Until today we have reached a stage ______ we have almost no rights at all..

A. why                  B. what                    C. how                   D. where

The film brought the hours back to me _______ I was taken good care of in that faraway village.

A. until      B. that           C. when         D. where

If you ask many different questions, you will ____ all the information you need to know．

       A．quit   B．a(chǎn)cquire     C．convince   D．a(chǎn)dvocate

He was told it would be at least three months______ he could recover and return to work．

       A．When          B．before          C．since            D．that

Jerry rushed home ____ he heard the news, only ___ that his wife was gone.

A. as soon as, finding   B. immediately, to find 

  C. the moment, fine    D. when, found

       Christopher Thomas, 27, was a writer by night and a teacher by day when he noticed he was always tired and was losing weight fast．Diagnosed with diabetes（糖尿病）, Thomas would need to inject himself with insulin（胰島素） three times a day for the rest of his life or risk nerve damage, blindness, and even death．And if that weren't bad enough, he had no health insurance．

       After a month of feeling upset, Thomas decided he'd better find a way to fight back．He left Canton, Michigan for New York, got a job waiting tables, nicknamed himself the Diabetic Rockstar, and created diabeticrockstar.com, a free online community for diabetics and their loved ones — a place where over 1,100 people share personal stories, information, and resources．

       Jason Swencki’s son, Kody, was diagnosed with type diabetes at six．Father and son visit the online children's forums（論壇） together most evenings．"Kody gets so excited, writing to kids from all over," says Swencki, one of the site's volunteers. “They know what he's going through, so he doesn't feel alone.”

       Kody is anything but alone: Diabetes is now the seventh leading cause of death in the United States, with 24 million diagnosed cases．And more people are being diagnosed at younger ages．

These days, Thomas's main focus is his charity, Fight It, which provides medicines and supplies to people — 225 to date — who can't afford a diabetic's huge expenses．Fight-it．org has raised about $23,000 — in products and in cash．In May, Thomas will hold the first annual Diabetic Rockstar Festival in the Caribbean．

Even with a staff of 22 volunteers, Thomas often devotes up to 50 hours a week to his cause, while still doing his full-time job waiting tables．"Of the diabetes charities out there, most are putting money into finding a cure," says Bentley Gubar, one of Rockstar's original members. “But Christopher is the only person I know saying people need help now.”

Which of the following is true of Christopher Thomas?

       A．He needs to go to the doctor every day．

       B．He studies the leading cause of diabetes.

       C．He has a positive attitude to this disease．

       D．He encourages diabetics by writing articles．

Diabeticrockstar.com was created for ________．

       A．diabetics to communicate                     B．volunteers to find jobs

       C．children to amuse themselves                  D．rock stars to share resources．

According to the text, Kody ________．

       A．feel lonely because of his illness                   B．benefits from diabeticrockstar.com

       C．helps create the online kid’s forums                     D．writes children’s stories online

What can we learn about Fight It?

       A．It helps the diabetics in financial difficulties．

       B．It organizes parties for volunteer once a year．

       C．It offers less expensive medicine to diabetics．

       D．It owns a well-known medical website．

The last paragraph suggests that Thomas ________．

       A．works full-time in a diabetes charity           B．employs 22 people for his website

       C．helps diabetics in his own way                         D．tries to find a cure for diabetes

By the time a student starts to apply (申請) for a US university, much of his or her record, including grades and after-school activities, has been set in stone. For this reason, the student must in his or her first year of high school start getting ready for college. He or she also has to decide on the non-academic (非學業(yè)的) tasks, which are important to improve the student’s chances of getting in.

1. After-school activities

   When it comes to high school activities, quality is better than quantity (數(shù)量). Admissions (錄取) officers do not want to see a student who has joined dozens of organizations (組織) for a short period of time.

   Many students try to do this towards the end of their high school. But schools want to see a student who has been with one organization for all or most of high school. A student who can do this shows maturity (成熟). It is the quality that admissions officers look for as it is one of the markers of future success.

2. Leadership

    Schools want to see a student who has taken on a leadership role in an organization. A student can show leadership by taking on any role that needs extra commitment (奉獻) and responsibility.

    If you do not have a great title (頭銜) such as president, be sure to explain any leadership roles you have taken. This kind of involvement (參與) in school activities shows you are the responsible person that admissions officers look for.

3. Consistency (一致性)

   Admissions officers like an application (申請) to be consistent. For example if there is a high school activity you particularly (特別地) love, it would help if that activity matches your future academic and career interest.

Of course not everything needs to be consistent. Otherwise (否則) the student would be narrow and this is not what schools are looking for. However, you cannot have different parts of your application saying conflicting (矛盾的) things.

Who was the article written for?

A. US college students hoping to study in China.  

B. Chinese college students hoping to study in the US.

C. Third year high school students hoping to study in the US.

D. Teenagers hoping to study in the US.

The underlined phrase "set in stone" in Paragraph 1 probably means ______.

A. made clear                                        B. something unchangeable   

C. become obvious                              D. at the right level(水平)

The author’s suggestion is to ______.

A. try as many different organizations as possible

B. start planning for college at the beginning of high school

C. make everything in an application consistent

D. put non-academic tasks before academic tasks

According to the article, which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Students should choose after-school activities they have great interest in.

B. It’s already too late for first year students to apply for a US university.

C. It is necessary for a student to be a president if he/she is to apply for a US university.

D. Students should concentrate on just one activity in high school.

假如你是王偉，收到你的美國筆友（Hank Stram）的電子郵件，他說在春節(jié)期間要和他

的父母來中國北京旅游，他聽說中國長城很雄偉，他想先參觀長城再參觀其它名勝。你用e – mail回復他。

提示：

1．你告訴他可以乘公交車去長城。

2．你告訴他春節(jié)期間北京較冷，要多帶衣服，還要帶點藥品以防感冒。

3．你還可以向他介紹北京的其它景點。

4．100詞左右。

5．開頭和結(jié)尾已給出，請抄寫到答題紙相應的區(qū)域。

Dear Hank,

How are you!___________________________ ______________________________

U．S．President Barack Obama arrived in China’s economic center Shanghai on Sunday night, November 15^th 2009, ___ a state visit to China．

     A．starting  B．started       C．to start        D．having stated

When I was in primary school, I was told that the earth ______around the sun.

A. had travelled    B. would travel    C. travels      D. travelled