Although the United States covers so much land and the land produces far more food than the present population needs，its people are by now almost entirely an urban society Less than a tenth of the people are engaged in agriculture and forestry(林业)，and most of the rest live in or around towns，small and large．Here the traditional picture is changing：every small town may still be very like other small towns，and the typical small town may represent a widely accepted view of the country，but most Americans do not live in small towns any more．Half the population now lives in some thirty metropolitan areas(1arge cities with their suburbs、of more than a million people each—a larger proportion than in Germany or England，let alone France．The statistics(统计)of urban and rural population should be treated with caution because so many people who live in areas classified as rural travel by car to work in a nearby town each day．As the rush to live out of town continues．rural areas within reach of towns are gradually filled with houses，so that it is hard to say at what moment a piece of country becomes a suburb But more and more the typical American lives in a metropolitan rather than a small town environment．
1.If now America has 250 million people．how many of them are engaged in agriculture and forestry?
A．About 25 million.
B．More than 25 million.
C．Less than 25 million.
D．Less than 225 million
2.Which of the following four countries has the smallest proportion of people living in metropolitan areas?
A．United States.
B．Germany.
C．France.
D．England.
3.What’s the meaning of the word“metropolitan”in the middle of the passage?
A．Of a large city with its suburbs.
B．Of small and large towns.
C．Of urban areas.
D．Of rural areas.
4.According to the passage，what can we learn about small towns in the United States?
A．Most small towns become gradually crowded.
B．Small towns are still similar to each other.
C．As the traditional picture is changing，towns are different.
D．Small towns are turning into large cities.
There are stories about two U．S . presidents，Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren，which attempt to explain the American English term OK．We don’t know if either story is true，but they are both interesting．
The first explanation is based on the fact that President Jackson had very little education．In fact，he had difficulty reading and writing．When important papers came to Jackson，he tried to read them and then had his assistants explain what they said．If he approved of a paper．he would write“all correct”on it．The problem was that he didn’t know how to spell．So what he really wrote was“ol korekt”．After a while，he shortened that term to“OK”．
The second explanation is based on the place where President Van Buren was born，Kinderhook，New York．Van Bnren’s friends organized a club to help him become President They caned the club the Old Kinderhook Club，and anyone who supported Van Buren was called“OK”．
1.The author ________
A．believes both of the stories
B．doesn’t believe a word of the stories
C．is not sure whether the stories are true
D．is telling the stories just for fun
2.According to the passage，President Jackson ________
A．couldn’t draw up any documents at all
B．didn’t like to read important papers by himself
C．often had his assistants sign documents for him
D．wasn’t good at reading，writing or spelling
3.According to the first story, the term “OK”
A．was approved of by President Jackson
B．was the title of some Official documents
C．was first used by President Jackson
D．was an old way to spell“all correct’’
4.According to the second story，the term‘‘OK”
A．was the short way to say‘‘old Kinderhook Club”
B．meant the place where President Van Buren was born
C．was the name of Van Buren’s club
D．was used to call Van Buren’s supporters in the election
Now I’d like to talk to you about your final exam. The exam will be held next Thursday, the last day of the exam week. Remember to bring two of three pens in case you run out of ink. And unlike the midterm exam, this test will not include multiple --- choice questions; it will consist entirely of essays(文章). You’ll have to answer three of the five essay questions. The exam will be comprehensive (全面的), which means you’ll be responsible for all of the subject matters we covered in class this term, I would suggest you review your midterm exam as well as textbooks and your class notes. The final exam will count as 50 percent of your grade of the course. The research project (项目) will count as 20 percent and the midterm exam 30 percent. I’ll be in my office almost all day next Tuesday. If you run into any problems, please drop in. Good luck to you and I’ll see you on Tuesday.
1.When will the final exam take place?
A．On Tuesday
B．On a Wednesday
C．On a Thursday
D．On a Friday
2.What will be included in the exam?
A．There will be only multiple-choice questions.
B．The exam will contain both multiple-choice and essay questions.
C．The exam will have an oral and a written section.
D．There will be only essay questions.
3.Why does the teacher call the exam comprehensive?
A．It will be easy to understand.
B．Students will be tested on all the material discussed in class.
C．It will cover topics from a wide variety of subjects.
D．Students must complete all parts of it.
4.The underlined phrase run into probably means .
A．go into
B．meet somebody unexpectedly
C．come up against something with force
D．come across
When we read books we seem to enter a new world. This new world can be similar to the one we are living in, or it can be very ___. Some stories are told ___they were true. Real people who live in a ___ world do real things; in other words, the stories are about people just like us doing what we do. Other stories, such as the Harry Potter books, are not ___. They are characters and creatures that are very different from us and do things that would be ___for us.
But there is more to books and writing than this. If we think about it, even realistic writing is only ___. How can we tell the difference between what is real and what is not real? For example, when we read about Harry Potter ,we ___ seem to learn something about the real world. And when Harry studies magic at Hogwarts, he also learns more about his real life than ___. Reading, like writing, is an action. It is a way of ___. When we read or write something ,we do much more than simple look at words on a page. We use our ___--which is real—and our imagination—which is real in a different way --- to make the words come to life in our minds.
Both realism and fantasy(幻想) ___the imagination and the “magic” of reading and writing to make us think. When we read ___realistic, we have to imagine that the people we are reading about are just like us, even though we ___ that we are real and they are ___. It sounds ___,but it works. When we read, we fill in missing information and ___ about the causes and effects of what a character does. We help the writer by ___ that what we read is like real life. In a way, we are writing the book, too.
Most of us probably don’t think about what is going on in our ___when we are reading. We pick up a book and lose ___in a good story, eager to find out what will happen next. Knowing how we feel ___ we read can help us become better readers, and it will help us discover more about the real magic of books.
1.A．possible B．easy C．new D．different
2.A．that B．What C．whether D．as if
3.A．usual B．normal C．certain D．common
4.A．realistic B．reasonable C．moral D．instructive
5.A．difficult B．impossible C．important D．necessary
6.A．thinkable B．designed C．imagined D．planned
7.A．do B．make C．have D．are
8.A．lessons B．dreams C．experience D．magic
9.A．working B．thinking C．living D．understanding
10.A．knowledge B．skill C．Words D．grammar
11.A．make B．get C．use D．have
12.A．a newspaper B．something C．everything D．a story
13.A．find B．learn C．know D．hope
14.A．too B．not C．all D．so
15.A．dangerous B．serious C．strange D．terrible
16.A．talk B．learn C．read D．think
17.A．telling B．pretending C．promising D．guessing
18.A．mind B．life C．world D．society
19.A．heart B．time C．money D．ourselves
20.A．what B．how C．when D．why
生活中困难不可避免，面对各种困难需要信心。假如你是李华，尝试举例说明信心在学习、考试、生活等方面的作用，并就面对困难的态度谈谈你的看法。
注意：
（1）可适当加入发挥，以使行文连贯。
词数：100左右。
（3）开头已经给出。
短文改错
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，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：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），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的词。
注意: 1．每处错误及修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Senior Three student will face the question after they pass by the college entrance examination．“Should I choose a good major and a good university ？”Some students prefer to consider majors first so that they can learn what they are interesteD． It will also make it possibly for them to take their favorite jobs in the future．However，those who think differently believes that the environment is important to one’s development．They also believe that students graduate from leading universities are often more likely to find good jobs．In my opinion ，a best choice is to choose a good major at a good university．But if we couldn’t obtain both，the first thing to consider is a good major，because no matter where we study，they can still achieve a lot in a certain field if we try our best．
