There’re more than 100 elements found in nature, ______  are metals.

—I like your new shoes!

—Thanks．I had to try on almost a dozen pairs ______ I decided to get them．

I didn’t make sense of _______poem until I read it _______ third time.

最近我校举办了一次英语书法比赛。大部分同学们积极参与，但少数同学书写不好，也不愿改善。请你根据以下提示，给二十一世纪英文报写一篇短文，分析该现象产生的原因并发表自己的看法。

注意：

1. 词数100左右；

2. 开头已给出，不计入总词数。

In order to arouse the students’ interest in English learning and enrich our school life, we held an English Handwriting Competition. Many students took an active part in the activity.

阅读下面短文，根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。

注意：表格中的每个空格只填一个单词。

Nowadays, science is developing at a high speed. With the development of science, many countries have improved their economy and raised their people’s living standards. Therefore, science is of great benefit to our daily life.

If we look at the things around us, we’ll find how closely our everyday life is related to science. In one case, at home we can turn on the central heating or air conditioner when we feel cold or hot, and we can watch TV or listen to the tape recorder for entertainment, and we can use a gas stove to cook our meals, and we have computers to help us with our work when we are working in the office, and we also have cars, buses, even planes as traffic tools when we go out. All these things are the results of the scientific development. It goes without saying that without science our society cannot make rapid progress and our life cannot be comfortable and convenient.

Now that science is so significant in our daily life, we should try to make as many contributions as possible to the development of science. As college students, we must first of all study hard to gain useful scientific knowledge, and then put what we have learnt into practice. We should make the most of science to serve our society.

If you want to be a volunteer, you have to answer the following typical questions. Do you want to work with people, animals or machines? Do you want to work indoors or outdoors, directly serve people in need or serve people behind the scenes? Every year, thousands of people in the west offer volunteer service. Volunteering greatly strengthens the community because it helps the old, the young, the weak, the sick, and the disabled and the injured to solve problems.

Volunteers usually help in many different ways. They may give people advice, offer friendship to the young, drive the elderly to church (if up to the driving age), advise kids against drugs, work as assistants in schools or nursing homes, raise funds, plant trees, help out in local libraries and do many other things. Volunteering can be a few hours a week or a few hours a month. Anybody who wants to serve people in need can become a volunteer.

In fact, the art of volunteering is a process of both giving and receiving. Volunteering allows volunteers to meet new people, make new friends and mix with people from all walks of life. Volunteering is an excellent way to experiment and try out new techniques and skills, discover your individual talents and explore career choice. Being a volunteer will take you on a wonderful journey and help you learn more than what you can get from books.

1.

As a volunteer, only when you grow old enough can you _______.

A. plant trees on hills                       B. drive the elderly to church

C. give advice to others                      D. help out in local libraries

2.

. How is the second paragraph mainly developed?

A. By listing examples.                   B. By comparing.

C. By giving explanations.                    D. By discussing.

3.

 It can be inferred from the passage that to be a volunteer, _______.

A. you can do experiments                 B. you must be very strong  

C. you need to work very long             D. you can get something valuable

4.

 What’s the best title of the passage?

A. How to hunt for jobs                   B. Volunteer service in the west

C. How to make friends                    D. How to work with animals

Nowadays, more and more villagers have left to make a living in big cities. As a result, their children have become leftover children and they need more care. The survey below is from villages in Yongzhou, Hunan Province. Three hundred children were chosen to answer the questions.

1.

Of all the five needs, the leftover children need _______ most.

A. love               B. money            C. control              D. freedom

2.

 Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. About one out of every two children has no one to talk with.

B. All of the children prefer to stay at home without their parents.

C. About 1/3 of the children think their parents’ working in cities is bad.

D. More than half of the children think it good to live with their parents.

3.

How many children think their happiest place is their school?

A. 48.                B. 102.                 C. 144.             D. 156.

4.

 We can learn from the survey that _______.

A. most leftover children want more freedom without parents

B. over 40% of the children have difficulty talking to parents freely

C. all the leftover children dream of making money in big cities

D. most villagers prefer living a peaceful life in the countryside

At 7:49 a.m. local time on Wednesday, April 14th, a huge earthquake struck Yushu County in Qinghai, China, described as “end of the earth” in a famous poem of the Tang Dynasty.

The earthquake destroyed many houses, cut off power and caused over 2,000 deaths and injuries. On the night when the earthquake happened, many survivors had to sit or lie on the ground in terrible darkness. Some brought their own tents and others turned on the lights of motorcycles. It seemed that the earth was at an end. But their natural character made them get together to fight the early spring’s cold nights. Facing the disaster, they chose to be stronger and standing still and firmly like Yushu, the name of their hometown meaning “Standing like Trees”.

The disaster drew much attention both at home and abroad. Our country leaders ordered rescuers（营救人员） to value every life and never to give up. Thousands of rescuers and medical teams rushed to Yushu from many areas of China, bringing machines, medicines and something necessary to the quake-hit town. They entered every village to search for survivors. Governments, organizations and volunteers are offering money and materials to the areas.

We believe that under the leadership of the Central Government, people in the disaster areas are sure to restore production and rebuild homeland as soon as possible. And the overall victory can be achieved in the earthquake rescue work.

1.

 In Paragraph 2, the writer refers to the meaning of “Yushu” to show that _______.

A. the strong trees stand still to fight the early spring’s cold nights

B. some trees were cut down to make tents to live through the disaster

C. the big tree standing still brings the local people good luck

D. people there are brave and strong when facing the earthquake

2.

Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?

A. Yushu, a young town, was destroyed in the terrible earthquake.

B. A huge earthquake once hit Yushu County in the Tang Dynasty.

C. The whole nation does its best to help rebuild the new homeland.

D. There was still electricity after the earthquake struck the town.

3.

The underlined word “restore” in Paragraph 4 probably means _______.

A. 战胜               B. 储存             C. 恢复             D. 修理

Lacrosse（长曲棍球）is a popular sport in Canada. It is one of the oldest organized sports in America. The Indians in northern New York State and southern Ontario, Canada, invented it. They used it to train for war. They invented this game before Columbus arrived in the New World.

    People play lacrosse outdoors. The lacrosse field is seven metres long. At each end of the field there is a net. There are ten players on each team. Each player has a stick called “crosse”. The players hit a ball that is 21 centimetres around and weighs 140 grams. They try to hit the ball into the net as many times as possible. Lacrosse is a very fast game because the players can catch and pass the ball at a high speed with their sticks.

    At one time lacrosse was the national summer sport in Canada. It is also popular in Britain and Australia.

1.

________ invented the popular sport — Lacrosse.

A. The British            B. The Spanish      C. The Indians      D. The Australians

2.

 Lacrosse was invented because it was used to ________.

A. honour God             B. have fun             C. lose weight      D. train for war

3.

The seven-metre-long lacrosse field has _________.

A. only one net                               B. one net at each end

C. two nets at each end                       D. four nets at each end

4.

 Who will be the winner in the lacrosse game? ________.

A. The team who hit the ball into the net more times

B. The team who catch and pass the ball faster

C. The team who have many more stronger players

D. The team who use sticks to hit the ball farther

One day I was doing an experiment in front of the classroom, wearing my favorite shirt. A voice came, “Nice shirt”. Then another   1   said, “That shirt belonged to my dad. Jimmy’s mother works for my family. We meant to throw the shirt away, but gave   2   to her instead.” Hearing the words, I was embarrassed. It was Mike. Mom worked for his family.

In the evening, I told my mom what had happened. She was silent for a while and then called her employer, “I will   3   work for your family.” That night, she knew her life’s   4   was something greater. She decided to find a more meaningful job.

The next day she   5   with the headmaster of a local public school. She was told that she could not teach without a proper education. So Mom decided to   6   a university.

A year later, she went back to the headmaster. He said, “You are serious, aren’t you? I think I have a   7   for you as a teacher’s assistant. This opportunity deals with some mentally disabled children with little or   8   chance of learning.” Mom accepted the opportunity very   9  .

For almost three years, she saw many teachers give up on the children and   0  , feeling   upset. Then one day, the headmaster   11   in her classroom, saying, “We have watched how you  12   the children over the last three years and admire your hard-working spirit. We all agree that you should be the   13   of this class.”

My mom spent over 20 years there. I was proud of her   14   she never gave up and also showed me how to deal with   15   situations. During her career, she was chosen as “Teacher of the Year”.

1.

 A. shout         B. noise            C. sound        D. voice

2.

A. it            B. them             C. one          D. this

3.

A. even so        B. in reality           C. no longer    D. more than

4.

 A. goal         B. trick               C. problem      D. routine

5.

 A. ran           B. met              C. stayed           D. worked

6.

A. visit          B. design              C. attend       D. start

7.

A. condition      B. function         C. promotion        D. position

8.

A. no             B. much             C. big              D. great

9.

 A. angrily       B. bitterly        C. eagerly          D. strangely

10.

A. come           B. leave                C. return       D. succeed

11.

 A. went up       B. took up          C. handed up        D. turned up

12.

A. accuse         B. blame                C. treat        D. cheat

13.

A. monitor        B. teacher         C. headmaster       D. librarian

14.

A. because       B. once             C. unless           D. if

15.

A. pleasing       B. challenging      C. exciting        D. amazing