I In a society full of challenges and opportunities, in my opinion, it is a must to have a good ______ of a foreign language.
A. communication. B. comprehension.
C. command. D. competence.
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----Dad, why is it import to have friends?
----Whenever you have difficulties, friends are always there lending you their hands.
-----
A. No problem. B. Got it.
C. All right. D. Good idea.
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“It’s too early to conclude that the problem but I think we have been moving in the right direction,” the manager said
A. had been solved B.had solved
C. has been solved D. has solved
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------You friend Jane, even though she was busy, to your help when you were in trouble.
------You are right, but it is like her to be selfish.
A. might have come B. must have come
C. would have come D. need have come
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Following the decline in house prices in many small and mediun-sized cities, there are now signs _______ home prices in majors cities may also be set for a slide.
A. which B. that C. how D. what
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Some villagers reported a huge snake, _______ over two metres long, was found dead in a nearby cave.
A. measured B. being measured
C. measuring D. to be measured
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We will _______ to Egypt for sighting until the situation there become stable.
A. put down B. put off
C. put out D. put up
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National parks are important for preserving many animals, which would _______ run the risk of becoming extinct.
A. instead B. somehow
C.therefore D. otherwise
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What he wants to tell us is that it’s three years _______ he moved here .
A. that B. when
C. since D. before
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Big boy _______ I am, my mother asks me to keep it in mind that under no circumstances _______ go to swim.
A. as; will I B. so; will I
C. as; I will D. though; I will
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When the Marathon first came to Beijing in 1981, traffic was not _______ it is today.
A. bigger a headache than B. as a big headache as
C. so many a headache as D. as big a headache as
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Facing huge costs for their wedding, 62% of ______ surveyed said they would turn to their parents for help.
A. these B. some C. whom D. those
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It was proposed by the board that our school _____ more advanced teaching methods.
A. would introduced B. introduced
C. introduce D. be introducing
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Don’t worry about the baby not wanting to leave you----it’s a stag _______they all go through.
A. where B. that C. when D. what
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Nowadays, how we can take good care of _______old is becoming _______hot and serious topic.
A. the; a B. a; the
C. a; a D. the; the
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完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
All of us go through some difficult times as we approach teenage years. It’s the age when we have to deal with the most in our life. This transition from children to adulthood is for some, but rough for others. The most important thing about being a teenager is . When we are teenagers, we would get blamed or even punished for anything wrong we do.
It’s all not so about being a teenager though. We don’t have to have our take us to somewhere we want to go or we couldn’t go before. We can have with friends or even alone, which we couldn’t have because we were too to know what pleasure is! It’s a very enjoyable time of life. During this age, we are old enough to what is good for us, and make decisions without others.
But like the saying goes, “All good things must come to an end, but all bad things can continue .” During this period, we are having much for our studies. If we don’t pass, we won’t get jobs, and things will take a turn for the .With the present world economy in , we have to do really , really well in our for a job. Adults say that their is the hardest part of life. But I think the transition from a kid to an adult is much than being already an adult. What we do in our teenage years will what we become and how we lead our life in the future.
In conclusion, it is quite that parents put much pressure on an already stressed out teenager. If they realized that, living condition for teenagers would be much better. for the teens ourselves we should get to know what is best for us. What’s more, we should understand the right of life we choose at this age can make us happy for the rest of our existence.
1.A．chances B．changes C．feelings D．expectations
2.A．smooth B．practical C．demanding D．necessary
3.A．knowledge B．independence C．confidence D．responsibility
4.A．easy B．strange C．bad D．interesting
5.A．guides B．partners C．parents D．friends
6.A．fun B．trouble C．relation D．business
7.A．proud B．young C．smart D．mature
8.A．predict B．remember C．imagine D．understand
9.A．guiding B．helping C．inviting D．consulting
10.A．occasionally B．briefly C．forever D．naturally
11.A．pressure B．passion C．motivation D．panic
12.A．better B．worse C．fewer D．more
13.A．decline B．hope C．increase D．debt
14.A．contribution B．education C．application D．qualification
15.A．promotion B．work C．experience D．age
16.A．harder B．happier C．easier D．lighter
17.A．reflect B．confirm C．determine D．identify
18.A．vital B．urgent C．common D．unnecessary
19.A．Or B．Otherwise C．But D．Because
20.A．experience B．way C．condition D．power
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Audrey Hepburn won an Academy Award as Best Actress for her first major American movie, Roman Holiday, which was released in 1953. But she is remembered as much for her aid work as for her acting.
Born in Belgium in 1929, Audrey’ s father was British and her mother was Dutch.
Audrey was sent to live at a British school for part of her childhood. During World War II , she lived and studied in the Netherlands. Her mother thought it would be safe from German attacks. Audrey studied dance as a teenager and during college when she returned to London after the war. But she realized she wasn’ t going to be a ballerina. So she began taking acting parts in stage shows. Later she began to get small parts in movies.
But it was Audrey Hepburn’ s move to America that brought her true fame. In 1951 she played the character “Gigi” in the Broadway play of the same name to great critical praise. Two years later, Roman Holiday made her a star at the age of 24.
Audrey made more than 25 movies. Among her most popular roles was Holly Go lightly in Breakfast at Tiffany’s in 1961. Three years later she played Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady.
She was married two times and had one son by each husband. In 1989, the UN Children’ s Fund named Audrey a goodwill ambassador. She travelled all over the world in support of UNICEF projects. The UN agency said she was a tireless worker. She often gave 15 interviews a day to gain money and support for UNICEF projects.
Audrey Hepburn often said her loyalty to UNICEF was the result of her experiences as a child during World War Ⅱ. She said she knew what it was like to be starving and to be saved by international aid. She was a goodwill ambassador until her death in 1993 from colon cancer.
1.In Paragraph 1, “her aid work” means ________.
A. winning an Academy Award as Best Actress
B. taking acting parts in stage shows
C. making movies
D. acting as a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF
2.The reason why Audrey lived and studied in the Netherlands was that ________.
A. she wanted to be a ballerina
B. her parents were from Britain
C. the education there was excellent
D. it was safe there
3.We can infer from the passage that ________.
A. Audrey’ s parents lived in Germany during World War Ⅱ
B. Audrey lived in America in the 1950s
C. Audrey was made to give up dancing
D. the character “Gigi” in the Broadway play was her most popular role
4.________is NOT mentioned in the passage about Audrey Hepburn.
A. Marriage B. Identity
C. Contribution D. Religion
5.________is the right order for Audrey’ s life.
①The first time she began to play in movies.
②She returned to London from the Netherlands.
③She won an Academy Award as Best Actress.
④She travelled all over the world in support of UNICEF projects.
⑤She played a part in My Fair Lady.
A．②①③⑤④ B. ①②③⑤④
C. ②①⑤③④ D. ①②⑤③④
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Bananas are one of the world’ s most important food crops. They are also one of the most valuable exports. Bananas do not grow from seeds. Instead, they grow from existing plants. Bananas are threatened by disease because all the plants on a farm are copies of each other. They all share the same genetic weaknesses. For example, the Cavendish banana is most popular in North American and European markets. However，some kinds of fungus organisms easily infect the Cavendish. Black Sigatoka disease affects the leaves of Cavendish banana plants. The disease is controlled on large farms by putting chemicals on the plant’ s leaves. Farmers put anti-fungal chemicals on their crops up to once a week.
Another fungal disease is more serious. Panama disease attacks the roots of the banana plant. There is no chemical treatment for this disease. Infected plants must be destroyed. Panama disease has affected crops in Southeast Asia, Australia and South Africa. There is concern that it may spread to bananas grown in the Americas. This could threaten an important export product for Central and South America.
The International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain supports research on bananas. The group has headquarters in France and other offices in the major banana-growing areas of the world. The group says that more research must be done to develop improved kinds of bananas. The group says that fungal diseases mainly affect only one kind of banana. In fact, there are five hundred different kinds of bananas. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has said that the Cavendish banana represents only 10% of world production.
The U．N. agency says farmers should grow different kinds of bananas. This protects against diseases that affect only one kind. Experts warn that disease may cause the Cavendish banana to disappear. This happened earlier to another popular banana because of its genetic weakness against disease.
1.What does this passage mainly tell us?
A. Bananas are the world’ s most important food crops.
B. The risk to a popular banana shows need to grow other kinds.
C. There are five hundred different kinds of bananas.
D. How to grow bananas in different countries.
2.Bananas are threatened by disease because ________.
A. they grow from seeds
B. they are one of the most valuable exports
C. the only way to prevent it is to put chemicals on their leaves
D. they have genetic weaknesses against disease
3.Panama disease________.
A. doesn’t belong to fungal disease
B. affects the leaves of banana plants
C. destroys bananas more seriously than Black Sigatoka disease
D. has spread to bananas all over the world
4.We can infer from Paragraph 3 that ________.
A. the center of the group is in the US
B. the Cavendish banana covers only a small part of the yield of bananas
C. the key to solving the disease is to research all kinds of bananas
D. each fungal disease affects five hundred different kinds of bananas
5.According to the passage, which information is right?
A. The Cavendish banana can mainly be imported from North America and Europe.
B. Panama disease affects the leaves of Cavendish banana plants.
C. The Cavendish banana won’t die out in the future.
D. The Cavendish banana makes up only one tenth of world production.
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“Can I see my baby？” the happy new mother asked. When the bundle was in her arms and she moved the fold of cloth to look upon his tiny face, she gasped. The doctor turned quickly and looked out of the tall hospital window. The baby had been born without ears.
Time proved that the baby’ s hearing was perfect. It was only his appearance that was imperfect. When he rushed home from school one day and threw himself into his mother’s arms, she sighed, knowing that his life was to be misfortunate. He cried out the tragedy, “A boy, a big boy... called me a freak (怪人)．”
He grew up, handsome. A favourite with his fellow students, he might have been class president, but for that. He developed a gift, a talent for literature and music. “But you might communicate with other young people，” his mother blamed him, but felt a kindness in her heart.
Two years went by. One day, his father said to the son, “You’ re going to the hospital, son. Mother and I have someone who will donate the ears you need. But it’ s a secret.” The operation was a brilliant success, and a new person emerged.
Later he married and entered the diplomatic service. One day, he asked his father, “Who gave me the ears? Who gave me so much? I could never do enough for him or her.” “I do not believe you could，” said the father, “but the agreement was that you are not to know... not yet.”
The years kept their secret, but the day did come. He stood with his father over his mother’ s casket. Slowly, tenderly, the father stretched forth a hand and raised the thick, reddish brown hair to reveal the mother had no outer ears.
“Mother said she was glad she never let her hair be cut，” his father whispered gently, “and nobody ever thought Mother less beautiful, did they？”
1.Why did Mother gasp when she saw her newborn baby?
A. Because her son had a tiny face.
B. Because she saw her son crying.
C. Because her son was born imperfect.
D. Because her son was in her arms.
2.Which word can describe Mother’ s feeling when the son threw himself into her arms?
A. Nervous. B. Sympathetic. C. Proud. D. Angry.
3.Who gave the son the ears?
A. A doctor. B. His father.
C. His mother. D. A stranger.
4.The underlined word “reveal” in the last but one paragraph means “________”．
A. see B. show C. find D. search
5.The best title for the passage would be ________.
A. Mother’s hair
B. An unforgettable memory
C. Who gave me the ears?
D. Who is my best respectable person?
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In the quest for better health, many people turn to doctors, self help books or herbal supplements. But they overlook a powerful weapon that could help them fight illness and depression, speed recovery, slow aging and prolong life: their friends.
Researchers are only now starting to pay attention to the importance of friendship and social networks in overall health. A 10-year Australian study found that older people with a large circle of friends were 22 percent less likely to die during the study period than those with fewer friends. A large 2007 study showed an increase of nearly 60 percent in the risk for obesity among people whose friends gained weight. And last year, Harvard researchers reported that strong social ties could promote brain health as we age.
“In general, the role of friendship in our lives isn’ t well appreciated,” said Rebecca G. Adams, a professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. “There are a lot of things on families and marriage, but very little on friendship. It baffles me. Friendship has a bigger impact on our psychological well being than family relationships.”
Bella DePaulo, a visiting psychology professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, whose work focuses on single people and friendships, notes that in many studies, friendship has an even greater effect on health than a spouse or a family member.
It isn’ t entirely clear why friendship has such a big effect. It may be because people with strong social ties also have better access to health services and care. Beyond that, however, friendship clearly has a profound psychological effect. People with strong friendships are less likely than others to get colds, perhaps because they have lower stress levels.
Last year, researchers studied 34 students at the University of Virginia, taking them to the base of a steep hill and fitting them with a weighted backpack. They were then asked to estimate the steepness of the hill. Some participants stood next to friends during the exercise, while others were alone.
The students who stood with friends gave lower estimates of the steepness of the hill. And the longer the friends had known each other, the less steep the hill appeared.
“People with stronger friendship networks feel like there is someone they can turn to，” said Karen A．Roberto, director of the center for gerontology (老年医学) at Virginia Tech.“ Friendship is an undervalued resource. The consistent message of these studies is that friends make your life better.”
1.What’ s the main idea of the passage?
A. People should make friends as many as possible.
B. Friendships do great good to human health.
C. People with friends have optimistic attitude.
D. Several studies have been done on friendships.
2.Which of the following is true?
A. People haven’t attached importance to friendships.
B. A friend can replace doctors and selfhelp books.
C. People with many friends may have higher stress levels.
D. People who have friends tend to be fat.
3.The author mentioned the study in the last three paragraphs to indicate that ________.
A. students should climb the steep hill with friends
B. it takes a long time to make friends
C. a friend in need is a friend indeed
D. people accompanied by friends remain optimistic in the face of difficulty
4.In Paragraph 2 the author aims to tell us ________.
A. friendship has a strong physical effect on people’s health
B. we cannot be too careful when making friends
C. older people are likely to have fewer friends
D. 60 percent of the people without friends will become fat when they get old
5.According to Karen A. Roberto, ________.
A. the effect of friendships is overvalued
B. studies on friendships make our life better
C. friends are more important than family members
D. friends can help each other when faced with problems
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（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
[1]The key word is practice! Practice, Practice, Practice! There is no other way. There is no magic. The way to get better at listening to English is to listen to English. That’s the not-so-good news.
[2]The good news is there are many ways to listen and many things to listen to.
[3] Listening to English songs can be fun. But be careful! Most English songs use the language in a special way that you don’t hear every day. You don’t want to start speaking English like a poet or a songwriter. If you do listen to English songs, listen to different ones. This will help you train your ears to different voices, pronunciations and rhythms.
[4]If you can, get a copy of the lyrics so you can read them and listen to them at the same time. It is sometimes better to listen with your eyes as well as your ears---more information to help the brain.
[5]Watch English DVDs. But this time, don’t use your eyes to read the subtitles. Turn off the subtitles, because movies have so many other clues about what is happening that it is better not to use the subtitles. This enforces your ears do the work.
[6]Choose one character that interests you and pay attention to what they say and how they say it. If you can, repeat a line out loud after they have said it. Teach yourself one or more sayings, phrases or ways of talking that you will use after watching the movie. A new and growing resource of English language for listening can be found in blogs. Blogs are in MP3 format and can be loaded first onto your computer and then onto your MP3 player for very convenient take-with-you listening.
[7]You can find many English listening practices are fun, new, educational and in unending supply.
1. What is the main idea of the passage? ( no more than 8 words )
________________________________________________________________________
2.According to Paragraph 3, how can listening to English songs best help us? ( no more than 6 words )
_________________________________________________________________________
3.According to Paragraph4, why will we use both our eyes and ears to listen?.( no more than 8 words )
____________________________________________________________________________
4.What is the purpose of Paragraph 6( no more than 10words )
_______________________________________________________________
5.List three ways of practicing your English listening. ( no more than 15 words )
① ② ③
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每年高考后，高考状元被“热炒”。他们被各种采访和社会活动所包围。对此现象，有
些人表示支持，有些人表示反对。请你结合下表，围绕“Should we give more attention to
Top-rated college entrance exam takers?”这一话题写一篇英语短文来介绍这一现象并给出自己的看法。
| 支持者认为 | 1. 可以促进社会对教育的重视 |
| 2. 可以为广大学子树立良好的榜样 | |
| 反对者认为 | 1. 过度的关注对状元本人有害 |
| 2. 高分不一定高能 |
注意：1. 词数120左右
2. 可适当发挥，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头已给出，不计人总词数。
Every year after the college entrance exam，the top—rated exam takers will attract wide attention from all over the country.
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