1 . ________ all that, she types fast enough, and is familiar with all the modern office devices.

A．As for

B．Apart from

C．After all

D．Except for

2 . Technology samples are designed to be ________ and to the point.

A．honest

B．generous

C．brief

D．precious

3 . It is pleasant to ________ a small talk in the lift.

A．cut off

B．put off

C．take off

D．set off

4 . 美国的Green Top Middle School是育才中学（Yucai Middle School）的国际友好学校，下周将有10名美国学生到校交流。育才中学面向全校公开招募10名学生，全程参加交流活动。假设你是李萍的英语老师Mr. Lee，要向学校推荐她参加该活动。请结合下面有关李萍的要点描述，代Mr. Lee写一封推荐信。
要点：1、年龄、班级和外貌特征；
2、有能力做好这份工作，性格开朗、擅长英语、了解历史等；
3、想参加的原因：作为学校的一员，想为学校做事；抓住运用英语的机会，提高英语水平。   
要求：1、内容须包括所有提示，可适当增加细节，使行文连贯；
2、字数100词左右，开头结尾已给出，不计入总字数。
Dear Yucai Middle School,

I’m Lee Nan, headteacher and English teacher of Class 1, Grade 9. I’m writing with the purpose that Li Ping will be chosen to communicate with the American students.

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

I do believe Li Ping would put in great effort and do a perfect task if offered the chance.

Sincerely,

Lee Nan

5 . 我发现要拒绝他的邀请不是很容易。
I find _______ not so difficult _______ _______ _______ his invitation.

6 . 为了让大家听清楚，他不得不提高嗓门。
He had to raised his voice ______ _____ he could _____ himself ______ clearly by all.

7 . 据说那部电影值得一看，对吗？
______ _______ that the movie is _______ _______, isn’t it?

8 . 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或根据首字母补全单词。

When I was growing up, I do not recall     1     (hear) the words “I love you” from my father. When your father never says     2     to you when you are a child, it gets more difficult for him     3     (say) those words as he gets older. To tell the     4    (true), I could not remember     5     I had last said those words to him either. I decided to change it and make the first move. After some hesitation (犹豫), in our next phone conversation I spoke out the words, “Dad … I love you!”

There was a silence at the     6     end and then he     7     (embarrass) replied, “Well, same back at you!”

I laughed and said, “Dad, I know you love me, and when you are ready, I know you     8     (say) what you want to say.”

A few weeks later, Dad ended our phone conversation     9     the words, “Paul, I love you.” I was at work during this conversation and the tears were falling down my face because I finally “heard” the love. As we both sat there in tears, we r    10     that this special moment had taken our father-son relationship to a new level.

9 . Social customs and ways of behaving change. Things which were considered impolite many years ago are now acceptable. Just a few years ago, it was considered impolite behavior for a man to smoke on the street. No man who thought of himself as being a gentleman would make a fool of himself by smoking when a lady was in a room.

Customs also differ from country to country. Does a man walk on the left or the right of a woman in your country? Or doesn’t it matter? What about table manners? Should you use both hands when you are eating? Should you leave one on your lap, or on the table?

The Americans and the British not only speak the same language but also share a large number of social customs. For example, in both America and England people shake hands when they meet each other for the first time. Also Englishmen will open a door for a woman or offer their seat to a woman, and so will most Americans. If a dinner invitation is for 7 o’clock, the dinner guest either arrives close to that time or calls up to explain his delay.

The important thing to remember about social customs is not to do anything that might make other people feel uncomfortable, especially if they are your guests. There is an old story about a man who gave a formal dinner party. When the food was served, one of the guests started to eat his peas (豆) with a knife. The other guests were amused or shocked, but the host calmly picked up his knife and began eating in the same way. It would have been bad manners to make his guest feel foolish or uncomfortable.

1. What’s the Chinese meaning of the underlined word?

A．礼貌的

B．可接受的

C．粗鲁的

D．拒绝的

2. If one has accepted a dinner invitation, what should he do if he is to be late for the dinner?

A．He should find an excuse.	B．He should ask for excuse.
C．He should say “sorry”.	D．He should telephone to explain his being late.

3. Which of the following do you think is the best title for this passage?

A．Social Customs and Behavior	B．Social Life.
C．American and British Customs.	D．To be on time is Important.

4. According to the text, the best host____________.

A．tries his best to make his guests feel comfortable

B．makes his guests feel excited

C．tries to avoid being naughty to his guests

D．tries to avoid being foolish

5. Which of the following do you think the author of this article may agree with?

A．The guest who ate his peas with a knife.

B．The other guests who were amused or shocked.

C．The host who picked up his knife and began eating in the same way.

D．None of the above.

10 . It is one thing to visit a zoo as an ordinary member of the public but quite another to own a zoo and live in the middle of it; this at times can be a mixed thing. It certainly forces you to rush out at any time of the day or night to watch your charges (收费), but it also means that you are on duty 24 hours of the day and you can find that a fine little dinner party breaks up because some animal has broken its leg, or because the heaters in the snake house have failed. Winter, of course, is your least busy period and sometimes days pass without a single visitor.

But in the summer season the days are so full and the visitors so many that you can hardly seem to notice the passing of time and you forget how much you have in the bank.

1. From the passage we understand that the writer        .

A．is always visiting zoos	B．lives in a cage in the zoo
C．is the owner of the zoo	D．can’t tell animals from people

2. If you live in a zoo, the writer says        .

A．you have to look after the animals every hour

B．you never have any free time

C．you only work at night

D．you are always having fine dinners

3. From the passage it is clear that in the winter        .

A．only one person visits zoo	B．the zoo is closed
C．nobody visit the zoo	D．very few people visit the zoo

4. Why does the writer find it difficult to have a dinner party in the zoo?

A．The animals eat all he food.	B．It’s too hot in the snake house.
C．Something always goes wrong.	D．The animals break your legs.

5. At the zoo in summer the writer says        .

A．there are too many visitors visiting the snakes

B．you don’t remember how much you have in the bank

C．time passes very slowly

D．you don’t know how to pass the time