Mrs. White is an English teacher in a large school in the inner area of a big city on the west coast. Ever since she was a young girl, she has longed to become a teacher. She has taught eight years now and hasn’t changed her mind.
After she graduated from high school, she went on to college. Four years later, she received her bachelor’s degree (B A) in English and her teaching certificate(证书). Then she went to teach in the secondary schools of her state. In the summers, Mrs. White takes more classes; she hopes to get a master’s degree (M A). With a MA, she will receive a higher salary and if possible, she hopes to get a doctor’s degree as well.
The school day at Mrs. White high school, like that in many high schools in the United States, is divided into one hour each. Mrs. White must teach five of these periods. During her free period, which for her is from 2 to 3 P.M. , Mrs. White must meet with parents, prepare lessons, check assignments and so on. Mrs. White works continuously from the time she arrives at school in the morning till the time she leaves for home late in the afternoon.
1.How long is it since Mrs. White graduated from high school?
A. Four years. B. Eight years.
C. Twelve years. D. Twenty years.
2.According to the passage, which is the right order of the degrees a person can receive after going to university?
A. A doctor’s degree – a bachelor’s degree – a master’s degree.
B. A bachelor’s degree – a master’s degree – a doctor’s degree.
C. A master’s degree—a bachelor’s degree – a doctor’s degree.
D. A bachelor’s degree – a doctor’s degree—a master’s degree.
3.How many degrees has Mrs. White achieved so far?
A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. None.
4.Which of the following sentences is NOT true?
A. Mrs. White teaches in the inner area of a big city on the east of the United Sates.
B. Mrs. White has turned her wish of becoming a teacher into reality.
C. Mrs. White is still studying in her holidays in order to get higher degrees.
D.The working hours in the school where Mrs. White works are similar to those of many other high schools in the states.
完型填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给四个选项（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。
In ancient times the king of Greece was sick. The doctor came, _________ him and said, “You will be well soon in a few days if you take a bull’s milk.” The king was _________ , for he had never heard of a bull that gave milk. “How is it _________ ?” he asked.
“Order Gulbo to get it for you,” answered the doctor. “He can do anything.” Gulbo was a person with great knowledge and was a(n) _________ to the doctor. So the doctor thought this would be a way of making him_________ . When the king told Gulbo what the doctor said and _________ him to get a bull’s milk, Gulbo _________ understood what the doctor was trying to do.
When he got home, he sat thinking how to get out of the _________ . His daughter, seeing him worried, asked what was the _________ . On hearing what the king had asked for, she said, “Don’t_________ , Father, I will help you.”
The next day she took some old clothes, went to the bank of the river near the palace and chose a place _________ the king’s bedroom window. In the middle of the night, she started to do her washing. She made _________ much noise that the king could not sleep. The king got very angry and sent a guard to _________ what had happened. The soldier found the girl and led her to the king.
“Why do you wash your clothes here at night?” said the king. The girl _________ to be afraid and said, “I had to wash clothes at night. This afternoon my father _________ a baby. I was busy all day because of that. Then I found there were no clean_________ for the baby, so I had to come and wash them now.”
“What!” cried the king. “Are you trying to make a _________ of me?” I have never heard of a man having a baby.”
“Well, if the king himself orders someone to get a bull’s milk for him, _________ can’t a man have a baby?”
The king smiled and said, “You must be Gulbo’s _________ . Go and tell your father that he may keep the bull’s milk to his _________.
1.A. looked B. tested C. examined D. judged
2.A. surprised B. pleased C. touched D. moved
3.A. impossible B. possible C. usual D. unusual
4.A. enemy B. friend C. neighbor D. patient
5.A. excite B. delight C. anger D. suffer
6.A. begged B. decided C. ordered D. suggested
7.A. quickly B. directly C. correctly D. suddenly
8.A. situation B. chance C. position D. place
9.A. wrong B. matter C. thing D. problem
10.A. frighten B. worry C. doubt D. fear
11.A. above B. on C. over D. below
12.A. such B. that C. more D. so
13.A. get out B. find out C. take out D. bring out
14.A. began B. looked C. pretended D. became
15.A. had birth in B. gave birth to C. gave birth of D. had birth to
16.A. clothes B. food C. bowls D. bottles
17.A. lie B. trick C. fool D. friend
18.A. how B. why C. who D. what
19.A. daughter B. girl C. wife D. friend
20.A. daughter B. boy C. baby D. sister
书面表达
目前，不少人在写作文或交流时喜欢使用网络语言。就此现象，你班最近举行了一场讨论。请根据下表的提示，客观地介绍讨论的情况及你的观点。
40%的同学认为 | 60%的同学认为 | 你的观点 |
1. 有点荒诞，有时让人无法理解 2. 违背了汉语的语法规则，对学习毫无帮助 | 1. 幽默，使语言更生动 2. 有助于表达思想 | 1.… 2. … |
荒诞ridiculous
注意：
1. 对所给提示，不要简单翻译，可适当增加细节，使行文连贯。
2. 词数150左右。开头已给出，不计入总词数。
Nowadays, with the development of the Internet, there came a kind of language called Web Language.
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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。
Dear Mr. Manager,
I’m writing to express my thank to you and your employee Miss Li Hong, who helped me found my handbag while I was shopping in your shop in March 24. That day I was greatly interesting and lost myself in enjoying a beautiful product. After I paid a pair of silk socks, I left my handbag on the counter. I have already walked out of the shop then Miss Li came up with my handbag. I thanked her and offered her a reward of 20 dollars and she refused to take even a cent. I deeply moved by her spirit. Miss Li’s good qualities are something I’ll always keep it in mind.
In American schools there is something 1. (call) Homecoming Day. Many high schools and colleges with a football team have a homecoming game. This can be an 2. (importance) event of the year except graduation ceremony——students plan Homecoming Day for many weeks in advance. Several days before Homecoming，students start to 3. (beautiful)decorate the school. There are signs to wish luck to the team，and many other signs to welcome the graduates. Many people still come to Homecoming twenty or thirty years 4. their graduations.
The members of school clubs build booths（摊位）and sell apples and 5. (sandwich). Some clubs help to welcome visitors.
During the day people like to look for teachers 6. they remember from long ago. Often they see old friends and talk about their happy years in school.
Everyone watches the football game. When the game is half over，the band（乐队） 7. (come) onto the field and plays school songs. Another important moment is when the Homecoming Queen or King appears. All the students vote the most popular student Homecoming Queen or King. It is 8. honour to be chosen.
Homecoming is a happy day but it is not perfect 9. the football team wins the game. Even if the team loses，the students still enjoy Homecoming. Some stay at the school to dance and others go to a party. For everyone it is a day worth 10. (remember).
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。
Sometimes, people are required to fill in personal information when they register online, which may lead to some _________ trouble. Recently, the BBC is reporting that a 17-year-old girl in Australia posted a(n) _________ of her grandmother at home counting a large sum of cash that she _________ hidden in the house. Just eight hours later, two armed men _________the girl’s house. They demanded to speak to her to find out where the grandmother’s house was, _________ they could get the money they had seen. _________ , the girl was not home at the time, so the robbers _________a small amount of cash from the mother and left.
Because the _________ is still under _________ , local police aren’t saying much else about it. It’s not known yet whether the girl had used privacy setting on the Facebook profile page, and even whether the robbers_________ the girl in the past.
Two other _________ were at home then, a 58-year-old man and a 14-year-old boy, the girl’s father and brother. Luckily, no one was _________ . The robbers left peacefully after _________that the girl was not home and that no one else there knew anything about the _________ that had appeared in the photo.
Police in both Britain and Australia are using the case to _________citizens of the dangers of posting personal information on social networks and to suggest users of websites _________ doing so. The police say it is _________ that the girl posted a comment in the past that gave clues to the address, _________ that the robbers knew the girl in another way. _________ , they suggest, a posting by a friend on their site could have _________ such information. To find it, the robbers would only have had to search for those posting on other pages that contained the girl’s name.
1.A. clear B. known C. important D. unexpected
2.A. blog B. story C. picture D. video
3.A. got B. kept C. let D. made
4.A. knocked at B. looked at C. broke into D. ran into
5.A. even if B. in case C. as soon as D. so that
6.A. Usually B. Fortunately C. Suddenly D. Finally
7.A. left B. took C. spent D. asked
8.A. robber B. case C. family D. girl
9.A. discussion B. consideration C. control D. investigation
10.A. ignored B. remembered C. knew D. followed
11.A. neighbors B. members C. characters D. adults
12.A. killed B. escaped C. harmed D. buried
13.A. showing B. discovering C. looking D. recognizing
14.A. house B. website C. grandmother D. cash
15.A. excuse B. warn C. rob D. inform
16.A. stop B. consider C. keep D. enjoy
17.A. possible B. important C. necessary D. strange
18.A. so B. but C. and D. or
19.A. Therefore B. However C. Instead D. Besides
20.A. taken up B. given away C. put away D. set up
