A year ago, I paid no attention to English idioms, though my teacher emphasized (强调) the importance again and again. But soon, the importance of English idioms was shown in an amusing experience.
One day, I happened to meet an Englishman on the road, and soon we began to talk. As I was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner seemed to be surprised. Gently shaking his head, shrugging his shoulders, he said, “You don’t say” “You don’t say” I was puzzled. I thought, perhaps this is not an proper topic. “Well, I’d better change the topic.” So I said to him, “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall? By the way, have you ever been there?” “Certainly,everyone back home will laugh at me if I leave China without seeing it. It was wonderful.” He was deep in thought when I began to talk like a tourist guide. “The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world. We are very proud of it.” Soon I was stopped again by his words: “You don’t say!” I couldn’t help asking, “Why do you ask me not to talk about it?” “Well,I didn’t ask you to do so,” he answered, greatly surprised. I said, “Didn’t you say ‘you don’t say’ ?” Hearing this, the Englishman laughed to tears. He began to explain, “ ‘you don’t say” actually means ‘really’! It is an expression of surprise. Perhaps you don’t pay attention to English idioms.” Only then did I know how foolish I had been. Since then I have been more careful with idiomatic expressions. Remember: what the English teachers said is always right to us students.
1. At first, on hearing “You don’t say”, I thought the foreigner meant______.
A. He was not interested in the topic
B. He was only interested in the Great Wall
C. I had talked too much
D. I had to stop talking
2. The underlined word in the first paragraph probably means______.
A. interesting B. important C. terrible D. unlucky
3. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. The Englishman left China without seeing the Great Wall.
B. The Englishman wanted to see the Great Wall after I talked about it.
C. The Englishman wanted me to act as his guide.
D. The Englishman visited the Great Wall and thought it worth(R)visiting
4. After the Englishman explained the idiom, ______.
A. I thought the Englishman had made me a fool.
B. The Englishman became a real fool
C. I felt very foolish
D. I became more careful in everything
Dear Betty,
My roommate’s family wants me to celebrate Thanksgiving Day with them in their home. I accepted the invitation, and I’m excited about going, but I’m a little nervous about it, too. The social customs in my country are different from those here, so I’m a little worried about making mistakes.
Should I bring a gift, such as candy or flowers? Should I arrive on time or a little late? At the dinner table, how can I know which fork or knife to use? How can I let the family know that I’m thankful for their kindness?
Yours,
Knowing Nothing
Dear Knowing Nothing,
It’s a good idea to bring a gift when you go to a dinner party. Flowers are always welcome, or you can bring a bottle of wine if you know the family drink it.
You should arrive on time or five to ten minutes late. Don’t get there early. If you are going to be more than fifteen minutes late, you should call and tell them.
Try to relax at the dinner table. If you don’t know how to use the right fork, knife or spoon, just watch the other guests, and follow them. If you still have no idea of what to do, don’t be shy about asking the person next to you; it’s better to ask them than to be silently uncomfortable and nervous.
If you like the food, say so. Of course, you’ll thank the host and hostess for the meal and for their kindness. It’s also a good idea to send a card to thank them the day after.
Yours,
Betty
25． Knowing Nothing wrote a letter to Betty to _____.
A. tell Betty some good news B. ask for some advice
C. answer some questions D. invite her to dinner
26．According to Betty, Knowing Nothing ______ when going to a dinner party.
A. can only bring some flowers
B. can’t bring wine
C. should arrive on time or five to ten minutes late
D. should arrive twenty minutes late
27． Betty does NOT advise Knowing Nothing to _____.
A. relax at the dinner table B. watch the other guests
C. ask the person beside him D. keep silent at table
For most, getting your first car opens up a new world of freedom and allows you to go wherever you want, whenever you want. Getting a car did 41 this for me, and it also brought my best friend and me 42 . But then it tore us apart.
My best friend lives three minutes from my 43 . Since her 44 is in late summer, seven months behind mine, I basically became her 45 when I turned 16 in December.
And so I 46 her up for school and took her home. We made ice-cream 47 , went shopping and to the movies ---- all in my car. I would drive to her house just to sit on her bed, read magazines and have a good laugh. I went to her house so 48 that she gave me a 49 to her house.
A week after I got my license，she was with me 50 I had my first accident. She was there and 51 me and we kept it a 52 , since I didn’t want people to 53 . From then on, through thick and thin, it was just me, my car and my best friend.
High school is a time of 54 , but I couldn’t 55 for a long time 56 we became so distant(疏远) after being so close. My friend waited three months after her birthday to get her dream car：a green 2004 Beetle. With its 57 , the passenger seat of my car became 58 . Our car trips became less frequent 59 I didn’t even drive down her street.
It’s funny how a car can change a relationship so much. I had wanted her to get a car, but once she did, I 60 it. I wanted her friendship back, even if it couldn’t be the same.
41. A. some B. any C. none D. all
42. A. closer B. farther C. luckier D. happier
43. A. neighbor B. school C. home D. family
44. A. holiday B. birthday C. course D. job
45. A. driver B. follower C. partner D. guide
46. A. picked B. woke C. called D. hurried
47. A. parties B. trips C. plans D. classes
48. A. happily B. often C. hardly D. seldom
49. A. phone B. door C. address D. key
50. A. while B. but C. after D. when
51. A. saved B. suggested C. advised D. comforted
52. A. favorite B. secret C. pride D. joke
53. A. help B. see C. know D. laugh
54. A. change B. disappointment C. excitement D. friendship
55. A. understand B. answer C. imagine D. believe
56. A. when B. where C. how D. what
57. A. beauty B. dream C. return D. arrival
58. A. broken B. crowded C. empty D. different
59. A. however B. until C. as D. before
60. A. enjoyed B. received C. regretted D. lost
A new bridge is said over the Wen River in the coming summer.
A. to be built B. to have been built
C. having been built D. having built
Heart disease is the number one killer, worldwide, of men and women over the age of 60, but people of all ages die of heart attacks each year. And while death rates have declined in the U.S. and many western European countries, they are on the rise in the developing world. 36. ________
No one would have guessed that Barbara Teng would have a heart attack. She was not overweight. She did not smoke or exercise. “In 2004, the week after I turned 49, when I was on a business trip in Chicago, I had a major heart attack,” she said. 37. ________ She now exercises daily, and monitors(监控) her heart health.
Dr. Patrice Nickens, who is with the National heart, Lung and Blood Institute, thinks that 82 percent of heart disease is preventable. “38. _________” she said. “Men are also facing the same prolem, and the key to staying healthy is knowing your numbers.”
“Your weight, your blood cholesterol(胆固醇), your blood sugar and your blood pressure are important numbers that can help you take action and reduce your risk,” she said.
39. ________
“And the steps to take are simple: don’t smoke, maintain a healthy weight, exercise, know your numbers and talk to your physician and control these risks,” she said.[:]
African-Americans are at higher-than-average risk for heart disease and stroke(中风); people even don’t know they have it, which increases the risk. Medstar Washington Hospital Center is trying to reach this population. 40. ________ For example, helping the people monitor their blood pressure. If people realize they are at risk for heart disease, they’ll change their lifestyles--- lose weight, exercise, eat the right foods and keep in touch with a doctor.
A. So we must cure heart disease.
B. A healthy lifestyle can prevent heart disease.
C. It is the leading cause of death for women.
D. With the right training, they can play an important role in community health.
E. And that changed her life.
F. Lack of exercise causes heart attacks.
G. Yet most heart disease is preventable.
Can you believe everything that you read? It seems as if every day, some new articles come out about a new discovery about this or that. For example, water is bad for you, or good for you. The answer depends on which scientific study has just come out. People cannot decide which food items are healthy, how pyramids were constructed, and why dinosaurs disappeared. When we look for answers we sometimes can believe persuasive researches and scientists. But how trustworthy are they really? Here are two examples of scientific hoaxes (骗局).
As far back as 1726, Johann Beringer was fooled by his fellow scientists into thinking he had made an amazing discovery. The fossils of spiders, lizards, and even birds with the name of God written on them in Hebrew were unlike anything that had been found before. He wrote several papers on them and was famous for those only to have it revealed that they were planted by jealous colleagues to ruin his reputation.
When an early human being was discovered in 1912, scientists at this time were wild with excitement over the meaning it had for the theory of evolution. There were hundreds of papers about this Piltdown man over the next fifty years until it was finally discovered to be a complex hoax. The skull (头骨) of a man had been mixed with the jawbone of an orangutan (猩猩) to make the ape (猿) man.
The next time you read the exciting new findings of a study of the best scientist, do not automatically assume that it is true. Even qualified people can get it wrong. Though we certainly should not ignore scientific research, we do need to take it with a grain of salt. Just because it is accepted as the truth today does not mean it will still be trustworthy tomorrow.
28. What is the reason why Johann Beringer was fooled?
A. His fellow scientists wanted to make fun of him.
B. His workmates are eager to become famous too.
C. These scientists made a mistake because of carelessness.
D. His colleagues was jealous of him and did so to destroy his fame.
29. The excited scientists thought that this Piltdown man ________.
A. was in fact a complex hoax B. was a great scientific invention
C. contributed to the theory of evolution D. had the skull like that of an ape
30. What does the underlined phrase “with a grain of salt” in Paragraph 4 mean?
A. Happily. B. Generally. C. Doubtfully. D. Completely.
31. What can we learn from the passage?
A. Hebrew is probably a kind of language.
B. Truths of science will never be out of time.
C. People believe scientists because they are persuasive.
D. We are advised to believe famous scientists.
One of the most important things in the world is friendship. In order to have friends, you have to be a friend. But how can you be a good friend at school?
Listen--Listen when they are talking. Don’t say anything unless they ask you a question. Sometimes it’s not necessary for you to have anything to say; they just need someone to talk to about their feelings.
Help them--If your friend is ever in need of something, be there to help them. You should try to put them first, but make sure you don’t do everything they want you to do. Try to take an extra(额外的)pencil or pen with you to classes in case (以防) they forget one. Have a little extra money in your pocket in case they forget something they need.
Be there for them--Try to make something for your friend to help make them feel better in hard times. Making cards and encouraging them are among the nicest things you can do for a friend. Marilyn Monroe, a famous U.S. actor, once said, “I often make mistakes. Sometimes I am out of control. But if you can’t stay with me at my worst, you are sure not to deserve（值得）to be with me at my best.” Always remember this! If you don’t want to stay with your friends when they’re in hard times, then you don’t deserve to be with them when they’re having a good time!
_____ --Try to make plans with your friends. Go shopping, go for ice creams, have a party, go to a movie and so on. Take time to know each other even better by doing something you both enjoy. But planning things together, you both can have a good time. And you’ll remember these things when you’re both old!
21. While your friend is talking to you about his or her feelings, you should .
A. give him or her some advice B. calm him or her down
C. just listen unless asked D. share your feelings as well
22. What can we learn from Marilyn Monroe’s words?
A. A friend in need is a friend indeed. B. A friend is easier lost than found.
C. Life without a friend is death. D. A man is known by his friends.
23. Which of the following can be put in the blank of the last paragraph?
A. Make plans． B. Enjoy yourself.
C. Understand your friends． D. Play with your friends．
24. What is the passage mainly about?
A. How to find a good friend. B. How to help friends in trouble.
C. How to make more friends. D. How to be a good friend.
My best friends gave me a present in a box on my birthday. It was a little heavy, which made me very curiously. So I intended to open it at once but she prevented me do so. She said I mustn’t open it until I went back home but gave me a naughty smile. Although there is a strong desire in my mind to know that was inside the box, I just did as she said. On the way to home, all I did was thinking about the puzzle. Finally I opened the box. It was a cup printing with a pink word — friendship. It was so lovely that I liked very much.
Now, every time I use a cup, I will think about her and the friendship between us.
Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage such people, but I also explain that there's a big difference between “being a writer” and writing. In most situations these people are dreaming of wealth and fame, not the long hours alone at a computer. “You've got to want to write,” I say to them, “not want to be a writer.”
The reality is that writing is a lonely, private and poor-paying affair. For every writer kissed by fortune (运气) there are thousands more whose longing (渴望) is never rewarded. When I left a 20-year career in the U.S. Coast Guard to become a freelance writer (自由撰稿人), I had no chance of being successful at all; What I did have was a friend who found me my room in a New York apartment building. It didn't even matter that it was cold and had no bathroom. I immediately bought a used type-writer and felt like a real writer.
After a year or so, however, I still hadn't gotten a break and began to doubt myself. It was so hard to sell a story that barely made enough to eat. But I knew I wanted to write. I had dreamed about it for years. I wasn't going to be one of those people who die wondering (胡思乱想), what if? I would keep putting my dream to the test—even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of failure. This is the Shadowland of hope, and anyone with dream must learn to live there.
25. The passage is meant to ________.
A. warn young people of the hardship that a successful writer has to experience
B. advise young people to give up their idea of becoming a professional writer
C. Show young people it's unrealistic for a writer to gain wealth and fame
D. encourage young people to make efforts to be a writer
26. What can be concluded from the passage?
A. Real writers often find their work interesting and rewarding.
B. A writer's success depends on luck rather than on effort.
C. Famous writers usually live in the state of being poor and lonely.
D. The chances for a writer to become successful are small.
27. “Shadowland” in the last sentence refers to ________.
A. the wonderland one often dream about
B. the bright future that one is looking forward to
C. a world that exists only in one's imagination
D. the uncertainty before one's final goal is reached
He is such a lazy man ________ nobody wants to work with________.
A. as; him B. that; \ C. as; \ D. whom; him
Many questions ________, but he answered none.
A. came out B. came up C. came in D. came on
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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。
I was five years old while my little brother, Mingming, was born. In the photos, I looked so exciting that he had finally arrived. However, as Minging grow older, he became my parent's favourite. They loved him much more than I. Be angry with him, I began to tease, trick, embarrass and fight with him, often leaving him in floods of tears. Thankful, the war between us ended up suddenly when I went to senior school. Now I go back home once a week but we are much close than ever before. I should have been better sister in the past years.
What made people call banana a banana and a pineapple a pineapple and not something else?
Actually there is a reason behind the names given to each and everything; be it a fruit, vegetable, an animal or lifeless things like stars, planets, etc. However, sometimes the names are misleading. Take the example of pineapple: it doesn’t come from a pine tree, nor is it an apple.
The pineapple is native of southern Brazil and Paraguay in South America. Native Indians spread this fruit, called Ananas, through South and Central America to the West Indies. In 1493, Columbus, on his voyage to the Caribbean, found the fruit on the island of Guadaloupe.
To the European eye, this curious new fruit had a rough appearance like a pinecone(松塔) and inside the fruit had a firm center core like an apple. So combining the two they called it “pineapple”.
In Europe, sweets and fresh tropical(热带的) fruit were not common. They were transported at great cost from various voyages and journeys. In such conditions, this ripe yellow fruit, which was bursting with natural sweetness, made the pineapple a popular fruit. It was such a luxury that King CharlesⅡof England ordered to paint a picture where he is seen receiving a pineapple as a gift! For many years after, rich Europeans carefully grew the pineapple in their own greenhouses.
33. The question asked in the first paragraph is used to _________.
A. tell the difference between bananas and pineapples
B. express the puzzlement of the writer
C. ask readers to give a clear answer
D. attract readers’attention to the topic
34. Where are pineapples earliest grown?
A. South America. B. Northern Africa.
C. North America. D. The West Indies.
35. The passage mainly tells us _______.
A. what helps pineapples spread around the world
B. why pineapples have natural sweetness
C. where it is suitable to plant pineapples
D. how the pineapple gets its name and its spreading
暑假即将来临，同学们就自己暑假生活安排进行了交流。假设你是李明，请给你在美国的笔友约翰写一封信，告诉他你班上的同学和你自己的暑假计划。内容应包括以下要点：
1.有的同学打算外出旅游，放松一下。
2.有的同学计划在家中多读书，为将来的学习做准备。
3.有的同学准备参加体育锻炼，保持身体健康。
4.谈谈自己的暑期安排。
注意：
1. 信的格式已给出；
2. 内容应包括以上要点，可以适当发挥，增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 词数：100 左右。
参考词汇：放松relax, 为……做准备get ready for 参加体育锻炼do some sports
Dear John,
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Yours,
Li Ming
America is growing older. Fifty years ago, only 4 out of every 100 people in the United States were 65 or older. Today, 10 out of every 100 Americans are over 65.The aging of the population will affect American society in many ways-education, medicine, and business. Quietly, the growing of America has made us a very different society-one in which people have a quite different idea of what kind of behavior is suitable at various ages.
A person's age no longer tells you anything about his \ her social position, marriage or health. There's no longer a particular year in which one goes to school or goes to work or gets married or starts a family. The social clock that kept us on time and told us when to go to school, get a job, or stop working isn't as strong as it used to be. It doesn't surprise us to hear of a 29-year-old university president or a 35-year-old grandmother, or a 70-year-old man who has become a father for the first time. Public ideas are changing.
Many people say, "I am much younger than my mother-or my father-was at my age." No one says, "Act your age" any more. We've stopped looking with surprise at older people who act in youthful ways.
32. It can be learnt from the text that the aging of the population in America _______.
A. has made people feel younger
B. has changed people's social position
C. has changed people's understanding of age
D. has slowed down the country's social development
33. The underlined word 'one' refers to _______ .
A. a society B. America C. a place D. population
34. "Act your age" means people should _______ .
A. be active when they are old
B. do the right thing at the right age
C. show respect for their parents young or old
D. take more physical exercise suitable to their age
35. If a 25-year-old man becomes general manager of a big firm, the writer of the text would most probably consider it _______ .
A.normal B.wonderful C.Unbelievable D. unreasonable
Chinese people are now spending more time surfing the Net than watching TV，according to the results of a survey by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) published on Thursday.
The survey，of citizens of five Chinese cities，found that 79 percent of interviewees use the Internet for information,55.1 percent to read news on the Internet.About 63 percent of the interviewees use email.The average time spent surfing the Net and watching TV were 2.73 hours and 1.29 hours，respectively.
Only 10.4 percent reported use the Internet primarily to send and receive email；65.9 percent read online news；62.2 quite often play games online.More and more people have taken an interest in the entertainment opportunities online.Up to 56.5 percent of interviewees quite often download music，and 53.5 percent get entertainment messages from the Internet.
Yet the survey found that television is still the dominant mass medium.Seventynine percent of interviewees choose to watch TV to get information，and another 75 percent take newspapers as important as TV.
Five major websites in the Chinese language，namely Sina，Sohu，Netease，Baidu and Yahoo are still ranked top ones by web users，and those that voted for Sina as the best among them were 30.9 percent.
Authorized statistics showed that web users in China have already exceeded 100 million，second to that of the United States.
56．Which of the following is NOT true?
A．Chinese people are now spending more time surfing the Net than watching TV.
B．There are more Chinese people using the Internet for information compared with those reading news on the Internet.
C．There are more people using email compared with those searching information on the Internet.
D．There are more people using email compared with those reading news on the Internet.
57．The survey shows that ________.
A．only 10.4% reported use the Internet to send and receive email
B．less than half of the people use the Internet for entertainment
C．all of the people reported like to play games online
D．most of the people reported read online news
58．Which will you choose if you want to chat with your friends on the Internet?
A．TV. B．Sina. C．Telephone. D．QQ.
59．The underlined word “exceeded” in the last paragraph means ________.
A．increased to B．increased by C．risen D．decreased
The English language started about 1,500 years ago in England. Three groups of people came to the country. They were the Angles, the Saxons, and the Jutes. These three groups brought their languages with them to England-After some time, the three languages became one new-language-English. The name “English” comes from the Angles. They lived in most of England. “England” means “Angle Land” or “Country of the Angles”.
The language that we speak today－Modern English－is not the same as the English that people used many years ago, including Old English(before 1150)and Middle English(up till 1500).That language—Old English—sounds different, and it has some different rules of grammar. There were only a few thousand words in Old English. But Modern English does come from Old English, and it is still like it in many important ways.
25.How many languages did Old English come from？
A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four.
26.Which language did the name “English” come from？
A. Modern English. B. The Angles. C. The Jutes. D. The Saxons.
27. According to the passage, Modern English differs from Old English in_______.
A. grammar B. pronunciation C. words D. All of the above
28.Which of the following is TRUE？
A. Modern English has nothing to do with Old English.
B. Modern English has more words than Old English.
C. Modern English has a vocabulary (词汇量) twice as large as Old English.
D. There is no difference between Old English and Middle English.
Most of the students in our class show a good ________their study.
A.attitude on B.attitude to
C.attitude of D.attitude in
Started in 1636, Harvard University is the oldest of all the many colleges and universities in the United States. Yale, Princeton, Columbia and Dartmouth were opened soon after Harvard.
In the early years, these school were much alike (*similar).Only young men went to college. All the students studied the same subjects, and everyone learned Latin, Greek and Hebrew. Little was known about science then, and one kind of school could teach everything that was known about the world. When the students graduated, most of them became ministers or teachers.
In 1782, Harvard started a medical school for young men who wanted to become doctors. Later, lawyers could receive their training(训练)in Harvard's law school. In 1825, besides Latin and Greek, Harvard began teaching modern languages, such as French and German. Soon it began teaching American history.
As knowledge increased, Harvard and other colleges began to teach many new subjects. Students were allowed to choose the subjects that interested them.
Today, there are many different kinds of colleges and universities. Most of them are made up of smaller schools that deal with(涉及)special fields of learning. There's so much to learn that one kind of school can’t offer it all.
19. The oldest university in the US is _________.
A. Yale B. Harvard C .Princeton D. Columbia
20. From the second paragraph, we can see that in the early years,______.
A. those colleges and universities were the same
B. people, young or old, might study in the colleges
C. students studied only some languages and science
D. when the students finished their school, they became lawyers or teachers
21. As knowledge increased, colleges began to teach_______.
A. everything that was known B. law and something about medicine
C. many new subjects D. the subjects that interested students
22. On the whole, the passage is about___________.
A. how to start a university B. the world-famous colleges in America
C. how colleges have changed D. what kind of lesson each college teaches
Insects (昆虫) are a very healthy food. They have almost as much protein (蛋白质) as meat from a pig or cow and are low in fat. Eating insects is also very good for the environment since they need less land and water than larger animals.
Marcel Dicke, who studies insects, explained in a talk how insects also produce more meat from the food they eat. For example, imagine a farmer feeds a cow 10 pounds of food. Those 10 pounds of food produce about 1 pound of meat for people to eat. However, imagine the farmer gives a certain number of insects 10 pounds of food. Those 10 pounds of food produce 9 pounds of meat for people to eat!
Eating more insects can also help people in poor areas. Many people can raise and sell insects, which can provide jobs and food.
But insects will not replace (替代) animal meat very quickly. First, people in some countries would have to change how they think about eating insects. Many people in North America and Europe eat a lot of meat like beef and pork. But they do not traditionally eat insects. In fact, for many people in the west, eating insects sounds crazy! They believe insects are dirty and dangerous. Insects make them feel uncomfortable.
Some people are trying to deal with this problem. For example, David George Gordon wrote a book named “The Eat-A-Bug Cookbook”, which tries to show people that insects can be delicious. Other insect experts travel around telling people about the benefits (好处) of eating insects. But they still have a lot of work to do.
8. Eating insects _____.
A. is not healthy
B. makes people put on fat
C. helps protect large animals
D. is environmentally friendly
9. The example of Marcel Dicke is given to show _____.
A. the high cost of food production
B. it’s quite easy for farmers to raise insects
C. raising insects is a good choice for farmers
D. the different ways of feeding cows and insects
10. The long way eating insects has to go mainly results from _____.
A. their terrible taste B. people’s old beliefs
C. family traditions D. eating methods
11. We can infer from David and other insect experts that _____.
A. people can make a lot of money from insects
B. insects should be better protected
C. people should eat more insects
D. it’s dangerous to eat insects
