If you miss this chance, it may be years __________ you get another one.
A. after B. when C. before D. since
书面表达
学校图书馆需要购置一批新书， 现向学生征求意见。假如你是李华，你认为学校图书馆最需要购置科普类图书（popular science books）和文学类图书（literary books）。请你用英语给图书馆王老师写一封100词左右的信，推荐这两类书，并分别说明推荐理由。
注意：信的抬头与落款已给出（不计入词数）。
Dear Mr. Wang,
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Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
短文改错
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之问交换修改作文，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。每处错误仅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。
I am Corn — a delicious food favoring by people and animals. More than 450 years ago, I am introduced into China. And in 17th century, I was grown a lot in Tibet and Sichuan so I did not need much water like rice. Today you can see me nowhere around the world. People living in the west prefer to boil and eat my fruits with salt or butter. Therefore, people in each other places often make my fruits into powder, that will later be mixed with water and other things. In this way, many different kind of food can be made. So now you see, people can not live in the absent of me.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。将答案填写在答题卡的相应位置。
The Internet is an1.________ (amaze) information resource. Students，teachers，and researchers use it as 2.________ investigative tool. Journalists use it to find information for stories. Doctors use it to learn more about unfamiliar diseases and the 3.________ (late) medical development. Ordinary people use it4.________ shopping，banking，billpaying，and communicating with family and friends. People all over the world use it to connect with individuals from 5._______ countries and cultures. However, while there are many positive developments6._______ (associate) with the Internet，there are also certain fears and concerns. One concern relates to a lack of control over7.________ appears on the Internet. With television and radio there are editors to check the accuracy or appropriateness of the content of programmes，and with television there are8._______ (restrict) on other aspects，for example，what kinds of programmes can9._______ (broadcast) and at what time of the day. With the Internet，parents cannot check a published guide to determine what is suitable for their children 10._______ (see).
完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Why do young adult children become independent so much later than they did in 1970，when the average age of independent living was 21? Why have reduced class sizes and increased per-pupil expenditures (花销）not ___ higher academic achievement levels? Why is the mental health of today’s kids so poor when ____ with that of children in the 1960s and before? Why do today’s ____ become defensive when told by teachers that their children have misbehaved in school?
The answer is in two words: parental ____. Those two words best summarize the ____ between “old” child raising and new, post-1960s parenting. Then, the general philosophy was that parents were not to be ____ involved with their kids. They were available ____ emergency, but they stood a (an) ____distance from their kids and allowed them to experience the benefits of the trial-and-error process. It was the child’s ____ , back then, to keep his or her parents from getting involved. That was ____ children learned to be responsible and determined.
Today’s parents help their kids with almost everything. These are parents who are ____ when it comes to an understanding of their purpose in their kids’lives. Their involvement leads them to personalize everything that happens to their kids; ____, the defensiveness. But given that schools and mental health professionals have been pushing parent involvement for nearly four decades, the confusion and defensiveness are ____.
University researchers analyzed three decades of data relating to parent participation in children’s academics. Their conclusions ____ what I’ve been saying since the 1980s: parental help with homework ____ a child’s academic achievement and is not reflected on standardized tests.
Parents who manage a child’s social life interfere with(干预，阻挠) the ____ of good social skills. Parents who manage a child’s after-school activities grow kids who don’t know how to ____ their own free time. Parents who get involved in their kids’ ____ with peers（伙伴） grow kids who don’t know how to avoid much less trouble.
These kids have anxieties and fears of all sorts and don’t want to leave their ____. And their parents, when the time comes, don’t know how to ____ being parents. You can imagine what will become of their future.
1.A. touched on B. counted on C. resulted in D. taken in
2.A. associated B. compared C. linked D. matched
3.A. psychologists B. adolescents C. youths D. parents
4.A. involvement B. protection C. assistance D. preference
5.A. similarities B. differences C. choices D. relations
6.A. slightly B. passively C. fairly D. highly
7.A. in view of B. in spite of C. in case of D. in fear of
8.A. safe B. equal C. long D. short
9.A. fault B. turn C. job D. attitude
10.A. when B. why C. how D. what
11.A. amazed B. disappointed C. confused D. satisfied
12.A. thus B. still C. yet D. however
13.A. unreasonable B. understandable C. changeable D. avoidable
14.A. convinced B. confirmed C. realized D. reflected
15.A. lowers B. decides C. helps D. encourages
16.A. appearance B. performance C. development D. establishment
17.A. value B. fill C. devote D. save
18.A. communication B. cooperation C. conflicts D. competitions
19.A. school B. home C. career D. profession
20.A. stop B. ignore C. consider D. Start
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。
Different cultures
The cultures of the East and the West really distinguish each other a lot. 1._____
The origin of the Eastern cultures is mainly from two countries: China and India. Both of the two cultures are developed by rivers—the Yellow River in China and the Indus River in India. 2.________
When the two mother rivers gave birth to the Eastern culture, another famous culture was brought up on the Mesopotamian Plain—the Mesopotamian Civilization. This civilization later on developed into the cultures of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. 3._______ Like the Chinese culture, the European culture also crossed waters. When the British settled down in America, their culture went with them over the Atlantic Ocean. So the American culture doesn't distinguish from the European culture a lot.
4.________ Take the language system for example. In the East, most languages belong to the pictographic language while the Western languages are mostly based on the Latin system. Other causes like human race difference counts as well. But what's more, due to the far distance and the steep, areas between the East and West, the two cultures seldom communicate until recent centuries. So they grew up totally in their own ways with almost no interference(干扰) from the other.
These differences are everywhere. 5.________ But different cultures make the world of 21st century more colourful. The cultural gap should not be the obstacle (障碍) to the civilization of human being. It ought to be the motivation of our going farther.
A．Let us work together to keep a variety of culture.
B．One important thing is to learn about other cultures.
C．And these two are well known as the base of the European culture.
D．At the same time, some other differences add to the cultural differences.
E．This is because the culture systems are two separate systems on the whole.
F．They helped the two cultures develop for centuries and form their own styles.
G．They are obvious and affect people's ways of thinking and their views of the world.
