假定你叫李紅，準(zhǔn)備寫信給學(xué)英語(yǔ)報(bào)社編輯，反映你最近生活中所遇到的煩惱，120字左右，信的格式已給出。

要點(diǎn)如下：

最近遇到一些問(wèn)題，不知好聽何做，希望得到幫助。

你這兒年一直是校隊(duì)很棒的籃球運(yùn)動(dòng)員，教練認(rèn)為你將來(lái)有望成為球星。

你父母認(rèn)為你學(xué)習(xí)一般，應(yīng)該在學(xué)習(xí)上多花時(shí)間提高成績(jī)，這樣能上好大學(xué)。

訓(xùn)練或比賽占據(jù)了你太多時(shí)間，所以沒(méi)更多時(shí)間用來(lái)學(xué)習(xí)他們很生氣，不允許你參加訓(xùn)練或比賽。

你自己的觀念：十分喜歡打球，希望多得到鍛煉，成為超級(jí)明星。

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我發(fā)現(xiàn)家庭作業(yè)沒(méi)有我以前的學(xué)校里那么繁重，但是開始時(shí)對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)有一點(diǎn)挑戰(zhàn)性，因?yàn)樗�有的作業(yè)都要用英語(yǔ)做。

I found the homework was not as heavy as          I used to get in my old school, but it was a bit           for me at first because all the homework was in English.

ENJOY TEN DAYS AND NIGHTS ON HAWAII’S BEAUTIFUL BEACHES IN CLUB VACATION’S LUXURY HOTEL!

CLUB VACATION will give you four free lessons in your favorite water sport: windsurfing, water skiing, or sailing. We also invite you to exercise in our health club and swim in our pool.

That’s not all you get with CLUB VACATION! Our large, luxurious bus will take you for sightseeing. And we’ll take you on a boat trip to   beautiful Kauai Island for a real Hawaiian luau.

In addition, CLUB VACATION has three restaurants, a post office, and two souvenir shops for its guests.

You’ll have a wonderful time at CLUB VACATION! (All meals and transportation are included.)For more information, call your nearest travel agent.

If you want a quiet, inexpensive vacation, the ISLAND TOUR is for you. For ten days, you can relax in Hawaii’s natural beauty.

● Enjoy beautiful scenery. Take a boat up the Huleia River.

● Climb a mountain in the Hawaiian Volcanoes National Park.

● Hike through the forest in beautiful Waimea Canyon.

● Relax on Hawaii’s famous beaches and swim in the blue water of the Pacific Ocean.

With the ISLAND TOUR, you will stay at inexpensive hotels near the volcano beach. Breakfast and lunch are included in the price. Inexpensive transportation to all islands is available.

72. What are these two advertisements mainly about?

A. Plans for visiting Hawaii.                                       B. Tours in Hawaii.

C. The beauty of nature.                                            D. Information about hotel services.

73. You can do ______ with CLUB VACATION.

A. snow skiing                                                         B. hiking

C. water skiing                                                         D. mountain climbing    

74. What can you enjoy with the ISLAND TOUR？

   A. Natural beauty.  B. Wonderful meals.   C. Sporting activities.  D. Modern dance.

75. We can learn from the advertisements that _______.

A. you will have to pay for transportation with CLUB VACATION.

B. you will have to pay for dinner with the ISLAND TOUR.

C. you can take free hiking lessons with CLUB VACATION.

D. you can enjoy swimming in the Huleia River with the ISLAND TOUR.       

At first all films were in black and white, but in 1932 the first color film was made. This proved as unpopular as talking films had done in the late 1920’s. It was not until 1938 that a full length color film was made, and the success of this film made producers everywhere change from black and white to color. This first full-length color film was translated into ten different languages and made Hollywood the main center of film industry.

In the early days of the cinema, other countries had also film industries. Very good films were made in Sweden, Britain, Russia and France. However, because Hollywood had so much money to spend, it kept its position as the world’s most important film center. Film actors went to America because they knew they could get a lot of money for every film they made. In 1918 Charlie Chaplin received $5 each day.

However, life was not always easy for the film actors. Newspapermen followed them everywhere, and after Charlie Chapine married for the fourth time he became so unpopular with the American public that he had to leave the country and live in Europe.

68. Which of the following is correct?

   A. People liked the color film as soon as it was made.

   B. At first talking films were not popular.

   C. Color films were at first silence.

   D. Talking films were all color films.

69. The first full-length color film was made ___________

   A. in Holleywood    B. in Sweden  C. by Charlie Chapine    D. in Britain

70. Many film actors went to America because ___________

   A. America was the only country that made good films.

   B. no other countries had film industries

   C. they could make a lot of money there

   D. they wanted to become famous actors

71. Life was sometimes difficult for him actors because ______________

   A. films often cost huge amount of money to make

   B. they had to leave their countries

   C. sometimes films lose money

   D. they could not get away from newspapermen

At sixteen Ron Mackie might have stayed at school, but the future called to him excitedly. Get out the classroom into a job.” it said, and Ron obeyed .His father ,supporting the decision, found a place for him in a supermarket. “You are lucky, Ron”, he said. “For every boy with a job these days, there’s a dozen without.” So Ron joined the working world at twenty pounds a week.

For a year he spent his days filling shelves with tins of food. By the end of that time he was looking back on his schooldays as a time of treat variety and satisfaction. He searched for an interest in his work, with little success.

One fine day instead of going to work Ron got a lift on a lorry going south. With nine pounds in his pocket, a full heart and a great longing for the sea, he set out to make a better way for himself. That evening, in Bournemouth, he had sandwich and a drink in a café run by an eldly man and his wife. Before he had finished the sandwich, the woman had taken him on for the rest of the summer, at twenty pounds a week, a room upstairs and three meals a day. The ease and speed of it rather took Ron’s breath away. At quiet times Ron had to check the old man’s arithmetic in the records of the business.

At the end of the season, he stayed on the coast. He was again surprised how straightforward it was for a baby of seventeen to make a living. He worked in shops mostly, but once he took a job in hotel for three weeks. Late in October he was taken on by the sick manager of a shoe shop. Ron soon found himself in charge there; he was the only one who could keep the books.

64. What did Ron’s father think about his leaving school?

   A. He thought his son was doing the right thing.

   B. He advised him to stay at school to complete his education.

   C. He did not like the idea, but he helped Ron to find work.

   D. He knew there was a job for every boy who wanted one.

65. It took about a year for Ron to realize that

   A. he worked well because he was interested in the job.

   B. his work at the supermarket was dull.

   C. being at work was much better than going to school.

   D. the store manager wanted to get rid of him

66. Why did Ron leave the supermarket?

   A. He knew he would find work in Bournemouth.

   B. He took a job as a lorry driver

   C. He gave up the job because he felt unwell.

   D. He wanted to work at the seaside.

67. Ron was able to take over the shoe shop because

   A. he got on well with manager there

   B. he knew how to keep the account of the business

   C. he had had experienced of selling books

   D. he was young and strong

Art exhibition: The 16^th Asian International Art exhibition from Dec.18,2005 to Jan.10,2006 at the Guangdong Museum of Art.

The exhibition will highlight over 300 works from Japan, Korea, China Mainland, China Hong Kong, China Macau, Malaysia, Singapore, The Philippine, Indonesia and Australia.

RMB70,90,100

Booking Tel:88677766

Concert: Christmas Concert performed by German organist Thorsten Macder and the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Yu Feng.

RMB80,120,180,230

8pm on Dec2

Symphony performed Hall. Guangdong Xinghal Concert Hall

Booking Tel:87352222

Thailand cuisine festival: In the Greenery café’ at Garden Hotel from Dec.20,2005 to Feb.20.2006

Booking Tel:87675443

Performance: At Sun Yatsen Memorial Hall; 8pm on Dec 6,7,9

RMB100,160,200,260

Tel:89785656

60. The group of the advertisements are mainly about __________ in Guangzhou Morning Post.

   A. sports   B. business trade    C. country life    D. city guide

61. If you want to go to the concert with your two friends, you will at least carry __________ yuan  with you.

   A. 240          B.160       C.80      D.   190

62.The countries in the 16^th Asian International Art Exhibition are all in Asia except ___________

   A. Korea       B. China Macau    C. Indonesia      D.  Australia

63. If you  want to enjoy yourself on Dec.7,you will probably dial the telephone number _______

   A. 89785656    B. 87675443    C. 87352222    D. 888677766

When many people are worried that there are no more heroes in the modern society ,two university students who lost their lives to rescue drowning(溺水的)children have shown that heroes still exist.

According to the Inner Mongolia Morning Post, the tragedy occurred on the afternoon of December 14,2002 when three school students skating on a frozen lake in Qingcheng Park in Hohhot fell through the ice into the freezing water.

More than 20 university students who happen to be near the spot immediately went to the rescue of the children,

Two children were quickly rescued, but the third died. The child’s body was not found for three hours. Two of the rescuers, Liu Ye and Hao Longbiao ,also died of cold and exhaustion(筋疲力盡).

The body of Hao who took the lead in jumping into the lake was not found until the next day.

A student who was unwilling to tell his name said he and his classmates from the local college were taking photos at the lake. When they heard the children’s cries for help,, they went to the ice hole hand in hand to rescue the children. But the ice kept breaking, causing most of then to fall into the icy water,Local resident held mourning ceremonies( 祭奠儀式     )at the lake.

Eight of the students were seriously affected by the freezing water and were being kept in hospital for further observation, but their lives were no longer in danger.

56. The underlined word “occurred” here means

   A. employed     B. mixed      C. guided       D .happened

57 When the three school students fell into water, the university students were

A skating on the ice                B taking photos at the lake

C having a picnic                    D walking along the lake

58 Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A Three students died on the same day in all.

B Hao Longbiao’s body was found on December 14,2002.

C The university students didn’t think it dangerous to save the drowning children in the lake.

D Local residents were not brave in face of danger.

59 It can be inferred that

A people think little of the two university students’ death

B the ice on the lake wasn’t strong enough to skate on

C some students regrets for what they had done

D heroes don’t agree with the steps of modern times

On April 5,1971,the government of China asked the government of the United States this question “Would the U.S. Table Tennis Team like to  36   a week playing ping-pong games in China?” The  37    was yes! For 20 years, Americans had not been allowed to  38   the land of China.

The 15 members of the U.S. ping-pong team didn’t know much about the country they   39   to visit. They had little   40   about the land or the people of China.  41   they found it different from what they   42    ! They had thought the people of China would be    43    and unfriendly. Instead, there were friendly Chinese everywhere waving and     44     .

Never before had a sport becomes such a powerful instrument(工具)of   45   and friendship between two  46   ! The United States and China had been completely out of   47   with each other for many years. The visit of the American ping-pong team to China   48    new efforts at communication   49     the two countries.

The Chinese have   50   been the would table tennis champions(冠軍), and they   51    most or the games. But who won the ping-pong competition was not as   52    as the new friends that were   53    “Winning doesn’t    54    ,” one of the Chinese players said, “ but    55    does.”

------ What about putting some pictures into the report?

-------________ A picture is worth a thousand words.

A. Why not?       B. No way!            C. All right?            D. No matter.