Directions: Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from the list A-F for each paragraph.  There is one extra heading which you do not need.

A. The reasons for the problematic food situation in Britain. B. The effect of the situation on farmers. C. The variety of British food. D. The surface richness of food and questions it brings. E. The different situations at home and abroad. F. The recent reason for the huge supply of food.

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The long years of food shortage in Britain have suddenly given way to huge food supply.  Stores and shops are crowded with food.  Rationing(定量供应) has already seemed too distant to today’s Britons.  Even overseas suppliers have been asked to hold back deliveries.  Yet, instead of joy, there is widespread uneasiness and worries.  Why do food prices keep on rising, when there seems to be so much more food about?  Is the surface huge amount of food only temporary, or has it come to stay?  Does it mean that we need to think less now about producing more food at home?

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The recent growth of food supply on the world food market has certainly been unexpectedly great, partly because two continuous big grain harvests in North America are now being followed by a third.  Most of Britain’s overseas suppliers of meat, too, are offering more this year and home production has also risen.

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    Then why is the food situation in Britain still faulty?  On the one hand, The British government has gradually cut down support for food.  On the other hand, the shops are overstocked with food not only because there is more food available, but also because people, frightened by high prices, are buying less of it.

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    Moreover, the rise in food prices at home has come at a time when world prices have begun to fall, with the result that imported food, with the exception of grain, is often cheaper than the home-produced variety.  And now grain prices, too, are falling internationally.  British consumers are beginning to ask why they should not be able to benefit from this trend.

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The significance of these developments is not lost on farmers.  The older generation have seen it all happen before.  Despite the present price and market guarantees, farmers fear they are about to be squeezed between cheap food imports and a smaller home market.  Present production is running quickly compared with years ago.  However, farmers haven’t shared any benefit from the change.

假设你是某中学学生会主席李华，你校与本地一所国际学样经常举办联谊活动.你计划在重阳节组织学生到养老院去慰问老人，拟邀请国际学校的学生参加，请你根据以下内容要点给国际学样的学生会主席Tony写一封信.

要点：向老人赠送礼物（鲜花、自制贺卡……）；

为老人提供服务（做清洁、陪老人聊天……）；

为老人表演节目（唱歌、跳舞……）.

注意：1、词数为100左右；

2、信的开关和结尾已为你写好（不计入你所写词数）；

3、已给出的信的开关和结尾不得抄入答题卡.

（以下所给内容不得抄入答题卡）

Dear Tony，

Chongyang,the traditional Chinese festival for the elderly,is coming around.We are planning to visit the Nursing Home to celebrate the speeial day, and we would like to invite students from your school to join us.

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Looking forward to your early reply.

Yours,

Li Hua

In ancient times the most important examinations were spoken, not written. In the schools of ancient Greece and Rome, testing usually was made up of saying poetry aloud and giving speeches.

In the European universities of the Middle Ages, students who were working for advanced degrees had to discuss ques??tions in their field of study with people who had made a spe??cial study of the subject. This custom exists today as part of the process of testing candidates (应试者) for the doctor’s de??gree.

Generally, however, modem examinations are written. The written examination, where all students are tested on the same questions, was probably not known until the nineteenth century. Perhaps it came into existence with the great increase in population and the development of modem industry. A room full of candidates for a state examination timed exactly by electric clocks and carefully watched over by managers, looks like a group of workers at an automobile factory. Certainly, during examinations teachers and students are expected to act like machines.

One type of test is sometimes called an “objective” test. It is intended to deal with facts, not personal opinions. To make up an objective test, the teacher writes a series (一系列)of ques??tions, each of which has only one correct answer. Along with each question the teacher writes the correct answer and also three statements that look like answers to students who have not learned the material properly.  

4. The main idea of Paragraph Three is that ________.

A. workers now take examinations             B. the population has grown

C. there are only written exams today     D. examinations are now written and timed

5. The kind of exams where students must select answers are

A. objective                                          B. personal  

       C. spoken                                             D. written

6. Modem industry must have developed ________.

A. around the 19th century                B. before the Middle Ages

C. in Greece or Rome                   D. machines to take tests

7. It may be concluded that testing ________.

A. should test only opinions                B. should always be written

C. is given only in factories          D. has changed since the Middle Ages

Today, at 28, the young German Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter is at the top. “She gives radiance (光芒) to the music,” wrote Geoffrey Norris in The Daily Telegraph, London.

Born in Rheinfelden on June 29, 1963, Anne-Sophie grew up in Wehr, a small town just five kilometers from the Swiss border. Her father, Karl Wilhelm Mutter, and her mother, Gerlinde, considered music lessons part of a good education. It came as no surprise when Anne-Sophie said she wanted a violin for her fifth birthday.

Her parents thought she was too young for the violin, and persuaded her to start on the piano. But Anne-Sophie has always had a mind of her own. “I longed to play the violin,” she says, “It seemed to me a much more interesting instrument.” After six months, her parents gave in.

Though the Mutters were short of money at times, they limited their daughter’s performances to one or two a year. “We are glad we went the family road,” says her father. “No outsider can ever have an effect on our daughter’s career or push her into playing more concerts than she wants to.” Later she was allowed to give six to eight concerts a year and make some recordings.

Anne-Sophie’s concerts are _________.

A. limited to one or two a year         B. thought highly of

C. accompanied on the piano by Christoph    D. appreciated by professors in London

Which sentence shows Anne-Sophie’s great talent as a violinist?

A. She wanted a violin for her fifth birthday.

B. She has always had a mind of her own.

C. Violin seemed to her a much more interesting instrument.

D. She had two famous violin teachers.

The virtue the Mutters have is that they believe __________.

A. money is not everything         

B. children should learn music

C. Anne-Sophie was too young to give concerts

D. parents have a great effect upon their children

Which of the following is right?

A. Anne-Sophie got her first prize with the help of Aida Stucki.

B. Mutter’s family had an effect on her.

C. Anne-Sophie liked to imitate others.

D. Anne-Sophie liked all the instruments.

假设你是李华，是哈尔滨友谊中学高三的学生。你的英国网友Smith 发来电子邮件，告诉你他将于今年暑假来中国旅游，并决定来哈尔滨和你逗留一周。但有些情况他不清楚，请你给他回封电子邮件向他说明情况。

Subject: visit to China        From Smith Dear Li Hua， I feel very excited about my visit to China and meeting you for the first time! But I’m still not sure about the following: 1. When will you be free? 2. How can I get to your place? 3. What shall we do together?   Please let me know!                                                         Your friend,                                                          Smith

 

●6月10日高考结束后你就有时间陪他。

●乘飞机到哈尔滨，你会到机场去接他。然后一块乘汽车到市区。

●哈尔滨夏天气温高，不用带太多衣物。

●参观当地著名风景名胜并一起游泳。

Dear Smith,

I’m so excited that you’ll come to China and stay with me in Harbin for a week during the summer vacation. ________________________________________________________

 

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                                                               Yours, Li Hua