The Carnival of Brazil is an annual festiva
l held 46 days before Easter, especially famous for the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. Carnival celebrations are believed to have roots in the festival of Saturnalia, which, adapted to Christianity, became a farewell to bad things in a season of religious discipline to regret and prepare for Christ’s death and coming back to life. Modern Brazilian Carnival dates back to Rio de Janeiro in 1641. It originally copied the European form of the festival, later taking in elements of Native American and African cultures. In the late 19th century, the strings (弦乐器) were introduced in Rio de Janeiro. These were pageant (游行) groups that paraded through city avenues performing on instruments and dancing. Today they are known as blocks, consisting of a group of people who dress in costumes or special T-shirts with themes or logos. Blocks are generally connected with particular neighborhoods; they include both a music group and a lot of revelers(狂欢者). Block parades have become an expressive feature of Rio’s Carnival. Today, they number more than 100 and the groups increase each year. Blocks can be formed by small or large groups of revelers with a clear title. Before the show, they gather in a square, then parade in sections of the city, often near the beach. Carnival time in Rio is very interesting, but is also the most expensive time to visit Rio. Hotel rooms and other lodgings (住宿) can be up to four times more expensive than the regular rates. There are big crowds at some locations and life is far from ordinary in many parts of town.
1.What can we infer from the first paragraph?
A. The Carnival of Brazil is often held after Easter.
B. The Carnival of Brazil comes from Easter and Saturnalia.
C. The Carnival of Brazil is mainly to celebrate the birth of Christ.
D. The Carnival of Brazil is a festival to regret and begin a new life.
2.How long is the history of the peoples celebrating modern Brazilian Carnival?
A.About 100 years. B. Less than two centuries.
C. Over five centuries. D. About 370 years.
3. We can infer from the fourth paragraph that_______
A. block parades become bigger and bigger. 
B. block parades can only be formed by big groups of revelers.
C. the theme of blocks must be serious.
D. blocks always parade only on the beach
4.What is the passage mainly about?
A. The famous carnivals in the world.
B. How the carnival was introduced in Brazil.
C. The happy life of the people in Rio de Janeiro.
D. The carnival in Rio de Janeiro.
I fell in love with England because it was quaint(古雅)—all those little houses, looking terribly oldfashioned but nice, like doll's houses. I loved the countryside and the pubs, and I loved London. I've slightly changed my mind after seventeen years because I think it's an ugly town now.
Things have changed. For everybody, England meant gentlemen, fair play
, and good manners. The fair play is going, unfortunately, and so are the gentlemanly attitudes and good manners—people shut doors heavily in your face and politeness is disappearing.
I regret that there are few comfortable meeting places. You're forced to live indoors. In Pairs I go out much more, to restaurants and nightclubs. To meet friends here it usually has to be in a pub, and it can be difficult to go there alone as a woman. The cafes are not terribly nice.
As a woman, I feel unsafe here. I spend a lot on taxis because I will not take public transport after 10 p．m. I used to use it, but now I'm afraid.
The idea of family seems to be more or less nonexistent in England. My family is well united and that's typically French. In Middlesex I had a neighbour who is 82 now. His family only lived two miles away, but I took him to France for Christmas once because he was always alone.
1.The writer doesn't like London because she________.
A．is not used to the life there now
B．has lived there for seventeen years
C．prefers to live in an o
ldfashioned house
D．has to be polite to everyone she meets there
2.Where do people usually meet their friends in England?
A．In a cafe. B．In a restaurant.
C．In a nightclub. D．In a pub.
3. The underlined part “it” (in Para. 4)refers to________.
A．a taxi B．In a r
estaurant
C．a bomb D. public transport
4. The writer took her neighbour to France for Christmas because he________.
A．felt lonely in England
B．had never been to France
C．was from a typical French family
D．didn't like the British idea of family
近年来，随着私家车的增加，城市交通越来越拥挤。在中、小学生上学或放学时，校门口以及学校附近拥挤问题更加严重。这给学生、教师、家长和其他市民带来许多不便。尤其值得注意的是，学校附近的交通堵塞也存在不可忽略的隐患。为此，这引起了不少民众的担忧。你作为一名在校学生，署名张小明，根据以下要点写一封英语信，向本校英语报投稿。
1．为什么要写这封英语信。
2．你们学校门口及附近交通拥挤的原因。
3．提出二至三条建议。
注意：词数120字左右
Dear Editor,
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，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：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意: 1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Dear Li Hua,
I’m familiar to your situation. As computers become more and more popular, some students cannot help but playing online games and chat. It is not only a problem of wasting time, but serious problem for their future！What you should do at first is to find out what make her addicted to computer games. Lack of love from parents? Poor score? Then having a heart-to-heart talk with her. Secondly, you should help herself with her study to build up her confidence and make her interesting in it. Thirdly, find something else for her to do instead computer games. Your efforts will surely help change her life.
Yours,
Jack
The air we breathe is freely available, without 1. we could not survive more than a few minutes. For the most part, air is available to everyone, and everyone needs it. Some people use the air to sustain them while 2. (sit) around and feel sorry for themselves. 3. breathe in the air and use the energy it provides to make 4. magnificent life.
Opportunity is in the same way; it is everywhere. It is so freely available that we take it 5. granted. Yet opportunity alone is not enough to create success; it must 6. (seize) and acted upon in order to have value. So many people are so 7. (anxiety) to “get in” on a “ground floor opportunity”, as if the opportunity will do all the work. That’s 8. (possible).
Just as you need air to breathe, you need opportunity to succeed. 9. , it takes more than just breathing in the fresh air of opportunity. You must make use of it. That’s not up to the opportunity; that’s up to you. It doesn’t matter what “floor” the opportunity is on, but 10. matters is what you do with it.
根据句意或用所给单词的正确形式完成句子。
1.When are you going to get married and _______________(安定下来)?
2._____________ (dress) in a white uniform, he looks more like a cook than a doctor.
3.He is a responsible writer, and he ___________________(理应受人尊敬).
4.The picture ____________ (hang) on the wall was painted by my nephew.
5.It was a dictionary _____________(为…而设计的) non-native learners.
6.The job market has changed and _____________(我们找工作的方法) must change as well.
7.It is almost five years _______ we saw each other last time.
8.He commanded that the troops ________________(not, cross) the water without his order.
9.________(base) an important decision more on emotion than on reason, you will regret sooner
or later
10.Generally speaking, _____ we have seen seems more believable than _____we have been told.
