Here are tips for a successful speech from a professional speechwriter：

No speech should last more than 20 minutes.  36   The Sermon on the Mount, a collection of sayings and teachings of Jesus, for example, lasted hardly more than three minutes.

Focus on one topic. We're human and tend to have lots of thoughts, opinions and ideas. You have to make proper selection.  37    Include and expand only those that explain and support your viewpoint(观点)．

38     It's important to remember that your words must be hearable and understandable the first time out.

Humour is vital.   39    Ronald Reagan always wanted to joke at the start of a speech because he needed the quick victory of laughter. It helped him relax. It also helped the audience relax.

Don't forget to say thanks. You should always, at the beginning of the speech, thank the person who invited you and introduced you.   40    While you're doing it, the audience gets a chance to daydream and settle down. They're going to daydream at some point anyway, and it may as well be before you get to the heart of your remarks.

A．Choose your words carefully.

B．And saying thanks at the beginning has a practical purpose.

C．First you have to work out what you're going to say.

D．Every speech needs it, and you need it, too, probably at the beginning.

E．Stick to one subject—the future of the soccer club, for example.

F．This process takes time, so start once you begin thinking about the speech.

G. The more important the message is, the less time it requires to say it.

Mary, born of a poor family, can’t be admitted to a university next fall ___________she can

afford her further study.

   A. unless        B. for             C. as              D. if

Yesterday was my 18th birthday. As Father and Mother thought it was a big occasion for me，they suggested I  61 (hold) a birthday party at home to celebrate it. For several days they had been busy  62  (prepare) for this. By 4 o’clock I was pleased to see all my friends had come 63  a lot of beautiful presents. Mother cooked us a big meal.

We 64  (spend) a wonderful night together, eating and talking  65  (happy). The most exciting moment was when Mother put a big birthday cake on the table and all my friends began to sing Happy Birthday. Seeing the 18 candles burning, I couldn’t keep back my tears.  66  mother and father’s love, I would not lead such a happy life now. Mother asked me to make a wish  67 I blew out all the candles. After that，everyone enjoyed the sweet birthday cake and shared my happiness.

I am eighteen years old now,  68 means I’ve become an adult and have more 69_   (responsibility). I’ll do 70 (me) best to return my parents’ love and live up to their expectations.

 As a workaholic, Mr Wang is keener on his teaching than __________.

   A. anything else   B. everything else   C. nothing else   D. something else

When you put down your pens at the end of college entrance exam, 12 hard years of study will have come to an end. Forget your studies for a while. It’s time to enjoy yourselves!

  There are many ways to celebrate this special month of graduation. You can have photos taken with your classmates and teachers, or dine out together and exchange gifts.

High school students in western countries such as the United States and Canada usually have party to mark their graduation. It is to mark the time when kids turn into young men and women. After the party, teenagers either go to college or find a job. It means they will no longer depend on their parents as before.

As the party, boys usually dress in dinner jackets and bow ties, though many different types of formal clothes are worn. Girls traditionally wear formal dresses, or dress to shock or be noticed, in shiny or brightly colored materials.

Common party activities include dining, dancing, crowing of a ball king and queen, and just talking to friends. In some cases, high school students collect funds for their class party through the four years of their high school.

High schools in or near large cities may rent big rooms at expensive hotels or, to be unusual, on a pleasure boat. But often costs are out by simply using the school gym. Students make a lot of effort to decorate the gym to make the event special. The music played at the party will be the most popular kinds, like rock and hip-hop.

Sometimes teachers and parents also go to the party. But others like to go with friends, to whom they are soon going to say good-bye.

If you like the idea of a party, why don’t you and your classmates organize one for your graduation?

32. The writer’s purpose in writing this passage is to______________.

A. tell an interesting experience of high school students

B. tell how the western students spend the last days of high school

C. tell how western high school students usually celebrate graduation

D. introduce several ways of the western students’ killing time

33. What does the party mean for western high school students that are about to graduate?

A. They have finished high school and will go to college.

B. These teenagers can find a job to support themselves

C. They have grown up and need friends’ help

D. They are adults and will not depend on parents

34. What does the underlined word “mark” in Paragraph 3 mean?

A. remember      B. celebrate     C. sign            D. show

35. From the fourth paragraph, we can infer that______________.

A. the party is very interesting

B. girls like to make themselves beautiful at all hours

C. boys wear as usual to attend the party

D. graduates pay much attention to the party

When looking for diet plans to gain muscle there are some great tips that can help you to ensure that you are eating to help you build the muscle that you want. Your diet is just as important as exercise when you attach importance to your diet, it can help you to reach your goal much faster.

You will find that you will eat lean meat almost daily. If you eat meat each day this can help you to keep your figure. The trick with beef is to find lean cuts and this is something that can provide you with protein. Fish and turkey will also be included in the diet. Chicken has some rules and you should always eat skinless and avoid frying.

Fiber is something that is not talked much about when looking for a muscle building diet, but this is basis part of the muscle building diet. Fiber has many benefits and will aid in digestion and help you to feel full. Oatmeal (燕麦片) is a great source of fiber, but you should avoid the premade oatmeal. Fruit and vegetables contain a lot of fiber and this can also aid in weight loss if this is a problem you are working on.

If you want to complete your workout more effectively, you need to make sure that you are drinking adequate amount of water each day. Your body is made up of water and you need to replenish (补充) this water source each day in order to be in the best shape. If you are completing a very intense workout, you will need to make sure that you are drinking even more water to stay hydrated(含水的).

When protein(乳清蛋白质) is a great way for busy individuals to get the protein they need on the go. You will use soy and tofu for sources of protein if you do not eat meat and this can be a wonderful alternative.

There are diet plans to gain muscle for every category. You can make minor adjustments to your diet that can have some great benefits.

21. What’s the best title of the passage?

A. Proper diets can help build your muscle    B. The diet is not as important as exercise

C. Diet plans are very important            D. Paying attention to your diet

22. When you eat chicken, you should always_______.

A. eat chicken with skin                          B. eat baked chicken

C. not eat chicken with skin and the fried            D. not eat boiled chicken

23. What’s the main idea of Paragraph3?

A. Oatmeal is a great source of fiber         B. Fruit and vegetables contain a lot of fiber

C. Losing weight needs fiber               D. The function of fiber

Plants are flowering faster than scientists predicted(预测) in reaction to climate change, which could have long damaging effects on food chains and ecosystems.

   Global warming is having a great effect on hundreds of plant and animal species around the world, changing some living patterns, scientists say.
    Increased carbon dioxide (CO2) in the air from burning coal and oil can have an effect on how plants produce oxygen, while higher temperatures and changeable rainfall patterns can change their patterns of growth.
    “Predicting species’ reaction to climate change is a major challenge in ecology, ” said the researchers of several U. S. universities. They said plants had been the key object of study because their reaction to climate change could have an effect on food chains and ecosystem services.
    The study, published on the Nature website, uses the findings from plant life cycle studies and experiments across four continents and 1, 634 species. It found that some experiments had underestimated(低估) the speed of flowering 8.5 times and leafing by 4 times.
     “Across all species, the experiments under-predicted the speed of the advance --- for both leafing and flowering --- that results from temperature increases, ” the study said.
     The design of future experiments may need to be improved to better predict how plats will react to climate change, it said.
     Plants are necessary for life on the Earth. They are the base of the food chain, using photosynthesis(光合作用) to produce sugar from carbon dioxide and water. They let out oxygen which is needed by nearly every organism on the planet.
     Scientists believe the world’s average temperature has risen by about 0.8 ℃ since 1900, and nearly 0.2℃ every ten years since 1979.
    So far, efforts to cut emissions (排放)of planet-warming greenhouse gases are not seen as enough to prevent the Earth heating up beyond 2℃ this century --- a point scientists say will bring the danger of a changeable climate in which weather extremes are common, leading to drought, floods, crop failures and rising sea levels.
33. What is the key information the author wants to give in Paragraph 1?
    A. Plants’ reaction to weather could have damaging effects on ecosystems.
    B. The increasing speed of flowering is beyond scientists’ expectation.
    C. Climate change leads to the change of food production patterns.
    D. Food chains have been seriously damaged because of weather.
34. Scientists pay special attention to the study of plants because______________.
    A. they can prove the climate change clearly
    B. they are very important in the food chains
    C. they play a leading role in reducing global warming
    D. they are growing and flowering much faster than before
35. What can be inferred from the last two paragraphs about the world’s temperature?
    A. It has risen nearly 0.2 ℃ since 1979.
    B. Its change will lead to weather extremes.
    C. It is 0.8℃ higher in 1979 than that of 1900.
    D. It needs to be controlled within 2℃ in this century.

 Not until she left home and went to college _______ to know how much she loved her mother.

  A. had she begun         B. she had begun           C. she began          D. did she begin

 Not until his father came in 　　　 to do his homework. 

A. the boy begins B. has the boy begun

C. did the boy begin                      D. the boy began

In much of Asia, especially the so-called “rice bowl” cultures of China, Japan Korea,  61  Vietnam, food is usually eaten with chopsticks.

Chopsticks are usually two long, thin pieces of wood or bamboo. They can also be made of plastic, animal bone or metal. Sometimes chopsticks are quite artistic. Truly elegant chopsticks might  62  (make) of gold and silver with Chinese characters. Skilled works also combine various hardwoods and metal  63 (create)special designs.

The Chinese have used chopsticks for five thousand years. People probably cooked their food in large pots,  64 (use) twigs(树枝)to remove it. Over time,  65  the population grew, people began cutting food into small pieces so it would cook more quickly. Food in small pieces could be eaten easily with twigs which  66  (gradual) turned into chopsticks.

Some people think that the great Chinese scholar Confucius,  67  lived from roughly 551 to 479 B.C. , influenced the  68   (develop) of chopsticks. Confucius believed knives would remind people of killings and  69 (be)too violent for use at the table.

Chopsticks are not used everywhere in Asia. In India, for example, most people traditionally eat  70  their hands.

Samsung says new Galaxy Note 7 smartphones will be available in U.S. stores starting Wednesday to replace about 1 million devices that are being recalled because their batteries can catch fire.

The South Korean company has been scrambling to fix problems caused by faulty batteries in the latest version of its top of the line smartphone, which first went on sale last month.

When it first offered on Sept. 2 to replace the affected Note 7 phones, Samsung said it would swap them for models of its other phones, such as the Galaxy S7, until supplies of replacement Note 7 devices became available.

Samsung followed up last week by announcing that U.S. consumers who had purchased one of the recalled phones could choose between a replacement or a refund fro the device, which sells for about $850. That offer was jointly announced with officials at the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission after Samsung was criticized for not coordinating more closely with the commission.

Safety officials have urged Note 7 owners to turn off their phones and return them immediately. They cited reports of Note 7 batteries overheating in the United States, including 26 instances where individuals were burned and 55 that caused property damage.

The problem doesn’t affect all Note 7 phones, because Samsung uses batteries from different suppliers. But the company has said about 2.5 million devices may be affected worldwide, including 1 million sold in the United States.

Samsung also said it’s pushing out two software updates through wireless carriers. One will show a green battery icon to confirm that a Note 7 device is a new one that doesn’t have the battery problem. The other will display a short notice to owners of older phones covered by the recall telling them to turn off their device and take it in for a replacement.

About a quarter of affected phones had been exchanged in the United States by Tuesday, According to a spokeswoman for Samsung’s U.S. subsidiary. She was unable to say how many Note 7 buyers sought refunds, but said “the vast majority” received a different Samsung phone as a replacement.

33. What’s wrong with the affected Note 7 phones?

A. The price of them is too high.

B. Their batteries can catch fire.

C. They are similar to iphone 7.

D. They have problems with their earphones.

33. What can a U.S. consumer who had purchased one of the recalled phones do according to Samsung’s announcement?

A. To sell his/her recalled phone to others for about $850.

B. To choose a replacement and a refund for his/her recalled phone.

C. To return the recalled phone and get a replacement or a refund (about $850) for the device.

D. To use the recalled phone to replace a Galaxy S7 first and then one of the new Note 7 devices for free.

34.How many affected phones had been exchanged in the United States by Tuesday?

A. About 0.25 million.

B. About 0.625 million.

C. About 0.875 million.

D. About 1 million.

35.What can we learn from the passage?

A. The Galaxy S7 devices are the safest.

B. The Note 7 phones sold in China are safe.

C. The Note 7 phones used batteries from different suppliers never have the  same problems.

D.At least 81 cases of Note 7 batteries overheating were reported in the United States.

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。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限一词。

      2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

  Have you ever seen blue ice cream topped with black fruits? That sounded foreign and not delicious at all! That’s the power of colors. It can neither make your dinner more delicious or spoil the whole table. Scientists have found that blue can make people losing appetite. If you don’t want to eat too many at your classmate’s birthday party, put his cake on a blue plate. You’ll stop eating soon. Why is it people don’t feel like eat when they see blue? It’s all in their mind. People relate the color of food they see the food in their memory. There are almost no blue leafy vegetable and no blue meat, so people get a “foreign” or “strange” feeling about the blue food itself. So what should go into dishes? You need to think it over after helping your mum with dinner to make a better decision.

假定你是中学生李华。高三将是辛苦忙碌的一年，不管自己还是父母都会很辛苦。每个家长都是望子成龙的，处在这一重要的学习阶段，父母会对你的生活学习倍加关心。现在请你按照以下内容要点给自己的父母写一封感谢信。

内容要点：

1. 感谢父母这么多年来无微不至的关心；

2. 近段时间自己的学习情况及取得的进步，自己会继续努力，希望父母放心；

3. 高三过后一定多帮父母做家务。

注意：

1. 词数100左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯;

3. 开头和结尾已给出。

Dear parents,

_____________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

Love from,

Your son

  Developed and developing nations can learn from each other seeking a low­carbon economy，a Chinese government official said in Shanghai yesterday.

　　“China doesn't lag developed nations in terms of energy saving and green economy”，said Zhou Changyi，director of the energy saving department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

　　“While we can learn many aspects from developed nations，they should also learn something from us，such as water conservation，” Zhou said in a speech during the new Path of China's Industrilization forum at the ongoing China International Industry Fair 2009.

　　He said industrilized nations and China are dealing with different issues to combat climate change.The United Kingdom，for example，is concerned about transport，buildings and new energy in reducing carbon emmissions.For China，the most urgent task is how to realize new­type of industrilization and avoid mistakes that other countries made when they industrialized .

　　As such，overseas exhibitors at this year's fair are showing ways to help China achieve low carbon emissions in the industrial section.

　　Swiss power and automation technology group ABB called for a stronger focus on product life­cycle assesment，or LCA，which is used to study the environmental impact of a product from the research and manufaturing stage through its usage and recycling.

　　Tobias Becker，head of ABB's process automation division for North Asia and China，said LCA is an effective tool in helping manufacturing industries to reduce carbon emissions.

　　LCA shows that industrial customers should focus on a product's environmental impact throughout its life­cycle instead of on its initial investment or ready­to­use stage.For example，a motor's initial investment accounts for only 3 percent of its life­cycle cost，while 94 percent goes to fuel consumption and the rest to maintenance.

　　Richard Hausmann，North East Asia CEO of Siemens，said，“The color of future industrilization is green.”

　　The Germany Company recently announces that it wants to receive orders worth more than 6 billion Euros (US 8.8 billion) for intelligent net power networks，Smart Grid，over the next five years. Siemens has set a 20 percent market share target for the global smart grid business.

　　A smart grid delivers electricity from suppliers to consumers using digital technology，advanced sensors specialized computers that save energy，reduce costs and increase reliability. The United States and China are considered the two biggest markets for smart grid.

　　1．“______” can replace the underlined word “lag”．

　　A．Fall behind       B．Be superior to

　　C．Attack        D．Fear

　　2．Which of the following about LCA is TRUE?

　　A．LCA is used to study the impact on a product.

　　B．LCA can help manufacturing industries decrease carbon release a lot.

　　C．LCA shows industrial customers should focus on a product's environmental influence on its initial investment.

　　D．LCA was one of the exhibitions at this year's fair.

　　3．We can infer ______ from the eleventh paragraph of this passage.

　　A．Siemens has occupied 20 percent market share for the global smart grid business

　　B．Siemens received orders worth 6 billion Euros recently

　　C．Siemens will earn $ 8.8 billion from intelligent power networks

　　D．Siemens' plan about Smart Grid may come true in the future

　　4．______ about Smart Grid isn't mentioned in the passage.

　　A．Energy­saving     B．Low­cost

　　C．Security      D．Small in size

　　5．The best title for the passage ______.

　　A．Developed and Developing Nations Can Learn From Each Other

　　B．Low­carbon Economy—a Shared Goal

　　C．Intelligent Power Networks

　　D．Two Biggest Markets for Smart Grid

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。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l1处起）不计分。

My favorite aunt has had very big influence on me. She is the older of my father’s four sisters. And he spent a lot of time with her when I was grown up. She didn’t have any children of her own. So she treated both her nephews and nieces well as if they were her own child. She was a little bit of old-fashioned in many ways. She could be quite hard on us if she doesn’t like our behavior or clothes. But at the same time she was always ready to listening to us and discuss our feelings without getting shocking or angry.

_{–Why？This is simply a common bike!}

_{–_____ sir．It’s our special offer today．}

_{A． Don’t mention it}

_{B． Let me see}

_{C． So it is}

_{D． Neither do I}

Feb．5 was a bad day for me．My doctor  41  me and my parents that I had  42  cancer and that I had only a few months to live．I became so sad that I immediately  43 .  

Now I am actually  44  for all that has happened to me．I realize I would have never had to reflect and rethink about the purpose of my  45  if I had never been so close to  46  ·

Had I not been  47  to this limit，I would not have developed a deep  48  of the beautiful gift of life and of everything around me．I also would not have thought about how I wanted to  49  the people around me in a positive way before leaving the world．

This is no  50 ；I don’t even think it is sad in the  51  way to be honest．I’ve been so 52 in my life．I’ve lived in Paris，served the Peace Corps in Peru，fallen madly in love with the most  53 girl，have the most fantastic 54 and friends anyone could ever ask for…and the  55 just goes on．

I  56 believe everything happens for a reason．If terminal cancer had not  57 to me，I would not have been able to  58  my closest friends and family to appreciate the beautiful gift of life a little more and live more appreciative and  59  lives with my story．This is the purpose of my life I had been 60 all of my life．In fact，that is the reason I’ve decided to write this article and go public with my story as well．It is also the reason why I am，after all that I’ve been through in the past few months，thankful for terminal cancer．

41．A．inspected                  B．informed      C．insulted         D．interviewed，

42．A．typical                B．sensible      C．supreme               D．terminal

43．A．cried                         B．burst                  C．barked          D．numbed

44．A．cheerful             B．scared         C．grateful         D．glad

45．A．1ife                    B．soul             C．faith                      D．growth

46．A．burden               B．chaos                 C．creed            D．death

47．A．hooked              B．pushed        C．dragged               D．marched

48．A．gratitude            B．perseverance      C．appreciation D．romance

49．A．seize                         B．affect                  C．flatter            D．dominate

50．A．target                        B．tolerance    C．mercy            D．tragedy

51．A．slightest             B．highest        C．farthest         D．1ongest

52．A．excited               B．blessed       C．interested      D．declined

53．A．exotic                  B．courageous        C．sensitive               D．amazing

54．A．author                B．acquaintance       C．family            D．citizen

55．A．deed                         B．1ist               C．doom                    D．scene

56．A．strongly             B．decently      C．generally              D．approximately

57．A．belonged                  B．attached      C．happened            D．appealed

58．A．inspire               B．suggest       C．command      D．demand

59．A．negative            B．objective    C．subjective      D．positive

60．A．searching for    B．caring for           C．accounting for      D．applying for

 Tom, have you ever seen a moving scene _______ many people rushed a stranger getting heart attack to hospital?

A. where                     B. when                      C. which                     D. why

_{By 2050，Futurologists（未来学家） predict that life will probably be very different  1______ 2050.
　　TV channels will have disappeared. 2_________, people will choose a program from a “menu” and a computer will send the program 3_______(direct) to the television．Today, we can use the World Wide Web 4_______read newspaper stories and see pictures on a computer thousands of kilometers away．By 2050, music, films, programs, newspapers,5_______ books will come to us by computer.
　　Cars will run on new, clean fuels and they will go very fast．Cars will have computers to control the speed and there won’t 6______any accidents．Today, many cars have computers 7_______tell drivers exactly where they are．By 2050, the computer will control the car and drive it to your destination．Space planes will take people halfway around the world 8______  2 hours．Today, 9_______United States Space Shuttle can go into space and 10______ on Earth again．By 2050, space planes will fly all over the world and people will fly from Los Angeles to Tokyo in just 2 hours.
　　Robots will have 11_______(place) people in factories．Many factories already use robots．Big companies prefer robots—they don’t ask for pay rises or go on strike, and they work 24 hours a 12______．By 2050, we will see robots everywhere—in factories, schools, offices, hospitals, shops and homes.
　　Medical technology will have conquered many 13________．Today, there is equipment that connects directly to the brain 14____ (help) people hear．By 2050, we will be able to help blind and deaf people to see and hear 15______}

   Grandpa's hobby was making birdhouses. He always said, “A man has to keep busy to stay out of trouble.” Leigh wasn't sure how much trouble Grandpa could get into anyway, since he was such a nice guy, but she tried to listen to his advice. Besides, she liked to help him on his birdhouses.

  Grandpa's shop was full of well­oiled and carefully­kept tools. Whenever he used something, he put it back in exactly the right place. He had rules about how he treated his tools, because he hated buying something new if the old one still worked.  He also made sure to clean up each time he worked on something.

  It wasn't too fun cleaning up, but it was nice to watch him cut boards to exact lengths. It was nice to see the drill put in holes for screws (螺丝) to go in cleanly. It was like being a doctor, but with wood. The best part of building was seeing all the pieces come together in the final form.

   The last steps always included lacquer or paint, to help protect Grandpa's hard work from the weather. His birdhouses lasted for years. If he didn't coat them properly, the sun and rain would turn the wood grey and weak in a short period of time. No, he always made sure to do things right. Even if he put rocks or other cute decorations (装饰) on them, it was done right and made to last.

   Grandpa was a hard worker, but he was also smart and generous. He let Leigh keep the birdhouses sometimes, but only if he got to help hang it up or set the post for it. It had to be done just right, after all.

   The birdhouses were a great way to learn about woodworking, hard work, taking care of what you have, and about birds. The best thing about building birdhouses was that Leigh spent some time with Grandpa.

33．What's the best title for the text?

    A. Long­lasting Birdhouses           B．Birdhouses Making

    C．Birdhouses, Home for Birds              D．Grandpa's Birdhouses

34．What did Leigh value most?

   A．Listening to Grandpa's advice.          B．Helping Grandpa on his birdhouses.

   C．Spending some time with Grandpa.      D．Learning about woodworking and birds.

35．We can learn from the text that Grandpa ________.

   A．was a very good carpenter          B．lived a very hard life

   C．didn't care about cleaning up        D.kept thousands of birds