Hi Maz and Bobby,

I don't know what you're up to this Sunday, but if you're at a loose end, come over to my place. We're going to have a barbecue.

Tom

Hi Tom,

Thanks mate, but I'm completely snowed under at the moment. I have to write an essay by Monday afternoon, so I'll be working all weekend. I've got nothing arranged for the following weekend though, so maybe we can meet then? I'll call you later.

Bobby

Dear Tom,

Like Bobby, I'm a bit tied up tomorrow. Unfortunately, I have to go to my great uncle's house for a family lunch. He was ill so we thought it might not happen, but it looks as if it's going ahead. I really can't get out of it because it's the old man's 60th birthday and most of the family will probably be there.

Maz

Ok you guys,

I'm calling off the barbecue. Judging from the grey sky, it's going to rain all weekend anyway. Maybe you'll have done your various duties by the end of the evening and we can go for a drink instead! If you want to relax, I'll be in The Hart, a pub on King Street. Gloria and I are meeting there at about 8:30, as long as nothing else pops up! Don't forget it closes at 10:30 on Sundays.

Ok, time to put my feet up and take it easy!

Later,

Tom

1．What does Tom intend to do at first?

A. To have a family lunch.

B. To invite his friends to a barbecue.

C. To go for a drink with his friends.

D. To ask for help from his friends.

2．The underlined part "snowed under" in the second email means "________"

A. buried under snow

B. very bored

C. extremely busy

D. entirely relaxed

3．Which statement is TRUE according to the emails?

A. Bobby is not available this Sunday.

B. Maz has to visit his uncle for he is ill.

C. The barbecue will take place on time.

D. Tom will hold a party with his friends.

4．What will Tom probably do after sending the last email？

A. Prepare the barbecue.

B. Go to the pub.

C. Have a rest.

D. Call his friends.

假设你是新华中学高三2班的学生李华,你的英国笔友Simon刚转学,感到一切都很陌生。他在邮件中向你询问如何尽快融入新环境。请你根据以下信息回信。

1.多跟同学交流沟通;

2.积极参加学校活动;

3.向老师寻求帮助。

注意:1.词数:100左右;

2.可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;

3.开头和结尾已给出,不计入总词数。

Dear Simon,

              

              

              

 A lot of exercise outdoors could _____ positive energy which helps you to reduce stress.

A. give in                   B. give off         C. give away     D. give up.

61.藐视；看不起                              

62.查阅；谈到                               

63.集中于                                    

64.直到现在                                 

65.主演                                      

66.逐渐增强；建立                           

67.总的来说；通常                            

68.背对                                     

69.舒适；自由自在                            

70.穷的；缺少的                             

 After spending a year in Brazil on a student exchange program, her mother recalled(回忆), Marie Colvin returned home to find that her classmates had narrowed down their college choices. “Everyone else was already admitted to college,” her mother, Rosemarie Colvin, said from the family home. “So she took our car and drove up to Yale and said , ‘You have to let me in .’ "

  “Impressed---she was a National Merit (全国英才) finalist who had picked up Portuguese in Brazil---Yale did, admitting her to the class of 1978, where she started writing for the Yale Daily News and decided to be a journalist,” her mother said.

  On Wednesday, Marie Colvin, 56, an experienced journalist for The Sunday Times of London, killed as Syrian forces shelled(炮击) the city of Homs. She was working in a temporary media center that was destroyed in the attack.

  “She was supposed to leave Syria on Wednesday”, Mrs. Colvin said. “Her editor told me he called her yesterday and said it was getting too dangerous and they wanted to take her out. She said she was doing a story and she wanted to finish it.

  Mrs. Colvin said it was pointless to try to prevent her daughter from going to conflict zones. “If you knew my daughter,” she said, “it would have been such a waste of words. She was determined, she was enthusiastic about what she did, it was her life. There was no saying ‘Don’t do this.’ This is who she was , absolutely who she was and what she believed in :cover the story, not just have pictures of it, but bring it to life in the deepest way you could.” “So it was not a surprise when she took an interest in journalism,” her mother said.

28.From the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1, we can infer that ________ .

 A. Yale was her last choice

 B. Marie Colvin was confident of herself

 C. Yale must keep its promise to Marie Colvin  

 D. Marie Colvin was good at persuading

29.Which of the following is NOT true ?

 A. Marie Colvin was quite outstanding .     

 B. Marie Colvin started writing in Brazil .

 C. Marie Colvin should have left Syria beforehand

. D. Marie Colvin was very careful with her work .

30. From the last paragraph, we can know that Mrs. Colvin ________.

 A. dislikes the choice of her daughter.   

 B. cares little about her daughter.

 C. knows her daughter very well.            

 D. doesn’t fully appreciate her daughter.

31.What can be the best title of the text ?

 A. Covering Stories in a Dangerous Conflict Area.

 B. Applying for Top Universities, a Successful Case

 C. Choosing Lifelong Careers Based on Your Own Interest.

 D. Recalling Her Daughter, a Journalist Killed in Syria.

For many people, history classes are seen as no more than requirements for getting degrees in chemistry, biology, business, marketing, etc. 41．Below are a few reasons why it’s vital that today’s people continue to learn about the past.

Understanding where people come from plays a key role in understanding who they are. 42．For this reason, it’s extremely important to learn history in order to understand why people are the way that they are.

Through history classes, you can experience a shift (改革) in the way you think. 43．It’s important to developing minds to be able to consider problems from different angles. Finally, this shift can improve your ability to analyze and understand situations, to make educated decisions and to learn how to weigh the consequences related to each choice before you.

 44．The idea that history repeats itself is rooted in truth. From wars to fashion to political trends, historians are often able to make predictions about the future based upon the past. By having a deep understanding of what happened in the past, today’s people can better prepare for brighter futures by making the right decisions—instead of repeating old mistakes.

Many people may not believe that a degree in history can lead to a well-paying job. In fact, students who graduate with degrees in history can become lawyers, business owners, think tank members, educators, leaders in historical organizations writers and so on. 45．.

A. Whichever you take, it can provide a comfortable life.

B. Learning about history can change how you think.

C. That means you look at things from a new point of view.

D. Learning from the past prevents future mistakes.

E. The key to enjoying the study of history is to find classes that interest you.

F. But the truth is that studying history is a wonderful way to prepare for a successful future.

G. History has shaped cultures, attitudes and social structures; it has shaped the world and itscitizens.

When you’re climbing up a hill or playing sports,your back is all wet and so is your face.Why?Because you are sweating.  36  When your body gets hotter than that,your brain doesn’t like it.It wants your body to stay cool and comfortable.So the part of your brain that controls temperature sends a message to your body,telling it to sweat.Then sweat glands（腺）in your skin start making sweat.

  37  They are all called pores（毛孔）academically.When the sweat hits the air,the air makes it turn from a liquid to a vapor.As the sweat leaves off your skin you cool down.

Sweat is great cooling system.  38  Then you need to put liquid back in your body by drinking plenty of water so you won’t get dehydrated（脱水的）.

Sweat isn’t just wet--it can be kind of stinky,too.  39  It’s the bacteria that live on your skin that mix with the sweat and give it a unpleasant smell.And when you reach adolescence,special hormones affect the glands in your armpits（腋窝）—these glands make sweat that can really smell.Luckily,regular washing with soap and water can usually keep stinky sweat under control.

So don’t sorry about a little sweat - it’s totally normal and everybody sweats.Sometimes too much sweating can be a sign that there is something wrong in the body,but this is rare in kids.  40 

A.Sweat by itself doesn’t smell at all.

B.The seat leaves your skin through tiny holes.

C.When people sweat,they lose water in their body.

D.Your body works best when its temperature is about 37℃.

E.If you’re sweating a lot on a hot day or after playing hard you could be losing too much water through your skin.

F.The vapor goes into the air and turns into drops of water when it comes across cold.

G.But if you think you have a sweat problem,talk to your parent or your doctor about it.

  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。

When talking about sport, I always feel very exciting, because I like it so much. I love playing tennis, but it is my favorite sport. One day that I came home after school, I turned on TV and watch a tennis match. At first, I was attracted by the beautiful tennis player. When I watched the match for ten minutes, I found it wonderful. From now on, I started to watch tennis matches. I have learned to play the tennis, and I often invite our friends to play with me. My love to tennis are more than I can express. I am so happy to share the same interest my friends.

Japan is a mysterious land of technological wonders, but the latest is a relatively simple solution to an age-old problem faced by beginners and professional chefs alike.

Grocery stores across the country are about to start stocking onions that won’t make people cry. The new tear-free onion is called the Smile Ball, which is a pretty adorable name for a vegetable, and it’s an onion carefully engineered to not irritate (刺激) the eyes of people who cut into it....

Regular onions release a gas when their cells are damaged and that gas irritates people’s eyes and make them tear up. The Smile Ball onions release no such a gas, so they can be chopped easily. They are also sweet like fruit when eaten raw.

The scientific advancement of the tearless onion is not free, however. Smile Balls, developed by the Japanese producer House Foods, will cost about $4.30 for a pack of just two when they go on sale in supermarkets across Japan. That’s about double the cost of a normal onion, but it might be worth the extra money for those who are particularly sensitive to traditional onion gas. Earlier test sales of the tear-free onions were held in Tokyo, with the onions selling out quickly.

8. What do the people say about tear-free onions?

A. They’re too expensive to afford.

B. They’re sweeter than candies.

C. They're especially suitable for kids.

D. They’re worth buying, though expensive.

9. What can we learn about the Smile Ball?

A. It never gives off a strong gas.

B. It has a pretty look.

C. It belongs to a new kind of fruit.

D. It rarely goes bad.

10. What’s mainly discussed in the last paragraph?

A. How to produce tear-free onions.

B. Tearless onions are more popular.

C. The development of House Foods.

D. People are sensitive to tearless onions.

11. What can be the suitable title of the text?

A. Say Goodbye to Regular Onions

B. Tear-free Onions vs Regular Onions

C. Onions That Don’t Make You Cry

D. The Future of Tear-free Onions

Your car is a necessary part of your life. You use it every day. Of course, you want to hold on to it so you make sure it has the latest alarm and immobilizer. But despite all these, cars like yours are still stolen every day. In fact, in this country, one car is stolen almost every minute! And if your car is stolen, you only have a 50:50 chance of seeing it again.

Each year, car crime costs nearly £3 billion. Of course, if you’re insured, you won’t lose out, or will you? Firstly, you will have to pay extra insurance later on, and then you may not be offered the full amount by the agent. You will probably have to hire a car and you will also lose the value of the contents and accessories (配件) in the car.

Now comes the solution. An RAC Trackstar system, hidden in one of 47 possible secret locations in your car, is the key of our system. If your car is stolen, radio signals are sent at twenty-second intervals from the car to the RAC Trackstar National Control Center via a satellite network. Then a computer gives the vehicle’s exact location, speed and direction.

The RAC Trackstar National Control Center, which operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, will immediately inform the police in the area where the car is located. Because the police receive information every twenty seconds, they will always know the vehicle’s location. Once the thief has been arrested, your car will be returned to you.

RAC Trackstar is unique in being able to provide the National Control Center with details of the exact location of your car, its speed and direction. And speed is the key to successful recovery of a stolen vehicle. RAC Trackstar Control will immediately tell the police if you report your car stolen and under the 24-hour Guardian Option. It will also tell you if your car has been stolen. RAC Trackstar’s constant updates mean the police are kept informed of the car’s location. All these greatly improve your chances of seeing your car again.

28.  If your car is stolen, you will have to ______. 

A. pay more insurance              B. hire a new car                                

C. buy a RAC Trackstar system              D. inform the National Control Center   

29. The Trackstar system can tell the police ______.

A. how the car is stolen                           B. who the thief is

C. where the car is                 D. what brand the car is                     

30. The underlined word “It” in the last paragraph refers to ______.

A. the local police station                 B. the RAC Trackstar Control

C. the Guardian Option             D. the insurance company                 

31. According to the passage, people with RAC Trackstar ______.

A. automatically find directions             B. seldom get their vehicles damaged

C. are more likely to get the stolen cars back   D. have less chance of being in an accident

 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(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。

    There are many different signs in the public. They tell you what to do or what not to do in a place. Do you know what they exact mean? For example, if you go to see a film, you should enter the cinema at the ENTRANCE and leave for the EXIT. You will either find NO SMOKING signs in many cinemas. If you visit a museum, don’t take some photos inside the halls. You are not allowed. You will find NO PHOTOS signs in many museum. When you drive a car, don’t park in a street without a NO PARKING sign. Making sure you understood the signs and you won’t get into any trouble.

 The sign _____ “In case of _____ fire, push _____ red button．”

       A． writes, the, the                                      B． says, /, a      

       C ．tells, a, a                                              D． reads, /, the

I have been coughing all morning; it seems that I have            a terrible cold from somewhere.

A. seen to    B. picked up   C. brought in         D. taken on

In reflecting on the events of my life that have impacted me, I returned to the night of August 1, 2006. I found myself in a hall in New York City sitting by my mother, not at all tired, although we had flown the day before, and driven five hours to the city for “An Evening with Harry, Carrie and Garp,” a charity event with readings by three authors. The excitement rushing through me kept me awake and thinking; I was standing and applauding a woman as she prepared to read.

The Harry Potter series was my gateway to my academic adolescence. I was so fascinated by the magic world that my mother began taking me to academic conferences focused on the books. Since 2005, I have attended presentations about the Latin origin of terms and spells, the ancient tales, and the idea of magic. These books opened my eyes to the whole world, and to knowledge itself. They kept my brain working over the summers. More importantly, they helped me adopt the ideas useful in school and beyond, that there is always another way to do something, or to understand an issue. With uncertainty and doubt come creative ideas and new ways to look at problems that may result in new, different, faster and easier solutions. And all this came from a little “magic” from a book that many people see as a series for children.

I also attended lectures about Ms. Rowling’s ability to beautifully write the story, with every small detail connected to something else, for example, details in books by Jonathan Swift to Chaucer to Dickens and Austin. I learned that like all great books, Rowling’s stories encouraged a connection across mind, body, and soul. Although the series has been criticized by those who believe it encourages bad behavior in children, I was able to hear discussions by those who claimed that these books teach wonderful messages if one gets its deeper meaning. It is my generation’s shared text; all college freshmen are familiar with the stories, and that gives us a set of common beliefs and ideas that help us start to learn new things.

8. What did the author do on the night of August 1, 2006?

  A. He flew for a charity event.                  B. He drove tiredly back home.

  C. He listened to readings by some authors.    D. He enjoyed the excitement of driving.

9. The Harry Potter books led the author to ____.

  A. getting jobs in summers                              B. studying harder in school

  C. writing books for children                     D. viewing things in new ways

10. From the lectures, the author knew more about ____.

  A. story writing skills                               B. Rowling’s life stories  

  C. criticism against books                                 D. great authors in history

11. What can we know about the author?

  A. She decides to write similar stories.           B. She intends to go to major in writing.

  C. She doesn’t have her family’s support.      D. She may continue to read magic stories.