11、 I tried explaining in English，____________though I knew some I found it very difficult.

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

10、A WHO study finds half of all deaths in Africa are children，and people _________   age 60 make ____________half of all deaths around the world.

A. under; up        B. below; of         C. at；for            D. under; into

9、―What about                university?

―It is as famous, as anybody knows,             university as Oxford.

A. a；the          B. the；a            C. a；an            D. the; the

8、In your English class, the teacher shows you the following picture and asks the class to discuss it. Your classmates have different understandings. Look at the picture carefully and tell your classmates how you understand it. 詞數(shù)：110左右。

（提示：These days ,the eldly are lonely, and they have to keep pets company）

二、選擇題

（每空？ 分，共？ 分）

6、One day, a boy said to a girl, "If I have only one bowl of gruel, I shall give one half to my mother, and the other half to you." The little girl liked the little boy from then on. That year he  was twelve and she was ten.
    Ten years passed. When their village was flooded, he ceaselessly rescued others, including old people, children, the acquainted and the unacquainted, everyone except her in person. After she was rescued by others, somebody asked him, "Since you like her, why didn't you rescue her?" He answered gently, "It's just because I love her that I first rescued others. I would never live alone if she died." So they got married. That year he was twenty two and she was twenty.

Later, the whole country suffered from famine. They also had few in the pot. Finally, only an ounce of noodles were left, and they cooked a bowl of noodles in soup. He was reluctant to eat and let her eat; she was reluctant to eat and let him eat! Three days later, the bowl of noodles went moldy. At that time, he was forty two and she was forty.

Since his grandfather was ever a landlord, he was criticized and denounced in public meetings. During those special years, the "Organization" asked her to "make clear the borderline and distinguish right and wrong", but she said, "I don't know who is the inner enemy, but I do know he is a good man. He loves me and I also love him. That's enough." That year he was fifty two and she was fifty.

Many years passed, he and she began to practice Qigong in order to keep healthy. Because they were transferred to a town, every morning they took a bus to the city center park. When a young man offered his seat to them, each of them wouldn't take the seat because the other had to stand. Therefore, holding the handrail, they leaned each other with content smiles on their faces, and all of other passengers couldn't help standing up. That year he was seventy two and she was seventy.  

She said, "When we were both dead ten years later, I must turn into him and he must turn into me, then he could drink the half bowl of gruel that I give him!"

Seventy years of hardship life interprets this true love!

72.            really touches the author?  

A. Love full of romantic and striking stories

B. Love based on ordinary words and daily affairs     

C. what the hero in the story did to the other    

D. What the heroine in the story did to the other

73. The love story was written___________.

A. centered on the bowl of gruel             B. about a foreign couple  

C. in time order                                     D. to tell his own story

74. The word ______ best explains the underlined word in the 2^nd paragraph.

A. Continuously      B. Carefully      C. Hardly     D. Happily

75. The best title of this story should be_________.

A. A Bowl of Gruel                             B. The Respectable Couple   

C. The Value of true love                     D. A Classic Love Story

5、The regular use of text messages and e-mails can lower the IQ more than twice as much as smoking marijuana（大麻）.That is the claim of psychologists who have found that tapping away on a mobile phone or computer keypad or checking them for electronic messages temporarily knocks up to ten points off the user’s IQ.

This rate of decline in intelligence compares unfavorably with the four-point drop in IQ associated with smoking marijuana，according to British researchers，who have labeled （把……稱為）the fleeting phenomenon of enhanced stupidity as “infomania”.

The noticeable drop in IQ is believed to be the result of the constant distraction of “always on” technology when employees should be concentrating, on what they are paid to do. Infomania means that they lose concentration as their minds remain fixed in an almost permanent state of readiness to react to technology instead of focusing on the tasks in hand.

The brain also finds it hard to deal with keeping lots of tasks in motion at once，reducing its overall effectiveness. While modern technology can have huge benefits，excessive（過度的）use can be damaging not only to a person’s mind, but to his or her social life.

Eighty volunteers took part in clinical trials on IQ damage and 1,100 adults were interviewed.

More than six in ten people polled admitted that they were addicted to checking their e-mails and text messages so that they examined work-related ones even when at home or on holiday. Half said that they always responded immediately to an e-mail and one in five would interrupt a meeting to do so.

Furthermore，infomania is having a negative effect on work colleagues，increasing stress and disagreeing feelings. Nine out of ten polled thought that colleagues who answered e-mails or messages during a face-to-face meeting were extremely rude. Yet one in three Britons believed that it was not only acceptable，but actually diligent and efficient to do so.

68. What does the underlined part mean?

A. A person’s IQ drops ten points if he or she always checks electronic messages.

B. The person who has a higher IQ enjoys checking electronic messages.

C. The person who has a lower IQ enjoys checking electronic messages.

D. A person’s IQ is ten points higher if he or she always checks electronic messages.

69. What happens to people with infomania?

A. People with infomania can only concentrate on their tasks in hand.

B. People with infomania are addicted to smoking marijuana.

C. People with infomania can’t respond to technology immediately.

D. People with infomania can’t concentrate on their tasks in hand.

70. From the passage, we can learn that       

A. about 550 interviewees responded to an e-mail immediately

B. about 670 interviewees responded to an e-mail immediately

C. about 40 taking part in clinical trials on IQ were addicted to checking e-mails

D. about 16 taking part in clinical trials on IQ refused to answer e-mails immediately

71. What is the main idea of this passage?

A. The regular use of text messages and e-mails can be compared to smoking marijuana.

B. Modern technology can damage a person’s mind.

C. The regular use of text messages and e-mails can harm your IQ.

D. Electronic messages can have side effects on the user’s life.

4、TODAY, Friday, November 12

JAZZ with the Mike Thomas Jazz Band at the Derby Arms,Upper Richmond Road West, Sheen.

DISCO Satin Sounds Disco. Free at The Lord Napier, Mort lake High St., from 8a. m. to 8p. m.

Tel: 682―1158.

SATURDAY, November 13

JAZZ Lysis at The Bull’s Head, Barnes. Admission 60p.

MUSICAL HALL at The Star and Garter, Lower Richmond Road, Putney, provided by the Aba Daba Music Hall company. Good food and entertainment fair price.

Tel: 789―6749.

Family night out? Join the sing-along at The Black Horse. Sheen Road, Richmond.

JAZZ The John Bennett Big Band at The Bull’s Head, Barnes. Admission 80p.

THE DERBY ARMS, Upper Richmond Road West, give you Joe on the electric accordion(手風(fēng)琴).

Tel: 789―4536

SUNDAY, November 14

DISCO Satin Sounds Disco,free at The Lord Napier, Mort Lake High Street, from 8 a. m. to 8 p. m.

FOLK MUSIC at The Derby Arms. The Short Stuff and residents the Norman Chop Trio. Admission 70p.

Tel: 688―4626.

HEAVY MUSIC with Tony Simon at The Bull, Upper Richmond Road West, East Sheen.

THE DERBY ARMS, Upper Richmond Road West, give you Joe on the electric accordion.

63. Where and when can you hear the Norman Chop Trio?

A. At the Bull’s Head on Sunday.                 B. At the Derby Arms on Sunday.

C. At the Bull on Saturday.                            D. At the Black Horse on Saturday.

64. Where and when can you hear the Mike Thomas Jazz Band?

A. At the Derby Arms on Friday.                    B. At the Black Horse on Friday.

C. At the Star and Garter on Saturday.            D. At the Derby Arms on Sunday.

65. You want to enjoy the electric accordion on Saturday. Which telephone number do you have to ring to find out what time it starts?

A. 789―6749.              B. 789―4536.             C. 682―1158.  D. 688―4626.

66. You want to spend the Saturday by joining the entertainment with your family. Where should you go?

A. Disco at The Lord Napier.                            B. The sing-along at The Black Horse.

C. The electric accordion at The Derby Arms.    D. Jazz at The Bull’s Head.

67. You want to spend the same day at two different places and don’t want to cross any street. Which of the following is your best choice?

A. The sing-along at the Black Horse and Jazz at The Bull’s Head.

B. The sing-along at The Black Horse and Folk Music at The Derby Arms.

C. Folk Music at The Derby Arms and Heavy Music with Tony Simon at The Bull.

D. Musical Hal lat The Star ＆Garter and Disco at The Lord Napier.

3、As prices and building costs keep rising, the “do-it-yourself” (DIY) trend in the US continues to grow.

“we needed furniture for our living room,” says John Ross, “and we just didn’t have enough money to buy it. So we decided to try making a few tables and chairs.” John got married six months ago, and like many young people these days, they are struggling to make a home at a time when the cost of living is very high. The Roses took a 2-week course for $280 at a night school. Now they build all their furniture and make repairs around the house.

Jim Hatfield has three boys and his wife died. He has a full-time job at home as well as in a shoe making factory. Last month, he received a car repair bill for $520. “ I was deeply upset about it. Now I have finished a car repair course, I should be able to fix the car by myself.”

John and Jim are not unusual people. Most families in the country are doing everything they can to save money so they can fight the high cost of living. If you want to become a “do-it-youselfer”, you can go to DIY classes. And for those who don’t have time to take a course, there are books that tell you how you can do things yourself.

59. We can learn from the text that many newly married people_______.

A. find it hard to pay for what they need

B. have to learn to make their own furniture

C. take DIY courses run by the government

D. seldom go to a department store to buy things

60. John and his wife went to evening classes to learn how to ______.

     A. run a DIY shop              B. make or repair things

C. save time and money      D. improve the quality of life

61. Jim decided to become a do-it-yourselfer when______

     A. his car repairs cost too much         B. the car repair class was not helpful

C. he could not possibly do two jobs   D. keeps house and looks after his children

62.when the writer says that Jim has a full-time job at home, he means Jim____.

A.makes shoes in his home                B.does extra work at night

C.does his own car and home repairs  D.keeps house and looks after his children

2、Paris is an ancient city, the center of France and probably the most cultured city in Europe.  For the modern traveler it’s very easy to reach the famous city on the river Seine.  You can fly there in less time than it takes to travel by train from Beijing to Shanghai.  Once you reach Paris you are surprised by a city that is the perfect combination of modern life and history.

The best time to arrive is the spring.  Winter is cold and wet, the summer humid and autumn windy.  In the spring the flowers are blossoming, the sun shines and the birds sing.  The people of Paris are most pleased with spring in their city.  They play in the parks, visit the beautiful monuments and enjoy “joie de vivre”（生活的樂趣）.

If you arrive in Paris in the springtime, you will enjoy the life of lazy walks down the boulevards too, sitting in the cafes and visiting the most famous museums in the world.  There are many places for you to visit, Notre Dame de Paris, the nearby palace of Versaille, the arch of Triumph and of course the Eiffel Tower.

You’ll notice that in Paris the people in the cafes all look out at the people on the street.  They like to see and be seen.  Some monuments are not French, but from Egypt, or Greece, or maybe Chinese!  There are many, many dogs, especially the famous French  poodie  with his well-tailored looks.  This is the city where the French impressionists painted their works, where arts, culture and literature are the main passions of life.  Apart of course, from the food!  All Frenchmen like to eat and drink wine they are never happier than when they are having a picnic on the banks of the river Seine in the springtime.

56.According to the passage, what will be your first impression if you are in Paris?

   A. Paris is an ancient city.    

   B. Paris is the center of Europe.

 C. Paris is the most cultured city in the world.

   D. Paris is the perfect combination of modern life and history.

57. “Poodie” is the name of a kind of famous ________ in France.

A. clothes     B. house      C. dog      D. food

58. Why do you think the writer writes this passage?

   A. To praise the city of Paris

   B. To let you know Paris is an ancient city.

   C. To tell us that Paris has monuments from all over the world.

   D. To encourage people to make a trip to Paris.