If you are learning English because you're going to travel in England and wish to be__16__there, don't try to speak English perfectly，__17__ if you do so, no one will understand you. In London ninety-nine in every hundred people speak__18__English. You may say that__19__they don't speak English well themselves, they can__20__understand it when it is well spoken. They__21__when the speaker is English. But when the speaker is a__22__， the better he speaks, the__23__it is to understand him.

No foreigner can__24__stress(重读)the syllables(音节)and make the tone(声调) __25__and fall in question and__26__exactly as a__27__does.__28__the first thing you have to do is to speak with a strong __29__accent, and speak broken, that is, English without any__30__. Then every English person you__31__will at once know you are a foreigner, and try to understand you and be ready to__32__you. He will not__33__you to be polite and use grammatical phrases. He will be__34__by his cleverness in making out(弄清) your__35__and being able to tell what you want to know.

16．A. settled     B．heard     C．understood    D．known

17．A. because    B．unless    C．whatever      D．for

18．A. American   B．bad       C．standard       D．no

19．A. because    B．since      C．when         D．even if

20．A. hardly     B．really      C．at least       D．at most

21．A. say       B．can        C．think        D．hope

22．A. foreigner   B．native     C．Londoner      D．traveler

23．A.better     B．easier      C．harder       D．clearer

24．A. never     B．even       C．ever         D．only

25．A. right      B．exact      C．raise         D．rise

26．A. request    B．answer     C．sentence     D．phrase

27．A. native     B．foreigner    C．child       D．reporter

28．A. While     B．Although    C．Because    D．Therefore

29．A. London    B．British     C．foreign      D．country

30．A.grammar   B．mistake    C．expression   D．word

31．A. know      B．see       C．look for      D．speak with

32．A. welcome   B．help      C．teach        D．praise

33．A. expect     B．scold      C．show        D．think

34．A. strict      B．surprised [  C．pleased      D．praised

35．A. way       B．meaning   C．mistake      D．country

 He arrived in Shanghai in 2001, ________, some years later, he became a professor.

    A. when             B. that             C. where            D. which

Neither side is prepared to talk to        unless we can smooth things over between them.  

   A. others         B. the other       C. another    D. one other

A Heroic Driver

Larry works with Transport Drivers, Inc. One morning in 2009, Larry was   21   along I65 north after delivering to one of his   22  . Suddenly, he saw a car with its bright lights on.   23   he got closer, he found   24   vehicle upside down on the road. One more look and he noticed   25   shooting out from under the   26   vehicle. Larry pulled over, set the brake and   27   the fire extinguisher (灭火器). Two good bursts from the extinguisher and the fire was put out.

The man who had his bright lights on   28   and told Larry he had   29   an emergency call. They   30   heard a woman’s voice coming from the wrecked (毁坏的) vehicle.   31   the vehicle, they saw that a woman was trying to get out of the broken window. They told her to stay   32   until the emergency personnel arrived,   33   she thought the car was going to   34  . Larry told her that he had already put out the fire and she should not move   35   she injured her neck.

Once fire and emergency people arrived, Larry and the other man   36   and let them go to work. Then, Larry asked the   37   if he was needed or   38   to go. They let him and the other man go.

One thing is   39  —Larry went above and beyond the call of duty by getting so close to the burning vehicle! His   40   most likely saved the woman’s life.

21. A. walking              B. touring                C. traveling          D. rushing

22. A. passengers       B. colleagues          C. employers        D. customers

23. A. Since                 B. Although             C. As                    D. If

24. A. each                  B. another              C. that                  D. his

25. A. flames               B. smoke                C. water               D. steam

26. A. used                  B. disabled             C. removed          D. abandoned

27. A. got hold of         B. prepared            C. took charge of D. controlled

28. A. came down        B. came through     C. came in            D. came over

29. A. returned            B. received             C. made               D. confirmed

30. A. then                   B. again                  C. finally               D. even

31. A. Starting              B. Parking         C. Passing          D. Approaching

32. A. quiet                  B. still                      C. away                D. calm

33. A. for                     B. so                       C. and                  D. but

34. A. explode             B. slip away            C. fall apart          D. crash

35. A. as if                   B. unless                C. in case             D. after

36. A. stepped forward                               B. backed off        C. moved on     D. set out

37. A. woman               B. police                 C. man                 D. driver

38. A. forbidden           B. ready                  C. asked              D. free

39. A. for certain          B. for consideration                            C. reported       D. checked

40. A. patience            B. skills                   C. efforts              D. promise

 Robert is said ______abroad, but I don’t know what country he studied in.

   A. to have studied        B. to study              C. to be studying   D. to have been studying

Although hurricane season doesn't begin until June 1, a Pacific storm has already struck. El Salvador, which was ruined by a Caribbean storm in 1995, was hit by Hurricane “Adrian” on Friday. This is the first Pacific-born hurricane to ever reach Land in this Central American country.

Some 14,000 people left from the western coast of El Salvador. The storm weakened as it crossed land, heading east．Heavy rains created deadly flooding problems in the hurricane's wake.

“Adrian” is the first Pacific storm of the season. It reported maximum(最大的)continuous winds of 75 miles per hour, the minimum strength of a hurricane. A Category 3 hurricane，Adrian also caused damage and flooding in Honduras. It is expected to break up before reaching the Caribbean Sea on the eastern coast of Central America.

Hurricane season typically begins on June 1st and lasts through November 30. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has predicted (预告) seven to nine hurricanes for the 2005 season.

“It is difficult to make any kind of an exact prediction of how many of these will strike land,” NOAA administrator Conrad Lautenbacher said．He predicts two to three hurricanes will strike the U.S. this season．

Last year, six of nine hurricanes reached Category 3 strength or higher．Four of those hit Florida within a six-week period. Altogether, Hurricanes “Charley”, “Frances”, “Ivan”, and “Jeanne” caused more than $40 billion in damage in the Sunshine State.

This year's forecast is based on ocean temperatures. Warmer temperatures produce more tropical storms, which can then turn into hurricanes.

“The issue, really ,this year, is the unusually warm sea surface temperatures in the Atlantic,” said Frank Lepore of the National Hurricane Center.

28．Which of the following is the 2005 first hurricane?

A．Charley．              B．Adrian．                C．Jeanne．                D．Ivan

29．How many countries struck by the hurricane are mentioned in the text?

A．Six．                     B．Nine．                   C．Five．                    D．Three

30．We can infer that warmer ocean temperatures            .

A．have nothing to do with the hurricane                  B．cause less hurricane

C．are more likely to cause the hurricanes          D．do a lot of damage to the areas along the coast

31．The passage implies （暗示）that                     .

A．hurricane season comes early this year

B．every hurricane formed in oceans could cause great damage to the land

C．hurricane often comes in winter and spring

D．tropical storm is more severe than hurricane

 Scientists are convinced ______ the positive effect of laughter ______ physical and mental health.

A. of；on　　　      B. by；in          C. of；at　　　     D. on；at

This should have been decided long before now; we can't think of_______.

A．everything               B．anything                C．nothing              D．something

Henry Ford was the first person to build cars which were cheap，strong and fast．He was able to se11 millions of models because be could produce them in large numbers at a time；that is，he made a great many cars of exactly the same kind．Ford’s father hoped that his son would be come a farmer，but the young man did not like the idea and he went to Detroit（底特律）where he worked as a mechanic（机械师）．By the age of 29，in 1892，he had built his first car．However，the car made in this way，the famous “Model T” did not appear until 1908-five years after Ford bad started his great motor car factory．This car showed to be well-known that it remained unchanged for twenty year．Since Ford’s time，this way of producing cars in large numbers has be come common in industry and has reduced the price of many goods which would otherwise be very expensive．

（   ）48．Henry Ford was the man to built _____ cars．
　　   A．cheap and strong                B．cheap and long
　　   C．fast and expensive               D．strong and slow

（  ）49．Ford was able to sell millions of cars，because_____．
　　    A．he made many greet cars               B．his cars are many
　　    C．he made lots of cars of the same kind  D．both A and B
（  ） 50．The young man became a mechanic，_______．
　　  A．which was his father’s will      B．which was against his own will
      C．which was against his father’s will  D. which was the will of both

Smarter Studying

How did you learn how to ride your bike? Someone probably gave you a few lessons and then you practiced a lot.   66  . No one is born knowing how to study. You need to learn a few study skills and then practice them.

♦ Pay attention: Good studying starts in class

When you pay attention in class, you are starting the process of learning and studying. Do you have trouble paying attention in class? Are you sitting next to a loud person? Is it hard to see the board?   67  .

♦ Good notes = Easier studying

  68  . Try your best to use good handwriting so you can read your notes later. It’s also a good idea to keep your notes and papers organized by subject.

♦   69 

Waiting until Thursday night to study for Friday’s test will make a homework night no fun! It also makes it hard to do your best. We’re all guilty about putting things off sometime. One of the best ways to make sure that doesn’t happen is to make a schedule of what to do.

♦ Sleep tight

So the test is tomorrow and you’ve followed your study plan, but suddenly you can’t remember anything! Don’t panic (恐慌).   70  . Try to get a good night’s sleep and you’ll be surprised by what comes back to you in the morning.

A. Plan ahead

B. Break it up

C. You can learn how to study in the same way

D. Your brain needs time to digest all the information you’ve given it

E. Be sure to ask your teacher for help if you’re confused about something

F. Start by writing down facts that your teacher writes on the board during the class

G. Tell your teacher about any problems that are preventing you from paying attention

I loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it when mother sat doing letters. Looking at the ink bottle, pens and white paper, I decided that theact of writing must be the most wonderful thing in the world.

    Years later, during her final illness, mother kept different things for my sister and brother,“But the desk,”she said again,“is for Elizabeth. ”

    I never saw her get angry, and never saw her cry. I knew she loved me, and she showed it in action. But as a young girl, I wanted heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter.They never happened and a gulf opened between us. I was “too emotional (易动感情的)”, but she lived“on the surface（表面）”.

    As years went by and I had my own family. I loved my mother and thanked her for our happy family. I wrote to her in careful words and asked her to let me know in any way that she did forgive (原谅) me.

    I posted the letter and waited for her answer. It didn’t come.

    It seemed that nothing happened. I couldn’t be sure that the letter had even got to her.

    I only knew that I had written it, and I could stop trying to make her into someone she was not.

    Now the present of her desk told me that she was pleased that writing was my chosen work, though she had never been able to. I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside… a photo of my father and a one-paper letter. Folded (折叠) and refolded many times.

    Give me an answer, my letter asks, in any way you choose. Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words.

1．The writer began to love her mother’s desk ______.

   A. after mother died                             B. when she was a child

   C. before she became a writer           D. when mother gave it to her

2．The passage shows that mother _______.

   A. was too serious about everything her daughter had done

   B. was cold on the surface but kind in her heart to her daughter

   C. cared much about her daughter in words

   D. wrote to her daughter in careful words

3．The word“gulf”in the 4th paragraph means _______.

   A. deep understanding between the old and the young

   B. part of the sea going far in land

   C. free talks between mother and daughter

   D. different ideas between mother and daughter

4．What did mother do with her daughter’s letter asking for forgiveness？

   A. She read the letter again and again till she died.

   B. For years, she often talked about the letter.

   C. She didn’t forgive her daughter at all in her life.

   D. She had never received the letter.

5．What’s the best title of the passage？

   A. My Letter to Mother                         B. Mother and Children

   C. My Mother’s Desk                           D. Talks Between Mother and Me

 His visits gave his grandparents such ______.

A. please     B. pleasant      C. pleasure      D. pleased

Watching some children trying to catch butterflies one hot August afternoon, I was reminded of an incident in my own childhood．When I was a boy of 12 in South Carolina, something happened to me that cured me forever of wanting to put any wild creature in a cage.

We lived on the edge of a wood, and every evening at dusk the mockingbirds would come and rest in the trees and sing. There isn’t a musical instrument made by man that can produce a more beautiful sound than the song of the mockingbird.

I decided that I would catch a young bird and keep it in a cage and in that way would have my own private musician.

I finally succeeded in catching one and put it in a cage. At first, in its fright at being captured, the bird fluttered about the cage, but eventually it settled down in its new home. I felt very pleased with myself and looked forward to some beautiful singing from my tiny musician.

I had left the cage out on our back porch, and on the second day of the bird’s captivity my new pet’s mother flew to the cage with food in her mouth. The baby bird ate everything she brought to it. I was pleased to see this. Certainly the mother knew better than I how to feed her baby.

The following morning when I went to see how my captive(被俘虏的） was doing, I discovered it on the floor of the cage, dead. I was shocked! What had happened! I had taken excellent care of my little bird, or so I thought.

Arthur Wayne, the famous ornithologist, happened to be visiting my father at the time, hearing me crying over the death of my bird, explained what had occurred. “A mother mockingbird, finding her young in a cage, will sometimes bring it poison berries. She thinks it better for her young to die than to live in captivity.”

Never since then have I caught any living creature and put it in a cage. All living creatures have a right to live free.

32.Why did the writer catch a mockingbird when he was a boy of 12?

    A  He wanted it to sing for him    B．He liked its beautiful feather.

    C．He had just got a new cage.         D．He wanted a pet for a companion.

33.The mockingbird died because it ______.

    A．was frightened to death        B．ate the poisonous food its mother gave it

    C．refused to eat anything        D．drank the poisonous water by mistake

34.An ornithologist probably means ______.

    A．a religious person                    B．a kind person

    C．a schoolmaster                       D．an expert in birds

35.What is the most important lesson the writer learned from the incident?

A．Freedom is very valuable to all creatures. 高*考*资*源*网

    B．All birds put in a cage won’t live long.

    C．You should keep the birds from their mother.

D．Be careful about food you give to baby birds.

 I ________ many interesting lectures since I came to this school.

A. attended        B. had attended         C. am attending         D. have attended

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。每处错误涉及一个单词的增加 、删除和修改。

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。

Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeast Hebei. For three days water in the village wells rose and fell, rose and fell. Farmers noticed that the well walls had deep cracks in it. A smelly gas comes out of the cracks. In the farmyards, the chickens and even the pigs were so nervous to eat. Mice ran out of the fields looking for place to hide. Fish jumped out of their bowls and ponds. At about 3:00 am in July 28, 1976, some people saw bright lights in the sky. The sound of planes could be heard of outside the city of Tangshan even when no planes were in the sky. In the city, the water pipes in some buildings cracked and bursting. But the one million people of the city, that thought little of these events, were asleep as usually that night.

71. Mandela offered __________（指导）to poor black people on their legal problems.

72. Elias became more h___________ about his future after he met Nelson Mandela.

73. Mrs. Smith is very ___________（吝啬的）with the heating---it’s only on for two hours a day.

74. Since Elias was better e__________, he got a job working in the office.

75. It was a prison from which no one _________（逃跑）.

There are two     51     types of memory.

Long-term memory

Procedural memory involves the     52     of learned skills, like typing or     53     a car.

Declarative memory is where factual information is     54    .

Short-term memory

It is used to     55     what is going on at the present time.

She        an old friend of hers yesterday while she was shopping at the department store.

A.turned down                       B.dealt with                     C.took after                     D.came across

76. Women are not only allowed, _______ play a very important role.

77. I once lived in ________ you call “Ancient Greece”.

78. Study hard and you ______________ (admit) to Peking University.

79. The man tried to avoid taking the __________ (responsible) for the accident.

80. I told my daughter to work hard to turn her dream into a _________ (real).

81. We have become good friends, for we have much _________ common.

82. He tried a new method, but a serious problem __________ (arise).

83. The books on the desk, __________ covers are shiny, are prizes for us.

84. He devoted himself to __________ (create) a peaceful world.

85. The snowstorm hit our city, which was _________ (rare) seen at the same period.

The movie once          a whole generation of people. They turned out to be of much          in the education of people.

A. effected; effect                    

B. effected; affect

C. affected; effect 

D. affected; affect