_____no point in beating around the bush．Let’s ________．

A．It’s ; come straight to the point                 B．There’s; come to the point

C．This is; get to the point                               D．That is; reach the point

The newcomers found if impossible to _______themselves to the climate sufficiently to make permanent homes in the new country．

A．suit        B．adapt           C．fit           D．match

— Why not have a new machine designed?

—__________．I’ll have someone do it soon．

A．I don’t think so                                          B．I’m not sure

C．It’s up to you                                        D．Sounds like a good idea

It was a bitter, cold evening in northern Virginia many years ago．The old man was waiting for a ride across the   1  ．The wait seemed   2 ．

At last he heard the slight, steady rhythm of approaching hooves （馬蹄） coming along the frozen path．Anxiously, he   3   as several horsemen came around the bend （轉角處）．He let the first one   4  ．Then another, and another．Finally, as the   5   rider neared the spot where the old man sat like a snow statue, the old man   6   the rider’s eye and said, “Sir, would you mind giving an old man a ride to the other side? There doesn’t appear to be a passage way by  7  ．”

The rider replied, “Sure．” Seeing the old man was unable to  8   his half-frozen body from the ground, the horseman got down and helped the old man onto the horse．The horseman took the old man not just across the river, but to his destination．

As they neared the tiny but cozy （舒適的） cottage, the horseman’s   9  caused him to ask, “Sir, I notice that you let several other riders go by without making a（n）   10   to get a ride．Then I came up and you  11   asked me for a ride．I’m curious why, on such a bitter winter night, you would wait and ask the last rider．12   I had refused and left you there?”

The old man replied, “I’ve been  13   here for some time．I think I know people pretty good．” He continued, “I looked into the eyes of the other riders and immediately saw there was no   14  for my situation．But when I looked into your eyes,  15   was evident．I knew,   16  , that your gentle spirit would   17   the opportunity to give me help in my time of   18  ．”

Those heartwarming comments  19   the horseman deeply．

 “I’m most grateful for what you have said,” he told the old man．“May I never get too busy in my own affairs that I   20   to respond to the needs of others with kindness and compassion．”

With that, Thomas Jefferson turned his horse around and made his way back to the White House．

1．A．town                    B．river                    C．country               D．island

2．A．meaningless           B．useless                C．careless               D．endless

3．A．watched                B．asked            C．waved                 D．approached

4．A．come over             B．get off                 C．pass by               D．take off

5．A．coming                 B．leaving                C．next                    D．last

6．A．missed                  B．caught                 C．avoided               D．saw

7．A．bus                       B．car                      C．foot                    D．horse

8．A．feel                      B．push                   C．lift                      D．stand

9．A．honesty                 B．courage               C．enthusiasm          D．curiosity

10．A．choice                 B．stop                    C．effort                  D．scene

11．A．immediately         B．hurriedly              C．friendly               D．strangely

12．A．What about          B．What if                C．How come          D．If only

13．A．in                       B．out                      C．around                D．beyond

14．A．concern              B．doubt                  C．chance                D．reason

15．A．meaning              B．kindness              C．seriousness          D．help

16．A．then and there      B．for a moment     C．all of a sudden     D．sooner or later

17．A．offer                   B．create                  C．find                    D．welcome

18．A．need                   B．danger                 C．fortune                D．happiness

19．A．influenced           B．excited                C．touched               D．hit

20．A．happen                B．try                      C．disagree              D．fail

Some time ago, I discovered that one of my chairs had a broken leg．I didn’t think there would be any difficulty in getting it mended, as there are a lot of antique （古董）shops near my home．So I left my home one morning carrying the chair with me．I went into the first shop expecting a friendly reception （接待）．I was quite wrong．The man wouldn’t even look at my chair．

The second shop, though slightly more polite, was just the same, and the third and the fourth．So I decided that my approach must be wrong．

I entered the fifth shop with a plan in my mind．I placed the chair on the floor and said to the shopkeeper, "Would you like to buy a chair?" He looked at it over carefully and said, "Yes, not a bad chair．How much do you want for it?" "Twenty pounds．" I said．"OK," he said, "I will give you twenty pounds．" "It’s got a slightly broken leg," I said．"Yes, I saw that, it is nothing．"the shopkeeper answered．

Everything was going according to my plan and I was getting excited．"What will you do with it?" I asked．"It will be easy to sell once the repair is done．" "I will buy it．" I said．"What do you mean? You just sold it to me．" "Yes, I know, but I have just changed my mind, I am sorry．I will give you twenty - seven pounds for it．" "You must be crazy．" he said．Suddenly the penny dropped．"I know what you want．You want me to repair your chair．" " You are right," I said, "What would you have done if I had walked in and asked you to mend the chair?" "I would not have agreed to do that．We don’t do repairs, not enough money in it, and too much trouble．But! will mend this for you．Will you pay it for five? "．He was a very nice person and was greatly amused （感到有趣）by the whole thing．

1．We can learn from the passage that in the first shop the writer________．

       A．was rather impolite

       B．was warmly received

       C．asked the shopkeeper to buy his chair

       D．asked the shopkeeper to repair his chair．

2．The expression" the penny dropped" in the last paragraph means the shopkeeper_________．

     A．changed his mind                           B．accepted the offer

     C．saw the writer’s purpose                    D．decided to help the writer

3．How much did the writer pay for the repair?

     A．5．             B．7．                  C．20．                 D．27．

4．From the text, we can learn that the writer was___________．

     A．honest         B．careful             C．smart              D．funny

It’s a goal for millions and millions of families every year——keep the Christmas spending within a certain amount, but can still afford the gifts that your loved ones will enjoy．Never has this concern been greater in recent years than right now．Even so, there are several things that you can do to help．

Hit the sales．

No one wants to get up at four o’clock in the morning and fight to get the best deal on Black Friday, and it’s surely very tough to pick up the courage and get out there in the cold for a good deal, but sometimes——it can be well worth．Many retailers（零售商） offer specials all through the day——and some even offer online Black Friday specials, so you may still be able to get a great deal on Black Friday．

Pay close attention to advertisements．

Once the Christmas shopping season is coming, retailers hungry for business will do just about whatever to get you in the store．Pay very close attention to weekly advertisements of sales among the major retailers and you may be lucky enough to find different prices for the same thing in different shops．

Shop online．

Some of us don’t like running from store to store in order to get the best price on the perfect gift, and some of us don’t like to go out in the cold at all——thankfully for us, we can do online shopping．

The world of online shopping lets people visit all the major retailers as well as some specialty stores that could only be found on the Internet．Customers can find exactly what they are looking for, at the best possible price without ever having to leave the house．With traditional Christmas shopping consumers are sometimes limited to what’s left in stock if they wait too long to get to a particular store．

1．The first paragraph implies that ______．

       A．nowadays not many people can afford expensive gifts

       B．recently many people don’t want to spend money on gifts

       C．Christmas is a time to make our loved ones enjoy their gifts

       D．Christmas is a time to make us feel free to buy our loved ones gifts

2．In the writer’s opinion, it is rewarding on Black Friday _____．

       A．if the weather is not very cold               B．if we don’t have to fight for the best deals

       C．if we don’t have to get up early             D．If we get what we want at a good price

3．The underlined word “specials” means_______．

       A．some experts in shopping

       B．certain things for especially low price

       C．some kind of help for a certain customer

       D．things that can only be found on Friday

4．We can have more choices _____．

       A．on Black Friday                                   B．in a particular store

       C．on the Internet                                     D．from retailers

Beauty has always been regarded as something praiseworthy．Almost everyone thinks attractive people are happier and healthier, have better marriages and have more respectable jobs．Personal advisors give them better advice for finding jobs．Even judges are softer on attractive defendants （被告）．But in the executive （行政的；管理的） circle, beauty can become a liability．

While attractiveness is a positive factor for a man on his way up the executive ladder, it is harmful to a woman．

Handsome male executives were considered as having more honesty than plainer men; effort and ability were thought to lead to their success．

Attractive female executives were considered to have less honesty than unattractive ones; their success was connected not with ability but with factors such as luck．

All unattractive women executives were thought to have more honesty and to be more capable than the attractive female executives．Interestingly, though, the rise of the unattractive overnight successes was connected more to personal relationships and less to ability than that of the attractive overnight successes．

Why are attractive women not thought to be able? An attractive woman is considered to be more feminine and an attractive man more manly than the less attractive ones．Thus, an attractive woman has an advantage in traditionally female jobs, but an attractive woman in a traditionally manly position appears to lack the "manly" qualities required．

This is true even in politics．"When the only clue is how he or she looks, people treat men and women differently," says Anne Bowman, who recently published a study on the effects of attractiveness on political candidates．She asked 125 undergraduate students to rank two groups of photographs, one of men and one of women, of attractiveness．The students were told the photographs were of candidates for political offices．They were asked to rank them again, in the order they would vote for them．

The results showed that attractive males completely defeated unattractive men, but the women who had ranked most attractive unchangeably received the fewest votes．

1．In traditionally female jobs, attractiveness ______________．

       A．makes women look more honest and capable

       B．strengthens the qualifies required

       C．is of no importance to women

       D．often enables women to succeed quickly

2．Bowman's experiment shows that when it comes to politics, attractiveness ____________．

       A．turns out to be a disadvantage to men

       B．is more of a disadvantage than an advantage to women

       C．affects men and women alike

       D．has as little effect on men as on women

3．It can be inferred from the passage that people's views on beauty are often ______________．

    A．practical          B．supportive      C．old-fashioned    D．one-sided

Is there anything more important than health? I don’t think so．“Health is the greatest wealth,” wise people say．__ 1   

If you have a headache, toothache, backache, or bad pain in the stomach, if you complain of a bad cough, or if you suffer from high or low blood pressure, I think you go to the doctor．

The doctor will examine your throat, test your blood pressure, take your temperature, sound your heart and lungs, check your teeth or have your chest X-rayed．___2     The only thing you have to do is to follow his advice．

3    

An old gentleman came to see the doctor．The man was very ill．He told the doctor about his weakness, memory loss and serious problems with his heart and lungs．The doctor examined him and said there was no medicine for his disease．He told his patient to go to a quiet place for a month and have a good rest． 4    In other words, the doctor advised him to follow the rule: “Eat at pleasure, drink with measure and enjoy life as it is．” The doctor also said that if the man wanted to be well again, he shouldn’t smoke more than one cigarette a day．

A month later the gentleman came into the doctor’s office．___5   He thanked the doctor and said that he had never felt a healthier man．

“But you know, doctor,” he said, “it’s not easy to begin smoking at my age．”

       A．He also advised him to eat a lot of meat, drink two glasses of red wine every day and    take long walks．

       B．You can’t be good at your studies or work well when you are ill．

       C．After that he will advise some treatment or some medicine．

       D．All these will cost a lot of money．

       E．He looked cheerful and happy．

       F．He was more worried about his illness．

       G．Speaking about doctor’s advice, I can’t help telling you a funny story．

文中共有10處語言錯誤，每句中最多有兩處。每處錯誤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：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，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。

Should students make the friends online? Some people say yes．The Internet helps make many friends．Chatted online, students can express their feelings and opinions more free, and even get help with their foreign language studies．

Others, however, think students should not．They say make friends online is waste of time, which should be spending more meaningfully on study．Moreover, some students get cheat when they try to meet the friend they made online．

It is my opinion which students should place their study, health and safe before other things．As for friendship, we can readily find them in our classmates and other people around us．

你的鄰居James最近寫信向你抱怨從你房里傳出的噪音。

請回一封信給你的鄰居James（不得少于120字）,在信中應該包括以下內容：

1、解釋噪音的來源。

2、道歉。

3、描述你將采取的措施。

開頭已經寫出，不計入總詞數(shù)內。

Dear James,

I was very shocked to get your letter saying that the noise from my flat has been spoiling your evenings and causing you some distress．

                                                                      Yours

Li Hua