I didn’t p__________(参加) in the discussion yesterday.

完形填空（20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

       阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

         It' s six o' clock on a cold Saturday morning．Liu Zifan reluctantly gets out of the warm bed．

         "I wish I could sleep  36   more," says Liu．

         The 12-year-old seventh grader from Beijing Guangqumen   37   School must take an - hour - ride to get to the school for the   38  curriculums that occupy her whole Saturday morning．  39 Sunday afternoon, she has music lessons from 3 p．m．to 7 p．m．．

         During weekdays, Liu has to get up around five in the morning, and  40  home by six．

         " My teacher  41  us to eat an apple in the morning so that we won' t feel  42  " , she says．

         In primary school, Liu  43 taking the New Concept English class every Saturday morning, and Chinese, English and Olympic maths classes in the afternoon．On Sunday morning, she had to do  44 at home．In the afternoon, she took Cambridge English class．

         "I didn't have time to rest,   45  on Friday night," Liu recalls．

         The family has a monthly  46  of about 1,700 yuan．Liu Zifan' s  47  classes cost 2, 000 yuan each term．

         " I think it' s   48  the money," Liu' s father says．" We do everything we can to provide her with good education,   49   she will get a good job in the future．"

         Chinese children face   50  pressures on study．Some parents make their children study 51    First graders start to take classes for second graders, and so on, therefore they can get an   52 in exams．Most Chinese   53  believe high academic credentials （成绩） mean a better school, a brighter future．So they   54   their children to extracurricular classes like music, English and maths to develop a special   55  , which later might be a stepping stone to a good school．  

36．A．any                  B．some                C．even                 D．far

37．A．Secondary      B．Training            C．Language  D．Primary

38．A．super          B．extra            C．huge                 D．usual

39．A．In                    B．For                   C．At                   D．On

40．A．get            B．stay              C．leave D．drive

41   A．orders                B．recommends           C．persuades    D．suggests

42．A．sleepy           B．tired      C．cold          D．thirsty

43．A．stopped    B．finished  C．enjoyed     D．started

44．A．housework        B．washing          C．homework    D．writing

45．A．besides          B．including   C．since            D．except

46．A．pay           B．cost   C．income       D． money                                  

47．A．weekend          B．Sunday             C．everyday    D．Saturday

48．A．wasteful       B．worth         C．valuable     D．worthy

49．A．so that       B．since      C．now that    D．while

50．A．challenging     B．increasing C．developing            D．changing

51．A．ahead             B．hard             C．late        D．away

52   A．average  B．achievement    C．advance        D．advantage

53．A．teachers   B．students         C．friends         D．parents

54．A．send          B．hope  C．take   D．wish

55．A．strength              B．interest  C．talent             D．skill

短文填词（共10小题； 每小题1分， 满分10分）

阅读下面短文， 根据一下提示：1）汉语提示；2）首字母提示；3）语境提示， 在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。

This afternoon a man dressed in rags came into the shop.

We all stared at him doubtfully when he said he wanted a n   coat. 1. ________

I took him downstairs and showed him a cheap coat which would

____ him only a small amount of money. I thought he might be        2. __________

a bit upset about the price, but    the contrary, he did not seem       3. __________

to    (在乎) about it at all. I didn’t mean to be rude but I have no       4. __________

p      with customers who can’t decide. So I persuaded him         5. __________

to buy it. Then the most unbelievable thing happened to    ----         6. __________

he handed me a million pound bank note. I did not know w            7. __________

it was genuine or not, so I    (寻找) out my boss to ask his advice.   8. __________

He told me that I had    (确实) made a serious mistake by judging  9. __________

This man by his    (衣着). My boss looked very angry and told me  10. __________

to find the best coat for the man immediately.

It’s 10:30 p.m. and 11-year-old Brandon Blanco is sound asleep at home. Suddenly, a loud noise wakes him up. Naturally, Brandon reaches for his cell phone. He blinks twice, and the message on the screen becomes clear: “ R U awake?”
But the late-night text does not annoy Brandon. He gets frequent messages and calls, even after bedtime. And he can’t imagine life without them. “ If I didn’t have a cell phone, I wouldn’t be able to talk to my friends or family as often,” he told TFK.
Brandon’s use of technology doesn’t stop there. He also has a computer, a TV and three video-game consoles in his room. With so many choices, it is no surprise that when he is not at school, he spends nearly every waking minute using one or more of these devices. Brandon is hardly alone. According to a recent study by the Kaiser Family Foundation, kids aged 8 to 18 are spending more time than ever before using electronic devices. How much time? More than seven and a half hours a day on average, the study found. That’s about an hour more than just five years ago.
The jump is the result of a huge explosion in mobile devices, says Victoria Rideout, the lead author of the study. Today, nearly seven out of ten kids have cell phones. Just five years ago, it was four out of ten.
“ These devices have opened up many more opportunities for young people to use media, whether it’s on the bus, on the way to school or waiting in line at the pizza parlor,” says Rideout.
Often, kids multitask, or use more than one device at a time. “ If you’ve got a chance to do something on your computer and take a phone call and have the TV on in the background, why not?” Media expert Cheryl Olson says.
Most experts agree technology has much to offer kids. But some worry the kids could be missing out on other activities like playing outside or hanging out with friends. “ It’s a matter of balance,” says Olson. “ You’ve got to work on it.”
Multitasking while doing homework is another concern. Some kids listen to music, watch TV or use the phone while doing their homework. “It’s important to make sure that you can stop and concentrate on one thing deeply,” says Rideout.
Logan Jones, 11, of Maumelle, Arkansas, describes himself as a “game freak”. Still, he is glad not to have unlimited time with his PlayStation 2. “I’ll tell my mom I’m going to play a game, and she’ll say, ‘Okay, but only for 30 minutes,’”, Logan told TFK.
With new and exciting devices hitting stores every year, keeping technology use in check is more important than ever. “ Kids should try,” adds Rideout. “:But parents might have to step in sometimes.”
【小题1】The text is mainly about kids’ _________

第Ⅱ卷（共35分）

第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节：对话填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

请认真阅读下面对话，并根据各题所给字母的提示，在标有题号的右边横线上写出一个英语单词的完整、正确的形式，使对话通顺。