He lived in London for 3 months, during       his English improved a lot.

How did your parents react the news that you didn't pass the examination?

Cars are not allowed to go the city centre.

任务型阅读

    How to Remember What You Read

    Reading is important. But the next step is making sure that you remember what you've read! You may have just read the text, but the ideas, concepts and images(形象) may fly right out of your head. Here are a few tricks for remembering what you read.

   

    If the plot, characters, or word usage is confusing for you, you likely won't be able to remember what you read. It's a bit like reading a foreign language. If you don't understand what you're reading, how would you remember it? But there are a few things you can do. . . Use a dictionary; look up the difficult words.

    Are you connected?

    Does a character remind you of a friend? Does the setting make you want to visit the place? Does the book inspire you, and make you want to read more? With some books, you may feel a connection right away.  How willing are you to make the connections happen?  

    Read it; hear it; be it!

    Read the lines. Then, speak them out loud. And, put some character into the words. When he was writing his novels, Charles Dickens would act out the parts of the characters. He'd make faces in the mirror, and change his voice for each character.

    How often do you read?

    If you read frequently, you'll likely have an easier time with remembering what you're reading (and what you've read).  As you make reading a regular part of your life, you'll make more connections, stay more focused and understand the text better. You'll learn to enjoy literature—as you remember what you read!

A. Are you confused?

B. Practice makes perfect.

C. What's your motivation?

D. Memory is sometimes a tricky thing.

E. Marking helps you remember what you read.

F. But other books require a bit more work on your part.

G. You can do the same thing when you are reading the text!

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。

    Smith, an old man, lived in the middle of the town. One day he found his watch1in his own store. It 2a lot to him because it was from his wife. After searching3in the store for a long while, he 4to ask for help from a group of children playing outside the store. He5them that the person who found it would be rewarded. 6this, the children hurried inside the store, went through and around the 7store, but still could not find the watch.

    Soon the man felt hopeless and wanted to8. A little boy went up to him and asked for another9 . The man looked at him and thought, “ Why not? 10, this kid looks sincere enough.”11the man sent him back in the store. After a while the boy 12 with the watch in his hand! The man was very13, and he asked the boy how he found it while the others had 14 . The boy replied, “I did nothing but sat on the ground and 15 .Then I heard the ticking (嘀嗒声) of the watch and just looked for it in that 16.”

    We usually do something in a hurry and don't think about our own needs, which can't bring peace into our mind. 17 we need to think about ourselves and keep peaceful for a while, which can produce a 18 result. So allow a few minutes of 19 to your mind every day, and see how it helps you deal with your work and make 20as you expect to!

语篇填空

   It was already late when we started for the next town, which, according to the map, was about fifteen miles away on the other side of the hill. There we felt sure that we  (find) a bed for the night. Soon darkness fell after we left the village,    unluckily we met no one when we drove fast along the narrow(狭窄的)road which  (lead)to the hill. As our car climbed  (high), it became colder and the rain began to fall, making it difficult  (see)the road.

   After we had traveled for about twenty miles, there was still no sign(迹象)of the town which was  (poor)marked on the map. We were beginning to get anxious when the car suddenly stopped. A quick (examine) showed that we had used up(用完)the gas. Although we had little food left, we decided to spend the night in the car.  

   With our meals (finish), I tried to go to sleep at once, but John,  was a poor sleeper, got out of the car after a few minutes and went   a walk up the hill. There, he found the lights of the town in a valley below.  

The strange dress she wears today (draw) much attention.

阅读理解。

    Many young students consider their friends as the most important people in their lives. They believe that their family members, especially their parents, don't know them as well as their friends do. In large families, it is often for brothers and sisters to fight with each other and then they can only go to their friends for advice. It is very important for young students to have one good friend or many friends. Even when they are not with their friends, they usually spend a lot of time talking among themselves on the phone. This communication is very important in children's growing up, because friends can discuss something difficult to say to their family members.

    However, parents often try to choose friends for their children. Some parents may even stop their children from meeting their good friends. The question of “choice” is an interesting one.

    Have you ever thought of the following questions?

    Who chooses your friends?

    Do you choose your friends or your friends choose you?

    Have you got a good friend your parents don't like?

短文改错，文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。

    I am secretary of the City Student Union (CSU). We were organizing an art exhibition for high school students in city. It will be held in the 9th of July in the Exhibition Hall of Beihai. More than 1000 painting will be on show, but high school students and teachers from all the eight districts will come to the event. As you are very popularly with us Chinese high school students, we'd like to invite for you to the exhibition. We would be grateful when you could join them that day. Looking forward to hear from you soon.

语篇填空

    Our local Community Youth Club is a very popular organization with young people in my town. I (be)a member for four years now and I've taken part   a lot of interesting projects. These include fun activities such as holiday camps and discos. We have organized sports  (competition)and we have even made a video.  it isn't all just enjoyment; we have started doing social work  (help) people in our neighborhood. We have organized activities for small children during the holidays. We have also formed a special support group to help young people stop (smoke)! We are proud of the most recent group  we have founded. It organizes regular visits to the local old people's home. The old people, who were very excited by our visit, told us their (person) stories. We sang songs and played games with them and had tea together. Some of (they) were in poor health and were very unhappy. After this visit, my friends and I  (decide) that we should do something to help improve the quality of their lives.  

目前，街头出现了越来越多的猫与狗，对此你们班同学们组织了一场讨论：城市内是否可以饲养宠物。根据下表所提供的信息，介绍讨论情况，并说明自己的观点和建议。

支持饲养宠物	反对饲养宠物	你的观点
1）安慰孤寡老人 2）人与动物和谐相处，增添生活情趣	1）造成环境污染 2）吵闹声，甚至伤人	……

注意：1）词数100左右。

2）可以适当增减细节，以使行文连贯。

3）开头语已为你写好。

Recently we have had a heated discussion on whether people should keep pets at home in cities.……

Over 80% of the 3.6 million people are of European origin.

Over 80% of the 3.6 million people Europe.

Elizabeth opened a hospital poor people in New York City.

When we ________after a long talk, we found the children sleeping in _______beds.

According to Carla, they should reach their (目的地) by about mid-afternoon.

语篇填空

    In general, rules vary for every team although a woman who wants to try out for  of the NBA cheerleading teams must:

    Be able to dance: Almost all of the NBA cheerleaders are (dance). It goes without saying that in order to be an NBA cheerleader, you have to be able to dance since the (major) of your job is to perform dance routines.  

    Be 21 years of age: There are (general) no height or weight requirements, but you must be 21 in order to try out for an NBA cheerleading team.  

    Be fit and in shape: The NBA does not require its cheerleaders to maintain a certain weight or (high). However, you have to be  shape to dance through hours of auditions if you try out for an NBA cheerleading team.  

    Have a flexible schedule: The NBA cheerleaders make appearances and do promotional events in addition to (cheer) for games.  

    The auditions for almost all of the NBA teams (post) in public places so that people can watch them. On each team's website there is a spot for you to vote  the dancer you'd like to see. No doubt, the NBA cheerleading takes fan support to  entirely new level.

短文改错。
假如英语客商老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改你同桌的以下作文。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合(^),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—横线,并在该下面写出修改改后的词。
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。
    My friend Nick told me story about his experience back in the US, that is very interesting. One day he was having a yard sale and the old man living next door come by to help. As the old man looked over the things on the yard that was to be sold, he stopped at a box of golden balls for Christmas trees. On the box was a card say: “25 cents each.” “You will never sell these for that much,” he told Nick. Convincing, Nick has brought the price up to 10 cents a piece. Without a moment's delay, my neighbor picked up the box but announced: “I will take them.”

The little boy,(disappoint) at the exam results, thought something by himself without saying anything.

我会把一半的假期时间用来练习英语。(spend)

争吵之后，他们很快又和好如初了。

After the quarrel, they .