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1.Which of the following magazines will probably provide you with articles about music and paintings?
A. Apollo B. The Week C. New Internationalist D. The Guardian Weekly
2.It is possible that most of the readers of the four magazines are ________ .
A. men B. women C. children D. grown-ups
3.Which of the following would you most probably read if you want to get information from the world’s most popular newspapers?
A. Apollo & The Week
B. Apollo & New Internationalist
C. The Guardian Weekly & The Week
D. The Guardian Weekly & New Internationalist
Cao Min couldn’t believe she was experiencing exactly what she had seen years ago in the film “Titanic”.
Cao and her two children from Anhui Province were traveling on board the “Liaoludu 7” on February 22. They were among the first people on the ship who were rescued by lifeboats. Cao’s one-year-old son was the youngest passenger on board.
The “Liaoludu 7” was traveling in the Bohai Straits from Lvshun in Liaoning Province to the port city of Longkou in Shandong Province. It suddenly lost its power at 2:30 pm and tilted(倾斜) on its side. With 81 people on board, the ferry began to sink.
“I was so scared that my legs couldn’t move forward. They kept shaking even when I was asked to jump onto a lifeboat,” Cao recalled.
Upon receiving the mayday appeal (紧急呼救), China Marine Search and Rescue Centre immediately informed the State Council. The center sent eight lifeboats to the fishing boats.
After more than four hours of fighting strong winds and freezing ocean water, the passengers were recovered. All but four survived. These four died after spending too long time in the freezing waters, according to a spokesperson for the Beijing-based center.
1.According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A. The film “Titanic” had been on show again in Shanghai.
B. Cao Min and her children experienced the terrible accident.
C. “Liaoludu 7” with all passengers on board were saved.
D. The ferry began to sink on the way to the port of Liaoning.
2.From the passage we can infer that .
A. China Marine Search and Rescue Centre quickly carried out the rescue task
B. the center sent eight lifeboats and asked for help from the United Nations
C. the passengers were fighting strong winds and freezing ocean water for one hour
D. the ferry sank into the sea immediately it tilted on its side at 2:30 pm
3.According to the passage, ________ passengers on board were still alive.
A. four B. seventy-seven 
C. eight D. eighty-one
In recent years advances in medical technology have made it possible for people to live longer than in the past. New medicines and machines are being developed every day to extend life. However, some people, including some doctors, are not in favor of (不赞成) these life extending measures, and they argue that people should have the
right to die when they want. They say that the quality (质量) of life is as important as life itself and that people should not be forced to go on living when conditions of life have become unbearable. They saw that people should be allowed to die with dignity (尊严) and to decide when they want to die. Others argue that life under any conditions is better than death and the duty of doctors is always to extend life as long as possible. And so the battle goes on and on without a definite (明确) answer.
1.The best title for this passage is ___________.
A. The Right to Live B. The Right to Die
C. The Doctor’s Duty D. Life Is Better Than Death
2.In recent years, people can live longer than in the past. It’s because of ___________.
A. the develo
pment of medical technology B. big hospitals
C. good doctors D. good living conditions
3.According to some people, whether a dying patient has the right to die or not is up to (该由) _____.
A. the doctors B. the surroundings
C. his or her family D. the patient himself or herself
4.In the writer’s opinion ______________.
A. death is better than life B. life is better than death
C. neither death nor life is good D. None of the above
5.Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A. Most of the medical workers join in the argument.
B.The argument has ended in favor of the patient.
C.The argument hasn’t ended yet.
D. The quality of life is not as important as life itself.
There are popular programmes about the work of the police on TV. People like them because they are interesting and useful.
In London there is a TV programme called “Police Five”. It takes five minutes a week. A TV reporter talks about crimes(犯罪) in London. He asks people for help, because the police station needs their help.
The TV reporter shows picture of lost painting, lost cars and other lost things during the week. Sometimes he shows the picture of the car that the thieves(贼) drove away. When people see the picture of such things on TV, they may remember something so that they may tell the police where or when they saw them. With their help the police may catch more thieves.
Sometimes the police find a car or something expensive that has ever been lost, the TV reporter shows them on TV. Then the owners may see them and they can get them back.
1.“Police Five” is _______.
A. name of a TV reporter. B. time of a TV 
programme
C. the name of a TV programme D. a police station.
2.“Po
lice Five” is shown _________.
A. every week B. once a week C. five minutes a day D. five times a week
3.This programme is about ___________.
A. a TV reporter B. painting C. cars D. crimes
4.The police _______by this programme.
A. let people understand them B. ask for people’s help
C. let people know what was lost D. let people feel interesting
某中学生英文报近期开辟专栏，讨论学习习惯问题。请你结合自身学习实际，按以下提示，用英文为该专栏写一篇稿件。
1. 说明学习习惯与学习效果之间的关系；
2. 介绍一种好的学习习惯并提出养成该习惯的建议；
3. 描述自己在学习习惯方面存在的某个问题并给出改进措施。
注意：
1. 词数120左右，开头语已为你写好；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 文中不得透露个人姓名和学校名称。
It's useful and necessary to discuss learning habits.
下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。
增加：在缺词处加一个符号（^），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意： 1. 每句不超过两个错误；
2. 每处错误及其修改均只限一词；
3. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Today we had a chemistry test. I found the test difficulty, but I tried hardly to do it. Suddenly Mary, my best friend, asking me to let her to copy my answers. After think for some time, I let her copy my answers. But after the test, all of us were called to the teacher's office. The teacher was angry because we had same answers in the tests. We were warned not to cheat again so she would need to see our parents. I was very upset. I didn't cheat. I was just helping a friend. Why does she punish me?
