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24. What do we know about 1234 PENS?

A. It has a history of over 30 years.

B. It has built up a large pen market.      

C. It has its name printed on each pen.

D. It charges a low price for extra service.

25. What is mainly discussed in Paragraph 3?

A. The different types of the products.

B. The high quality of the products.

C. The trade shows of 1234 PENS.

D. The quick service of 1234 PENS.

26. What is special about the pens produced in 1234 PENS?

A. They are designed in 16 styles.

B. They come in 48 different colors.

C. Their material is less harmful to the earth.

D. Their price is much lower in the pen market.

27. The main purpose of the passage is to　　　　.

A. persuade people to order the products

B. explain the process of making logo pens

C. show people how to choose different pens

D. introduce the different services of 1234 PENS

Hua Mulan was a brave girl in the Northern Wei dynasty. She disguised (假扮)____41____ (her) as a man, and joined the army in place of her father. Mulan’s father, once ____42____ soldier, taught his daughter military (军事的) skills,____43____ (include)horse riding and how to fight. Hua Mulan also read her father’s books _____44_____ military science.

___45___ (drive) away the Rouran nomads (游牧民族), the ___46___ (rule) of Northern Wei ordered that every family should send a man off to war against them. Mulan’s old father, as well as her young brother, was not able to go and fight. So Mulan ___47___ (decide) to join the army instead of her father. Mulan fought for 12 years ___48___ (successful) without her true identity being discovered.  Mulan became a hero, ______49______ bravery moved people greatly, and she ____50____ (offer) a high position, but she refused it.

Even though her story might be no more than a legend, Hua Mulan has been respected as a filial (孝顺的) daughter by Chinese people for hundreds of years.

　Chengdu has dozens of new millionaires, Asia’s biggest building, and fancy new hotels. But for tourists like me, pandas are its top____56_(attract).

　　So it was a great honour to be invited backstage at the not-for-profit Panda Base, where ticket money helps pay for research, I_____57_（allow）to get up close to these cute animals at the 600-acre centre. From tomorrow, I will be their UK ambassador. The title will be __58___(official) given to me at a ceremony in London. But my connection with pandas goes back ___59_ my days on a TV show in the mid-1980s, ____60_ I was the first Western TV reporter__61___ (permit) to film a special unit caring for pandas rescued from starvation in the wild. My ambassadorial duties will include ____62_(introduce) British visitors to the 120-plus pandas at Chengdu and others at a research in the misty mountains of Bifengxia.

　　On my recent visit, I help a lively three-month-old twin that had been rejected by ___63 (it) mother. The nursery team switches him every few __64__( day) with his sister so that while one is being bottle-fed, __65____ other is with mum-she never suspects.

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(Λ)，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。

My neighbor Li Hai is going to graduate college soon and he hasn’t found the job yet. He was once advising to learn computer skills, so he thought it was difficult. When he saw others learning English, he shook his head, says it was too hard to remember new word. He enjoyed watching TV, playing cards, smoking and so on. He felt it was hard for him to give up all this habits. Not long ago, he went to look for a job. When he knew talents were great needed, he sighed and regretted the time that what he had wasted. He told me how he wished he has worked hard in college and asked me not to copy his example.

There is one thing that everyone wants more than anything else.  36  They think that when they have enough money to buy such things as houses, farms, and cars, they will have the one thing that everyone wants.

Other people believe that if they know enough they will find this thing.  37Still others think that if they have power, they will find this thing. Some people keep telling themselves,” When I am a boss, I will no longer have to search for this thing.”

“What’s it that everyone wants more than anything else? What’s it that all of us keep working and struggling for each day?  38

       Happiness is a strange thing.   39 What will make one man happy may not make another man happy. Some men say that happiness comes from helping others; other men say that happiness comes from making life more pleasant for everyone. What do you mean when you say “That makes me happy.”

       40  Perhaps you will learn something that will bring you peace of mind, comfort, money or it may be what you search for—happiness.

A.     It is happiness.

B.     It does not mean the same to all men.

C.     They study all their life in search of it.

D.     Happiness means the same to everyone.

E.      Some people try to get it by making money.

F. Read what different people have said about happiness.

G. When one man feels happy, another man will feel sad.

Without plants, people couldn’t live. We eat plants. _____36____. And we need plants for another reason: We need them because they are beautiful.

_____37_____.Imagine no flowers with their sweet smells, their beautiful colours and their lovely shapes. Imagine, when the wind blows, we are not able to hear the leaves of the trees or watch the branches swing from side to side.

_____38____.That is why we have parks full of trees and flowers. That is why people always like houses with room for some grass and a garden.

Do you talk to your plants?  _____39___Perter Tompkins and Christopher Bird, writers of a book called The Secret of Plants, tell of an experiment in which two seeds were plants in different places. While the plants were growing, one plant was given love and hopeful ideas. _____40____Under the earth it had more and longer roots; above the earth, it had a thicker stem and more leaves.

A. Plants get energy from the sun.

B.After six months, the deserted plant faded away.

C. After six months, the beloved plant was bigger

D. We take in oxygen that plants make.

E. Everywhere people need beautiful plants.

F. Imagine a world with no plants.

G.Do you give them love and take good care of them?

ARLANDA, Sweden （Reuters Life!）—Many people hate the idea of having to sleep on a plane. But Swedish entrepreneur Oscar Dios thinks they can be persuaded otherwise and he has created a new kind of hostel to prove it.

Dios says it is the world’s first jumbo （unusually large） jet hostel, an actual jet-plane at Sweden’s main airport outside Stockholm which has been changed into a 25- room guesthouse that sleeps as many as 72 people.

“I learned about this plane that was standing deserted at Arlanda airport and I’ve been trying the concept of hostels in many different houses and buildings,” he told Reuters. “I thought, ‘Why not a plane?’”

Jumbo Hostels opened for business on Thursday, giving customers the chance to check in and sleep in a room that can best be described as comfortable.”

“The most challenging part with this project is trying to build something inside a metal hull（壳） – it’s just really, really tight.”

The jet, which was originally produced for Singapore Airlines, was taken out of service in 2002. It is held on a concrete foundation with the landing gear secured in steel cradles.

One feature of the hostel is its price – a room starts at 350 Swedish crowns （about $ 41）, which is a lot less than hotel rooms outside of major airports.

Another feature is that customers can get married on the wing of the plane and stay in the plane’s more luxurious honeymoon suite （套房）.

Instead of walking down the aisle in the church, lovebirds can take what Jumbo Hostels calls the “wing walk,” where they can be joined in great happiness at the wing tip. The hostel has someone ready to perform the ceremony.

But in some respects this hostel remains a plane – most customers have to share the jet’s nine bathrooms and the staff only wear air host and hostess outfits. The only room that has its own bathroom is the honeymoon suite.

5． Which of the following is not true?

A. The jet plane was out of use for over eight years

B. The hostel provides ten bathrooms for customers

C. The rooms in the hotel are comfortable

D. The hostel lies at Arlanda airport in Stockholm

6． One of the features of the plane hostel is that         .

A. air hostesses can offer good service

B. a wedding ceremony can be held on the wing    

C. customers can sleep in comfortable rooms      

D. the staff can have a “wing walk”

7． Why does Oscar Dios make jet plane hotel?

A. Because he is fond of plane very much.

B. Because he is very curious

C. Because he wants to earn more money.

D. Because he likes trying the concept of hotel in many different things.

8． The writer mainly wants to          .

A. call on people to make use of the deserted things

B. describe a wonderful place for weddings

C. introduce a new kind of hostel    

D. prove people can sleep on a plane  

In a world where comparisons happen non-stop, it is difficult to look outside yourself and to ever be   36  with who you are. There's always someone who's a bit   37  . The only solution is to reach   38   and measure against what Warren Buffett calls your own inner yardstick. There is no more   39   measure for comparison than who you were yesterday, last week or last decade, when you were at your   40  .

  Nothing useful ever comes from comparison to others.   41   you see yourself as better than someone and you get   42  , or you see someone else as better than you and you feel like all your hard work is for   43   . It is a fool's game. Not one of us is   44   alike. The only direct and honest comparison is   45   yourself. Everything else is apples to oranges.

  My opinion is that you are only   46   to compare yourself to someone else if their life   47   is the same as your own. Good luck finding that match. And one thing is for sure. No matter how hard you work and how   48   you are, there will always be someone who can run a little faster, jump a little higher, score a little better or look a little nicer in a swimsuit. And if there's not, you can   49   someone is coming up fast behind you. So how can you always win in life? Become your best   50  .

   Having an image of your most recent past limits is the perfect thing to   51   you to the next level. If you ran 7 flights of stairs yesterday, then do 8 today. Who   52   if the guy next to you did 15? It doesn't make a bit of   53  . You are a more fit person today than you were yesterday. Your own   54   is all you need.

  If you  55  to a slightly higher standard of yourself every day, you will always be at the top of your game.

36. A. patient                            B. strict                       C. content            D. concerned

37. A. stronger                          B. better                      C. lazier               D. wiser

38. A. inside                       B. outside                   C. out                   D. up

39. A. useful                    B. careful                           C. accurate          D. powerful         

40. A. end                          B. best                        C. side           D. convenience

41. A. Whether            B. Either            C. Once          D. If

42. A. satisfied                   B. inspired                  C. busy             D. lazy

43. A. nothing                        B. fun                          C. sure                 D. success

44. A. really                     B. exactly                    C. fully             D. actually

45. A. within                       B. by                           C. for                   D. to

46. A. instructed                 B. suggested          C. allowed         D. directed

47. A. situation                   B. position                   C. occasion          D. accommodation

48. A. diligent                   B. addicted                 C. optimistic         D. dedicated

49. A. bet                            B. conclude                 C. announce        D. declare

50. A. assistant                  B. competitor                     C. coach                     D. teacher

51. A. lead                      B. expose                           C. push                D. cause

52. A. cares                       B. says                        C. wonders          D. asks

53. A. effort                        B. sense                         C. change        D. difference

54. A. benefit                    B. progress                 C. habit                D. result

55. A. tend               B. devote            C. commit        D. contribute

The winners’ guide to success

Do you know what makes people successful? To find out the answers, an American scholar recently visited some of the most successful people around the world. __1__.

Be responsible for yourself

Sometimes you may want to blame(责备) others for your failure to get ahead. In fact, when you say someone or something outside of yourself is stopping you from making success, you’re giving away your own power._2_

Write a plan

It is very difficult to try to get what you want without a good plan. It is just like trying to drive through strange roads to a city far away. _3__? Without this map, you may waste your time, money and also your energy; while with the map you’ll enjoy the trip and get what you want in the shortest possible time.

Be willing to pay the price

__4__So you must be ready to work hard----even harder than you have ever done. If you are not willing to pay the price, you won’t get anything valuable.

__5__

It seems to us that everyone knows this. But it is easier said than done. When you are doing something, you must tell yourself again and again: Giving up is worse than failure because failure can be the mother of success, but giving up means the death of hope.

A.      You’re saying, “You have more control over my life than I do.”

B.      Nothing is easy to get.

C.     Someone else’s opinion of you doesn’t have to become your reality.

D.     Never give up.

E.      Some people achieve success much later in life.

F.      Here are some keys to success that they give

G.     A good plan is like a map to you.

Is cursive writing（草写体）an out-of-date skill in today's technological society?The new education standards for English do not require cursive.However,schools are still allowed to teach cursive if they choose.Some schools are considering giving up cursive,since it is not on standardized tests.This topic is now being discussed in teacher lunchrooms around the country.We invited some inspired teachers to weigh in.Here's what one of them,Eldra Avery, has to say.

I failed a handwriting assignment in eighth grade,but my teacher told me that I was well able to have that type of handwriting.So I improved my handwriting and now have beautiful cursive handwriting.I teach English,and at times I ask my students to do assignments in cursive.Since they will be taking timed writing exams throughout their educational career,it is necessary that they practice writing at a speed that will allow them to finish their task.When you have three letters connected in a word,it flows,and when you lift your pen only at the end of a word,it is faster than printing（印刷体）,which lifts the pen at the completion of each letter.

Handwriting is a reflection（反映）of our humanity.We dream of a future with more advanced technology and less labor,but truthfully,if technology prevents us from using skills that are essentially human,I wonder if that can be called "progress." Cursive connects us to our past and our future.If students can't write cursive,they can't read cursive. And if they can't read cursive,how can they read historical papers like the Declaration of Independence?

Writing cursive is a process that helps improve language learning.Copying text by hand does a lot of good to students.My students complete a poetry analysis paper each year.Many of them tell me that they couldn't begin to understand their poem until they copied it by hand.Handwriting is a valuable communication tool,Communication through handwriting will always be a necessity.To imagine that the whole world communicates by typing would be a rather poor view.

24.According to Paragraph 1,teachers are discussing      .

A.whether cursive should be taught              B.whether students should read cursive

C.how to look at handwriting assignments            D.how to improve students' cursive writing

25.Why does Ms.Avery mention her students in the last paragraph?

A.To show the positive side of handwriting.         B.To introduce an effective learning method.

C.To show the importance of copying poems.      D.To share her first-hand teaching experience.

26.Ms.Avery would probably agree that      .

A.handwriting should be replaced by typing          B.there should be fewer standardized tests

C.cursive is more effective than printing           D.cursive helps us learn about the future

       假如你是李华，你校国际部即将举行一次主题为“我爱中国古典诗词”的读书活动。你将代表全体学生，在启动仪式上发言。请你根据以下提示，用英文写一篇发言稿。内容包括：

1.说明活动的目的；

2.从中国古典诗词的特点的角度，陈述热爱它的理由；

3.对学习中国古典诗词的认识。

注意：

1.词数:100词左右；

2.开头已写好，不计入总词数；

3.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：古典诗词 classical poetry; 押韵 rhyme  

Good morning, everyone!

       Welcome to our Reading Activity.

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

    That’s all. Thank you.

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：把多余的词作斜线（\）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。

Being responsible is actually not that difficult. I used to think it is hard to grow up into a responsible member of our society. An incident happening in a rainy Sunday afternoon changed my attitude. I was on my way to the bookstore and was waiting for the green light while a girl was knocked down by passing car, which drove off quickly. A man immediately gave his first aid and I had joined in without hesitation. Soon many help was given to the girl. Because we sent her to the nearest hospitals in time, she was able to receive properly treatment. Not badly injured, I expressed gratitude to those giving help. Compared with the escaping driver, I was proud of what I did.

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)不计分。

The person who touched me most is an unknown lady. I study in a city school but lives in a village 15 kilometers away. One afternoon, I receive a call from my family saying my mom was serious ill. I hurried to the bus station, only find the last bus had left. Feel anxious, I decided to walk home. On the way a car stopped and the driver asked me that I needed help. Worried about being cheated, I said anything. But she was such sincere that I finally accepted her offer. When we reached my village, it was dark. Seeing her car out of the sight. I was in tear. Whenever I think of her, I always feel grateful.

       An old gentleman who lives a few doors away from me can always be seen with a bag. He goes out by himself and picks up plastic bottles, plastic bags and pieces of paper everywhere. He does it all carefully and never complains.

       The children in the nearby school are probably responsible for some of that litter (废弃物). “There will come a time when they know better,” he said. “It’s just not yet. So, I’ll do it for them.”

       Well, this morning I was out walking my neighbor’s dog when I saw another neighbor, a much younger man, out doing the same thing! He had his two little sons with him and they were having good fun trying to pick up the litter.

       When I commented on what a good job he was doing, he said, “Well, an older fellow in our street does this. And my friend and I thought it wasn’t fair that he had to do it all the time, so now we take turns.”

       Not only was he taking a turn, not only did he have a friend join in as well, but he was passing on the lesson to the next generation!

       By the time I had returned the dog to my neighbor I looked again and his children’s friends had joined in!

       This man was teaching a whole group of young children to keep their own street tidy. An older man had set an example for him and now he was passing it on — the next generation is doing what he did and the generation to come after that!

5. The old gentleman picks up the litter _____

A. to make money

B. to help the cleaners

C. to keep the environment clean

D. to set an example to children

6. The younger man did the same thing as the old gentleman because _____.

A. it was his turn

B. he wanted to share the job with the old man

C. it was interesting for him

D. he wanted to pass it on to his children

7. From the text, we can infer that the author _____.

A. believed more people would join in the cleaning

B. called on readers to protect the environment

C. felt sorry for not giving a hand to the old man

D. thought it unfair for the old man to do the cleaning alone

8. What can we learn from the text?    

A. No pains, no gains.

B. Like father, like son.

C. The power of example is endless.

D. Two heads are better than one.

    Good afternoon, and welcome to England. We hope that your visit here will be a pleasant one. Today，I would like to draw your attention to a few of our laws.

    The first one is about drinking. Now，you may  not buy alcohol in this country if you are under 18 years of age，nor may your friends buy it for you.

    Secondly，noise. Enjoy yourselves by all means，but please don’t make unnecessary noise，particularly at night.We ask you to respect other people who may wish to be quiet.

  Thirdly，crossing the road.Be careful！The traffic moves on the left side of the road in this country.Use pedestrian crossings and do not take any chances when crossing the road.

    My next point is about litter (throwing away waste material in a public place)．It is an offense to drop litter in the street.When you have something to throw away，please put it in your pocket and take it home，or put it in a litter bin.

Finally，as regards something，it is against the law to buy cigarettes or tobacco if you are under 16 years of age.

    I’d like to finish by saying that if you require any sort of help or assistance，you should contact your local police station，who will be pleased to help you.

Now，are there any questions?

21. The main purpose of this speech would be to________.

   A．give advice to travelers to the country    

   B．declare the laws of different kinds

   C．inform people of the punishment for breaking laws

   D．prepare people for international travel

22. How many laws are there discussed in the speech?

   A．Five.           B．Four.      C．Three.        D．Six.

23.The underlined word “contact” in the seventh paragraph means________.

   A．keep in touch with               B．join

   C．get in touch with                 D．report

24.Who do you think is most likely to make the speech?

   A．A worker at a hotel.              B．A policeman.

   C．A lawyer.                      D．An air hostess (空姐)．

25.From the speech we learn that________.

  A．in this country，if you are under 18 years of age，you may not buy alcohol，but your friend can buy it for you

  B．you can’t make noise except at night

  C．because the traffic moves on the left side of the road，you must use pedestrian crossings when crossing the road

  D．you may not buy cigarettes or tobacco unless you are above 16 years of age

Being selfish refers to an individual ______ talks on his or her cell phone even when doing so is rude or inconsiderate of other people.

Attention please, everyone. I have announcement to make. You will pay a visit to the museum on October 1st. I think we will be interest in it. In the course of the visit, the guide will give us an account of the past or the development of the city. She say something about the advanced workers, included some teachers. We will see many pictures there. I’m sure of that we can learn a lot. After the visit, we’ll have a discussion in group and each of us must write a composition. We are to start out as earlier as 7:00 am. We must gather against time at the school gate. That’s all. Thanks

Stephen Glenn is a famous scientist who has made several medical breakthroughs．When 41  why he was so much more  42  than the average person, he replied that it all came from an experience _43  his mom.

At 2, he was trying to  44  a bottle of milk from the refrigerator when he  45  his hold on the slippery bottle and it fell, spilling（洒）its contents all over the kitchen floor! When his mom came in, instead of shouting at him or   46   him a lesson, she said, “Robert, what a great mess you’ve made! I’ve   47  seen such a sea of milk．Well, now that the   48   has been done, would you please get down and   49   in the milk for a while   50  we clean it up?”So happily he did．After that, his mom said, “Robert, whenever you make such a mess like this, you’ll have to clean it up and restore everything to its proper   51  ．So which do you prefer, a sponge, towel or mop?” He  52   the sponge and together they cleaned up the milk．His mom then said, “Robert, you’ve just had a   53  experiment about how to carry a big milk bottle  54  with two tiny hands．Now go to the sink to fill the bottle with   55   and see if you can discover a way to carry it safely.” Instantly Robert learned that he could __56   it if he grasped the bottle at the   57_ near the lip with both hands．

  58  wonderful a lesson! The famous scientist then remarked it was then and there that he came to know that   59_ were just opportunities for learning something new, which is what scientific experiments are all about．

Wouldn't it be great if all parents could react the way Robert's mom did to  60 ?

 ____ on the real people , the film attracted   a lot of audience

A. Based    B. Basing

C. To  base    D. Base

used to   lead to   in despair   at all costs   be harmful to   consist of

1.Seeing that it was impossible to catch the flight, she cried ________________.

2. The brain ________________ grey and white matter.

3.I got up very late on Sundays in the last term, but now I _______________ being “an early bird”

4.I made up my mind to pass the exam ________________.

5.As is known to everybody, smoking ________________ people, especially the young.