Tom goes everywhere with Catherine Green, a 54-year-old secretary. He moves around her office at work and goes shopping with her. "Most people don't seem to mind Tom," says Catherine, who thinks he is wonderful. "He's my fourth child," she says. She may think of him and treat him that way as her son, buying his food, paying his health bills and his taxes, but in fact Tom is a dog.

    Catherine and Tom live in Sweden, a country where everyone is expected to lead an orderly life according to rules laid down by the government, which also provides a high level of care for its people. This level of care costs money.

    People in Sweden pay taxes on everything, so aren't surprised to find that owning a dog means yet more taxes. Some people are paying as much as 500 Swedish kronor in taxes a year for the right to keep their dog, money that is spent by the government on dog hospitals and sometimes medical treatment for a dog that falls ill. However, most such treatment is expensive, so owners often decide to offer health and even life premium for their dog.

    In Sweden dog owners must pay for any damage their dog does. A Swedish Kennel Club official explains what this means: if your dog runs out on the road and gets hit by a passing car you, as the owner, have to pay for any damage done to the car, even if your dog has been killed in the accident.

36. Catherine pays taxes for Tom because             .

   A. Tom follows her everywhere                          B. Tom is her child

   C. Tom is her dog                             D. Tom often falls ill

37. The money paid as dog taxes is used to                            

   A. keep a high level of care for the people         B. pay for damage done by dogs

   C. provide medical care for dogs                D. buy insurance for dog owners

38. The underlined world "premium" possibly means                 .

   A. payment for risks                            B. medical check

   C. entertainment expense                        D. protection fee

39. If a dog causes a car accident and gets killed, who should pay for the damage done to the car?

   A. The owner of the car.                         B. The owner of the dog.

   C. The insurance company.              D. The government.

40. From the text it can be inferred that in Sweden            .

   A. dogs are welcome in public places       B. keeping dogs means asking for trouble

   C. many car accidents are caused by dogs          D. people care much about dogs.

Making an advertisement(广告) for television often costs more than a movie. For example, a two-hour movie costs ＄6 million to make. A TV commercial can cost more than ＄6,000 a second. And that does not include the cost of paying for air time（电视节目开始的时间）. Which is more valuable, the program or the ad? In terms of money and making money is what television is all about the commercial is by far the more important.

Research, market  testing, talent, time and money- all come together to make us want to buy a product. No matter how bad we think a commercial is, it works. The sales of Charm went up once the ads began. TV commercials actually buy their way into our head. We, in turn, buy the product.

And the ads work because so much time and attention are given them. Here are some rules of commercial ad making. If you want to get the lower-middle-class buyer, make sure the announcer has a tough, manly voice. Put some people in the ad who work with their hands. If you want to sell to an upper-class audience, make sure that the house, the furniture, and the hairstyle are types that the group identifies with. If you want the buyer feel superior to the character selling the product, then make that person so stupid or silly that everyone will feel great about himself or herself.

We laugh at commercials. We don’t think we pay that much attention to them. But evidence shows we are kidding ourselves. The making of a TV commercial that costs so much money is not kid stuff. It’s big, big business. And it’s telling us what to think, what we need, and what to buy. To put it simply, the TV commercial is a form of brainwashing.

63. TV commercials are more important than other programs to television because   .

A．they bring in great profits.          B．they require a lot of money to make.

C．they are not difficult to produce.    D．they attract more viewers than other programs.

64. From the rules set for making commercial ads, we can see that      .

A．the lower-middle-class buyer likes to work with his hand.

B．ad designers attract different people with different skills.

C．the more stupid the characters, the more buyers of the product.

D．an upper-class buyer is more interested in houses and furniture than a lower-middle-class buyer.

65 The undrelined word “kidding”most probably means      .

A．behaving as a child.                                   B．laughing at.

C．making fun of.                                           D．not telling the truth to.

66. It is believed by the writer that      .

A．few people like to watch TV commercials.

B．people do not think highly of TV commercials.

C．TV commercials often make people laugh.

D．TV commercials are a good guide to buyers.

  Last week, we had a visit to the Science Museum. It was free, so we dropped in for three hours. The guide had (1) c  ____ with us. She told us something about the museum.

Above all, we should pay (2) a ____  to the signs in the museum, such as “No smoking”, “No shouting”, “No photos” and so on. Make sure we weren’t (3) a       ____the rules. Or we would be in trouble. Maybe we were be punished. 

The human unusual inventions are on the second floor. I was interested in the inventions, so I went (4) u ____  . There I also work out my plans and try out new ideas by doing physics and chemistry (5) e ____  . It’s different from other museums. In most museums, we must be quiet. But on the second floor in this museum, you can make (6) n ____   . Some students who liked sports went downstairs. There they (7) d ____   big holes on the sand. Then they (8) f ____      a model truck on four wheels with the sand. On the third floor, we compared speed (9) w ____      animals. We all had a wonderful time. No (10) w____      so many people like to come here.

  In high school I had a math teacher, Mrs. Davies, who took her job seriously and expected her students to put forth the same degree of commitment (付出). Strict but fair, she held our attention with her great method. One of her    1    was for students who were more advanced academically. I chose to    2    it and soon realized that the course was a bit over my head. I    3    with the complex problems that others seemed to learn without much effort.

One Friday we were tested    4    our ability to use a theorem (定理) that no one in the class thoroughly understood. The teacher would    5    our papers based on our ability to progress through the problem which easily filled two pages of formulaic notations (公式符号). I was absolutely    6   . Finally, I didn't use the required theorem. Instead, I decided to use more familiar theorems to arrive at an    7   . I knew I had failed because I hadn't done the    8    assignment. I became resigned (顺从) to my fate.

Our test papers were    9    back the following Monday. Everyone received a "C" except for me. To my surprise, I received an "A". I    10    that there must be a mistake. I watched    11    as the teacher approached my desk, smiled, and asked for my test    12    back. She then went back to copy my work onto the blackboard,    13    the class how I had arrived at the correct answer. "Mathematics is meant to be a creative tool, pushing our minds to a rewarding answer," she said with confidence.    14    I didn't use the required theorem, she seemed really proud of how I'd worked through the problem. The class saw her fold my test paper and put it into her textbook. She announced that it would be    15    with future classes.

My teacher would have been justified (合理的) in giving me a    16    grade. Instead, she used the    17    to deeply influence a student who often struggled. And after forty years, I still cherish the    18   . It helped change my self-image. I    19    up to a broad boundary of possibilities which has made my life an adventure. She understood that teaching went beyond strict demands and could be used to    20    Thank you, Mrs. Davies.

1．A．ways                B．tasks                      C．tests                       D．classes

2．A．run                   B．take                       C．teach                      D．like

3．A．compared          B．struggled                C．connected               D．argued

4．A．on                    B．at                           C．in                          D．for

5．A．explain             B．collect                    C．print                      D．grade

6．A．tired                 B．curious                   C．lost                        D．satisfied

7．A．effect               B．end                        C．answer                   D．interest

8．A．completed         B．proved                   C．fixed                      D．required

9．A．handed             B．held                       C．thrown                   D．dated

10．A．hoped             B．assumed                 C．declared                 D．dreamed

11．A．angrily            B．regretfully              C．disappointedly        D．nervously

12．A．paper              B．score                      C．question                 D．method

13．A．helping           B．following               C．showing                 D．praising

14．A．Since              B．Unless                    C．Though                  D．Because

15．A．shared             B．exchanged              C．practised                D．checked

16．A．friendly          B．failing                    C．corrected                D．wrong

17．A．possibility       B．creation                  C．intention                D．opportunity

18．A．change            B．memory                 C．school                    D．life

19．A．opened            B．kept                       C．made                     D．looked

20．A．learn               B．survive                   C．inspire                   D．manage

 Eric didn’t feel at _____ ease in the party, because he was afraid of losing ____ face.

A. the; a            B. an; /             C. an; the         D. /; /

When I was 16 years old, a boy gave me an important gift.   31   .

   It was the early autumn of my first year at a junior high school, and my old school was far away.   32   . I was very lonely, and afraid to make friends with anyone.

   Every time I listened to other students talking and laughing, I felt my heart break. I couldn’t talk about my problems with anyone . And I didn’t want my parents to worry about me.

   Then one day, my classmates talked happily with their friends, but I sat at my desk unhappily as usual.   33    I didn’t know who he was. He passed me and then turned back. He looked at me, with a smile on his face.

   Suddenly, I felt the touch of something bright and friendly. It made me feel happy, lively and warm.

       34   I started to talk with other students and made friends. Day by day, I became closer to everyone in my class. The boy with the lucky smile has become my best friend now!

      35  I believe that the world is what you think it is. If you think it lonely, you might always be alone. So smile at the world and it will smile back.

A. At that moment, a boy entered the classroom.

B. He’s living in Australia now and he loves it.

C. It doesn’t matter because all the dark days have gone.

D. It was a smile.

E. That smile changed my life.

F. It’s practically impossible to make friends here.

G. As a result, no one knew who I was.

Dr Dian Fossey，one of the world's leading women scientists，had an outstanding career. The work—she devoted her life to protecting and studying the mountain gorillas (大猩猩) of Africa—has proved highly effective and has resulted in the steady (平稳的) increase of this most endangered big monkeys.

Fossey made her first trip to Africa in 1963.Three years later，she returned to Africa to begin a long－term study of the mountain gorillas. She set up a camp in the  Democratic Republic of Congo but moved to Rwanda because of political reasons in   1967.She founded her “Karisoke” Research Centre camp on September 24，1967.

Fossey's aims were to study gorilla ecology (生态学) and social organization. She found that in order to achieve this，she needed to recognize individual gorillas，which required that the gorillas get used to her presence．By copying gorillas' behaviour and sounds，Fossey began to gain their trust，and in 1970, an adult male gorilla she had named “Peanuts” reached out to touch her hand.

Close observations over thousands of hours enabled Fossey to gain the gorillas' trust and bring forth new knowledge about their behaviour. Stories and photographs of her work were published in National Geographic Magazine and elsewhere.

In 1977，one of Fossey's favourite gorillas，Digit，was killed by poachers and she set up the Digit Fund to help raise money for gorilla protection efforts in the same year.

On December 26，1985，Fossey was murdered while going back to her house in Karisoke. Her body was discovered near the research centre. Most probably，Dian Fossey had been killed by the poachers she'd fought against. On her tombstone (墓碑)：“No one loved gorillas more...”

In 1988，the life and the work of Fossey were made into a movie based on her book.

8．Why does the author say “Dr Dian Fossey had an outstanding career”?

A．Because she made gorillas increase steadily.

B．Because she liked to play with gorillas.

C．Because she studied gorilla ecology.

D．Because she travelled all over the world.

9. Which of the following shows the right time order of the events in Fossey's life?

a．She set up the Digit Fund.

b．Her story was shown in a movie.

c．She was killed probably by the poachers.

d．She founded her “Karisoke” centre.

A．a，d，c，b　　　　  B．a，c，d，b

C．d，c，b，a               D．d，a，c，b

10．The underlined word “poachers” in Paragraph 5 probably refers to people who ________．

A．sell drugs against the law

B．hunt animals against the law

C．hate successful people

D．like to do harm to people

11．From the words on Fossey's tombstone，we can infer that ________．

A．Fossey was the person who loved gorillas most

B．after Fossey died，no one loves gorillas

C．Fossey was the first one to study gorillas

D．everybody loves gorillas as Fossey did

 As Theresa May says, we shouldn’t turn a blind eye or cold heart to people around the world, ______are helpless and crying out for help.

   A. where               B. as           C. which         D. who

 —The MP4 player cost me 10 dollars.

—You only paid 10 dollars for it? That was a real ____.

A. exchange       B. bargain        C. trade                 D. business

 Cathy stopped working when her son was born __________ she could stay home and take care of him.

A. even if          B. so that              C. unless               D. while

某英文报社准备刊发一篇题为”Living in a City”有关城市生活利和弊的文章。根据下面提示写一篇英语短文。

       优点：找工作容易；交通便利；有公园、饭店等休闲场所。         

       缺点：生活消费高；人口多，拥挤；空气污染，居住环境差。

要求：1. 覆盖以上全部内容，可适当发挥。

2.      词数100左右，标题已给出。

3.      提示：优点advantage; 缺点disadvantage.

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

—Every day in Junior 3 is just a tiny step.

      —You' re quite right.        _____by doing well in each step, can we achieve the final goal.

A. Always             B. Only         C. Simply

My aunt is a little nervous about her first to Canada. She has______ been abroad before.

A. never             B. sometimes           C. often              D. always

Last week we received a call from a dear friend, Karen. Karen is the mother of three children—a pair of 1-year-old twin boys and one 26___________ three-year-old “big sister” named Amanda.

It seems that Amanda has been a good girl all year and all she wanted for 27___________ was the Barney Banjo (班卓琴). Her mother had called all the stores in their area, but no 28___________. Her mother had also visited dozens of Internet sites 29___________ the magic banjo, but still couldn’t find any. Karen then began asking all her friends to 30___________.

A local store flyer（传单）was advertising them, so we 31___________ it. After we entered the store, I looked up and down the toy shelves. Although the Barney Banjo had been 32___________ in the flyer, I could not find any. Then, a clerk came holding a Barney Banjo and 33___________ it directly to me without saying a word. I 34___________ her name tag (标签) said “Karen”.

My wife Susan and I went up to 35___________ it and all the clerks looked at us with 36___________, asking us where we found the Barney Banjo. They said they had 37___________ Barney Banjo for days.

Then things became very 38___________. Not only did the clerks claim Barney Banjo had been out of stock(无货的), but they also looked 39___________ when we mentioned “Karen”, who gave me the Banjo. The clerks didn’t have the 40___________ idea who that lady was.

We 41___________ called our friend Karen and told her the good news 42___________ she would not have to tell her daughter that Santa could not 43___________ her a Banjo this year. Karen was so happy. We could 44___________ her smile through the phone lines. When we told her the story about the clerk named Karen that no one else 45___________, she started to cry. She believed it very well might be a Christmas angel.

26. A. busy                  B. curious                    C. careful                    D. lovely

27. A. Easter                B. Halloween                C. Thanksgiving           D. Christmas

28. A. problem             B. luck                        C. time                        D. fun

29. A. in search of         B. in need of                C. in honor of              D. in support of

30. A. follow                B. help                         C. come                             D. buy

31. A. thought of          B. came up with            C. came across            D. set off for

32. A. chosen                      B. sold                         C. advertised                D. described

33. A. presented           B. sent                       C. returned                   D. connected

34. A. admitted             B. believed                    C. realized                    D. noticed

35. A. mail                   B. buy                      C. check                             D. wrap

36. A. disbelief             B. anger                       C. fear                         D. embarrassment

37. A. got away with     B. given out                  C. run out of                D. turned out

38. A. simple                B. dangerous                C. mysterious               D. funny

39. A. ashamed             B. puzzled                    C. annoyed                  D. discouraged

40. A. slightest             B. best                         C. wildest                    D. strangest

41. A. patiently             B. hopefully                 C. nervously                D. excitedly

42. A. even if                      B. as if                        C. so that                     D. now that

43. A. get                     B. make                       C. lend                        D. promise

44. A. enjoy                 B. feel                         C. see                          D. remember

45. A. expected            B. welcomed                C. forgot                    D. knew

你得知故宫免费对教师开放，于是给你校外教写一封邮件，包括以下内容：

    1．开放时间：每月的第一个周三；

    2．订票方式：提前10天网上预约；

    3．入场条件：出示教师证。

注意：1．词数不少于100；

      2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

      3．开头和结尾已给出，不计人总词数。

参考词汇：教师证Teacher Identity Card

Dear Tom,

Yours,

Jerry

One October morning, the sky was clear and the sun was shining. Bethany Hamilton decided to go _31__ with some friends in Hawaii.

As one of the best teenage surfers in the world, the 13-year-old American girl was planning to become a  __32__  surfer. Cheerfully, she was lying on her surfboard, waiting for the next big wave. Suddenly, a big shark __33__  her left arm and shook her backwards and forwards. Bethany held onto her board and the shark eventually swam away – but it took her __34__ away with it. __35__ , it attacked only once. It happened so fast that she didn’t even __36__.

As Bethany started to swim back to the beach with one arm, her friends thought she was joking. But to their horror, they saw the __37__  and rushed to help.

        Having lost almost half the blood, Bethany’s__38__ was a miracle（奇迹）, according to doctors. But she wanted to do __39__ just survive.

 “It never crossed my mind that I might never get on a surfboard again,” she recalled(回想) later. “I wonder whether I would actually be __40__ to do it or not. But __41__ I left hospital, I had decided that I was going to surf.”  

With the support of her family, Bethany __42__  to get back on her board only one month after the attack. Her dad fixed a handle on her surfboard to help her paddle(划水)through and into waves.

        When she returned to surfing at a competition in Hawaii, Bethany was  __43__  in dangerous waves that broke her surfboard. As a result, she gave away her remaining boards and quit(退出). She tried using an artificial(人造的) arm, but it turned out to be __44__ while surfing.

        After __45__ in Thailand in the 2004 earthquake and helping homeless survivors who had lost everything, Bethany __46__ her decision to give up the sport she loved and __47__ to try professional surfing again. Less than a year after the accident, she won first place in a surfing competition in Hawaii. And all her struggles and efforts __48__ when she won in a world championship years later.

 She also received several __49__, including a special award for courage at the MTV Teen Choice Awards in 2004 and the Woman of the Year award from King Fahd of Saudi Arabia in 2006. Her __50__, true story gained wider attention with the release(发行) of the film “Soul Surfer”

31．A. swimming     B．surfing          C．sailing              D．boating
32．A. professional      B．free            C．dream            D．special
33．A. touched         B．struck           C．bit              D．took
34．A．hand             B．surfboard        C．friend           D．arm 
35．A．Strangely        B．Especially       C．Surprisingly      D．Fortunately
36．A．scream       B．think                C．fight            D．escape
37．A. shark                B．attack           C．blood                D．scene
38．A．injury          B．courage          C．accident         D．survival 

39．A. rather than          B．more than        C．better than          D．other than
40．A. suitable             B．lucky            C．strong           D．able
41．A. while                B．after            C．before           D．until
42．A. hoped                B．managed          C．agreed            D．offered
43．A. caught               B．noticed          C．lost             D．driven
44．A. helpful              B．useless          C．wonderful        D．meaningless
45．A. training         B．settling         C．traveling        D．volunteering
46．A. reconsidered     B．remembered  C．recognized       D．recalled
47．A. refused          B．started          C．decided          D．continued
48．A．paid off         B．paid for         C．paid in          D．paid out
49．A. gifts                B．honors           C．rewards          D．praises
50．A. exciting         B．dangerous        C．inspiring        D．adventurous

   英语课上，老师要求同桌相互修改作文。假设以下作文为你同桌所写，请你对其进行修改。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：在缺词处加一个漏词符号 （^），并在此符号下面写出改加的词。

 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。

My dream is to become a school teacher in the future. In fact, I had the dream of becoming a teacher since my childhood. In my opinion, without teachers, no society could make progresses. There is no doubt whether teachers play an important role in children growth. Not only do teachers pass on knowledge for children, but they also teach children how to behave themselves. Comparing with other jobs, teaching is hard and the pay is lower. And to me, what great fun it is to be with children! They make me to feel young forever because I’ll study harder and try my best to realize my dream.

Making the Most of the Body’s Clock

Want to know when the best time is to do your homework and study for your exams? Then just take advantage of your body’s clock, and you can work more efficiently (效率高地) and more happily.   36     

Morning

Research shows that in the morning your body can take fatty foods more easily, so don’t worry too much about having a big breakfast.   37   So if you need to go to the doctor’s for an injection(注射), this is the best time to go!

Did you know that the best time for the brain to work well is between 10:00 am and noon? Therefore, that’s the time when you should be listening to your teachers the most attentively(专心地).

Lunch-time.

Between 12:00 pm and 2:00 pm is the best time for eating. The body clock tells your body to help you digest your food at this time, so you have less chance of suffering from stomachache.

Early Afternoon

  38   There is a slowdown in the speed your brain works, so it’s not the best time to solve difficult maths problems.

Late Afternoon

After three o’clock, the body clock starts to tell your body to start working again.  39  . So why not try to start and finish your homework during this time period?

Late evening

Between 8 pm and 10 pm is the time people are most likely to feel lonely.  40   Another problem students have at night time is difficulty in sleeping. If you want a good night’s sleep, just take a warm bath and don’t do any exercise before you sleep. Avoid staying up late.  

A. Everyone’s body clock is slightly different.

B. From 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm your body is at its fittest.

C. A good sleep helps to clear your brain and relax your mind.

D. Let’s now find out what activities are best for us at different times of the day.

E. The body is best at fighting pain between the hours of 9:00am and 10:00 a.m.

F. This may be one reason why students like to phone or meet their friends at this time.

G. The body’s temperature usually drops at this time and all the body systems slow down.

The villagers         food for the soldiers.

A.provided B.supplied      C.gave          D.offered

You may think that sailing is a difficult sport, but it is really not hard to learn it. You do not need to be strong. But you need to be quick. And you need to understand a few basic rules about the wind. First, you must ask yourself, “Where is the wind coming from? Is it coming from ahead or behind or from the side?” You must think about this all the time on the boat. The wind direction tells you what to do with the sail.

Let’s start with the wind blowing from behind. This means the wind and the boat are going in the same direction. Then you must always keep the sail outside the boat. It should be at a 90° angle (角度) the boat. Then it will catch the wind best.

If the wind is blowing from the side, it is blowing across the boat In this case, you must keep the sail half way outside the boat. It should be at a 45° angle to the boat. It needs to be out far enough to catch the wind, but it shouldn’t flap (摆动). It shouldn’t look like a flag on a flagpole. If it is flapping, it is probably out too far, and the boat will slow down.

Sailing into the wind is not possible. If you try, the sail will flap and the boat will stop. You may want to go in that direction. It is possible, but you can’t go in a straight line. You must go first in one direction and then in another. This is called tacking. When you are tacking, you must always keep the sail inside the boat.

29. What should you consider first while sailing?

A. Wave levels.                                                            B. Size of sails.

C. Sailors’ strength.                                                            D. Wind directions.

30. What does the word “It” underlined in Paragraph 4 refer to?

A. The boat.                       B. The wind.                       C. The sail.                        D. The angle.

31. What do you have to do when sailing against the wind?

A. Tack the boat.                                                          B. Lower the sail.

C. Move in a straight line.                                            D. Allow the sail to flap.

32. Where can you probably find the text?

A. In a physics textbook.                                                     B. In a tourist guidebook.

C. In a popular magazine.                                            D. In an official report.