2．We have a flat（公寓） in London．There are six families in that building，Lucy and her son Tom，Tom is a student in.14 middle school．He is thirteen years old．His mother is a policewoman，F(xiàn)lat 102 is Sally's family．Her parents，Nick and Helen are teachers．Her grandpa，Peter lives with them．Sam and Mary are in flat 201．They are very old．They have a son，Ned．Ned works in China now．Rose lives in Flat 202．She is a doctor．Flat 302 is Joy's home．She is 71 years old．Joy has a daughter，Jane．Jane works in Hong Kong．Jean，Jane's daughter，lives with her grandma．Everyone here is nice．They are all happy．
21．Where is our flat？B
A It's in China．
B It's in England．
C It's in Canada．
D It's in America．
22．Where does Lucy work？C
A She works in a library．
B．She works in a school．
C She works in a police office．
D．She works in a restaurant
23．How many sons do Sam and Mary have？A
A They have one．
B They have two sons．
C They have four sons．
D They have four sons．
24．Who is Jane？C
A She is Joy's mother，Jean's daughter．
B She is Joy and Jean's mother．
C She is Joy's daughter，Jean's mother．
D She is Jean's grandmother，Joy's mother．
25．What's our flat's number？C
A It's 201．B It's 302．C It's 301．D It's 102．

1．Lucy and Lily are twins．They look the same．They are both 1.60 meters tall．They have round faces，big eyes and long hair．They often wear the same clothes．They are in the same class-Class 5．They both get up at six o'clock．After breakfast they walk to school together．But they have some differences．Lucy is lovely and active．She talks a lot．Lily is quiet and gentle （溫柔）．She talks a little．Lucy likes fruit but Lily likes meat．Lucy is good at English，and Lily is good at Chinese．They both w ork hard．
16．Lucy and Lily areD．
A．friends B．brothers C．teachers D．twins
17．Lucy and Lily areA．
A．in the same grade
B．thirteen
C．very beautiful
D．very tall
18．From the passage we know thatB．
A．they have breakfast before （在…之前）six
B．their home is near （近） school
C．they have big eyes and short hair
D．they like fruit ver y much
19．Their characters （性格） areB
A．the same B．quite different C．very active D．quiet
20．Which of these is true？C
A．They are good at English．
B．They go to school by bike．
C．They like t he same clothes．
D．They are in Class 6．

9．Learning English as a foreign language is very difficult in the____ of a native language environment．（　�。�

A．

term

B．

region

C．

absence

D．

pattern

8．The explorer got a disease in blood for____ of fresh vegetables and fruit．（　�。�

A．

lack

B．

sake

C．

ignorance

D．

benefit

7．假定你是中國高中生李華，今年暑假期間將去澳大利亞悉尼南部Kogarah的一所綜合性學校Kogarah High School學習一個月，并將寄宿在當?shù)氐木用馭ilvia家中．請給Silvia寫一封電子郵件，詢問一些將在Kogarah生活的情況．具體詢問內(nèi)容如下：
1．住宿是否可以有單間；
2．房間里是否有網(wǎng)絡；
3．是否可以自己煮飯；
4．是否有便利的交通．
注意：1．詞數(shù)100左右；
2．可以適當增加細節(jié)，以使行文連貫；
3．開頭語和結束語已為你寫好．
Dear Silvia，
Greetings from China!I am Li Hua，a high school student in China．------
Looking forward to your reply．
Yours sincerely，
Li Hua．

6．My wife is addicted to shopping on the Internet．（61）Itseems that she can't control herself well，just clicking constantly with the mouse．Let me tell you what happened last night．It was the fourth time she （62）had shopped （shop） online for hours．I had already reminded her （63）of thinking （think） twice before buying anything，but my wife ignored （64）what I said and replied confidently，"With the New Year （65）approaching  （approach）"，preparation is necessary．Besides，I haven't bought things on the Internet for a whole week．"Hearing her words，I was really speechless．In most cases，the things she bought aren't good value for money．Maybe she just enjoys （66）the process of buying online．
Nowadays，（67）with the development of technology，online shopping is becoming more and more convenient．Those （68）who stay at home can buy whatever they want．In the meanwhile，it causes a series of problems．One of them （69）is （be） more spending than before，because people are （70）easily （easy） attracted by the discount．So how to keep a good state of mind in front of temptation（誘惑）is an important lesson many people need to learn．

5．Nowadays，people in China are increasingly interested in celebrating foreign festivals，especially those western festivals．
A survey conducted recently by sina．com showed that among the 18，222people surveyed  63.90% said celebrating Christmas is just another way of enjoying life，nothing serious while 17.85% surveyed considered the festival as a fashion act，showing they were not"out"．These two parts clearly express the general opinion of the young.10.45% people involved said the celebration of a religious western festival with so much enthusiasm（熱情） is completely unbelievable admire of foreign goodness．Only 7.80% of people consider Christmas as a kind of festival colonization（殖民）．
The arising of celebrating foreign festivals clearly has something to do with the advancement of China's economy．In my point of view，Christmas and other festivals celebrated in China have difference from the origin．They have lost their religious background and turned into a big occasion to have fun and enjoy life．Shop owners'pockets are filled，the public's hunger for happiness is filled，and that is enough．Foreign festivals in China are more like carnivals giving people pleasure and enjoyment．
The crisis of traditional Chinese festivals that are losing their attraction may be linked to the culture tradition and background of the festivals．Most Chinese festival culture is related more or less to real life．"The country is based on its people while the people are relied on their food"．
But the western culture shows much of romance．Some festivals have their religious background while others have much to do with culture and people．At this point，food seems to be too ordinary．Flowers and chocolates are more welcomed．
Foreign festivals in China are celebrated for fun．They give people opportunities to relax and celebrate，to show appreciation and gratefulness．The acceptance of foreign festivals generally depends on the people'openness，getting familiar with the western culture，and most importantly，on people's economic situation．

21．From the survey we know that among the people surveyedD．
A．many people are worried that traditional Chinese festivals will disappear soon
B．most people think little of celebrating foreign festivals．
C．half people think celebrating foreign festivals shows they are not out of fashion
D．some people think it a sign of admiring foreign goodness to celebrate foreign festivals
22．The writer thinks that foreign festivals celebrated in ChinaB．
A．a(chǎn)re the same as those celebrated in the West
B．have lost their religious background
C．can give more fun than traditional Chinese festivals
D．may reduce the hunger of public people
23．What is the main difference between foreign festivals and traditional Chinese ones？C
A．Traditional Chinese festivals pay more attention to culture tradition．
B．Foreign festivals attach more importance to food than Chinese ones．
C．Foreign festivals show more romance while traditional Chinese ones are more related to real life．
D．Chinese festivals have lost all their attraction while foreign ones are in fashion．
24．Which of the following may NOT be the reason why so many people accept foreign festivals？D
A．People can relax themselves．
B．People can show their appreciation to others．
C．People have known more about the western culture．
D．Foreign festivals can make shop owners richer．

4．Face-book chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg and Anna Maria Chavez，chief of American Girl Scouts，are leading a campaign to discourage the use of the word"bossy"．Does the term destroy the confidence of young girls？
The campaign claims that terms like"bossy"are improperly applied to females，preventing schoolgirls from seeing themselves as future"leaders"．From its first application，the word has been definitely connected more with women than with men．It first appeared in 1882，according to the Oxford English Dictionary，mentioning"a lady manager who was extremely bossy"．As late as 2008，the word appeared in reference to females four times more often than males，claim the Ban Bossy campaigners．"To me，the reference is always is association with women，"says Helen Trim，director of Fresh Minds．"I have three brothers and my family still call me‘bossy'today．"Her father is the only other family member who could be considered in that way，says Trim，but nobody would ever call him so．
Some educators recommend that the word should be reclaimed，rather than banned．"But the thing with‘bossy'is that there's an infantile （幼稚的）element to it，"says Sara Mills，professor at Sheffield University．"You think of‘bossy'as being like a little kid who's claiming more than he has the right to claim．"
It's not just"bossy"under fire．"Pushy"is another target．The implication is that women shouldn't present themselves as powerful and confident．Mills suggests，which some women are willing to listen to and accept．Trim points out that many modern female business role models are able to be bosses without being labeled‘bossy'．And she rarely，if ever，hears the word used within her company．But she says that the damage may be dome much earlier in a woman's life．"It does come about from those early teenage years．"she says．"I think it's impossible to ban a word，but if people are replacing it with words like‘confidence'or‘a(chǎn)ssertiveness'，we would all be in a much better place．"

24．More evidence is provided to show"bossy"is more applied to females byB．
A．the Oxford English Dictionary
B．the Ban bossy campaigners
C．Helen Trim at Fresh Minds
D．some experts in education
25．Trim's family still consider her bossy becauseC．
A．she is expected to lead in her family
B．she is the boss of her company
C．she is a powerful and confident female
D．her farther considers her that way
26．The underlined part"under fire"most probably meansB
A．definitely replaced
B．strongly criticized
C．improperly applied
D．eagerly expected
27．How does the author sound when referring to the campaign against"bossy"？A
A．Objective
B．Angry
C．Doubtful
D．Optimistic．

3．The spread of Western eating habits around the world is bad for human health and the environment．These findings come from a new report in the journal Nature．
David Tillman，a professor of ecology at the University of Minnesota，America，examined information from 100countries to identify what people ate and how diet affected health．He noted a movement beginning in the 1960s．He found that as nations industrialized（工業(yè)化），population increased and earnings rose，more people began to adopt what has been called the Western diet．
The Western diet is high in sugar，fat，oil and meat．By eating these foods，people began to get fatter and sicker．David Tillman says overweight people are at greater risk for non-infectious diseases like diabetes（糖尿�。゛nd heart disease．
Unfortunately when people become industrialized，if they adopt this Western diet，they are going to have these health problems，especially in developing countries in Asia．China is an example where the number of diabetes cases has been jumping from less than one percent to 10 percent of the population as they began to industrialize over a 20-year period．And that is happening all across the world，in Mexico，in Nigeria and so on．
And，a diet bad for human beings，is also bad for the environment．As the world's population grows，more forests and tropical（熱帶的）areas will become farmland for crops or grasslands for cattle．We are likely to have more greenhouse gas in the future from agriculture than that coming out of all forms of transportation right now．
Mr．Tillman calls the link between diet，the environment and human health，"a trilemma"：a problem offering a difficult choice．He says one possible settlement is leaving the Western diet behind．

32．According to the passage，more greenhouse gas might be given off in the future fromC．
A．transportation   B．developing countries    C．a(chǎn)griculture    D．developed countries
33．David Tilman believes thatA．
A．diet，the environment and human health are closely connected
B．the Western diet is the only choice as the nation industrializes
C．people in tropical areas are more likely to have heart disease
D．traditional diets are more balanced than the Western diet
34．We can infer from the passage thatD．
A．Nigeria has the largest number of diabetes cases
B．overweight people are at higher risk of infectious diseases
C．the examined information comes from developing countries
D．industrialization contributes to the spread of the Western diet
35．The main purpose of the passage is toB．
A．call on us to protect the environment
B．warn us of the danger of the Western diet
C．remind us of the importance of health
D．a(chǎn)dvise us to have a balanced diet．

2．One evening years ago in New York，I sat on a bench in a park and watched a little boy，around 2 years old，（61）running （run） freely on the grass as his mother watched from a short distance away．The boy would fall to the grass，（62）get （get） up，and without looking back  （63）at  his mother，run as fast as he could as if nothing had happened．
When kids fall down，they don't think of the fall as a failure．Instead，they consider（64）it as a learning experience．They try again and again until they succeed．While I（65）was touched（touch）by the boy's strong mind，I was also touched by the way he ran．With each attempt，he looked so confident and natural．He only wanted to run freely and to do it as（66）well（good） as he could．He was just being a child-just being himself-being completely in the moment．He never gave up．Each time he（67）fell（fall），he got himself back up again，as if he knew that falling down was（68）simply（simple）a part of life．He was not looking for others'smiles，or worrying about（69）whether someone was watching or not．He only wanted to run and to feel the experience of running fully and freely．I learned a lot from that experience，and have successfully brought that lesson with me in many（70）parts （part） of my life．