----What was the party like?
----Wonderful. It’s years _____ I enjoyed myself so much.
A．after B．before C．when D．since
Victor doesn’t have _____ sense of ____ humor. If you joke with him, he may get very angry.
A．the, the B．a, the C．a,/ D．/,/
假设你是新华中学高一学生李华，你和几位同学创建了一个英语学习网站。现请你给你的英国笔友Tom写一封英文电子邮件，介绍这个网站，词数不少于80, 内容应包括：
*网站名称：www.EasyEnglish.com
*创建目的
*网站内容
*欢迎浏览网站，成为会员
注意：(1) 开头语和结尾已为你写好（不计入总词数）；
(2) 请在答题卡上作答。
Dear Tom,
Yours faithfully，
Li Hua
请结合材料，按要求用英文写作，词数不少于60。
It is reported that some teenagers don’t respect their parents, quarreling with them or even using violence.
要求：
（1）就此材料发表你的感想;
（2）应紧扣材料，有明确的观点;
(3) 请在答题卡上作答。
We live in a very competitive world. Everybody seems to be competing with someone at some level. Each week we spend hours playing or watching others compete in sporting activities all over the world. We cannot help being impressed by the level of excellence that these people achieve.
In sport and business, competition encourages excellence in performance. Where there is no competition, improvement in performance is less likely. Some level of competition is a have-to in all aspects of life.
The following story makes this point.
As two friends are hiking in the forest they come across a huge, ferocious and obviously hungry bear. Its next meal has just come into sight, and they are it! The first friend calculates that the bear will catch them in 27.3 seconds. At that point, she panics, realizing there is no escape. She faces her friend, with the fear of death in her eyes. To her amazement, she observes that her friend is not scared at all. On the contrary, her friend is quickly but calmly taking off her hiking boots and putting on running shoes. “What do you think you’re doing?” the first hiker says to her companion. “You’ll never be able to run faster than that bear”. “That’s true,” says the companion, “but all I have to do is escape, faster than you.”
We all compete when the motivation is strong enough. However, competition is not the real purpose of life. Fulfilling the measure of our creation can only be achieved individually.
Most of time, we are not in competition with any other person, so we do not have to compare ourselves with others. There is only one person that can fulfill our role and that is us. This means that others cannot beat us to the finish line because there is no race. This is not to say that others do not have a similar role to us, but it is never the same. This is important to understand if we are going to enjoy life. Every human being is unique and cannot be cloned. In this, I am not referring to the body, only to the spirit, soul, or the essence of a person.
1.The first four paragraphs tell us that competition .
A．is necessary though harmful B．only exists in sports and business
C．is a fight against oneself D．is unavoidable and beneficial
2.Why is the story of two friends told in the passage?
A．To advise friends to be loyal even in competition.
B．To expose the weak side of friendship when tested.
C．To support the author’s own argument on competition.
D．To persuade people to beat others, even friends.
3.From the last two paragraphs we learn that .
A．there is more to life than just competition
B．we don’t have to compete since we are all different
C．we have to beat others in order to survive
D．competition plays an important role in social development
4.As a whole the passage advises the readers to .
A．realize we are living in a world of competition
B．face competition in a balanced state of mind
C．have a strong sense of being a possible winner
D．value friendship however fierce competition may be
One of the speaking rules you need to know might sound strange to most ESL (English as a second language) students, but it is one of the most important rules. If you want to pass examinations, then study grammar. However, if you want to become fluent in English, then you should try to learn English without studying the grammar.
Studying grammar will only slow you down and confuse you. You will think about the rules when creating sentences instead of naturally saying a sentence like a native. Remember that only a small part of English speakers know more than 20% of all the grammar rules. Many ESL students know more grammar than native speakers. I can confidently say this with experience. I am a native English speaker, majored in English Literature, and have been teaching English for more than 10 years. However, many of my students know more details about English grammar than I do. When they sometimes ask me about grammar, I can easily look up the definition(定义) and apply it, but I can’t tell them the answer off the top of my head.
I often ask my native English friends some grammar questions, and only a few of them know the correct answer. However, they are fluent in English and can read, speak, listen, and communicate effectively.
Do you want to be able to recite the definition of a causative verb, or do you want to be able to speak English fluently?
1.According to the author, what opinion do most ESL students hold?
A．Grammar matters a lot only in speaking.
B．Grammar doesn’t matter much in speaking.
C．Grammar is very important in English learning.
D．Grammar is not important in English learning.
2.What is the author?
A．An ESL student. B．A teacher teaching English natives.
C．A native English student. D．A native English teacher.
3.The underlined part “off the top of my head” means .
A．on purpose B．without consideration
C．after thinking D．with difficulty
4.Which of the following titles best suits the text?
A．Fluency or Grammar? B．Grammar Counts!
C．Exams or No Exams? D．No More Grammar!
