Rankings have become an inescapable part of the reputation of universities, ________them to attract students, staff and research investment.
A. to help B. helped C. helping D. help
Lily didn’t remember the exact date of the storm, but she knew it was ________Sunday, because she was at _____ church.
A. a; the B. a ; / C. the; a D. the; /
书面表达（共1小题）
请用英语为China Daily写一篇关于保护野生动物的短文。内容应包含：
1．许多野生动物濒临灭绝，保护野生动物势在必行。
2．分析造成野生动物濒临灭绝的原因，如：森林遭到破坏，环境被污染，人类大量捕杀等。
3．至少提出两条保护野生动植物的措施。
注意：不要逐条翻译，词数100词左右。
参考词汇：野生动物wildlife；灭绝die out；措施 measure
短文改错（共1小题）
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便条。便条中共有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。
Nowadays many singers and bands have little to do with good music．They know little about what good music mean．What is the cause? So far most of these singers have see music as a “job” because it is a good source of making money．And if you have good appearance and some expensive clothes to show off at your concerts, then you voice is not so important as it should be．The public will prefer to admire more about the most interested parts of your body and even forgot that you are there to show your music skills, not your dancing, which is important too, but not at such a high level．However, the young generation should be understand talent and a good voice matter more in their musical career．All the performances which have little to do with good music fail in be welcomed on stage．If a young man has a great voice and wants to become a successfully singer, he should take some special courses in this area because they will help him improve singing abilities．
阅读填空（共1小题）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的词（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
If you go out to the fields at night in spring or summer, you can hear frogs singing 1._______ (happy) here and there．It seems as if they were performing a field group singing．
The frog is a good and useful creature that benefits human beings．They can catch fast-movin2.______ (insect)．Each frog eats a large number of pests that are harmful to crops．This little creature is regarded 3._________“the natural enemy of pests”．
But now frogs 4._______ (get) fewer and fewer．This is because they are killed and put 5._________ the table as a delicious dish by their chief enemy, human beings．It is a shameless and cruel act, isn’t it?
The cause responsible for the rapid 6._______ (reduce) of frogs is that farmers use insect killer to kill pests and frogs get killed as a result of drinking poisoned water while 7. ______ (eat) poison-killed insects．
Something must be done without delay 8. ______ (save) frogs．If we don’t punish those 9._____ sell and kill frogs to make money, then one day all of us 10.______ (punish) by nature for failing to keep them．
完形填空（共1小题）
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。
After twenty years of working fulltime, I found myself an opportunity to quit my job and be a stay-at-home mom．As I faced this ________ , I thought I would like to be more of a mother than a working woman．My seven-year-old daughter and four-year-old son had grown up in the daycare center ________ they were both six weeks old．At that time, I never felt any regret in handing my ________ over to the center each morning．I had a great job that I ________ and had worked my way ________ to being the Assistant to the Vice-President of Sales at an Internet company．
I decided to ________ the job and begin my new one as a fulltime mom, but I felt it strange to lose the ________ part of my identity．The first time I needed to fill out a(n) ________ for online banking, I came to the line that asked what my ________ was．Eventually, I threw the application away, ________ introduce myself as a “non-worker”．I continued to ________ with this feeling．
________ , after a few months of waiting at the bus stop, volunteering in the classroom, and making good dinners, I ________ being a fulltime mom．My daughter was in school, but my son Cobi was ________ me all day．For the first time in his life, I was ________ his．We took walks, played soccer and made crafts．He enjoyed my ________ all the time and I began to see what I had once ________．
One day as we kicked the ball in the park, Cobi ________ me and said, “Mommy, do you know what I want to be when I grow up?”
“A professional ________ ?” I asked．
“No,” he smiled at me．“I want to be a stay-at-home mom．”
My heart melted．I've never ________ my decision since then．
1.A．decision B．promise C．result D．reality
2.A．when B．since C．as D．after
3.A．work B．family C．children D．future
4.A．suffered B．hated C．tried D．loved
5.A．round B．up C．on D．back
6.A．take up B．give up C．take over D．give in
7.A．working B．teaching C．leading D．learning
8.A．account B．form C．register D．order
9.A．position B．hobby C．dream D．job
10.A．more than B．other than C．rather than D．less than
11.A．struggle B．live C．agree D．deal
12.A．Therefore B．However C．Besides D．Otherwise
13.A．take advantage of B．look forward to C．grew tired of D．got used to
14.A．for B．with C．by D．after
15.A．all B．never C．partly D．still
16.A．caring B．company C．guidance D．education
17.A．appreciated B．seen C．removed D．missed
18.A．looked down upon B．looked back on C．looked up at D．looked up to
19.A．player B．teacher C．leader D．advisor
20.A．admitted B．settled C．fond D．made
