【题目】假设你叫李华，欲与来自本校不同班级的另外4名同学组建一支乐队，但缺乏经验，请就以下情况或问题给知名音乐人卡曾斯（Cousins）先生发一封电子邮件，以寻求帮助。

1. 成员中有三名男生和两名女生，均喜欢流行音乐与现代舞蹈；

2. 每周周末排练是否足够？初期演唱的音乐宜多元化还是一种风格？

3. 怎样获得较多的表演机会？

4. 希望他能为乐队取个名字。

注意：1. 词数：100左右；

2. 可适当增加细节，使行文连贯；

3. e-mail的开头和结尾已经给出，但不计入总词数。

Dear Mr. Cousins,

Since you are a well-known ____________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

Best wishes!

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

【题目】The new computer __________ their company is very popular nowadays.

A. is belonged to B. belonging to

C. are belonged to D. has belonged to

【题目】Some people view a bad situation as a disaster. It’s not. It’s an opportunity. Once your old world collapses(倒塌), you can recover and rebuild. Now you have the chance to start fresh and do things more intelligently. I built my business on an unstable structure. I kept it going for years, but the business collapsed last year. I had to leave my office, selling off all the furniture and equipment. I got kicked out of my apartment because I couldn’t pay the rent. I couldn’t pay my bills or debt. I declared bankruptcy.(破产)

For years there was the worry that this might happen if I didn’t keep straining（尽力） to keep the business going. And my worries were right. What I worried about would happen did happen .But you know what? Going through that experience wasn’t really so bad. It was interesting. Some of it was actually pretty easy. Throughout most of it, I felt increasing relief and a renewed sense of freedom and possibility. All the old baggage was gone. No more office. Fewer possessions. Fewer obligations. No more debt. Most of all , no more straining. Life became a lot easier.

I got a cheaper and smaller apartment. I became debt-free. I learned to live within my means. Those were actually good things. The others were just feelings. The reality wasn’t actually painful. After that, I kept going with the same business but completely changed the business model. I avoided the earlier mistakes, and that business recovered just fine and worked great. It was profitable every year from then on. But I had to go through the collapse first to reach that point.

If you’ve been feeling out of control with your current work or lifestyle, and you’re currently straining to keep it going ,consider letting it go. Try allowing the old world to collapse, many or all of your fears and worries might actually come to pass, but that’s ok. You don’t have to keep the old world alive. If it keeps falling apart on you ,let it collapse. Experiencing the collapse isn’t as bad as fearing the collapse

【1】The author regards the collapse of the old world as an opportunity to_____

A. get a new world started in better ways

B. turn to others for help to save ourselves

C. sum up the failure and make up for the mistakes

D. bury ourselves in the disasters and then recover ourselves

【2】In the author’s opinion, the old baggage in Paragraph 2 included______

A. the freedom and possibility of refreshing himself

B. the experience he learned from his former failure

C. the old possessions and the invisible pressure

D. the business knowledge and skills he got from various media

【3】What did the author do after his business failed last year?

A. He cleverly transformed his business model.

B. He started another completely different business.

C. He received further training about doing business at college

D. He borrowed some money from his friends and relatives to pay off his debts.

【4】According to the author, when our work or life is out of our control we can_____.

A. prevent it from falling apart on us.

B. set it free or just let it completely break down

C. keep straining and go on with determination

D. keep it alive with the courage to change it again

【题目】It is not until he returned to his hometown __________ the great changes that had happened.

A. did he find B. that did he find

C. that he found D. found he that

【题目】My father gives me five hundred yuan a month which I think can __________ all my expenses.

A. meet B. contain

C. include D. cover

【题目】After a terrible electrical accident, which caused him to become both blind and deaf, the whole world became completely dark and quiet for Robert Edwards for almost ten years. The loss of sight and hearing threw him into such sorrow that he tried a few times to put an end to his life. His family, especially his wife, did their best to tend and comfort him and finally he regained the will to live.

One hot summer afternoon, he was taking a walk with a stick near his house when a thunderstorm started all at once. He stood under a large tree to avoid getting wet, but he was struck by the lightning. Witnesses thought he was dead but he woke up some 20 minutes later lying face down in muddy water at the base of the tree. He was trembling badly, but when he opened his eyes, he could hardly believe what he saw: a plough and a wall. When Mrs. Edwards came running up to him, shouting to their neighbors to call for help, he could see her and hear her voice for the first time in nearly ten years.

The news of Robert regaining his sight and hearing quickly spread, and many doctors came to examine him. Most of them said that he regained his sight and hearing from the shock he got from the lightning. However, none of them could give a convincing answer as to why this should have happened. The only reasonable explanation given by one doctor was that, since Robert lost his sight and hearing as a result of a sudden shock, perhaps, the only way for him to regain them was by another sudden shock.

【1】The reason for Robert’s attempts to kill himself was that _________.

A. a terrible traffic accident happened to him

B. he had to live in a dark and silent world

C. he was struck by the lightning once more

D. nobody in the world cared about him

【2】What was Robert doing when he was struck by the lightning?

A. Taking a walk with a stick.

B. Sheltering from the rain under a tree.

C. Driving a car.

D. Lying on the ground.

【3】We can infer from the text that ________.

A. Robert’s wife sent for doctors immediately after the shock

B. many doctors came because Robert was badly injured

C. there was no exact explanation for Robert’s recovery

D. a sudden injury in the head led to Robert’s recovery

【4】What’s the best title of the whole passage?

A. A Terrible Electrical Accident

B. Robert Edwards and His Wife

C. What a Sudden Shock

D. An Unforgettable Experience

【题目】The famous musician, as well as his students, __________ to perform at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Taipei Flower Expo.

A. were invited B. was invited

C. have been invited D. has been invited

【题目】第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

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，每句中最多有两赴，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（八），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限一词。

2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

One day my uncle had been riding a horse in rain when he reached a small restaurant．Wet and cold，and he wanted to warm him very much．However, the restaurant was too crowded with people that he could not get near the fire．“Taking some fish to my horse!”he called out to the waiter．“Sorry,sir．But a horse didn’t eat fish!”the waiter answered，“Never mind，just do as I tell you，”my uncle said．The crowd of people felt surprising at the strange order．To see a horse eat fish，all of whom ran out．Having the whole room to himself,my uncle sat down besides the fire and began warm himself．

【题目】To forgive is a virtue, but no one has ever said it is easy. When someone has deeply hurt you, it can be extremely difficult to let go of your hate. However, forgiveness is possible, and it can be surprisingly beneficial to your physical and mental health. People who forgive show less sadness, anger and stress and more hopefulness, according to a recent research.

_【1】__ Try the following steps:

Calm yourself. ___【2】__ You can take a couple of breaths and think of something that gives you pleasure: a beautiful scene in nature, or someone you love.

Don’t wait for an apology. Many times the person who hurt you does not intend to apologize. They may have wanted to hurt you or they just don’t see things the same way. ___【3】___ Keep in mind that forgiveness does not necessarily mean becoming friends again with the person who upset you.

Take the control away from your offender(冒犯者). Rethinking about you hurt gives power to the person who causes you pain. Instead of focusing on your mounded feelings, learn to look for the love, beauty and kindness around you.

_【4】___ If you understand your offender, you may realize that he or she was acting out of unawareness, fear, and even love. You may want to write a letter to yourself from your offender’s point of view.

Don’t forget to forgive yourself. _____【5】__ But it can rob you of your self-confidence if you don’t do it.

A. Why should you forgive?

B. How should you start to forgive?

C. Recognize the benefits of forgiveness.

D. Try to see things from you offender’s angle.

E. For some people, forgiving themselves is the biggest challenge.

F. To make your anger die away, try a simple stress-management technique.

G.If you wait for people to apologize, you could be waiting an awfully long time.

【题目】A lot of people are afraid of spiders(蜘蛛). One would even avoid walking in grass . And if he thought the spider was in the room or house, he would have to leave the house for days. In fact, fear of spiders is a type of disorder called specific phobia(恐惧症), one of the most common anxiety disorders, which annoys about 7% of the population, a study says. Common specific phobias also include fear of blood, needles, snakes, flying and enclosed spaces.

The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine tried the “exposure Therapy(暴露疗法)”, which was small, done on 12 adults, but all of them held or petted the spider afterward. One participant celebrated by getting a spider tattoo(纹身) after having been unable to even look at photos of spiders.

This is the first study to document the immediate and long-term brain changes after treatment and to illustrate how the brain recognizes long-term to reduce fear as a result of the therapy. Every one would come in thinking: I am going to be the one who can’t do this . There is no way ,”Haunter ,author of the study ,says “They were impressed by the end.”

In therapy lasting two or three hours, which is different for each person, the participants were taught that troublesome thoughts about spiders were untrue.” “They thought the spiders might be capable of jumping out of the cage and on to them,” Hauner says.

Exposure therapy gets its name from exposing a patient to what he fears, says Todd, research assistant professor: “/span>A lot of it about dispelling people’s beliefs. You can get significant changes in a short period of time”.

【1】Which of the following is true about the people with “specific phobia?”

A. They don’t dare to walk in grass

B. They are afraid of spiders by nature

C. 7% of them need medical treatment.

D. They have a sense of scare about something.

【2】What can we learn about “exposure therapy”

A. It turned out to be quite effective

B. The participants had to take some medicine.

C. It had a better effect on adults than on children.

D. The participants had photos taken with spiders in the end?

【3】According to Hauner ,_______.

A. the therapy was completed ahead of time.

B. the therapy removed the participant’ fear.

C. each participant doubted the therapy at first.

D. spiders sometimes attacked the participants.