I had reached a point in my career _____ I needed to decide which way to go．

       A．why        B．which     C．when      D．where

 _____, about forty people travel in one bus, while the same number occupy thirty-three cars.

  A. On average   B. According to   C. In average   D. Instead

 I’d like to Live somewhere ______ the sun shines all year long.

A．which       B．that   C．where       D．in which

The speaker always talked about difficult things. His ideas hardly _____ to the audience.

   A. got over         B. got through   C. got across          D. got down

The World Health Organization raised the pandemic(流行病) flu alert(警戒) to six, the highest level, which means that the H1N1 swine flu is spreading world-wide.

The WHO will ask all countries, including the countries that haven’t yet reported any cases, to make plans to control this disease.

 “It was reported that about 35,000 people infected with the H1N1 virus in 74 counties,” Margaret Chan, an officer of the WHO, said on Thursday. “Further spread of the disease is possible,” Ms Chan said. So far, WHO doesn’t expect a sudden jump in the number of serious or dead cases reported.

  In Australia, the number of people who got the flu became more than three times as many as before in the past week, reaching 1,263 on Thursday, when three new ones were reported in this country. It recorded its first case of the disease on May 9. “Australia tells us not because of the number of cases, but because of the strong facts of community transmission(群體性傳播),” said the spokesman for the World Health Organization. He said the WHO is also watching on similar evidence in the UK, Spain, Japan and Chile.

  In Hong Kong, the government on Thursday ordered the nurseries, kindergartens and primary schools to close for two weeks after a dozen students at one school tested positive for swine flu. Elsewhere in Asia, health officials in Thailand found 30 new H1N1 cases, raising the total there to 46.

54. How many levels does WHO use to warn people against the pandemic flu?

A. Five.                       B. Six.                         C. Seven.                            D. Eight.

55. WHO raised the pandemic flu alert to the highest level because       .

A. all countries in the world have reported dead cases                         

B. there is a sudden jump in the number of cases reported

C. there is no medicine to cure this flu 

D. it is spreading in the world                 

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

   A. The number of people who got the flu has dropped slightly in the past week in Australia.

B. The WHO ask the countries that have reported cases to make plans to control the disease.

C. The number of people who got the flu reached more than 1,000 in Australia on Thursday.

D. The Hong Kong government ordered all schools to close for two weeks on Thursday.

57. This passage mainly tells us something about        .

   A. WHO’s raising the pandemic flu alert

B. how to prevent this kind of flu         

  C. people who got the pandemic flu

D. the ways to avoid the serious pandemic flu

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About 1,000 students were having a final exam in a huge hall. Obviously the teacher wasn’t very well liked, who kept yelling out how much time was left.

During the exam he was so  36     going around the room making sure that nobody __37    . He asked the students to pile the   38     tests on the huge desk. This made for quite a mess.

Anyway, everyone needed a fairy good   39     . Many students did poorly when rushed.

One of the students   40     that he must get a good grade, so he went on    41    the professor said “ pencils down and __42__  your exam papers.”

Five minutes turned into ten, ten into twenty, twenty into forty , ___43    an hour after the test was over, our friend finally put down his pencil , _44    up his work, and headed to the front to present his final. The whole time, the professor sat there, __45__ waiting for the student to complete.

“What do you think you are doing?” It was clear that the professor had   46__ only to give the student a   47   time.

“ Turning in my exam,” replied the student confidently.

“ I’m afraid I have some bad     48   for you,” the professor said“ Your   49 is an hour late. You’ve    50   it.”

The student smiled slyly (狡詐地)  51_ asked the professor, “ Do you know who I am ?”

“ No,” cried out the professor __52_ _.

The student   53   the professor right in the eyes and said slowly, “ I didn’t think so,”  54    he lifted up one of the piles half way, put his test neatly into the center of the pile, let the pile fall   55   his test in the middle, turned around, and walked out of the huge hall.

36. A. kind       B. busy      C. strict          D. serious

37. A. cheated    B. failed      C. hated         D. passed

38. A. written    B. answer     C. unfinished     D. completed

39. A. teacher    B. friend      C. grade         D. paper

40. A. said       B. thought     C. insisted       D. demanded

41. A. when      B. while       C. once          D. as soon as

42. A. get in      B. check up    C. hand in        D. end up

43. A. hardly      B. especially   C. unfortunately   D. almost

44. A. gathered    B. brought     C. sent          D. made

45. A. strangely    B. patiently    C. surprisingly    D. curiously

46. A. hoped      B. decided     C. waited        D. worked

47. A. easy        B. hard       C. lively         D. good

48. A. information  B. result      C. advice         D. news

49. A. exam       B. time       C. arrival         D. turn

50. A. gained      B. failed      C. destroyed      D. mastered

51. A. and         B. but       C. so             D. however

52. A. cruelly      B. calmly     C. angrily         D. firmly

53. A. fixed        B. hit        C. blamed        D. looked

54. A. before       B. after       C. since         D. as

55. A. changing     B. burying     C. improving     D. sticking

I was in a rush as always, but this time it was for an important date I just couldn’t be late for! I found myself at a checkout counter behind an elderly woman seemingly in no hurry as she paid for her groceries. A PhD student with not a lot of money, I had hurried into the store to pick up some flowers. I was in a huge rush, thinking of my upcoming evening. I did not want to be late for this date.

We were in Boston, a place not always known for small conversation between strangers. The woman stopped unloading her basket and looked up at me. She smiled. It was a nice smile—warm and reassuring—and I returned her gift by smiling back.

“Must be a special lady, whoever it is that will be getting those beautiful flowers,” she said.

“Yes, she’s special,” I said, and then to my embarrassment, the words kept coming out. “It’s only our second date, but somehow I am just having the feeling she’s ‘the one’.” Jokingly, I added, “The only problem is that I can’t figure out why she’d want to date a guy like me.”

“Well, I think she’s very lucky to have a boyfriend who brings her such lovely flowers and who is obviously in love with her,” the woman said. “My husband used to bring me flowers every week—even when times were tough and we didn’t have much money. Those were incredible days; he was very romantic and –of course—I miss him since he’s passed away.”

I paid for my flowers as she was gathering up her groceries. There was no doubt in my mind as I walked up to her. I touched her on the shoulder and said, “You were right, you know. These flowers are indeed for a special lady.” I handed her the flowers and thanked her for such a nice conversation.

It took her a moment to realize that I was giving her the flowers I had just bought. “Have a wonderful evening,” I said. I left her with a big smile and my heart warmed as I saw her smelling the beautiful flowers.

I remember being slightly late for my date that night and telling my girlfriend the story. A couple of years later, when I finally worked up the courage to ask her to marry me, she told me that this story had helped to seal it for her—that was the night that I won her heart.

61. Why was the writer in a hurry that day?

A. He was to meet his girlfriend.            B. He had to go back to school soon.

C. He was delayed by an elderly lady.        D. He had to pick up some groceries.

62. What does the underlined phrase “her gift” (Paragraph 2) refer to?

A. Her words.           B. Her smile.        C. Her flowers.       D. Her politeness.

63. Why did the writer give his flowers to the elderly lady?

A. She told him a nice story.             B. She allowed him to pay first.

C. She gave him encouragement.         D. She liked flowers very much.

64. Which of the following is Not True?

   A. Strangers in Boston seldom have small conversations.

   B. The girlfriend was very angry because the writer was late.

   C. The old lady’s husband has passed away.

   D. The writer and his girlfriend got married at last.

65. What is the message conveyed in the story?

A. Flowers are important for a date.             

B. Small talk is helpful.

C. Love and kindness are rewarding (有回報(bào)的).      

D. Elderly people deserve respecting.

A peer is a person who is about the same age as you. Peers affect your life, whether you know it or not, just by spending time with you. 

Peers can have a good effect on one another. Maybe another student in your science class taught you an easy way to remember the planets in solar system. Maybe you got others excited about your new favorite book and now everyone’s reading it. 

However, sometimes peers affect one another in another way. For example, one kid in school might try to get another to cut class with him, your soccer friend might try to persuade you to be mean to another player and never pass her the ball, or a kid in the neighborhood might want you to shoplift with him. Some kids give in to peer pressure because they want to be liked, to fit in, or because they worry that other kids may make fun of them if they don’t go along with the group. Others may go along because they are curious to try something new that others are doing. The idea that “everyone’s doing it” may influence some kids to leave their better judgments or their common senses behind. 

Peer pressure can be extremely strong and hard to get rid of. Experiments have shown how peer pressure can influence someone to change her/ his mind from what she/ he knows for sure is a correct answer to the incorrect answer－just because everyone else gives the incorrect answer! That holds true for people of any age in peer pressure situations. 

It can be hard to walk away from peer pressure, but it can be done. Paying attention to your own feelings and beliefs about what is right and wrong can help you know the right thing to do. Inner strength and self-confidence can help you stand firm, walk away and resist doing something when you know better.

68. What is the best title for this passage? 

A. Peers have a good effect   B. Children give in to peer pressure

C. Peer pressure is hard to resist    D. Peer pressure

69. The underlined word “shoplift” in Paragraph 3 probably means “________”.

A. do some shopping     B. carry goods for shops 

C. steal in shops            D. take the lift upstairs in shops

70. The writer will NOT agree that ________.

A. only children change their correct answers to incorrect ones because of peer pressure

B. peers have an effect on one another

C. peer pressure can be got rid of

D. peers will believe in themselves if there are other peers who agree with them

71. By writing the passage the writer intends to ________.

A. tell people to follow other’s opinions

B. warn people to stay away from their peers

C. tell it is hard to walk away from pressure

D. persuade people to do the right thing regardless of peer pressure

第二節(jié)  書面表達(dá)（滿分25分）

    假如你是李明，請(qǐng)你給你的網(wǎng)友孫海發(fā)一封電子郵件，告訴他你在老師的幫助下學(xué)習(xí)英語的一些變化和取得的進(jìn)步

過去：1. 認(rèn)為學(xué)英語就是學(xué)習(xí)語法規(guī)則和背單詞；

2. 不喜歡說英語；

3. 不愿意和同學(xué)練習(xí)對(duì)話。

現(xiàn)在：1. 經(jīng)常上網(wǎng)閱讀一些新的英語文章或找一些英語資料；

 2. 喜歡和同學(xué)用英語交流；

3. 對(duì)英語越學(xué)越感興趣并取得了很大的進(jìn)步。

注意：詞數(shù)100左右。開頭已給出，不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)。

Dear Sun Hai,

Hello！I'm glad to send you an e-mail to tell you that I'm getting more and more interest in English.                                                             

_____ we move the picture over there? Do you think it’ll look better?

   A. Until                B. What about       C. As long as              D. What if