A lot of people look short only because they are standing with their shoulders hanging down. 36 . Use a chair with a straight back to keep your body straight while you work.

      37 . Even a little amount of extra weight can make a man or woman look fat and therefore, shorter than he/ she already is. The weight also affects your shape of the body. Besides, whether you want to look taller of not, losing weight is important to your health.

     Get rid of those loose clothes and buy clothes that will show your best. Don’t wear shorts or skirts that will make your legs look shorter.  38 . Wear long scarves to increase your height. In addition, vertical stripes（竖条纹）are known to give the illusion（错觉）of height.

     Wearing right clothes can give you a taller appearance.  39 . Fashion experts suggest wearing single color to give an appearance of looking taller. And it would be better to chose the darker side.

     Above all, no matter how many ways you try to look taller, remember that you need to first carry yourself confidently.  40  . Love yourself and who you are, and you will never feel low in any way.

A.      Maybe your height is affected by your parents.

B.      Wear skirts or shorts that end above the knee.

C.      If you want to look taller, you’d better stand with your back straight and your arms by your side.

D.     First, make your hair in a way that gives you a taller appearance.

E.      Another important point is to lose weight.

F.      There is no need to be embarrassed about your height, and you look as good as any tall person.

G.     The colors you wear also determine how tall you look.

LOST AND FOUND

ROOMATES

FOUND: Cat, 6 months old, black and white marking. Found near Linden and South U.Steve, 800---4661

FEMAL ROOMATE WANTED

Own room near campus. Available December 1^st. Rent $80 per month until March 1st.$129 there after. Call Jill for details,800—7839. 

LOST: Gold wire rim glasses in brown case. Campus area. Reward. Call Gregg 800---2896

NEED PERSON to assume lease for own bedroom in apt. near campus, $92/mo. Starting Jan. 1^st. Call 800---6157 after 5:00

FOR SAIL

HELP WANTED

MOVING: Must sell. TV b/w2 seconds, $50; AM/FM  transistor radio A/c or battery, $15;cassette tape recorder,$10; music records. Call John or Pat, 800—0739 after 5 or weekends.

BABYSITTER-MY HOME

If you are available a few hours during the day, some evenings and occasional weekends to care for 2 school-age children, please call Gayle Moore days 800—1111, evenings and weekends 800—4964.

USED FUR COATS and JACKETS GOOD CONDITION. $50---¥125. Call 800---0436 after 12 noon.

WAITRESS WANTED:

10 a.m.—2 p.m. or 

10:30 a.m.---5 p.m.

Apply in person, 207 s. Mai. Curtis Restaurant.

21. If you want a job of taking care of children, which ad will you answer?

A.LOST AND FOUND     B. ROOMMATES   C. FOR SAIL    D.HELP WANTED

22. You will call____ if you want to buy a radio.

A. 800---0436     B. 800—0739   C.800—4661    D.800—4964

23. If your aunt wants to rent a room from Feb.1^st to Apri.1^st, how much money should she pay?

A. $160         B. $ 129       C. $ 209        D. $418

If Confucius were still alive today and could celebrate his September 28 birthday with a big cake, there would be a lot of candles. He’d need a fan or a strong wind to help him put them out.
    While many people in China will remember Confucius on his special day, few people in the United States will give him a passing thought. It’s nothing personal. Most Americans don’t even remember the birthdays of their own national heroes.
    But this doesn’t mean that Americans don’t care about Confucius. In many ways he has become a bridge that foreigners must cross if they want to reach a deeper understanding of China.
    In the past two decades, the Chinese study programs have gained huge popularity in Western universities. More recently, the Chinese government has set up Confucius Institutes in more than 80 countries. These schools teach both Chinese language and culture. The main courses of Chinese culture usually included Chinese art, history and philosophy. Some social scientists suggest that Westerners should take advantage of the old Chinese wisdom to make up for the drawbacks of Westerners philosophy. Students in the United States, at the same time, are racing to learn Chinese. So they will be ready for life in a world where China is an equal power with the United States. Businessmen who hope to make money in China are reading books about Confucius to understand their Chinese customers. So the old thinker’s ideas are still alive and well.
   Today China attracts the West more than ever, and it will need more teachers to introduce Confucius and Chinese culture to the West.
   As for the old thinker, he will not soon be forgotten by people in the West, even if his birthday is.
25. The first paragraph is mainly intended to_________.

A. show great respect for the old thinker

B. prove the popularity of modern birthday celebrations

C. attract the readers’ interest in the subject

D. provide some key facts about Confucius

26. The reason why few Americans remember Confucius on his birthday is probably that______.

A. they consider their own national heroes more important.

B. they don’t pay much attention to the birthdays of famous people.

C. he has bee a bridge between foreigners and China.

D. they don’t care about Confucius at all.

27. We can learn from Paragraph 4 that American students________.

A. were not interested in Chinese studies before

B. take an active part in Chinese business

C. have a great interest in studying Chinese

D. hope to make money in China

28. What is the best title for the passage?

A. Forgotten Wisdom in America

B. Chinese Culture for Westerners

C. Huge Fans of the Chinese Language

D. Old Thinker with a Big Future

Once upon a time in a land far away，there was a  41  old man who loved everything. Animals，spiders，insects...

One day__42__walking through the woods the nice old man found a cocoon (茧) of a butterfly.He__43__it home.

A few days later，a small__44__appeared；he sat and watched the butterfly for several hours __45__ it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to__46__making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go__47__farther.

Then the man decided to help the__48__，so he took a pair of scissors and__49__the remaining bit of the cocoon.

The butterfly then came out__50__.

__51__it had a swollen (肿胀的)body and small，shriveled(皱缩的)wings. The man__52__to watch the butterfly because he expected that，at any moment，the wings would__53__to be able to support the body，which would contract(缩小) in time. Neither happened！__54__，the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling (爬行)around with a swollen body and shriveled wings.

It never was able to__55__.

What the man in his kindness and haste（急速） did not understand was that the restricting (限制的)__56__and the struggle required for the butterfly to__57__the tiny opening were nature's way of forcing fluid (液体) from the body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its__58__from the cocoon.

Sometimes __59__ are exactly what we need in our life. If we were allowed to go through our life without any challenges，it would weaken us. We would not be as__60__as what we could have been.

And we could never fly.

41.A．cold	B．kind	C．polite	D．tiresome
42.A．unless	B．if	C．while	D．because
43.A．took	B．moved	C．circulated	D．dashed
44.A．sign	B．shadow	C．shade	D．opening
45.A．and	B．until	C．as	D．then
46.A．stop	B．prevent	C．appeal	D．adapt
47.A．any	B．more	C．no	D．much
48.A．spider	B．butterfly	C．animal	D．fly
49.A．take down	B. take apart	C. cut down	D. cut open
50.A．greedily	B．easily	C. hardly	D．quickly
51.A．Generally	B．Even	C．So	D．But
52.A．sought	B．lasted	C．continued	D．began
53.A．enlarge	B．shorten	C．tighten	D．darken
54.A．In conclusion	B. In time	C．In fact	D. In particular
55.A．walk	B．fly	C．flee	D．run
56.A．wing	B．tale	C．subject	D．cocoon
57.A．get out	B. get through	C．get away	D. get down
58.A．freedom	B．outcome	C．balance	D．reliability
59.A．struggles	B．passions	C．manners	D．spirits
60.A．weak	B．intelligent	C．gifted	D．strong

The money will be given to _____ all of us think needs most.   

 A. who             B. him         C. whom         D. /

 

众所周知，课堂是每个学生实现梦想的地方，然而，有一部分同学并没有很好地利用它。请以How should we make good use of classes?为题，写一篇文章，应包含以下要点：

1简要说明课堂的意义；

2目前课堂中存在的主要问题；

3分析原因并提出建议。

注意：

1. 可根据内容需要适当拓展，以使行文连贯；

2. 词数100左右。

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一篇作文。文中共有10处语言错误，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，并在该词下面写出改正后的词。

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。

Last week my parents and I took a two-days trip to Emei Mountain in Sichuan. As everyone knows, it’s famous mountain with all kinds of plants and animals. The weather was fine. It was almost noon we arrived at the foot of the mountain. The three of them were very excited. As we climbed the mountain, we fed monkeys, visiting temples and told stories. On the way up I was busy taking picture since the scenery was so beautiful. The time passes quickly. Evening came. We spent the night in a hotel at the top of the mountain. The food was expensive and the service was good. I was very tired that I fell asleep at the moment my head touched the pillow.

Many people turn to doctors or self-help books, but they ignore a powerful thing that could help them fight illness: their friends.
   Researchers are only now starting to pay attention to the importance of friendship in health. A 10-year Australian study found that old People with a large circle of friends. A large 2007 study showed an increase of nearly 60 percent in the risk    for obesity （肥胖） among people whose friends gained weight. And last year, Harvard researchers reported that strong social ties（关系）could improve brain health as we age.
   “In general, the role of friendship in our lives isn’t well realized,” said Rebecca, a professor at the University of North Carolina. “Friendship has a bigger effect on our psychological （心理的） health than family relationships. ”
   While many friendship studies are about the close relationships of women, some research shows that it can do good to men too. In a six-year study of 736 middle-aged men, having friendships reduces the risk of heart attack. Only smoking was as important a risk factor （因素） as having little social support.
   Exactly why friendship has such a big effect isn’t entirely clear. While friends can send a sick person to the hospital or pick up medicine, the advantages go well beyond physical help.                                                 

Friendship clearly has a big psychological effect. “People with stronger friendships feel like there is someone they can turn to,” said Karen, a doctor. “The message of these studies is that friends make your life better. ”
6.The three studies in paragraph2 show that              .

  A. social ties are connected to health.

  B. friends can help us lose weight.

  C. old people need friends the most.

  D. more friends make us healthier.

7.What do underlined sentences in paragraph3 mean?

A. Friendship is more important to women than to men.

B. The value of friendship hasn’t been fully understood.

C. Friendship is more important than family relationship

D. What people need most is a friend’s care.

8.The author mentioned smoking in the text to discuss              .

A. the cause of heart attack.

B. friends’ influence on habits.

C. smoking is bad for men.

D. the risk of having no friends.

As you move around your home, take a good look at the things you have. It is likely that your living room will have a television set and a video, and your kitchen a washing machine and a microwave oven. Your bedroom drawers will be filled with almost three times as many clothes as you need. You almost certainly own a car and possibly a home computer, holiday abroad at least once a year and eat out at least once a week.

  Now, perhaps, more than ever before, people are wondering what life is all about, and what it is for. Seeking material success is beginning to trouble large numbers of people around the world. They feel that the long hours work culture to make more money is eating up their lives, leaving them very little time or energy for family or pastimes. Many are turning to other ways of living and downshifting is one of them. Six percent of workers in Britain took the decision to downshift last year.

  One couple who downshifted is Daniel and Liz. They used to work in central London. He was a newspaper reporter and she used to work for an international bank. They would go to work by train every day from their large house in the suburbs, leaving their two children with a nanny. Most evenings Daniel wouldn’t get home until eight or nine o’clock and nearly twice a month he would have to fly to New York for meetings. They both earned a large amount of money but began to feel that life was passing them by.111]

  Nowadays, they run a farm in the mountains of Wales. “I always wanted to have a farm then,” says Daniel, “and we took almost a year to make the decision to downshift. It’s taken some getting used to, but it’s been worth it. We have to think twice now about spending money on car repairs and we no longer have any holidays.   However, I think it’s made us stronger as a family, and the children are a lot happier.

Liz, however, is not quite sure. “I used to enjoy my job, even though it was hard work and long hours. I’m not really a country girl, but I suppose I’m gradually getting used to looking after the animals. One thing I do like, though, is being able to see more of my children. My advice for other people wanting to do the same is not to think about it too much or you might not do it at all.”

21．The passage tells us that .

A．people seldom work long hours to make money

B．people hardly buy more things than necessary

C．people are sure everything they own is in the right place

D．people realize there is more to life than just making money

22．When Daniel was a reporter he ___.

A．lived in central London           B．disliked his job

C．missed his children               D．was well paid1111]

23．Daniel and Liz both agree that the move to the farm ____.

A．was easy to organize               B．has improved family life

C．was extremely expensive            D．has been a total success

24．What does the author mean by saying“the long hours work culture to make more money is eating up their lives” in the second paragraph ?

A．People work long hours to earn their living.

B．To make more money through hard work is the aim of people’s life.

C．Long hours of hard work occupy too much of people’s life.

D．People spent too much time and money eating meals.

   Share Flat. Happy Valley big flat, one room ready for use immediately, quiet and convenient, fully furnished, park view. $6,800 including bills with maid. 
Female nonsmoker. No pet. Sara 25720836 or 10077809.
  Moving Sale: 2 armchairs, red/ brown at $400 each; coffee table, black, wood,$800; oil painting, big, $900; Tianjin carpet, green, 3×7, $600; double bed, $500; mirror, big square, $500;  fridge, big, double-door, $1,000; old pictures, $140 up, each.  Tel: Weekend, 2521-6011; Weekday, 2524-5867.
  Part-time Laboratory Assistant Wanted. Required by busy electronics company to help with development of computer. Should have an electronics degree and some practical experience of working in an electronics laboratory. Hours 9:30am-1:00pm, Mon.-Fri. Fourteen days paid leave. Salary 6,598-10,230 dependent on experience. Letter of application to: Mrs G Chan, NOVA ELECTRONICS, 45 Gordon RD, Hung Hom Knowloon.

1. The one who put on the first ad probably wants to _______.  
A. rent (租) a beautiful flat of her own in happy valley 
B. find another lady to share the cost to rent a flat
C. share her room in a flat with whoever has no pet
D. take on a maid to look after herself and the flat 
2. If you want to buy some old furniture, you should_______.  
A. call at either 2524-5867 on Monday or 2521-6011 on Saturday
B. call at 2524-5867 any day except Monday 

C.get in touch with NOVA ELECTRONICS

D. do it before you move to another place
3. Once you can get a part-time job in NOVA ELECTRONICS, _______.  
A. you have to work at least 4 hours a day
B. you should write a letter to Mrs. G Chan 
C. you will get no more than $6 598 each month
D. you will be given 14 days off each year besides weekends

    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10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

    Three years ago I fail an important exam in my life and became a student in a ordinary school. Disappointing as I felt at the shabby campus and the poorly-equipped classroom, I found the teachers patiently. Besides, I enjoyed the friendly atmosphere in class. I decided make the best of it. I worked hard and got along well with my teachers and classmate. Whenever I had difficulties, you were always available. Soon I became one of the most best students in my class.

     My experience tells me that it’s not what you are given and how you make use of it which determines who you are.

The culture of Trinidad and Tobago, an island country located in Caribbean Sea, 61__________ (be) focused on carnival and music. As a matter of fact, Carnival is the most well-known cultural festival, and calypso and steel band music are both 62__________    (international) popular.

Each year just before Ash Wednesday, excited vacationers and locals flood the streets 63 __________(watch) parades and celebrate. Partygoers, 64__________wear brightly-coloured costumes, spend their days dancing and partying in the streets. The original carnival celebration was only for the ordinary people. Members of the island’s upper class would watch, but not take part 65__________the parties. Calypso was particularly popular worldwide in the 1950s. This type of music is 66__________ (much) about the words than the music. 67__________ (develop) in Port of Spain in the 1930s, steel band music was originated in the drums. The different sizes and parts of the drums were used to create different sounds, 68__________ (make) tuning (调音，定弦) a true skill. At the beginning, this instrument was not well-received because it 69__________ (see) as a musical form for the lower classes. It was not until the 1960s 70__________ this art form was truly recognized.

   假设你是一名高中学生李华，你的英国朋友Tom今年将要到中国来上高中. 请你给他写一封邮件，就如何在中国过好高中生活从以下两个方面提出建议。

     1. 学习方面；   2. 课余生活方面，

     注意：1.词数100左右；

           2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

           3. 信的开头为你拟好，不计入总词数。

Dear Tom,

I’m glad to know that you are going to be a senior high school student this September in China. __________________________________________________________________________________________________

                                                                                                 

                                                                                                   

                                                                                                  

                                                                  Yours sincerely

                                                                       Li Hua 

 _______ its low price, the advantage of this car lies in its good quality.

A. Instead of  B. Regardless of  C. Apart from   D. As from

 He _____ to the meeting ten minutes earlier, but he was _______ by a heavy fog.

  A. was supposed to come; held out          B. is supposed to come; held back

  C. is supposed to have come; held up      D. was supposed to come; held back

A man looking at his smart-phone while walking across a railway crossing in Nanjing 　61　 (have) a close knock on Oct. 22. He was so 　62　(absorb) in his smart-phone that he didn't see a train approaching until it brushed past him, 　63　 (throw) him to the ground. This should serve 　64　a warning that people should be aware of their surroundings，especially 　65　crossing roads.

　66　 (lucky), the man survived a brush with death，but the incident forced the driver to stop the train. An 18－minute delay followed the incident, 　67　led to a break in the running of other trains on the route.

Smart-phone 　68　(addict) has spread like an infectious disease. It's evident that it will do great harm to society. What's even worse, some addicts become 　69　 (patient) with relatives and friends.

Some people blame the smart-phone for the tragedy, yet in fact people's weakening self-control and self-discipline are 　70　(blame).

 We have dealt with a large part of the problems, and the rest ________ by you. 

  A. remains to solve  B. remains to be solved   C. remain to be solved     D. remain to solve

What do Tom Sawyer and jumping frogs have in common? Stories about both of them were created by one man: Mark Twain. Born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, Mark Twain was his pen name. When Twain was four, his family moved to Hannibal, Missouri, lying on the west bank of the Mississippi. Twain grew up there and was attracted greatly with life along the river—the steamboats, the big wooden boats, and the people who worked on them.

The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County is one of Twain’s best-loved short stories, and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is one of his most famous novels. Both these works are celebrated by events held during National Tom Sawyer Days. There’s also a fence-painting competition to see who can paint the fastest. The idea for this competition comes from a scene in Tom Sawyer, in which Tom has been told to paint the fence in front of the house he lives in. It’s a beautiful day, and he would rather be doing anything else. As his friends walk by, he persuades them to paint with him for fun, and they all join in the “fun”. By the end of the day, the fence has three coats of paint!

Although the story of Tom Sawyer is not true, it’s based on facts. If you go to Hannibal, you’ll see the white fence, which still stands at Twain’s boyhood home.

56. Mark Twain created Tom Sawyer and jumping frogs ______.

    A. at the age of four                   B. in the same book

    C. on the steamboats                    D. in different stories

57. The sentence “…the fence has three coats of paint!” means ______.

    A. all of Tom’s friends wear three coats

    B. the fence has been painted three times

    C. three new coats are hanging on the fence

    D. they have drawn three coats on the fence

58. What can we infer from the passage?

    A. The white fence Tom once painted still exists there.

    B. People hold various events to celebrate National Day.

    C. Twain benefited greatly from his childhood experiences.

    D. Tom Sawyer used to join the fence-painting competition.

56. hearing-impaired               A.   send out

57. spontaneously                      B.    neither very small nor very large, very hot nor                            very cold etc, but between the two

58. trigger                      C.   in addition

59. layer                                  D.   make great efforts

60. core                                  E.    happening naturally, without planning

61. extraordinary                     F.    highly exceptional; remarkable

62. radiate                              G.    a thickness of some material spread over a                                                                    surface

63. furthermore                       H.   the central part

64. struggle                           I.     cause (something bad) to start

65. moderate                         J.     deaf

 From _______ astonished look on his face, I came to realize that he had never thought the performance would turn out to be such _______ great success.

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