－Why not have a meeting to discuss about it?

    －_______

       A．It’s hard to answer   B．I don’t know, either

       C．Because we have no time left  D．That sounds fine to me

Do you think everything _______was true?

   A. what he said      B.he said        C. which he said        D. as he said

---- Can I have a talk with you at about 5 this afternoon, Mr Smith? 

    ----- All right，I ____ to my office from a conference then. I will be waiting

 for you there.

     A. have come back          B. will come back

     C. will have come back       D. will be coming back

第II卷 (共 50 分)

詞匯：第一節(jié)：默寫。（共30個空格，每空格0.5分，滿分15分）

I am going to tell you an ________ story. This afternoon a ________ ________ gentleman came into my restaurant. Nobody knew who he was and where he came from.   ... When he was asked to pay the bill, the gentleman asked whether we would mind waiting just a few minutes... ________, we could not change the bank note as it was too large. So I gave this strange but very rich man a free dinner, ________ _________ ________ that he might come to my restaurant again.

What it was to become was ________ until between 4.5 and 3.8 billion years ago when the dust ________ ________ ________ ________ ________. The earth became so ________ that it was not clear whether the shape would last or not. It ________ loudly with fire and rock.

“Skiing in the Rocky Mountains and _________ _________ _________ __________ make Vancouver one of the most popular cities to live in. Its population is __________ _________. …. It is so wet there that the trees are ________ tall, some ________ over 90 metres.”

The tunnel would be ________ if tall chimneys were built above sea level… If, at that time, the British ________ not ________ ________, it would ________ ________ ________.

________ breaks the law should be punished.

       A. No matter who                 B. Anyone

    C. A man who                    D. One

As I was reading a recent story in Slate on 20-somethings complaining about how the economy was ruining their life plans, I couldn’t help but think the 20-somethings sounded like a bunch of spoiled children who grew up expecting everything to be easy for them. As a 20-something myself, I certainly share their disappointment: my husband and I probably won’t be able to buy a house until we’re in our 40s, and we too are burdened by student loans(貸款). But why should it be any different? Being young persons in America, shouldn’t they take up all of the challenges and opportunities that this country offers?

Consider some of these views shared in the Slate story: Jennifer, 29, owner of a two-bedroom apartment with her husband, worries that she won’t be able to have children for at least a decade because they can’t afford to buy a house yet.

I read that, and I thought, what planet is she living on where you need to own a house in order to have kids? Has she ever visited a developing country? Home ownership is a luxury(奢華), not a fertility requirement.

A 26-year-old in the story despairs(絕望) that he can’t afford to get a Ph.D. in literature. Well, that sounds a bit like expressing disappointment that no one will pay you to write poetry on the beach in Thailand for five years.

Yes, it’s sad that these young people feel so lost. But I think the problem is their extremely high expectations, not economic reality. Beth Kobliner, author of Get a Financial Life: Personal Finance in Your Twenties and Thirties, says that she thinks people’s expectations are slowly adjusting, but today’s 20-somethings grew up at a time when everyone’s wealth appeared to be expanding.

It seems a lot better for our mental health to focus on being grateful－for our one-bedroom apartments, for living in modern cities, or perhaps just for being able to eat three meals a day－than on longing for some kind of luxury life.

1．What makes the author think the 20-somethings sound like a bunch of spoiled children?

       A．They expect everything to be easy for them.

       B．They complain that the economy is spoiling their life plans.

       C．They are reluctant（不情愿的） to face all of the challenges.

       D．They are burdened by student loans.

2．The underlined word “fertility” in Paragraph 3 probably means        .

       A．baby production         B．pleasant       

       C．baby comfort                 D．essential

3．Which of the following is NOT one of the complaints of the 20-somethings?

       A．They can’t have children for at least a decade to buy a house.

       B．They have only one-bedroom apartment to live in.

       C．They can’t buy a house until 40 because of student loans.

       D．They despair at not being able to afford a Ph.D. in literature.

4．What is the author’s purpose of writing this passage?

       A．To tell us what the author’s attitude towards the 20 – somethings.

       B．To explain why young people can’t afford to buy a house.

       C．To suggest what we should do when young people’s high hopes create despair.

       D．To explain what the 20 – something’s high expectations are.

第二節(jié)  書面表達(dá)(滿分25分)

假設(shè)你叫李華，你的英國筆友Jane給你寫了一封信，訴說她的煩惱。請根據(jù)信的內(nèi)容寫封回信，內(nèi)容包括：

1．對信中提及的問題表示理解；

2．鼓勵Jane以積極的態(tài)度面對生活中遇到的困難。

注意：   

1．詞數(shù)100左右；

2．可以適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)，以使行文連貫；

3．信的開頭和結(jié)尾己給出，不計入總詞數(shù)。

Dear Li Hua,

I'm very worried. In school, I am not popular at all. I don't know why. Perhaps this is because I am too shy. I want to change myself to be open and sunny, but I never accomplish this. I always feel lonely at school. I am sort of thinking I had better leave school. Can you help me? Can you tell me what to do?

                                                                       Yours,

                                                                        Jane

Dear Jane,

Thank you for your trust.

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Meanwhile, if you get lonely, write a letter to me. I'm always here for you.

Best wishes.

                                                                  Yours,

                                                                  Li Hua

"Better city, Better life", theme of Shanghai Expo 2010, fully ________ the significance and the universal values of modem spirits — Harmony, Progress and Dream.

   A. reflects           B. announces        C. creates           D. permits

 Look! A crowd of people over there. Go and see what ________ and if it is a bargain, take it.

   A. was selling         B. was being sold     C. is selling          D. is being sold

The teacher told the students ________ so much noise.

       A. not make                  B. not making               C. not to make                     D. don’t make