【題目】Sometimes we have disagreements with people. When this【1】, the important thing is to try not to let a calm discussion turn into a heated argument. Here【2】my tips for you.

The【3】f thing I would say is that the way you begin the conversation is very important.

Imagine you are a student and you share a flat【4】another student who you think isn't doing her share of the housework. If you say, "Look, you never do your share of the housework.【5】are you going to do about it?", the discussion will very soon turn into an argument. It's much more【6】(有幫助)to say something like, "I think we had【7】b _____ have another look about how we divide up the housework. Maybe there is a better way of dealing with it. "

My second piece of【8】a is simple. If you're the person who is in the wrong, just admit it! This is the easiest and best way to avoid an argument. Just make an【9】(道歉)， and move on. The other person will have more respect for you【10】the future if you do that.

【題目】

Group–buying in China

Modeled after US hot website Groupon.com, group buying websites are now popular in China. These websites use the power of group buying to get competitive discounts （打折）for a daily deal on some best stuff to do, see, eat and buy in the cities across China. Discounts are available within just one click. Zhao lei, a software engineer in Beijing, loves the one-hour lunch break at noon, as it is the best time for him to check “today’s special” at his favorite group buying websites . Sometimes he searches for great deals at directory sites devoted to the new shopping space. Zhao spends around 800 yuan ($117.65) on group buying every month, mostly to buy food coupons （優(yōu)惠劵）for eating at some nice restaurants and occasionally to find something fun to do. ‘‘I love group buying. In addition to the competitive discounts it offers, it helps me get something fun, exciting and new, and such surprises give me a reason to try something new,” he said. When he finds a really good bargain, he will send the link to friends or colleagues through MSN,QQ, or e-mail, or share the information at some social networking websites. In doing so, he often gets a certain cut off the price. At some sites, buyers are invited to leave notes about what they want to buy and the website will consider it if similar applications（申請）reach a certain number. That is how Zuo got her digital camera after waiting for two months. “It is cool. I want to buy a new digital camera for my trip to Switzerland this winter, but I never expected such cheap prices!” Zuo said.

【1】We can learn from the passage that________.

A. China is the first country to start group buying

B. the price of group buying depends on the market

C. you can’t get the best you need through group buying

D. group buying is becoming popular in China

【2】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Zhao Lei has to spend about 800 yuan on group buying per month.

B. Zhao Lei never surfs at other directory sites for group buying.

C. Zhao Lei finds it easy to do group buying.

D. Zhao Lei can’t buy food coupons to eat at a nice restaurant.

【3】What is the passage mainly about?

A. Zhao Lei’s online purchasing life.

B. Group buying

C. The US hot websites

D. A new digital camera

【4】Zhao Lei succeeded in getting a certain cut off the price by__________.

A. bargaining face to face

B. discussing with the sellers

C. providing the link to others

D. inviting others to talk about the price

【題目】Americans plan parties for many reasons. As in other cultures, many Americans attend parties for weddings and religious or national holidays. But some parties are especially American. For example, a group of neighbors may gather on their street to eat food, play music and visit with one another. This is called a block party. A woman might invite a group of women to a party called a baby shower for a friend who is about to give birth. Guests bring presents for the new baby.

Americans also attend tailgate parties. A tailgate is the back end of a truck or other vehicle that opens down. The tailgate parties are a big part of sports culture in the United States. Friends bring food and drink to a sports event. They eat together in the parking area of the sports stadium.

Birthday parties are also very popular. Many parents organize a party for their child around a theme. Birthday parties usually include gifts and a birthday cake with candles. In many parts of the United States, cupcakes have become a popular replacement for cakes.

Birthday parties can be low cost or very costly. Some parents take their children’s birthday parties very seriously, even when the child is too young to fully understand the celebration.

One group of parents started a website called Birthdays Without Pressure. They decided that some parents were under too much social pressure to plan costly parties for their children. The group sees this movement as an example of America’s culture of “too much stuff”. The group’s website gives suggestions on how to keep birthday celebrations simple, meaningful and fun without spending a lot of money. Their advice may be very helpful during this period of economic recession (蕭條)．

【1】What can be the best title for the passage?

A. Reasons for parties

B. Birthdays without pressure

C. American parties

D. Different parties in the world

【2】How many kinds of parties does the passage mention?

A. 5. B. 6. C. 7. D. 8.

【3】Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Block party is especially American.

B. Some parties in America are the same as in other countries.

C. There’s a party for the mother before her new baby is born.

D. Birthday parties are the most popular in America.

【4】The purpose of Birthdays Without Pressure is to advise people to _________.

A. relieve people’s pressure

B. have meaningful birthday parties with low cost

C. make birthday parties meaningful and costly

D. spread America’s culture

【題目】It is said that body language ________ 55 per cent of a first impression while what you say just 7 per cent.

A. lies in B. accounts for

C. consists of D. goes with

【題目】China Today attracts a worldwide readership, ________ shows that more and more people all over the world want to learn about China.

A. who B. whom

C. that D. which

【題目】短文改錯（共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分）

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：在錯的詞下畫一橫線，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僅限一詞；

2．只允許修改10處，多者(從第11處起)不計分。

When I was a child, I hoped to live in the city. I think I would be happy there. Now I am living in a city, but I miss my home in countryside. There the air is clean or the mountains are green. Unfortunately, on the development of industrialization, the environment has been polluted. Lots of studies have been shown that global warming has already become a very seriously problem. The airs we breathe in is getting dirtier and dirtier. Much rare animals are dying out . We must found ways to protect your environment. If we fail to do so ,we’ll live to regret it .

【題目】A： Would you like to go to the concert after supper?

B： I have to look after the twins at home tonight.

A. That’s great.

B. I’m afraid I can’t.

C. Sure, please go ahead.

D. No, thanks.

【題目】—Where is Peter? I can't find him anywhere.

—He went to the library after breakfast and ________ his essay there ever since.

A. wrote B. had written C. has been writing D. is writing

【題目】--- I think you should phone Jenny and _____ her for what you did.

--- No way. It is her fault. I’ll never ______ her for what she has done to my parents.

A. apologize; forgive B. apologize to; forgive

C. forgive; apologize D. apologize to; forgave

【題目】

The next time you watch NBA playoff action on TV, take a close look at the shoes that many players are wearing . Gone, for the most part, are the ankle-hugging high-tops that supposedly ___【1】____ to protect players from injury.

The change over the last few years to low-top sneakers(運動鞋) seems to go against conventional wisdom. Strangely, __【2】___, Steven Nash and Kobe Bryant, two of the most _【3】__

players with the Los Angeles Lakers, aren’t worried.

According to the US market-research firm NPD Group, high-tops once __【4】__ for about 20 percent of the US basketball shoe market. Now, the number has sunk to about 8 percent. Low-tops, the kind that Nash and Bryant wear, have grown to 29 percent, from just 11 percent in 2002.

High-top sneakers are one of the most celebrated __【5】__ in modern basketball. After the 1985 Air Jordans so transformed the market, shoe companies began battling one another. They put air pumps in the tongues of their shoes and made carefully prepared and organized _【6】_.

“All of a sudden it became a _【7】__ business,” Marshal Cohen, an analyst with NPD group, told The Wall Street Journal. The Jordans were excellent. The market went from being nothing to a million-dollar business __【8】___.”

One of the reasons high-tops are not so __【9】_ anymore is that they were never really very good at protecting the feet.

In an article in the British Journal of Sports Medicine in 2008, University of Newcastle researcher Craig Richards found no evidence that sneakers_【10】_ injuries. His research actually found that high-top basketball sneakers could even cause players to run slower and jump lower. Now, the contest has become a war. Companies like Adidas, Nike, Converse and Reebok are all fighting to create the next “Air Jordan,” and with the next market battle.