Exploit your parking space
An unused parking space or garage can make money. If you live near a city center or an airport, you could make anything up to £200 or £300 a week. Put an advertisement（广告）for free on Letpark or Atmyhousepark.
Rent（出租）a room
Spare room? Not only will a lodger（房客）earn you an income, but also, thanks to the government-backed “rent a room” program, you won’t have to pay any tax on the first £4500 you make per year. Try advertising your room on Roomspare or Roommate easy.
Make money during special events
Don’t want a full-time lodger? Then rent on a short-term basis. If you live in the capital, renting a room out during the Olympics or other big events could bring in money, Grashpadder can advertise your space.
Live on set
Renting your home out as a “film set” could earn you hundreds of pounds a day, depending on the film production company and how long your home is needed. A quick search on the Internet will bring up dozens of online companies that allow you to register your home for free—but you will be charged if your home gets picked.
Use your roof
You need the right kind of roof, but some energy companies pay the cost of fixing solar equipment(around￡14,000), and let you use the energy produced for nothing. In return, they get paid for unused energy fed back into the National Grid. However, you have to sign a 25-year agreement with the supplier, which could prevent you from changing the roof.
1.If you earn ￡5000 from renting a room in one year, the tax you need to pay will be based on ______.
A. ￡500 B. ￡800 C. ￡4500 D.5000
2.Where can you put an advertisement to rent out a room during a big event?
A. On Letpark. B. On Grashpadder.
C. On Roomspare. D. On Roommateeasy.
3.If you want to use energy free, you have to_____.
A. sign an agreement with the government
B. pay around ￡14,000 for the equipment
C. keep the roof unchanged for within 25 years
D. sell the roof to some energy companies
4.For whom the text most probably written?
A. Lodgers. B. Advertisers.
C. Online companies D. House owners.
Summer Rain
The worst days of any summer are the rainy ones. We spend all year looking forward to nice weather and long, hot days. All of winter, with its cloudy days and bitter cold, we dream of those endless days at the beach, lying on the sand and enjoying the bright and burning sun. And then, summer comes, and it rains.
As a child, I would wake up to rainy summer days and come close to crying. It wasn’t fair. We suffered through months of school and experienced bad weather for those short ten weeks of freedom and pleasant weather.
On those rainy summer days, I had nothing fun to do and could only sit inside, staring out at the rain like a bird in a cage. I was an only child, so there was no one else to play with. My father worked from home, so I was not truly alone, but he could not actively play with me since he was at work. It was those days that I would watch whatever was on television or read any books that I could find lying around. I’d drag through the day and pray each night that the rain would not be there the next day.
As an adult, though, my opinion of summer rain has changed. When you have to work every day, summer is not as exciting. Everything seems dull. Such a mindset makes you cheer for anything new or different. I spend the winter dreaming of summer and the summer dreaming of winter. When summer comes, I hate how hot it is. And then I look forward to the rain, because the rain brings with it a cold front, which makes me comfortable. Rainy days are still the worst days of the summer, but summer rain today means positively beautiful — and considerably cooler — weather tomorrow.
1.When the author was a child, he ______.
A. preferred cooler weather
B. hated rainy days
C. liked staying indoors
D. dreamed on summer days
2.We can learn from the passage that the author ______.
A. was often left alone at home
B. preferred reading to playing outside
C. had no brothers or sisters
D. could enjoy the brilliant sun in winter
3.As an adult, the author views summer rain differently because ______.
A. he knows it won’t last long
B. his summer holiday is very short
C. he can better deal with his holiday
D. rain makes the weather cooler
书面表达
假如你是李华，来自美国的交换生Martin在过去的一个月在你们学校学习，生活。现在他即将返回美国。请你根据以下内容用英语写一篇欢送辞。
1. 赞扬他是一位阳光的男孩，善良友好，乐于助人，而且篮球也打得很好。
2. 非常怀念和他相处的快乐时光。
3. 感谢他对大家的英语学习的帮助。
4. 希望他再次有机会来到中国成都，到时一定陪他一起去游览成都的名胜古迹。
注意：1. 词数100左右。
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
3. 开头与结尾已为你写好，不计入词数。
Dear teachers and friends, I’d like to say something before Martin goes back to the USA.
That’s all. Thank you
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（
）, 并在其下面写出改加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在改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。
Last weekend, I went to the zoo and saw the panda, the animal that I like best. The panda was not only the sign of rare animals but also a sign of China. Pandas are so lovely that almost all people are like them. But as the balance of nature is destroying, pandas become less. They mainly live on bamboo, and each panda needs to eat a lot bamboo every day. The area of bamboo is becoming smaller for many difference reasons, so pandas have less land to live on. Pandas don't have many babies, and baby pandas often die, that makes the situation more serious. However, our government is working hardly to save them and many new plans have been made to increase the numbers of pandas. I hope that there will be more and more pandas live in the wild.
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。
The Amber Room, 1. was originally built in the 18th century in Prussia, was once considered an “Eighth Wonder of the World”.
It is 2. (amaze) that several tons of amber were used 3. (make) it. Peter the Great of Russia admired this treasure during a visit 4. Prussia and in 1716, it 5. (give) to him as a gift by the King of Prussia, Frederick WilliamⅠ, to 6. the amber room belonged. At first, the room served as a small reception hall in Russia. Later, Catherine Ⅱhad the Amber Room 7. (move) to a palace outside St Petersburg where she spent her summer. Sadly, the room got lost during World War Ⅱ and was never found ever since. Some people think that the room didn’t 8. (survival) a fire in the war, while some believe that it still lies at the bottom of a lake. Its disappearance still remains a mystery.
However, a new amber room had been built before the 300th birthday of the city of St Petersburg. 9. took 25 years and 11 million dollars to reconstruct the new room. Do you think the room is worth 10. (rebuild)?
完形填空
Dear Doctor,
My husband and I got married in 1965 and for the first ten years of our marriage I was very happy to________home and raise our three children. Then four years ago, our youngest ________ went to school and I thought I might go back to ________ ．
My husband was very ________ and helped me to make my decision．He pointed out all of the things I can do around the ________ , and said he thought I could be a great ________ in business．After several weeks of job-hunting, I found my ________ job, which is working for a small public relations firm．At first, my husband was very ________ of me and would tell his friends, "My clever little wife can ________that company she's working for."
But as his joking words were close to ________ , my husband stopped talking to me about my job．I have received several promotions and pay increases, and I am now ________ more money than he is．I can buy my ________ clothes and a new car．Because of our joint incomes, my husband and I can do many things that we had always________ of doing, but we don't do these things because he is very ________ ．
We ________ about little things and my husband is very critical of me in front of our friends．For the first time in our marriage, I think there is a possibility that our marriage may come to a（an） ________ ．
I love my husband very much, and I do not want him to ________ lower, but I also love my job．I think I can be a good wife and a working woman, but I don't know ________．Can you give me some ________ ? Will I have to choose one or the other or can I keep both my ________ and my new career?
Please help．
"DISTRESSED"
1.A．see B．look C．stay D．leave
2.A．person B．child C．man D．lady
3.A．school B．factory C．work D．study
4.A．grateful B．supportive C．disappointed D．selfish
5.A．group B．house C．firm D．husband
6.A．success B．failure C．mother D．helper
7.A．peaceful B．useful C．present D．familiar
8.A．proud B．fond C．tired D．satisfied
9.A．sell B．compete C．hire D．run
10.A．reality B．evidence C．goal D．glory
11.A．making B．building C．producing D．growing
12.A．cheap B．important C．own D．informal
13.A．dreamed B．believed C．agreed D．supposed
14.A．encouraging B．confident C．unhappy D．certain
15.A．communicate B．fight C．solve D．inspect
16.A．question B．absence C．life D．end
17.A．gain B．feel C．belong D．suffer
18.A．what B．where C．why D．how
19.A．duties B．education C．suggestion D．advice
20.A．boss B．child C．friendship D．husband
