A store that sells husbands has just opened in Ottawa，where a woman may go to choose a husband from many men.
The store consists of 6 floors and the men increase in positive attributes（品质，特点）as the shopper goes up the flights. There is, however, a catch（陷阱. As you open the door to any floor, you may choose a man from that floor, but if you go up a floor, you cannot go back down except to exit the building.
So a woman goes to the shopping center to find a husband. On the first floor the sign on the door reads: Floor 1—These men have jobs. The woman reads the sign and says to herself, “Well, that’s better than my last boyfriend, but I wonder what’s further up?”
So up she goes. The second floor sign reads: Floor 2 —These men have jobs and love kids. The woman remarks to herself, “That’s great, but I wonder what’s further up?”
And up she goes again. The third floor sign reads: Floor 3 — These men have jobs, love kids and are extremely good-looking. “Hmm, better.”
The fourth floor sign reads: Floor 4 —These men have jobs, love kids, are extremely good-looking and help with the housework. “Wow!” exclaims the woman, “Very tempting. But, there must be more, further up!”
And again she heads up another flight. The fifth floor sign reads: Floor 5 —These men have jobs, love kids, are extremely good-looking, help with the housework and have a strong romantic character. “Oh, mercy me! But just think…, what must be awaiting me further on?”
So up to the sixth floor she goes. The sixth floor sign reads: Floor 6 –You are visitor 3, 456, 789,012 to this floor. There are no men on this floor. Thank you for shopping Husband Mart and have a nice day.
1.The writer intends us to believe that _____.
A. husbands are hard to shop
B. women are hard to please
C. women think they are better than men
D. women can’t be too careful when choosing husbands
2.Why do women tend to go up the floor until they reach the top floor ?
A. because they think the husbands downstairs are not suitable.
B. because they are sure that the best husbands are on the top floor.
C. just because they think even better husbands may be upstairs.
D. maybe they know the catch very well.
3.What result can we infer from the passage?
A. Women are not good at shopping husbands.
B. Women are more kind than men.
C. Women are romantic.
D. More women will leave the shop alone.
书面表达
世界在不停地发展，科学技术、交通、医学、能源以及环境等等都在发展。请同学们预测2050年时世界变化的样子，就其中两个方面写一篇100字左右的短文。
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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。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：在错的词下划一横线，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。
Homesickness
Only a person far away from home and knows what happiness is.
It is the welling-up tears in your eye, the lump in your throat, and the waving hands when the train is drawing out of the station and take you away from home. It is the strength which you walk several miles to your home with heavy bags in your hands after a long tired trip and the excitement at the doorstep.
It is the sudden delight of closeness what strikes you when you meet a person from a same town, or even a stranger who has just been there.
It is the fear of sing “Home, Sweet home” in case of a burst of tears. It was the whisper of “Mummy” in dreams.
So warm a word is home, and so a sweet sadness is homesickness.
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。
We were standing at the top of church tower. “Look down, Elsa,” Father said. I gathered all my ________ and looked down. I saw the square in the center of the village. And I saw the crisscross (十字形) of twisting, turning streets________ to the square.
"See, my dear," Father said gently. "There is more than one way to the ________ . Life is like that. If you can't get to the place where you want to go by one road, try ________ ."
In the years that followed I often remembered the ________ Father taught me. I knew where I wanted to ________ in life. I wanted to be fashion designer. But on the way to my first small success I found the road ________ .
That year I was busy getting ready to show my winter fashions. Then just 13 days before the ________ the sewing girls were called out on strike. I found myself ________with one tailor and woman who was in charge of the sewing room! I was as gloomy as my models and salesgirls. “We’ll never ________ it,” one of them cried.
Here, I thought, is the ________ of all tests for Father’s advice. Where is the way ________ this time? I wondered and worried. I was certain we would have to ________ the presentation or else show the clothes unfinished. Then it ________ to me. Why not show the unfinished clothes?
We worked hurriedly. And, exactly 13 days later, right________ time, the Schiaparelli showing ________ .
What a showing it was! Some coats had no sleeves; others had only one. Many of our clothes were still in a(n) ________ stage. They were only patterns made of heavy cotton cloth. But on these we ________ simple pictures and pieces of material.
All in all, the showing was different. It was so different that it was a great success. Our ________9 showing caught the attention of the public, and ________ for the clothes poured in.
Father’s wise words has guided me. There is more than one way to the square always.
1.A. courage B. interest C. information D. savings
2.A. leading B. coming C. getting D. falling
3.A. city B. square C. church D. village
4.A. other B. another C. this D. that
5.A. text B. material C. lesson D. class
6.A. rest B. relax C. come D. go
7.A. taken B. paved C. followed D. blocked
8.A. competition B. ceremony C. presentation D. introduction
9.A. left B. tired C. burdened D. connected
10.A. have B. lose C. make D. hit
11.A. text B. test C. tip D. example
12.A. in B. out C. up D. round
13.A. bring down B. bring forward C. call up D. call off
14.A. occurred B. belonged C. happened D. objected
15.A. in B. over C. on D. behind
16.A. took on B. took off C. took down D. took place
17.A. mature B. beautiful C. early D. late
18.A. took B. drew C. collected D. pinned
19.A. normal B. unusual C. beautiful D. common
20.A. orders B. designs C. patterns D. changes
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。
Most students have had a love-hate experience with procrastination(拖延). Here are some tips to help you reduce this age-old practice.
◆Set goals.
In order to achieve a particular result, you should constantly set and update goals. It can be beneficial to mark all deadlines in a planner. And then you think about how much time you need to meet them all._ 1.___.
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Sometimes you may consider some work or a class pointless and not useful to your further studies. However, when these thoughts arise and you think that getting a pint of beer is a better idea than getting a good grade, remind yourself what the ultimate goal of your schooling is. Remind yourself why you wanted to go to school and take this program in the first place.
◆Turn off the Internet.
The most common things that take your attention away are those found on the Interne-social media sites, and videos. If you do not need the Internet to do your work, turn it off so that you are not receiving notices while completing your work. 3. You can take a break from being connected to the cyber world in order to do your school work. If you feel the need to check messages and websites often, set times when you will allow yourself to do so rather than constantly staying connected.
◆ 4.
Being productive for all hours of every, day does not work-you do need breaks, and as a student you have the right to have a lot of fun. 5. Ideally, social and relaxation plans should be made for after a significant portion of work is complete. This way, while you are working, you can keep in mind that once you have finished your work you can go out and not worry about your assignments.
A. The same goes for your cell phone.
B. Have something to look forward to.
C. Do not worry about your assignments.
D. Remind yourself of what you are doing.
E. It can be difficult to mark all deadlines in advance.
F. So plan time to go out with friends or do something relaxing.
G. Additionally, make a daily schedule in order to reach necessary goals before going to bed.
