7、One very cool day in the spring of the year, my father, who was a farmer, was ploughing, and I, nine years old, was   1   the horse．I didn't do the  2   very well as it was rather cold．It was a little   3   than I could do to manage the task．

"Dad," said I, "how long   4   I stay in field?"

"About an hour，" he answered．

    An hour  5   a great while and I said, "I  6   I could go home now-my   7   aches."

    "I am very sorry," said my father, "but can't you   8  till it is time to go home for dinner?"

    "I think not－my headache is getting to be pretty   9  ."

    "Well," said he,   10   me off the horse, doubting my disease was rather in my heart than my head, "you may go home．I don't want you to work  11  you are sick．Go straight home, and tell your mother that I say you must take a large bowl of rhubarb（大黄）．Tell her that I think it will   12   you much!"

    There was no choice．I went home, of course, and I had to offer the   13   to my mother．I told her,   14 , that I thought my head was better,   15   not to take the terrible   16  ．But it was of no use and it was too late．She understood my case as   17   as my father did．She knew well enough my   18   was laziness．So she prepared a large bowl of rhubarb and I had to swallow all of it．Dear me! How bitter it was! I am sure I would rather ride the horse all day than to be doctored in that way．Since then I never told another   19  .

    Honesty is the best policy． 20   it, though there is another and a better reason．

1．A feeding                    B．riding                 C．handling              D．controlling

2．A adventure                B．situation              C．career                 D．task

3．A less                        B．better                 C．more                   D．rather

4．A must                       B．can                    C．should                 D．would

5．A seemed                   B．kept                   C．waited                D．equaled

6．A think                       B．wish                   C．believe                D．plan

7．A hand                       B．leg                     C．head                   D．heart

8．A argue                      B．develop               C．work                  D．stay

9．A serious                    B．normal                C．simple                D．pleasant

10．A putting                  B．taking                 C．falling                 D．seeing

11．A because                 B．if                       C．before                D．unless

12．A make                    B．protect               C．devote                D．benefit

13．A news                    B．excitement           C．match                 D．message

14．A but                       B．and                    C．however             D．then

15．A hoping                  B．deciding              C．considering          D．expressing

16．A drink                     B．medicine             C．juice                   D．soup

17．A soon                     B．long                   C．well                   D．total

18．A opinion                  B．similarity             C．difficulty            D．disease

19．A lie                         B．speech                C．story                   D．joke

20．A Bring in                 B．Watch out            C．Depend on           D．Get away from

6、NEW YORK- One in five U.S．workers regularly attends after-work drinks with coworkers, where the most common mishaps range from badmouthing another worker to drinking too much, according to a study released on Tuesday．

Most workers attend so-called happy hours to bond with colleagues, although 15 percent go to hear the latest office gossip and 13 percent go because they feel necessary, said the survey conducted for CareerBuilder.com, an online job site．As to what happens when the after-work drinks flow, 16 percent reported bad-mouthing a colleague,10 percent shared a secret about a colleague and 8 percent said they drank too much and acted unprofessionally．Five percent said they had shared a secret about the company, and 4 percent confessed to singing karaoke．While 21 percent of those who attended said happy hours were good for networking, 85 percent said attending had not helped them get closer to someone higher up or get a better position．An equal number of men and women said they attended happy hours with co-workers, with younger workers aged 25 to 34 most likely and workers over 55 least likely to attend．Overall, 21 percent of workers attend happy hours with co-workers and; of those nearly a quarter go at least once a month.

The survey was conducted online by Harris Interactive on behalf of CareerBuilder.com among 6,987 full-time employees between February 11 and March 13．Harris Interactive said the results had a sampling error of plus or minus 1.2 percentage points.

1．Harris Interactive made the survey to find out ________.

       A．how U.S．workers spend their after-work time

       B．what U.S．workers do at after-work drinks 

       C．the relationships between U.S．workers

       D．who are most likely to attend after-work drinks

2．________ of workers who attend after-work drinks speak ill of a colleague.

       A．4 percent             B．8 percent             C．16 percent          D．10 percent

3．According to the passage, most of those surveyed believed attending after-work drinks ________．

       A．benefited them a lot                              B．could provide information

       C．only made them relaxed                        D．was of no help to them

4．We can learn from the text that _________.

       A．workers over 55 don’t like to attend happy hours at all

       B．about 75% of workers go more than once a month

       C．10.5% of male workers attend happy hours with co-workers

       D．about 700 workers surveyed shared a secret about a co-worker

5．After the survey, it can be inferred that_________.

       A．all the workers oppose after-work drinks

       B．the workers may change their attitudes towards after-work drinks

       C．all the workers support after-work drinks

       D．all the workers are suggested going to attend after-work drinks

5、Gu Changwei was the first Chinese cinematographer to be nominated （提名） for an Oscar, and he is regarded by Zhang Yimou as the best cinematographer in China．Gu was behind the camera for many of Zhang Yimou’s famous films including the one that rocketed Zhang to fame: "Red Sorghum （高粱）"．And now this master of the visual has taken on his first directing role with the film "Peacock"．So Gu Changwei has come out from behind the camera into the spotlight （聚光灯）.

Gu Changwei is very serious about his directing "Peacock"．To get the authentic atmosphere, Gu took his film crew to the city of Anyang in central China’s Henan province where the story took place, to shoot the film．He chose all new actors because he didn’t want "stars" appeal to weaken the power of the story, and he also had his actors trained in the local dialect．For this film Gu has been able to get out from behind the camera to manage every aspect of the film, and to realize his own ideals in movie-making.

"Peacock" is about the life of an average family in a small town in Henan province in the late 1970s and early 1980s．Gu chose this story for his first movie because he grew up during this same period and it struck a chord with him.

“Peacock” wrapped up production in June, 2004．It’s aimed at the foreign film market and will be entered in February’s Berlin Film Festival, and released in China at the same time．But at the end of last October, Gu took “Peacock” to his Alma Mater, the Beijing Film Academy, one of the most famous film colleges in China, to hold a preview．The film was warmly received by both teachers and students.

1．The underlined word “cinematographer” refers to a person who ________.

       A．has been nominated for an Oscar         B．uses a camera to shoot films

       C．directs first-class films                D．arranges for cinema shows

2．Gu didn’t employ “stars” in his film because ________.

       A．stars usually stick to their own acting styles

       B．the stars may not be able to speak the local dialect

       C．the stars may share the audience’s attention with the story

       D．it was not easy for him, a fresh hand, to invite stars to join him

3．Gu chose such a story for his first movie because ________.

       A．he was born in the early 1970s

       B．he grew up in Henan province  

       C．he was popular in Henan province      

       D．the story had something to do with his own experience

4．From the passage we can learn that "Peacock"________.

       A．is the film for which Gu is likely to win an Oscar prize

       B．has already become popular both at home and abroad

       C．has its production started last summer 

       D．will be publicly shown in spring, 2005

5．Please choose a proper title for this passage.

       A．From behind the camera into the spotlight

       B．Chinese cinematographer to be nominated for Oscar

       C．New faces to appear in “Peacock”

       D．"Peacock" to enter foreign film market

4、It’s not just adults who have a thing or two to discuss with other people, babies too have their own social lives and enjoy group interaction, according to a world-first study.

The breakthrough study conducted by psychologist Professor Ben Bradley, at Charles Sturt University, could completely transform the way child-care centers are set up．In their study, the researchers examined groups of nine-month-old babies in new South Wales and Britain.

And they came across astonishing results – it was found that infants had “social brains” and focused not just on their mothers but on social life in groups as well.

“They communicate with more than one baby at once, and show jealousy and generousness,” said Professor Bradley. He added, “They develop their own meanings through group interaction, they notice if a group member is behaving differently and they take on roles, such as leaders and followers.”“A baby who has a depressed mother tends to be withdrawn（内向的）, but put that same baby in a group of its peers（同龄人）and they behave and interact like any other baby.”

It was the first all-baby group study ever to be conducted．“Most studies of babies concentrate on the infant-mother relationship, assuming that is the single foundation for mental health, but babies are constantly involved with groups of people other than their mothers: fathers, siblings, grandparents and those taking care．Therefore, the ‘mother-baby approach’ needs to be combined with a ‘group approach’,” said Bradley.

Phoebe Christison, a child-care worker at Camperdown Sunshine Bubs in Sydney’s inner west, said she often noticed what appeared to be emotional attachments developed between toddlers. She said, “Joel（10 months）and Isabella（11 months）always like to hold hands when they sit in their high chairs and eat．And babies definitely show jealousy．They push and touch each other, and copy what the other is doing.”

1．Which of the following statements about the study is TRUE?

       A．It’s the first study to look at all-baby groups.

       B．It divides babies according to their personalities.

       C．Its aim is to change the way of child care.

       D．Its results are unbelievable.

2．A baby who has a depressed mother _________.

       A．tends to be a follower                        B．also enjoys group interaction

       C．has poor social ability                        D．pays more attention to its mother

3．What can be inferred from the result of this study?

       A．Babies are affected by groups more than by their mothers.

       B．There’s no need of child-care centers at all.

       C．Adults should include babies when having social activities.

       D．The normal infant-mother bond alone isn’t enough for the good mental health for babies.

4．The underlined word “toddlers” in Para．8 can be replaced by “_________”.

       A．adults               B．infants             C．peers               D．groups

5．The example given in the last paragraph proves that a baby ________.

       A．is born to be friendly to other babies

       B．has interest in peers as well as in its mother

       C．may have emotional attachments to another baby

       D．shows jealousy and generousness as an adult

3、1．He i_________（辨认，识别） his baggage among hundreds of others．  __________

2．Teaching is a ________（要求高的） profession．                    __________

3．We remain the most ________（繁荣的），powerful nation on the earth．   __________

4．We should get a through understanding about the cultural _______ （多样性） of the United States．                                                                       ____________

5．Please turn off the TV, the noise is _______（分散,转移） my attention．   ___________

6．We need to search for someone ________（可信赖，可依靠的）．         ___________

7．The two systems are ____________（表面上，肤浅地） similar, they are actually totally different．                                                       __________

8．Many j__________（记者） came to cover the conference．             __________

9.There is a__________ （充足的，大量的） firewood in the forest．       __________

10．Slavery was __________（废除） in the 19^th century．                 __________

1、假定你是王涛，作为一名中学生，你经常看到一些人违章却又无可奈何。请你向某英语报写信反映情况，并提出自己的看法和建议。可参考以下所给提示：

参考词汇：超速 exceed the speed limit; 违章者 offender; 斑马线 pedestrian crossing

              闯红灯 go through the red light

注意：1．词数 120-- 150 ；2．可以适当增加细节，使行文连贯。

Dear Sir,

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

                                                                     Yours,

                                             Wang Tao

28、Have you got a free evening next week?          , let’s have dinner.

A．While so       B．Since so         C．When so       D．If so

27、      of danger in the street at night, she had to go home, with a friend       her.

A．Warned; accompanied                                  B．Having warned; accompanying

C．Warning; accompanying                              D．Having been warned; accompanying