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---I’ll be away for about two days. Would you mind taking care of my little dog?

   ---________.

       A. Yes, it’s my pleasure.                                    B. Yes, I’ll do it well.

       C. No, I’ve got no time.                                  D. No, I’d be happy to.

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What a pity! All his property, the books, the pictures and the house, __________consumed by the big fire.

       A．were                      B．was                        C．had been          D．have been

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Ten minutes earlier________we could have avoided the accident.

       A．or     B．but    C．and   D．so

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This January will be very precious for us by which time we_______reviewing Senior Book I.                                                                                                        

    A．will finish      B．will have finished     C．have finished    D．will be finished                                                                      

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第三节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分, 满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

Once there was a king who liked pictures very much. One day, he    21   a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace. Many artists    22   . The king looked at all the pictures. But there were only two he    23    liked, and he had to choose between them.

One picture was of a calm lake. The lake was a perfect    24    for peaceful towering mountains all around it.    25    was a blue sky with fluffy (蓬松的) white clouds. All who saw this    26    thought that it was a perfect picture of peace.

   27    picture had mountains, too. But these were large, rough and    28   . Above was an angry sky, from which rain fell and in which lightning    29   . Down the side of the mountain   30    a foaming (起泡沫的) waterfall. This did not look    31    at all.

But when the king looked    32   , he saw behind the waterfall a tiny    33    growing in a crack in the rock. In the bush a mother bird had built her    34   . There, in the midst of the rush of angry water, sat the mother bird on her nest —    35   perfect peace.

Which picture do you think won the prize? The king    36    the second picture. Do you know why?

“Because,”   37  the king, “peace does not mean to be in a place    38   there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. Peace means to be in the midst of all those things and    39    be calm in your heart. That is the real    40    of peace.”

21. A. afforded                 B. offered                  C. accepted            D. canceled

22. A. collected             B. planned             C. tried                 D. directed

23. A. hardly                B. slightly          C. really                D. generally

24. A. bowl                  B. mirror               C. plate                 D. cover

25. A. Outward             B. Indoors             C. Overhead          D. Downhill

26. A. prize                  B. result                C. artist                 D. picture

27. A. The one                     B. Another             C. Other                D. The other

28. A. bare                   B. fresh                 C. green                D. distant

29. A. played                B. screamed           C. wandered          D. cheered

30. A. connected           B. floated                     C. fell                   D. rose

31. A. hopeful               B. peaceful            C. successful          D. careful

32. A. regularly             B. suddenly           C. closely                     D. casually

33. A. flower                B. ground                  C. tree                   D. bush

34. A. house                 B. business            C. nest                  D. relationship

35. A. of                      B. in                            C. by                 D. for

36. A. protect                B. forced               C. depended           D. chose

37. A. explained            B. described           C. reminded           D. persuaded

38. A. which                 B. where               C. whose               D. that

39. A. thus                    B. even                 C. also                  D. still

40. A. story                  B. meaning            C. source               D. history

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Children are being indirectly affectly by the impact of the recession (经济衰退) on their parents, the Children’s society warns.

   The chief executive of the Children’s Society, Bob Reitemeier, said that children were “on the front of recession”. He said the recession made it even more important to try to end child poverty.

   The answers suggest children from poorer backgrounds are more likely to be affected, but over a third of children across all backgrounds said they were aware that the recession was worrying their parents.

   Fifteen-year-old Patricia said her family felt the impact of the recession on their everyday budget(预算). “We have to save up our money and do not spend it so much on unnecessary things,”she said.

   Those questioned appeared to have great awareness of the economic crisis, which, unsurprisingly, was higher among the older children. But around 15% said they hadn’t been affected by it.

   Recent figures showed that in 2007 there were 850,000 young people with no particular occupation. An official from the government said it was so “disappointing” that some young people were concerned about the economy.

   Parents are clearly best placed to talk to their children about their worries, but schools also play an important role in teaching young people the skills they need to become healthy, happy and confident individuals.

68.Which of the following is true?

      A. It is more important to try to end child poverty in the recession.

      B.Children from poorer areas are less likely to be affected.

      C.All the children questioned are worried about the economy.

      D.That some young people are worrying about the economy is “good news”.

69.What does the underlined word “it” refer to in Paragraph 5?

      A. The poorer background.   B.The impact of the recession.  

C. Everyday budget.        D.The government.

70.What’s the main idea of the passage?

      A. Many children are concerned about the recession.

      B.Children are being directly affected by the recession.

      C.The recession affected children indirectly.

      D. Schools play an important role in teaching young people how to become healthy, happy and confident individuals. 

   假如你是李华，最近你校学生正在参加某英文报纸组织的讨论，话题是：

高考期间有些家长在考点附近租住宾馆陪孩子考试，这样做有无必要。

请根据下表提供的信息给报社写一篇稿件，客观地介绍讨论的情况。

字数100左右。

Today everyone arrived earlier than _______.

A. expecting     B. having expecting     C. to expect      D. expected[来源

The small mountain village       we spent our holiday last month lies in        is now part of Hubei.

   A. which; where      B. where; what      C. that; which      D. when; which

It may help you to know that there is no such thing as a perfect speech. At some point in every speech, every speaker says something that is not understood exactly as he has planned. Fortunately, the moments are usually not obvious (明显的) to the listeners. Why? Because the listeners do not know what the speaker plans to say. They hear only what the speaker does say. If you lose your place for a moment, wrongly change the order of a couple of sentences, or forget to pause at a certain point, no one will be any the wiser. When such moments occur, don’t worry about them. Just continue as if nothing happened.

Even if you do make an obvious mistake during a speech, that doesn’t really matter. If you have ever listened to Martin Luther King’s famous speech — “I Have a dream”, you may notice that he stumbles (结巴) his words twice during the speech. Most likely, however, you don’t remember. Why? Because you were fixing your attention on his message rather than on his way of speech-making.

People care a lot about making a mistake in a speech because they regard speech–making as a kind of performance rather than as an act of communication (交流). They feel the listeners are like judges in an ice-skating competition. But, in fact, the listeners are not looking for a perfect performance. They are looking for a well-thought-out speech that expresses the speaker’s ideas clearly and directly. Sometimes a mistake or two can actually increase a speaker’s attractiveness by making him more human.

As you work on your speech, don’t worry about being perfect. Once you free your mind of this, you will find it much easier to give your speech freely. 

The underlined part in the first paragraph means that no one will ______.

A. be smarter than you           B. notice your mistakes

C. do better than you                       D. know what you are talking about

It can be inferred from the passage that _____.

A. giving a speech is like giving a performance

B. one or two mistakes in a speech may not be bad

C. the listeners should pay more attention to how a speech is made

D. the more mistakes a speaker makes, the more attractive he will be

What would be the best title for the passage?

A. How to Be a Perfect Speaker

B. How to Make a Perfect Speech

C. Don’t Expect a Perfect Speech

D. Don’t Expect Mistakes in a Speech