Some people prefer to work and live in Chengdu, for the price of an apartment is less than half of ________ of big cities like Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou.
A. it B. what C. that D. One
—Well, I should say this meeting is ________success.
—Just have _______with the organizer and you can learn a lot from him.
A. a; words B. a; a word C. /; words D. /; a word
—I’m sorry. I wasn’t helpful when you were in trouble.
—Oh, ________. In fact, you did help me a lot．
A. thanks anyway B. it doesn’t matter C. of course not D. sure you were
假如你是李明，你发现部分同学每次遇到重要考试，都会出现一些焦虑症状。请你用英语写一封信，向某学生英文报编辑反映该问题并提出建议。信的内容应包括下列要点：
焦虑症状： 头晕、乏力、食欲不振等
建 议：1．制定计划 2．正常作息 3．保证睡眠
其他建议(内容由考生自己拟定)
注意：1.根据以上内容写一篇短文，不要逐句翻译，可适当增加细节以使行文连贯。2.要准确使用语法和词汇；使用一定的句型、词汇，清楚、连贯地表达自己的意思；3. 词数：100个左右。开头已给出，不计词数。参考词汇：头晕dizzy(adj.)
Dear editor,
I’m a Senior Three student of Chengdu No.7 High School. I’m writing to tell you about some
symptoms of anxiety among us students before exams.__________________________________
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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做出判断: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。
I was recent told that listening to loud music is gradually 1._____
making people lose hearing. I'm sure it has already been 2.______
happened to my neighbor. For years she has turned a deaf 3.______
ear to my requests to turn her radio down. When she gave a 4._____
party she does have to invite the rest of the street. Everyone 5.______
can dance in her music in his own room. Now a scientist has 6.______
discovered a certain electronic sounds have strange effects on 7._____
rats. He declares they break down, almost paralyzed(瘫) with its 8. ______
legs trembled. Then it is simply a matter of throwing them 9.______
out by their tail. I wonder if the same thing will happen to 10._____
my neighbor someday.
OK, I admit it: emoticons (表情符号) are popular. Some people even think they are fun. Many seem unable to get through an e-mail or Instant Message chat sentence without using one. Some feel that they add feeling and character to otherwise cold digital communications.
Some, however, such as editor and Hollywood scriptwriter John Blumenthal, blast (抨击) the use of emoticons as “infantile (幼稚的) just like the people who use them” He believes that words themselves should be enough. “If you’re being funny, happy or sad, that should be apparent (明显的) from the comment that goes before the emoticon,” he argues.
In the eyes of Blumenthal, the use of emoticons is a gender issue. “Men don’t use emoticons very much. Maybe not at all,” he said. “Teenage girls and women seem to use them a lot. Maybe there’ s an emoticon gene.”
It’s an interesting opinion, but it is not shared by all.
In an interview with The New York Times, Dacher Keltner, professor of psychology at the University of California, said that emoticons are popular because our brains are programmed “to seek out representations of humanity”. He believes that they appeal not because they are shortcuts for the lazy, but because they tap into (融入) something beyond language. They reach to our need to be with and communicate with people.
All of these arguments may be somehow valid (正确的). Each one of us will choose to communicate in our own way. I do not have much time for emoticons. I tried to use one once and felt like I was stealing into a primary school class that I had no place being in. I’d rather let my words do the talking.
Friends, however, send me messages and e-mails full of emoticons. I have no problem with this. I don’t regard any of my friends as lazy or immature (不成熟的). It’s just a question of individuality. :)
1.According to the article, emoticons are popular because ______.
A. most of them look funny
B. they are easy for lazy people to use
C. they add feeling and character to a communication
D. a reader cannot understand a message without them
2.Which of the following views would John Blumenthal agree with?
A. Instant Message chatters are childish.
B. It’s enough to use language in digital communication.
C. Men never use emoticons.
D. There is an emoticon gene in everybody.
3.From the text, we can conclude that the author ______.
A. feels he has no difficulty using emoticons
B. thinks emoticons don’t suit him
C. encourage his friends to use emoticons
D. believes that emoticons are suitable for everyone
4.What is the main point of the article?
A. Advice on language used over the Internet.
B. The history of emoticons.
C. Arguments over the use of emoticons.
D. Reasons for the popularity of emoticons.
