Susan Williams went to a boarding school. Here is one of the letters she wrote to her parents from the school.
Dear Mom and 
Dad,
I’m afraid I have some very bad news for you. I have been very naughty and the school principal（校长）is very angry with me.
She is going to write to you. You must come and take me away from here. She does not want me in the school any longer.
The trouble started last night when I was smoking a cigarette in bed．This is against the rules, of course. We are not supposed to smoke at all.
As I was smoking, I heard footsteps coming towards the room. I did not want a teacher to catch me smoking, so I threw the cigarette away. Unfortunately, the cigarette fell into the waste-paper basket, which caught fire. There was a curtain near the waste-paper basket which caught fire, too. Soon the whole room was burning. The principal phoned for the fire department. The school is a long way from the town and by the time the fire department arrived, the whole school was in flames. Many of the girls are in the hospital.
The principal says that the fire was all my fault and you must pay for the damage. She will send you a bill for about a million dollars.
I am very sorry about this.
Much love, Susan.
P.S. None of the above is true, but I have failed my exams. I just want you to know how bad things could have been!
1.Susan wrote home ________.
A. to tell her parents she had failed her exams
B. to ask for a million dollars
C. to tell her parents about the fire
D. to tell her parents she had to leave school
2.In the letter, Susan told her parents that the principal was angry with her for the reason that_____.
A. she had failed her exams.
B. she had been caught smoking in bed.
C. it was her fault that the school had caught fire.
D. she had not phoned for the fire department in time.
3.Susan told her parents about the fire ________.
A. to warn them about what the principal would do
B. to make them less angry at her real news
C. to make them feel worried
D. to make them laugh
4.How true was the letter before the P.S.?
A. Partly true.
B. All true.
C. The story doesn’t really tell us.
D. Completely untrue
There are some strange driving laws in different countries.
Countries | Laws |
Vietnam | If you’re in Vietnam without a Vietnamese driver’s license, you risk a prison sentence of up to three years. |
Russia | In Moscow, if your car is dirty enough to draw dust art, you will be fined about 2,000 rubles (about US 55 dollars). Worse yet, it’s illegal to wash your car by hand in public places – forcing you to take it to one of the few car wash facilities. |
Thailand | Drivers – male or female – can’t drive shirtless whether it’s a car, bus, or a tuk-tuk cab. |
France | France requires its drivers to carry a portable breathalyzer(便携式酒精测量仪) at all times when driving a car. The one-time breathalyzer cost around US 5 dollars, and if you don’t have one, you will be fined US 15 dollars. |
Cyprus
| Raising your hands in the car can get you fined of US 35 dollars. The law states a driver can be fined if the person “is in an irregular position inside the car or raises his hand from the steering wheel unnecessarily.” |
Japan
| Politeness isn’t just the culture in Japan; it is part of driving laws. Splashing(飞溅) a person by driving through a puddle（水坑) with your car will cost you over US 60 dollars. The country is also strict with its DUI (酒驾) laws – riding with or lending your car to a driver who gets caught drinking and driving can lead to a fine costing thousands of dollars. |
1.Where should you go to wash your car when you are in Moscow?
A. The forest. B. Any public place.
C. Your home. D. The car wash facilities.
2.What can you get fined for in Cyprus?
A. Forgetting to carry a portable breathalyzer.
B. Not having a Cyprus driver’s license.
C. Putting your hands above your head.
D. Driving without a shirt.
3.If you are fined
thousands of dollars in Japan, you may have been ________________.
A. sitting in a car with a drunk driver
B. in an irregular position in your car
C. splashing a person with mud
D. impolite to other drivers
4.This passage can most likely be found in __________.
A. a law document
B. a book on interesting cultures
C. an international newspaper
D. a fashion magazine
书面表达
假如你是李华，最近你班就“中学生听MP3”的现象进行了一次讨论，请你将以下讨论结果给某英文报社编辑（editor）写信，客观反映情况。词数100左右。
1. 时髦；2. 听英语焕发精神；3. 听英语提高英语水平。 |
1. 浪费时间、影响学习；2. 总听对听觉有害；3. 浪费金钱。 |
1. 合理利用；2. 控制时间。 |
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。
Now I’d like tell you something about my part-time job this summer vacation, in which I worked as the guide in a travel agency. It was the first time that I have earned money on my own. I’ve realized what hard my parents work to support for the family. I used to keep on ask them for money, but now I’ll learn to share worry with my parents. I’ve learned how to get along well with others. Beside, I have gained some social experience and you have learned something that can’t be learned from textbook. In a word, I had a wonderfully and valuable summer vacation.
阅读下列材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（一个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, to a successful family, Elizabeth Dickinson was an American poet. She studied at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary before1.______(return) to her family’s house in Amherst where she lived2.______ peaceful life. She kept in touch with her friends by writing letters and was 3._____(willing) to greet guests or, later in life, even leave her room.
Dickinson’s poems are unique(独一无二的) for the time she lived in; they contain short lines, typically lack titles, and often use half rhyme. Many of her poems deal 4.______ themes(主题) of death and immortality(永生). Dickinson wrote about 1,800 poems during her lifetime, but few of 5. _______ were published. Although most of her friends probably knew about Dickinson’s writing, they didn’t know 6._____ she had produced so many poems until after her death in 1886, when her younger sister Lavinia discovered the place where the poems were hidden. 7.______ her sister had not discovered them, the broadness of Dickinson’s work wouldn’t have become known.
Dickinson’s first collection of poetry was published in 1890, the content(内容) of 8._______was heavily edited(编辑) by the publishers 9. ______ (fit) the conventional poetic rules of the time. A complete and mostly unedited collection of her poetry became available for the first time in 1955. Now Dickinson 10. _______ (consider) to be one of the most important American poets.
完形填空
Antarctica(南极) is like no other place in the world. It is ______ . It is very big. It is like the United States and Australia together. Antarctica is the ______ place in the world. The temperature is sometimes -87℃. August and September are the coldest months because there is no ______ .
Antarctica is the highest continent, about 10,000 feet high. Antarctica also has very strong winds. The wind sometimes ______ as fast as two hundred miles an hour. It is also the driest place in the world.
Antarctica is also ______ . There are huge glaciers and ice everywhere. A glacier is an area of ice that ______ slowly. The ice and glaciers are beautiful. But most plants and land animals cannot ______on the ice. There are no trees, no rivers, and no cities in Antarctica. Only penguins and other sea birds live there.
Antarctica does not ______ any one country. ______ , every country owns Antarctica. More than twenty countries have stations in Antarctica. A station is a place where scientists do experiments. The ______ are the only people who live in Antarctica.
Life on an Antarctica station is______ It is like life on a space station. The sun shines for six months, and then it is ______for six months. People usually have problems with sleeping and eating. They eat more ______they are not busy. In an emergency, it is hard to get ______ . Once, an American doctor Nielsen realized she was ______ . She had cancer. It was winter, and airplanes could not ______ in Antarctica. Dr.Nielsen had no choice but to ______ . An airplane dropped medicine to her, and she had to______ herself. Several months later, Dr.Nielsen ______ to the United States to get special medical help.
Today, ships go to Antarctica during the summer months from November to February. People want to ______this unusual place, but they don’t want to live there!
1.A. strangeB. flatC. terribleD. unique
2.A. greatestB. cleanestC. coldestD. worst
3.A. sunB. airC. waterD. food
4.A. comesB. blowsC. risesD. drops
5.A. emptyB. dangerousC. noisyD. important
6.A. formsB. happensC. shakesD. moves
7.A. remainB. produceC. liveD. change
8.A. depend onB. complete withC. appeal toD. belong to
9.A. Above allB. In factC. For exampleD. On average
10.A. scientistsB. huntersC. fishermenD. sailors
11.A. hardB. interestingC. normalD. active
12.A. dayB. nightC. vacationD. winter
13.A. whileB. soC. thoughD. because
14.A. messagesB. repliesC. helpD. relief
15.A. aloneB. anxiousC. sickD. hungry
16.A. landB. remainC. standD. fly
17.A. continueB. stayC. workD. adjust
18.A. took pride inB. felt sorry forC. pay attention toD. took care of
19.A. referredB. traveledC. returnedD. drove
20.A. rememberB. visitC. controlD. save
