He is so busy. He cannot afford enough time with his son ______ he wants to.

A. even if                 B. as if                 C. because          D. before

 _______ you said at the meeting describes a bright future for the company.

A. When                  B. How                 C. What              D. That

 —Why are your eyes so red? You _______ have slept well last night.

—Yeah, I stayed up late writing a report.

A. can’t                   B. mustn’t           C. needn’t           D. won’t

 Read this story, ______ you will realize that not everything can be bought with money.

A. or                       B. and                 C. but                  D. so

 Hurry up, kids! The school bus ________ for us!

A. waits                   B. was waiting     C. waited             D. is waiting

 The traffic on the main streets has a longer green signal than ________ on the small ones.

A. one                    B. this                 C. that                 D. it

—I feel so nervous about the National English Speech Competition tomorrow.

—________.

A. I really envy you. B. Glad to hear that　　 C. Sounds great 　　 D. Take it easy

請(qǐng)根據(jù)以下提示，并結(jié)合事例，用英語寫一篇短文。

We all know that“sticks and stones may break our bones”, but we should also be aware that words can hurt people, too.

注意：①無須寫標(biāo)題，不得照抄英語提示語；

②除詩歌外，文體不限；

③文中不得透露個(gè)人姓名和學(xué)校名稱；

④詞數(shù)為120左右。

閱讀下列各小題，根據(jù)漢語提示，用句末括號(hào)內(nèi)的英語單詞完成句子，并將答案寫在答題卡上的相應(yīng)題號(hào)后。

71. Knowing ______ reduces the risks of failure and it works like an insurance policy for your own ability. (do) 知道你正在干什么，能降低失敗的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)，這就像給自己的能力買了份保險(xiǎn)。

72. Not ______ my parents, I failed to go to a drama school, where my interest lay.

(persuade) 由于沒有說服我父母，我沒能上戲劇學(xué)校，而那才是我的興趣所在。

73. The chief engineer together with his colleagues _____ new scientific methods of farming since five years ago. (look) 五年以來，總工程師和他的同事們一起一直在尋找新的科學(xué)農(nóng)耕方法。

74. When I work on the farmland in the daytime, I always _____ to a tree on the riverbank. (keep)

白天干農(nóng)活的時(shí)候，我總是把羊拴在河邊的樹上。

75. As time is pressing, I think ___ is the best way to get from here to the conference centre. (take)

由于時(shí)間緊迫，我認(rèn)為從這里去會(huì)議中心最好的辦法是乘出租車。

76. So fast ______ that we can hardly imagine its speed. (travel)

光傳播的速度快到我們難以想象。

77. Through the course of my schooling, I met many teachers, two ______ me greatly. (influence)

上學(xué)時(shí)我遇到過很多老師，其中兩位對(duì)我影響很大。

78. I don’t often lose things, so I was quite surprised ______ my wallet and found it wasn’t there. (reach) 我不常丟東西，所以當(dāng)我拿錢包卻發(fā)現(xiàn)錢包不在時(shí)，大吃一驚。

79. It is reported in the newspaper that several new subway lines ______ in Wuhan. (build)

據(jù)報(bào)紙報(bào)道，武漢正在建設(shè)幾條新的地鐵線路。

80. Most believe he _______ for England last week, but for a serious injury which put him out of football. (play)  多數(shù)人認(rèn)為，要不是受了重傷而告別足球，上周他本會(huì)為英格蘭踢球的。

　　A German study suggests that people who were too optimistic about their future actually faced greater risk of disability or death within 10 years than those pessimists who expected their future to be worse.

　　The paper, published this March in Psychology and Aging, examined health and welfare surveys from roughly 40,000 Germans between ages 18 and 96. The surveys were conducted every year from 1993 to 2003.

　　Survey respondents (受訪者) were asked to estimate their present and future life satisfaction on a scale of 0 to 10, among other questions.

　　The researchers found that young adults (age 18 to 39) routinely overestimated their future life satisfaction, while middle-aged adults (age 40 to 64) more accurately predicted how they would feel in the future. Adults of 65 and older, however, were far more likely to underestimate their future life satisfaction. Not only did they feel more satisfied than they thought they would, the older pessimists seemed to suffer a lower ratio (比率) of disability and death for the study period.

　　“We observed that being too optimistic in predicting a better future than actually observed was associated with a greater risk of disability and a greater risk of death within the following decade,” wrote Frieder R. Lang, a professor at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg.

　　Lang and his colleagues believed that people who were pessimistic about their future may be more careful about their actions than people who expected a rosy future.

　　“Seeing a dark future may encourage positive evaluations of the actual self and may contribute to taking improved precautions (預(yù)防措施),” the authors wrote.

　　Surprisingly, compared with those in poor health or who had low incomes, respondents who enjoyed good health or income were associated with expecting a greater decline. Also, the researchers said that higher income was related to a greater risk of disability.

　　T  Pessimism gurantees chances of survival.he authors of the study noted that there were limitations to their conclusions. Illness, medical treatment and personal loss could also have driven health outcomes.

　　However, the researchers said a pattern was clear. “We found that from early to late adulthood, individuals adapt their expectations of future life satisfaction from optimistic, to accurate, to pessimistic,” the authors concluded.

　　67. According to the study, who made the most accurate prediction of their future life satisfaction?

　　A. Optimistic adults.

　　B. Middle-aged adults.

　　C. Adults in poor health.

　　D. Adults of lower income.

　　68. Pessimism may be positive in some way because it causes people ______.

　　A. to fully enjoy their present life

　　B. to estimate their contribution accurately

　　C. to take measures against potential risks

　　D. to value health more highly than wealth

　　69. How do people of higher income see their future?

　　A. They will earn less money.

　　B. They will become pessimistic.

　　C. They will suffer mental illness.

　　D. They will have less time to enjoy life.

　　70. What is the clear conclusion of the study?

　　A. Pessimism guarantees chances of survival.

　　B. Good financial condition leads to good health.

　　C. Medical treatment determines health outcomes.

　　D. Expectations of future life satisfaction decline with age.