Would you eat a ready meal from the fridge rather than cook from scratch? Have you been doing Internet shopping rather than going to the stores? What can’t you be bothered to do? 
     A study into how lazy British people are has found more than half of adults are so idle(懒散的) that they’d catch the lift rather than climb two flights of stairs. 
    Just over 2,000 people were interviewed by independent researchers at Nuffield Health, Britain’s largest health charity. The results were surprising. 
    About one in six people surveyed said if their remote control was broken, they would continue watching the same channel rather than get up. 
    More than one third of those questioned said they would not run to catch a bus. Worryingly, of the 654 respondents with children, 64% said they were often too tired to play with them. 
     This led the report to conclude that it’s no wonder that one in six children in the UK are classified as obese before they start school. Dr.Sarah Dauncey, medical director of Nuffield Health, said, “People need to get fitter, not just for their own sake, but for the sake of their families, friends and evidently their pets too. If we don’t start to take control of this problem, a whole generation will become too unfit to perform even the simple tasks.” 
    And Scotland’s largest city, Glasgow, was shamed（使羞愧）as the most indolent city in the UK, with 75% surveyed admitting they do not get enough exercise, followed closely by Birmingham and Southampton, both with 67%. The results pose serious challenges for the National Health Service, where obesity related illnesses such as heart disease and cancer have been on a steady increase for the past 40 years and are costing billions of pounds every year.
8. What do lazy British people probably choose to do?       
  A.Go to stores.             B.Catch the lift.
  C.Cook from scratch.        D.Climb flights of stairs.
9. How many people surveyed don’t play with children because of tiredness?       
  A.About 333.              B.About 419.
  C.About 654.              D.About 1280.
10.What is the meaning of the underlined word in the last paragraph ?       
  A.fat.                                  B.depressed.
  C.lazy.                                   D.terrible.
11.What is the author’s attitude towards the finding of the study?       
  A.Indifferent.                         B.Doubtful.
  C.Negative.                           D.Supportive.

81.The bridge is not open to the traffic,because it          (repair)now.

82.All these letters from our readers require                (answer)today.

83.He is said             (study)abroad,but I don’t know which country he surdies in.

84.Every minute should be made use of        (leam)the foreign language so that you’ll get more used to the life in the country.

85.Who would you like to have       (clean)the classroom?

86.We walkde as fast as we could,         (hope)to catch the early train,

87.By the time he was 18,he          (teach)himself advanced maths.

88.I’m sorry,but I didn’t mean         (hurt)you.

89.More highways have been built in China,          (make)it much easier for people to travel from one place to another.

90.No one can tolerate         (make)fun of in public.

 Do you know the girl with _____ father I work?

A. who       B. whom      C. whose        D. that

Al-Azhar University

Going to a university is an important part of a person’s life. Today, many people go to a university to study and train for a future job in subjects like law, medicine, or education. 36  An important one started in Egypt over one thousand years ago.

The world’s oldest surviving (幸存的) university, Al-Azhar, is in Cairo, Egypt. It was first built as a mosque (清真寺) in A.D. 972. A few years later, learners and teachers began meeting in the mosque. They read and talked about the subjects of religion (宗教) and law.  37  Leaders in the city of Cairo decided to create a school for higher learning and soon after that, Al-Azhar University was started.

 38  For these teachers at Al-Azhar, they needed to think about what courses to teach and how to teach them. The earliest courses were in law and religion. In a course, students read and studied with the teacher, but there was also free discussion. Often, students and teachers had interesting discussions, and there was no “correct” answer. In the years that followed, the new university interested scholars (学者) from around the world.   39  At Al-Azhar, people studied the past, but it was also a place for sharing new ideas.

Over a thousand years later, Al-Azhar is still an important university in the world.  40  Today, many of the world’s most important universities such as Oxford and Harvard still follow the same traditions as they do at Al-Azhar.

A. A university was a new idea at that time.

B. There are many reasons to study in Egypt.     

C. They came here to teach and do research.

D. Around the year 988, a new decision was made.

E. However, the university is not a modern invention.

F. The cost of university education is increasing year by year.

G. Its library contains many of the world’s oldest and most valuable books.

_{Friends come to visit us in the evening, they spend their time telling us they are in a hurry and looking at their watches．It isn’t that our friends are all very busy, it is just that When we haven’t got a television．People think that we are very strange．“But what do you do in the evening?”，they are always asking．The answer is very simple．Both my wife and I have hobbies．We certainly don’t spend our evenings staring at the walls．My wife enjoys cooking and painting and often attends evening classes in foreign languages．This is particularly useful as we often go abroad for our holidays．I collect stamps and I’m always busy with my collection．Both of us enjoy listening to the music and playing chess together．
　　Sometimes there are power cuts and we have no electricity in the house．This does not worry us, we just light candles and carry on with what we were doing before．Our friends, however, are lost---no television!---So they don’t know what to do．On such evenings our house is very full ---they all come to us．They all have a good time．Instead of sitting in silence in front of the television, everybody talks and plays games．
1．The couple have not got a television, because     ．
　　A．they are not rich enough         
　　B．they are strange people
　　C．they enjoy spending evenings in their own ways
　　D．they don’t know what to do when there are power cuts
2．Both of the couple are interested in     ．
　　A．learning languages
　　B．traveling
　　C．staying home alone
　　D．watching people play games
3．At night when there is no electricity, the couple       ．
　　A．have to stare at the walls
　　B．can do nothing but sit in silence
　　C．will have many visitors
　　D．have to go out for candles
4．The writer tries to tell us that ____．
　　A．the television is useful
　　B．electricity is important
　　C．life is enjoyable without television
　　D．life is impossible without a television}

BEIJING, Oct. 16 (Friday) (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government will enact(将……制成法律) more support policies to lift the country’s 70 million poor people above the poverty line by 2020, President Xi Jinping pledged（保证）on Friday ahead of the 23rd International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.

Addressing the Global Poverty Reduction and Development Forum in Beijing, Xi said China will work to fight the hard battle against poverty. In his speech, Xi drew on his personal experience in the 1960s working as a farmer in a small village in northwestern Shaanxi Province, where he was struck by the poor living conditions in rural China. But over the past several decades, China has made remarkable progress in poverty relief.

China has lifted more than 600 million people out of poverty in the past 30 years, accounting for about 70 percent of those brought out of poverty worldwide. It was the first developing country to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) target of reducing the population living in poverty by half ahead of the 2015 deadline.“Despite the achievements, China remains the world’s biggest developing country, and narrowing the urban-rural gap remains a big challenge for us,” Xi said.

As of the end of 2014, China still had 70.17 million people in the countryside living below the country’s poverty line of 2,300 yuan (376 U. S. dollars) in annual income by 2010 price standards. The president said poverty alleviation will be a major part of China’s post-2015 agenda. While striving to reduce poverty at home, China has also actively supported the cause in other developing countries. Over the past 60 years, China has provided 166 countries and international organizations with nearly 400 billion yuan in assistance.

China has also announced seven times it would exempt(免除), without any conditions, the matured inter-governmental interest free loans owned by heavily-indebted poor countries and least developed countries. At a United Nations summit last month the goal of eliminating poverty in 15 years was laid out and China pledged an initial 2 billion U.S. dollars to establish an assistance fund to help developing nations fight poverty.

In a video message for Friday’s Forum, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon praised China’s remarkable achievements in poverty alleviation, saying the UN welcomes those significant and generous proposals from President Xi and looks forward to further progress with an indispensable partnership with China.

Saturday also marks China’s second National Poverty Relief Day.

21. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A. President Xi once worked as a farmer in a small village.

B. China has made great contributions to poverty relief in the past decades

C. China has announced to exempt loans owned by heavily-indebted poor countries and developed countries

D. The UN thinks highly of China’s extraordinary achievements in poverty relief

22. The underlined word “alleviation” in the Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to ________.

A. relief       B. line      C. reform      D. rise

23. According to the text, National Poverty Relief Day falls on ________.

A. Oct. 16      B. Oct. 15      C. Oct. 14       D. Oct. 17

24. The passage is most likely to be taken from ________.

A. a magazine      B. a newspaper      C. a research paper    D. a brochure

My mother always told us there is no use crying over spilled milk. That means you should not get angry when something bad happens and cannot be changed. She also told us you have to break some eggs to make an omelet(煎蛋卷).This means you have to do what is necessary to move forward.

My mother believed you are what you eat .A good diet is important for good health. She would always give us healthy food. She liked serving us meat and potatoes for dinner. The meat and potatoes can also mean the most important part of something. It describes someone who likes simple things.

People always said my father was the salt of the earth, because he would never pour salt on a wound (伤口),or make someone feel worse about something that was already a bad experience. however, sometimes he told us a story that seemed bigger than life. So we had to take it with a grain(粒)of salt. That is ,we could not believe everything he told us .

My manager at work does not always know what is going on in our office. Yet she is right about one thing: there is no such thing as a free lunch. Something may appear to be free, but there may be a hidden cost. We need to pay more attention and fix the problem. I once made a big mistake at the office and felt silly. I had egg on my face.

Over the weekend, my friend invited me to watch a football game on television. But I do not like football. It is not my cup of tea.

I hope I have given you food for thought, that is ,something to think about.

28.When problems came up, the author’s mother told them to           .

A. give up       B. hurry up      C. be careful      D. keep calm

29.Which of the following is used to describe someone who likes simple things?

A. The milk and eggs.            B. The salt and water.

C. The tea and coffee.           D. The meat and potatoes.

30.In people’s eyes, the author’s father           .

A. always feels unhappy          B. always tells lies     

C. is a very nice man            D. is a good storyteller

31.If a girl’s face turns red because she does a wrong thing ,she may say “   ”

A. I am what I eat               B. I have egg on my face     

C. It is not my cup of tea       D. I’m the salt of the earth

The students are hoping for the summer vacation __________ the exams are over.

A. now that       B. so that           C. unless                  D. though

Restaurant Assistant manager

Waiting staff Telephonist

The ideal persons must have certain experience gained in a high quality hotel. Please call personnel on 071—722—77333，or send your CV (履历) to：

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JOIN THE STARS! FOOD SERVERS

The biggest and busiest restaurant in London is seeking additional stars for its team of devoted professionals．If you have experience in high volume restaurants and are looking for a challenge，then come on down for an interview．Interview day is on Friday，26th MAY from 12 noon to 7 p．m．

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Busy chartered lawyers require experienced／efficient secretary，accounts，typing experience and an excellent telephone manner；essential shorthand useful．

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We are one of the largest business publishers in Europe and have limited vacancies（空缺职位） for intelligent young people in our London advertisement sales office．

Enquiries from German，Spanish and eastern European speakers especially welcome．

Phone Andrew Warburton on 071-753-4300

NURSE WANTED

For9—month—old boy．Artist／Prof family Notting Hill．

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Salary based on applicant's experience & suitability．

Please send CV to：

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Or telephone 071-721-43642

56. The reading materials above offer information most useful to a person who_______.

A.is just out of work   B. speaks several foreign languages

C.works for business companiesD. runs a hotel or restaurant

57. Most of the advertisements emphasize the importance of_______.

A. knowledge       B.experience        C. hard work         D. techniques

58. If you are a student studying in London and want a part—time job, you’d better telephone _______ .

A. 071—722—77333                  B.  071-721-43642

C. 071—753-4300                    D.071—221—7375  

59. Which of the following does NOT agree with what is said in the above advertisements?

A. Andrew Warburton’s office prefers those who speak other European languages besides English．

B. CV might refer to a brief self—introduction．

C. THE STARS is the name of a famous restaurant in London．

D. The secretary for the third advertisement must be energetic．

Below are four ads on the website.

l        Artful Experience

It’s an artful experience even if you’re artistically challenged. Adults, teens, and children of all ages are welcome at Contemporary Art studio. We provide everything: stamps, idea books, a little coaching, and a lot of encouragement. Drop in anytime. It’s creative fun for everyone to paint your own pottery（陶器）! No experience needed. Our studio will show you how. It’s as easy as 1-2-3!

sumplastpl@hotmail.com

l        Chinese-English Translator

This is an excellent opportunity for recent graduates looking to put their Chinese skills to use.

Requirements: native speaker of English; business translation experience is preferred but not a must; able to fulfill several projects on time; excellent reading skills in Chinese. If interested, please email staff@young.com or call 453-268-130.

l        Ancient Object Market

Here you find a large variety of old European furniture, statues and paintings. We also offer a large selection of clocks in bronze, wood, white metal. Organizing buying tours based on the needs of our clients is something else we do. We pick you up from the airport, make hotel reservations and drive you around to the best wholesale(批发) dealers. Our email is artworkdeal@hotmail.com.

l        _____________________

We are delighted to offer you an efficient and reasonably priced service of high-class car rentals （租赁）with qualified drivers. Suitable for your journeys to and/or from Rome’s airports or other destinations. We will be there to meet you on your arrival at the airport and drive you to your destination in complete safety and comfort. If you need the service, please call 668-556-429.

25. Contemporary Art studio is a place where_________.

       A. one can enjoy many kinds of artworks   B. one can learn how to paint on pottery

       C. one can make pottery by himself/herself        D. one can improve his/her painting skills greatly

26. Who may be suitable for a Chinese-English translator?

       A. An American graduate who is good at Chinese.

       B. A Chinese graduate who majored in business.

       C. A Chinese college student who has good English writing skills.

       D. An American college student who is interested in English translation.

27. If Mr. Black wants to buy a painting, he can__________.

       A. send an email to sumplastpl@hotmail.com        B. send an email to artworkdeal@hotmail.com

       C. call 453-268-130                                            D. call 668-556-429

28. Which of the following can be the best title for the fourth advertisement?

       A. Nice Rome trips.                                               B. Airport Car Rentals With Drivers.

       C. Cheap Car Tours.                                             D. Flight Service To Pick You Up

 Jenny ______ the book on the desk, and ______ to her mother that she had finished reading it.

    A. laid; lain         B. lied; laid           C. lay; lay       D. laid; lied

If you spent years training to be a lawyer and had a great steady income, would you leave it to undertake a harebrained（轻率的） plan that only your mum and girlfriend believed in? That’s exactly what Tom Pakenham did.

He had the idea of starting an eco-friendly taxi company and so with five environmentally friendly cars Green Tomato Cars was born. Now, only a few years later, the company has a group of 60 Toyota Prius Hybrids.

When the company started in 2006 Tom says, “ Only my mum, girlfriend Sophie, now my wife, and Jonny ( his business partner ) were 100 percent behind the idea of starting London’s first cab service. ”

Tom, who sold his￡150,000 flat to raise money for the business, received the support of some well-known persons, Buckingham Palace officials and BSkyB managers．Even Al Gore is a fan.

Currently carrying 500-600 passengers a day, Green Tomato Cars is a shining example that commercial（商业的）success and green issues are compatible.

“All our drivers and employees are employed from the local community. We use local garages, service agents and vehicle sign-writers even though that is not always the most competitive choice. The reason is that to bring green products to the fore we believe we must not be worse than conventional（传统的）taxis. The target is to be recognized as No.1 provider of environmental goods and services in London and around the world.”

All their hard work has paid off as The Department for Transport has acknowledged Green Tomato Cars progress by giving them the Fleet Hero Award and last year the company was highlighted at the WTM World Responsible Tourism Day.

Pleased with the publicity, Tom says, “ I like to think we are playing our part with the cars switching to electricity. Carbon dioxide reductions of more than 600 tons have been achieved and this low footprint has sparked（触发）a revolution in the taxi world.

33. The underlined word “compatible” probably means ________.

  A. only a dream

  B. necessary

  C. able to exist together

D. within easy reach

33. Tom started the eco-friendly company in order to ________.

  A. earn more money to protect the environment

  B. encourage more people to protect the environment

  C. solve unemployment of the local community

D. set up No.1 provider of environmental goods and services

34. The cars in Green Tomato Cars are powered mainly by ________.

  A. electricity       B. petrol       C. gases      D. solar energy

35. It can be inferred that environmentally-friendly cars ________.

  A. can only produce more than 600 tons of carbon dioxide

  B. are as good as the other taxis

  C. are more expensive to take

D. cost less and make greater profits

Alice Turner was born in England in 1821, and moved to New York City when she was ten years old. One day she decided that she wanted to become a doctor. That was nearly impossible for a woman in the middle of the nineteenth century. After writing many letters asking for admission(录取) to medical schools, she was finally accepted by a doctor in Philadelphia. She was so determined that she taught school and gave music lessons to get money for the cost of schooling.

In 1849, after graduation from medical school, she decided to further her education in Paris. She wanted to be a surgeon(外科医师) , but a serious eye problem forced her to give up the idea.
    Upon returning to the United States, she found it difficult to start her own practice because she was a woman. By 1857, Alice and her sister, also a doctor, along with another woman doctor, managed to open a new hospital, the first for women and children. Besides being the first woman physician and founding her own hospital , she also set up the first medical school for women.
    1. Why couldn’t Alice Turner realize her dream of becoming a surgeon?
      A. She couldn’t get admitted to medical school

B. She decided to further her education in Paris

C. A serious eye problem stopped her

D. It was difficult for her to start a practice in the United States

2. What main obstacle(障碍) almost destroyed Alice’s chances for becoming for a doctor?

A. She was a woman.                           B. She wrote too many letters.

C. She couldn’t graduate from medical school.       D. She couldn’t set up her hospital.

3. How many years passed between her graduation from medical school and the opening of her

hospital?

A. Eight years       B. Ten years      C. Nineteen years       D. Thirty-six years

4. According to the passage, all of the following are “firsts” in the life of Alice Turner except

that she ______.

A. became the first woman physician

B. was the first woman doctor

C. and several other women founded the first hospital for women and children

D. set up the first medical school for women

The following is the information about plays which will be on these days.     
Big and Little
      It is a play written by Botho Strauss and directed by Laurence Strangio, featuring (由……主演) second-year Performing Arts students. It is about a lonely woman living in a big city. From the play, we can learn how to get along well with our friends, our family, our lovers, and with ourselves.

When:15-17 March, 7:30 pm
      Where: Drama Theatre, Centre for the Performing Arts, Building 68, Clayton campus (校园)
      Tickets: Adults $10, Concessions (优惠票价) $5
      You can get the tickets at the door.

Love Play
      It is written by Moira Buffini and directed by Trent Baker, featuring Performing First-year Arts students. It follows a series of unexpected meetings that have taken place in the same place in London across 2,000 years, through the centuries from the Romans to the Elizabethans to the present day. Love Play is a comedy that challenges the reasons and ways we want love.
      When: 17-19 April, 8 pm
      Where: Drama Theatre, Centre for the Performing Arts, Building 68, Clayton campus
      Tickets: Adults $10, Concessions $5
      You can get the tickets at the door.

Smashed
      It is a play written by Lally Katz and directed by Suzanne Chaundy, featuring second-year Performing Arts students. Smashed is about friendship, time travel and death. Writing for the age, Helen Thomson calls the play “a wonderful memory of childhood on the edge (边缘) of adulthood.” Smashed thinks well of invention, imagination and girl power.
      When: 24-26 April, 8 pm
      Where: Drama Theatre, Centre for the Performing Arts, Building 68, Clayton campus
      Tickets: Adults $10, Concessions $5

You can get the tickets at the door.
21. We can know from the passage that Moira Buffini ______.

A. is a character in Big and Little         B. is the director of Smashed

C. wrote the play Love Play             D. once wrote for The Age

22. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. All the plays begin at 8 pm on Clayton campus.

B. The tickets have different prices but all are sold at the door.

C. Love Play is a comedy which has a different idea about love.

D. All the plays are performed by second-year Performing Arts students.

23. The play Big and Little is mainly about _________.

A. friendship, time travel and death

B. the life experience of a lonely woman

C. the life of a Performing Arts student on Clayton campus

D. unexpected meetings in London during the past 2,000 years

24. What can we know from the play Smashed?

A. A student has started a dreamlike journey.

B. Love always takes place on an unexpected situation in London.

C. The ability of girls should be thought highly of.

D. We often regret what we have done in our childhood.

Kids’ lives should be filled with fun and excitement. Every parent wants their child to be able to look back on their childhood with memories filled with good times and humor. One of the ways to keep these memories is with pset of kids bunk beds.

For one thing , both children and parents get into the excitement of new bedroom furniture. For parents up the necessary money to buy something special themselves because new beds mean that they are “growing up.

Use the shopping experience as a means of starting to teach your children economics. For example, explain to them that you have X amount of money to spend on the new beds. It may not mean much to the kids now, but it will plant a seed (种子)that money play an important role in buying things.

Another learning method that can be employed for buying kids bunk beds is to have them reach certain goals. Explain to your children that they are growing up and therefore need “big kids” beds. However, you have to be sure they are really grown up enough for the new beds! Give them some goals to achieve that are age proper. Some examples would be to take the rubbish out every day without being told, read one or two books and be able to tell you what they were about, be able to say the ABC's or count to 10. This will give your  children   a sense of  achievement and ownership of their new beds.

Getting kids bunk beds with a desk will also improve good learning habits. Have your children sit at the desk to do their drawing or coloring；this will improve the habit of doing homework at the desk.

Help your children learn and have fun with their new kids bunk beds!

12. How many advantages about kids bunk beds are referred to in the text?

A. Two.    B. Three.

C. four.    D. Five.

13. Why is it important to children economics when buying a kids bunk bed?

A. To help children learn about money spending.

B. To show children parents have lots of money.

C. To make children know money in everything.

D. To teach children to save their own money.

14. To own a new bunk bed .children are exported to         .

A. give some opinions    B. reach some goals

C. obey some rules    D. follow some examples

15. What’s the best title of the text?

A. How to buy a kids bunk bed

B. How to make your children special

C. Giving your children    a sense of achievement

D. learning while having fun with kids bunk beds

   时间都去哪儿了？这是许多成年人的感慨，也是一些中学生的烦恼：没有时间做作业，没有时间从事个人爱好……其实，时间就在我们的掌握之中，关键是能否合理利用。

请根据提示，以“How to spend our time properly”为题写一篇英语短文，谈谈你的看法。

注意：

1. 词数100左右。开头已给出，不计入总词数；

2. 内容必须包括上图中的要点，可作必要的发挥；

3. 条理清楚、语句连贯。

How to spend our time properly

Where has our time gone? How should we spend our time properly? ______________

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I was driving home the other day on a sunny afternoon. I had a smile on my face as I sang along to the songs on the radio. It was a beautiful day that I felt full of happiness. My good mood ended, however, when the radio station took a news break between songs. Then suddenly I found myself listening to yet another story of a rich famous man who had broken the law. I shook my head as I came to a red traffic light.

As I pulled to a stop I noticed four leather-jacketed bikers. They were standing in the middle of the road with two on either side of the light. They looked rough and dangerous, but as I got closer I noticed each one was holding their helmet in their hands. I rolled down my window as one approached my car. “We are the Brother’s of the Wheel”, he said. “We are collecting money for a Christmas Toy Drive for needy children.” As I pulled a dollar out of my wallet I looked past his beard and tattoos and into his eyes. They shined with a goodness and kindness that came right from his soul. I dropped the money in his helmet and waved to the other bikers as I drove off. My good mood had returned. My faith in mankind had been bolstered. And I had to remember again never to judge people by their appearance.

Our society often judges books by their covers but God reads what is written in our hearts and souls. Perhaps one day we will all learn to see the world through the same eyes. Perhaps one day we will realize that looks matter little and actions matter much.

21. The writer’s good mood ended when _______.

A. he hear news between songs               B. he had to stop at a red traffic light

C. he heard a rich man broke the law             D. he saw four leather-jacketed kids in need

22. What are four bikers doing at the traffic light?

A. Having a bicycle race in the street             B. Selling helmets to the passers-by.

C. Raising money to help kids in need            D. Preparing for Christmas holidays.

23. What does “bolstered” in the second paragraph probably mean?

A. Destroyed.          B. Improved.        C. Decreased.            D. Exploded.

24. The writer to tell us that we should________.

A. have faith in young people                  B. judge others by their actions

C. change our attitude to society             D. manage to help others in need

    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：在错的词下画一横线，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l0处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

    Dear Mary，

 I’m writing to tell you something about how we students use the Internet. As we all know, the Internet is playing a important part in our daily life. We often read news at home and abroad and learning foreign languages by ourselves on the Internet. Sometimes we sent e-mails to our families as well as our friends. Beside, we listen music, enjoy films and play computer games on it. We can even do shopping without leaving our homes.  However, it has its disadvantages. We waste too much time playing the computer games, that has a bad effect on our studies. What’s worse, the bad information on the Internet do great harm to them. I hope we can make the use of the Internet proper for our studies.    

                                                               Jennifer

These people are studying English. However, they are now facing some problems.

21. Who may say, “I go to bed late last night”?

A. Pablo.                        B. Maria Luisa.            C. Li Ping.                     D. Yoshi.

22. What would be the best advice for Maria Luisa?

A. Try to have a wide vocabulary.

B. Develop a good knowledge of grammar.

C. Read as many English books as possible.

D. Make friends with English-speaking people.

23. Why do people find it hard to understand Li Ping's English?

A. She can't pronounce words in English correctly.

B. She speaks at a very fast speed.

C. Her grammar is terrible.

D. Her voice is very low.

24. What can we learn about Yoshi?

A. He was born in the United States.        B. He has a very small vocabulary.

C. He has learned English for years.         D. He is very good at listening.

She was so angry and spoke so fast that none of us understood _______ she said meant.

A. that                 B. what

C. that that            D. what what