It feels like every time my mother and I start to have a conversation, it turns into an argument. We talk about something as simple as dinner plans and suddenly, my mother will push the conversation into World War 3. She’ll talk about my lack of bright future because I don’t plan to be a doctor. And much to her disappointment, I don’t want to do any job related to science, either. In fact, when I was pushed to say that I planned to major(主修) in English and communications, she nearly had a heart attack.
“Why can’t you be like my co-worker’s son?” she bemoans (哀叹) all the time. Her coworker’s son received a four-year scholarship and is now earning 70,000 dollars a year as an engineer. I don’t know what to answer except that I simply can’t be like Mr. Perfect as I’ve called the unnamed co-worker’s son. I can’t be like him. I am the type of the person who loved to help out in the community, write until the sun goes down, and most of all, wants to achieve a career because I love it, not because of a fame or salary.
I understand why my mother is worried about my future major. I’ve seen my mother struggle to raise me on her small salary and work long hours. She leaves the house around 6:30 am and usually comes home around 5 pm or even 6pm. However, I want her to know that by becoming a doctor, it doesn’t mean I’ll be successful. I’d rather follow my dreams and create my own future.
1.Which of the following topics do the writer and his mother often talk about?
A. the writer’s studies B. the writer’s future job
C. dinner plans D. wars around the world
2. We can infer from Paragraph 1 that the writer’s mother _____.
A. doesn’t want the writer to major English
B. doesn’t think the writer should be a doctor
C. gets along very well with the writer
D. doesn’t think working in the scientific field is a good idea
3.Which of the following statements is probably TRUE about the writer?
A. He wants to be like his mother’s co-worker’s son.
B. He wants to find a job in his community in the future.
C. He doesn’t think his mother’s co-worker’s son is perfect.
D. He wants to do something he really likes in the future.
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Specialists say that it is not easy to get used to life in a new culture. “Culture shock” is the term these specialists use when talking about the feelings that people have in a new environment. There are three stages of culture shock, say the specialists. In the first stage, the newcomers like their new environment. Then, when the fresh experience dies, they begin to hate the city, the country, the people, and everything else. In the last stage, the newcomers begin to adjust to (适应) their surroundings and, as a result, enjoy their life more.
There are some obvious factors in culture shock. The weather may be unpleasant. The customs may be different. The public service systems—the telephone, post office, or transportation—may be difficult to work out. The simplest things seem to be big problems. The language may be difficult.
Who feels culture shock? Everyone does in this way or that. But culture shock surprises most people. Very often the people having the worst culture shock are those who never had any difficulties in their home countries and were successful in their community. Coming to a new country, these people find they do not have the same established positions. They find themselves without a role, almost without an identity. They have to build a new self-image.
Culture shock gives rise to a feeling of disorientation. This feeling may be homesickness. When homesick(想家), people feel like staying inside all the time. They want to protect themselves from the strange environment, and create an escape inside their room for a sense of security. This escape does solve the problem of culture shock for the short term, but it does nothing to make the person familiar with the culture. Getting to know the new environment and gaining experience—these are the long-term solutions to the problem of culture shock.
1.According to the passage, factors that give rise to culture shock include all of the following except _____.
A. language communication
B. weather conditions and customs
C. public service systems
D. homesickness
2.According to the passage, the more successful you are at home, __________.
A, the fewer difficulties you may have abroad
B. the more difficulties you may have abroad
C. the more money you will earn abroad
D. the less homesick you will feel abroad
3.The underlined word in the last paragraph mostly probably means ________.
A. being homesick B. being lost
C. protecting oneself D. gaining experience
4.What is the main idea of the last paragraph?
A. Escape unfamiliar environment
B. The feeling of homesickness.
C. Homesickness can solve the problem of culture shock.
D. The best way to overcome culture shock: get familiar with the new culture.
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To master a language one must be able to speak and understand the spoken language as well as to read and write．Lenin and his wife Krupskaya translated a long English book into Russian．But when they went to England in 1980, English people couldn’t understand what was said to them．These days more foreigners are coming to China and more and more Chinese are going out to foreign countries to work or study．So the spoken language is becoming more and more important．
Speaking, of course, can’t go without listening．If you want to pronounce a word correctly, first you must hear it correctly．The sounds of the Chinese and English language are not exactly the same．If you don’t listen carefully, you’ll find it difficult or even impossible to understand the native speakers．
Well, what about writing? Like speaking, it’s to exchange ideas．People generally use shorter words and shorter sentences in their writing．The important thing is to make your idea in your head and then to write it in clear lively language．
Chinese students read far too slowly．If you read fast, you understand better．If you read too slowly, by the time you have reached the end of a page you have forgotten what the beginning is about．When you meet with new words, don’t look them up in the dictionary．Guess the meaning from the context(上下文)．You may not guess quite correctly the first time, but as new words come up again and again in different contexts, their meaning will become clearer and clearer．If you look up every word, you’ll never finish a book．
Students of a foreign language need a particular knowledge, the knowledge of the life, history and geography of the people whose language they’re studying．They should study these subjects in the foreign language, not only in translation．In this way one can kill two birds with one stone: learn a foreign language and get some knowledge of the foreign country at the same time．
1.In the first paragraph the writer tells us ．
A．how to speak English
B．how to read and write
C．why spoken English is important
D．why English people couldn’t understand Lenin
2.In his last point the writer advises us ．
A．to kill two birds with one stone
B．to learn two languages at a time
C．to study all the subjects in a foreign language
D．to get some knowledge of the foreign country whose language you are studying．
3.In the fourth paragraph the writer give some advice on ．
A．how to read faster
B．how to guess the meaning from the context
C．how to look up new words in the dictionary
D．how to grasp the general meaning of a passage
4.“To kill two birds with one stone” means ．
A．to get some particular knowledge
B．to get more than what one pays
C．the stone is too big
D．the birds are blind enough
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The temperature of the sun is over 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit at the surface, but it rises to perhaps more than 16 million degrees at the center. The sun is so much hotter than the earth that matter can exist only as a gas, except at the core(核心). In the core of the sun, the pressures are so great against the gases that, despite the high temperature, there may be a small solid core. However, no one really knows, since the center of the sun can never be directly observed.
Solar astronomers do know that the sun is divided into five layers or zones. Starting at the outside and going down into the sun, the zones are the corona, chromosphere, photosphere, convection zone and finally the core. The first three zones are regarded as the sun’s atmosphere. But since the sun has no solid surface, it is hard to tell where the atmosphere ends and the main body of the sun begins.
The sun’s outermost layer begins about 10,000 miles above the visible surface and goes outward for millions of miles. This is the only part of the sun that can be seen during an eclipse (日食) such as the one in February 1979. At any other time, the corona can be seen only when special instruments are used on cameras and telescopes to shut out the glare(刺眼的强光)of the sun’s rays.
The corona is a brilliant, pearly white, filmy light, about as bright as the full moon. Its beautiful rays are a sensational sight during an eclipse. The corona’s rays flash out in a brilliant fan that has wispy spikelike (一束束穗状) rays near the sun’s north and south poles. The corona is thickest at the sun’s equator.
The corona rays are made up of gases streaming outward at tremendous speeds and reaching a temperature of more than 2 million degrees Fahrenheit. The rays of gas thin out as they reach the space around the planets. By the time the sun’s corona rays reach the earth, they are weak and invisible.
1.Matter on the sun can exist only in the form of gas because of the sun’s ______.
A. size B. age
C. location D. temperature
2.With what topic is the second paragraph mainly concerned?
A. How the sun evolved.
B. The structure of the sun.
C. Why scientists study the sun.
D. The distance of the sun from the planets.
3.All of the following are parts of the sun’ s atmosphere EXCEPT the _______.
A. corona B. chromosphere
C. photosphere D. core
4.The paragraph following the passage most likely discusses which of the following?
A. The remaining layers of the sun.
B. The evolution of the sun to its present form.
C. The eclipse of February 1979.
D. Scientists will cost more money on researching the corona.
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短文改错
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Dear Peter,
In your last email, you said you like collecting stamps. That sounds greatly. I like it, too and had already collected lots of them. So I’d be glad to offer you some Chinese stamp.
Besides collecting stamps, I enjoy listen to different kinds of music in my spare time, like pop music, jazz, classical music and so on. For a result, I have made many good friends but learnt much about the world. So I have benefited a lot my hobbies.
As a Senior 1 student, I am now working very hard to prepare for the coming exam. In the class, I listen to the teachers attentively and take notes careful. After class, I take an active part on various sports to keep healthy.
Best wishes.
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根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
People around the world used their computers to buy goods，communicate with others，listen to music，see pictures and learn about different places and ideas．In 2006，more people around the world used new ways to communicate and connect with each other through the Internet．
1. Blog is a short way of saying Web log．Through these personal websites，people can share their experiences，ideas and opinions with anyone on the Internet．
People of all ages have their own blogs．For young people，they are a way to show their writings and other forms of self-expression．
2. These sites include “MySpace”，used mainly by teenagers and young adults． MySpace is an online community that lets people share messages and pictures with an increasing number of friends． 3.
YouTube is another Internet site that became more popular this year．This website lets anyone create，share and watch short videos．People can watch almost anything on YouTube：news，sports and entertainment events． 4. These include videos of people singing or dancing，or animals doing funny things．Three young men created YouTube almost two years ago as a personal video sharing service．They recently sold it to Google for more than one half billon dollars．
Games and entertainment also became a larger part of the Internet this year．One Internet social site is called Second Life． 5. They get married，build homes，operate businesses，buy and sell goods，work，play and attend school．
A. The blog is one form of communication that enjoys growing popularity．
B. People of all ages use computers to express themselves．
C. It is an online world in which computer users create a new self and live a different life．
D. Many Websites offer free services to create personal Web pages and fill them with writing site on the web.
E. There are music videos，and videos made by people in their own homes．
F. More and more people are buying computers because of the lower price．
G. It is the most popular social networking site on the web．
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完型填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
A lady wanted a birthday gift from her husband. For many months she had liked a beautiful _ , and knowing her husband could it, she told him that was all she wanted. On the morning of the , her husband told her how he was to have such a good wife, and how much he loved her. He her a beautiful gift package (纸盒). She opened it and _ a Bible. , she raised her voice and said to her husband, “With all your money, you give me a Bible?” She was so that she left him.
Many years passed and the lady was very in business. She owned two large companies. She her husband was very old, and thought perhaps she should go to _ him. But before she could, she a letter telling her that he had died, and gave all of his possessions (财产) to her. She needed to come back and things.
When she arrived at his house, sadness her heart. She saw the still new , just as she had left it years before. With , she opened it and began to turn the pages. A ring from the Bible to the floor and a could be seen. She picked it up and found it was the ring she wanted in those days. And on the card was the date of her birth, and the words “LUV U ALWAYS”.
your gift is not packaged the way you want it, it’s because it is better packaged the way it is! Always appreciate little things; they usually lead you to bigger things! The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched for they must be felt with the __ .
1.A. watch B. ring C. coat D. box
2.A. afford B. like C. design D. guess
3.A. holiday B. performance C. birthday D. meeting
4.A. proud B. kind C. sorry D. brave
5.A. lent B. asked C. gave D. moved
6.A. carried B. found C. missed D. held
7.A. Politely B. Lightly C. Patiently D. Angrily
8.A. calm B. upset C. grateful D. careless
9.A. failing B. lonely C. successful D. poor
10.A. wondered B. hoped C. realized D. explained
11.A. visit B. understand C. catch D. help
12.A. passed B. wrote C. sent D. received
13.A. take care of B. pay for C. look for D. give away
14.A. covered B. broke C. left D. filled
15.A. car B. Bible C. letter D. table
16.A. smiles B. laughter C. tears D. interests
17.A. hid B. dropped C. disappeared D. made
18.A. book B. pen C. flower D. card
19.A. If B. But C. Although D. So
20.A. hand B. eye C. face D. heart
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语法填空
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。
It is sad but true that people die in earthquakes 1. falling furniture and bricks. Earthquake 2. (safe) is very important and there is more to it 3. just keeping buildings from falling down. So if your home is in an earthquake area, you should prepare carefully before the earthquake 4. (come).
First, make sure you buy a house which is earthquake safe. All pipes should be fixed to the walls and all walls should be 5. (especial) thick and strong. Make sure the building has no6. (break) windows and is well repaired.
Second, look at the objects in your house. Objects 7. computers, televisions and lamps can be tied to tables or 8. (stick) to them so they won’t easily move around. The cupboards, 9. many small things are stored, should have strong doors. Always remember,
10. (good) safe than sorry.
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书面表达
你们的外教Thomas 先生准备举行一场以 Music and My Life 为题的英语作文比赛，请你根据下面的内容写一篇英语短文。
内容包括：
1. 你喜欢的音乐类型；
2. 你最喜欢在什么时候听音乐以及原因；
3. 你对音乐的感受。
注意：1. 词数100左右；2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Music and My Life
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单词拼写
根据首字母和已给出的中文，写出所缺单词的正确形式，每空填一个词。
1.What you are trying to decide with this strategy decision is where your c__________(竞争的）product’s advantage lies.
2.He made the promise quite v____________ (自愿地) .
3.The general manager of the company made a grand f __________ (金融的) mistake and was sent into prison.
4.The room echoed with their happy l __________ (大笑).
5.A d__________(忠实的) friend must share everything.
6.She listened a __________ (认真地) and set down every word he said.
7.As is often the case, humans are the primary cause of e__________（绝种).
8.It is u__________ (全球地) acknowledged that China is a developing country.
9.In some parts of the world nowadays, you often see musicians performing in the streets to p________ (行人)。
10.She had been a r________ (接待员)before she became an actress.
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短语选择填空。
选择方框内适合的短语并用其正确形式填空。
1.这是深大附中。
This is the school _______ ________ Shenzhen University.
2.前几天，他提出这个想法。
He _______ ______ ______ the idea the other day.
3.那里有属于他的东西。
There is something _______ _______ him.
4.沉迷于游戏，他没有听到老师所说的。
_______ _______ games, he didn’t hear what the teacher was talking.
5.他的妻子是一个护士，由于受伤失去了双腿。
His wife, a nurse, lost both her legs ______ _______ ______ ______ her injuries.
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