2 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What’s the man’s dream?

A．To be an artist.

B．To be a teacher.

C．To be a scientist.

2. What do we know about Copernicus’ theory?

A．It proved that the earth was still.

B．It was influenced by Newton and Einstein.

C．It is the basis of ideas about the universe today.

3. What was thought to be the center of the universe at the time of Copernicus?

A．The earth.

B．The sun.

C．God.

4. Why did Copernicus publish his theory when he was dying?

A．He wasn’t sure of his theory until then.

B．He was afraid of being punished.

C．His friends told him not to publish it.

3 . I’ve learned from the newspaper that your company is looking for receptionist. I’m very interesting in the job and I’d like to apply to the position.

First of all, allow me to introduce myself. I had just graduated from high school and taken the University Entrance Examination. I want to find out a part-time job this summer. I’m 18 year old and have a good command of English, especial in terms of speaking and listening. In fact, I once won the first prize in the English speech competition hold in our school. Besides, I’m quite easy-going but therefore very popular among my classmates.

I sincerely hope you can give us a chance. I’m looking forward to your early reply.

4 .     1     is well known, optimism(乐观)plays an important role in one’s life. Although we are facing many difficulties, we should keep optimistic. Optimism is a mental(精神的)attitude or world view and it means expecting     2     best possible result from any given situation.

I did     3     (poor) in English in the past, but I never gave up struggling(搏斗). All my families, teachers and friends encouraged     4     (I) and they taught me a lot of     5     (use) ways of learning English. I     6     (keep) practicing as they told me to do. I listened to English news and songs and I read interesting English stories. At weekends, watching some English movies was another good way to make my English better.     7    difficulties I came across, I tried my best to work them out. I believe in myself,     8     (believe) that hard work would finally pay off. Gradually, I make progress in my English. Nowadays, I can remember English words     9     (easy) and use them freely when communicating with foreigners.

Thanks to optimism, I have become one of the top English     10     (learn) in my school now.

5 . 假如你是李华，你的好友John热爱绘画，从小梦想成为—名画家。但他的家人极力反对，他有些犹豫不决，于是写信向你征求建议。请你给他写一封英文回信，要点如下：

1.支持他的梦想；

2.原因（比如：要坚守梦想，画家不一定没有好的收入，绘画是一种高尚的事业等）；

3.盼望回复。

注意: 1.词数100左右；2.信的格式和开头语已为你写好，不计入总词数。
Dear John,

I hear that you are not sure about becoming an artist because of your family's objections.________________

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Yours,

Li Hua

6 . Life is difficult.
But life is no longer difficult once we truly understand and accept it.
Most do not fully see this truth. Instead they complain about their problems and difficulties as if life should be easy. It seems to them that their difficulties represent a special kind of suffering especially forced upon them or else upon their families, their class, or even their nation.
What makes life difficult is that the process of facing and solving problems is painful. Problems, depending on their nature, cause us sadness or loneliness or regret or anger or fear. These are uncomfortable feelings, often as any kind of physical pain. And since life causes an endless series of problems, life is always difficult and is full of pain as well as joy.
Yet, it is in this whole of solving problems that life has its meaning.
Problems are the serious test that tells success from failure. When we desire to encourage the growth of the human spirit we encourage the human ability to solve problems just as in school we set problems for our children to solve. It is through the pain of meeting and working out problems that we learn. As Benjamin Franklin said, “Those things that hurts, instruct.” It is for this reason that wise people learn not to fear but to welcome the pain of problems.
1. From the passage, it can be inferred that ______.

A．not everybody has problems

B．we become stronger by facing and solving the problems in life

C．life is difficult because our problems bring us pain

D．people like to complain about their problems

2. The writer uses just one short sentence in the first paragraph probably to ______.

A．save space	B．persuade readers
C．make readers laugh	D．get readers’ attention

3. According to the passage, we give school children difficult problems to solve in order to ______.

A．encourage them to learn

B．make them suffer

C．help them learn to deal with pain

D．help them understand life is difficult

4. “Those things that hurt, instruct.” From Benjamin Franklin suggests that ______.

A．we do not learn from experience

B．we do not learn when we are in pain

C．pain teaches us important lessons

D．pain cannot be forgotten

7 . Besides the excitement of travel, one reason to study abroad is that you will experience new customs, holidays, foods, art, music, and politics firsthand.
“I learned the language and am now fluent, but perhaps what’s more important was how much I learned about cultures, people, and myself.   I learned this from the viewpoint of an active member of the community and my host family, not from the tourist’s point of view,” says Andrew, who studied in Poitiers, France.
Another reason for studying abroad is that you’ll gain self-confidence. Christina studied in Caracas, Venezuela, a city of 10 million people and a huge change from her home town of 35,000! Christina says she learned how to better stand up for herself and her beliefs and to express herself in another language. What could make you more confident than that?
Living away from home can also help you adjust in the transition(过渡) to college and adulthood. Mathew says he returned from studying in Australia with confidence and a real interest in international affairs that made him different from his peers(同龄人). “After having gone abroad in high school, I found the transition to college to be ____ –moving 560 miles from home didn’t seem particularly frightening after having lived thousands of miles away.”
Most of all, it’s fun while you’re studying in a different learning environment.
1. The passage is mainly about          .

A．the benefits of studying abroad

B．living in a foreign country

C．the excitement of travel

D．learning a language

2. What did Andrew pay special attention to while studying abroad?

A．Host families.	B．The foreign cultures.
C．Places of interest.	D．Community problems.

3. The example of Christina mainly shows that studying abroad can          .

A．change our habits	B．offer us opportunities
C．increase our knowledge	D．build our confidence

4. The underlined words “a breeze” in Paragraph 4 probably refer to           .

A．something very important	B．something very interesting
C．something very easy	D．something very soft