9 Lansdowne Road

Chichester PO236PX

Saturday

Dear John,

　 I got your letter yesterday. Yes, of course you can come and stay next week. I didn’t realize your company was in this area. Actually, it’s lucky that I shall be here, because I have to go away on business myself on Monday — but I shall be back by the time you come. What time will you be arriving? Anyway, I’ll leave a key with my next-door neighbour (at Number 21) just in case you get here before I do.

I’d better give you some directions as to how to get here. When you get to the town, follow the main road as far as the first set of traffic lights and then turn right. Turn left at the next crossing. At the end of this road there’s a roundabout. Go straight across, and Lansdowne Road is the second on the right.

By the way, I hope you won’t mind sleeping on the camp-bed. I’m afraid there isn’t a spare (空闲的) bed, but it’s quite solid, so you should be comfortable enough! I nearly forgot to mention the most important thing — could you bring a sleeping bag?

Well, I must go now — I’ve got to go and collect the car from the garage. I was out in the middle of nowhere yesterday, when it broke down for no clear reason. I had to walk miles before I found a phone-box and finally asked a garage to send someone out to give me a tow（拖走）.

Looking forward to seeing you on Thursday.

　　　 　　　　　　　　 Yours,

　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 Mike

1. According to this passage, Mike will most likely be back on 　　　　 .

A. Monday　　　　　 B. Tuesday　　　　　

C. Saturday　　　　　　 D. Thursday

2. If John arrives earlier than Mike comes back, 　　　　 .

A. he can make a phone call to Mike

B. he can wait for Mike

C. he can ask Mike’s next-door neighbor for the key

D. he can ask the landlady for the key

3. The underlined phrase “broke down” most probably means “_______”.

A. failed to work 　　　 B. lost control

C. was defeated 　　 D. stopped to work

 –Listen, my flight is being announced. I must be off now.

   --Bye.______________.

A. Happy landing                 B. Thank you for seeing me off.

C. Take it easy             D. I will go with you .

____ a few things you’d like for Christmas and I will go shopping now.

A．Talk              B．Name             C．Call              D．Speak

完成句子（1*10）

       1. 她盯着我看了一会儿，突然笑了起来。

She stared at me for a moment, then ________ ________ ________.

       2. 他并没有我们想得那么穷

He is not ________ ________ ________ ________ we thought.

       3. 如果你想去这个饭馆吃饭餐，就不得不提前预定。

If you want to dine at this restaurant, you have to book for a table _______ _________.

       4. 我们的地铁系统仿效了美国的。

Our subway system _______ ___________ ________ that in the United States.

       5. 你说他很容易相处，但是我感觉和他在一起不自在。

You say he is easy-going, but I never feel ________ ________ with him.

       6. 我今晚要待在家里，她可能给我打电话。

I will stay at home this evening; she _______ _______ _______ ring me tonight.

7. 我对目前的状况完全不满意。

I am not at all ________ ________ the present situation.

8. 没人能阻止他娶他爱的那个女孩。

Nobody can _________ him _________ _________ the girl he loves.

9. 不要看不起那些经常考试失败的人。相反的，我们应该帮助他们。

Don’t _________ ________ ________ those who often fail in the exam. On the contrary, we should help them with their studies.

10. 我要去书店买那本你刚刚提到的书。

I will go to the bookstore to buy the book that you __________ ________ just now.

根据短文内容, 从下面A到F选项中选出能够概括每段主题的最佳选项, 选项中有一项为多余项

(填涂说明：E="A+D  " F="B+D  " G="C+D" )

The extent of your vocabulary indicates the degree of your intelligence. Your brain power will increase as you learn to know more words. Here's the proof. Two classes in a high school were selected for an experiment. Their ages and their environment were the same. Each class represented an identical cross-section of the community. One, the control class, took the normal courses. The other class was given special vocabulary training. At the end of the period the marks of the latter class surpassed those of the control group, not only in English, but in every subject, including mathematics and the sciences. Similarly it has been found by Professor Lewis M.Terman, of Stanford University, that a vocabulary test is as accurate a measure of intelligence as any three units of the standard and accepted Stanford-Binet I.Q. tests.

The study of words is not merely something that has to do with literature. Words are your tools of thought. You can't even think at all without them. Try it. If you are planning to go down town this afternoon you will find that you are saying to yourself: "I think I will go down town this afternoon." You can't make such a simple decision as this without using words. Your words are your keys for your thoughts. And the more words you have at your command the deeper, clearer and more accurate will be your thinking.

A command of English will not only improve the processes of your mind. It will give you assurance; build your self-confidence; lend color to your personality; increase your popularity. Your words are your personality. Your vocabulary is you. Your words are all that we, your friends, have to know and judge you by. You have no other medium for telling us your thoughts-for convincing us, persuading us, giving us orders.

Words are explosive. Phrases are packed with TNT.A simple word can destroy a friendship. The proper phrases in the mouths of clerks have quadrupled the sales of a department store. The wrong words used by a campaign orator have lost an election. For instance, on one occasion the four unfortunate words, "Rum, Romanism and a Rebellion" used in a Republican campaign speech threw the Catholic vote and the presidential victory to Grover Cleveland. Ears are won by words. Soldiers fight for a phrase. "Make the world safe for Democracy." "All out for England." "V for Victory." The " Remember the Maine" of Spanish war days has now been changed to "Remember Pearl Harbor."

Words have changed the direction of history. Words can also change the direction of your life. They have often raised a man from mediocrity to success. If you consciously increase your vocabulary you will unconsciously raise yourself to a more important station in life, and the new and higher position you have won will, in turn, give you a better opportunity for further enriching your vocabulary. It is a beautiful and successful cycle.

（ Today’s opportunity erase yesterday’s failures.）