【題目】 Americans plan parties for many reasons. As in other cultures, many Americans attend parties for weddings and religious or national holidays. But some parties are especially American. For example, a group of neighbors may gather on their street to eat food, play music and visit with one another. This is called a block party. A woman might invite a group of women to a party called a baby shower for a friend who is about to give birth. Guests bring presents for the new baby.

Americans also attend tailgate parties. A tailgate is the back end of a truck or other vehicle that opens down. The tailgate parties are a big part of sports culture in the United States. Friends bring food and drink to a sports event. They eat together in the parking area of the sports stadium.

Birthday parties are also very popular. Many parents organize a party for their child around a theme. Birthday parties usually include gifts and a birthday cake with candles. In many parts of the United States, cupcakes have become a popular replacement for cakes.

Birthday parties can be low cost or very costly. Some parents take their children’s birthday parties very seriously, even when the child is too young to fully understand the celebration.

One group of parents started a website called Birthdays Without Pressure. They decided that some parents were under too much social pressure to plan costly parties for their children. The group sees this movement as an example of America’s culture of “too much stuff”. The group’s website gives suggestions on how to keep birthday celebrations simple, meaningful and fun without spending a lot of money. Their advice may be very helpful during this period of economic recession (蕭條)．

【1】What can be the best title for the passage?

A. Reasons for parties

B. Birthdays without pressure

C. American parties

D. Different parties in the world

【2】How many kinds of parties does the passage mention?

A. 5. B. 6. C. 7. D. 8.

【3】Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Block party is especially American.

B. Some parties in America are the same as in other countries.

C. There’s a party for the mother before her new baby is born.

D. Birthday parties are the most popular in America.

【4】The purpose of Birthdays Without Pressure is to advise people to _________.

A. relieve people’s pressure

B. have meaningful birthday parties with low cost

C. make birthday parties meaningful and costly

D. spread America’s culture

【題目】單詞拼寫

【1】Look through newspapers every day and you can keep up with the____________(迅速地) developing situation.

【2】While he’s in Europe, he would like to _____________ (漫步) down to the café by the sea and watch the sunset.

【3】He made several _____________ (嘗試) but all of them were in vain.

【4】The ____________ (起源) of Carnival is that in Europe people enjoyed eating, drinking and dressing up with forty days without meat following.

【5】She has made great contributions to the world, _____________ (創(chuàng)造) much wealth.

【6】His vivid and amusing descriptions of life on the Mississippi e______________ his reputation as a giant in American literature.

【7】My parents gave me total f_____________ to do whatever I liked.

【8】Linda’s grandma s____________ a serious heart attack last week, which made the whole family worried.

【9】I’m writing in response to your advertisement for a t______________ position as a waitress.

【10】The exchange student gave us a detailed a______________ of her experiences in Sweden.

【題目】文中共有10處語言錯誤，每句中最多有兩處。每處錯誤僅涉及一個單詞的增加、刪

除或修改。

增加：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號（∧），并在其下面寫出該加的詞。

刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（＼）畫掉。

修改：在錯的詞下劃一橫線， 并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。

注意：1. 每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞。

2. 只允許修改10處, 多者(從第11處起) 不計分。

My classmate, Joseph, is at present in hospital with a breaking leg. He was walking to school the other day when he let a bicycle ran right into him. He never watches where he is going, so he often gets into the trouble. And he is having a nice time there. He has a comfortable room, patiently nurses, and a great deal of time to read. Some friends of him go to see him every day, and they take him lots of good book and fresh fruit. He is not losing any time from school because he is busy studying which he has missed in classes. The doctor says he is recovering fast than expected and will be out of hospital a few weeks.

【題目】人們對于學生網上交友持不同意見，請用英語寫一篇關于學生網上交友的短文，介紹人們的不同意見，并表達自己的看法。

贊成的理由是：1 廣交朋友；2 可自由表達思想 ；3 利于外語學習。

反對的理由 ：1 浪費時間 ；2 影響學習 ；3 可能上當受騙

你的看法是：......

注意：

1 文章必須包括以上全部內容。

2 詞數100詞左右。

3 參考詞匯 ：網絡朋友 on-line friend ，上當受騙 to be cheated .

【題目】短文改錯（共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分）

假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文，請你修改你同桌寫的以下作文。文中共有10處錯誤，句中最多有兩處。錯誤涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改。

增加：在缺詞處加一個漏詞符號（^），并在此符號下面寫出該加的詞。

刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（＼）劃掉。

修改：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。

注意：1．每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞；

2．只允許修改10處，多者（從第11處起）不計分。

There is a good news for you. Anyone visited Beijing will soon be able to visit the Forbidden City at night. The Palace Museum plans to extend their opening hours to make it more conveniently for tourists. Parts of the museum will stay open until night to allow more people experience China’s traditional culture before working hours. In addition, visitors will have access to more area soon after the renovation (修繕) work are completed this year. Nearly 65% of the Palace Museum will then be open to visitors to mark the 90th anniversary of the museum. The Forbidden City, that was built at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, had undergone extensive (大量的) renovations over the past 10 years.

【題目】假如你是李華， 你的英國朋友Tom 將來你家共度除夕，你打算當天下午去地鐵站

接他。請你用英文寫一封電子郵件，告知他相關信息。你們全家都歡迎他。

1. 接他的時間和地點：2月18 日下午 4點，地鐵四號線中關村站西北出口；

2. 晚上的主要安排：看春晚、包餃子、放鞭炮。

注意：

1. 詞數不少于100。

2. 可適當增加細節(jié)，以使行文連貫。

3. 開頭和結尾已給出，不計入總詞數

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【題目】--- The little girl is a talented pianist.

--- Everyone in her family is musical. __________.

A. It’s a nightmare. B. I really appreciate it.

C. It’s just in their blood. D. That’s not the point.

【題目】__________ the generosity of the public, we have reached our goal of collecting 50,000 yuan for the sick boy.

A. In response to B. According to

C. In favor of D. Thanks to

【題目】閱讀下面材料，在空白處填入適當的內容（1個單詞）或括號內單詞的正確形式。

In the days when an ice cream cost much less, Tom, 【1】 8-year-old boy, entered a hotel coffee shop 【2】 sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in front of him. "How much is an ice cream?" "Fifty-cents," replied the waitress. The little boy pulled 【3】 right hand out of the pocket and studied a number of coins in it.

"How much is a dish of plain ice cream?" he asked. Some people were now waiting for her service and the waitress grew a bit 【4】 (patience). "Thirty-five cents," she said 【5】 (rude). The little boy carefully counted the coins 【6】 . "I will have a plain ice cream," he said. The waitress walked 【7】 . The boy finished the ice cream, paid the cashier and left. It was not long 【8】 the waitress came back and then she began to wipe down the table and suddenly was surprised 【9】 what she saw. There, 【10】 (place) neatly beside the empty dish, were two nickels and five pennies --- her tip!

【題目】With the 【1】__________ （develop）of industry, air pollution is getting more and more serious. In Beijing, many people suffer different kinds of illnesses because 【2】_________ air pollution. Air pollution is caused by the following【3】_________: about half of the problem is caused by vehicles. There are more and more cars, buses on the roads, and they give off 【4】_________( poison) gases. 25% of air pollution is caused by factories. Another factor is the smokers. Smoking not only does harm to their health 【5】________ to others. 【6】_________ these, about 10% of air pollution is caused by other reasons. We should take some measures to fight 【7】_________ pollution. New fuel can be used to take 【8】_________ place of gas. We can plant more trees. If everybody realizes the 【9】________（important）of environment and does something to stop pollution, the problem will【10】__________（solve）.