For some people, music is no fun at all. About 4% of the population is what scientists call “amusic”. People who are amusic are born without the ability to enjoy musical notes. Amusic people often cannot tell the differences between two songs.

   As a result, songs sound like noise to an amusic. Many amuics compare the sound of music to pieces of metal hitting each other. Life can be hard for amusics. In fact, most people cannot understand what it feel like being amusic. Just going to a restaurant or a shopping center can be uncomfortable or even painful. That is why many amusics have to stay away from places where there is music. However, this can result in social loneliness. “I used to hate parties,” says Margaret, a seventy-year-old woman who only recently discovered that she was amusic. By studying people like Margaret, scientists are finally learning how to identify(辨别) this unusual condition.

   Scientists say that the brains of amusics are different for those of people who can enjoy music. The difference is complex(复杂的), and it is not connected with poor hearing. Amusics can understand other non-musical sounds well. They also have no problems understanding common speech. Scientists compare amusics to people who just can’t see certain colors.

Many amusics are happy when their condition is finally diagnosed(诊断). For years, Margaret felt embarrassed about her music problem. Now she knows that she is not alone. That makes it easier for her to explain. “When people invite me to a concert, I just say ”No, thanks. I’m amusic.’” says Margret. “ I just wish I had learned to say that when I was seventeen and not seventy.”

32. Amusics are the people who _________.

A. like music                            B. are born unable to enjoy music

C. don’t like music                   D. have poor listening

33. Life is hard for amusics mainly because _________.

 A. music seems noise for them.          

 B. amusics hate parties, restaurants or shopping center.

 C. amusics try to stay at places full of music           

 D. people don’t understand amusics

34. In the last paragraph, Margaret expressed her wish that ________.

A. her problem with music had been diagnosed earlier

B. she were seventeen years old rather than seventy

C. her problem could be easily explained

D. she were able to meet other amusics

35. What is the main idea of the passage?

 A. Some people’s inability to enjoy music.  B. Musical ability.

 C. Amusics’ strange behaviors.             

D. Identification and treatment of amusic.

假如你是某校学生李华。近来，你发现很多同学课间休息时间坐在教室里学习。请你根据以下提示，用英语写信给校长反映这一问题，并呼吁同学们注意学习效率。

1. 反映问题；     2. 你的看法；     3. 你的建议。

注意： 1. 词数100左右；   2. 信的开头已为你写好（不计入总词数）。

Dear Sir,

I am Li Hua, a senior 3 student in your school. I’m writing to tell you about a problem. _____________________

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

 — Dad, I won first place in the speech contest.

—______! I’m proud of you, my daughter.

A. Congratulations   B. Good luck   C. My pleasure   D. Good idea

 “If you want to see a thing well, reach out and touch it!”

That may seem a strange thing to say. But touching things can help you to see them better.

Your eyes can tell you that glass ball is round. But by holding it in your hands, you can feel how smooth and cool the ball is. You can feel how heavy the glass is. When you feel all these about the ball, you really see it.1111]

With your skin, you can feel better. For example, your fingers can tell the difference between two coins in your pocket. You can feel a little drop of water on the back of your hand, too.

You can even feel sounds against your skin. Have you ever wanted to know why some people like very loud music? They must like to feel the sounds of music.

All children soon learn what “Don’t touch!” means. They hear it often. Yet most of us keep on touching things as we grow up. In shops, we touch things we might buy, such as food, clothes and so on. To see something well, we have to touch it.

The bottoms of our feet can feel things, too. You know this when you walk on warm sand, cool grass or a bad floor. All feel different under your feet.

There are ways of learning to see well by feeling.

One way is to close your eyes and try to feel everything that is touching your skin. Feel the shoes on your feet, the clothes on your body, the air on your skin. At first, it is not easy to feel these things. You are too used to them!

Most museums are just for looking. But today some museums have some things to touch. Their signs say, “Do touch! There you can feel everything on show. If you want to see better, reach out and touch. Then you’ll really see!”

32.By touching things _______.

A. you can learn more about them

B. you will learn how to reach out

C. you will have a strange feeling

D. you can tell what colors they are

33.According to the passage, your skin can feel the things EXCEPT________.

A. water

B. sounds

C. coins

D. darkness

34.Why does it say, “At first, it is not easy to feel these things?”

A. The things are used by people, too.

B. The things are hard to feel.

C. People know how to use the things.

D. These things are too familiar to you.

35.Which of the following can be the best title of the story?

A. Touching by Feeling

B. To See Better — Feel

C. To See or to Feel

D. Ways of Feeling

Anna lost her arms in a car accident when she was a teenager. What was worse, she lost her parents at the age of 20. Her elder sister, 61        was ten years older than her, wanted to take care of her. However, Anna refused 62        (live) with her sister, saying that she would take care of 63        (her). She managed to enter college and 64        (study) very hard. Four years later, she graduated and 65        (give) a job. Once she wrote 66         her diary, “I am quite lucky. Though I lost my arms, I still have my legs.”
     Anna chose to face her misfortune in a positive way. Instead of 67        (feel) sad every day, she decided not to let it hold her back. She has taught us 68         good lesson. When something bad happens to us, we have two 69        (choose). One is to complain, and the other is to face it 70        (brave). If we choose to escape, it will always follow us wherever we go. If we decide to be strong, new hopes will come. So choose wisely.

If       the same treatment again, he is sure to get well.

A.giving            B.give             C.given                D.being given

 Jack, as well as his friends who _____fond of football games, ______traveled with the team.

  A. are; has           B. are; have       C. is; has         D. is; have

假段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。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(＼)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10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Dear Sir’

I am Sally and I’m a big fan of your program. I begin to listen to your program about three years before. Since then I have fallen in love with them. I listen to your program when I feel tiring and lonely. I like the program very much, especial the English songs. So far I have learned a lot songs through the program, including Let it go, the song from the movie Frozen.

Under the help of your program, I have made a great progress in my English studies. But I want to express my thank to you.

Yours sincerely,

                                                              Sally

 If I _________ you, I ________ more attention to English idioms and phrases.

A. was; would pay         B. am; will pay   

C. were;paid      D. were; would pay

In the fall of 1985, I was a bright-eyed girl heading off to Howard University, aiming for a legal career and dreaming of sitting on a Supreme Court bench. Twenty-one years later I am still a bright-eyed 36          and one with quite a different tale to tell.

My grandma, a (n) 37        woman, graduated from college at the age of 65. She was the first in our family to reach that 38         . But one year after I entered college, she developed cancer. I made the choice to withdraw from college to 39         her. It meant that school and my personal dream would have to 40          .

Then I got married with another dream: building my family from a 41         of adopted and biological children(亲生孩子). In 1999, we adopted our first son. A year later came our second adopted boy. 42          , the  following year ,we adopted son number three. In 2003, I gave birth to another boy.

You can 43         how totally occupied I became, raising four boys under the age of eight. Our home was a complete zoo---a joyous zoo. Not surprisingly, I never did 44         it back to college full-time. But I never 45         my dream either. I had only one choice: make it work. That meant taking as 46          as one class each semester.

The hardest part was feeling 47          about the time I spent away from the boys. They often wanted me to 48           home with them. There certainly were times I wanted to  49 .        But I knew I should set a(n) 50          for them to follow through the rest of their lives.

In 2007, I graduated from the University of North Carolina. It took me over 21 years to get my college degree！

I am not 51         just single-minded(专心的). It always 52         me that from the  53         , challenges look huge, but when you’re in the midst of them, the same ones seem  54          . Not everything you want arrives in your life in one day. It’s a(n) 55          . Remember: little steps can lead to big dreams.

Lisa was preparing lunch while her son, Barney, was playing by himself in the back garden. Suddenly she __61___ ( hear) a loud cry. So she rushed into the garden. She found a big snake trying to eat her son! Lisa was very ___62___ (worry) and angry. She made up her mind ____63__ (save) her son from the snake’s mouth. She took up ___64___ old stick, with ___65___ she began beating the snake violently.

 Lisa beat the snake continuously(连续地), __66___it didn’t work. Suddenly Lisa threw ___67__ (she) to the snake, opening her mouth and biting into its back. After the snake was ___68___ (serious) injured, it moved back into the forest. Nobody knew how a woman had such sharp ___69___ (tooth).

It was mother’s love ___70___ saved the little boy

Nick Petrels is a doctor in Montreal. He works 60 hours a week. He takes care of 159 patients a week in the hospital and at his office. He’s been a doctor for ten years.

Dr. Petrels gives his patients good medical advice. But he doesn’t just tell his patients what to do. He also sings to them on television! Dr. Petrels has his own TV show. The show is in Italian, English and French. The doctor starts the show with a song and then gives medical advice. He explains a medical problem or disease in simple language. After that, he sings another song.

Dr. Petrels produces and performs in his own show every week. The program is very popular with his patients and with people who enjoy his singing. His dream is to perform(表演) in Las Vegas. His favorite songs are love songs, and he has a compact disk（光盘） of love songs that he wrote. Dr. Petrels says, “I always loved to sing. All my problems are gone when I sing.” But when Dr. Petrels was young, his father didn’t want him to be a singer, so he went to medical school.

Some people tell Dr. Petrels he can help people more as a doctor. But Dr. Petrels says he helps people when he sings, too. “I like to make people smile. Sometimes it’s difficult to make a sick person smile. Medicine and entertainment both try to do the same thing. They try to make people feel good.”

5. Dr. Petrels works 60 hours a week, because he _______.

A. gives his patients medical advice    B. takes care of 159 patients a week

C. sings on television    D. has his own TV show

6. Dr. Petrels _______, so he is called a singing doctor.

A. has been a doctor for ten years    B. always loved to sing

C. is popular with his patients    D. also sings to his patients on TV

7. In his TV show, Dr. Petrels _______.

A. sings and gives medical advice    B. sings about different diseases

C. starts to explain diseases with a song    D. sings love songs he wrote

8. Dr. Petrels’ show is popular _______.

A. in Las Vegas.    B. at medical school

C. with people who like his singing    D. with patients in Montreal

 The newly-discovered star was named______ a Chinese astronomer______ his contributions     to Astronomy.

   A. after; in favor of   B. for; in memory of     C. after; in honor of    D. as; in praise of

 I didn’t say I like it___,I was very much against it.

A. At the same time    B. Rather than  

C. On the whole        D. On the contrary

   The Great Fire of London started in the very early hours of 2 September 1666 . In four days it destroyed more than three-quarters of the old city , where most of the houses were wooden and close together .Over one hundred people became homeless , but only a few lost their lives .

　　The fire started on Sunday morning in the house of the King’s baker（面包师）in Pudding Lane. The baker , with his wife and family , was able to get out through a window into the roof . A strong wind blew the fire from the bakery（面包房）into a small hotel next door ．Then it spread quickly into Thames Street. That was the beginning.

　　By eight o’ clock three hundred houses were on fire . On Monday nearly a kilometer of the city was burning along the River Thames . Tuesday was the worst day. The fire destroyed many well-known buildings, old St Paul’s and the Guildhall among them .

　　Samuel Pepys, the famous writer , wrote about the fire, “People threw their things into the river . Many poor people stayed in their houses until the last moment ．Birds fell out of the air because of the heat .”

　　The fire stopped only when the King finally ordered people to destroy hundreds of buildings in the path of the fire．With nothing left to burn, the fire became weak and finally died out.

　　After the fire, Christopher Wren, the architect(建筑师), wanted a city with wider streets and fine new houses of stone．In fact, the streets are still narrow, but he did build more than fifty churches, among them were St Paul’s

　　The fire caused great pain and loss, but after it London was a better place: a city for the future and not just of the past.

67.  How was the fire put out according to the text?

　　A. The King and his soldiers came to help.

　　B. All the wooden houses in the city were destroyed.

　　C. People managed to get enough water from the river.

D. Houses standing in the direction of the fire were pulled down

68. It seems that the writer of the text was most sorry for the fact that ______.

　　A．some people lost their lives

　　B．the birds in the sky were killed by the fire

　　C．many famous buildings were destroyed

　　D．the King’s bakery was burned down

69. Why did the writer cite(引用)Samuel Pepys?

　　A．Because Pepys was among those putting out the fire.

　　B．Because Pepys also wrote about the fire.

　　C．To show that poor people suffered most.

　　D．To give the reader a clearer picture of the fire.

70．Which of the following were reasons for the rapid spread of the big fire?

(a) There was a strong wind.　　　　　

(b) The streets were very narrow．

　  (c) Many houses were made of wood.

(d) There was not enough water in the city.

　　(e) People did not discover the fire earlier.

A．(a) and (b)　　      B．(a), (b) and (c)   

C．(a), (b), (c) and (d)　　D．(a), (b), (c), (d) and (e)

Some people make you feel comfortable when they are around. You spend an hour with them and feel as if you have known them half your life. These people have something in common. And once we know what it is, we can try to do it ourselves.

How is it done? Here are several skills that good talkers have. If you follow the skills, they’ll help you put people at their ease, and make friends with them quickly.

First of all, good talkers ask questions. Almost anyone, no matter how shy he is, will answer a question. One well-known businesswoman says, “At business lunches, I always ask people what they did that morning. It’s a common question, but it will get things going.” From there you can move on to other matters—sometimes to really personal questions. And how he answers will let you know how far you can go.

Second, once good talkers have asked questions, they listen to the answers. This point seems clear, but it isn’t.. Your questions should have a point and help to tell what sort of person you are talking to. And to find out, you really have to listen carefully and attentively.

Real listening at least means some things. First it means not to change the subject of conversation. If someone sticks to one topic, you can take it as a fact that he’s really interested in it. Real listening also means not just listening to words, but to tones of voice. If the voice sounds dull, then, it’s time for you to change the subject.

Finally, good talkers know well how to deal with the occasion of parting. If you’re saying good-bye, you may give him a firm handshake and say, “I’ve really enjoyed meeting you.” If you want to see that person again, don’t keep it a secret. Let people know what you feel, and they may walk away feeling as if they’ve known you half their life.

25. Asking questions might be a quite good and suitable way _______.

A. for you to make more and more new friends

B. to begin your business talks

C. to get the conversation going smoothly

D. for you to make a deep and lasting impression on others

26. After having asked somebody a question, it’ll be polite of you to _______.

A. make clear what kind of person he is            B. listen to his reply attentively

C. wait quietly and patiently for his answer         D. go on asking him more questions

27. Generally speaking, good talkers are persons who _______.

A. are good at making any topic interesting        

B. never talk too much or too little

C. always speak in a gentle way      

D. know how and when they should change the topic of the talk

28. If you really take delight in meeting someone again, _______.

A. you may take him as your lifelong trustworthy friend

B. it seems necessary for you to let him know it

C. it’s proper for you to give him a second handshake

D. it’ll be helpful for you to have further understanding of him

 The building _____ faces south is my office.

A. whose   B. where        C. which      D. in which

Albert was an ordinary worker in an oil company in America. His workmates gave a nickname(绰号) “Four dollars a bucket (桶)” to him, for he was always used to leaving an advertisement of his company “Four dollars a bucket of oil” below his name whenever and wherever he wrote down his name.

As time went by, people forgot his real name. Later, when Rockefeller, the board chairman of the oil company, heard of it, he was very surprised, so he invited Albert to come to his office.

“Some people give you a nickname for ‘Four dollars a bucket’. Why aren’t you angry?” asked Rockefeller with some puzzlement in his eyes.

“Oh! Mr. Rockefeller! I like this nickname very much, because ‘Four dollars a bucket’ is our company’s advertisement. As long as someone calls me ‘Four dollars a bucket’ once, I think it’s a free advertisement for our company. I have no reason to get angry. Don’t you think so, Mr. Rockefeller?”

“Oh! What a fantastic man!” Rockefeller said excitedly when hearing Albert’s words. “Young man, work harder! You must succeed in the future! I believe in you!”

Five years later, Albert became the second board chairman after Rockefeller.

Later Albert said in one of his reports, “I don’t think we should feel frustrated when we have no way to do the world-shaking things. We should treat everything actively because maybe our future success will begin from a small thing!”

21. What was Albert in the oil company at the beginning?

A. A customer                             B. A worker.

C. A manager.                             D. An assistant.

22. Why wasn’t Albert angry at his nickname?

A. He could become famous.

B. He liked to have a nickname.

C. It could make his workmates happy.

D. It could advertise for his company for free.

23. What is the main idea of this passage?

A. It’s very important to do small things well.

B. Rockefeller asked young people to work harder.

C. You can’t get angry when someone calls your nickname.

D. You should make more advertisements for your company.

24. What would be the best title for this passage?

A. A Clever Way to Make Advertisements.           

B. Albert and Rockefeller.

C. Four Dollars a Bucket.                    

D. The Second Board Chairman.

A Lion   61   (lie) asleep in the forest. A timid little Mouse came upon him unexpectedly, and in her fright to get away, ran across the Lion’s nose. Awaken from his nap, the Lion laid his huge paw   62   (angry) on the tiny creature to kill her.

“Spare me!’’ begged   63   poor Mouse. “Please let me go and some day I   64   ( repay) you.” The Lion was much   65   (amuse) to think that a Mouse could ever help him.   66   he was generous and let the Mouse go.

Some days later, while hunting in the forest, the Lion was caught in a hunter’ s net. Unable to free   67  , he filled the forest   68   his angry roaring(咆哮).

The Mouse knew the voice and quickly found the Lion   69   ( struggle) in the net. She gnawed (咬) the ropes until it parted, and soon the Lion was free.

“You laughed   70   I said I would repay you,” said the Mouse. “Now you see that even a Mouse can help a Lion.”

It was Monday. Mrs. Smith's dog was hungry, but there was not any meat in the house.

Considering that there was no better way. Mrs. Smith took a piece of paper, and wrote the following words on it: “Give my dog half a pound of meat.” Then she gave the paper to her dog and said gently: “Take this to the butcher(屠夫). And he's going to give you your lunch today.”

Holding the piece of paper in its mouth, the dog ran to the butcher's. It gave the paper to the butcher. The butcher read it carefully, recognized that it was really the lady's handwriting and soon did it as he was asked to. The dog was very happy, and ate the meat up at once.

At noon, the dog came to the shop again. It gave the butcher a piece of paper again. After reading it, he gave it half a pound of meat once more.

The next day, the dog came again exactly at noon. And as usual, it brought a piece of paper in the mouth. This time, the butcher did not take a look at paper, and gave the dog its meat, for he had regarded the dog as one of his customers.

    But, the dog came again at four o'clock. And the same thing happened once again. To the butcher's more surprise, it came for the third time at six o'clock, and brought with it a third piece of paper. The butcher felt a bit puzzled. He said to himself, “This is a small dog. Why does Mrs. Smith give it so much meat to eat today?”

Looking at the piece of paper, he found that there were not any words on it!

25. Mrs. Smith treated her little dog quite ____________.

A. cruelly 　　     B. fairly 　　          C. kindly 　　      D. impatiently

26. It seemed that the dog knew well that the paper Mrs. Smith gave it ____________.

A. might do it much harm                    B. could do it much good

C. would help the butcher                   D. was worth many pounds

27. The butcher did not give any meat to the dog ____________.

A. before he felt sure that the words were really written by Mrs. Smith

B. when he found that the words on the paper were not clear

C. because he had sold out all the meat in his shop

D. until he was paid enough by Mrs. Smith

28. At the end of the story, you'll find that ____________.

A. the dog was clever enough to write on the paper

B. the dog dared not go to the butcher's any more

C. the butcher was told not to give any meat to the dog

D. the butcher found himself cheated