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　　Thomas and Inger, who live in Sweden, are the happiest couple in the world．Two years ago, they were sailing 　　1　　 a boat a few kilometers from the beach．Thomas asked Inger to marry him and he gave her the 　　2　　(nice)gold ring he could afford to buy．While putting the ring on Inger’s finger Thomas lost his balance, slipped over and sent the ring flying into the sea．　　3　　(see)the ring drop into the water, they were sure it was lost for ever．

　　Unitil last week, they got the ring again．Several days earlier Mr Carlsson, 　　4　　 is the 　　5　　(own)of a fish shop, was preparing a fresh load of fish 　　6　　(sell)at his shop．When he was cutting open one of the fish he discovered it contained 　　7　　 beautiful gold ring．Inside the ring he read the words ‘To Inger, All my love, Thomas’ and was curious to know 　　8　　 it came from．Mr Carlon visited all the jewelers in town until he found the 　　9　　 who had made the ring．After learning the address of the rightful owners, Mr Carlson was able to return the ring．

Meanwhile Thomas had bought Inger a replacement ring．Inger now loves both her wedding rings 　　10　　 thinks the one the fish ate is the better one．

根据短文内容，从短文后的七个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。

　　Ahh, the great outdoors! You can’t beat it, can you? Clean air and beautiful countryside are just what you need to help you relax．　　1　　 By camping of course．

　　First of all, where will you camp? There are camping grounds all over China．Do you want to explore lakes, mountains, the forest or the seaside? 　　2　　

　　You will need a tent．Most tents are made of light, brightly-colored material and are easy to put up．They come with a groundsheet, which stops water getting in, as well as a fly screen, so that bugs(虫子)don’t fly into your tent at night．

　　Take a sleeping bag and sleeping mat．　　3　　 Are you going somewhere cold or hot? You can buy sleeping bags of different thickness．

　　Make sure you bring the right clothes．If you want to go hiking, you will need a strong pair of walking boots, some lightweight trousers, and a waterproof coat．A good map and compass are needed too．

　　　　4　　 Make sure you put your camping stove far away from the tent, too close and you might cause a fire．Bring packaged food as you will not have a refrigerator．

　　If you are going to a remote area, pack an “emergency survival kit”(急救箱)．This should contain a survival bag of tough plastic, big enough for you to fit into．Also a whistle, pocket-knife, torch and some emergency food and water．Make sure you always tell someone where you are going．　　5　　 The holiday is coming soon．Why not use the time to go camping．

A．Mind your steps!

B．The choice is yours!

C．Have you got all that?

D．Cooking outside is fun．

E．Always go with your family．

F．What’s the best way to enjoy it?

G．Check the weather!

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。

　　For over one hundred and fifty years, Americans of all social classes have worn blue jeans．　　1　　 Whether they are worn for work or for fashion today．Strauss' invention continues to be popular not only among Americans but also among people around the world．

　　Levi Strauss was born in Germany in 1829．　　2　　 He grew up in Kentucky before moving to New York in 1847．Before becoming an American citizen and moving to the West in 1853, Strauss worked in his brother's dry goods business．This gave him a chance to produce his famous invention．After the gold rush of 1949, Strauss decided to move to the West to seek his fortunes．

　　Strauss did not want to be a person who searched an area for minerals．Instead, he knew he could make a good living by selling supplies to the miners．At first, he planned to sell sewing supplies and cloth．　　3　　 When he heard miners complaining that their clothes were easily broken or they usually tore their pockets during mining, he decided to use a special fabric to make pants for the miners．These pants proved so popular that he quickly ran out of materials to make more．

　　In 1873, Strauss received a letter from a Jewish tailor named Jacob Davis who had invented a process of connecting pockets with copper rivets(铆钉)．This made the pants last a long time．Because Davis did not have the money to patent his idea, he offered to share it with Strauss if Strauss would agree to pay for the patent．　　4　　．

　　By the time Strauss died in 1902, he had made a great contribution to American fashion．　　5　　 The business has been growing ever since and Levi Strauss' company is now one of the largest clothing companies in the world．

A．As a young boy, he moved with his family to the United States．

B．Nobody knew what kind of material was suitable．

C．Strauss agreed and Levi jeans have been made with metal rivets ever since．

D．However, he did not get much business for those products．

E．Besides, he also made a great contribution to America's clothing industry．

F．Since they were invented by Levi Strauss, they have become a symbol of American consumer culture．

G．As the business grew, Strauss got much money from it．

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。

　　　　1　　 This date was the old mid-winter festival in pre-Christmas times, around the time of the longest night and the shortest day．Christmas in the 21st century has many traditions：Christmas trees, cards and presents．Shops can make about 60 percent f their year’s income in the three months before Christmas, so most shops get ready for it in October．　　2　　 The first time this happened was in 1867 when Macy’s famous shop in New York, stayed open until midnight on Christmas Eve．

　　By mid-December, almost every shop and street has a Christmas tree．　　3　　 In the northern countries, winter is cold and dark and most trees are decorated with lights and colored glass balls give people hope that spring will come．

　　Father Christmas is known across the world with his white hair, red coat and big bag of toys．Young children are told that he lives in the north of Finland and makes toys for them．　　4　　

　　On Christmas Day a traditional meal is eaten, usually a turkey and a rich, spicy cake．Some people hate Christmas．　　5　　 They love seeing family and friends; they also love the traditions．Love it or hate it, Christmas is a time to look back over the old year and forward to the new one．

A．This tradition was started by the Germans as early as 700 AD．

B．Believe it or not．

C．Since about 400 AD, Christmas Day has been celebrated．

D．Others feel it is a magical and exciting time．

E．The shopping centers are beautifully decorated and stay open late at night．

F．It was really beautiful indeed．

G．By tradition, he brings the toys to children at night, on the night before Christmas．

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　　During the Spring Festival, my parents and some of my relatives gave me some gift money．What should I do _______ the money? I had desired to buy a pair of Nike sports ________(鞋)．I had also wanted to have an MP4 player of my ________．With the gift money I could a ________ what I wanted to buy．However, I soon gave up the idea b_______ I knew I was still a student at school．

　　Besides, my parents always lived a s________ life．Their money was not ________(容易)earned．Thinking of th is, I decided to open a savings account at a bank the f________ day．From now on, I’ll make both ends meet as a student financially ________(支持)by my parents．I am sure my dream will come _______ one day with the money through my hard work．

PART FOUR WRITING

　　A Low-Carbon Economy(LCE)refers to an economy which has a minimal emission of greenhouse gas(GHG), namely, carbon dioxide into the biosphere(生物圈)．Recently, most of the scientists and the public hold the opinion that the climate is changing because there is such an accumulation of CO₂ in the atmosphere due to human activities．The over-concentration of these gases is producing global warming that affects long-term climate, with negative impacts on humanity in the foreseeable future．LCE, therefore, is proposed as a means to avoid catastrophic climate change．

　　All nations which are considered carbon intensive societies and societies which are heavily populated should become zero-carbon societies and economies．Several of these countries have promised to become 'low carbon' but not entirely zero carbon, and claim that emissions will be cut by 100％ by balancing emissions rather than ceasing all emissions．

　　Nuclear power and the strategies of carbon capture and storage(CCS)have been proposed as the primary means to achieve a LCE while continuing to exploit non-renewable resources．Scientists are afraid, however, whether the spent-nuclear-fuel can be stored, and whether it is secure．Also they are not certain about the costs and time needed to successfully implement CCS worldwide and whether the stored emissions will leak into the biosphere or not．Alternatively, many have proposed renewable energy should be the main basis of a LCE, but, they have their associated problems of high-cost and inefficiency; this is changing, however, since investment and production have been growing significantly in recent times．Furthermore, it has been proposed that to make the transition to an LCE economically attractive we would have to attach a cost(per unit output)to GHGs through means such as emissions trading and/or a carbon tax．

　　A LCE is aimed to integrate all aspects of itself from its manufacturing, agriculture, transportation to power-generation around technologies that produce energy and materials with little GHG emission and thus around populations, buildings, machines and devices which use those energies and materials efficiently and dispose of or recycle its wastes so as to have a minimal output of GHGs．

Title：　　1　　

Ⅰ．　　2　　：an economy with a minimal output of GHG

Ⅱ．　　3　　 of the present economy：

●global warming

●long-term climate change

●　　4　　 on humanity

Ⅲ．　　5　　：

●to produce energy and materials with little GHG emission

●to use those energies and materials efficiently

●to have 　　6　　 of GHGs

Ⅳ．　　7　　 to achieve a LCE：

●nuclear power

●the strategies of carbon capture and storage

●renewable energy

●　　8　　

●a carbon tax

Ⅴ．　　9　　：

●spent-nuclear-fuel storage/storage of spent-nuclear-fuel

●　　10　　

●uncertainty about the costs and time needed?

Read the following passage．Fill in the numbered blanks by using the information from the passage．

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer．

　　Maybe you are an average student．You probably think you will never be a top student．This is not necessary so, however．Anyone can become a better student if he or she wants to．Here's how：

　　1．Plan your time carefully．When you plan your week, you should make a list of things that you have to do．After making this list, you should make a schedule of your time．First your time for eating, sleeping, dressing, etc．then decide a good, regular time for studying．Don't forget to set aside enough time for entertainment．A weekly schedule may not solve all your problems, but it will force you to realize what is happening to your time．

　　2．Find a good place to study．Look around the house for a good study area．Keep this space, which may be a desk or simply a corner of your room, free of everything but study materials．No games, radios, or television! When you sit down to study, concentrate on the subject．

　　3．Make good use of your time in class．Take advantage of class time to listen to everything the teachers say．Really listening in class means less work later．Taking notes will help you remember what the teacher says．

　　4．Study regularly．When you get home from school, go over your notes．Review the important points that your teacher mentioned in class．If you know what your teacher is going to discuss the next day, read that material will become more meaningful, and you will remember it longer．

　　5．Develop a good attitude about tests．The purpose of a test is to show what you have learned about a subject．They help you remember your new knowledge．The world won't end if you don't pass a test, so don't be overly worried．

　　There are other methods that might help you with your studying．You will probably discover many others after you have tried these．

How to become a better student

Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context．

Our school is quite famous for its long history．It was founded in the early 1907s．It is a good place 　　1　　 we can prepare ourselves well for the future．We have many wonderful teachers 　　2　　 are always ready to offer help．　　3　　 we pay a lot of attention to how well we do in lessons, achieving high scores is not the only reason to study．The teachers encourage us to try 　　4　　 new ideas and ask questions．With their help we have developed all kinds of interests 　　5　　 both Arts and Science．We can choose to join any school clubs they are interested in．We can 　　6　　 choose the subjects that we want to study．Last term I selected American literature 　　7　　 I wanted to learn about famous American writers．This term I chose to attend music classes because my father bought me a piano as 　　8　　 birthday present．

Thomson中学学生Mike，Joseph，Anna，Ian和Susan 正在计划下学期各自的选修课课程。阅读1至5题中的各人情况说明和A至F六门选修课的介绍，选出符合个性特长的最佳选项。选项中有一项是多余选项。

________1．Mike spent his childhood mostly in his father's study, where he read novels by British and American writers．Next term he will become a senior student．He thinks it's time that he read more of their works and learned to write about them．

________2．Joseph is good at the language arts, and in his spare time he likes to write short stories．It is his wish that his stories would be printed in local newspapers．So he is thinking of taking a course to develop his writing skills, such as wording and paragraph organization．

________3．A lively and caring girl, Anna takes an active part in social activities．She is trying to write reports for newspapers about what she sees and hears．But few of them are accepted because of poor organization of information．She feels the need to improve her writing and communication skills next term．

________4．Susan comes from China．As a junior back home, she wrote quite a lot of short stories, some of which were published in newspapers．Her parents suggest she read some classics by Asian and Western writers．She thinks it helpful in her writing．So she is going to take a course of this kind next term．

THOMSON HIGH SCHOOL

A

Creative Writing

－by Mrs A．MeCletian

　　Creative writing is a course in which we study and apply the methods used in various forms of fiction writing．Writing is a skill of art in itself．We are guided by Ezra Pound's opinion：“Make of fiction writing．”Creative writing does not only provide us with an opportunity to express ourselves, but also hold our attention to word choice, paragraph development, and other skills useful in writing．

B

Journalism

－by Dr E．Brandt

　　Journalism is a course for seniors, in which we will cover how to gather, write and report the news．We will discuss how information is, or can be, organized．This course also aims to develop communication skills required of journalists．

C

American ＆．British Classics

－by Dr E．Waiter

　　A classic is a literary work that has stood the test of time．Generations of readers have turned to classics to discover that which is everlasting．Through both the works themselves and the people they mirror, we may better be able to see ourselves．In this course, we will read works in both British and American literature．We will write reviews of what we read．

D

Non-fiction

－by Dr M．Timm

　　The course is a study of non-fiction through reading many different types of non-fiction．The course will also be about the possible changes in journalistic reporting and the sharing of personal stories of various people on various topics such as travel and adventure．We will examine some of the best writings in the world and deal with the techniques used in this text type．

E

World Literature

－by Mrs A．MeClellan

　　World Literature examines the common people found in quality literature worldwide, from Europe to America, from Asia to Africa, and introduces a variety of cultural background at different points in history．In these worlds, we find not only what is unique to each culture, but what is universal．We are also able to tell what makes for a good story, no matter from where or whom the story springs．