----How is everything, Magarret?

----________.

A. Sounds good     B. Very well, thank you      C. Not too bad     D. It's nothing

Half off usually unaffordable products? Only $49.99 for that $100.00 dinner? That’s the magic of Groupon, but for some small business owners the “great business” offered by Groupon can be equal to the kiss of death. How could that occur?

The math of Groupon seems simple at a glance, but upon further inspection the numbers don’t add up when it comes to smaller businesses. A Groupon typically offers a 50% discount on a product or service, then the remaining profit is divided between Groupon and the small business. While Groupon has already received the profit in advance, the merchant is left waiting for their cut. Those worrying numbers are assuming the price cut is 50/50, which, in some cases, is being generous. 

When you break it down to numbers, a Groupon deal seems disastrous, but it’s not only the numbers small business owners have to worry about. The point of Groupon deals is to attract new and hopefully long term customers. Yet, does this actually happen? The majority of consumers buying the Groupon are there for the bargain and don’t return after using their Groupon. CFHS Junior Angelita Pope stated, “I love the deals offered by Groupon! They can really save you so much money.” However, she went on to say that she hadn’t returned once to any of the businesses after using her Groupon.

For some small businesses, the pressure lies with the responses of their loyal customers, who watch as new faces get the same product or service for half the price that they have been paying for years. When you break it down, Groupon indicates that the business offering the deal is not only willing to be flexible with their price, but also that their product or service isn’t worth the price they’re charging for. When combining these factors, it’s no wonder loyal customers are put off by the idea of their favorite shop offering Groupons.

Now I by no means say Groupon have bad effects on all businesses; however the storm of Groupon is actually a disaster for a small business.

32．What is good about Groupon?

A．It can offer a large discount.

B．It helps add up the numbers.

C．It can improve the quality of the product.

D．It brings small business owners more profit.

33．CFHS Junior Angelita Pope’s statement suggests that _______.

A．small business owners needn’t worry about deals

B．people like using Groupon in the same business

C．the purpose of Groupon is to promote business

D．Groupon may not bring customers back

34．What does the underlined word “they” in Paragraph 4 refer to?

A．New faces.                                                B．Loyal customers.

C．Groupon dealers.                                        D．Small businesses.

35．What could be the best title for the text?

A．A new business trend—Groupon dealing

B．The development of a Groupon company

C．The effects of Groupon on small businesses

D．A fantastic shopping experience—Groupon

Throw the bottles and boxes of drugs out of your house. A new theory suggests that medicine could be bad for your health, which should at least come as good news to people who cannot afford to buy expensive medicine. This new theory argues that healing is at our fingertips: we can be healthy by doing Yoga on a regular basis.

Supporters of medical treatment argue that medicine should be trusted since it is effective and scientifically proven. They say that there is no need for spiritual methods such as Yoga. These waste our time, something which is quite precious in our material world. There is medicine that can kill our pain, x­rays that show us our bones or MRI that scans our brain for tumors (肿瘤)．

We must admit that these methods are very effective in the examples that they provide. However, there are some “everyday complaints” such as back pains, headaches, insomnia, which are treated currently with medicine. When you have a headache, you take an Aspirin; when you cannot sleep, you take Xanax without thinking of the side effects of these. When you use these pills for a long period, you become addicted to them; you cannot sleep without them. We pay huge amounts of money and become addicted instead of getting better. How about a safer and more economical way of healing? When doing Yoga, you do not need anything except your energy so it is very economical. Its popularity has spread particularly throughout America and Western Europe. In quantum (量子) physics, energy is recognized as the fundamental substance (物质) which the universe consists of. Yoga depends on the energy within our bodies. It is a simple and effective way of restoring the energy flow. There are no side effects and it is scientifically explained.

Opponents of alternative healing methods also claim that serious illnesses such as HIV/AIDS and cancer cannot be treated without drugs. They think so because these patients spend the rest of their lives in the hospital taking medicine. How can Yoga make these people healthy again? It is very unfortunate that these patients have to live in the hospital losing their hair because of chemotherapy (化疗), losing weight because of the side effects of the medicine they take. Actually, it is common knowledge that except for when the cancer is recognized at an early stage, drugs also cannot treat AIDS or cancer. Most of the medicines these patients use are to ease their pain and their sufferings. Instead of drugs which are expensive and have many side effects, you can use your energy to overcome the hardships of life, find an emotional balance, leave the stress of everyday life and let go of the everyday worries. We should definitely start learning Yoga and avoid illnesses before it is too late.

In ancient Egypt, a shopkeeper discovered that he could attract customers to his shop simply by making changes to its environment. Modern businesses have been following his lead, with more tactics（策略）.

One tactic involves where to display the goods. For example, stores place fruits and vegetables in the first section. They know that customers who buy the healthy food first will feel happy so that they will buy more junk food later in their trip. In department stores, section is generally next to the women’s cosmetics(化妆品) section：while the shop assistant is going back to find the right size shoe, bored customers are likely to wander over cosmetics they might want to try later.

Besides, businesses seek to appeal to customers’ senses. Stores notice that the smell of baked goods encourages shopping, they make their own bread each morning and then fan the bread smell into the store throughout the day. Music sells goods, too. Researchers in Britain found that when French music was played, sales of French wine went up.

When it comes to the selling of houses, businesses also use highly rewarding tactics. They find that customers make decision in the first few second upon walking in the door, and turn it into a business opportunity. A California builder designed the structure of its houses smartly. When entering the house, the customer would see the Pacific Ocean through the windows, and then the poll through an open stairway leading to the lower level. The instant view of water on both levels helped sell these $10 million houses.

28. Why do stores usually display fruits and vegetables in the first section?

A. To save customers times.

B. To show they are high quality foods.

C. To help sell junk food.

D. To sell them at discount prices.

29.According to Paragraph 3, which of the following encourages customers to buy?

A. Opening the store early in the morning.

B. Displaying British wines next to French ones.

C. Inviting customers to play music.

D. Filling the store with the smell of fresh bread.

30. What is the California builder’s story intended to prove?

A. The house structure is a key factor customers consider.

B. The more costly the house is, the better it sells.

C. An ocean view is much to the customers’ taste.

D. A good first impression increases sales.

31. What is the main purpose of the passage?

A. To explain how businesses turn people into their customers.

B. To introduces how businesses have grown from the past.

C. To report researches on customer behavior.

D. To show dishonest business practices.

Not so long ago, most people didn’t know who Shelly Ann Francis Pryce was going to become. She was just an average high school athlete. There was every indication that she was just another Jamaican teenager without much of a future. However, one person wants to change this. Stephen Francis observed then eighteen-year-old Shelly Ann as a track meet and was convinced that he had seen the beginning of true greatness. Her times were not exactly impressive, but even so, he sensed there was something trying to get out, something the other coaches had overlooked when they had assessed her and found her lacking. He decided to offer Shelly Ann a place in his very strict training sessions. Their cooperation quickly produced results, and a few years later at Jamaica’s Olympic trials in early 2008, Shelly Ann, who at that time only ranked number 70 in the world, beat Jamaica’s unchallenged queen of the sprint(短跑).

“Where did she come from?” asked an astonished sprinting world, before concluding that she must be one of those one-hit wonders that spring up from time to time, only to disappear again without signs. But Shelly Ann was to prove that she was anything but a one-hit wonder. At the Beijing Olympics she swept away any doubts about her ability to perform consistently by becoming the first Jamaican woman ever to win the 100 meters Olympic gold. She did it again one year on at the World Championships in Berlin, becoming world champion with a time of 10.73---the fourth fastest time ever.

Shelly-Ann is a little woman with a big smile. She has a mental toughness that did not come about by chance. Her journey to becoming the fastest woman on earth has been anything but smooth and effortless. She grew up in one of Jamaica’s toughest inner-city communities known as Waterhouse, where she lived in a one-room apartment, sleeping four in a bed with her mother and two brothers. Waterhouse, one of the poorest communities in Jamaica, is a really violent and overpopulated place. Several of Shelly-Ann's friends and family were caught up in the killings; one of her cousins was shot dead only a few streets away from where she lived. Sometimes her family didn’t have enough to eat. She ran at the school championships barefooted because she couldn’t afford shoes. Her mother Maxime, one of a family of fourteen, had been an athlete herself as a young girl but, like so many other girls in Waterhouse, had to stop after she had her first baby. Maxime’s early entry into the adult world with its responsibilities gave her the determination to ensure that her kids would not end up in Waterhouse's roundabout of poverty. One of the first things Maxime used to do with Shelly-Ann was taking her to the track, and she was ready to sacrifice everything.

It didn't take long for Shelly-Ann to realize that sports could be her way out of Waterhouse. On a summer evening in Beijing in 2008, all those long, hard hours of work and commitment finally bore fruit. The barefoot kid who just a few years previously had been living in poverty, surrounded by criminals and violence, had written a new chapter in the history of sports.

But Shelly-Ann’s victory was far greater than that. The night she won Olympic gold in Beijing, the routine murders in Waterhouse and the drug wars in the neighboring streets stopped. The dark cloud above one of the world’s toughest criminal neighborhoods simply disappeared for a few days. “ I have so much fire burning for my country,” Shelly said. She plans to start a foundation for homeless children and wants to build a community center in Waterhouse. She hopes to inspire the Jamaicans to lay down their weapons. She intends to fight to make it a woman’s as well as a man’s world.

As Muhammad Ali puts it, “Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them. A desire, a dream, a vision.” One of the things Shelly-Ann can be proud of is her understanding of this truth.

26. Why did Stephen Francis decide to coach Shelly-Ann?

A. He had a strong desire to free her family from trouble.

B. She suffered a lot of defeats at the previous track meets.

C. She had big problems maintaining her performance.

D. He sensed a great potential in her despite her weaknesses.

27. What did the sprinting world think of Shelly-Ann before the 2008 Olympic Games?

A. Her sprinting career would not last long.

B. She badly needed to set higher goals.

C. She would become a promising star.

D. Her talent for sprinting was known to all.

28. What made Maxime decide to train her daughter on the track?

A. Her wish to get Shelly-Ann out of poverty.

B. Her early entrance into the sprinting world.

C. Her success and lessons in her career.

D. Her interest in Shelly-Ann’s quick profit.

29.By mentioning Muhammad Ali’s words, the author intends to tell us that_________.

A. players should be highly inspired by coaches

B. motivation allows great athletes to be on the top

C. hard work is necessary in one’s achievements

D. great athletes need to concentrate on patience

30. What is the best title for the passage?

A. The Key to High Performance    B. The Dream for Championship

C. The Making of a Great Athlete    D. The Power of Full Responsibility

       Handwriting is quickly becoming a dying art. Few businesses can run nowadays without computers,    giving keyboard shortcuts an unprecedented importance. Elementary and high schools across the country now view typing courses as essential to their curricula. But what are we losing as handwriting loses its significance in society?

       Brain power, according to science. Researchers from Princeton University and the University of California, Los Angeles conducted a series of studies to demonstrate the differences between students who wrote out their notes and those who typed notes. Participants took notes on a lecture using one of the two methods and were tested on the material 30 minutes after the lecture and again a week later. The results showed that both types of notetakers did well on the first test, though longhand notetakers had a stronger grasp of the overall concept, but students with handwritten notes were able to remember and still understand the concepts of the lecture after a week had passed. These participants were also more open to understanding new ideas.

       At the University of Nebraska, educational psychologist Kenneth Kiewra held a similar study, where some students were tested immediately following a PowerPoint lecture and others had a chance to review their notes before being tested. Those who took notes on a laptop had a slight advantage on the test right after the lecture, but students with written notes performed significantly better when given the chance to review. Kiewra told the Wall Street Journal that the reason is likely because written notes are briefer, more organized, and better captured information from graphs and charts than typed notes.

       Computers aren’t going away anytime soon, but that doesn’t mean paper notebooks need to become obsolete（过时）. In fact, it’s best to start using them at an early age. University of Indiana researchers compared brain scans of five year olds, some of whom practiced printing letters and some who just looked at the letters. Those who wrote out the letters had more enhanced and “adult-like” neural activity.

       Take this as a parenting hack for the digital era: Don’t let your kids go completely digital.

59. It can be inferred from the second paragraph that ________.

      A. Not both types of notetakers did well on the material test 30 minutes after the lecture.

      B. It’s easy for both types of notetakers to welcome new ideas.

      C. Students who wrote notes out could only remember the lecture in a week.

      D. Students who typed notes could have a better understanding of the material.

60. Why students with written notes performed much better when given the chance to review according to        Kiewar?

      A. Because the written notes are much more convenient and accessible.

      B. Because they have a higher level of intelligence than those with typed notes.

      C. Because they are born adapting themselves to new ideas easily.

      D. Because the typed notes are always without any references.

61. The passage mainly provides suggestions for ________.

      A. students        B. parents         C. schools       D. enterprises

假设你是李华，是你校模拟联合国大会主席。你校将举办第五次模联活动，请给你们的外教Smith老师写封信，邀请他担任指导老师（advisor）。

信的内容包括：

1.主题：全球气候；

2.举办时间和地点；

3.指导老师的任务。

注意：

1. 词数100左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

模拟联合国大会MUN

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While waiting for the opportunity to get___________ , Henry did his best to perform his duty.
A. promote      B. promoted         C. promoting       D. to promote

生活中我们都需要朋友，我们该结交怎样的“朋友”，不同的人有不同的看法。请认真阅读下面的引语(quotation)，按要求写一篇短文。

A true friend is a source of strength and hope.

                              ------ Jonathan Lockwood Huie

内容要求：

1. 你对该引语的理解；

     2. 你的相关经历；

     3. 恰当的结尾。

注意：

1. 短文开头已给出，但不计入总词数；

2. 文中不能出现考生的具体信息；

3. 词数100左右。

The quotation from Jonathan Lockwood Huie tells us that ___________________________________

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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。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（ ^  ），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。

Dear editor,

I am writing to you to talk about the heavy traffic. Nowadays, people in many big cities are complaining the heavy traffic. It has serious influenced people’s daily life and economic development. To solve the problem, I’d like to put forward some advices.

For one thing, more streets and roads should be built. In this way, we can speed up the flow of buses and cars. For other, the number of bikes and cars can be limited, that can decrease the traffic flow. But the most important thing is what the number of private cars should be put under the control. Meanwhile, buses should have its own special routes which cannot be using by other vehicles. Therefore, underground train and city train should be developed quickly.

I do hope my suggestions will be taken.

Yours,

Li Hua

假如你是李华，从网上得知某世界组织正开展“世界公民作文比赛”（the World Citizen Essay Contest）活动，主题为“The worldwide water crisis”, 你有意参加。以下是该作文比赛的提示, 请你给组办方写一封信，咨询该活动的有关细节。

要点应包括以下内容：1. 该活动的目的；2. 参赛者分组情况；3．作文的长度；  4、作文提交截止日期；5、比赛结果公布时间。

注意：1、词数100左右；2、可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3、开头语已为你写好。

Dear Sir/Madam,

       I’m a middle school student in China. ________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

Rabbits are easy to raise. The long-eared animals are clean and quiet. They do not need a lot of room. And you do not have to spend a lot of money to feed them.      36     

One male and two females will produce in a year as many as fifty more rabbits. That is enough to provide a good supply of meat for a family.      37     

Rabbit houses are easy to make with wood and wire fencing material. They do not have to be very big. But each rabbit must have its own little room in the house. This is very important. Each room should be about 75 centimeters wide, 60 centimeters high and one meter deep. Fencing is used for the sides and floor of the rabbit house. The holes in the wire fencing should be about one centimeter square.      38      This keeps the rabbit house clean and dry. Rabbits need a lot of fresh air and sunlight. Cover the sides of the rabbit house only to protect it from rain.

     39       Feeding containers hung on the outside of the house let the rabbits eat whenever they want. They simply pull the grass and leaves through the holes in the wire fence.

Each room should have fresh water. The water containers should be heavy so the rabbits cannot turn them over.      40     

One month after mating, female rabbits give birth to about eight babies. In two months, a baby rabbit should weigh about two kilograms. This is big enough to make a meal for a small family.

A. Or you can tie the containers to the wire.

B. Rabbit meat is high in protein and low in fat.

C. Rabbits eat mostly grass and leaves.

D. Rabbits are also valuable for their fur.

E. Wastes from the animals will drop through the holes.

F. Many people enjoy keeping rabbits as friendly pets.

G. With rabbits, you get a big return from a small investment.

Dear Guys,

I’d like to talk to you about the shame you subjected me to last night. Let me first refresh your memory: You, a group of fit, young men, were playing soccer on the field across from my apartment building. I, a better-than-average looking young woman, was walking along the sidewalk with my groceries. That’s when your ball came flying over the fence and landed in front of me.

One of you approached and asked politely if I would throw the ball back to you. Fighting the urge to drop my bags and run screaming down the street, I reluctantly (勉强地) agreed.

Before I continue, let me explain something that I didn’t have a chance to mention last night: I hate sports. More specifically, I hate sports involving balls. This results from my lack of natural ability when it comes to throwing, catching and hitting. I’m bad at aiming too. So you can understand why I’d be nervous at what I’m sure seemed to you like a laughably simple request.

However, wanting to appear agreeable, I put my bags down, picked up the ball and, eyes half-shut, and threw it as hard as I could.

It hit the middle of the fence and bounced back to me.

Trying to act casually, I said something about being out of practice, and then picked up the ball again. If you’ll remember, at your command, I agreed to try throwing underhand. While outwardly I was smiling, in my head, I was praying, oh God, oh please oh please oh please. I threw the ball upward with all my strength, terrified by what happened next.

The ball hit slightly higher up on the fence and bounced back to me.

This is the point where I start to take issue with you. Wouldn’t it have been a better use of your time, and mine, if you had just walked around the fence and took the ball then? I was clearly struggling; my smiles were more and more forced. And yet, you all just stood there, motionless.

Seeing that you weren’t going to let me out of the trouble, I became desperate. Memories of middle school softball came flooding back. I tried hard to throw the ball but it only went about eight feet, then I decided to pick it up and dash with ball in hand towards the baseline, while annoyed thirteen-year-old boys screamed at me that I was ruining their lives. Children are cruel.

Being a big girl now, I pushed those memories aside and picked up the soccer ball for the third time. I forced a good-natured laugh while crying inside as you patiently shouted words of support over the fence at me.

“Throw it granny-style!” one of you said.

“Just back up a little and give it all you’ve got!” another offered.

And, most embarrassing of all, “You can do it!”

I know you thought you were being encouraging, but it only served to deepen the shame.

Anyway, I accepted your ball-throwing advice, backed up, rocked back and forth a little, took a deep breath and let it fly.

It hit the edge of the fence and bounced back to me.

I surprised myself—and I’m sure you as well—by letting out a cry, “DAMN IT!!!” I then willed myself to have a heart attack and pass out in front of you just so I’d be put out of my misery.

Alas, the heart attack didn’t happen, and you continued to look at me expectantly, like you were content to do this all night. I had become a sort of exhibition for you. I could feel your collective thoughts drifting through the chain-link: “Can she really not do it? But I mean, really?”

Unfortunately for you, I wasn’t really game to continue your experiment. Three failed attempts at a simple task in front of a group of people in a two-minute period were just enough blows for me for one night. I picked up the ball one last time, approached the fence and grumbled, “Please just come get the damn ball.”

And you did. And thanks to you, I decided at that very moment to never throw anything ever again, except disrespectful glances at people who play sports.

Sincerely,

Jen Cordery

33．The writer agreed to throw the ball because ______.

A．she needed to have a relax carrying the heavy groceries

B．she wanted to refresh her childhood memories

C．she could not refuse the polite request from the young man

D．she had fallen in love with the young man at first sight

34．Which of the following is closet in meaning to the underlined word “game”?

A．anxious     B．brave         C．afraid         D．curious

35．Why did the writer mention her middle school memory?

A．To explain why she failed the attempts to throw the ball back.

B．To complain that she had not mastered the ball throwing skills.

C．To show how cruel those 13-year-old boys were.

D．To express her dislike towards softball.

36．What the boys said before the writer’s third attempt actually made the writer ________.

A．inspired     B．encouraged     C．awkward    D．depressed

37．What happened to the ball at last?

A．The writer managed to throw the ball back.

B．The boy got the ball back by himself.

C．The writer threw the ball away out of anger.

D．The boys got angry and left without the ball.

38．What’s the writer’s purpose in writing this open letter?

A．To express her regret over what she did the day before.

B．To announce that she would never play all games again.

C．To joke on her inability to throw the ball over the fence.

D．To criticize the young men for their cruelty to her dignity.

Delta College starts Street Fair

San Joaquin Delta College will introduce its new Summer Street Fair, which runs from noon to 8 p. m every Friday stating this week through Aug. 9 in Delta’s L-l parking lot near Pacific Avenue and March Lane. The fair goes with Delta’s weekend flea market.

This week’s featured performers are guitarist Travis Matsumoto from noon to 3 p.m., and Julio and his Jazz Trio from 3 to 6 p.m.

Lode Farmers Market opens

The Angels Camp Certified Farmers Market begins its yearly run from 5 p.m. to dusk this Friday in Utica Park in downtown Angels Camp. Opening night will feature wine tasting from award-winning Four Winds Cellars, and live music by guitarist Nicholas Leffler. Visitors will find fresh, locally grown produce and specialty foods. There will also be barbecue and California-

Mexican fusion cuisine.

Join River Rafting for a good cause

Whitewater enthusiasts can participate in Mokelumne Rive, Rafting Adventures on June 16 in Mokelumne Hill. Local outfitter O.A.R.S. is donating its services to help with the event. Departures are at 8 a.m., noon, or 4 p.m. The trip should last about three hours.

The trip is appropriate for those 7 and older, and the ability to swim is not required. The cost is $ 70 per person.

Films center on paddling water

The festival is an annual contest that awards winning films that focus on paddling in rivers, lakes and oceans in a variety of locales. Tickets to the film festival are $12 in advance and $15 at the door, and are also available online at ticketriver.com/event/7002-reel-paddling-film-festival.

The evening also includes a drawing. Prizes include whitewater trips on the South Fork of the American River.

21. If you want to go to the Summer Street Fair,         .

A. you must be a student from Delta College

B. you can go there on the afternoon of Friday

C. you should live near the Pacific Avenue

D. you must give a performance in the market

22. If you want to enjoy the tasty foods, you can go to____.

A. the new Summer Street Fair of Delta College

B. Lode Farmers Market

C. Mokelumne River Rafting Adventures

D. the film festival centering on paddling water

23. If you are interested in paddling in rivers.

A. you can know all the American rivers B. you must try hard to get many prizes

C. you can get tickets from a website D. you must keep silent in the evening

    Anne Sanders was practicing soccer moves, which was not normal. Usually, Anne only plays basketball. She wins every basketball game she plays, and she loses at any other game.  "Anne", I waved to her. "Why are you playing soccer?"

    "Well, the gym teacher is doing something different," she said. "There are teams of four and partners of two.  We get to pick our partners, and I want someone to pick me. "Anne held up a list.

    "It looks like I'm on a team with you, Stacey, and Paul," I said.  "Stacey is my best friend.Maybe we can be together: " Just then,  Stacey and Paul came over.  They had heard of the teams.

    "Do you want to be partners, Stacey?" I asked.

    "Well, I was going to be partners with Paul," she claimed. I didn't blame her. Paul was as fast as a rocket, and my nickname was "Snail".  "But we are best friends," said Stacey.  “So I guess I'II be with you. "

    It was our first game. Stacey went to talk to some other friends afterwards, and Paul and Anne were talking about winning their game. I was sipping on my water, when I overheard Stacey, "She's worse than I thought; if I played the team alone,, I would have won easily. She's worse than a snail.  She's more like a statue. "

    That night, I felt terrible for losing and mad at Stacey for calling me a statue. After all, she was my best friend and my only friend. Anyway, the phone rang, and it was Stacey. At first, I thought she might apologize, but no such luck.

    “Allison,  the game tomorrow is canceled, "  she said.

    "Okay," I replied.  "Sorry about the game today", Stacey hung up on me.

    The next day, I went over to the soccer field. I knew the game was canceled, but maybe I could help clean up.  But instead of a mess, I saw a soccer game in progress.  Stacey and Paul were playing, and Anne was hiding in the corner.  "Paul made me pretend to be sick, "  she whispered.  “He wants to play with Stacey because she's so fast. "

    So Anne and I went to get ice cream.  Even if I lost Stacey ,I just created a lifelong friendship.

56. Why did Anne practice playing soccer?                         

     A. Because she wanted to win in all games.

     B. Because she didn't want to be left out.

     C. Because she intended to be a normal student.

     D. Because she hoped to do something different.

57. What did Stacey complain about Allison?                 

     A. Allison called her nickname.                B. Allison was as fast as a rocket.

     C. Allison didn't treat her as a best friend       D. Allison moved too slowly in the game.

    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 best advice I received in my childhood was from my dad. He always gives me some advice, but I seldom took them seriously. One day he was encouraged me to participate in a speech competition. So I signed up and after the competition, I did my best to be full prepared. But the moment I stood on the stage, I was such nervous that my mind completely went blank. The experience of lose a competition was really painful. Then, my dad said,” My son, life is like battlefield . You have to lose many time to win the final victory.” Thanks for his advice, I never give up when I do anything.

 -----How will a man do to succeed in his life?

   -----He is to make every effort _______he can achieve something.

   A. before                    B. after             C. unless            D. when

Have you ever really had a       41       ? One who saw you as a raw but        42       thing, a jewel that could be                                   43        to a proud shine? If you are lucky enough to find such teachers, you will always find your way .

My old professor’s death  44  came in 1994. Doctors guessed he had two years left. Morrie knew it was   45   . Do I droop and disappear, or do I make the best of my time left? He had asked himself.  46   everyone was going to die, he could be   47 great value, right? He could be a human    48    for students to learn.

The last class of my old professor’s life had only  49  student. I was the student. The last class  50  once a week in his house, by a window in the study  51   he could watch a small plant shed its pink leaves. The subject was The Meaning of Life. You were  52  to respond to questions, and you were expected to raise questions of your own. You were also required to perform physical tasks now and then, such as lifting the professor’s head to a comfortable spot on the pillow or placing his glasses on the   53 of his nose. Kissing him good-bye earned you extra 54 . Many topics were 55 , including love, work, community, family, aging, forgiveness, and, finally, death.

I       56      sometimes at the person I was before I rediscovered my old professor. I want to talk to that person. I want to tell him to pay attention when your loved ones are speaking， as if it          57                         the last time you might hear them. I know I cannot do this. None of us can            58                         what we’ve done, or relive a life already recorded. But if Professor Morris Schwartz taught me anything, it was this: there is no                                         59       thing as “too late” in life. He was                    60      until the day he said good-bye.

41.     A. professor      B. parent         C. teacher         D. tutor

42.     A. precious       B. ripe           C. useful          D. worthless

43.     A. changed        B. polished       C. made            D. turned

44.     A. statement      B. announcement   C. condemn         D. sentence

45.     A. longer         B. less           C. Many            D. much

46.     A. Since          B. Although       C. Before          D. With

47.     A. in             B. Of             C. with            D. at

48.     A. novel          B. fiction        C. classic         D. textbook

49.     A. few            B. a few          C. one             D. little

50.     A. broke out      B. took place     C. occurred        D. happened

51.     A. where          B. when           C. which           D. what

52.     A. requested      B. demanded       C. asked           D. expected

53.     A. Face           B. bridge         C. eyebrow         D. cheekbone

54.     A. reputation     B. money          C. credit          D. time

55.     A. covered        B. contained      C. preserved       D. excluding

56.     A. look up        B. look down      C. look ahead      D. look back

57.     A. is             B. was            C. were            D. will be

58.     A. do             B. redo           C. undo            D. misdo

59.     A. so             B. so a           C. such a          D. such

60.     A. changing       B. living         C. lasting         D. Leaving

61.       ________ to the world, that Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited Yasukuni War Shrine last December troubled badly Japan’s relations with China and south Korea. (explain)

无论他怎样向世人解释，日本首相安倍晋三去年十二月参拜靖国神社给日本与中国和韩国的关系制造了极大的麻烦。

62.       Some supermarkets ________ classrooms fro children with special needs, as welcome opens its stores for them to learn life skills. (turn)

有些超市正在变成有特殊需要儿童的教室，如惠康打开商店让他们学习生活技能。

63.       In 2012, Premier Wen Jiabao________ that China should vigorously promote the development of Wuhan so that it might become a national central city. (make)

2012年国务院总理温家宝明确表示，中国应大力促进武汉的发展使它可能成为国家中心城市。

64.       Not ________my assignment, I was not allowed to watch the film “No Man Land”, directed by Ning Hao, which is said to be the first western road movie in China.(finish)

我没有完成任务，所以没被允许去看由宁浩导演的电影无人区，据说这部电影是中国第一部西部公路片。

65.       Mrs. Brown was much disappointed to see the washing machine that she ________went wrong again. (have)

布朗夫人很失望的看到她让人修理了的洗衣机又出了问题。

66.       From my own personal perspective, at not time ________ the power of the consciousness of innovation. (overlook)

从我个人观点看，任何时候我们都不应该忽视创新意识的力量。

67.       The 10th China International Garden Expo, ________ in Wuhan in 2015, will complement Wuhan’s historical and cultural heritage and will showcase the city’s attractions to visitors from around the world. (hold)

第十届中国国际园林博览会，将于2015年在武汉举行。它将突出武汉历史文化遗产、向来自世界各地的游客展示其景点。

68.       ________Chinese pupils at present is why they are made to spend so much time learning endlessly when they should play or do other things happi9ly. (puzzle)

目前困扰中国小学生的问题是，为什么要他们花这么多他们该用来开心的玩或做其他事情的时间来无休止的学习。

69.       Our factory has produced ________ this year as it did last year, which we owe to the introducing of new modern equipment. (twice)

我们厂今年生产的机器是去年的两倍，这得益于新现代化设备的引入。

70.       Li Hua works in a hospital as a doctor. If she ________ a normal university instead of a medical one, she might be a teacher now. (go)

李华在一家医院当医生。如果她当初上了师范大学而不是医科大学，她现在可能就是一名教师了。