23. ---________the new housemaid cook some supper for you, Tom?

---No, tell her I’ll eat outside tonight.

     A. Shall             B. Would       C. Will  D．Could

— I phoned you at 7 yesterday evening but nobody answered.

   — Oh, I ________ my dog in the park then.

A. walked                B. was walking       C. had walked      D. would walk

____one more hour, I can do it better.

   A. Given       B. Giving       C. Give        D. Being given 

讀寫任務(wù) (共1小題,滿分25分)

    閱讀下面的短文，然后按照要求寫一篇150詞左右的英語(yǔ)短文。

Everyone has an experience they would rather forget. Some are embarrassing, some are moving, and some teach us a lesson. Here is a story of mine.

     Last Sunday I went fishing. After setting up my fishing rod（釣魚竿） with bait（魚餌）, I sat down on the bank of the lake. But two hours later, I didn’t catch any fish. I got very angry and began to pack up my stuff（收拾東西）, preparing to go back home.

     Just then, I saw an old man sitting near me. To my surprise, his basket was full of fish, so I went over to him, wanting to know why. “Excuse me, but how long have you sat here?” I asked. “About four hours,” he answered. “Four hours?” I couldn’t believe my ears. “Yes. It’s very important to be patient,” the old man said. “ Don’t consider fishing a tiring sport. Just enjoy it.”

Suddenly, I understand what he said. I must learn to be patient. Then I sat there and waited for fish patiently. I felt a fish touch the bait, but I didn’t move and waited for the right moment to reel it in（卷收釣魚線）. At last, I caught it. This made me very happy. In the following six hours, I caught over 10 fish.

    On my way home, I thought what had happened on the bank. I gradually realized that the secret of success was patience.

[寫作內(nèi)容］

1) 以約30個(gè)詞概括短文的要點(diǎn)；

2) 然后以約120個(gè)詞寫一篇記敘文，描寫你認(rèn)識(shí)到耐心的重要性的一次經(jīng)歷，并包括以下要點(diǎn)：

a) 敘述你認(rèn)識(shí)到耐心的重要性的一次真實(shí)或虛構(gòu)的經(jīng)歷；

b)你是如何認(rèn)識(shí)到耐心的重要性的；

c) 耐心對(duì)你的生活、學(xué)習(xí)有什么影響。

［寫作要求］

(1) 可以參照閱讀材料的篇章結(jié)構(gòu)，組織故事，但不得直接引用原文中的句子；

(2) 標(biāo)題自定。

       matters most in learning English is enough practice.

   A. What      B. Why      C. Where       D. Which

He sat _______ notes of everything ________ was said.

     A. taken; that    B. taking; what    C. taking; that    D. taken; what

When they came in, the family were at _____ table.

A. a B. the      C. that     D. /

I earn 10 dollars _____ hour as _____ supermarket cashier on Sundays.

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

第二部分閱讀理解(共25小題。第一節(jié)每小題2分，第二節(jié)每小題l分；滿分45分)

    第一節(jié)閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)(A、B、C和D)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，

并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

A

  Has your child been living at home since graduating from college? By one astonishing

estimate(估計(jì))，as many as 80％ of 2009 grads，usually jobless，are back at home．

  You may complain a lot if so．“ The trick is finding a balance between your new

relationship and guiding your child toward independence．”says Elina Furman，author of Boomerang Nation．“Parents have to understand they can’t hesitate(猶豫)，because that will make young adults feel unable to live on their own．” So you should sit down together and set certain rules：

  Whether it’s $50 and some housework or simply$300 a month, your child should

contribute to the household．But don’t run off on vacation with that money．This could be an opportunity to teach the importance of saving for retirement or life goals．Furman advises investing(投資)your kid’s rent so he Can use it for, say, his first apartment．

    Too many young adults think that if they Can’t find a job inⅡ1eir chosen career, they don’t have to be working．Not true．While your child looks for that dream job，he should earn small wages in fields such as food service or child care．You shouldn’t have to monitor her job hunt，but if she isn’t getting anywhere，it’s time to

step in．Talk about career moves she may be missin9．Consider meeting with a career counselor(職業(yè)規(guī)劃顧問(wèn))to help get your child on the right course．

  Set a cutoff time，because it’s easy to keep pushing off moving out．Fixing a date will encourage your child to find a job．And you’11 feel a sense of comfort knowing that your child won’t live at home forever．

  “The more specific you get now, the less likely that conflict will break out later,” Furman says．

41．What does the passage mainly talk about?

  A．What to do to make yore-kids out of home．

  B．What to do when college grads move back home．

  C. How to help your children on their career path．

  D．How to get along well with your kids．

42.If your child stays too long home after graduation from college，you should

A．set a time limit for him to move out    B．buy him a small apartment

C. teach him how to save for retirement    D．keep him off small—wage fields

43．What does “they” in the second paragraph refer to?

    A．Children．    B．Parents．    C．Adults．   D．Companies．

44．What should the rent from your child be used for?

  A．You can spend it on holiday．    B．You can pay the career counselor．

  C．You Can keep it for child care．  D．You Can invest it for the kid’s housing

第三部分    第二節(jié)（共5小題；每小題2分，滿分10分）

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。

There is an English saying: “l(fā)aughter is the best medicine.” Until recently, few people took the saying seriously.     71  __ They have found that laughter really can improve people’s health.

Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body. People watched funny films while doctors checked their heart rate, blood pressure, breathing and muscles.     72   

   73     In one experiment doctors produced pain in groups of students who listened to different radio programs.       74      The reason why laughter can reduce pain seems to be that it helps to produce a kind of natural chemical in the brain which diminishes both stress and pain.

As a result of these discoveries, some doctors in the United States now hold laughter clinics.    ___75     Also they have found that even if their patients do not really feel like laughing, making them smile is enough to produce beneficial effects similar to those caused by laughter.

A.The group that tolerated pain for the longest time was the one that listened to a funny program.

B.It was found that laughter has similar effects to physical exercise.

C.Laughter is reported to be a good medicine to the patient.

D.They help to improve their patients’ condition by encouraging them to laugh.

E.Now however, doctors have begun to investigate laughter and the effects it has on the human body.

F.Other tests have shown that laughter appears to be able to reduce the effects of pain on the body.

G.The more you laugh, the healthier you are.