根据对话情景和内容，从对话后所给的选项中选出能填入每一空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两个为多余选项。
Marry: Tom, I've just moved to a new house．
Tom: 6
Marry: Thank you, and I'd like to buy a new television set．
Tom: 7
Marry: A color TV set, of course．But I'm not sure about the size．Maybe we should buy a big one．If we buy a small one, we might have to change it in a few years' time for a big one．8
Tom: In my opinion, I don’t think it necessary to buy a very big one．
Marry: 9
Tom: Yes．As we know, your sitting room isn’t very big．If you put in a very big television set, it will be bad for your eyes．Besides, a smaller TV set can have clear pictures．
Marry: 10 I’ll think about it．
Tom: You’d better make a quick decision because the price may go up soon．
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A．Wow, how I envy you! |
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B．What is your opinion? |
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C．What kind of television do you want to buy? |
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D．Mm, that’s quite true． |
E．Why do you think so?
F．Is there any reason?
G．Really? Congratulations!
语音知识（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，找出其划线部分与所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项。
1. occur
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A．ocean |
B．recover |
C．position |
D．offer |
2.exact
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A．expect |
B．exhibition |
C．excellent |
D．exist |
3.valley
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A．vocabulary |
B．attraction |
C．major |
D．cave |
4.daily
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A．philosophy |
B．supply |
C．fly |
D．lawyer |
5.stomach
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A．check |
B．character |
C．charity |
D．achieve |
假如你是李华，是一位高中生。随着科技的发展，iPad已经成为中学生的新宠。用iPad即可以听音乐，阅读电子文书，又可以玩电子游戏。请你用英语给某英语报社写一封信，谈谈中学生使用iPad的情况。信的内容必须包括以下几点：
1.使用对学习的好处；
2.对课堂纪律和学习可能产生的负面影响；
3.提出自己的建议
注意：开头已经给出，不计入总数。词数120字左右
Dear editor,
I’m a senior high school student, named Li Hua.
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Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
你是英语系学生会主席，你系决定于11月19日（星期一）下午6：30在大礼堂举行“毕业晚会”，将有精彩的文艺演出，要求全系学生参加。请写一则正式通知，告诉大家准时参加。
Words for reference：
大礼堂：auditorium 毕业晚会：graduation party 文艺演出：program of entertainment
Gallows humor(黑色幽默) may seem like a mistake, or at least in poor taste. But psychologists say that gallows humor can be an important way to relieve stress.“Humor makes you feel in control and it can give you that feeling that everything is okay even when it’s not,”says James M.Jones, a psychology professor at the University of Delaware.
Psychologists say that just because you’re laughing doesn’t mean you’re wasting time. Occasional tease among colleagues, particularly if it is associated with the job, can inspire creativity, departmental cohesiveness(凝聚力) and performance.
“There are a lot of stresses out there,”says Ed Dunkelblau, a psychologist in Chicago.“Gallows humor is a way of making difficult things a little less difficult.”
This is as long as the humor is used for the right purpose. The main point of it should be inspiring people—not laughing at them. “Anything that would lift morale(士气) in terms of the company would be good humor,”says Thierry Guedj, a professor.
You want to give your employees and co-workers a sense of belonging, so don’t make observations that are aggressive. Most obviously, Dr. Guedj says, don’t make comments about people’s physical appearance or faith. If you have any doubt about its appropriateness, don’t go through with it.
Or you can take aim at the person that you know won’t be offended(冒犯): yourself. “If there’s going to be a joke or story, it should be you,”Mr Dunkelblau says.
“People with the ability to laugh at themselves can give other people permission to laugh at themselves, too,”Mr Jones says.“And if you can laugh at yourself, you feel better about yourself.”
1.According to the passage, gallows humor has the following functions EXCEPT .
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A．leading to a big mistake |
B．reducing pressure |
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C．making people more creative |
D．improving performance |
2.What is Ed Dunkelblau’s attitude towards gallows humor?
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A．Negative. |
B．Positive. |
C．Neutral.(中立的) |
D．Uncertain. |
3.When people use gallows humor, they should .
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A．observe who is aggressive |
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B．show a sense of belonging |
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C．doubt about the result of humor |
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D．try to avoid involving private things |
4.What can we infer from the passage?
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A．People tend to laugh at others rather than themselves. |
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B．Laughing at yourself can make others free from stress. |
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C．People can’t avoid offending others with gallows humor. |
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D．People who laugh at themselves are easy to gain others’ permission. |
Bursting into the classroom from recess(学生的课间休息), 15 children take their seats and face the woman they know as Ms. Yang.
“What day is it today?”she asks, in Mandarin(普通话的旧称) Chinese.
“Confucius’ birthday!”the fifth graders shout in Mandarin.
“Why do we celebrate Confucius’ birthday?”
“Because he’s the greatest teacher in the history of China!”exclaims a brown-haired girl. She too is speaking Mandarin.
English is rarely heard in Lisa Yang’s class at the Chinese American International School(CAIS), despite the fact that few students are native speakers of Mandarin.
The United States is actively trying to increase the group of students in“critical languages”such as Mandarin. The students at CAIS are way ahead in such a trend.
Mandarin explosion in America
Founded 25 years ago, this small private school in San Francisco, USA, does what few other American schools do: It produces fully fluent speakers of Mandarin Chinese, by far the most commonly spoken language in the world.
Mandarin Chinese is suddenly hot in American schools. As China becomes the world’s leading economy sometimes this century, schools in the U.S. are scrambling to add Mandarin to their roster of foreign languages or expand Chinese programs already in place.
“It really is almost unprecedented(无前例的). People are looking at China as a force to be reckoned with…And to ensure that the U.S. has the ability to conduct trade, and to work with the Chinese, certainly having an understanding of Chinese language and culture is an advantage,”said Marty Abbott of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages(ACTFL)(美国外语教学协会).
Cultural differences in teaching styles
To develop Chinese-language programs has not been smooth. A shortage of trained teachers has made it difficult for some schools to join the race. When schools do get teachers, they often hire them straight from China, and the teachers usually suffer culture shock when they come to the U.S.
Robert Liu remembers his first two years in an American classroom. It was not an easy adjustment. “In China, students respect their teachers,”he said. Liu found that American students, however, expect an active teaching style. He had to use games to engage them rather than lectures.
To avoid many of the problems with foreign teaching styles, the CAIS has been working with the Chinese government to improve training of teachers who are sent to the U.S.
1.Which of the following is the best title?
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A．Mandarin speaks to a growing audience in America |
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B．Chinese-language programs |
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C．Mandarin Chinese |
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D．The Chinese American International School(CAIS) |
2.What kind of problem is the most difficult to adjust in teaching Chinese in America?
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A．To adapt to the life there. |
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B．To communicate with the American students. |
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C．To get along well with the American students. |
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D．To be fit for the cultural differences in teaching styles. |
3.The meaning of the underlined word“scrambling”is similar to .
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A．climbing |
B．rushing |
C．changing |
D．beating |
4.It can be inferred from the passage that .
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A．the students in Lisa Yang’s class usually speak Chinese |
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B．there are few American students in Lisa Yang’s class |
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C．we celebrate Confucius’ birthday because he’s the greatest teacher in the history of China |
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D．in America the students don’t respect their teachers |
