— ___________.
| A．Yes, I think so | B．Yes, I will |
| C．It’s a good game | D．That’s a good idea |
It was a very cold afternoon. I was on the bus
A few minutes later，
A young man put the window down. “Hey, here’s an umbrella for you, please take
This man might have needed the umbrella for himself later during the day, but he gave it to me. It was a lesson to me that it’s possible to give without expecting anything in return.
—________. It’s going to be all right.
| A．No way | B．Go ahead |
| C．Keep cool | D．Never mind |
4 . Entering the drama room I am immediately surrounded by the familiar sights, smells and sounds. Streaks (条纹；线条) of light cast by the blinds of the tall
Some of the best times of my life have been spent here. It’s ironic (讽刺的), but the
When I’m on stage, everything else vanishes (消失). All the worries and
I
High school is a difficult atmosphere, to put it
| A．doors | B．windows | C．roofs | D．walls |
| A．smells | B．tastes | C．sounds | D．looks |
| A．hate | B．love | C．miss | D．forget |
| A．room | B．office | C．building | D．stage |
| A．pretend | B．expect | C．want | D．decide |
| A．hardly | B．seriously | C．constantly | D．happily |
| A．thought of | B．judged | C．taken care of | D．feeling |
| A．happiness | B．anxieties | C．chances | D．pressures |
| A．feeling | B．idea | C．hope | D．fact |
| A．seldom | B．almost | C．relatively | D．absolutely |
| A．hope | B．doubt | C．think | D．suspect |
| A．up for | B．out of | C．up to | D．down to |
| A．pride | B．duty | C．humor | D．sight |
| A．cruelly | B．tensely | C．friendly | D．mildly |
| A．fond of | B．afraid for | C．sure of | D．interested in |
内容要点：
(1)写信目的；
(2)活动时间、地点及主要内容；
(3)期待对方回复。
注意: 1.词数90左右：
2.开头和结尾已经给出，不计入词数；
3.可以适当增加细节，并将开头和结尾抄写在答题卡上，以使行文连贯。
Dear Robert,
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Yours,
Li Hua
—Hold on, please.
| A．Excuse me, are you John | B．May I speak to John, please |
| C．Are you at home, John | D．Where are you, John |
—Pretty good. Everything goes well.
| A．What are you doing | B．How old are you |
| C．What’s wrong | D．How’s it going |
8 . Modern inventions have greatly increased people’s love of speed. Motor cars cover a hundred miles in a little more than one hour, aircraft cross the world within a day, while computers operate at lightning speed. Indeed, this love of speed seems never-ending. Every year we produce motor cars which go even faster and each new computer is said to save precious seconds in handling tasks.
All this saves time, but at a price. When we lose or gain half a day in speeding across the world in an airplane, our bodies tell us so. We get the uncomfortable feeling known as jet lag (时差反应): our bodies feel that they have been left behind in another time zone. Again, spending too much time in front of computers results in eye pain or finger pain. Mobile phones also have their dangers, according to some scientists. Too much use may do harm to our brains, a bad result we do not like to think about.
What do we do with the time we have saved then? Certainly not relax. We are so used to constant (连续不断的) activities that we find it difficult to sit and do nothing or even just one thing at a time. Perhaps the days are long gone when we might listen quietly to a story on the radio, letting imagination take us into another world.
Modern inventions have brought us great benefits, but at the same time, we have lost a lot of fun as human beings. There was a time when some people’s lives were devoted simply to the farming of the land or the care of cattle. Their lives went on at a much slower speed, and in a familiar pattern. We might admire a way of life like this, yet such a lifestyle will be just a dream for us nowadays. Modern technology has changed everything.
1. The underlined word lightning in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ________.| A．fast | B．unexpected | C．possible | D．exciting |
| A．happiness | B．health | C．wealth | D．safety |
| A．happier and more relaxing | B．faster and less enjoyable |
| C．simpler and less comfortable | D．slower and healthier |
| A．life in the future will be better | B．we should do more physical work |
| C．we cannot enjoy modern life | D．our life cannot be what it used to be |
| A．Business. | B．Education. | C．Sports. | D．Life. |
9 . In many families today, both the mother and the father have jobs outside the home. This can make it difficult to take care of the children. To help, some companies are changing the work rules. These companies are trying to be more family-friendly.
What are companies doing to become family-friendly? Many companies are allowing their employees (雇员) to work flexible (灵活的) hours. With flexible hours, people can work full time, but they don’t have to work to a nine-to-five schedule. Some employees choose to come early and leave early. Some employees choose to work ten hours one day and six hours the next. Most companies say that flexible hours increase productivity. In the United States, about one-third of full-time employees have flexible work schedules.
Family-friendly companies also allow two employees to share one job. Each employee does half the job and gets half the salary. In the United States, 27% of the companies offer some kind of job sharing.
Many family-friendly companies also give paid leave to both parents when a baby is born. In many countries, employers have to give female workers time off before and after the birth of a child. In the United States, for example, female employees get 12 weeks of unpaid time off. New mothers can stay at home, but they don t get their salary. In some countries, employers have to give all workers paid leave for the birth of their child. In Finland, for example, both male and female employees get paid leave. Women get 105 days of paid leave and men get 42.
The way people work is changing. For many people, that is a good thing.
1. Some companies make some changes in their work rules to ________.| A．enable parents to take care of their children |
| B．give parents more time to relax |
| C．provide parents with more job opportunities |
| D．allow parents to work at home |
| A．can arrange their work time themselves | B．can work with their babies around |
| C．must work from nine to five | D．must share jobs with others |
| A．Employers become busier with flexible hours. |
| B．Employers have enough time to look after their children. |
| C．Employees can get job-sharing opportunities in some American companies. |
| D．Employees can have three months’ paid leave in some American companies. |
| A．they have physical problems | B．they have a new baby |
| C．they do a good job | D．they do extra work |
| A．companies’ work rules about getting leave |
| B．ways of job sharing in some companies |
| C．job opportunities for female employees |
| D．some companies’ family-friendly rules |
10 . One Saturday, Mary and 1 were playing with a ball and suddenly the ball went into a big man’s house. We went to his house and asked him if he could let us in to get our ball. He said, “No.” We felt helpless. Then I had an idea. There was a water tank (水箱) behind the man’s house. I looked at it and told Mary that we could climb onto the water tank and jump over the wall. Mary agreed, but we were both wearing skirts. So we decided to get our ball the next day.
The next morning Mary and I went to the water tank very early. We were both wearing shorts. Mary first climbed down into the man’s house by herself and I followed her. We looked for the ball and found it under a bed. Along with the ball were some gold bars! In a rush, we climbed back with the ball.
When we reached Mary’s house, the TV was on. It was news time. We couldn’t believe our ears when we heard that 20 gold bars were stolen from a gold shop. They showed a picture of the gold bars which were exactly the same as the ones we had seen under the big man’s bed. We rushed to tell Mary’s mother about the gold bars and she called the police immediately. The police came at once and caught the man. They found the gold bars in his house.
Several days later a police officer came and said, “Thank you children for helping us catch the thief. Here is the reward for you.”
We opened the gift box and were greatly surprised. There were some detective (侦探的) storybooks.
1. What can we learn about the big man from Paragraph 1?| A．He was unhappy. | B．He was unfriendly. |
| C．He was crazy. | D．He was rich. |
| A．Because they got no permission. |
| B．Because they were afraid of the big man. |
| C．Because they didn’t know how to climb onto it. |
| D．Because they didn’t wear suitable clothes. |
| A．Mary was followed by the man. |
| B．Mary went to the water tank alone. |
| C．Both of the girls got into the house. |
| D．The girls ran out with the gold bars. |
| A．By watching the TV news. | B．By questioning the man. |
| C．By asking Mary’s mother. | D．By calling the police. |
| A．Two Honest Girls | B．A Ball and Gold Bars |
| C．Skirts and Shorts | D．A Stupid Thief |
