.    Language learning is also about intuition（直觉）.

Guesswork is an important strategy in learning a new language. When listening to recorded material, you aren’t expected to understand everything first time round. If you play the same piece several times, you will most probably understand something new each time. Learn to make maximum use of all the clues you can pick up. For example, what do the speakers sound like? happy, angry, calm etc.

E. Build up your vocabulary.

A wide vocabulary is the key to successful language learning but don’t try to learn too much at once. It’s best to study frequently, for short periods of time. Take a maximum of six or seven items of vocabulary and learn them. Put them into sentences to fix them in your mind, then come back to them later. Much of the vocabulary in the course is presented by topic. And above all, have fun!

请阅读以下英语学习者在学习中碰到的困难，然后匹配该学习者应该采取上述五种做法（A、B、C、D、E）中的某一种。

1.Jack Anderson. Jack’s vocabulary is very small. He is anxious to improve his English. Therefore, he wants to enlarge his vocabulary in a short time and tries his best to memorize new words as many as possible at a time.

2.Margret Lillian. Margret Lillian’s pronunciation is poor. And she doesn’t know how to improve her pronunciation. She is very worried and doesn’t know what to do.

3.Alice Fingerhut. Alice has difficulty in understanding the meaning of the English text. So she looks up the new words in the dictionary in order to understand everything.

4.Lynne Nagata. Lynne can’t express herself clearly in English because she sometimes forgets some key words and doesn’t know the tenses exactly. What can she do?

1.It’s believed that Albert Einstein was a man of high    (智力).    

2.Use your head and you can find many   (解决办法) to the problem.

3.Jerry is an outgoing girl. She is always easily     (说服).              

4.“ I’m afraid I will never manage it.” she said     (无望地).           

5.Competition from the job market is   (激烈) than before.              

6.These patients were     (观察)over a period of several months.   

7.The bed is really big. It    (占据) almost half of the room.         

8.Speaking through an   (口译), the Premier expressed himself well. 

9.I heard the couple    (争论) for quite a while about money matters. 

10.As for me, I can’t say that I have any particular    (偏好).         

假设英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的如下作文。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、删除和修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧）， 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：在错的词下划一横线，并在其下写出修改后的词。

注意： 1、每处错误及其修改、增加、或删除仅限一词。

2、只要求修改10处，多改无效。

Dear Mr. Smith,

I’m a senior school student. I do quite well my studies, but I have a serious problem that trouble me all the while. It is the relationship between my mother and I .My dear mother is an university professor, who works very much hard. She’s always strict with me, but has a little time to talk with me. I show respect for her and I’m a little afraid of her because she loses her temper easily. I don’t know how to communicate with her. Maybe it’s because we have seldom sat down and exchange our feelings and thoughts.I hope we can know more about each other and understanding each other better. I did hope we will be closer. What can I do?

Yours sincerely

Leslie

假如你叫李华，是一位高中生。请你用英语给报社写一封信，反映如下情况并谈谈你的建议。

1.    现在有很多学生使用手机。一是认为这是种时髦，而是认为便于跟家人和朋友联系。

2.    一些学生把手机带进教室，在课堂上经常听见手机的铃声。破坏课堂纪律。

3.    有的同学还在课堂上发短信和上网，浪费宝贵的时间。

建议：

教室是学习的地方，需要安静；学生不应该在教室中使用手机，应该集中注意力学习。学校应该作出规定，禁止学生在教室使用手机。

注意： 1. 信的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。2. 词数110左右。

Dear Editor,

I’m a senior middle school student. Now many students use mobile phones.

Yours sincerely

Li Hua

 As is known to all, _______ strong and powerful China will certainly benefit _____ whole world.

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

 You have to be a fairly good speaker to ________ listeners’ interest for over an hour.

A. catch        B. hold           C. improve        D. attract