Everything was perfect for the picnic _____ the weather.

A. in place of       B. as well as         C. except for          D. in case of

The course normally attracts 20 students per year, ________up to half will be from overseas.

A. in which        B. for whom     C. with which       D. of whom

____ red is a symbol of warmth, it can sometimes make people feel uneasy or even frightened.

   A. As            B. Since              C. If                D. While

 This is the second time that the top 10 list of popular novels _____ published by this magazine.

   A. has been        B. are        C. is        D. have been

--Do you still smoke heavily?       

--- No. In fact, it is two years since I ____.  

A. have stopped smoking               B. smoked   

D. began to smoke                    D. started to smoke

 --- Is your new team-mate a good guy?

    --- Yes. He is kind, skillful, hard-working and intelligent; ____, I can’t speak too highly of him.

   A. on the contrary   B. by the way   C. in a word   D. as a result

書面表達

假設你是李華，下個月要去英國留學，想通過你的英國朋友Peter尋找寄宿家庭。請你用英語給他寫一封電子郵件，說明你的租房要求：

1.      提供單獨的房間，干凈整潔；

2.      房子應離市中心不遠，交通便利；

3.      房東一家能夠說地道的英語，熱情好客；

4.      最好能免費提供洗衣機和廚具，以便自己洗衣，做飯。

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.開頭和結束語已為你寫好。

Dear Peter,

    I am going to study in London next month._______________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Looking forwards to your early reply.

                                                   Yours truly

                                                     Li Hua

短文改錯

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（\）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限一詞。

2.只允許修改10處，多者（從第11處起）不計分。

Dear Robert,

Thank for your letter of May 12^th . How glad I was when I get it. I’d be very happy to be your pen friends. Now allow me introduce myself to you. I’m a boy student aged seventeen, study in Senior Three of Binhai High School. I’m a monitor of my class. I am about to take the National Matriculation Entrance Examination after twenty days, that is, between June 7 and 8. You know. I want very much to be a doctor working for poor peasants that I try to make fully use of every hour and study far into the night every day.

Best wishes！ 

                                                   Yours truly,

                                                      Bob

根據(jù)短文內容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項，選項中有兩項為多余選項。

Is bottled water better for you than tap? Or should you choose vitamin-enriched water? Experts say, skip it all. None of these products is likely to make you any healthier. Below, we look at four major myths about the benefits of drinking water. 71 Experts say there’s an easy way to judge. If you are not thirsty, your fluid intake is likely “just right”

Myth No 1: Drink eight glasses each day.

Scientists say there’s no clear health benefit of drinking so much water a day. 72 “Nobody really knows,” says Dr. Stanley Goldfarb, a kidney expert at the University.of Pennsylvania.

Myth No.2：Lots of water equals healthier skin.

The body is already 60 percent water. 73 Adding a few extra glasses of water each day has a limited effect. “It’s such a tiny part of what’s in the body,” says Goldfarb. “ It’s very unlikely that one’s getting any benefit.”

Myth No.3: 74

A more accurate statement may be: Drinking water is a helpful tool for dieters. “Water is a great strategy for dieters because it has no calories,” says Madeline Fernstrom of the University of Pittsburgh. “So you can keep your mouth busy without food and get a sense of satisfaction.” But water is not magical, she adds. “Other zero-calorie options such as diet sodas are fine, too.”

Myth No. 4: It’s easy to get dehydrated(脫水的) during a workout.

Dehydration sets in when a person has lost 2 percent of his or her body weight. 75 “It’s also obvious that individuals in hot, dry climates have an increased need for water,” says Goldfarb. “But for a walk in the park, no water bottle is necessary.”

A.     So where does the standard advice come from?

B.      But it’s unclear whether these changes are clinically significant.

C.     So for a 200-pound man, this means losing 4 pounds of water.

D.     Drinking extra water leads to weight loss.

E.      Drink as much water as you can.

F.      So, if you take a 200-pound man, he’s 120 pounds of water.

G.But first, how do you know if you’re drinking enough water?

As the population of the planet increases, so does the number of homes, businesses, parking lots, schools, airports and roadways. All these structures use electricity and need to be lighted. Humans demand these lights. They want their homes more comfortable and they want their streets sage. The problem is that researchers are finding that all the light is having a negative effect on humans and wildlife as well.

Less than 10 years ago I drove to a thinly populated section of my town, lay down in the middle of the road and watched an attracted meteor shower(流星雨). The area was short of homes, street lights and traffic. If I did that today, I wouldn’t be able to see the meteor shower as well, and I would surely be run over by a car.

Nowadays scientists are finding light pollution can be almost as bad as carbon dioxide pollution. If you’ve ever taken a flight at night, the view is beautiful, but you must remember that all the light you see is wasted electricity. The crew of the space shuttles see an even bigger picture of how extensive the wasted electricity is worldwide.

Additionally, electricity needs to be generated, and the generation of electricity creates pollution by giving off greenhouse gases. This affects the air we breathe and our quality of life.

Scientists are also studying the effects of light pollution on wildlife. Thousands of birds die each year when they crash into highly lighted buildings, as they become puzzled by the light. It has been long known that tiny sea turtle hatchlings become lost and follow lights on the shore instead of heading towards the sea.

    Fortunately, light pollution is one of the easiest sources of pollution that can be corrected without a negative effect. Following some guidelines and a little searching on Google can give you many ideas on how to reduce your contribution to light pollution. 

  67. The author tells the story in the second paragraph mainly to _________.

        A. remember the past beauty of the town.

        B. stress the advantages of less pollution

        C. show the great changes of the town

        D. prove the bad effects of light pollution

  68. In the passage the author advises people _________.

        A. to try to reduce unnecessary light.

        B. not to ignore the beauty around.

        C. to set proper light for animals

        D. not to destroy the animal’s living conditions.

  69. What can be inferred from the passage?

        A. Light pollution is difficult to deal with.

        B. Light pollution is a threat to some animals.

        C. Light pollution has nothing to do with global warming

        D. Astronauts can’t see clearly in space due to light pollution.

  70. What is most likely to be discussed in the paragraph which follows the last paragraph?

        A. The author’s contribution to light pollution

        B. Other sources of light pollution

        C. Ways of reducing light pollution

 D. More bad effects of light pollution