He threw away all the ______ cigarettes, _______ to give up smoking for the sake of his health.
A. remained; determining B. leaving; determined
C. remaining; determined D. left; determining
Mandy, ___ university student from Canada, teaches us ___ history of western art.
A. an; the B. a; the C. the; / D. the; a
书面表达（满分25分）
这幅图表现了家长给大多数孩子的周末和业余时间所做的安排，请写一篇短文，简要概述漫画所表现的内容，试分析产生这一现象的原因，并发表你的个人观点。
要求：
1．120词左右，开头已给，不计入总词数。
2．注意用词的准确性和语篇的衔接连贯性。
3．字迹工整，卷面整洁占2分。
As we can see from the picture, most children have to spend their weekends and holidays attending different kinds of training courses though they are unwilling to.
阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示 2）首字母提示 3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整的写右边相对应的横线上，所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。
Li Lei,
I’m sorry to hear that you are having trouble in coping with the
new college life. Here I would like to give you some a 1___________
First of all, you should s no efforts to work hard at all 2___________
your lessons and develop your different a . Only in 3___________
this way are you l ___ to get an ideal job for a better 4___________
future. Secondly, communication skills are also r if you 5___________
want to get along well with your friends ________ college campus 6___________
Last but not least, living _________ (独立) is of great significance 7___________
to you, _______means you should learn to face all challenges by 8____________
yourself, and this will surely b you a lot when you step into 9____________
_________(社会). I’ll be glad if you find my advice practical. 10 ___________
The Haitian tsunami gave scientists a chance to find out how well vital and potentially life-saving warning systems were working.
Noaa’s Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory has developed a warning system that picks up signals of tsunamis directly from the sea-floor.
It is called Dart-the Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis. If seismometers(地震仪) detect an earthquake, the Dart buoys（浮标） will determine what is happening to sea levels, and whether a big wave might be on the way. This information is then sent via satellite to a central location which can organize an alarm. Within 50 minutes of the Haiti earthquake, this system was able to issue an alarm to other countries in the Caribbean to say that a small tsunami had been caused to start, and that was unlikely to affect them.
Dr Bernard said, “The first 30 minutes following the earthquake, we have to rely on education.” The critical aspects of this are: do you feel the earthquake; do you see the ocean draw down; and do you hear that loud roar? If so, you should run for higher ground.
“But after the first few minutes, it’s crucial that we have the technology—the measurements to avoid unnecessary evacuation(疏散撤离)and tell people when it is safe to return.” Right now, there are 50 of these Dart buoys all over the globe—four of which are in the Caribbean.
Dr Bernard says that, with 75 to 100 buoys worldwide, this system could provide global tsunami warnings within one hour.
“That’s for everywhere we know that tsunamis have happened. If we wanted to go to half an hour detection, we could probably double or multiply by four times that number,” he said.
“In some countries, including Haiti, there may not be enough resources to support a specific tsunami warning centre for something that happens so infrequently.”
He said that this system was relatively inexpensive to fix and operate.
“To get it down to an hour for everywhere affected would cost $50m initial investment and then 10% of that to maintain it,” he said.
“That’s not a terribly expensive system considering the potential savings of lives.”
1.In which section would you probably read the passage in a newspaper?
A. Education and Society
B. Culture and Leisure
C. Science and Technology
D. Health and Medicine
2. How many buoys would at least be needed for global tsunami warnings within half an hour?
A. 150
B. 100
C. 75
D. 50
3.Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
A. The system can warn people of the coming of tsunami directly after the earthquake.
B. We can’t escape the danger of tsunami within 30 minutes following the earthquake.
C. Each country can easily afford a tsunami warning centre though it seldom happens.
D. It’s worthwhile to spend money on the warning system for possible savings of lives.
4. Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?
A. Tsunami Assessment
B. Earthquake detecting
C. Disaster Warning System
D. Life Saving System
The New York Times announced Wednesday that it intended to charge frequent readers for access to its website, a step being debated across the industry that nearly every major newspaper has so far feared to take.
Starting in early 2011, visitors to NYTimes.com will get a certain number of articles free every month before being asked to pay a standard and fixed fee for unlimited access. Subscribers to the newspaper’s print edition will receive full access to the site.
But executives of The New York Times Company said they could not yet answer fundamental questions about the plan, like how much it would cost or what the limit would be on free reading. They stressed that the amount of free access could change with time, in response to economic conditions and reader demand. Still, publishers fear that money from digital subscriptions would not make up for the resulting loss of audience and advertising income.
NYTimes.com is by far the most popular newspaper site in the country, with more than 17 million readers a month in the United States, according to Nielsen Online, and analysts say it is the leader in advertising income, as well. That may make it better positioned than other general-interest papers to charge—and also gives The Times more to lose if the move produces an opposed result.
The Times Company has been studying the matter for almost a year, searching for common ground between pro-and-anti pay campaigns—a debate mirrored in dozens of media-watching blogs-- and the system will not go into effect until January 2011. Executives said they were not bothered by the possibility of absorbing barbs(挖苦) for moving cautiously.
“There’s no prize for getting it quick,” said Janet L. Robinson, the company’s president and chief executive. “There’s more of a prize for getting it right.”
1. What’s the function of the first paragraph?
A. It servers as a comment.
B. It serves as a background
C. It serves as a lead-in
D. It serves as a conclusion.
2.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Non-paying subscribers will get no access to NYTimes.com.
B. Readers will be charged more to read articles on NYTimes.com.
C. Readers will get more free online articles to log on NYTimes. com more often.
D. Subscribers to the paper’s print edition will also enjoy full access to the site.
3.Which of the words can best describe The Time Company’s attitude towards its announcement?
A. Unwilling.
B. Serious.
C. Hasty
D. Doubtful
4. What is the main idea about the passage?
A. The Times to offer free access to its web site.
B. The Times to increase audience to its web site.
C. The Times to attract advertisement to its web site
D. The Times to charge for frequent access to its web site.
