The United States Capitol is a monument, a working office building, and one of the most recognizable symbols of representative democracy (议会民主)in the world. Visitors are welcome to enter the building through the Capitol Visitor Center, located underground, beneath the East Front plaza of the U.S. Capitol at First Street and East Capitol Street.
Hours—The Capitol Visitor Center is open to visitors from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday except for Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New Year's Day and on Inauguration Day.
Admission and Passes—Admission to the Capitol Visitor Center is free. However, passes are required for tours of the historic Capitol. All visitors to the Capitol are required to go through security screening. Please review the U.S. Capitol prohibited items list before your visit.
Tours—Tours of the U.S. Capitol need to be scheduled in advance through the Advance Reservation System or through the office of one of your Senators or your Representative.
Visitors with Disabilities—The Capitol Visitor Center is fully accessible to people with disabilities. Listening devices with audio description of the films and exhibition are available at the Information Desks. All films have open captioning. In addition, there are a variety of other services for visitors with disabilities, including adaptive tours of the Capitol, wheelchairs, and sign-language interpreting services for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Gift Shops—The Gift Shops are on the upper level and are open 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday. The Gift Shops feature a unique selection of merchandise inspired by the Capitol's art and architectural treasures, fun and educational gifts, books, jewelry and exciting custom-designed products unavailable anywhere else.
Restaurant—The Restaurant is on the lower level and is open 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Freshly made soups, salads, specialty entrees, pizzas, sandwiches, desserts, and beverages will reflect the diverse bounty of America and are available for purchase at the Restaurant. Meal vouchers may be reserved ahead of time for groups of 25 or more.
Strollers and Baby Changing—Strollers are permitted in the Capitol Visitor Center and baby changing stations are available in each family restroom.
Foreign Languages—Visitors may request listening devices for foreign-language versions of the films and the exhibition at the Information Desks.
Service Animals—Service animals are allowed in the Capitol Visitor Center and the Capitol.
56. The brochure is meant to inform visitors of the Capitol tour's________.
A. strict security measures B. considerate service
C. thrilling attractions D. advanced management
57. If a tour group of fifty decide to split in two, half of them dining and the others shopping for souvenirs, both at the same time, which of the following is the right time?
A. 4:30 pm Monday B. 4:30 pm Saturday C. 3:30 pm Friday D. 3:30 pm Sunday
58. Disabled visitors can receive the following services EXCEPT ________.
A. Barrier-free access. B. Video or audio aid
C. Sign-language interpreting services D. Service animals
With the windows _______, my mother went to buy cloth to make curtains.
A. measured B. measuring C. to be measured D. to measure
假如你是李华，最近收到了你的美国朋友Jenny的来信。他在信中说，由于刚进入高中还不能适应新环境，不知道如何去结交新朋友，因而情绪低落。请你给他回信，内容如下：
1. 向Jenny表示问候和安慰（你的同学和你面临同样的问题，所以不必过于担心）；
2. 针对他的问题提出以下建议：
⑴放学后邀请同学一起参加活动，这有助于你们互相更好地了解；
⑵你的同学遇到麻烦时，你去帮助他们。你遇到困难时向同学求助；⑶你对友谊的理解。
注意：1.词数100左右。2.注意书信的格式。
---Jessica, let’s go to the Latin Club tonight, shall we?
---_____________. I like Latin Music.
A. You said it B. You’ve got me there C. Here you go D. That’s fine with me
如今人们的身体素质越来越差，一个重要原因是缺乏锻炼。作为一个中学生，你从事什么体育锻炼来增强自己的身体素质，你为什么选择这项体育锻炼来增强自己的体质。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.短文必须包括以上所有要点，可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
More and more people like bicycling and it is no surprise. It is fun, healthy and good for the environment. Maybe that’s why there are 1.4 billion bicycles and only 400 million cars on roads worldwide today. Bikes can take you almost anywhere, and there is no oil cost!
Get on a bicycle and ride around your neighborhood. You may discover something new all around you. Stopping and getting off a bike is easier than stopping and getting out of your car.
You can bike to work and benefit from the enjoyable exercise without polluting the environment. You don’t even have to ride all the way. Folding (折叠) bikes work well for people who ride the train. Just fold the bike and take it with you. You can do the same on an airplane. A folding bike can be packed in a suitcase. You can also take a common bike with you when you fly. But be sure to look for information by getting on airline websites. Not all airlines are bicycle-friendly to travellers.
Health Benefits of Bicycling:
It helps to prevent heart diseases.
Bicycling helps to control your weight.
A 15-minute bike ride to and from work three times a week burns off five kilos of fat in a year.
Bicycling can improve your mood (心情).
Exercise like bicycling has been shown to make people feel better, more relaxed and self-confident.
Bicycling is healthier than driving.
31．From the passage, we know that bicycling is becoming very ______ .
A. surprising B. exciting C. expensive D. popular
32．When you are riding your bicycle around your neighbourhood, you may .
A. pollute the environment around
B. find something you didn’t notice
C. go everywhere and use a little oil
D. get off your bike and begin to work
33．One of the benefits from bicycling is that .
A. you can fold the bicycle
B. you will be friendly to others
C. you will be more relaxed
D. you may get fatter and fatter
34．Which is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Bicycling is enjoyable exercise for people.
B. Driving cars is healthier than riding bikes.
C. Riding a bike pollutes your neighbourhood.
D. Common bikes are welcomed by all airlines.
35. The passage mainly talks about _____
A. Bicycling is healthier than driving.
B. the benefit of cycling
C. the different kinds of bicycle
D. the disadvantages of riding a bicycle
Plants are very important living things. Life could not go on if there were no plants. This is because plants can make food from air， water and sunlight. Animals and man cannot make food from air， water and sunlight. Animals get their food by eating plants and other animals. Therefore animals and man need plants in order to live.
This is why we find that there are so many plants around us. If you look carefully at the plants around you， you will find that there are two kinds of plants： flowering plants and non-flowering plants.
Flowering plants can make seeds. The seeds are protected by the fruits. Some fruits have one seed， some have two， three or four， and some have many seeds. But a few fruits have no seeds at all. An example of a fruit without seeds is the banana fruit. Most non-flowering plants do not grow from seeds. They grow from spores（胚芽）。 Spores are very small. Some spores are so small and light that they can float in the air. We may say that spores are quite the same as seeds. When these spores are all on wet and shady places， they usually grow into new plants.
5. The main idea of the first paragraph is that ______.
A. plants are important for life B. plants cannot grow without air
C. there are many plants in the world D. we can not live without water
6. Plants can make food from______.
A. flower，water and air B. water，sunlight and air
C. air， water and soil D. air， sun and light
7. What can we infer（推断） from the passage ？
A. Of all living things animals are most important
B. Spores are seeds
C. All fruits of flowering plants have seed
D. Without plants， man will die out
8. This passage may be taken from______.
A. a medicine book B. a novel
C. a science magazine D. an experiment report
9. The underlined word ―protected in the third paragraph can be replaced by ______.
A. damaged B. polluted
C. prevented D. guarded
Dick lived in England. One day in January he said to his wife, "I'm going to fly to New York next week because I've got some work there." "Where are you going to stay there?" his wife asked. "I don't know yet." Dick answered. "Please send me your address from there in a telegram (电报)," his wife said. "All right," Dick answered.
He flew to New York on January 31st and found a nice hotel in the center of the city. He put his things in his room and then he sent his wife a telegram. He put the address of his hotel in it.
In the evening he didn't have any work, so he went to a cinema. He came out at nine o'clock and said, "Now I'm going back to my hotel and have a nice dinner."
He found a taxi (出租车) and the driver said, "Where do you want to go?" But Dick didn't remember the name and address of his hotel.
"Which hotel are my things in?" he said, "And what am I going to do tonight?" But the driver of the taxi did not know. So Dick got out and went into a post office. There he sent his wife another telegram, and in it he wrote, "Please send me my address at this post office."
61. Dick flew to New York because ___.
A. he went there for a holiday B. he had work there
C. he went there for sightseeing (观光) D. his home was there
62. Why did his wife want a telegram from him?
A. Because she didn't know his address yet
B. Because she wanted to go to New York, too
C. Because she might send him another telegram
D. Because she couldn't leave her husband by himself in New York
63. Where did Dick stay in New York?
A. In the center of the city. B. In a hotel.
C. In a restaurant. D. At his friend's house.
64. Who would send him the name and address of his hotel?
A. The manager (经理) of his hotel. B. The police office.
C. The taxi driver. D. His wife.
65. Which of the following is not true?
A. Dick stayed at a nice hotel in the center of the city.
B. Dick didn't work on the first night of his arrival.
C. Dick forgot to send his wife a telegram.
D. Dick wanted to go back to his hotel in a taxi.
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短文。短文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误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（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
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。
Almost all of us heard the story "Here Comes the Wolf" when we are little kids.What we can learn from the story is we must be honest.Therefore, there're lots of case of dishonesty nowadays.
Being honest does great harm to other people or to yourself.Take the case of fake milk powder for an example. After drink this kind of milk,the babies had big heads while their legs and arms were still thin,what badly affected their health.To my great relief,the producers got punishing so that more serious consequences could be avoided.
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
Our English teacher, Mr. Li, is a middle-aged man who was very popular in our class. He always
makes his lessons interested and lively. It is said that he was graduated from a famous university
in 1997. Because he is strict with us in our studies,we all like him. Once I failed a important
English exam,which really made me embarrassed. To his surprise, Mr. Li didn’t say anything to
me in class. To the contrary, he had a talk with me afterwards. He encouraged me to cheer up and
continued working hard. Thanks his advice, I didn’t lose heart. Now, I am one of the top student in
our class, especially in English.
It was a cold night in Washington, D. C., and I was heading back to the hotel when a man approached me. He asked if l would give him some money so he could get something to eat. I'd read the signs "Don't give money to beggars." So I shook my head and kept walking.
I wasn't prepared for a reply, but he said, "I really am homeless and I really am hungry! You can come with me and watch me eat!" But I kept on walking.
The incident bothered me for the rest of the week. I had money in my pocket and it wouldn't have killed me to hand over a buck or two even if he had been lying. Flying back to Anchorage, I couldn't help thinking of him. I tried to rationalize (找借口)my failure to help by thinking government agencies, churches and charities were there to feed him. Besides, you're not supposed to give money to beggars.
Somewhere over Seattle, I started to write my weekly garden column for The Anchorage Daily News. Out of the blue, I came up with an idea. Bean's Cafe, the soup kitchen in Anchorage, feeds hundreds of hungry Alaskans every day. Why not try to get all my readers to plant one row in their gardens dedicated to Bean's? Dedicate a row and take it down to Bean's. Clean and simple.
The idea began to take off. Readers would fax or call me when they got something in their garden. Those who only grew flowers donated them. Food for the spirit.
In 1995, the Garden Writers Association of America held their annual convention in Anchorage and after learning of Anchorage's program, Plant a Row for Bean's became Plant a Row for the Hungry. The original idea was to have every member of the Garden Writers Association of America write or talk about planting a row for the hungry sometime during the month of April.
As more and more people started working with the Plant a Row idea, new changes appeared unexpectedly. Many companies gave free seed to customers and displayed the logo, which also appeared in national gardening publications. Row markers with the Plant a Row logo were delivered to gardeners to set apart their "Row for the Hungry."
Garden editor Joan Jackson, supported by The San Jose Mercury News and California's nearly year-round growing season, raised more than 30,000 pounds of fruits and vegetables her first year, and showed GWAA how the program could really work. Texas fruit farms donated food to their local food bank after being inspired by Plant a Row. Today the program continues to thrive and grow.
I am surprised that millions of Americans are threatened by hunger. If every gardener in America--and we're seventy million strong--plants one row for the hungry, we can make quite a decrease in the number of neighbors who don't have enough to eat. Maybe then I will stop feeling guilty about abandoning a hungry man I could have helped.
69.What does the underlined phrase "out of the blue" mean?
A. a bit disappointed B. suddenly C. as a matter of fact D. attentively
70. The program has been supported by many farmers, journalists and people in different fields for many years. They usually donate many things to it except______________ .
A. money B. flowers C. seeds D. beans
71.Which is WRONG according to the passage?
A. In the eyes of most people, the program can really help the people in need.
B. Nowadays, the program is no longer a regional one, and it arouses the attention of many farmers, gardeners and journalists in the nation.
C. It occurred to the author that they could run such a program the moment he gave the beggar nothing.
D. The author felt relieved and surprised when he saw the program turned into a nation-wide one.
72.Which do you think is the best title to the passages?
A. Plant a row for the hungry B. How to help others
C. A story of a columnist D. Not for fame and wealth
I——my homework before I went to the cinema yesterday.
A．will be doing B．had done C．will do D．is doing
In my opinion, we should try our best 61 (realize) our goals even though 62 is little hope. The efforts seem to be the lights in the darkness, leading the way to hope and success.
I used to be 63 shy girl in my primary school. I was weak in English at that time, especially for 64 (speak) English. So I was afraid to answer the teacher’s questions during English classes. After I entered my dream middle school. Something 65 (change). I started to read many 66 (interest) English stories and my English teacher was patient to help me a lot. I studied hard in class and practiced by watching English films and listening to English songs in my free time. Little 67 little, I found 68 more and more interesting to learn English. I could even talk with my classmates 69 (fluent) in English and I was not shy any more. At last, I got high grades in English and I had 70 ( confident) to do it better in the future.
Nothing could stop Dad.After he was put on disability for a bad back,he bought a small farm in the country,just enough to grow food for the family.He planted vegetables,fruit trees and even kept bees for honey.
And every week he cleaned Old Man McColgin's chicken house in exchange for manure（肥料）.The Smell really burned the inside of your nose.When we complained about the terrible smell,Dad said the stronger the manure, the healthier the crops,and he was right.For example,just one of his cantaloupes（甜瓜）filled the entire house with its sweet smell,and the taste was even sweeter.
As the vegetables started coming in,Dad threw himself into cooking.One day,armed with a basket of vegetables, he announced he was going to make stew（炖菜）.Dad pulled out a pressure cooker and filled it up with cabbages, eggplants,potatoes,corns,onions and carrots.For about half an hour,the pressure built and the vegetables cooked. Finally,Dad turned off the stove,the pot began to cool and the pressure relief valve sprayed out a cloud of steam.If we thought Dad's pile of chicken manure was bad,this was 10 times worse.When Dad took off the lid,the smell nearly knocked us out.
Dad carried the pot out and we opened doors and windows to air out the house.Just how bad was it?The neighbors came out of their houses to see if we had a gas leak!
Determined,Dad filled our plates with steaming stew and passed them around.It didn't look that bad,and after the first wave had shut down my ability to smell,it didn't offend the nose so much,edible,and we drank up every last drop of soup.
8.What does "Nothing could stop Dad" probably indicate?
A.Dad was stubborn and hot-tempered. B.Dad was difficult to get along with.
C.Dad was hardworking and determined. D.Dad was unwilling to give up anything.
9.Why did the neighbors come out of their houses?
A.To see how delicious the stew was. B.To have a taste of the stew.
C.To have a look at something interesting. D.To see whether there was something wrong.
10.What does the underlined word "offend" in the last paragraph mean?
A.To attract B.To upset C.To air D.To shut
11.What can we infer about Dad's stew?
A.It smelt bad first but was actually quite yummy.
B.It was unbearably unpleasant to both eyes and nose.
C.It should have won a prize in a cooking competition.
D.It entered a cooking competition,but failed to win a prize.
“Mommy, I got something for you!” Cody ran through the door after school. His face wore the biggest smile ever. He waved something above his head. “It’s a pen. But not just any pen. It’s a lucky pen!” He handed me the pen 16 , waiting for my reaction(反应).
I looked at the pen in my hand. There was nothing 17 about it. It looked just like any other ballpoint pen. I had a drawer full of them. At that moment, I didn’t realize how special it was or how much I would come to treasure(珍爱) it.
I had made the decision to be a(n) 18 . I had dreamed about it for a long time but I was afraid of being refused by the publishing houses. The night before, I told my husband my 19 when I thought Cody wasn’t listening. “What if 20 likes my writing and I fail?” But Cody did 21 what I said. Now he stood in front of me, watching me examine the pen. “You don’t have to be afraid now,” he said. “This pen will make your 22 great and everyone will love you.”
Tears filled my eyes. Refusal(拒绝) and failure didn’t seem like such a big problem any more. Even if I
23 sold the first book, I had everything I could ever need. I knew that pen would bring me luck, though. And I felt 24 already, just by having Cody in my life, especially when I heard what he did to get it.
In the lunchroom, Cody heard an older boy talking about having a lucky 25 . He decided to get it for me. The boy was a tough negotiator(强硬的谈判者) but Cody didn’t 26 . In the end, he 27 his favorite Matchbox car, two army men his brother gave him, a crayon, and a piece of candy-his most important things, for that pen. Just to make 28 feel better.
I still have that pen, though it’s long out of ink, in a cup on my desk. When a refusal letter arrives and I start feeling 29 , I look at it and remember just how lucky I am. For while I value that pen, it’s Cody who I really 30 in my life.
16．A. easily B. carefully C. proudly D. naturally
17．A. strange B. special C. important D. interesting
18．A. teacher B. artist C. writer D. inventor
19．A. fear B. hope C. secret D. surprise
20．A. somebody B. everybody C. anybody D. nobody
21．A. hear B. accept C. expect D. believe
22．A. life B. dream C. stories D. choices
23．A. ever B. never C. even D. once
24．A. sure B. lucky C. brave D. proud
25．A. dog B. toy C. pen D. gift
26．A. give up B. try out C. get away D. call back
27．A. found B. kept C. sold D. changed
28．A. them B. us C. me D. him
29．A. nervous B. sorry C. angry D. lonely
30．A. respect B. praise C. serve D. treasure
About ten years ago, a young and very successful businessman named Josh was traveling down a Chicago neighborhood street. He was going a bit too fast in his shiny, black, 12 cylinder Jaguar XKE, which was only two months old.
He was watching for kids rushing out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something. As his car passed, no child came out, but a brick sailed out and—WHUMP! —it hit the Jag’s shiny black side door! Immediately Josh stopped the car, jumped out, seized the kid and pushed him up against a parked car. He shouted at the kid, “What was that all about and who are you? That’s my new Jag, that brick you threw is gonna cost you a lot of money. Why did you throw it? ”
“Please, mister, please. . . I’m sorry! I didn’t know what else to do! ” begged the youngster. “I threw the brick because no one else would stop! ” Tears were streaming down the boy’s face as he pointed around the parked car. “It’s my brother, mister, ” he said. “He rolled of the curb (路沿) and fell out of his wheelchair and I can’t lift him up. ”Sobbing, the boy asked the businessman, “ Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair? He’s hurt and he’s too heavy for me. ”
Moved beyond words, the young businessman tried hard to swallow the rapidly swelling lump in his throat. Straining, he lifted the young man back into the wheelchair and took out his handkerchief and wiped the scrapers and cuts, checking to see that everything was going to be OK. He then watched the younger brother push him down the sidewalk toward their home.
It was a long walk back to the black, shining 12 cylinder Jaguar XKE—a long and slow walk. Josh never did fix the side door of his Jaguar. He kept the dent (凹痕) to remind him not to go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at him to get his attention. Feel for the bricks of life coming at you.
21．How did the driver reflect firstly when he found the boy throwing a brick on his car?
A. Surprised B. Angry C. Strange D. Sad
22．The boy threw a brick at the businessman’s car because _________.
A. the businessman drove at a high speed
B. he envied the brand-new car very much
C. he wanted to ask for some money
D. he wanted to get help from the driver
23．Which of the following is the right order of the story?
a. The younger brother threw a brick at Josh’s car.
b. The elder brother fell out of his wheelchair.
c. The younger brother begged Josh for help.
d. Josh lifted the elder brother back into his wheelchair.
e. Josh shouted at the younger brother.
A. b, a, e, c, d B. a, c, d, b, e
C. b, a, c, e, d D. a, c, b, e, d
24．What can we learn from the passage?
A. Josh would accept the money from the kids.
B. The two kids were Josh’s neighbors.
C. Josh was a kind-hearted man.
D. Josh’s new car broke down easily.
25．According to the passage, the last sentence means ________.
A. trying to get ready for the trouble in your future life
B. driving fast in a neighborhood street is dangerous
C. trying to be more understanding seeing others in trouble
D. protecting oneself from being hurt
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
Believe it or not, some strange things are often happen before an earthquake. In 1976, a great earthquake shake Tangshan. Before the earthquake, strange things was happening in the countryside of northeast Hebei. Farmers noticed that the well walls had deep cracks in it. A smelly gas came out the cracks. In the farmyards, the chickens and even the pigs were such nervous that they didn’t want to eat anything. Mice ran out of the fields look for places to hide. So the one million people of the city, that thought little of these events, were asleep as usual that night. As a result, the number of people who were killed or serious injured reached more than 400,000.
You fool! You ______ for a house full of wonderful food, but you only wished for a cake.
A . could wish B. could have wished
C. can wish D. may wish
The following is a father's advice to his son or daughter, who has just graduated from high school：
First of all, congratulations on your graduation!Graduation from high school means that a new stage of life is ahead of you．At the beginning of this new stage, I have some advice for you．
Clean your own room and do your own laundry(洗衣物的活). After you have messed up(弄乱)something, you should learn to clean it up yourself．Cleanliness is indeed close to godliness(信奉上帝)．...
Don't mistake knowledge for wisdom. No matter how much information or knowledge you have gained, you'll never make sound(正确的)judgments if you don't have wisdom. Wisdom comes from imagination and reflection(反省)．If you can imagine the possible future outcomes of your present decisions and actions, you can avoid mistakes．And if you can reflect on the mistakes you have made, you can avoid making the same mistakes again and again．Such is wisdom．
Don't complain．When you take up a job, do your best to carry it out．Don't waste time complaining about it, no matter how difficult and boring it is．
Finally, be an early bird．If you get up earlier than the sun, you can watch it rising up slowly into the sky．And the sight of the rising sun will warm your heart and give you energy for the day ahead．Besides, being an early bird, you have plenty of time to take exercise or do a lot of work．
12. The father wants to give his daughter some advice, because ___
A. the father is a philosopher(哲学家)
B. another period of life lies ahead of him/her
C. he/she does not know how to behave himself/herself
D. the teacher is disappointed at his son's/daughter's performance
13. According to the father, wisdom enables one to ________．
A. avoid one's responsibilities B. acquire(获得)a lot of knowledge
C. complain about many things D. evaluate(评价)situations correctly
14. In the opinion of the father, complaining ________．
A. gets you nowhere B. is a pleasant thing
C. usually leads to success D. can be appreciated by people
15. The father says that being an early bird makes one ________．
A. sleepy and tired B. clean and happy
C. hungry and angry D. energetic and efficient(高效的)
It was in 1969 ______ two Americans went to the moon by spaceship.
A．that B．before C．when D．since
