1 . My 4-year-old son now enjoys posting letters. He has formed the _______of drawing pictures, writing his name on them, and then   ______ the artwork in an envelope. He then insists on ______ his handwork to the neighbors, and a mail box he _______ belongs to the elderly couple who live next door. To be ______, I didn’t think much of it, but I had ______ to warn my neighbors of the drawings ______ appearing in their letterboxes—I just didn’t have the ______ to do so, because I was a little busy recently.

On Tuesday of last week, I was walking down to school to collect my son when I _______ Mary, my elderly neighbor, ______at her mail box. She said, “Jodie, is it your little son that has been posting items in my letterbox to me?” I was at once ______, “Oh yes, Mary, it is. I’m sorry. I meant to tell you…” She cut me off, “Jodie, I just love his mail. I’ve _______ every item he has sent. You don’t know how much _______ the letters has made my day. I just love them.” While I was walking down to school after our _______, many thoughts came to me. Mary doesn’t have a lot to fill her days, ______ she was a mother to a number of children herself who receives fairly regular visitors. The small ______ of getting some mail—pictures drawn by the hand of a young child—has brought ______ to her days, just as my visit to my grandparents does.

I have decided that my son should ________ this practice. He should also start sending some items to his grandparents in Perth as well. It will most ________ make their day.

It’s doing the little, simple things that can often make a big ______ in someone’s life.

1.

A．habit

B．attitude

C．style

D．form

2.

A．hiding

B．writing

C．drawing

D．putting

3.

A．handing

B．holding

C．posting

D．writing

4.

A．opened

B．set

C．chose

D．saw

5.

A．kind

B．surprised

C．careful

D．honest

6.

A．meant

B．asked

C．hated

D．refused

7.

A．actually

B．suddenly

C．hardly

D．partly

8.

A．intelligence

B．strength

C．money

D．time

9.

A．met

B．visited

C．dated

D．called

10.

A．crying

B．lying

C．laughing

D．standing

11.

A．humorous

B．embarrassed

C．confused

D．amused

12.

A．copied

B．bought

C．kept

D．examined

13.

A．receiving

B．writing

C．painting

D．exchanging

14.

A．report

B．expression

C．talk

D．discussion

15.

A．unless

B．but

C．so

D．although

16.

A．charge

B．offer

C．act

D．help

17.

A．worth

B．happiness

C．value

D．future

18.

A．add

B．stop

C．continue

D．form

19.

A．certainly

B．unfortunately

C．accidentally

D．confidently

20.

A．point

B．difference

C．behaviour

D．living

2 . Terrafugia Inc. said Monday that its new flying car has completed its first flight, bringing the company closer to its goal of selling the flying car within the next year. The vehicle — named the Transition — has two seats, four wheels and wings that fold up so it can be driven like a car. The Transition, which flew at 1,400 feet for eight minutes last month, can reach around 70 miles per hour on the road and 115 in the air. It flies using a 23-gallon tank of gas and burns 5 gallons per hour in the air. On the ground, it gets 35 miles per gallon.

Around 100 people have already put down a $10,000 deposit（定金） to get a Transition when they go on sale, and those numbers will rise after Terrafugia introduces the Transition to the public later this week at the New York Auto Show. But don’t expect it to show up in too many driveways. It’s expected to cost as much as $279,000. And it won’t help if you’re stuck in traffic. The car needs a runway.

Inventors have been trying to make flying cars since the 1930s, according to Robert Mann, an airline industry expert. But Mann thinks Terrafugia has come closer than anyone to making the flying car a reality. The government has already permitted the company to use special materials to make it easier for the vehicle to fly. The Transition is now going through crash tests to make sure it meets federal safety standards.

Mann said Terrafugia was helped by the Federal Aviation Administration’s (联邦航空管理局) decision five years ago to create a separate set of standards for light sport aircraft, which are lower than those for pilots of larger planes. Terrafugia says an owner would need to pass a test and complete 20 hours of flying time to be able to fly the Transition, a requirement pilots would find relatively easy to meet.

1. What is the first paragraph mainly about?

A．The advantages of flying cars.

B．The basic data of the Transition.

C．The possible market for flying cars.

D．The designers of the Transition.

2. Why is the Transition unlikely to show up on too many roads?

A．It causes traffic jams.

B．It is difficult to operate.

C．It is very expensive.

D．It burns too much fuel.

3. What is the government’s attitude to the development of the flying car?

A．The government supports it.	B．The government is against it.
C．The government sets higher standards to discourage it	D．The government thinks it is on the way out.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．Flying Car at Auto Show	B．The Transition’s First Flight
C．Pilots’ Dream Coming True	D．Flying Car Closer to Reality

3 . During my second year at the city college，I was told that the education department was offering a "free"course, called Thinking Chess, for three credits. I _________the idea of taking the class because, after all, who doesn't want to _________ a few dollars? More than that, I'd always wanted to learn chess. And, even if I weren’t _________enough about free credits, news about our _________was appealing enough to me. He was an international grandmaster, which _________ I would be learning from one of the game's _________. I could hardly wait to _________him.

Maurice Ashley was kind and smart, a former graduate returning to teach, and this _________was no game for him: he meant business. In his introduction, he made it _________that our credits would be hard-earned. In order to __________the class, among other criteria, we had to write a paper on how we plan to __________what we would learn in class to our future professions and, __________, to our lives. I managed to get an A in that __________and learned life lessons that have served me well beyond the __________.

Ten years after my chess class with Ashley, I'm still putting to use what he __________me: “The absolute most important __________that you learn when you play chess is how to make good __________. On every single move you have to __________a situation, process what your opponent(对手）is doing and __________the best move from among all your options.”These words still ring true today in my __________as a journalist.

1.

A．put forward

B．jumped at

C．tried out

D．turned down

2.

A．waste

B．earn

C．save

D．pay

3.

A．excited

B．worried

C．moved

D．tired

4.

A．title

B．competitor

C．textbook

D．instructor

5.

A．urged

B．demanded

C．held

D．meant

6.

A．fastest

B．easiest

C．best

D．rarest

7.

A．interview

B．meet

C．challenge

D．beat

8.

A．chance

B．qualification

C．honor

D．job

9.

A．real

B．perfect

C．clear

D．possible

10.

A．attend

B．pass

C．skip

D．observe

11.

A．add

B．expose

C．apply

D．compare

12.

A．eventually

B．naturally

C．directly

D．normally

13.

A．game

B．presentation

C．course

D．experiment

14.

A．criterion

B．classroom

C．department

D．situation

15.

A．taught

B．wrote

C．questioned

D．promised

16.

A．fact

B．step

C．manner

D．skill

17.

A．grades

B．decisions

C．impressions

D．comments

18.

A．analyze

B．describe

C．rebuild

D．control

19.

A．announce

B．signal

C．block

D．evaluate

20.

A．role

B．desire

C．concern

D．behavior

4 . What are American high schools like? Well, I’m happy to tell you what I know.

When I started school here, it had already been a week since the school opened. At this school, freshmen usually go on a trip for about three days at the beginning of school. Unfortunately I missed that wonderful trip, which would have been the best time to get to know my classmates. I was really sad. I wished I’d known about it earlier.

Despite the disappointment, however, I gradually adapted to my new life and school. There is a space in the basement of the teaching building where students chat and meet each other. As we do not always have the same classrooms and classmates, the school wants us to get to know each other there. Students usually come to school early, sit in that space and have fun. Around the space, there are many lockers for students to leave their books in, so that students do not have to carry a heavy schoolbag everywhere.

It really surprises me that we have almost no textbooks. We only have textbooks for World History and Algebra 2 and they are big and heavy, like bricks. For other classes, we only need binders with paper in them. Without textbooks, students learn things freely and actively. For example, my humanities teacher just teaches us what is in her mind at the time. We never know what we will learn.

Another difference between American schools and Chinese schools is that American schools care about students’ morality more than their academic studies. For example, if you do not finish your homework, you will just be asked to do it later, but if you cheat or lie, you will get a warning or even be kicked out.

I think that most students here are good at schoolwork as well, but compared to Chinese students, they can make learning a more joyful experience. I think we should take the good points from our two different kinds of education to perfect our approach to studying.

1. What made the writer sad at the beginning?

A．Being late for school.	B．Not knowing anyone.
C．Being looked down upon.	D．Missing the chance of the trip.

2. Students go to the basement of the teaching building to _________.

A．have a free talk	B．attend class
C．meet teachers	D．share a classroom

3. How did the writer feel when he began his lessons?

A．Happy.	B．Surprised.
C．Unsatisfied.	D．lonely.

4. What might stop a student’s schooling in American school?

A．Not studying hard.	B．Cheating.
C．Not finishing homework.	D．Failing in the exam.

5 . How do young people learn best? This is something I think a lot when I am teaching foreign languages to young people. I often ______ that traditional teaching ______ are hardly effective for young brains to learn a foreign language.

After moving to southern Italy, I was ______ to have had the chance to ______ a private course teaching English to children under 7. I ______ children liked singing and enjoyed games so I wanted to use these ______ to help my students ______ English conversation skills. I found some fun and easy songs online,______ they loved. I also found the English version of some nursery rhymes (童谣) they once were ______ with. All of them were very entertaining and helpful but ______ could still not have a basic ______ in English.

I wanted these guys to be ______ in the language I was teaching and I also wished them to speak it. I was eager to deliver 90 % of my lessons in English.______, I knew it would be difficult to get them to talk in a foreign language they ______ speak outside our lessons. So I had to ______ a simple yet effective plan.

One day I decided to ______ a dialogue in English and rather than simply getting students to repeat the phrases, I got them to sing and chant (唱)______. I discovered that chanting along to some conversational sentences was a practical way to get students to speak in English — it ______!

So when teaching English to young people now, I ______ them to make up their own songs and chants to help them remember ______ or complex sentences.

1.

A．suggest

B．know

C．find

D．guess

2.

A．materials

B．processes

C．attitudes

D．methods

3.

A．anxious

B．lucky

C．surprised

D．puzzled

4.

A．get

B．offer

C．meet

D．run

5.

A．considered

B．realized

C．proved

D．insisted

6.

A．activities

B．tools

C．skills

D．lessons

7.

A．develop

B．practice

C．support

D．increase

8.

A．that

B．when

C．where

D．which

9.

A．popular

B．familiar

C．similar

D．particular

10.

A．students

B．teachers

C．writers

D．readers

11.

A．conversation

B．performance

C．application

D．contact

12.

A．experienced

B．interested

C．concerned

D．caught

13.

A．Besides

B．Therefore

C．However

D．Though

14.

A．fairly

B．eagerly

C．nearly

D．seldom

15.

A．come up with

B．put up with

C．keep up with

D．catch up with

16.

A．prepare

B．manage

C．connect

D．bring

17.

A．that

B．it

C．one

D．them

18.

A．mattered

B．valued

C．worked

D．wondered

19.

A．persuade

B．encourage

C．remind

D．command

20.

A．expressions

B．conversations

C．courses

D．measures

6 . 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。
My father was a highly educated, intelligent gentleman. He could debate or discuss for hours on almost any topic and hold your ____ in the process. I thought there was nothing he wasn’t ____ to do.
A few days before my younger brother’s 7th birthday, Dad planned to assemble（装配）a new ____ as a special birthday surprise. After nearly an hour of ____ the instructions, Dad was still unable to ____ the new bike together. Later he ____ the paper of instructions, ____ up his tool box, and decided to take the bike back to the local toy store and pay extra ____ to have it correctly assembled there. ____ an idea came to him, as he called out to Lovett, the quiet little man who cut our grassland.
“Lovett, have you ever assembled a boy’s bicycle?”
As Lovett walked towards the bike, Dad handed him the ____ Lovett handed it back to him, saying, “No, thanks. I can’t read. When you can’t read, you have to ____ ” Less than 15 minutes later, the new bicycle was ____ assembled, with no ____ parts remaining. Dad shook Lovett’s hand, patted him on the back, thanked him, and hid the bike.
On the night after my brother received his shiny new gift, Dad announced at the family dinner table what had happened several days earlier. He took great ____ in telling it over and over again — he used it as an example of thinking.
He did not refer to illiteracy（文盲）, but strongly taught us to use our ____ The joke was on my father, ____ he was able to turn it into a learning tool, and I liked him even more after that incident. I also gained a new ____ for Lovett. To me he had ____ been the old yard man who didn’t ____ much, but after that day, he seemed to smile ____ , even walk taller. It’s amazing what a real nod of approval can do to lift people up.1.

A．belief

B．breath

C．view

D．attention

2.

A．willing

B．able

C．lucky

D．capable

3.

A．bicycle

B．toy

C．computer

D．boat

4.

A．reviewing

B．reading

C．examining

D．searching

5.

A．bring

B．get

C．work

D．put

6.

A．looked through

B．folded up

C．turned to

D．devoted to

7.

A．brought

B．added

C．picked

D．set

8.

A．effort

B．tax

C．service

D．money

9.

A．Then

B．Thus

C．Since

D．Though

10.

A．tools

B．routines

C．instructions

D．orders

11.

A．exchange

B．think

C．learn

D．admit

12.

A．partly

B．largely

C．hardly

D．fully

13.

A．separate

B．different

C．major

D．spare

14.

A．care

B．action

C．delight

D．risk

15.

A．resources

B．heads

C．knowledge

D．hands

16.

A．so

B．but

C．or

D．and

17.

A．respect

B．reward

C．relief

D．regard

18.

A．never

B．ever

C．always

D．often

19.

A．say

B．show

C．care

D．earn

20.

A．colder

B．weaker

C．broader

D．grayer

7 . The new study shows that we spend more time using the mobile Internet to read newspapers and magazines or do some other things. According to the Interactive Advertising Bureau（IAB），the average European spends 4.8 hours reading newspapers and magazines but 1.6 hours more using the mobile Internet per week.

The IAB questioned 15,000 people in 15 European countries, looking at how people were using the Internet and its influence on their everyday lives. It found that the mobile Internet is increasingly finding its way into the public awareness. Over 71 million Europeans now have Internet access on their mobile phones. In the UK, 10 million people now access the Internet through their mobile phones and spend 6.3 hours doing so per week averagely.

Unsurprisingly, young generations in the UK are leading the way, with nearly half of the country's 16-to 24-year-olds and a quarter of 25-to 34-year-olds using the Internet, spending 6.5 and 6.2 hours online each week.

Entertainment plays a main role in our mobile Internet lives，with one in five British people using their phones for online games，a third listening to the online radio and 39 percent watching films，TV or other videos at least once a week. One third of those using an Internet phone said they received videos，images or other multimedia on their mobile，and 61percent said they passed on the contents they had received.

From a communication point of view，80 percent of those questioned agreed that the Internet had made it easier for them to stay in touch with friends and family.

Alison Fennah，director of the IAB，said the use of the mobile Internet had come to the point that marketers should be looking to strategies（策略）that connect them with consumers more effectively. "Better tools as well as improved consumer motivation that start coming together in 2011 can make a great difference to extending the online experience，" Fennah said.

1. How long does a European spend on the mobile Internet per week according to the IAB？

A．6.4hours.	B．6.2hours.
C．4.8hours.	D．1.6 hours.

2. What do people mainly use the mobile Internet for？

A．Communication.	B．Entertainment.
C．Study.	D．Advertising.

3. It can be known from the passage that __________.

A．more than half of the people in the UK use the mobile Internet

B．the Internet is the most effective way to stay in touch with friends and family

C．the UK has the largest number of people who use the mobile Internet in Europe

D．better tools and improved consumer motivation help extend the online experience

4. The author wrote the passage to tell us __________.

A．how to use mobile phones to surf the Internet

B．newspapers and magazines will disappear soon

C．more and more people use the Internet in Europe

D．how the Internet influences our daily lives

8 . Suppose you’re in a rush, feeling tired, not paying attention to your screen, and you send an email that could get you in trouble.

Realisation will probably set in seconds after you’ve clicked “send”. You freeze in horrors and burn with shame.

What to do? Here are four common email accidents, and how to recover.

Clicking “send” too soon

Don’t waste your time trying to find out if the receivers has read it yet. Write another email as swiftly as you can and send it with a brief   title explaining that this is the correct version and the previous version should be ignored.

Writing the wrong name

The sooner you notice, the better. Respond quickly and briefly, apologizing for your mistake. Keep the tone measured: don’t handle it too lightly, as people can be offered, especially if your error suggests a misunderstanding of their culture (I.e. incorrect ordering of Chinese names).

Clicking “reply all” unintentionally

You accidentally reveal (透露) to entire company what menu choices you would prefer at the staff Christmas dinner, or what holiday you’d like to take. In this instance, the best solution is to send a quick, light-hearted apology to explain your awkwardness. But it can quickly rise to something worse, when everyone starts hitting “reply all” to join in a long and unpleasant conversation. In this instance, step away from your keyboard to allow everyone to calm down.

Sending an offensive message to it’s subject

The most awkward email mistake is usually committed in anger. You write an unkind message about someone, intending to send it to a friend, but accidentally send it to the person you’re discussing. In that case, ask to speak in person as soon as possible and say sorry. Explain your frustrations calmly and sensibly — see it as an opportunity tic hear up any difficulties you may have with this person.

1. After realizing an email accident, you are likely to feel _______.

A．curious	B．tired
C．awful	D．funny

2. If you have written the wrong name in an email, it is best to ________.

A．apologise in a serious manner

B．tell the receiver to ignore the error

C．learn to write the name correctly

D．send a short notice to everyone

3. What should you do when an unpleasant conversation is started by your “reply all” email?

A．Try offering other choices.

B．Avoid further involvement.

C．Meet other staff members.

D．Make a light-hearted apology.

4. How should you deal with the problem caused by an offensive email?

A．By promising not to offend the receiver again.

B．By seeking support from the receiver’s friends.

C．By asking the receiver to control his anger.

D．By talking to the receiver face to face.

5. What is the passage mainly about?

A．Defining email errors.

B．Reducing email mistakes.

C．Handling email accidents.

D．Improving email writing.

9 . Hannah Taylor is a schoolgirl from Manitoba, Canada. One day, when she was five years old, she was walking with her mother in downtown Winnipeg. They saw a man_________out of a garbage can. She asked her mother why he did that and her mother said that the man was homeless and hungry. Hannah was very_________.She couldn't understand why some people had to live their lives without shelter or enough food. Hannah started to think about how she could_________,but, of course, there is not a lot one five-year-old can do to solve(解决)the problem of homelessness.

Later, when Hannah attended school, she saw another homeless person. It was a woman,_______ an old shopping trolley（购物车）which was piled with_______. It seemed that everything the woman owned was in them. This made Hannah very sad, and even more_______to do something. She had been talking to her mother about the lives of homeless people_______they first saw the homeless man. Her mother told her that if she did something to change the problem that made her sad, she wouldn’t_______as bad.

Hannah began to speak out about the homelessness in Manitoba and then in other provinces. She hoped to_______her message of hope and awareness. She started the Ladybug Foundation, an organization aiming at getting rid of homelessness. She began to __________ “Big Bosses” lunches, where she would try to persuade local business leaders to ________to the cause. She also organized a fundraising(募捐)drive in “Ladybug Jars” to collect everyone`s spare change during “Make Change” month. More recently, the foundation began another ________ called National Red Scarf Day—a day when people donate $20 and wear red scarves in support of Canada`s ________and homeless.

There is an emergency shelter in Winnipeg called “Hannah`s Place”, something that Hannah is very________of. Hannah`s Place is divided into several areas, providing shelter for people when it is so cold that________outdoors can mean death. In the more than five years since Hannah began her activities, she has received a lot of ________.For example, she received the 2007 BRICK Award recognizing the ________ of young people to change the world. But ________   all this, Hannah still has the ________   life of a Winnipeg schoolgirl, except that she pays regular visits to homeless people.

Hannah is one of many examples of young people who are making a ________ in the world. You can, too!

1.

A．jumping

B．eating

C．crying

D．waving

2.

A．annoyed

B．nervous

C．ashamed

D．upset

3.

A．behave

B．manage

C．help

D．work

4.

A．pushing

B．carrying

C．buying

D．holding

5.

A．goods

B．bottles

C．foods

D．bags

6.

A．excited

B．determined

C．energetic

D．grateful

7.

A．since

B．unless

C．although

D．as

8.

A．sound

B．get

C．feel

D．look

9.

A．exchange

B．leave

C．keep

D．spread

10.

A．sell

B．deliver

C．host

D．pack

11.

A．contribute

B．lead

C．apply

D．agree

12.

A．campaign

B．trip

C．procedure

D．trial

13.

A．elderly

B．hungry

C．lonely

D．sick

14.

A．aware

B．afraid

C．proud

D．sure

15.

A．going

B．sleeping

C．traveling

D．playing

16.

A．praises

B．invitations

C．replies

D．appointments

17.

A．needs

B．interests

C．dreams

D．efforts

18.

A．for

B．through

C．besides

D．along

19.

A．healthy

B．public

C．normal

D．tough

20.

A．choice

B．profit

C．judgment

D．difference

10 . 完形填空 (基础题)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1--20题中所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
When our teacher asked us to think about someone who changed our life, I right away thought of my cousin Angela.
Angela was a straight “A” student when she was at school. She was _______, so she often told me, “Study hard. Your _______will pay off. You will have a good career and actually be_______in life.” When she graduated, she got accepted to a university. _______in the university for about a year, she ended up leaving there, because she didn’t have enough _______for the next year. But a year later, she _______. This time she was not only a college student, but also a(n) _______. She had to work her _______ time and do homework during school hours. It must have been her most difficult period of time, but she didn’t_______at all. Instead, she told me how to become __________and responsible.
I ____________her and often tell myself that I should work hard to __________it once I set my mind to something like Angela. Her ways are changing my ways. Now I don’t do the things I ____________to do. Ever since I started high school, I have been more____________. I am not lazy any more. Instead, I try to come to school every day. I have __________everything aside and just have been focused on school. I am really____________that she has changed me a lot.
As our teacher was ____________, I already had something to write, because I ____________thought of my cousin. I am actually proud to say that she is my ____________, because I wouldn’t be here at this point of time without her help. I firmly believe that I will be someone who __________someone else one day.1.

A．hardworking

B．easygoing

C．responsible

D．reliable

2.

A．money

B．effort

C．value

D．wealth

3.

A．anybody

B．nobody

C．everybody

D．somebody

4.

A．Teaching

B．Working

C．Studying

D．Volunteering

5.

A．time

B．money

C．energy

D．preparation

6.

A．gave in

B．went away

C．went back

D．gave up

7.

A．employer

B．teacher

C．student

D．worker

8.

A．empty

B．busy

C．spare

D．full

9.

A．pretend

B．notice

C．realize

D．complain

10.

A．honest

B．strong

C．rich

D．healthy

11.

A．refuse

B．appreciate

C．praise

D．dislike

12.

A．find

B．imagine

C．recognize

D．achieve

13.

A．seemed

B．hated

C．used

D．desired

14.

A．concentrated

B．interested

C．frightened

D．delighted

15.

A．pulled

B．arranged

C．pushed

D．saved

16.

A．hopeful

B．faithful

C．helpful

D．thankful

17.

A．asking

B．replying

C．commanding

D．laughing

18.

A．usually

B．heavily

C．finally

D．fortunately

19.

A．cousin

B．hero

C．judge

D．competitor

20.

A．protects

B．admires

C．encourages

D．persuades