Li Bai was a Chinese poet praised from his own day to the present as a romantic figure 1.took traditional poetic forms to new heights. Thirty-four of his poems are included in Three Hundred Tang Poems. 2.(he) early poetry took place in the “golden age” of Tang dynasty. This all changed suddenly when all of northern China 3.(destroy)  by war. Fortunately, many of his poems  4.(survive) ever since, enjoying lasting popularity in China and elsewhere.

    Once I was playing in the woods when the sky started to turn dark and the wind started to blow. I saw a big black cloud  1.(move) towards me. Suddenly, I felt the rain hitting my face! Actually, it was pouring! Then I saw lightning in the sky. And later, BOOM!!! A loud clap of thunder! Then I saw a little old hut and ran inside. It smelled awful and the walls were shaking, but it was  2.(good) than nothing! Outside, the wind was howling and things were flying around. I just stood in the corner, cold and scared.    3.(lucky) my dad came and found me. I was safe!

假定你是王轩，在不久前的英国之行中得到了Green夫妇的帮助。请你给他们写一封邮件，内容主要包括：

1.简述他们对你的帮助；

2.表达感激之情；

3.邀请他们来中国。

注意：1.词数100左右（开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数）；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Mr. and Mrs. Green,

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours truly,

Wang Xuan

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10处错误，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。

Challenges of life are of great importance in our grow. They remind me my days in senior high school which I was in the military training. It was the first time that I have lived away from my home, so I found it difficult to fit in. And the training officer was strict in me. I once thought I couldn’t stick to the end. But anyway, I was succeeded. The trials made it much easy for me to adapt to life, but the difficulties I came across have now become a precious memory in my life. In short, learning to regard the challenges of life as the stepping stone to future success and make the best of them.

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

All our dreams have something to do 1. our feelings, tears, longings, wishes, needs and memories. But something on the “outside” may affect 2. we dream. If a person is hungry or tired or cold, his dream may include a feeling of this kind. If the blanket on your body has slipped off your bed, you may dream that you 3.(sleep) or resting on the ice or snow. So the subject of your dream usually comes from something 4. has an effect on you while you are sleeping (feeling of cold, a noise, etc.) and it may also use your past 5. (experience) and the wishes and interests you have now.

There are some scientists who have made 6. special study of why we dream, what we dream and what those dreams mean. Their 7. (explain) of dreams, though a bit reasonable, is not accepted by everyone, and it offers an interesting way of 8. (deal) with the problem. They believe that dreams are 9. (most) expressions of wishes that did not come true. In other words, a dream is a way of having your wishes 10. (carry) out.

    In 1993, Greg Mortenson travelled to northern Pakistan to climb K2, the world’s second highest mountain. Instead of reaching the top, he became so ____ that he had to come down. Some porters took him home to Korphe, their village, and ____ him.

While he was recovering, Greg ____ the village children writing their lessons outside in the dirt. The village had no ____ and couldn’t pay $l a day for a teacher. Greg decided to pay the village back by raising money to build a school and ____ a teacher.

Back home in Montana, Greg wrote many ____ to celebrities（名人）and business people. ____, he received just one reply and one check for $100. Then he wrote 16 grant proposals（补助金申请）— all were ____. Finally he started ____ his things, but only raised $2,000.

Then an elementary school class in Wisconsin ____ a project called Pennies for Pakistan. They ____ $623 in pennies to CAI — Central Asia Institute, founded by Greg. After that, adults began to take a(n) ____ in his project. ____, Greg raised $12,000 and in 1996, CAI ____ its first project — the school in Korphe.

Over two decades, CAI’s ____ have expanded into other areas of Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Tajikistan, many of them too dangerous or remote for other organizations to reach. CAI has ____ the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. Hundreds of new requests for ____ still cross the organization’s desks every day. It looks forward to ____ these future projects, because Greg and CAI truly ____ the surest path to peace is through ____. With education they can change the world, one child at a time.

1.A. sleepy B. thirsty C. hungry D. weak

2.A. took care of B. paid attention to C. made use of D. lost contact with

3.A. imagined B. noticed C. stopped D. insisted

4.A. school B. bridge C. road D. hospital

5.A. become B. help C. hire D. meet

6.A. poems B. letters C. checks D. books

7.A. Therefore B. Otherwise C. However D. Moreover

8.A. turned down B. broken down C. settled down D. cut down

9.A. fixing B. selling C. cleaning D. packing

10.A. rejected B. reported C. proved D. undertook

11.A. lent B. owed C. donated D. paid

12.A. idea B. interest C. course D. chance

13.A. Eventually B. Suddenly C. Strangely D. Casually

14.A. advertised B. revised C. predicted D. completed

15.A. reputations B. trades C. projects D. trips

16.A. cost B. changed C. saved D. controlled

17.A. help B. permission C. interviews D. jobs

18.A. seeking for B. taking away C. dealing with D. pointing out

19.A. announce B. warn C. suggest D. believe

20.A. money B. patience C. music D. education

    Did you make financial decisions last New Year’s Eve? Did they fall by the wayside? If so, you are not alone. 1..

▲Make a smart budget

Did you plan to make a budget and fail to do so? This is a perfect time to start, as you are heading into the new year. You may be able to stop yourself from overspending if you realize how overextended you are. If you’ve taken no other financial steps this year, start by setting a realistic budget. 2..

▲Control your spending

Even if you had a budget, were you able to stick to it? 3.. Use it as a psychological advantage－you have less to spend so you need to shop harder for bargains and research prices. Impulse buying (即兴购买) will be less likely to attract you and your spending should be more focused as a result.

▲4.

You had a savings goal, didn’t you? If you didn’t have a specific goal, it may be why your savings effort failed. Set a smaller savings goal now, and use that to build a larger savings goal for the upcoming year. Make sure that you equate（使等同）your savings with a specific goal.

▲Reduce your debt

Debt reduction is an important goal, especially in the case of high-interest debt such as credit cards. It’s easy to get into an unrecoverable increase of debt if you have no plan to keep debt in check. It is a longer-term goal, but one you need to start right away. 5.. That may be a tall task, which is all the more reason to start immediately.

A. Increase your savings

B. Have a clear goal for your debt

C. You will go on with your new decisions

D. Most other financial improvements will follow

E. Start small by setting a spending budget for your shopping

F. But this year, you can make some progress on your financial goals

G. Attack the debt with the highest interest rate, and control your spending

    Have you ever wished you could grow fresh fruit in your garden but worry about there not being enough space, or it won’t look pretty, or it’s too difficult?

What if I was to tell you that even a beginner can successfully grow a wide variety of fruit from apples and pears to cherries, blueberries and raspberries, and possibly even figs or nectarines?

The first thing you need to know: the sweeter the fruit, the more sun it will require. If you have a sunny wall it’s an ideal place to train a sun-loving fruit tree like a peach or an apricot. Plant the tree at the base of the wall but not too close (about 30cm is about right) in soil enriched with fertilizer (肥料). As it grows, splay (整枝) the branches evenly and attach them to the wall. As the plant grows gradually cut out old untidy branches and tie in new healthy branches. The idea of splaying or “fanning” is that as much sun as possible gets to the fruit, so it can ripen beautifully and maximize your crop.

Choose a variety that won’t grow too large. In slightly shadier spots you can grow gooseberries or raspberries. Most of these come in compact (紧凑的) varieties and can also be fan-trained against a wall if space is an issue.

I have a tiny orchard (果园) of space-saving apple, pear and plum trees bought as single vertical stems (茎) which I grow in pots. They grow to a maximum of 2m high and no wider than 45cm. My children love them! Simply cut back the side stems to about 10cm at this time of year and you’re good to go. Just remember that pot-grown plants rely totally on you for their food and water.

As a gardener I was quite late to fruit-growing, but I realized quickly that it becomes an addictive hobby. And as a complete bonus I’ve noticed a definite increase in my bee population over the past few years. There’s free food, and it’s good for the environment too. What could be better?

1.How does the author attract readers’ attention to the topic?

A. By making comparisons. B. By raising some questions.

C. By listing some general rules. D. By telling interesting stories.

2.What should you do to make your peach tree bear sweet fruit?

A. Do the splaying regularly. B. Use fertilizer frequently.

C. Choose some compact varieties. D. Plant the tree far from your wall.

3.What do we know about gooseberries and raspberries?

A. They are sun-lovers. B. They are space savers.

C. They can grow very large. D. They may die from splaying.

4.How are pot-grown fruit trees different from field-grown ones?

A. They bear more fruits. B. They are more dependent.

C. They need more water and food. D. They are more popular with kids.

    Young people’s mental health is of increasing interest and concern to researchers, policymakers, and families alike－but can treating teenagers’ mental health problems also improve the wellbeing of their parents? New research suggests that it can. The study, conducted by Kelsey Howard, a doctoral candidate at Northwestern University, found that regardless of which treatment teenagers were using for their depression, the mental health of their parents improved too.

Older findings say that there is a link between mothers’ depression and major depression in their teenagers, although it seems not to be biological. However, the latest research suggests that the relationship between parents’ and their children’s mental health might work in the other direction too.

While Howard’s research hasn’t evidenced a clear reason for this trend, she told The Atlantic: “If the family members interact with (交往) each other well, the kid will be more pleasant to be around and make less negative statements, which will affect how other family members think.”

Tom Madders, director of campaigns at YoungMinds, told HuffPost UK that for parents, watching their children go through mental health problems can be difficult, especially if they feel responsible. Madders also noted that parents often make big lifestyle changes, say, giving up their jobs, to support their children with depression, particularly in cases where their children have to leave school because of their mental health problems. However, Madders thought this can only make things worse. “Parents’ sacrifice adds pressure to the delicate shoulder owners,” he said.

The process of waiting to get treatment can also be an added stressor: “Every day we get calls to our helpline from parents whose children have been waiting months for an initial assessment, or left on long waiting lists for treatment that they need … that’s why it’s important that the Government commits to long-term extra investment in children’s mental health services.”

1.What has the latest research found?

A. The problem of depression might be biological.

B. Teens’ negative statements harm family relationships.

C. The number of teens suffering depression is increasing.

D. Teens’ depression may cause mental problems in their parents.

2.According to Howard, how can parents help kids with depression be more positive?

A. By building a pleasant family atmosphere.

B. By praising them as much as possible.

C. By teaching them to be responsible.

D. By being soft with their homework.

3.What does the underlined part “the delicate shoulder owners” refer to?

A. Children. B. Parents.

C. Teachers. D. Doctors.

4.From which column of a newspaper is the text most probably taken?

A. Entertainment. B. Health.

C. Economy. D. Education.

    Author Avi, winner of a Newbery Award, a Scott O’Dell Historical Fiction Award, and several Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, may have seen his first children’s book published in 1970, but that doesn’t mean he’s lost his talent for connecting with young fans.

The American writer, born in 1937, agrees that getting involved with his readers is one of the key reasons he keeps writing, and that he’s been fortunate enough to hear directly from readers about the impact (影响) his books have had. “I have been touched many times by readers who find some special connection between their lives and something I have written: the Danish girl who read something of mine in Danish, and struggled to communicate that in her poor English; the autistic (自闭症的) boy who somehow found something meaningful about my books that reached his own inner life; the women who have told me how important The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle was to them when growing up.”

Beyond his fans’ questions about the characters he’s created, the writer’s most commonly heard question may be about his own use of the single name “Avi.” “As a young adult, I was a reader of French literature, which has that one name tradition: Moliere, Racine, Anouilh, Gide, and so on,” he explains. “Avi was given to me by my twin sister when we were very young children, and it stuck. Then my family discouraged me from taking up writing as a career because they considered my writing poor. By using Avi, I was showing my determination to them.”

Although he believes－and has the awards to show－that his writing skills have improved, writing still doesn’t come easily to him, despite having over sixty books to his credit. “I never studied writing in any formal sense. I taught myself to write by reading, and by imitating what I was reading,” he says.

The writing task may be tough, but the payoff is big. “To create, share, and support the gift of reading and literature, is to give young people the gift of many worlds, within and without,” Avi states.

1.What do the readers mentioned by Avi have in common?

A. They often seek help from him.

B. They can find themselves in his books.

C. They have been influenced by his works.

D. They have offered helpful suggestions to him.

2.What’s the main reason why author Avi uses the name Avi?

A. It was given to him by his parents.

B. It is used in memory of his sisters.

C. It encourages him to achieve his dream.

D. It is the name of one of his favorite characters.

3.What do we learn about Avi from the text?

A. He is a self-made writer.

B. He often sends his readers gifts.

C. He considers writing an easy job.

D. He is against copying other writers’ styles.

4.What is the text mainly about?

A. How Avi looks at his fans.

B. Some important book awards.

C. How Avi improves his writing skills.

D. A popular writer among young readers.

▲Sunday Cushion Concerts

Times: 10 am.&11am.

Tickets: $5 per person

The regular Sunday Cushion Concerts introduce children and their families to different instruments and styles of music. Bring your own cushions and secure places by booking in advance! Tickets are available to book over the phone 01865 325325.

▲Christmas Show: The Elves (精灵) and the Shoemaker

17-22 December 2019

Tickets: $7 per person

A poor shoemaker is down on his luck, but as Christmas draws close, a simple act of kindness inspires some magical elves to offer their services. Their amazing shoes attract customers from far and wide, earning the shoemaker fame and fortune! But how will he ever repay them?

This classic story is brought to life for 3- to 7-year-olds and their families. Please book in advance to secure places! For other details, call us at 01865 325331.

▲Moving Music

Michaelmas Term Concert: 6 October 2019

Times: 11:30am & 2pm

Tickets: $5 per person

Please reserve your places in advance, and pay on the door.

This series of concerts is designed especially for people living with dementia(痴呆), and their families, friends, and carers, to enable them to enjoy a concert experience together and to help unlock memory and movement through the power of music. Concerts are held approximately every three months.

For more details or to arrange access for transport: Phone 01865 286660.

▲Turtle Key Opera

Friday mornings in Trinity Term: April-June 2019

Turtle Song is FREE to all participants. To sign up or for more information contact Turtle Key Arts on 01865 525265.

Turtle Song is an opportunity to compose and sing your own songs with professional musicians. The group will meet weekly over a nine-week period between April and June 2019. The aims are to help people with all forms of dementia and people with memory problems.

1.Which event should you choose if you want your kid to learn about different styles of music?

A. Moving Music.

B. Turtle Key Opera.

C. Sunday Cushion Concerts.

D. Christmas Show: The Elves and the Shoemaker.

2.Which number should you call if your 4-year-old girl likes magical stories?

A. 01865 325325. B. 01865 325331.

C. 01865 286660. D. 01865 525265.

3.What’s the similarity between the last two events?

A. They are both free of charge.

B. They are both held every three months.

C. They both benefit people with dementia.

D. They both allow people to sing their own songs.

阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

It was a Saturday afternoon. The color of the sky was changing, first light gray, then dark gray, and finally dark and dense. The wind was blowing heavily, and the trees were swaying in the strong wind. It began to rain cats and dogs. Soon, the road was filled with puddles from the rain.

On such a stormy afternoon, my mother took my five-year-old brother, Christopher, and me to a new big toy store she had read about in the newspaper. “So many toys,” the advertisement had shouted in full and flashy color, “that we had to get a huge warehouse to fit them all!”

Christopher and I couldn’t have been more excited. We ran across the parking lot, through the cold and biting rain, as fast as our little legs could carry us. We left our mother outside to battle with the frustrating umbrella, which never worked when she wanted it to. “Christine! Take care of your young brother!” Mother shouted at the top of her voice.

“Christine! I’m going to find the Lego section (乐高积木区)! There’s a new pirate ship I want, and I have four dollars! Maybe I can buy it!” Christopher exclaimed and ran off excitedly. I only half heard him. I took a right turn and, to my wide-eyed delight, found myself in the midst of the Barbie (芭比) World.

I was studying a Barbie and doing some simple math in my head when suddenly an earthshaking clap of thunder roared from the storm outside. I jumped at the noise, dropping the doll to the floor. The lights flickered (闪烁) once and died, covering everything in a blanket of blackness. Thunder continued to shake the sky and lightning illuminated the store for seconds, casting frightening shadows on my mind.

注意:

1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；

2. 至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语；

3. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；

4. 续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。

Paragraph 1:

“Oh no,” I thought, “Where’s Christopher?”

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Paragraph2:

“Christine, I’m here.”

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假定你是高三学生李华，在复习英语的过程中遇到了一些困难，想得到英语老师Michael的帮助。请你给他写一封邮件，内容包括:

1. 描述困难；

2. 寻求帮助。

注意:

1. 词数80左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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。

Today we visit a small museum in the American state of Maryland. It 1. (call) the National Cryptologic Museum (国家密码博物馆). There you will find information 2. was once secret.

The National Cryptology Museum is on Fort George G. Meade, a military base near Washington, DC. 3. tells not only the story of cryptology but also the men and women who have worked in this 4. (usual) profession.

The word cryptology comes 5. the Greek “kryptos logos” It means “hidden word” Cryptology is writing or communicating in ways 6. (design) to hide the meaning of your words. 7. museum has many examples of equipment that was once used to make information secret. It 8. has equipment that was developed to read secret messages. The method of 9. (hide) exact meanings is called coding. People have used secret 10. (code) throughout history to protect important information.

    History books are filled with wealthy people who were practically poor compared to me.

I have storm windows, __Croesus, the last king of Lydia who was incredibly rich, did not. The entire population__ before Alexander the Great, but he couldn't buy unpacked cat food. William I, who conquered England some 930 years ago, __ a compound saw （复合锯）.

Given how much ___I am than so many famous __ people, you'd think

I'd be content. However, the__ is that, like most people, I compare my wealth with ___of living persons: neighbors, school classmates, TV personalities. The ___I feei toward my friend Howard's new kitchen is not __ by the fact that no French king __ had a refrigerator with glass doors. There is really no rising or falling ___of  living. Over the centuries people simply find different things to  __ about. You'd think that merely not having a disease would put us in a good  __ , but no, we want a hot bathtub, too.

Of course, one way to achieve happiness would be to __ that even by contemporary standards the things I __ are pretty nice. My house is ___than the houses of many investment bankers, but even so it has a lot more rooms than my wife and I can keep __ .

__to people looking back at our era from a century or two in the future, those bankers* fancy counter tops and my own worn ones will seem __ shabby. I can't __ my neighbor right now. But just wait.

1.A. as B. while C. when D. since

2.A. jumped B. smiled C. laughed D. trembled

3.A. lacked B. possessed C. abandoned D. lost

4.A. well off B. better off C. worse off D. badly off

5.A. living B. alive C. dead D. deadly

6.A. problem B. danger C. pleasure D. question

7.A. those B. this C. that D. one

8.A. surprise B. envy C. anger D. puzzle

9.A. increased B. relieved C. added D. refused

10.A. ever B. never C. often D. sometimes

11.A. condition B. level C. state D. standard

12.A. talk B. care C. complain D. joke

13.A. mood B. expression C. state D. status

14.A. suggest B. realize C. suppose D. expect

15.A. do B. like C. hate D. own

16.A. larger B. prettier C. smaller D. uglier

17.A. clean B. messy C. comfortable D. unpleasant

18.A. However B. Besides C. Therefore D. Thus

19.A. especially B. extraordinary C. equally D. extremely

20.A. keep away from B. keep in with C. keep on at D. keep pace with

    How to Overcome Shyness Have you ever found it embarrassing to talk in front of the public? In fact, a great number of people are struggling with shyness. 1..

● Act confidently.

Confidence comes through action, learning, practice, and mastery. Remember when you learned how to ride a bike? It was terrifying at first, but after you just went for it and tried it, you got it, and felt confident. Social confidence works the same way. 2. Remove avoidance and you will overcome your anxiety.

● Engage yourself

This means participating in small talk in the checkout line and talking to strangers at bars, stores, sporting events, and the gym. Additionally, approach the individuals by whom you are attracted romantically. Talk to them. Ask them to dance. Ask them out on dates.

Life is short. Who cares if you get rejected? There are seven billion people on this planet. You’re not expected to like or be liked by all of them. 3..

● 4..

Join a club, a sports team or an outdoor activity. Pick up a new project or learn a new skill. Do something to get out of your comfort zone. Part of overcoming shyness is about developing confidence in several areas of your life and not letting anxiety, fear of failure, fear of rejection, or fear of humiliation get in your way. By practicing new activities, you are confronting your fear of the unknown and learning to handle that anxiety more effectively.

● Talk it out.

5. Be more talkative and expressive in all areas of your life. Whether you’re at work, with friends, with strangers, or walking down the street, you can practice talking more openly. Let your voice and your ideas be heard.

A. Get out more often.

B. Try new things.

C. Shyness can be a characteristic of people who have low self-esteem.

D. Fortunately, there are some effective strategies to overcome shyness.

E. Start practicing giving speeches and telling stories at every opportunity.

F. Take some chances and put yourself out there to meet new people.

G. Feeling anxious is not the problem; avoiding social interactions is the problem.

    Mobile phone users in China expected a pleasant surprise this month. Starting from October 1, a new policy adopted by the three giant cellphone operators — China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom — has allowed unused data from individual data packages to be carried over to the next month for use.

At the beginning, users of the three telecommunication companies welcomed this policy, since they would have more free data to use in the next month. However, even before Chinese users could enjoy the free extra package, the users found that since the adoption of the policy, the original data limits seem to be far more easily swallowed up, which means there wouldn’t be any unused data left for the next month. One user of China Unicom claimed that it took him only nine days to use up the data package of a month.

Telecoms have become a necessity in modern life like water or power, and raising or lowering costs significantly affects people’s lives and finances. But disagreements between consumers and service providers cover discussion. It is too early to judge how long the disagreement between telecommunication companies and consumers over data packages will last, since, according to media reports, the measurement of data usage is difficult to track. Companies are using “user privacy” to avoid giving out any information.

But reading through the companies posted online by cellphone users, we can sense the public’s distrust of Stated-owned enterprises (SOEs). A survey done by the people’s Tribune Research Center in 2012 found that the public’s negative impression of SOEs came from the belief that they only rely on government support and their employees usually do easy jobs but get higher pay, yet their sense of service is far behind private and foreign enterprises.

The current argument over the data package of three State-owned telecommunication giants reflects the extent of public anger. Among the country’s anti-corruption campaign (反腐败运动) and reforms, it shows the public’s enthusiasm for deepening reforms and making SOEs benefit domestic consumers.

1.The attitude of the users towards the new policy of the three telecommunication companies at the beginning can be best described as ________.

A. indifferent B. opposed C. positive D. disappointed

2.What is the result of the new policy adopted by the three telecommunication companies?

A. Chinese phone users are allowed to send their unused data to their friends.

B. Chinese phone users are presented with much cheaper individual data packages.

C. Chinese phone users have no need to buy individual data packages.

D. Chinese phone users consume the data much sooner than expected.

3.Which of the following is NOT the public’s impression of SOEs?

A. SOEs are supported by the government to a large extent.

B. SOEs have benefited domestic consumers effectively.

C. SOEs’ employees don’t deserve the high pay.

D. SOEs’ service is worse than private and foreign enterprises.

4.The last paragraph most probably implies that ________.

A. the public are not satisfied with the reforms at present

B. the public do not care about the country’s reforms

C. the public think highly of anti-corruption campaign

D. the public are confident about the reform of SOEs

    Some people believe that international sport creates goodwill between the nations and that if countries play games together, they will learn to live together. Others say that the opposite is true: international competitions encourage false national pride and lead to misunderstanding and hatred (憎恨). There is probably some truth in both arguments, but in recent years the Olympic Games have done little to support the view that sport encourages international brotherhood. Not only was there the tragic incident including the murder of athletes, but the Games were also ruined by incidents caused mainly by smaller national contests.

One country received its second-place medals with visible anger after the hockey final. There had been noisy scenes at the end of the hockey match, the losers objecting to the final decisions. They were sure that one of their goals should not have been disallowed and that their opponents’ victory was unfair. Their manager was in great anger when he said, “This wasn’t hockey. Hockey and the International Hockey Federation are finished.” The president of the Federation said later that such behavior could result in the suspension (停赛) of the team for at least three years.

Incidents of this kind will continue as long as sport is played competitively rather than for the love of the game. The suggestion that athletes should compete as individuals, or in non-national teams, might be too much to hope for. But in the present organization of the Olympics there is far too much that encourages aggressive patriotism (爱国主义).

1.According to the author, recently the Olympic Games have ________.

A. created goodwill between the nations

B. brought about only false national pride

C. showed little international friendship

D. put an end to misunderstanding and hatred

2.What does the underlined word “disallowed” in Paragraph 2 mean?

A. Permitted to pass. B. Considered as reasonable.

C. Won by the other side. D. Refused to accept.

3.What conclusion can we draw from the passage?

A. The current organization of the Olympic Games must be improved.

B. Athletes should compete as individuals in the Olympic Games.

C. A game should be played competitively rather than for the love of the game.

D. More and more athletes will compete for their own honor.

    My kids sit in Gee’s living room and respectfully lift antique Christmas ornaments (装饰品) out of a cardboard box. They giggle at Ann, who is a foreign character to them. Gee stands beside them, quietly explaining each treasure. She tells me that she and Tom built their ornament collection piece by piece. She smiles as we leave with the box.

We first met Tom and Gee in the early days of our marriage. Someone had been returning our garbage cans to the garage each garbage day, and Jim and I had wondered who. Then one day we spotted him: an elderly man who lived across the street.

I baked cookies and left them outside with a thank-you note. When we got home that day, a typed letter had replaced the gift. The letter was from Tom and explained back when he’d been fighting a war, neighbors had taken the time to handle the garbage cans for his young wife, Gee, and he never forgot. Now he paid it forward by doing the same for all of us.

A few years after we’d moved in, Tom died. We photocopied that letter and attached it to one of our own for Gee. We told her how special Tom had been to us. She wrote back and told us she still talked to Tom every day.

These days, we’re piling up boxes of our own. We’re planning a move. We know it’s time to go, and yet we can’t seem to stick the For Sale sign up on the lawn. It’s not just Gee. It’s the man who lets our kids pick peaches off the tree in his front yard. It’s the ladies who leave overflowing baskets for our kids on Easter.

Jim and I agree to wait until January. This Christmas, we’ll decorate our tree with Gee’s ornaments, out of the box labeled in Tom’s handwriting. Maybe I’ll talk to him just as Gee still does. Thank you, I’ll say. For teaching us what it means to be a neighbor.

1.What can we infer from the first paragraph?

A. The kids thought little of these antique Christmas ornaments.

B. The kids were fond of these antique Christmas ornaments.

C. The kids were afraid of these antique Christmas ornaments.

D. The kids had no interest in these antique Christmas ornaments.

2.Which of the following is true about Tom?

A. He fought a war from which the author suffered a lot.

B. He first met the author at her wedding.

C. He was an elderly man whose job was handling garbage cans.

D. He helped to handle his neighbors’ garbage cans secretly.

3.What could be the best title of this passage?

A. This is what Tom did for us.

B. This is why we didn’t want to move.

C. This is what it really means to be a neighbor.

D. This is how neighbors help each other.

听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。

1.What was the speaker most satisfied with in the forest?

A. The meals. B. The living place. C. The weather.

2.What did the speaker enjoy doing?

A. Guiding tourists.

B. Clearing the path in the forest.

C. Collecting information for a map.

3.What sound made the speaker surprised in the morning?

A. The birds’ singing.

B. The rabbits’ running around.

C. The wind’s blowing through the grass.

4.What does one need to prepare for the trip?

A. A tent. B. Special boots. C. The flight fare.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.Where does the man live?

A. In a city. B. In the Highland of Scotland. C. In the Lake District.

2.What do we know about modern mountain running races?

A. They are independent events.

B. They take place at fairs or during festivals.

C. They haven’t got any support from the government.

3.What does the man say about the Dragon’s Back Race?

A. It covers a distance of 200 kilometers.

B. It only allows certain people to do the run.

C. It is not as challenging as some other courses.

4.What does the man suggest beginners do?

A. Try to enter races.

B. Begin with easy runs.

C. Learn about the race grading system.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.What are the speakers doing?

A. Doing a survey. B. Having an interview. C. Sharing work experience.

2.What does the woman care most about?

A. The duty. B. The working hours. C. The chance of promotion.

3.What can we learn about the working hours?

A. They’re long. B. They’re regular. C. They’re flexible.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.What concerns the woman?

A. She doesn’t have enough money.

B. She wants a package to arrive on time.

C. She can’t spare time to go to a birthday party.

2.How much will the woman pay?

A. $6. B. $12. C. $24.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.Why does the woman want to go abroad?

A. To go to university. B. To take a trip. C. To get work experience.

2.What does the man think of going abroad?

A. Expensive. B. Unworthy. C. Time-wasting.

When does the conversation take place?

A. In the morning. B. In the afternoon. C. In the evening.

What is the man’s opinion on British food?

A. Unhealthy. B. Tasteless. C. Excellent.

What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A. The man’s hobby. B. A holiday plan C. Their childhood.

What is the woman trying to do?

A. Hold a party for the man. B. Comfort the man. C. Apologize to the man.

When can the woman take a vacation?

A. At the end of August. B. At the end of June. C. This week.

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注意：1. 词数 100 左右；2.  可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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