1 . She has left an honest and ________ (rely) impression on the audience. No wonder she won the election! (所给词的适当形式填空)

2 . Anger and stress are nothing compared __the real costs of the motor car.

3 . __ average of just 15 cm of rainfall(降雨量) last year has made it the driest year since 1850.

4 . What will the man do after he gets home?

A．Drive to a furniture store.

B．Buy the woman a new table.

C．Borrow a truck from the woman.

5 . What are the speakers doing?

A．Taking a picture.

B．Having a haircut.

C．Looking at a photo.

6 . How does the woman want her meat cooked?

A．Rare.

B．Medium-rare.

C．Well done.

7 . One of my wonderful memories is about a Christmas gift. Unlike other gifts, it came without wrap (包装).

On September 11th, 1958, Mum gave birth to Richard. After she brought him home from hospital, she put him in my lap, saying, “I promised you a gift, and here it is.” What an honour! I turned four a month earlier and none of my friends had such a baby doll of their own. I played with it day and night. I sang to it. I told it stories. I told it over and over how much I loved it!

One morning, however, I found its bed empty. My doll was gone! I cried for it.Mum wept and told me that the poor little thing had been sent to a hospital. It had a fever. For several days, I heard Mum and Dad whispering such words as “hopeless”, “pitiful”, and “dying”, which sounded ominous.

Christmas was coming. “Don’t expect any presents this year,” Dad said, pointing at the socks I hung in the living room.“If your baby brother lives, that’ll be Christmas enough.” As he spoke, his eyes filled with tears. I’d never seen him cry before.

The phone rang early on Christmas morning. Dad jumped out of bed to answer it. From my bedroom I heard him say, “What? He’s all right?” He hung up and shouted upstairs. “The hospital said we can bring Richard home!”

“Thank God!” I heard Mum cry.

From the upstairs window, I watched my parents rush out to the car. I had never seen them so happy. And I was also full of joy. What a wonderful day! My baby doll would be home. I ran downstairs. My socks still hung there flat. But I knew they were not empty; they were filled with love!

1. What happened to the author on September 11th, 1958?

A．He got a baby brother.

B．He got a Christmas gift.

C．He became four years old.

D．He received a doll.

2. What does the underlined word “ominous” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A．Impossible.	B．Boring.
C．Difficult.	D．Fearful.

3. Which word can best describe the feeling of the father when Christmas was coming?

A．Excitement.	B．Happiness.
C．Sadness.	D．Disappointment.

4. What is the passage mainly about?

A．A sad Christmas day.

B．Life with a lovely baby.

C．A special Christmas gift.

D．Memories of a happy family.

9 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?

A．Father and daughter.

B．Teacher and student.

C．Classmates.

2. What does the woman want to become?

A．A security guard.

B．A computer security expert.

C．A computer science teacher.

3. What does the man suggest the woman do?

A．Do well in math.

B．Major in math.

C．See math as a career.