I left home to support my sister in her efforts to present a music festival.She lives on the other side of the world, and I went to visit her,not wanting to leave and feeling like I was leaving home against my will.However,I wanted to show her my support because she is my only sister.

So I boarded the plane in mid-August,and hated the long flight.I arrived,tired and hungry.I had left my husband of 2 years,alone,in our old New Orleans house.

I was all set and ready to perform for my sister for the music festival on Sunday morning when I received a call from Chicago.The hurricane was predicted to hit our city,and many people had already evacuated,but my husband chose to stay behind.He could not get a call to me on the other side of the world,but he could call his cousin in Chicago.He gave his cousin a message for me,that he would be just fine,and not to worry.

As the day wore on,I finally took the stage in front of hundreds of Europeans,and I realized,thanks to CNN,that New Orleans was under water.

I performed,hoping that my husband would survive.And I performed perfectly.The audience stood and applauded.I left the stage and went straight to the TV.I saw the street sign near my home,of Humanity Street,but nothing below it,except water.

In the days that followed,I found out that my house,my car,my clothes,my furniture,everything that I'd left behind was gone...but not my husband.He survived by riding on the rear bumper（后保險(xiǎn)桿）of a VW bus,holding on to the overhead luggage rack,in the pouring rain,down the highway from New Orleans,half-way to Baton Rouge.The rest of the journey was a long walk,but he survived.

By the first week of September,I flew back to the Baton Rouge airport,and hugged my husband.Since then,our relationship has grown deeper;we have completely rebuilt our house,bought a new car,bought new furniture and new clothes and joined an inspirational,spirit-filled community.

1.Why did the author leave home?

A. To look after her sister. B. To attend a music festival.

C. To watch a performance. D. To visit her husband's cousin.

2.How did the author feel when she left home?

A. Disappointed. B. Worried.

C. Tired. D. Unwilling.

3.What does the underlined word "evacuated" mean?

A. Gathered B. Struggled

C. Escaped D. Hid

4.What might be the title for the passage?

A. Lost it All,Gained Even More B. Once Gone,Never Returned

C. Caught in the Hurricane D. Trapped in a Dilemma

When the telephone rings late at night, most women guess it must be one of only four or five people calling. A sister? Maybe. An emergency? Possibly. A mother? Probably not at that time of night. Much more probably it is a close female friend calling to tell you that she has split up with her boyfriend again or perhaps simply that a good movie has just started on TV.

At a time when families are spread far and wide and marriages often end in divorce, friendships are becoming more and more important. Erika, a 32-year-old lawyer, is strengthened by her ten-year friendship with her married friend Jane. “I was very sick one night, so I called Jane at about 3:00 a.m. to talk about it,” she says. “She was very supportive and even came over to take me to the doctor’s the next morning.”

As American TV shows like Friends, which follows the lives of a very close group of young friends, have become more popular, many of us are beginning to see the value of such friendships. TV shows like this tell us that our romantic relationships may not last, but we need to keep in touch with our close friends if we want to survive.

A TV show called Real Women is about the lives and relationships of five former school friends. In this show, family, husbands, and work are all less important than friendships. One of its actresses says the show reflects her own experience. “Friendship is about commitment. I don’t see some of my friends for ages but when we get together, it is as if time hasn’t passed.”

This is true of Erika and Jane’s friendship. With Erika’s family 200 miles away，it is Jane who keeps a spare set of keys to Erika’s apartment and waters her plants whenever she is away. “Having Jane around gives me a certain amount of freedom. It is not the kind of thing that you could ask anyone to do, but she knows I would do the same for her.” Erika feels that because she no longer sees her family every day, she now enjoys a closer relationship with her best friend. Jane, who may move to a different city soon, is worried about leaving such a support system of friends. “My friends have more to do with my life than my parents and, therefore, I don’t have to spend a lot of time explaining things to them. Friends are more up to date with what is happening.”

1.According to the passage, a late-night phone call for most women is probably from .

A. a friend B. a relative

C. a stranger D. a doctor

2.TV shows like Friends tell us that .

A. marriages with friends often end up in failure

B. families and work are as important as friends

C. close friends help us face problems in life

D. friendship fades as time goes by

3.From the passage, we can learn that Erika and Jane .

A. live far away from each other

B. have been friends for 32 years

C. spend a lot of time explaining things

D. trust and support each other in daily life

4.Which of the statements will the author probably agree with?

A. A near friend is more helpful than a faraway relative.

B. Both marriage and friendship demand commitment.

C. However far away we’re, parents worry about us.

D. Long distance makes the hearts closer.

Edmund Percival Hillary was one of the greatest explorers of the twentieth century. He was born in Auckland, New Zealand, in 1919. He discovered an interest in mountain climbing while he was still in high school and began climbing New Zealand's Southern Alps.

Like his father, Hillary earned his living as a beekeeper. However, he continued to climb mountains. His goal was to climb Mt. Everest, which is the highest mountain in the world. By the early 1950s, several expeditions（探險(xiǎn)隊(duì)）had attempted to reach the summit of Everest, but all had failed. Then, in 1953, Hillary and a Nepalese climber named Tenzing Norgay became the first two people to reach the top of the world.

Hillary's spirit of exploration was not satisfied. He joined an expedition to Antarctica and reached the South Pole in 1958. He also made an expedition up the Ganges River to its source in the Himalayas. Sir Edmund Hillary was a brave adventurer. He went where no man or woman had gone before.

Although Hillary was best known as the young man who climbed to the summit of Mt. Everest in the 1950s, he continued his journeys to far-off places into his senior years. For instance, in his mid-sixties Hillary flew to the North Pole with Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon. Moreover, Hillary authored many books. However, his most lasting gift, perhaps, was the Sir Edmund Hillary Himalayan Trust（信托基金）. It raised millions of dollars and contributed to schools, hospitals and many other public improvements in the Sherpa villages of Nepal. In January 2008, Sir Edmund Hillary died at the age of 88.

Despite being a great adventurer and known for the treasure he left Sir Edmund Hillary always modestly referred to himself as a simple beekeeper from New Zealand.

1.Hillary was interested in ________ when he was in high school.

A. mountain-climbing B. bee-keeping

C. money-raising D. story-writing

2.Hillary became well-known because ________.

A. he reached both the South Pole and the North Pole

B. he was the first to reach the top of Mt. Everest

C. he lived in places where no humans had gone

D. he made a lot of money as a beekeeper

3.We can learn from the passage that Hillary is ________.

A. outgoing and fearless

B. talented and honest

C. determined and caring

D. hardworking and careful

"If popular culture has taught us anything, it is that someday mankind must face and destroy the growing harm caused by robots." Author Daniel Wilson's description of How to Survive a Robot Uprising seems like it is straight out of a robot disaster movie. "The problem with cleverly-designed robots is that we become dependent on them," says Wilson.

The classic movie Westworld describes an amusement park where, after a safety error, the robots spend a killing period of time. Yet in reality, statistics show that as technology improves there is a trend towards increased safety. Similarly, public transport systems using computers and machines are believed to be more reliable than those in human control, and a robot-assisted operation is more precise and results in fewer medical problems.

But where does the idea of robots being cruel and harmful come from? "Robots were pop culture figures before they existed," says Wilson. "They were frightening creatures in novels. When robots really started existing, they already had this image(形象) set up not based on reality. That's exactly what happened—a movie monster became real."

Recent reports talked of a robot "attack" on a worker in Sweden. Even if these references to an attack rather than an error are meant in joke, this only makes the problem worse. "We're so interested in the robot-attack storyline that it can influence the way real robot-safety problems are discussed," says one journalist. But with robots becoming increasingly advanced, is it going to come a time when an error could become an unkind and cruel attack?

"Robots are just a bunch of metal," says one engineer. "If you are scared, then you are scared of the people building them." So what do engineers think we should be afraid of? Nanotechnology is the science which involves developing and making extremely small but very powerful machines. Some engineers suggest that with these new developments come "severe dangers" if they are used inappropriately. Its theory goes that "the small size and rapid potential of nano-built weaponry（武器）will make it difficult to control and hard to keep out of the hands of terrorists. "And this is a view shared by some artificial intelligence experts. "With robots...if it makes an error, you can unplug it and shut it down. But if you have lots of nano-built weapons, which are extremely small, there is no way you can do the same thing."

1.In the first paragraph, Daniel Wilson ________.

A. confirms the existence of robots

B. introduces the development of robots

C. states that robots are potentially dangerous

D. suggests that we should be dependent on robots

2.People have come to think of robots as something bad because ________.

A. designers of the first robots spread this idea

B. reality shows they are the same as in the movies

C. movie audience continue to give this impression

D. they were originally described this way in novels

3.The author believes that the report of the robot attack in Sweden ________.

A. is intended as a joke

B. serves as a serious warning

C. presents the technical problem

D. expresses sympathy for the worker

4.What are experts afraid of when considering nanotechnology?

A. Robots could use it inappropriately.

B. It could make robots harder to control.

C. It could be more dangerous than robots.

D. There'll be more terrorist attacks because of it.

Coming from the Bronx, Jennifer Lopez knew from an early age it would be tough to achieve her dream. In an interview in 2002 she remembered, "I had such a will in me. I had such a passion in me. I could overcome my situation. But a lot of people will get beaten down and be held back by that. "Lopez was not beaten down by her situation.1.

Lopez's big breakthrough came in 1996 when she played the main role in the movie Selena.2.Since then, she has had starring roles in several successful movies, including Out of Sight with George Clooney.

3.In 1999,she released（發(fā)行）her first album, On the 6. Two songs from the album, "If You Had My Love" and "Waiting for Tonight," both reached number one on the Billboard music charts. The album sold more than three million copies around the world.

After starring in The Cell(2000), Lopez released her second album, J.Lo, in 2001. The album went straight to the top of the Billboard chart.4.It became the number one movie at the box office. This meant that Lopez was the first entertainer to ever have a number one album and a number one movie at the same time!

5.2001 was also the year Lopez started her own line of clothing, called J.Lo, and she married Cris Judd, a dancer who performed in her videos. The marriage did not last long, and Lopez and Judd divorced nine months later.

In 2002, Lopez starred in the films Enough and Maid in Manhattan, which became Lopez's biggest movie yet, earning $19 million.

A. Lopez quitted her career in acting.

B. Then, Lopez turned her attention toward music.

C. She began to dream of her success in entertainment.

D. But her entertainment career was not the only thing Lopez focused on that year.

E. For this movie, Lopez got paid $1 million and became the highest paid Latin actress of all time.

F. At the same time that her album came out, Lopez's new movie, The Wedding Planner, opened in theaters.

G. She worked hard dancing, singing, and acting in theaters and her hard work paid off with small roles in television and films.

Last night was the last game for my eight-year-old son's soccer team. It was the_______quarter.The score was two to_______, my son's team in the lead. Parents encircled the field, offering_______.

With less than ten seconds_______, the ball rolled in front of my son's_______, one Mikey O'Donnel. With shouts of "_______it!" echoing across the field, Mikey stepped back and _______it everything he had. All round me the crowd _______. O'Donnel had scored!

Then there was_______.Mikey had scored all right, but in the wrong goal, ending the game in________.For a moment there was total hush（寂靜）. You see, Mikey has Down's syndrome (a kind of mental disease) and________him there is no such thing as a wrong goal. All goals were________by a joyous hug from Mikey. He had even been known to hug the ________players when they scored.

The silence was________broken when Mikey, his face filled with joy, grabbed my son, hugged him and________,"I scored! Everybody won! Everybody won!" For a moment I held my breath, not sure how my son would ________. I need not have________. I watched, through tears, ________my son threw up his hand in the classic high-five salute and started chanting, "Way to go Mikey! Way to go Mikey!"Within moments both teams________Mikey, joining in the chant and congratulated him on his goal.

Later that night, when my daughter asked who had won, I________as I replied, "Everybody won."

1.A. first B. mid C. next D. final

2.A. zero B. one C. two D. four

3.A. encouragement B. entertainment C. congratulations D. awards

4.A. leaving B. moving C. remaining D. passing

5.A. coach B. teammate C. leader D. assistant

6.A. Kick B. Drop C. Throw D. Hold

7.A. sent B. handed C. gave D. brought

8.A. erupted B. froze C. laughed D. wandered

9.A. darkness B. silence C. excitement D. noise

10.A. line B. round C. hurry D. tie

11.A. for B. of C. upon D. inside

12.A. accepted B. celebrated C. received D. expected

13.A. disabled B. gifted C. supporting D. opposing

14.A. eventually B. slightly C. permanently D. shortly

15.A. stated B. whispered C. yelled D. explained

16.A. continue B. answer C. react D. defend

17.A. wondered B. worried C. suffered D. doubted

18.A. after B. until C. before D. as

19.A. watched B. seized C. surrounded D. followed

20.A. signed B. sobbed C. counted D. smiled

The first1.(obviously) reason is the money.I am not one of those rich2.(kid)whose parents could give them cars3.birthday presents.My parents4.(work) all their lives and saved every penny to pay my tuition and living expenses.Although they would be willing to give me some pocket money if I5.(ask),I prefer to earn it6. (me).I feel good that I can in a way lighten the burden of my parents.

The second reason is the experience my part-time job provides.Sooner or later,I'll have to enter the job market and sell myself.And if I am to sell myself for a good price,experience will make a difference.7.working,I get to know people,employers as8.(good) as workers.I learn how to deal with the bosses and how to get along9.my fellow workers.All this experience10.(gain) from my part-time job will be valuable to my future.

假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文，請(qǐng)你修改你同桌寫的以下短文。短文中共有10處錯(cuò)誤，每句中最多有兩處。錯(cuò)誤涉及一個(gè)單詞的增加、刪除或修改。

增加：在缺詞處加一個(gè)漏字符號(hào)（∧），并在此符號(hào)下面寫出該加的詞。

刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（＼）劃掉。

修改：在錯(cuò)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(cuò)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(jì)分。

I am one of the few man who work as a nursery school teacher in London. Most of my kids come from families on problems. It's surprised how very young children understand or are aware of things that go wrong in home. This, of course, affects them and sometimes make them very difficult to deal. At such times you have to be very patient with them.

I don't think that women are natural better with children than men are. Anybody who is preparing to understand and help children, and who has the right qualities can look after them and teach them. The qualities are there, in all men and women, but most men don't use them. I think my group of children rather like being with a man for the change, especially since they don't see their fathers very much. So I don't feel I'm doing a ‘woman's job’; in fact, as a man, I feel I can bring something extra to the job.

假設(shè)你是紅星中學(xué)高三（1）班的學(xué)生李華。你校將在寒假期間組織留學(xué)生京劇訓(xùn)練營(yíng)。請(qǐng)給你班的美國(guó)交換生Jim寫封郵件，告訴他相關(guān)信息。郵件的內(nèi)容包括：

1.介紹訓(xùn)練營(yíng)的相關(guān)安排（如時(shí)間、內(nèi)容等）；

2.說明訓(xùn)綜營(yíng)的目的；

3.表達(dá)希望對(duì)方參加的愿望。

注意：詞數(shù)100左右

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"Guinness" is on Tuesday nights on Fox.It is a disgusting show that I regret watching.The producers seem to show the sickest records.There is nothing wrong with the book,and it's an honor to be in it,for the most part.The program,however,doesn't show the record for the person who lifted the most weight.Instead,they show the person who lifted 30 pounds with his ears and tongue,which was truly disgusting.Television can do without a show like this.

"Saturday Night Live" is not the same show that it once was.Now the weekly comedy show struggles to come up with a single funny scene.Despite the good acting and the interesting hosts,the humor is simply not there.As the ratings continue to drop,the show must find a solution to its growing problem of lack of funny material.Until then,it will probably get worse."Saturday Night Live" can be seen on NBC on Saturday nights from 11:30 p.m-1.00 a.m.

"The Wayans Bros.",an exciting comedy starring Shawn and Marion Wayans,airs every Wednesday at 9:00 p.m.In the show,Shawn and Marion play brothers who live together and own a news stand.Shawn,the smooth-talking one of the two,and Marion,the younger brother who is forever acting like a five-year-old,seem to have a conflict every week,but always resolve it with a brotherly hug.

"Gilmore Girls",now in its seventh (and final) season,is an amazing television show that follows the lives of the mother/daughter team of Lorelai and Rory Gilmore.Lorelai got pregnant with Rory at the age of 16 and decided to move out of Hartford,Connecticut,to seek refuge in a small town nearby.She and Rory have a close relationship and share everything.

1.What makes the author regard "Guinness" as disgusting?

A. The time the program is shown. B. The mood the show presents.

C. The record the book contains. D. The way they lift weight.

2.What type of show is "Saturday Night Live" supposed to be?

A. Comedy. B. Tragedy. C. Cartoon. D. Thriller.

3.Which of the following tells stories between different generations?

A. Guinness. B. Saturday Night Live. C. The Wayans Bros. D. Gilmore Girls.

4.Where does the article most probably come from?

A. TV forecast. B. TV review. C. TV advertisement. D. TV news.