F. Scott Fitzgerald, born on September 24, 1896, an American novelist, was once a student of St. Paul Academy, the Newman School and attended Princeton University for a short while. In 1917 he joined the army and was posted in Alabama, where he met his future wife Zelda Sayre. Then he had to make some money to impress her.

His life with her was full of great happiness, as he wrote in his diary, “My own happiness in the past often approached such joy that I could share it even with the person dearest to me but had to walk it away in quiet streets and take down parts of it in my diary.”

This Side of Paradise, his first novel, was published in 1920. Encouraged, he continued with the novel The Beautiful and Damned (1922), a collection of short stories Thales of the Jazz Age (1922), and a play The Vegetable (1923). But his greatest success was the novel The Great Gatsby, published in 1925, which quick brought him praise from the literary world. Yet it failed to give him the needed financial security. Then, in 1926, he published another collection of short stories All the Sad Young Men.

However, Fitzgerald’s problems with his wife Zelda affected his writing. During the 1920s he tried to record his life, but failed. By 1930, his wife had her first breakdown and went to a Swiss clinic. During this period he completed novels Tender Is the Night (1934) and The Love of the Last Tycoon (1940). While his wife was in hospital in the United States, he got totally addicted to alcohol. Sheila Graham, his dear friend, helped him fight his alcoholism.

How many novels written by Fitzgerald are mentioned in the passage?

   A. 5             B. 6             C. 7            D. 8

Which is the correct order about Fitzgerald’s life according to the passage?

   a. He became addicted to drinking.

   b. He studied at St. Paul Academy.

   c. He published his first novel This Side of Paradise.

   d. The Great Gatsby won high praise.

   e. He failed to record his life.

   f. He joined the army and met Zelda.

   A. f-c-e-a-b-d     B. b-e-a-f-c-d     C. f-d-e-c-b-a     D. b-f-c-d-e-a

We can infer from the passage that Fitzgerald _____.

   A. had made some money when he met Zelda in Alabama

   B. was well educated and well off before he served in the army

   C. would have completed more works if his wife hadn’t broken down

   D. helped his friend get rid of drinking while his wife was in hospital

The passage is probably followed by a concluding paragraph about ______.

   A. Zelda’s personal life

B. Zelda’s illness and treatment 

C. Fitzgerald’s friendship with Graham

D. Fitzgerald’s contributions to the literary world

下面几篇小短文是关于人们交往场所的信息。请阅读下列应用文，并按照要求匹配信息。
首先，请阅读下面的信息。
A: Join a club
Join a club with people of common interests. If you have something in common with people, you will find it much easier to talk to them and plan activities.
B: School or workplace
If you’re in school or at work, you will have many schoolmates or workmate. You can get close to them and talk to them in your spare time, or simply do the same thing together.
C: Join a team
You can join a team, especially if you’re in school. Joining a sports team can be a great way to make friends. As long as you enjoy the sport, try your best, and your teammates will be happy to accept you.
D: Be a volunteer (志愿者)
Volunteering is a way to show your passion and love. It’s also a great way for people of all ages to meet others. By working together you build friendship with people.
E: Get online
You can know as many new friends as you can through the Internet. You can also make friends with people in other countries. And if you find some people in your area, you can introduce yourself online and then meet them in person.
F: Talk with a stranger
Practice smiling and saying “Hello” with every stranger you meet. You will be surprised to find how many people answer you in a friendly way. And you may make more new friends in this way.
请阅读以下相关信息，然后匹配交往场所和具体建议。
【小题1】 Tip1: The fact that you’re devoting your time to something without asking for money shows that you’re a very kind and helpful volunteer, which good friends must be.
【小题2】Tip2: A common wrong idea about this is that you have to be really good at playing a particular sport in order to make friends with others in the team, but this isn’t true.
【小题3】Tip3: Speaking to a stranger that you’ve never met, even a guy, is easy. The secret is not to get nervous, pay attention and ask questions.
【小题4】Tip4: Whatever your age, there might be some people with the same interests as you have. And there might be a club or organization for you.
【小题5】Tip5: In general, the Internet isn’t a great place to make real friends, or the kind of friends who will be there for you when you really need them.

Somali pirates(海盗) robbed three Thai fishing ships with 77 sailors on board nearly l，200 Miles off the Somali coast，the farthest-off-shore attack to date，an officer said Tuesday.

Pirates have gone farther south and east in answer to increased patrols(巡逻)by warships off the Somali shore. The robbing of the three ships Sunday was about 600 miles outside the normal operation area for the international force，said a spokesman．

The spokesman said the attack so far out at sea was a clear sign that the international patrols against pirates were having a “marked effect on pirate activity in the area”．

“Once they start attacking that far out，you’re not even really talking about the Somali basin or areas of water that have any connection with Somalia,” said an officer，Roger Middleton．“Once you’re that far out，it's just the Indian Ocean，and it means you’re looking at trade going from the Gulf to Asia，from Asia to South Africa.”

  "This is the farthest robbing to date．They are now operating near the Maldives and India,” said another officer．

  The three ships--the MV Prantalay 11，12，and l 4—had 77 members on board in total．All of them are Thai, the spokesman said．Before the Sunday robbing，pirates held l l ships and 228 sailors．

Pirates have increased attacks over the past year in hopes。f catching more dollar payments. Because of increased patrols and defenses on board ships，the success rate(率)has gone down，though the number of successful attacks has stayed the same year over year.

1.The pirate attack reported in the text happened            ．A．far out in the Indian Ocean

B．in the normal patrol area

C．near the Somali, coast

D．in the south of Africa

2.According to the text, which can best describe the situation of the pirate problems?

A．More goods on board are lost.

B．Pirate attacks happen in a larger area now.

C．The number of attacks has stayed the same these years.

D．Pirate attacks are as serious as before along the Somali coast.

3.Which is true about the warship patrols according to the text? A．The patrols are of little effect.

B．The patrols are more difficult.

C．More patrols are quite necessary even in Asia.

D．The patrols only drive the pirates to other areas.

4.How many sailors were held by the pirates up to the time of the report?

A．228.             B．77.              C．383.             D．305.

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。
I live in Japan, where electronic items are a way of life, so it is no surprise that many students carry these little electronic dictionaries. E-dictionaries may be lighter and compacter (简洁的) than any paper dictionary.  【小题1】  However, to me, these are pretty much the limits to their advantages.
I think e-dictionaries should be limited in their use in classrooms. 【小题2】
E-dictionaries are much more expensive. In Japan, they cost as little as 10,000 yen(US$100)much as 40,000 yen, depending on how many functions you want (or think you want) and depending on how fashionable you are. My trusty Random House paper dictionary is copyrighted at1995, cost me a mere US$12.95 plus tax.
E-dictionaries are more fragile. Drop your paper dictionary. Go ahead. Hold it above your head and drop it. 【小题3】
E-dictionaries need batteries. Batteries are temperature sensitive. Batteries cost money, too.
E-dictionaries have keypads. Typing in the spelling of a word is harder and more time consuming than looking through pages and using the index at the top of each page.
【小题4】 Sound . Little devices beep (嘟嘟声) when you press the buttons, but it is very disturbing to some people in a classroom situation or library.
Finally, let’s consider making corrections or additions. No dictionary is perfect, paper version or electronic. However, when you find something you’d like to change in the e-dictionary, you can’t do anything about it. You can pencil in some notes with the paper type. Similarly, if you learn a word that isn’t in the dictionary, a few notes of a pencil make it easy to increase its memory capacity.  【小题5】And, for those students whose habit is to mark certain words with a highlight pen for ease of future reference, again, the paper dictionary wins out.

根据对话情景和内容，从对话后所给的选项中选出能填人每一空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两个为多余选项。

Salesgirl: Hello, Happiness Flowers．

Michael: Hello, I'd? like to order some flowers．

Salesgirl: OK．? 1.?

Michael: I don't know for sure． We want to celebrate our teacher's birthday． What flowers do you think will be suitable?

Salesgirl: ? 2.?? Sunflowers stand for admiring feelings．

Michael: That's OK．But how many should we get?

Salesgirl: ? 3.?? How many students are there in your class?

Michael: There are 32 students．

Salesgirl: Then how about 32?

Michael: OK． 4.?

Salesgirl: The price for each is? $ 1．

Michael: 5.??

Salesgirl: All right．$ 32 in total in cash．Please tell me your address．

Michael: My address is Class 7, Grade 3, QLD Government School．

A．It depends．

B．It's your business．

C．How much will they cost?

D．How could I pay for the flowers?

E．What about some little sunflowers?

F．What kind of flowers do you have in mind?

G．Can I pay you in cash when you send them to our school?