Turn on the TV or open a magazine and you ________ advertisements showing happy，

   balanced families.

A. are often seeing         B. often see        C. will often see       D. have often seen

A Letter of Invitation

Dear Mr. Smith,

    I'm writing                                    (代表全班) to invite you to join us in

our English corner during the School English Week.

                            （按照计划），the activity will be held in the school lecture hall

from 4:30p.m. to 5:30p.m., when we will first                       （交换英语学习经验），

read aloud English poems and learn to sing some English songs. Then, we would like to ask you to                                              (简介美国文化)so that we will have a better understanding of it.

    I would appreciate it if you could come and have fun with us.                          

                                                                         ，（如有

任何特别要求请提前通知我们）and we can                     （做充分的准备）for you.

    I'm looking forward to your reply.

                                                         Yours,

                                                        Li Hua

A Letter of Thanks

Dear Mum and Dad,

I am writing to                                                               

                                （感谢你们在我18岁这一天送给我的生日卡和礼物）．

I'd like to                          （表达我对你们18年以来为我做的一切的感激之情）．

    Reading the words you wrote on the card, I                                         

                                                                               

(忍不住想起你所教我的一切，如独立、与人为善以及面对困难时保持勇敢)．Thanks to    

                                                                 （你的鼓励和无

条件的爱），I believe that I will                                         （不辜负你们

的期望）and become the one you are proud of.

Mum and Dad, I promise I will                                                  

                            （高考后为你做一顿大餐以表达我对你们的深爱）．

    Best wishes,

                                          Yours,

                                          Li Hua

A Letter of Apology

Dear Tom,

    I'm writing to                                                                

              ，as                              （这周六无法按上周计划那样与你外

出郊游而道歉）I'm sorry for breaking my promise.

    Actually, I've been expecting to meet you                                         

（在我们约定的时间）to have a great time together. However, something unexpected happened. My grandfather，                             （他七十多岁），fell over and broke his leg yesterday while having a walk in the park. He                                          

                                                                           （受

伤如此重以致马上被送去医院）．Now he                                         （正

在接受治疗）there and I must look after him at the weekend.

    I wonder                                                              （我们

下周天是否外出）if                                                  (你方便的话)．

Again, I'm sorry for                                                          （我给

你带来的不便）．

    I'm looking forward to your reply!

                                                                   Yours,

                                                                  Li Hua

Scientific experiments can sometimes go wrong and when they do the results may range from the disastrous to the troubling. One such experiment took place in South America about fifty years ago. Whether its final consequences will cause serious damage or nothing more than a small trouble still remains to be seen.

The story began in 1956 when an American scientist working in Brazil decided to solve the problem of increasing the productivity of that country’s bees. He imported a very active type of African bee from Tanzania and mated(交配) it with the more easygoing native variety to produce a new kind of bees. The new bees worked harder and produced twice as much honey. It seemed that Professor Kerr, for that was the scientist’s name, had a total success on his hands.

Then things began to go wrong. For some reason as yet unseen, but perhaps as a result of something in their environment, the new bees began to develop extremely attacking personalities. They became bad-tempered and easy to be angry, attacked the native bees and drove them from their living places.

But worse was to follow. Having taken over the countryside, the new bees. With their dangerous stings(叮), began to attack its neighbors —cats,dogs,horses, chickens and finally man himself. A long period of terror began that has so far killed a great number of animals and about 150 human beings.

This would have been enough if the bees had stayed in Brazil. But now they are on the move, heading northwards in countless millions towards Central and Notth America, and moving at the alarming speed of 200 miles a year. The countries that lie in their path are naturally worried because it looks as if nothing can be done to stop them.

56.The results of the South American experiment ____________

A. have caused a serious trouble       B. have proved to be wrong

C. are not yet certain                D. are not important

57.The experiment mentioned in this passage was designed to _________

A. increase the amount of honey in Brazil   B. make Brazilian bees more easy-going

C. increase the number of bees in Brazil     D. make African bees less active

58.Which of the following may be the cause of the new bees’ attacking personalities?

A. Their production of honey      B. Their hard work

C. Their living environment       D. Their bad temper

59.The last paragraph implies that_____

A. the bees have been driven to Central and North America

B. the bees may bring about trouble in more countries

C. the bees must be stopped from moving north

D. the bees prefer to live in Brazil.

 Kathy told me that all the doors and windows _______ when she arrived this morning.

A. have cleaned                   B. have been cleaned      

C. had cleaned                    D. had been cleaned

　Zebra crossings - the alternating dark and light stripes on the road surface - are meant to remind drivers that pedestrians may be trying to get across. Unfortunately, they are not very effective. A 1998 study done by the Department of Traffic Planning and Engineering at Sweden's Lund University, revealed that three out of four drivers maintained the same speed or even speeded up as they were approaching a crossing. Even worse? Only 5% stopped even when they saw someone trying to get across.

　Now a mother-daughter team in Ahmedabad , India has come up with a clever way to get drivers to pay more attention ---A 3-D zebra crossing with an optical illusion (视错觉) .

　Artists Saumya Pandya Thakkar and Shakuntala Pandya were asked to paint the crosswalks by IL&FS, an Indian company that manages the highways in Ahmedabad. The corporation was looking for a creative solution to help the city's residents to cross the busy accident-prone (易出事故的) roads safely. Thakkar and Pandya, who had previously seen images of 3-D zebra crossings that gave drivers the illusion of logs(原木)of wood on the streets in Taizhou, China, decided to test if a similar way would work in India.

　Sure enough, in the six months that the 3-D crosswalks have been painted across four of the city's most dangerous highways, there have been no accidents reported! The artists say that while it may appear that the zebra crossing could cause the drivers to brake suddenly and endanger the vehicles behind, such is not the case. Because of the way the human eye works, the illusion is only visible from a distance. As they get closer, the painting looks just like any other ordinary zebra crossing. The creators hope that their smart design will become increasingly common throughout India and perhaps even the world. So let's look forward to it.

32. What can we learn from the first paragraph?

A. Most drivers will slow down at zebra crossings

B Common zebra crossings don't function well

C Drivers have to stop when approaching zebra crossings

D. About 95% of the drivers choose to speed up when approaching zebra crossings

33. Why do drivers seeing the 3-D zebra crossings slow down?

A. Because the drivers consider the safety of pedestrians

B Because the drivers mistake them for logs of wood on the streets

C. Because the drivers are afraid of being fined for breaking the traffic rules

D. Because the drivers don't want to brake suddenly and endanger the vehicles behind

34. The last paragraph is mainly about____

A. the theory of the 3-D zebra crossings

B. the popularity of the 3-D zebra crossings

C. the shortcoming of the 3-D zebra crossings

D. the positive effect of the 3-D zebra crossings

35. What is the author's attitude towards the 3-D zebra crossings?

A. Cautious      B. Doubtful              C. Approving          D. Disapproving

_{George Gershwin，born in 1898，was one of America’s greatest composers．He published his first song when he was eighteen years old．During the next twenty years he wrote more than five hundred songs．}

_{Many of Gershwin’s songs were first written for musical plays performed in theatres in New York City．These plays were a popular form of entertainment in the 1920s and 1930s．Many of his songs have remained popular as ever．Over the years they have been sung and played in every possible way—from jazz to country．}

_{In the 1920s there was a debate in the United States about jazz music．Could jazz，some people asked，be considered serious music? In 1924 jazz musician and orchestra leader Paul Whiteman decided to organize a special concert to show that jazz was serious music．Gershwin agreed to compose something for the concert before he realized he had just a few weeks to do it．And in that short time，he composed a piece for piano and orchestra which he called Rhapsody in Blue．Gershwin himself played the piano at the concert．The audience were thrilled when they heard his music．　　It made him world-famous and showed that jazz music could be both serious and popular．}

_{In 1928，Gershwin went to Paris．He applied to study composition(作曲)with the well-known musician Nadia Boulanger，but she rejected him．She was afraid that classical study would ruin his jazz-influenced style．While there，Gershwin wrote An American in Paris．When it was first performed，critics(评论家)were divided over the music．Some called it happy and full of life，to others it was silly and boring．　 　　But it quickly became popular in Europe and the United States．It still remains one of his most famous works．}

_{George Gershwin died in 1937，just days after doctors learned he had brain cancer．He was only thirty-nine years old．Newspapers all over the world reported his death on their front pages．People mourned the loss of the man and all the music he might have still written．}

_{1．Many of Gershwin’s musical works were　　　　．}

_{A．written about New Yorkers}

_{B．composed for Paul Whiteman}

_{C．played mainly in the countryside}

_{D．performed in various ways}

_{2．What did Gershwin do during his stay in Paris?}

_{A．He created one of his best works．}

_{B．He studied with Nadia Boulanger．}

_{C．He argued with French critics．}

_{D．He changed his music style．}

_{3．What do we learn from the last paragraph?}

_{A．Many of Gershwin’s works were lost．}

_{B．The death of Gershwin was widely reported．}

_{C．A concert was held in memory of Gershwin．}

_{D．Brain cancer research started after Gershwin’s death．}

_{4．Which of the following best describes Gershwin?}

_{A．Talented and productive．}

_{B．Serious and boring．}

_{C．Popular and unhappy．}

_{D．Friendly and honest．}

假定你是李华，你在报纸上看到你市电视台今年五月将举办外国人"学做中餐，乐享中国菜"才艺大赛．你的外教Peter非常喜欢中国厨艺，你建议他去试一试．请按以下要点给他写信告知此事，并表示可以提供帮助．
1． 比赛时间：5月30日；
2． 报名时间：截止到5月10日；
3． 报名地点：市电视台．（The local TV Station）
注意：1． 词数100左右；
2． 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯．
DearPeter
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Yours
Li hua