On my first day in America, I was excited, but nervous as well. It was my dear neighbor Susan who helped me get used to my new life far away from home. There was a knock at the door. When I opened it, Susan came in with a home-made apple pie. She hugged me and said：“You must be the precious Chinese doll!” With a big smile, she went on：“Alice, I am sure you have never, ever tried a home-made apple pie before! You are going to love it so much!” To be honest, I was greatly surprised by this welcome from a stranger. And the apple pie made me feel at home.

Susan was very helpful to me. When I was thinking about a costume to wear on Halloween, she suggested I dress up like a traditional Chinese girl. “I happen to have a traditional Chinese dress and guess what, I am a great make-up artist!” she said. Susan didn’t hide her excitement, when, after an hour of hard work, she pushed me to the mirror to examine our work. The clothes fit me perfectly! I am sure that I stood out from the crowd that Halloween, and I am very grateful to Susan for her help.

My first Thanksgiving was another highlight. On the festival morning, I was surprised to find a gift box in my front yard. There was a note on it：“Hello Alice, I am the Thanksgiving bunny! Enjoy your gift!” I looked around and caught Susan looking at me from the porch. Seeing that she had been caught, she awkwardly picked up a newspaper and pretended to read it. I couldn’t help laughing. When I walked up to her, she said：“It was not me. It was the Thanksgiving bunny!” Susan is such a lovely person; she is the American above all others I need to thank.

I saw that the spirit of the Chinese saying, that “Neighbors carry more weight than distant relatives,” is alive and well in America. Susan filled my heart with warmth and joy, just as angels do.

1.What made the writer feel at home in America?

A. Her Chinese doll.

B. Susan’s thanksgiving bunny for Halloween.

C. Gifts from her parents in China.

D. Susan’s visit on the first day.

2.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. The writer lent a Chinese dress to Susan to wear at Halloween.

B. Susan often looked at her neighbors to find out what they were doing.

C. The writer had never had an apple-pie before she went to America.

D. Susan helped the writer to appreciate American festivals.

3.What does the phrase “stood out” mean in the passage?

A. To be more eye-catching. B. To rise up.

C. To be much better. D. To be strange.

4.This passage is most probably taken from_______.

A. a newspaper B. a travel guide

C. an advertisement D. a science magazine.

Holidays

1.What can you do if you like to go on holidays with pets?

A. Choose the holiday in Devon.

B. Go to the Snowdonia Centre

C. Join the World Sea Trip of 2008

D. Visit Acapulco and Hawaii

2.In what way is the Snowdonia Centre different from the other two holidays?

A. It provides chances of family gatherings.

B. It provides customers with good food.

C. It offers a sport lesson.

D. It offers comfortable rooms.

3.What is special about the World Sea Trip of 2008?

A. You can have free meals on deck every day.

B. You can sleep on a ship and tour many places.

C. You will have chances to watch and act in a play.

D. You have to do your own packing and unpacking.

4.At the Snowdonia Centre, the beginners’ costs of ￡57 do not cover .

A. food B. rooms C. body exercises D. walking shoes

I was waiting for a phone call from my agent. He had left a message the night before, telling me that my show was to be cancelled. I called him several times, but each time his secretary told me that he was in a meeting and that he would call me later. So I waited and waited, but there was still no call. Three hours passing by, I became more and more impatient. I was certain that my agent didn’t care about my work, and he didn’t care about me. I was overcome with that thought. I started to shout at the phone, “Let me wait, will you? Who do you think you are?”

At that time I didn’t realize my wife was looking on. Without showing her surprise, she rushed in, seized the phone, tore off the wires, and shouted at the phone, “Yeah! Who do you think you are? Bad telephone! Bad telephone! ” And she swept it into the wastebasket.

I stood watching her, speechless .What on earth?

She stepped to the doorway and shouted at the rest of the house, “Now hear this! All objects in this room--if you do anything to upset my husband, out you go!”

Then she turned to me, kissed me, and said calmly, “Honey, you just have to learn how to take control.” With that, she left the room.

After watching a crazy woman rushing in and out, shouting at everything in sight, I noticed that something in my mood（情緒）had changed. I was laughing. How could I have trouble with that phone? Her antics helped me realize I had been driven crazy by small things. Twenty minutes later my agent did call. I was able to listen to him and talk to him calmly.

1.Why did the author shout at the telephone?

A. He was mad at the telephone.

B. He was angry with his agent.

C. He was anxious about his wife.

D. He was impatient with the secretary.

2.What did the author’s wife do after she heard his shouting?

A. She said nothing.

B. She shouted at him.

C. She called the agent.

D. She threw the phone away.

3.What made the author laugh?

A. His own behavior.

B. His wife’s suggestion.

C. His changeable feelings.

D. His wife’s sweet kiss.

4.What does the underlined word “antics” refer to?

A. Smart words. B. Unusual actions.

C. Surprising looks. D. Anxious feelings.

Who taught you to speak English? Your parents, while you were a child? Your teacher at school? Perhaps even the BBC as a grown-up. Whoever it was, somehow you have developed an understanding of what is rapidly becoming a truly global language.

There are now about 376 million people who speak English as their first language, and about the same number who have learnt it in addition to their mother tongue. There are said to be one billion people learning English now and about 80% of the information on the Internet is in English.

Is this a good thing, or a bad thing? Should we celebrate the fact that more and more of us can communicate, using a common language, across countries and cultures? Or should we worry about the dangers of “ mono-culturalism”, a world in which we all speak the same language, eat the same food and listen to the same music?

Does it matter if an increasing number of people speak the same language? I would have thought the other way around(相反) although I have never accepted the argument that if only we all understood each other better, there would be fewer wars. Ask the people of India ( where many of them speak at least some English) and Pakistan( the same situation with India) ...

If we all speak English, will we then all start eating McDonalds burgers? Surely not. If English becomes more dominant(占主導地位的), it will kill other languages? I doubt it. When I travel in Africa or Asia, I am always surprised by how many people can speak not only their own language but often one or more other related languages, as well as English and perhaps some French or German as well.

When we discussed this on Talking Point a couple of years ago, we received a wonderfully poetic email from a listener in Ireland. “The English language is a beautiful language. Maybe it’s like a rose,” he said. “But who would ever want their garden just full of roses?”

Well, I love roses, and I think they make a beautiful addition to any garden. But the way I see it, just by planting a few roses, you don’t necessarily need to pull out everything else. If more and more people want to plant English roses, that’s fine by me.

1.By saying “ Ask the people of India... and Pakistan” ( in Paragraph 4) , the author is trying to show that_______.

A. speaking the same language doesn’t necessarily bring peace

B. wars can destroy the relationship between two countries

C. English doesn’t kill other languages

D. English is widely used in the world

2.What does “garden” in the last two paragraphs stand for（代表）?

A. Language. B. Family. C. The world. D. The universe.

3.The author would probably agree that_________.

A. it’s very hard to plant many kinds of flowers in a garden

B. it’s good for people from other countries to learn English

C. more and more people like to plant roses in their gardens

D. English is easier to learn than other languages

4.This passage is mainly about________.

A. why English has become a global language

B. how many people in the world speak English

C. how people in the world learn English as a foreign language

D. whether we need to worry about English being a world language

When I was seven my father gave me a Timex, my first watch. I loved it, wore it for years, and haven’t had another one since it stopped ticking a decade ago. Why? Because I don’t need one. I have a mobile phone and I’m always near someone with an iPod or something like that. All these devices(裝置)tell the time----which is why, if you look around, you’ll see lots of empty wrists; sales of watches to young adults have been going down since 2007.

This is ridiculous（荒唐的）. Expensive cars go faster than cheap cars. Expensive clothes hang better than cheap clothes. But these days all watches tell the time as well as all the other watches. Expensive watches come with extra functions----but who needs them? How often do you dive to 300 metres into the sea or need to find your direction in the area around the South Pole? So why pay that much of five years’ school fees for watches that allow you to do these things?

If justice were done, the Swiss watch industry should have closed down when the Japanese discovered how to make accurate watches for a five-pound note. Instead the Swiss reinvented the watch, with the aid of millions of pounds’ worth of advertising, as a message about the man wearing it. Rolexes are for those who spend their weekends climbing icy mountains; a Patek Philippe is for one from a rich or noble family; a Breitling suggests you like to pilot planes across the world.

Watches are now classified as “investments”(投資). A 1994 Philippe recently sold for nearly $350,000, while 1960s Rolexes have gone from $15,000 to $30,000 plus in a year. But a watch is not an investment. It’s a toy for self-satisfaction, a matter of fashion. Prices may keep going up----they’ve been rising for 15 years. But when fashion moves on, the owner of that $350,000 beauty will suddenly find his pride and joy is no more a good investment than my childhood Timex.

1.The sales of watches to young people have fallen because they_______.

A. have other devices to tell the time

B. think watches too expensive

C. prefer to wear an iPod

D. have no sense of time

2.It seems ridiculous to the writer that _______.

A. people dive 300 metres into the sea

B. expensive clothes sell better than cheap ones

C. cheap cars don’t run as fast as expensive ones

D. expensive watches with unnecessary functions still sell

3.What can be learnt about Swiss watch industry from the passage?

A. It targets rich people as its potential customers.

B. It’s hard for the industry to beat its competitors.

C. It wastes a huge amount of money in advertising.

D. It’s easy for the industry to reinvent cheap watches.

4.Which would be the best title for the passage?

A. Timex or Rolex?

B. My Childhood Timex

C. Watches? Not for Me!

D. Watches----a Valuable Collection

根據(jù)下列漢語提示，用英語單詞的正確形式填空，并把答案寫在題后的橫線上（共10題，每題2空，每空1分,滿分20分）

1.正在為下屆亞運會修建的新體育館是目前這個場館的三倍。

The new stadium being built for the next Asian Games will be three times______ ______ of the present one.

2.我們的新英語老師以他的博學和幽默給我們留下了深刻印象。

Our new English teacher has ______ us ______ his wide knowledge and sense of humour.

3.他很擅長體育，但不愛讀書。他的兒子也一樣。

He is very good at sports, but dislikes reading. _______ it is _______ his son.

4.這個手機和廣告中說的完全不一樣。

This cellphone is _______ _______ the one advertised.

5.她對自己的孩子很有耐心，從不生氣。

She is very _______ _______ her children and she never gets angry.

6.這個女孩在學校表現(xiàn)很好，各科成績都取得了很多進步。

The girl _______ well at school and has made a lot of _______ in all her subjects.

7.楊老師不僅英語說得流利，而且還精通日語。

Mr. Yang is not only _______ _______ English, but good at Japanese

8.有一個當?shù)卮迕耦I路，我們最終走出了森林。(with)

______ a local villager _______ the way, we went out of the forest at last.

9.他寧愿自己不吃，也不愿餓著孩子。

He’d prefer to go without food ______ ______ starve his child.

10.周末和朋友們一起踢足球真好玩！

____________ it is to play football with my friends on the weekend!

根據(jù)下列句子的意思和空格中單詞首字母或括號中的漢語提示補全單詞，并把答案寫在題后的橫線上（共15題，每題1分，滿分15分）

1.The boy had a bad a_________ towards his schoolwork so that he failed in the final exam.

2.The party was well o_________ and turned out to be a great success. Everyone had fun!

3.Little Tom a______ having stolen in the shop, promising that he wouldn’t do that in future.

4.Before taking the medicine, you’d better read the i__________ on the bottle carefully.

5.When the foreigners spoke to me in English, I felt e________ because of my poor English.

6.The US is d________ into 50 states and is separated from China by the Pacific.

7.At the police station the policeman asked the lady to give a d__________ of her lost diamond necklace.

8.Many famous people, like Li Lianjie and Cheng Long, are very __________(熱心)about charity(慈善) now.

9.Mr. Liu is a much loved and highly __________(尊敬) teacher.

10.The twin brothers are both doctors but that is where the ___________(相似)ends.

11.My parents have always __________(鼓勵) me in my choice of career.

12.I spent a __________(輕松的) evening with friends chatting and listening to music.

13.When he received the letter saying that his mother was seriously ill , he set out on the return journey ___________ (立刻).

14.The teacher is always full of __________(精力) and has a strange way to make his classes lively and interesting.

15.I watched him until he __________(消失)from sight in the distance.

下面短文中有10處語言錯誤，請在有錯誤的地方增加、刪除或修改某個單詞。(滿分10分)

增加：在缺詞處加一個漏詞符號（∧），并在其下面寫上該加的詞。

刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（﹨）劃掉。

修改：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫上修改后的詞。

注意：1．每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞；

2．只允許修改10處，多者（從第11處起）不計分。

Everybody needs friends in life. But be a friend can sometimes be hard works.

Learning how solve problems in friendship can make you a better friend and a happier

person.An universal problem between friends is that they don’t know why to talk with

each other about difficult things. When they are talking, they often get madly with

each other. What can they do? It took time to learn how to communicate well, and

it is important to understand why a friend gets angry to you when you say something.

If you know which makes your friend angry, and you can try to talk about the

problem in a different way.

Dr. Peter Spence, _______ headmaster of the school, told us, “_______fifth of students here go on to study at Oxford and Cambridge.”

A. 不填; A B.不填; The C. the; The D. a; A

To make his fortune abroad, he ________ making the necessary preparations.

A. set in B. set off C. set out D. set about