Anna Douglas was 72 years old when she started writing her newspaper column. She had been a school teacher before she retired, but she needed to keep 1. She was even willing to work without pay. She then offered her 2to a business that helped other businesses find jobs for old people. Every day she 3other old folk like her, by talking with them, she 4two things. Old people had abilities that were not 5. But old people also had some 6. She found a new purpose for herself then.
Through the years, she 7to write stories about people for national magazines. There was now a new 8: Old people like herself. She began to write a newspaper column called “Sixty Plus”, which was about 9old. She writes about the problems of old people, especially their problems with being 10. Anna Douglas uses her 11ability to see the truth behind a problem. She understands 12problems begin. For example, one of her 13said that his grandchildren 14the houses as soon as he came to visit. Mrs. Douglas 15some ways for him to understand his grandchildren.
1.A. free B. rich C. powerful D. busy
2.A. services B. money C. students D. books
3.A. observed B. met C. comforted D. answered
4.A. enjoyed B. followed C. recognized D. demanded
5.A. studied B. agreed C. gave D. used
6.A. mistakes B. problems C. questions D. characters
7.A. had B. ought C. was D. used
8.A. subject B. life C. way D. plan
9.A. getting B. respecting C. employing D. supporting
10.A. unknown B. refused C. misunderstood D. discouraged
11.A. thinking B. working C. reading D. leading
12.A. that B. when C. whether D. why
13.A. visitors B. readers C. listeners D. friends
14.A. got B. entered C. left D. passed
15.A. suggested B. chose C. invented D. imagined
假如你是李明，你的班里来了一位英国交换生Paul。他在和你的交谈中表示在中国学习压力很大。请你给他写封信，给他提一些建议。主要包括以下内容：
1．请求老师和同学的帮助
2．不要总想着考试成绩，要多想自己的进步
3．多做运动
4．……
注意：1．词数：100字左右；
2．可适当加入细节，以使行文连贯；
3．信的开头已为你写好（不计入总词数）。
I quite sympathize with you and understand the great trouble you are suffering from． ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Best wishes!
Yours sincerely,
Li Ming
此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：
此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。
此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。
此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。
注意：原行没有错的不要改。
It was a long time since we last saw each other．You can 1.
hardly imagine how I miss you ．How are you getting with 2.
your first job? I remember you once tell me you were eager 3.
to graduate and to become an English teacher．Now you must 4.
have many first--hand experience．How do you find your English 5.
teaching? Is teaching kids English as interested as you expected 6.
in college? And do your student enjoy your classroom teaching? 7.
Anyway, I believe you must very popular with the kids, for 8.
you are a born teacher．Hope you great success in your work! Yes, 9.
why not give me call and come for a get-together this weekend ? 10.
1.There are some differences in （发音） between British English and American English．
2.On May 12th 2008,Sichuan was stricken by a terrible natural （灾难）—earthquake．
3.Our school （组织） trips to different places of interest every summer．
4.All the people （在场的） are inspired deeply by his moving speech．
5.I went home （立刻） I finished my work．
6.More than 90,000 persons were killed in the earthquake, （包括） many pupils and students。
7.Many soldiers who lost their lives in wars were （埋葬） near the village．
8.They go ____________（野营）in France every year while they are on holiday．
9.With his age （考虑）, he has made a great achievement in the process．
10.Train services are back to _________（正常） again after the strike．
根据对话内容,从对话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。
---Can you help me?
---sure，what’s the problem？
--- 1.
---Well, how about San Francisco? We went there last year and had a great time．
--- 2.
---Well，there is Golden Gate Bridge of course, and Golden Gate Park．It’s a really big park．You can go for long walks or take a rest in the Japanese Tea Garden．It’s beautiful there．
--- 3.
---There is also a place called Fisherman’s Wharf．That’s really popular with tourists．There are lots of shops, cafés and restaurants．And from there you can go on a boat trip to Alcatraz．You know, it’s a small but very beautiful island．
----- 4.
----- No, you can’t stay on the island; there aren’t any hotels．You can only go for the day．I think I’ve still got a book about San Francisco．I can lend it to you．
----- 5.
A．What can you do there?
B．Oh, great! What a great place to stay in!
C．What an idea! What is the best time to go there?
D．I can’t decide where to go for the holiday-----any ideas?
E．Thanks a lot．San Francisco, here I come!
F．Hmm, that sounds good．
G．How can I go there?
You wake up in the morning，the day is beautiful and the plans for the day are what you have been looking forward to for a long time．Then the telephone rings，you say hello, and the drama starts．The person on the other end has a depressing（令人沮丧的） tone in his voice as he starts to tell you how terrible his morning is and that there is nothing to look forward to．Yon are still in a wonderful mood? Impossible!
Communicating with negative people can wash out your happiness．It may not change what you think，but communicating long enough with them will make you feel depressed for a moment or a long time．
Life brings ups and downs，but some people are stuck in the wrong idea that life has no happiness to offer．They only feel glad when they make others feel bad．No wonder they can hardly win others’pity or respect．
When you communicate with positive people，your spirit stays happy and therefore more positive things are attracted．When the dagger（匕首）of a negative person is put in you, you feel the heavy feeling that all in all，brings you down．
Sometimes we have no choice but to communicate with negative people．This could be a co-worker，or relative．In this case，say what needs to be said as little as possible．Sometimes it feels good to let out-your anger back to a negative person，but all this does is to lower you to that same negative level and they won’t feel ashamed of themselves about that．
Negativity often affects happiness without even being realized．The negative words of another at the start of the day can cling to（附着）you throughout the rest of your day，which makes you feel bad and steals your happiness．Life is too short to feel negative．Stay positive and avoid negativity as much as possible．
1.The purpose of the first paragraph is to ．
A．make a comparison B．offer an evidence
C．introduce a topic D．describe a daily scene
2.How can negative people have effect on us?
A．By influencing our emotion． B．By telling US the nature of life．
C．By changing our way of thinking． D．By comparing their attitude to life with ours．
3.Some negative people base their happiness on ．
A．other people’s pity for them B．making other people unhappy
C．building up a positive attitude D．other people’s respect for t hem
4.According to the passage， to reduce negative people’s influence on us，we are advised ．
A．to change negative people’s attitude to life
B．to show our dissatisfaction to negative people
C．to make negative people feel ashamed of themselves
D．to communicate with negative people as little as possible
5.What can we learn about negativity?
A．Its effect can last．
B．Its effect can be completely avoided．
C．It hardly happens among family members．
D．Its effect is smaller than the effect created by a positive person．
