What is eBay? The simple answer is that it is a global trading platform where nearly anyone can trade practically anything．People can sell and buy all kinds of products and goods, including cars, movies and DVDs, sporting goods, travel tickets, musical instruments, clothes and shoes---the list goes on and on 

The idea came from Peter Omidyar, who was born in Paris and moved to Washington when he was still a child．At high school, he became very interested in computer programming and after graduating from Tuft University in 1988, he worked for the next few years as a computer engineer．In his free time he started Bay as a kind of hobby, at first offering the service free by word of mouth． By 1996 there was so much traffic on the website that he had to upgrade（升級(jí)） and he began charging a fee to members． Joined by a friend, Peter Skill, and in 1998 by his capable CEO, Meg Whitman, he has never looked back．Even in the great crashes of the late 1990s, ebay has gone from strength to strength． It is now one of the ten most visited online shopping websites on the Internet 

Ebay sells connections, not goods, putting buyer and seller into contact with each other． All you have to do is lake an e-photo, write a description, fill out a sales form and you are in business．The world is your market place．Of course for each item , eBay gets a percentage and that is a great deal of money． Every day there are more than sixteen million items listed on eBay and eighty percent of the items are sold． 

1．We learn from the text that eBay provides people with__ 

A．a(chǎn) way of buying and selling goods 

B．a(chǎn) website for them to upgrade（升級(jí)）

C．a(chǎn) place to show their own photos 

D．a(chǎn) chance to buy things at low prices 

2．Why did Peter create eBay after graduating from university? 

A．For fun

B．To make money

C．For gathering the engineers

D．To fulfill a task of his company

3．From “he has never looked back “in Paragraph 2 we learn that Peter_______

A．did not feel lonely

B．was always hopeful 

C．did not think about the past

D．became more and more successful 

4．How does eBay make money from its website? 

A．By bringing sellers together．

B．By charging for each sale

C．By listing items online

D．By making e-photos．

NOT all memories are sweet．Some people spend all their lives trying to forget bad

memories．Violence and traffic accidents can leave people with terrible physical and emotional scars．

Now American researchers think they are close to developing a pill, which will help people forget bad memories．The pill is designed to be taken immediately after a scary events．They hope it might reduce ,or possibly erase ,the effect of painful memories．

    In November, experts tested a drug on people in the US and France．The drug stops the body producing chemicals that fix memories in the brain．So far the research has suggested that only the emotional effects of memories may be reduced, not that the memories are erased．

   The research has caused a great deal of argument．Some think it is a bad idea, while others support it．

   Supporters say it could lead to pills that prevent or treat soldiers' troubling memories after war．They say that there are many people who suffer from terrible memories．

   "Some memories can ruin people's lives．They come back to you when you don't want to have them in a daydream or nightmare．They usually come with very painful emotions," said Roger Pitman．

    But those who are against the research say that changing memories is very dangerous because memories make us different from others．They also help us all avoid the mistakes of the past．

   "All of us can think of bad events in our lives that were horrible at the time but make us who we are．I'm not sure whether we want to wipe those memories out, "said Rebecca Dresser, a medical ethicist．

1．What does the underlined word “erase” mean?

A．change                B．remove               C．a(chǎn)dd                     D．forgive

2．The passage is mainly about ________．

A．a(chǎn) new medical invention

B．a(chǎn) new research on the pill

C．a(chǎn) way of erasing painful memories

D．the argument about the research on the pill

3．The drug tested on people can ________．

  A．cause the brain to fix memories

  B．stop people remembering bad events

  C．prevent body producing certain chemicals

  D．wipe out the bad memories

4．Which of the following statements is TRUE?       ．

  A．Some people doubt whether the pills should be used to help people forget bad memories．

  B．the pill will stop people's bad memories．

  C．taking the pill will do harm to people's health

D．the pill has been produced in America

5．Which of the following does Rebecca Dresser agree with?

A．Some memories can ruin people's lives．

B．People want to get rid of bad memories．

C．Having bad events makes us different from others．

D．The pill will reduce people's sufferings from bad memories．

請(qǐng)根據(jù)下列漢語提示寫出單詞的正確形式．

1．Being ___（滿足的，滿意的） with what we have will lead to happiness in our life．

2．The girl ___（為…作證） to seeing the man run into the bank on a dark night．

3．All the soldiers would do everything they can to ___（ 保護(hù)，防衛(wèi)） their country．

4．We are interested in weather because it ____（影響）us so directly—what we wear, what we do and even how we feel．

5．The Internet will let people have ___ （途徑,權(quán)利）to a great deal of information from their own homes．

6．The teacher didn’t give the lesson until all the students ____（平靜，安靜） down．

7．This year when the flu spread all over the country, people got into a____（ 恐慌）

8．I’m sure that your letter will get______（立刻的,及時(shí)的） attention．They know you’re waiting for the reply．

9．The competition was so fierce but we got the first place．Oh, that’s ____（難以置信的）

10．When the terrible earthquake happened, I was working in the high building and was nearly ____ （驚嚇）to death．

此題要求改正所給短文中的錯(cuò)誤．對(duì)標(biāo)有題號(hào)的每一行按下列情況改正：

此行多一個(gè)詞：把多余的詞用斜線（﹨）劃掉，在該行右邊橫線上寫出該詞，并也用斜線劃掉。

此行缺一個(gè)詞：在缺詞處加一個(gè)漏字符號(hào)（^），在該行右邊橫線上寫出該加的詞

此行錯(cuò)一個(gè)詞：在錯(cuò)的詞下劃一橫線，在該行右邊橫線上寫出改正后的詞。

注意：請(qǐng)?jiān)诖痤}卡上作答。

  One day, I went to the market and find many                                           1．             

beautiful birds in few cages for sale．I heard                                              2．             

two young men talked．One said,“ I caught eight                                        3．             

birds like these on last Sunday, but not a single one                                      4．             

was lively the next morning．” Oh, God! The birds                                     5．             

are being killed．The number is reducing year after year．                           6．             

Birds, like another animals, are our friends．They eat a                               7．             

lot of pests and make our nature beautifully．                                             8．             

So we must do something to prevent them killed．                                      9．             

We wish that everyone will care for them．                                                10．             

假如你是李華，常和英國筆友Harry通信。自從去年市教委下發(fā)了“減負(fù)增效”的文件之后，同學(xué)們不需要上早自習(xí)．。這引起了同學(xué)們的爭(zhēng)論：有人支持，有人反對(duì)。請(qǐng)根據(jù)下列提示寫信談你的觀點(diǎn)并說明理由．

提示：

1．足夠的時(shí)間吃早餐或鍛煉

2充足的睡眠可以保證上課精力充沛

3 可在其他時(shí)間朗讀，記憶或者復(fù)習(xí)

注意：

1、信的開頭已為你寫好（不計(jì)入詞數(shù)）

2、詞數(shù)約100字。

Dear Harry,

   How are things going with you? Today I’m writing to you about our school life．Since the policy “Reduce unnecessary burden for more effective learning” was carried out, we don’t need to have self-study in the morning any longer．But the policy has caused a great deal of argument．

   ___________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

We work together to achieve our common purpose：          world that is safer cleaner and healthier than         one we found．

A．the；the         B．a(chǎn)；不填           C．a(chǎn)；the          D．the；不填

After running for a mile yesterday，I was almost                   ，not feeling bad，though．

A．out of shape         B．out of breath       C．out of control        D．out of order

Following the successful Beijing Olympic shanghai            70 million people for the

2010 World Expo.

A．expects         B．is expected         C． is expecting         D． has expected

I admire my English teacher．I can remember very few occasions     she stopped working because of ill health．

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

If water becomes increasingly scarce in decades     ，water shortage will become a hot issue all over the world．

A．coming         B．having come         C．to come         D．to be coming