--Would you like to join us in the game?

--          , for I have something important to attend to.

A. I will                 B. I’d love to         C. I won’t            D. I’m afraid not

The position of children in American family and society is no longer what it used to be. The   1   family in colonial （殖民時(shí)期的） North American was mainly concerned with survival and   2   that, its own economic prosperity. Thus, children were   3   in terms of their productivity （生產(chǎn)能力）, and they played the role of producer quite early.   4   they fulfilled this role, their position in the family was one of subordination（附屬）。

Which the   5   of the society, the position of children in the family and in the society became more important, In the complex and technological society   6   the United States has become, each   7   must fulfill a number of personal and occupational   8   and be in contact with many other members.   9  , viewing children as necessary members of society means that they are   10   more as people in their own right than as those of subordination. This acceptance of children as   11   participants in the family is reflected in various laws   12   the rights of children and in the social and public welfare programs.

This new   13   of children and the frequent contact between the members of society has also   14   an increasing interest in child-raising techniques. People today spend much time   15   the proper way to   16   children.

Nowadays, the socialization of the child in the United States is a   17   transaction （事務(wù)）between parent and child   18   a one-way, parent-to-child training   19 . As a consequence, socialization children and   20   with them over a long period of time is for parents a mixture of pleasure, satisfaction, and problems.

1. A. poor                            B. ordinary            C. happy                      D. wealthy

2. A. except                         B. for                    C. beyond                    D. through

3. A. supported                    B. received            C. encouraged              D. valued

4. A. Until                            B. After                 C. Although                  D. When

5. A. movement                    B. achievement       C. development            D. requirement

6. A. that                             B. where               C. when                             D. what

7. A. parent                B. member        C. family            D. relative

8. A. purposes             B. promises      C. roles               D. tasks

9. A. Besides               B. However      C. Instead             D. Therefore

10. A. admired                   B. regarded      C. made               D. respected

11. A. willing             B. equal            C. similar              D. common

12. A. enjoying             B. preventing      C. considering          D. protecting

13. A. view               B. faith           C. world               D. study

14 .A. led in              B. brought in       C. result in              D. taken in

15. A. seeking                  B .making        C. fighting       D. working

16. A. nurse                   B. praise         C. understand            D. raise

17. A. one-sided               B. many-sided    C. round-way                   D. two-way

18. A. more than               B. rather than     C. better than                   D. less than

19. A. manner                  B. method        C .program             D. guide

20. A. taking                   B. living         C. playing        D. discussing

For years we have been told that encouraging a child＇s self-respect in important to his or her success in life .But child expert are now learning that too much praise can lead to the opposite effect, Praise-aholic kids who expect it at every turn may become teens who seek the same kind of approval form their friends when asked if they want to go in the backseat of the           car .

The implication （含義）of saying “You are the prettiest girl in class ,” or talking about the goals she scored but not her overall effort ,is that you love her only when she looks the best ,scores the highest , achieves the most . And this carries over to the classroom.

Social psychologist Carol Dweek, PhD, tested the effects of over praise on 400 fifth graders while she was at Columbia University. She found that kids praised for “trying bard” did better on tests and were more likely to take on difficult assignments than those praised for being “smart”.

Praising attributes (品質(zhì)) or abilities makes a false promise that success will come to you because you have that quality , and it devalues effort , so children are afraid to take on challenges,” says Dweek ,now at Stanford University . “They figure they＇d better quit while they＇re ahead .”

1. The underlined words “Praise –abolic kids” refer to kids who are    .

A. tired of being praised                    B. worthy of being praised      

C. very proud of being praised               D. extremely fond of being praised

2. The author quoted (引用) Dr. Dweek’s words in the last paragraph in order to make the article    .

A. better-known   B. better-organized    C. more  persuasive   D. more interesting

3. We can infer from the passage that     . 

A. praise for efforts should be more encouraged

B. praise for results works better than praise for efforts

C. praising a child’s achievements benefits his or her success in life  

    D. praising a child’s abilities him or her to take on challenges

   We have designed all our bank cards to make your life easier.

How to use your NatWest  Servicecard .

   As a Switch card, it lets you par for all sorts of goods and services, wherever you see the Switch logo. The money comes straight out of your account, so you can spend as much as you like as long as you have enough money ( or an agreed overdraft (透支) to cover it . It is also a cheque guarantee (擔(dān)保 ) for up to the amount shown on the card . And it gives you free access to your money from over 31,000 each machines across the UK.

How to use your NatWest Cashcard

   You can use your Cashcard as a Sulo card to pay for goods and services wherever you see the Solo logo. It can also give you access to your account and your cash from over 31,000 cash machines nationwide. You can spend or withdraw (提取 ) what you have in you account , or as much as your agreed overdraft limit .

Using your cards abroad

   You can also use your Servicecard and Cashcard when you＇are abroad . You can withdraw cash machines and pay for goods and services wherever you acc the Cirrus or Macatro logo displayed .

We take a commission charge (手續(xù)費(fèi) )  of 2.25% of cash withdrawal you make ( up to &4 ) and a commission .

   Charge of 75 pence every time you use Maestro to pay for goods or services. We also apply a foreign-exchange transaction fee of 2.65%.

How to use your Nat West Credit Card

With your credit card you can do the following：

* Pay for goods and services and enjoy up to 56 days interest-free credit.

* Pay in over 24 million shops worldwide that display the Mastercard or Visa logos.

* Collect one AIR MILE for every ￡20 of spending that appears on your statement（結(jié)算單）.

（This does not include foreign currency or traveller’s cheques bought，interest and other charges.）

1．If you carry the Servicecard or the Casheard ,        .

A．you can use it to guarantee things as you wish

B．you can draw your money from cash machines conveniently

C．you can spend as much money as you like without a limit

D．you have to pay some extra money when you pay for services in the UK

2．If you withdraw ￡200 from a cash machine abroad，you will be charged        .

A．￡4      B．￡4.5    C．￡5.25    D．￡5.3

3．Which of the following is TRUE about using your NatWest Credit Card?

A．You have to pay back with interest within 56 days.

B．You will be charged some interest beyond two months.

C．You can use the card in any shop across the world.

D．You will gain one air mile if you spend ￡20 on traveller’s cheques.

4．The purpose of the passage is to show you how to      .

A．play your cards right          B．use your cards abroad

C．draw cash with your cards      D．pay for goods with your cards

The global energy crisis is approaching. What can we do? Here are some steps you can take.

Cooling puts the greatest stress on your summer energy bill and the power grid（電網(wǎng)）. Just as a tune-up for your car can improve your gas mileage, a yearly tune-up your heating and cooling system can improve efficiency and comfort. Clean or replace filters monthly or as needed.

For central air conditioning systems and room sir conditioners, look for the ENERGY STAR, the federal government’s symbol for energy efficiency. For central air, purchase the system with the highest possible Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio（SEER）.

Use energy-efficient ceiling fans either alone or with air conditioning Ceiling fans do a great job of circulating air. When used with air conditioning, fans allow you to raise the thermostat（恒溫器）and cut costs. Ceiling fans cool people, not rooms, so before you leave, turn off the ceiling fan.

Let a programmable thermostat “remember for you” to automatically adjust the indoor climate with your daily and weekend patterns to reduce cooling bills by up to 10 percent. You can come home to a comfortable house without wasting energy and cresting pollution all day while you are at work.

Try to make your home airtight enough to increase your comfort, make your home quieter and cleaner and reduce your cooling costs up to 20 percent.

Cut your air conditioning load, and reduce pollution by planting leafy trees  around your home and fixing reflective bricks on your roof.

Close blinds or shades on south-and west-facing windows during the day, or fix shading equipment to avoid beat build-up.

Turn off everything not in use: lights, TVs, computers. And use fluorescent bulbs（熒光燈）, which provide bright, warm light while using at least two-thirds less energy, producing 70 percent Jess beat and lasting up to 10 times longer than incandescent bulbs（白熾燈）.

Drive the car that gets better gas mileage whenever possible if you own more than one vehicle. If you drive 12,500 miles a year, switching 10 percent of your trips from a car that gets 20 miles per gallon to one that gets 30 mpg will save you more than $65 per year.

Carpool. The average U.S. commutes（乘車上班族）could save about $260 a year by sharing cars twice a Week with two other people in a car that gets 20.1 mpg—assuming the three passengers share the cost of gas.

1.    According to the passage, the thermostat is used to         .

       A. make rooms quieter                                      B. control room temperature

       C. turn off the air conditioner                                   D. reduce room air pollution

2.    We can conclude from the passage that the author probably discourages          .

       A. planting leafy trees around your home

       B. turning off the ceiling fan before you leave your house

       C. keeping your south-facing windows open during the day

       D. using fluorescent bulbs instead of incandescent bulbs

3.    This passage is mainly about            .

       A. energy-saving tips                                              B. fuel-saving tips         

       C. do it yourself tips                                                D. environment-protecting

閱讀下面一則廣告，按照要求完成寫作任務(wù)。

ETL International English Summer Camp

Volunteer Wanted

EIL was funded in Britain in 1936 with the fundamental aim of international understanding “Learn to live together by living together”.

Requirements: Over 16; good knowledge of English; outgoing; working well with children between 7-12

Activities; Language study, outdoor recreation and travel

Campers; Students from different countries

Camp site; Mount Wuyi, Fujian

Time: July 26-August 9

Application deadline; July 15,2008

If interested, please e-mail to info@eiluk.org

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假設(shè)你是李華，這則廣告引起了你的興趣，請(qǐng)用英文寫一封自薦信。要點(diǎn)如下：

1.對(duì)夏令營(yíng)主題的理解；

2.根據(jù)招聘要求自我介紹；

3.參加夏令營(yíng)的目的。

注意：1.信的開(kāi)頭和結(jié)尾已為你寫好，不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)；

      2.詞數(shù)100左右。

Dear Sir,

     I’m Li Hua from Fujian.__________________________________________________.

     I am looking forward to your early reply.

Sincerely yours,

Li Hua

    Tales of the supernatural are common in all parts of Britain. In particular, there was (and perhaps still is) a belief in fairies(仙女). Not all of these  1  are the friendly, people-loving characters that appear in Disney films, and in some folktales they are  2  and cause much human suffering. This is true in the tales about the Changeling. These tell the story of a mother whose baby grows 3  and pale and has changed so much that it is almost   4  to the parents. It was then  5 that the fairies had come and stolen the baby away and  6 the human baby with a fairy Changeling. There were many ways to prevent this from happening: hanging a knife over the baby’s head while he slept or covering him with some of his father’s clothes were just two of the recommended  7 . However, hope was not lost even if the baby had been 8  . In those cases there was often a way to get the  9  baby back. You could  10  .

    The Changeling on the fire--then it would rise up the chimney, and you would hear the sound of fairies’ laughter and soon after you would find your own child safe and sound nearby.

1. A. babies             B. believers             C. fairies                   D. supermen

2. A. powerful           B. cruel                C. frightened              D. extraordinary

3. A. sick               B. slim                 C. short                 D. small

4. A. uncomfortable      B. unbelievable             C. unacceptable           D. unrecognizable

5. A. feared             B. predicted              C. heard                       D. reported

6. A. covered                   B. changed                     C. replaced               D. terrified

7. A. cases                     B. tools                  C. steps                 D. methods

8. A. missed                    B. stolen                 C. found                D. lost

9. A.1ittle                 B. pale                   C. sad                  D. real

10. A. seize              B. burn                 C. place                  D. hold

閱讀下面短文，按照句子結(jié)構(gòu)的語(yǔ)法性和上下文連貫的要求，在空格處填入一個(gè)適當(dāng)?shù)脑~或使用括號(hào)中詞語(yǔ)的正確形式填空，并將答案填寫在相應(yīng)位置上。

    Chinese proverbs are rich and they are still widely used in Chinese people’s daily life.  1 these proverbs there are often interesting stories. For example, the proverb, “plucking up a crop   2  (help) it grow”, is based on the following story.

    It is said that a short—tempered man in the Song Dynasty (960—1279) was very anxious to help 3  rice crop grow up quickly. He was thinking about   4   day and night. But the crop was growing much slower than he expected.

    One day, he came up with an idea   5   he would pluck up all of his crop a few inches. He did so the next day.

    He was very tired   6   doing this for a whole day,   7   he felt very happy since the crop did “grow”  8  (high).

    His son heard about this and went to see the crop. Unfortunately the leaves of the crop began to wither.

    This proverb is saying we have to let things go in their   9  (nature) course. Being too anxious to help an event develop often   10  (result) in the contrary to our intention.

    Parents and kids today dress alike, listen to the same music, and are friends. Is this a good thing? Sometimes, when Mr. Ballmer and his 16-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, listen to rock music together and talk about interests both enjoy, such as pop culture, he remembers his more distant relationship with his parents when he was a teenager.

    “I would never have said to my mom, ‘Hey, the new Weezer album is really great. How do you like it?’” says Ballmer. “There was just a complete gap in taste.”

    Music was not the only gulf. From clothing and hairstyles to activities and expectations, earlier generations of parents and children often appeared to move in separate orbits.

    Today, the generation gap has not disappeared, but it is getting narrow in many families. Conversations on subjects such as sex and drugs would not have taken place a generation ago. Now they are comfortable and common. And parent—child activities, from shopping to sports, involve a feeling of trust and friendship that can continue int0 adulthood.

    No wonder greeting cards today carry the message, “To my mother, my best friend.”But family experts warn that the new equality can also result in less respect for parents. “There’s still a lot of strictness and authority on the part of parents out there, but there is a change happening,” says Kerrie, a psychology professor at Lebanon Valley College. “In the middle of that change, there is a lot of confusion among parents.”

    Family researchers offer a variety of reasons for these evolving roles and attitudes. They see the 1960s as a turning point. Great cultural changes led to more open communication and a more democratic process that encourages everyone to have a say.

    “My parents were on the ‘before’ side of that change, but today’s parents, the 40-year-olds, were on the  ‘a(chǎn)fter’ side,” explains Mr. Ballmer. “It’s not something easily accomplished by parents these days, because life is more difficult to understand or deal with, but sharing interests does make it more fun to be a parent now.”

1. The underlined word gulf in Para.3 most probably means _________.

      A. interest        B. distance             C. difference          D. separation

2. Which of the following shows that the generation gap is disappearing?

      A. Parents help their children develop interests in more activities.

      B. Parents put more trust in their children’s abilities.

      C. Parents and children talk more about sex and drugs.

      D. Parents share more interests with their children.

3. The change in today’s parent-child relationship is _________.

      A. more confusion among parents

      B. new equality between parents and children

      C.1ess respect for parents from children

      D. more strictness and authority on the part of parents

4. By saying “today’s parents, the 40-year-olds, were on the ‘a(chǎn)fter’ side.” the author means that today’s parents _________.

      A. follow the trend of the change

      B. can set a limit to the change

      C. fail to take the change seriously

      D. have little difficulty adjusting to the change

5. The purpose of the passage is to _________.

      A. describe the difficulties today’s parents have met with

      B. discuss the development of the parent—child relationship

      C. suggest the ways to handle the parent—child relationship

       D. compare today’s parent—child relationship with that in the past

    Sometimes you’ll hear people say that you can’t love others until you love yourself. Sometimes you’ll hear people say that you can’t expect someone else to love you until you love yourself. Either way, you’ve got to love yourself first and this can be tricky. Sure we all know that we’re the apple of our parents’ eyes, and that our Grandmas think we’re great talents and our Uncle Roberts think that we will go to the Olympics. But sometimes it’s a lot harder to think such nice thoughts about ourselves. If you find that believing in yourself is a challenge. It is time you build a positive self-image and learn to love yourself.

    Self-image is your own mind’s picture of yourself. This image includes the way you look, the way you act, the way you talk and the way you think. Interestingly, our self-images are often quite different from the images others hold about US. Unfortunately, most of these images are more negative than they should be. Thus changing the way you think about yourself is the key to changing your self-image and your whole world.

    The best way to defeat a passive self-image is to step back and decide to stress your successes. That is, make a list if you need to, but write down all of the great things you do every day. Don’t allow doubts to occur in it.

    It very well might be that you are experiencing a negative self-image because you can’t move past one flaw or weakness that you see about yourself. Well, roll up your sleeves and make a change of it as your primary task. If you think you’re silly because you aren’t good at math, find a tutor. If you think you’re weak because you can’t run a mile, get to the track and practice. If you think you’re dull because you don’t wear the latest trends, buy a few new clothes. But remember, just because you think it doesn’t mean it’s true.

    The best way to get rid of a negative serf-image is to realize that your image is far from objective, and to actively convince yourself of your positive qualities. Changing the way you think and working on those you need to improve will go a long way towards promoting a positive self-image. When you can pat(拍) yourself on the back, you’ll know you’re well on your way. Good luck!

1. You need to build a positive self-image when you _________.

      A. dare to challenge yourself

      B. feel it hard to change yourself

      C. are unconfident about yourself

      D. have a high opinion of yourself

2. According to the passage, our serf-images _________.

      A. have positive effects

      B. are probably untrue

      C. are often changeable

      D. have different functions

3. How should you change your serf-image according to the passage?

      A. To keep a different image of others.

      B. To make your life successful.

      C. To understand your own world.

      D. To change the way you think.

4. What is the passage mainly about?

      A. How to prepare for your success.

      B. How to face challenges in your life.

      C. How to build a positive self-image.

      D. How to develop your good qualities.

5. Who are the intended readers of the passage?

       A. Parents.            B. Adolescents.             C. Educators.         D. People in general.