1.___________________(毫无疑问) the harder we study, the more progress we’ll make.

2.Ever since the earthquake, people in Sichuan _____________(经历了) many difficulties.

3.He ____________(被录取) Beijing University last autumn, which made his parents proud.

4.__________________(随着时间的流逝), we grow up day by day.

5.The musicians were to play jokes on each other as well as play music, ___________（其中的大部分） was based loosely on the Beatles.

假如你是新华中学的高一学生李华，你的美国朋友Tom给你发电子邮件，询问你对高中生活的感受和你对新的一年的打算。请根据以下要点给他回封邮件。

1. 对高中生活的感受；

2. 对新的一年的打算（如学习，交友，感恩父母等）。

注意：

1. 词数：100词左右；开头与结尾已给出，不计入总词数；

2 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Tom，

How is everything going on with you?

I am looking forward to hearing from you. Wish you happy!

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

In Europe, many people make friends across the borders between their countries through town twinning. Town or city twinning means two towns in different countries agree and decide to become “twins” with sister city relationship.

Their citizens find pen friends in the twin town. They exchange newspapers and stamps. The school teachers discuss teaching methods with the teachers in the twin town. Officials visit the twin town for celebrations. Ordinary citizens travel to the twin town, too, but not very often if it is far away.

Sometimes, schools even exchange their classes for two or three weeks! For example, German middle school students study for a while at the school in their twin town in Britain, staying with British families. A few months later, their British friends come to study in Germany.

Some towns even arrange exchange visits for theatre groups, choirs（合唱团）and orchestras （ 管弦乐队）. Others send lecturers to the twin town who tell the people there all about their own town , and show photos and slides.

Town twining can help make friends and motivate（促进） people to learn from each other. It helps students to improve their language skills, and it contributes to （有助于）strengthening peace and understanding between different nations.

1.Which is the best title for the passage?

A．Town Twinning

B．Friendly Towns

C．Exchange Teachers and Students

D．Peace and Understanding

2.Twin towns develop ________.

A．between European countries and China

B．in the English-speaking countries only

C．in the same country

D．between different countries in Europe

3.One of the advantages of town twinning is __________.

A．to earn more money

B．to set up schools

C．to improve students language skills

D．to develop industry and agriculture

On a freezing cold day, a couple had to move into a small apartment because of their failure in business．The husband worked day and night to support the family but with no care of his wife．So she thought, “He doesn't love me any more, he just cares about his business ．．．not me”．

One day, she was about to take a shower when he stopped her at the door, “Let me take it first, okay？”“Why not me first？” she asked．“I am tired, honey, you take it later, okay？”She was entirely unhappy．

One day, she found nothing to do and turned on his computer．A few words came into her sight．Reading them, she burst into tears．It was his diary：

Today, I was quite sad．She asked me why I was always taking the shower first, and I said to her, I was exhausted．She was unhappy．In her mind, I treated her not as well as usual, but what could I do? I was not as rich as before! We moved to the small apartment, and there was only one shower in the bathroom．It was so cold to take a shower in such a cold winter．But I found that if one person took the shower first, the room could get a little warmer．So every day I rushed to the bathroom first．I was thinking that, when she took the shower, the room would get warmer, even if it was only 1℃．

Now I cannot give her a comfortable life, take her to good restaurants, or buy expensive dresses for her, but at least, I can give her 1℃ love．

1.Why did the couple move to the small apartment?

A．Both of them were out of work．

B．They wanted to live a better life．

C．The man could take better care of his business．

D．They were too poor to live in the former house．

2.Which of the following can replace the underlined word “exhausted”？

A．Devoted． B．Worried． C．Tired． D．Injured．

3.What can be inferred from the passage?

A．They would live a richer life soon．

B．The woman misunderstood her husband．

C．The man would care less about his business．

D．The woman would get angry after reading the diary．

4.What's the best title of the passage?

A．A Love Story B．1℃ Love

C．A Suffering Couple D．Fight for the Bathroom

There are thousands of products of all colors and shapes in a supermarket, making you believe that they are worth a try．How? Packaging is the silent but persuading salesman．

There on the shelves, each bottle, can ,box, and jar has been carefully designed and measured to speak to the inner self of the consumer, because he/she is buying not only a product but also his/her belief in life．Scientists have studied consumer behavior recently and found that the look of the package has a great effect on the “quality” of the product and on how well it sells, because “consumers generally cannot tell between a product and its package．Many products are packages and many packages are products．”, as Louis Cheskin, the first social scientist studying consumers’ feelings for packaging, noticed．

Colors are one of the best tools in packaging．Studies of eye movement have shown that colours draw human attention quickly．Take V8 for example．For many years, the bright red color of tomatoes and carrots on the thin bottle makes you feel that is it very good for your body．And the word“green” today can keep food prices going up．

Shapes are another attraction．Circles often suggest happiness and peacefulness, because these shapes are pleasing to both the eye and the heart．That’s why the round yellow M signs of McDonald’s are inviting to both young and old．

This new consumer response to the colors and shapes of packages reminds producers and sellers that people by to satisfy both body and soul．

1.According to the passage, _____ seems to be able to persuade a consumer to buy the product．

A．the pleasing color of the package

B．he special taste of the product

C．the strange shape of the package

D．the belief in the product

2.If a package or a product is round in shape, it can ____________．

A．bring excitement to the consumers

B．attract the consumers’ attention

C．catch the eye movement of the consumers

D．produce a happy and peaceful feeling

3.“And the word green today can keep food prices going up ” This sentence suggests that consumers today are _________．

A．starting to notice the importance of new food

B．enjoying the beauty of nature more than before

C．beginning to like green vegetables

D．paying more attention to their health

4.It can be inferred from the passage that V8 is a kind of ________．

A.vegetable dish B．healthy juice

C．iced drink D．red vegetable

Tayka Hotel de Sal

Where：Tahua，Bolivia

How much：About $95 a night

Why it’s cool：You’ve stayed at hotels made of brick or wood，but salt？That’s something few can claim．Tayka Hotel de Sal is made totally of salt—including the beds （though you’ll sleep on regular mattresses（床垫） and blankets）．The hotel sits on the Salar de Uyuni，a prehistoric dried­up lake which is the world’s biggest salt flat．Builders use the salt from the 4,633­square­mile flat to make the bricks，and glue them together with a paste （糊） of wet salt that hardens when it dries．When rain starts to dissolve the hotel，the owners just mix up more salt paste to strengthen the bricks．

Green Magic Nature Resort

Where：Vythiri，India

How much：About $240 a night

Why it’s cool：Taking a pulley（滑轮）­operated lift 86 feet to your treetop room is just the start of your adventure．As you look out of your open window—there is no glass！—you watch monkeys and birds in the rain forest canopy（罩篷）．Later you might test your fear of heights by crossing the handmade rope bridge to the main part of the hotel，or just sit on your bamboo bed and read．You don’t even have to come down for breakfast—the hotel will send it up on the pulley­drawn “elevator”．

Dog Bark Park Inn B&B

Where：Cottonwood，Idaho

How much：$92 a night

Why it’s cool：This doghouse isn’t just for the family pet．Sweet_Willy is a 30­foot­tall dog with guest rooms in his belly．Climb the wooden stairs beside his hind leg to enter the door in his side．You can relax in the main bedroom，go up a few steps of the loft（阁楼） in Willy’s head，or hang out inside his nose．Although you have a full private bathroom in your quarters，there is also a toilet in the 12­foot­tall fire hydrant（消防栓） outside．

Gamirasu Cave Hotel

Where：Ayvali，Turkey

How much：Between $130 and $475 a night

Why it’s cool：This is caveman cool！Experience what it was like 5,000 years ago，when people lived in these mountain caves formed by volcanic ash．But your stay will be much more modern．Bathrooms and electricity provide what you expect from a modern hotel，and the white volcanic ash，called tufa，keeps the rooms cool，about 65 in summer．（Don’t worry—there is heat in winter．）

1.What do we know about Tayka Hotel de Sal?

A．It is located on a prehistoric lake．

B．It should be protected against the rain．

C．Everything in the hotel is made of salt．

D．You have to cross a rope bridge to the hotel．

2.What is the similarity of the four hotels?

A．Being expensive． B．Being comfortable．

C．Being natural． D．Being unique．

3.What does the underlined words “Sweet Willy” refer to?

A．The name of the hotel．

B．The name of the hotel owner．

C．The building of Dog Bark Park Inn B&B．

D．The name of a pet dog of the hotel owner．

4.Which of the hotels makes you have a feeling of living in the far past?

A．Tayka Hotel de Sal．

B．Green Magic Nature Resort．

C．Dog Bark Park Inn B&B．

D．Gamirasu Cave Hotel．

Successful students are highly motivated（激励） by an inner drive to study well．They have a specific career goal in mind．_1. So they form their own good study habits，plan ahead and stick to their study timetable on their own initiative．

If you want to be a successful student，motivate yourself and know that it is only you who are responsible for your study．There are some great ways to improve your motivation．

1．You should write down your educational goals，which makes them become clear．

2．Imagine your success．Experience the feeling of reaching your particular goal．

3．__2._

4．Seek advice and study opportunities from the good students in your class．

Successful students tend to study hard．They pay attention to class as well as taking notes．__3.__ Outside class they find a quiet study place to study，because they know that academic life comes before their social life．

Set your goals．After setting goals it is important to write them down for many reasons．

1．Goals that aren’t written are only wishes．

2．It helps you make a commitment（承诺） to yourself．

3．_4._

4．No one wants to regret not doing something they could have done．

Successful students manage their time well by setting up weekly timetable．They make the best use of their study time and find a quiet place and study there every day．_5._ Most of the suggestions mentioned above can improve your motivation．

A．Give yourself rewards．Each time you complete a lesson，do something special for yourself．

B．It gives you a way to see your progress．

C．They make study time productive and not necessarily long．

D．You will be proud of yourself when you achieve success．

E．They know that they are responsible for their success or failure．

F．When you set your goals，make sure that your goals are specific and realistic．

G．They arrive at the classroom early and sit in the front．

It surprised me—every time I saw Joe，he was smiling．It didn’t ____ whether he had to stop at a stop light，or if he were the seventh person in ____ at the bank，and the service stopped just before he got there．Joe ___ smiled．It made me wonder why he seemed so ___ every day．

Having observed Joe with other people，I ____ something else also．Joe asked people how they were doing，and really seemed to listen to their ____．If someone were hurting，he had ____ for him and kind words，and offered to ____ in any way he could．

It made me think．．．What if I tried to smile more？A（n） ____ of sorts began when I went to the grocery store．I smiled as I went up and down the aisles．．．and people I didn’t even ____ smiled back at me．Some even ____！The little kid in the cart（购物车） who was giving his mother a ____ time saw me smile and ____ talking．．．and，you guessed it．He made a shy little attempt at a smile．The man in the handicapped（残疾的） cart ____ a person to reach something．．．I could get that for him．The smile even transferred over to him，and he ____me．

As I drove home，I was smiling．I ___ what I had just learned，and when

someone passed me and gave me a（n） ____，I smiled at him．He looked puzzled．

Now I know a smile is a small thing，but what if we were all to try to smile a few more times each day？I couldn’t believe how ____ I felt．Nothing in my life had changed，____ maybe it had．For what I learned was that such a small thing could ____ not only my spirits，but those around me as well．

1.A．work B．happen C．matter D．last

2.A．order B．debt C．hand D．line

3.A．always B．eventually C．immediately D．still

4.A．naughty B．happy C．active D．Humorous

5.A．decided B．judged C．noticed D．considered

6.A．answers B．complaints C．excuses D．comments

7.A．guidance B．respect C．sympathy D．protection

8.A．perform B．attempt C．bother D．help

9.A．experiment B．life C．project D．program

10.A．meet B．touch C．know D．contact

11.A．glared B．greeted C．approached D．escaped

12.A．spare B．long C．hard D．great

13.A．stopped B．tried C．kept D．enjoyed

14.A．persuaded B．accepted C．supported D．needed

15.A．thanked B．changed C．encouraged D．invited

16.A．worried about B．thought about C．talked over D．looked over

17.A．gesture B．address C．call D．ticket

18.A．normal B．great C．reasonable D．complicated

19.A．so B．for C．but D．till

20.A．realize B．admire C．show D．Lift

There are moments in life 1. you miss someone so much that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug （拥抱） them for real．

When the door of happiness closes, 2. opens, but often we look so long at the closed door 3. we don’t see the one which has been opened for us．

Don’t go for looks; they can deceive（欺骗）．Don’t go for wealth; even that fades（消退）away．Go for someone 4. makes you smile because it takes only a smile to make a dark day bright．

Dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go; be 5. you want to be．

The 6. （happy） of people don’t 7. （necessary）have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that 8. （come）along their way．The brightest future will always be based 9. a forgotten past．

When you were born, you were crying and everyone 10. you was smiling．

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除

或修改。

增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除:把多余的词用斜线（ \ ）划掉。

修改:在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意:

1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;

2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

（试题内容如下）

My parents have decided to take me to pay visit to Britain．I am excited，hope to make good use of this opportunity．Firstly，I will talk to native speaker as much as I can improve my English．Secondly，there are many attractions that interested me a lot，among which is Big Ben．Besides，football，that is popular in England，is my favorite sport．I have been dreaming of watching a live football match there but now the dream will come true．My friend Alice lives in London．I will probable meet with her．However I do，I am sure I will have a good time．