Everyone knows that fish is good for health.   36   But it seems that many people don’t cook fish at home. Americans eat only about fifteen pounds of fish per person per year, but we eat twice as much fish in restaurants as at home. Buying, storing, and cooking fish isn’t difficult.  37   This text is about how to buy and cook fish in an easy way.

    38   Fresh fish should smell sweet: you should feel that you’re standing at the ocean’s edge. Any fishy or strong smell means the fish isn’t fresh.   39   When you have bought a fish and arrive home, you’d better store the fish in the refrigerator if you don’t cook it immediately, but fresh fish should be stored in your fridge for only a day or two. Frozen fish isn’t as tasty as the fresh one.

There are many common methods used to cook fish.   40  First, clean it and season it with your choice of spices（调料）.Put the whole fish on a plate and steam it in a steam pot for 8 to 10 minutes if it weighs about one pound.(A larger one will take more time.) Then, it’s ready to serve.

A. Do not buy it.

B. The easiest is to steam it.

C. This is how you can do it.

D. It just requires a little knowledge.

E. The fish will go bad within hours.

F. When buying fish, you should first smell it.

G. The fats in fish are though to help prevent heart disease.

NEW YORK— Picking a Christmas tree takes most people a few minutes, or a couple of hours if they head for the woods. Dave Murbach needs 11 months.

    Almost every day of every year, Murbach’s thoughts turn to vision of a perfectly shaped evergreen tree that will take everyone's breath away.

     Murbach is the man responsible for finding the towering tree that makes more attractive Manhattan’s Rockefeller Center each Christmas season.

     “I'm always looking for a tree,” the center's chief gardener says. “I look for it even when I go to the beach in the summer. It’s like a homework assignment hanging over your head.”

     And if he gets it wrong, there's nothing hiding it.

     “Every day it's up, 400,000 people go by, and 2.5 million people watch the lighting celebration on television,”he says.

    This year’s tree, a 74-foot Nomy spruce (云杉) from Richfield, Ohio, flown to New York on the world's largest cargo plane, was lighted on December 2.

    The arrival of the tree leads in the Christmas season in New York — a tradition dating back to 1931, when the workers building Rockefeller Center put up a small tree with ornaments. 

     The search for the next year's tree starts soon after the old tree is chopped up for wood chips and horse-jumping logs.

    Murbach has three standards: The tree must be at least 65 feet high, at least 35 feet across and leaves dense enough not to see through.

    That's not as simple as it sounds. Though forests are full of evergreens, few get enough sunlight or space to fill out. And branches in snow regions often break under the weight, making trees unbalanced.

    Back at the office, he sorts through hundreds of letters from people offering their trees, many addressed simply to “Mr. Christmas Tree Man.”

Though there was occasional anxiety attack and sleepless night, Murbach knows the effect the tree has on people: “It's for bringing people together, attempting to bring together people you love. That's what I hope it sets off.” But Murbach says he's always too worn out to celebrate Christmas.

58. Which is the correct order of the events in the passage?

a. Murbach’s thoughts turn to a perfectly shaped tree.

b. 2.5 million people watch the Christmas tree.

c. The tree is flown to New York.

d. It was lighted on December 2.

e. The tree is chopped up.

f. Murbach searches for the tree.

A. a, b, c, d, e, f                  B. c, d, b, f, e, a     C. c, d, e, b, a, f             D. a, f, c, d, b, e

59. Why does Murbach take his job seriously?

A. Because he wants everyone to be happy with his choice.    

B. Because he hopes to make everybody unable to breathe.

C. Because he enjoys showing off.            

D. Because he wishes to attract people's attention to himself.

60. According to Murbach' s standard of trees, the best tree must _____.

     A. be evergreen                                               B. have lots of space between their branches

C. be tall enough not to see through                   D. be equally balanced

   假设你是李华，请根据下面四幅图画内容，写一篇短文，记述昨天发生在你叔叔身上的事，并适当发表议论，阐述你的观点。注意：1词数100左右。2参考词汇：吊销驾照 revoke a driving license

   “How are things back at the office?” one of the gentlemen in my bicycle tour group asked me as we were nearing the end of another long ride through Croatia’s beautiful countryside.

“I think they are going fine,” I said. “I haven’t had any contact and I don’t plan to.” “Your cell phone isn’t on?” he asked, incredulously （不相信地）. “You haven’t checked your e-mails?” “My phone is off and no, I’m not planning on checking e-mails,” I said.

My wife Heidi and I took our children, Daniel and Rachel, on a two-week trip to Croatia, one of the most beautiful countries in the world. We made a decision to spend all the time with each other.

In order to share this wonderful experience, I tried to take us all out of the busy world that we live in. If I had my cell phone on and was constantly searching out a wireless connection to keep up with the office, I would just bring that busy world into this peaceful, meaningful world I was trying to create.

To my surprise, another wonderful thing happened as a result of this bicycle tour. As we were returning home, I was flooded with new ideas.  I came up with several thoughts that I want to use in my business. I felt I had received an unexpected bonus（额外的收获）. While it wasn’t the goal of the trip, I was rewarded with fresh insights（感悟）, ones that would never occur to me during the regular course of business.

Taking time off rejuvenated （使恢复活力）me and allowed my creative spirit to come to the surface.  Vacations make us happy, give us time to be together with our families and make us feel rejuvenated and inspired. Just leave cell phone off and you laptop behind.

21. According to the conversation between the writer and the gentleman, we can infer that ______.

A. they must come from the same company

    B. they were unsatisfied with the bicycle tour

    C. the gentleman must have been in contact with his office during the tour

    D. they kept in touch with each other through e-mail during the tour

22. When taking the trip to Croatia, the writer _______.

A. handled his business by sending e-mails

    B. enjoyed the feeling of being together with his family

    C. enjoyed the two-person world with his wife

    D. sent many pictures to his friends through his cell phone

23. What was the writer’s unexpected gaining?

    A. He made many friends.              B. He saved a lot of money.

    C. He handled important business.        D. He felt good and became more creative.

24. Which of the following may the author agree?

    A. Playing delights us more than working.

    B. When working, work hard; when playing, play crazily.

    C. Working is the foundation of happiness.

D. Cell phones and emails are helpful when we take a trip.

  Algae(水藻) are very simple plants. They grow in fresh water or salty water. Seaweed is algae that grow in salty water. Seaweed is red or brown in color. The Japanese people use these plants from the sea in many ways. From it, they make a food called Kombu. Kombu is seaweed that has been dried, cooked and pressed together. Then it is dried again and cut into long pieces. The Japanese eat a lot of Kombu and like it very much.
    Japanese farmers often use seaweed as fertilizer. It makes their plants grow better. Many farmers also find seaweed makes a fine food for their animals.
    From seaweed the Japanese also get iodine(碘), which they sell to other countries. Iodine is used in many ways all over the world. It is used in making medicine. It is added to the salt we use at the table. Scientists even use one form of iodine to “ seed clouds” when they want rain to fall.
25. Kombu is a kind of ____ according to the text.
  A. plant         B. medicine          C. food        D. fertilizer
26. In the last sentence of the text, “seed clouds” means ____.
A.clouds spreading like seeds            B.the seeds like clouds
C.to make rain fall with human power     D.dropping seeds by clouds
27. The main idea of the story is that ____.
A.The Japanese eat seaweed when they want rain to fall.
B.Kombu is made into medicine for farmers.
C.The Japanese use seaweed in many ways.
D.The Japanese eat a lot of Kombu.

When people ask me what Down Syndrome(唐氏综合症) is, I tell them it’s an extra chromosome(染色体). A doctor would tell you the extra chromosome causes an intellectual disability that makes it harder for me to learn things.

Even though I have Down Syndrome, my life is a lot like yours. I read books and watch TV. I listen to music with my friends. I’m on the swim team and in chorus at school. I think about the future, and I like the one who I’ll marry. And I get along with my sisters---except when they take CDs without asking! I’m a hard worker, a good person, and I care about my friends.

Some of my classes are with typical kids, and some are with kids with learning disabilities. I have an aid who goes with me to my harder classes, like math and biology. She helps me take notes and gives me tips on how I should study for tests. It really helps, but I also challenge myself to do well. For instance, my goal was to be in a typical English class by 12^th grade. That’s exactly what happened this year!

It’s true that I don’t learn some things as fast as other people do. But that won’t stop me from trying. I just know that if I work really hard and by myself I can do almost anything.

I can’t change the fact that I have Down Syndrome, but one thing I would change is what people think of me. I’d tell them, “Judge me as a whole person, not just the person you see. Treat me with respect, and accept me for who I am. The most important---just be my friend.”

28. A person with Down Syndrome ____________according to the passage.

A. can learn things almost as fast as normal people do

B. has one more chromosome than normal people

C. is hard to get along with       D. is easy to get along with

29. The writer tries to picture himself as a __________teenager.

A. normal    B. perfect    C. lovely    D. special

30. The writer feels ________about his life.

A. confused    B. hopeful    C. unhappy    D. curious

31. What is the purpose of the passage?

A. To prove people with Down Syndrome are a lot like healthy ones

B. To show the writer’s honesty and optimism

C. To change people’s attitude towards people with Down Syndrome

D. To describe the life of a student with learning disabilities

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25．What does the hospital specially offer to pets?

A Pet licenses and timely care．            B Clinic rooms and pet playmates．

C Good pet doctors and full services．      D The best medicine and treatment．

26．What is the most important for pet health?

A  Food and exercise．            B Nutrition and prevention．

C  Technology and equipment．     D  Experience and patience．

27．What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage?

A  To make an advertisement for a pet hospital．

B  To inform pet owners how to treat their pets．

C  To introduce a trusted veterinarian to pet owners．

D  To tell people to treat their pets better．

 The science of computer,____rapid progress has been made in recent years, plays a very important role in our daily life.

A. from which          B. in which          C. with which           D. to which

71.Mount Huangshan,a tourist a       ,appeals to people throughout the world.

72. Mike,h ______________as a model teacher,attended the award ceremony and received a fat prize on the celebration day .

73. he was put in prison for c___________the crime of drunk driving.

74. The Great Wall,________（存在）for tens of hundreds of years,is seen as a symbol of the Chinese people.

75. She lives in a well_______（有家具的）house,which faces the river.

76. Vocabulary plays a role________（很重要）in English learning.

77. He _______________（留下深刻印象）us by studying hard and achieving a lot.

78. _______________________（他一得到消息）the news than he took off and recad towards the hospital.

79. The old town is on the side of a mountain,_____________（山顶被积雪覆盖）.

80._______________（很可能）that he will the scholarship if he comes out first another time in the exam.

Often a nickname is a shortened form of a person's name, and it can also be a descriptive name for a place or a thing. Many American cities have nicknames. These can help build up an identity, spread pride among citizens and build their unity. Nicknames can also be funny.
    Los Angeles, California is the second largest city in population, after New York City. Los Angeles has several nicknames. One is simply the city's initials, L.A. It is also called the City of Angels because Los Angeles means "the angels" in Spanish.
    Los Angeles often has warm, sunny weather. So another nickname is City of Flowers and Sunshine. New York is called The Big Apple. So Los Angeles is sometimes called The Big Orange because of the fruit that grows in that city's warm climate.
    The American movie and television industries are based in Los Angeles. So it is not surprising that it is called The Entertainment Capital of the World. Many films are made in the area of Los Angeles called Hollywood. Millions of people visit the area. No trip to Los Angeles is perfect without seeing the word "Hollywood" spelled out in huge letters on a hillside.
    Many movie stars live in Los Angeles. The city is sometimes called Tinseltown. This nickname comes from the shiny, bright and often unreal nature of Hollywood and the movie industry.
    Another nickname for Los Angeles is La-La Land, using the first letters of Los and Angeles. This means a place that is fun and not serious, and maybe even out of touch with reality.
    A good place for watching unusual-looking people is Venice, an area on the west side of Los Angeles. A system of waterways designed after the Italian city of Venice has been built there. Many people love Los Angeles for its warm sunny weather, beautiful mountains and beaches, and movie stars. That includes Randy Newman, who sings about his hometown.

    On the whole, Los Angeles is growing attractive just for its rich nicknames.

32. Choose the one that isn’t the function of a nickname of a place.

A. Uniting surrounding cities                              B. Entertainment  
       C. Bringing pride to the locals                            D. Establishing characteristics

33. Which of the following can best replace the underlined sentence?

A. Seeing the big letters "Hollywood" on a hillside means you've been really to Los Angeles.

B. Not seeing the word "Hollywood" on a hillside means you haven't been to Los Angeles.
       C. If you visit Los Angeles you should first pay a visit to "Hollywood" s on a hillside.
       D. Your trip to Los Angeles is not complete if you miss the big letters "Hollywood" on a hillside

34. What’s the number of the nicknames given to Los Angeles?

A. 5                             B. 4                             C. 7                  D. 6

35. According to the passage, the true statement is ________.

A. Los Angeles was built after the Italian city of Venice 
       B. Hollywood alone adds fame to Los Angeles  
       C. Los Angeles is most famous for its nicknames  
       D. All the nicknames increase the charm of Los Angeles

After college graduation, I did all kinds of work. Now I am a sales agent and visit my customers all over England. That was a cold February morning and I was  41  to visit a store at 9 am. I parked my car, bundled my scarf around me and  42  up the street towards his shop front.

The street where his store was  43  was partially blocked by two large, ruddy faced workmen who were tearing up the concrete. I prepared myself for the  44  cat calls(起哄). I was up early, out in the cold, and probably to be seen as a funny scene by two men I didn’t even  45  .

Then I stopped and  46  my own father. Both he and my grandfather had  47  much of their early careers working outside in similar jobs before they  48  and became engineers. I recalled how hard Dad worked, in all kinds of  49  ; how he’d come home with sunburn or frosting(冻伤). I realized that if I felt cold then these two guys were probably  50   , given that it looked as though they’d already been  51  for hours.

My customer’s shop wasn’t open yet but I was beyond being annoyed at his  52  . I went to a coffee shop around the corner,  53  myself a hot chocolate, then two more with whipped cream. I made my  54 down the street towards the workmen. One of them turned to me with a wide smile and  55  me with a joke “Oh love, you shouldn’t have!” To his  56  , I passed him the tray with the two  57  chocolates. I replied, “Maybe not.  58  it’s too cold to be working outside today.”

I got two looks of genuine(真诚的)   59  , and a timely reminder that it’s as easy to be  60  as it is to prejudge, but the former is so much nicer! So I realize the things we do seem so small but important and do what we can to make this world better.

41. A. owing                    B. due                  C. used             D. about

42. A. wandered             B. traveled                 C. stopped              D. headed

43. A. located                  B. served                   C. laid                 D. decorated

44. A. cheering                 B. expected                 C. pleasant             D. interesting

45. A. see                      B. notice              C. find                 D. know

46. A. met                      B. called               C. remembered       D. asked

47. A. wasted               B. spent                C. spared           D. kept

48. A. retired                  B. settled                  C. qualified            D. aged

49. A. weather                  B. streets                  C. pressure             D. stores

50. A. hungry                   B. freezing                 C. excited              D. thirsty

51. A. waiting                  B. playing                  C. chatting             D. Working

52. A. rudeness                 B. coldness                 C. lateness             D. disappearance

53. A. ordered                  B. booked                   C. filled               D. poured

54. A. promise                  B. decision                 C. way                  D. choice

55. A. caught                   B. greeted                  C. suggested        D. warned

56. A. shame                B. honor                C. sorrow               D. shock

57. A. cold                     B. hot                      C. special              D. soft

58. A. So                       B. Or                       C. But              D. And

59. A. thanks                   B. surprise                 C. trust                D. upset

60. A. shy                      B. careful                  C. grateful             D. kind

 —It seems that people are becoming more and more selfish.

— How much happier life would be if we ________to the values of the past!

A. would return      B. had returned          C. return            D. were to return

 The food at the dinner party didn’t seem ________. It was not worth the money.

   A. inviting               B. amazing             C. encouraging       D. disappointing

 My boss was very resistant to my proposal at first but she finally ______ and accepted my idea.

  A. slowed down B. put down　 C. got down　 D. broke down

Teaching is more than leadership. Some of the teacher’s time and effort is directed toward instruction, some toward evaluation. But it is the teacher as a group leader who creates an effective organizational structure and good working environment so that instruction and evaluation activities can take place. A group that is totally disorganized, unclear about its goals, or constantly fighting among its members will not be a good learning group. The leadership pattern includes helping to form and maintain a positive learning environment so that instruction and evaluation activities can take place.

On the first day of class, the teacher faces a room filled with individuals. Perhaps a few closely united groups and friendships already exist. But there is no sense of group unity, no set of rules for conduct in the group, no feeling of belonging. If teachers are successful leaders, they will help students develop a system of relationships that encourages working together.

Standards and rules must be set to keep order, make sure of justice and protect individual rights, but do not contradict school policy. What happens when one student hurts another’s individual rights? Without clear regulations agreeable to the students and teachers, the classroom can become chaotic. Students may break rules they did not know existed. If standards are set without participation from the class, students may spend a great deal of creative energy in destroying the class environment or finding ways to break rules.

No matter how skillful the teacher is in uniting students and creating a positive atmosphere, the task is never complete. Regular maintenance is necessary. Conflicts arise. The needs of individual members change. A new kind of learning task requires a new organizational structure. Sometimes outside pressures such as holidays, upcoming tests or sport competitions, or family troubles cause stress in the classroom. One task for the teacher is to recreate a positive environment by helping students deal with conflict, change, and stress.   

32. The underlined word “maintain” in Para.1 probably means_______.

A. keep                   B.  build                    C. recreate                D. evaluate

33. According to the author, the teacher should _______.

A. free students from outside pressures

B. set the standards and rules on his own

C. be responsible for a well-organized class

D. focus more on instruction and evaluation

34. From the passage we can learn that ______.

A. rules cannot be changed once they’re formed

B. outside pressures can not cause tension among students

C. if the teacher well unites his students, he then will finish his task

D. if rules are not acceptable both to students and teachers, the classroom can be a mess
35. What is the author’s main purpose of writing the passage?

A. To provide information for teaching.资*源%库 ziyuanku.com

B. To show the importance of teaching a class.

C. To study the teacher’s behavior in the classroom.

D. To compare the teacher’s behavior with the students’ in class.

 His essay, ______ many times, was brief and to the point and therefore won the first prize

   in the writing competition.

A. polishing up                                    B. having polished up

  C. to be polished up                                 D. having been polished up 

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同学写的以下作文。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。

Recently, the Ministry of Education has issued a requirement which students should be given labor education while at the school, which arouses a heated debate.

As for students, opinion are divided. Some students think that it will be great benefit for their health, enabled them to be well developed. On the other hand, some students hold the view that this kind of education will take up our time, which will be spent studying otherwise. But it will have a negative effect on their grades.

It was true that students are given little chance of laboring nowadays, thus lacking the sense of labor. So as far as I am concerned, students definite should receive labor education so that they will value more that labor brings about.

    假定你是高三学生李华，从网上获悉一家国际青少年志愿者组织正在全球招募暑期志愿者。请写一封电子邮件申请参加。主要内容如下：

    1．写信目的；

    2．自我介绍；

    3．希望获准。

注意：

    1．词数100左右；

    2．文章的结尾已给出，不计入总词数；

    3．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Sir or Madam,

                                                                                             _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________  

     With all my best regards.

Yours sincerely,

                                                           Li Hua

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 the 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 to 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 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.

21. What should you consider first while sailing?
　 A. Size of sails.                                                      B. Wave levels.
　 C. Sailors’ strength.                                               D. Wind directions.
22. What do you have to do when sailing against the wind?
   A. Tack the boat.                                                 B. Allow the sail to flap.
   C. Lower the sail.                                                  D. Move in a straight line.
23. Where can you probably find the text?
　 A. In an official report.                                           B. In a tourist guidebook.
　 C. In a physics textbook.                                       D. In a popular magazine.

61   When a starving man gets a meal,  he begins to think about an overcoat; when an executive（业务主管）gets a new sports car, visions of country clubs dance into view. The many wants of mankind might be regarded as making up several levels.    62 The first and most basic levels of wants involve food. Once this want is satisfied, a second level of wants appears:       clothing and some sort of shelter. By the end of World War II these wants were satisfied for a great majority of Americans.    63   It included such items as automobiles and new houses. By 1957 or 1958 this third level of wants was fairly well satisfied. Then, in the late 1950s a fourth level of wants appeared: the “life-enriching” level. While the other levels involve physical satisfaction－the feeding, comfort, safety, and transportation of the human body－this level stresses mental needs for recognition, achievement and happiness. It includes a variety of goods and services, many of which could be called “luxury”(奢侈) items. Among them are vacation trips, the best medical care, and entertainment.  64     On this level, a greater percentage of consumer spending goes to services, while on the first three levels more is spent on goods. Will consumers raise their sights to a fifth level of wants as their income increases, or will they continue to demand luxuries and personal services on the fourth level? A fifth level probably would involve wants that can be achieved best by community action. Consumers may be spending more on taxes to pay for government action against disease, ignorance, crime and prejudice.  65  In this way, we can enjoy more fully the good things on the first four levels.

A．Then a third level appeared.

B．Human wants seem endless.

C．When there is money enough to satisfy one level of wants, another level appears.

D．There are several levels of wants in one’s life.

E．At this stage, we now may seek to ensure the health, safety, and leisure.
F．Also included here are fancy foods and the latest styles in clothing.
G．Different people have different wants on each level.