1 . When we visited Alxa again ten years later, we found it changed so much that we could hardly ______ it.

A．remember

B．think about

C．believe

D．recognize

3 . ______ about the student, the teacher called his parents to find out why he was often absent from class.

A．Concerning	B．Be concerned
C．Concerned	D．Was concerned

4 . ______ your score and see how many points you get in the final test.

A．Add up

B．Add to

C．Add up to

D．Adding up

5 . 为了号召大家多读书，你校于 9 月 25 日组织了一次“亲子共读（parent-child reading）”活动。假设你是校英文报的记者，请根据以下要点用英语写一篇短文，报道此次活动。
1. 地点：学校图书馆；
2. 参加者：高二年级学生与家长；
3. 活动内容：亲子共读一本书；分享读书体会；互相推荐优秀书籍；
4. 简短评论
要求：1. 文章包含所有要点，可适当增加内容，使行文连贯
2. 词数 100 词左右。
参考词汇：1. 号召 call on
2. 激发了学生…的兴趣 arouse students’ interest in
3. 推荐 recommend
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6 . In today’s society, language plays a key role in defining gender (性别) by vocabulary, and also their non-verbal vocabulary. Each one of these different types of ways of communicating is obviously different between men and women.

Many different studies show that men tend to talk much more than women. It has also been proven that women tend to speak faster than men; this is due to the fact that women tend to be interrupted more often than men are, and also have the ability to speak more clearly, precisely and quickly than men. In one study it was found that women spoke for an average of three minutes describing a painting, as opposed to the thirteen-minute average it took men to describe it.

Men and women also tend to have a very different non-verbal way of communicating, which can also make it very hard for one another to understand what the opposite sex is trying to say. Men’s body language is much more reserved when talking to women. Men tend not to make as much eye contact, and they generally stay farther away from women when talking to them. Men avoid other people’s body space while talking, and they also tend to sit back when talking. All of these have given off the impression of disinterest or boredom. Women are by far better listeners and much more enjoyable to talk with and they tend to raise more topics for conversation.

Women also make it clearer whether or not the conversation is going somewhere or just stuck in neutral(中立). After learning about our styles of communicating with each other, I have decided that although men have not quite mastered communicating, what fun would it be if we all spoke the same “language”? The little games men and women play with each other while conversing would be lost. The question everyone asks himself or herself after talking with someone of the opposite sex, “I wonder if there’s something there?” would no longer exist.

1. What does the underlined word “this” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A．The differences between men’s and women’s languages.

B．The different speed of men’s and women’s speech.

C．The ability of men’s and women’s spoken language.

D．The non-verbal vocabulary of men and women.

2. In what way do men and women differ according to the third paragraph?

A．Speed of understanding.	B．Understanding of speech roles.
C．Politeness of communication.	D．Application of body language.

3. What is the author’s attitude to the differences between men’s and women’s communication?

A．Cautious.

B．Favorable.

C．Uncertain.

D．Skeptical.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．Women, born excellent talkers	B．Men’s and women’s social roles
C．Vocabulary and communication	D．Opposite gender, different languages

7 . Last night I entered a poetry competition. It was very rushed. It was the very last minute and I was unprepared. Yet I really wanted to do it. So, without the support of my family, I got up in front of a group of people and got ready to present my poem. But I didn’t expect to win.

Judges were chosen from the audience by having a bouncy ball thrown out into their midst to see who would catch it. As it is with most competitions, performers had 2 minutes to impress the judges who would then give a score from 0.0 to 10. There were five judges. I was the youngest person in the competition. I’m only 16 and everybody else was about 20—70. My poem went really well. People liked it and I think many were impressed by my courage to get up on stage and perform my own work. In the end, I came third, but I was not disappointed. After all, it was only 0.3 points that separated me from second place.

When it was all over, I was waiting in the car park for my dad to pick me up. One of the judges came up to me and told me I had done a fantastic job. Even though many people had congratulated me, this was different. The lady judge was very sincere. She said, “Here, have the ball, so you remember tonight”. I pulled a smile card out for the woman thanking her for her words and the ball. She was impressed by the card, but no words passed between us. It was a silent understanding. Words would ruin the moment.

My father beeped from the car park so I nodded my goodbye and got in the car, holding in my hand the bouncy ball that changed me.

1. It can be learned from the first paragraph that the author ________.

A．knew one of the five judges	B．got lots of support from her family
C．wasn’t prepared for the competition	D．was certain she could win the competition

2. When the author knew she came third in the competition, she felt ________.

A．sorry

B．sad

C．angry

D．satisfied

3. What can we learn from the passage?

A．The author was grateful to the woman.	B．The lady judge gave the author a card.
C．The woman is a professional judge.	D．The competition is aimed at students.

8 . She walked into the house, ________ by her little daughter.

A．following

B．to follow

C．follows

D．followed

10 . I don’t think it is teachers who ________ for giving students too much pressure.

A．were to blame

B．are to blame

C．are to be blamed

D．should blame