Some British and American people like to invite friends for a meal at home. You should not be upset (不安的) if your English friends don't invite you home. It doesn't mean they don't like you!Dinner parties usually start between 7p．m．and 8p．m．, and end at about 11p．m． Ask your host (主人) what time you should arrive． It's polite to bring flowers, chocolates or a bottle of wine as a gift．
Usually the evening starts with drinks and snacks (小吃)． Do you want to be extra (特别地) polite? Say how much you like the room, or the pictures on the wall. But remember — it's not polite to ask how much things cost．
In many families, the husband sits at one end of the table and the wife sits at the other side． They eat with their guests．
You'll probably start the meal with soup or something small, then you'll have meat or fish with vegetables, and then dessert (甜点心) followed by coffee． It's polite to finish everything on your plate and to take more if you want it．
Did you enjoy the evening? Call your hosts the next day, or write them a short “Thank you” letter． British and American people like to say “thank you” all the time!
1.An English friend doesn't invite you to his or her dinner, which ＿＿＿＿．
A． means he or she doesn't like you B． means he or she likes you
C． doesn't mean he or she likes you D． doesn't mean he or she doesn't like you
2.You are going to attend a dinner party and ＿＿＿＿．
A． you'd better bring a certain present with you
B． you must leave home for it at 7 p．m．
C． you should ask your host when you should leave
D． you must arrive before 8 p．m．
3.It's impolite ＿＿＿＿＿．
A． to say that you like the host's room very much
B． for a guest to ask the host the price of the things in the room
C． for a guest to have drinks and snacks before the evening
D． for the host and the hostess (女主人) to sit and eat with their guests
4.In which order will you eat or drink the following things at a meal？
A． Snacks, vegetables, meat, coffee．
B． Coffee, drinks, soup, fish, vegetables, dessert．
C． Soup, meat with vegetables, dessert and coffee．
D． Drinks, soup, something small, fish and vegetables．
5.What is the proper way to express your enjoyment of the evening？
A． Before leaving for home, you should say, “Thank you for inviting me．”
B． When you shake hands with your host, you should say, “I did enjoy the evening．”
C． You can write a “Thank you” letter to your host after that．
D． You should finish everything on your plate and take more if you want it．
Not many years ago， a wealthy and rather strange old man named Johnson lived alone in a village in the south of England. He had made a lot of money in trading with foreign countries. When he was seventy-five， he gave ￡ 12，000 to the village school to buy land and equipment for a children’s playground.
As a result of his kindness， many people came to visit him. Among them was a newspaperman. During their talk， Johnson remarked that he was seventy-five and expected to live to be a hundred. The newspaperman asked him how he managed to be healthy at seventy—five. Johnson had a sense of humor. He liked whisky and drank some each day. “I have an injection （注射） in my neck each evening.” he told the newspaperman， thinking of his evening glass of whisky.
The newspaperman did not understand what Johnson meant. In his newspaper he reported that Johnson was seventy-five and had a daily injection in his neck. Within a week Johnson received thousands of letters from all over Britain， asking him for the secret of his daily injection.
1.Johnson became a rich man through _________.
A. doing business.
B. making whisky.
C. cheating.
D. buying and selling land.
2.The gift of money to the school suggests that Johnson __________.
A. had no children.
B. was a strange man.
C. was very fond of children.
D. wanted people to know how rich he was.
3.Many people wrote to Johnson to find out __________.
A. what kind of whisky he had.
B. how to live longer.
C. how to become wealthy.
D. in which part of the neck to have an injection.
4.The newspaperman ____________.
A. should have reported what Johnson had told him.
B. shouldn’t have asked Johnson what injection he had.
C. was eager to live a long life.
D. should have found out what Johnson really meant.
5.When Johnson said he had an injection in his neck each evening， he really meant that ______.
A. he liked drinking a glass of whisky in the evening.
B. he needed an injection in the neck.
C. a daily injection in the evening would make him sleep well.
D. there was something wrong with his neck.
The computer, which was used to simplify difficult sums, began 1. a calculating machine in France in 1642. Then it developed into an analytical machine. After 2. (program) by an operator 3. used cards with holes, it could produce an answer quicker than any person. Later, Alan Turning wrote a book about how a computer could be made 4. work as a “universal machine”. From then on, the computer grew rapidly both in size and in brainpower. By the 1940s, it had grown as large as a room and this reality worried the designers. 5. , with its memory 6. (improve), the computer was made smaller. First, the memory was stored in tubes, then on transistors and later on very small chips. As a result, the shape of the computer 7. (total) changed from a large machine to a PC and then a laptop. Connected by 8. network, the computer was able to share its knowledge 9. others through the World Wide Web. Since the 1970s many new applications of the computer 10. (find) in communication, finance, trade and many other areas. The computer has become a devoted friend and helper of the human race.
One of the most important events in the Olympic Games is the Marathon race. It _ 16_ one of the great events in Greek history.
In 490 B.C .about 10,000 Greeks fought _ 17_ the Persian army at a place _18__ Marathon. It is said that the Persians were ten times as many as the Greeks .However , __19_ the brave attack of the Greeks , the Persians were badly beaten and _20__ away from the plain of Marathon . When the Persians had run away, a soldier, who was the most famous _ 21 _in Athens, was ordered to carry the good news to the city _22_ full speed.
Although he had fought through the battle and received many wounds, the soldier at once started off towards the _23_ city. It was twenty-six miles _24__ the plain of Marathon to the marketplace of Athens, where the elders of Athens had gathered waiting for news. He ran and ran __25_ hills and across plains. As he went on, his lips became dry and he breathed hard. But he thought of the _26__ of the people of Athens __27_ hearing the news, and he ran harder than ever.
The elders of Athens heard a great shout and saw a soldier staggering (蹒跚）towards them . "Rejoice! Rejoice! We won!" gasped the soldier, and fell down __28__ .
In __29_ of this noble soldier, the Marathon race _30__ the athletes run this same distance became an event in the Olympic Games.
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A.came from |
B.came about |
C. came out |
D.came round |
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A. in |
B. against |
C. for |
D. with |
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A. call |
B. calling |
C. to be called |
D. called |
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A. in |
B. with |
C. by |
D. because |
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A. taken |
B. made |
C. driving |
D. driven |
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A. player |
B. runner |
C. soldier |
D. officer |
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A. in |
B. by |
C. on |
D. at |
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A. far |
B. distant |
C. away |
D. off |
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A. to |
B. from |
C. in |
D. at |
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A. above |
B. across |
C. through |
D. over |
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A. sadness |
B. joy |
C. anger |
D. surprise |
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A. on |
B. in |
C. from |
D. with |
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A. dead |
B. death |
C. died |
D. dying |
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A. remember |
B. front |
C. honour |
D. the hope |
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A. by which |
B. from which |
C.through which |
D. in which |
读写任务（共1小题，满分25分）
阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。
If you like to break things when you are unhappy, the Nanjing Zhonghua Middle School is the school for you. This term, Nanjing Honghua Midlde School will build a "stress wall" to help students who feel unhappy because of schoolwork or for
other reasons.
Tao Dehua, a leader at the school said the idea of a stress wall started when
footprints were found on some newly painted walls and some school windows were
broken.
"These things happen because some students feel lots of pressure from their
studies or because they don't get along well with other students. When under stress,
the body get ready to either run or fight and becomes very nervous. Hitting the wall
can help relax the body and take away stress," Tao said.
"Tests and homework make me Sad," said Lu Yan, a junior girl."I can't wait to
hit the wall. It will help me a lot with my problems."
Another girl student who wouldn't give her name said that the wall won't help.
"Mainly because it can't talk," she said. "I need to talk to someone when I'm sad."
【写作内容】
1、以约30个词概括这段短文内容；
2、然后以约120个词就“Should the stress wall be built"这个主题发表你的看法，并
包括以下要点：
(1)学生的压力来源；
(2)是否该建此墙；
(3)提供一些其他有效的减压方法。
【写作要求】
l、可以参照阅读材料但不得直接引用原文的句子；
2、作文中不得出现真实的姓名和学校名称。
【评分标准】
概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。
基础写作（共1小题，满分15分）
请根据以下内容为学校英语报写一篇报道。
最近，我国教育专家对我国中学生所喜爱的节日进行了一项调查，北京和广州的1000多名中学生接受了调查。结果表明，80%的中学生知道我国的春节等传统节日，50%的学生最喜爱的节日是春节，学生对其他节日的喜欢情况如下：
【写作内容】
1．调查的时间、对象和调查内容；
2．调查的主要数据；
3．调查结果表明：80%以上的学生知道我国的春节等传统节日；年青人也很重视洋节日。
【写作要求】
只能使用5个句子表达全部内容。
