阅读下面的短文，并根据短文后的要求答题（共5小题；每题3分，满分15分）

（1）Around 15 million of us will leave a cup of tea to go cold today while a similar amount will forget where they put the keys to their house or car. Meanwhile, 12 million people will go to the shops only to completely forget what they went for according to research carried out by the National-Lottery.co.uk.

(2) Passwords and chores such as taking food out of the freezer the night before and charging the mobile phone also featured highly on the list. And more than one in ten admits forgetting to buy a lottery ticket which may have cost them a win.

(3) The study also found men are more likely to ___________, even though women generally have more to remember. Busy modern lifestyle, increased workloads and pressures as well as modern technology were to blame for the increase in our levels of forgetfulness.

(4) A National Lottery spokesman said, “The British are more hectic than ever in their work and personal lives and it seems we just have too much to remember for our crowded minds.”

(5) The study found that the technology boom has also played a part, leaving us with more devices than ever before to plug in and charge or take care of.

(6) Despite work pressures it is within the home environment where most things are forgotten, such as credit card payments, children’s school events or food related things.

(7) The study found one in four people have missed an important appointment and nearly one in five have fallen out with a friend over a forgotten date or event. The research also found that despite the number of things people forget only one in four people actually admit to being forgetful.

(8) Women performed much better than men in the report, failing to recall an average of 2.5 things every day compared to 3.5 things for men.

List at least three things that people often forget based on the passage.(within 15 words)

(1) _______________________________________________________________

(2)________________________________________________________________

(3)_______________________________________________________________

Fill in the blank in Paragraph 3 with proper words. (within 5 words)

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Which sentence in this passage is the closest in meaning to the following one?

The researchers discovered that only a quarter of people acknowledge that they have a bad memory even though they forget to do lots of things.

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What would be the best title for the passage?(within 10 words)

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Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 6 into Chinese.

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请根据首字母及句意，写出正确的单词。（每小题1分，共10分）
【小题1】After          (毕业) from college, we got the chance to travel abroad.
【小题2】When the war in Iraq broke out, they were c            about their son， who was working there.
【小题3】Earthquake is one of the most terrible d            .
【小题4】A d         person always tries to finish the job, no matter how hard it is.
【小题5】Do you know how many provinces the Yellow River f       through?
【小题6】His poor English is a(n)            （不利之处）when he looks for a job.
【小题7】I hope that the problem will be settled in a               way. (和平的)
【小题8】The United States of America was f             on July 4, 1776.
【小题9】I p        swimming to running because staying in cool water is much more fun.
【小题10】There was a hot discussion because they each had a
different            .(观点)

在下列的空格里填写括号里单词的正确形式(共8小题, 每小题1分共8分)

1.The whole world seemed ___________ (shock) at the news of the death of the famous American singer, Michael Jackson.

2.Much to their delight, their hometown was found __________ (change) a lot after such a long time.

3. Mary got blamed by her boss because she had left the office with all the lights _________ (burn).

4. The book fair, ____________( open) last week, has attracted a large number of people including many little children.

5. No witnesses could give the police a detailed ______________ (describe) of the murder happening in that district.

6. While staying in England, he was always _____________ (enthusiasm) about making friends with the local people.

7.There is no ____________ (possible) that he will win the game even though he has got much trained.

8. I keep the reference books on the desk for ______________ (convenient) because I frequently use them.

第四部分: 写作（共两节，满分25 分）
第一节: 短文改错（共10 小题，每小题1 分，满分10 分）
下面短文中有10 处语法错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（ ∧ ），并在其下面写上该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（ ╲ ）划掉。
修改: 在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。
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（从第11 处起）不计分。
The Internet is an useful tool and you can do many things on it. For example, you can make with some new friends on the Internet. They often lived in another city or even another country. Make friends online gives you a chance to learn about other people. So you need to be very carefully about these friends. It is important to you not to give too much information, such as your phone number, address and so on .It may dangerous. Friends on the Internet can never take place of your true friends. When you enjoy talking with friends online, don’t forget you true friends.

单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，共10分）

In the old times, many political leaders were not thought ________（高度评价） of.

Father _______ (承诺，许诺)to buy me a computer if I do well in the final examination.

He is _______（诚实的） and he never tells lies.

Once he was the _______ （教练）of our football team

Many rare animals are in ________（危险）because they are being hunted for.

While reading, please pay much __________ （注意）to your pronunciation.

Our school was _________ （设计）by a famous professor from Tongji University.

People say that barking dogs don’t ________ .(咬)

Dave didn't __________ （回复）to any of her emails, which made her angry.

I am busy, so I have to e_________ （雇佣）a housekeeper to look after my children.