Teaching as a career ____ to many people because of the long holidays.

A. attracts         B. absorbs       C. appeals       D. affects

Newspapers in Great Britain vary greatly in their ways of carrying the news. There are serious （嚴(yán)肅的）papers for those who want to know about important happenings everywhere, both at home and abroad．There are popular newspapers for those who prefer entertainment(娛樂) to information．

    The London newspaper that is best known outside Great Britain is probably the Times．It began in 1785, and has a high reputation (名聲) for believable news and serious opinions on the news． It calls itself an independent （獨立的）paper, which means that it does not give its support to a particular political party. Its leading articles give the opinions of the editors, not those of the owners of the paper．

    Letters to the editor are printed in the newspaper．These parts of the Times are always interesting．Most of the letters are serious subjects．But from time to time there will be long letters on the subject which is not at all serious, perhaps on a new fashion (時裝) of dress, or the bad manners of the young people, compared with the manners of thirty years ago．

If you want to get pleasure, please buy yourself ＿＿＿＿．

  A. a serious newspaper            B．a(chǎn) foreign newspaper

  C. any independent paper          D．a(chǎn) popular newspaper

The Times is an independent paper because ＿＿＿＿＿．

  A．it gives special support to all the political parties

  B．it supports no political parties

  C．the editors' opinions are not examined by the owners of the paper

  D．it is not controlled by the British Government

The underlined word “vary” in the passage probably means “＿＿＿＿＿”．

  A．improve            B．compete with each other

  C．a(chǎn)re different         D．keep in touch with each other

Which of the following is NOT true?

  A．The subjects of the letters to the editors are serious at all times．

  B．The amusing parts of the paper are letters to the editors．

  C．The manners of the young people thirty years ago were often polite．

  D．Sometimes pieces of writing on the latest fashion in clothes can satisfy your interest.

I was sleeping in my room when my bed started shaking and a loud noise was heard. I woke up and my mom was screaming my name. Next moment I was running along with my younger sister, mom and dad. Before I ran out of the door, I realized my elder sister hadn’t come out yet. So I screamed her name at the top of my voice. My mom said she had gone to her class. Then the four of us, along with many others, were running on the staircase. We lived on the seventh floor, so I thought we would not be able to make it and the building would fall before we managed to reach even the fourth floor. My dad’s head was injured by something falling down. I did try to put my hand over his head. When we reached the sixth floor, the building split into two. We had no way to get down.

The next thing I remember is silence. There were around 30 people on the staircase and none could react. Five minutes later, someone opened the door of the sixth-floor flat. We all went in. We were wondering how would get down. From the balcony of the sixth-floor flat, I saw people standing on the ground floor. All eyes were stuck on us. I could see my elder sister crying.

Our first hope of surviving came when a worker climbed a rope to where we were. That was the first time we thought maybe we could get down. Half an hour passed and we were still trapped. Finally RSS people arrived with ropes. They got people down one by one. My biggest worry was how my dad would get down. Finally after two and a half hours, we all got down.

That day we saw the power of nature. It has taken more than two years to build the flats and it took just one and a half minutes to destroy the structure.

What is this passage mainly about?

       A. Ways to survive an earthquake.

       B. Reasons why earthquakes happen.

       C. The love of parents in an earthquake.

       D. The writer’s experience in an earthquake.

When the building split into two, the writer and his family ____________.

       A. were still sleeping                                       

B. were trapped on the sixth floor

       C. were looking for a family member                                                          

D. were running on the staircase of the seventh floor

The first time the writer thought they would probably survive was when            .

       A. he was encouraged by people on the ground floor

       B. someone opened the door of the sixth-floor flat

       C. a worker climbed up on a rope

       D. RSS people arrived with ropes

The earthquake made the writer realize that                       .

       A. there is always hope for people

       B. the power of nature is really great

       C. natural disasters can happen any time

       D. human beings are strong in natural disasters

Sometimes life makes more sense when you look at it in reverse (相反). That's certainly been true for me.

Last Christmas, at 39, I caught a disease which attacked my knees and eyes. At its worst I could hardly walk or see. For months I' d have to crawl (爬) across the floor to use the bathroom or get a drink of water when my husband wasn't home. For a while I could only see shapes and colors so I couldn't drive.

My parents kept begging me to let them come out to stay with me in Los Angeles, but our apartment is small and I knew there was nothing they could really do to help me. For the excellent health insurance my husband had through his job, I was receiving the best medical care possible.

My only problem was that I couldn't drive to my doctors' appointments and I didn't want my husband to keep missing work to drive me. Three days after I explained this to my parents, a check came from them with a note saying this was "taxi money". Several months later another check showed up from my brother to help make up our income since I wasn't able to work. It probably goes without saying that I was extremely grateful to have family members who could and would support me during the hard time.

In terms of my day-to-day existence, I live in a village within Los Angeles called Brentwood so I was able to walk to the local post office, market, bank, and library. But once there, I had to depend on the kindness of strangers to help me. Los Angeles is a big city, but I lived in a village with a wonderful community (社區(qū)) of people who were kind and patient.

Slowly I became well. Life was good again and I thought I had a clear understanding of the blessings (恩惠) this illness has provided.

When the author's husband was at home, he __________.

A. was still busy working

B. often had a good rest

C. often helped her a lot

D. taught her to drive a car

Why did the author not want her husband to drive her to her doctors' appointments?

A. Her husband didn't drive well.

B. Her husband was too busy.

C. She didn't want to affect his work.

D. Her doctor was far away from her.

What is the fourth paragraph mainly about?

A. The help that the author received from her family members.

B. The influence of the author's disease on her family.

C. The author's thanks to her family members.

D. The way the author saw her doctors.

What did the author feel about Brentwood?

A. She thought it was small but convenient.

B. She felt it was hard to live there.

C. She thought it was small and strange.

D. She felt warm and comfortable there.

I was in lodgings (寄宿處) now, on my own, but the other lodgers had constant visitors up and down the stairs past my door. None of this disturbed me except one girl who sang softly to herself an old Russian folk song as she ran up to the room above. It was a sound of sweetness, musical, soft, unselfconscious and happy. I began to listen out for it, jumped up from my table, and threw open the door to catch a glimpse(一瞥) of her as she passed, but I was always too late. I asked the people upstairs who she was, and described the beautiful sounds she made. They became rather reserved(拘謹(jǐn)) and exchanged glances and hurriedly admitted it might be Sally. I thought she was someone special, not to be discussed in the ordinary way, and became a little curious to meet her. But the last thing I wanted at that stage was to get caught up with anybody. I’d just come to the end of a rather painful friendship, and now I had work to do.

One day, I came face to face with a girl on the landing. It was certainly her; whoever made that noise would look as she did. We stood and stared at each other too long for comfort. I broke the moment and, excusing myself, moved past her because it was too like the movies. I thought for some time of that long, silent stare, and laughed. She was tall and looked proud, with a slight , round-shouldered look that made me breathless and I didn’t know why.

At his lodgings, the author __________.

A. seldom had visitors                     

B. wished he had more visitors

C. was always disturbed by other people’s visitors      

D. had too many visitors.

Whenever the author heard the sound of the girl’s voice__________.

A. he sat listening to it                              B. he saw her moving upstairs

C. he threw down his books                       D. he tried to see who it was

People who were asked about the girl__________.

A. told him all about her                                 B. didn’t want to tell him much

C. didn’t tell him anything                         D. were angry when he mentioned her

From this passage we can see that the author was____________.

A. was not interested in Sally                             B. curiously attracted by Sally

C. angry at being disturbed by Sally                D. afraid to get to know Sally

The national assistance system for poor college students is getting more effective as proved by fewer phone calls to the hotline of the National Center for Student Assistance Administration.

     "Poor college students and their parents are getting more satisfied with the national assistance system," said Ma Wenhua, deputy director of the administration, on Saturday. Over the past three years, the hotline received 8,488 calls. Statistics show 62 percent of the calls were made to ask about the funding policy, while 38 percent (3,200 calls) complained local colleges had failed to abide by the rules to support the students.

     Complaints were seen a year-on-year decrease from 2006 to 2008. Ma said some poor families might still overlook what they should do to get support for their child. To ensure education equality, the government has introduced a set of favorable policies to help poor students, such as scholarships, grants(助學(xué)金), student loans, tuition waivers(學(xué)費(fèi)全免) and the work-study programs under which poor students are helped out in libraries, teachers' offices or service departments to earn money.

    Statistics show the government spent 29.3 billion yuan last year to aid college students, up 7.6 percent from the previous year. Around 40 million persons of college students received the national aid.

    The Ministry of Education of the government would ensure that no students drop out of colleges or universities because of poverty.

    Among the 20 million students in the country's public and private universities and colleges last year, about 20 percent came from poor backgrounds, official figures show.

The national assistance system is set up ___.

  A. for parents and students to complain

B. to help poor college students

  C. for poor students to get free education

 D. to help students find jobs

The underlined phrase "abide by" in the second paragraph probably means ____.

A. follow              B. break               C. bear            D. agree to

From the passage, we know that ____.

  A. students will drop out of university because of poverty

  B. Chinese poor college students are more satisfied with national assistance system

  C. more and more parents are complaining about their local colleges

  D. college students are suffering from great economic pressure

Reading this instructive book, ____.

A. tears came to his eyes           B. his eyes were filled with tears

C. he burst into tears              D. his eyes were full of tears

Laptop(便攜式) computers are popular all of the world. People use them on trains, airplanes, in airports and hotels. These laptops connect people to their workplace. In the United States today, laptops also connect students to their classrooms.

Westlake College in Virginia will start a laptop computer program that allows students to do schoolwork at anywhere they want. Within five years, each of the 1500 students at the college will receive a laptop. The laptops are part of a $10 million computer program at Westlake, a 110-year-old college. The students with laptops will also have access to the Internet. In addition, they will be able to use e-mail to “speak” with their teachers, their classmates, and their families. However, the more important of the laptop program is that students will be able to use computers without doing to computer lab. They can work with it at home, in a fast-food restaurant or under the trees---- anywhere at all.

Because of the many changes in computer technology, laptops use in higher education, such as colleges and universities, is workable. As laptops become more powerful, they become more similar to desktop computers. In addition, the portable computers can connect students to not only the Internet, but also libraries, and other resources. State higher-education officials are studying how laptops can help students. State officials also are testing laptop programs at other universities, too.

At Westlake College, more than 60 percent of the staff use the computers. The laptops will allow teachers to use computers in their lessons. As one Westlake teacher said, “ Here we are in the middle of Virginia and we are given students a window on the world. They can see everything and do everything.”

The main purpose of the laptop program is to give each student a laptop to ---------.

A. use for their schoolwork           B. access the Internet

C. work at home                    D. connect them to libraries

Why is the word “speak” in the second paragraph in quotation marks?

A. They don’t really talk          B. They use the computer language

C. laptops have speakers          D. None of the above reasons is correct.

Which of the following is true about Westlake College?

A. all teachers use computers       B. 1500 students have laptops

C. it is an old college in America     D. Students there can do everything

A window on the world in the last paragraph means that students can ----------.

A. attend the lectures on information technology

travel around the world

C. get information from around the world

D. have free laptops

What can we infer from the passage?

A. The program is successful         B. The program is not workable

C. The program is too expensive       D. We don’t know the result yet

請根據(jù)所給提示，以“交友”為題，用英語寫一篇短文。

1、人需要朋友，有許多工作需要合作，人們在生活中有許多方面需要幫助。

2、社會越來越復(fù)雜（complicated adj.），無論我們走到哪里，都離不開朋友；我們既需要互相幫助，也需要友誼。

3、朋友不但給你幫助，而且給你生活的樂趣。

4、和朋友一起外出、游覽，增強(qiáng)協(xié)作(cooperation n.)能力。

5、自己設(shè)想（一兩點）。

注意：

1、字?jǐn)?shù)150左右；

2、不要逐句翻譯提示；可適當(dāng)增加情節(jié)，使短文連貫。

As a child, Jack studied in a village school, ______ is named after his grandfather.

A. which            B. where            C. what         D. that