If the weather had been better, we could have had a picnic. But it ________ all day.

A. rained                     B. rains                       C. has rained                 D. is raining

―Is that Miss Liu having dinner over there?

―It      be her. She has gone to New York for an important business meeting.

A. mustn't                            B. needn't             C. can't                         D. shouldn't

       Many parents who welcome the idea of turning off the TV and spending more time with the family are still worried that without TV they would be too often on call as entertainers（娱乐者） for their children．They remember thinking up all sorts of things to do when they were children．But their own children seem different, less good at finding things to pass the time, somehow．When there’s nothing to do, these parents notice regretfully that their children seem unable to come up with anything to do besides turning on the TV．?

       One father, for example, says, “When I was young, we were always thinking up things to do, projects and games．We certainly never complained in an angry way to our parents, ‘I have nothing to do”．He compares this with his own children today: “They are simply lazy．If someone doesn’t play with them, they’ll happily sit there watching TV all day．”

       There is one word for this father’s disappointment: unfair．It is as if he were disappointed in them for not reading Greek though they have never studied the language．He feels his children’s lack of inventiveness a great pity, as if the ability to play were something born that his children are missing．In fact, the tendency（倾向） to play is built into the human species, but the actual ability to play—to imagine, to invent in a playful way, and the ability to gain satisfaction after successful effort from it—these are skills that have to be learned and developed．

       Such disappointment, however, is not only unjust, it is also destructive（毁灭性的）．Sensing their parents’ disappointment, children come to believe that they are, indeed, lacking something, and that this makes them less worthy of admiration and respect．Giving children the chance to develop new things to enjoy themselves, to enrich their knowledge and experience and discover the pleasure of doing things on their own is, on the other hand, a way to help children develop a confident（自信）feeling about themselves as able and interesting people．

Many people think that, instead of watching a lot of TV, their children should_______．

       A．think up things to enjoy themselves       B．find chances to talk with parents

       C．enjoy themselves outdoors      D．sit silently studying Greek

Fathers often blame their children for not being able to play by themselves．This is unfair because________．

       A．they do not lack the ability to play

       B．they have not been given the opportunities to learn and develop their ability

       C．the children are too young to do that

       D．the children are not really lazy, but there’s nothing for them to do

When parents show continuous disappointment in their children, the children will________．

       A．be more disappointed

       B．refuse to learn new things

       C．discover the pleasures of doing things on their own

       D．lose their confidence and respectability

What is the author’s main idea?

       A．Parents should give children more help on how to be inventive．

       B．Turning off the TV will help us solve a lot of family problems．

       C．It’s not right for parents and children to blame（抱怨） each other．

       D．Today’s children are becoming less able and independent than before．

高中生活是人一生中最美好的时光，除了学业之外，我们还经历，感悟了许多。为了在毕业前不留下遗憾，我们搞好备考复习的同时，是不是还该做点什么？请根据提示的要点写一篇英语短文，谈谈你的想法。

1.向老师表示感谢 2.跟对你有误解的同学谈一谈 3.征求同学的宝贵意见 4.再为班级做件有意义的事情

注意：1.可适当加入细节，使行文连贯

      2.短文的单词数：100左右（开头已给出的单词不计入单词总数）

 High school is regarded as the best time of my life. Besides classes and homework, there’s some thing that I especially treasure. In order to leave school with no regrets…

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Mary gave us sandwiches for our picnic and a bag of cookies______.

A. at liberty   B. on the contrary   C. in short   D. in addition

---May I use your computer, Alex?

   ---Sorry. Mine _____.

   A. has repaired      B. is being repaired   C. has been repaired  D. is repairing

Memory， they say， is a matter of practice and exercise. If you have the wish and really make a conscious （有意识的） effort， then you can quite easily improve your ability to remember things. But even if you are successful， there are times when your memory seems to play tricks on you.

     Sometimes you remember things that really did not happen. One morning last week， for example， I got up and found that I had left the front door unlocked all night， yet I clearly remembered locking it carefully the night before.

     Memory “tricks” work the other way as well. Once in a while you remember not doing something and then find out that you did. One day last month， for example， I was sitting in a barbershop（ 理发店）  waiting for my turn to get a haircut， and suddenly I realized that I had got a haircut two days before at the barbershop across the street from my office.

　　   We always seem to find something funny and interesting in incidents（事件）　caused by people’s forgetfulness or absent-mindedness. Stories about absent-minded professors have been told for years. Unfortunately， however， absent-mindedness is not always funny. There are times when “tricks”　of our memory can cause us great trouble.

If you want to have a good memory， _____.

    A. you should ask someone else to help you to remember things

    B. you should make a conscious effort to practice and exercise

    C. you should never stop learning

    D. you should try hard to remember things

In the passage， the writer seems to tell us _____.

    A. forgetting things is serious and dangerous

    B. always forgetting things is understandable

    C. forgetting things at times is natural

    D. the ways to protect yourself from memory “tricks”

The best title for this passage is“_____”.

    A. How to Get a Good Memory 

    B. Tricks’ of Memory

    C. The Danger of Forgetfulness and Absent-mindedness

    D. Get Rid of Absent-mindedness

短文改错 （共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行做出判断：

如无错误，该行右边横线上画一个勾(√)；

如有错误(每行只有一个错误)，则按下列情况改正：

此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错的不要改。

（请在答题纸的指定位置作答）

July 17th              Fine

This morning, on my way to school, I was riding while I heard a girl’s call for help from the river nearby. I immediate got off my bike, took off my clothes and jump into the river. At last the girl was saved. After sending the girl back to home, I hurried to school. But I       was still late for class. Not know the reason, the teacher blamed me.

   However, in the afternoon a girl’s parents came to my school and thanked me for having saved their daughters. Soon the story spread over the school. Therefore, the teacher knew why I were late this morning and said sorry to me. The headmaster also praised me and called the students to learn from me.

  The computer system _____ suddenly while he was searching for information on the Internet.

     A. broke down     B. broke out     C. broke up      D. broke in

For many cities in the world, there is no room to spread our further, ____ New York is an example.

A. for which         B. in which             C. of which            D. from which